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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1950
Page
4
City Building Inspector Homer Johnston warned of a crackdown on falsifying building permit applications. He outlined methods to minimize construction costs and cited revenue losses. Johnston proposed personal inspections of new structures and strict prosecution for intentional misreporting to boost fees and assessments.
Local Secret Service chief Joseph P. Jordan urged all money handlers to watch for fakes and report them. He spoke at the Central West Virginia Conference of the National Assoc of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers annual meeting at Kanawha Country Club. Officers for 1950 1951 were elected: Frank H. Marlin president W G Fitzgerald vice president H J Gibson secretary treasurer and bank official from Logan as assistant cashier.
An armed bandit held up Pub Cafe owner Philip S. Dandy at closing time. He demanded cash from a bank deposit bag and fled in a waiting car with $783. Patrolman Dallas Biss and Officer George Nunley investigated. the driver was seen but not identified. The money covered Sunday receipts.
State CIO bodies will map election and get out the vote plans at a weekend meeting in Clarksburg. President John B. Eaton said affiliates from Radnor and other unions will follow standard policy on mobilizing support for public office, while Eaton returns from a national CIO conference in Washington with views on Truman era policy and social security.
West Virginia lawmakers push for a Navy funded laboratory at the South Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant to boost employment. Negotiations reportedly include leasing heat treating facilities to McJunkin Supply Co. in Charleston. Secretary Johnson says heavy ordnance work ends, with 280 workers remaining before phased reductions.
Ray Spencer and Telford Spencer of Grapevine Hollow near Sissonville pleaded guilty to operating a moonshine still. Arraigned before Commissioner William H. Belcher they were released on $300 bond each. Scheduled for November term in Charleston. Arrested Sunday by G G Kirkpatrick, David H. Walker of the U S Alcohol Tax Unit, and State Trooper Jack Miller.
Special to The Gazette Fort Benning Ga June 19 second Lt David R Rosson of 4010 Venable Ave Charleston WV was graduated Saturday from the basic course of the Infantry School here The purpose of the course is to produce company grade officers thoroughly grounded in the fundamentals and techniques of infantry units Special emphasis is given to developing capable company commanders.
State Police Cpl. G. M. Scott said there was no evidence of violence in the death of Charley J. Levich, 68, whose body was found in Little Jerrells Fork of Coal River yesterday.
Germany authorized Germans to manufacture and possess firearms for sporting purposes for the first time since the war. The June 19 policy marks a shift in postwar restrictions, enabling civilian gun ownership under new regulations.
The Agriculture Department reports 64 animals were sold on Saturday at the annual West Virginia regional purebred stud jam and sale in Pennsboro with a total of 923.50.
Three Charleston youths aged nine to twelve were playing on an inner tube when fire sirens drew crews to Elk River near Washington Manor. They fled by riverbank as firefighters launched a boat, then disappeared on reaching the far shore after a passerby alerted the department.
The State Road Commission reported water from Twelve Pole Creek flooded U S Route 52 at two points in Wayne County yesterday causing road closures at Missouri Branch and Genoa. Flooding affected traffic as crews worked to clear the water and reopen the highway.
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