Funeral Rites for Mrs Waugh Held at Home
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Miller Waugh 86 died at 517 Walnut street after four weeks illness will be at 2 p m Friday at home with Rev Durward Brown of St Pauls Methodist church officiating Burial will be in Woodsdale Memorial park She was born December 10 1854 in Taylor county widow of Embrace A Waugh survivors include six children Jacob Nathan Waldo Milton Oscar Otto and Bertha Waugh all of Grafton Otto a state house delegate and former Grafton mayor The family requests flowers be omitted.
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Sarah Elizabeth Miller Waugh
Walnut Street
Durward Brown
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Jacob
Lucy Ann Hail Miller
Waugh
Taylor County
Embree A. Waugh
Nathan Waugh
Moatsville
Waldo Waugh
Mar- Inton
Oscar
Otto
Bertha Waugh
Grafton
Otto Waugh
State House of Delegates
Funeral rites planned for I J Thomas 83 of Taylor county
I J Thomas 83 a Taylor county native died Monday night in Montgomery. Funeral services at Bartlett Funeral home 1 p m Thursday with burial at Bluemont cemetery. He was born July 16 1857 in Knottsville district son of William and Rachel Criss Thomas. Survived by wife Alice Myers and a son Ira Thomas of Kanawha Falls plus many nieces and nephews. Former Taylor county bridges and roads supervisor later toll bridge custodian at Gauley Bridge. Body arrived in Grafton and will lie in state at Bartlett until services.
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I. J. Thomas
Taylor County
Montgomery
Bartlett Funeral
Bluemont
Mr. Thomas
William and
Rachel Criss Thomas
Knottsville
Alice Myers
Ira. Thomas
Kanawha Falls
Thomas
Gauley Bridge
Grafton
Bartlett Funeral Home
County Purchases New Car For County Staff
Sheriff Lee E Bennett commenced duties January 1 succeeding Herbert L Evans and received a new Ford from Shriver Motor Company as a New Year gift for county work. Evans traded in the old car. County Clerk Ed St Clair could not provide the price. County court may consider a police band radio for the vehicle, not yet decided. The new car includes a regular band radio.
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Lee E. Bennett
Herbert L. Evans
Ford
Shriver Motor Company
Evans
Ed St. Clair
Cousin of Local People Victim of Asphyxiation
Roy E. Nelson 61 a Morgantown civil engineering professor at West Virginia University died from accidental asphyxiation found unconscious in his garage while warming his car motor Funeral services set for Friday at 3 pm at Davisson Funeral Home Morgantown He was a first cousin of John N Moore Sentinel composing room staff George Foster and family of Grafton and leaves a brother E M Nelson druggist Salem a wife Dorothy Armstrong Nelson two sisters Iva Nelson Halleck and Mrs J W Bogers Fairmont and another brother George H Nelson
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Roy E. Nelson
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Grafton
Davisson | Funeral
Nelson
John N. Moore
West Washington
This City
Sentinel
George Foster
East Main Street
E. M. Nelson
Salem
Dorothy Armstrong Nelson
Iva Nelson
Halleck
J. W. Bogers
Fairmont
George H. Nelson
Continued discussion on pay as you go taxation policy
The excerpt debates funding defense on a pay as you go basis versus borrowing, warning that drastic taxation could curb productive capacity. It argues for progressive taxes sourced from a higher national income rather than severe current restraints, proposing policy to boost revenues from growth.
Legislature Proposes Budget and Reforms for 1941-42
The 1941 legislature opens with swearing in news members and Gov Holt’s biennial message. The Board of Public Works completed a 1941-42 budget for state institutions and offices starting July 1 1941. Interim committee backs three proposals and notes a fourth on school transportation without a recommendation. Proposals include permanent voter registration, delinquent lands reform, and a state court of claims. A. Hale Watkins, new clerk of the state senate, is a Grafton native who studied law at the state university and worked as an FBI investigator before practicing law in Fairmont and serving as assistant prosecuting attorney in Marion county. He is the son of State Fire Marshal Fred B Watkins.
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Holt
Board of Public Works
State Court of Claims
A. Hale Watkins
State Senate
Grafton
Grafton High School
State University
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fairmont
Harry
B. Watkins
Federal Court
Marion County
Watkins
Fred B. Watkins
Charleston
Taylor County
DPA Establishes Commodity Center in Flemington
The Taylor county department of public assistance will issue commodities to relief clients only once a month rather than twice. A new Flemington commodity center will serve Flemington Simpson Rosemont and Wendel districts with separate distribution days to avoid congestion. Remaining county residents will be served from the local office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Moving and hauling services by J H Layton
See or Call J H Layton at 212 Barrett Street for moving coal hauling and all other hauling needs. Reasonable prices. 238 2t bp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Layton
Barrett Street
W. J. Madden Injured In Fall At Heaton's Tunnel
William J. Madden a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad machinist of 331 West Washington street suffered a mild fracture of the left arm and possible back injury when he fell about 18 feet from a work platform to a concrete floor at Heaton's tunnel 80 miles west of Grafton. He remained under observation at Grafton City Hospital with Dr. Paul P. Warden noting the injuries.
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William J. Madden
West
Washington Street
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Heaton
Grafton
Mad- Gen
Grafton City Hospital
Paul P. Warden
Britain Allows Food Shipments to Pass Blockade
London reports Britain has agreed in principle to let shipments of clothing condensed milk and wheat pass through the Atlantic naval blockade for unoccupied France and Spain. The deal, pushed by President Roosevelt, aims to aid two million malnourished French children and Spanish hunger, with details still to be worked out and no quantities disclosed.
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London
Roosevelt
France
Washington
Great Britain
American Red Cross
Atlantic
Spain
United States
Finland
Budget to Be Supplemented for State Construction
Charleston Jan 8 A $10 366 750 budget kitty for new construction at state institutions and for highway work could be released in the next two years if the legislature approves and revenues rise. The board of public works submits contingent appropriations tied to increased income for the biennium. Major items include 2 million for primary roads, 2 million for secondary highways, 1 million for a capitol office building, and 1 million for West Virginia University for buildings lands and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Board of Public Works
West Virginia University
Philippi City Council Resigns in Mass Shakeup
Except for Blenda Hollen who remains council man at large the Philippi city council submitted resignations en masse last night in a closed session. Members Baughman White Stevens Stemple and White left their wards and were promptly replaced by Woodford Waddell Poling Shaw.
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Blenda Hollen
Philippi
E. L. Baughman
William Woodford
George 8. White
Ralph Waddell
L. C. Stevens
Dilrett Poling
Troy Stemple
A. E. Shaw
Walliam L. Lambert
Sherman Lindsey
Bardia and the Naval Edge in World War II Context
The piece analyzes Greco British success against Italy aided by the British fleet, contrasts France’s air weakness to German advances, and argues that major power victory often requires land invasion. It notes Nazi reliance on air power and the absence of a strong navy limiting Germany’s England invasion prospects.
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Greece
Albania
France
Germany
England
Potters Union To Elect New Officers Tonight
Members of local 98 Brother hood of Operative Potters of the Park View Carr China plant will hold their annual organization meeting at local headquarters on West Main Street tonight. In addition to election of officers it is expected that other important business will come before the meeting.
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Brotherhood of Operative Potters of
Park View Carr
West Main Street
State Budget Continues Across Two Year Plan
The article reviews the 1941-43 budget bill prepared for Holt’s administration transition to Neely. It cites expected revenues of about 65.38 million and a July balance of 750 thousand, with net increases across departments, expanded school funding, and higher allocations for highways, health, and police, while outlining cautious forecasts given world conditions. It notes the budget’s impact on education, public assistance, and state operations for the coming biennium.
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Holt
M. M. Neely
Board of Public Works
H. Isaiah Smith
Health and Mines
Cus Wes
Kiwanis Inducts New Officers In Grafton
Arlie E. Leonard was installed as president of the Grafton Kiwanis club at Cozy Rest Inn with Dr. James J. Kaufman and W. P. Short ridge presiding. Elected officers include Mason E. Tucker vice president F. Edward Grayson treasurer William A. Manley secretary and a board of directors. Aimed budgets include $163 786 for radio division equipment and operations $508 000 for health department expansion $639 400 for mines department raises and $514 000 for West Virginia University plus $116 320 for Marshall College amid other department boosts.
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Arlie E. Leonard
West Main Street
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Cozy Rest Inn
James J. Kaufman
W. P. Shortridge
Morgantown
Arts and Sciences College
West Virginia University
Mason E. Tucker
F. Edward Grayson
William A. Manley
G. Thomas
Health Department
Mines Department
Agriculture and Labor Departments
Marshall College
War Department Seeks Vast Defense Budget For 3 600 Bombers
The War department prepared supplementary estimates of over 3 billion dollars for next year including 1 billion in cash and contracts to produce 3 600 bombers per year with auto industry help. The total defense appropriations soared from 2 248 126 509 to 17 692 227 930 by year end. Presidential amendments call for 6 963 552 867 Army 3 547 405 080 Navy 225 000 000 non emergency defense fund 33 500 000 selective service 17 850 000 defense commission and 8 750 000 FBI defense functions.
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War Department
Army
Eer
Selective Service
Defense Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
No Auto Fatalities In Taylor County In 1940
Taylor county earned the distinction as one of two counties in the state to close 1940 without an automobile fatality. The State Department of Public Safety announced last night that Tucker was the other county with a clear record for 1940. Both counties had six auto fatalities in 1939.
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Taylor County
State Department of Public Safety
Tucker
Taylor
Wetzel
Morgan
Doddridge
Grant
Ritchie
Wirt
Taylor County Delegates Attend Charleston Legislature Opening
Taylor county delegate Otto Waugh and Senators William J. Hussion and Earl Smith traveled to Charleston for the opening session of the state legislature. Waugh, a former mayor of Grafton, must return home tomorrow for his mother Sarah E. Waugh's funeral, who died yesterday after he departed for the capital city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Waugh
Taylor County
William J. Hussion
Grafton
Earl Smith
Fairmont
Charleston
Waugh
Sarah E. Waugh
Ciptal City
Defense costs continued from page one in patriotism pledge
The article notes defense expenditures continuing from page one and links the savings to the nation's policy of placing patriotism ahead of pocketbooks, echoing the annual message. It emphasizes funding defense as a priority beyond personal finances.
Roosevelt outlines tax policy and defense spending plan
President Roosevelt released recommendations totaling unseen defense authorizations and requests reaching 28.48 billion dollars since 1940. He highlighted a 3 billion dollar privately financed factory program to expand defense capacity and warned tax revenues may rise to a record 8.275 billion in 1942. He projected national income near 87 billion dollars, exceeding 1929 by 7 billion, and urged decisions on new levies.
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Repor
Roosevelt
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