Gratton High Ends Season With Belington Showdown
Gratton high school closes its season in the Central West Virginia High School League with a Saturday game against Belington at Belington. The training year marks the first Grafton high school baseball team in seven years and signals growing interest in the sport. Coach Mickey McDade continues with Twilight League play for the remainder of the season.
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Gratton High School
Central West Virginia High School
Belington High
Belington
Grafton High School
Aid
Mickey McDade
Baseball Night Scoring and Roan Horse Imagery Notes
National League results and upcoming games are listed with teams like New York Chicago St. Louis and Philadelphia. The piece then shifts to a descriptive essay on roan horse color variations including blue and strawberry roan, linking color to temperament and history with mention of Maynard's Tarzan and a film cast including Ruth Hall and Harold Goodwin.
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Pittsburgh
Boston
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Maynard
Tarzan
Ruth Hall
Harold Goodwin
Charles King
William Desmond
Frank Vaconelli
James Marcus
Jack Rockwell
Bob Walker
Ben Corbitt
Opera House Seeks Strawberries and Horses in Studio Talk
A note about tonight’s Opera House program with Ken Mays presents a discussion on the term strawberry roan. The column explains that a strawberry roan is both a horse and a color, contrasting it with advancing automotive and aerial travel.
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Opera House
Ken Mays
Daily Cross-Word Puzzle Across Clues Read Vaguely
Puzzle shows a scrambled readable set of across clues with misread letters and broken words. It references maker of clothing, various descriptors, and scattered definitions. The fragmented text hints at standard crossword entries like plan, balm, article, nose, and other wordplay sections, but the legible items are incomplete and jumbled.
Pirates land on Brandt 10 to trim Braves
Pirates beat the Braves 7 3 behind a seventh inning homer by Harry Lava gette to seize the lead, while the Yankees break a skid with a 2 1 win over the White Sox. Dodgers fall to the Cardinals 7 3 as St Louis moves nearer second place.
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Pirates
Brandt
Trim Braves
Harry Lavagette
Pittsburgh Pirates
Ed Brandt
Boston Braves
New York Yankees
White Sox
Dodgers
Tex Carleton
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cardinals
Chicago
Carl Hubbell
Giants
Chicago Cubs
New York
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Browns
Curt Davis
Phillies
Cincinnati Reds
Washington Senators
West State Convention and Mine Accident Report
West State hosts the twelfth Ket Wass convention with 600 delegates from 15 posts as W D Arnold presides and a city welcome is given. A mine accident in Tucker County injures Parsons man John Borkoski, arm blown off during a premature blast at Cumberland Coal and Coke. Rotarians in White Sulphur Springs host their district meeting with guests including Donald Adams and Ed Johnson.
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Wheeling
T. Disabled Department Veterans of the World
W. D. Arnold
Charleston
Gordon P. Fouch
Cluio Valley
McClure
John Cherpak
Pittsburgh
National Rehabilitation Officer
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
Robert L.J. Ramsay
Follawsbee
Parsons
John Borkoski
Cumberland Coal and Coke Company
Douglas
Tucker County
Elkins
White Sulphur
Twenty-Fourth District
Donald A.adams
New Haven
Con
Rotary International
Ed R. Johnson
Roanoke
International Organization
Kenneth Kurtz
Weston
Governor of the twenty fourth triat in gunfight case
In Charleston and nearby towns the trial scene centers on Chafin and Issac with Dorsey shot during an alleged stop to a fight. Meade testifies Chafin fired. defense cites Isaac motive. Prosecutor Copley seeks death penalty as jury deliberates. Also report on Phelps arrest for forged checks and the tax department April intake. Robbery case in Middlebourne links to a $300 restaurant theft. deputies pursue suspects after Worman’s report.
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Turner Chafin
Georgie Isaac
New Tows
Charlie Issac
Chafin
Isaac
Glenn Meade
Meade
J. W. Copley
Lost Money Hidden in Bread Bin and Decay of Local Robbery
A man hid money in a bread bin but lost it, while a safe was looted at Beckley Huntington Top and Body Plants, with $307 cash and jewelry seized and a door forced. In Charleston the Public Service Commission announced 11 engineers and 3 accountants to conduct a rate study, funded by $90,000 yearly for two years.
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Beckley
Huntington
Charleston
Public Service Commission
John B. Goddard
Fayetteville
Martin Hopkins
Cameron
Frank Rosier
Fairmont
W D. Kelly
Bluefield
W. C. Pettit
Hugh H. Hunter
Berkeley Springs
Lyle E. Langfitt
West Union
Charles L. Johnson
George R. Wood
Fred von Heinberg
L. C. McMillan
D. D. Hamilton
Morgantown
E.P. Milligan
St. Albans
W. F. Barnes
Graduation Events Highlight Local High School Plan
Graduation ceremonies continue with Senior Class Night on May 29 featuring Rev. Eskew delivering the sermon, a grand pageantry, class history by eight seniors, and the presentation of keys. On May 30 all county high schools march in caps and gowns to Decoration Day ceremonies at the National Cemetery.
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Ministerial Association
Eskew
Harry Shaffer
Pruntytown
Commencement Plans Across Local High Schools
The article outlines upcoming graduation activities and speakers across several high schools. Cameron Beck of the New York Stock Exchange will deliver the senior address at Cameron High School on May 31. An alumni banquet follows on June 1 with E B Smith of Monongahela West Penn System as principal speaker. Flemington High adds a Junior Senior banquet on Saturday evening with the theme Melody of Life and a color scheme of yellow green white. Commencement sermons and plays also feature in the schedule, with Dr Walter S Dunlop delivering the address at one school and a senior play planned for May 28.
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Cameron Beck
New York Stock Exchange
Beck
Moose Home
Mildred Keefer
Alumni Association
E. B. Smith
Fairmont
Monongahela
West Penn
Smith
Virginiy
Flemington High School
Laura Craig
Flemington Orchestra
E. F. K. Roof
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Methodist Protestant Church
Forrest Clark
Walter S Dunlop
Alderson-Broaddus College
Philippi
Dunlop
Oa A ‘Tutvander
Meat and sorghum received for county distribution
More than 4000 pounds of smoked pork and 10000 pounds of sorgum were received yesterday at the FERA office for distribution among county needy families. Distribution started this morning.
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FERA
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