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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05

Va, Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Dozer and
George Burns Of GAINESVILLE, visited
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Young. Mr.. Burns who is
former native of East Windsor, Is
enjoying good health. He will be
SO years of age Dec. 2. He raised
garden this summer and painted
his garage without help.
Several from this neighborhood
attended the Mrs. Carl Hosom sale,
Saturday.
Floyd Revenaugh and family OF
Bishop home.
and two sons of GAINESVILLE spent
Saturday afternoon at the viii
Young home.
Mrs. Gus Van Fossen of Deep
River, Ia, spent part of last week
at the Charles Newsom home.
Malcolm Cheadle and family Of
Roosterville spent Monday evening
at the A. A. Henery home.
There will be prayer meeting at
Bailey's, Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. C. Keirns visited
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs
Will Young.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wells of
Caldwell are visiting friends on the
ridge this week.
Supt Carl Fell and family of
Stockport spent Wednesday evening
at the j. Harry Henery home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard White, Mr..
and Mrs. A. l.. Clifford, Mrs. Henry
Porter and daughter Doty, attended
the birthday dinner at w. W..
Whites of Stockport, last Tuesday.
A. A. Henery and family spent
Wednesday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Young.
Charles Newsom and son Ermil
attended the Van Fossen reunion
at Pennsville, Sunday.
Mrs. Florence White and Mrs.
Henry Porter attended inspection at
East Windsor grange, Tuesday
night.
There will be no grange meeting
Friday evening, as Newton Ridge
grange goes to Roxbury that night.
Marie Henery and daughter Mae
called on Rev. Sees and family, Sat
urday forenoon
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bishop, Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Foulke, Mrs. Hat
tie Foulke and w. E. Bishop attend
ed the Barlow fair, Friday.
Mrs. Emma Tompkins spent
Tuesday with her son Kenneth
Tompkins and family of McConnels-
vile.
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. George
Bishop entertained in honor of Mr..
Bishops brother Alvah of Living
ston, Mont. Those present were Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Foulke, Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Rvenaugh and daughter
Catherine Of Blue Rock, Mrs. Jen-l
ME Patterson of Stockport, w. E.
Bishop, the guest of honor, Alvah
Bishop, and host and hostess, Mr..
and Mrs. George Bishop.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05
McCOnnelsvilIe Rt. 2

The son born to Mr.. and Mrs
! Charles Hall recently, has been
named Charles Dale.
George and Glenn Stegner of
GAINESVILLE spent Saturday at the
Edward Stegner home, and enjoyed
squirrel hunting.
Several from here attended the
Homecoming at the Pleasant Grove
church, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Matthews of
GAINESVILLE were at Fred SingBee's,
Saturday.
Edward Reed who has spent the
past several months in a CCC camp,
returned to the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. Sarah Reed, of Hack
ney ridge, Saturday.
Howard CLARK had employment
in Beverly, last week.
Mrs. Anna Reed, who is employed
in McConnelsville spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Singree.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Murray of Co.
shocton and Mrs. Alice Murray Of
McConnelsville spent Saturday with
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Murray.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Simcox and
children Ruth and Dale visited Sun
day afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Parsons, of Ringgold.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold McFerren
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05
Page Seven

struction, and Mrs. Haley is editor
of the Buckeye" the official organ
Of the Ohio Federation. This pa
per is published bi-monthly, and she
spoke of her interesting work in
connection with it's publication.
These women were on their way to
the regional meeting of women's
clubs held at Marietta on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
A social hour was enjoyed with
delicious light refreshments, served
by Mrs. Bell, assisted by Mrs. Mae
Christie, Miss Kelly and Mrs. Shaf-
er. Mrs F. w. Cochran will ba
hostess for the next meeting on
Oct 16, when Mrs. Evelyn 7. But
ton and Mrs. C.. S. Dye have the
program.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05
Morgan County Thursday

their art study for the year. The
eighth grade in McConnelsville is
working on a Batick painting in
Pongee silk. The sixth grade is
very much interested in Basketry
project. Each one OF class is MAX
ing a basket.
The M. & M. band has taken In
several new members. Most OF
them are under classmen who will
be in the band for many years to
come. The new members are Err
nestine Crisman, Wilma Mcdonald,
Gretchen and Janet Scott, and jim
my Richardson. Mr.. and Mrs. Eve
land were host and hostess to the
football boys and the band Of NJ &
M. high school Thursday night. AS
the curtain was drawn, the band
was grouped at the back of the
stage, and the cheerleaders stepped
from behind an immense football,
which was placed in the center OF
the stage. They led the group in
some rousing cheers and in the
singing of songs which were played
by the band. The band played one
selection dedicated to Coach Rich,
who later introduced the football
boys and his managers.
The senior election was complet-
ed last week with officers elected
as follows: President, Donald
Primmer; vice pres, Donna Ellis;
sec'y, Mary Baker; treas, Carl Su-
lex; class advisor, w. o. Porter.
The refreshment stand at the
stadium, Friday, was sponsored by
the junior class. They are plan
ming to have Miss Holzchuher and
her dancers at the M. & M. auditor
ium Oct. 13. A great performance
is anticipated. Charles Kean has
been transferred from the Stockport
high school to the junior class Of
NJ & M.
Mr.. Davis of the gas company
checked the equipment of the home
economics department., last week.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05
Hickory Ridge
Death of MIR. Hamilton

Arch Hamilton who has been
staying with his daughter, Mrs
Chas. Fulton, passed away Sunday
evening at 11:20. Death was due
to diabetes, and gangrene develop
ed in one Of his toes. (See account
elswhere.-Ed) The family has
our deepest sympathy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan McKitrick re-
turned home Thursday from a
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs. John
McKitrick of Kentucky.
Jack and Robert Barnes of Ian
caster spent Sunday night and Mon
day at Frank Medley's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Embree and
daughter spent Sunday at Harold
Best's
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Love and sons
of Lancaster, and Mr.. and Mrs
Pearl Daum, of Sugar Grove, and
Carl James and Bobby Coulson spent
Sunday afternoon at Frank Med
ley'S
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05

and son Edsel, near Beckett, spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Stegner.
Friends here were saddened to
hear of the death of Leslie Allen,
which occurred about noon Sunday
at his home near the Cross Roads
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Murray and
daughter Shirley spent Monday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Bryan, of Malta.
Mrs. Blanche Wells is visiting
with her daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs Dean Brown, of Marys-
Vile
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05
McKendree

Mrs. Iva Ham and Mrs. A. u.
Teters were in GAINESVILLE, Friday
Our Sunday school has fine at
tendance of over 100.
Mrs. Edith Duffy is visiting her
niece, Mrs. VIM. Lighthizer.
Jack Jackson and family are
moving to the Robert Chambers
farm.
Mrs. David Ross is quite i'll with
complications.
Emerson Greer and Willis Greer
of Newark, are spending the week
with Mr. and Mrs. Forest Parmiter,
and enjoying the hunting season.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05

butter and sponge cakes, cookies,
pies and rolls. The junior girls
have spent some time on selecting
equipment for the laboratory and
making table cloths. Now they are
studying short cuts used in cloth
ing construction At the fair we
received first prize ON each of our
four entries.
Art
Some of the grades have named
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05
M. & M. School Notes
Home Economics

There are IS girls enrolled in the
home economics classes this year.
The first year girls have been can
ming and making jelly; now they
have started to make smocks and
aprons to wear in the laboratory.
The sophomore girls are working on
a unit on baking They have made
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05
THE CRIMSON TIDE ROLLS
OVER GLOUSTER

Among those present to witness
the christening of the new high
school athletic field was "Old Man
Rain himself His participation in
the festivities was felt if not ap-
! preciated, by all. 1t is rumored that
he was invited by the various
cleaning and pressing shops of this
| locality.
Glouster winning toss, elected to
receive, who on the first play fun
bled and lost possession of the ball.
Soon afterward they regained pos
session of the ball and had time to
run couple of plays before losing
/ the ball again on recovered fum-
BILE. This time M. & M. took ad-
vantage of the breaks and ran a
string of short passes and line
bucks. When the time was ripe,
Fisher carried the ball around end
for the first score of the game.
The attempt for the extra point
was fumbled due to the rain which
made the ball extremely hard to
handle The first quarter ended
with Glouster trying to shove the
ball past the so yard line and into
M. & MS end of the field.
Most of the second round was
fought in Glouster's territory.
The third frame opened with
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05

Glouster making a nice drive deep
into the opposition's territory, but
without success.
In the fourth quarter Young, M.
e MS fast left end hit Glouster
man on his own four yard line.
The tackle resulted in tumble
which was recovered by Captain
like" Knox. Longley, the signal
caller, sent Knox over the goal for
the second touchdown of the game
1t was late in the fourth when Knox
came from nowhere to intercept a
pass on Glouster's 40 and trounced
back across the goal with the aid of
some superb blocking. The extra
point was made by pass from
Longley to Huck.
One thing at least was proven at
this game, Coach Rich has team
trained to be alert for any breaks
and use them to the greatest ad-
vantage This column wishes to
deny the report that the boys wore
water wings under their jerseys and
also that Captain ike" Knox is
web-footed.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05

Substitutions: M. & M.-Huck,
White, Ellis, Heston, Whitehouse,
Cronin, Richardson, Newsom, Nice
swanger; Glouster- Bryson, Jen-
nice, Dalconta, Covella, Denison,
Cunningham, Bradley, Wadeck,
Wolfe. Referee: A j. Jolley and
his assistant from Marietta
Remember the next home. game.
Friday, Oct. 13-New Concord.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05

Some of the grades have named
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05

First downs: M. e M. 13; GlOus-
ter, 5. Here's how they lined up:
M. & M. Glouster
Stawart Ley
Evening star., 1939-03-12

become very close friends since you met
aboard?'
No denying that.
''Mr. Browning, quite bit of bully, offered
to fight you. But you wouldn't. gather you're
on your way to Egypt Mr.. Pratt, to dig up old
Pharaohs. Another Tut, perhaps, eh? So
fighting's not really your line?" The last
question just escaped being sneer.
1T is not
so should imagine Yet, in the presence
of Miss Mathieson, it must have ranked to
have to pipe down. A man might brood over
the incident, and feel he'd made bad showing.
He might, if opportunity offered reopen the
quarrel, without malice aforethought, as they
say, and merely for his own sef-respect. A pity
you went up on deck. I'm not suggesting you
had anything to do with it, but l warn you
tongues will wag Well, Mr.. Pratt, won't keep
you. but you're not to 60 ashore at Alexandria
tomorrow You'll have to make statement to
the police about this unfortunate affair. Until
then, Mr. Pratt Good night!'
Dazed, Matthew rose. So the Captain knew?
Even as "a liar he had messed things. He had
almost reached the door when the haunting
Evening star., 1939-03-12

voice spoke again: What have you been doing
to the knuckles of your right hand. Mr.. Pratt?"
Matthew found they we're grazed and bleed
ing. Il must i must have slipped running
to the bridge"
The Captains smile was ironic. II see. Well,
l suppose landsmen are clumsy. Good night,
Mr.. Pratt"
Matthew went out into the windy night,
and down to the passengers deck. In that
familiar territory Annabelle came running to
him, hands outstretched.
Mat, I've been looking for you everywhere.
They're saying you saw it,
81 did,"
'Poor darling! How beastly! And after that
row. She held his hands comfortingy. He
wanted to be taken in her arms, and tell her
everything She would understand why he had
had to hit Browning. But he could not claim
her sympathy like that. To one so fine the
knowledge of his guilt would be cruel burden.
you're cold" she went on. "All shivery!
Poor lamb, it would happen to you. Come
along to the smoke room and we'll get you
drink. After such a shock you need it"
Evening star., 1939-05-21
PART FIVE.
Cd, 900 Slash for w. P. A.
In Southeast Forecast

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. May 20.-W. P. A. Of
flcials said today another $4,000
workers probably would have to be
cut from w. P. A. rolls in seven
Southeastern States after July l.
Attending regional conference
OF State administrators and other
w. P. A. officials, Howard 0. Hunter
of Washington, deputy national
administrator, explained President
Roosevelt had requested Congress
provide only $1,50000O 900 for w.
P. A. next year
This, he added, compared with
81 ,200,O00,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 30 and would mean the
w. P. A. would be able to give
work to- only about 100000 per-
sons, compared to approximately
100000 this year.
Malcolm J. Miller, regional direc-
tor, estimated money would be avail
able to employ only 256,0O0 in Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Tennessee.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Second Half of
Fronek Symphony
To Be Distributed

The final release of The Stars
Music Appreciation Campaign-the
second half of Cesar Franck's great
Symphony in D Minor will be
made available tomorrow at the spe-
cial booth in the lobby of The Star
Building.
The first half of this masterpiece
was made available last Monday.
Music lovers who failed to obtain
that group of recordings may now
purchase the complete symphony at
once. This final release also is COM
posed of three 12-inch double-faced
recordings and the Offering will be
available at the same price as the
other three-record groups.
With the release of this last group,
all of the 10 great symphonies and
symphonic compositions included in
The Stars offer now are obtainable
at the Music Appreciation counter.
In addition to the Franck SYM
phony, music lovers this week may
purchase the recordings of the fol-
lowing masterpieces:
Franz Schuberts Symphony No.
8 in B Minor" Ludwig van Beetho-
ven's symphony No in c Minor"
Wolfgang Mozart's Symphony No.
40 in G Minor" Richard Wagner's
preludes to die Meistersinger" and
"Parsifal," Johann Sebastian Bachs
"Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2 and
g." Claude Debussy's Afternoon of
Faun, Clouds" and Festivals;
Haydn's symphony No. SO in E Flat
Major" Tschaikowsky's Symphony
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Woodrun Is Forum Speaker

Representative Clifton A. Wood
rum, Democrat. of Virginia, one of
the leaders of the congressional
economy forces, will discuss Federal
Spending" in the National Radio
Forum tomorrow night.
The National Radio Forum is ar
ranged by The Star and is broad
cast over coast-to- coast network
of the National Broadcasting Co. 1t
is heard locally at $50 pm. through
Station WMAL.
Representative Woodrum is rank
ing member of the House Appro-
priations Committee and is at pres
ent directing the subcommittee in
vestigation of w. P. A. activities.
Not long ago the Virginian made
the statement that he believed this
investigation will disclose that hun
dreds of millions of dollars appro-
priated by Congress for the relief
of needy American citizens have
not been expended for that pur-
pose"
He added: Il do not charge graft
or corruption, but I question and
challenge the wisdom of many of
these operations.
Prior to his election to the Sixty
eighth Congress, Representative
Woodrum studied law at Washing
ton and Lee University, practiced
in Roanoke from 1908 to 1917, served
as Commonwealth's attorney until
1919 and occupied the bench of the
Hastings Court Of Roanoke until
1922.
Evening star., 1939-05-21

weather Conditions Last "a Hours.
The disturbance that was centered over
Eastern Montana Friday night has moved
Wison and Mnot aSes s0Tae inehes With
a trough extending southeastward to the
middle Mississippi and lower Missouri VAL
leys and thence southwestward to low
pressure pr area in Southwestern Texas Wink.
.9.62 inches. A low prevails over Southern
Greenland and off the Labrador Coast,
Julianehaab, 30 40 inches. and Belle Isle.
Newfoundland; New. sS:54 inches. trough e1-
Southern New England and the lower
lake region. Pressure is low off the Aleutian
Islands. Atka. Alaska. 29.6S inches
Pressure neis Is relatively low oyer the North
ton. Greg. aS.7S inches. High pressure
prevails, from the South Atlantic States
about 500 miles southwest Of Sable Island
1923 inches. high-pressure area ex
tends from the Western Hudson Bay region
southeastward to Northern New England.
remains high in the Gulf of Alaska and OF
the Southern Pacific Coast. Sitka. 30. is
inches, and Los Angeles 5000 inches
During the last "a hours there have been
most generally east of the Mississippi River,
except i'll portions of the Atlantic States
Scattered showers and thunderstorms have
also occurred in the lower Missouri Valley.
the Northern Rocky Mountain region and
the North Pacific States and portions of
the Gulf States. Temperatures have fallen
from the middle ATLANTIC States westward
what cooler weather has occurred over the
central plains States. the southern plateau
region and along the North Pacific Coast.
a9es be No1sp aaHs risen ot1 IN se GI
region and portions of the North Atlantic
States.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
German Protests Loss
Of Faculty Post

By the Associated Press.
NORMAN, Okla, May 20.-Dr.
Frederic Ermarth, native German,
criticized University of Oklahoma
regents today for not reappointing
him to the faculty, charging their
decision was Exclusively on political
grounds"
DR.. Ermarth was assistant profess
sor Of government.
Eugene Ledbetter, regents presi-
dent. said, There was nothing per-
sonal and no criticism of him was
intended"
DR.. Ermarth is the son of a Ger
man officer killed in the World War,
a graduate of Heidelberg and a for
mer exchange student at Harvard.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Group Arraignment
In Poison Murders
Scheduled tuesday
Arrests Now TotoI n,
With Known Victims
Numbering Nine
BY the Associated Press.

Ds lHt hSSOClatcu
PHILADELPHIA, May 20.-In-
vestigators of the Eastern Insurance.
murder plots, tallying progress since
a widows confession broke the case
wide open a month ago, counted q
persons in custody today and nine
known" victims.
Estimates of the number shared
in the rings evil web have run
as high as 100, but only these
nine deaths have been established
definitely. All were in Pennsyl-
vania. Police suspect, nevertheless,
that there were others in New Jer-
sey, New York and Delaware. Two
men are held in New Jersey
drowning.
The record of this fantastic case
as it moves toward group arraign-
ments next Tuesday and perhaps a
trial the following week also lists
one first-degree murder conviction
and plea of guilty to three fatal
poisonings.
Is Persons Indicted.
run lCCli lllCll dllI WOIIlCIL IldVC
been indicted on murder, man.
slaughter and conspiracy charges.
Thirteen others, including a ply
sician, an insurance agent, 'pri-
vate detective" and six widows, are
held for further questioning. Some
have been given hearings.
The bodies of nine men have been
exhumed and examined in police
laboratories. Eight contained evi-
dence, detectives said, that the men
did not succumb to natural" all
mentS as first reported.
Investigators claim they have
proof that ninth man, cripple,
was drowned for his insurance One
of the disinterred bodies showed
traces of four kinds of poison, an
other of the ancient drug-hemlock-
that Socrates drank to die.
Orders for the disinterment of four
more bodies have been prepared and
gravediggers may 60 to work again
next week, Coroner Charles H.
Hersch disclosed today.
Guilty Pleas Expected.
Prosecutors expected some sus-
poets to enter guilty pleas at next
weeks mass arraignments. Those
who do will appear before a special
court of three judges. who will hear
evidence and fix the degree of guilt
Those who plead innocence will
be given speedy trials, perhaps to-
gether, Assistant District Attorney
Vincent P. McDevitt said. He indi-
Gated he would ask first-degree mur-
der verdicts, which would make the
death penalty mandatory. Such a
verdict was returned against Her
man Petrillo, convicted of poisoning
w. P. A. laborer.
Mrs. Carina Favata, 2O0-pound
boarding house keeper, was tried
after Petrillo on charge of murder
ing her stepson, Philip Ingrao, IT.
year-old bakers boy. She halted
testimony with dramatic plea of
guilty to the poisoning of Ingrao,
his father cher common-law hus-
band, and one of her boarders.
Her confession sent investigators on
dozen new trails and brought mass
arrests.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
None Can MoIest
Advance 10 Empire,
Franco Proc|aims
Intends to Garry Out
Revolution Begun,
He Tells Officers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADRID. May 20.-Generalissimo
Franco tonight proclaimed anew
his will for empire" declaring
Spain would build herself into a
world power in such a manner that
no country could modest our ad-
vance"
Eve are going to carry out the
revolution now begun" the general
issimo declared in a speech before
5000 officers of the Spanish nation
alist army
His appearance followed a relig-
iouS Thanksgiving service in subur-
ban Santa Barbara at which he re-
ceived from Isidoro Cardinal Coma
Y Tomas. primate of Spain. a gold
bejeweled sword as symbol of his
conquest.
DO not let that word revolution
astonish you" he said, because it
is revolution to turn against all
frivolitieS of an entire century and
against the frock coat when it is not
worn with dignity, and to see that
soldiers are real soldiers and do not
fall into frivolous ways that lower
their military worth.
Let us make our way on the road
of empire so that nobody dares
place himself in our way or molest
our advance because with our unity
and this army we can look calmly
uDOn the future
In an earlier broadcast the gen.
eralissimo had told the world de-
family that Spain would never be
encircled economically or politically.
and that her army was capable of
enforcing her ambitions.
He emphasized that no country
could high-pressure Spain and that
the nation would mould its own en-
pire without dictation or orders
from any power.
1T would be not only useless but
serious obstacle to our rapproche-
ment with certain nations If, with
the purpose of putting pressure on
us indirectly in the political field
they should try to encircle us in the
economic field"
Newspapers lauded Gen. Franco
as an invincible leader, but kept 81
lent in todays editions about Ger
many and Italy. Gen. Franco s
broadcast was considered particu-
larly significant in that he did not
mention either country.