Labor Leader Denounces Partisanship At Grafton Ox Roast
Thousands attended the Republican ox roast in Grafton park where Albert Dennis urged voters to exercise their rights on Election Day. The event featured speeches by local and state nominees, with 10,000 estimated attendees and 18,000 sandwiches served as music and festivities continued.
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London
Grafton Park
Albert Dennis
Dennis
R Marks
Ocasion
A. C. Schiffier
Boone Dawson
Charleston
Tom Sweeney
Wheelin
John W
Red” Hamilton
Benwood
Norge
Grafton
Ferndale
United Republican Club
James C. Holt
Taylor County
Gordie Bailey
L. A Shader
Dallas Wolfe
John Boston
P. F. Gllispie
Death of George Grose Flemington undertaker
George M Grose 61 a Flemington undertaker died at Grafton City hospital after a year long illness. native of Reedsville he worked for McGrumphy Funeral Co then ran his own business until ill health forced retirement. Survivors include wife Arlie and two children Ralph and Marion plus brother Winfield. Funeral services Thursday at McGlumphy Funeral Home Fremington with burial at Oisville cemetery.
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George M. Grose
Flemington
Grafton City Hospital
Mr. Grose
Reedsville
Grose
McGrumphy Funeral Company
Arlie Grose
Cincinnati
Ralph Grose
Akron
Ohio
Marion Malay
Winfield Grose
Elks Lodge
Morgantown
McGlumphy
Fremington
Wendel Club Is Organized In Wendel Roosevelts Neely Kilgore
Organization of a Roosevelt Neely Kilgore club in Wendel finished at a Sunday night meeting. Paul Phillips was named chairman Karl Wince vice chair Herbert D. Withers recording and financial secretary and Burl Shaffer treasurer. Prosecuting Attorney Francis L. Warder spoke on national and state issues. Sage Riders provided entertainment with Bedlack sisters Mary and Rosa singing. Next meeting set for Thursday Sept 12 at the Fleming ton theatre. Voters from precincts Courthouse 2 3 and 4 and Flemington 1 2 3 attended.
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Roosevelt- Neely-Kilgore Club
Wendel
Paul Phillips
UMIW
Karl Wince
Herbert D. Withers
Burl Shaffer
Francis L. Warder
Sage Riders
Bedlack
Mary
Rosa
Flemington
Phillips
Courthouse
Fairmont Protests Plan to Drop Trains No 51 and 56
The Fairmont Board of Commerce and Fairmont Business Men's Association protested removal of the Gratton-Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio passenger trains No 51 and 56. A hearing before the Public Service Commission in Charleston addressed the plan to drop the trains, which the railroad contends operate at a loss.
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Fairmont Board of Commerce
Fairmont Business Men's Association
Gratton-Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Public Service Commission
Charleston
August rail freight totals rise for B&O in 1940
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad moved 236,830 freight cars in August 1940, with 153,723 loaded on line and 83,107 from connections, up 30,625 from August last year. July volume rose to 222,463 with 143,214 on line and 79,254 from connections.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Reese Aueust
Weekend Police Net Records Three Drunks
City police arrested three drunks over the weekend. Erly Eisner of Grafton paid a $10 fine after an early Sunday arrest. Loris Elers received ten days on the city streets. Berthel Mayle, nabbed at 6 p.m. yesterday at the city park, was ordered jailed for 10 days.
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Erly Eisner
Grafton
P. F. Gillispie
Loris Elers
Berthel Mayle
Section hand killed near Bluestone in accident
Sept 3. Ran sie Sexton a 34 year old railroad section hand was found decapitated on Norfolk and Western tracks near Bluestone Officials said he apparently had been struck by a train The incident occurred on the Bluestone line believed to be an accidental death and under investigation by local authorities
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Bluefield
Ransie Sexton
Norfolk and Western
Bluestone
Romanian disorder swells as troops guard Bucharest
Amid a violent weekend, thousands knelt in public squares and swore death to traitors who aided the agreement. Armed Transylvanians seized key services and posts in Sighet and Stan Mare, while Bucharest police patrolled the capital and the king's palace. The government, pressed by a German threat, sentenced 281 alarmists to concentration camps and a leading editor was briefly jailed before publishing a censored protest. Soviet Russia reportedly asked Berlin to clarify Germany’s Vienna guarantee regarding Transylvania.
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Sighet
Stan Mare
Bucharest
Carol
Romania
Ton Lugajanu
Rome
Tis
Pny
Soviet
Russia
Berlin
Vienna
Transylvania
Hungary
Schiffler Unable To Appear Before Class
Congressman A C Schiffler could not attend a joint Baraca Bible class meeting in Grafton Clarksburg and Palmont churches due to a disrupted travel route. He telephoned his regrets from Cameron after his driver was diverted en route to Grafton Sunday morning.
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Grafton
Cameron
A. C. Schiffler
Baraca Bible Classes
Clarksburg
Palrmont
Wallace Off Tour Plans Expand Across Midwestern States
Managers of the Wallace tour said he was planning similar trips through Iowa Nebraska Minnesota and probably Ottawa Wisconsin. The itinerary aims to extend engagement across the region, expanding promotional appearances and performances.
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Ers
Towa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Todi
Wisconsin
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