Open House Marks National Hospital Day at Grafton
Forty three visitors attended the Grafton City hospital open house for National Hospital Day. Superintendent Corrine Stafford said with only ten patients the turnout was large. Flowers decorated rooms while cookies and punch were served by staff. A West Virginia delegation and 28 students from Alderson-Volor Philippi joined local guests in viewing the hospital.
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Grafton City Hospital
Corrine Stafford
Ccarrico
Pruntytown
R. P. Bell
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
National Hospital
M. D. Carrico
West Virginia Board of Ontol
Grafton
Alderson
Philippi
Sol. Bell
Nafiogal
Alma
Spee
Poland observes fourth anniversary of Pilsudski death
Polish memorial services mark the fourth anniversary of Jozef Pilsudski’s death with a nationwide silence at 8 48 pm and business closures. Polish newspapers debate wartime order, while in Danzig the homage drew little notice due to a bank strike. Nazi quarters downplay the incident as not serious. Reports say several Polish homes had windows broken during the night.
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Warsaw
Senate
Poland
Pilsudski
Danzig
Chandler to Fight Lewis in Kentucky Mine Dispute
Frankfort KY May 13 Gov A B Chandler announced 700 National Guardsmen will be sent to Harlan county to protect miners amid CIO leader John L Lewis urging mine closures. Chandler warned against outside interference from West Virginia groups and pledged readiness to deploy troops if needed. Adjutant General E L McChain said mobilization aims to prevent violence and keep workers at or returning to mines.
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Frankfort
A. B. Chandler
John L. Lewis
CIO
New York
Chandler
Harlan County
Homer Holt
West Virginia
West
Hazard
Big Sandy
Harlan
E. Lee McChain
William C. Burrow
Chandler Calls for Free Picketing and Army Deployment
Chandler stated there will be no restraint on men who want to work and no coercion to force labor. He added peaceful picketing is acceptable. He also announced about 700 soldiers would be ordered to Harlan, with 1,500 available in total.
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Chandler
Harlan
Tragic Greenville Senior Dies In Sharon Road Crash
A 20-year-old Greenville high school senior James Lyons died at Sharon hospital after a car left the Sharon Youngstown highway on a curve at Masury Ohio and overturned. Four more youths aged 21 from Greenville were injured including James Rudisill Charles Lyons Merle Metzler Norman Hendrickson and John McGranahan Lester Dunton survived. he aided in helping transport the injured.
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Sharon
Greenville
Sharon- Youngstown
Masury
James Lyons
North Mainstreet
Greenvile
Sharen
James Rudisill
Charles Lyons
Merle Metzler
Meanest Thief Hunted For Stealing Flowers
County supervisor W. O. Bolin describes the man as the meanest thief he ever met after tulips were stolen from the triangle at Blueville near the intersection of routes 1 50 and 119. He believes the thief is known and vowed vigorous prosecution if further vandalism occurs.
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W. O. Bolin
Blue |Ville
Bolin
Optometrists Convene In Fairmont Tomorrow
The 31st annual convention of the West Virginia Optometric Association opens tomorrow in Fairmont. Teachers in central West Virginia schools have been invited to attend a series of lectures tied to the opening sessions.
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Fairmont
West Virginia Optometric Association
Central West Virgiia
Felonious Assault Case Dismissed After Hearing
Ed Reams of Booths Creek district faced felonious assault charges after neighbor Tom Madden accused him of throwing rocks. A preliminary hearing before Justice Hove G. White, Sr. freed Reams. Madden faces peace warrant action before Magistrate A. B. Knabenshue.
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Ed Reams
Booths Creek
Tom Madden
Justice of the Peace
Hove G. White, Sr
Madden
A. B. Knabenshue
Reams
Two Moran Men Sentenced for Drunkenness in City Court
Edmund W. Moran and Carl Moran of Simpson were arrested for drunkenness and each received a 10 day county jail sentence after pleading guilty before Mayor E Gillspie in municipal court. They could not pay fines of 10 dollars and 1 dollar costs, so the mayor ordered confinement for the full period.
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Simpson
Edmund W. Moran
Carl Moran
E. Gillspie
Woman Dies by Self Inflicted Shot Near Charlottesville
Albermarle County coroner John M. Maury Jr returns verdict of death by own action in the case of Mabel Broyles 20 of Princeton West Virginia who died from a bullet wound in the head while en route to Norfolk to visit a sister.
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Charlottesvile
Albermarle County
John M. Maury, Jr
Mabel Broyles
Princeton
W. Va
Norfolk
Amoy Crisis Seen as Japanese Trial Balloon
Amoy situation viewed as a Japanese trial balloon testing reactions of foreign powers. Over 100 Chinese suspected of anti Japanese activities were arrested in Kulangsu, Amoy harbor. Japanese planes flew over Shanghai international settlement and pamphlets from the Pacification Department were dropped as Chinese laborers fled and two British ships were delayed.
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Amoy
Kulangsu
Shanghai
Amoy Harbor
Shanghai International Settlement
Shanghai ‘International Area
Pacification Department
Britain seeks mar ine police recruits for Nanking reforms
Britain announces a new pan Asian directed reform government in Nanking seeks recruits for an marine police force with salaries reportedly equal to one to seven dollars monthly for students entering police schools in Nanking. Japanese authorities report 1 046 engagements in Shantung against 309 000 Chinese with 47 700 killed. Hamilton Talk blasts New Deal coal policy, claiming waste and graft and noting coal production fell from 422 455 000 tons in 1937 to 342 000 000 in 1938. The 60 000 additional workers are said to be needed immediately from over 9 000 unemployed skilled aircraft workers and 79 000 unemployed skilled workers. The committee includes Louis J Son and other officials.
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Nanking
Shantung Province
Charleston
New Deal
Coal Commission
Commission
Party Group Dinner Aims at Union Unity
Walker, who died last year, is referenced as part of the party group. Representative Charles Hawk Jr of Wisconsin is slated to speak at the dinner tonight. John D. Hamilton, national chairman, condemned the New Deal yesterday for undermining the coal industry.
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Walker
Charles Hawk, Jr
Wis
John D. Hamilton
New Deal
Demands of air expansion urge rapid training expansion
A wartime committee urged expanding facilities to train skilled workers for aviation, noting output would grow and production lines would cut skilled labor needs. It recommended public vocational schools aid aircraft carriers and youth programs place apprentices in plants while Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees develop mechanical aptitude for aviation training.
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Youth ‘Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
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