New School Aid Formula Hurts Taylor County Schools
County officials warn of cash shortages as the state shifts aid based on building counts. Taylor County has ten one room schools this year with five new buildings, raising foundation costs and salaries by 18,000 dollars. Statewide, eight counties face money trouble under the new formula.
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Taylor County
E.G. Kuhn
W. W. Trent
Pochontas
Webster
Randolph
Mineral
Monongalia
Marion
Tyler
Hardy
Othe
Trent
Kuhn
Taylor
Board of School Finance
Charleston
Fire Feeds 125 Foot Flames at Pier Sheds Fire
A fire swept a 525 foot pier and its sheds as flames rose about 125 feet into the air. No confirmed injuries. officials say some may have been trapped as the blazes spread quickly. The 351 foot Panuco, sailing for Cuba Mail line from Tampico and Progreso, was unloading when the fire began and is expected to be a total loss.
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Garcia
Cuba Mail Line
Old Ward Line
Tampico
Progresso
Mexico
Seattle
New York
Firefront Threat Near Brooklyn Bridge After Pier Blaze
Firemen failed to board initial line as flames and smoke engulfed the Brooklyn waterfront near the Brooklyn Bridge. The blaze began one mile below the New York Navy Yard on the East River, threatening Greenpoint and nearby lumber stocks tied to Army and Navy orders amid undetermined origin.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
New York Navy Yard
East River
Navy Yard
Coast Guard
Greenpoint
Army
Navy
State tests given Friday at Graf ton detachment
Thirty three drivers passed the state examinations held here last week by the Graf ton detachment of the West Virginia state police Trooper C W Dye announced today. A list of successful applicants includes Katharine Nunn Black of Melford Massachusetts and many residents from Morgantown Sabraton Elbert Knotts James Jacobs Adeline Shaw Turocay Velma Hall and others.
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Grafton
West Virginia
Adeline Shaw Turocay
Wendel
Earl R. Lambert
Velma Hall
Willey Street
Morgantown
Frances L. Jones
Maple Avenue
Betty Jean King
Carl W. Hamilton
M. R. Mayle
Moatsville
Robert H. Swisher
E. C. St. Clair
Beech
Norman Lee Haller
Simpson
Everett Gibson
Rosemont
Mary M. Newcome
Virginia Phillips
Charles D. Henry, Jr
George A. Bell
Newburg
Paul L. Lambert
Albert L. Rowan
William H. McCauley
Flemington
Betty Mac Newham
McGraw Avenue
Launch Sinks on Dam Lake Near Miss Aboard Westinghouse Party
A launch on the Tygart lake near the dam listed after taking on water. Earl Layman beached the Elizabeth and all 15 aboard reached shore safely. The vessel partially sank and faces an uncertain future. Westinghouse Captain A E Lockard led the party aboard.
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Tygart Lake
Elizabeth
Earl Layman
Westinghouse
A. E Lockard
Company
Lockard
Kiwanis Queens to Be Entertained at Dinner Meeting
The Kiwanis Club will host the Kiwanis Queens at the West Main Street church recreation room for a 5 15 p m dinner meeting Tuesday. A short program by the Queens is planned and a large turnout is expected.
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Kiwanis
West Main Street Church Recreation Room
Pruntytown Man Loses 1935 Ford Sedan
Newton Gawthrop of Pruntytown reported his grey 1935 Ford sedan parked in front of his home stolen during the night. He chased the car but saw it drive east. The vehicle bore license plates 129 107 and was sought by state police by radio from near the White Front roadhouse.
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Newton Gawthrop
Gawthrop
White Front
Two Thornton Men Are Held on Assault Count
Bernard Dalton 26 and John R Morgan 18, residents near Thornton, were held in the county jail on assault and battery charges. The arrest stemmed from a Saturday night fight reported by Ross Mitter of route 50 Thornton hill. A hearing before Justice of the Peace One C Jefferys was planned today. Deputy Sheriff Charles Burke and state police assisted.
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Near
Thornton
Bernard Dalton
John R. Morgan
Ross Mitter
Route 50
Thornton Hill
Justice of the Peace
C. Jefferys
Charles Burke
Sommerville Lawyer Injured At Beech Street Crossing
Attorney Eugene Sommerville, 77, was injured early Friday at the Beech Street crossing of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He remains unconscious in Grafton City Hospital with a severe concussion and no skull fracture X-ray plans have been announced.
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Eugene Sommerville
Beech Street
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton City Hospital
Trust Hearing Nears Finish In Tobacco Trial
In Lexington Kentucky officials for Liggett and Myers testified about cancelling advertising allowances to H A Woods drug stores in Evansville Indiana. The government says the move aimed to control tobacco prices while the defense argues there was no such intent. The Oct 26 1937 cancellation and plans to resume in January were discussed as part of the 12th week of the government’s case in the anti trust trial of Liggett and Myers R J Reynolds and American Tobacco Co. The government expected to wrap up its evidence by midweek.
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Lexington
Liggett and Myers Company
H. A. Woods Drug Stores
Evansville
Ind
Frederick J. Graeff
Liggett and Myers New York
Liggett and Myers
R. J. Reynolds
American Tobacco Companies
Cather Called As First Lieutenant In Army Service
John Sewell Cather son of Grafton’s ex mayor and M. Thomas H. Cather of Webster has been called to active duty as a first lieutenant in the U S Army. He reports to fifth corps area headquarters at Fort Hayes Columbus for a physical, then proceeds to Randolph Field Texas for non flying air corps duties. Elizabeth and Barbara Cather accompany him to Columbus and will drive him to Texas.
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John Sewell Cather
Grafton
M. Thomas H. Cather
Webster
U. S. Army
Fifth Corps
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Uni
Randolph Field
Texas
Air Corps
Elizabeth
Barbara Cather
Point Pleasant Plant Secures Major Coast Artillery Contracts
The War Department announced large contracts for Point Pleasant, West Virginia, plant facilities at Marietta Manufacturing. Coast artillery boats awarded amounting to 4,560,000 dollars with delivery dates yet to be announced.
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Washington
War Department
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Coast Artillery Boats
Morgantown Man Fined By Local Magistrate
Morgantown resident Charles Beall pleaded guilty to driving without a proper operator's license and was fined five dollars plus costs by Justice of the Peace George L. Jolliffe. State Trooper C. W. Dye said Beall had an expired operator's card. the minimum fine was imposed and paid, and Beall was released.
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Charles Beall
Morgantown
Justice of the Peace
George L. Jolliffe
C. W. Dye
Beall
State owns famous spa to become tuberculosis sanatorium
Charleston August 18 The state will acquire Old Sweet Springs spa in Monroe county for 155000 with possession soon after title checks. The sale includes Bay Cottages and a 610 acre tract. Inventory of furnishings will be made and used for patients, though immediate patient numbers were not estimated.
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Charleston
Old Sweet Springs
W. S. Wysong
Board of Control
Wysong
Monroe County
D. M. Taylor
Roanoke
Thomas Jefferson
Wyson
Youth Bound Over To Names For Coming Juries
Denzil Ray Henderson waived preliminary hearing on grand larceny charges and was bound over to the September grand jury by Justice Ona C. Jefferys. Bond was posted by his father. Henderson was released from county jail after $26.40 was found on him. Taylor county jury commissioners prepared lists of 400 petit and 140 grand jurors for the September term of the circuit court. Forty petit and sixteen grand jurors will be summoned for the term.
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Denzil Ray Henderson
James W. Shaffer
East Main Street
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferys
Henderson
Shaffer
Taylor County
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Japs Refuse To Explain Holding of U.S. Citizens
Secretary of State Hull stated Japan gave no satisfactory explanation for blocking about 100 private American citizens from leaving the country. He cited a long Tokyo discussion between Ambassador Grew and Japan's foreign minister on the matter.
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Washington
Hull
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Ray Reed
Coolidge
Jessie B. Reed
Kirby Street
Pose
Justice of the Peace
C. Jefferys
Reed
Two Arrests Reported In County For Drunkenness
Two men faced drunkenness charges after being picked up in separate incidents. Paul Isner, 27, of Grafton, forfeited an $11 bond after missing municipal court, while Dewey Lake of Webster was arrested on a drunkenness warrant by Deputy Burke and Trooper Dye and will be tried before Justice Lucas in Fetterman district.
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Beech and
Walnut Street
Paul Isner
Grafton
C. O. King
Dewey Lake
Webster
Charles Burke
C. W. Dye
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Fetterman
Tragic fall from window after tripping over fan cord
Regina Fuhrer, 33, a junior executive of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations from Greenwood Mississippi, died after plunging seven stories in downtown Cincinnati. Police say she tripped over an extension cord to an electric fan while trying to close a low filled window in her Merchants' building office.
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Cincinnati
Regina Fuhrer
Greenwood
Miss
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Julius Doll
Merchants
Miner Crushed at Acme Mine Killing Charles Kelly
An accident at the Trund-Tracr Coal Company Acme mine in East Bank today killed Charles Kelly a 331 year old machine man. The tragedy occurred during routine ore processing with no immediate witnesses reporting the event. Authorities investigated the scene and notified next of kin as workers were sent home.
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East Bank
Trund-Tracr Coal Company
Acme
Charles Kelly
Former Huntingtonian Killed In Car Wreck
Charles Orville Hicks, 31, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas W Hicks of Huntington, was killed yesterday afternoon in an automobile collision near Dixon NL. A former Huntington resident, he is survived by four sisters and two brothers including J Edwin Hicks of Baltimore.
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Huntington
Charles Orville Hicks
Thomas W. Hicks
Dixon
J. Edwin Hicks
Baltimore
Germans Wreck American Bombers In Russia Raid on Saporo shye
The German wireless said Nazi fliers destroyed 25 American made Martin bombers grounded yesterday at Saporo shye near Dniepropetrovsk in the Ukrainian industrial center. A hangar fuel supplies and ammunition stores were also reportedly destroyed.
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New York
Saporoshye
Dniepropetrovsk
Card of Thanks for Baby's Illness and Death
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and after our baby's death. Special gratitude to Rev. E L Lowery and all who sang. Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Lowe and Family.
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E.L. Lowery
Mrs. Adolphus Lowe
Consumers Sales Tax Hits Record For July
Charleston August 18 Tax Commissioner George P Anderson announced that July sales tax collections totaled 973,612.19, the highest for the month. The figure compares with 867,050 in July of the previous year and the all-time high of 1,024,272 in last December. Gasoline tax receipts were 942,616.16 for July, contrasted with 990,616.16 the prior month and 93,118 for July 1940.
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Charleston
George P
Romney struck and killed by an ant on Route 50
Aug 18 report by Carter Daugherty notes Romney was struck and killed by an ant while walking along Route 50. The dispatch spans foreign notes mentioning Rice as a staple crop and wealth in China, and commentary on Mussolini’s historical trajectory, reflecting a mix of local accident brief and distant world affairs.
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Romney
Carter Daugherty
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