Gasoline Station Night Closings Extend to Grafton
Grafton and Taylor county lie on the edge of a night closing zone for gasoline stations from 7 p m to 10 7 a m daily as advised by John W Frey director of marketing in the oil administration Affected stations mostly follow the advisory with a few continuing regular hours Owners and dealers plan further discussions to secure full voluntary compliance though no legal mandate exists Officials warn of possible stricter steps or rationing if goals are not met The federal plan is part of a broader gasoline conservation campaign announced by Secretary Ickes featuring a new advertisement in the Sentinel
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Grafton
Taylor County
John W. Frey
The
Oil Administration
Department of Interior
Telegram
W.C. Lawson
Sec. of Interior
Harold Ickes
Toyldy
Ickes
Sentinel
Graham Pays $25 Fine For Reckless Driving
William B. Graham, 40, of Grafton, paid a $25 fine and costs after arraignment in Philippi on a reckless driving charge. State police said he drove on the wrong side of a covered bridge. Graham pleaded guilty.
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William B. Graham
Grafton
Boyles
Philippi
Graham
Levy Making Bodies In Session This Morning
Four levy making bodies in Taylor county plan to fix their 1941 42 budgets and levy estimates for submission to the state tax commissioner in Charleston. The county board of education meets tonight while the city commission, county court, and Flemington town council began their tasks this morning.
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Taylor County
Charleston
County Board of Education
City Commission
Flemington
Jaycees Plan Meeting of Membership Tonight
The Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce calls a membership meeting for 8 o clock this evening at the Lawson Community Center. Secretary Joe Evans announces all members should attend as important business is planned.
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Jaycees
Grafton
Potter Fined For Faulty Boiler at Thornton Brick Plant
E. R. Potter president of Thornton Fire Brick Co. was fined a minimum $100 plus court costs after a nolo contendere plea to permitting operation of a faulty boiler. Judge Ona C. Jefferys imposed the fine as Potter agreed to make required boiler repairs with time to comply. State Labor Commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler and other officials attended the hearing.
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E. R. Potter
Thornton Fire Brick Company
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferys
Nolo Contendre
Clarksburg
Ole B. Wyckoff
Potter
Charles J. F. Sattler
M. R. Francis
Francis L. Warder
Wyckoff
Charleston
Sattler
Four Gunmen Rob Bank in Stroudsburg Bank Heist
Four gunmen wearing dark sunglasses held up First National Bank employees in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. They escaped in a black sedan with about $76,000 in insured currency. The theft occurred near the post office as a teller Ralph Rheinfels and guard Lewis Heiney were preparing to send funds to the Federal Reserve in Philadelphia. They fled over the Delaware River bridge into New Jersey. police noted the car may have been stolen in Easton.
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Stroudsburg
First National Bank
Ralph Rheinfels
Lewis Heiney
Federal Reserve Bank
Philadelphia
Unemployment Aid Data Plan Announced by WPA Official
West Virginia will receive $1,900 designated for data collection on unemployment destitution and rental charges. State Administrator J N Alderson of the Work Projects Administration announced the allotment on Aug 5.
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Huntington
West Virginia
J. N. Alderson
Work Projects Administration
Former Local Resident Dies in West Virginia
Mrs. Alice Thomas, 78, a former Grafton resident born June 2, 1863, died at her son Ira Thomas's home in Kanawha Falls, W. Va. after months of failing health. Survived only by son Ira of Kanawha Falls, with no brothers or sisters. Body to Bartlett Funeral Home, McGraw avenue, arrival tomorrow morning. Funeral at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home officiated by Rev. J. P. Musick. Burial at Bluemont cemetery under G. T. Barrett's direction.
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Alice Thomas
Grafton
Isaac J. ‘Thomas
Thomas
Kanawha Falls
W. Va
Taylor County
Ira
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
J. P. Musick
Rail unions' wage demand rejected by railroad managers
Chicago August 5 rail management rejected the unions wage gain demands. Management argued wage increases would cost about 600 million dollars yearly. Five operating unions seeking 30 percent raises for 350000 workers. Fourteen non operating brotherhoods sought 30 to 34 cents hourly for about 800000 workers.
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Chicago
New German Pressure Said on Vichy Leaders
London reports authoritative quarters indicate fresh German pressure on the Vichy government, though details of the demands remain unknown. Vichy spokesmen had claimed France would withdraw from French Indo China, while Paris cited Japanese precautions and the inability to send reinforcements amid threatening enemy concentrations in Indo China.
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London
Vichy
Indo-China
France
Japan
Second Walkout Ends at Page Mining Concern
Four hundred miners at Page Mining company on Lower Loup creek returned to work at Oak Hill after a second walkout in two weeks. Oscar James, president of Page local United Mine Workers, said the men walked out yesterday when a motor operator was moved to a different haul for the second time in two weeks.
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Oak Hill
Page Mining Company
Lower Loup Creek
Oscar James
Page
United Mine Workers
Rail loadings remain firm for Baltimore and Ohio in July 1941
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad moved 287,207 freight cars in July 1941, with 183,084 loaded on line and 95,123 received from connections. This surpasses July 1940 by 56,739 cars and June 1941 by 4,867. For the week ending August 2, 1941, the line moved 41,780 cars loaded and 22,299 from connections, up from the prior year.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Induction Exaii Gi Selectees During Week
Induction examinations for 86 selective service trainees from Kentucky and West Virginia were held at Huntington armory. 42 inductees were West Virginia blacks and 43 were from Kentucky. All will be sent to Fort Thomas Kentucky. Tomorrow 200 West Virginians will be examined and sent to Fort Hayes. Friday follows with 179 more West Virginians scheduled.
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Huntington, Aig
Kentucky
West Virginia
Huntington Armory
West
Youngster Drowns In Deep Water of Creek
New Cumberland Aug 5 Ronald Pettit Jr seven of New Cumberland drowned in Yellow Creek while wading. Firemen failed to revive him with a pulmator after his body was recovered about half an hour later.
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New Cumberland
Ronald Pettit, Jr
Yellow Creek
Cabell Court Keeps Record in Budget Approval
The Cabell County court, for the eighth straight year, was first in West Virginia to secure state approval for its 1941 42 budget. The Huntington meeting approved the budget and levy, with officials sent to Charleston to present to Tax Commissioner George P. Alderson. Other counties defer statutory budget meetings until tonight. Raleigh County sets special levy elections Friday.
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Charleston
Cabell‘County Court
West Virginia
Huntington
W. A. Leap
W. G. Crawford
George P. Alderson
Raleigh
Sinking Fund Commission
Board of School Finance
Jurors Dodge Murder Trial In New York
In New York Aug 5 jurors delayed murder trial proceedings for four defendants including Buchalter Weiss Capone and Cohen. Judge Taylor ordered veniremen to return Sept 15 while excusals were reviewed amid the hottest month. The case stems from the 1936 killing of Brooklyn storekeeper Joseph Rosen to influence testimony on a trucking racket. 126 of 250 grand jurors failed to appear or offered excuses. Buchalter pleaded guilty to narcotics in 1940 and faced life in Sing Sing for a bakery shakedown scheme.
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New York
Anklyn Taylor
Buchalter
Emmanuel Weiss
Louis Capone
Philip
Little Farrel) Cohen
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Rosen
Sing Sing
United States
Suez Canal Bases Struck by Axis Planes Raid
Axis planes raid Suez Canal bases with German and British entities tangled in reports. The German high command announced heavy damage to a large passenger steamer and significant tonnage sunk after the assault, detailing destruction and strategic impact on Allied operations.
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Suez Canal
Oumanet
Child Drowned In Greenbrier River
Garland Pont Pettry aged 3 died after apparently falling into the Greenbrier River while playing near his home in For ton Auk yesterday. Local authorities and rescuers search the area for the child’s body.
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Forton
Auk
Garland Pont Pettry
Greenbrier
German Submarine Surrenders to British Destroyer
The surrender of a German submarine to H.M.S. Broadway, formerly the U.S. Hunt, was disclosed today with news of decorations awarded to officers and crew. The Broadway is one of the 50 United States destroyers transferred to Britain last September.
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London
H.M.S. Broadway
U.S.5
Hunt
United States
Britain
Tomato Canneries Prepared to Handle County Crop
Berkeley Springs August 5 announcement from County Farm Agent H C C Willey says tomato canneries should begin operating within two weeks and Morgan county tomato harvest will peak around September 1. He expects a larger yield this year though some blight on lower leaves noted. tomatoes overall look good.
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Berkeley Springs
H. C. C. Willey
Morgan County
Willey
State Roads for Defense in Clarksburg Three Lane Link
Ernest L Bailey told the Clarksburg Kiwanis the state will meet rising defense road demands amid heightened industrial activity. He urged voters to support a 1942 constitutional amendment restricting license and gas tax use to road work, warning against fund diversion. Candidates Colgate Darden Jr Vivian Page and Hudson Cary clash over leadership and a claimed state dictatorship.
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Clarksburg
Ernest L. Bailey
Bailey
Bridgeport
America
Colgate Darden, Jr
Vivian Page
Hudson Cary
Page
Cary
Darden
Prominent Williamson Merchant Dies After Heart Attack
Williamson August 5 Eli Sohn 70 Russian emigrant and leading Williamson merchant died in hospital a few hours after a heart attack. He was active in Mingo Republican affairs serving two terms on the city commission and long on the county executive committee. He moved to Williamson from Ceredo in 1902 and built a four story building in 1905 housing his mercantile establishment bearing his name.
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Williamson
Eli Sohn
Sohn
Mingo
Ceredo
Axis Air Raid Kills 90 in Cairo Area
Axis air raid on Cairo area last night kills 90 and injures 106 according to an Egyptian communique. German forces claim raids on British bases in Suez canal area after destroying two lighter-merchant ships near Suez roadstead.
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Cairo
Catro
Suez Canal
Igh
Suez
Natural preservation method by Tibetans described
The text explains meat can be kept without refrigeration or salt by Tibetans. Outdoors, the juices are sucked up by very dry air, making the flesh extremely dry and able to be powdered for long term storage.
Woman stabbed and beaten at Homestead apartment
A woman was found stabbed and badly beaten at an East End Homestead apartment. Her 15 year old son, John Richard Eskey, home on vacation from Randolph Macon in Front Royal, was slightly cut. Detective Inspector Walter Monaghan said Eskey awoke to commotion and found his mother on the floor near her bed. Mrs Sutter was detained for questioning. her injuries described as fair and she was hospitalized.
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John Richard Eskey
Randolph Macon
Front Royal
Way
U . City
Walter Monaghan
Young
Eskey
Monaghan
Shadyside Hospital
Minor Western Mediterranean Operations At Issue
Fragmentary report states a Western Mediterranean assault was authorized by an A level decision, described as a minor operation. Plausible connections to岸 air hangars and units are mentioned, but specifics, dates, or involved parties remain unclear.
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Mediterranean
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Cabell Court
Lepke
Mike McCann
Mike
Hotel Plaza
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State Roads For Defense
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Earth
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Fron
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