City Replaces Bradford as Collector Treasurer in Grafton
West Virginia state officials compelled the Grafton City Council to replace Joseph B. Bradford as city collector and treasurer. Charles H. Payne was named to the new post, Bradford challenged the move, and the ordinance creating the office took immediate effect with Payne set to assume duties at City Hall.
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Bradford
Charles Payne
George Alderson
Grafton City Commission
Joseph B. Bradford
C. O. King
John W. Knotts
Jim
Knotts
King
Peosteg
Charles H. Payne
Grafton
Payne
Council
West Virginia
Department of Finance and Revenue
Mask Status Unsettled by City Council over Patrolman Joe Mask
City council did not resolve Mask status amid dispute over his civil service rights and eligibility. Mayor King requested a new list from the civil service board chairman Potts, omitting Mask. Fraternal Order of Police hired Ward Lanham to represent officers in the dispute. Mask has retained William P. J. Samples to protect his position as new examinations will be ordered as the eligibility list expires.
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Joe Mask
Police Civil Service Commission
Mask
C. O. King
H. L. Potts
Civil Service
Malone
Civil Service Commission
Taylor County Board of Trade and Fraternal Order of Police
Hardman
FOP
William P. J. Samples
Death of John W. Cale at Tunnelton Hospital
John William Cale, 59, of Tunnelton, died Sunday at Grafton City Hospital after a three week illness from heart disease and diabetes. Native of Valley Point, Bruceton Mills area, born February 13, 1883. Survived by widow Jessie and six children, plus one half-brother Lee Cale. Former railroad trackman and member of the trackmen's brotherhood. Funeral at Tunnelton Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Job Jones. burial at Camp Ground Cemetery. arrangements by Arnold Knotts.
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John William Cale
Tunnelton
Grafton City Hospital
Valley Point
Bruceton
Mills
Samuel
Sarah Moore Cale
Jessie
James Cale Albright
Ruth
Rosella
Donald
Betty
Mary Cale
Lee Cale
B. and
Railroad Company
Trackmen's Brotherhood
Tunnelton Methodist Church
Job Jones
Camp Ground Cemetery
Arnold Knotts
Bridge Street Span To Be Closed For Two Hours
The Bridge Street span will close for two hours starting 9 30 a m Wednesday to permit continued work by the B and O engineering department. Mayor C O King announced the plan as traffic will be diverted to the West South Grafton bridge with watchmen at both ends to manage the flow.
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Bridge Street
C. O. King
Grafton
Storage In Tygart Dam Pool Increased By 3000 Acre Feet
The Tygart dam reservoir storage rose by 3000 acre feet in the past week and the pool sits at elevation 1069.7 feet, per the U.S. Engineers Office in Pittsburgh. Natural discharge from the Tygart River drops to about 250 cubic feet per second, with 150 cfs passing through the dam.
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Tygart Dam
U.S. Engineers Office
Pittsburgh
Tygart River
Mother's Day Observed at Andrews Methodist Church
Andrews Methodist church of Grafton observed Mother's Day at the morning worship hour with the Sunday school joining in. Rev Ben F Donley delivered a sermon titled The Test, a program featured songs honoring mothers, and readings included the first Mother's Day proclamation by Governor Glasscock, with greetings from Anna Jarvis. An original poem by Mrs O Jay Fleming titled A Mother's Day Prayer was read and published, and Florence Kimmel Fleming provided the closing tribute.
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Little Mother of
John Evans
Governor Glasscock
West Virginia
Robert McCartney
Paul Shahan
Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
Arthur Yates, Jr
Jarvis
O. Jay Fleming
Grafton Chosen To Battle Japanese Beetles
State Agriculture picks Grafton as a test city for a soil bacterial powder to control beetles. Entomologist Waldo Craig reports two one acre plots treated locally and another half acre in Wheeling, with results expected in about two years and possible expansion to Martinsburg and Ridgeley.
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Grafton
State Agriculture Department
Waldo Craig
Wheeling
Craig
Martinsburg
Ridgeley
Chicken Theft Probed By State and County Officers
State police and county officers continued their investigation into a chicken theft at Festus Ash’s home at Middleville near the Harrison Taylor county line. Four chickens were reported missing and authorities seek clues to solve the case.
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Festus Ash
Middleville
Harrison-Taylor County
Ash
Program for B and O parley is revealed
Russell Dotson, chairman of the Monongah division CTP, released a complete program for the spring meeting set for Tuesday night May 13 at the Moose home. Whiting Williams of New York will deliver the principal address on industrial and social issues with a dance, bingo, darts, and a ball room encore featuring George Morgan and his eleven piece orchestra.
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Russell Dotson
Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
CTP
Moose Home
Whiting Williams
New York
Williams
Russell G. Dotson
Lee Murphy
8. T. Seymour
A. R. Carver
Monongah Division
Mr. Williams
C. N
George Morgan
Fairmont
Three Leave Grafton To Enter Selective Forces
Three volunteers left Grafton today for induction into the U.S. Army after being rejected in the April 22 selective ser vıce. Chairman B G Watt of the local board announced the men Mearl Willis McDaniel Earle Roscoe Gobel and Harry Stewart Roush departed by Greyhound at 2 43 this afternoon for Huntington for training as part of the selective forces.
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Greyhound
Huntington
U.S. Army
B. G. Watt
Selective Service Board
Mearl Willis McDaniel
Earle Roscoe Gobel
Harry Stewart Roush
Republican Women Bunco Party Tonight In Taylor County
The Republican women of Taylor County sponsor a bunco party in the Cafeteria Court at 8 PM. A large attendance is expected as many tickets have sold. A glider on display at Siehler Furniture Store will be awarded as a feature of the evening.
Miss Thayer Runs Gift Shop In Spare Time
Miss Emma Annis Thayer daughter of Mrs Myrtle M Thayer of Grafton operates a gift shop near the state capital in Charleston during her leisure. She prefers secretary work for School Superintendent W W Trent and is exploring new lines including a possible national defense motif noted by a visiting newsman who asked about men仕事 gloves.
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Emma Annis Thayer
Myrtle M. Thayer
Grafton
Charleston
Thayer
W. W. .Trent
No Public Hearing On Jones Plea Is Planned
Burl Jones began a second one year jail term on May 3. Taylor County circuit court judge Bert W. Dent said no order has been entered yet and a public hearing on the petition is unlikely. Denial of the petition is generally expected.
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Burl Jones
Ask Bation
Bert W. Dent
Taylor County Circuit Court
Jones
Five Decrees Entered In Chancery Actions Today
Five final decrees were entered in chancery cases this morning in Taylor county circuit by Judge Herbert W. Dent. Attorney W. Merle Watkins was released as special commissioner in the case of Nellie Wren et al vs Charles W. Wehn et al after he reported disbursing a total of 25 144 36 in cash in the First National Bank as directed by the court. Final decrees, each freeing special commissioners of further obligation, were entered in the cases of C. C. Thayer vs Hayes Thayer et al Emma Utterback et al we Stephen Utterback et al C. C. Frum et al vs Homer McDonald and Flora A. McDonald and Dellett Bartlett administrator vs Gr Bartlett et al
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Taylor County
Herbert W. Dent
W. Merle Watkins
Nellie Wren
Charles W. Wehn
First National Bank
C. C. Thayer
Hayes Thayer
Emma Utterback
Stephen Utterback
C. C . Frum
Homer McDonald
Flora A. McDonald
Dellett Bartlett
Gr. Bartlett
Frost Causes Light Local Frost Reports Continue
A light frost touched exposed areas overnight while the state department of agriculture noted that a survey was not yet completed and damage estimates remain unavailable.
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State Department of Agriculture
Killer Defies Band of Police in New Mexico Standoff
Louis C. Wilson, 65, blacksmith, barricaded with his wife at a knoll-top ranch near Quemado, refuses to surrender after allegedly killing J. M. Garrison, 60, and his son Arthur, 84, in a quarrel on Main Street. Authorities surround the house awaiting more manpower and equipment as the standoff continues.
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Socorro
N. M
Louis C. Wilson
Quemado
New Mexico
Wilson
Quemada
James E. Enloe
J. M. Garrison
Arthur
C.F. Waggonner
Frank Balke
Matron Service Fund In Taylor County Receives 22022
Telegram reports final approval of a project for matron service in Taylor County with 22022 dollars allocated. The funds will cover operations for about two weeks and allow resume at the start of the Hex school term. The suspension was due to lack of funds around May 1.
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Harry Friedman
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Taylor County
Injuries Fatal Charles ton man in highway crash
William Jennings Bryan Dalton 40 of Chesapeake died in a hospital after injuries from a highway accident sustained yesterday.
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Charleston
William Jennings Bryan Dalton
Chesapeake
Card of Thanks for Iva Echard Death
We express deep gratitude to the Rev Mrs Lois Luzader Bartlett Funeral Home staff for flowers and car donations and to friends and neighbors for kindness after the passing of our loved one Mrs Iva Echard. Brother and sister.
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Lois Luzader
Bartlett Funeral Home
Iva Echard
Corncobs to Aid Defense in New Processing Plant
Glend a le Calif May 12 Corncobs may be turned into nitro cellulose gunpowder synthetic rubber and other products a plant at Missouri Valley Iowa will begin converting 40 tons daily 26 000 000 bushels yearly for defense Francis E Wilkinson inventor says after talks with Agriculture officials at Washington Wilkinson says the cob pith yields the finest cellulose and gums from cobs mix well with natural rubber for tires Agriculture labs certify more than 50 cob products and a process is now economical Wilkinson a native of England declined to reveal the processing method with Iowa State College and Dr E C Lathrop assisting in the venture the first cob processing plant could be in production any month
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Glendale
Calif
Francis E. ‘Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Missouri Valley
Iowa
England
Towa State College
E. C. Lathrop
Thursday Set in Wage Talks Delays Strike to 7 A.M.
The Thursday Set meeting stalled further action with a unanimous vote to defer any strike until Thursday at 7 a.m. unless a satisfactory agreement is reached. Reuther stated the wage dispute is central, noting the corporation claims car body plant workers earn just over $1 an hour, the highest in the industry.
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Reuther
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