Examination Announced for Prospective Grafton Police
Grafton West Virginia Sentinel reports that an exam for prospective city policemen will be held early next month. Applications accepted at City Hall through August 28. Eligibility requires 21 to 35 years, three letters of recommendation, and a formal application. Joseph Mask remains eligible to keep his patrolman post after officials and FOP leaders resolved objections.
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Herman L Totts
Police Civil Service Commission
City Hall
Potts
Joseph Mask
C. O King
Hany Squires
State Fravernal Order of Police
Ward Lanham
Fairmont
FOP
Mask
Praternal Order of Police
Civil Service Commsion
William Robinson Heads to Randolph Field Texas for Army Air Corps duty
William Robinson of McGraw avenue left this morning on the west bound National Limited to Randolph Field San Antonio Texas for assignment to the Air Corps. A West Virginia University graduate he has served as a Civilian Conservation Corps officer at camps in West Virginia and Utah and most recently commanded a unit at Vernal Utah before resigning last May. He is spending a vacation with his parents before reporting for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robinson
McGraw Avenue
Reserve Corps
National
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Texas
Air Corps
West Virginia University
Robinson
Civilian Conservation Corps
West Virginia
Camp Harrison
Clarksburg
Camp Preston
Kingwood
Camp Rhodogantown
Vernal
Utah
Jed Robinson
Army
New Officers Assume Posts at Taylor County Voiture Banquet
Newly elected Taylor County Voiture No 279 officers were inducted at a Moose Home banquet with Ralph Heathersington directing the ceremonies. George D Vogel became chef de gare. others included Dr Charles Wells chef de train and Tee Bennet commissaire Intendant. Legion Auxiliary ladies served a chicken dinner as telegrams of felicitation arrived from state officials noting the society surpassed its Taylor County quota.
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Taylor County
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux
Moose Home
Ralph Heatherington
Clarksburg
National Voiture Activities
Grand Voiture
George D. Vogel
Ray Wiseman
Charles M. Wells
H.C. Compton, Jr
Tee E. Bennet
Commissaire Intendant
Charles E. Bui
James L. Guth
Garde de la Porte
Harry B. Batson
Lampiste
Bert Miller
Commis Voyageur
G. N. Carroll
Legioni
Contempt Charge Lands Bernard Bailey In Jail
Bernard Bailey of West Union was jailed in Flemington after a contempt charge from the Doddridge county circuit court. State Trooper C W Dye led his arrest and Bailey, said to be $80 in arrears on alimony, was turned over to West Union officers for return to Doddridge County.
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Doddridge County
Bernard Bailey
West Union
C. W. Dye
Flemington
Bailey
Doddridge Court
Dye
George Ford ex local man dies at 70 in Huntington
George M. Ford of Dunbar longtime educator lawyer and wartime officer died at 8 a.m. in Huntington's Veterans Hospital after a long illness. He was 70. Survived by his sister Mrs Mary S Yates of 537 Walnut Street and her son and daughter in law Arthur G. Yates who plan to return to Dunbar for the last rites. Ford served as state superintendent of schools elected 1920 and reelected in 1924. He held posts as principal in Terra Alta Grafton Benwood and Dunbar and taught at Concord Glenville and Marshall colleges. He fought in the Mexican border campaign World War I and was with the 38th division in France. He was gassed at Leblanc Fontaine and discharged in 1919, later rejoining the infantry reserve.
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George M. Ford
Dunbar
Grafton High School
West Virginia
United States Veterans Hospital
Huntington
Mary S. Yates
Walnut Street
Inlaw
Arthur G. Yates
Ford
Barbour County
Kasson
Princeton
Mercer County
Welch
Fairmont State Teachers College
West Virginia University
Grafton High Princip
Terra Alta
Benwood
Bluefield
Dunbar Schools
Concord State
Glenville State
Marshal Colleges
Second Infantry
West Virginia National Guard
Adjutant General's Department
Roosevelt
Wilson
France
Leblanc Fontaine
Knight Templar
Army of Occupation
Glenville
Infantry ‘Reserve
Ford promoted to major and lieutenant colonel in 1924 25
Promoted to major of infantry reserves in April 1924 and lieutenant colonel in August 1925. Ford, a Baptist and Mason, served as president of the state education association in 1922. Survived by widow Annie L Linn of Keyser, son Frederick W Ford of Washington, three daughters in Beckley Baltimore and another sister in Grafton. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Body taken to a Dunbar mortuary.
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Ford
Modern Woodmen of America
State Education Association
Annie L. Linn
Keyser
Frederick W. Ford
Washington
Harry W. Hall
Silas E Richmond
Beckley
Philip A. Saunders
Baltimore
Jacob N. Yates
Grafton
Dunbar Mortuary
Nicola Family Counters With A and B Warrants
Fred Nicola Jr a Grafton High football athlete was bound over to the September grand jury and released on 500 bond for felonious assaulting neighbor Gerald Loar. Nicola Sr swore a complaint against Loar and his family for assaulting a Nicola girl prompting the earlier dispute. Justice Jolliffe set 7:30 pm for the Lears assault hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Jolliffe
Fred Nicola, Jr
Grafton
Gerald Loar
Nicola
Loar
Jolliffe
James C. Holt
Stolen Car Recovered In Harrison County Near Clarksburg
The automobile stolen from Newton Gawthrop in front of his home near the White Front Inn was found undamaged at the Dawson mine on route 19 near Clarksburg. State Trooper W Dye announced the recovery saying two gallons of gasoline remained in the tank and the theft occurred Sunday night with the owner reporting the vehicle seen traveling east on route 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Gawthrop
White Front Inn
Dawson Mine
Clarksburg
W. Dye
Gawthrope
French Bush Defense of Dakar Air Fields
Reports from German occupied France claim coastal batteries and air fields at Dakar in French West Africa are being hastened for improvement. Generals Weygand and Nogues were inspecting shore defenses in Morocco as Governor Pierre Boisson returns to Dakar after reviewing defenses across French Equatorial Africa.
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Vichy
France
Dakar
Africa
America
Tangier
Maxime Weygand
Auguste Nogues
Morocco
Pierre Boisson
French Equatorial Africa
Five Taylor Youths To Be Inducted Sept 4
Five Taylor county selectees will report at 10 45 oclock Thursday morning on Sept 4 at the local selective service board in the Professional building preparatory to being sent to Huntington for induction into the armed forces B G Watt local board member announced today The five youths are Jesse Paul Kirby Robert Lee Welch Robert Lee Montgomery Leo Earl Mc Dougal and Charles Lanier Morris
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Selective Service Board
Huntington
B. G. Watt
Jesse Paul Kirby
Robert Lee Welch
Robert Lee Montgomery
Leo Earl McDougal
Charles Lanier Morris
Young Democrats predict full endorse Roosevelt policy
Louisville reports that leaders of the Young Democratic clubs of America foresee full support for Franklin D. Roosevelt's domestic and foreign policies at the fifth biennial convention. Pitt Tyson Maner of Alabama says members fear for the nation and favor strengthening armed forces. Lyndon Johnson delivers keynote, with A. B. Chandler and others contending for presidency.
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Louisville
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Roosevelt
Pitt Tyson Maner
Montgomery
Ala
Young Democratic
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Joe C. Car
Tennessee
West Virginia
Patrick J. Beacom
Huntington
Matt Scully
Hartford
Conn
Charleston Electrician Held For Grand Jury
Louis Goldfarb, 46, Charleston electrician, waived preliminary hearing and was held for grand jury on a charge he fatally shot Jack Diamond, 55, an intermediate court bailiff. Judge Hall recommended jail awaiting bond conferences. Diamond, a former restaurant owner acting as night jailer, was killed with his own gun after leaving work. Sheriff said Goldfarb denied the shooting but admitted a scuffle with Diamond and two companions after they cautioned him and two others about a disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Louis Goldfarb
Jack Diamond
Cyrus W. Hall
Diamond
N.R. Henderson
Goldfarb
Bar Members Serve At Sommerville Funeral
Six members of the Taylor County Bar association served as active pallbearers at the funeral for Attorney Eugene Sommerville 77 who died from injuries. Active pallbearers were Circuit Clerk Frank M. Hollis and attorneys E. Bailey Wyckoff Francis L. Warder James C. Holt Jed W. Robinson and W. Merle Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Bar Association
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
Eugene Sommerville
Frank M. Hollis
E. Bailey Wyckoff
Francis L. Warder
James C. Holt
Jed W. Robinson
W. Merle Watkins
National Women Undergarment Makers urge shorter skirts
The National Women's Undergarment Manufacturers association urged women to cut skirt lengths several inches. Members said cooperation would trim fabric use by at least 10 percent, potentially saving millions of yards. Fashion expert Helen Forrist Hall questioned the move as skirt hems already reach the knee.
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New York
National Women’s
Helen Forrist Hall
Associated Press
British Claim Raids Harder Than Germans
A British authority said air raids in the last eight weeks brought far more RAF bombers over Germany in a single night than Germany sent over Britain in the heaviest past raids. He promised even more intensive raids as winter progresses and added that the German people are "catching it now." Two daylight British waves swept over the channel and France targeting ships and short objectives.
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London
Germany
Britain
Channel
France
Jobless benefits drop in first half of 1941
West Virginia workers received 1,761,101 dollars in job insurance benefits during the first six months of 1941, a decrease of 117,715.90 dollars, despite liberalized payments allowed by laws that took effect in April, the unemployment compensation department said last night.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Logan County Girl Shoots Self After Drinking Bout
Madison, Aug. 11. A 17 year old girl from Ew Creek in Logan county died from a bullet wound in a tourist cabin on Danville mountain. State Trooper G. M. Scott identified Estelle Barker as the deceased. The girl shot herself after a drinking party with a McDowell county deputy sheriff yesterday evening amid whiskey consumption. no charges were placed against the deputy. The body was identified when her father arrived in Madison today.
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Madison
Danville Mountain
Estelle Barker
Ew Creek
Logan County
G. M. Scott
McDowell County
Madson
Detroit Still Feud Delays Navy Shipyard Work
Detroiters faced a second day of disruption as the Kearny New Jersey yard strike drains $493 million in defense orders. CIO union demands maintenance of membership clause while L H Korndorff, president of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, rejects it as a closed shop. President Roosevelt urged both sides to prioritize national defense and reopen the yard. Green and Korndorff met but found no agreement.
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Iag
Navy
Kearny, N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
National Mediation Board
FDR
L. H. Korndorff
Roosevelt
Korndorff
John Green
Union
Green
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Flanagan
Air Corps Rerve
George Ford
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Yates
U. S. Hospital
Electrolux
Soar Jewelry Store
Harrison County
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Young Democrat
Sommerville Funeral
Malone’s Drug and Chemical CO
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Brian Donlevy
Ian Hunter
Mary HO
Gene Lockhart
Lon Chaney
Gene Fowler
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