Lights and Shadows in a Small Town Column
A hospital edit shifts this society page into Mrs MacL. and Edith O Donnell notes. The writer recalls Paul Mallon, praising his factual rigor and adaptability. The paper promises more profiles of local storeowners, lawyers, ministers, doctors, and officials as the Sentinel pivots to broader coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Housewives
Associated Press
Edith O'Donnell
Society
The
Sentinel
Pair Gets 30 Days For Stealing Soldier's Pack
James J. Fowler and Mrs. Dolly Kirk pleaded guilty to theft charges after stealing a clothes pack belonging to Private First Class T. E. Meeks in the B & station. They were sentenced to 30 days in county jail and fined $30 each or 40 days for nonpayment, arrested yesterday morning by Police Chief Messenger and officers Swisher and Funkhouser in Grafton.
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James J. Fowler
Flemington
Dolly Kirk
Near
Independence
Fowler
Kirk
Jeffreys
T. E. Meeks
Grafton
Camp Stoneman
California
Messenger
Swisher
Funkhouser
Tutwiler leads Bluegrass Golf qualifiers at Bluefield
Bluefield reports Mount Hop e’s Ed Tutwiler Jr tops 14 qualifiers with a 66 at Mercer Country club on a 6116 yard course. He five birdies and par only on the final hole under par. Clarksburg notes a 26 year old Wallace resident Bramer critically injured in a car crash near Clarksburg with slim recovery prospects. West Virginia coal miners idle as car shortages curb production. Pocahontas region hardest hit with about 60 mines idle awaiting better rail and coal car supply.
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Bluefield
Mount Hope
Ed Tutwiler
Tutwiler
Mercer Country Club
Princeton
Operators Association
Railway and
Coal Company
Go To The Fair Is The Slogan At Taylor County Fair
Grafton and Flemington high schools provide music with senior and junior bands. 4-H and Future Farmers of America will exhibit at the fair August 29 to September 2. Registration runs August 28 from 9 a m to 9 p m. Livestock tents and commercial shows set up with midways and food stands run by civic and church groups.
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Fair Board
Grafton High School
Flemington High School
Taylor County
Grafton
Male Death Rate High In Italy Report Shows Higher Male Mortality
Italy's Statistical Institute reports more male than female deaths. In 1948 there were 247,469 male deaths versus 238,060 female deaths, with nine months of 1949 showing 183,180 male and 177,611 female deaths.
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Rome
Italy
Official Statistical Institute
Human Pretzel in 26 Inch Squat Car at Chicago Fair
Glenn Sunbury, a six foot two inch man, squeezes into a 26 inch high and 48 inch long auto daily at the Chicago Fair. He performs a "human pretzel" act inside the tiny vehicle, which bears a sign reading Squat Car.
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Chicago
Glenn Sunbury
Chicago Fair
North and South squads eye annual game at Charleston
After a grueling first week of conditioning, 50 West Virginia seniors prepare for the 17th annual North-South football clash at Laidley Field Charleston. The two day program features a Pigskin Pageant coaching clinic and a Friday night game followed by the Victory Ball, with events including bands floats and editor guests Pat Robinson and Jane Eads.
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Charleston
Laidley Field
Pat Robinson
Star International News Service
Jane Eads
Associated Press
Washington
Morris Harvey College
Morris Harvey
Floyd Schwartzwalder
Syracuse
Edward L. Kluska
Xavier
Cincinnati
Willard M. Pederon
Marshall College
West Virginia Football Officials’ Association
Daniel Boone Hotel
West Virginia
Charleston Press Club
Casa Loma
Dunbar
Nine West Virginians listed in Korean War casualty roll
Defense department casualty list number 62 includes nine West Virginia names. Missing in action Pfc. Kenneth H. Lott. wounded Pfc. James A. Allen. Pfc. James D. Ramsey Jr.. Pfc. Troy H. Steele. Pvt. Archie R. Sunderman. Cpl. Erskine L. Wade. Pvt. Charles R. Zanolli. Listed with home addresses in Parkersburg, Mohawk, Russellville, Meador, St. Marys, and Chattaroy.
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Washington
West
Troy H. Steele
Lon Steele
Meador
Mingo County
Archie R. Sunderman
Osa Sunderman
Barkwell
St. Marys
Erskine L. Wade
Fisher
Bennie Wade
Chattaray
Charles R. Zanolli
Excellent Fishing Now Says Commission
West Virginia fishermen are told conditions will be excellent across most counties this weekend. Based on reports from 50 of 55 counties streams are clear in all but three, with part of a fourth muddy. Some pollution reported in Barbour Lewis and Gilmer counties. The report accompanies World War II style Korea front updates and military actions in Pohang Chinju and Majin areas as Allied forces push to secure positions along the eastern front.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Conservation Commission
Barbour
Lewis
Gilmer
Boone
Coal River
Korea
Pohang
Max Desfor
Cleveland Municipal
Chinju
Eighth Army
Red
MacArthur
Tokyo
Marine Army
Majin
Lebanon Allows Palestinian Refugees to Work in Lebanon
A United Nations source says Lebanon agrees to permit Palestinian Arab refugees to work on U N projects. The Kennedy Mission aims to employ refugees to boost economic activity in Arab nations.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Palestine
United Nations
U.N
Kennedy
Soldier Nas dead in Korea held by North Koreans
A U S soldier Nas is reported dead in South Korea after being captured and shot by North Korean forces. The incident follows aerial actions along the North Korean coast where naval bombers damaged ten enemy vessels.
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Hands Ted
Nas
South Korea
International
Charles Ropecrana
Joseph Miles
Harlem
Georgia
Military mobilization and arms race reports
Army and air force call ups rise with 121 thousand more men projected by November. Air force aims 8 thousand officers and 42 thousand enlisted by fall. army plans 9 thousand reserve officers by October sixth and 62 thousand reserve enlisted to report in September and October. Arkansas Gazette hints at a 200 million dollar hydrogen bomb plant in Arkansas with power, land, and labor advantages. Suspect seven in atomic spy case, Mrs Ethel Rosenberg, held on conspiracy charges with husband Julius. New twin engined XC 120 flying tractor-trailer tested by Fairchild. Calls rise in Washington to bolster Formosa against a possible Communist assault. Foreign policy voices urge rapid aid to Chiang Kai-shek. World War Two veterans in K-9 Corps can stay with dogs. Shipping security tightened for Hong Kong. UN Security Council bogged in Korean issue. Lie en route to Norway.
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Associated Press
Army
Air Force
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Russia
Rosenberg
Julius
David Greenglass
Greenglass
Fairchild Aircraft
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Harbor
Cpl
D. R. Stephenson
Marines
Pfc
Rach Jane
Seattle
Wash
International Soundphoto
Lights
Paul Mallon
Mallon
American” Letters
India
Tibet
Burma
Thaila
Indochina
Gta
Aa ‘Batn Canca
Ona Quen
Philippines
Asia
Vladivostok
Baltic
Black Sea
B and O
Associated
Clarksburg
Bramer
Wallace
Harrison County
Farmers of America
4-H Clubs
By Neil Boggs
W. VA
Naktong
Taegu
North Korea
Manchuria
Soviet
Martime
Ried
Filer
Nakton River
Changyong
Heds
Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Gazette
the Gazette
Formosa
William Knowland
Chiang Kai-Shek
Knowland
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Hong Kong
United Nations Security Council
Jacob Malik
Gladwyn Jebb
U. N
Malik
Jeb
Security Council
Trygve Lie
Norway
Scot
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