Florig Completes His Testimony To Grand Jury
Private detective Al Florig finished six days of testimony before a Pittsburgh grand jury investigating charges that rackets operate with police and political protection. He was followed by investigator Theodore Pritchiard. A dismissed policeman tied to a downtown merchant shaking down was subpoenaed, and police inspectors may be called to testify.
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Pittsburgh
al Florig
Florig
Grand Jury
Theodore Pritchiard
Mer
Uty
Guarded Univis Plant Reopens Under National Guard Presence
Dayton dispatch reports Univis Lens Company plant reopening under National Guard protection after last week’s clashes between pickets and police. About 1,400 guardsmen with tanks and machine gun carriers restrained a 75 strong strike sympathy crowd. By 8:30 a.m. around 100 autos entered the gates and the line was later stabilized within a quarter mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Pitkin
Dayton
Univis Lens Company
National Guard
Onoti
Pean
Po United Electrical Workers
Univis
Num~ Porns
Teachers enroll in Taylor County summer workshop
About 13 Taylor County school teachers have enrolled in a four week summer workshop at Grafton Junior High school. Sponsored by the Taylor County Board of Education and Fairmont State College, the program runs August 2 through 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, with noon dismissal Saturdays.
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Taylor County
Taylor County Board of Education
Fairmont State College
Grafton
E. Guy Kuhn
Margaret Willard
Marion County
Thelma Harr
Fairmont Tate College
Mary B. Price
Jane Rast
Ford
Roberts and
Rhodes
Secrecy Maintained On Results Conference With Joseph Stalin
Washington and London report on the Kremlin meeting between Joseph Stalin and Western diplomats. U S Ambassador Walter B Smith and Frank Roberts in Moscow, with Yves Chataigneau, work late on dispatches as governments study the results. Optimism mixes with caution about German postwar relations.
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Joseph Stalin
Washington
Marshall
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Creiier
Stalin
Moscow
State Department
Truman
Missouri
Michael McDermott
Smith
London
Foreign Office
Frank Roberts
Kremlin
Lessions
Russia
Walter B. Smith
Vés Chataignesu
Germany
Yves Chataigneau
Brinkman Block Steelwork Finished as Reconstruction Advances
Steelwork for the Brinkman block reconstruction is complete with H M Murray optimistic about street floor occupancy within six weeks. H E Brestel's crew finished steel work, while future plans include concrete floors and two-story brick work, with six top-floor apartments and possible delays from weather.
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Brinkman
H. M. Murray
H. E. Brestel
Murray
More Rain Predicted for Grafton Tonight
Forecast calls for further rainfall in Grafton this evening and tomorrow with little temperature change. A mild 71 degree midday reading followed a 60 degree low last night. Yesterday’s high reached 86 degrees as .54 inches of rain fell by noon. Dr. John Long Brown, 62, well known Clay County surveyor and veterinarian, died yesterday while surveying property.
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Grafton
Clay
John Long Brown
Sizemores
Clay County
Extended West Virginia Weather Forecast Aug 4 8
Temperatures will average slightly below normal with little daily change. Occasional rain is possible Wednesday or Thursday, with the period ending Friday. Expected total rainfall near one inch across the state.
Question Son When Body Of Father Found Today
Uniontown Pa August 3 George Carroll 71 was found dead of a fractured skull in his back yard at Tower Hill early today Dr Ralston McGee Fayette county coroner said he had apparently been beaten over the head with a beer bottle County Chief of Detectives William J Long said Carrolls son John 8 Carroll 40 told of having an argument with his father yesterday evening Long said the son was being questioned No charge was filed in the case
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Uniontown
George Carroll
Tower Hill
Ralston McGee
Fayette County
William J. Long
Carroll
John
Truman Proposes 4.3 Billion Excess Profits Tax
President Truman asked Congress to approve a 4.3 billion dollar excess profits tax aimed at shielding the public from peacetime profiteers. Representative Dingell said he will introduce the bill, designed to affect large corporations while exempting many small firms. Taft urged the Senate Republican policy committee to weigh anti inflation and civil rights policy.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Dingell Dmich
Tle
Dingell
Treasury
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
County Levying Bodies Meet to Set Budgets and Taxes
Taylor county four levying bodies met today or plan to convene tonight to prepare budgets for the current fiscal year and set tax rates pending State Tax Commissioner approval. The Grafton City Council and Taylor County Board of Education meet tonight at eight. The Taylor County Court met this morning at nine. Flemington planned a daytime session though exact time unavailable. Final budgets and levies await Commissioner approval in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Grafton City
Taylor County Board of Education
Taylor County Court
Flemington
Communist Becomes President of Hungary
BUDAPEST Hungary Aug 3 Arpad Szakasits a former stone mason journalist and poet was elected president of Hungary today. The vote by parliament was unanimous. He succeeded Zoltan Tildy who resigned last Friday after his son in law Victor Csornoky was arrested and charged with espionage and treason. Imre Nagy announced Szakasits was the only candidate and opposition walked out then returned as Szakasits was elected.
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Budapest
Hungary
Arpad Szakasits
Zoltan Tildy
Victor Csornoky
Imre Nagy
Hunigary
Szakasiis
Peo
Decca Records Targeted in Antitrust Action
Attorney General Clark announced a civil antitrust suit in New York against Decca Records Inc American and Decca Records Co Ltd British for conspiring to restrain sale and distribution of commercial phonograph records. Electric and Musical Industries Ltd named as co conspirator but not a defendant.
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Washington
Clark
Decca Phonograph Records
Federal District Court
New York City
Decca Records, Inc
American Decca
Decca Records Co
Ltt
British Decca
Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd
Justice Department
al- Bee Decca
SGT DENZIL GROVES RE BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS
Four years after his death in World War II, Tech. Sgt. Denzil Groves is reburied at the National Cemetery in Grafton. A 1:30 service was held at Bartlett Funeral Home and military honors followed at 2 p.m. Jackson County American Legion posts assisted. Groves died in Luzon in 1945. he was posthumously awarded the Heart.
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John Denzil Groves
U.S. Army Infantry
Grafton
Bartlett
Harry Eckels
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Tech
Grouse
National Cemetery
Taylor County
American Legion
Groves
Luzon
Denzil Pi
Second Murder Trial Jury Panel Drawn in Fayetteville
A second panel of 100 persons was summoned in Fayetteville to obtain a jury for the murder trial of Thomas Steed 28. The defendant is charged with killing Loren R. McClung a Smithers druggist and city councilman on July 1 and robbing him of 8000 dollars. Court delay due to a technicality is noted with defense attorney William Laird challenging the panel as illegally drawn. The matter references Circuit Judge R J Thrift Jr and the summons on page 6.
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Fayetteville
Thomas Steed
Steed
Loren R. McClung
Smithers
McClung
R. J. Thrift, Jr
William Laird
Thrift
Consol Negotiates To Buy Vast Coal Acreage
Pittsburg based Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co confirms talks to buy 19,972 acres of West Virginia coal land in Monongalia County from the Mellon foundations Old Dominion and Avalon. The $3.64 million deal includes $2.375 million in first deed notes and 49,000 shares of stock. The land is estimated to hold 140 million tons. approval from NYSE and SEC is pending.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
West Virginia
Mellon
Monongahelia County
Old Dominion and
Avalon Foundations
Paul Mell
Ailsa Mellon ‘Bruce
New York Stock Exchange
Securities Exchange Commission
Hermit Boy Escapes West Virginia Industrial School
A 14 year old barefoot boy in a nightshirt escaped from the West Virginia Industrial School at Pruntytown last Friday night. He has holed up in the woods behind Carter's Filling Station on Route 50 near White Oaks and is believed to have triggered a weekend theft at Carter's Service station. Police report six chickens vanished from a nearby coop and traces of the birds were found in the woods as officers search the area. See PRUNTYTOWN page 8
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Pruntytown
White Oaks
West Virginia
Carter
Small Cottage Indicts Two Builders in Housing Fraud
PITTSBURGH Aug 3 County Detective William Haus halter said records and personal effects of two builders sought under housing fraud indictments were found today in an abandoned Richland township cottage. The men sought by police are Raymond BE Reynolds, 50, and his son Raymond L Reynolds, 24. Indictments charge fraudulent conversion for taking down payments on dream houses never built. Purchasers have filed claims seeking 175,000 in down payments.
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Pittsburgh
William Haus~halter
Richland Township
Raymond BE
Reynolds
Raymond L. Reynolds
Charleston Auto License Tags Bring Record Revenue
Receipts from selling 1048.40 automobile license tags totaled 7,052,987.53 dollars as announced by motor vehicles Commissioner Don McClaugherty. A total of 242,515 licenses have been issued for pass or CALS.
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Charleston
Don McClaugherty
Chambers Links Hiss to Communist Underground Probe
Whittaker Chambers testified before the House committee that a Soviet underground network operated in Washington, naming Alger Hiss and Nathan Witt among its members. He cited Harold Ware and Elizabeth Bentley as linked figures, with John Abt and Lee Pressman also connected. Senate hearings on Communist spying continued, citing friction over obtaining Commerce Department records on William W. Remington.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Ors
Red
Alger’ Hiss
State Department
Nathan Witt
National Labor Relations Board
Chambers
House un-American Activities Committee
Capitol
Senate
Ferguson
Harold Ware
Tikpewitv
Misys
Elizabeth T
Three Die As Private Plane Crashes Near Martinsburg
Aug 3 Martinsburg reports a small private plane crashed on a mountainside killing three men including George Baker Triede a Baltimore attorney and Franck C Thomas general manager of Standard Lime and Stone E C Parkinson Martinsburg flying service pilot. Eyewitnesses said engine was not running as the craft dived to the ground. Flight partners in Trelde.s Baltimore office said he planned to visit Martinsburg and burg last night.
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Martinsburg
George Baker Triede
Baltimore
Civil Aeronautics, Authority
Martinshire
Franck. C. Thomas
Standard Lime and Stone Company
E. C. Parkinson
Martinsburg Flying Service
Trelde
Burg
Thom
Pate
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Brinkman Block
GOP
Ples Party
Christian Camp
Szakasits
Wasremier
Nyes
Robert B. Daniels
Decca Records
der Bingle Crosby’s Record Making Co
Justice Dep't
Sgt
Denzil Groves
Moundsville
Aug
West Virginis
Atla
Consol
Prunty Town
AGG
Woods
Industrial School
Boss
Bruntytown
GOD
Gov't. Men
Commerce Department
Graton
Dennis O'Keefe
Dixie Theatre
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