John Maragon Refuses To Answer Questions At Five Percenter Probe
Washington senator inquiry hearings reveal John Maragon refused to answer questions citing possible self incrimination. Accountant Carmine Belling testified Maragon deposited $119,608.61 over five years, contradicting his claimed annual income of $30,000. Deposits spanned accounts though Maragon claimed none beyond Washington. He later recalled a San Antonio account as part of his finances.
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Washington
John Maragon
Senate
Maragon
Carmine
Belling
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Belline
Washaccountington
San Antonio
Greece
Henry FP. Grady
House Members Head Home For 25 Day Vacation
The Sentinel reports House members left Washington for a 25 day break without Senate approval. Most will not return until September 21, with a few staying to meet in formal no business sessions twice weekly to avoid an outright adjournment. The vacation was approved in a simple resolution after months of delay over joint measures.
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Washington
House
Senate
Fire Tangles Northeast After Rail Freight Wreck
A southbound freight train derailed near the Northeast station at 4:30 a.m. sending three Gil oil tankers bursting into flames. Residents fled twelve houses though all dwellings were saved. rail traffic on the New York Washington line faced major delays with trains rerouted through Baltimore Ohio paths.
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Northeast
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
New York-Washington
Lancaster
Florida Bragas For Storm Threatens Miami Area
A tropical hurricane with winds up to 120 mph passed north of Nassau and moved toward Florida's Gold Coast. It skims the coast at 18 to 20 mph on a west-northwest track, with landfall anticipated near Miami later today. Alerts caution a potential shift northward as it nears the coast.
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Miami
Fla
Nassau
Bahamas
Florida
Gold Coast
Atlantic
Pi Beach
Ex-GI shoots son and eye specialist in Philadelphia
Police said a 24-year-old ex-GI shot and killed his 5-year-old son and eye specialist Dr. Sidney J. Kine in his West Philadelphia apartment. He critically wounded a third person and then killed himself. The doctor’s wife Dorothy was shot in the abdomen. The shooter, Juan Rodry, served in the U S Air Transport Command in the China-Burma theater.
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Philadelphia
Sidney J. Kine
West Philadelphia
Ian Rodry
Juan Rodry
Dorothy
Rodry
U. S. Air Transport Command
Labor Chief Flags Nationalization of Industry Scheme
State Labor Commissioner Charles J. Sattler told the 47th West Virginia AFL Federation of Labor convention that nationalization of industry harms both workers and citizens. He cited England’s rail system under national control and warned results would follow elsewhere. He spoke after a visit to England and as a U S delegate to a Geneva conference.
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Parkersburg
Charles J. F Sattler
West Virginia
AFL Federation of Labor
Sattler
England
U.S
International Labor Office
Geneva
Switzerland
Britain
Keyser Man Denied Appeal By High Court
William B. Woolf of Keyser was denied by the supreme court an appeal on his petition that the road commission must start condemnation proceedings before reducing the sidewalk width in front of his business. Sidewalks are being cut from 10 to 5 feet to widen approaches to the Keyser McCool bridge under construction.
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Charleston
William B. Woolf
Keyser
Supreme Court
Road Commission
Keyser-McCool, Md
PSC To Hear Testimony On C and O Station Discontinuances
The Public Service Commission will hear testimony today on Chesapeake and Ohio Railways petition to discontinue three agency stations at West Huntington Alum Creek Kanawha county and Altman Lincoln county. The company seeks to substitute nonagency stations at these points and hearings on a separate C and O request to discontinue passenger service on parts of its Coal River division will continue. Trains serve communities in Kanawha Boone Lincoln and Logan counties amid numerous protests filed with the commission.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Rail~ Road Company
West Huntington
Alum Creek
Kanawha County
Altman
Lincoln County
C. and O
Coal River Division
I i Kanawha
Boone
Lincoln
Logan
Paternity leave debate stirs in 1950 era opinions
Ed Creagh quotes Hal Boyle on maternity benefits and paternity leave. The piece ridicules pre natal prep periods for papas, arguing men are unproductive during expectant periods and business would benefit from delaying or avoiding such policies.
Chancery docket set for Taylor County opening term
Eighty eight chancery cases are docketed for the Taylor County Circuit Court opening September 12 under Circuit Clerk W. Merle Bailey. The long list includes H. R. Warder v Maryland Coal Co and many others with names such as Mason, Reed, Markerey, White, Cox, McKinney, Weaver, Seargent, and Adams among parties. The accompanying law docket shows 32 cases.
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Taylor County
W. Merle Bailey
H. R. Warder
Maryland Coal Company
J. Bruce Kerns
Maryland Coal Co
John W. Mason
Thomas Madden
Robert E. Guy
Israel JC. White
Louella Woodyard
Walter A. Woodyard
William Long
Jannie Long
Edith Seargent
George R. Seargent
Virginia Stonko
Nicholas Stonko
Ruth Compton
R. L. Rogers
Charles Whitescarver
Edward Marion Morgan
Sybie M.morgan
Salah Allen Weaver
Harry Quentine Weaver
Elva Heiskell l
Woodrow
Eva Johnson
Houston Young
Jed W
Ira Robinson
Watt R
George Cecil Nose
Grace L. Brown
Earl R Brown
J. Guy Allender
Guardian
Ase E. Summers
Mason Brothers
Mrs. W. E. Stafford
Exée
Ety Itil
Eleanor
Weirton Uses Fill System to Solve Garbage Problem
Weirton's third article on how WV towns handle garbage describes its sanitation fill approach. Two years ago the city started from scratch and built a disposal system at an abandoned strip mine field on Weirten Heights, near the business district, costing about 58 000 dollars for ongoing service.
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West Virginia
Elkins
Beckley
Paul Stichm
Weirton
Times
Wheeling
Grafton
Weirten Heights
David Fawcett Dies After Illness At 65 In Blueville
David Earl Fawcett 65 a Baltimore and Ohio railroad boiler maker and Blueville resident died at 10 45 am after a two month illness He was a leading figure in Luth eran church circles a native of Preston county His wife Carle Castle Fawcett survives He had lived many years in Grafton leaving many friends in the Blueville area
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David Earl Fawcett
Blueville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Preston County
Carle Castle Fawcett
Grafton
Italian Director Wants To Marry Ingrid Bergman
Rome reports Roberto Rossellini, famed Italian director, says he hopes to marry Ingrid Bergman if she divorces Dr. Peter Lindstrom and Bergman accepts. Bergman, 34, and Rossellini, 43, are tied by sources to a potential union after foreign divorce issues were resolved.
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Ingrid Bergman
Rome
Roberto Rossellini
Peter Lindstrom
Miss Bergman
Legionnaires Begin Moving Into Philly For Annual Confab
Delegates to the 31st National American Legion convention arrive in Philadelphia as contenders for the next national commander emerge. George N. Craig Earl Cocke and James F. Green vie for the post marking a first shift from World War One veterans control. The parade and preparations loom large with a 15 hour spectacle and a multimillion dollar showing.
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Philadelphia
National American Legion
George N. Craig
Brazil
Ind
Earl Cocke
Dawson
James F. Green
Omaha
Neb
Legion
Craig
Cocke
Green
Joliet
Dil
Legionnatres
Convention Ends With Election Today
Huntington WV junior order of United American Mechanics and auxiliary Daughters of America closed their conventions with officer elections. Ward M. Dawson of Berkeley Springs is nominee for JOUM councilor to succeed J. H. Rimmer of St. Albans. Mrs Hilda Bennett of Huntington is unopposed as councilor of the women’s order.
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Huntington
Order of United American Mechanics
West Virginia
Daughters of America
Ward M. Dawson
Berkeley Springs
J. Hh." Rimmer
St. Albans
Hilda Bennett
Woman's Order
Second Federal Grant For Petersburg Flood Relief
A second federal grant of 50000 dollars was released by the U S agriculture department for emergency relief in the Petersburg area after June floods. Senator Harley M Kilgore announced the allocation, adding that a prior 50000 dollar grant funded flood control on the South Branch of the Potomac. Eight people died and land damage was estimated at six million dollars. The funds come from the special sericulture department emergency flood control fund.
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Washinngton
U.S. Agriculture Department
Petersburg
Harley M. Kilgore
D-W Va
South Branch
Potomac
Special Sericulture Department Emergency Flood Control Fund
Star City bridge project bids to start in September
Charleston Roads Commission will open bids September 8 on 10 projects including the Star City bridge superstructure near Morgantown. Projects total about 1.4 million dollars with five funded in part by a 50 million secondary road bond. Substructure work on the bridge is underway and a new road from Morgantown to Star City is under construction. Bids for traffic base on 1992 miles of Morgantown Star City road will be sought to allow traffic toward Star City, all subject to public road administration approval.
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Charleston
The
Roads Commission
Star City Bridge
Morgantown
Ray Cavendish
Star City
Public Road Administration
Advertisers Scheduled For Saturday's Sentinel Paper
Tomorrow's Sentinel will feature advertisements from Curry Motor Company Dixie Theatre Manos Theatre Gratton Drive In Twilight Drive In Moose Dance Ivandale Inn Malone's Drug Store Caplan's Jewelers Loar Jewelry Co. and more.
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Curry Motor Company
Dixie Theatre
Manos Theatre
Gratton Drive-In
Twilight Drive-In
Moose Dance
Ivandale Inn _ Malone's Drug Store
Caplan’s Jewelers Loar Jewelry Co
Opening Of Fair Only Five Days Off Interest Grows
Five days remain until Taylor County's largest fair opens on September 1 at Grafton Senior High School grounds. Beef and dairy cattle exhibit up to 50 head, double prior years. about 13 amusement rides, more contests, music, and varied exhibits for city residents and farm families. Gates open noon daily. exhibits due by 9 am August 31. first-place winners receive cash prizes and a year’s Sentinel subscription.
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Taylor County
Grafton Senior High School
Grafton “Sentinel
Bankers urged to ease home buying for average man
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS WV bankers gathered for the West Virginia Bankers Association convention. Louis J. Yaeger of Wheeling Dollar Savings and Trust urged reforms in mortgage financing and credits to aid home purchases and modernization. He warned of a national drift toward Socialism and Roger Steffan of National City Bank praised small loan departments while noting installment credit remains a small share of personal lending.
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West Virginia
Louis J. Yaeger
Wheeling Dollar Savings and Trust Company
West Virginia Bankers Association
State Association
Amt Wale Up
America
Roger Steffan
National City Bank of New York
Citizens urged to view Grafton crematory experiment
Citizens of Grafton and the Guippa City Council were urged to observe a crematory experiment this afternoon off Riverside Drive near the old site. The Taylor County Board of Trade sponsors the test to address the town’s burning-issue, inviting public comment and a 6 p.m. council visit as smoke peaks. A New York incinerator representative visited to discuss lease options at $225 to $275 monthly, with an $85,000 total cost and an 18 year payback, claiming no smoke or odor would result.
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Grafton
Guippa City
Riverside Drive
Taylor County Board of ‘Trade
Trade
Board of Trade
New York City
Raul &. Malone
Trade Board
Jean
Malone
Attorney Advises Maragon To Stand On Rights Today
John Maragon's attorney Myron G. Ehrlich said he advised his client to stand on his constitutional rights and refuse to answer certain questions at the Senate five percenter inquiry. Ehrlich delivered a prepared statement as Maragon waited in the hearing room for a witness call amid questions about improper influence linked to the probe.
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Washington
John Maragon
Maragon
Senate
Myron G. Ehrlich
Special Investigations
Ehrlich
71 Year Old Youth Drowns In Lake Near Hurricane
Charles Don Duke 17, son of Sherman and Mrs Duke of Culloden, drowned in a private lake near Hurricane. He had been working in a tobacco field on the farm where the lake is located. An excellent swimmer, he apparently was struck by cramps. Body recovered within 25 minutes, firefighters used a respirator for over an hour before death was declared.
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Milton
Charles Don Duke
Sherman Duke
Culloden
Duke
Tobatco
South Charleston
Rotary Meeting Features Sermonette on Hebrews
The Rever end Harry Eckels gave a sermonette on Hebrews to the Rotary club members yesterday. He was introduced by Kenneth Haun, the program chairman, and the group, meeting at noon in August, was led in song by Dr. Paul Warden. Charles Casner serves as president.
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Harry Eckels
Rotary Club
Kenneth Haun
Paul Warden
Charles Casner
Polio Epidemic May Not Be At Half Way Point Yet
The polio epidemic may not have reached half way, with 1949 already the worst year in U S history per the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Through last week 17 306 cases were reported in 1949 and 3 422 new cases in a single week, the highest for one week.
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New York
U. S
National ‘Foundation
Hart &. van Riper
Foundation
Hearing On Water Rate Increase In Fort Gay Monday
A Public Service Commission hearing will consider Fort Gay town council proposals to raise municipal water rates. The plan would lift the minimum monthly charge from 1.50 to 2.00 for up to 5,000 gallons and raise overage charges from 39 to 40 cents per 1,000 gallons. The commission also set a separate Monday hearing for a ferry purchase dispute involving Ra venwood and St. Marys at 30,000 dollars.
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Charleston
Fort Gay
Wayne County
Public Service Commission
F.C.“ Wright
Ohio River
Ravenwood
Frank C. Smeeks
St. Marys
Governor Patteson Honored on Gover nor's Day at State Fair
Governor Patteson will be honored on Gover nor's Day at the West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg where crowds have surpassed 100,000 daily, including a governor's race among four harness events and a running race. Attendance hit 112,263 yesterday as the livestock parade featuring prizewinning farm animals passed the grandstand in an hour-long procession.
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Lewisburg
Patteson
West Virginia
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