Deer Bagged As Deagon Nears End
Sundown closes deer season in Taylor County as hunters report 56 deer in five days. Thirteen deer are listed by Game Protector Powell and district wardens with weights from 125 to 200 pounds and points from 3 to 10. Additional counts note four Grafton hunters in Grant County and a lone 165 pound buck in Mineral County.
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Taylor County
Johepn W. Powell
C. N. Harmon
Grafton
Fetterman
Paul Slaton
Charles R. Weaver
Knottsville
Dellet Smallwood
Booths Creek
W. E. Swisher
Fairmont
Walter Gossett, Jr
Somerset
Buck Hershman
James W. Shingleton
Oza R. Poling
Audry Richards
Simpson
Court House
Charles H. Morris
Howard Erwin
Pt. Pleasant
Fetteman
Raymond Yates
Bowment
Grant County
Howard Withers
George Boice
John E. Warne
Robert Knotts
Walter McFanning
Mineral County
Power Company Plans $40 Million Expansion
Monongahela Power Company officials told 250 employees that about 40 million dollars will be spent on expanding the plant and line facilities. The Par kersburg generating plant is the major item, with an additional five million to extend rural lines reaching about 90 percent of farms in the territory.
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Fairmont
Monongahela Power Company
A. C. Spurr
Power Company
Parkersburg
Spurr
Lambert sells Carter Hall estate near Millwood
Garrard B. Lambert of Princeton New Jersey has sold his Carter Hall estate near Millwood in Clarke County to Frank E. Christopher of Morgantown West Virginia. The deal was announced yesterday in Berryville Virginia.
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Berryville, Va
Garrard B. Lambert
Princeton, N. J
Carter Hall
Millwood
Clarke, County
Frank E. Christopher
Morgantown
W. Va
Reform School Escapee Is Held In Charleston
A 16 year old escapee from the West Virginia Industrial School at Pruntytown is in custody in Charleston after a break in at the Stoneking Service station 10 miles south of Weston on U S 19. He allegedly smashed the front window, entered the store and stole about 20 in coin plus a flashlight and four cartons of cigarettes. He will be questioned about leaving the reform school on Monday.
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Robert Elliott
Weston
West Virginia
Pruntytown
Charleston
Stoncking
Weston U. S. 19
Stoneking Station
Arabs and Jews clash in Jerusalem sabbath violence
In the Holy Land, Hagana members arrest leaflets printed in Arabic urging an end to mob violence. Chattering of guns and explosions ended a brief lull as thousands riot on Jaffa Road stoning Arab vehicles. Police and Hagana restore a tense peace amid Arab and Jewish quarters reopening after a general strike. Death toll reaches 110 with damages in the millions.
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Ulin
Ces
Hagana
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Jaffa‘ Road
Middle East
Road Contracts Awarded for Bridges in Star City and Cedar Grove
The Road Commission said contracts were awarded after approval of low bids for a bridge substructure over the Monongahela River at Star City near Morgantown and for a four lane span over Kelley Creek low U.S. Route 60 at Cedar Grove in Anawha County.
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Charleston
The
Road Commission
Public Roads Administration
Monongahela River
Star City
Morgantown
Cedar Grove
Anawha County
Moses Boiarsky Dies at 60 in Charleston
Moses Boiarsky dies after a long illness at age 60 in Charleston. He served as president of the Charleston Federal Savings and Loan Association and was the citys first juvenile judge.
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Charleston
Moses Boiarsky
Charleston Federal Savings and Loan Association
Hariman and Marshall Clash Over Germany Plan
The Soviet minister Molotov challenged Harriman on a proposed western German regime, saying it violates Marshall Plan aims for unified Germany. Marshall and Bevin rebut Molotov, Bevin accusing the Soviet Union of exploiting German sentiment to curry favor.
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Seunime
Germany
Harriman
Molotov
Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Soviet Union
Rural Telephone Expansion Boosts West Virginia Reach
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia reports a 45 percent rise in rural telephones since January 1, 1946, a net gain of 9,672, with 3,900 installed in the first nine months of 1947. By 1951 the program aims for 25,000 rural telephones, needing about $7.27 million. about $2.49 million has been allocated, with $1.443 million spent in the first eight months of this year.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
Enrolled In Training School At U B Church
Forty six people from eight city churches joined the Grafton School of Leadership Training held at Evangelical United Brethren Church from November 30 to December 5. Five classes covered Bible origins, New Testament contents, Bible use with children, and adult education church opportunities. Forty one of forty six earned standard course credit. Closing session included fellowship and refreshments. Represented churches included First Baptist, First Christian, Evangelistic United Brethren, Andrews Methodist, St. Pauls Methodist, St. Johns Methodist, Warren Methodist, and St. Pauls Lutheran.
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Grafton
Evangelical United Brethren Church
International Council of Religious Education
E. F. K. Root
A. F. Shomo
Fred D. Robinson
Harry Eckels
First Baptist
First Christian
Evangelistic United Brethren
Andrews Methodist
St. Paul's Methodist
St. John's Methodist
Warren Methodist
St. Paul's Lutheran
Local affairs committee discussed for better board insight
A meeting proposed enlarging the local national affairs committee so the board of trade would be better informed on the national agenda. Attendees included Harry Friedman Claude Ebert C W T Lockard Paul Murphy and Charles N Prickitt alongside Mr Conant.
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Board of Trade
Mr. Conant
Harry Friedman
Claude Ebert
C. W. T. Lockard
Paul Murphy
Charles N. Prickitt
Hudson Unveils Entirely New Line Of Hudson Cars
Hudson Motor Car Co announces a completely new line described as unlike any mass produced before. Roy Vandergrift of Grafton notes display in dealers’ showrooms nationwide. The program costs 16 million dollars, signaling a new design era and unprecedented construction changes in 38-year history. Charleston report adds plan to distribute 150 to 200 bushels of black walnuts for spring planting from a tree nursery.
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Hudson Motor Car Co
Roy Vandergrift
Grafton
United States
Hudson
A. E. Barit
Charleston
Ralph Quick
Conservation Commission
Lesage
Conductor’s double life ends in divorce case and lies
A conductor using aliases Foley Healy married two women, Bertha in 1909 and Eva in 1925, hiding his work as a supposed FBI agent. Suspicion grew after his wife checked a tailor’s records and found Healy’s trousers linked to Foley. FBI involvement revealed the deception and spurred divorce proceedings while a Burmese pickled tea is noted.
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Tran
Bertha
Thomas Lawrence Healy
Eva
Foley
Death of Mrs Mary Duffy Garvy of Baltimore
Friends learn of the death of Mrs Mary Duffy Garvy a native Grafton Womar in Baltimore. Funeral services are set for Tuesday morning at Augustine church with burial at Ml cemetery. Remains expected on Train No 11 and to be taken to Bartlett Funeral home. Survived by two sisters Margaret and Clara Duffy and brothers Charles Duffy Dr Vincent Duffy Edward and Joseph Duffy and many nieces and nephews.
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Mary Duffy Garvy
Baltimore
Grafton
Womar
Augustine Chure
M. J. Hannon
Gary
Bartlett Funeral Home
Garvey
John
Jun Duffy
John M. Garvey
Mr. Garvey
Bathmore
Gavey
B. ©. Veterans Auxilia
Margaret
Clara Duffy
Charles Duffy
Oakland
Vincent Duffy
Nantuckx
Funeral Tomorrow for Benjamin Shahan in Oak Grove
Last rites for Benjamin Shahan, bachelor farmer of the Oak Grove community, who died Thursday evening, will be held at Oak Grove church at 1 30 p m Sunday. The Rev Bodkin will direct services for Bartlett Funeral Home. Survived by Mrs Mee Satterfield at home and Viola Radzka of Pairvers of Whitney Pa.
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Benjamin Shahan
Oak Gove
Oak Grove
Bodkin
Bartlett Funeral Home
Mee Satterfield
Viola Radzka
Pairvers
Whitney, Pa
18 Year Old Burglary Suspect Draws Case Reversal
An 18 year old connected to a cotton gin burglary case was revealed as the burglar who robbed a home of cash, guns and clothing days earlier. A jailed youth, once granted privileges, used them to map a cell key and file a workable model after three tries as a burglary wave spread in the area. Walters was startled by the developing pattern as the event linked to a broader territorial history dating to 1908.
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Page Ones
Coker
Walters
Ask Early Action On Compensation Cases
Vernon Woodyard, Democrat member of the House of Delegates from Mc Dowell county, says he has written Governor Meadows urging early action on about 1,800 Carter Coal Company miners unemployment compensation cases. He criticizes the long delay and notes miners’ finances improve little until they receive full pay at Christmas.
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Welch
Vernon Woodyard
House of Delegates
McDowell County
Meadows
Carter Coil Company
Woodyard
Negro Shot Death Report From Yukon Home
Sidney Pollard a 38 year old Negro of Yukon was found shot to death at his home yesterday according to investigator Walter Farmer of the McDowell prosecutor's office. The case is under investigation.
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Welch
Sidney Pollard
Walter Farmer
McDowell Prosecutor's Office
Sidney Pollard’s Girlfriend Says She Believes He Is Dead
Ella Lasley told a neighbor she believes Sidney Pollard has killed himself. Officers are conducting an investigation.
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Ella Lasley
Pollard
Sidney
Farmer
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