West Virginia Draft Quotas Outline April Inductions
Charleston reports a total of 3381 West Virginia draftees to be inducted in April raising the cumulative call to 5391. White quotas by county listed, with Barbour at 43 and Kanawha counties showing high figures. The local board released voluntary induction names from class 1 A including Kelso Sapp and McCue among others in Grafton and nearby towns.
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Charleston
Mar
C. C. Pierce
Selective Service
West Virginia
West
Fayette
Gilmer
Grant
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hancock
Hardy
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Kanawha
Lewis
Lincoln
Logan
Marion
Marshall
Marshvall
Mason
Mercer
Mineral
Mingo
Monongalia
Monroe
Morgan
McDowell
Nicholas
Ohio
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Preston
Putnam
Raleigh
Randolph
Ritchie
Roane
Summers
Taylor
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Wayne
Webster
Wetzel
Wirt
Wood
Wyoming
Memorial List and Names of Volunteers in 1-A Class
A printed roster lists Palnsack Route 1 Flemington Edward Moore and Dana Mick of Simpson among others in 1-A, with numerous names tied to Grafton and Bridgeport. It includes a memorial note for Alph Shaw, died March 12, 1940, with a tribute from Mrs Martha Shaw.
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Grafton
Robert James
Knight
Howard Harold Dixon
Charles Edward , Cain
Simpson
James Emery Poe
Electrolux's Silent Principle Gas Refrigerators Grow Reach
A mid century note observes rapid growth in Electrolux gas refrigerators, noting a rise from 150,000 in use to about 1.5 million as more units come online. The comment references a shift in consumer adoption and industry pace.
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Electrolux
Two Juveniles Confess Looting Cars In Grafton
Two boys aged 14 and 12 admitted looting cars and stealing a trumpet worth 125 dollars after returning the horn to its owner Paul Shahan, a Grafton High senior, who reported the theft and reward. One boy, 14, was on parole from Pruntytown state school and was returned there. the other, 12, faces juvenile court his week. They implicated Matthias Bannerman, 31, a plumber’s helper, in concealing the trumpet at his Washington and Bridge streets residence before leaving town.
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Paul Shahan
Shahan
Grafton High School
Boyd Street
Boys Industrial School
Pruntytown
Herbert W. Dent
A. E. Lockard
Matthias T. Bannerman
Washington and
Bridge Streets
Bannerman
Lockard
Cleveland
Ohio
Grafton
Banquet planned for Griffith world champion scorer
Wellsburg Elks lodge will host a banquet Monday at 6 30 p m honoring Kenneth Griffith world basketball scoring champion. Kenneth, a Wellsburg native and Wellsburg High graduate, will be toasted by Alderson Broaddus coach Rex Pyles and other prominent sports figures. About 200 guests expected.
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Philippi
Alderson-Broaddus College
Wellsburg Lodge of Elks
Lodge Hall
Kenneth Griffith
Griffith
Wellsburg
Wellsburg High School
Berea
Methodist Church
Youngster Struck by Car Escapes Injury
Seven year old James Poling of Latrobe street was knocked to the pavement on West Main near Pure Oil at 12 45 yesterday afternoon. Mary E Powell of 316 Yates avenue drove the car that struck him. He escaped serious injury though two injuries were found after a physical exam at his school by Dr Paul P Warden.
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James Poling
Latrobe Street
West Main Street
Mary E. Powell
Yates Avenue
Paul P. Warden
Potter Position Open With U S Civil Service
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a vacancy for principal ceramic worker with the Bureau of Mines in Norris Tennessee. Salary 2300 dollars yearly with retirement deduction. Applications due by April 7 1941. Requires four year apprenticeship or equivalent experience plus two years as journeyman or master potter. Duties involve testing ceramic raw materials.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Mines
Norris
Tennessee
Commission
Washington
Peace sought at city hall conference disputed by union head
Vopunue said he could not settle an argument with one side only and hoped both sides would attend. Mr Ritchie and Mr Wright, counsel for the companies, were present, but the other side did not appear. Michael J. Quill, international head of the Transport Workers union CIO, said no request from the mayor to attend a conference had been received.
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Ritchie
Wright
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
CIO
Rabies Vaccine To Be Given To County Dogs
Dr. D. D. Bodenhamer acredited veterinarian of Elkins will vaccinate dogs with a single injec tion rabies shot granting one year immunity. He will be at Standard garage West Grafton Friday and Saturday March 14 and 15 and at Blueville Fetterman and Pruntytown later. Owners bring pets for vaccination and receive certificates and metal collar tags.
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D. D. Bodenhamer
Elkins
West Grafton
Blueville
Fetterman
Pruntytown
Obituary: William J. Blake of Flemington Dies at 20
William Jenkins Blake aged 20, born December 18 1920, died at his parents home in Flemington at 6 20 this morning after complications from infantile paralysis. He is survived by parents Harry M. and Louvernia Blake and sisters Bonnie and Lucille Blake. Funeral at 2 pm Thursday at the Flemington home with Rev Oakey Wilson Grow officiating, interment Friday in Orlando Lewis County under G T Bartlett. Body to lie in state at home until service.
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William Jenkins Blake
Flemington
Harry M. Blake
Louvernia Blake
Bonnie Blake
Lucille Blake
Feme
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Valley Creamery Wins State Contract For Butter
The Valley Creamery of Sisters ville West Virginia owned by Bowser Sales and Trading Corporation has been awarded a six months contract to furnish butter to all state institutions including colleges hospitals sanitariums and prisons. The contract calls for a standard grade 90 score and a substantial premium over market. This marks the second six months contract for total state requirements awarded to Bowser after previously supplying partial needs and highlights West Virginia's first state creamery supplying state institutions previously served by out of state manufacturers. 80 to 90 percent of the cream used is produced on West Virginia farms and processed at a local creamery providing employment.
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Valley Creamery
Sistersville
West Virginia
Bowser Sales and Trading Corporation
Bowser Company
West
Carloadings Rise on B and O Lines This Week
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad handled 67,116 freight cars in the week ended March 8. Of these, 37,307 were loaded online and 19,809 were from connections, up 13,071 cars from the prior year’s 54,046 total. The previous week’s figures are noted but not completed in the fragment.
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Baltimore and Ohio. Railroad
Weekly coal totals show year to year shift on Line and connections
For the week ended March 1 this year total 58782 with 38633 cars on line and 20149 from connections. In 1930 the week total 63623, comprising 41591 cars on line and 22032 from connections.
Mine Contract Shows Formidable Demands From UMWA
Eight state Appalachian bituminous operators said the union's new objectives are formidable and will face counter proposals tomorrow. President John L. Lewis said the wage increase demand is not excessive and signals firm bargaining.
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UMWA
John L. Lewis
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Barbour
Caledon
James Russell Kelso
William Phillips
Joseph Henry McCue
Howard Edwin Robinson
Charles Haywood Sapp
Hubert Leonora Fowler
Elvin Everett Carter
Robert Dayne Gray
Manuel Delbert McFarland
Luther Homer Avers
Charles William. Glenn
James Clarence McCauley
Wendel
Andy _Lee
Opera House
Corrigan
King-Terhune
Ralph Byrd
Cairo
Tom Brown
Nan Grey
Margie
SUN
MON
Tues
Gene Autry
Ann Miller
Jimmy Durante
Melody Ranch
Capitol
Orlander Calvin Whitehair
Paul Duty
John Troy Baker
Bridgeport
Johnny — Sylvester Lundy
John Hamilton Cather
Dorsey Emmett Martin
Thornton
Andrew Saltis, Jr
Maynard Ellis Smallwood
Alph Shaw
Martha Shaw
Alabama
Seaboard
Server
Loar Jewelry Store
Pruntytown School
Nellie Godwin
Rosalee Godwin
Dayton Stemple, Jr
Philippi High School
Davis-Elkins College
Louisa Shaw
Anna Zekan
Betty Goss
Virginia Piccolo
Sinaslptec
Grafton Drug & Chemical
Potter
U. S
Board of U.S. Civil Service Examiners
City
Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
Maryland
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Washington, D.C
Arompaar
State Creamery
U. We Miller
Grafton, W. Va
Greece
Bulgaria
Sofia
Plovdiv
Turkey
Europe
Danube River
Kostas Kotzias
Athens
Thrace
Komotine
Germany
Westginia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Kentucky
Land
Crescent Club
Sammy Priest
Martha
Rays Bad
al Jolson
Bowser’s Store
W. Main St
Ws Va
Provo
Arco
Sunkist
Grafton Baking CO. Inc
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