State Health Dept Orders End to Highway Dump Near Grafton
State Health Commissioner Arthur E McClue served notice to Tom Tyson that it is illegal to maintain a dump near the public highway at the Knottsville road approach outside Grafton. An inspection by E B Tisdale found improved conditions but a continuing nuisance. Tyson pledged to stop dumping and use only inert materials. The report urged removal to the incinerator and posting No Dumping signs along the highway right of way with a follow up inspection in 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Tyson
Arthur E. McClue
Knottsville Road
McClue
Tyson
E. 8
Tisdale
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Taylor County Board of Trade
Grafton
R. D. Stout
State Department of Health
Knottsville
Brout
Three Forks
State Road Commission
Two Tunnelton Stores Burglarized in May 23 Raid
Sheriff W. C. Roth of Kingwood seeks the trail of a man who yesterday took merchandise valued at $400 from Halbritter's confectionary and a general store operated by Joseph Van Zandt in Tunnelton. Entrances were gained by breaking rear windows and residents nearby heard the alarm and spread word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunnelton
W. C. Roth
Kingwood
Roth
Halbritter
Joseph van Zandt
Zinn Connects Farming Leaders and Family Ties in Philippi
W D Zinn, linked to large Philippi Elkins farms and an Belington orchard, chaired early West Virginia Livestock Association and led Mutual Grange Insurance for 30 years. His son Dorrance D. teaches in Sioux City Town and daughter Mrs Robert Dustman is married to a chemistry instructor at West Virginia University. Funeral planned tomorrow at Philippi Baptist Church with burial in Mount Olive, Barbour County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Zinn
Philippi
Elkins
Belington
West Virginia Livestock Association
Mutual Grange Insurance Company
Dorrance D. Zinn
Sioux City
Robert B
Gay) Dustman
West Virginia University
Philippi Baptist Church
Mount Olivey
Barbour County
D MOSS STRUCK YOUTH NABBED AND PENSIVE
Bias Blaney 39 West Main St charged with drunkenness and striking Patrolman Earl DeMoss. Mayor P F Gillispie fined Blaney 10 dollars or ten days for striking and 5 dollars or three days for drunkenness. Blaney sought to pay fines to avoid jail. Officers arrested him at the central fire station after a disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bias Blaney
West Main St
Earl DeMoss
P. F. Gillispie
Blaney
DeMoss
Norman Smith
Central Fire Station
City Hall
Panhandler
Robert Pickerel
Newark
Ohio
Mrs. C. E. Meredith Named Newspaper Women Chief
West Virginia newspaper women elected Mrs. C. E. Meredith as president at their annual convention in Fairmont. Offiers include Maud Patterson Morgantown first vice president Virginia Lee Hinton Wheeling second vice president Anna R Murphy Fairmont secretary and Nancy Wamsley Parkersburg treasurer. The group plans to meet next year in Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
West Virginia
Parkersburg
C. E. Meredith
Maud Patterson
Morgantown
Virginia Lee Hinton
Wheeling
Anna R. Murphy
Nancy Wamsley
39 teachers dropped in Harrison County schools
The Harrison County Board of Education announced 39 teachers were dropped from the county system while 33 were selected to replace them for the next school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Harrison County Board of Educaton
Daily cross puzzle clues mixed with stray letters and errors
A fragmented OCR puzzle page lists across and down clues with numerous typographical errors and misaligned words. It includes entries like growing in axiom pairs, payment, vegetation, public funds tool, fertilizer, and various scattered terms, but the overall grid and answers are obscured by garbled phrasing and misordered phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Corps
Checks Sent Out by State for WV County Allocations
Charleston May 23 P Checks were issued to 19 counties from West Virginia 55 counties share of 6 422 556 39 collected from utility taxes for 1937 Auditor Edgar B Sims announced allocations for all counties Some companies in 36 counties have not completed final adjustments delaying payment Several totals include utilities tax allotments to municipalities sinking fund state general revenue and state debt fund County allocations listed Barbour Berkeley Boone Doddridge Gilmer Hampshire Hardy Harrison Jefferson Lewis Mineral McDowell Pendleton Mercer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West, Virginia
Edgar B. Sims
Barbour
Berkley
Boone
Doddridge
Gilmer
Hampshire
Hardy
Harrison
Jefferson
Lewis
Mineral
McDowell
Pendleton
Mercer
Pallbearers Named for Two Local Ladies
Pallbearers for Mrs. Scavanage are C. B. Shingleton Jack Baker Burl Dunham J. G. Goff I. B. Boggs Rupert Bartlett Far rell Yates and Clyde Gilbert. Pallbearers for Mrs. Chryston are Hugh Evans Don Mathews Robert Savage Russell Lambert Clyde Henderson and Kenneth Scranage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Bartlett
Scavanage
C. B. Shingleton
Jack Baker
Burl Dunham
J. G. Goff
I. B. Boggs
Rupert Bartlett
Farrell Yates
Clyde Gilbert
Chryston
Hugh Evans
Don Mathews
Robert Savage
Russell Lambert
Clyde Henderson
Kenneth Scranage
Harvest Festival Planned for Martinsburg in November
Martinsburg will host the 1938 apple harvest festival on November 10 and 11 with a parade coronation ceremony and displays of Eastern Panhandle fruit announced by the arrangements committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Hoover Calls Boys to Build Democratic Spirit at Convention
Former president Herbert Hoover addressed the Boys Clubs of America annual convention, urging boys to develop a democratic state mindset and support equal rights, contrasting with fascist youth models. He described programs to foster character and citizenship among boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Boys' Clubs of America
Rat Sat
Grafton approves meters ordinance with fines
Grafton City commission passed an ordinance regulating use of newly ordered parking meters. City Attorney Hugh R. Warder drafted the measure which sets a five cent hourly rate and a $1 fine plus $1 costs for violations. Mayor P F Gillispie, commissioners J B Bradford and H C Haller observed. Meters planned for Main street and Latrobe street, with enforcement promised and penalties strict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Hugh R. Warder
P. F. Gillispie
J. B. Bradford
H. C. Haller
Gillispie
Main Street
First National Bank
St. John Street
McCoy Placed on Probation After Court Plea
In a Grafton court McCoy received a three year probation following defense and prosecution agreement. The judge heard that McCoy traveled to Fairmont with Humphrey and did not commit burglary, his guardrail being bad company. Prosecutors and defense urged probation as McCoy resumes high school studies under Principal Torlogh Rasmussen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
Fairmont
Humphrey
Grafton
Watkins
Francis L. Warder
Torlogh Rasmussen
Grafton High School
Roosevelt considering summer trip across U S to Pacific coast
President Roosevelt planned a Memorial Day weekend stop near Reedsville West Virginia and sketched a July journey across the country to Gettysburg Pennsylvania and Marietta Ohio. He weighed a possible second voyage to South American waters and fishing near the Galapagos, with potential brief stops in Kentucky Oklahoma and Texas to see supporters and his son Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
W. Va
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
South American
Pacific Coast
South America
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Barkley
Thomas
Elliott
Fort Worth
Texas
Gettysburg
Marietta
Ohio
Northwest Territory
Carnival Act Schedule Promises Nightly Free Acts
The event offers nightly performances at 9 o'clock featuring Virginia Senator the "slih-girl" atop a 125 foot pole and the Aerial Bauers, famed trapeze artists. The show train plans to reach Grafton on Sunday with full operations starting Monday after the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Virginia
Grafton
Catholic editors condemn mercenary publishers in New Orleans address
Vincent de Paul Fitzpatrick, president of the Catholic Press association, attacked mercenary and degenerate publishers in an address at the annual meeting of the Catholic editors in New Orleans. Strikes at filth hint that filthy pictorial magazines may face similar crackdown as dirty movies did years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent de Paul Fitzpatrick
Catholic Press Association
New Orleans
Central Press
Gov Holt To Head Banquet At West Virginia Grocers Meet
BLUEFIELD May 230 P West Virginia grocers focus on business issues after an opening day of fan making. C E Smith president of the National Retail Grocers association spoke at the morning session which discussed taxation state legislation and fair trade. Harry Walker of the Maryland Retail Grocers association was slated to speak at the afternoon meeting. A dance will end today's sessions with Governor Holt scheduled to speak at the banquet tomorrow closing the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
West Virginia
C. E. Smith
National Retail Grocers Association
Harry Walker
Maryland Retail Grocers’ Association
Holt
Grafton Leaders Urged To Greet Visitors Tuesday
Grafton business and professional men were urged to meet at the First National bank corner at 3 30 p m Tuesday to greet the touring Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce goodwill group visiting briefly. Major Don R Chaffee secretary of the Taylor County Board of Trade urges all who can drive cars saying some visitors may wish a hurried trip to the Tygart river dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
First National Bank
Pittsburgh ‘Chamber of CoMimerce Good Will
Don R. Chaffee
Taylor County Board of Trade
Tygart River
Ruling On Kansas City Stock Yards Case May Be Reconsidered
Washington May 23 The Supreme Court may announce today whether it will revisit the Kansas City stock yards decision criticized by Secretary Wallace in an unprecedented letter to Chief Justice Hughes The court had ruled the agriculture department procedure for reducing livestock handling rates in the Midwest was defective Solicitor General Robert H Jackson urged reconsideration The court may also decide whether to review Mooney’s latest bid for freedom from San Quentin penitentiary Mooney serves a life term for the 1916 San Francisco preparedness day bombing and his plea for relief was denied by the California Supreme Court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooney
Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Wallace
Hughes
Agriculture Department
Robert H. Jackson
Thomas J. Mooney
San Quene
San Pramisco
Parace
High Tribunal
California Supreme Court
Rendom
Mrs Madeira Rites Are Held Today in Baltimore
Funeral services for Mrs. R. B Madeira who died Friday night in Baltimore were held Monday afternoon at her son Henry Madeira's home with burial in a Baltimore cemetery. Her two sons Ralph and Joseph Madeira of Grafton were advised. She had been living with her son since just before Christmas and had been in failing health for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B Madeira
Baltimore
Henry Madeira
Ralph
Joseph Madeira
Grafton
Madeira
Driving Wrong Way on Latrobe Street Arrest
Sunday evening Joe Savano of 321 Latrobe Street faced municipal court for driving the wrong way down Latrobe Street. Mayor P F Gillispie says he should know better. Savano offered no defense and paid a $2 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latrobe Street
Joe Savano
P. F. Gillispie
Savano
Poppy Day Drive Supports Disabled Veterans Effort
War disabled workers craft poppies for Poppy Day to aid veterans families and rehabilitation efforts. Taylor county unit calls on Grafton residents to honor the dead and assist the disabled as funds fund welfare work for the legion and auxiliary. A brakeman on the Norfolk and Western line, from Taeger, McDowell county, died after a fall between freight cars near Bluefield, tracing the incident to May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion and Auxiliary
Taylor County No. 12
Grafton
Bluefield
Ashbury
Norfolk and Western
Taeger
McDowell County
Camp Movies to Be Shown at Grafton Y M C A
A Wheeling Y M C A camp movie event will highlight Camp Otyokka near Windber Pa at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday in Grafton. Ivan Justice will explain the films and invite Taylor County boys to attend the summer camp, with William Manley inviting all interested boys to hear Justice and consider camping. The camp, 30 miles from Wheeling on El Wheeling creek, offers privacy amid woods. Director H K Hefty dershott is a trained natural and physical science teacher with vast camp experience. Fees are $7 for members with a $1 accompanying application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice
Taylor
Wheeling
M. C
el Wheeling
H. K. Hefty Dershott
M.C
Card of Thanks For the many acts of comfort and service
Our heartfelt thanks to all for the kind acts and comforting support during our recent loss. Ray William Knox and members of Andrews church provided beau service and lovely offerings. We are deeply grateful. Murphy, D Murphy, Freeland Murphy and A B Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
William Knox
Andrews Church
Murphy
D. ‘Murphy
Freeland Murphy
A.B. Murphy
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Goldenrod
Southern Belles
Asheville
N. C
Lucile Ward
Dred Croft
Mississippi
D'Moss
East Main Street
Everett White
Byerstown
White
Daily Cross
U.S
Lyk Lols
Dr Els
U.K.D
Gov. Holt
Schick Shaver
Packard
Remington Rand
Latrobe
Y.M.C.A. Summer Camp
Soar Jewelry Store
Windsor Gas Range
Apex
Majestic
Stewart Warner
Pueli Bridge Company
Jacksonville, Illu.s.a
MR. Glaze
Ferri Weel
West Grafton
Reirain
J. A. Glaze
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