County organ plan eyed at May meeting in court room
Kuto workers vote down company proposals and a ten county organization move is to be effected by a temporary committee. Mayor Waugh will preside as Dr Joseph Rosier and county directors explain the plan while five representatives are named for the county board. Public attendance urged across all sections and service clubs.
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Taylor County
Monongahela
City Hall
E. Otto Waugh
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont State Teachers’ College
Bty
Eipal
Waugh
Grafton
Ways to obtain funds from the work relief program
Washington May 9 The inquiry floods congressmen and dealers as to how to secure shares of the 4 billion dollar work relief fund Officials list steps to initiate projects by filing applications available at the National Emergency Council in Washington D C and outline process for outside capital and pending approvals from the Public Works Administration with new applications likely to be reviewed first on the panel set up to consider them continued on page five
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Emergency Council
Key Council
Pubforks
Rhythm Band Concert At Central School May Ten 1935
First Grade rhythm band from Central School performs with Grafton High School backing on May 10 1935 at 7 30 p m Admission 15e proceeds go to school activity fund and student programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Grafton High School
Price
Parley Concluded At Local Church
The Morgantown district of the West Virginia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held its three day conference at St Pauls church with a formal close. In sessions the district conference committees for the coming year were named including Findings and area interests with D Pickens and M C Miles both of Fairmont as chairs. Also named were E N Carlson and others from Kitzmiller Rowlesburg Reedsville Morgantown and Terra Alta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Church
Grafton
W. A. Debary
Fairmort
Bernard Gibbs
J. F. Hockenberry
Mason
Sisler to Attend B R T Meet in Cleveland
Clyde Sisler of Grafton local No 452 will depart Sunday for Cleveland Ohio to attend the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen grand lodge convention. The session is expected to last at least 30 days. He previously represented Grafton in Houston 1931 and Cleveland 1928 and will then tour the Pacific coast visiting Seattle Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Salt Lake City and Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Sisler
Grafton
Cleveland
Ohio
Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Railways
Sisler
Houston
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Wash
Sacramento
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Salt Lake City
Dover
Youth Killed as Auto Hits Motorcycle in Steubenville
Steubenville Ohio May 9 Alvin Fix eighteen is dead and two youths William Flick age 12 and Howard Fray age 14 are seriously hurt after their motorcycle collided with a car driven by Brooke County West Virginia Prosecutor Walter T Mahan. Prosecutor Mahan believes Fix lost control of the motorcycle leading to the collision with the left rear fender of his car.
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Steubenville, O
Alvin Fix
Walter T. Mahan
Brooke County
W. Va
William Flick
Howard Fray
Mahan
Fix
Michigan Valve Company Low Bidder for Slide Gates
Pittsburgh, May 9, UP The Michigan Valve Company of Detroit submitted the low bid for 18 slide gates for the 12 million Ty garts river reservoir project in Northern West Virginia. The bid offers delivery within 180 days for 159,866.88 dollars or 154,098.16 dollars for the point.
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Pittsburgh
Michigan Valve Company of
Detroit
Tygarts River
West Virginia
First State Liquor Store Opens in Charleston WV
In Charleston at Kanawha street the first state liquor store opened at 10 am ending West Virginia's 21 year dry era. About 150 people lined up to buy the first legal bottle as store No 2 began dispensing under the liquor control act establishing a state monopoly on alcohol sales. Miss Eleanor Simpson was first in line. most shoppers were men. The crowd was orderly as E F Robertson announced the start.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Kanawha Street
E. F. Robertson
Eleanor Simpson
Glendale
Willard's West Virginia Visit Postponed
Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will not speak to about 1500 employees and their families in Grafton as planned. H R Gibson Monongah division superintendent says unforeseen conditions and business stress necessitated the postponement. The president hopes to meet West Virginia employees at a future date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
State
H. R. Gibson
Monongah
Willard
West Virginia
Broken Neck Claims Life Of Mrs Kines
Mrs Grace P Kines 48 wife of W E Kines Cumberland Md died at Frederick Md city hospital after fractures to the sixth vertebrae in an automobile wreck south of Frederick on Tuesday April 30. Paralysis of the bowels followed as her condition worsened. She rode with her nephew Loren A Hoffman and Miss Reland Kines when the car veered onto an embankment and overturned. Other occupants escaped with minor injuries. Mrs Kines was born and raised in Taylor County. Her mother died in childhood. Her uncle and aunt Jacob and Miss Hattie Rosier of Knottsville assisted after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace P. Kines
W. E. Kines
Cumberland
Frederick
City Hospital
Owels
Reland Kines
Jacob
Hattie Rosier
Knottsville
Anti Communist Rally at Elks Club Planned
Mrs and Mr John Waters of Madison Wisconsin minus two notes will address a public meeting at the Elks Home auditorium tonight at 8 oclock on Soviet Russia seen during their two year stay in that country. The event is sponsored by the grand lodge of the BPO Ellis and is free. This morning the Waters spoke to students of Grafton and St Augustine high schools in the Grafton auditorium and their talks were impressive.
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John Waters
Madison
Wis
The
Elks Home
Soviet Russia
Grand Lodge of the
B. P. O. Ellis
Waters
Grafton
St. Augustine's
New Martinsville Hospital Plan Unworkable Here
New Martinsville plans a men’s ward by remodeling the old nurse’s home at Beach street while a new hospital project remains unlikely. Mayor EB Otto Waugh said the municipal electric light and power profits will repay the $100,000 PWA loan, contrasting with Grafton’s different situation.
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Grafton City Hospital
EB. Otto ‘Waugh
Beach Street
Martinsville
Grafton
New Martinsville
West Penn Company
L City
Waugh
Light and Power Company
PWA
Five Bandits In Police Uniforms Rob Payroll
Five men dressed as police officers burst into the West Taylor street Edison General Electric Appliance Company plant in Chicago on May 9 and seized 3800 dollars intended for payroll. A car bearing police on its sides carried the gang, who were admitted after their leader claimed they were there to investigate a robbery.
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Chicago
Bank Held Up By Five Robbers In Newburg
Five robbers armed with a machine gun held up the Broadway branch of the Highland Quassaick National Bank and Trust Company in Newburg today. About $15,000 was taken after fifteen people were lined up in the bank. The robbers fled toward Pennsylvania in a small car. citizens pursued but were outrun.
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Newburg
Pennsylvania
Broadway
Highland Quassaick National Bank and Trust Company
Dam project proceeds despite alarm over stoppage claim
Newspapers warned that the Tygarts Dam project might be halted after Charles Brooks Smith reported in Washington. AP dispatches to the Grafton Sentinel, however, indicated his May 7 letter was conjecture with no real significance at this time.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Ted Press
Grafton Sentinel
Mr. Smith
Washington
Officials To Get Audience With Walker
Washington officials briefed on work relief promises said formal application blanks would be available by nightfall at the National Emergency Council offices and from congress members and state directors. Walker will review all proposed projects and up to 40 billion dollars in applications are expected, with many engineering and estimates already approved by the PWA moving to the allotment committee and the president. Key questions remain on program administration and whether non relief workers will be hired. The rule under Hopkins limits non relief hiring though exceptions may occur.
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Washington
National Emergency Council
Congress
Emergency Council
Walker
Frank C. Walker
PWA
Relief Administration
Organize Teachers Meeting Planned for May 11 Charleston
Huntington May 9 C R Weinberger of Cabell county teachers organization plans a Charleston meeting May 11 for a State Federation of Teachers. Speakers will include John B Easton head of the State Federation of Labor and Raymond F Lowry of Chicago head of the National Teachers Federation. An executive session will elect officers and outline a legislative program.
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Huntington
State Federation of Teachers
Charleston
C. R. Weinberger
Cabell County Teachers Organization
St Albans Contemplates Liquor Referendum Decision
Residents of St Albans will learn May 13 if a special election will be held to decide whether liquor may be sold. The canvass date was fixed by the town council after a petition seeking a referendum was circulated and postponed from yesterday. Twenty five percent of voters must sign to call the election under state liquor control laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Albans
Banking bill attacked by Fr Coughlin in Ohio rally
Reverend Charles E Coughlin, rallying Ohio members for the National Union for Social Justice, assailed the Federal Reserve system and the Eccles banking bill before about 24 508 cheering followers. He called for expulsion of the federal reserve banking system and urged a central bank owned and controlled by the people through Congress.
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Cleveland
Charles E. Coughlin
Ohio
National Union For Social Justice
Federal Reserve System
Eccles
Detroit
Bulkley
National Union
Federal Reserve Banking System
Eepenamt Bank
People J
Congress of the United States
Texas Governor Refuses To Halt Double Execution
Governor James V Allred refuses to intervene in the execution of Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer. The Court of Criminal Appeals rejected a writ of habeas corpus for Hamilton, a Southwest desperado and former Clyde Barrow aide. Both men are scheduled for electrocution shortly after midnight.
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Austin
Texas
James V. Allred
Raymond Hamilton
Joe ‘Palmer
Court of Criminal Appeals
Hamilton
Clyde Barrow
President Roosevelt Talks Patman Act With Aides
President Roosevelt summoned Secretary Morgenthau and Veterans Administrator Frank Hines to review the Patman act. He signaled a possible veto if the bill reaches him in its current form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patman
Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Frank T. Hines
Mediation Push as Toledo GM Strike Extends
Federal mediators renewed efforts to end the two week old Chevrolet plant strike in Toledo after workers rejected a company peace plan by 1251 to 605. About 2300 GM workers are idle and 33,000 across plants affected as negotiations begin, with United Automobile Workers official Fred Schwabe saying workers are eager to negotiate.
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Toledo
Chevrolet Motor Company
Edward F. McGrady
Perkins
General Motors
General Motors Assembly
Fred Schwabe
United Automobile Workers Federal Union
Federal Building
Huge refund coming soon for Mononash division employees
Refunds averaging about 27 cents per employee on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Mononash division, deducted since last August under a pension plan ruled unconstitutional, are expected to be returned with May wages. No word yet from Baltimore on timing. the division accountant’s office here awaits instructions.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
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KUTO
Upper Monongahela Development Organization
DR. Rosier
Bally
County Board of Directors
Central Press Radiophoto
New York
Orvia Radio
King George
London
Buck 1
Queen Mary
Bingham Palace
St. Paul’s
Empire
Mle
B. R. T. Meet
Michigan Company
Broken Neck
Kines
Elks Club
Harry L. Hopkins
Progress Division
Chief Justice
Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
United States Supreme Court
FR. Coughlin
U.S
M’grady
Union
Turners
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