Police court docket shows busy weekend in city
Police court at city hall reports a hectic weekend with multiple arrests at Tony's Place on Route 50 top the cutoff hill. Frank Shoemaker was found guilty of disorderly conduct and fined five dollars. Other defendants include Mrs. Glenn Mullins jailed for public intoxication, Tony Cann charged with fighting, Julia Callahan and Marie Farley for drunkenness, Robert Knight for improper headlights, William Paige fined for drunkenness, C R Sapp jailed for drunkenness and beer theft, and Roy Mayle jailed for street drunkenness. Mayor Waugh presided and imposed fines or short jail terms where applicable.
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Tony
Stafford Sturms
Joe Maske
Frank Shoemaker
City Hall
E. Otto Waugh
Shoemaker
Glenn M. Mullins
Earl Demoss
Latrobe Street
Walleh
A.E. Lockard
Julia
Callahan
Main Street
Demoss and
Sturms
Marie Farley
Demoss
Mayor Waugh
Robert Knight
Imet
Witliam Paige
Lemos
Woodford
Paige
C. R. Sapp
Barnes
Lockard
Waugh
Sapp
Roy Mayle
Mayle
Volunteer Firemen To Meet at Fire Station
Volunteer firemen are asked by Fire Chief Mac Bolyard to attend tonight's meeting in the fire department quarters at city hall, 7:30. He emphasizes the necessity of much important business to be disposed of, requiring the presence of the members.
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Mac Bolyard
Fire Department
City Hall
Routine Taylor County Court Session Opens
Only routine business came before this morning's session of the Taylor county court. President Otha R Bartlett and Commissioners Harvey Scrange and Harvey Poe attended. Orders for coal for needy families were issued and no matters of importance were heard or scheduled to be heard this afternoon.
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Taylor County Court
Othar Bartlett
Harvey Scrange
Harvey Poe
Former Local Man Hurt in Auto Accident
J. V. Sandy returns home after three weeks at his brother B. L. Sandy's bedside in Akron. The former G. & B. conductor was seriously injured in an automobile crash and may not walk again, according to attending surgeons. He is confined to St. Thomas Hospital with multiple fractures in left leg right arm and ankle, three spinal fractures, and severe cuts.
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J. V
Sandy
B. L. Sandy
Akron
St. Thomas Hospital
Busy Weekend in Court with Drunken Driving Cases
Two men Cecil Hawkins and W E Taylor face trial tomorrow before Justice Ona C Jefferys on charges of driving while intoxicated. Hawkins, arrested near Valley via on Route 50, denies the charge, claiming he was returning from Clarksburg after picking up boys. Several other drunkenness arrests occurred, with fines set or jail for Mayle, and a motor vehicle plate incident involving Fr Paul Kester.
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Ona C. Jefferys
Cecil Hawkins
W. E. Taylor
Hawkins
T. E. Freeze
U. S. Route 50
Valley
Taylor
John Gerard
Main Street
Hawkins Hawkins
Gerard
Grennan
Wyckoff and Wyckoff
Clarksburg
Grafton
G. F. Samson
Mike Tucker
U. 8
Harley Jeffries
Freeze
Jefferys
Claude Hefner
Joe Pirone
Preston Mayle
Mayle
Paul Kester
Barrett Street
Salvation Army Drive Meeting Set For Tomorrow
Loyd L. Shriver, chairman of the drive committee, announced a meeting of committee members in his offices on the fourth floor of the Grafton Banking and Trust building tomorrow afternoon at 4 o clock. He urged all members to attend to finalize drive plans.
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Loyd L. Shriver
Salvation Army
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
Beech Street Man Must Pay 3 Weekly Support
Justice W E Rightmere ordered Tom Mayle of Beech Street to pay 3 weekly support for his wife Mrs Frede Mayle after a non support case filed by her. Mayle had been arrested by Constable C V Smith last Tuesday on the non support charge.
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Tom Mayle
Beech Street
Frede Mayle
Jsstice
W. E. Rightmire
Simple Rites for Lawrence in Dorsetshire
News from Dorsetshire expresses sorrow for the death of Col. Thomas E. Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia. His funeral will be simple, with no official mourning or flowers, in Moreton village church under his assumed name T. E. Shaw. Prominent figures praised him as a genius and hero, while his death followed a cycling accident that fractured his skull.
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Dorsetshire
Eng
Lawrence of Arabia
Empire
Thomas E. Lawrence
Moreton
Lawrence
Arabia
Gordon
Khartum
Viscount Allenby
Palestine
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Huntington Negro Is Arrested as Slayer
Huntington, May 20. Hat Sumpter, a Black man, is arrested as a slayer in Chattanooga Tennessee, after Huntington police say he is wanted there for murder. Details of the alleged killing were not given in a message to Detective Lieutenant L J Swan.
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Huntington
Sie Sumpter
Chattanooga
Tenn
L. J. Swan
Master Burns Saving Pet Dog in Huntington Incident
Ross Chapman, 45, sustained serious burns when a gas explosion occurred as he tried to light a stove in his dog's kennel. He is hospitalized after the accident on May 20 in Huntington.
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Huntington
Ross Chapman
Chapman
Senate prepares fight over 450 million naval bill
Washington May 20 observers expect the senate to pass the record regular naval appropriation bill for peace times. Chairman Nye of the munitions committee criticized the measure calling it a racket for profit while claiming national defense is used to benefit racketeers. The bill adds 24 ships by 1942 11000 new enlisted men and contracts for 555 airplanes. Kenova voters choose Citizens Party nominees today with a Democratic primary set for tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nye
N. D
Munitions Committee
Terre Haute
Ind
Sam
May 30 Plans Move Forward for Memorial Day
Taylor County Post No 1 American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps plans a meeting at the Moose Home at 8 pm with Director A T Miller to recruit new members. Memorial Day ceremonies at National Cemetery on Walnut Street are shaping up with parade plans, committee duties, and donor contributions listed for expenses.
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Taylor County
Moose Home
National Cemetery
Walnut Street
Edwards
E. G. Kuhn
Charles E. Burke
Bur Waras
Maj. C. BE. Burke
Howard P. Cameron
H.C. C Jr
Roy
I* Sing
M. Sidxow
Max K. Rau
Yates
Gency
C. E. Phillips
Memorial Day Planning Committee
Nationa Cemetery
J. W. Lindsay
A. G. ‘Yates
Mary J. Daugherty
Susan Monroe
H. E. Marui
William Wilson
Nina M. Costelly Cline Gough
W. C. Pembroke
Frank Nickola
O.L. Spiker
Clyde M. Mays
James ‘T. Murphys
J. Lester Bush
Strand Theatre
Grafton Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Moonshine Plant Seized in Cabell County Raid
Barboursville May 30 federal agent Prank B. McKenna described a raid as revealing the biggest moonshine operation in Cabell county. Two women and a man were arrested and two stills were seized along with whisky stamps and labels.
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Barboursville
B. McKenna
Cabell County
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