17 Inch Snowfall Buries Grafton With Subfreezing Cold
Grafton residents dig out after a 17 inch snowfall while the thermometer reads 19 degrees at 10 am. State Route 119 to Morgantown and routes 250 to Fairmont and 50 east and west are cleared. Valley Head records 26 inches. Four more inches fall since yesterday. No accidents reported. Colder weather expected tonight. A two coach New York Central passenger train en route Charleston to Grafton is stalled near Elkhurst after dragging snowdrifts and failed switch attempts.
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State Road Commission
Morgantown
Fairmont
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Sain
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New York Central
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County Agricultural Meetings Postponed
Announced this morning that all meetings and conferences under B A Hensley Taylor county agricultural agent are postponed for the week due to weather. If conditions permit next week’s schedules will be issued from Elkhurst. Passengers aboard the stranded B and O train include Rocco J Gorman Kanawha county school superintendent assistant. Dispatching between Charleston and Grafton disrupted by snow two to three feet deep in the mountains. Rescue efforts and possible overflight by Civil Air Patrol discussed with state police. Charleston reports 10 to 12 inches on the ground with poor visibility.
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F. P. Fultz
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
NYC
Here
Charleston
Rocco J. Gorman
Kanawha County
Grafton
Grafton Division
B. and O
Hubert H. Stark
Civil Air Patrol
POW Lt. Paul Moats Reported A German Prisoner Of War
Lt. Paul K. Moats 21 a bombardier on a Liberator who entered service in 1943 and went overseas in July was reported missing over Munich and is now a prisoner of war according to a telecam received by his Parkview parents. His brother Staff Sgt Carl Moats has returned to the Fifth Army front in Italy after recuperating from wounds. Everett L. Keener arrives in Italy, Pauline Keener learns. John McFadden Jr promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant at Air Transport Command Base India. Floods rank as the first catastrophic flood in American history Johnstown 1889 with 2200 lives lost and $10 million in property.
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War Department
Munich
Germany
Andy Moats
Parkview
Moats
15Th Army Air Force
Italy
Enei
Staff Set
Carl
Pinky) Méats
Fifth Army
Wouns
Pauline Keener
West Main Street
Everett L. Keener
Everett Keener
Naomi Turner
Blueville
Air Transport Command
India
John McFadden
J. C. McFadden
216
High Street
ATC
Army
McFadden
India-Burma
Sgt. McFadden
China
Local Legion Drives Gifts For Hospitalized Servicemen
In a Christmas gift drive titled Give to Yanks Who Gave the American Legion asks businesses and individuals to donate items for hospitalized veterans. Gifts go to Newton D. Baker Memorial Hospital in Martinsburg or Ashford General Hospital at White Slaphur Springs. Deadline is Sunday December 17. Suggested gifts include books, games, toiletries, clothing, smoking items, and miscellaneous useful items, with packages labeled To GI Joe From. Edgar T. McKee, commander, urged wide participation.
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American Legion Hall
Newton D. Baker Memorial Hospital
Martinsburg
Ashford General Hospital
White Slaphur Springs
Edgar T. McKee
American Legion Post
G.I. Joe
Bus Driver Gordon Rosier Dies At Home
Gordon Edgar Rosier 49 a Taylor County school bus driver and World War I veteran of 302 Barrett street died early this morning after a short illness. He is survived by his parents Oscar N Sr and Elizabeth Ann Kinney Rosier and siblings Kenneth M Oscar N Rosier Jr Iva Hanline. Special American Legion rites will follow at 2 pm Saturday from the Barrett Street home with Rev EF F Roof officiating and interment in National Cemetery. Bart lipid funeral home in charge.
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Taylor County
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Elizabeth Ann Kinney Rosier
Lutheran Church
American Legion
Elizabeth
Ann Kinmey Rosier
Kenney M
Oscar N. Rosier Jr
Grafton
Iva Hanline
Fairmont
EF. F. K. Roof
National Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Home
Banquet Cancelled Amid Snow and Postwar Plans
Weather halts the Farming For Better Living banquet sponsored by Grafton Kiwanis Rotary. The annual award meeting at Cafeteria Court was postponed. attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Waitman Lough and A. N. Allender with about 60 members. County postwar programs were outlined by B A Hensley. Also noted: three Kiwanis members attended the West Virginia District Conference in Clarksburg. The obituary for George Fred Haymond, 76, Tom Taylor County pioneer, details his birth, career as a Mail Clerk, and survivors. Funeral arrangements pending, no fraternal services planned.
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Kiwanis Clubs
Bu Ucyre
Waitman Lough
A. N. Allender
Kiwanis and
Rotary Clubs
Robert Gerkin
Kiwanis
Francis B. Chambers
Rotary Club
Coury
B. A. Hensley
Grafton
Hensley
Towles
Kiwanis Club
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Gerkin
J. Paul Murphy
Paul Defenbaugh
Stonewall Jackson
M. I. Stutler
BE. C
George Fred Haymond
Taylor County
McGraw Avenue
Ine
Jacob
Sarah Barnes Haymond
B. & O Ines
Presbyterian Church
BPO
Alks Club
AM No
Railway Postal Clerk's Union
Florence Newham
Luther Haymond
Edwin Newham
Charleston
Betty Newham
West Virginia University
Ann Newham
Lemon Juice Remedy Claims Fast Rheumatic Relief
A dubious ad promotes HU-EX Compound with a two week supply to mix with water and a lemon. It promises relief within 48 hours or overnight and offers a money back guarantee if not improved. The claim appears tied to Linus and Clisuleal Co and urges purchase through a pharmacist.
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Linus & Clisuleal Co
Germans Die In War as Faith Fades in Death Notices
The Fremdenblatt lists soldiers killed in action or by bombing under a headline praising the Führer Volk und Reich. Signs Nazi worship of ancient gods waning. Christian faith appears in death notices less often. Even Lt Col Helmuth Lent’s family omits the Führer in his memoriam after his Knight’s Cross with oak leaves and swords.
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Fremdenblatt
Germany
Helmuth Lent
Puehrer
Ther
Diamonds of the Order of the Iron Cross Tribute
A fragment recalls a bearer of the Iron Cross who died in service to Jesus Christ and his fatherland. The text shifts to a note on bedding quality noting finer textured sheets offer higher tensile strength. It then cites Arabia’s population at 10,000,000 across 1,000,000 square miles.
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Order of the Iron Cross
Jesus Christ
Arabia
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