Campaign To Secure Old Aluminum Continues Here
In Grafton West Virginia the campaign to collect old aluminum for national defense and aid-to-Britain moves forward with more drives planned for next week. Sheriff Lee Bennett and Mayor King report strong local and rural participation with a wired off bin at the courthouse filling rapidly and state orders for shipping to follow the campaign’s end.
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Grafton
Loren A. Hoffman
Lee ©. Bennett
Britain
Pirst
Hoffman
Bennett
Aod
King
Col. C. C. Pierce
Taylor County Rates In Safest In State Group
Charleston July 26 Ten of the state s 55 counties came through the first six months of 1941 without representation in the traffic fatality list which reached 219. Of the 36 West Virginians killed in highway mishaps during June five died in Raleigh county. For the first half of 1940 accidents caused 173 deaths. Kanawha headed the list with 29 fatalities. Calhoun Jackson Lewis Lincoln Monroe Pendleton Taylor Tucker Tyler Wetzel had not reported a highway death by June 30.
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Charleston
Department of Public Safety
West
Jackson
Lewis
Lincoln
Monroe
Pendleton
Taylor
Tucker
Tyler
Wetzel
King Seeks Fifth To Serve On New Board
Mayor Charles O. King has chosen four members for the new hospital board of control empowered by city ordinance to run the Finnegan's Rock facility. He will announce the fifth member on Monday after the final consent is secured, completing the five member board.
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New Hospital Board of Control
Finnegan's Rock
Charles O. King
Sfth
County Herd Trails Pink Eye Epidemic at Taylor Farm
Taylor county officials hired a veterinarian to combat a pink eye outbreak in a 50 head herd, with 15 to 18 cases treated at the county farm. Several cases have caused cattle to lose sight. cause remains unknown, wind borne germs suspected. Authorities urge testing of cattle bought at auctions to prevent spread.
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Taylor County
Satmty
Brownlow Group Guests of Mayor Highlight Progress Meeting
Brownlow Recreation ground personnel were Mayor C O King's guests yesterday. Government administration execution and application for progress were the highlights of this meeting.
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Brownlow Group
Brownlow Recreation Playground
C. O. King
Former local woman killed in Ambridge crash
Mrs. Henrietta Shackelford Rogers, 40, a former Gratton resident and Taylor county native, was killed at 9 am when the parked car she rode in was struck by another vehicle in Ambridge Pennsylvania. The other driver was arrested and said to be intoxicated. Rogers, known for floral arrangements, was delivering flowers to an Ambridge florist. She was born December 29, 1900, daughter of I T Shackelford and the late Susan Shackelford. Surviving also: husband Henry Rogers, a carpenter, one sister Mrs John Locke of 198 Monroe Street. The Rog ers moved to Ambridge from Gratton five years ago. Funeral services will be held in Grafton, with the body returned there. timing uncertain pending contact with Mr Rogers.
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Rogers
Gratton
Taylor County
Ambridge
Ambridge Florist
I. T. Shackelford
Haymond
Susan Shackelford
County
Henry Rogers
John Locke
Monroe Street
Miss Tucker Takes Leave From Courthouse Post
Deputy Circuit Court clerk Nelle Tucker, a courthouse veteran, is on leave in July and August and working briefly as a stenographer in the Navy department in Washington. Her resignation as deputy clerk has not been sent, but it is understood a successor will be appointed before the next term of court starts in September.
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Nelle Tucker
Navy Department
Washington
Advertising Aids Klein Put Over Their Message
Unusual advertising has boosted the I C Klein estate liquidation sale by Klein and Company, touted as a top local merchandising event. Nat Hart, manager, circulated a four page circular styled as a newspaper war extra to urge disposal of all stock before August 1, drawing strong local buyer interest despite many items still available.
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I. C. Klein
Klein and Company
Sentinel
Klein
Nat Hart
Boyce Elected Mayor Amid Haymond Playground Vote
The Haymond playground announces election results with mayor Charles Boyce and councilman candidates Bud Weaver Frankie Rosier and Dale Watkins among those elected.
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The
Haymond Playground
Charles Boyce
Bud Weaver
Frankie Rosier
Dale Watkins
West Main Methodist Church Gets Repairs
The West Main Street Methodist church in Fetterman is undergoing repairs including belfry reconstruction new outside woodwork painting and window refinishing funded entirely by the local congregation. Pastor Rev. E L Lowery completes his third year at the church.
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West Main Street
Fetterman
E. L. Lowery
FDR backed by Chandler comment on Japan asset freeze
Versailles Ky July 26 Senator A B Chandler praised President Roosevelt for freezing Japanese assets in the United States, saying it called Japan's bluff. Chandler, resting from Washington, argued a strong hand keeps the nation out of war while building defenses. He warned Japan facing China Singapore and the United States could not sustain three fronts.
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Versailles
United States
Senaor A. B. Chandler
Japan
Chadler
Washington
Kentucky Democrat
Indo-China
Singapore
Philippines
China
British deny convoy loss in Mediterranean mission
The Admiralty in London denied reports of British convoy losses after a three day Mediterranean operation. Initial statements claimed a destroyer sunk and merchant ships damaged, but officials said the entire convoy passed safely with no merchant ships lost, despite earlier figures suggesting 70,000 tons, six freighters and two warships sunk and ten ships damaged.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Card of Thanks for Mrs. E. B. Gibbons
The family thanks relatives friends and neighbors for kindness sympathy and floral offerings and Bartlett Funeral Home for consoling words and assistance during the recent death of wife and mother Mrs. E. B. Gibbons and children.
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Snider
Bartlett
Gibbons
Assaults on Eastbound Central Mediterranean Convoy
The admiralty reported heavy assault on a guarded convoy moving eastward through the central Mediterranean. At least 72 attacking planes were shot down, four more damaged or destroyed, one torpedo boat sunk and another probably destroyed, with a submarine possibly lost.
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Mediterranean
Admiralty
Ladies-In-Waiting For Play Queen Chosen At Recreation Pageant
Mary Succuro and Annabella Barton selected as ladies-in-waiting for the upcoming playground pageant during Queen Cecelia's reign. Succuro, a skilled tap dancer, is daughter of Louis Succuro, Rosemont merchant. Barton, active in local drama, is daughter of R. Barton.
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Mary Succuro
Annabella Barton
Cecelia
Louis Suecuro
Rosemont
R. Barton
Labor Dept Aims to Cut Worker Accidents by 10 Percent
The labor commissioner estimated 17 000 small firms employ about 320 000 workers and that the department expects by August 1942 to reduce their accident rate by 10 percent through improved reporting and inspection.
Moscow war bulletin cites 45 German planes down
The Moscow bulletin reports 45 German planes shot down last Thursday as the Red air fleet pressed attacks on German lines and bases. It says Soviet forces struck Nazi mechanized units near the fighting front and hit airdromes behind the lines, with strikes also targeting Constanta and Sulina on the Romanian Black Sea coast. The report mentions evidence of German plans found by Soviet troops in relation to Turkey.
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Red Air Fleet
Nazi Mechanica
Black Sea
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Sulina
Russiys
Turkey
War spreads as Turkish alert and Soviet defense unfold
Reports detail a likely spring Nazi strike near Turkey with seized German documents on Turkish maps and troop positions. Moscow says night raids are being cut back by fighter patrols and anti aircraft measures. United States freezes Chinese and Japanese assets to curb wartime controls with four Japanese ships in U S ports amid asset immobilization discussions.
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Turkey
Foreign Affairs
A. Lozovsky
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Moscow
Statewide county totals and wartime asset freezes details
The page lists county figures with large monetary totals and mentions a national order freezing Japanese assets. It notes about 70,000 Japanese residents in American territories and that Britain and other governments may follow with similar asset freezes. It also references Roosevelt's action and Secretary of State Worles's denunciation of Tokyo's move as a threat to Pacific peace.
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Tokyo
Whitescarver Ouster Hearing Is Postponed
Taylor county court postponed the hearing to remove Constable C C Whitescarver from Booths Creek District until the August meeting because several Whitescarver witnesses attended Mrs Thor ton W Beall's funeral yesterday afternoon.
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C. C. Whitescarver
Booths Creek
Taylor County
Whitescarver
Thornton W. Beall
State Seaman Sued From Page One In Arctic Voyage
An oil taker and a supply ship led the voyage with about 23 vessels later added to the total. Guns were fully manned throughout the voyage. Moore noted Teeland's 24 hour Arctic day and the darkness of the terrain as the most striking features.
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Moore
Teeland
Beloved Wife and Mother Remembered by Pitman Family
The Pitman family expresses deep gratitude for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their wife and mother. May God bless you all.
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Pitman
Congress Decides On Possible Army Duty Extension
Indications point to lawmakers debating how long an emergency declaration could last to sustain the army. Senator Lee urges a simple measure that declares an emergency exists and authorizes only necessary powers to keep the army intact.
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Spenar
Congress
Lee
D.-Okla
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