Police Probe Body Found Near Grafton Knotts Road
State police investigated after the premature birth fetus was found in an empty tent box near Lycity limits on a junk dump edge. Trooper Murphy Deputy Batson and Magistrate Jefferys retrieved the body and it was taken to Bartlett morgue for an inquest to determine color and possible life. The report came from children who played at the dump. Investigation appears complete but incomplete doubt.
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W. E. Murphy
Harry Batson
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Jefferys
Tunnel Worker Injured In Grafton Tunnel
Earl Plymale of Boxley Brothers Construction is treated at Grafton City Hospital for a fractured pelvis after a fall in a tunnel work area this morning. Details remain unavailable.
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Boxley Brothers Construction Company
Grafton City Hospital
Plymale
Christmas Seals Mailed To 1,200 Citizens This Year
Christmas seals are being mailed to about 1,200 annual contributors as Circuit Clerk Frank M. Hollis Jr directs the drive for tubercular aid. Seals available at the clerk’s office and various local stores with proceeds funding milk clothes doctor bills and sanatorium care for patients. Dirk Hollis predicts a strong sales year, tracing back to 1920 when Mrs. James B. Moran led a famed drive now deceased.
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Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Dirk Hollis
James B. Moran
Dr Ralston at City Forum on Religion in America
Cameron Ralston, speaker for the Trico public forum representing Monongalia, Preston and Taylor counties, spoke last night before the Grafton forum at Grafton High School. He presented Religion In America before a receptive audience, noted for his experience and knowledge across many subjects.
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Trico Public Forum
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor
Grafton Forum
Grafton High School
America
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Mask Has Not Yet Resigned as City Patrolman
The city police court docket was blank for a third day. Police Chief A E Lockard warned of potential trouble after a quiet spell, and Mayor E Otto Waugh declined to comment on who will replace Joseph Mask, recently appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff-elect Herbert Evans, noting Mask has not submitted his resignation.
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Chief Lockard
E. Otto Waugh
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Herbert Evans
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Body Recovered From Kanawha River In Morris Creek
Montgomery reports missing Fayetteville man Houston J. Wendell aged 36 was found dead in the Kanawha River backwaters of Morris Creek after several days missing.
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Houston J. Wendell
Fayetteville
Kanawha River
Morris Creek
Union forces at Homestead strike era drive
A 75 member group of union organizers with lawyers and bondsmen arrived at Homestead Pennsylvania to campaign for a nationwide steel workers union. Payday was chosen at Carnegie Steel mills where 10,000 workers are employed as police and guards prepared for potential trouble in Myron G Taylor’s U S Steel empire. Homestead, long linked to 1892 violence, was noted as a center of labor strife with deadly gunfire in the past.
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Monongahela River
Clinton S. Golden
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
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Golden
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Taylor
U.S. Tec
Blair appoints Fred Hite as chief deputy
Sheriff-elect Robert Blair of Lewis County announced the appointment of Fred Hite a former state police corporal as his chief deputy on December 11. The move marks Blair's first staffing decision for the new administration.
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Robert Blair
Lewis County
Fred Hite
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Editor Discusses Community Needs Before Grafton Rotary
C Frederick Schroeder Jr gave a talk titled Taking Inventory to about 33 members of the Grafton Rotary Club at the YMCA rooms last night. He outlined a community survey noting attainable improvements and ways to meet local needs with practical steps. Dr. Paul P. Warden presided at the regular weekly meeting.
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Loval
Grafton Rotary Clu
Paul P. Warden
15-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Auto Trap in White Oak Creek
In Whitesville West Virginia this morning 15 year old Bobby Elrod of Orgas died after being pinned beneath an automobile in White Oak Creek. His uncle Louis Elrod, who was driving, described a section of the abandoned roadway contributing to the tragedy.
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W. Va
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Orgas
White Oak Creek
Louis Elrod
Car topples into creek as nephew is trapped
A road collapse sent a car into a creek injuring a man who rescued Bobby's brother, Junior, 16, but left the younger nephew pinned beneath the vehicle. Police and emergency crews responded to the incident, and efforts to free the boy continued at the scene.
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Fingerprinting Course Offered in High School in Watertown
Watertown High School believes it is the first secondary school in the country to introduce fingerprinting of its students. All registered students have had prints taken for government files as part of a government identification campaign.
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Watertown High School
Ex Policeman on Trial in Charleston Slaying
Senate Parker, former Charleston police officer, faces trial for the July 1 slaying of Joe Stockton, 61. Parker contends self defense as testimony unfolds with Stockton’s former wife recounting threats and an alleged break in at their home.
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Senate
Parker
Joe Stockton
Stockton
Man Fires at Intruder After Warning From Parker
Mrs Parker testified that Stockton approached the residence after a warning and Parker fired in self defense. The incident occurred as Stockton moved toward Parker, prompting the gunfire.
Sheriff-elect Taylor appoints deputies in Ritchie county
Harrisville December 11. Sheriff-elect W. C. Taylor of Ritchie county named Monroe Burns former Cairo postmaster as chief office deputy and Franklin A. Deem of Harrisville as field deputy.
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W. C. Taylor
Ritchie County
Monroe Burns
Cairo
Franklin A. Deem
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