Former Grafton Couple Killed In Auto Crash
Two former Grafton residents, John L. Mason 73 and Effie Hugill Mason 68, died in an automobile crash on route 50 west of Indianapolis. Surviving relatives in Graf ton include Luther Hugill Edwin Hugill and Dorsey Mason. The couple had lived in Grafton since 1897 and Mason worked as a carpenter before moving to cabinet work in Indianapolis. Funeral plans in Indianapolis were announced.
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Grafton
Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Mason
Effie Hugill Mason
Luther Mason
Grace Locke
Bessie Hoffman
Edna Lee
Ruth Locke
Inianapolis
Fruitdale Avenue
Mason
13 Dogs Slain and a Mad Dog Trapped Under Porch
Police report a total of 13 dogs killed at noon today and a 14th presumed mad dog trapped beneath Wesley Beaner's residence at 315 Barrett street. Rail workers noted the roaming animal before it hid under the house. Rabies serum is given to ten bite victims from last Tuesday. A countywide dog at large quarantine was issued last week with orders to shoot strays to ensure full effectiveness.
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Wesley Beaner
Barrett Street
A. E. Lockard
West Virginia Elks officials to visit Grafton lodge
President M. K. Hearne and Secretary John Maynor of Charleston along with District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Stewart McReynolds of Clarksburg will be distinguished visitors at tomorrow night’s session of Grafton lodge No. 308. A special program is planned in the lodge room followed by a social session in the grillroom, with a full turnout urged.
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M. K. Hearne
John Maynor
West Virginia Elks Association
Charleston
Stewart McReynolds
Clarksburg
Grafton
Two Crashes Reported In City Over Weekend
Two automobile accidents, neither injuring anyone, were reported by city police over the weekend. One crash at East Main and Lincoln streets tied up traffic for about 1 hour 40 minutes. Vehicles driven by B P Howard and Donald Chester sustained damage estimated at 150 to 200 dollars and about 50 dollars respectively. The second crash Sunday at Route 50 and Love avenue involved James A Lockard of North Lima Ohio and H P Queen of Blueville motor sales. Queen's damage about 80 dollars and Lockard's a dented fender. Both drivers were deemed at fault for the first collision. neither had chains on Sunday.
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Lincoln
B. P. Howard
Montgomery-Ward
Morgantown
Donald Chester
Grafton
Lincoln Streets
Blueville
Bridge Street
Howard
Chester
Henry Chester
Donald
James A. Lockard
North
Lima
Ohio
A. ¥. Lockard
H. P. Queen
Blueville Motor Sales Agency
Route 50
Love Avenue
Lockard
Rare disease fatality in Gainer at 39
Martha Jolliffe Gainer, 39, died early Sunday at her parents home 569 Maple Avenue after a three month illness. She suffered rheumatic fever then subacute bacterial endocarditis. She taught home economics at Aurora High School before illness, and is survived by three children Katherine Ann 12 Robert 11 Martha Allen 8, and her parents. Funeral 10:30 tomorrow at Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev. Durward B. Brown officiating. Interment I O F cemetery Belington. Pallbearers: Torlock Rasmussen Walter Chrislip W Merle Watkins Arley Leonard Paul Ware Curtis Lambert.
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Martha Jolliffe Gainer
Joseph A. Jolliffe
Maple Avenue
Gainer
Marion County
Rose McMullin
Golden Lady
American Medical Association
Grafton
L. Robert Gainer
Belington
Barbour County
Durward B. Brown
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
G. T. Barrett
Torlock Rasmussen
Walter Chrislip
W. Merle Watkins
Arley Leonard
Paul Ware
Curtis Lambert
Bo Philippi
Petersburg Man Held To Coming Grand Jury
Victor Rexroad of Petersburg was bound over to the next grand jury after waiving a preliminary examination. He is charged with refusing to give his name and address after a collision on U S Route 50 east of the city. A Kentucky woman operated the third car in the wreck months ago.
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Victor Rexroad
Petersburg
Justice of the Peace
George L. Golliffe
Kentucky
Local Youth Completes Naval Training Course
Samuel Edwin McGinnis finished naval training at the Naval Training Station in Norfolk Virginia and took five days leave to visit his grandmother Mrs Lucy Ema Deets. Before graduation he was chosen for further training at the Naval Diesel Engine School in New York.
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Samuel Edwin McGinnis
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Lucy Ema Deets
McGinnis
Naval Diesel Engine School
New
Training move for London. Conn seaman to diesel course
London Conn once more returns to the training station today then will be sent to New London for a seven month diesel engine course. The syllabus includes diesel engines pumps gasoline engines compasses piloting storage batteries and seamanship. Upon graduation he will be advanced in rating and assigned to a submarine of the fleet.
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London
Conn
Wnce
New London
Death Claims Elderly Lady in Lost Run Area
Mrs. Lucie Shriver Brown 69, of Lost Run near McGee, died at 5 35 PM after two months of pneumonia and complications. Born July 30 1871 in Taylor County, she leaves husband Albert M. Brown and four children EB. R. Brown Chicago Lester W. Brown Susie Shuttersworth Grafton Jennings Brown Bristol, a brother 5 S Shriver Grafton route 5 and two sisters Mrs Mary Wiseman and Mrs Sarah Lanson of Muncie Ind. She belonged to Rose Hill Methodist church. Last rites 2 30 PM Wednesday Harmony Grove Baptist Church with Rev Henry Loving. Burial Harmony Grove church under G T Bartlett. Body to be taken to Charles Morgan's residence on the H H Holt farm on Lost Run this afternoon and place in state there until funeral hour.
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Lucie Shriver Brown
Lost Run
McGee
Taylor County
Daniel Shriver
Martha Day Shriver
Pioneer County
Albert M. Brown
EB. R. Brown
Chicago
Lester W. Brown
Susie Shuttersworth
Grafton
Jennings Brown
Bristol
5.S. Shriver
Mary Wiseman
Sarah Lanson
Muncie
Ind
Brown
Rose’ Hill
Shafferman Graduates From Strayer College Washington
Miss Virginia Shafferman formerly of Grafton received the secretarial diploma at Strayer College commencement in Washington D C. Richard S Claire a former Strayer teacher now Harvard accounting professor addressed 104 graduates and their friends urging self faith likening it to Churchill and the British people.
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Virginia Shafferman
Grafton
Strayler College
Washington, D.C
Strayer
Richard S. Claire
Harvard University
Churchill
Mine Workers Ask for Higher Wage Amid Steel Confrontation
Pittsburgh march 10 CIO President Philip Murray directed SWOC regional directors to arrange wage talks with Big Steel for a new UMW wage agreement covering about 450000 miners in soft coal fields. Talks target a new contract as current pact expires April 1 with calls for a 10 cent an hour raise and a 30 hour week.
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Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
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Murray
UMW
New York
Cio-Umw
West Virginia
U.S. Steel Corporation
CIO
Navy Recruiter Here Two Days This Month
Chief Boatswain's Mate George Dent, recruiter from the Navy station in Clarksburg, will interview applicants at the post office building on March 11 and 25. He said many vacancies exist for ages 17 to 31 of sound physique and good character, with unlimited quotas and enlistment after exams in about ten days.
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George Dent
U. S. Navy
Navy
Clarksburg
Dent
Naval Service
Hearst Paper Joins AP as Eagle Leaves Cooperative
New York March 10 Hearst newspapers the New York Journal and American joined the Associated Press while the Brooklyn Daily Eagle relinquished its AP membership. The Journal and American enrollment marks a consolidation in cooperative news gathering with Hearst interests expanding AP ties. The Eagle, published by Frank D. Schorth, exits the cooperative amid the reshuffle.
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Tion
New York Evening Journal
New York Morning American
The
American
Associated Press
Daily Mirror
New York
New York Journal and American
William Randolph Hearst, Jr
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Frank D. Schorth
Cooperative Newsgathering Organization
London Bombing Runs Mark Heaviest Since December
Sirens wailed over London as Nazi raiders launched a midmorning attack after a weekend of heavy air raids. The all clear followed in half an hour with no reported damage or casualties. A night of three alarms stretched from dusk to after midnight, while sections of the south coast and Liverpool felt the blast of raids. A cabaret roof was hit, killing cafe owner Martin Poulsen and Duke of Windsor? usual patron Ken Johnson and members of his cafe orchestra.
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London
Strait of Dover
Scotland
Wales
Liverpool
Night Club
Martin Poulsen
Cafe de Paris
Duke of Winsor
Prince of Wales
Ken Johnson
Cafe Orchestra
Hull Studies Continues From Page One
Secretary Hull before and since the armistice made diplomatic inquiries of the French. The report notes ongoing questions about Allied actions and French cooperation in postwar diplomacy.
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Hull
Roosevelts plan blamed for dragging U S into war
A senate edito rial attack on a proposed bill claims it would extend the conflict and force the United States into an adventure it does not seek. It argues arms reach England only if supplies arrive, while Axis counter blocks intensify. Gayda repeats Italy’s claim that the Axis never menaced America and calls charges a fable.
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United States
England
Gayda
American
America
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