Retired R R Manis Dead
Andrew J. Myers 73 year old retired B and O carpenter died noon today at his 429 West Francis street home after a week long illness. Born February 27 1863 in Barbour county he was a son of Benjamin and Jenny Pry Myers. He married Martha M Carpenter March 15 1887 who survives. He leaves two children Ira O Myers of Philadelphia and Mrs Frank Maxwell of Pittsburgh, two brothers R C Myers of Fairmont and J A Myers of Monongah, five sisters Eliza Compton Philippi Martha Bryan Moatsville Tina Stalnaker and Maude Bennett all of Fairmont and Mrs Rose Cox of Monongah. Funeral Saturday at 2 PM from the M P church with Rev H J Mitchell officiating. Burial Bluemont Cemetery under G Bartlett direction.
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Andrew J. Myers
B. and
O. Carpenter
West Francis Street
Barbour County
Benjamin
Jenny Pry Myers
Martha M. Carpenter
Mr. Myers
Ira O. Myers
Philadelphia
Frank Maxwell
Pittsburgh
R. C. Myers
Fairt
J. A. Myers
Monongah
Eliza Compton
Fairmont
Rb8e Cox
Rgad
Marjorie Axwell
Donald, Wilford
Franklin Maxwell
Virginia Lloyd
Harrisonburg
William B. Maxwell
The
Woodmen of the World
Methodist Protestant Church
M. P
H. J. Mitchell
Bluemont
Local Youth Driver Involved in Serious Route Crash
A driver named Grow lost control near the Taylor county line on a curved road. The car skidded into the berm, rolled onto its left side, and ejected all occupants. State Trooper Murphy reported the vehicle traveled about 35 to 40 mph before losing control. Police were alerted around 1 10 last night.
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Taylor County
Grow
W. E. Murphy
Car Crash Injures Woman After Graf ton Morning Ride
Police say Graw ordered a Graf ton trip for Miss Baker and others in a 1935 Buick. After initial tests, doctors at Bord home and later hospital report multiple broken bones from the crash. Passengers Miss Betty Lee Bord and Edgar Heiskell were in the car. top not all steel, sparing more serious injuries.
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Phy
Graw
Grafton
Betty Lee Bord
McGraw Avenue
Edgar Heiskell
Morgantown
Baker
Bord
Paul P.warden
Warden
Grow
Adam Grow
Murphy
Personal income tax blanks ready to mail in Charleston
Charleston December 31 1927 100000 personal income tax blanks are ready for mailing after the first of the year. H Isaiah Smith of the tax commissioners office said 27000 gross sales blanks and 26000 consumers sales tax blanks have also been sent out.
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Charleston
H. Isaiah Smith
Tax Commissioner's Office
Nurses Vote Rate Hike For District Five RNs In WV
The West Virginia State Nurses association district five covering Grafton approved revised rates for special duty work. Ordinary eight hour day five dollars per day thirty five dollars per week with additions per patient. variations for 12 hour shifts in obstetrical contagious alcoholism nervous cases and home visits. Full charges apply on fractional days and travel outside the city is paid.
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West Virginia State Nurses’ Association
Grafton
Ocal
Thompson Named Chief of Washington Bureau
Milos M. Thompson was named chief of the Washington bureau of the Associated Press, succeeding Byron Price who becomes executive news editor. Born in 1894, Thompson has wide newspaper experience and statehouse reporting in Boston, Atlanta, Boise, Sacramento, and Des Moines. He has served as AP bureau chief and news editor, and recently toured domestic bureaus to assess staff. He covered the 1928 1932 and 1936 national political conventions.
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New York
Milos M. Thompson
Washington
Associated Press
Byron Price
Kent Cooper
Thompson
Boston
Atlanta
Boise
Sacramento
Des Moines
National
House of Representatives
Woman Named In Slaying Case Is Freed From Jail
Fayetteville report says Mrs. Gussie Bennett, implicated with her husband in a slaying, was released on orders to attend the January court term. Officials note she is near motherhood. The couple were accused of shooting H. L. Bennett, Thurmond justice of the peace, at their home.
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Fayetteville
Gussie Bennett
Weather shifts end mild spell across central regions
A cold wave swept east from the northwest delivering rain sleet and snow and ending a mild period in central and east central states. Minnesota saw subzero readings with four foot snowdrifts and icy highways while Dakotas faced heavy conditions. Tornado damage occurred in Iowa and Illinois and in Kansas. Chicago cold followed transient sixty degree warmth with fog lifting at O’Hare.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Dakotas
Gallup
N. M
Cumberland
Canton
Home
Kan
North Dakota
Middlewest
Goodyear Plans Reduced Akron Production in 1937
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. will curtail Akron production next year as labor disturbances and sit-down strikes raise costs. President P. Litchfield, in Wingfoot Clan, cites large expenditures outside Akron and warns of shorter hours or thousands fewer employees in 1937.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Coy
P. Litchfield
Litchfield
Wingfoot Clan
Highland Wins Legal Battle Over Clarksburg Publish Stock
Clarksburg Harrison county court orders that the Virgil Highland estate may redeem 568 shares of Class A common stock in Clarksburg Publishing, owner of the Telegram and Exponent. The 1927 merger pact gave equal votes to Telegram and Exponent owners until 1942, with later voting parity.
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Clarksburg
Harrison County
Virgil Hghland
Clarksburg Publishing Company
Boock
Telegram and
Exponent
Truster F
Virgil Highland
REC
J. Horner Davis
Exponent Company
C. B. Highland
Man Seeks Redress to Reclaim 563 Shares in Highland Estate
AGED MAN KILLED FAIRMONT December 31. Joshua Hedges Holbert aged 86 was struck and killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train at a street crossing. Witnesses said he seemed confused by the approaching train and could not move to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Joshua Hedges Holbert
Baltimore and Ohio
Iaid Holbert
Wilson Named Bureau Chief in Secret Service
Frank J. Wilson, former IRS investigator, was appointed chief of the Secret Service by Secretary Morgenthau, succeeding retired William H. Moran. Joseph E. Murphy was named assistant chief. Both will assume duties tomorrow. Morgenthau praised their records and noted Murphy’s prior demotion related to an investigation of FBI agents.
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Washington
Frank J. Wilson
Internal Revenue Bureau
Secret Service Today
Morgenthau
Joseph E. Murphy
Secret Service
Wilson
Murphy
Ellent Ree Murphy
Od-Red
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Roosevelt
Murph
Portrait of Crates Mattson Held Against Will
The latest image shows Crates Mattson, a 10 year old boy from 4 Ome Washington, reported as held against his will at a residence near Central Preay Roundphoto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mattson
Crates Mattson
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R. R
Manis
Andrew Myers
Local Young
Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Arthur Brisbane
Central
Scott
Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Urraternal
United States
OLP
Grover Cleveland
Central Press Association
A. P
R. J. Scott
Thuringia
Goodyear
Opera House
Texas
G-Man
Bob Py
DR. Fn
Willie
Frank
Glen Frank
University of Wisconsin
Actine Bie
Philip la Follette
Frank Advents
Harold M. Wilkie
Board of
Regents
Madison
Wilkie
Highland
Highland Estate
Square Dance
White’s Hall
Eurska
Latrobe Street
W. H. Moran
U.S. Secret Service
William H. Moran
Bartlett
Cozy Best
Bryden
H. B. Newson
Harry L. Baker
Heinze
First National Bank
W. Main
Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
Clark
Joan
Franchot
Grafton Drug, & Chem. Co
W. W. McDaniel
NEW Dixie
Comc
Qiwin
Warner, Bros
Frank McHugh
Joan Blondell
Guy Kipgee
Carol Hughes
Allen Jenkins
Sam Levene
Teddy Hert
Fred Ae
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