Bridge Street Span Closing Ordered for Repairs
Mayor P F Gillispie announced daily closures from 10 a m to 1 or 2 p m for four to five weeks to rebuild the Bridge street span. Steel has arrived and work will proceed in sections, likely taking a month or longer. The closure cuts off South Grafton and Knottsville. fire protection will be provided but access to City hospital and key facilities will be blocked. County court faces pressure to reopen the South Grafton bridge during closures.
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Bridge Street
South Grafton
Parkview
Knottsville
P. F. Gillispie
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
E. H. McDargh
Taylor County
Carr China Company
Tygart
Grafton B
Taylor County Board of Trade
Hugh McPhail
W. A. Beavers
Cart China Company
W. J. Frey
City of
Grafton
Jaco Killed by Yard Engine in Fairmont Roundhouse
Joseph T. Jaco a 35 year old railroad caller employed by the Baltimore and Ohio for 15 years was killed when an engine backed into the roundhouse trapping him beneath the rear of the locomotive about 10 40 Saturday night in Fairmont. He left a widow Patty Ann and a daughter and leaves his parents J Oscar Jaco and Ida E. Bunner Jaco. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Bartlett Funeral Home with interment in Bluemont cemetery.
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Joseph T. Jaco
High Street
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lee Bennett
Charles Burke
Virgil Poe
C. W. Dye
Jaco
Jace
Fairmont
J. Oscar Jaco
Grafton
Ida E. Bunner Jaco
Lulu Hudson Jaco
Patty Ann
Wallace O. Jaco
Frank
Albert Jaco
Clayton Jerome Jaco
Baltimore
Mary Frances Jaco
Mabel Irene Hamilton
Margaret Ellen Jaco
Alderson- Broaddus College
Philippi
First Baptist Church
Railway Clerks’ Union
Joe
Ken Griffith escapes injury in car wreck near Webster
World high scoring basketball holder Ken Griffith 22 and Miss Helen Shaffer 20 survived a two car crash on routes 110-250 two miles south of Webster. Griffith suffered two bruised knees. Shaffer sprained ankle. Driver Newman 16 faced charges for passing on a blind curve after a near head on collision that damaged both cars.
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Kyle Kenneth Griffith
Alderson-Broaddus College
Junior Newman
Meredith
Webster
Griffith
Helen Shaffer
Wellsburg
Newman
Winfred
C. W. Dye
Charles Burke
Young Newman
Justice of the Peace
John Marks
Flemington
Miss Shaffer
Studebaker
Wren Funeral Services Held for William S. Wren
Funeral services for William S. Wren aged 60 who died suddenly in El Paso Texas will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Graw Avenue with Rev E F K Roof of St Pauls Lutheran Church officiating Interment will be at Bluemont Cemetery Grafton lodge 308 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will conduct a memorial service at the funeral home Tuesday evening The body is expected to arrive Tuesday at 516 am on the Baltimore and Ohio
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Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
Gordon L. Withers
First Baptist Church
Bluemont Cemetery
Ed Plum
Hoy G. White, Jr
Guy V. Wolfe
James Duffy
Huston Miles
James Jardine
Harvey Davis
Roy Hudson
High Street
William S.wren
el Paso
Texas
E. F. K. Roof
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Grafton Lodge No. 308
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Baltimore and Ohio
Skilled Workers Strike at Camp Davis Anti Aircraft Center
Skilled workmen at Camp Davis, the Army anti aircraft firing center near Holly Ridge, went on strike. Cor of the state highway patrol estimated 3,000 to 4,000 picketed the reservation entrances where about 15,000 workmen are employed. The camp, valued at 15 million dollars, was due to finish late this month and workers carried signs calling the project unfair to organized labor. No violence or disturbance occurred, officials stated.
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Holly Ridge
N. C
Camp Davis
Wilmington
H. C. Johnson
State Highway Patrol
Johnson
Trooper Randall Enters Jackson's Mill School
State Police trooper G Frank Randall from the Grafton detachment left yesterday for Jackson's Mill to enter the state police training school now in progress. He will remain at the Mill for one week. Local commander Trooper C W Dye recently completed his course.
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G. Frank Randall
Grafton
State Police
Jackson’s Mill
Randall
C. W. Dye
Blood of Golden Lady Sought to Halt Rare Disease
Martha Jolliffe Gainer faces a life threatening streptococcus viridans endocarditis. Doctors plan a transfusion using blood from Rose McMullin, the renowned Golden Lady, hoped to arrive from Chicago to help the patient and possibly save her life.
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Golden Lady
Martha Jolliffe Gainer
Chicago
Jolliffes
Curtis Lambert
Philippi
Myers Hospital
Gainer
Aurora High School
Preston County
Jolliffe
McMullin
Lambert
Katharine Ann
Robert
Martha Ellen
Noble
Lawson Versus Bank Case Order Prepared In Lawson Victory
In Taylor County circuit court Judge H W Dent ordered that W C Lawson cannot collect interest on $600 tendered by First National Bank of Grafton after the state supreme court directed disbursement. The ruling came at a special term with bank counsel told to draft the order as Lawson’s counsel protested potential further appeal.
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Taylor County
W. C. Lawson
State Supreme Court
First National Bank of Grafton
H. W. Dent
Gene W. Ford
Jed W. Robinson
Lawson
Former Local Worker Injured In Baltimore
Charles Custer, a former employee of A. W. Cuppett and Company and Walnut Street merchants, was injured Saturday morning when his car struck a culvert near Baltimore. He was thrown through the windshield and suffered injuries not fully described in available text.
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Baltimore
Charles Custer
A. W. Cuppett and Company
Walnut Street
Baltimore Job Change Leads to Injury at Home
Severe cuts on the face and head were reported for Mr. Custer. His condition, though extremely painful, is not considered serious, and he remains confined to his Baltimore home after leaving Grafton to take a job there.
Three Loiterers Ordered To Leave Town
Three men picked up on West Main street by city police at 11:30 last night were ordered out of town this morning by Mayor P. F. Gillispie in municipal court after spending the night in jail. Names given: William R. Carson 20 Clarksburg John S. Flint 22 Clarksburg Claude Sisler 28 Oakland Md.
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West Main Street
P. F. Gillispie
William R. Carson
Clarksburg
John S. Flint
Claude Sisler
Oakland
Larisa Bombed as Rescue Work Suspended
The Greek ministry of home security said rescue efforts in Larisa were halted during a one hour Italian air raid yesterday on the quake hit town.
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Larisa
Athens
Ministry of Home Security
Eight Run For Mayor In Grafton Primary
Voters prepare for a city primary to nominate eight candidates for mayor and four for commissioner. Polls open at 6 30 a m and close at 6 30 p m with results due by 8 30 p m. Weather threat and the death of Jaco’s son shadow the race.
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Grafton
P. F. Gillispie
Charlies O. King
Ben F. Sayre
J. Oscar Jaco
Charres E. Burke
A. B. Knabenshue
Ray Saffel
George W. White
Joseph B. Bradford
Ray Monroe
D. Clarence Hinkle
John W. Knotts
James E. Reed
Elmer H. Smith
John A. Newcomb
Leo Sayres
Clarence W. Kelley
Liquor Commission
Taylor County Bank
John Madden
Assad
Joseph T. Jaco
City of
Receiver's Court Approval Report by Attorney Friedman
Sixth report of attorney Harry Friedman as general receiver to Judge Herbert W. Dent in Taylor County notes court approval of actions. The document records progress, approvals, and pending items in the receivership and outlines next steps under the court's supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Friedman
Herbert W. Dent
Taylor County
Court awards commissions and medical expenses in guardianship case
At a special term of the circuit court on Saturday the judge allowed $15.19 in commissions. A motion for a new trial in Freda Dalton versus Monzel Kittle was overruled and judgment entered for the defendant. In two summary proceedings, $255 was allowed as necessary medical expenses for two minor wards, to be paid from the principal held for the girls.
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Freda Dalton
Monzel Kittle
Friedman
Freezing Bulgarian Funds In U.S. Advised
The State department urged the Treasury to freeze Bulgarian funds in the United States after German troops entered Bulgaria Secretary Hull announced the move at a press conference and said the Treasury would act swiftly as with Romania in similar cases during the war.
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Washington
Mar
State Department
The
Treasury
United States
Hull
Department
Rumania
Over 100 NYA Cut Off Roll in County
Reduction of the county NYA force from 212 to 100 due to funds shortage was announced by L Thomas county NYA supervisor. The 112 laid off last week will be recalled when additional appropriation arrives. Some projects run on skeleton crews while 50 workers remain on the Towles farm camp building roads near the Tygart valley river awaiting better weather to resume remaining work.
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NYA
L.thomas
National Youth Administration
Thomas
Ralph S. Towles
Tygart Valley
Jackson Agrees To Pay For Care of Children
Non-support charges against Rex Jackson formerly of Grafton now in Baltimore Md were dismissed after a hearing before Justice Ona C Jefferys Jackson agreed to pay $36 monthly for the support of three children aged 10 5 and 3 The payments will be made to Lucille Jackson on the 18th and 30th of each month an agreement reached with Prosecuting Attorney Francis L Warder who represented the state.
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Rex Jackson
Grafton
Baltimore
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferys
Jackson
Lucille
Bfore
Francis L. Warder
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Trooper Randall
Jackson's Mill School
Charles E. Burke
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C. D. King
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Empire Market
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