Former Governor Kump to Address Legion Banquet
Former Governor H G Kump of Elkins to be principal speaker at Armistice day dinner by Taylor County post No 12 American Legion to be held at the Moose Home on Friday evening November 11 A turkey dinner will be served by the Ladies of the Legion Auxiliary Tickets are urged to be secured early at the Moose Home Lee Bennetts store or from Legion members Armistice day parade plans announced parade to form on Washington street at 10 am move at 10 45 arrive at the War Memorial monument at 11 oclock for ritual service
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H. G. Kump
Elkins
Taylor County
American Legion
Moose Home
West Virginia
Ladies of the Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Lee Bennett's
Washington Street
War Memorial Monument
Court House
Hoffman heads Grafton Lodge in annual election
Loren A. Hoffman was elevated from senior warden to master of Grafton Lodge No. 15 A and A Masons. The election also announced W A Collins as senior warden Reese Hilkey as junior warden Charles W Steel as treasurer and Charles Payne as secretary, succeeding Russell Dotson.
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Loren A. Hoffman
Grafton Lodge
A. Masons
Russell Dotson
W. A. Collins
Reese Hilkey
Charles W. Steel
Charles Payne
Steel
Mr. Payne
Theatre Tickets Admitted at the Strand of Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Ray Bolyard of 133 High Street to tonight's presentation at the Dixie. The program includes Fast Company with Melvin Douglas and Florence Rice, Knight of the Plains with Fred Scott, and Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo with Warner Oland at the Strand.
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Grafton Sentinel
Ray Bolyard
High Street
Elkton faces revenue loss from proposed license delay
Elkton Massachusetts plight mirrors romance capital decline as voters face an 8 November referendum on a 48 hour license to marriage gap. Ministers, innkeepers, and solicitors fear the end of a 25 year marriage industry profits. Business already strained by cross border health rules boosting travel. Continued on page four.
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Elkton
Reno
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Relief Corruptionists Flayed By Rush D Holt
KEYSER Oct 26 U S Senator Rush D Holt attacked corruptionists in West Virginia relief programs before the Townsend club saying average old age pensioners receive 13.98 dollars monthly, not enough for bare necessities and that cream goes to politicians while skim milk goes to those in need.
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Keyser
West Virginia
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Townsend Club
Holt
Washington
Pastor Crist Departs. Succession Not Yet Named
Reverend Lee Crist, longtime pastor of First Brethren Church Graf ton, has accepted a charge in Nebraska and left. George E. Murphy announced no successor has been appointed yet. Church members are deeply grieved by the loss of their popular minister.
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Lee Crist
First Brethren Church
Nebraska
Grafton
Gecrge
E. Murphy
Crist
Murphy
Cut Rate Gas Station Op Beys As Sideline
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 26. To meet competition, Paul Watson, a filling station operator, reduced gasoline by five cents a gallon. He displayed a milk bottle with a sign asking for donations to help pay the light bill, and customers contributed the amount of the BP in two days.
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Pittsburgh
Paul Watson
Grafton Retail Trade Up As East Region Sees Growth
Baltimore furniture magnate Charles H. A. Siehler says Grafton retail business matches eastern cities. He notes trade picking up as new schools and hospitals spur activity, with several local merchants reporting slight gains in sales.
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Grafton
United States
Charles H. A. Siehler
Baltimore
Siehler , Furniture Company
Mother and son face removal hearing over car theft ring
Mrs Mary B Vincent 47 of Pairmont West Virginia and her 19-year-old son Ernest face a federal hearing October 31 on charges tied to an organized auto theft ring. They were turned over to federal agents after trying to obtain a Maryland title for a car stolen in West Virginia. Vincent reportedly fled when confronted. a title registrar alerted police. West Virginia officials cite Mannington as part of the case.
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Baltimore
Mary B. Vincent
Pairmont
Ernest
Maryland
West Virginia
J. J. Cassidy
Vincent
Cassidy
Michael Noppinger
Mannington
Brotherhood Head Agrees To Delay By Commission
A. F Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said the union will extend the president's fact finding commission report by three days. The study covers a proposed 15 percent pay reduction for railroad workers and the report now due by tonight will be issued by midnight Saturday. The union threatens to strike if the pay cut is enacted.
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Cleveland
A. F Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Whitney
Presidential Hopes Tied Up In Elections
Washington dispatch notes that the upcoming election could puncture or boost the presidential ambitions of several Republican hopefuls. Four GOP contenders are already talked about as potential nominees for governor or senator in 1940, with outcomes in state races shaping national prospects. The piece hints at political maneuvering and the possibility of major changes depending on election results.
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W. B. Bagsdale
Washington
G.O.P
Confirmation Received On Plans Of Grand Army
Miss Wynnye Williamson of Parkersburg secretary of the Grand Army of the Republic in West Virginia confirms that the council and allied organizations will hold their annual encampments in Grafton starting May 30. Unofficial word had said veteran groups including the Women’s Relief Corps Ladies of the G A R Sons of Veterans and Daughters of Veterans would meet there, with Williamson’s letter simply confirming earlier information.
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Wynnye G. Williamson
Parkersburg
Grand Army of the Republic
West Virginia
Grafton
P. F. Gillisple
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the
Sons of Veterans
Daughters of Veterans
Miss Williamson
Petrified Wood Found on Grafton Country Club Grounds
8 H Wilson, caretaker of the golf course, found a stump of an old apple tree over 100 years old on the Grafton Country club property that has petrified. Part of the tree remains standing while most of the stump is turned to stone. A fragment was shown at the Sentinel office to illustrate the unusual petrification in the county.
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Grafton Country Club
H.wilson
Sentinel
Sheriff Reynolds Held on Bond After Rumpus
Reynolds faces three charges after a clash with state police in Clarksburg. He was jailed for two and a half hours and bonded at 1500 dollars. warrants by Sergeant Wilson cited drunkenness destruction of public utility property and interfering with a department member. Sheriff’s attorney Fred Shinn declined to comment.
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Clarksburg
Moore M. Reynolds
C. P. Wilson
C. D. Smith
Reynolds
Fred Shinn
Charleston
C. I C
Japanese Occupy Hankow and Wuhan as Chinese abandon city
Japanese and foreign dispatches report Hankow and Wuhan including Wuchang and Hanyang fully occupied by Japanese forces. About 26 warships move to Hankow’s concession and thousands of soldiers enter from the northeast, with a 2,000 strong infantry force taking control along the Yangtze waterfront from foreign authorities.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Wuhan
Wuchang
Hanyang
Yangtze
Beagle Hound Sport Rescued From Mine Sinkhole After Weeks
Clarksburg workers pressed a seven day rescue for Sport the beagle trapped in a mine sink hole. They widened an entry between rocks to reach the dog while feeding bread and water down the shaft. Owner Howard Walls awaited signs of injury or response.
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Clarksburg
Howard Walls
Industrial Troubles Over New Law Deplored By F D R
President Roosevelt predicted wage hour law disruptions would fade as industry adapts. He noted temporary suspensions and plant shutdowns in pecan shelling, urging cooperation to make the statute work smoothly. He warned such actions before an election are unfortunate and called for duty to implement social legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Andrews
American Winners Named In Irish Hospital Sweepstakes
In New York on October 26 US ticket holders collected 3 489 162 50 from the Irish Hospital sweepstakes tied to the Cesarewitch race in Newmarket England. Contrevent backers won 1 050 000 across seven tickets, Dubonnet second 525 000, Fet third 200 000 and 599 others shared 1 310 412 50 plus 390 500 in residuals. Total receipts 12 232 405 with about 7 026 500 allotted to prize winners.
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New York
United States
Newmarket
England
Contrevent
Dubonnet
Four Year Old Hunter Shoots Family Porker Dies
Four year old hunter Marlowe Bennett died after taking his father’s high powered rifle and going into Murphy Canyon to shoot. The incident follows adults discussing Utah’s deer season as authorities investigate the child’s actions and safety lapses.
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Hunter
Alpine
Utah
Marlowe Bennett
Murphy
Avers
Roosevelt pressures training for more air corps mechanics
Washington October 26 President Roosevelt announced efforts to address a shortage of aircraft mechanics. He said he is studying the need to train a large number of mechanics as part of the projected national defense revision. He also referenced a 1935 study supporting plans for a 2,320 first line war planes goal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Air Corps
Burns Not to Prevent Talbot's Film Return
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 26. Dr. Jerry Money said Lyle Talbot will return to the screen in a few months despite Burns from saving his boyhood friend Franklin D. Parker from a Beverly Hills house fire. Talbot suffered head and arm injuries and Parker, a bit player, was shocked and burned but both were reported improving at Cedars of Lebanon hospital.
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Hollywood
Lyle Talbot
Franklin D. Parker
Parkot
Jerry Money
Talbot
Cedars of Lebanon
Parker
Beverly Hills
Second Tragedy Victim Dies of Bullet Wounds
PICHLANDS Va Oct 26 The second victim of a domestic tragedy died in a hospital. Mrs Hester Shelton 25 was shot on her porch at Red Ash while holding her 3 year old son Ed Shelton killed himself after shooting his wife leaving the scene in a drunken crazed condition said Constable M J Manley
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Pichlands
Fulton Ratliff
Hester Shelton
Red Ash
M. J. Manley
Ed Shelton
Shelton
Ramsay to Headline Democratic Rally at Court House
Congressman Robert L. Ramsay a Democratic nominee for re election will be the principal speaker at a Democratic rally in the court house at 8 o clock tonight. The Junior Drums corps of the V F W will offer a concert before the meeting. Last night a crowd said to number more than one hundred attended the event with County Chairman Harry Friedman presiding.
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Robert L. Ramsay
Harry Friedman
Fire Aboard Deutschland Sparks Nightmarish SOS at Sea
Aboard the German liner Deutschland, a fire raged in hold No 2 near dusk as gale whipped seas and 591 passengers with 392 crew aboard faced peril. An SOS flashed through radio chains while rescuers sped to the scene and ships altered course, but help was reportedly unnecessary. The ship headed toward New York with interior flames and concern spreading among nearby vessels.
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New York
North Atlantic
Europe
Associated Press
Debates Stir Ohio Voters In Taft Bulkley Series
Youngstown Ohio reports four of six debates between Rep Robert A Taft and Robert Bulkley on New Deal policy. The town hall style encounters drew standing room only crowds as the campaign for governor and other posts heated up. Taft expressed satisfaction with the debates as the series neared its end.
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Youngstown
Liam Howard Taft
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L A. Hoffman
Grafton Lodge No. 15
A. F
A. M
Dixie
Laurel Frey
Carr China Company
Mr. Frey
Congressman Ramsay
Op Beys
Siehler
East
Brotherhood
Grand Army
Harrison
China
Kant Win
House Committee
Dies
Tex
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Gov. Murphy
U.S
Burns
B. and O. Cooperative
Elks’ Club
Blaze
Deutschland
Ohio
United Brethren
A.C
Andy) Schiffler
Congress
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