Mountaineer council hosts district Junior Order gathering
Mountaineer council No 44 of the Junior Order will host a district meeting next Tuesday evening with state officers as guests. Delegations from multiple councils will participate in initiatory work by Young American council No 201 Morgantown. Mountaineer No 44 reports membership gains and increased benefits up to 800 dollars.
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Mountaineer Council
United American Mechanics
D. J. Cunningham
West Union
D. E. Williams
W. M. Brown
Clarksburg
C. W. Ambrose
Fort Ashly
D. de Roberts
Parkersburg
Otis Harris
Huntington
R. F. Lambert
I. R. Graham
Martinsburg
R. J. Shrivers
A. D. Camp
Grafton
R.M. Cain
S. L. Marsteller
Sentinel
Montrose
J. L. Medows
Young American Council
Morgantown
Valley No
Masontown
Invincible
Tumnelton
Fairmont
Young American
Mountaineer
National Co
Final Rites Set Monday For William H. Morgan
Pallbearers for William H. Bill Morgan 52 of Philadelphia Pa whose body is brought here for last rites at his brother Frank R. Morgans home 116 Grand Street at 2 30 p m Monday or followed by interment in Bluemont cemetery were announced Glen Bord James Mantz Bert Riley Merle Bailey John Tucker and Clyde Grow Mr Morgan a native of Grafton learned his trade as a machinist in the B and O shops here had been ill six months and for 28 years had been employed by the Reading railroad.
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William H. “Bill” Morgan
Philadelphia
Frank R. Morgan
Grand Street
Bluemont Cemetery
Glen Bord
James Mantz
Bert Riley
Merle Bailey John Tucker
Clyde Grow
Mr. Morgan
Grafton
B. and O
Reading Railroad
Oil producers pledge aid to meet WV 10 percent quota
West Virginia Governor Neely reported assurances from J. G. Ward and Arthur B. Koontz that producers will do everything possible to reach the January 10 percent crude oil production increase despite cost or sacrifice. He cautioned the quota may not be fully met and criticized a Parkersburg statement by George Schroeder as slander.
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Charleston
Neely
West Virginia
J. G. Ward
Parkersburg
West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Associations
Arthur B. Koontz
Pure Oil Company
George Schroeder
Harold L. Ickes
Wendel Infant Bernard Blake Dies at Four Months
Funeral services are set for 3 p m Sunday at the Blake home in Wendel for Bernard Lawrence Blake four months old who died yesterday morning. Interment will be in Simpson cemetery under G T Bartlett direction. Officiating minister not announced.
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Bernard Lawrence Blake
Bernard M. Blake
Wendel
Simpson Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Christmas Seal Sales Improve Over Last Year
Circuit Clerk Frank M. Hollis, chairman of the annual drive, said today that returns on tuberculosis Christmas seals to date amount to 425 dollars, ahead of the same period last year. He is confident that this year’s sales will surpass last year’s record total of 535 dollars.
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Frank M. Hollis
Nazis Forced to Fight Through Winter Front Advances
Berlin correspondents for Swiss newspapers report Germans must continue fighting on the Russian front all winter despite Nazi leaders wanting a spring lull. Tribune de Genève notes winter won’t fix a frontier or create a pause, while National Zeitung Basle agrees no recess is expected on the eastern front as the Red Army gains initiative.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Tribune de Genete
National Zeitung
Basle
Red Army
Girls School Inmate and Companion Arrested
An escaped West Virginia Industrial School for Girls inmate at Salem and a 16 year old Spartansburg girl who accompanied her were picked up last night on East Main street by Sergeants Helms and Woodford. Names withheld due to juvenile status. Salem officials returned the inmate to the school this morning after she had been missing since July.
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West Virginia Industrial School For Girls
Salem
Spartansburg, S. C
J. C. Helms
Hugh Woodford
East Main Street
Rel
French envoy backs French sovereignty over St Pierre Miquelon
Washington reports Gaston Henry Haye the French ambassador said he saw no reason to doubt French sovereignty would be re established and maintained over St Pierre and Miquelon after Free French forces seized the islands. He said a settlement basis had been reached and would satisfy the United States and other nations while keeping the wireless station limited to weather reports. Hull also discussed the matter with Canadian Prime Minister W L MacKenzie King.
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Washington
Gaston Henry Haye
Hull
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
Henry Haye
Ais
United States
W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
Churchill Urges Postwar Federation With United States
London papers summarize Winston Churchill’s U S address as expressing belief in a postwar federation of the United States and the British Empire. The Daily Mail notes his hope shared by Britons, while the Daily Express calls for real unity of purpose with America, and the News Chronicle foresees future peace cooperation.
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London
Daily Mail
Winston Churchill
United States
Senate
British Empire
Churchill
The
Daily Express
America
Britain
News Chronicle
American Tobacco Co Raises Luckies Wholesale Price
The American Tobacco Co raised the wholesale price of Lucky Strike cigarettes by 7.10 dollars per 1000, from 6.53 to 7.10, an about eight percent hike. The firm cited higher expenses including tobacco outlays, wages, materials, and taxes, noting increased costs since midyear.
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New York
American Tobacco Co
Secretary Hull Attacks Manila Bombardment As Barbaric
Secretary of State Hull condemned Japan for bombing the open city of Manila calling it barbaric and inhumane, likening it to the cruelty seen in Europe under Hitler. The remarks came as Allied tensions escalated in the Pacific theater.
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Washington
Hull
Japan
Manila
Two Prisoners Die From Wood Alcohol Poisoning
In Salisbury Maryland two prisoners died after drinking wood alcohol disinfectant in the Wisomico county jail. Robert Shanks of Bluefield West Virginia and Robert Disharoon of Salisbury perished Christmas night and December 27 respectively. Doctor L A Rademaker ruled deaths as self-inflicted after testing the liquid for alcohol by flame. Shanks, 38, had a 60 day shoplifting sentence. Disharoon, 42, faced 1053 days in default of a $50 fine for drunk and disorderly conduct. Morton McCauley, 34, died of burns when his clothing caught fire while lighting a stove in a garage.
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Salisbury
Robert Shanks
Bluefield
W. Va
Pennsylvania General Hospital
Wisomico County
Robert Disharoon
L. A. Rademaker
Shanks
Disharoon
Rademaker
Sleeping Beauty Plans To Marry On Recovery
Philadelphia woman Ruth Stevenson who lay in a coma for three months after a Christmas Eve 1940 car accident says she will marry Edward Carney once fully well. Edward kept vigil as she recovered. she regained consciousness last Easter and now has only a slight mouth paralysis.
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Philadelphia
Rithh Stevenson
Edward
Edward Carney
Ruth
Shotgun Blast Victim To Be Buried Sunday
Funeral services for William McCrobie 27 of near Fellowsville will be held at the Denver Methodist Church at 3:30 PM Sunday officiated by Rev Job Jones. Interment will follow in the church cemetery under A C Sinclair of Newburg.
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William McCrobie
Fellowsville
Denver Methodist
Job. Jones
Church Cemetery
A. C. Sinclair
Newburg
Grafton Youth to Speak at Aurora Church Sermon
Robert Cassell of Grafton a pre-ministerial student at Gettysburg College will preach the 10 30 morning sermon at St Pauls Lutheran church in Aurora West Virginia. His subject is This Man Received Sinners.
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Robert Cassell
Grafton
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Aurora
W. Va
Release More Water in Tygart Dam Reservoir
U S engineers announced continued release of water from the Tygart dam reservoir to lower the pool to conservation level. Inflow averaged 1225 cfs, outflow 2990 cfs, storage declined by 24,500 acre feet. An additional 5,000 acre feet of storage release is needed to reach the conservation level.
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Tygart Dam
U. S
Buckhannon Man Nabbed On Drunkenness Charge
Harold F. Cochran a 24 year old resident of 75 Grandview Avenue Buckhannon was picked up yesterday afternoon on East Main Street charged with drunkenness He posted a 11 bond but forfeited the bail by failing to appear before Mayor Charles C King in municipal court today
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East Main Street
Harold F. Cochran
Grandview Avenue
Buckhannon
Cochran
Charles C. King
Judge Lovins Biography Details Career Path
Judge Lovins, named to the supreme court in January after serving since 1940, is a Wayne county native and a West Virginia University and Washington and Lee graduate. Admitted to the bar in 1914, he began practice in Kenova then moved to Huntington where he maintained an office until his court appointment.
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Wayne County
West Virginia University
Washington and Lee University
Kenova
Huntington
Supreme Court
State Rallies Heading West Across Counties
State rallies continue, listing counties west of a key line and detailing office coverage. The Wheeling office serves Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel and Tyler counties, while Clarksburg covers the remaining 22 counties.
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Pleasants
Ritchie
Calhoun
Clay, Nicholas
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Wheeling
Hancock, Brooke
Ohio
Marshall, Wetzel
Tyler
Clarksburg
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Ken Murray
Frances Langford
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Hanley Stafford
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Girls School
Baker’s
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Department
Karl Truesdell
Balboa
Canal Zone
Wallace Philpon
Caribbean Defense Command
Harry C. Ingles
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Malone
Sleeping Beauty
Navy
William P. Collins
Charlestown
Mass
Aurora Church
Sterling Store
Firestone
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Judge Lovins
Dixie
Coura
RKO. Radio
Richard Cromwell
Robert Barrat
Howard
Leslie Goodwins
Ar Cape
Norway
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