Grafton plans broad New Year holiday suspension
Grafton city wide holiday will close courthouses city hall and federal offices on Wednesday January 1 while post office windows will close with no deliveries. New officers take charge January 1 including Sheriff-elect Lee Bennett and two new justices of the peace George Wolliffe and Ona Jefferys. Social events include the River-side drive field house charity ball by the Graton Woman's Club and the Elks ball with music and floor show.
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Grafton
Federal
James T. Murphy
the Sentinel
Lee Bennett
Herbert Evans
Bennett
George L.O Jolliffe
Ona C. Jefferys
Coquettes
New York
Elks
Elks Orchestra
Prospects for 1941 Grow Among Local Businesses
Local merchants forecast a better 1941 than 1940 from a business view. Rail traffic remains firm, Carr China pottery runs near capacity, and Hazel Atlas Glass plant revival is anticipated. County mining is expected to boom with workers to be employed at the DuPont plant under construction in Morgantown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr China Company
Hazel- Atlas Glass Company
DuPont
Morgantown
Store Owners Warned To Light and Lock Shops
Captain A E Lockard urged Clarksburg Fairmont and nearby towns merchants to light stores at night and lock doors to deter burglars. He stressed nightly duty to keep lights on, secure locks, and blocked entry points while police maintain vigilance to keep crime from spreading to Grafton. Alley patrols continue despite recent quiet months.
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Clarksburg
Fairmont
A. E. Lockard
Grafton
Grafton Firemen Resume Instruction in Firemanship
After a week off, Grafton’s volunteer firemen reconvene at the station to resume the firemanship course. Assistant Chief Harry Greenwald notes 22 active members remain from an initial 38, with nine indoor lessons completed and the course to conclude in late April. Public attendance is welcome Mondays at 7 p.m. at the city fire station.
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Grafton
Harry Greenwald
School of Mines
Department of Industrial Extension
West Virginia University
Aged husband kills wife in Belington case
Funeral services are set for Ella Coontz 68 shot dead by husband Mort Coontz 75 at their daughter's home in Belington Barbour county. He is jailed in Philippi held after surrendering to city police. The couple had about fifty years of marriage and a months-long quarrel was blamed for the tragedy. Ella Coontz survived by three sons Otis Harold Frank and another daughter Rachel Skidmore, plus siblings and extended kin.
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Belington
Ella Coontz
Mort C. Coontz
Marcil Digman
Lambert Chapel
Barbour County
Philippi
Coontz
Frank
Rachel Stalnaker
Otis
Harold
Philipps
Miss M Cabe Returns To Her B and O Employment
Miss Agnes McCabe formerly worked in Grafton finance office and is now back at Baltimore and Ohio railroad service after furlough. She has been succeeded at City Hall by Miss Lucille Payne as the new clerk to Finance Commissioner Joseph Bradford, on duty since the first of the month.
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Agnes McCabe
City of Grafton
Baltimore and Onto
City Hall
Lucille Payne
Joseph Bradford
Miss McCabe
Five Loiterers Nabbed By Police Over Weekend
Five loiterers picked up by city police over the weekend were ordered to leave town after arraignment in municipal court before Mayor P. F. Gillis pie. Defendants Thomas Jones 21 Cincinnati Willie James Seay 25 Goldsboro M C James Bethea 26 Cincinnati Roy Eatey 53 Clarence Mo Ralph Stanley 50 Harrisville W Va all said they were passing through Grafton while out of work.
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East Main Street
P. F. Gillispie
Thomas Jones
Cincinnati
Willie James Seay
Goldborough
M. C
James Bethea
Roy Eatey
Clarence Mo
Ralph Stanley
Harrisville
W. Va
Grafton
Germans Advance Through Hungary Into Romania
Reports say Nazi troops push from Hungary into Romania while Bulgaria debates allowing transit. King Boris III allegedly told Hitler he would abdicate rather than permit German passage. River ice at Giurgiu may slow movers, observers note.
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Bulgaria
Italy
Albania
Boris III
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Giurgiu
Romania
Danube
Ruschuk
Hungary
Dover
English Channel
Schools Resume Classes Thursday After Vacation
Classroom work will resume in situ and county high and graded schools on Thursday morning, January 2, ending the Christmas vacation period for the county's students. Regular work will be taken up at that time, students endeavoring to get back into the routine of their courses after the nearly two weeks of vacation time.
Doctors Urge Poison Label On All Booze
Three leading psychiatrists urged the labeling of every liquor bottle as poison to curb alcohol abuse. They said the FDA should require distillers to warn that alcohol is a narcotic drug harmful to health, urging warnings on bottles and even cocktail glasses.
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Philadelphia
United States
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Merrill Moore
Abraham Myerson
Boston
Mass
Leo Alexander
Harvard University
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Moore
Better coal mining seen in 1941 prospects and plans
Washington reports John D. Battle executive secretary of the National Coal Association forecasts higher coal production in 1941 aligned with wartime demand. He cites railcar and locomotive gains, labor pact needs to avoid disruption, and notes the coal act of 1937 expires in April as price stabilization efforts continue.
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Washington
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Battle
United Mine Workers of America
Receipts From Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Deputy County Clerk Joe Jolliffe announced year end receipts of 4 16450 from hunting and fishing licenses. A total of 2010 resident licenses were issued with sixteen duplicates at 50 cents. Non resident licenses included statewide hunting at 15 each and fishing licenses at 5 each. Thirty two tourist one day licenses at 1 each were issued.
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Joe Jolliffe
Death Claims Mrs Shirley After Yearlong Illness
Mary A. Shirley 78 died at 7 p m at the Bunner residence 345 Durbin Street following a prolonged illness Survived by two children Wilbur A Moore and Mrs Mattie E Bunner and several grandchildren She was born in Barbour County on November 4 1862 to Bailey and Ayah Kerr Widowed twice her first husband Thomas W Moore died 1899 and second husband John Shirley died 1920 Funeral services set for 2 0 p m Tuesday at the First Christian Church with Rev O J Howearth and Rev Lois Luzader officiating Interment Webster Cemetery under GT Bartlett funeral directors Body to lie in state at the Bunner home at 6 0 this evening until funeral hour.
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Mary A. Shirley
R. H. Bunner
Durbin Street
Barbour County
Shirley
Bailey
Ayah McGee Kerr
Thomas W. Moore
John Shirley
Wilbur A. Moore
Beech Street
Mattie E. Bunner
Taylor County
First Christian Church
Wit
Wellsburg
Lois Luzader
United Brethren Church
Webster
GT. Bartlett
Bunner
Relatives Urged to Claim Land and Stock From Croy Estate
Taylor county relatives of the late Lafayette Croy 73 who died by his own hand at his Arborville home in Randolph County are urged to contact Roulen Phares of Arboville. Croy left 80 acres of land and stock to which heirs are entitled. He was son of Sam Croy killed by lightning. brothers were Tom and Cyrus. He left Taylor County as a youth of 13.
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Taylor County
Lafayette Croy
Arborville
Randolph County
Roulen Phares
Arboville
A. E. Lockard
Joy
Phares
Grafton
Sam Croy
Tom
Cyrus
Lafayette
Congress Poised For Action On Possible Extension
Further action by congress look ing to its extension, either with or without revision of its provisions, is to be anticipated.
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Congress
London Bomb Raid Strikes City as Firemen Battle Blazes
London endures a large incendiary bombing raid with fires across the financial district. Firefighters and volunteers fight through heavy explosions, saving St Paul’s and denying flames spread to neighboring buildings. The Associated Press building loses top floors but staff escape unharmed. total casualties remain unconfirmed.
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London
St. Paul's
Associated Press
Fleet Street
Thames River
The
Press Association
British News Agency
Britain
Court Opens January Term With Murder and Rape Trials
Taylor county circuit court will open its January term in two weeks with a grand jury meeting. Indictments and trials are planned including the murder case against Ted Rosier for the Howell slaying and an indictment against Charles Bonner for statutory rape. Burl Jones and Jonathan Stout cases from prior term also expected to be tried.
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Taylor County
Herbert Evans
Ted Rosier
Walter Howell
Francis L. Warder
Rosier
Jones
Charles Bonner
Burl Jones
Jonathan Stout
Slayings Admit Confession in Pa. Case
Frank Dearolph, 43, admitted two slayings in Clarion County after claiming a 27 year feud with his uncle and cousin. He said he killed Reuben Wentling, 58, and his son, citing suspicions over past family murders blamed on Dearolph’s relatives. Sheriff McKinley reported the confession to murder.
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Clarion
M. L. McKinley
Frank Dearolph
Reuben Levi Wentling
Reuben
Wentling
Dearolph
McKinley
Notable Guilty Plea in Father Son Shooting Case
Dearolph pleaded guilty at a justice hearing to Wentling’s murder after stating he had to get him. He admitted shooting the boy and father near Ft own Friday night. McKinley noted a formal charge would follow for assaulting the 22 year old Elizabeth. The sheriff called Dearolph a rover who had worked in Youngstown where the death gun was obtained.
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Dearolph
Wentling
Homie
McKinley
Cnlling
Elizabeth
Rover
Youngstown
Knottsville Baby Dies After Short Illness
William Henry Dalton, 17 months old, infant of Mr and Mrs William McDonald Dalton of Knottsville, died at 4 AM after an illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:80 AM tomorrow at the home of Mrs Kiveoe in Knottsville district.
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William Henry Dalton
William
Helen McDonald Dalton
Knottsville
Margaret Dalton
Kiveoe
Withi
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