Moose Convention Highlights Northern District Initiation
About 500 Moose from 37 lodges gathered in Elkins for the Northern District Mooses convention on East Washington street. Supreme dictator Congressman Zihlman of Maryland spoke strongly, and initiation of a large class of candidates occurred. New district officers were installed, with leaders from Grafton and Elkins, as plans for growth were laid for the Moose lodges in the region. A Beckley meeting is planned for June 19 to perfect the southern district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose
East
Washington Street
Frederick N. Zihiman
Maryland
Elkins
Beckley
Zihlman
A. H. Logan
William Hussion
Lawrence Flanagan
Grafton
William Tyres
Dis
Wellsburg
Follawsbee, Mannington
Fairmont
Morgantown
Weston and
Drop Stations Fight By B and C Workers
Unrest erupts as Baltimore and Ohio seeks approval to close five agency stations. L. P. Clifton of the International Order of Telegraphers protests the plan for Simpson, Apple Grove, Liverpool, Denver, Glen Easton stations. Rail counsel opposed, but PSC chairman T. le Coffman overruled objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Public Service Commission
L. P. Clifton
Waltham
Mass
International Order of Telegraphers
Ared
Simpson
Taylor County
Apple Grove
Mason County
Liverpool
Jackson County
Denver
Glen Easton
Marshall County
Clifton
T. le Coffman
List of Teachers in Grafton Public Schools 1932 33
The personnel of Grafton public schools for 1932 33 includes administration led by Superintendent G Kuhn and secretaries Sara Musgrove Norma Westcott. It lists staff across high and elementary levels, with detailed assignments in subject areas and grade groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Public Schools
G. Kuhn
Sara Musgrove
Norma Westcott
Florence H. Wilkinson
Edna Gay Mason
F. 8. Suddarth
T. C. Demoss
H. A. Custer
Klaude B. Spaur
Robert C. Sloan
A. V. Yoho
Mathematiaun
M. Warden
Ie. White
Ruth Batten
G. Minette Watkins
Grace Loar
Laura E. Fries
Cedric O. Reynolds
Katherine E. Shepler
William P. Samples
Luke B. Ross
Jean S. Wallace
Ida B. Dorsey
T. D. Nixon
Ruth E. Turner
E. B. Sitter
C. M. Cutright
A. L. Stutler
R. V. Rohrbough
T. D
Captain Robert Dollar dies at 88 in California
Captain Robert Dollar, 88, veteran shipping magnate known as the Grand Old Man of the Pacific, died at his San Rafael home after a two week illness of bronchial pneumonia. Dollar built a vast fleet and once monopolized American Pacific trade, with early work in lumber and milling in Canada, the United States, and China. The death ends a long voyage in commerce and global shipping leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dollar
Pacific
San Rafael
Calif
Robert Dollor
Forth and Clyde Canal
Scotland
Dollar
Pacific Ocean
Dollar Steamship Company
Canada
United States
China
Captain Dollar
The
Far
Mollar
Newsboy
Arizona State Prison Awaits Gangs Attack
Florence May 16 A tense mood gripped the Arizona State Prison as guards and inmates awaited an anticipated assault by former inmates gang. Machine guns topped the walls and guards wore pistols with flaps pinned back. Superintendent William Delbridge disclosed a plot by a convict released five days earlier to free other criminals. The plan allegedly included kidnapping him to force a gate opening and involved a machine gun within 15 feet of Winnie Ruth Judd’s cell, who is under a death sentence for a double murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ariz
Arizona Penitentiary
William Delbridge
Dellbridge
Winnie Ruth Judd
Mayor delays St Frank Haddix case before grand jury
Haddix was arrested by city patrolmen on a charge of disorderly conduct within city limits. Mayor Charles King postponed the municipal court hearing until Thursday so Haddix could present his case to the county grand jury now in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Haddix
Charles King
Haddix
City schools hire 62 teachers for 1932 33 term
The Grafton Board of Education announces 62 teachers including the superintendent and principals have contracts for the 1932 33 term. Salaries to be set after levies and funds. nearly all staff live in Grafton and are West Virginians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
E. G. Kuhn
Grafton
West
State Department of Education
Alice Dean
City Firemen to Drill This Evening in Loveland Addition
Fire department volunteers will stage a second outdoor drill in Loveland addition this afternoon. A number of volunteers will be on hand for the affair and afterward the regular meeting of the volunteer organization will be staged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loveland Addition
Latrobe Street bottling scheme ends with arrest
Patrolman Earl Demoss reported flare signals at a Latrobe street building near Main. Each flare corresponded to a beer bottle capped. Dayton Farley, about 19, was arrested and handed to state for trial and faces a magistrate hearing this afternoon. A very young boy supposedly held the match, while Farley oversaw bottling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latrobe Street
Earl Demoss
Dayton Farley
Farley
Wiltman
Bombay Riots Claim 24 Lives Amid Hindu Muslim clashes
Mumbai riots over two days leave 24 dead and 400 injured as police fire on mobs in six areas. Troops reinforced disturbed districts while sites including temples mosques and a four story Hindu tenement burn. Maulana Shaukat Ali tours to pacify amid round table conference tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Patrick Kelly
Maulana
Shaukat Ali
London
Fleming Initiated Into Phi Beta Kappa at WVU
Harry Fleming of Grafton, son of Mr and Mrs C J Fleming of Walnut Street, was initiated into the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity at West Virginia University. He joins a large class of candidates in chemistry, with 13 candidates in the Friday initiation, a coincidence noted but not marring the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fleming
Phi Beta Kappa
Grafton
C. Jay Fleming
Walnut Street
Phi Bet Kappa
West Virginia University
Inukai Assassination Shock Hits Tokyo Politicians
Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai aged 77 is killed by military terrorists in Tokyo. Five buildings including the Seiyukai headquarters are bombed. Eighteen young men surrendered within hours. stock exchanges suspend trading. The cabinet plans resignation and Acting Premier Takahashi meets the Emperor Hirohito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suyoshi Inukai
Tokyo
Tsuyoshi Inukai
Japan
Gray Fox
Takahashi
Hirohito
Acipan
Seiyukai
Inuskai
Young Army and Navy Officer's Association
Transacions
Osaka
Kobe
Magoya
Tanaka
Inukai
Fisadinamenta. Co Bes
C C Orders Rates Revised on Livestock
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered railroads serving Virginia and West Virginia to revise livestock rates to Jersey City Lancaster Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. Rates will be distance based with Virginia points seeing lower fares and West Virginia higher. For 160 to 190 miles the new rate is 24 cents plus one cent per 20 miles. The commission also found West Virginia to Virginia destinations not unreasonable and rejected proposed carload rate increases to eastern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginia
West Virginia
Jersey City
N. J
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Commission
Eastern
Grafton High Band To Broadcast On WMMN Tonight
The Grafton high school band of 42 pieces will air on station WMMN Fairmont from 9 to 10 tonight. EB Sitter announced the program and EB Kuhn will speak for the city schools. The broadcast ties to the Goodwill feature and follows a well received Friday night concert at the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton High School
WMMN
Fairmont
EB. B. Sitter
G. Kuhn
Grafton
Goodwill
Graftonians
Grand Jurors Begin May Term Under Judge Kittle
Fifteen grand jurors sat with Prosecutor James C. Holt as Judge Warren B. Kittle opened the May term and listed crimes for the panel. Foreman A. B. Morrow and twelve members were named. one juror was excused and another not appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Holt
Warren B. Kittle
Circuit Court
Auto Backfire Sparks Blaze at Waughs Commercial Garage
An automobile backfired at Waughs Commercial Garage on Bridge Street Sunday at noon. The blaze damaged paint and the top of the machine before fire crews notified, and the B&O alarm was triggered. The fire was brought under control after another call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waugh
Bridge Street
Ransom Money May Be Clue To Lindbergh Case
Police press renewed search for the $50,000 ransom as a clue to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping with Col. Schwarzkopf urging banks nationwide to trace serial numbers. Betty Gow, nurse at the Lindbergh home, is reported healthy and unfazed by rumors of suicide. The ransom was paid through Dr. J F Condon who negotiated with alleged kidnappers signing as Jassie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Lindbergh
J. ‘ F. Condon
Jassie
Lindbergh
Schwarzkopf
Peak Climbers Lose Lives on Mt McKinley
Washington May 16. Word reaches that Allen Carpe’s Mount McKinley ascent failed with a death in the party. Theodore Covende’s body was found returning from the ascent of both peaks. The expedition described as the first time both peaks were climbed. Carpe regarded as perhaps the nation’s most capable mountaineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mount McKinley
Alaska
Allen Carpe
Carpe
Mount McKinley National Park
Horace Albright
Nactional Parks
Theodore Covende
Albright
Coven
Americ
Also Mentioned on This Page
Zihiman
Northern Dist, Association
Elkins Lodge
B. & C. Workers
J High School
Betty Gow
East Grafton
Kenneth Robinson
Ester Murray
Dolores B. Curry
Ethel Custer
Rebecca Paige
West Grafton
Fred D. Robinson
Inez Wilkins
Lila C. Walter
Elizabeth Stafford
Marion Millan
Ruth Woodyard
Rena Goodwin
Rhea H. Fisher
Pearl Thomas
Gladys Thornhill
Lois Smith
Minnie K. Byers
Helen Davis
C.F. Harrison
Garrison School
G T. Napper
Nan 8. Armstrong
Christelle B. Napper
Arizona State Prison
Pen ‘Grapevine
Fairmont Teachers College
Wesleyan
Broaddus
Salem
Shepherd College
Glenville Normal
Howard, Storer, Beaver
Davis & Elkins
Wilson and
West Virginia Collegiate Institute
C.C
Kittle
Condon
Brooklyn Daily
MT. M’kinley
First Baptist Church
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