Scrap rubber drive gains strong support in Grafton Taylor county
Grafton and Taylor county citizens turn out in force for the scrap rubber campaign. Stations report large piles with 1700 pounds at DeMoss in Thornton and 1200 at WJZ Oil in Blueville. Dealers show thousands of pounds in stock, while Guth aims for a strong midweek push. The drive backs defense needs aiming to prevent gasoline rationing and aid armed forces. A separate note reports Wesley Elkins, 17, drowned in the Ohio river while learning to swim, body not recovered.
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Grafton-Taylor County
James Guth
Scrap
DeMoss
Thornton
Guth
WJZ Oil Company
Blueville
J. P. Murphy Oil Company
East Main Street
Nathan Mendelson
H. O. Tobias
Riverside Drive
Grafton
Taylor County
Huntington
Wesley Elkins
Ohio River
Crawford Named City Chemist At Official Meeting
Leslie J. Crawford was appointed city chemist after a city commission meeting at 10 30 this morning in Mayor C O King s office. He will run a sand gravel filtration and chlorination plant under training for a state exam. Robert J Louden, ex city chemist now at DuPont Morgantown, will train him and oversee equipment. Crawford begins duty immediately as tests monitor city water bacteria levels.
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C. O. King
Leslie J. Crawford
Crawford
W. R. Loar and Son
Grafton Park
Robert J. Louden
DuPont de Nemours
Morgantown
Grafton High School
City
Louden
H. J. Weekley
Baltimore
Ohio
Gillis Held For Assault In Flemington
Andrew Gillis of Flemington is jailed in Taylor county awaiting a $500 bond on a felonious assault charge. Officers C W Dye and G F Randall served the warrant at Gillis home Saturday night. Gillis failed to post bond and was remanded to the county jail. The alleged assault occurred near the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks when a rock was hurled at a companion.
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Andrew Gillis
Flemington
Taylor County
Gillis
Justice of the Peace
John Marks
Grand Jury
Corp
C. W. Dye
G. F. Randall
Grafton
State Police
Justice Marks
Baltimore and Ohio
Burglary at Wendel Home Nets Pies and Cake
Leonard Smith reports a nighttime break in at his Wendel residence. An unknown thief stole two pies and a three layer chocolate fudge cake, taking the pans as well. Deputy Sheriff W Ratthew notes the culprit favored chocolate treats.
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Leonard Smith
Wendel
W. Ratthew
Price boards to accept ceiling price lists by July first
The State Office of Price Administration in Charleston announced local War Price and Rationing boards will be established by July first to receive and file ceiling price lists retailers must submit. State director Carl Frasure said retailers must file ceiling prices for about one hundred cost of living commodities with their local board and post maximum prices. Bulletins explaining the regulation will be sent to local boards and available to retailers.
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State Office of Price Adminstration
Charleston
Carl Frasure
Office of Price Administration
Peoples Building
Attempted car theft near Riverside drive
An unknown person attempted to steal James Fletcher’s automobile from his garage on Riverside drive. The car was driven about 100 yards, left hanging over a culvert with the front end and radiator shell smashed against a tree. Police arrived to find the thief gone. investigation underway.
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James Fletcher
Riverside Drive
Fletcher
Corp. C
Eagles Aerie elects new president and trustee
Worthy President Ross Gerard and Trustee Floyd R. Lisk left their posts to join the U S armed services. Grafion aerie 2383 Fraternal Order of Eagles held a special election last week and chose Dorsey Shingleton as president and Marion 5. Skaggs as trustee. Both have assumed their posts.
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Ross Gerard
Floyd R. Lisk
Armed Services of
United States
Grafion’ Aerie
Order of Eagles
Dorsey Shingleton
Marion
Skaggs
Lodge
Captain DeMoss Attends Parkersburg Convention
City Police Captain Earl DeMoss attends the Fraternal Order of Police convention in Parkersburg today and tomorrow. He is a local force delegate and is expected to return Wednesday. War time police administration is a major topic at the meeting.
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Earl DeMoss
Billy Reese Dies In Washington Pa Auto Crash
Richard Billy Reese 21 son of Mr and Mrs Bidwell Reese formerly of Grafton was killed in an auto crash near Washington Pennsylvania late last night. He worked at Tygarts Valley Glass in Washington and rode with three companions who were injured but not seriously. Witnesses said his car struck a tree and rolled over pinning his body. The Reese family last visited Grafton May 30 renewing friendships and visiting grandmother Mrs W H Reese. A meeting for memorials was scheduled for Wednesday at 2 pm in Washington with interment planned at the jetty cemetery.
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Richard
Billy” Reese
Bidwell Reese
Grafton
Washington
Young Reese
Tygarts Valley Glass Company
Pennsylvania
Sentinel
Reese
Billy
W. H. Reese
Pearl Street
Judson L. Reese
WPA
Jesse B Bond dies in Texas oil contractor pass away
Jesse B Bond aged 57 native of Salem died yesterday at his Cross Plains Texas home on Father’s Day. Survivors include his widow Ethel Bond two daughters Mrs Holt and Mrs Showalter and two sons Edward Bond and Jesse Bond Jr. Funeral services planned with Mrs Holt and Mrs Showalter en route from Clarksburg to Texas.
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Jesse B. Bond
James C. Holt
Dewey Avenue
Cross Plains
Texas
Holt
Earl B. Showalter
Clarksburg
Salem
Bond
Oklahoma
Ethel M. Bond
South 27Th Street
Showalter
Edward G. Bond
Holliday's Cove
Jesse B.bond, Jr
Orange
Jacobs to Enter Army School At Miami Florida
Staff Sergeant Edmond M Jacobs, son of Mr and Mrs Alvey Jacobs of 456 Walnut, has been accepted for officers training at the Army Air Corps Officers Training School in Miami Florida. He will depart Tuesday for the course after being stationed at Mitchell Field New York. Upon completion he will be commissioned second lieutenant. A 1938 Grafton High School graduate, he enlisted October 5 1939.
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Edmond M. Jacobs
Alvey Jacobs
Walnut Street
Jacobs
U. S. Army Air Corps
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Air Corps Officers Training School
Miami
Fla
Grafton High School
Veronica Coskey charts aviation trail from pioneer to producer
Veronica Coskey, shown sewing fabric on an aileron for a Brewster Buccaneer in an eastern factory, is recognized as a pioneer in aviation. She began in the early days of aircraft production, becoming the first woman to enter the field about 25 years ago.
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Veronica Coskey
Central Presay
Fourteen Pass Tests For Driving Licenses
Fourteen persons successfully passed examinations for state drivers licenses. The final check was given last Friday by Corp. C. W. Dye and Trooper G. F. Randall of the Grafton detachment. Names include Junior R. McWilliams, Ernest L. Luzadder, Evelyn Campbell, Charles H. Goff, Robert D. Stout, Gerald Frank Exline, Carroll Leon Tingler, Richard Paul Stevens, Blanche Shahan, Burland L. Goodwin, Donald Elwood Boy, Alfred Mason, Simpson Jackson B. Marks, and Carl Lee Lockart.
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Corp. C. W. Dyeland
G. F. Randall
Grafton
Junior R. McWilliams
Rt. 1
City
Ernest L. Luzadder
Elkins Street
Fairmont
Evelyn Campbell
Beech Street
Charles H. Goff
Lincoln Street
Robert D. Stout
Pike Street
Gerald Frank Exline
Camden
Carroll Leon Tingler
RFD
Richard Paul Stevens
Blanche Shahan
Box
Burland L. Goodwin
Egioseport
Donald Elwood Boy
East St. Charles Street
Alfred Mason
Simpson Jackson B. Marks
Flemington
Carl Lee Lockart
Simpson
Three Board Members File For Reelection
Three members of the Taylor County board of education, Dr. Paul P. Warden, Arthur G. Yates Sr., and J. Lee Evans Sr., filed with Circuit Clerk Frank Hollis Jr. to appear on the August 4 primary ballots. Under the nonpartisan plan, the top two finishers receive six year terms while the third winner serves four years.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Frank Hollis, Jr
Paul P. Warden
Arthur G. Yates
J. Lee Evans
Benet Works to Be Book-of-Month Gift
Book-of-the-Month club to issue a two volume edition of the Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benet as July and August dividend. Farrar and Rinehart publish. Distribution aligns with NBC series Dear Adult dramatizations based on letters Americans wrote to the Nazi dictator.
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Stephen Vincent Benet
Farrar and Rinehart
Benet
NBC
Cowell
Allied Heads Still Confer In Wartime Talks
Washington June 22 Vital conferences between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill progress day and night in a very satisfactory way, with a joint statement expected later. They consult with military naval and air experts from both nations and keep many talks off the record.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
White House
United Nations
Stephen Early
Early
London
Madeline Webb Starts Train Ride For Prison
NEW YORK June 22 1939 Madeline Webb a 29 year old model turned actress began a prison transfer after conviction for the murder of Flora Susan Reich Her escape to the Westfield State prison in Ford Hills was brief and dramatic with police matron guiding a car to Grand Central Station for the ride to Greenwich Detention Center then onto the train bound for the prison businesstown state facility
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New York
Madeline Webb
Flora Susan Reich
Women's of Detention
Greenwich
Stillwate Okla
Grand Central St Tion
Westfield State Prison
Ford Hills
Six Die in Brazilian Cold Wave Plunges Porto Alegre
Six persons perished in Porto Alegre as a cold wave swept up the coast from Argentina. Temperatures dropped to about 30 degrees below normal with interior towns reporting as low as 21.2 Fahrenheit, leaving parks and streets deadly to the homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Alegre
Brazil
Porto Alt
Argentina
Porto Mes
Merchant Dies in Elkins After Illness
W Trickett aged 59 died at his Elkins home after a five day illness. A Morgantown native, he had lived in Elkins for years. He is survived by relatives in the region and colleagues in local business.
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Elkins
W. Trickett
Morgantown
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