Five-Man Committee Formed to Plan U S C Campaign
A five person organizing committee was appointed at a YMCA meeting to mobilize Grafton citizens behind a national U S O drive seeking 10 765 000 for off duty recreation in more than 360 service clubs near training centers. Claude Ebert heads the panel with Jed Robinson and other civic leaders serving on it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Grafton
United Service Organizations For National Defense
Jed Robinson
Fred Robinson
James T. Murphy
National Catholic Community Service
Claude Ebert
Salvation Army
J. Friedman
Jewish Welfare Board
Fred Schroeder
West Penn
Adjutant C. L. Andrews
Pallmont
Fairmont
Robinson
William A. Man Wey
U. S
Morgantown
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
United States
United Service Organizations
National Defense Industries
Cassville Driver Freed On Recommendation
Cassville driver Stanley Ambrose of Cass ville Monongalia county was arrested May 22 on a stop light violation at Blueville. He was dismissed yesterday by Justice One C. Jefferys on recommendation of State Trooper G. Frank Randall, who said Ambrose aided in solving a hit and run fatality case.
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Stanley Ambrose
Cassville
Monongalia County
Blueville
Justice of the Peace
C. Jefferys
G. Frank Randall
Ambrose
Shop Worker Injured in B and O Railroad Shops
Wilbur Haislip of West Washington street was injured in the B&O railroad shops yesterday afternoon when a beam felled him. He was admitted to Grafton City Hospital with non serious injuries after x rays showed minor vertebral dislocations. Dr. Paul P. Warden attended.
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B. and O
Wilbur Haislip
West Washington Street
Grafton City Hospital
Paul P. Warden
Former Local Resident Fannie Poe McCafferty Dies at 73
Mrs. Fannie Poe McCafferty, 73, longtime Hamilton resident and sister-in law of John W. McCafferty, died Saturday night at her home. Funeral services were held today in Hamilton with interment there. Survived by husband E F McCafferty, two sons, one daughter, and sister Miss Elizabeth Poe. John W. McCafferty and family attended the rites by motor. Her father was Captain William F. Poe. she was born in the city. Local relatives and friends mourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Poe McCafferty
John W. McCafferty
Hamilton
Ohio
John W.mccafferty
Mary A. Poe
E. F. McCafferty
Elizabeth Poe
McCaffertys
McCafferty
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Weston
Steel To Head Group At Fairmont Session
Sir Charles W. Steel, grand captain general of Knights Templar of West Virginia, will lead DeMolay commandery No. 11 of Grafton to Fairmont Friday evening where Crusade commandery No. 6 will confer the Order of the Temple on three Fairmont physicians. Past Crusade commanders will handle the degree work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Steel
Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
West Virginia
DeMolay Commandery No. 11
Grafton
Fairmont
Crusade Commandery No. 6
Order of the Temple
Crusade Commandery
B O Freight Loadings Beat Last Year Figures
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad moved 63 623 cars of freight in the week ended June 14. Of these 41 662 were loaded on line and 21 961 received from connections. This surpasses last year’s week total of 50 879 with 31 428 loaded on line and 19 451 from connections. Compared with the prior week, 61 865 cars were handled. For the year 1930 the week total was 66 233 with 43 508 loaded on line and 22 725 from connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Browntown Motorist Fined After Wreck Plea Guilty
Davis H. Williams of Brownton pleaded guilty to failing to stop for an arterial highway. He was fined $10 and costs by Justice of the Peace C P Lucas of Fetterman district after his car crashed into John Woodrow Squires’s vehicle on Warder Avenue, causing extensive damage to Squires’s car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis H. Williams
Brownton
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Fetterman
Williams
John Woodrow Squires
Warder Avenue
Squires
Card of Thanks for Ida May Coole’s Death
Neighbors and friends offered sympathy after the death of Ida May Coole. The family thanks Rev B F Donley Rev Job Jones Arnold Knotts singers and all who sent flowers and donated cars. Henry A Coole and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida May Coole
B. F. Donley
Job Jones
Arnold Knotts
Henry A Coole
South Siders Seek City Help to Build Playground
Residents form a committee to ask Mayor C O King to establish a South Side playground in Grafton with old South Side School as a potential site. Recreation officials say demand for county playgrounds is rising. five localities petitioned, with Knottsville Hepzibah Flemington and Wendel awaiting assignments. Ten county playgrounds exist, six in Grafton, and a recreation commission may be proposed to handle future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
C. O. King
Grafton
J. B. Dryfield
Taylor County
Dryfield
Knottsville
Hepzibah Flemington
Wendel
Flemington Man Sent To Jail For Drunk Driving
Eli Napaoli of Flemington was convicted of driving while intoxicated and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail after failing to pay a $25 fine plus costs assessed by Justice of the Peace John Marks. His automobile was impounded for six months and his driver's license revoked after a wreck Saturday night, with Deputy Sheriff Charles Burke and State Trooper G F Randall making the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Napaoli
Flemington
Justice of the Peace
John Marks
Napaoli
Charles Burke
G. F. Randall
Empire division of New York guards in World War I service
A historical note details the Twenty-seventh National Guard division of New York, the Empire division, training at Fort McClellan Alabama and its World War I service with the British Second Corps. It covers training at Camp Wadsworth Spartansburg arrival in France May 10 1918 combat in Belgium and France including Poperinghe Dickebusch Hindenburg line St Souplet sector 67 days of active service. It notes 2257 enemy casualties 11 kilometers advanced and the insignia with four black circles red border NYC monogram Orion stars and commemorative symbolism for Maj Gen John F O Ryan.
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Twenty-seventh National Guard Division
New York
George Washington
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Camp Wadsworth
Spartansburg
8. C
France
Europe
Poperinghe
Belgium
Dickebusch
St. Souplet
Empire Division
Nyc
John F. O'Ryan
Map Free Flight After Lost Chart Over Grafton
A B 18 bomber landed at Harrison County Airport on a Sunday, crew, including two West Point graduates, lost a map and amused locals as wind gusts blew the chart out window. They then departed for Bowman Field Louisville after a brief hiccup and promised no more map reading near open windows.
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Harrison County
Air Corps
Mother Earth
Grafton
Bowmanfield
Louisville
West Point
Fort Knox
Clarksburg
Harrisonounty
Bridgeport
Former Grafton Man Dies in Virginia City
Claude Vogeding a 51 year old former Grafton resident and well known salesman died May 30 in a Virginia hospital after an extended illness. He was buried in Virginia. He moved from Grafton years ago to Quentin New Jersey where a sister lived and worked as a WPA foreman before later taking private work in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Vogeding
Grafton
Virginia
Vogeding
Quentin
N. J
WPA
Sister of Local Lady Passes In Middle West
Mrs. W. Scott Bartlett former resident of Belington and sister of Mrs. Miranda Holbert of Grafton died Sunday morning at her son Dorsey Grimm's home in the middle west after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Wednesday from Belington Methodist Church with Rev C C Durst officiating. Burial will be in the Prat ternal cemetery Belington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Scott Bartlett
Belington
Miranda Holbert
Grafton
Dorsey Grimm
Middle West
Henderson elected eminent commander of DeMolay commandery
A Earl Henderson, convalescing at his Steel street home from a heart ailment, was elected and installed as eminent commander of DeMolay commandery No 11 Knight Templar. The ceremony, at the Masonic Temple and Henderson home, included officers elected by lodge ballot and various appointments. Past leaders presented a jewel to Henderson, with afterward refreshments at Busy Bee restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Street
A. Earl Henderson
DeMolay Commandery
Knight Templar
Masonic Temple
W. A. Beavers
Charles W. Steel
Henderson
Henderson Home
Clyde E. Hardman
C. Ray Watson
Marion C. Allender
Darwin C. Wolfe
Reese W. Hilkey
C. W. Steel
Charles H Payne
Corbin
Jewel
Arthur G. Yates
Joseph W. Riley
Blair Wolfe
Ray A. Monroe
Thomias J. Spencer
Robert Sloan
Henry G. Harter
Jesse G. Gerbins
Passengers recall Robin Moor sinking details on voyage
Passengers recount the Robin Moor crisis as a torpedo struck and the ship sank after shell fire. Second Mate Robert Taylor noted a bull’s head marking and the word Taureau or La Touche beneath the conning tower. Ten minutes extended to 30 to reach lifeboats, amid rough seas and a makeshift chart by Mundy that aided rescue, with 2 year old Robin McCullough enjoying the voyage.
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Bull
Robert Taylor
Child
Robin Moor
Robin McCullough
Robert W. McCullough
Ben M. Cohn
New Haven
Mundy
Cohn
Court limits
A scene formed last Thursday after a conference with R. E. Coleman, project construction engineer. McGraner urged employing only union labor while union agents claimed an open shop would be used. He cited proposed pay rates of 35 to 40 cents for common labor versus 65 to 60 cents in favor of nonunion carpenters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Coleman
McGraner
Release Bid on Route 119 Through Ripley
Jackson county bidders reported on a $500000 road package opened by the State Road Commission. Projects include 2.41 miles of U S 21 Pettyville to Mineral Wells, and 3.13 miles U S 119 Webster to Barbour county line with Potomac Construction Company winning at $20602.60. Other listed bids cover grade drain paving and surface treatments across multiple routes in Jackson, Wood, Webster, Wirt, Lincoln, Mingo, Monroe counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Jackson County
Ripley
State Road Commission
Pettyville
Mineral ‘Wells
Wood County
Smith Construction Company
Huntington
Jackson
Ravenswood
Parkersburg
Keeley Construction Company
Clarksburg
Taylor Roads
Webster
W. Va
Cowen
Miller Mountain
Camden-On-Gauley
Potomac Construction Company
Martinsburg
Wirt
Elizabeth Streets
Murphy Construction Company
Morgantown
Wood
U. S
Pettyville-Mineral Wells
Taylor
George Cassell Receives Free Trip to Joe Louis Fight
George Cassell manager of the Grafton A and P Super Market heads to Pittsburgh with district peers as guests of Quaker Maid Company on an all expenses paid Pullman trip to New York to attend the Joe Louis Billy Conn title bout. Cassell learned of the invitation by wire yesterday.
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George Cassell
Grafton A
Pittsburgh
Quaker Maid Company
Ann Page Products
New York
Cassell
Japan Indies Status Same in Trade Talks Discontinued
In Batavia June 17 officials said Japan and the Netherlands East Indies failed to reach satisfactory terms in talks over tin rubber oil and other war materials. A joint communique noted negotiations ended without change to normal relations between Japan and the Indies. Kenkichi Yoshizawa delivered Japan's reply to the Indies governor general.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Aneta
Tokyo
Netherlands
Indies
Kenkichi
Yoshizawa
Officers Hear Col Bosworth Warn Of Subversive Acts
State Police Superintendent John W. Bosworth urged rapid reporting of suspected sabotage or espionage to state police at a Fraternal Order of Police banquet. He said West Virginia faces such threats and emphasized cooperation, improved crime detection facilities, and officer alertness during an inspection tour of Mingo county coal fields. A Mountain State league baseball game between Williamson and Logan is scheduled for tonight, with a collection of officers to wrap up the meeting tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Williamson
Logan
Vichy French face losses as Axis push in Levant battles
Amid Allied hopes for a swift campaign, reports say German and Italian forces won a major battle near Damascus and Antoura while French Gen Dentz signals continued operations south of the Kissou area. Roosevelt hardens stance on axis credits as Rome warns of economic warfare. Germans claim heavy armor losses on the Salum frontier in North Africa clashes.
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London
Antoure
Damascus
Madani
Hi Dentz
Ted
Levant
Kissou
Ira
Roosevelt
United States
Berlin
America
Fredaing
Axis
Aean
Rome
Italy
Virginio Gaydi
Mussolini
Salum
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Kay Francis
Red” Barry
Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart
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King
Nhat Outfit & Buddy
Central Press Associats
Army Bignal Corps
Ernest Colsmann
Paterson
Robert EB. Phil
Virginia City
Diamonds
Skaggs & Company
A. E Henderson
Dr. Willkie
Knox
C. P
Wendell Willkie
Frank Knox
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Barbour
Federal Union Now
Los Angeles
Basil Rathbone
Thomas Mann
Robert Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Central Press
Col. Bosworth
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