Former Governor Gore to Address Republican Meeting
Former Governor Howard Gore, once U S secretary of agriculture, the Republican nominee for commissioner, will speak at a Wednesday rally of the United Republican Club of Taylor county in the county building court room. Mrs Chauncery Hinerman of Cameron may attend as Republican nominee for secretary of state. Business includes by law changes to exempt political committee members and a formal membership drive. The county executive committee seeks a chairman for the 1940 campaign after W Merle Watkins declined the post.
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Howard Gore
U. S
Wind
United Republican Club
Taylor County
Chauncery Hinerman
Cameron
Melvin Newton
Uae
Commmittes
Republican County Executive Committee
W. Merle Watkins
A. Leuthardt
Deter
Attommy J
Guy al- Tender
Frank Cather
H. Crawford
Compton
Paul Rogers
Gariog Goff
H. Glen Bord
C. F.W. Kunst
Paris Bombing survivor’s child found in Germany after era
A fragment reports a child from Paris who survived the air raid and has lived with his parents in Germany since 1887. Details mention air raid tethered to wartime events and the child’s living arrangements after the bombing.
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Germany
Taylor County Entitled To 22 Convention Votes
The state executive committee of the Republican party in Charleston decided Taylor County will receive 22 delegates at the state judicial convention. Each 200 votes for the 1936 Republican governor candidate earned one Obie delegate, totaling 1,694 convention members. Taylor County cast 4,331 for Summersharp in 1936, yielding 22 delegates.
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Republican Party
Phin
Charleston
Taylor
Friedman to Direct Party in Campaign
Attorney Harry Friedman reelected chairman of the Democratic county executive committee with unanimous support from 12 members. Mrs. Dale Scranage will be vice chair, John Pickett treasurer, and Mrs. Gertrude Suddarth Shaw secretary. Friedman led a 1936 Taylor county landslide but 1938 shifted Republican. He is a ally of Senator M. M. Neely and plans to devote more time to the fall campaign.
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Harry Friedman
Friedman
Dale Scranage
John Pickett
Gertrude Suddarth Shaw
Democratic
Taylor County
Neely
M. M. Neely
Statehouse
U.S
Johnstown
Meter Collections Show Decline Despite Strong Season
City hall reported parking meter take for the week ending last Saturday at 62.10, far below last year’s figure. Mayor, joined by two police officers in the absence of the hospitalized police chief, checked meters Saturday morning.
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City Hall
Senator Holt To Talk On MBS Tonight War Mongers
West Virginia Senator Rush D Holt will discuss Fifth Column War Mongers on Mutual Broadcasting System at 10 15 tonight from Wheeling. Holt is in demand as a radio speaker amid recent addresses. An auto crash in heavy rain killed 23 year old William Bustarsic of Tridelphia and injured three others.
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Grafton
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Solon
Mutual Broadcasting Company
Senator Holt
Wheeling
William Bustarsic
Tridelphia
Call For Bids On Rte 119 Surfacing Project
The State Road Commission issued a call for bids to surface 5.4 miles of the Blueville Morgantown road in Taylor county. Bids will be opened in Charleston at 10 p m Tuesday June 25. The project mirrors a similar effort in Monongalia county and follows extensive base repairs by 8 R C workers.
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Charleston
Blueville
Morgantown
Taylor County
State Road Commission
Monongalia County
8.R.C
Sterling 10 Be Chairman of 1940 Sons of the American Legion
Richard F Sterling named general chairman of the 1940 state meeting of the Sons of the American Legion by Detachment Commander Charles P Wilhelm. The event, hosted by Taylor County Squadron, is set for Sunday June 16 with committees announced including reception registration parade banquet and transportation groups led by named officers and volunteers.
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Arthur G. Yates Jr
John Shields
John Bartlett
Eugene Mitchell
George W. Vogel
John Andrew Roe, Jr
Buddy” Vogel
Arthur G. Yates, Jr
Wilson Miller
Robert Vogel
Marvin McCartney
Two Injured In Car Crash Early Sunday
Two people were injured in an early Sunday crash at Route 50 and West Main Street in First Ward. Driver William E. Haney, had a black eye and a cut knee. Grace Menear 435 West Washington Street was treated for facial cuts and released. Merrifield of Mt Harm ony was the most seriously hurt and rushed to Grafton City Hospital. Haney pleaded guilty to reckless driving, fined $25 plus $1 costs and agreed to cover pole replacement costs.
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West Main Street
First Ward
L. E. Merrifield
Mt.Harmony
Grafton City Hospital
Merrifield
Grace Menear
West Washington Street
Paul P. Warden
William E. Haney
Catawba
Earl DeMoss
Donald Seese
Mayoral
Haney
Grafton
West Penn
Tom Barnhouse Turns 66 and Seeks Band Entry
Tom Barnhouse, the Sentinel's newsboy dean, celebrated his sixty sixth birthday today and received his papers free as usual. He announced plans to enter his one man band in the Elks Flag Day parade Friday evening if he feels well enough.
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Tom Barnhouse
the Sentinel
Dean
Tom
Drowns in Ohio River Divers Testing River Bottom
James Merriman, 22, a Black man, drowned in the Ohio River near Parkersburg after telling friends he would dive to see if he could touch the river bottom. The incident occurred yesterday as onlookers watched.
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Parkersburg
James Merriman
Ohio River
Eleven Honorary Degrees at Gambier and London Embassy Fire
Eleven esteemed professionals, including Justice Stone and Col. Johnson, received honorary Doctor of Law degrees at Kenyon College. In London, smoke issued from the Italian embassy chimney amid heat as police guarded the scene suggesting papers or documents might be burned.
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Gambier, O
London
Gambier
Harlan F. Stone
U. S., Supreme Court
Louis A. Johnson
Kenyon College
Justice Stone
Johnson
Henry Johnson
Fisher
New York
Alvin C. Ernst
Cleveland
Elderly Enemy Aliens In Britain Interned
British authorities intern elderly enemy aliens between ages 60 and 70 amid wartime security measures. The report notes confinement in camps and routine welfare checks for residents under surveillance by the Home Office.
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Britain
Changes in Restrictions Expand for Category B
Movements of individuals previously under limits are to be formally terminated. The latest order designates those in category B as barred from owning automobiles or cameras and restricted to travel no more than four miles from home.
American Boy Killed in German Air Raid Near Ulm
The State department reports eight year old Alfred Paul Ritter was killed in an air bombing at Klingenstein near Ulm Germany shortly after midnight on June 4 His mother Marte is mentioned in the notification and further details are limited in the available excerpt.
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Germany
Washington
State Department
Alfred Paul Ritter
Klingenstein
Ulm
Marte
William Allender Wins J. B. Payne Scholarship
William Allender son of Attorney and Mrs J Guy Allender has won the John Barton Payne scholarship at a West Virginia university He, a junior pre law student, will receive about 200 dollars for his scholastic achievement and merit in the program.
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William Allender
J. Guy Allender
John Barton Payne
West Virginia University
Young Allender
Pre Lawaria
Liberal Artytudent
Uty
King George Opens Christ Church House at Westminster
King George VI as head of the Church of England opened a new house at Westminster today, inaugurating the church’s latest headquarters. The ceremony marked the official start of the Esteheadquarters project amid royal attendance.
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London
King George VI
Chur of England
Chi House
Westminster
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Republican Committee
James Turner
C. Warner Phillips Jr
Norman Lee Poe
Raymond Shields
John Dent Vogel
Charles Ray Wiseman
Billy” Wolfe
Edwin McCartney
Paris
C. P. Rediaphoto
Opera House
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MON
Margaret Lindsay
Vincent Price
Bob Livingston
Cowboy
Texas
Renfrew OF
the Royal
Jamee
Danner
Richard EN
Andy Devine
Montreal
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Pitth
Philadelphia
Trojan Horse
Jo Jo
Annie
Snookie
Rush Holt
MBS
Rte
Legion Sons
1St Ward
Loar Jewelry Store
Jume
J. B. Payne
Ing George
Ateenet House
Phyalien
Siehler
Latrobe Street
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