Workman Drowns At Tygart Dam
A Frederick Snare steel worker Joseph Duriga aged 28 drowned while lowering a line in the Tygart dam stilling basin. He was swept under water and came up then swam downstream before sinking. Despite boats and diving teams the undertow hindered rescue. body recovered after two hours. No inquest will be held. Duriga leaves a widow and his family in Quarrysville, Pa.
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Associated Press
Grafton
Tygart Dam
Joseph Duriga
Frederick Snare Corporation
Stilling
United States Army
Duriga
Paul P. Warden
Army
Merry Go Round of 1938 Cast and First Film Note
Irving Cummings directs Bert Lahr Louise Fazenda in a comedy scene from Merry Go Round of 1938 as Jimmy Savo watches. The piece notes Savo’s effort to learn on screen, Louise’s dramatic embrace, and mentions Noah Beery Jr. Dorothea Kent and Bill Gargan in the cast. Sylvan Simon’s Mightier Than the Sword is also in progress with Wendy Barrie Walter Pidgeon Kent Taylor.
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Ollywood—Film Factory
Irving Cummings
Bert Lahr
Louise Fazenda
Jimmy Savo
Savo
Louise
Lahr
Mack Sennett
Cummings
William Gargan
Bill
Bob Armstrong
Lew Ayers
Jean Harlow
Noah Beery Jr
Dorothea Kent
Harlow
Gargan
Armstrong
Sylvan Simon
Wendy Barrie
Walter Pidgeon
Kent Taylor
Simon
Nasal Clinics Open to Fight Infantile Paralysis Amid School Closures
Amid school closures in Chicago area agencies mobilized to curb a mild epidemic of infantile paralysis. The report notes nasal clinics opening and a variety of local civic and church activity ongoing. Several residents were mentioned attending meetings, visits, and events including the Missionary Society and A M E Conference. Various names and places appear, reflecting community efforts and social gatherings in Lester, Bluefield, Slab Fork, Beckley, and Mabscott.
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Chicago
Isaac Corpening
Levi Logan
Elijah Moten
Willis Galloway
Carbondale
W. J. Logan
George Gore
Missionary Society
P. m
Mesdames Gore
Walters
Logan
Jackson
Carpening
Calloway
Misses Stone
Morris
Messrs
Gore
Brown
Hattie Mitchel
Slab Fork
F. M. Moorhead
G. W. Patterson
Wheeling
Lula Anderson
Davis
S. A. Smith
Missionary Union
Skelton
Mabscott
Mary Neely
Bluefield
Clifton J. Neely
Pastor to Speak at Greenwood Baptist Church
Rev Eugene Wylie will preach at Greenwood Baptist church on Greenwood Mountain Sunday at 2 30 pm The public is invited to hear this speaker Also union services planned with New Salem and St John Baptist churches with communion Sunday at Tams Rev Allen to preach and a mission society service Friday night.
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Eugene Wylie
Greenwood Baptist Church
Greenwood Mountain
Smith
New Salem Baptist Church
St. John Baptist
Tams
The
Missionary Society
Allen
Dorothy Washington
Beulah Daily
Samuel Wylie
Charlie Lawson
Robert Moose
Thomas Edmonds
Wyco
Origins of the baker's dozen in English trade
The term baker's dozen traces to early English days when bakers, wary of anti fraud laws, supplied 13 items for a dozen. The practice reflected caution in commerce and has endured as a historic phrase.
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Mary Ellen Trant
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Missionary Society of the Friendship Baptist Church
Pearl Edwards
James Clark
C. E. Edwards
C. T. Robbins
Janet Simpson
James Simpson
F. Crosby
Elkhorn
Harper
Ella Webb
Cora Crider
Annie Pickens
Bertha White
Gladys Richardson
Deveaux
R. Sandidge
Bettie Jean Richardson
Missionary Society of the
Ridge Chapel
Charter Airplane Service
United States
Beckley Air Transport
Mpbell
Muich
Gaymode
Awear
I. Ie
AAA
Suzanne
Rai
Penney
Mirra
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