Light Taylor County ballots as Dems hold slight edge
Taylor County voters turnout sparse with 10 044 registered 5160 Democrats 4796 Republicans. Sheriff race favors Democrat Max E Rau while Republicans Carder Lawson and others settle finals. Assessor top contenders Bartlett Canfield with Dem Batson as lone Democratic. State race includes two Grafton judges hopefuls with Herbert Dent unopposed locally. Polls close 8 30 p m with results not until after 9 30.
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Taylor County
Max E. Rau
Melvin Newton
Clarence F. Moore
Tom Cather
House of Delegates
Repubicans
Fred H. Carder
Wu- Mam
Chick” Lawson
Walter Wolfe
Ralph W. Bartlett
William Canfield
Demmys
Harry B. Batson
Grafton
Cicuit Court
Judi
Herbert Dent
Sentinel
National party leaders clash over Roosevelt fourth term
In New York Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan declared he expects Roosevelt to run again and seek a fourth term. Indiana Republican chair Halleck countered that Hannegan spoke for Roosevelt, not himself, and noted Dewey’s stance on issues. Bricker won 50 Ohio delegates, Bricker 56 total to 261 for Dewey. Missouri Democrats unitized 92 delegates for a fourth term nomination. Wyoming both parties chose uninstructed delegates for national conventions.
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Reget Garrison
Wayne
New York
Robert E. Hannegan
Roosevelt
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Hannegan
Dewey
Bricker
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Missouri
Wyoming
Dem
J William Kinney Dies After 47 Years With B and O
J William Kinney age 62, telegraph operator for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad here for 47 years, died at 9 40 this morning from a heart condition after hospitalization. A native of Grafton he lived at 105 Grand Street and was a bachelor with ties to Andrew's Methodist Church and several fraternal groups. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 30 p m at Andrew's M E Church with burial in Bluemont Cemetery.
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J. William Kinney
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Grand Street
Israel Kinny
Elen Duran Kinney
Rose Devers
Washington Street
Tice
City Hospital
Andrew's Methodist Church
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Campaign pledges and party delegate actions described
The text notes that crats adopted a resolution pledging support to Mr. Roosevelt if he runs, Democrats elected 16 delegates, Republicans named 1, and a motion pledging Dewey was rejected. It also mentions newly found quartz crystals suitable for electrical instruments in Columbia with unknown extent.
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Crats
Mr. Roosevelt
Dewey
Columbia
Australian Soldier Gurd Among Diggers in Southwest Pacific
Uniformed technical sergeant Clifton W. Gurd, son of Mrs. Forest M. Deakins of 111 East Washington, serves at a Fifth Air Force Service Command forward base in the Southwest Pacific. He is the chief clerk of a coordinating unit and wears medals for Good Conduct, American Defense, Asiatic-Pacific with two stars, plus a unit citation from New Guinea battles. A Grafton high school graduate who enlisted in 1939, Gurd belongs to Lodge 63 of the Loyal Order of Moose and is a charter member of Sons of the American Legion Post 12. His late father Clifton B. Gurd was a World War I first lieutenant.
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Clifton W. Gurd
Forest M. Deakins
East Washington Street
Southwest Pacific
Sgt. Gurd
Fifth Air Force Service Command
New Guinea
Grafton High School
Sgt
Gurd
Army
Lodge 63 of the Loyal Order of Moose
Sons of the American Legion
Clifton 8. Gurd
Bombing Raid Sweeps Vast New Guinea Front
Allied bomber forces struck Wakde and Sarmi areas in New Guinea blasting Sawar airfield and Maffin Bay plantations with 295 tons of explosives. The sweep extended to Aroe Is and Kaimana with coastal fires, reaching as far as Rabaul, while attacks on Woleai and Truk pursued the Caroline islands. MacArthur reported 28 American dead, 95 wounded or injured, and Cape Hoskins secured by American Marines after a prior occupation.
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Jin Point
Wakde Island
Sarmi
Hollandia
Sawar
Maffin Bay
Triange
Aroe Is
Kaimana
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Caroline Islands
Carolines
Truk
Woleai Island
MacArthur
Cape Hoskins
Thcre
Amazon Basin
Transferred Aviation Student Donley Graduates Then Transferred
Willard B. Donley recently graduated from aviation training in Emporia Kansas and has been transferred to the Army Air Base at Santa Ana California. He is the son of Lieut and Mrs Ben F Donley former Graf ton residents. Captain Edmond M Jacobs promoted. son of Mr and Mrs Alvey Jacobs Walnut street from first lieutenant to captain in the U S Army Air Forces. Jacobs entered service October 1939 and served with the Eighth Air Force in England for the past eighteen months. Ruth Alexander West Boyd street learns her husband Pvt Paul Alexander arrived safely somewhere in England. he joined the army in October 1943. At Fort Bragg NC set Charles W McDaniel son of F R and Mrs F R McDaniel Knotts ville transferred from Lincoln Nebraska to Fort Bragg NC. McDaniel is an instructor of mechanics in the Air Corps.
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Willard B. Donley
Aviation
Emporia
Kansas
Army Air Base
Santa Anna
California
Ben F. Donley
Grafton
Alvey Jacobs
Walnut Street
Edmond M. Jacobs
Leutenant
U. S. Army Air Forces
Jacobs
Eighth Air Force
England
Ruth Alexander
West Boyd Street
Pvt
Paul Alexander
Fort Bragg
N. C
Charles W. McDaniel
F. R. McDaniel
Knottsville
Lincoln, Neb
McDaniel
British destroyer hits Nazi Arctic convoy near Norway
British planes destroyed a nine-ship Nazi convoy off Norway's coast and set fire to an 8,900 ton merchant vessel near Bodø as fighting through a blizzard continued north of Trondheim. Four cargo ships were sunk and one escort ship destroyed, with several others burned by incendiaries.
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Norway
Trondheim
Teenavey
Shine
Your Bus Line Services Reported Incomplete Text
A fragmentary OCR item mentions Your Bus Line and Grafton Transportation Co with unclear timing and numbers. The readable portion lacks coherent event details, participants, or outcomes to form a full news card.
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Grafton Transportation CO
Demmys and AFL conflict over UMW reaffiliation
The article details John L. Lewis accusing AFL leaders of bowing to New Deal politics to block United Mine Workers reaffiliation. Lewis demands the return of a $60,900 deposit and criticizes executive council fear and jurisdiction debates. Green says the check will be returned while seeking further talks. References to WLB, Roosevelt, and 1940 politics are noted.
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Demmys
John L. Lewis
AFL
UMW
Lewis
Green
Roosevelt
Swis
Roose
Democratic Party
Wendell L. Willkie
AFL Executive Council
Executive Council
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
New Deal
Nnts
Philadelphia
War Lavor Board
WLB
Seabees’ DUKW amphibians chart invasion waters
J H Prickett of CMK recalls GMC amphibious Ducks used by the Navy in Europe. They navigated sand bars and shoals to chart invasion waters and aided LST landings at Salerno. In Africa sonic depth devices were installed on Ducks for charting missions. Ducks aided Sicily invasion waters under ten foot seas and supported shore landings despite heavy fire.
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J. H. Prickett
CMK
Navy
Fighting Seabees
GMC
Africa
Salerno
Seabee
Prickett
Seabee Prickett
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Wheeling
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