Style Shop Burglary Nets $175.93 In Grafton
A weekend break in at the Style Shop on 12 West Main left $175.93 in cash stolen while goods remained untouched. Police led by Captain A. E. Lockard believe the intruder cased the store in advance, entering through a second floor window and crossing adjacent roofs, leaving no usable clues or fingerprints.
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Grafton
West Main Street
Virginia Bee
Fea
A. EB. Lockard
Style Shop
Cohen
A. and P
Miss Bee
Mrs Zinn Dies in Philippi Sunday Afternoon
Mrs Effie Gall Zinn wife of Tate W D Zinn and a known figure in Taylor county died at her Philippi home at 145 PM Sunday of complications She was born in Barbour county educated in local schools Fairmont State Teachers College and taught in Philippi public schools She leaves four sons Hubert D Gall Philippi Earl M Gall Seattle WA A B Gall and D Gall Morgantown one sister Mary Talbott Philippi and six grandchildren She was a member of the Philippi Methodist Church Funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday at 2 PM Pastor C V Cochran officiating
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Effie Gall Zinn
Tate W. D. Zinn
Taylor County
Philippi
Joseph and
Elizabeth Matlick
Zinny
Barbour County
Fairmont State Teachers College
C.D. Gall
Hubert D. Gall
Earl M. Gall
Seattle
Wash
A. B Gall
D. Gall
Morgantown
Ore
Mary Talbott
Zinn
Methodist, Church of
Aged Lady Dies at Peacock Home in West Virginia
Mrs. Olive Snyder Thomas, 79, mother of Mrs. L. H. Peacock, died at the Peacock residence 201 East Main street after a weeklong illness. Born May 21, 1861, she leaves four brothers, one sister, 14 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and her children Goldie Zinn, Mrs. Peacock, Inez Simmons, and Louis Ford. Last rites set for 2:30 pm tomorrow at the Peacock home with burial in Bluemont cemetery under G. T. Bartlett. flowers requested to be omitted.
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Olive Snyder Thomas
L. H. Peacock
East Main Street
Peacock
Taylor County
Thomas
Isaac and
Saphrona Dotson Snyder
W. A. Ford
George Thomas
Ira Snyder
Newman
W. Va
Jasper Snyder
Salem
Bud Snyder
Rosemont
Austus Snyder
Silver Ring
W.va
Odell Rush
Goldie Zinn
Grafton
Inez Simmons
Louis Ford
Knottsville
Seventh Day Baptist Church
Peacock Home
Lois R. Luzader
United Brethren Church
Bluemont Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Taylor County Miner Dies From Mine Injuries
A Taylor county miner employed at Galloway during the Maryland Coal mine shutdown in Wendel died Saturday at Ippi Myers Clinic hospital in Philippi from injuries after a prop was knocked out and debris covered him. He was dug out and died minutes after arrival. Another Galloway incident injured George Iski, 23, with a fractured left wrist and cuts from his hand catching in a coal cutting machine.
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Taylor County
Galloway
Maryland Coal Company
Wendel
Ippi
Myers Clinic
Philippi
George Iski
Local Railroad Police Officer Solves Robbery Case
A Baltimore and Ohio railroad officer based at division headquarters solved petty thefts in Philippi by arresting a juvenile who tried to break into the railroad station cash drawer. The patrolman hid in the station and nabbed him after the break in. Barbour county officers link the boy to other nearby cases. name withheld.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Philippi
Barbour County
Two Accused Men Held To Jury On Big Bonds
Woodrow Standard age 28 of Grafton and Eldon Posey age 21 of Clarkburg were arraigned on breaking and entering charges before Justice A B Knabenshue. Bonds set at 3000 each. hearing waived. held in jail pending September grand jury action.
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Woodrow Standard
Eldon Posey
Grafton
Clarksburg
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Thirteen Hurt In Road Crash Near Parsons
Thirteen carnival employees were severely injured when a heavy truck trailer left control on Route 219 near Parsons. The vehicle, owned by Kaus Exposition Shows of New Bern, NC, overturned while en route from Carlisle, PA to Elkins, WV. Civilian Conservation Corps camp cots aided the injured at Tucker County Hospital.
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Parsons
Route 219
Here
Tucker County
Civilian Conservation Corps
New Bern
N. C
Carlisle
Elkins
W. Va
Rosemont Kneecap Injury From Harrison County Crash
Ray Simons of Rosemont sustained a broken kneecap in a Saturday night automobile accident in Harrison County. He received treatment at St. Mary’s Hospital in Clarksburg. Details of the crash were not available.
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Harrison County
Ray Simons
Rosemont
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
Death in Martinsburg Men’s Plant Shed
R H Small 32, a concrete block plant worker, hanged himself in a shed on the property. Coroner J G Power reported there was no motive offered by a relative, leaving the cause listed as death by his own action with unknown cause.
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Martinsburg
R. H. Small
Jc. G. Power
Death claims Mrs Haymond at her home
Mrs Essa Edna Casseday Haymond aged 62 died at 10 30 Sunday morning at 24 West Wilford Street after ten days of illness. Native of Benwood West Virginia she leaves husband Earl Haymond and three children Nellie Irene Thomas Virginia C Haymond and Lewis Haymond. Funeral set for Tuesday at 3 30 pm at Andrews Methodist with burial Bluemont Cemetery. pallbearers listed.
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Essa Edna Casseday Haymond
West Wilford Street
Benwood
W. Va
Haymond
Thomas
Eunice Ann Shafer Casseday
Earl Haymond
Nellie Irene Thomas
Harrisonburg
Virginia C. Haymond
Lewis Haymond
Grafton
W. C. Casseday
Weston
H. C. Casseday
A. B. Casseday
Fairmont
Charity Hickman Grafton
Viola G. Casseday
Andrews Methodist Church
Pythian Sisters
Royal Neighbors of America
Woodman Circle
West
Wilford Street
A. Coleman Brown
Andrews Church
Oakey Wilson Grow
First Christian Church
Bluemont Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Harry Nicola Richard Glenn
Clyde Hickmaye
Bard Hickman
Raroh Casseday
Raymond Casseday
Monongah Division Picnic At Norwood Park
Baltimore and Ohio railroad officials led by Supt John Edwards Jr attended the Monongah division picnic at Norwood Park in Clarksburg with nearly 2000 guests. Division engineer E J Clapton trainmaster A N Peters and road foreman A S Headley were also present for games contests lunch racing and dancing.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Squire Wolfe Passes Away in Webster at 72
Squire Sylvanus Lafayette Wolfe 72 longtime justice of the peace and county farmer died at 6 40 this morning at his Webster residence after a two year illness. Born November 1868 in Preston county he lived most of his life in Webster. Surviving are his widow Cora Anvil nine children two brothers one sister and six sons and three daughters. He was a member of Webster Methodist church and the Odd Fellows with last rites set for Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 officiated by Rev R G Yeale burial in Webster Runner Belington.
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Squire Sylvanus Lafayette Wolfe
Webster
Preston County
Squire Wolfe
Cora Anvil
Oliver Wolfe
Kasson
J. A. Wolfe
Philippi
Etta Phillips
Akron
Ohio
Ammett
Ira Wolfe
Frank Wolfe
Pruntytown
Otto Wolfe
Morgantown
Howard
Arthur Wolfe
Grafton
Turl Poling
Bessie Foster
Florence Gohel
Dallas
Dellett Wolfe
Wolfe
Webster Methodist Church
Independent Order of Odds Fellows
Webster Church
R. G. Yeale
Barrackville
Webster Cemetery
Runner
Belington
Two 4-H Girls Entered In State Egg Contest
Betty Turvander and Doris Waugh of Grafton Senior 4-H will enter the Regional Egg Consumption Demonstration Contest in Clarksburg on August 14. The program shows how to prepare three breakfasts using eggs, with demonstrations earlier in Grafton and Milerville. Demonstrations run Tuesday August 13 at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm at J Lee Evans Furniture Store window. Public invited. State winners earn a trip to Atlantic City.
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Grafton
Betty Turvander
Doris Waugh
Clarksburg
J. Lee Evans Furniture
Atlantic City
Duffey Plans to Visit Grafton to Resolve Pottery Strike
James Duffey of East Liverpool Ohio president of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters may come to Grafton today for a conference with Carr China officials to seek a solution to the labor dispute that closed the local pottery. Duffey's visit depends on arranging meetings with company attorneys and possible calls to Illinois for another conference. Yesterday local union members and families enjoyed a picnic at Grafton Park amid the controversy.
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James Duffey
East Liverpool
Ohio
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Grafton
Carr China Company
Duffey
O. E
E. B. Wyckoff
State Bar Association
Tollinois
Illinois
Grafton Park
Tragic death of Florence Court ney in Taylor County
Florence Elizabeth Court ney, 27, wife of William T Courtney, died at 570 West Main after a three year illness. Born March 9, 1913, she leaves one daughter Florence Elizabeth, six, and brothers and sisters in Taylor County, Illinois, and Grafton. Funeral today at First Christian Church Beech and McGraw, Rev Oakey Wilson Grow officiating. Interment Bluemont.
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Florence Elizabeth Courtney
Band O
William T. Courtney
West Main Street
Taylor County
Courtney
John McMullen
Bessie Vencer McMullen
W. T. Courtney
Florence Elizabeth
W. E. McMullen
Richard J. McMullen
Harry Franklin McMullen
Anne B. McMullen
Tlinois
Margaret Kern
Grafton
First Christian Church
Christian Church
Beech Street
McGraw Avenue
Oakey Wilson Grow
Bluemont Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
City Plans to Protect Municipal Workers Recalled for Army
The Grafton city commission considers a new ordinance to shield municipal workers from job loss if drafted into military service. Similar resolutions are moving through other state bodies as industries address the same issue amid the conscription bill.
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Grafton
Neelys influence shapes Huntington meeting
Article describes a Chicago ratification meeting where Neely dominates Huntington discussions. It analogizes Neely to Fuehrer Roosevelt and accuses him of predetermined choices for a state supreme court, cramming delegates to align with his slate.
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Chicago
Fuehrer
Roosevelt
Windy City
Boss Neely
Huntington
Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
F. D. Roosevelt
United
Neely Uses Blank Check for Political Power in CIO Delegation
The Ratel States Supreme court notes Neely controlled a CIO convention by naming the delegates. Randolph in several counties faced delegation votes to back Neely’s choices, echoing a blank check for power Neely has supported Roosevelt since 1933.
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States Supreme Court
Neely
CIO
Randolph
Roosevelt
Aerial Mail Service Inaugurated From Philadelphia Airport
Philadelphia marks a new era as a permanent aerial airmail service begins with a postmaster on a plane. The program opens air pickup and delivery to 81 communities across Pennsylvania New York West Virginia and Delaware as five ceremonies take place in five terminal cities. Routes run Pittsburgh to Harrisburg Philadelphia Pittsburgh to Huntington W Va and Pittsburgh to Jamestown with additional links planned along the Ohio Valley including Williamsport and Morgantown and Clarksburg.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Delaware
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Huntington
W.va
Jamestown
N. C
Grafton
Morgantown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Philipps
Ellisi
Buchnannon
Weston
Girville
Grantsville
Spencer
Glenjleston
Humane
Muton
Ina Ray Hutton Dance Visit and Communist Petition Arrests
Ina Ray Hutton brings a 14 piece orchestra to Fairmont Armory for a Friday night dance. The article notes her dynamic career and prior engagement in Fairmont. In Harrisburg, warrants were issued for four men for false affidavits and conspiracy related to Communist party petition signatures for the November election.
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Ina Ray Hutton
Fairmont
Communist Party
Armory
Miss Hutton
New York
Harrisburg
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
Har Risburg
Shelley
Max Weiner
Steve Zvon
Mike Zappolo
Oliver Munn
Wrin
Zvon
Zappolo
Milton
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Bob Burns
Alias the Deacon
Ken Manyard
Pollyann Young
East Side
East Side Kids
Green Hornet
Carnival
Bay
Grafton Granite & Marble Works
Norwood Park
Ralph Norris
Liberia
West Africa
Wizard OF Cookery
Taylor
County 4-H
Evans's
Evans Furniture Store
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