Court Members Charged With Incompetence Amid Drunkenness Claims
In Wheeling, Brooke County commissioners face impeachment after two women allege repeated drunkenness by president William Liebfarth and commissioner John Owens. Witnesses describe intoxication at meetings, missed signings, and a Pittsburgh trip cut short by inebriation. Hindman’s name not raised. charges include incompetency and waste of public funds.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
J. H. Brennan
Brooke County
Charlotte Calderwood
William Leibfarth
J. W. Balch
William George
George Humes
Hazel Kemp
Lieffarth
John Owens
Owens
Paul Cusick
Pittsburgh
Steel City
Liebfarth
Cusick
Ross Hindman
Shower Honors Mrs. Bill Groose At Mrs. Scott's Home
Mrs. Robert Scott entertained at her home last Tuesday with a miscellaneous shower in honor of Mrs. Bill Groose featuring a refreshment course and decorative touches.
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Robert Scott
Bill Groose
Vintage Toy Lineups Featured in 20th Century Catalog
A historical catalog entry lists diverse toys and gear including tricycles bicycles scooters automobiles erector sets scout knives dolls sleighs and play sets reflecting popular childhood playthings of the era.
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Iture
Personal Notices and Social Roundup Highlights
The column lists numerous residents hosting and visiting relatives and friends. Entries mention Mrs Frank Carper Mrs A V Willis Mrs Edith Taylor Norton and many others with social calling evenings and weekend visits. Names include John Brammer O E Harvey Pearl Ruden Audrie Ellison Nile Calloway Londa Green Press Reed Cecil Edmonds and Henry Lilly among others. A move is noted as John Brammer relocating his family to Maben.
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Frank Carper
A. V. Willis
Edith Taylor
Norton
R. C. Ryals
A. H. Meador
W. A. Fisher
Roy Ellison
W. Persinger
Earl Lilly
B. M. Dobbins
Shannon
Oscar Lilly
Maud Hambrick
E. B. Hambrick
Sherman Akers
Stanley Boley
F. Meador
Bernard Lilly
Emma Shannon
H. J. Grimet
R. Akers
Tempa Hall
O. A. Lilly
Amos Epperley
Cleve Lilly
John Massie
Easter Martin
Bill Crawford
Henry Lilly
O. E. Harvey
Beckley
Stant Lilly
Pearl Ruden
Crow
Audrie Ellison
Ellinita
Victory Lilly
Charleston
Nile Calloway
Londa Green
von Daniels
East Beckley
Press Reed
Glen Morgan
Cecil Edmonds
Crab
Fairmont Girls to Face Morals Judge Tomorrow
Two girl hitch-hikers from Fairmont West Virginia Velma Gilardo 17 and Winifred Amos 18 will be arraigned in morals court tomorrow in Pittsburgh after being picked up at a restaurant at 5 am on suspicion of running away.
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Pittsburgh
Fairmont
W. Va
Velma Gilardo
Winifred Amos
Russia Finishes Railroad Lines Through Far East
Moscow reports completion of a strategically located railroad spanning 1365 miles in the Soviet Far East. Constructed in two years by convict labor, it parallels the Trans-Siberian from Karym near Chita to Khabarovsk, amid military tension with Japan and Manchukuo.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Far East
Karym
Chita
Mongolia
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Mongolian People’s Republic
Indian film shatters local run records in Calcutta
An Indian made picture recently smashed all local records by running for 12 weeks in a Calcutta theater with no sign of diminished interest.
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Calcutta
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Beaver, W. Va
UsVi
Razes
Ogs
Beckley Hardware
Heber Street
Scott
John Brammer
Maben
Orchard
Preston Crosbey
Clifftop
Dora Steiner
Mary Grace Lilly
Imogene Harvey
Fairmont Girls
Russia
Far East
Penney’s
Penney
W Penney
Penney's
Peann A As
PENN
Nucraft
Penney’s Gift Bargains
Incor
Neville Street
Snel Ean
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