Taylor County Farmers Face Labor Shortage Threat
Taylor County Agriculture Agent Lloyd M. Reid warns of a grave shortage of farm labor for July harvests as young men leave for war plants and Army service. Oats wheat hay and alfalfa crops are endangered. Farm Bureau and United States Employment Service efforts struggle to fill the gap. WPA workers are being urged to help as membership declines from 175 previous years to 107 paid memberships. no firm successor named for the missing regular staff.
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Taylor County
Lloyd M. Reid
Farm Bureau
United States
WPA
Air Raid Siren Test Scheduled For Next Tuesday
Taylor County Defense Council schedules a horn test at 7 PM next Tuesday. Westinghouse air raid sirens will emit eerie notes for participants and the public to hear as part of the drill.
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Taylor County Defense Council
Westinghouse
Rec program ends in Taylor County WPA cuts
National funding cuts close recreation projects in Taylor and two neighboring counties. Joseph B. Dryfield, district supervisor, announced the shutdown of centers including Lawson Social Center, with about 33 workers affected. Rural projects ended June 15, no reopening planned. Dryfield, newly licensed to preach, plans to enter seminary this fall.
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Works Progress Administration
Taylor County
Joseph B. Dryfield
Lawson
Dryfield
Taylor
Names and serial numbers of men registered in fourth call
Continuation of publication listing names and serial numbers from U526 to U575 with addresses and towns, including Thomas Edwards, Charles Frederick Jewell, John Wesley Brown, James Mosrow Shaw, John Matthew Chaff, Clee W. Withers, Joseph Grosso, Alvin Workman, Okey Walter Hoffman, Walter William Beall, Thomas Jefferson Dillon, Joan Hamilton Glenn, John Griffith, Maura Ellet Lants, William F. Watkins, Charles Lee Poling, Henry Reason Trimble, Richard Gerstell, Robert C. Cook, Zenas Lyle Dean, Andrew B. Nestor, Francis Maywood Martin, Earl Grayson Taylor, George Falls, Robert Ray Slack, Herbert Clyde Grow, James Leroy Edwards, John Morgan, Rowe Russell Knotts, Howard Samuel Shaw, Harry Staley White, Daniel P. Logan, Archer Bayard Stavely, Luther Forest Rogers, Albert Nelson Hardman, George Rendel, Ernest William Bloom, Joseph Adam Cavinsky, Luther Alexander Hawk, Floyd Laben Stoken, Clarence Herbert Nicola, Albert Hance Marshall, Jesse James Caplinger, Charles William Robinson, Harry Daywn Smallwood, Ola Fuller Sterling, Charles Daniel Henry, John Thomas Fletcher, George N. Poe, Henry Clinton Shanholtz.
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The
Sentinel
Thomas Edwards
RFD
J Cily
Charles Frederick Jewell
Bluemont Street
John Wesley Brown
Addison Street
James Mosrow Shaw
City
John
Matthew Chaff
Clee W. Withers
West Railrroad Street
Joseph Grosso
Wendel
John Griffith
Flemington
Maura Ellet Lants
William F. Watkins
Charles Lee Poling
West Boyd Street
Henry Reason Trimble
High Street
Richard Gerstell
Hotel Grafton
Robert C. ,Cook
Zenas Lyle Dean
Kennedy Street
Andrew B. Nesstor
Francis Maywood Martin
Earl Grayson Taylor
Bridgeport
George Falls
Maple Avenue
Robert Ray Slack
Grand Street
Herbert Clyde Grow
Thayer Street
James Leroy Edwards
West Main Street
John Morgan
Rowe Russell Knotts
Howard Samuel Shaw
Harry Staley White
Loveland Addition
Daniel P. Logan
Archer Bayard Stavely
East
Washington Street
Luther Forest
Rogers
East Bluemont Street
Albert Nelson Hardman
George Rendel
Main Street
Ernest William Bloom
Thornton
Joseph Adam Cavinsky
Galloway
Luther Alexander Hawk
Rosemont
Floyd Laben Stoken
Barrett Jstreet
Clarence Herbert Nicola
Haislip Street
Albert Hance Marshall
Jesse James Caplinger
Charles William Robinson
Harry Daywn Smallwood
Rush starts for stamps in July auto tax push
Post office workers race to meet July 1 deadline for the 1942 federal auto use stamps. Over 400 stamps sold in a two hour period last Saturday and sales now exceed 500 with an annual total near 2000. A rubber shortage causes many Taylor county and Grafton motorists to delay renewing. The $2.09 stamp from last year expires. the new issue costs $5.00. Delays will slow post office service and cause longer waits, warns Postmaster James T. Murphy.
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Taylor County
Grafton
James T. Murphy
Local RFD and addresses list from 1900s city project
A dense roster of rural free delivery designations and multiple residents listed by RFD numbers and street addresses. Names include Clowers Orr Rosier Boyd Snoops Haldeman Curry Wood, Lewis Bennett Bennet Goodwin Hovatter Knotts Stripe Nicola Guz zo Popplardo Chester Johnson Knotts Nicola Kinsey Timmer Kinsey.
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Earl
Clowers
Latrobe Street
Walter Allen Orr
Thaymer Elden Rosier
West Boyd Street
William Oliver Boyd
Okey Edwin Snoops
Flemington
Usbi
Arles Floyd Haldeman
Burl Curry
Virginia Avenue
Willie Blain Woodyard
RFD
Williamworth Lewis
Walnut Street
William Frank Bennett
Gail J. Goodwin
Maples Avenue
Alston Gordon Hovatter
Simpson
George Butch
Rosemont
James Edgar Jacobs
James Henry
Henry Lucian Chester
Warder
Clyde Bennington
Virginia Street
Herman Edward Timmer
East Bluemont Street
George Rufus Kinsey
West St. Charles Street
PWO Nabbed For Questioning In Seine Grocery Disorder
Detective Chief Otis Harrison said two Huntington men, aged 29 and 30, were taken into custody for questioning in a Ritter Park holdup. Two girls and escorts were robbed by men posing as constables in an early incident.
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Huntington
Otis Harrison
Ritter Park
Defense Council Movies Planned For This Evening
Graphic scenes of London under bombed conditions will be viewed by members of the Taylor County Defense Council and by the public tonight at the junior high school. The program begins at 8 o'clock and is furnished by the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company under local auspices.
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London
Taylor County Defense Council
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Tay
War era film show on destroying incendiary devices announced
Lor County Defense council announces a film program featuring methods to extinguish incendiary bombs and related wartime technical data. A cordial invitation is extended to all interested attendees.
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Lor County
County Begins Erection Of 57-Foot Steel Flag Pole
Work was underway on a 57 foot steel flag pole beside Taylor county courthouse. Deputy Sheriff W R Matthew estimated installation would finish by early next week. Pole to be anchored four feet deep in concrete and nearly reach adjoining building roof. No flag raising ceremony planned.
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Taylor County Court House
W. R. Matthew
Ohe
Voter Registration Continues in County
County Clerk Ed C. St Clair reports ongoing permanent registration in the county. The registration deadline is July 16 for all voters, with absentee voters required to register by next Tuesday. Those outside their voting districts for the August primary must register by June 30.
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Ed C. St Clair
Dave Newhouse Resigns From State Liquor Store Post
Dave Newhouse, a state liquor store cashier, has resigned and will leave immediately. The notice notes a two week vacation previously granted before his departure.
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Dave Newhouse
Newhouse
Registration padding is no longer possible in West Virginia
Charleston June 26 West Virginia permanent registration will show about 100000 fewer names than 1904 Pitt OBrien assistant secretary of state said counties have sent reports trend could be determined 1910 general election total registration 1109082 vs 1940 census 1066362 over 21. Five rioters face death sentences in Vichy for food riot involvement with one at large and others to prison terms.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Pitt O'Brien
Obrien
Vichy
Paris
Ife
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