Kiwanis and Rotarians Honor Grafton Athletes Banquet
Local Rotary and Kiwanis clubs will honor Grafton high school basketball and football squads at the annual athletic banquet in the Grafton high school cafeteria Thursday night May 4 at 6 15. Bud Tesch of Salem as West Virginia HSAA president will be principal speaker. Coach Mickey McDade to introduce players. Public tickets priced at 1.00 on sale at Malone's Union Drug and Turner's.
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Grafton
Rotary
Kiwanis
Grafton High School
C. A
Bud) Tesch
Salem
West Virginia High School Athletic Association
Mickey McDade
T Malone's
Union Drug
Turner's
Invasion Pre‑Dawn Air Roar Over Western France
A report from Freeport, NL describes Liberator bombers striking near Le Mans and Terigny with near total radar silence from flak as Thunderbolt escort fighters attacked Tergnier and Le Mans rail yards. Allied planes claim to hit at least 21 rail targets while German reports cite enemy fighter activity over western Germany.
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John Northridge
Freeport
Pac-De- Calais
Thunderbolt
Tergnier
le Mans
France
Dwight Eisenhower
Lemans
Paris
St. Nazaire
Brest
Germany
Mediterranean
Italy
Atlantic Wall
English Channel
Reich
Britain
Sky
Lyon
Tours
Toulouse
Chambly
Ray Townsend Dies After Gas Ulcer Complications
Ray Townsend of Latrobe street died Sunday night from a perforated gastric ulcer. He reportedly inflicted wrist injuries with a razor amid the pain, and an operation by Dr. Paul Warden failed to save him after emergency hospital treatment.
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Ray Townsend
Latrobe Street
Townsend
Paul Warden
Synthetic rubber progress and prewar demand hit
New York May 2 synthetic rubber tires reach 96 percent of natural tires. Goodyear’s Robert S. Wilson reports 10,000,000 passenger tires made with synthetic material and annual production near 800,000 tons. He sees boundless future for synthetic development despite limited time in large-scale use. The piece also covers Allied air raids and European front aviation activity.
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New York
Robert S. Wilson
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Wilson Snc
Wilson
Clark and Mudae Qualify For National Convention Delegates
Grafton to be honored in the primary elections next Tuesday May 9 with two Republican women running as alternate delegates to the National Convention from the First Congressional District. Nellie L McDade and Josephine F Clark, both longtime GOP activists from Wheeling and New Martinsville, are presented as civic leaders seeking support.
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Grafton
New Martinsville
Wheeling
Nellie L. McDade
Richard C. McDade
Maple Avenue
Josephine F Clark
FE. FP
Gop Circles For A Mimory of Year. Both Mrs. Clark
Meade
Pune
Child Drowns After Falling Through Bridge Near Fairmont
In Fairmont on May 1 Sandra Alberta McCoy aged 20 months fell through a bridge into Hickman's Run near the old Grafton road and drowned. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs J D McCoy.
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Fairmont
Sandra Alberta McCoy
Hickman’s Run
Grafton Road
J. D. McCoy
Lake Lynn non game fishing opens. harbor dispatch notes
A section of Lake Lynn in Monongalia County opens to non game fishing per state conservation director Jack Shipmises. Shinevan evasie lake will be open from Cooper's Reef to Point Mari on Pa until June 24. The note mentions other local items including sports and Hollywood reports.
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West Virginia
Lake Lynn
Monongatia County
Jack Shipmises
Cooper's Reef
Point Marion
Fragmented OCR snippet of theater page listings
The readable lines show play titles such as Birth of a Nation and Way Down East on Blossoms with Hearts of the ... while other parts are cut off. This excerpt preserves only partial titles and does not indicate performance dates or venues.
New Plane Promises Threefold Passengers Over Lockheed Constellation
Aviation writers en route to the annual conference at College Station Texas report a new aeronautics model. The plane will carry three times as many passengers in luxurious accommodations as the Lockheed Constellation, touted as world's largest land plane.
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Aeronautics
Fort Worth
College Sun Tinn
Texas
Home Loss in Bombing In Naples WAC Eloise Lockard Believed Safe
WAC Eloise Lockard and nine others survived a bombing in Naples on Monday night April 24 as a German strike damaged a building housing a WAC unit under Air Force Service Command. None were injured, shelters were used, and Lockard, head clerk for her division, has served over a year overseas since October, first in North Africa then Italy. She is the daughter of A B Lockard of Watson, Marion County, with two brothers in service.
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Eloise Lockard
Naples
WAC
Airforce Service Command
Cpl Lockard
Carr China Company
North Africa
Italy
Young Cpl. Lockard
Grafton
A. B. Lockard
Watson
Marion County
James J.lockard
New Guinea
J and
Dale Lockard
Huntington
Irreconcilable Vague Query About Candidacy Support
The text provided is unclear and fragmented, mentioning an affiertive hoon and legal actions without concrete facts. No definite persons places or organizations are identifiable to summarize into a valid news item.
West Virginia Governor bid from Barboursville candidate
A West Virginia gubernatorial candidate outlines broadcasts on WSA Huntington WCHS Charleston and MHIS Bluefield inviting voter support for a Republican victory. He details a life history from Marshall County to Barboursville High School and lists policy aims including postwar planning education tax restraint and employment programs.
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WSA
Huntington
WCHS
Charleston
Bluefield
Marshall County
Fostoria Glass Factory
Moundsville
11Th Infantry
Metz
Argonne
American Legion
Wayne Post
Gladys Sellards
Wayne
Wayne Lions Club
West
Barboursville High School
West Virginia
Altore
Lshor
Berg de Sehaest Pree
Farm Bureau
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Bud) Tesch of
William H. Canfield
Taylor County
Melvin Newson
Republican
Clarence. F
Moore
China
Burma Road
Clark
Joe
Altenate
Child
Navy ‘Chief
Navy
Frank Knox
James V. Forrestal
Washington
Forrestal
N. Y
International
England General Hospital
Atlantic City
N. J
Robert C. McDonald
Morgantown
Harry Clark
Chicago Bears Yufessimnay
Hall
Civare Woot Lireginia University
Uric Ace
Hollyword
James Clark
Pices B Crane
Feirmen
Wis
Hollywood
World
Butler
Boston
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
W. Merle Watkins
England
John M
Jack) Riffee, Jr
Riffer
West Main Street
Pvt
Riffee
U. S. Army Air Corps
Grafton Senior High School
West Virginia University
John K. Sturm, Jr
Fort Bliss
John Surm
Route 1
C. L. Sampson
Thayer Street
Moose
Circuit Court
Ducks of the Fircuit Court of Barbour
Paylor Comatios
Rexall Resources
Rexall
Awul
Gor
Epsom
Weddin
Riker
Banat
Magnesia
Peete Ee tLe
Cather
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
John Quincy Hutchinson
Beckley
Raleigh County
Supreme Court
Republican County Committee
W. Va
Tical Advertising
Home Improvement Co
Merchant Street
Fairmont, W. Va
Ralph W
Bartlett
William McKinley Garrison
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