Red Cross Movie Drive Opens Roll Call Campaign
An intensive Red Cross outreach in Taylor county launches with sound films Why Not Live and Behind the Flood Headlines shown in Grafton High school auditorium tomorrow. Shows move to Rosemont Flemington Flemington Flemington Simpson Webster Pruntytown through the week with Rotary and Kiwanis participation and committee announcements. Reverend Milard Stump is vice chairman of the drive.
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Taylor County
American Red
Roll Call
G. T. Bartlett, Jr
Grafton High School
Rosemont
Flemington High School
Simpson
Webster School
Pruntytown
Grafton Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Bartlett
Milard Stump
Baptist Church
Flemington
Program Shines At Rock Branch School Event
A Thursday program at Rock Branch school led by teacher Nan S Armstrong featured community adults performing numbers and a Hallowe en party with a soup pot presided over by an old witch. Fortunes placed in a spoon were represented by forest objects as part of the fun. The attendance impressed Miss Armstrong who thanked helpers for making the program a success.
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Rock Branch School
Nan S. Armstrong
Motive For Shooting Of Nurse Sought By Police
Pittsburgh police sought a motive and a man after Margaret McDowell a 26 year old nurse was shot by a stranger who trailed her from a rooming house, seized her near Allegheny General Hospital, and fired as she struggled to escape. The bullet lodged near her left lung and she was hospitalized after reporting the attack.
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Pittsburgh
Margaret McDowell
Allegheny General Hospital
Martin Cocoran
Miss McDowell
Roosevelt to seek national policy on rail wage dispute
President Roosevelt weighs a national policy for rail transportation after a wage dispute that the board says cannot justify wage cuts. Carriers may seek rehabilitation loans totaling up to one billion dollars, subject to Interstate Commerce Commission approval. A committee led by H A Enochs considered the issue, with a plan to reconvene government, carrier and public representatives to craft a policy.
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Roosevelt
White House
H. A. Enochs
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Orson Welles War of the Worlds broadcast sparks panic
Reports from Charleston and New York recount widespread fear as the Mercury theatre of the air adaptation of H. G. Wells War of the Worlds caused mass evacuations, frantic calls, and church disruptions after listeners believed a Martian invasion was real. Orson Welles issued a formal apology explaining the piece was fiction.
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United States
Mercury
New York
Orson Welles
Mercury Theater
H. G. Wells
Mercury Theater of the Air
Columbia Network
Probe opens into War of the Worlds broadcast panic
The Federal Communications Commission began an investigation into a dramatic radio broadcast that caused mass fear across the United States. FCC Chairman Frank P. McNinch sought CBS for an electrical transcription of Wells’s War of the Worlds. Protests poured in while listeners reported fainting and hysteria. Wells himself commented from London on the broadcast’s impact.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Mars
United States
Frank P. McNinch
Columbia Broadcasting System
Commission
H. G. Wells
McNinch
London
Scott Leav es B and O Service Heads Change
James Matthew Scott former Monongah division superintendent retires tonight as general superintendent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. A Pittsburgh banquet honors him as local officials attend. Scott began with C and O in 188x, joined Grafton in 1913, served as division superintendent and later West Virginia lines chief. He plans to spend retirement with Mrs Scott, a widow for years.
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James Matthew Scott
Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Scott
Pittsburgh
Supt
John Edwards, Jr
Luther Ford
Kanawha County
Chesapeake and Ohio
Malden
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Grafton
West Virginia Lines
Wheeling
Guardian sought for Rosie Tackett in county court dispute
Judge Hill reported officers found no ore at the Tackett cabin and learned the Tackett family and Mrs. Columbus had gone to Paintsville in Johnson County. Floyd county officers seized warrants there. County Attorney Short said a guardian for Rosie would be sought and that a guardianship or annulment action could be filed in Rosie’s name. Rosie, wed last Monday to Fleming Tackett, 34, a miner, with her mother Grace Columbus claiming the couple had been courting secretly for some time.
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Judge Hill
Tackett
Hill
Tacketts
Columbus
Paintsville
Johnson County
Floyd County
Forrest D. Short
Rose
Rosie
Short
Fleming Tackett
Grace Columbus
Flem
Firing Squad Names Secret in Local Execution
Report continues from page one detailing a bleak scene where five marksmen recruited by Sheriff Grant Young of Salt Lake County carried out the execution. Their names were kept secret and the firing followed soon after their selection.
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Grant Young
Saltlake County
Roosevelt Adds Voice To Election Fight In Several States
In the push to mobilize voters Roosevelt appeals to both major parties’ supporters as Landon campaigns in Bartlesville Oklahoma and Kansas. Roosevelt plans a Friday radio address backing New York Democrats while denying urging a party vote and defending his name from misuse in Pennsylvania.
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Roosevelt
Hoover
Alfred M. Landon
Landon
Bartlesville
Okla
Kansas
New York
James
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
Man in McMechen Takes Life With Rope
A McMechen man identified as Drew died by self-inflicted hanging using a quarter inch rope. Sheriff Evans and Dr. Paul Warden confirmed the death after removing the body and noting the rope’s breakage and embedding. Receipts showed alimony paid for September. a capias for contempt for unpaid support existed with October arrears. No inquest was held per Dr. Warden's ruling.
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M’mechen
Sherif Herbert Evans
Paul P. Warden
Drew
Grafton
Evans
Baltimore
Marshall County
Moundsville
Warden
Bartlett
Jome
McMechen
Saylor
G. T. Bartlett
Littleton Man Calvin Smith Dies at 76
Calvin Smith, 76, longtime Littleton resident since age 20, died. A native of New Martinsville Wetzel County, he lived in Littleton for 56 years.
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Littleton
Calvin Smith
New Martinsville
Wetzel County
Wuchow Evacuated As Japanese Bombardment Presses
Canton dispatches report Wuchow in Kwangsi province evacuated under heavy Japanese air attacks. The port, 90 miles west of Canton, serves as a key West River trading hub and rail link. Chinese militia mass along rivers try to check advances. residents flee as troops avoid retreat amid bombardment. Eskelund returned to Canton with accounts of shattered villages and civilians pulled from ruins. Local Canton government claimed functioning fully despite turmoil.
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Wuchow
Kwangsi
Calston
West River
Kwangal
Hunan
Kwelchow
Adni
Kwangmoon
Tsingfa
Tsingyun 45
Yuyuan
Karl J. Eskelund
Establishe Linghien
Wu Tehe
Hallowe'en Parade Preparations in Grafton
A citywide Hallowe'en parade organized by the Kiwanis club is planned with contestants gathering on Latrobe street at 7:30 p m. They will march to Main street and Baltimore and Ohio station square to be judged by three judges. Ten special police and seven regular officers will ensure order. Parking downtown will be restricted and Latrobe street will be cleared early.
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Latrobe
Latrobe Street
Baltimore and Ohio Station
Grafton
Hallowe
Kiwanis Club
A.E. Lockard
Dacs Coelice
Ane Kiwanians
W. @. Hare’ jdin
Woman's Club
Cs. ‘W. Wells
Rotary ‘Cluby
Mary Duffy
Quota Club
Lockard
Civil Service
West VI Congress of Parents meeting in Parkersburg
Mrs. H. G. Klein of Hunt, president, will preside at the state executive committee meeting in Parkersburg on Thursday October 31. The message notes the committee’s gathering and Klein leading the session.
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Parkersburg
H. G. Klein
Hunt
West VI
Congress of Parents
Parckersburg
Notice Meeting of Taylor County Rei and Gun Club
Corbin Band Root, Wednesday November 2 at 8 o clock. All members urged to attend.
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Taylor County Rei and Gun Club
Corbin Band Root
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