Holt Speaks At Memorial Elks Honor
James F. Holt, principal speaker, urges daily remembrance of absent brothers beyond annual memorials at Grafton Elks Lodge. Two members, S. E. Cartwright and Robert T. Knotts Sr., were added to memory tablets as 118 Elks have died since the lodge’s 40 plus years in existence. Dr. O L Cook presided with a program including piano by Sarah Smith, a male quartet, a Woman's Music Club trio, a roll call, and Auld Lang Syne with benediction by Rev. E F K Roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Holt
Elks
S. E. Cartwright
Robert T. Knotts
Sarah Smith
Woman's Music Club
Simon J. Friedman
Earl J. Sway
Miss Smith
E. F. K. Roof
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Aged Rowlesburg Man Dies of Pneumonia in Rowlesburg
Funeral services for 81-year-old Daniel I. Funk of Rowlesburg, who died Saturday after a two week illness from double pneumonia, will be held at 1 pm tomorrow at his late residence. A sermon will follow at Red Rock. Arthur Lazenby of the Hodlist Protestant Church will officiate. Burial will be in Red Rock. Funk was a retired farmer and former truant officer in Reno district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel I. Funk
Rowlesburg
Red Rock
Arthur Lazenby
Hodlist Protesant Church of
Burg
Inter
Fink
Reno
Clemtown Man Fined For Drunkenness
Hartsell Weaver of Clemtown pleaded guilty to a drunkenness charge before Justice Hoye G. White Sr. and was fined five dollars plus costs. He appeared apprehended along Route 50 by Sheriff Herbert Evans and arranged to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Evans
Hartsell Weaver
Clemtown
Justice of the Peace
Hoye G. White
Weaver
Woman Senator Dixie Graves Stirs Applause in Washington
Senator Dixie Graves of Alabama addresses a women’s Democratic club in Washington. She says she never sees the man in the moon but always the features of a woman, drawing tumultuous applause from the audience.
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Democratic Club
Washington
Dixie Graves
Alabama
Central Pro
Junior Order District No 2 Convention Here
Mountaineer Council No. 44 of the Junior Order United American Mechanics hosts the district convention of No. 2 with about 30 councils and 3000 members tomorrow evening in Wehn hall. State officers W W Brown D E Williams D J Canning G W Dalton L D Nottingham R F Lambert E B Johnson and E M Dillie will attend. L B Hartman district deputy will run the meeting with reservations from each council and refreshments served after.
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Mountaineer Council
United American Mechanics
Wehn Hall
W. W. Brown
Clarksburg
D. E. Williams
D. J. Canning
West Union
G. W
A. D. Camp
Disease mystery prompts autopsies at Cook hospital
Dr Richard H JaffeLead pathologist reports an unfilterable virus as the probable cause of an infant illness sweeping the Cook hospital area. Hospital staff, including eight baby specialists, wear safety measures as 155 October November births receive daily home checks. Daniel Ennesser’s autopsy may reveal clues while boards and health officers note similar outbreaks in other cities.
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Genumea
Richard H. Jaffe
Pathological Institute
Cook Hospital
Earth Department
Herman N. Bundesen
Board of Health
New York
Toronto
Memphis
France
Scotland
Chicago
Daniel Ennesser
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
John G. Ennesser
Angeline
Herman Bundsen
The
William Saphir
Siles
Michael Reese Hospital
Lloyd Arnold
Illinois Department of Wealth
Ennesser Babe
Probate admits several wills in Taylor county court
Several fiduciary matters were heard in Taylor county court this morning including wills admitted for probate. John L. Wood of Blueville was named executrix widow Ella N. Wood, with $100 bequests to Leon Edna and Jessie Wood and remaining estate to the widow. Appraisers named for Wood include George Newcome George Hunt and Ed Gans. Paul E. Malone was appointed administrator of W N Malone estate with a $700 bond. Roy Kerns named administrator of Virginia May McIntosh personal estate with $1,200 bond. L F Rogers appointed administrator of Elizabeth Rogers estate with $300 bond. Kimmel estate appraisers Frederick Lively J F Drebert Cary Barksdale and Howard Thayer R M Parrish John Kimmel. Will divides property among six children with bequests to grandson William Doll and son W P Kimmel. Dorothy Borchardt Kimmel of Charleston is executrix. Wills of Hannah Allender Nathan Summers and Minerva Sapp also filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Court
John L. Wood
Blueville
Ella N. Wood
Leon
Edna
Jessie Wood
A. W. Wood
Wood
George Newcome
George Hunt
Ed Gans
Paul E. Malone
W. N. Malone
Malone
C. C. Batson
C. F. Bonner
F. P. Lambert
Roy Kerns
Virginia May McIntosh
L. F. Rogers
Elizabeth Rogers
Kimmel
Clara Belle Kimmel
Charleston
Frederick Lively
J. F. Drebert
Cary Barksdale
Howard
Japanese Air Onslaught Near Nanking After Yuyang Fall
Japanese air force widened attacks across central China as Yuyang fell, with leaders predicting Nanking’s imminent capture. Bombers destroyed a Chinese air drome, fuel depots, and defense positions while two British river steamers burned near Wuhu. The Ladybird gunboat’s commander and two Britons were wounded in the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wunu
Japan
Central China Front
Nanking
Yuyang
China
Lanchonfu
Kantu
Tibet
Tatung
Bloomfield Market House Seeks Chickens Turkeys and Eggs
Notice from Nicholas Pate in Pittsburgh at 4719 Liberty Avenue invites farmers to sell chickens turkeys and eggs. Respond with what you have and price. drivers will pick up. Date: December 30.
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Bloomfield Market House
Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh
Nicholas Pate
Ann Gets Custody Change In Court In Los Angeles
Actress Ann Harding wins permission to take her daughter Jane Bannister nine to live with her and new husband Werner Janssen after divorce from Harry Bannister who retains partial custody. The report notes wartime incidents and changing Shanghai governance but the court decision centers on custody and travel rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ann Harding
Jane Bannister
Werner Janssen
Harry Bannister
Miss Harding
Bannister
Central Presa
Charley Findley Dies At Barbour Infirmary
Charles Findley aged 75, Taylor county inmate of Barbour County Infirmary on Sugar Creek, died yesterday after a short illness. He was moved from the abandoned county farm near Graf ton about a month ago. A native of the county, son of Elijah and Isabel Marple Findley, he never married and is survived only by a sister, Mrs. Anna Richie of Fairmont. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bartlett Funeral Home on McGraw Avenue, with Rev. William Knox of Andrews M. E. Church officiating. Interment in Bluemont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Findley
Taylor County
Barbour County
Sugar Creek
Grafton
Elijah
Isabel Marple Findley
Anna Richie
Fairmont
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
William Knox
Andrews M.E. Church
Bluemont
Two Injured In Charleston Auto Crash Near Spencer
Albert Buck aged 30 and Zelphia Fer vis aged 49 were seriously injured when struck by an automobile near Spencer in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Albert Buck
Zelphia Fervis
Spencer
Girl Starts Chilly Trek From Grafton
Anna Reed an 18yearold girl clad in a thin coat and tattered dress began a winter trek toward Winchester Virginia. She was picked up in Grafton by police on a loitering charge and detained overnight. In municipal court she pleaded for release and promised to continue her journey. The mayor released her after she described leaving an aunt's home in West Union and traveling via Bridgeport to continue eastward. She could not name her parents street in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Reed
Winchester
Anna
Taylor Courtsy
E. Otto Waugh
City
Co op Meeting Planned Here at Moose Home
Grafton chapter of the Cooperative Traffic Program committee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans a business meeting and entertainment at the Moose Home Saturday night. The event opens at 8 p.m. with reports, a musical program and floor show free of charge, followed by a dance from 9 p.m. to midnight with bingo and prizes. Dance tickets are 25 cents per person to cover orchestra costs. employees and friends are invited.
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Grafton
Cooperative Traffic Program Committee
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Moose Home
STYLE SHOW Entrants Fashion Shoes and Gowns Through Ages
Dress rehearsal is tonight at 7 30 for a STYLE SHOW featuring high button shoes and period costumes from 1776 to 1937. Grandchildren and relatives model as eldest piece is 170 years old. The event proceeds tomorrow evening at Le P. m with committee head Mrs Clyde G Turner and assistants listed.
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le Pp. m
Clyde G. Turner
W. H. Willhide
Edmuund Hardin
Kenneth Robinson
O. J. Fleming
Walter Goodwin
E. F. Clark
George G. Jolliffe
Lucille Sturm
Huge Christmas Tree Placed at Courthouse
A huge Christmas tree near the Maryland line was obtained by Sheriff Herbert Evans and Police Chief A. E. Lockard and placed east of the courthouse. It will serve as the city’s community Christmas tree this holiday season as funding efforts to decorate it proceed.
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Maryland
Herbert Evans
A. E. Lockard
Assessor seeks budget hike in Taylor County offices
Taylor County court approved most 1938 budgets for county offices this morning with one exception Assessor Harry Batson seeking $100 more and a $10 monthly raise for each of his three deputies Sheriff Evans obtained 5460 for multiple staff salaries and the prosecutor secretary and deputy circuit clerk kept last year’s figures The county farm and county building janitor salary remain unchanged and no decision on sale or lease of the county farm was reached
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Court
Harry Batson
Commission
Evans
Batson
Former Grafton Lady Succumbs In Akron
Death reported of Mrs. Ella J DeMoss Thompson, former Grafton resident and Taylor county native, at her Akron home. Body to be shipped to Grafton for funeral at Bart lett Funeral Home on McGraw avenue. Services set for 1 p m Thursday officiated by Rev. William Knox. Survived by husband Alex Thompson two children Hazel Marsh and Aivey De Moss, four brothers four sisters and three grandchildren.
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Ella J . DeMoss Thompson
Grafton
Taylor County
Akron
Hazel Marsh
Aivey DeMoss
Rosa‘ Church
Mattie Church
Myrtle Sieford
Anna Jackson
Waynesburg
Ohio
Mc Dowell Bar Joins Mercer Group In Lawsuit
The Mc Dowell County Bar Association voted to join the Mercer County organization in a suit against collection agencies and others charging illegal inequitable and unjust practice of law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
McDowell County Bar Association
Mercer County Organization
Slain in Lovers Lane Near Pittsburgh Stuns Officials
Mrs. Rosalia Karr and companion William H. Forsythe of Avalon Pa were found shot in a parked car on Lovers Lane near Pittsburgh. Four Forsythe children survived, all victims of rifle shots in the fatal incident mystifying authorities.
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Rosalia Karr
Lovers’ Lane
Pittsburgh
Stutler Unfit to Attend Trial in City Court
Chapple Stutler was arrested by city police at 2 AM for drunkenness and taken to jail. He was too sick and nervous to appear before Mayor E Otto Waugh in police court, with Chief A E Lockars reporting three weeks of drinking and illness keeping him confined.
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Chapple Stutler
E. Otto Waugh
A. E . Lockars
Stutler
Roosevelt Fights Time as Congress Divided on Wage Bill
Progress of the Roosevelt program shows a split Congress with a large faction opposing the wage hour bill. House leaders cleared a deadlock but face strong debate next week. Ramspeck says opponents aim to kill or raise minimum wages, while Rayburn cites broad GOP support. The president will finish budget estimates and press for policy talks with utilities to ease power construction.
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Senate
House
Rules
Rep
Ramspeck
D-Ga
House Labor Committee
Rayburn
Dtex
Roosevelt
Utilities Executive
Fatal Burns Kill Welch Woman as She Falls Into Hot Water
Four year old Mary Johnson died from fatal burns after falling into a tub of hot water in Welch on December 6. The tragedy was reported in local notes, with authorities investigating the incident and noting the dangerous household conditions.
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Welch
Mary Johnson
Railroads Expect Heavy Holiday Rail Travel This Season
Railroads project a busy Christmas season with low fares and modern amenities to attract travelers. Baltimore and Ohio reports advance reservations show strong travel, especially for visiting home folks. The system offers dozen trains including Royal Blue Columbian National Limited Dip mat Capit Limited and maid menagerie services with two cent coach fares and Pullman charges.
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Baltimore and Ohio
B. and O
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
National Limited
Cincinnati
Louisvillé
St. Louis
Capit Limited
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Barbentalee Xen
Grenandaha Burgh
Aeme
Pennsylvania Woman Killed In Auto Crash Near Parsons
A Philadelphia area woman, Margaret Roberts of Wyncote, Pa., died when a car toppled 25 feet over an embankment during a snowstorm near Parsons. Her husband J. F. Roberts and their newborn son were associated with relatives as Elkins hospital treated others. The Roberts family had just learned of a son’s birth.
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Parsons
Margaret Roberts
Wyncote
Nel Philadelynia
Warantted
J. F. Roberts
Elkins Foies
Roberts
Wyncott
Yigi
W. J. Roberts
State Forest
Rvice
Elkins
Former county health officer to join New York hospital staff
Hinton December 6. Thur C Chandler former county health officer plans to leave soon to become a member of the staff of a New York hospital.
Wallis Dies Clarksburg Civic Figure at 63
William Turner Wallis, 63, a prominent businessman active in Clarksburg civic affairs, died in the city. Details on funeral arrangements and service are incomplete in the fragmented notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
William Turner Wallis
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Holt
Sentinel
Baker Coal Company
North Pole Ice and Coal Distributors
Fuller Brush Co
W. A. Williams
Love Ave
BRAND
Cash Feed
East Main St
Mendelson Junk Company
W. Va
Paraiephon Farret
Twe
Cy Kears
Wolfe’s Tire
Ann
China Navigation Company
Yangtze
British Asiatic Petroleum (Shell) Company
Wuhu
Shanghai
Su Hsi-Wen
O. K. Yul
U. K
Charley Findley
Barbour Infirmary
Style Review
Grafton High
Public Welfare ‘Department
Woman’s Club
Louie
Dominic
W. Main St
Carter
Mrs. Rasalia Karr
RCA Victor
Loar Jewelry Store
Pennsylvania
T. Wallis
Melis Doyle
Charled Street
York
Doyle
Sevardian
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