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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1939

Page

8

Hugh P Egan Passes Away After Illness at 73

Hugh P Egan 73 retired master plumber of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad died at 9 45 PM at his Parkview residence after a 17 month illness. Born in March 1466 he lived in the county over 25 years. His wife Catherine McGraw Egan predeceased him and he leaves a niece Mrs John Hopkins of Weston who cared for him. Funeral services set for Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev Father M J Hannon at 1 PM tomorrow and burial in Mt Calvary cemetery.

Hugh P. Egan Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Parkview Thomas Catherine Daugherty Egan Catherine McGraw Egan John Hopkins Weston Egan St Augustine Catholic Church Bartlett Funeral Home McGraw Avenue M. J. Hannon St. Augustine Church

Mystery Fire Details Point to Possible Cigarette Start

Police report indicates cigarette stubs near an urned bed and several empty liquor bottles found in the room. Death occurred after 3:30 a.m. yesterday as McIntyre, a B and O brakeman, left the house. William Courtney, railroad caller, visited at 2:20 a.m. to inform McIntyre of his upcoming Gassaway run, leaving Graton at 4 a.m.

McIntyre Gassaway William Courtney Railroad McIntyre Aid Graton Courtney

Liberal Move Faces Hurdles Over Proposal Agreement

A continued debate on a liberal plan faces difficulty in reaching consensus on whether to provide support. Key figures and parties weigh potential implications, with optimism mixed with concern about alignments and outcomes in the ongoing discussion.

Conservative Democrat Party Called Republican Tweedledee

The speech from last January argued a conservative Democrat party would be a one side of a Republican Tweedledee. Attorney General Murphy then told reporters he shared Ickes views that liberals should unite within the Democratic Party.

Ickes Norris Inc Neb Lafollette Preg Wis Leguardia White House Fiorella Laguardia New York Roosevelt Lazuardia Tweedledee Tweedledum Mr. Roosevelt Murphy

Dam credited for navigability of Tygart River

Captain John Muter announced that Vesta Coal company and Jones and Laughlin Steel reported coal barges could be floated from Point Marion, Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh for the first time in history this past summer. The $70,000 riprap project along the river banks north of the camps is now complete, with gravel and about 10,000 tons of flat rock. Materials came from the Riverside drive quarry.

John Muter Riverside Drive

Treasury Official to Leave Post January 1

Washington December reports say John W. Hanes, secretary of the Treasury, will resign December 31 to return to private business. Hanes had long indicated retirement from the Treasury at the earliest opportunity. He has been a Wall Street broker prior to his government service.

Treasury Washingto Rosevelt John W. Hanes The Hanes Wallatee Treaswy

Aged Lady Mary Reed Dies at 93 in Webster

One of Taylor county's oldest residents Mrs Mary Lucinda Reed died at the home of Sam Reed in Webster in her 94th year after a long illness of carcinoma. She was a native of the county with two brothers Elijah Heaths Flemington and John Hathly Chis one sister Tillis Mu Phy Morgantown and several children Myrtle Wilson George Freeze Roe Frank Reed Stevenson Reed Catherine Cooper William Reed and Sam Reed all of Grafton Fairmont Tunne ton. The Nazarene church member will be honored at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon at the Webster Methodist church with burial in Webster cemetery under Phillips Funeral co Philippi.

Taylor County Mary Lucinda Reed Sam Reed Webstr Reed Ben Elijah Heaths Flemington John Hathly Chis Tillis Mu Phy Morgantown Survy Myrtle Wilson George Freeze Roe Frank Reed Upe Stevenson Reed Grafton Catherine Cooper Fairmont William Reed Tunneton Webster The Nazarene Church Webster Methodist Chinc Webst Duro the Phillips Funeral Co Philippi

Arrest Made Easy Today By City Police

Pat Henderson of Giafton was fined ten dollars and costs after pleading guilty to drunkenness in municipal court before Mayor P F Gillisuie. He paid the fine at West Main Street precinct this morning after the 12 07 arrest.

West Main Street Pat Henderson Giafton P. F. Gillisuie

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