Mrs Martha E Jones Jenkins 77 Dies at Home
Mrs Martha E Jones Jenkins 77 lifelong Taylor county resident died suddenly at 218 East Washington Street at 6:20 am Thursday. She was born May 6 1861 in Grafton widow of Alfred S Jenkins and is survived by son Earl Jenkins of Grafton and sister Mrs Rachel Means of Knottsville. Funeral Friday at 2 30 pm at the late home with Rev William E Knox officiating. Interment Bluemont Cemetery under G T Bartlett handle.
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Martha E. Jones Jenkins
Taylor County
East
Washington Street
Jenkins
Samuel
Frances Jones
Grafton
Alfred S. Jenkins
Earl Jenkins
Maryland Coal Company
Wendel
Rachel Means
Knottsville
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Lfe
East Washington Street
Wilam E. Knox
Bluemont Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Poppy Day Proclaimed by Grafton Mayor
Mayor P F Gillispie proclaims Saturday May 28 as Poppy Day in Grafton West Virginia and urges all citizens to honor World War I service and aid disabled veterans by wearing Memorial Poppies from the American Legion Auxiliary to keep the sacrifices of 1917 18 in memory and support living victims.
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P. F. Gillispie
American Legion
Auxiliary
Grafton
United States
W. Va
American Legion Auxiliary
Call Doctors Continue Trial On Double Fatal Shooting
The defense psychiatrists testify that emotional stress and a momentary insanity led to the killing of 18 year old Charlotte Mattheisen and her lover Donald Carroll says he spared her life to save her. They discuss domination and the motive to marry once able to support her.
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Charlotte Mattheisen
Carroll
Feigin
Loscalzo
Byrne
Charlotte
Joseph Loscalzo
Two Hurt and One Killed in Fayetteville Crash
Dr Douglas Southall Freeman editor and Pulitzer historian aged 52 suffered cuts and bruises when his northbound car collided with a southbound truck on a slick highway near Fayetteville. Freeman daughter Mary Plyler Freeman 21 was seriously injured with a broken leg, while chauffeur was killed. Eu stance Bundy truck driver held for investigation by State Highway Patrol.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Douglas Southall Freeman
Richmond, Va
Mary Plyler Freeman
Freeman
Miss Freeman
Dr. Freeman
W. H. Simpson
Eustance Bundy
Postoffice Hours Here Announced For May 30th
Postmaster James L. Murphy announced May 30 service changes. There will be no city or rural deliveries or window services for general delivery money order postal savings registry and stamps. A 7 p.m. collection will be made in the business district. Staff urge depositing important mail at the post office.
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James L. Murphy
Oil Firms Face $400000 Antitrust Fines Plea Offer
The government will accept pleas of nolo contendere from 14 companies and 11 individuals, totaling $400,000 in fines, for anti-trust violations involving unlawful profit-margin deals among Midwest gasoline jobbers. Judge Patrick B. Stone in Madison, Wisconsin, will hear the cases on June 2. Attorney General Cummings called the offer a possible capitulation, noting that nolo contendere accepts penalties without guilt.
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Washington
Patrick B. Stone
Madison
Wis
Cummings
Meter Installation Delayed Until After Memorial Day Parade
Mayor P F Gillispie announced that 20 meters will not be installed until after Memorial Day next Monday. Police Chief A E Leckard recommended delaying to avoid tearing up streets during the May 30 parade.
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P. F. Gillispie
A. E. Leckard
Bond Posted to Appeal Court Award for Land Take
Circuit Clerk Frank M. Hollis said Clarence A. Painter posted bond with attorney G W Ford as surety to permit appeal of a circuit court award totaling 1700 dollars for land taken by the State Road Commission for a right of way on Route 50 in Thornton. A writ of error will be sought from the state supreme court of appeals.
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Frank M. Hollis
Clarence A. Painter
G. W. Ford
Circuit Court
Mary J. Painter
Thornton
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Prison Sentences Meted Out in Randolph Court
ELKINS May 26 In Randolph circuit court Judge John F. Brown sentenced two defendants to two years in the state peniten tiary at Moundsville after pleas of guilty Sonny Biller 28 Belington recaptured in Detroit for forgery no sentence for jail breaking Patrick Manley 26 Elkins was sentenced for the attempted rape of a married woman who is crippled.
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Elkins
John F. Brown
Moundsville
Sonny Biller
Belington
Detroit
Mich
Randolph County
Patrick Manley
Nine Students Ordered Home From Raided School
In Columbus Ohio nine youths aged 11 to 17 from the Kingswood School were sent home to Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia as juvenile authorities released them and the faculty on the promise they would depart. Police raided the religious independent school for lacking a permit and pedl ers licenses for street tract selling led by director Rev A E Wachtel.
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Columbus
Kingswood
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
A. E. Wachtel
West Virginia tuberculosis essay winners named
Hazel Morrison of Bluefield State Teachers college and Odes a Redman of Northfork high school won first places in their divisions in the tuberculosis essay contest sponsored by the West Virginia Tuberculosis Association.
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Charleston
Hazel Morrison
Bluefield
Colege
Odessa Redman
Northfork
West Virginia Tuberculosis Association
Car Wash Deal At West Pale Street Savage Booth
A local ad offers car washing greasing polishing and oiling for the rest of the week. Customers receive five extra gallons of gas for a total price of $3.85 if they visit the West Pale Street Savage Booth.
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West Pale Street
Savage
Plan Traffic Rules Monday for Memorial Day
Arrangements for handling Memorial Day traffic were announced by Police Chief A. E. Lockard. Parking will be banned on multiple streets including Washington, St. John, Haislup, and Walnut. Twenty six officers including ten state troopers and deputies will enforce the rules while detours route traffic via Market, U. S. route 50, Knotts, Haislup, East Main, and Maple to Roxell Road.
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A. E. Lockard
Washington
St. John
Haislup
Bridge
Luzader
Mackinalley
Main
Post Office
St. Mary's
Beech
Walnut
Walnut Street
National Cemetery
Herbert Evans
West Main Street
Market Street
U. S
Philippi
Roxell Road
Gay Street
Gay
Thayer
Yates Avenue
Riverside Drive
Beech Street
Maple
Federal Board Starts Probe of Plane Wreck
In Cleveland a United Airlines transport plane with ten aboard crashed in a wooded ravine near the airport. A federal board of inquiry began hearings to determine the cause, focusing on witnesses about the sleeper type all metal Douglas airliner being on fire before the plunge. United Air Lines President W A Patterson said evidence indicated neither engine was functioning at impact.
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Cleveland
Federal Board of
United Airlines
United Air Lines
W. A.patterson
Ault to Move to Wheeling After Week in Grafton
Ault is sent and will stay with him during the week, leaving Grafton on June 5. He will assume his new duties in Wheeling after a week’s vacation. Mr. Lemon is a graduate of Parkersburg High School and attended Pennsylvania State College.
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Wheeling
Mr. Lemon
Parkersburg High School
Pennsylvania State College
Grafton Rotary Leader Ault to Move to Wheeling
Rotary Ex-President Mr Ault and his wife will leave Grafton after 1924 arrival and local service since then. Ault held plant supervision roles before moving to the commercial department in 1937. He plans to relocate his family to Wheeling in early June after years of local involvement.
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Charleston
Lomen
Commercial Department
Rotary
Ault
Grafton
Fred D. Petty
Beckley
Union Leader Shootout Over Union Funds Reported
The union office incident involved a quarrel over funds. Johnson told authorities he shot Brown after Brown drew a pistol and lunged at him, saying he believed Brown had more money than needed. Johnson claimed he fired twice.
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Teel
Johnson
Brown
Forestal
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