War veteran Kilgore chosen to give address at Memorial Day
U S Senator Harley M Kilgore of Beckley has accepted an invitation to deliver the annual Memorial Day address at the U S National cemetery in Grafton on Friday May 30 The program committee chaired by E G Kuhn announced Kilgores first visit to Grafton since becoming WVs in the Senate Kilgore a former captain in World War I and former judge advocate general is an attorney and former Raleigh County criminal court judge His address is set for 1045 am after the Memorial Day parade and will be broadcast along with the cemetery ceremonies The parade will start promptly at 9 am and last about 1 hour 15 minutes with plans for more musical units this year as Grafton observes its red letter day
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U. 8
Harley M. Kilgore
Beckley
U. 8. National Cemetery
E. Guy Kuhn
Kuhn
Col. Kilgore
Grafton
Army
United States Senate
Kilgore
West Virginia National Guard
Senate
Washington
Raleigh County
Walnut Street
General Committee
Legion
James L. Guth
Tax Payments Plan Proposed By Legislators And Businessmen
Business leaders fear a shock from tax liability and push prepayment ideas for estates and individuals. Dewey estimates the treasury loss at eighty million dollars yearly under current rates due to estate deductions. Rep Sauthoff proposes small tax stamps of one three and five dollars to be sold at post offices and allowed as payments on March 15.
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House
Ways and “Means
Dewey
Treasury
Rep
Sauthoff
Wis
Col Graves Apologizes for Unkind Remarks About Grafton
Col John Temple Graves editor of the Birmingham Age Herald leaves a city to travel in Monongahela Valley and writes a sharp column about Grafton. He reprints a later April 28 piece with a full apology and praise for Grafton residents and their hospitality. He admits his initial impressions were wrong and pledges to avoid temperamental civic attacks.
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Graves
Our City
John Temple Graves
Birmingham Age- Herald
Monongahela Valley
Grafton
Col. Graves
New Building Planned for Woag Course at Grafton High
The Grafton Senior High will start a vocational agriculture department next term under Supt. E. Guy Kuhn. A one story 30 by 10 foot building will house shop classrooms and a blacksmith for farm machinery repair with WPA funding of 5 000 to 6 000 dollars and about 1 500 dollars from Taylor County Board of Education. Enrollment limited to rural students with two initial classes and a 12 month staff. curriculum awaits finalization and an early vo ag teacher appointment is expected.
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Grafton
Guy Kuhn
Taylor
George Deen
Loag
Supt. Kuhn
Works Projects Administration
Taylor County Board of Education
Kuhn
Schol
Vo-Ag
Flemington High School
Fourteen Students On School's Honor Roll
Fourteen St Augustine High School students earn the A honor roll for the six week period. Rev Father M J Hannon distributed report cards to students in both the high school and grade departments. List includes Rita Ann Barlow Frank Gerkin Ruth Lowther Betty Patterson Alice Reed Martin Foley Jo Clare Lalley Rita Hussion Charles Kelly Mary Ann Miller James Rauscher Bernadine Dorsey Martin Hussion and James Stephens. May 13 meeting noted for chamber planning of utility pole removal and underground wiring. No officers will be chosen before the May 13 gathering as membership drives continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine High School
M. J. Hannon
Rita Ann Barlow
Frank Gerkin
Ruth Lowther
Betty Patterson
Alice Reed
Martin Foley
Jo Clare Lalley
Rita Hussion
Charles Kelly
Mary Ann Miller
James Rauscher
Bernadine Dorsey
Martin Hussion
James Stephens
Plan Junior C. of C. Here in Grafton
Preliminary plans for a Junior Chamber of Commerce in Grafton were discussed by about 15 young business and professional men in the county courtroom. Hubert Parrish served as temporary chairman as the group adjourned after planning to launch a membership campaign at once and affiliate with state and national associations.
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Chamber of Commerce
Grafton
Hubert Parrish
Replacements Ordered to Report for Induction in Clarksburg
Taylor county replacements who were not inducted last week received formal orders to report at 3 p m Monday May 12 to the local selective service board office in the Professional building. They will proceed to Huntington for Army induction the next day. The three volunteers named are Mearl Willis McDaniel Earl Roscoe Gobel and Harry Stewart Roush.
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Taylor County
Clarksburg
Selective Service Board
Huntington
Army
Mearl Willis McDaniel
Earl Roscoe Gobel
Harry Stewart Roush
Condemnation Action Settled In Local Court
In Taylor county circuit court Judge Herbert W. Dent dismissed a condemnation proceeding by the State Road commission against Ruth Sinclair, Robert Sinclair, and Russie Sinclair. The defendants agreed to accept a $750 offer for two small parcels in Fetterman district, 0.074 and 0.083 acres, for Tolh building purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Ruth Sinclair
Robert Sinclair
Russie
Sinclair
Taylor County
Herbert W. Dent
Fetterman
Firemen Respond To Chimney Blaze At Front Street Home
Firemen were summoned for the second time in April at 2 o'clock yesterday to quell a chimney fire at H. C. Moore's residence 148 Front Street. The blaze started when housecleaning refuse was burned in a stove, but prompt action by the department prevented any monetary loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Moore
Front Street
L. H. Greenwald
Local Essay Winners Prize Named in Elks Contest
John Shields of St Augustine High wins 10 first prize for What Uncle Sam Means to Me in a national Elks contest. Miss Rose Isabella of Flemington High takes 5 and Betty Patterson of a parochial school wins 2.5. Moran praises essays and notes local entries. state contest offers 10 and 5 prizes, with national 1000. Parade to end festival features motorcycle police and Huntington Symphony at Marshall College.
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John Shields
St. Augustine High School
Uncle Sam
Grafton Lodge No. 308
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Rose Isabella
Flemington High School
Betty Patterson
Thomas J. Moran
Elks Contest Committee
W. Merle Watkins
O. Jay Fleming
E M. Tomlinson
Mr. Watkins
West Virginia Elks Association
Elks Defense
New York
Moran
Lodge
Weir High” School
Weirton
Huntington Symphony Orchestra
Marshall College Auditorium
Italian Forces Occupy Cephalonia Zante and Can Maura
Rome reports Italian parachutists have seized Cephalonia and Zante and Can Maura in the Ionian area. The high command says fascist land forces hold the islands off the Greek west coast. Italian torpedo boats also attacked a Mediterranean convoy, torpedoing a cruiser and a large destroyer.
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Rome
Cephalonia
Zante
Can Maura
High Command
Mediterranean
Demurrer to Writ Entered in Prohibition Case
Miss Lee Murphy, a B and O clerk, seeks a writ of prohibition to halt Grafton Loan Service from enforcing a $188 judgment. Taylor County judge Dent took the demurrer under advisement. The court Record notes alleged illegality, improper service, and disputed interest. The defense argues validity, jurisdiction, and that errors were released by confession of judgment.
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Atorney J. Guy Allender
A. B. Knabenshue
Hlds
Knabenshue
Latrobe Street
High School Group In Office This Morning
In Charleston on May 1 a new student administration took over state offices for a brief period as part of boys and girls week. Governors Donald Wick of Stonewall Jackson High and Jane Barksdale of Charleston High held the governor’s offices while Charleston High student body president Harold Schoener acted as mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Donald Wick
Stonewall Jackson High School
Jane Barksdale
Charleston High
M. M. Neely
Harold Schoener
State High Bands Hold Contest In Huntington
Huntington hosts the sixth annual West Virginia high school band festival with more than 50 bands scheduled to arrive. Early participants include members of Hinton and Bluefield outfits as four members already attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
West Virginia
Hinton and
Bluefield Oufits
Shelling Resumes on Dover Area by Big Guns
German long range guns on the French coast renewed the bombardment of the Dover area for seven hours. Two salvoes of four shells each crossed the Dover strait shortly after 6 p m as German fire continued despite limited visibility. British sources fear a possible invasion attempt on the Nazi timetable as the district trembled from each explosion.
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English
Dover
Dover Strait
Channel
DREAMS LEAD N J WOMAN TO MINE IN MOJAVE DESERT
Grace Finley, a former New Jersey telephone operator now living 37 miles northwest of Barstow, California, digs a desert ore vein and earns about 19 dollars weekly. Her incline shaft reaches 37 feet. she weighs 102 pounds on starting, now 158, and she spends spare time crocheting, knitting, and writing poems.
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Hollywood
New Jersey
Grace Finley
Mojave Desert
Barstow
Calif
Miss Finley
Finley
Ith
Jand
Plea to Stop Strikes At Defense Industries
Washington May 1 A resolution from the United States Chamber of Commerce resolutions committee urged a moratorium on strikes in defense industries through patriotic labor and industrial leaders. It condemned threats interrupting defense production as offenses against public safety and called for penalties under the laws. The package also advocated cutting nondefense spending and tax increases timed to the emergency, while noting skepticism about a broad defense tax plan and proposing a mix of revenue measures to lift the burden from middle earners.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Oh “Federal Finance
Ellsworth C. Alford
Chamber
Finance Committee
Treasury
Governor Much Better But Remains At Home
FAIRMONT May 1. Mrs. M. M. Neely says the governor shows much improvement today but has not indicated when he can return to duties at the capital. Mrs. Neal plans to return.
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Fairmont
M. M. Neely
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Pinky Tomlin
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Andy Devine
Weaver Bros
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Roy Rogers
Arkansas
Shirley Temple
Ourself
W. Va
Oursel
Smoky
Tygart River
Monongahela River
Ohio
Grafton National
George Porterfield
Valley
Birmingham
America
Hitler
Grafton Drug and Chemical Co
Malone
Grafton Loan Service
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Cash Feed Store
Latrobe St
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