Draft Board Here Won't Open Monday
The Taylor Barbour county peace time draft board probably will not open Monday as will all other boards in the state and nation unless a successor to John K. Burdett accepts the temporary chairmanship. B C Ross and Billie Hollen indicated willingness to serve. Burdett declined.
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Taylor-Barbour County
John K. Burdett
B. C. Ross
Flemington
Billie Hollen
Philippi
Barbour-Taylor Board
Grafton
Burdett
Charles R. Fox
Fox
Clarence W. Meadows
Charles W. T. Lockard
Adjutant General
Gen. Fox
Axis Sally faces treason charges on U S soil
US marshals await Mildred Gillars as she lands from Frankfurt to face a federal grand jury in Washington on treason charges for wartime broadcasts from Berlin. Gillars, 48, known to GIs as Axis Sally, was found in Berlin two years ago and has lived in the ruins under occupation.
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Jack Adams
Washington
U. S
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Miss Gillars
Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
Portsland
Justice Department
County School Repair Program Reported by Education Board
An extensive repair and rehabilitation program was carried out in Taylor County schools during the summer by the Taylor County Board of Education workers. Supt Guy Kuhn reported the field house at Grafton Senior High School was repainted and floor reconditioning began Monday. Blueville school exterior repainted with new steps into the basement, plumbing completed. A new heating system installed at Thornton school. County page 5.
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Taylor County
Taylor County Board of Education
Guy Kuhn
Grafton Senior High
Blueville School
Thornton School
Man tarred and feathered leader in Holden strike
In Holden Missouri last night Norman W. Bailey about 25 was seized from a picket line and tarred and feathered. Bailey a noted strike leader from Holden Mill and Elevator Co. six of 33 workers remain on strike since Wednesday. Marshal Paul Snare said assailants were white men with blackened faces. Bailey did not recognize them. Sheriff Alex Nichols will act only after a formal complaint is signed.
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Holden
Paul Snare
Norman W. Bailey
Holden Mill and Elevator Company
Bailey
Snare
Marshall
Alex Nichols
Warrensburg
Here
Sid Bailey
Clarence Bailey
Auto Taken From River By Red Morgan Alleges Ownership
Red Morgan of Fairmont claimed the auto that plunged into the Tygart Valley river near Maple avenue. He was accompanied by his brother when the vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, went over the bank, and Morgan sustained a head laceration. investigators pursue ownership mystery as page 5 details.
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Maple Avenue
Tygart Valley
Red Morgan
Fairmont
Stevens Brothers Garage
Morgan
General Delivery and
Trans~fer Company
Paul P. Warden
Youth breaks down in Ohio electric chair death
An 18 year old from Youngstown died in the Ohio penitentiary electric chair last night after a courtroom plea. Donald Frohner admitted killing 52 year old William Spieth of Ashtabula in a fruitless kidnap plot against a schoolmate. He sobbed and begged for mercy as he was pronounced dead at 8 09 pm. He cried out for mercy before the execution.
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Columbus, O
Young Town
Ohio Penitentiary
Donald Frohner
William ©. Spieth
Ashtabula
Frohner
Probe Plane Crash Kills Two Flyers Near Culpeper Va
Authorities opened an investigation into the crash of a light air force bomber near Culpeper Virginia killing Col G A Stone 46 a Columbus industrialist and aviation figure and Tech Sgt C B Chaplin of Lockbourne Ohio. Capt H L King listed as missing may have bailed out before the plane exploded after departing Bolling Field Washington D C bound for Lockbourne. The trio were flying at tree top level in foggy near Loudoun County. the bodies of Stone and Chaplin identified while King remains missing awaiting confirmation.
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Culpeper
Here
Air Force
Washington
G. A. Stone
Civil Air Patrol Executive Board
Columbus
Ohio
Tech
Sgt
C. B. Chaplin
Lockbourne Air Force Base
H. L
Bolling Field
Washington, D. C
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Stone
Ohio Aviation Board
King
Ohio Civil Air Patrol
Fort Hayes
Cedar Grove
W. Va
Child dies under father's truck wheels in Sleepycreek area
BERKELEY SPRINGS Aug 21 Pi-Janetta Fay Silver aged 20 months was killed when she sat on the road under her father's truck as Ralph W Silver unloaded slabs at his Sleepycreek home. Coroner C C Dyche reported the fatal accident occurred after the child brought him a drink of water.
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Berkeley Springs
Pi—Janetta Fay Silver
C. C. Dyche
Dyche
Ralph W. Silver
Sleepycreek
Janetta
Seventeen Die In Flaming Wreckage Of Crashed Giant B-29
Rapid City South Dakota August 21 seventeen men died when a B 29 crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from Smoky Hill air base Salina Kansas. Four named victims were 1st Lt C M Thorp 1st Lt R K McCabe Tech Sgt R L Mason and Staff Sgt P J Cubilla all with the 22nd Bomb Group. A board of officers opened an investigation into the crash which occurred after one left engine caught fire causing loss of takeoff power and the plane to nosedive into a wheat field near the runway.
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South Dakota
Rapid City
15Th Air Force
Here
Smoky Hill Airforce Base
Salina
Kas
R.w.—Bryant
C. M. Thorp
R. K. McCabe
Tech
R. L. Mason
P. J. Cubilla
Bryant
Smoky Hill
Thomas Siegler
Trip To Appear Before Justice At Morgantown On Armed Robbery
Morgantown case records show a suspect scheduled to appear before a justice regarding an armed robbery. Proceedings arise from an alleged confrontation in a local incident. Authorities have not released the suspect’s name or specific charges yet. The scene and timeline reflect ongoing local judicial action.
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Justice
Morgantown
Republican Club Adjusts Meeting Dates For Fall Months
The United Republican Club of Taylor County will meet on the second and fourth Thursday nights in September and October. Secretary Gough Ridenour announced the change from the second Friday monthly due to fall football season at a meeting held at the Court House.
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United Republican Club
Taylor County
Gough Ridenour
Elie
Court House
Post office seeks name change for Brosius area
Residents of Brosius near the Maryland line petition to rename the post office Hancock West Virginia. shipments go to Hancock for the B and O station and mail to Brosius, though unloaded at Hancock.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Maryland
Hancock
Brosius
W. Va
Warrants Sworn For Larceny In Truck Theft
Morgantown arraignment set this afternoon on armed robbery charges from hijacking over 60 calves. Suspects Karl Brown Jr. Hazel Brown and John Bigler face auto larceny warrants for a Mack truck theft. Browns and Bigler also await kidnapping charges in Preston County. State police note confessions by Brown and Hazel. Bigler undecided.
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Morgantown
Karl
Lucky) Brown Jr
Hazel
Clarksburg
John B. Bigler
Davis
Tucker County
L. V. Minnick
Mag. Wiltlim M. Bowers
Monongalia County
Minnick
Browns
Bigler
Preston County
Max. F. W. Pritt
Kingwood
Preston
R. Doyne Halbritter
Brown
Three Teachers Resign Successor To Sloan Named
The Taylor County Board of Education accepted the resignations of three teachers Catherine Leach Gertrude Rasmussen and Elizabeth Halderman Coogle and hired Margaret Ann Clark to teach ninth grade mathematics at Grifton Senior High School. Clark fills the vacancy left by Robert C Sloan who will teach in Kanawha county schools this fall. One regular bus driver Charles H Rumbaugh of Boothsville will drive the bus from Boothsville replacing A N See.
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Taylor County
Taylor County Board of Education
Catherine Leach
Pleasant Creek
Gertrude Rasmussen
First Ward
Elizabeth Halderman Coogle
Haymond School
Margaret Ann Clark
Davis and Elkins College
Grafton Senior
Robert,c. Sloan
Kanawha
Charles H.rumbaugh
Boothsville
A. N
U S Expected to Remove Soviet Consul Lomakin
The State Department awaits Russian agreement to repatriate Jacob Lomakin, the Soviet consul general in New York, as Washington moves to revoke his credentials over the Kasenkina case. Officials weigh possible Soviet retaliations and seek two letters Kasenkina wrote before fleeing the consulate. President Truman is poised to sign Lomakin’s official expulsion next week.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
State Department
Jacob Lomakin
U. S
Lomakin
Kasenkina
New York
Soviet Union
Oksaria
Truman
Department
Princess Margaret Comes of Age in London On Birthday
Princess Margaret reaches her eighteenth birthday in London marking her official coming of age and transition from a youthful royal sister to a full member of the royal family. The princess has long been popular for her wit and natural charm across the Commonwealth as she begins new duties and responsibilities.
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London
Princess Margaret
Government Enjoins Dock Workers Strike
The federal government obtained a temporary injunction barring a strike by 45,000 East Coast dock workers set for tonight. Judge Harold R. Medina issued the order against the AFL International Longshoremen's Association effective until August 31, following a Justice Department request by President Truman who said a strike would imperil national health and safety.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Justice Department
Truman
Subpoena drafted for J Peters head of underground
Washington Aug 21 The house an American activities committee drew up a subpoena for J Peters described as the former head of the Communist underground in the United States Peters was arrested last October and released on 5000 bond to await deportation decision The committee hopes to subpoena Peters during a deportation hearing promised by immigration commissioner Watson Miller But Miller said he cannot legally produce Peters for a congressional hearing Nixon said Miller will notify the committee of the time and place for the early hearing Peters may refuse to talk though immunity from deportation might prompt him to name others Whittaker Chambers has named Peters as the underground leader prior to 1937 The committee seeks to connect Peters to testimony from Chambers and other officials If Peters agrees to speak immunity is a possible incentive page 8
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Washington
House
American Activities Committee
J. Peters
Uns
Peters
Watson Miller
Commissioner of
Immigration
Miller
Rep
Nixon
R-Calit
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
Tomorrow's Weather Promises Cloudy Yet Dry Day in Counties
A warm but cloudy Sunday is predicted for Grafton and Taylor county with no rain expected. Today’s high reached 78 at noon, up 22 degrees from last night’s 56. Yesterday’s high was 81.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Mercury
Berlin Raids Heighten Tension Over Divided Police
In Berlin, Russian forces kidnapped four more Western sector German policemen after vowing to seek talks with Moscow to ease the crisis. Nine officers were seized in total with six still held as tension rose hourly. American and British patrols watched as rifle butts and tommy guns kept border areas standoffish.
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Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Thay
J Bayless Ward Dies at Hospital
John Bayless Ward 57 turntable operator at Baltimore and Ohio shops died at City hospital after a brief illness. Veteran of World War I and VFW member leaves widow Bertie Reed Ward and four children Patty Virginia Anita Louise Ada Olive and J Bayless Ward Jr all at home. Sister Mrs Earl Williams of Portland Me survives. Body in state Knotts Funeral Home services Sunday 2 pm with military rites at Bluemont Cemetery.
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John Bayless Ward
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
City Hospital
Route 3
Grafton
Ward
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Memorial City Post
Lafayette E. Ward
Mary Hamilton Ward
Bertie Reed Ward
Patty Virginia
Anita Louise
Ada Olive
J. Bayless Ward
Earl Williams
Portland
Knotts
Pam
Bluemont
Mountain Fugitive and Aged Sister Die in Blaze and Gunfire
In Harrison Arkansas a 60 year old mountain fugitive Heywound Brown and his bedridden sister Dora died after a ten hour standoff with a 30 man posse. Brown fired on deputies then shot his sister and set fire to his Buffalo River area dwelling before killing himself. The incident was witnessed by local authorities and is reported on the Mountain page.
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Harrison, Ark
Heywound Brown
Dora
Buffalo River
Here
J. R. Porter
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