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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1950
Page
9
W Brummert of Leigh will perform an autopsy on Bahns body to decide if death was self inflicted or caused by a push into a well. No injuries were visible. The Bahns family was last seen last night when two brothers visited and were later found missing. The 25 year old son Dennis, who runs a farm, discovered the deaths at about 8 am today.
Four members of a Leigh area family were beaten to death with a sledge hammer while they slept. Mrs. Henry F. Bahns and three children Eldon Ardith and Helen were found slain. The father Henry F Bahns was found dead in an abandoned well. An inquest was adjourned after a bloodstained farmhouse scene six miles southeast of Leigh.
Public offices close for West Virginia Day as the state observes its birthday. Banks liquor stores and local offices halt operations while the Capitol hosts court opinions appeals and a two day Board of Education session. The DMV remains busy with license renewals ahead of July 1.
The article details a proposed pool style economic union with a common high authority to boost production, regulate prices, and guide working conditions. Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Italy West Germany joined. Britain hesitant but kept informed through Herve Alphand and William Hayter. It also notes urban issues as a council meeting criticizes taxi regulation and street conditions.
A finance committee moves toward reporting a corporation tax measure after rejecting four proposals by Rep. Eberhart to tax excess corporate profits. The plan would tax about 41 percent of corporate income, with a 3 point rise from 38 percent. The panel also approved parking meter funding and altered a cigarette tax measure, with a tight 13 to 12 vote amid Doughton opposition threats.
An advertisement touts BC as an ultra fast headache relief product. It highlights a blend of multiple popular pain relievers, claiming superior effectiveness when combined. It promises relief for simple headaches neuralgic pains and minor aches and promotes tablet and powder forms with two tablets equaling one powder. Prices listed as 10c and 25c.
A Vienna report claims Czechoslovakia secretly agreed with the Soviet Union to relocate 530,000 anti Communist Czechs and families to the USSR beginning in July. The plan lumps them as skilled laborers exchanged for Russian farm help under a mutual aid scheme, with Prague authorities able to repatriate dissidents.
The Central West Virginia Conference of the National Assoc. of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers yesterday named Fred H. Martin its president. Ode Martin is auditor of the Kanawha Banking and Trust Co. in Charleston. Officers elected at the annual meeting at Kanawha County Clinic include W. G. Fitzgerald of Merchants National Bank Montgomery as vice president H. J. Gibbon of National Bank of Logan as secretary treasurer and 2. P. Gordon, Charleston Secret Service chief, spoke on counterfeiting crimes.
Four commissioners named for terms ranging from one to two years, with expirations on June 20, plus a note that Congress will stagger future term expirations. A Senate Armed Services subcommittee approved a bill to fund a $350 million atomic powered submarine and other new weapons, already cleared by the House.
A 31-year-old convicted slayer of Mrs. Rosina Fazio, Painter, had his death sentence upheld on appeal. The decision was unanimous among the three appellate judges present, with Fox and Haymond absent. Burdette’s appeal had previously sparked surprise, and Painter expressed cautious relief when the news reached him as sheriff Carson Richards prepared to move him to the death house at Moundsville.
The crowded courtroom saw the defendant, immaculately dressed in a dark blue suit and fedora, withdraw his not guilty plea and plead guilty after a bench conference. Attorney Sol Gelb, who has assisted Tom Dewey and Hogan, was not present. The defendant, Erickson, appeared scared as he stood and admitted guilt amid reporters rushing the doorway.
Police recaptured John Wesley Westfall 30 on Watts Street Charleston a week after he fled the Moundsville work detail. Three others from Kanawha and Raleigh counties escaped from Cadell State Prison road camp near Kingston, including Leo Walker 6, Robert Mooney 20, and Bernard Ruffin 25. Westfall cried when arrested at Kanawha City bridge as tip led to the capture. Detective J H Kessinger led the arrest with W W Fisher and Patrolmen C Thomason and C Lightner.
AFL groups will supply at least 40 carpenters nine painters and six electricians plus other union members for a drainage and road project led by general contractor R N Hewitt. Rainy weather delayed start as Graders planned on Coon skin Hollow Rd with Grover Christian reporting work to begin Wednesday.
A lightning storm caused a small attic fire in a three story eight room house at 3600 M C Snodgrass Pennsylvania Ave. Firemen also battled a blaze on a telephone pole near H D Beimers as lightning struck. Damage to the home was estimated, service disruptions reported, and rainfall measured at the city weather office. Across Southern West Virginia power and telephone lines were down with floods and road closures. Pearlman questioned Erickson as the case moved to a guilty plea on 66 counts in a dreary courtroom climax.
Wayne reported at least three points while Logan measured 2.33 inches in the 36 hour period ending at 1 pm. Hunting ton recorded 1.74 inches and Oak Hill 1.37. East Rainelie 0.82, Union 0.68, Parkersburg 0.70 and Elkins 0.76 inches as part of the same event.
Conferees reached a compromise on rent controls allowing counties to remove rules before December 31, and giving cities and towns similar authority. The final plan drops a provision to share removed controls with Chicago, and requires affirmative action to extend ceilings for six months. About eight million housing units are under controls nationwide.
Elk Two Mile road and another access into the park will host a parade of heavy equipment next Sunday. Contractors, dealers and AFL workers will contribute time and gear to erect picnic shelters a baseball field a dance pavilion and a band shell plus a three acre artificial lake under Kanawha Game and Fish Association sponsorship.
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