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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1944
Page
6
City council abolishes the volunteer fire department after a squabble and hires ten regular firefighters to form a full department. Calls yesterday showed efficient response. Also notes Hollywood war pictures era and Republic's The Fighting Seabees opening tonight with John Wayne and cast.
In Charleston on May 6 AP reports Virginia motorists eligible for grade 1 tires and others for grade 3 tires have flooded local rationing boards with requests. OPA district officer George W. Jones said with 221092 passenger cars registered, the current tire quota is inadequate for essential drivers. Local boards were told to screen applications to favor those crucial to the war effort and health and safety, granting less essential tires only if quotas permit. Britain is devoting 10 percent of its wartime output to the United Nations pool.
Adam Leonard Cox, 81, a well known Lost Run farmer, died at his home at 5 a.m. after a two week illness from pneumonia. Born July 16, 1862 in Barbour county, he was the son of George M. and Sarah Stemple Cox. Survived by wife Eleanor Helsey and children Bessie Cox, Josie Kines, and Ulysses S. Cox. Funeral services Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Shiloh church, Bartlett funeral home directing. interment in Shiloh cemetery.
Thomas F. Welsh, a prominent county lumber dealer, died at his Clarksburg home this morning at 8 30. Survived by a son and daughter in Grafton including George Welsh and Mrs Francis Addington, with other children Hobart R Paul Claude Wright Blair and Clifford in various cities. Funeral services set for Monday in Clarksburg.
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