State School payroll list shows $121 415 for year at Pruntytown
Audit of West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown lists total expenditures 121 415 for the year ending last June 30. Payroll portion 44 648.61 includes the superintendent’s 2 400 salary and several staff over 1 000, with many workers receiving hundreds.
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West Virginia Industrial School For
Pruntytown
Col
R. P. Bell
Robert J. Carr
W. H. Jaco
Hazel Meadows
Judy Bell
Donley Bennett
Boggess
George A. Barnard
E. J. Cox
Boyd Currey
Paul Duty
Meta Dean
Cook-Matron
Virgil Eagle
Closed Banks Pay Dividend in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports Bank Commissioner R. Carl Andrews announced Christmas dividends for depositors in two more closed banks. The Bank of the Monongahela Valley Morgantown received five percent, about 113,881.06, bringing total returns to 30 percent. Clarksburg Trust Co. Clarksburg also paid five percent, totaling 57,242.23 and pushing distributed deposits to 65 percent. Checks for three other banks were mailed today.
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Charleston
R. Carl Andrews
Bank of
Monongahela Valley
Morgantown
Andrews
Clarksburg Trust Company
Clarksburg
Postoffice to Remain Open On Saturday Afternoon
Grafton postoffice will stay open Saturday after noon until 6 o clock to help mail Christmas packages and cards. Postmaster James T. Murphy said staff have been busy all week. The busiest period is expected today tomorrow and the first two days of next week. Only special deliveries will be handled on Christmas Day.
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Grafton
James T. Murphy
Big sum for West Virginia highways to meet defense standards
Charleston dispatch reports Road Commissioner Burr H. Simpson said about 19 million dollars would be needed to upgrade 545 miles of West Virginia highways to national defense standards. He noted 1921 to present spending totals and estimated annual maintenance costs of 350 to 400 thousand dollars.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Public Roads Administration
Burr H. Simpson
Simpson
Four Greenville High Students Die In Car Collision
Four Greenville High school students aged about sixteen were killed in a car crash returning from a basketball game near Altamont. The victims were Karl Shank, Harry Ruppe, Gail Babbitt, and Max Colcord. No bus passengers were injured.
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Effingham
Greenville High School
Greenville
Altamont
Karl Shank
Harry Ruppe
Gail Babbitt
Max Colcord
Petain Plans Continue to Limit Laval Power
The article states Laval, despite German approval for vice premier, cannot regain that role while Petain remains chief of state. It notes Laval might seek an official post with German aid but would not wield his former power.
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Petain
Laval
Galloway Miner Dies Of His Old Injuries
A Galloway miner EB H Haynes died in an Elkins hospital Thursday night. Born May 11 1913 he was injured in July 1939 in a back breaking accident at Simpson Creek Collieries. Survived by parents Robert and Laura Williams Haynes and widow Myrtle Fowler Haynes. Funeral at Galloway Protestant church with Rev Blake. burial at Cleavenger Cemetery.
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Galloway
Elkins
EB. H. Haynes
Simpson Creek Colleries Company
Robert
Laura Williams Haynes
Myrtle Fowler Haynes
Galloway Protestant Church
Galloway Protestant Church, With the Rev. Mr. Blake
Cleavenger
Finland Mourns Demise of Retired President
Finland declared a national day of mourning for Kyosti Kallio the peasant-born former president who died of a heart attack at a railway station while preparing to depart for his country estate. Flags were lowered and public entertainments banned as Risto Ryti was elected to serve the remaining term ending in 1943.
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Helsinki
Finland
Kyosti Kallio
Kallio
Russia
Risto Ryti
Two Italian Boats Are Sunk By British Sub
The British submarine Truant, under Lieut.-Commander H. A. V. Haggard, claimed success off the south of Italy. During the night of December 13-14, it attacked an escorted convoy near Cape Spartivento, sinking one heavily laden Italian supply ship and possibly a second tanker.
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London
Italy
Admiralty
H. A. V. Haggard
Cape Spartivento
U S Troops Dispatched For New Atlantic Post
Washington dispatch reports a detachment of United States soldiers ordered to sail for Newfoundland early in January as part of a new Atlantic post. The move signals expanded American military presence amid evolving Atlantic security duties.
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U.S
New Atlantic
Washington
United States
New Foundland
Americans to garrison new North Atlantic outpost
The article notes troops will be housed aboard a transport ship, the USS Edmond B. Alexander, while barracks are built near St Johns Newfoundland. A U S naval and air base and additional facilities are planned for the area as part of the newly acquired outpost.
Robbers Hit Fairmont Legion Post Headquarters
In Fairmont the drill proof cabinet in the American Legion post No. 17 headquarters was looted of $500 by robbers. Police reported the incident occurred near a harbor area south of Little Placat.
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Fairmont
Gift Exchange at Grafton Kiwanis Christmas Meeting
The Grafton Kiwanis club plans a Christmas meeting next Tuesday evening at Cozy Rest Inn featuring a seasonal program. New officers will be installed the following week to direct activities for the coming year.
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Grafton Kiwanis Club
Cozy Rest Inn
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Lambert
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William Lewis
Minnie Mason
C. R. McCulloch
D. R. McQuain
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Della Sutherland
Lee Smith
W. A. Scranage
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J. G. Witt
Lr. R. D. Stout
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Webbrly
Richard DLX
Weaver Bros
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Tim McCoy
Arizona
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Siehler Furniture Company
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Diaz
W. Va
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Kentucky Club
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Eastman
Hibbard Radios
Hibbard Radio
Malone
Miller's Shoe Store
Santa
Thor
Soar Jewelry Store
Little Placat
Legion
Turkey
D. W. Lawson
Texaco
Barlett
Next Kiwanis
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