Three Boys Hailed After Midnight Hospital Escape
Three crippled children from Morris Memorial Hospital in Milton sneaked out at 3 a.m. along Huntington-Charleston road. A trucker stopped, returned them to police, and the youths were taken to jail for a sightseeing trip. They explained sickness spurred the escapade and were later escorted back by hospital superintendent Mrs Grindle.
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Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Huntington-Charleston
Charleston
Truckers
South Charles
Zand
B. Chapman, Jr
H. W. Summerfield
Huntington
South Charleston boy returns home after treatment ends
Mrs Grindle explains the boy’s disappearance and says he wasn’t punished as his family understood why he left. The child was found and returned yesterday morning as his medical treatments concluded.
State Railroad Firms to Discuss 1950 Property Assessments
Representatives of major railroads and utilities will testify before the Board of Public Works during three days of hearings on tentative 1950 assessments. The state total is tentatively set at 641 193 500 with tangible property up by 3 202 600 from last year.
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Board of Public Works
State Tax Department
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Virginian
Western Maryland
Toledo and Ohio Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
Cumberland Valley
Martinsburg
Wheeling Terminal Railway
Monongahela Railway
Western Union Telegraph Co
Woman Who Started Flying at 100 Is Dead
Chicago obituary notes Clara Edelstone died at 104 from injuries after a fall. She began flying in 1944 to attend a Montreal wedding of one of her 92 great-grandchildren and urged others to wed so she could fly to their weddings. She later took five more plane trips.
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Chicago
CNS
Clara Edelstone
Montreal
Edelstone
Court Leaves Air and Light Suit Unsettled in Charleston
The West Virginia Supreme Court sent back the South Charleston dispute over building practice that blocks air and light, citing ancient lights doctrine. It also ruled on tax suits against the State Tax Commissioner, certified Melvin Fox for mayor of Ansted, and upheld a discretionary power to impound funds for support in a Kanawha County divorce case.
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State Supreme Court
South Charleston
Fred L. Fox
Lillian Nomar
Mary Frances Aubrey
Charles W. Ballard, Jr
Melvin Fox
Ansted
People's
Kanawha Court of Common Pleas
Fox
Air and Light
Privi- Huntington
Pers
Penh
William J. Morrill
Huntington
Cabell
Hamill Coal Sales
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Capitol Street
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Corner of Bridge
Norwood Rds
Blair Ample Jr
William Shank
Linda Harvey
Carter
Michael Wellford
St. Matthews
William II
England
Bottla
Whder
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Shirley Pridemore
Progressive Ticket
Kanawha County
Treva Marie Bradley Smith
Keneneth Cleveland Smith
Smith
Osteopathic Hospital
Cohen Drug CO
Chesspeaker Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
Electrie
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