GIs Gain On 3 Fronts Bombers Strike Again
Lawrence Boyce and Bud Pressler were found guilty of liquor possession at the Squrtiman Club, each fined $100. Their trial on operating gambling devices was set for Wednesday. Judge Allender ruled on motions as testimony detailed a raid by Captain Messenger and officers, with witnesses describing liquor, living quarters upstairs, and a bar scene with a man sleeping at the counter.
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Lawrence Boyce
Bud Prsler
A. W
WA. Pressler
Squrtiman Club
Una
Jurge Guy Allender
Ciys
Samples
Llonor
City of
Grafton
Allender
Citizm
West Main Street
Blueville
Council Samples
Aliender
Lawrence
Mesderider
B. A. Mauller
Sark
Messeng
Patronsen -Mauller
Funkhauer
Jimmie Cobb
Ter
Boyer Ding
Tor
Police Court Fines Pile Up In Grafton Sessions
In Grafton city court Judge J Guy Allender imposed fines on eight men for offenses including running a red or walk light intoxication and loitering. Individuals named include Richard Jones Babee Smith Virgil Hillberry Russell Smits Francis A Reed Pickles Foley Arnold Lake James Burns Ray Butcher Junior Markley Ved Rogier and others with various costs and scheduled payments.
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Grafton
J. Guy Allender
Batt
Hlove
Richard Jones
Addison Street
Babee Smith
Lincoln Street
Allende
William Coffman
Gaysted
Virgil Hillberry
Slim
Russell Smits
Parkview
Smith
Francis A. Reed
Baltimore
Pickles Foley
Arnold Lake
James Leslie Burns
Route 5
Morgantown
Ray—Butcher
Pairmont
Junior Markley
Fairmont
Fed Ball
Ved Rogier
Akron
Ohio
Draft Examinations For Taylor Barbour Men Planned
Thirty men from Taylor Barbour counties were ordered to report to the post office building on Friday morning for physical examinations ahead of induction. A second group of thirty-seven traveled to Fairmont yesterday for the same purpose, with results to be announced within a week. Meanwhile reports from Tokyo describe fierce Korean Front fighting as U S and Allied troops repel Red offensives near Taegu and Pusan with tanks bombers and infantry engaged on multiple sectors.
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Taylor- Barbour County
Rainmont
Melvin Junior Keener
Graftam
George Isaac Haller
Simpson
Austin Junior Boyles
Philippi
Berlin Lee Jones
William Elliott Lantz, Jr
Charles Robert Gough
Grafton
Lawrence Trick
Century
Raymond Walton Price Belington
George Lewis Shaffer
J. Simpson
Carl Raymond Collins
Charles Gilbert Mayle
Clovis Lee Ware
Junior
Harry Lee Wittman
J. Grafton
Carl John Streets
Arcen
Wilbert Lee Latham
Fairmont
Armed
Ernest Miner Philipp
Samuel Bonner
William Roland Findley
Flemington
Odbers Lee Hovatter
Chester Gay Rogers
Junior Earl
Parker
Belington
Job Joseph
Kisor
Baxter_Leon-Po
Jing
Philipp
Leonard Franci Myers
Thornton
Paul Thair Defenbaugh, Jr
Frederick
Karl Schwirian
Howard
Richard Isherman
Willard Blair Casena
John Edsel Shaw Kasson
Monroe Franklin -Culzerson
Lawrence Luray Marteney
Volga
John Tilsworth
Lough
William Howard
Tokyo
Pusan
Taegu
U.S
Negro Ban
Battle Mountain
U. S
P Chongjin
Red Korean Radio
Pyongy‘yang
Marine Corsair
Oper
Haman
Toren
Legion Convention In Charleston Planned By Local Post
The American Legion department convention, including Grafton post, opens Thursday with pre convention meetings. Attendance expected from local Legionnaires. Events run Thursday through Sunday at Daniel Boone Hotel Municipal Auditorium and Armory with an initiation, parade, big show, dance, and memorial services at First Presbyterian Church.
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Department Convention of the American Legion
Grafton Post
Daniel Boone
Post 17
Municipal Auditorium
John Brawley
First Presbyterian
State Medical Association to study draft of West Virginia doctors
The State Medical Association Council meets in Charleston Sunday to discuss calling West Virginia reserve doctors to active duty. President C. E. Watkins says the army seeks a list of doctors by area, with five of 141 medics for active duty in the Second Army by October 6.
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Associated Press
State Medical Association Council
Charleston
West Vic
Meing
Association
C. E. Watkins
Oak Hill
Second Army Ieaders
Fort Meade
Awakins
Army
State
West Virginia
Second Army
West Virginia debuts Mountainfair at Morgantown event
Morgantown hosts Mountainfair as WVU unveils its largest recreation center project. The event showcases campus activity, student involvement, and community engagement with plans for extended facilities and programs.
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Morgantown
West “Virginia University
Mountainfair
Railroad Strike Spreads Hits Chicago and Pittsburgh
Railroad trai nmen and conductors broaden their one day strike to include Chicago and Pittsburgh. Fourteen hundred striking at Elgin Joliet and Eastern belt line in Chicago and 1200 at Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, idling 30 000 steel and railroad workers. Carnegie Iron and Steel Gary and South Chicago plants faced massive layoffs. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie continued production while U S Steel and Jones and Laughlin kept mill activity. See RAILROAD Page 6.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Elgin, Jolit
Lake Eris
E. J
Chicago Northern Indiana
Carnegie-Minors
Carnegie
Gary
South Chicago
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
On York Central
P. and L. F
U.S. Steel
Jones and Laughlin Corporation
Rationing Debate Sees Truman Win Partial Senate Support
Washington Reuters reports Congress moving toward reimposing wartime price and wage controls under President Truman. Senate votes 50 to 36 for an amendment limiting emergency powers, with a final bill margin 85 to. House and Senate must reconcile differences before sending to the president. The measure would grant Truman authority to impose wartime style price and wage controls, reshaping daily life.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
Brice
John Bricker
Kenneth Wherry
House
Fire Claims Pittsburgh Woman In Apartment Blaze
Firemen battled blazes in Pittsburgh and Portland overnight. A three story brick apartment building in Pittsburgh burned down killing Mrs Francis Laffey, former firefighter’s wife. In Portland, an old sawmill burned with crews fighting a 1200 foot deck fire and two firefighters suffered broken legs.
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Pittsburgh
Portland
Oregon
Francis ‘Laffey
Wialdamette River
John Thomas Evans to Sing at West Main Church Event
John Thomas Evans, music professor at Fairmont State College, will sing Wednesday at West Main Street Methodist Church as part of a centennial celebration. Charles W. Evans of Fairmont, notable in Methodist work, is billed as the evening speaker. Both men are former Graftonians and church members. Dr. Walter Overstreet of Buckhannon, WV Conference Board of Education secretary, also on the speaking schedule.
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John ‘Thomas Evans
Fairmont State College
West Main Street
Abe Tackett
Charles W. Evans
Fairmont
Taylor County
Walter Overstreet
Buckhannon
West Virginia
Soil Conservation Supervisor Position Open in Taylor County
Citizens of Taylor county may nominate for the Soil Conservation District Supervisor seat. Nominating petitions signed by 25 landowners must be filed with the State Soil Conservation Committee in Charleston by October 21. Election set for November 21 across Barbour Upshur Taylor Tucker and Randolph counties.
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Taylor County
Soil Conservation District
State Soil Conservation Committee
Charleston
West Virginia
Carroll Bond
State Committee
County Agricultural Agent’s
Soil’ ‘Conservation Service
District Board of Supervisors
Barbour
Upshur
Taylor, Tucker
Randolph
Peat
Lawrence Curry Jr Arrives in Japan with 7th Division
Private Lawrence Curry Jr son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Curry Sr of Grafton West Virginia arrived in Japan to join the 7th Infantry Division on occupation duty He was welcomed by veteran combat division personnel and his service began in September 1939 Army authorities offered no specific future assignment but noted potential for critical roles as the 7th Division fulfills its mission in the Far East Command.
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7Th Infantry Division
Japan
Lawrence Curry, Jr
Lawrence Curry
Grafton
West Virginia
Curry
7Th Division
farEast
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Pressler
Stemple
NAVY
Pers
Russia
Stan Swinton
25Th Infantry Division
MacArthur
Légion
Department
Legion
Parkersburg
Golden Und Gerwood
Water Department
Underwood Itd
Acton
Jenn Alleman
William Burn
CLO. Utility
William Scott
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
William Walters
International Union of Electrical Workers
W. E. Burchett
L. K. Fulk
Thomas
Fulk
Insurumce
Harry Arthurs
Martinsburg
Full
Burma
Gordon $. Seagrave
Fuchard Buttermore
Lewisburg
Julius Blake
Oak Fall
Hunntington
Marshall Oulege
Huntington
Keith Alves
National Education Association
Andrew D. Holt
Nashville
Tennessee
Sre
White House
Mr ‘Truman
John Thomas Evans
Soil Conservation
Secretary of State
Board of Control
Luther Goldsboro
Bridgeport
Pruntytown
Clarksburg
Jesse Riley
Earl Whited
Roane County
Gandeeville
Spencer State Hospital
Lawrence Curry Jr