Court House Painting Begins at Taylor County
The Taylor County Court House interior is being repainted by contractor Obed Bolyard of Ratton after a bid of 1794 dollars. About eight bids were received. J Arthur Poe, county court president, says Bolyard offered the most responsible bid. Painting includes the court room and all hallways and offices in cream and mahogany tones.
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Taylor County Court House
Obed Bolyard
Ratton
Bolyard
J. Arthur Poe
Department of Public
Poe
Deer Season Closes As Sundown Ends Taylor County Hunt
Taylor county hunters flocked out for the final deer shoot of an eight day season ending at sundown. The total county kill reached 69, up four from last year, with a list of unposted bills by County Game Protector Joseph W. Powell including Knottsville Troy Dalton and Booths Creek district names and weights.
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Taylor County
Joseph W. Powell
Knottsville
Troy Dalton
Anmoore
Robert Thorn
Grafton
Booths Creek
Howard
Aged Man Burned To Death At Home
Thomas L. Mercer aged 72 burned to death last night at his residence after his clothes caught fire. He was found standing in the door with clothes aflame and died about two hours later as firemen reported his entire body burned.
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ST. Mary's
Thomas L. Mercer
Chesapeake and Potomac C&P rate push blocked again
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company failed to win Supreme Court review of a Public Service Commission order raising rates by 650000 dollars annually. The company seeks up to 4000000 dollars more per year, arguing the current increase is insufficient as the case still awaits PSC action.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Commission
C&p
Akron runaways held as man and wife in Ohio case
A 15-year-old boy and his 14-year-old girlfriend, who ran away from Akron, Ohio, and lived together here as husband and wife since October 17, were being held today for their parents, according to Police Detective Joseph Coram.
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Wheeling
Akron
Ohio
Joseph Coram
Wallace Eyed In New Probe
The House Un-American Activities Committee eyed former vice president Henry A Wallace and others in a revived probe into wartime uranium shipments to Russia. Russia dismissed the claim as false, while chairman Wood pledged extensive inquiry into high level assistance and atomic knowledge transfers.
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Washington
House Un-American — Activities Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Franklin Dr. Roosevelt
S Wood
D-Ga
House Committee
Job Situation Improving Ahead Of Season
Washington reports that Census Bureau figures show 60,954,900 Americans held jobs in November at least one hour per week, including 1,436,000 in the armed forces, with civilian jobs up 517,000 from October though still 375,000 below November year end totals. Secretary Sawyer welcomed the improvement, noting November looked more favorable than earlier in the year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Commerce Sawyer
Sawyer
Supreme Court Upholds 1947 Tax Authority in Martinsburg
Charleston reports the state supreme court upheld the validity of a 1947 act allowing cities to levy municipal gross sales taxes. The Martinsburg dispute involved a March ordinance creating a gross sales or privilege tax on various businesses and the court approved the tax with reservations on retroactive provisions to the current fiscal year.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Martinsburg
West Virginia coal producers ready for talks with union
In Charleston a union leader said a northern West Virginia group of coal producers is prepared to discuss individual contract terms with the United Mine Workers. UMW District 315 President Cecil J. Urbaniak said several operators have agreed to meet officials in Washington, D. C., with more companies likely to join. A meeting would be arranged definite this week. Urbaniak spoke in Fairmont noting this is the first report of West Virginia operators yielding to the union’s offer.
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Charleston
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Cecil J. Urbaniak
UMW
Washington, D. C
New Boiler Needed At County Jail
A boiler failure at the Taylor County jail will cost over 900 dollars for a coal furnace and installation. A crack in the boiler bottom prompted emergency repairs to keep it operating until replacement. At the county court meeting, Virginia Taylor resigned as health unit secretary. Emily Dougher will serve temporarily.
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Taylor County
Virginia Taylor
Taylor County Health Unit
Emily Dougher
Discover Physician's Body On Farm Lands
The body of Dr. James Guthrie a 70 year old Martinsburg physician was found on a farm ten miles south of Romney. State police say he apparently died of a heart attack while deer hunting after setting out alone yesterday afternoon. A search by about 40 volunteer firemen located him early today.
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Romney
James Guthrie
Martinsburg
Here
Guthrie
FBI School Launched With Good Enrollment
The FBI launched a local police training session with a positive start at the Taylor County Court House. John Anthony of the FBI led the first class, with Corporal G F Randall of the State Police and local officials speaking on laws and public relations in law enforcement. Attendees included numerous Grafton and Taylor County officers and officials.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Police
Taylor County Court House
John Anthony
F.B.I
G. F. Randall
State ‘Police
J. Guy Allender
Curtis D. Decker
FBI
Rob
Ert H. Wick
Fairmont
Richard B. Bord
Harry Batson
Palmer Finkhouser
Grafton
Dorsey Hickman
R. C. Jerman
Buckhannon
Edward J. Kuhn, Jr
W. R Matthews
Taylor County
Joseph Mask
Lawrence Messenger
Victor L. Moore
Burl C. Mauller
Durbin Nestor
John W. Snider
Ray J. .Osborne
Delnis L. Stemple
Junior Swisher
Carl B. Smith
H. L. Woodford
Decker
Accuses West of Planning German Army
West German press accuses Western powers of reviving German militarism by proposing a mercenary army to bolster against the Russians. They claim Germans oppose rearmament while Western officials deny current plans, though reports persist of Western leaders favoring a German army. A Bonn spokesman said Adenauer would consider an Army under certain conditions but would not initiate the move.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Adenauer
Ger
Young Woman Faces Action In Hubby's Death
Naomi Tudor of Yawkey West Virginia a 28 year old Lincoln county housewife admitted feeding her husband Clyde Tudor arsenic poisoning mixed with berry juice and water She waived preliminary hearing on first degree murder charges and must face grand jury action after hospital treatment for a lung disorder A store proprietor said Tudor bought two bottles of liquid rat poison before Clyde Tudor died Analysis of the stomach contents confirmed arsenic presence
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Yalice
Yawkey
Death toll in West Virginia rises to seven today
The December fatality toll in West Virginia rose to seven with the death of Theodore T. Day, 43, in Tucker county. Day was a passenger in a vehicle wreck on State Route 72, pushing the year’s state total to 325, compared with 372 by December 6, 1948, including eight in the first six days of the month.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Theodore T. Day
Tucker County
Day
Cando Rail Firm Head Enters Coal Dispute Mediation
Robert R. Young head of Chesapeake and Ohio entered the soft coal dispute as an intermediary. He met at Lexington Avenue offices with two leading operators’ representatives, then left for a conference with United Mine Workers officials. Present were George Leve and Joseph P. Routh. John L. Lewis’s participation remained uncertain.
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New York
Robert R. Young
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Young
Lexington Avenue
United Mine Worker
George Leve
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
Pittburgh
Joseph P. Routh
Pittston Company of
John L. Lewis
UMW
14 Degrees Recorded Last Night
A bone chilling 14 degree temperature was logged here last night giving Graftonians a sense of the old man winter ahead. The coldest reading this season prompted locals to adjust their clothing while a three degree rise by 8 45 a m brought out heavier winter wear. Tonight may bring milder air with a low 26 to 30 degrees and Wednesday looks warmer with occasional rain. Yesterday the mercury reached 40 degrees by afternoon but a biting wind kept pedestrians chilly during Christmas shopping.
Santa Claus School Opens in Los Angeles
The Masquers theater group starts a tuition free Santa Claus school in Los Angeles. The program trains actors and amateurs for Santa roles and requires students to promise a grand appearance at a charitable function.
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Los Angeles
Santa
The
Masquers
Kris Kringles
Santa Claus
Grans
Ward Leaves Mukden With 25 Staff And Dependents
Angus Ward and about 23 consulate staff and dependents depart Mukden by train for a 700 mile trip to north China. The group, under Communist orders to quit Manchuria by tonight, include 13 Americans and families who have been prisoners for over a year. Ward sent updates to Peiping via the U.S. Consulate General and State Department. Ward and aides faced prior jailings, while a timetable for departure remained unclear. From Tientsin the Lakeland Victory is expected to sail.
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Washington
Angus Ward
Mukden
Ward
North China
Tientsi Ward
U.S
O. Edmund Clubb
Peiping
State Department
U.S. Army
Tokyo
Education Board Orders Work On New Constructions
The State Board of Education ordered preliminary work on four new buildings at institutions under its control. Two projects at Shepherd College and the state school for the colored blind received high priority with final planting stages. Architects will draft sketches for a science building at West Virginia State College and a men’s dorm at Shepherd. Minor Marshall College constructions included paving a driveway and parking area for the new science building bid by Willis L. Wilson, and electrical conduit work bid by Goheen Electric Company to connect campus housing. A 228 acre tract two miles See EDUCATION page 5
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State Board of Education
Shepherd College
State School
Institute
West Virginia State College
Shepherd
Marshall College
Willis L. Wilson
Huntington
Goheen Electric Company
Hous
Marshall
Man Found Guilty Of Mislabeling Patent Medicine
A federal court grand jury found 45-year-old Stone, Kentucky part time coal miner, guilty of mislabeling Patrick's Lung Remedy sold in interstate commerce. Judge Harry E. Watkins deferred sentence. maximum penalty is one year in prison and a $1000 fine. Assistant U. S. Attorney Philip A. Baer said the product did not meet label claims.
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Huntington
Stone
Harry E. Watkins
Lewis Patrick
Boy Victim Of Cancer Given Aid
West Virginia and Ohio residents rallied for 11 year old Frankie Harris and his widowed mother Mildred Harris after doctors said the cancer was incurable. Donations totaling 1100 arrived to aid the boy who has since become bedfast and relies on his mother for constant care. The story and appeals spread after Huntington newspapers highlighted the duo’s hardship, sparking many letters and contributions.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Ohio
Frankie Harris
Mildred Harris
Baltimore
Harris Frankie
Frankie
Kay
Read Sunday papers for fitness and tone, says columnist
New York columnist extols reading a king-size Sunday newspaper as the best, cheapest exercise for adults. He shares a struggle to lift sections and later notes his muscles firming as he builds core strength stacking tabloid and broadsheet pages with his wife. He warns against overdoing such a routine.
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New York
New York Public Library
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