Prizes Boosted for Grafton Sentinel Fair Winners
The Grafton Sentinel raised prizes by about 2178 dollars for first place winners across roughly 242 exhibit classifications at the county fair. County Agent Ralph E. B. Fike organized the arrangements, awarding a paid-up year subscription to each first place in addition to existing prizes.
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Taylor County Mail
Grafton Sentinel
Sentinel Fair
Ralph EB. Fike
The
Sentinel
Fights for Life of Gone with the Wind Author
Plucky Mrs. Margaret Mitchell, 43, author of Gone With the Wind, lies near death in an Atlanta hospital after being hit by a speeding car. She sustained severe head and leg injuries and a badly bruised face.
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Margaret Mitchell Marsh
Atlanta, Ga
Coup Tops Syria Government As Leaders Shot At Barracks
In Damascus a sudden military coup toppled Marshal Husni Zayim and Premier Mohsen Bey Berazi. Col. Sami Hennawi led senior officers, shooting the two rulers at the Great Mazza barracks. Hennawi announced the shootings and urged calm while vowing order.
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Damascus
Syria
Middle East
Col
Sami Hennawi
Marshall Husni Zayim
Great Mazza
Zayim
Mohsen Bey Berazi
Hennawi
Condition Improves for Margaret Mitchell in Critical Condition
Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With The Wind, appeared somewhat better but remains in critical condition after being struck by a car Thursday night. Family said she had a blood transfusion and is fed through a tube as X rays revealed a fractured skull and pelvis.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Plan to Clear Pittsburgh Southside for Industrial Expansion
Pittsburgh plans substantial demolition of thirty blocks in the southside to clear space for six open hearth furnaces and a Hugh railroad yard to be built by Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. The firm will invest 42000 dollars in the expansion program, targeting substandard housing and small businesses.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Charleston Women Receive Degrees
Morris Harvey college plans summer commencement August 25 with honorary doctorates to two Charleston women Mrs. JR Thomas and Mrs. Mary L. Chilton and Mrs. Willie Snow Ethridge of Louisville. Ethridge will deliver the address as about 106 graduates receive degrees.
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Charleston
Morris Harvey College
Louisville
Kentucky
Ashby C. Blackwell
Thc
Jr, Thomas
Mary L. Chilton
Willie Snow Ethridge
Ethridge
Colege
Truck Drivers End Strike in Pittsburgh
About 600 AFL truck drivers returned to work today ending a lengthy strike. Local 249 president Thomas L. Fagan said most had been idle seven to nine weeks and accepted a 10 cent hourly raise to $1.50. Negotiations continue over hundreds more drivers employed by Masters Builders Association members.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Thomas L. Fagan
Perryopolis splits inheritance for town projects
Perryopolis in Fayette county plans to spend its 1.32 million dollar inheritance from Philadelphia heiress Mary Puller Frazier. A citizens committee proposed allocations including an education center 250000 municipal building 50000 sewer and water system 250000 streets and highways 82000 street lights 10000 shade trees and parks 13000 and other improvements.
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Perryopolis
Fayette Couny
Mary Puller Frazier
Philadelphia
Sewate
Western Germany Votes for Right Wing Majorities
Western Germany swung toward right wing parties in a pivotal four year period. More than 24 million Germans cast ballots in the first free election since 1933, delivering a blow to communism and signaling a shift away from socialism and extremism. The result repositions political power as the Red Army remains in the eastern zone.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hitler
Europe
France
Italy
West Berlin
Elbe
Red Army
Miss Whitescarver Gifts $500 to County Youth Camp
Miss Grace Whitescarver of 18 West Wilford Street donates 500 to Camp Towles for a swimming pool, the largest donation to date. Grafon woman known for youth work, others contribute 102 by Jake Taylor of Radio Ranch after his shows, aiding the pool project.
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Grace Whitescarver
West
Wilford Street
Camp Towles
Jake Taylor
Radio Ranch
Senator McCarthy Clears Mrs. Truman of Imputed Impropriety
Senator McCarthy said no improper conduct by Mrs Truman was found, noting an employee reported deep freezers sent to Mrs Truman and other notables amid a Senate inquiry into influence peddling and contract help. Albert J Gross testified his Milwaukee company shipped freezers paid by the Albert Verley company of Chicago to General Vaughan and other Washington figures.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Harry. Truman
Albert J. Gross
Milwaukee
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Albert Verley Company
Chicago
Arms Aid Program Tops House Agenda Today
House leaders prioritized President Truman’s 1.45 billion arms aid bill today. Opposition grows as the House Foreign Affairs committee plans final action, with the Rules Committee ready to push for debate likely midweek.
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Walington
House
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rules Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Seek Motive In Fatal Stabbing Of Divorcee
Police sought a motive in the fatal stabbing of 44 year old divorcee Mrs Iva Dale McDonald a kitchen employee at a local hospital. Don Barr 20 of Parkersburg is held for investigation after she was found Saturday on a walk in front of the cottage she shared with her 16 year old son. She died from three knife wounds.
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Parkersburg
Marvin E. Prince
Don Barr
Iva
Dale McDonald
Union Control Seen Raising Coal Prices Says Robertson
Senator Robertson warns in a coal hearing that John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers hold a monopoly on production, potentially lifting consumer prices. He notes witnesses favor laws curbing monoplies as hearings continue, with soft coal talks paused for August 23 and concerns over a three day work week amid Taft Hartley contract rules.
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Washington
Robertson
D-Wva
John L. Lewis
Senate Banking Committee
Lewis
United Mine Workers
H C. Frick Coal Company
U.S
Southern Coal Producers Association
Two Year Old Boy Shot By Brother
A two year old boy named John Reigle was shot dead by his six year old brother Howard while playing cowboy and Indians on the porch of the Reigle home in Mayfield Maryland. Police were told by nine year old Robert Childs that Howard retrieved their father's shotgun and Howard fired, blowing off the top of the boy's head.
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Annapolis
John Reigle
Howard
Reigle
Mayfield
Robert
Carole Childs
Rain Delays Start On New State Park Road Project
A steady downpour postponed the start of the Tygart Lake State Park road from Grafton Dam observation area to the boat docking zone. Work will begin when weather permits, likely tomorrow, with prison labor crews from Gypsy aiding daily. The project, promised by ex Governor Meadows in 1948, aims to speed up local development as equipment arrives.
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Tygart Lake State Park
Grafton Dam
State Road Commission
Gypsy
Mt. Pleasant Church
Knottsville
Clarence W. Meadows
Taylor County Board ‘of ‘Trade
Home Demonstration Agent Appointed in Taylor County
Miss Lenore Crouser is named Taylor County Home Demonstration Agent effective September 1. A West Virginia University graduate, she comes from Morgan County and is a Harrison County native. She succeeds Miss Laila Lingamfelter per the Taylor County Farm Bureau announcement.
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Lenore Crouser
Grafton
Taylor County
Taylor County Farm Bureau
West Virginia, University
Anniversary Today Marks Jap Surrender Fourth Anniversary
Tokyo marks the fourth anniversary of Japan's surrender without direct reminders of WWII collapse. An occupation official, U S political adviser W J Sebald, urged Japanese readers to revisit General MacArthur's May message on guiding postwar transition from strict occupation to friendly governance.
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Tokyo
Japan
W. J. Sebald
U. S
MacArthur
Parsons Firemen Eye Injuries At Radio Ranch Water Battle
Two visiting Parsons Fire Department members W O Lanham and Charles Kyer were injured in a freak water battle during the North Central Firemen's Association picnic at Radio Ranch. They were treated at City hospital and later taken to St Mary's in Clarksburg, described as not critical, after a nail keg stunt with water hoses went awry. The incident occurred as about ten departments watched the entertainment feature.
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North Central Firemen's Association
Radio Ranch
W. O. Lanham
Charles Kyer
Parsons Volunteer Fire Department
Parsons
Thomas Fire Department
City Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
John Proctor
Presi
Advertisers Scheduled For Tuesday's Sentinel Paper
Tomorrow's Sentinel lists Mangahala Power Co Lucas Dairy Manos Theatre Grafton Drive-In Twilite Drive-In Grafton Finance Co Barton's Grafton Jewelers Kaiser Fraver Parrish Agency Malone's Drug Store Caplan's Jewelers Loar Jewelry Store Walls Insurance Agency Russell's Radio Service Avondale Inn and others.
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Sentinel
Mangahela Power Co
Lucas Dairy Manos Theatre
Grafton Drive-In
Twilite Drive-In
Grafton Finance Co
Barton's Grafton Jewelers
Kaiser-Fraver Parrish Agency
Malone's Drug Store
Caplan’s Jewelers Loar Jewelry Store
Wall's Insurance Agency
Russell's
Avondale Inn
Patrolman Slays Colleague in Accidental Downtown Shooting
Clarksburg police report an on duty mishap as Patrolman Robert Lee Fawley, 45, shoots and kills fellow Officer Chester Shack, 26, with a .38 revolver after Shack allegedly throws a blackjack. Shack dies at hospital. Fawley held on open charge. Both joined force May 16, 1948. Shack leaves a six month old son.
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Clarksburg
Clarksby
B. F. “Amsler
Amsler
Robert Lee Fawsley
Chester Shack
Fawley
Shack
Kenna Jackson
Harrison
Opening Of Murder Trial Draws Packed Pikeville Court
The Blaine Edgar Jones murder trial opened in Pikeville with a packed courtroom as defense counsel W A Daugherty requested a one hour recess to prepare. Jones, 32, of Richlands Virginia, faces a three county indictment charging rape robbery and murder in the killing of 19 year old Lois Collins last March 11. More than 900 spectators stood during the session and deputies guarded the defense table while Jones listened.
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Pikeville
Blaine Edgar Jones
Richlands
Virginia
E. D. Stephenson
W. A. Daugherty
Jones
Lois Collins
Daugherty
D. C. Moore
Desputies
Defenduil
Grafton Welcomes Its Newest Citizen
Hospital attendants report one new arrival at the City hospital yesterday evening at 8 40 p m. A son born to Mr and Mrs Robert Poling of Grafton Route 1. He weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce at birth.
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The
City Hospital
Robert Poling
Grafton
Route 1
Plane crash near Shelbyville claims two lives
A two-engine Beechcraft from Chanute Field crashed eight miles from Shelbyville on the Lewisburg highway, killing two occupants. Cecil Burns, a nearby resident, reported seeing the plane descend in flames and observed the bodies trapped in the wreckage as firefighters battled the blaze. Victims were not immediately identified.
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Shelbyville
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