Prospects for Settlement of Pottery Labor Row
A morning parley between Carr China Co and Union No. 98 Brotherhood of Operative Potters over a two week production halt shows progress toward settlement. C E Wyckoff stated negotiations are promising with further talks planned in the near future. Carr China officials W J Frey Sr and Laural C Frey attended, while the union was represented by its grievance committee. Local talks aim to finalize an agreement before national president James Duffey returns from vacation.
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Carr China Company
Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Carr China
Wyckoff and
Wyckoff
C. E. Wyckoff
Duffey
W. J. Frey, Sr
Laural C. Frey
W. J. Jr
J. P. Luke
James Duffey
East Liverpool
Ohio
Canada
Former State Eastern Star head dies in West Virginia
Mrs Anna Dent Motter longtime Eastern Star leader dies after extended illness at 9 45 PM at her son G Dill Motter s home 825 West Main Street Grafton Survivors include her three children Leda Neare G Dill Motter and H Earl Motter Several half brothers and sisters Also a member of First Baptist church Naomi chapter Eastern Star and past worthy matron Funeral services held at First Baptist Church with Rev James E Fidler officiating Interment Bluemont Cemetery
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Anna Dent Motter
West Virginia
G. Dill Motter
West Main Street
Naomi
Order of Eastern Star
Motter
Order of Eastern
First Baptist Church
James E. Fidler
Parkersburg
Bluemont Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Trains to Be Discontinued Between Grafton and Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad seeks PSC approval to discontinue two trains No 51 and 56 running between Grafton and Wheeling. Notice published in Grafton Fairmont and Wheeling. PSC hearing set for September 3 at 11 a.m. to hear the application and any protests.
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Grafton
Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
Fairmont
PSC
Charles Warder Takes Associated Press Post in Charleston
Charles Warder son of Mrs Hugh Warder of Maple Avenue accepts a new post with the Associated Press in Charleston starting September 1. He previously served as city editor at the Fairmont West Virginian after earlier stints as sports editor and his first editorial role with the Grafton Sentinel. Local friends wish him success in his new duties.
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Cherles Warder
Hugh Warder
Maple Avenue
Grafton Sentinel
Associated Press
Charleston
Warder
Fairmont West Virginian
Robert Carr Named Manager At Grafton Printing Company
Robert Carr, long in charge of the printing shop at West Virginia Industrial School for Boys in Pruntytown, begins duties as manager of the Grafton Printing company. He succeeds Walter Williams Jr., who moves to a linotype position at the Sentinel.
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Robert Carr
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
The
Grafton Printing Company
Carr
Walter Williams, Jr
Williams
Sentinel
Red Cross Fund Donors List Taylor County Drive
The Taylor county American Red Cross chapter released a new donor list for its war relief fund. Chair Miss Lila Love said the drive continues this week with a sewing project directed by Mrs. E H McDargh assisted by several volunteers. Funds and clothing shipments are planned to New York warehouses by September first.
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Taylor County
The
American Red Cross
Lila Love
E. H. McDargh
Paul Warden
Howard Cameron
L.L. Painter
Z. L. Dean
Torlock Rasmussen
Harry White
John Edwards
Walter Chrislip
Natalie Pembroke
New York
Red Cross
Rita Lou Phillips
Joe Mask
Bill Jackson
Frank Ross
Ralph Ringler
Home Meat Market
Florence ‘White
Mabel White
W. W. Fowell
Clyde Turner
W. H. Willhide
H. H. Holt
J. P. Luke
Enos Carr
L. Dean
Patty Ann Wolfe
John D. Kimmel
Robert Clayton
Forrest Deakin
Allie Chamberlin
A. E. Shanaparger
F. J. Tufyander
Anna Bradford
Nina Powell
J. M. Sapp
Howard Walls
Arba Lemon
Cash
Ernest McDaniel
Lee Smith
Kathryn Shepler
Clarence Leith
James Welch
C. A. Keefer
Mildred Keefer
Eva Mae DeMoss
A. Ray Shaw, Sr
Ella Bartlett
A. B. Outright
Nellie Shumaker
Genevieve Hayden
A. G. Ridenour
R. R. Redinger
Albert Stansbury
C. A. Goff
Charles Metzner
Thomas, Vance
Pat Conley
W. A. Beavers
H. C. Compton
W. C. Barnes
G. Comer
Russell M. Reese
Mar Jjorie Moran
R. G. Dotson
J. E. Edwards, Jr
Earl Fawcett
Harvey Anvil
R. B. Gay
Robert Taylor
Nellie Mc, Dougal
E. I. Yeadley
James J. Harper
Robert Byerly
Hattie Ho
Ten Trainriders Arrested By Local Railroad Police
Weekend roundup by B&O railroad police rounded up ten trainriders and trespassers from across the country. Each appeared before Justice of the Peace Have G. White Sr. and received 10 days in county jail after pleading guilty and citing inability to pay $5 fines.
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Justice of the
Peace
G. White, Sr
Clarksburg Driver Ordered to Appear in Court
Richard Myers of Clarksburg was picked up by officers after failing to stop at the Route 50 Route 119 intersection near Blueville. State Trooper C. W. Dye, who conducted the investigation, ordered Myers to appear before Magistrate Hoye G. White, Sr. this afternoon.
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Blueville
Richard Myers
Clarksburg
Hoye G. White
C. W. Dye
Louis Smith Dies at 65 After Illness in Cumberland Origin
Louis A. Smith 65 a post office clerk and longtime lay leader at St. Pauls Lutheran Cumberland died at 1 15 this morning at 412 Christiana street after a period of illness. Born October 28 1874 in Cumberland he moved to Grafton 1896 as a tailor then joined the postal service in 1904 retiring in 1935. Survived by widow Ida DeLong six siblings and several children including Norman D. Smith and Mary E. Smith. Funeral set for Thursday at St Pauls with Rev Roof officiating Bluemont cemetery burial under A Carl Lynch.
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Louis A. Smith
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Christiana Street
Mr. Smith
Cumberland
Ernest
Catherine C. Hoffman Smith
Windber
Anna
Ella Smith
Clara Doeder
Harvey Flake
Russell Paupe
Florence Smith
Baltimore
Howard E. Smith
East Knotts Avenue
Norman D. Smith
Mary E. Smith
Sara C. Smith
Louis William Smith
Old White marked site marked at ceremony near White Sulphur Springs
A plaque unveiling honored Old White, built 1878 and torn down 1922, once a presidential and social hub near White Sulphur Springs. Gov Holt of West Virginia called the site a national shrine. the event drew U S Senator Chandler and Mrs Chandler, Gov Johnson and other officials. The hotel was later replaced by the Greenbrier.
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Holt
West Virginia
South
Henry W. Paft
New York Ciy
William Howard Taft
U. S
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Keene Johnson
Johnson
Greenbrier
Aged Lady Rachael McDaniel Dies at 85 near Simpson
Mrs Rachael L McDaniel 85 of Barbour County died at her home near Simpson on Sunday afternoon after a period of pneumonia and age related illness. Born March 28 1935 in Barbour County she was the widow of Isaac McDaniel. Surviving are four children L C McDaniel Philippi Mrs Chapen McDaniel Grafton Mrs J Bartlett Simpson Coy McDaniel Philippi ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A member of the Methodist church she will lie in state at home before a Wednesday funeral at Marys Chapel Church Graf ton Philippi road with Rev Perkins of Philippi officiating burial in the church cemetery under G T Bartlett Funeral Home.
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Rachael L. MecDaniel
Simpson
Barbour County
Madison
Samantha Huff Reed
Isaac McDaniel
L.C. McDaniel
Philippi
Chapen McDaniel
Grafton
G. T. Bartlett
Kiwanians Gather For Outdoor Dinner At Balce’s Grove
Members of the Grafton Kiwanis club and Ladies Aid of Haymond church will meet Tuesday evening in Balce’s grove for an outdoor dinner replacing the usual Tuesday Cozy Rest gathering. If weather turns bad, the dinner moves to a local community location.
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Ladies Aid Society
the Haymond Church
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Balce's Grove
Girl’s Body Found in Virginia. Search For Companion Continues
Dorilee Jean Perry, 16, of Bluefield, was recovered from Wolf Creek in Bland county Virginia. Police continue search for C. W. Morrissette, 32, foreman at a Bluefield packing company. Perry and Morrissette went swimming Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Lambert of Bluefield. the Lamberts left to dress and returned to find both missing.
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Bluefield
Dorilee Jean Perry
Wolf Creek
Bland County
Virginia
C. W. Morrissette
Cigarette Sparks Minor Fire on Bridge Street Span
A cigarette lodged between planks on the Bridge Street bridge caused heavy smoke but little fire. City firemen extinguished the blaze at 10 30 yesterday morning without loss. This marks the second nearly identical incident in a fortnight, both from discarded cigarettes.
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Bridge Street
Mrs Means to give program on fear over WMMN
Mrs Marie Hackl Means a noted local educator will discuss fear from a psychological view on Fairmont radio WMMN at 3 16 Tuesday afternoon. She works on local adult education and plans fall classes in public speaking at Grafton while appearing with the Woman's Club and on WBLK broadcasts for the recreation project. The WPA directed education and recreation sections support these efforts as local teachers attend classes at Fairmont State Teacher College.
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Marie Hackl Means
WMMN
Fairmont
Means
Grafton
Woman's Club of
WBLK
Clerksburg
Florence H. Wilkinson
Clyde Hickman
Fairmont State Teacher College
Professional and Service Division
WPA
Mrs. Mary Drake Willey Dies After Illness
Mrs. Mary Drake Willey 41 wife of Edward L Willey died at home 597 Maple avenue after a long illness. She was born January 24 1899 to Eli C Drake and Icey Dora Arthur Drake. Survived by husband three children Edward L Willey Jr Dorotha Ruth Donald Arthur Willey and siblings. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at 507 Maple avenue with Rev H J Mitchell and Woodsdale Memorial Park burial.
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Mary Drake Willey
Edward L. Willey
Maple Avenue
Willey
Eli C.drake
Icey Dora Arthur Drake
Edward L. Willey, Jr
Dorotha Ruth
Donald Arthur Willey
Louisa A. Arthur
Parkersburg
Thomas B. Drake
Plattsburg Barracks
N. Y
Howard P. Drake
Glendale
California
Glover Dale Drake
Chicago
Ill
Francis Drake
Baltimore
Eli C. Drake, Jr
Hawaii
Alice Willey
Neva Benkner
Ocean Beach
Eva L. Jones
Little Rock
Arkan Sas
Grafton
Methodist Church
H. J. Mitchell
St. John’s Methodist Church
Woodsdale Memorial Park
G. T. Bartlett
Ickes to Reply to Willkie Acceptance Speech
Secretary Ickes will open the Democratic response to Wendell Willkie's acceptance speech in a broadcast to be aired 8:30 to 9 p m EST over NBC. Republicans select Senator Bridges to respond later this week. If Roosevelt accepts, it would mark the first presidential joint debates.
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Washington
Ickes
Wendell Willkie
HUWW
Roosevelt
Democratic
National Committee
NBC
Senator Bridges
Willkie
William ‘Tyler Page
House
German chemist fined for acting as foreign agent in Canal Zone
Balboa Panama Canal Zone August 19 Dr Emil Wolff 52 a German chemist was fined 2000 dollars and given a suspended sentence of three months in the penitentiary on a plea of guilty to acting as a foreign agent without registering as such He was arrested July 2 after removal from the Japanese ship Yasukuni Maru and admitted he carried diplomatic documents from the German consul in San Francisco to Valparaiso Chile No mention of the papers was made in court and they were not produced Wolff spoke the German equivalent of guilty in court marking his third appearance in the case
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Emil Wolff
Wolff
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Six Dead in West Virginia Tragedies Over Weekend
A sultry August weekend in West Virginia claimed multiple deaths. Otis Robert, 24, and Harry Kirkpatrick, 35, died when their motorcycle collided with a car near Hundred. Myrtle H. Cochran, 42, died when a car left the road on Tams Mountain near Beckley. Lonnie Propst, 9, and Old Daniel Jackson, 7, drowned in the Elk River at Baker's Run near Clarksburg. William E. Harris, 23, of Everettville, died in a Fairmont hospital from injuries after being struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train near John Y Mine on the Marion Monongalia county line.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Otis Robert
Roberts Run
Wetzel County
Harry Kirkpatrick
Hundred
Myrtle H. Cochran
Lester
Tams Mountain
Beckley
Lonnie Propst
Daniel Jackson
Elk River
Baker’s’Run
Clarksburg
William E. Harris
Everettville
Monongalia County
Fairmont
John Y. Mine
Marion-Monongalia
Marion County
D. E. Kidd
Reliable Cleaners and Dyers Offers Pressing Service
Cleaning and pressing for men suits topcoats ladies dresses coats plain. Called for and delivered by Reliable Cleaners and Dyers. Phone 300.
British Bombers Again Drop Leaflets Over Italy
British bomber aircraft dropped leaflets over northern Italy this day stating that Italians are shedding blood so Germany, Italy's hereditary enemy, may become greater as part of ongoing operations.
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Italy
Rome
Germany
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Central Press
Eastern Star
Anna’ Dent “Motter
Son
Charles Warder
Opera House Berkly
Wallace Ford
Mona Barrie
Bob Steele
Wild Horse Valley
Singapore
Richard Arlen
Andy Devine Ore
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the Green Hornet
Printing Co
Louis Smith
Lutheran Church
West Virginia Spa
Essitt
Bay
Granite & Marble Works
Balce’s Grove
Bridge St
Mrs. Means
C. C. Richman General Insurance
Bank and ‘Trust’Co
Mrs. Willey
C. Z
Loar Jewelry Store
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