Special Hospital Bond Election Planned For July 28
Grafton City Hospital board votes to recommend a July 28 election on $40,000 general obligation bonds and a higher tax levy to back a $160,000 RFC loan. Bonds would be repaid over 25 years with annual payments, and the program aims to have a new hospital in operation within about 10 months pending state approval.
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Grafton City Hospital Board
City Commission
C. C. King
John K. Burdett
E. G. Kuhn
King
Charleston
Grafton
James Guth
Local groups back drive after last night’s meeting
Church groups civic organizations and social and fraternal bodies plan to lend their support to the drive revealed at last night’s meeting.
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Sutes
Mrs. Rebecca Neal 77 dies after four months illness
Rebecca Neal 77 of 1127 West Boyd Street died at home after a four month illness. Born July 15, 1864 to Thomas and Katherine Bonner she lived in the area all her life. Survived by children, siblings, 11 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral from home at 2 30 p m Thursday with Smith Cemetery Pruntytown burial. Rev Everett C Zinn officiating. G T Bartlett directed.
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Rebecca Neal
West Boyd Street
Thomas Bonner
Katherine Maxwell Bonner
Neal
James A Neal
Fetterman Methodist Church
Samuel Bonner
Grafton
Mary Katherine Utt
Rose Gerkins
Wilkinsburg
Katherine Shingleton
J. M. Neal
Smith Cemetery
Pruntytown
Everett C. Zinn
G. T. Bartlett
Sayre Funeral Rites Are Planned Tomorrow
Funeral arrangements are set for George Washington Sayre, brother of John W. and Benjamin F. Sayre, who died Sunday at his Valley Stream home. Services at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev. Ben F. Donley of Andrews Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Bluemont. Surviving are wife Catherine Popp Sayre and two sons, George W. Sayre Jr. of New York City and Wesley H. Sayre of Cumberland, Md.
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George Washington Sayre
John W
Benjamin F. Sayre
Valley Stream
L. I
New York
Bartlett Funeral Home
Ben F. Donley
The
Andrews Methodist Church
Bluemont
Catherine Popp Sayre
George W. Sayre, Jrs
New York City
Wesley H. Sayre
Cumberland, Md
Vogel Seeks Democratic Primary Nomination for House
George D. Vogel wire chief for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad filed with Circuit Clerk Frank Hollis Jr to appear on the August primary ballot. He seeks the Democratic nomination for the House of Delegates and is a member of the local board and selective service.
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George D. Vogel
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Frank Hollis, Jr
Vogel
House of Delegates
Selective Service
Checks for Air Raid Alarm Fund Passed to Install
Taylor County Defense council met at Moose hall to oversee air raid alarm plans. Donations of $100 each from Loyal Order of Moose No 638 and Carr China company fund the project, with a committee led by John Hopkins and others to study system needs. Park View appeals for fire plugs as Rotary and local groups boost the drive, which totals about $300 including the bank pledge.
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Taylor County Defense Council
Moose Hall
Loyal Order of Moose
Carr China Company
John Hopkins
E. F. Sampson
Arthur Yates
George Vogel
H.C. Haller
Grafton Rotary Club
Park View
First National Bank
Defense Council
First
National Bank
Work Underway On Delinquent Tax List
Final tabulations were being made today on the 1941 delinquent tax list to be published early in July. The work is in the office of Sheriff Lee Bennett. Sheriff Bennett reminded taxpayers they can save an extra dollar publication fee by paying before July 1.
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Lee Bennett
Bennett
Sentinel prints fourth selective service list of names and numbers
The Sentinel publishes the fourth call list of men registered for selective service. The pages list U376 to U450 with names and addresses including Hooper Leach Ball Miles Cassell Manson Myers Green Kester Sharps Kelley Mayle Martin Shingleton Gregg Moore Steppke Mullenex Sterling Mahaffey Ramsay etc. The Department of Commerce notes Peru has iron ore to last sixty years.
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the Sentinel Today
Paul Hooper
Barrett Street
Hollis Delbert Leach
Simpson
Clarence Everett Ball
Luzadder Street
Houston R. Miles
Ross Street
Commodore Luther Boyce
City
George Albert Cassell
George Edmund Manson
West Main Street
William Adrian Myers
Marion Delleh Green
Philippi
Carson Lee Kester
Vance Evans
John Thomas Gawthrop
Harry Preston Sharps
RFD
Clarence Washington Kelley
Clinton Sylvester Mayle
Clare Field Shafer
Walnut Street
William Grover Riggleman
Robert Murl Morris
Cecil Aller Taylor
Wille Ernest Gregg
Flemington
James Edward Moore
Carl Julius Steppke
Rosemont
Thomas ‘Dayton
Alva McDonald
Bridgeport
Albert Marshall DeMoss
Thornton
John Russell Satterfield
James Wesley Ryan
Edwin Lee Valentine
West Boyd Street
Arthur Bryan Dahmer
High Street
Robert Clarence Huffman
Charles E
Robert Jackson Jones
Addison Street
John Bickford
West
Washington Street
Charles Oscar King
Maple Avenue
Maurice Edmund Cartwright
Hotel Grafton
Lee Martin
Ray M. Parrish
Robert
Thomas Knotts, Jr
Emerson Wilson Boyce
Bert “Clifton” Leese
Luzardder Street
Hiram L. Linn
West Knotts Avenue
Fountain Earl Jacobs
James Fay Carruthers
Martin Luther Mayle
Shirley Gibson
Richard Allen Walker
West Washington Street
Landis Jacobs
Meple Avenue
Homer Alston Garrell
Albert Charles Smallwood
Francis Ray Myers
Thayer Street
Delmar Guy Brown
Sidney O. Kasey
Enoch K. Sai
Wilford Street
Claid Post
Frank Marko
John Knotts Sturm
RFC
Willam Henry Wolverson
Ex-resident writes book Dividends
Norman Wright Welsh, son of Mrs. Cora Welsh of 401 East Main Street, has published his first full length novel titled Dividends. This hometown author announces the release and readiness for readers in the local paper.
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Norman Wright Welsh
Cora Welsh
East Mainstreet
Public funds waste cited in graft inquiry report
A panel condemns continued bond buying and bureaucratic excess after initial need, labeling it extravagant waste and a copper drain. It cites George Remus linked firm Warner Industries in Cincinnati and notes Welsh’s wartime publishing plans.
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George Remus
Mr. Welsh
Movion
Grafton High
Warner~ Industries, Incorporated
Cincinnati
Dies Committee Controversy Over Attacks on Congress
Members of Congress clash over how Time Magazine is framed as a manipulation of opinion against the legislative branch. The Dies Committee cites Time and several publications as part of a barrage challenging Congress, while Union for Democratic Action leader Frank Kingdon denies links to communism.
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Congress
Time Magazine
Newspper PM
The
New Republic
Daily Worker
New Masses
Union For Democratic Action
Frank Kingdon
New York
Red Tape Attack in War Department Hearings
A minority report rebuts a committee finding on wartime spending and red tape, criticizing the process and the handling of the session. It urges elimination of top heavy organization, tighter supervision, stronger contracting policies, and monthly expense disclosures by employers of contractors amid taxpayer concerns.
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Thomason
D.-Tex
War ‘Department
Submarines Sink Allied Ship Off New England Coast
Reported wartime sinking near the New England coast on June 15 claimed many lives with 81 survivors. US soldiers were among the dead and missing as torpedoes and shell fire felled the merchantman before it sank in minutes. survivors described the disaster in stark terms.
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Caribbean
New England
Jwar
U. S
Aeck
Lucky Shot Air War Update From The East Coast Raid
Royal Air Force intruder pilots clashed with enemy fighters over the Netherlands base resulting in a crash as a German pilot attempted to bail out. British Boston bombers with Spitfires raided Dunkerque targets, hitting waterfronts and a supply ship. all bombers returned, but one fighter missing after encounters over the Channel.
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Alexandria
Caputah
Erwin Rommel
Fort Maddajna
Salam
Bir el Shegga
Mediterranean
Capuzzo
Libya
Neil M
Ritchie
Rommel
Nile
Suez
Ion Tobruk
Tegratjr
United States
RAF
Bengal
Greece
Crete
Air Ministry
Netherlands
Dunkerque
Inter
Channel
Bill Granting Deferment Provisions in Draft Law Details
A legislative summary explains deferment criteria by registrant class and family status. It notes draft boards may consider allotments but should not treat them as sole grounds for deferment. Provisions cover Army ranks up to line sergeant and subordinate levels for eligible men.
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Cadyce
Congress
Survey Crew Touring Grafton for Swan Soap Campaign
Robert Brochu, former Maine and New Hampshire newspaper man, travels with Lever Brothers Swan soap survey crew visiting Sentinel office and Hotel Grafton. Crew distributes introductory soap cakes to households while touring West Virginia Virginia and North Carolina recording impressions. Members include Robert Rudy Irving H Levine Noah Edison Pearse Harold Dixon Samuel A Quinerly and Holmes Heilgeberth.
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Robert Brochu
Maine
New Hampshire
Lever Brothers Soap Company
Brochu
Sentinel
Grafton
Robert Rudy
Arlington
Irving H. Levine
Springfield
Mass
Noah Edison Pearse
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Harold Dixon
Bern
Samuel A. Quinerly
Greenville
Holmes Heilgeberth
Holland
West Virginia
County Clerk Reminds On Licenses Amid Drive
County Clerk Ed C. St. Clair reports a license payment drive with about one third of county licensees already paying. Final date is June 30, with heavy fines possible after. Applies to pool tables bowling alleys hotels restaurants tobacco cigarets and soft drinks sellers and any business needing a license.
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Ed C. St. Clair
St. Clair
Divorce action filed on cruelty grounds by Ada Bolyard
Ada Bolyard, by attorney Francis L. Warder, filed for divorce from Ray Bolyard alleging cruelty after a 1928 marriage and an August 1941 separation. She cites repeated drunkenness and two threats with a loaded shotgun. no children were born. The case centers on dissolution of the marriage.
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Francis L. Warder
Ada Bolyard
Ray Bolyard
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