Death of longtime Grafton Sentinel employee James A Holt
James A Tenny Holt aged 67, a 60 year veteran of the Grafton Sentinel, died after a three week illness at Grafton City Hospital. He was stricken May 4 at work at his linotype, lived at 436 Walnut Street with his wife and two daughters, born January 30, 1873 in Kingwood. Surviving daughters are Virginia Englehart of Charleston and Louise Ostrowski of Philadelphia. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at 231 Thayer Street with Rev. Durward B Brown and Rev. French Boone officiating. He was a member of St Pauls Methodist Church and the Modern Woodmen of America.
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Virginia) Englehart
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Louise) Ostrowski
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Sherrard
New Idea For War Effort by Cinema Manager
C H Red Rowland, famed author of Mademoiselle from Armentieres, now runs a Sutton Surrey cinema and has organized his patrons into a wool drive. Movie-goers donate knitted items at the box office for shipment to the navy.
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Red) Rowland
Mademoiselle
Armentieres
Sutton
Surrey
Navy
Demoss Bros Painting Floors in Grafton West Virginia
Demoss Bros offers to paint and refinish floors in Grafton West Virginia with rates starting at 3 dollars per hour for painting and 1 40 per hour for labor time. Call 288 W or 789 3 for appointments and details.
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Grafton
W. VA
Funeral arrangements for Mr Holt in Bluemont cemetery
Ww. Va. a former minister at St. Pauls and a close friend of Mr. Holt's. Burial will be in Bluemont cemetery under direction of G. T. Bartlett. Pallbearers will be Sentinel workers William E. Brown John Moore Russell Matthews Walter Williams Harry H. Crooks and John 8. Palmer. The body will be taken to the Palmer residence at about 7:30 this evening and lie in state there until the funeral hour.
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St. Paul's
Mr. Holt
Bluemont Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
the Sentinel
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Harry H. Crooks
John 8. Palmer
Palmer
Italy mobilization decree tightens grip on citizens
The senate rushed a new civil mobilization decree giving the government power to draft all citizens over 14, requisition private capital and industry, regulate consumption, and control imports exports. Italians fault French and British allies as Mussolini allegedly rejected late overtures offering Tunisia rights, Suez credits, and Djibouti free port access.
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Front Remains Unchanged as German Threats Seen Near Calais
The German High Command claimed Calais had been encircled while the Allied front near Boulogne and Abbeville showed no change. German detachments in channel towns were few and lacked heavy support, as British and Belgian forces pulled back into Belgium without interference from ongoing German assaults. The overall Allied communication lines were disrupted, limiting German advances along the coast.
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Pins Awarded For Typing At Grafton High School 1940
Lilian Shaw and Donald Chenoweth received gold pins for typing speeds averaging 60 words per minute at Grafton High School Commercial Department. Twenty-one silver pins were given to Typewriting Classes One and Two for 50 wpm, plus bronze pins and special certificates to numerous students, with bookkeeping awards and Home Economics pins also noted.
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Donald Chenoweth
Commercial Department of Grafton High School
Betty Lou Curry
Alice Morris
Mildred Linn
Eva Dale Jones
Freda Moats
Helen Jean Weaver
Idaline Knotts
Charlotte
Betty Bailey
James Mason
Nancy Woodyard
James Cole
Glenn Decker
Anna Fike
Arlean Moore
Hee Davis
Dorothy Howatt
Lynette Baker
Harriet Bloom
Earl Brown
George Brown, Jr
Mary Douglas
Mildred Gall
Lee Jones
Majorie Lambert
M. Daley Lockard
Dorothy Poling
Jean l Reger
Ruth Richman
J Parrish
Jane Wolfe
Eloise DejMoss
Regisa Kirk
Betty Swisher J
Kathleen Boyd
Elusive Lou Captured By Waiting City Cops
Elusive Lou Bartlett wanted for months as a parole violator was captured late last night on West Main Street after a social visit to a friend. Captain A E Lockard and Sergeant J C Helms subdued the suspect, who has escaped the deputy multiple times, and took him to the county jail for return to the Industrial school.
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Lou Bartlett
Joe Mask
West Main Street
A. E. Lockard
J. C. Helms
Lou
Bartlett
Pountytown
Putnam Ordered to Appear in Municipal Court
John Putnam of 324 Yates Avenue was ordered by city police to appear in municipal court this morning for a hearing on a charge of driving his automobile the wrong way on Latrobe Street.
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John Putnam
Yates Avenue
Hoover Put On Address Off as Roosevelt Prepares
NYC May 25 The war and its repercussions in America shape weekend broadcasting with President and Mrs Roosevelt on networks. Hoover delays his defense fireside chat to 9:30 p.m. Monday. Red Cross relief hour features Bergen McCarthy Fontaine Lunt and Fibber McGee. Various programs on NBC CBS and MBS networks list dances dramas debates and music through weekend slots.
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Unclear Snack Idea Offers 25 Cent Quart Special
A casual note promotes an easy to serve economical refreshment option priced at 25 cents per quart. It presents the item as a welcome treat for guests when unsure about refreshments. The tone hints at a value sale from a historic period.
Canadian Police Move on Fifth Column in Overnight Raids
In Montreal on May 25 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and detachments of Montreal and provincial police conducted a second night of raids against fascist and fifth column elements. One man was arrested and new quantities of Swastika emblems pennants pamphlets maps and photographs were seized. The prisoner's name was not disclosed.
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Imontreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Montreal
German immigrant blamed in raid on district organizers
It was said he was a German who came to Canada in 1928. Most raids targeted homes of alleged district organizers of the national unity party, a fascist organization, whose headquarters were searched by police Thursday night.
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National Unity Party
Canadian
Super Explosive Fails At Preliminary Test
Aberdeen Maryland May 25 Inventor Lester P Barlow claims a liquid oxygen carbon super explosive radiates lethal vacuum waves yet a 1000 pound charge failed to kill any of 98 tethered goats at 200 to 1000 feet Observers found no dead goats and Barlow admitted the experiment flopped saying he would try again to learn why.
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Lester P. Barlow
Aberdeen - Proving Grounds
Barlow
Roosevelt third term debate swirls as Willkie counters
The piece notes at the capitol belief Roosevelt will decline a third nomination though some insist he may run. Republicans press for an explicit stance during the fireside chat, while Wendell Willkie in Kansas City disputes the notion only he can defend the New Deal, warning four more years would be ruinous.
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Kansas City
Wendell L. Willkie
Walike
Glaze Brings His Rides To Grafton For 29th Season
J A Glaze of Keyser returns to Grafton for the 29th consecutive year with his merry ground and ferris wheel. Equipment arrives Monday for setup behind the Crystal Ice plant, ready to operate Tuesday night. The annual appearance draws hundreds of children and adults.
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Crystal Ice Company
Woman With Her Three Children Held In Jail
Hazard Kentucky May 25 A 37 year old Leslie county woman and her three children are jailed in Hyden unable to post bond totaling 17000 on charges connected to the fatal shooting last week of Harmon Sizemore a Catshin merchant Testimony showed the woman and two daughters quarrelled with the merchant before the shooting authorities said
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C. B. Duff
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Coots
School Teachers Stricken At Banquet In Los Angeles
Sudden illness struck 150 to 200 men at a school masters banquet in Los Angeles. Eight were critically ill and about thirty were hospitalized. Detective Lieut. Fred Trosper said the illness was evidently caused by food poisoning.
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Los Angeles
Fred Trosper
Card of thanks from the Oakley Austin family
The Oakley Austin family expresses sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for their kindness and help after the death of Roy. Special gratitude to Mr Batts, Rey, George, Mai for flowers and use of cars.
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