Recount Gives King Seven Vote Victory In Grafton Mayor Race
After a weekend recount in Grafton West Virginia the incumbent Mayor C O King was declared mayor by a seven vote plurality over Victor C Willhide. Initial results showed Willhide ahead by two votes before ballots were scrutinized and several challenged ballots were rejected in the major race. The council granted Willhide’s counsel a session until Wednesday with an appeal expected.
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C. O. King
Grafton
Willhiae
Willhide
Mayor King
Victor C. Willhide
C. C. King
King
W. P. Sampies
Grafton Men 10 Leave For Navy Induction
A large group of Inductees is slated to report Wednesday March 29 to fill a navy quota. The Selective Service Board withheld exact numbers but confirms a sizable preinduction group from Clarksburg area since January 24. Most are from the March 8 preinduction batch. No final Army calls are expected this month, with a large induction likely in early April and another major preinduction call planned for early next month.
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Selective Service Board
Clarksburg
Two More Rescues After Mine Explosions Endanger Workers
Explosions in a six month old mine trapped workers as methane gas pockets ignited. Rescue crews were called and seals placed, actions believed to have saved lives during the second and third blasts.
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Coversness
Tom Hare
Redyard
Explosion casualties described as married men per Mogue
Mogue stated that most casualties in the first blast were married men. The remark emphasizes a demographic pattern in the early incident, highlighting the affected group among those harmed in the initial explosion.
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Mogue
Churchill speech previews allied victory tactics and war aims
In a Europe focused address he warned of feints and false alarms before a coordinated Allied onslaught. He hailed American air power and the expanded RAF working together for future gains. In the Pacific he saw possible faster progress as Japan shows weakness under hammer blows from the US Navy. He praised Stalin for turning back German invasion, claimed Soviet advances push Hitler toward downfall in the Balkans, and noted Italy’s campaign is slower than hoped but promising.
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Europe
Britain
RAF
Pacific
United States Navy
Russia
Stalin
Balkans
Churchill
Hitler
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Italy
OPA Abolishes Expiration Dates on Red and Blue Stamps
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will remove expiration dates from red and blue food ration stamps. The change aligns with policy on shoes and sugar to prevent rushes before expiry and curb token hoarding that drains supplies of the new plastic ration currency. Formal order expected this afternoon with regional offices notified to pause announcements.
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OPA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPAS
Missing in action and transfers in wartime notes
Missing in action Pfc. Delmas C. Curry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Curry, formerly of Route 4, now Fairmont, is reported missing in the Mediterranean theater. Brothers Cpl. Glenn C. Curry and Cpl. Jack E. Curry are stationed in England. Transfers include Pvt. Paul Kirkpatrick from Keesler Field to Lowry Field for armament school. Also noted are Washington Navy and Great Lakes recruits, and local families with service connections.
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Pfc
Delmas C. Curry
Wade Curry
Route 4
Fairmont
Acea
Cpl
Glenn C. Curry
U.S. Army Engineers
Jack E. Curry
U.S. Air Corps
England
Pvt
Paul Kirkpatrick
T. T Kirkpatrick
High Street
Keesler Field
Miss
Lowery Field
Derver, Coly
Armament School
Washington
D. C
Wiliam E. Byers
U. S. Navy
Ellis Byers
Barrackville
Nellie Mason
Pruntytown
Byers
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Dorsey Reid
Portsmouth
D. C. Reed
Ona Street
Stamps to Expire as OPA Cuts In Circulation
In Dallas and other cities, housewives turn in stamps and stash tokens as OPA excision looms. Red stamps AB to F8 near May 20 and G8 to J8 on June 18 are set to lose validity, while blue stamps A8 to E8 last only through May 20 and others issued April 1 would have expired June 20.
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Dallas
Tex
OPA
Houses for sale in multiple streets with prices
Real estate brief lists eight room and seven room homes with baths pantries and outbuildings. Properties on East Wilford Lincoln and West Graf ton streets priced from 1 600 to 3 000 with terms available. Listings include W Washington W Boyd and First Street locations with two lots or three lots and garages.
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East
Wilford St
Lincoln St
Brothers in arms stay together in Pacific fighting
Two Grafton brothers Olivier F. Messenger and Lawrence E. Messenger, both Marines, have served side by side since enlisting November 24, 1942. They trained together in Charleston and Paris Island, fought in the Marshall Islands, and remain inseparable as they move from New River to Camp Pendleton and overseas.
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Pacific
Marine Corp
Grafton
Marshall Island
Charleston
West Virginia
Olivier F. Messenger
Lawrence E
C. V. Messenger
We. Francis Street
Parris Island
South Carolina
Marine Bas
New River
North Carolina
Olmer
Lawrence
Camp Pendleton
California
Brother O'mer
Brother of B. W. Fortney Passes Away Yesterday
Morgantown obit notes John Fortney 66 longtime Morgantown post master since 1937 died at home after a four day illness. Survived by widow and brother B. W. Fortney of Grafton. Also mentions the diving bell inventor Dr Edmund Hulley of England in 1717.
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B. W. Fortney
Morgantown
John Fortney
Grafton
Edmund Hulley
England
Elks Induction Event Plans Amid War Fat Donation Drive
Exalted Ruler Ellis Paul Malone announced a special induction ceremony to be held at the lodge home tomorrow night, climaxed by a buffet luncheon. New officers installation is set for April. Grease drives urge patriotic residents to donate fat in metal containers for war munitions, with local receive points listed. Four-H Club members note 11 million chickens raised in 1943 and a historical note on women’s side saddles first used in England in 1388.
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B. P
Ellis
Paul Malone
Alice
Earl W. Slayton
I/l Corps
Slayton
The
Defense Council
Leonard's Grocery
England
Queen Anne
ODT Releases New Bus for Taylor County Board of Education
The Office of Defense Transportation approved three chassis and one body for use by Taylor County Board of Education in Grafton West Virginia to transport school children. The release follows a recommendation by the West Virginia Department of Education amid a tire and bus parts shortage and gasoline scarcity due to war demands.
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Defense Transportation
Taylav County
Board of Education
Taylor County
Grafton
West Virginia
Department of Education
Paul W. Keely
Motor Transport Division
Pittsburgh
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