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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1950
Page
1
City discussions at counter meetings and Taylor County Board of Trade reflect support for a gross tax to raise about $12,000. Business leaders acknowledge taxes are needed for city facilities. current rates burden retailers, but the utility rates remain high. A suspect telephonic caller faced potential civil and criminal action. See LIGHTS page 2.
West Virginia Auditor Edgar Sims again refuses payments from the 194% legislature sessions. He blocks 3600 dollars for Potomac river basin interstate commission and previously denied 2200 to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission and 6000 to the Council of State Governments, arguing the appropriations violate the state constitution.
U S forces report successful attacks on all fronts in Korea with a major drive toward Chinju. North Koreans retreating from Chinju as U N troops push from Taegu toward the southern front. Five regimental units drive ahead while attempting to link up and seal escape routes for Communist forces.
Four new infantile paralysis cases raise Mercer county total to five. An East Princeton patient under observation at Princeton Hospital was confirmed polio. Bluefield and Princeton health authorities impose precautions while Wytheville and surrounding Virginia towns report rising polio with 140 cases and 15 deaths in the year.
Seaman Robert C. Roy of Gatton is a mainstay of the Coast Guard rowing crew representing Hatteras Island in the Josephus Daniels Memorial Trophy race. Though Roy knew nothing about rowing when he joined the Coast Guard, he was selected among a team with a long line of oarsmen in the crew.
Clyde N. Roberts of Huntington was installed as president of the West Virginia Pharmaceutical Association at its three day Huntington convention. About 300 pharmacists from across the state attended the ceremony.
Pope Pius XII blessed 25 Catholic Boy Scouts and leaders from 12 U S regions during a special audience at Castel Gandolfo. The group represents about 430000 Catholic Scouts in the United States. The Pope offered blessings to each member and their families and all Catholic Scouts of America.
President Truman told a Washington gathering that forces opposed to the United States show little regard for human life. He denounced rulers who treat people as instruments for power, spoke at the National Employ and Physically Handicapped Week event, and signed a proclamation for the week's emphasis on handicapped employment. He asserted human life is priceless in a democracy and deserves protection.
City council announces Layne H. Ford will serve as Grafton city judge this week, replacing J. Guy Al Jender who is on a one week vacation in Lorimer Ohio.
Senator Taft calls for a 13 to 1 cent billion annual tax rise to finance rearmament and Korean War expenditures on a pay-as-you-go basis. He argues Truman’s $5 billion proposed tax hike is only a stopgap while treasury estimates private tax take this year at about $36 billion. Harriman returns to Washington amid hopes for a clearer U.S. stance toward Nationalist China.
U S command post maps meeting with MacArthur at Washington airport. A U S freighter Liberty hit a mine in the North Sea with no passengers aboard. Denmark faces a government crisis as the Social Democratic cabinet resigns and calls for dissolution. new general election set for September 5. Six American and six British divisions in Germany could deter Russian attack for a year per a high French official. Senate Armed Services chairman Millard Tydings warns manpower shortages may curb mobilization, calling for trained ground forces. House vote looms on a price and wage control bill plus rationing measures. Banking Committee to act. Navy rescue ship Bluebird to become Turkish Kurtaran next Tuesday under defense aid. Senator O Conor proposes UN branding of Russia as aggressor in Korea and use of Security Council veto to limit Communist China. Plans to immigration of two million Dutch farm families to Western Canada discussed after Dutch church study. Michigan farm agent reports Western Canada tour. American Legion member Jack C Whiting called to active Air Force duty as first lieutenant.
Washington—The Defense Department released a statement clarifying lumber needs of the armed services to end a rumor of heavy demand. It said total requirements through June 30 will not exceed one and a half billion board feet. The department dismissed claims of a six billion board feet stockpiling and noted there is no current lumber shortage.
Acting city judge Layne H. Ford warned bicycle riders to obey city laws against riding two abreast or without proper rights. Violators were brought to police court today and yesterday and referred to the juvenile officer. Ford is filling in for Judge J. Guy Allender who is on vacation.
Veterans of World War I or II may still apply or reinstate government life insurance. World War I veterans can use U S Government Life Insurance while World War II veterans access National Service Life Insurance. Forms are at the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs field office in Randolph County courthouse Elkins, with further help available there.
Hershel Woodrow Williams, a Fairmont native and World War II Medal of Honor recipient, is reassigned from Roswell New Mexico to the VA office in Clarksburg West Virginia. A former Marine, he earned his citation on Iwo Jima for disabling machine gun positions and was wounded days later. He married his childhood sweetheart and they have a three year old daughter.
Seaman Robert C. Roy of Gratton helped haul a twin engined airplane from a rising tide after Lt. R. W. Cole of the Navy landed on Cape Hatteras beach and the Coast Guard responded to pull the craft from the surf.
The Polish motorship Batory bound for Poland reports a surprise passenger Guillermo San Sebastian a Mexico City tourist rescued about 100 miles at sea from a self rented seaplane. Immigration authorities and Coast Guard probe the incident while the ship remains under strict government watch in New York.
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