Proctor Dismissal Hearing Rescheduled for June 19
The public hearing on the dismissal of John L. Proctor, a fireman, was postponed to the evening of June 19 after his attorney from Fairmont failed to appear. Proctor faced charges of creating disorder and involvement in political activities. Mayor King and the City Council ordered his dismissal, contending the action was legitimate under Civil Service protections.
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John L. Proctor
Civil Service Board
Proctor
Brooks‘Deveny
Pairmont Acte
Rare Ce
Tygart's Walls Soil Conservation Plan for Berry Run Farm
A soil and water conservation plan is developed for John and Lloyd Stout's Berry Run farm in Flem ington. Farmers ordered trees for fall delivery and are mowing pastures to control weeds and rank grass. Pasture lime and fertilizer should be applied now or later, with long lasting soil benefits. About 70 percent of Taylor County farmland is pasture and merits primary attention on grazing farms.
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John and
Lloyd Stout
Berry Run
Flemington
Taylor County
Victory Garden Contest Rules Change Announced
Changes to the Victory Garden contest set new filing and eligibility rules. Entries must be enrolled on forms published in the Grafton Sentinel and Grafton News by June 30 1944. To win cash prizes contestants must grow at least 10 vegetables.
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The
Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel
Grafton News
Taylor County Nutrition Committee
Ruth ‘Withers
Obituary for Claude B Bailey of Grafton dies of natural causes
Claude B Bailey aged about 77 of Grafton died of natural causes after being found by neighbor Harry Williams. He lived alone with 15 Pomeranian dogs near Tygarts Dam and had been dead over a week. Native of Harrison county he worked as a school teacher, then in produce and for National Cash Register. Survived by three siblings. widow Ella Mackin died in 1928. Funeral in Bartlett home at 4 pm with Rev. Earl Slayton. burial Bluemont.
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Claude B. Bailey
Grafton
Harry Williams
Ona C. Jefferys
Lloyd L. Shriver
Tygarts Dam
Harrison County
J. B. Bailey
National Cash Register Company
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
A. F
A.M. No
Methodist Church
Ella Mackin
A. D. Bailey
Legion Convention Slated Sunday Afternoon
Taylor County Post No 12 will host the Ninth District convention at the Legion home on Latrobe Street Sunday at 1 30 p m. West Virginia department commander Pat McGovern will be principal speaker as district leaders from Shinneton Elkins Charleston and others participate. Including posts from Davis Philippi Belington Parsons and Pickens the Ninth District will meet with local dignitaries and veterans service officers in attendance.
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Taylor County
American Legion
Legion Home
Latrobe Street
Gale Hillyard
T. H
Pat) McGovern
Charleston
Department of West Virginia
Third District
J. Robert Logsdon
Shinneton
Department
Staley Hamric
Nathan Ralshagburg
Tarabell
Clarks
Wien
Tracey C. Currey
Thomas
R. C. Hall
Elkins
W.J. Cunningham
Charleson
West Virginia
A. ‘Bud Tesch
Salem
Phome
Davis, Elkins
Philippi, Belington
Parsons and
Pickens
Uniformed air and army men receive commendations and postings
Cpl. L J Loar Jr earns the Good Conduct Medal in Iran after enlisting in 1942 and serving fifteen months with the 115 General Hospital detachment. His brother Lieut. Robert K Loar arrives in Del Rio to begin B 26 pilot training. Pvt Rown Brown returns to Camp Shelby after furlough with his wife and daughters Eva Ann and Mary Marie. Pvt James Shuttlesworth takes a fourteen day furlough from Camp McCain. Pvt Donald Knotts visits his wife Marie Eisner in Addison Street while stationed at Camp Lejeune. Isaac D Poling USN gunner's mate visits his parents, with his brother Pfc Arthur F Poling in the Marine Corps at Indian Head. Lieut Lucas E Finney Jr and Sgt Alfred M Campbell Jr and Lieut Edward L Mooney are in England undergoing bridging training between US and active theatre duty. They undergo classification, security and health trainings as part of overseas preparation. Their next station will support fighter takeoffs against Nazism.
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Cpl
L. J. Loar
del Rio
Texas
Camp
Pvt
Rown Brown
Camp Shelby
Miss
Eva Ann
Mary Marie
Brown
Camp Croft
N. C
Isaac D. Poling
USN
Isaac B. Poling
Parkview
Pfc
Arthur F. Poling
U. S. Marine Corps
Indian Head
England
Lucas E. Finney, Jr
Helen Pippus
Wheeling
Alfred M. Campbell, Jr
A. M. Campbell
Beech Street
Edward L. Mooney
Eileen Norris
Blueville
States
Air Service Command
Special Service
America
Reverend F Davis to lead First Presbyterian church here
The Rev F Carl Davis formerly of Gassaway now in Charleston accepts the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church in this city. He will arrive Monday June 12 to begin his work. He succeeds the Rev F J Turvander who served the church for over fifteen years.
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F. Carl Davis
Gassaway
Charleston
Davis
F. J. Turvander
Presbyterian
Aircraft duel and raids pound Japanese strongholds
In three other actions since June 3 American forces damaged a heavy cruiser, sent one destroyer aground and left another dead in the water. Despite stiff Japanese air resistance Liberators pressed on at Truk dropping 30 tons of bombs on Eten Island. Three of 25 enemy interceptors were shot down and one Liberator reported missing.
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Truk
Eten Island
Logan youth to face hearings on theft and burglary charges
Robert Lee Fout, 17, of Logan, will be returned for a hearing before U. S. Commissioner T. C. White on stealing 1,108 gasoline coupons from a Wyoming county coal company store, an OPA investigator said. He was arrested at Switzer on an alleged gate theft charge and is being sent back for a breaking and entering hearing.
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West Virginia
Logan
Robert Lee Fout
U. S
T. C. White
Wyoming County
FDR Plans No Recognition but Eisenhower to Lead French Rule
The Roosevelt plan, sent to Churchill, rejects recognizing the French committee but gives General Eisenhower final say in civilian groups ruling liberated areas. Churchill endorsed the formula and invited De Gaulle to London as invasion momentum grows. De Gaulle's arrival is timed to aid Eisenhower, affecting reception and American stance on direct authority versus the committee.
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France
Roosevelt
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
de Gaulle
London
Eisenhower
Allied push reshapes front as Axis withdraws along the Tiber
British and Eighth Army advance against a retreating German Tenth Army east of the Tiber amid demolitions and minefields. Prisoners include youths and cooks as German forces, strained and reduced in strength, fall back toward Viterbo. Fifth Army expands 50 miles northwest from Rome while Eighth Army seizes Orsogna Guardiagrete Miglionico and Filetto, crossing the Foro.
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Tiber River
10Th
Viterbo
Herman Goering
Sicily
Tuscania
Tarquinia
Vetralla
Fifth Army
Rome
Veterbo
Bruce Weese Qed Here Early Today
Bruce Weese Tl of 123 Blue Mont Street, City of Grafton, died at 9:15 am after a five month illness. Born December 14, 1873 in Beverly, W Virginia, he was son of the late Elian and Helen Griffith Weese. Survived by wife Norma Bell England and several children including Donald Lee Weese, Mrs Howard Shriner, Maid Glenora Weese, Mrs James Isner, Mrs O J Johnson, Mrs Russell Pifer, and Bruce. He was a Red Men member and United Brethren church active locally.
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Bruce Weese
Bluemont Street
Grafton
Beverly
W. Va
Elian
Helen Griffith Weese
Norma Bell England
The
Red Men
United Brethren Church
Donald Lee Weese
Howard Shriner
Harding
Glenora Weese
Elkins
James Isner
O. J. Johnson
Dayton
Russell Pifer
Bruve
RAF bombers hit northern France airfields in major night raid
RAF squadrons attacked Flers Rennes Laval and Le Mans as part of a drive to neutralize German air bases for Normandy. Several hundred bombers, heavy losses with eight missing, and night fighters claimed four German planes down. Coastal aircraft and anti submarine patrols teamed with naval forces to disrupt U boar threats. One Mosquito returning pilot said ground defenses appeared to be caught napping.
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Normandy
Flers
Rennes
Laval
le Mans
France
Air Ministry
Supreme Headquarters
Channel Islands
Brest
Caen
Oh Deer Theyre Back Again Spearfish South Dakota
Residents offered free meals for deer during heavy snow last winter but after the snows melted the deer left. A mass meeting led to a drive of 40 residents with pans and noisemakers to push 40 to 50 deer into Spearfish canyon. Within hours several returned to gardens and a second herd later reappeared back in the yards.
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Spearfish, S. D
Black Hills
Dave Harris
Spearfish Canyon
Nazi Press Questions Rommel Troops Absence
A fragment from the Nazi press discusses Allied successes and ponders if the Russians will launch a major eastern offensive. It notes Berliner readers wonder where Rommel’s troops have gone and what fate awaits German forces on the front.
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Rommel
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District News Conservation Farming
Weese Jr
Norval Weese
Sterling Weese
Akron
Bernard Weese
Havre de Grace
Elmer Davis
Hacketsville
Barnet Funeral ‘Home
Lme
K. E. Richardson
Maplewood Cemetery
Legion Convention
James Shuttlesworth
Camp McCain
Mrs
Clyde Shuttlesworth
Donald ‘Knotts
U. S. Marine Corp
Camp Lejeune, N. C
Marie Eisner
Addison Street
Rev. F. Davis
Turvander
Fdr
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Roy Rogers
King OF the Cowboys
Dale Evans
George Cleveland
Shannon
Grant Withers
Republic
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Tarawa
10Th Army
Tiber
Eighth Army
RAF
English Channel
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Reich
Ulk’ F
Willhide
Latrobe
ST. V.G
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Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
Malone’s Drug and Chemical Co
Ellery
Main Street
the Sentinel
Edward Bowman
pBvena
Vista
Brethren
K. C. Godwin
Hayworth
Gene Kelly
Columbia Picture
Lee Rowmak
Shlaers
Falkenderg
Virginia van Upp
Charles Vidor
Peer
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rHegin
Poul Ontrato
Rahord
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