Taylor County youths accepted by U S Navy enlistment
Four Taylor County youths were among 18 sent from the Clarksburg recruiting substation to Baltimore for final enlistment this week. More from central West Brethren anticipated to join Navy within a week or ten days. Accepted from this county are Cold. Weaver, Grafton Route 3. James Arthur Preston Jr., Weaver. Woodrow Wilson Bacchus, Grafton Route 2. and James Russell Fawcett, Grafton Route 1.
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Taylor County
Clarksburg
U.S. Navy
Baltimore
West
Bre
Navy
Weaver
Grafton
James Arthur Preston, Jr
Woodrow Wilson Bacchus
James Russell
Fawcett
Flag Display Urged By Elks In Grafton June 14
Grafton lodge 308 Elks urges public flag display for Flag Day next Saturday June 14 with a 730 pm ceremony at Baltimore and Ohio station square. Main street businesses are asked to place flags city wide though no parade is planned. West Virginia Industrial School drums and Bugle Corps will march to the square. Attorney William G Stathers will deliver the Flag Day oration, with James C Holt as master of ceremonies. Kenneth Daugherty and Boy Scouts will oversee the ritual and music from Grafton Woman's Club and local performances will precede the program.
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Grafton Lodge No. 308
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Baltimore and Ohio Station
Main Street
Grafton
Drums and Bugle Corps
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Station Square
William G. Stathers
Clarksburg
West Virginia Department of the American Legion
State Bar Association
James C. Holt
Kenneth Daugherty
Grafton Woman's Club
Mitchell Opas Promoted at Fort Hayes Ohio
Private Mitchell Opas of Graf ton route 3 has been promoted to private first class in the detach ment Medical department at Fort Hayes Ohio. The promotion, effective June 1, was announced by Captain Alfred G. Karger post public relations officer at the fort.
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Mitchell Opas
Grafton
Fort Hayes
Ohio
Alfred G. Karger
Hospital Has Fine Report Shows May Profits
Grafton City hospital May earnings totaled 2389.63 from pay patients 492.10 from charity and 32.50 from compensation. May admissions 54 discharges 56 and 17 in hospital June 1. Five institutional deaths occurred. 40 operations, 18 major 20 minor two obstetrical. Mayor notes hospital can be maintained on a paying basis even as a new modern facility is planned atop Finnegan's rock.
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Grafton City Hospital
Corrine Stafford
C. O. King
John A
Finnegan's Rock
Blasting Plan to Recover Kenneth McDowell’s Body
A conference by sheriff’s office, state police, and U S Contender Fred Floyd tentatively approved blasting for Kenneth McDowell’s body from the Tygart dam lake. Deep sea diving was deemed impractical due to uncertain search areas, and depth charges may surface the body without harming fish. Removal efforts were said to begin tomorrow.
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Sheriff's Office
U.S
Fred Floyd
Kenneth McDowell
Fairmont
Tygart Dam
McDowell
Floyd
Tomorow
Chad Burke
Lee Bennett
Portugal builds defenses as invasion feared in Azores
Report from Central Press states Portugal reinforces coastal defenses and evacuates forces to the Azores 1500 miles away as a potential stand against a feared Nazi invasion.
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Central Presa
Azores
Ickes Warns Eastern U.S. Faces Oil Shortage
Interior Secretary Ickes bluntly warns the eastern seaboard will likely have less gasoline and possibly reduced home heating oil. He urges fuel savings through slower driving, avoiding non-essential trips, smoother traffic flow, and better fuel efficiency. He also calls for keeping oil burners well maintained and homes cooler next winter. A civilian oil conservation program timing remains unclear.
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Ickes
Eastern Seaboard
Defense Petroleum
Gulf Ports
Coal Buy Now Campaign Warns of Shortages
A patriotic appeal urged immediate coal purchases to avert shortages for home use. The consumers' counsel led the effort with support from production management transportation coordination and price administration offices. While not predicting defense supply gaps the message warned of potential coal scarcities in the east and certain western regions where trucks move coal.
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Sures
Consumers’ Counsel
Production Management
Transportation Coordination
Price Administration
Sifton
East
Middle West
Costanzo Coal Hearing Under Way In Pittsburgh
Government witnesses press Costanzo Coal Mining of Wheeling West Virginia as a distributor not a sales agent in buying coal under the bituminous coal code. The firm faces possible suspension of code registration for selling slack at 1 13 per ton vs the 1 90 price on over 200 000 tons while arguing sales agency status. The hearing extends through the week with possible loss of discounts.
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Pittsburgh
Costanzo Coal Mining Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Veteran Merchant S K White Seriously Ill in Grafton
S K White, a veteran merchant who ran a mercantile business in Grafton for nearly 50 years before retirement, is seriously ill at his home on the Pruntytown Pike. A 78 year old, he formerly operated a filling station nearby. his Latrobe street storeroom later housed Siehler Furniture.
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S. K. White
Grafton
Pruntytown Pike
Mr. White
Latrobe Street
Siehler Furniture Company
Nazis Reveal Ship Sinkings in Four Months of 1941
Berlin reports the German navy and air force sank 2,235,000 tons of British merchant shipping in the first four months of 1941. Submarines accounted for 978,000 tons and surface ships for 493,000, with the air force adding 764,000 tons. About 1,200,000 tons of British shipping was reported damaged.
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Berlin
Air Force
Britain
High Command
Navy
Hit ‘Command
Tourist Help Booth Approved by SRC for Blueville Site
Formal approval granted for a tourist information booth at the Route 50 119 junction in Blueville to be erected by the Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce. NYA workers to build it with chamber-supplied materials costing 50 to 100 dollars. Signs to warn motorists will be placed two miles and 500 feet from the booth.
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Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Blueville
State Road Commission
Francis L. Warder
C. of C
NYA
Chamber
West Grafton
Warder
West Main Street
Bulleville
Envoy Returns F. F. Setler Injured In Ice Fall
Envoy F. F. Setler slipped on ice and fell injuring his arm as a large block fractured a bone. The incident occurred during a routine pickup, leaving Setler with a broken bone and prompt medical attention sought.
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F. F. Setler
Youth Raymond Setler Injured Unloading Ice
Raymond Setler aged 17, of 454 Pearl Street, suffered a fracture while unloading ice from a B and O car for Clarksburg Ice and Storage. Dr. Paul P. Warden treated the break at the city hospital, and Setler was sent home. He is the son of Mr and Mrs.
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Raymond Setler
Pearl Street
B. and O. Sear
Clarkssburg Ice and Storage Company
Paul P. Warden
City Hospital
Setler
British Bombs Hit Axis Supply Ship Off Norwegian Coast
A coastal command torpedo plane scored a hit amidships on an axis supply ship of about 2000 tons off the Norwegian coast though sinking could not be confirmed. One coastal command plane is missing. German air activity over Britain remained high with damage and casualties reported in south Wales and near the southeast coast.
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Eee
France
Mandal
Stavahiger
Norway
Coastal Command
Norwegian
Britain
Europe
Mediterranean Front
South Wales
South
England
Card of Thanks for Pauline's illness and death
We express deepest appreciation for kindness shown by friends and neighbors during Pauline's illness and after her death. Special thanks to Rev. Ivan Loy Rev. Ethel Huber and G. T. Bartre Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Layton for their support.
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Pauline
Ivan Loy
Ethel Huber
G. T. Bart
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