Legion Poppy Drive Saturday Prompts Memorial Day Plans
The American Legion Auxiliary will sell poppies Saturday to aid the American Legion. A Gratte window displays a grass carpet cross design with 100 red poppies and a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier image, plus a Poppies picture for winning essay. Memorial Day events May 30 at National Cemetery include a grand parade with eight bands and near full Legion post participation from Clarksburg and Kingwood.
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Ambreai
Legion
Gratté
American Legion
Ameria Legion
W. Loar and Company
Ind
National Cemetery
Goldiers
Clarksburg
Legion Post
King‘wood Post
Grafton
Miley
Memorial Resolution for Ethel L. Roach at St Pauls Church
At a church meeting the Official Board of St Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church passes a resolution of respect for Miss Ethel L. Roach who died May 9 1930. The note praises her regular attendance efficiency as secretary and as a Sunday school teacher and friend, expresses sympathy to her relatives, and prays her memory will influence others. Signed by W C Reynolds acting secretary and French Boone pastor.
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St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Ethel L. Roach
Ethel
W. C. Reynols
French Boone
Forced Landing Forces Aviatrix to Abandon Record Flight
Atamboca Java May 23 Miss Amy Johnson arrived by airplane from Halibelk landing last night. The English flyer plans to depart at dawn for Port Darwin Australia the final leg over sea of about 600 miles. Johnson left England May 5 aiming to beat Hinkler’s England Australia record but a forced landing near Rangko May 13 forced delays and halted that effort.
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Atamboca
Java
Amy Johnson
Halibelik
England
Australia
Porthwin
Miss Johnson
Enelant
Port Hinkler
Rango
Jetta Goudal Placed in Sanitarium After Breakdown
Los Angeles May 22 Jetta Goudal motion picture actress was in a sanitarium today recuperating from a nervous breakdown. Hospital attendants said her condition was not critical.
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Los Angeles
Jetta Goudal
Lucretia Suburb Grows Electricity and Phones
Paschal Wilson visits Lucretia near Grafton and Knottsville to chronicle a valley where ten years of development produced a new subdivision. Homes, a schoolhouse, and a thriving store center rise amid green pastures as residents prepare to install electric lights and telephone service replacing oil lamps and party lines. The piece blends local portraits with regional scenery and notes a Methodist church, a returning worker, and neighbors enjoying rural life.
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West Virginia
Grafton
Knottsville
L. H. Lindsey
Alex, Foreman
Lucretia
West
Lindsey
P. Exchange
Gratton
Lufetette
E. Hovatter
Fred Nestor
John Grimes
W. C. Shroyer
C. B.sevier
Grant Willams
Haro
Kirkpatrick
Walter Woodyard F
James Nestor
John L. Byang
By Sevier
James Shahan
H.S. Wagner
Bernardime Mipard
C. F. Kirkpatrick
S. R. Ball
Ball
Walter Williams
Douglass Powell
C. C. Moore
GR. Keyser
Dallas’ Wolfe
Pearl Britton
Rosa Beavers
Mr. Rosier
John Funk
Rosier
Robert Hession
W. H. Grinnan
B. N. Dillon
Mr. Haller
Shroyer
Mr. Miller
L. Dillon
G. W
McIntosh
H. L. Kerns
A. B. Shroyer
Marion C. Allender
Joseph W. Rinker
Wesley Chaple
Methodist Episcopal Church
Howe Knotts
Amanda Johgigon
Rogers
Knotts- Lyille
Fine Musical Program Given by Collegians
A Wesleyan College choir directed by Gary J Farnsworth presented a notable concert at the high school last night. Soloists Miss Fay Rudolph and Edgar Christopher received applause. The event supported by the Commercial Club and Salvation Army noted as a premier state showing and a special morning concert for the Women’s Club convention. The choir, in its second season, was praised as the state’s greatest college musical group with a full program including The Green Cathedral and The Mighty God Hath Spoken.
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Ofirginia Wesleyan College
Gary J. Farnsworth
West Virginia
Fay Rudolph
Voice of the Wilderness
Scott
Mr. Edgar
Christopher
Green Cathedral
Fay Randolph
God
Edgar Christopher
Jesu
Emmitte
Charles Cheshire
J. R. Williams
Arthur Beckett
Harold McWhorter
Gratton High School
Lawrence Cuppett
Willis Hovatter
Herman Taylor
Captain Arnold
Salvation ‘Army
Wesleyan Choir
Atterbury of Penn System Questioned
President Atterbury testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission that Pennsylvania's acquisition of Wabash and Lehigh Valley stock followed a sharp eastern railroad contest. The case involves anti trust charges over the stock purchase, with implications of consolidating eastern lines. Requisitions and related plans were noted.
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Washington
Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Eastern Railronda
Fifth Major System Shapes Eastern Rail Plan
The discussion traces a plan to form a fifth major railroad led by Delaware and Hudson, with Loree pushing Lehigh Valley and Wabash stocks. It notes rivals like Nickel Plate and New York Central resisting a Lake Erie route improvement, and reveals stock moves by Lehigh Valley, Wabash, and Lehigh Valley purchases by the New York Central as a potential bloc forms against the Pennsylvania system. The narrative mentions Byrd advancing a voyage to New York and Balboa with key figures Pratt Law, Gould, Balchen, and Juné, and a request for naval support to secure transport for the venture party.
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Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Reading
New York Central
Lacktawanna
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Chicago
Lake, Erie
Buffalo
New York City
Lake Erie
Hartmore
Wheeling
Maryland
Loree
Wabash
van Sweringen
Pole
Byrd
Rangipiki Mayet
Eleanor Bolling
New York
Bolling
America
Pratt Law
Fence Gould
Balchen
Harold Juné
New
York
Leo
Olby
Balboa
H. Cubgkis
Machinis Baek
Burke Installs Four Ton Hoist At Main Street Tire Shop
Burke announces a four ton Globe Hoist hydraulic greasing machine to be ready Saturday evening at his Main Street location opposite the courthouse. Ed Hostler assists with installation drilling eight feet for a solid concrete foundation. The system uses 25 gallons of oil and allows service from multiple angles while wheels remain free during operation.
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Charles Burke
Mainatre
Court House
Ed Hostler
Burke
Ship Arrives in Canal Zone on Exploration Mission
Balboa Canal Zone May 23 The Eleanor Hojling Rear Admiral Byrd Antarctic exploration ship arrives here today. The Eleanor Bolling heads west of the bath Guy for New York during the pen expedition to the South.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Eleanor Hojling
Byrd
Eleanor Bolling Woa Plaian
Bath Guy
New York
Bouth
Construction Worker Dies in Tunnel Collapse at Promont Mine
Mullens West Virginia May 23 Floyd Rich 22 of Bethe died in hospital from injuries received yesterday at a tunnel under construction on the Virginian Western Railroad line between Ville and Dalleyville. He fell from the tunnel roof while working.
Tonic claims cure for liver and constipation woes
Mrs. Cora Wilson of Akron says Orange Brand Tonic and Nugget tonic eased long standing constipation and liver trouble. She reports back pain headaches and fatigue disappeared after two weeks of nightly Nugget and thrice daily Tonic, restoring appetite energy and general well being. She endorses the tonics for others with nervous and liver problems.
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Cora Wilson
Ave
Akron
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Aviatrix
Lucrentia
Knotteville
By Paschale Wilson
George Rendle
Chesterfield
Wrens Tobacco CO
Whesterfield
Wesleyan
PENN
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