Grafton To Get Two Precincts In County Redistricting
Taylor county plans major precinct changes for 1942 elections under state directives. Grafton will gain two new precincts in West Grafton, Fetterman and Blueville split due to voter totals, Flemington redivided to four precincts, and a countywide numbering system adopted with blank slots for future expansion. Courthouse Booths Creek Knottsville areas mostly unchanged.
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Taylor County
Ed St. Clair
Secretary of State
Bt. Clair
Grafton 4
Grafton
West Grafton
South Grafton
Fetterman 5
Blueville
Fetterman
Flemington
Courthouse
Booths Creek
Knottsville
Peat
Taxi Driver Fined by Mayor in Speeding Case
Glenn Gabbert, a Washington street taxi driver, was arrested by Captain Earl DeMoss after speeding on Front street at 5 30 yesterday afternoon. He appeared before Mayor Charles O King and was fined 10 dollars with costs, the fine suspended on condition of future good conduct.
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Front Street
Glenn Gabbert
Washington Street
Earl DeMoss
Charles O. King
Gabbert
Speeli
B. and O. Freight Loadings Rise in Week Ended Aug 9 1941
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad moved 65 355 cars of freight in the week ending August 9 1941 with 42 620 loaded on line and 22 735 received from connections. This marked a gain of 13 467 from the prior year and 1 276 from the preceding week. The 1930 comparison showed 64 539 total with 42 522 loaded on line and 22 017 received.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
State Fights Eye Disease in West Virginia
West Virginia reports progress against trachoma using sulfanilamide and mobile trailer clinics operating in 21 counties. Public assists director Raymond Kenny notes 154 of 505 cases cured, with many others arrested. 296 cases treated in July by Dr. J A Arbuckle. The program began in 1939 to aid rural families, and the state claims early success as the first to scale sulfanilamide efforts against trachoma.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Raymond Kenny
Kenny
Trailer Clinic
J.A. Arbuckle
Mobile
Public Assistance Department
Amnesia Follows Attempted Attack on 16-Year-Old Girl
In Los Angeles a 16-year-old girl, Lucile Bannano, suffered amnesia after a man tried to assault her last night. The girl cannot recall her name or address, and her father Nicholas Bannano pleads for recognition. Dr Marcus Graham, a jail physician, sent her home with rest and treatment. The girl arrived at Mrs P Vrndi house screaming, unable to explain her condition.
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Los Angeles
Lucile Bannano
Nicholas Bannano
Marcus Graham
Vrndi
Legion Plans Gala Evening in Taylor County Post
Newly elected officers of Taylor County Post No 12 American Legion will be inducted at the Moose Home tonight. Torlock Rasmussen will be installed as post commander, succeeding James L Guth, with William Grimes as adjutant and other officers including Dale Zinn, J Chester Graham, Arthur G Yates, A T Miller, Dr Charles M Wells, Ray Matthew, and Roy Z Burnside. George D Vogel will oversee the installation with Dr Tracy Currey as guest of honor. A buffet luncheon will follow in the grill room. All World War veterans are invited to attend.
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Taylor County
American Legion
Moose Home
Torlock Rasmussen
Grafton
James L. Guth
William Grimes
Blair Mugler
Dale Zinn
J. Chester Graham
Arthur G. Yates
A. T. Miller
Charles M. Wells
Ray Matthew
Roy Z. Burnside
George D. Vogel
Ninth District
Tracy Currey
Thomas
Vogel
Reds Will Burn Odessa Port In Stand Against Nazis
London reported Soviet officials warned that if Germany enters Odessa and Nikolaev they will see smoking ruins and empty streets as Budyonny’s troops vow to exact a costly toll. They forecast fierce counterattacks by tanks infantry and Cossack horsemen to slow General Rundstedt’s advance.
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London
Black Sea
Odessa
Nikolaev
Semeon Budyonny
Gerd von Rundstedt
Ukraine
Iraq Revolt Threat Circles Soviet Forces in Ukraine
A wartime summary notes that Iraqi rebellion circles Soviet units in Odessa and Nikolaev, with an officer warning Russia can fight indefinitely if supplied, while Germany must avoid checkmate through exhausting troops after heavy casualties.
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Odessa
Nikolaev
Russia
Grafton Boy Sent to Bowman Field Kentucky
Paul M. Beall of 243% West Boyd Street was inducted into the U S Army at Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio and assigned to the 443rd Ordnance company at Bowman Field Kentucky The fifth corps area headquarters announced Also sent with Beall was Edward J Richards of 523 Horner Avenue Clarksburg to the same unit.
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Paul M. Beall
West Boyd Street
U.S. Army
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
State Police Investigate Suspected Sabotage Acts
Charleston August 13 State Police Superintendent John W Bosworth told officers at a FBI sponsored one day institute that investigations into suspected subversive activities are steadily increasing Across 10 counties 174 such inquiries have been opened with some cases taking more than a week He described sabotage methods including throwing emery dust into machinery to demolish it and said Kanawha Valley keeps vigilant against such acts.
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Charleston
John W. Bosworth
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kanawha Valley
Hollis Named Chapter Head in Infantile Paralysis Group
Taylor county chapter of the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis organized at a Y M C A meeting. Frank M. Hollis Jr was elected chairman with Dr Paul P Warden as vice chairman. Elsie Beaty named secretary and Simon J Friedman treasurer. Current chapter treasury stands at 195 dollars.
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Taylor County
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Young Men's Christian Association
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Paul P. Warden
Elsie Beaty
Department of Public Assistance
Simon J. Priedman
Treasury
Frank Kunst
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Juanita Hardin
George Vogel
Rhea Fisher
G. T. Bartlett, Jr
H. E. Graves
Charleston
Extra Policeman Facing Charge of Non Support
Ernest R. Hovatter an extra city policeman faces a warrant charge of non support for his three year old daughter. A hearing is set for 3 pm Friday before Justice Ona C. Jefferys. Hovatter was released on his own recognizance after the warrant was served yesterday. His wife Evelyn L. Hovatter filed the complaint.
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Ernest R. Hovatter
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferys
Hovatter
Evelyn L. Hovatter
New Kiwanis By Laws Approved At Meeting
A committee led by Ray Watson Virgil Rohrbough and Clyde N Mays presented a new by law set for club approval at Cozy Rest last night The meeting was chaired by president Arlie Leonard who also welcomed visiting Philippi Kiwanians W Davis and T L Wilson.
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Ray Watson
Virgil Rohrbough
Clyde N. Mays
Kiwanis
Cozy Rest
Arlie Leonard
Philippi
Reckless Driving Case Continued Until Aug 22
Frank A. Schulte of Anmoore charged with reckless driving after a Route 250 crash that killed three cattle owned by Harvey A. Scranage. He pleaded not guilty and gained a continuance to obtain legal counsel. trial set for August 22 at 3 p.m. before Justice of the Peace Ona C. Jefferys.
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Frank A. Schulte
Anmoore
Harvey A. Scranage
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferys
M. Schulte
Barnhouse warns of dog poisoner in community hill area
Tom Barnhouse, a veteran local newsboy, reports his pet dog died from poison yesterday and urges the newspaper to publish a warning. He suspects a dog poisoner is at work in the community, possibly in the hill top section, to alert pet owners to keep dogs at home.
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Tom Barnhouse
Attlee to Broadcast Important Announcement on BBC
Major Clement R. Attlee, lord privy seal, will make an important BBC broadcast at 3 p.m. Thursday. Speculation centers on possible talks among Churchill Roosevelt and Hopkins about wartime cooperation.
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Clement Attlee
London
Clement R. Attlee
Churchil
BBC
Churchill
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
United States
Bell System faces nationwide stoppage threat in strike vote
The Association of Communication Equipment Workers reports a majority of locals in 13 cities have authorized a strike against Western Electric. A mediation meeting at Park Central Hotel was ordered by Commissioner Fitzpatrick to avert a national stop page. The union claims 8000 Western Electric workers could halt Bell system private communications in military and government sites.
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New York
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Western Electric Company, Inc
James W. Fitzpatrick
State Mediation Board
Park Central Hotel
Bell System
Association of Communication Workers
National Federation of Telephone Workers
United States
Association
Western Electric
Knottsville Man Pleads Guilty To Drunkenness Charge
Charles Kaiser, 37, of Knottsville district, was picked up last night on Front Street by city police and charged with drunkenness. He pleaded guilty in police court before Mayor C. O. King, paid a $10 fine plus costs, and was released after arranging payment.
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Front’ Street
Ity
Charles Kaiser
Knottsville
C. O. King
Kaiser
Taylor County Levy Estimate and 1941 42 Budget Approved
Clerk Ed St. Clair received the Taylor county levy estimate and 1941 42 budget from the tax commissioner this afternoon. The proposal includes funds for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the closed South West bridge as part of a sponsor WPA project.
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Ed St. Clair
Presidential Yacht Radio Remains Silent Four Da
The capital marked the fourth day since any word reached from President Roosevelt aboard the Potomac. Navy officials said the Potomac has sent no new dispatches since last Saturday morning, keeping communications from the vacationing executive to a minimum.
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Washington
State Troopers Recover Stolen Auto in Salisbury Case
Salisbury Md Aug when an automobileport stolen state troopers untiringly chased the trail and located the vehicle after 24 hours. The car belonged to Trooper Earl Pinder, with Horsey Va identified in the pursuit and recovery effort.
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Salisbury
Pinder
Horsey
Earl Pinder
British Source Denies Démarche To Ji
A Melbourne Daily Mail patch quotes a British source calling a United States demarche to Tokyo entirely untrue. It asserts Britain has no knowledge of Japan altering its southward policy and dismisses the reported move.
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London
Melbourne
Daily
Brittlin
United States
Tokyo
Japan
Rockefeller grandson wed in Scottsboro Alabama
Lieut John D. A. Prentice, 38, grandson of John D. Rockefeller, married Abbie Blanche Cantrill in Scottsboro Alabama. The ceremony was performed by a Montgomery judge amid family attendance.
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Scottsboro
Ala
John D. A. Prentice
John D. Rockefeller
Abbie Blanche Cantrill
Bug
Monsagy
Ben
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