Taylor County Automobiles Worth $453550 This Year
Taylor County assessors report total personal property tops 1.25 million dollars including 2,648 autos valued at 453,660 with Grafton East district leading auto values. Livestock and livestock-based assets total 330,450 in stock across districts, while 1,110 horses and 7,242 cattle populate the county with varied district valuations. The data notes West Grafton houses the most valuable household goods at 22,960 and sheep population declines to 2,087 head valued at 14,505 overall.
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Taylor County
Harry Batson
Grafton
Fetterman
Booths Creek
Courthouse
Flemington
Flemington City
Grafton West
Knottsville
West Grafton
Grafton East
Batson
Truck Owner Bound Over To September Grand Jury
Layton of 212 Barrett street bound over to the September grand jury on a charge of operating his truck for hire without a state permit. Bond set at 500 dollars. he was released after the hearing before Justice Ona C. Jefferys. State witness A R Lear testified Layton drove the truck near Bluemont cemetery during the beautification project. Layton denied compensation for the truck, saying he only received city wages for labor and city supplied fuel.
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JH. Layton
Barrett Street
Grand
State Public Service Commission
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferys
Layton
Francis L. Warder
Layston
Bluemont Cemetery
A. R. Lear
Lesten
Jed W. Robinson
Public Service Commission
Mrs. Loretta Britton Dies at 63 in Grafton Hospital
Loretta Britton 63 wife of Rowlesburg constable Joseph B. Britton died at Grafton City hospital after a six months illness. Born Tucker county May 26 1878 she moved to Rowlesburg in 1927. Survived by husband five children and several siblings. Funeral at Etam church Friday 2 30 p m EST with burial in Etam cemetery.
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Loretta Britton
Rowlesburg
Joseph B. Britton
Grafton City Hospital
Tucker County
Daniel
Abigal
Miller
Dora Ashley
St. George
Elsie Fike
Clara Nestor
Grafton
Stella Loughry
Manheim
Edith Jennings
Wendel
Alice Robinson
Stella Root
Germania
Peter Miller
William Miller
Etam
H. T. Sheets
Thomas Watkins
Barn Garage Fire Destroys Old Structure on Bluemont Street
A night fire destroyed a former two-stall barn converted garage on D. L. Carpenter’s lot at 28 West Bluemont Street. Fire reported at 10:52 PM. James F. Barcus of the Fire Department alerted crews. Loss estimated at 100 to 150 dollars. contents valued higher. Cause unknown though unlocked building and possible child access noted by the owner. Nearby buildings unharmed. hydrant access hindered by WPA rubble.
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D. L. Carpenter
West Bluemont Street
James F. Barcus
Fire Department
West St. Charles Street
Barcus
Poe Alley
Carpenter Barn
Carpenter
WPA
St. Charles Street
Youth Wrecks His Motor Car In City Crash
Herman Price, 21, of 18 East Wilford street, caused a wreck on Luzadder street after his second-hand car stalled and rolled backward, crashing into the T. W. Heironimus Sr. residence on Washington street. Five companions leaped out. Price stayed in, car struck the house, fence and baseboard damaged. Price agreed to pay for damage. car heavily damaged though value not set. The group was reportedly bound for a fire at Cobb street and Poe alley when the brakes failed.
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Luzadder Street
Herman Price
East
Wilford Street
T. W. Heironimus
Washington Street
Price
West Virginia University
Helronimus
Young Price
Heironimus
Cobbstreet and
Poe Alley
Aluminum from Taylor Co fuels defense drive. two girls hurt
Over half ton of aluminum furnished by Taylor county for national defense is collected locally and sent to Clarksburg by State Road commission trucks. Imperial Ice Cream donated cones to children bringing in aluminum. In Wheeling, two small girls were struck by a trolley. Antoinette Beecroft died, Carmen Custer remains in serious condition. Fayetteville, North Carolina—fort Bragg—receives Lafayette tribute.
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Taylor Co
Taylor County
National Defense Effort
Clarksburg
State Road Commission
Imperial Ice Cream Company
Wheeling
Antoinette Beecroft
Carmen Custer
Improvements Planned at Brownlow Park Grounds
Men of Brownlow Park push ahead with new fencing around courts to beautify and protect the grounds. A special Friday meeting invites community men to bring digging tools and equipment for post holes and fencing, plus gear for further beautification projects.
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Brownlow Park
Morgenthau urges higher social security taxes to curb inflation
Secretary Morgenthau proposed boosting social security taxes to slow inflation during the emergency and ease postwar readjustments. He noted no precise amount, but discussed a possible three percent rate for both employees and employers, preferring expansion of social security over compulsory savings.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Axis Belittles Secret Parley in Rome
Fascist circles in Rome dismiss the Anglo American declaration as ineffectual to halt the axis or Japan. Virginio Gayda in Giornale D Italia accuses Roosevelt and Churchill of hatching plots while warning of worsening Russian, Japanese, and Western tensions. He asserts the axis and Japan will persist on their war courses.
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Rome
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Virginio Gayda
Gayda
Giornale D'Italia
United States
Britain
Deferred Draftees Have Right to Appeal Ruling
Charleston August 14 Lieut Col Carleton C Pierce acting state selective service director said any draft registrant deferred from military training and later reclassified has the same right to appeal as when originally classified. He stressed the rule applies especially to registrants whose deferment for occupational reasons expires.
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Charleston
Carleton C. Pierce
State Selective Service
Hopkins Reported Back in United States From Britain
A reliable American source says United States Lease Lead Administrator Harry L. Hopkins has already returned to the United States or is en route there after leaving Britain last week. Rumors had linked Hopkins and Prime Minister Churchill with a possible meeting with President Roosevelt.
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London
United States
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Britain
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Three Grafton FFA members to attend WV camp
Three Grafton High school boys Neil Austin Fred Boyles and Forrest Edwards will attend the thirteenth annual leadership training conference of the West Virginia Association Future Farmers of America at state Four-H camp Jacksons Mill August 15 to 19. They are enrolled in Graf ton High school's vocational agriculture class this year and will be accompanied by F C Waggoner F F A advisor and Vo-Ag teacher.
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Grafton
West Virginia Association
Future Farmers of America
Jackson's Mill
Neil Austin
Fred Boyles
Forrest Edwards
Grafton High School
F.C. Waggoner
F.F.A
State Department of Education
West Virginia
West
Praise for Roosevelt Churchill parley draws mixed reaction
Washington reporters relay a split response to the Roosevelt Churchill policy statement. Supporters call the principles noble while critics like Rep Short and Rep Shafer warn against secret alliances and executive overreach. Senator Austin and Chairman Connally praise the lofty aims and expect broad U S approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Rep
Short
R-Mo
Administration
Shafer
R-Mich
Austin
R-Vt
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Kingwood Man Killed In Sawmill Accident
Joseph Gersamovich aged 57, father of 13, died twelve hours after his homemade sawmill pulley broke loose and struck his head near Kingwood. He died at Kercheval Memorial clinic after losing consciousness. Four children live in Detroit, one son in a Texas Army camp. funeral set for Saturday morning.
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Kingwood
Joseph Gersamovich
Here
Gersamovich
Kercheval Memorial Clinic
Detroit
Texas
French Police Fire On Porte St. Denis Rioters
In Vichy unoccupied France police fired on demonstrators at Porte St. Denis, wounding some and arresting 16 at Gare St. Lazare. Paris papers quoted Aupourdhui naming those involved as Jews and foreigners. A German broadcast claimed Communists provoked the incident and all arrestees were Jews.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Porte St. Denis
Gare St. Lazare
Aupourdhui
New York
President Roosevelt Still Remains At Sea
Washington reports President Roosevelt still at sea as of today. The joint policy declaration with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was radioed to the White House from an unknown source.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
White House
Germans Call Roosevelt Churchill Parley a Propaganda Bluff
Berlin reports that German officials dismissed the Roosevelt Churchill war aims statement as propaganda bluff. A spokesman said the declaration comes as Germany reports ongoing impressive success in Ukraine, contrasting with brief prior coverage of the leaders' meeting.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Ukraine
DNB
United States
Jefferson County Elects New School Board Head
Charles Town August 14. C A Williams was elected to fill the unexpired term of the late Herbert C Miller, president of the Jefferson county school board, at a meeting yesterday. The fall term will open September 8.
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Charles Town
C. A. Williams
Herbert C. Miller
Jefferson County School Board
Secret Conference At Sea Between Roosevelt And Churchill
The White House announced a momentous meeting between President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill held at sea in the North Atlantic. The joint statement reported several conferences over several days and noted Lord Beaverbrook and top military naval and air officials also attended.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
North Atlantic
Churchill
Potomac
Lord Beaverbrook
Trent Speaks to Educators at West Virginia Conference
State School Superintendent W. W. Trent addressed the Trade and Industrial Education conference in Montgomery on expanding city vocational programs. Governor Neely is to speak at the final banquet next Tuesday, closing the 10 day event.
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Montgomery
W. W. Trent
Neely
State Department of Education
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Trent
Oly C Nutter
Cabell County
T. R. Horner
Stonewall Jackson High School
Charleston
Edward S. MacLin
West Virginia Tech
G. A. McGarvey
Washington, D. C
Office of Education
Will Sores
Missing Kingwood Girl Sought By State Police
Three state police agencies searched for 15 year old Betty Alice Wotring missing from Kingwood on Sunday night. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Wotring could not explain her disappearance.
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Kingwood
Betty Alice Wotring
William Wotring
Germans Occupy Vitaly Soviet Mining District
Berlin reports German speed troops seized the mining center of Krivio Rog in the southern Dnistepe basin, about 150 miles southeast of Uman and northeast of Odessa, claiming the region yields 19,000,000 tons of ore annually and that Russian ore production has fallen by about 61 percent.
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Berlin
Erivio Rog
Dmtepe
Uman
Ukraine
Odessa
State Enjoys August Weather Pattern Shifts
Charleston reports cooler August weather with temperatures near a record low for the season. Morgantown notes a drop to 50 overnight, rising to 74 by noon while Charleston highs reach 76 and lows around 47. Elkins records 71 in the forenoon. West Virginia cities show unseasonably cool conditions amid the wave of cool air.
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Charleston
Ington
Elkins
Morgantown
Strike Ends Soprise4 Protest After Appeal Haulted
A strike action described as Soprise4 ended on page one amid statements that the independent body aided by a party challenges the election. The outcome notes an intention to appeal and ongoing scrutiny by involved groups and officials.
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Paign
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