Last Civil War veteran Vandergrift dies at 97 in Grafton
Calvin Vandergrift, Marion County born farmer and last county survivor of the Civil War, died at his home in Grafton at 10 50 this morning after six weeks of senile illness. He served in the third Virginia cavalry from 1862 to 1865 under Captain George W. McVicker. Survivors include two children J W Vandergrift and Mrs Menear. his wife Margaret Woody died in 1915. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 at Dunkard church near Hammond with Rev A C Anvil officiating. interment in Dunkard cemetery under G T Bartlett.
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Taylor County
Calvin Vandergrift
Clarence Menear
Kirby, Street
Vandergrift
Marion County
Mr. Vandergrift
George W. McVicker
Third Virginia Cavalry
Vandergrft
Renopost No. 1
Grand Army of the Republic
J. W. Vandergrift
Menear
Gratton
Margaret Woody
Church of the Brethren
Dunkard Church
Hammond
A. C. Anvil
Dunkard
G. T. Bartlett
Carloadings Continue High On B and O R R
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad hauled 49,867 freight cars in the week ended July 27, with 32,141 loaded on line and 17,726 from connections. This exceeds last year’s week by 3,136, while prior weeks show 52,449 for July 20 and 63,698 for the 1930 week, split between on line and connections.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mercury Rises After Cooler Evening In Grafton
A cooler evening rain in Grafton gave residents the best night of sleep in two weeks as temperatures fell ten degrees. By noon the thermometers rose into the low nineties with daylight warming the area. Damage came from a lightning arrester falling onto a West Penn power line between here and Philippi, causing a local outage.
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Grafton
West Penn
Here
Philippi
Mayor Dawson Invited to Speak to Baraca Class
Mayor D Boone Dawson of Charleston was invited to address the Baraca Bible class of First Baptist church on the topic The Relation of the Church to the City. If he attends a luncheon at Cafeteria Court after Sunday school is planned. Shader, Baraca vice president, is also Dawson-for-Governor club president and organizer.
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D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
Baraca
First Baptist Church
L. R. Shader
Dawson
Shader
Millerville Woman Dies After Illness at 62
Mrs. Mary Margaret Shoemaker, 62, of Millerville, died at 10:45 pm in Grafton City hospital after an extended illness. Born December 6, 1877, she was the daughter of the late John S. and Nancy Poling Haller and lifelong Millerville resident. Survived by brothers, sisters, and children Mrs. James Hebb, Roy C., Worthy H., John S., Arle R., and Owen C. Shoemaker. Last rites planned for Thursday at Knottsville Methodist Church with Rev. Lois Luzader officiating. Interment in Linn Cemetery, Marion County.
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Mary Margaret Shoemaker
Millerville
Grafton City
Shoemaker
John S
Nancy Poling Haller
William S. Shoemaker
James Hebb
Roy C
Worthy H
Arle R
Owen C. Shoemaker
G. T. Bartlett
Knottsville Methodist Church
Lois Luzader
United Brethren Church
Grafton
Linn
Marion County
Local Lady’s Sister Dies at 72 in Rowlesburg Area
Mrs. George Bolyard 72 died Sunday night at her daughter Dora Lantz’s home near Oakland Maryland after weeks of illness. Born October 30 1876 on Lantz Ridge she lived on a Rowlesburg area farm. Survived by husband and ten children Elva Weatherholt Nellie Breasock Fannie Ark Nettie Kight Eunice Waldron Bessie Heckert Carl Bolyard Chester Bolyard Hugh Nice and Dora Lantz plus one sister Clara Jones. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Lantz Ridge with Dawson Memorial Funeral Home Rowlesburg in charge.
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George
Bolyard
Dora Lantz
Oakland
Lantz Ridge
Harrison and
Fannie Stemple Butcher
Rowlesburg
Elva Weatherholt
Nellie Breasock
Morgantown
Fannie Ark
Frostburg
Nettie Kight
Leadmine
Eunice Waldron
Pittsburgh
Bessie Heckert
Horse Shoe Run
Carl Bolyard
Chester Bolyard
Hugh Nice
Row
Gerstell Named Trustee for Defunct Continental Coal Firm
Richard Gerstell, president of Gerstell and Company, named trustee for the three million dollar Continental Coal bankruptcy at a Fairmont creditors meeting. Ole E. Wyckoff, referee, approved the appointment. a $30,000 bond is required. Appraisers Bernard Sampson, John Clark, and S. Dunlap Brady Jr. to begin work.
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Continental Coal Company
Fairmont
Richard Gerstell
Gerstell and Company
Grafton
Gerstell
Ole E. Wyckoff
Marion
Monongalia
Frank B
Cap
First National Bank of Chicago
Cassville
Charleston U K On Bus Purchases Is Necessary
The Taylor County Board of Education delayed approval of three new school buses after opening bids. Supt. E. G. Kuhn and assistant R. Virgil Rohrbough went to Charleston to seek approval. Six firms bid and demonstrated buses. board plans to meet August 5 to address the 1940 41 budget.
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Taylor County Board of Education
E. G. Kuhn
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Charleston
Flemington Man Held On Burglary Charges
Flemington resident Earl Kinzer was arraigned before Justice A B Knabenshue on a burglary charge for allegedly breaking into the Merandi Brothers wholesale grocery in Flemington last month. He was bound over to the September grand jury after the warrant, issued on complaint by State Trooper G F Randall, cited felonious breaking and entering and theft of $3 in merchandise and $4 in cash.
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Earl Kinzer
Flemington
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Merandi Brothers Whoesale
Oer
G. F. Randall
Kinzer
Desertion Charge Made In Divorce Suit In Taylor County
A divorce petition was filed in Taylor County circuit court by Onda M. Poe against Joshua O. Poe, alleging desertion in April 1932 after 11 years of marriage. The couple has one child, 25. Mrs. Poe seeks support for the child’s care and attorney fees.
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Taylor County
Onda M. Poe
Joshua O. Poe
Fairmont
Francis L. Warder
Poe
Lightning Strikes School Belfry in Sistersville
A lightning bolt struck the Bistersville grade school belfry injuring janitor J. W. Hall and damaging the slate roof. The incident occurred in Sistersville on July 30 with no further injuries reported.
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Sistersville
Bistersville
J. W. Hall
Refrigerator Motor Sparks Fire At Residence
Firefighters were summoned to 213 Ethel Street near Francis Street at 4 30 yesterday afternoon to extinguish a fire in the electric refrigerator motor in the kitchen. Department officials reported nominal damage.
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C. William Deck
Ethel Street
Francis Street
Damage Suit Filed In Delaware County Court
Evan D. Ware of Flemington filed a $1 500 trespass on the case suit in Taylor county circuit court against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for injuries from a Nov 6 1939 crossing wreck. Ware suffered a broken collar bone and other damage to his car. The crossing has been the site of several fatalities.
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Taylor County
Evan D. Ware
Flemington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
William P. Samples
Ware
Samples
State Road Commission
Fire destroys block. six feared dead in Camden blaze
A blast at the R. M. Hollingshead company triggered a fire that swept a Camden block. At least 14 treated, with officials fearing six trapped. Cause under investigation. An electro worker claimed four girls and two men might be inside the Hollingshead building as the blaze started. Most workers had left for lunch when the fire spread. Firemen from Philadelphia were urged to assist.
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Camden
N. J
R. M. Hollingshead Company
Philadelphia
Hollingshead
George Gumbril
Hollingshead Buiding
Elwood
Ind
Willkie
Esterday
Alf M. Landon
Latin American unity urged at Havana talks on defense and trade
Foreign Ministers from Brazil and Cuba urged mutual cooperation to resist foreign influence in the hemisphere and to confront subversive elements. The conference backed expanding inter American trade and finance machinery with a permanent Washington base, aiming to broaden the inter American bank and strengthen economic links. Washington could become the Latin American economic capital as trade issues move there.
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Maurice Nabuco
Brazil
Miguel A. Campa
Cuba
Americas
United States
Washington
Inter- American Economic’ and Financial Advisory Committee
TVA Approves $25 Million Power Program for Defense
Senate approves a $25,000,000 appropriation to the Tennessee Valley Authority to boost electric power for national defense. The measure, requested by the national defense commission, was passed without a recorded vote after a brief briefing by Senator McKellar. The expansion supports increased aluminum and aircraft production via TVA area plants.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
House
McKellar
D.-Tenn
National Defense Commission
United States
Tva
London frets over Nazi network in Japan and raids
Reports say a strong German Nazi party organization operates in Japan with effective propaganda. The British ambassador assured Japan’s foreign minister that the British colony in Japan has no political group, while critics demand retaliation for arrests and protest the death of Reuters correspondent Cox. Britain also tightens blockades as German raids press Dover and northeast England, killing civilians and sinking the trawler Staunton by a mine.
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Japan
Balkabs
Far East
Cox
Reuters
Parliament
Balkan
Romania
Germany
Britain
Dover
France
England
Staunton
Willkie Interprets Platform of His Party in Speech
Colorado Springs July 30 Wendell L Willkie plans to interpret the Republican platform in his acceptance address and to attack what he terms corrupt and nauseating political machines.
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Willkie
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
West Virginian notes rheumatic relief from two medicines
Mr. Pete Tyler of Spring Hill West Virginia reports relief from rheumatic pain after using RUX Compound and Williams Formula. He says the pair eased pain in his arms legs and fingers and improved his ability to work. The ad promotes ordering RUX and Williams Formula with prices and mailing options.
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Pete Tyler
Spring Hill
West Virginia
Spring
Rax
Williams
Tyler
Young Boy Drowns in Ohio River Swim
July 30 reports Bobby Lee Barber nine drowned while swimming with friends in the Ohio River at Huntington. Also on July 30 Seaneal services held at West Columbia for Richard Young 48 killed by a train near his home.
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Pleasant
West Columbia
Richard Young
Legion seeks to halt Reds in West Virginia ballot
Charleston July 30 The American Legion filed an injunction alleging that placing the Communist ticket on the West Virginia ballot would cause irreparable loss and injury due to fraud deceit and corrupt practices. The bill of complaint includes 1 200 affidavits claiming forged or misrepresented signatures on the Communist nominating petition.
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Charleston
West Virginia
American Legion
State Legion
W. S. O'Brien
Oscar O. Wheeler
Beckley
Eugene A. Coniff
Pennsylvania
Nuce
Preston County
Wheeler
Roosevelt reviews Navy yards during Virginia tour
President Roosevelt visited Norfolk Navy Yard and nearby defense sites in Virginia. He highlighted $50,000,000 in improvements since September and said Langley Field, the navy yard, base, and Newport News shipyard have expanded significantly in three years. He predicted further growth as national defense plans continue.
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Roosevelt III
Nael
Virginia
Norfolk Navy Yard
Roosevelt
Norfolk’ Navy Yards
Langely Field
Navy Yard
Navy Base
Newport News
Sailor Fined Five Dollars For Route Fifty Speeding
Albert J. Romelle, 26, a Long Beach sailor, was fined five dollars by Justice A. H. Knubenshue after being arrested by State Trooper W. Dye on US Route for speeding Saturday night. His parents live in Clarkburg according to the report.
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Albert J. Romelle
Long Beach
California
Clarkburg
Justice of the Peace
A.H. Knubenshue
W. Dye
Duke of Windsor Faces Seizure Risk on Atlantic Voyage
London reports government sources warn the Duke of Windsor could be seized if he travels to the United States aboard the Excalibur liner. An international law expert notes armed forces members on a neutral ship risk contraband seizure. The duke recently served with Britain’s army in France, and officials say his travel would be unusually risky.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Italy
Germany
United States
France
Lisbon
Mental State Debate Shapes Defense Health Strategy
Dr. C M Peterson urges higher medical standards in industry to support national defense. Delegates oppose action on ether anesthesia history while plans for county committees and alternating meeting sites are discussed.
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C.M. Peterson
American Medical Association
Indus
Association
W. T.G. Morton
Ne Jof
West
Virgini
Crawford
Georgia
L Association
White Sulphur, Springs
Charles'¥ton
Huntington
Clarksburg
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James Dunn
Son of the Navy
Ralph Morgan
Bob Steel
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Green Hornet
Mary M. Shoemaker
City Hospital
George Bolyard
Bay
Grafton Granite & Marble Works
Sbitt
Pick Gerstell
U. K
Evan Ware
Baltimore
Ohio
Byrnes
Navy
House Military Committee
May
National Guard
Norris
Ind-Neb
D.mont
FEAR
N.J
TVA Power Progra
Rux
Egilie
Ridle
Williams Slk
Milwaukee
Wiaconsin
Ientime Medicine
Egaron
Mica! Company
Malone
Cut Bear
Greltow-wevan
Jeff
Legion
REDS
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Loar Jewelry Store
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