Local Grafton paper notes growth amid new building wave
The editorial column highlights a revived construction boom across Blueville and surrounding wards in Grafton, with new homes and extensive property improvements boosting employment and countering depression. It discusses broader decline in European democracy, linking Mussolini era Italy to current fears of rising dictatorships and erosion of liberties.
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Teworthy
Blueville
West Grafton
South Side
Fetterman
Roosevelt and WPA in wartime public discourse
The piece critiques Rush Holt’s assault on WPA mismanagement and argues FDR bears primary responsibility for creating and sustaining the program. It asserts the president could have halted the misallocation of treasury funds and questions Mussolini’s claim of a rejuvenated Italy while the people fail to govern themselves and follow a single strong leader.
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Roosevelt
WPA
Rush Holt
Housevelt
FDR
Lne Uuu
Harry Hopkins
United States
Treasury
Mussolini
Italy
Handling beer joints under local law and police duty
Judge Charles G. Baker told the grand jury that beer joints are harmful not by the beer itself but by the atmosphere and conditions. He urged local law enforcement to monitor and control unsanitary venues, including revoking licenses if needed, and called on the state to scrutinize license applicants while maintaining local police authority.
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Charles G. Baker
Grand Jury
Baker
Two Kinds of Candidates in Gubernatorial Nomination Race
The Spencer Record notes a close finish between Judge Lewis H. Miller and Judge Summers H. Sharp for the Republican gubernatorial nomination and a tight senatorial contest between Hugh The Shott and former Judge Frank W. Nesbitt. The near evenly split vote signals a well represented party as Republicans head toward the November battle.
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Spencer Record
Lewis H. Miller
Summers H. Sharp
Hugh the Shott
Frank W. Nesbitt
West Virginia voters face clear choice in November race
The editorial praises Judge Summers H. Sharp for a fair nomination and contrasts him with New Deal rivals led by Mansfield Neely. It lauds Sharp as conservative and independent, while accusing the New Deal camp of graft and inducements. It warns voters to resist being bought and to choose honesty in November.
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New Deal
West Virginia
Summers H. Sharp
Judge Miller
Roane Coution
Judge Sharp
Cabell
Wyoming
Roane
Washington
Mansfield Neely
WPA
Seeks Early Completion Of Pt. Pleasant Monument
Washington May 26 The expenditure of 25000 to complete the revolutionary war battle monument at Point Pleasant West Virginia would be authorized under a bill introduced by Representative George W. Johnson Democrat West Virginia The proposed fund would be used to complete the work and place markers.
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Washington
Point Pleasant
W. Va
George W. Johnson
Connellsville Glass Workers Reject Union Vote Count
Capstan Glass employees in Connellsville Pennsylvania voted to join the Glass Bottle Blowers association over the Federation of Flat Glass Workers by a margin of 509 to 174.
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Connellsville Glass Workers
Connellsville, Pa
Capstan Glass Company
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Guffey ruling sparks fear of broader New Deal limits
Washington reports that the Supreme Court’s nullification of the Guffey coal act alarms New Dealers about the viability of national social legislation. Critics fear older agencies and future programs like Social Security could face invalidation, stirring calls for new, possibly unconstitutional, measures.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Stag
Washington, D. C
Federal Supreme Court
Guffey
High Tribunal
Social Security and Labor Relations Boards
Federal ‘Trade Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thora Stops Gunman in Dining Room Rescue
Thora overpowers a gunman and Gordon disarms another as a violent confrontation unfolds in the dining room. Selwyn Marsh is wounded but stable. police and a doctor are summoned while Wilma, Thora, and Gordon cope with the aftermath.
Martinsburg Senior Class to Receive Diplomas Tonight
Dr. Alan W. Porterfield, WVU German professor, will deliver Martinsburg High School’s commencement address as 173 seniors receive diplomas. The project costs total about 750000 dollars for interior finishing and adjacent spaces, with the hall described as the university’s activity heart and about half an acre in size.
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Porterfield
Martinsburg
Alan W. Porterfield
West Virginia University
Martinsburg High School
Indoor Campus Construction at Pitt Unveiled
Pittsburgh May 26 University of Pittsburgh officials disclosed work has begun on a unique Campus within the university. The common room as it will be a central feature aims to foster student gathering and study in a distinctive indoor campus setting at the university’s cathedral of learning.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Cathedral of Learning
Anti Soviet agitators sentenced to prison in Odessa
In Odessa on May 26 the provincial court sentenced 11 alleged anti Soviet agitators led by a medical practitioner to forced labor and prison terms. They were accused of aiming to create conditions beneficial to a bourgeois state in case of war.
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Odessa
U.S
Sharp Reductions In Foreign Tolls Planned
Commissioner Paul A. Walker of the Communications Commission announced today that sharp reductions in international telephone rates would be effective July 1. He said the American Telephone division informed the FCC of reductions ranging from 25 to 33 percent in regular weekday rates, with some Sunday calls cut by as much as 50 percent.
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Washington
Paul A. Walker
The
Communications Commission
Walker
F. C. C. Telephone Dividssion
American
Pany
Federal Court Ruling Upsets L C C Decision
Five large western Pennsylvania corporations won an injunction in federal court in Pittsburgh against the Interstate Commerce Commission. The ruling bars the ICC from requiring railroads to discontinue allowances to industrial firms that move or spot cars in their own yards, saving the companies money. Plaintiffs include American Sheet & Tin Plate, Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Weirton Steel, West Leechburg Steel, and Allegheny Steel.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
F. P. Schoonmaker
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Sheet & Tin Plate
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Weirton Steel
West Leechburg Steel
Allegheny Steel Companies
Scientific workers believed dead after Arctic ordeal
Three Soviet scientists missing since November are now presumed dead after their abandoned tent and a dogsled were found on the Kara Sea shore. They disappeared while studying sea animal migration for the Academy of Sciences and were carried away by an ice floe.
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Moscow
Kara Sea
Academy of Sciences
Probe Fatal Plane Crash Kills All Aboard In Quebec
An inspection tour of northern mining properties preceded a fatal air crash in Quebec. Pilot W H Clarke of General Airways, a veteran aviator and mining country pioneer, died along with four passengers, three unnamed. One identified as Leo Springer, head of Ceres Explorations, Limited. The others were prospector riders associated with the Lake Presqu Ile to Boettier party.
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W. H. Clarke
General Airways
Quebec
George Millhcan
Rouyn
Leo Springer
Ceres Explorations, Limited
Presqu'ile
Boettipey
Contract Bridge Tale From EV Shepard Featured Hand
A bridge hand described by EV Shepard, famed bridge teacher, shows how anticipation and a defensive misdirection shaped a 4 Hearts contract. The doubled bid by East served as a smoke screen for partner. the hand illustrates cautious play and a good guess under pressure.
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EV. Shepard
South
East
Fragmented Code Strings on Page Draw Reader Attention
OCR sequence shows multiple alphanumeric codes including QI98 OK75 102 EK972 and 475 W1843 4QI73 QI6, suggesting a catalog or ledger fragment. No complete person, organization, place, or event is identifiable. Likely a layout note or index reference rather than a standalone news item.
Bridge hand leads and missteps in a mixed spade club clash
In a nonvulnerable game Lane and Lane B defend as South and North against Bast. The opening lead K spade and a club followed. South wins with dummy K, then two diamond tricks via A K, dummy ruffing a third. Q spade leads force declarer to discard last club, granting defenders two tricks while declarer takes four. After six tricks, West warns to avoid a poor lead.
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Declarer
West
Complex bridge play leads to five odd tricks
Detailed bridge scenario describes declarer planning to make five odd tricks. If East ruffs or discards differently, lines of play change. The sequence centers on spade, diamond, and heart leads from dummy, with East's ruff or discard affecting the outcome and potential 5-odd result.
Lie Detector Rescues Man In Slaying
Oliver Armbruster a 42 year old salesman was freed after state attorneys who questioned him on a lie detector accepted his statement that his wife staged a bluff death. He said she shot herself after he fired the gun to prove it was loaded and working and that he believed she was bluffing.
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Chicago
Oliver Armbruster
Liberty Today
Front and flanks clash near Nazareth and Gaza
British troops and police fought 200 Arabs at Meskha near Nazareth. Arabs were repelled after attempting to seize police stations and barricades. Several wounded were carried off, with casualties not yet determined as rioters attacked Gaza townsfolk seeking refuge.
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Meskha
Nazareth
Gaza
Napoleon
Police Driven Back At Nazareth Mount Tabor Clash
Open conflict escalates as Nazareth police retreat from Mount Tabor foot after ammo runs out while about 250 Arabs with rifles advance. Pope Pius XII appeared aged and slow during his five day journey, blessing worshippers after the address.
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Mount Tabor
Nazareth
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F. H. Sterbenz
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Pt. Pleasant
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Leslie Eichel
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Audit and Control Committee
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South Carolina
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Delaware
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Gorton
Wilma
Selwyn Marsh
Alec
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Atine
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Jase
Pase Oue
Pope Pius
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