Charles S Burke Named Field Deputy By Sheriff-Elect
Charles S Burke, associated with his father in the Grafton Auto Equipment store and a county school bus driver, was appointed field deputy by Sheriff-elect Lee E Bennett. He succeeds Joe Maske, who retires with the present sheriff January 1. Deputy Maske’s future is uncertain. Bennett and staff were sworn in after posting a $40,000 bond. Other staff kept their posts from earlier administrations in the Grafton area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S.burke
Grafton
Lee E. Bennett
Mr. Burke
Joe Maske
Herbert Evans
Bennett
James Guth
Virginia Stavely
Virgil O. Poe
Thomas T. Withers
Evans
Maske
Batson
Harry L. Batson
County Court
J. G. Withers
Clarence Kinsey
Orvis Hall
Frances Sturm
Justice of the Peace
Constable
Last rites for Mrs Georgia Johnson Kubinec at Eldora
Mrs Georgia Johnson Kubinec aged 29 died after a six month illness at her Marion county home near Eldora. She was born March 23, 1911 in Eldora, survived by husband Joseph Kubinee, three brothers and three sisters, and her father. Funeral held at the Eldora Methodist church with burial in Claremont cemetery. She was the daughter of Peter and Emma Glaspell Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Johnson Kubinec
Marion County
Taylor
Methodist
Eldora
Claremont
Peter
Emma Glaspell Johnson
Joseph Kubinee
Victor Mine
Cecil
Jack Johnson
Boothsville
Walter Johnson
Fairmont
George Bell
James Rinehart
Thomas Voyle
Koons Run
Two-Day-Old Curtis Shaffer Mayle Dies At Thornton Home
A two day old infant, Curtis Shaffer Mayle, son of Mr and Mrs M L Mayle, died at 1 30 this morning at their Thornton residence. Funeral services were held at Lynch Funeral Home on Walnut Street at 2 this afternoon with interment in Philippi cemetery under A Carl Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Shaffer Mayle
M. L. Mayle
Thornton
Lynch Funeral Home
Walnut Street
Philippi Cemetery
A. Carl Lynch
Car Cushions Burned In Only Christmas Blaze
A flipped cigarette sparked the only Christmas day fire in Grafton. Firemen rushed to 359 West Main Street where cushions in an automobile owned by Albert Crane of Detroit were burning. Crane estimated a $50 loss with no general alarm set.
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Grafton
West Main Street
Albert Crane
Detroit
Mich
Crane
Annual News Review Of Year Planned January 1
The Grafton Evening Sentinel announces the January 1, 1941 issue will publish a planned annual review of 1940. The edition will summarize local year’s news and will be distributed early. Extra copies are sent to former residents, so readers should arrange delivery before stock runs out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Evening Sentinel
Three Killed on Christmas in Kentucky Farm Home
In Benton Kentucky on Christmas Day three members of the John Lovett family were found dead at their farm home with throats cut. Sheriff Jack Edwards suspects John Lovett killed his wife and five year old daughter then killed himself, while a brother claimed Mrs Lovett killed the daughter before her husband killed her. Domestic trouble cited as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
John Lovett
Here
Jack Edwards
Lovett
WPA
Burn
Jol
Rail traffic up over last season at B and O
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad moved 50,773 freight cars in the week ending December 21, with 32,628 loaded on line and 18,145 from connections. This exceeds last year’s week totals by 6,210 cars, while the prior week had 52,441 total, and 1930’s corresponding week stood at 48,108 cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Rumpus in Grafton Cafe Ends in Court
A post Christmas disturbance at a downtown cafe led to two teenagers facing municipal court. Mayor P F Gillispie ordered that they work for the city in lieu of county jail after failing to pay $10 and costs each. Richard Carney 19 and Robert Stevens 19 faced assault and drunkenness charges respectively. Carney broke proprietor James Poppajohn’s glasses and agreed to pay for replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Gillispie
Leul
Richard Carney
James Poppajohn
Robert Stevens
Carney
Poppajohn
Noted editor dies at 64 in New York
Harold MacDonald Anderson, 64, longtime Sun executive and editor, and author of the famed Lindbergh editorial “Lindbergh Flies Alone,” died of a heart attack today after leaving his office. He was a war correspondent and shaping voice in journalism since 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold MacDonald Anderson
New York Sun
Lindbergh
Anderson
the Sun
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
St. Louis
Atlantic
Plane Wreck Not Located Near Johnstown
A search party near Johnstown Pennsylvania reported no trace of a plane after an engineer saw wreckage near Conemaugh Furnace six miles west of the city. Police and rail workers scoured the area for over an hour and a half with no results. Officials at Mitchel Field said the plane was Army property and had crashed somewhere near Johnstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conemaugh Furnace
Pittsburgh
Seward
Mitchel Field
Chancery Praecipe Filed in Local Court
A chancery action praecipe was filed in Taylor county circuit court by attorney J Guy Allender for Frances Stevens in her own right and as guardian of Thelma Mayle and Dorothy Frances Drasco, Annie Irenerite and Parley Mayle against Charles Earl Mayle Lee E Mayle Gerald Mayle Mary Helen Mayle Opal Bernice DeCost Cecil Mayle Thelma Mayle infant and Dorothy Frances Drasco infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Circuit Court
J. Guy
Allender
Frances Stevens
Thelma Mayle
Dorothy Frances Drasco
Annie Irenerite
Parley T. Mayle
Charles Earl Mayle
Lee E. Mayle
Gerald Mayle
Mary Helen Mayle
Opal Bernice DeCost
Cecil Mayle
Rexroad Funeral Rites Held In Morgantown
Funeral services for R S Rexroad father of Mrs Thomas Cummings of Beech Street were conducted at 2 PM at Davidson Funeral Home University Avenue Morgantown with Rev W Sproule Boyd of Wesley Methodist Church officiating Interment planned for Mt Pleasant Cemetery Rexroad died of pneumonia in a Morgantown hospital Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Rexroad
Thomas Cummings
Beech Street
Davidson Funeral Home
University Avenue
Morgantown
W. Sproule Boyd
Wesley Methodist Church
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Grand jury called in Huntington for kidnaping case
Federal Judge Harry E. Watkins ordered a special grand jury in Huntington for a kidnaping investigation involving Sam de Long Jr 17 Azel Wyatt 17 and Edward Williams 16 after Durse Wilson of Cincinnati reported the abduction two weeks ago. Wilson was released unharmed near Milton following a trip from Cincinnati during which two local filling stations were robbed. De Long was brought back from Pittsburgh by a U S marshal as sentencing for 15 others convicted in a three state liquor running ring was set for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Harry E. Watkins
Sam de Long, Jr
Azel Wyatt
Edward Williams
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Durse Wilson
Cincinnati
Ohio City
Wilson
Milton
Huntington District
U.S
de Long
Pittsburgh
Watkins
Slayerr Gives Up to Police After Long Manhunt
Charles Coates, 28, a life term convict, surrendered to a posse near Decatur Tennessee after a five day cross state manhunt for the slaying of Georgia highway patrolman W. F. Black. He confessed he shot Black after a traffic stop and was captured following a blood trail through north Georgia and east Tennessee. A .38 revolver was found on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Fulton County
Georgia Public Safety
Lon Sullivan
Charles Coates
W. F. Black
Ringgold
Black
Sullivan
Coates
Decatur
Tenn
North
Tennessee
Sulivan
Automobile strikes man in Charles Town death
An automobile struck George P. Hosler, 36, father of six, in Charles Town last night, resulting in his death. Police or investigators reported the incident and are handling the case as a fatal traffic collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
James Thompson
Wyoming County
William E. Lacey
Raleigh
George P. Hostler
Charles
Beryl Langftt
Vin Ceredo
Wayne County
Charles Town
George P. Hosler
Midget Hurt After Buffalo Toss at Minneapolis Rodeo
Brownie Rogers a 58 pound midget 46 inches tall and 27 years old rode bare-back on a buffalo at a Minneapolis rodeo circus. He was thrown from the animal last night sustaining a possible basal skull fracture and a broken left leg. Rogers is hospitalized in Swedish hospital with injuries and has a 10 year history riding buffaloes. Three years ago he was injured in Madison Square Garden when a buffalo threw him and he spent three months in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Brownie Rogers
Rogers
Madison Square Garden
Postoffice Business Higher Than Year Ago
Postmaster James T. Murphy reports Christmas cancellations ran several thousand more than last year setting a local record. From December 15 to 25, over 105000 pieces passed the cancelling machine, about 2800 above last year’s 102000. Receipts for the month also exceed last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James .T. Murphy
Quiet Graf ton Police End Christmas With Silence
Graf ton police reported the quietest Christmas Eve in city history with no calls to City Hall from 5 PM to 11 PM and no arrests on Christmas Day. Captain A. E. Lockard praised the public for the record and urged continued vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
City Hall
A. E. Lockard
Hart House Burns on Rich Mountain Battlefield Landmark
Elkins reports the Hart house a historic two story structure near Beverly on Rich mountain battlefield has been destroyed by fire. The vacant dilapidated property was not in use at the time of the blaze.
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Hart
Rich Mountain
Elkins
Beverly
Old Capitol Site Tells of West Virginia Governors
The history notes a hospital in Civil War days built by a Hart descendant, later linked to Henry Harrison Hatfield’s 1911 inauguration on Capitol Street, with several governors’ ceremonies moved indoors due to weather. Plans and oaths followed at various sites, including the Shrine Mosque and House of Delegates chamber, before the 21st chief executive from Marion County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waumilley Garage Uue
William E Glasscock
Hatfield
Capitol Street
John J. Cornwell
House of Delegates
Capitol
E. F. Morgan
Shrine Mosque
State Armory
Howard M. Gore
Holt
William G. Conley
Conley
National Guard
H.G. Kump
Homer A. Holt
Marion County
Coast Guard Assists Sinking Stanwood Off California
The Coast Guard cutter Shoshone towed the waterlogged Stanwood toward San Francisco after a severe Atlantic beating off the California coast. The schooner, with a crew of 22, stayed afloat mostly due to a deckload of lumber as efforts continued to reach her.
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Coast Guard
Shoshone
San Francisco
Ged Stanwood
Stanwood
California
Bombing of Corfu Kills 15 as Gifts Are Dropped
Greek high command reports 15 dead and about 30 wounded after Italian raids on Corfu. The island, an open town under international law, was bombed targeting civilians. British fliers dropped gifts to a crowd in thanks for airmen who landed, while Albania fighting slows due to weather. Villages near the Drinos front are claimed captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
Zinvea
Royal Air Force
le Coast
High Command
Corfu
Ionian
Albania
Italy
Drinos River
Johnson
Charleston
Greeks Advance In Albania Amid Smoke Screen At Varied Fronts
Reports state Greek forces push toward Valona as Italian troops withdraw along the coast from Chimara. British RAF says Valona area enveloped in smoke after a Tuesday air raid that damaged hangars and aircraft, while the Italian high command claims British planes withdrew from combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chimara
Logara
Valona
War talk heats up as Roosevelt address looms
Mrs. Longstreet, national organizer for Defenders of the Republic, argues no combination of powers can attack the United States if defenses are strengthened in land sea and air. She accuses Democratic leaders of surrendering to a monstrous faction. Marshall in Cedar Rapids publishes a Christmas message urging presidential confidence ahead of Roosevelt's address at 9 30 p m Sunday on The Present Emergency broadcast from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton
Defenders of the Republic
Longstreet
United States
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Washington
AERIAL TRUCE AND ROYAL MESSAGES FOR VICTORY
King thanks Canadians and loyal allies for protecting England’s children while war ministers and air secretary broadcast to services. Duke of Windsor sends Christmas prayer from the Bahamas as Queen Wilhelmina notes improved prospects of victory after hard fighting at sea land and air fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
England
United States
Bahamas
Duke of Windsor
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Archibald Sinclair
David Margesson
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Doctor Resigns. Wright to Succeed in Galloway
PHILIPPI December 26 Doctor Frank Murphy who served as company physician for the Simpson Creek Cold Herbs Company at Galloway resigns and will open offices in the Grim building at the first of the year Dr Eugene Wright will succeed Murphy at Grays Way Wright is the brother of the late Mrs Mabel Wright both of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippi
Frank Murphy
Simpson Creek Cold Herbs Company
Galloway
Eugene Wright
Murphy
Los Way
Wright
Mabel Wright
Large Turnout for Christmas Day DeMolay Service
A large turnout of visitors participated in a Christmas Day service at the Masonic Temple presided by Em. Commander Jeste G. il bin. An orchestra directed by Lloyd Nuzum performed numbers appropriate to the occasion.
Card of Thanks for William T. Tanke Death
We extend heartfelt appreciation to Father M. J. Han non Lynch Funeral home and friends and neighbors for sympathy, kind assistance and floral offerings given at the death of our father and brother William T. Tanke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Hannon
Lynch Funeral
William T. Tanke
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Charles S. Burke
Berioah
Witnes
Opera House
Tim McCoy
Arizona
Hugh Herbert
Boris Karloff
Marlene Dietrich
John Wayne
Kentucky
Grafton Drug and Cherttical Co
Malone
Rexroad
Slayer
Buffalo
John Hart
Clyde B
Page
Altman's Cash Feed Store
Latrobe St
Gold Ltd
W. Va
William B, Hopke
E. H, Davis
A.L. Garrett
Oal
Beverly Shop
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