Funeral services for William L. Kinter Monday
William L. Kinter 93 of 711 West Bold street died Thursday in City Hospital after illness. Bartlett funeral home will conduct Monday at 10 30 with Rev F Carl Davis officiating. Interment Bluemont cemetery. Survived by wife predeceased, children Guy Lambert Silas Kirk Ruth, 15 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Former B and O employee 67 years retired 1931. Born Indiana February 3 1852. Presbyterian member. Two million pounds chicory imported from Belgium in 1938.
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William L. Kinter
West Bold Street
City Hospital
Bartlett Funeral
Carl Davis
Bluemont
Indiana
Hugh B
Emily Ade Une Warder Kinter
Rebecca Jane Garlow
Presbyterian Church
Guy Lambert
Grafton
Silas Kinter
Kirk Kinter
Pittsburgh
Ruth
Elks Hold 51st Final Memorial Services in Grafton
Members of Grafton B P O Elks Lodge 308 will meet at the lodge home on West Main Street at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon for the 51st final memorial services. William R Lunk of Fairmont will deliver the featured address. deceased members honored include John Boylen H R Massey Earl E Newton Guy R Cleavenger Charles Costelo Fred Haymond George Brinkman French Wilmoth Alex Matthews M E Cartwright William Bush Robert Burtoft A B Helmick T W Heironimus and Joe Mason. Special music from the Baptist church quartet includes Rev W T Gifford Cody Grow Walter Wolfe and Oral J Jones with Francis Jaco at the piano.
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Grafton
B.P.O. Elks
West Main Street
William R. Lunk
Fairmont
Lunk
Lodge
John Boylen
H. R. Massey
Earl E. Newton
Guy R. Cleavenger
Charles Costelo
Fred Haymond
George Brinkman
French Wilmoth
Alex Matthews
M. E. Cartwright
William Bush
Robert Burtoft
A. B. Helmick
T. W. Heironimus
Joe Mason
the Baptist Church
W. T. Gifford
Cody Grow Walter Wolfe
Oral J. Jones
Francis Jaco
Local Nimrods Prep as Deer Season Opens Monday
Taylor county and adjoining counties begin a six day deer season on Monday December 3 with a predicted strong deer supply and a potential record opening day kill. Last year 56 legal kills and nine illegal captures set a county record. Buck antlers must be branded and one buck per day per season. All deer must be checked within 24 hours at a local station or by a game protector.
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Taylor County
Hampshire
Hardy
Tucker
Barbour
Berkeley
Grant Greenbrier
Lewis
Marion Mineral
Monongalia
Pendleton Pocahontas
Preston
Randolph
Webster
Harrison
Mercer
Logan
McDowell
Raleigh
Wyoming
Powell
Doe
Checking Stations Named for Taylor County Deer Season
County Game Protector Joseph W. Powell announced four official deer checking stations for Taylor County during the six day season opening sunrise Monday December 3. Kill reports are unnecessary if already checked in the woods by a game protector or state trooper with a tagged carcass. Stations: Sheriff's Office Grafton DeMoss Filling Station Thornton Lee Linn's residence Country Club Road Mountain View Camp US Route 250. This season five counties open to deer including Taylor and Marion.
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Joseph W. Powell
Taylor County
Powell
Sheriff's Office
Grafton
DeMoss
Thornton
Lee Linn
Country Club Road
Mountain View Camp
U. S. Route 250
Labor fights widen as unions sanction strikes across plants
United Rubber Workers backed a 2,627 to 1,609 vote for a work stoppage at Firestone in Akron. Goodyear workers poll planned. Western Union workers in New York area favored a walkout 5,277 to 478. CIO union leader Selly warned the strike could be used to protect wage and price controls. Bowles defended delayed decisions on processors figures and clothing price controls, citing fabric shortages and supply constraints.
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Swift, Armour, Wilson and Cudahy
United Rubber Workers
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Goodyear Rubber
Western Union
New York
Regional
War Labor Board
National Board
Joseph P. Selly
CIO American Communications Association
Labor unrest looms as unions seek wage hikes nationwide
Gov planning unions outline wage increases amid widespread job losses across the country. About 550000 idle workers across multiple sectors face labor trouble, including 60000 AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers in the Pacific Northwest and 55900 AFL CIO machinists in the San Francisco area. Truckers, auto parts plants, and Ford layoffs add to the scale. A Pacific lumber strike shows early signs of breaking, while a five cent hourly raise is approved for 2000 Simmons Co employees in Kenosha. CIO United Packing House Workers back a 25 cent raise for 100000 packing house workers, with negotiations ongoing with the big four packers.
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Auon Luweu
AFL
Pacific Northwest
CIO
San Francisco
Midwest
Ford Motor Co
Pacific Lumber
Federal
Simmons Co
Kenosha
Wis
CIO United Packing House
Government Watch on Hoarding and Cloth Deliveries
An official, John D. Small of the Civilian Production Administration, investigated manufacturers inventories for signs of hoarding but found no evidence. Bowles charged processors of cotton fabric for clothing with holding deliveries while awaiting OPA rulings on entitlements.
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John D. Small
Civiliah Production Administration
Bowles
OPA
Removal of Communist Puppets Near Shins Headquarters
Fragmentary dispatches indicate alleged representatives of Communist puppet forces closed in on Nationalists at Shins headquarters amid ongoing clashes near Taku ShAn.
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Ted
Takushan
Shins
Fairmont Engineer Leads Chinese Mission for Chaing Kai Shek
W V Drake of Fairmont power generation chief for Monongahela Power Company heads a six member team of engineers and electrical experts traveling to China to survey generating and transmission facilities and help modernize them under Chaing Kai Shek's government. The party will assess hydro and steam turbine plants and advise on operations for a period.
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China
Chaing Kai-Shek
W. V. Drake
Fairmont
Monongahela Power Company
ATC
Glouester
Drake
Communist drive aimed to seize Shantung province
A semi official dispatch says about 200,000 Communist troops plan a four pronged push to place Shantung under Red control. Communist forces reportedly destroyed a rail line north of Ssuchow as prep for the campaign. Marigolds grown in pots in England used as a kitchen herb flavoring soups.
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Sion
Shantung
Tientsin-Pukow
Ssuchow
England
New WWII Veterans Initiated at Memorial City VFW
Eight Veterans of World War II were initiated into the Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial City Post 3081 on Thursday night with Commander William Craft presiding. New members listed include Frank T. Gerkin, William H. Grinnan Jr., Paul M. Ball, Rex Jackson, Jackson Lockard, James Rauscher, Charles R. Proudfoot, and Carl E. Shaw. The post meets weekly at the VFW hall and Cmdr. Craft urged all WWII vets to consider membership.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial City Post
William Craft
Frank T. Gerkin
William H. Grinnan
Paul M. Ball
Rex Jackson
Jackson Lockard
James Rauscher
Charles R. Proudfoot
Carl E. Shaw
Vf.w. Hall Cmdr
Craft
Hitler’s War Leaders Defend Nazi Loyalty at Trial
General Lahousen testified that Canaris and others opposed Nazi policies while Von Papen was alleged to privately oppose them. He said Keitel demanded obedience to both military and political goals and that Nazism guided decisions over military objectivity. He noted a Nazi political bias influenced army actions, while Canaris’s anti-Hitler clique remained active until 1945.
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Hitler
High Command
Wilhelm Keitel
Franz von Papen
Lahousen
Canaris
Wilhelm Canaris
Fuehrer
von Papen
Roberts
Lahausen
Keitel
Nazim
Uniform Headlines From Korea and Home Front Notices
In uniform in Korea Mr and Mrs C E McCort of 362 West Main learn their son Pvt Paul E McCort has arrived in Jinson Korea after eight months in the service Receives discharge Darrell Wayne Pratt son of Hosea Pratt of West Main discharged from the Navy after 17 months of service Returns home Theodore F R Carroll BM 2c honored discharged after 23 months in the Pacific aboard LST 549 He is son of W W Carroll and father of Virginia Leo and Mixine Carroll of Blueville Here on leave Petty Officer Everett Earl Miller on 30 day leave with wife Mildred Roges of 119 East Bluemont He recently returned from 12 months in the South Pacific He entered the Navy March 29 1944 and was formerly employed by the B and O Serving in Japan T4 Manford Shafer son of Dr and Mrs C F P Shafer of Walnut Street arrived in Yokohama Japan on Nov 15 and serves with the 90th Military Government Unit He entered the service two and one half years ago His wife Leanore Carpenter of Bluemont Street was the former surname
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Korea
C. E. McCort
West Main Street
Pvt
Paul E. McCort
Jinson
Darrell Wayne Pratt
Hosea Pratt
Navy
Theodore FR Carroll
Pacific
LST
Mr. Carroll
B&o
W. W. Carroll
Virginia Leo
Mixine Carroll
Blueville
Fverett Earl Miller
Mildred Roges
East Bluemont Street
Miller
South Pacific
Japan
T/4
Manford Shafer
West Virginia News Roundup Seeks Updates on Local Men
West Virginia authorities report youths from Pruntytown Industrial School arrested for break ins at Elkins and Cumberland after escape. Moundsville imposes new municipal amusement tax on theater tickets. National coal output drops from 11.5 to 10.2 million tons Thanksgiving week. Twelve WV physicians licensed, including two women. Huntington induction station to revert to wartime status as draftees finalize processing at WCMI radio center.
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West Virginia
Pruntytown
Eyerman
Elkins
W. Va
Cumberland
Charleston
State Public Health Council
Janie M. Bailey
Williamson
Huntington
West
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