Snow and Cold Cut Newark County School Attendance Totals
Heavy snow and cold weather reduced Taylor County public school attendance in the fourth month. Average daily attendance across graded schools was 2,996.3 with 236.8 absences. Mt. Pleasant led one room schools with 97.3 percent, while Garrison led group two with 97 percent. County junior highs averaged 100.62 with Garrison 96.7 and Simpson 95.5. Senior highs averaged 1,072.07 per day, Grafton High 94.1 and Flemington 92.5 percent.
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Taylor Couunty
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Airy School
Lincoln
Haymond
cConkey
Tappan
Millersville
Rock Union
Rock Branch
Roderick
Corbin
Taylor
Laurel Run
Glade Run
Brown
Hammond
Chapel Hill
Calder
Jones
Garrison
East Grafton
Parkview
Lucretia
Astor
Simpson
Wendel
Webster
Central of
Blueville
West
Grafton
Pruntytown
Grafton High
Flemington
Pneumonia Fatal to 7 Weeks Old Sherman Wilson Jr
A four day pneumonia illness claimed the life of seven weeks old Sherman Henry Wilson Jr at 7 a m today at his parents home on the Country Club road. Survived by parents Grafton Country club caretaker H Margaret Wilson and two sisters Anna May and Rachel Louise. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Saturday at the home with burial under G T Bartlett.
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Sherman Henry Wilson, Jr
Mary Margaret Scott Wilson
Country Club
Grafton Country Club
Anna May
Rachel Louise
G. T. Bartlett
Out-of-Town People Attend Funeral Here
Mrs. Ida Swindler Bartlett's funeral drew attendees from Buckhannon Bridgeport Wheeling and Clarksburg with Mr and Mrs Earl Young and Mr and Mrs James Bartlett leading out of town guests. Pallbearers included James Bartlett Sr James Bartlett Jr Ralph Bartlett C S Flanagan Jr and William Flanagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Swindler Bartlett
Pruntytown
Earl Young
James Bartlett
Buckhannon
William Bartlett
Bridgeport
Elizabeth Brown
Wheeling
J. Jenkins
Clarksburg
Ralph Bartlett
The Citadel to Open at Strand in Three Day Run
The Citadel, a screen version of Dr. A. J. Cronin's novel, debuts at the Strand for a three day engagement. Robert Donat Rosalind Russell and a strong British cast headline a production by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer shot in Denham England directed by King Vidor. The film follows a Welsh mine town doctor who rises to a London practice, faces ethical lapses, then returns to serve the poor with a reforming clinic.
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A. J. Cronin
Strand Theatre
Metro-Goldywn-4
Mayer
Denham
England
Robert Donat
Rosalind Russell
Hollywood
King Vidor
M-G-M
Cronin
Victor Sayville
Ralph Richardson
Rex Harrison
Emlyn Williams
Penelope Dudley-Ward
Francis Sullivan
Mary Clare
Cecil Parker
Nora Swinburne
Miss Russell
London
Submarine Patrol at the Dixie theatre opens Sunday
Director John Ford presents Submarine Patrol based on the wartime Splinter Fleet story. The film portrays small wooden patrol boats and civilian crews facing U boats in the Atlantic, challenging the navy’s dramatic myths with a stark tale of courage.
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Navy Picture
Naval Academy
20Th Century-Fox
Alexander
John Ford
Wee Willie Winkle
Dixie Theatre
Ford
America
Atlantic
Splinter Fleet Faces Harsh Trial Off Brooklyn Navy Yard
Taxi drivers social register folks soda jerks and farmers expected quiet service aboard the sub chasers. Under secret orders the group sailed from Brookyln Navy Yard to an ordeal by fire, proving themselves in wartime action beyond expectations.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Nominations Span Senate Confirmations for Key Federal Posts
The president named over 100 federal nominees, including James P. Pope for TVA and Charles E. Clark for the Second Circuit, with top recess picks Frank Murphy as attorney general and Harry Hopkins as commerce secretary. Others include Delano, Hanes, Hill, Woodward, Eicher, Hancock, and several judges and military appointees across multiple states.
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Brandeis
Pennsylvania
Roberts
Alabama
Black
Kentucky
Reed
James P. Pope
Idaho
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
Senate
Congress
Murphy
Charles E. Clark
Connecticut
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Vermont
New York
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
Preston Delano
Massachusetts
John W. Hanes
North Carolina
Treasury
Forrest F. Hill
Farm Credit Association
Ellen S. Woodward
Mississippi
Social Security Board
Edward C. Eicher
Iowa
Securities Commission
Franklin W. Hancock, Jr
Federal Home Loan and Bank Board
John C. Wiley
Indiana
Latvia
Estonia
Henry L. Armold
Army Air Corps
Walter C. Kilner
Walter H. Frank
Herbert A. Dargue
Otto Kerner
Illinois
United States Circuit Court
Seventh Circuit
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michael I. Igoe
Ulinois
Harry E. Kalodner
Eastern District of
James A. Allred
Texas
Southern District of
Floyd H. Roberts
Virginia
Western District of
William J. Campbell
Hitnchs
U. S
Northern District of
Lemuel R. Via
West Virginia
James H. Patterson
Alaska
C WeDevault Passes Away In Fairmont
Columbus William DeVault 82 died at 2 30 am Wednesday at the home of his daughter Mrs Richard Ford in Grafton after a yearlong illness begun during a visit to another daughter Mrs A C Talkington in Fairmont He was a native of White Day Creek near Smithtown and a lifelong Monongahela Valley resident He is survived by two daughters and a son Joseph DeVault Weston Funeral services set for 1 30 pm Friday in Fairmont with burial at Mt Zion Cemetery near Fairmont
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Columbus William DeVault
Grafton
Richard Ford
A. C. Talkington
Fairmont
Talkington
White Day Creek
Smithtown
Monongahela Valley
Joseph DeVault
Weston
Mt. Zion
John Casman Rites In Wendel Catholic Church
Funeral services for John Casman, 72, of Wendel, will be at 10 a m Saturday in the Wendel Catholic church with Rev. Father Charles Carroll of Bridgeport officiating. Burial will follow in Webster cemetery under direction of G T Bartlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Casman
Wendel
Charles Carroll
Bridgeport
Webster Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Brydon Farmer Placed Under $500 Peace Bond
William Pitzer, a Brydon farmer, was placed under a $500 peace bond by Magistrate Hoye G. White Sr after neighbor Clarence Workman obtained a warrant alleging threats to kill and a knife confrontation during a dispute in Brydon. Pitzer posted the bond and was released from custody.
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William Pitzer
Brydon
Hoye G. White, Sr
Clarence Workman
Workman
Pitzer
Bill Karr Enrolled as State Police Officer
Charleston January 5 P Bil Karr former Chicago Bears end has joined West Virginia State Police patrolling highways He entered via Company B at Fairmont recruit school after leaving football for the force He declared I am in this outfit to stay with the state police headlines indicate his new role and commitment
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Charleston
Bil Karr
Chicago Bears
West Virginia University
West Virginia State Police
Widows Stay On Project In WPA Labor Sitdown
Six widows and one man lingered at WPA worksites staying idle, reporting for duty but performing no tasks. County officials stated the trio may continue their visits if behavior remains orderly, while WPA supervisors discuss their placement on new rolls after dismissal. Marie Farr, formerly a matron at Simpson, denies knowledge of the lay down.
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WPA
Florence Shaffer
Dessie Austin
Hobart McCartney
Glade Run
Wheeling
W. N. Henderson
Irene Gilooly
Fairmont
E. A. Lipscomb
Department of Public Assistance
Marie Farr
Simpson
January 26 Tuberculosis Clinic Date Set
January 26 has been selected as the date for the annual tuberculosis clinic at the Elks lodge sponsored by the Taylor County Anti Tuberculosis and Health Society. Dr George Evans of Clarksburg will conduct the clinic assisted by local physicians. Beginning Monday tuberculin tests will be given Grafton High school students by Miss Norma Ullman assigned here by the state Society to do pre clinic work and arrange for the clinic. Charles Workman has begun serving an 18 months term in the state penitentiary at Moundsville following conviction in a breaking and entering charge.
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Elks Loo
Taylor County Anti-Tuberculosis and Health Society
George Evans
Clarksburg
Grafton High School
Norma Ullman
Charles Workman
William
Sentinel
Moundsville
Roosevelt asks $1.5 billion WPA funding for next year
The president proposed a $1.5 billion WPA request with no new public works plan, estimating $336 million needed for ongoing projects and detailing next year’s expenditures at $8.9957 billion against current year $9.4923 billion. Receipts projected at $5.6693 billion and $5.5201 billion. He urged economists to use fiscal policy to spur national income, warning about recession.
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Communacy Civsess
Roosevelt
New Jap Premier and U.S. Budget Facts Revisited
President Roosevelt discussed fiscal policy noting revenues from 1929 to 1937 and a projected mid 1940 debt near the statutory limit. He argued for maintaining current expenditures funded by surpluses in boom times to reduce public debt, while proposing self liquidating loan accounting and permanent civilian control reforms.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Old Hospital Receives City Collected Accounts
The city plans to collect outstanding hospital accounts through an internal system, saving 20 percent by handling the 80 20 split. The old agency arrangement is cancelled and the Audit company is notified to pay the city going forward.
Sheriff Asks Help After Troubled Birth Night
A desperate father phoned every physician in the city from 2:30 to 2:65 a.m. seeking a doctor for his wife and newborn infant. He then sought the sheriff’s help at the sheriff’s residence, hoping for assistance in arranging medical care after the birth and during the night.
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Agai
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Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
James Shera Montgomery
House of Representa
William Bankhead
Ganiral Brees
Emarine Patrol
Springfield
L. I
Harvard Law
C. Wedevault
Brydon Farmer
Bill Karr
Grafton Drug& Chemical Company West
Malimene
W. Ve. Ay
T. B. Clinic
Dixie
Fen Euetne
Nance Rely Reston
Foster
George Bancroft
Sn Sommer
Carradine Hak
Valerie Henry
Armetta
Warren Hymer
Farrell MacDonald
Art
F.zonich
Protos
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Farm Security Administration
Ayautem
Exec
Contron Corps
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Privy Council
Japan
Hiranuma
Yardley
Malone
Rexall
Ibeatedta
Blondie
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