Coal Mines Face Shortage as Rail Strike Looms in Taylor County
Taylor County mines report a slight hopper car shortage after a walkout by railroad workers. Officials warn no cars means no mining, risking unemployment for over 200 Wendel miners and hundreds at Reppert mines if strike or coal truce failures persist. Loadings on the Monongah division fell 138 cars from Friday, after a peak 2327 last Wednesday.
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Taylor County
Monongah
Wendel Coal Company
Reppert Coal Company
Flemington
Origin of the Poppy Legend Described by Mrs Shields
Mrs Shields, poppy chairman of the Taylor County Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, explains how the red wild poppy grew in France and Belgium battlefields and became America's memorial flower for World Wars I and II. She notes the 1918 adoption of poppies in the U S and the global use as a memorial symbol.
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France
Belgium
America
John McCrae
Flanders Fields
Great Britain
British Empire
Deaths in Maryland and West Virginia report accidental and illness linked fatalities
In Fayetteville on May 20 the body of 53 year old Meadow Bridge farmer William Sherman Phillips was found in a creek near his home and the death was ruled accidental. In Bloomington Maryland Carroll Pattison a 71 year old retired coal operator and lifelong resident died yesterday in a Keyser hospital after a brief illness.
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Fayetteville
Manistrate
W. A. Harrah
William Sherman Phillips
Meadow Bridge
Bloomington
Carroll Pattison
Keyser, W. Va
Woman Falls From Officer Apartment in Frankfurt Tragedy
A 38 year old American War Department typist Miss Dorothy Knapp of Staten Island died after falling from a U S Army captain's second floor apartment in the Frankfurt headquarters compound. Lieutenant Colonel Redmond Connolly said the fall appeared accidental. She arrived six days ago and the captain was asleep when the incident occurred.
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Frankfurt
U. S
Redmond J. Connolly
New York
987Th General Hospital
Connolly
Dorothy Knapp
Staten Island
War Department
United States
Former Grafton Woman Passes In Pittsburgh
Mrs. Thomas G. Love, formerly of Grafton, died yesterday afternoon in Pittsburgh after living there with her daughter Mrs. Herbert McKinney. Her husband died three years ago. She previously lived with her son James Love in Beaumont, Texas. The body will arrive tomorrow and be taken to Bartlett Funeral Home while funeral arrangements remain incomplete.
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Thomas G. Love
Grafton
Pittsburgh
Herbert McKinney
Love
James Love
Beaumont
Texas
Bartlett Funeral Home
Death of Carroll Pattison Reported in Piedmont Hospital
Friends here were informed of Carroll Pattison's death in a Piedmont hospital yesterday morning after a heart attack. He was husband to Susan Brydon, a Grafton native, with funeral services set for 3 30 p m tomorrow at Fredlock Funeral Home in Piedmont. He hailed from Bloomington Maryland.
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Carroll Pattison
Piedmont
Pattison
Susan Brydon
Grafton
Fredlock Funeral
Mr. Pattison
Bloomington
Committee To Recommend Course On iPeace Springs
Charleston May 20 A legislative committee planned to meet at 2 p.m. to draft a report on whether the state should buy Peace Springs, Summers county resort, for a women’s prison to ease congestion at Moundsville. Board of Control President Terrell had said no decision until the report is complete. The session is led by House Speaker John Amos and Senate President Arnold M. Vickers. The transit note mentions urban systems traveling over 3.28 billion miles annually.
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Charleston
Peace Springs
Summers County
Moundsville
House
John Amos
Senate
Arnold M. Vickers
Cochairman
Board of Control
Joseph Z. Terrell
W Lee Rogers Dies After Illness At 77 In Blueville
Wilford Lee Rogers born April 5 1869 in Taylor county dies at 1 am after a long illness. He was a Baltimore and Ohio carman helper, widowed, survived by three children Herbert L Rogers Ola Eva Watkins and Wilford Edwin Rogers and two sisters Daisy Poe and Virginia Caruthers. Funeral at 1:30 pm Wednesday at the late home with Rev J Bernard Mason officiating. Interment Woodsdale Memorial Park.
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Wilford Lee Rogers
Blueville
Baltimore and Ohio
Taylor County
Jacob A
Evaline Travers
Emily Keener Rogers
First Church of Christ of
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Herbert L. Rogers
Pittsburgh
Ola Eva Watkins
Wilford Edwin Rogers
Charleston
Daisy Poe
Grafton
Virginia Carruthers
J. Bernard Mason
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Grafton Girl Army Nurse joins Carolina College cohort
Greensboro report notes 27 years of service among 10 World War II women veterans now students at Woman's College. Five use GI Bill. five others include WAVES WAC Marine enlistee and Army nurses spent 125 months overseas fromETO to Pacific. Mary Miller, lead veteran from Grafton West Virginia, served 60 months with 39 overseas. earned four battle stars and the Legion of Merit.
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Greensboro
N. C
Woman's College
WAVES
WAC
Women's Marine Corps
Army
States
Pearl Harbor
Ireland
Belgium
France
Legion
Meit
Car Impounded and License Suspended for Drunken Driving
Warden Kerns of 736 Pearl Street paid a $25 fine after appearing before May Ona C veilerys on drunken driving charges. His car was impounded and his license suspended for six months. Arrest occurred on East Main Street by State Trooper G F Randall of Clarksburg.
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Warden K. Kerns
Pearl Street
Ona C. Veilerys
East Main Street
G. F. Randall
Clarksburg
Miraculous Escape Delivers Bruising Trolley Tale
In Wheeling on May 20 Mike Vascaika tried to board a moving streetcar and fell, rolling beneath it. The wheels straddled him but he escaped serious injury, ending up in a hospital for treatment of bruises and cuts.
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Wheeling
Mike_Vascaika
Civil strife erupts in Iranian Azerbaijan province
Reports from Tabriz indicate fratricide and bloody battles as Iranian central government troops clash with Azerbaijan province forces. Martial law and a curfew were proclaimed in Tabriz with death penalties for violators. The unrest followed a reported attack on the democratic garrison at Sainkaleh near the Azerbaijan frontier.
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London
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Iran
BBC
Reuters
Kurdistan
Padvam
Tran
United Nations Security Council
Ahmed Qavam
Council
Tehran
Sainkaleh
Shahindaj
Azerbaijan Province
Moran Dies in City Hospital After Illness
Robert Lee Moran of 1414 West Railroad street died at City hospital this morning after a career as a coal miner with Jenkins Coal company in Pruntytown. A Grafton resident for 27 years, he was born December 1, 1883 in Doddridge county and belonged to United Brethren church. Survived by wife Della Grimm Moran, five children Fred Moran Gladys Sapp Walter Ball Roy Moran, one Gilbert Moran, two brothers Chestley Moran Spencer Henry Moran Century, a sister Mrs Shirley Grimm Webster, and 27 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Bartlett Funeral home handling services.
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Robert Lee Moran
West Railroad Street
Jenkins Coal Company
Pruntytown
City Hospital
Grafton
United Brethren Church
Alphia Moran
Mary Jane Moore Moran
Doddridge County
Della Grimm Moran
Fred Moran
Gladys Sapp
Walter Ball
Roy Moran
Gilbert Moran
Fairmont
Chestley Moran
Spencer
Henry Moran
Century
Shirley Grimm
Webster
Bartlett
Ambddesh
Show Crafts Come Under Job Training Provisions
Huntington May 20 The VA approves a program for standard apprenticeship training in six railroad crafts. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act allows shops to conduct training without state approvals. Crafts include blacksmith boilermaker electrician machinist sheet metal worker and carmen. Railroads have shops nationwide including DC. Information indicates several thousand veterans in training will become eligible for GI Bill subsistence.
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Huntington
The
VA Today
Railroad Association
District of Columbia
G. I. Bill
Truman Plans Return After Honorary Degree Negotiations
President Truman flew to Kansas City to attend an honorary degree ceremony at William Jewell College. In Washington, leaders Whitney and Johnston returned to discuss a truce with rail unions, aiming for progress toward a settlement as Steelman and Snyder coordinated with carriers. There are over 160 million books in U S libraries.
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Tom Page
Mr. Truman
Missouri
William Jewell College
Kansas City
A. F. Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Engineers Brotherhoods
Truman
Whitney
Johnston
John R. Steelman
John W. Snyder
United State
ERB-HELP Promises Quick Bodily Cleanse and Relief
A man using ERB-HELP for three days reports dramatic cleansing of the bowels stomach and kidneys ending headaches pimples and rheumatic knee pain. The ad claims 12 herbs purify the system and improve overall health with faster relief from misery. Sold at all drug stores in Grafton.
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Grafton
Nurses Association District Five Meeting Notice
Regular meeting of District Five Nurses Association at St Pauls ME Church Thayer St on Thursday May 23 at 6 30 PM Guest speakers include Edna Groppe and Mary Maloney executive secretary of the West Virginia State Nurses Association Reservation line Audra Grindle City Hospital Dinner assessment is 1 25
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District Five Nurses Association
St. Pauls ME
Thayer St
Edna Groppe
R.N
Mary Maloney R.N
West Virginia State Nurses Association
Audra Grindle
City Hospital
All High School Talent Presents Concert Tuesday
Girl's Glee Club of Grafton Senior High holds final rehearsal for tomorrow 8:15 PM concert at the high school auditorium. All Talent features eleven numbers including four pieces by the All State Chorus quartet Betty Craft Connie Seymour Richard Ward and Bob Leonard and solos by Helen Louise Cutright. Richardene Parkhill solo in There Are Such Things and Bob Leonard violin obligato for Somewhere A Child Is Singing.
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Girl's Glee Club
Grafton
All State Chorus
Betty Craft
Connie Seymour
Richard Ward
Bob Leonard
Helen Louise Cutright
Richardene Parkhill
President Truman Makes Early Stop At Grandview Cottage
President Truman visited his mother and sister Mary Jane Truman at a cream colored cottage in Grandview then went to his brother Vivian’s home on the old Truman farm. He waved to friends with Secret Service nearby and expressed hope to bring his mother to Washington after a governors conference in Oklahoma City on May 27.
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Grandview
Mary Jane Truman
Vivian
Truman
Secret Service
Washington
Oklahoma City
City issues check for Mays home deed in Grafton
The City of Grafton issued a 6500 deed payment for the Mays property at Route 50 and Knotts Avenue to renovate into a nurse's home. With a short fund of 886.50, the city agrees to pay the balance, repayable by hospital reimbursements of 50 monthly. The city already contributed 3500 and seeks further contributions while a 60 day option expired May 7. Repairs will begin so nurses can move in soon.
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City of
Grafton
Mays
Route 50
Knotts Avenue
Flag Pole Beside Court House Painted Today
The flag pole between the sheriff residence and the court house received a silvery sheen and a new cord this morning by A B Chaplin of Clarksburg. Pedestrians watched as Chaplin reached the top. D I Bayley president of the county court said Chaplin was paid 18 for the work.
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A. B. Chaplin
Clarksburg
D. I. Bayley
Chaplin
Three Juveniles Questioned In Store Burglary Case
Deputy H Canfield questioned three juveniles after a theft at Dominic grocery store near day night. Eight dollars and a case of beer were taken. Entry was through a screen removed from a window. It was the third recent break at Mangelo's store.
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H. Canfield
Dominic
Mangelo
Canfield
Moose State Convention Invites West Virginia Officials
Moose State Convention officers in Bluefield from May 25 to 28 invited Supreme Lodge rulers at national headquarters and state officials to the annual meeting as planning proceeds in Bluefield.
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Bluefield
Supreme Lodge Rulers
Hart
West Virginia
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Wallace Ford
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Carolina College
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Liberal Party
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International
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Nnee
Watch “Repair Service
Myers Jeweler
W. Main ST
Robert L. Moran
Jenkins Coal Co
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Boyles
Hitler
Bantam Trailer
Maple Ave
Latrobe St
City Loans
Court House
Malone’s Drug & Chemical
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Malone’s Drug Chemical CO
Peoples’ Store
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