Surplus Farm Goods Sales Hit $25 Million in 1950
The Agriculture Department disclosed sales of 25 million dollars in surplus farm commodities under bargain basement sales since January. Domestic buyers and exporters purchased cheese butter peanuts trade cotton feed barley flaxseed wheat and other items, with Germany and the UK receiving large wheat quotas. The CCC reported wheat sales under the international agreement totaling 145 million bushels since August 1. A public hearing set for June 13 at Rockford, Illinois will review changes to the Rockford-Freeport milk handling order and butter powder price formula.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corp
U.S
U. S
Germany
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Rockford
Rockford-Freeport
Chicago
Cemetery Vandals Face Crackdown in Charleston
Charleston police chief Charles Ray ordered close monitoring of Spring Hill Cemetery after reports of wanton destruction of thousands of dollars in property. Unauthorized visitors will be escorted out, with bans on sight-seeing and gatherings. Patrol cars on evening and midnight shifts will conduct periodic checks to enforce the crackdown.
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Charleston
Spring Hill
Charles Ray
Ray
Wilkinson Opposes Tax on Non-Profit Groups
R J Wilkinson Jr, president of the Huntington Clinical Foundation, opposed a movement to tax non profit groups in a Charleston Civitan Club talk at the Daniel Boone Hotel. He cited the Carnegie, Rockefeller, Rosenwald, Ford, Russell Sage foundations and warned taxation would curb their public health and education work. Leslie Price became president with Claude Swayze and Theodore Horton named officers.
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R. J. Wilkinson
Huntington Clinical Foundation
Charleston Civitan J Club
Daniel Boone ‘Hotel
Carnegie Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Julius Rosenwald Foundation
Ford Foundation
Russell Sage Foundation
Clib
Leslie Price
Claude JL. Swayze
Theodore Horton
Baker to Receive Mechanical Engineering Degree at Kansas
Thomas O. Baker of Charleston Washington will graduate with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering at the University of Kansas 78th annual commencement. More than 2,500 will graduate in the largest class in the school's history. Baker completes four years of study this week.
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Lawrence
Ken
Thomas O. Baker
Charleston
W. Wa
University of Kansas
Baker
Miner George Mayhew Dies From Slate Fall Injuries
Logan report states George W Mayhew 59 died from injuries after a slate fall at Youngstown Mining Co Dehne mine April 28 He suffered crushed chest and legs leaving five sons and 14 grandchildren The incident occurred amid mining dangers in Dehne with Mayhew now deceased after the accident on slate rock.
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Dehne
Logan
George W.mayhew
Youngstown Mining
State Charters Issued by State Officials
Three non profit organizations received state charters yesterday. Pleasant District Hunting and Fishing Club in Morgantown was incorporated by W. A. Brown Otto G. Burkhardt Burdette J. Williams all of Morgantown. Mt Hebron Cemetery to be vacated near Maysville in Grant County was incorporated by Elise Keplinger Lyle Snyder both of Maysville and Ollie Peaster of Petersburg. Alpha Phi Alpha club Beckley was incorporated by DuPont Evans John T. Plippen and James M. Brown all of Beckley. Also chartered was J B Smith and Co a Parkersburg clothing store with $50 090 capital. incoporators Raymond Wharton Emile F. Matlack and J B Smith all of Parkersburg.
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Pleasant District Hunting and Fishing Club
Morgantown
W. A. Brown
Otto G. Burkhardt
Ora Burdette J. Williams
Mt. Hebron
Maysville
Grant County
Elise, Keplinger
Lyle Snyder
Oliie Peaster
Petersbore
I | Alpha Phi Alpha Tub, Inc
Beckley
DuPonta. Evans
John T. Plippen
James M. Brown
J. B. Smith and Co
Jim Parkersburg
Reymond Wharton
Emile F. Matlack
J. B. Smith
Parkersburg
Charlestonians Pleads Guilty to Tax Charge
James B Bartlett son of Mr and Mrs B E Bartlett of 206 Kanahe Ay Charleston W Va was graduated at Rollins College here Serve yesterday The indictment covered the years 1943-48 and he entered the guilty plea to one count of income tax evasion The government charged Brice owed 31876 10 for 1944 2087 90 for 1943 and 7569 88 for 1943 in Paris He may stay in Paris studying under tutorship in economics
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The
Winter Park
Fla
James B. Bartlett
jMrs
B. E. Bartlett
Kanahe Ay
Charleston
W. Va
Rollins College
Bartlett
Brite
James Bartlett
Charlestonian
Paris
France
William E. Baker
C. Lee Spillgate
United States
Brice
Sam- Bartlett Kling. Rollins
Tax Collections Fall Near Five Million Dollars
Tax collections for 11 months total $29,064,770 through May 31, up from $24,695,497 last year. Coal, oil, and other natural resource payments dropped versus last year while utilities and transportation firms edged higher. Manufacturers and retailers posted sizable declines. contractors and service industries also reduced payments.
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H. Koontz
Record $6378 in traffic fines from city crackdown
A city campaign against traffic violations yielded $6378 in fines last month, based on 5000 red tags issued over 131 days, more than double the prior month. Officials highlighted parking on left sides as a major hazard, while the accident prevention bureau noted a slight drop in accidents during the period.
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Accident Prevention Bureau
Appeals of Gigging Figures Dismissed
Intermediate Judge Cyrus W Hall yesterday dismissed appeal cases of two city policemen and an ex member of the force charged with gigging fish last May. Judge Hall remanded Patrolmen Owen S Marshall and Herschel Pauley and former nation istman James H Beck to Justice of the Peace H G Thayer's court. Dismissal followed by a day Marshal's loss of a suit against Conservation Officer Roy Stewart, who Marshall contended arrested him falsely.
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Cyrus W Hall
Hall
Owen S. Marshall
Herschel Pauley
James H. Beck
Justice of the Peace
H. G. Thayer
Roy Stewart
Marshall
Stewart
East Bank Man Freed On Molesting Charge
East Bank resident Andrew Jones was freed in Intermediate Court on a recharges of contributing to the delinquency of a young girl. The jury deliberated for an hour and a half before reaching a verdict after a two day trial.
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East Bank
Andrew Jones
West Bank
Jones
Auto Struck by C&O Freight Near St Albans
A westbound Chesapeake and Ohio local freight train struck an automobile one mile east of St. Albans yesterday. The driver, identified as Robert Dyer of Julia, was taken to Thomas Memorial Hospital and released with no treatment. Passengers Beatrice Miller of 408 Lee St and Homer Layne of 509 Pennsylvania Ave were listed by police.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
St. Albans
Robert Dyer
Julia
Beatrice Miller
iLee St
Homer Layne
Pennsylvania
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Radio Comic Henry Morgans Wife Files Divorce Suit
Isobel Morgan seeks separation with $750 weekly support and $25,009 in legal fees. She accuses Henry Morgan of allergy to rings and cites repeated marital disputes since their Las Vegas marriage in 1948. She says he refused a wedding ring and cut off $300 weekly allowance.
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New York
INS
Isobel Morgan
Henry Morgan
Eof
Morgan
Gil Coan Fractures Skull in Senators Doubleheader
Washington outfielder Gil Coan suffered a fractured skull in the first game of a doubleheader with the St. Louis Browns. He slid into second base in the seventh inning and collided with Owen Friend, was carried off on a stretcher, and will be out for at least two months after Georgetown Hospital confirmed the injury.
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Washington
Gil Coan
Sust
St. Louis Browns
Senators
Coan
Owen Friend
St. Louis
Georgetown Hospital
New Soft Coal Group Formed
A new soft coal producers association to represent Northern mine owners in labor relations was disclosed in Cleveland. R Livingston Ireland of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co said the group may be named Bituminous Coal Operators Assoc with Pittsburgh Consolidation among its largest backers. Harry M. Moses of Pittsburgh is named to lead. headquarters will be in Washington, with a directors meeting planned early next month.
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Cleveland
R. Livingston Ireland
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Assoc
Pittsburgh Consolidation
Harry M. Moses
Pittsburgh
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Washington, D. C
Ireland
Directory
Better Water Service Sought for Morgantown
Morgantown seeks to own a municipal water system to improve service and keep rates steady. City Manager Elmer W. Prince testified at a Public Service Commission hearing, proposing $1,800,000 plus $500,000 in improvements since January 1, 1849, to take over Morgantown Water Co. If denied, a rate increase would be needed to fund improvements.
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Morgantown
Public Service Commission
Elmer W. Prince
Prince
Morgantown Water Co
Glasgow preacher plans sermon in rhyme at 11 a.m.
The Glasgow Methodist Church pastor Rev M H Cummings will preach his entire sermon in rhyme at 11 a.m. on a tornado day. His topic is The Love of God. Cummings has authored several poems and hymns and composed many songs.
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Glasgow
M. Homer Cummings
Glasgow Methodist Church
God
Cummings
M. H. Cummings
Six Strippers Pinched In Bare Bosom Drive
Miami police continued a night club indecency sweep arresting six dancers for indecent exposure. Detectives sat through performances before arresting five at Rainbow Club and one at Big Barn, challenging if exposed chests count as art or indecency. Trial scheduled next Tuesday before Judge Curry. dancers released on bond.
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Miami
Fla
Toda
Big Barn
Chester Eldredge
Grady Hammond
M. J. Murrah
Paula Tribble McGhee
Cecil Co. Curry
Curry
Kerns Waives Hearing On Charge of Assault
Huntington June 2 A preliminary hearing was waived today by D A Kerns of Charleston manager of featherweight Noel Humphreys on a charge of assaulting Mickey Davies Huntington manager The two men had an altercation on May 23 at a Seventh Avenue establishment Kerns was released on 1908 bond pending action by a grand jury in the case
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Huntington
Jone
Charleston
Noel Humphreys
Humphreys
D. A. Kerns
M. H. Adkins
Kerns
Mickey Davies
Seventh Avenue
Law Dictionary Confirms Indictment in Obscene Girls Case
In suburban Chicago eleven girls charged with lewd and obscene conduct faced a judge who used a law dictionary to verify the indictment wording. Judge Donald S. McKinlay ruled the language was correct, and the case was continued for later action.
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Chicago
Tinsi
Donald S. McKinlay
McKinlay
Marriage Applications Listed For Reed and Charleston Areas
A list of marriage applications includes William Johnson and Poyule Be Rawe both of Reed aged 34 and 28 respectively, Russplll Lee Moore and Qanevt Young both of Clendenin aged 26 and 4, Brax Sugarman and Helen Cohen ages 4 and 40 of 1109 Lee Rt and 152 Virginia St. Jamies Sheets and Mary peepee Buttman ages 18 and 22 of Hycunt and 1118 Crescent, Leo Luke Twohig 25 of RID and Elizabeth Attice Dunver Jr of RFD 1. 21, James White 23 of 1 Zoid Charleston, Bev At 1808 Mercet Ar.
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William
Johnson
Poyule Be Rawe
Reed
Russplll Lee Moore
Qanevt Young
Clendenin
Brax Sugarman
Lee Rt
Helen Cohen
Virginia St. Jamies Sheets
Hycunt
Mary Peepee Buttman
Crescent Leo Luke Twohig
RID
Elizabeth Attice Dunver, Jr
RFD
Furth Argus Opal Tell Secons
Lanham
Sour Chateston
James White
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Missouri
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Sedalis
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Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative
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Toast Panola-Harrison Electric Cooperative
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Wilkinson
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Hubert Harrison
Nete Carney
Dog Fork
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Joe Lambers
Loudon Dist
Kanawha Land Co
Ned D. Hutchinson
Hill Tanda
South Charleston
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Kanawne
County Board of Education
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Lewis G. Hill
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Harry Frame
C. Knollwood Adan
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D. A. Abrams
Lot Tranning Lowix
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T BL. Boggs
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Love, Inc
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Eula Rose Sheppard
Instand
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Stogden
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