Sam Newcome Named Captain Elect Of Grafton Gridders
Sam Newcome longtime Grafton High varsity member was chosen by teammates as captain for 1938 Baawate season at the Kiwanis Rotary football banquet. Coach Randall H. McKinney announced the selection during the Mooses Home dinner where Roy M Hawley WVU alumni secretary spoke and WVU Georgetown game reels were shown. Hawley cited coaching, morale and players as keys to WVU season success and urged students to consider WVU for college.
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Sam Newcome
Grafton
Kiwanis
Rotary
West Virginia
Georgetown
Roy Hawley
Grafton High School
Hawley
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Kuhn
Ene
Awley
Wao
Mountaineer
Hawlsy
West Virginia University
McKinney
Paul P. Warden
Farm Debate May End Late This Week
Washington dispatch reports House and Senate readiness to finish farm debate this week. Leaders push rapid action on the administration housing program and new wage hour measures. Senator Van Nuys signals possible brief delay to pass housing, while Southern senators block early anti lynching vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
van Nuys
D-Ind
Labor Committee
House Labor Committee
Rampeck
Labor Department
Democrats
Inter
Demurrer Filed in Taylor County Tax Suit
A demurrer to the bill filed by the Frederick Snare corporation who sues sheriff Herbert Evans assessor Harry Batson and First National Bank over funds impounded for taxes in Taylor county was entered in Taylor County circuit court during the December rules. Prosecuting Attorney Francis L and counsel for the sheriff Harry id filed six points arguing the bill fails to allege United States government exclusive jurisdiction over land acquired from Rose and Emma, with continued discussion on page two.
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Frederick Snare _corporation
Herbert Evans
Harry B. Batson
First National Bank
Taylor County
Francis L
Harry Id
United States
Rose
Emma
Demurrers Overruled In Clarksburg Bribery Case
Judge Arlos J. Harbert overruled demurrers to an indictment charging three current councilmen and three former members with demanding bribes for a garbage collection franchise. The ruling clears the way for trials Monday. Defense argued title used laws. judge noted other outweighing considerations. Special plea on Italian juror discrimination was also overruled.
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Clarksburg
Arlos J. Harbert
Harbert
Circuit Court
Joe A. Oliverio
Belington Man Chosen As Assistant To Yoke
Parkerburg dispatch reports Robb N. Keyser of Belington named assistant collector of internal revenue for West Virginia by Collector F Roy Yoke. Keyser succeeds Hugh Ferrell who resigned for work with a Beckley coal company. Yoke also promoted L G Stanley of Logan county to chief of the income tax division and Robert H Mciohan of Calhoun county to chief of the miscellaneous tax division.
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Parkersburg
Robb N. Keyser
Belington
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
F. Roy Yoke
Hugh Ferrell
Beckley Coal Company
Yoke
L. G. Stanley
Logan County
Robert H. Mclohan
Calhoun County
Ten Grafton High School Honor Roll Leaders Named
Ten Grafton High School students earned A averages for the six weeks ended December 3, with perfect grades by Jo Ann Gerkins Grace Marie Bartlett Mary Elizabeth Clark Frances Dawson Sylvia Mason Alice Austin John Boggs Florine Friedman Robert Cassell and Betty Turvander on the honor roll. Those with B average or better placed on the roll include Charles Bartlett Richard Bell Madelon Brand William Coleban Edward Copenhaver Nathan Coulson Dorothea Crawford Margaret Curry Velva DeMoss Mary Elder Kenneth Furlow Mary Jeane Grinnan Joseph Idoni Lewanna Koon Kathleen Lake Elizabeth Marshall Charles McDaniel Earl Miller Louise Morgan Lorine Phillips Dorothy Pickens Evelyn Reed Beulah Riley Edwin Roof Pauline Rowe Kenneth Shaw Dorothy Sway Helen Strmer Vivian Thomas Helen Tucker Edward Willey.
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Grafton High School
Tarlock Rasmussen
Jo Ann Gerkins
Grace Marie Bartlett
Mary Elizabeth Clark
Frances Dawson
Sylvia Mason
Alice Austin
John Boggs
Florine Friedman
Robert Cassell
Betty
Turvander
Charles Bartlett
Richard Bell
Madelon Brand
William Coleban
Edward Copenhaver
Nathan Coulson
Dorothea Crawford
Margaret Curry
Velva DeMoss
Mary Elder
Kenneth Furlow
Mary Jeane Grinnan
Joseph Idoni
Lewanna Koon
Kathleen Lake
Elizabeth Marshall
Charles McDaniel
Earl Miller
Louise Morgan
Lorine Phillips
Dorothy Pickens
Evelyn Reed
Beulah Riley
Edwin Roof
Pauline Rowe
Kenneth Shaw
Dorothy Sway
Helen Strmer
Vivian Thomas
Helen Tucker
Edward Willey
Christmas Seal Sale Drives Progress in Taylor County
Frank M. Hollis Jr. reports the Christmas seal sale campaign in Taylor County is ahead of last year. By yesterday $135.65 was received from thousands of letter responses, and today’s mail added $50, bringing progress toward the $1,000 goal to fund tuberculosis efforts.
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Circuit Aerk
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Taylor County
Election Nears Shapes Grafton Political Buzz
Municipal election looms in four months as Grafton politicos begin a faint buzz. Mayor E Otto Waugh, elected in 1935 for a three year term, keeps his plans secret with friends split on re nomination. A witness claimed Booth confessed after arrest to hurling rocks at a minister in a mine prison incident, but Booth denies making the statement. The court admitted the contested confession as evidence amid a jury absence.
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Political Bee
Grafton
Waugh
E. Otto Waugh
Dr. Seder
E. E. Winters, Jr
Booth
H. Clay Worth
Strenn
Freak Slaying Case Sees Life Term Recommended
Norris Mick, 32, of Clarksburg convicted of first degree murder in the robbery slaying of Robert Huey, Mannington trucker. Bedord Pa report says Mick faces life imprisonment. other defendants Joe Costa Jr and Bam Cirullo to be arraigned. Huey was robbed of $21, a nine inch horn horn protruded from the deer's head found in an alley.
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Clarksburg
Norris Mick
Robert Huey
Mannington
Bedford
Mick
John Dittmar
Mal World
Huey
J. Philip Clifford
Robert Tomsro
Dittmar
Joe Costa, Jr
Bam Cirullo
Free Pneumonia Serum Campaign Promoted in Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania the health department will install 2000 highway billboards advertising free pneumonia serum available to all residents starting December 15 Dr Edith MacBride Dexter secretary of health announced the warning signs will appear on highways to highlight the disease dangers and its preventive treatment as the cold season begins.
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Harrieburg
Pennsylvania
Edith MacBride-Dexter
Seeking Program Head for Republican Party Panel
Washington December 9 Chairman Jo h n D M Hamilton of the Republican National committee canvassed potential leaders for the party program committee to rejuvenate the party. The panel, to be chosen in St Louis, has drawn many names including Frank Lowden John D Biggers and John Henry Wigmore. Some Republicans oppose the venture and mortos on page eight.
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Washington
Joh D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Hamilton
National Executive Committee
St .Louis
Lowden
Frank Lowden
Ilinois
John D. Biggers
John Henry Wigmore
Northwestern University Law School
Bodies of Nine Dug Out From Fire Ruins
In Knoxville Tenn firemen recovered nine bodies from the ruins of a two story tenement described as a fire trap by Fire Chief C M Johnson. The dead include Mrs McKinley Connaster and three children Virginia Vallee and Luther 12. Mrs Cora Tate and her son Eugene Tate and three grandsons R L Melton Junior Melton and James Earl Melton.
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Knoxville
Tenn
C. M. Johnson
McKinley Connaster
Virginia
Vallee
Luther
Cora Tate
Eugene Tate
R. L. Melton
Junior Melton
James Earl Melton
German Confessing Other Slaying Admits Killing Girl
In Versailles France a 29 year old German man confessed to killing Jean De Koven an American dancer. He led detectives to the villa in St Cloud where he said the body was buried. He admitted shooting a rental agent named Raymond hre during a rendezvous at the villa and wounded two officers in a pistol duel. He claimed poverty as motive and hinted at other murders before a continued interrogation.
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Jean‘De Koyen
U. S
Villa St. Cloud
Versailles
France
Jean de Koven
Brookelyn
St. Cloud
Paris
Foundet
de Koven
Raymond
Eugene Weidmann
Weidmann
Aer
Japan Tanks Enter Gates of Nanking
Japanese tanks were reported entering the southeast gates of Nanking with the army predicting capture within 24 hours. Domei said observers saw tanks move in and noted Chinese resistance and the possibility of a major battle if it continued.
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Morris J. Harris
Shanghat
Nanking
Chitepee
Domei
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Japan
Purple Mountain
Shanghai
Nanchang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wubu Wuhu
City buys 1000 feet of new fire hose
Mayor E. C. Waugh announced the city purchased 1000 feet of two and a half inch hose for the Grafton Fire Department to meet Underwriters specifications and avoid higher local fire insurance rates. The order was sent after city commission approval and delivery is expected in a few days.
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Grafton Fire Department
State Board of Underwriters
E. C. Waugh
No Bolts Hold Up Grafton Water Pipe Work
Mayor E O Waugh reports the laying of the 24 inch water pipe behind the dam in Grafton is delayed by missing bolts. Once bolts arrive the project should resume and be finished in a few days. Other trench digging and essential work are already completed by the crew.
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Grafton
E. O. Waugh
Currey Fights State Charge At Mountain View Camp
Waiter L Currey proprietor of the Mountain View roadhouse tourist camp near the Taylor Marion line was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing for Justice of the Peace Hoye White on a charge tied to unpaid state sales tax. He waived examination and posted a $500 bond pending the grand jury. Claims involve nearly $500 against J H Welrich of the state with allegations of collected sales tax.
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Waiter L. Currey
Mountain View Roadhouse
U. S
Taylor-Marion
Uary Grand Jury
J. H. Welrich
Reed
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W. J. Hussion
House of Delegates
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Harvey A. Poe
Francis L. Warder
Roy Newton
J- Mae EE
Grafton High
German
Girl
Currey
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