Deer Killed On First Day Of 1940 Taylor County Deer Season
Six deer were reported killed across Taylor county on the first day of the 1940 deer season. Walter S. Rogers of Grafton led with a 10 point, 200 pound buck near Coffman. The largest, a 12 point, 250 pound buck by Walter L. Gillette of Fairmont, was checked at the courthouse. Others include A. B. Weaver, Tra L. McCue, William C. Jacobs and Abe McIntyre. No accidents reported. some hunters crossed county lines for the three day season.
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Taylor County
Taylor
Joseph Powell
Mr. Powell
Coffman
Walter S. Rogers
Grafton
Walter L. Gillette
Fairmont
Towles Farm
Booths Creek
A. B. Weaver
Fetterman
Tra L. McCue
Pruntytown
William C. Jacobs
Abe McIntyre
Powell
Pallbearers Announced For Morasco Funeral
Last rites for Mrs. Teresa Morasco wife of John B Morasco of 3 East Long Street will be at St Augustine Catholic Church at 9 o clock tomorrow morning with Rev Father M J Hannon officiating. Interment in Mt Calvary Cemetery under A Carl Lynch. pallbearers named Louis Saccone Nick Idoni Tony Olivia John Brunette Howard Dunigan and Tony Jeanette.
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Teresa Morasco
John B. Morasco
East Longstreet
Louis Saccone
Nick Idoni
Tony Olivia John Brunette
Howard Dunigan
Tony Jeanette
St. Augustine Catholic Church
M. J. Hannon
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
A. Carl Lynch
Evangelistic Services Begin at St Pauls Methodist Church
Services start this evening at 7 30 at St Pauls Methodist on Thayer Street with Rev Durward Brown pastor delivering the sermon The week features daily subjects Turning the Church Right Side Up for a World That Is Upside Down The Worlds Need of 1940 41 Faith is the Answer In the Cross of Christ We Glory Christ Is All and In All All are invited to attend these services and others at the church
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Thayer Street
Durward Brown
Court Hears Bennett Victory In Taylor County Sheriff Race
The Taylor County court certified Lee E. Bennett Democrat as sheriff after a recount showed 4 961 votes for Bennett to 4 950 for Dallas Wolfe Democrat. Wolfe may appeal, while Bennett’s camp believes the outcome stands. Recounts for county commissioner Bartlett–Cather and a four candidate justice of the peace race in Grafton proceed with possible higher court action.
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Taylor County
Taylor County Court
Lee E. Bennett
Bennett
Dallas Wolfe
Taylor County Circuit Court
Wolfe
Gene W. Ford
W. Merle Watkins
Jed W. Robinson
W. P. Samples
Board of Canvassers
Thomas H. Cather- Opha Bartlett
Whicn
Bartlett
Justice of the Peace
Grafton
Cather-Bartlett
Increase Production of Cots Made By NYA Plant
Charleston reports the National Youth Administration work experience project in South Charleston will raise Army cot production from 800 to about 2000 monthly by February to meet new requisitions. Administrator Glénn S Callaghan cited a 10000 cot order under which the Army supplies materials and NYA trainees do the work. About 500 boys are enrolled across regional projects housed in a section of the South Charleston Naval ordnance plant.
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Charleston
National Youth Administration
South Charleston
Glénn. S. Callaghan
Army
NVA
South Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant
Elks Hear Of Nation’s Big Task In Memorial Meeting
Grafton lodge No. 308 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks held its annual lodge of sorrow on East Main street. Attorney Harry Cronin of Fairmont, a past district deputy grand exalted ruler, spoke on patriotism, national defense, and the Elks role in American ideals amid wartime unease. Exalted Ruler John H. Bradford led services with musical tributes and a benediction by Rev. George E. Manson.
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Grafton
Grafton Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
East Main Street
Harry Cronin
Fairmont
Benevolent
the Elks
Elks
Union
Ellis
John H. Bradford
Mary Forcello
Harold Debendarfer
Elsie Ringler
The
United Brethren Church
Wayne Daugherty
George E. Manson
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
On to Japan Marquis Date Lands in New York En Route Home
The financial commissioner Marquis Date of Japan, a member of the House of Peers, arrives in New York from London as bombing raids intensify. He travels to his native land, continuing his journey after leaving London.
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Japan
Marquis Date
New York
London
House of Peers
Old Injuries Prove Fatal to Coal Miner James A Bennett
James A Bennett 49 a coal miner from Austen near Tunnelton died at Grafton City Hospital at 8 17 p m Saturday night of injuries suffered September 5 in the Tunnelton cooperative coal mine He was crushed when roof collapsed while riding a mine car Native of Terra Alta born September 13 1891 he leaves a widow Ethel Shipp ten children and several siblings Funeral services Tuesday at Shay's chapel Newbury road with two ministers officiating burial in Shay's Chapel cemetery under Arnold Knotts care
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Austen
Tunnelton
Grafton City
Bennett
Terra Alta
Bell
Doshua
Scett
Ethel Shipp
Hubert Bennett
Morgantown
Thelma Fisher
Ada Delucka
Baltimore
Janice
James
Josephine
D-nald
Harold
Emerson
Paul
John Bennett
Webster Bennett
Mary Kelley
Hulda Ringler
Wilson
Shay's Chapel
Arnold Knotts
Sentence Suspended For Girl Who Stole From Baby’s Bank
Rosaline Bolyard, 19, a domestic, faced a 30 day jail term for stealing $3 from a baby's bank. Justice of the Peace C P Lucas suspended the sentence on her agreement to restitution to Mrs. Howard Hosler of 223 Thayer Street and to cover court costs. Police caught her as she attempted to board a Fellowsville-bound bus after a warrant was issued.
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Rosaline Bolyard
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Howard Hosler
Thayer Street
Fellowsville
Explosion at Columbia powder plant injures none
A blast at the Columbia powder plant near Kapowsin cracks windows in a 14 mile radius but causes no injuries. Frederickson lies seven miles south-southeast of Tacoma between Orting and Spanaway. The plant employs 60 men, most not reporting until 8 am, and fog blocked view of damage.
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Columbia
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Kapowsin
Sermon on Sin's Eternal Consequences by Rev Lazenby
Rev Arthur Lazenby preached on Sin's Eternal Consequences at Graf ton Mission services in First Presbyterian Church. He warned against the idea that youths can sow wild oats and sins can be forgiven without lasting effects, stressing that sin brings divine condemnation and real natural consequences that forgiveness does not erase. He urged careful study of scripture to align faith with human experience and noted God removes the heart's attitude but not all natural outcomes of sin.
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Grafton
Taylor County Ministerial Association
Arthur Lazenby
St. John's Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Lazenby
Paul
Christ Jesus
No title found in fragmentary religious dialogue
A speaker contemplates dying from sins and finds solace in Jesus Christ yet recognizes ongoing consequences. He argues self-imposed restraint, noting forgiveness does not erase mortal outcomes and questions the necessity to sin, concluding a resolve to avoid sinning.
Murphy In Charge of Postmasters Program in Fairmont
Postmaster James T. Murphy of Grafton will head the program at a West Virginia National Association of Postmasters meeting in Fairmont next Sunday. W. C. Harbert, Lumberport postmaster and state branch president, will outline the 1941 program and appoint county chairmen for the three districts.
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James T. Murphy
Grafton
West Virginia
National Association of Postmasters
Fairmont
W. C. Harbert
Lumberport
State Branch
Wendel mine cleared, may restart under new ownership
Cleaning up operations at the Wendel mine formerly run by Maryland Coal and now owned by Gordie E Bailey and associates is underway. The long idle property, tied up in litigation, was recently sold to Mr Bailey at a forced federal court sale.
Aged Tucker County Man Succumbs At Farm Home
Parsonstown native Cyrus H. Parsons aged 75 farmer and longtime Tucker county resident dies at his farm home near Parsons Survived by twin brother Rufus second wife Mrs Adde Parsons and nine children
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Tucker County
Last Genro Kirimochi Saisonji Dies at 91
Prince Kirimochi Saisonji, last of Japan's genro statesmen, dies at Okitsu aged 91. He twice served as premier and led the Japanese delegation to the Versailles conference after World War I. His life spanned Japan from medieval isolation to great-power status.
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Japan
Kirimochi Saisonji
Okitsu
Financial pact signed by Britain and Spain in Madrid
Britain and Spain signed a financial agreement to free Spanish funds blocked in London and provide Spain with funds to boost purchases from Britain. The noon ceremony in Madrid was attended by Spanish Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner and Sir Samuel Hoare.
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Madrid
Britain
Spain
London
Ramon Serrano Suner
Samuel Hoare
Refuse Thrown At U S Embassy In Tokyo
An unidentified Japanese man threw two buckets of refuse at the gate of the U S embassy in Tokyo and scattered the empty containers into the compound. Embassy secretary William Turner alerted police in a sentry box outside the gates. the suspect escaped. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew said the incident would be raised with the foreign office, but it appeared to be an isolated act.
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Tokyo
United States
William Turner
Joseph C. Grew
Foreign Office
Byrnes Comments on China Loans and Stabilization Fund
Byrnes argues the stabilization fund was not meant as a loan reservoir and China needs money but other agencies should provide funds. He notes the fund, created from dollar devaluation profits, has supported international exchange, mainly via British and French currency purchases, but has been underused since the European war as Chinese loan requests rise.
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Congress
Byrnes
China
Byrnes backs aid to China to hold Japan in Asia
Senator Byrnes said he would not oppose financial assistance to China. He noted that if China can keep the Japanese tied up in Asia, fewer American defense forces may be needed in the Pacific, aiding a government said to struggle with 2.5 million troops in the field.
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Chiahg Kai- Shek
Byrnes
D.-S.c
China
Asia
Pacific
Berlin Hails From Page O Bombing Raids Over Southampton
Berlin hails continued air activity as Nazi fliers report fires in Southampton and Cherbourg smoke after Saturday night raids. German high command claims sea victories with 79,000 tons of shipping sunk by a surface raider and damage to three British speed boats, noting limited Allied retaliation.
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Cherbourg
Coventry
Birmingham
Bristol
Germany
Berlin
High Command
Netherlands
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