Parker Hayhurst to Manage New Pettrey Shoe Store
Parker Hayhurst of Grafton, a clerk at C. V. Miller Shoe for two years, will head the new Pettrey Shoe store opening within 60 days. Joe Livingston, Pettrey general manager, says the store will use Miller staff and stock, with remodeling and new equipment after the Miller fire. The Pettrey firm, already in Clarksburg, Fairmont, Morgantown, plans to mirror its other outlets and carry women’s fashions among lines already offered.
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Parker Hayhurst
Grafton
C. V. Miller
Pettrey Shoe
Joe Lilvingstone
Pettrey Brothers
Livingstone
C. V. Miller Shoe Store
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Morgantown
Miller Shoe Store
Pettrey
Miller
Farm And Home News Taylor County Contributes Soil and Fertilizer Losses
The county donated soil and fertilizer amid heavy rains causing gullies and erosion. Crops in low areas were ruined, drainage ditches filled with silt, and production dropped. About 200 farmers are forming soil and water conservation plans with help from the Soil Conservation Service to protect every acre.
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Taylor County
Soil Conservation Service
Augusta Mason Dies In Philippi At Niece's Home
Miss Augusta M Mason 88 born July 19 1858 in Pruntytown died yesterday at 10 am at the Philippi home of her niece Miss Bonnie Mason with whom she had lived for six years She is survived by niece and two nephews Fred H Diddle Charleston and Harry Mason Miami Fla A Philippi Baptist church member Her father Harrison Mason was Philippi s first mayor Funeral services set for 10 30 am Tuesday at a Philippi Funeral home with Rev Hewes Phillips officiating
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Augusta M. Mason
Pruntytown
Harrison
Emily Greathouse Mason
Bonnie Mason
Philippi
Fred H. Diddle
Charleston
Harry Mason
Miami
Fla
Mason
Philippi Baptist Church
Tunnelton Coal Operator Michael P Blake Dies at 67
Michael P Blake 67 Preston county coal operator of Tunnelton died last weekend in Kingwood hospital after several months illness. Born August 31 1879 at Oak Hill he was the son of the late George W Blake and Mary Mahoney Blake. He is survived by his wife Mrs Mary Shay Blake of Tunnelton a former Preston county schools teacher.
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Michael P. Blake
Preston
Tunnelton
Kingwood Hospital
Oak Hill
George W
Mary Mahoney Blake
Mary Shay Blake
Preston County
Brothers Drown Saving Capsized Boat
In Pittsburgh on June 11 two Neville Island brothers, Raymond Paul 21 a Navy veteran, and Richard 15, drowned in the Ohio River while trying to right their 11 foot motorboat after it capsized near a paddle wheel steamer. Their brother William 20 on the bank urged them to swim to shore. Ray replied I think we can make it and they were swept under the leaves along the bank.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Raymond Paul
Richard
Neville Island
William
Fbank
Ray
Brother Of Three Grafton Residents Dies In Clarksburg
Charles A. Johnson of Clarksburg died en route to a hospital after a cardiac event. He was born October 14, 1888 in Wood County. Survived by Grace Johnson widow, son Charles Jr in Baltimore, daughters Rosalee Poling and Argie Powell, three brothers Roy George and William, two sisters Bessie Grimble and Kellie McDougal, five grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 p m from Adamston Methodist Church.
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Charles A. Johnson
Clarksburg
George Johnson
Bessie Grimble
Nellie McDougal
Grafton
Wood County
Albert
Rebecca West Johnson
Grace Johnson
Charles, Jr
Baltimore
Rosalee Poling
Argie Powell
Haywood
Roy
Shinnston
George
Willian
Hepzibah
Kellie McDougal
Methodist
Adamston
T. E. Gainer
Clark Calls Universal Training Antidote for War
In a prepared address to Virginia Military Institute graduates attorney general Tom Clark urged universal training as an antidote for war. He argued atomic weapons must be outlawed and energy channeled to world peace but warned a world control system is needed to prevent use in war or compromise peace. The piece notes a line about the trombone formerly known as the sackbut.
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Lexington
Tom Clark
Bus Service To South Grafton Met With Enthusiasm
In a historic move, the new bus service to South Grafton drew strong enthusiasm during its trial days. Buses run hourly in the morning, two afternoon trips, and none at night, totaling 12 trips daily to South Grafton, with Sunday service to Parkview via South Grafton and to West Grafton as scheduled. Patronage will determine continuation.
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South Grafton
C. W
Chick) Lawson
Grafton
Parkview
West Grafton
Chinese Protests in Sinkiang Escalate After Mongol Raid
Dispatches report ongoing fighting between outer Mongolian troops and Chinese forces in Sinkiang four days after a Mongolian cavalry unit crossed into China in a punitive mission. Reports cite casualties among Chinese soldiers, an extended bombing of Peitashan, and alleged Russian-marked aircraft aiding the invasion amid border disputes since Mongolia's 1945 plebiscite.
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Sinkiang
China
Peitashan
Tihwa
Outer Mongolia
Exams Conclude At Mines of Industrial Colleries Course
The final examination in a first aid training series for Mines of the Industrial Colleries workers was held at Carolina today. Results will be announced later.
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Fairmont
Mines of the Industrial Colleries Corporation
Carolina
Grafton Florists Attend State Convention at Waldo Hotel
Four Graftonians attended the Florists Telegraph Delivery association unit convention in Clarksburg at the Waldo hotel. The event drew over 100 West Virginia florists, with attendees from Grafton including Mr and Mrs Max Ray and daughter Ann Elizabeth, Miss Mildred Keefer, and proprietor Mr Rau of Turner's store.
Freese Wins Boys State Governorship Yesterday
Freese of Mountaineer Boys State selected James Cooper of Thomas for budget commissioner as he formed appointive posts for the week long government program. Freese led his Federalist ticket to a sweeping general election victory 277 to 36 over Nationalist candidate Cooper. An Argentine FAMA Airlines plane with 18 aboard crashed near Natal airport, killing five.
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Jackson's Mill
Elmer H
Bud
Freese
Mountaineer Boys State Today
James Cooper
Thomas
Wheeling
Federalist Party
Cooper
Natas
Brazil
Fama Airlines
Natal
Bueno Aires
Europe
Garsson admits no tax returns at Cumberland Lumber trial
Washington June 11. Munitions maker Henry Garsson acknowledged at his war bribe trial that he never filed income tax returns for the Cumberland Lumber company near Whitesburg Kentucky. The admission came under cross examination during the proceeding.
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Washington
Henry Garsson
Cumberland Lumber Company
Whitesburg
Ky. c
Garsson denies bribe front claim by government
Government attorneys and Garsson clash over whether his company was a front for war year bribe payments to Andrew J. May. May testified he ran the concern but claims no financial stake, while Garsson says May only provided data for tax returns. The wartime committee chairman reportedly did not send such data. The text notes tobacco use as highly prevalent among narcotics.
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Garsson
Andrew J. May
Kentucky Democratic Congress
May
House Military Committee
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