Father, Engineer Shotgun Tragedy at Fort Belvoir
neighbors describe Conners as a quiet intelligent man and devoted father. He, his wife and three children lived in Cameron Valley housing near Fort Belvoir where he worked as an engineer in charge of prefabricated construction. He had been taking engineering courses at Belvoir. The event left three children wounded and Stephanie holding lunch bread as shots killed the family.
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Cameron Valley
Fort Belvoir
Edgar Sims
Alexandria
Stephanie
Sims
Salvation Army drive thanks local supporters in Grafton and Taylor
Lieutenant Wiseman expressed gratitude for the drive's success. He thanked chairman Mr. Charles Jarrett, all town and county workers, churches, clubs, business firms, Earl Stimson Jr. and Miss Viola Hickman of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and the citizens of Grafton and Taylor county. The Salvation Army pledges its best program for the coming year.
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Salvation Army
Wiseman
Charles Jarrett
Earl W. Stimson Jr
Viola Hickman
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Taylor County
Showalter to Join Lewis in New Welfare Board
Fairmont reports Showalter, president of the Monongahela Rail and River Coal Corp, will serve with John L. Lewis and Miss Josephine Roche on a new welfare fund board. He praises Lewis for achievements and notes compensation remains undecided.
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Showalter
John L. Lewis
Monongahela Rail and River Coal Corporation
Lewis
Josephine Roche
Showalter Refuses Compensation for New Position
Showalter stated he would take the new post at no pay beyond actual expenses. His firm operates coal mines in Monongalia county producing about 350000 tons annually. Previously he led Continental Coal Corporation with mines in Marion and Monongalia counties yielding about two million tons per year.
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Showalter
Monongalia County
Continental Coal Corporation
Marion
Monongalian
Atomic project centers in Washington highlighted at hearing
The hearing touched on locations tied to the Manhattan project with Wallace denying supplying Russians. Only two committee members attended as cameras and spectators filled the room. Groves recalled leading the project from September 1941 to January 1947 before its transfer to the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Wallace
Hopkins
Walter
D-Pa
Harrison
DVI
Groves
Weerman
Atomic Energy Commission
Peace terms eyed as coal talks extend in New York
Major continued from page one notes an agreement with smaller operators as bait to draw other mine owners from hard and soft coal sectors. Anthracite negotiations resumed in New York, with Lewis' terms sure to be studied. Soft coal leaders were expected to mount the strongest opposition.
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Lewis
Soth Industries
New York
Funds Update for Eiger Medical Fund Given
The committee reports a current balance of 410.19 in the fund. A new order of five medicine treatments totaling 300 is expected to arrive within a day or two, with each treatment costing about 54. Treatments occur every other day, and progress of the bigger girl is satisfactory. Further contributions may be sent to the Grafton Sentinel or deposited to the Kiger Medical Fund account.
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Eiger
Grafton Sentinel
Kiger Medical
Girls Rush In Their Own Way At National Ball
Washington sessions of the National Interfraternity Conference extended to the last minute before the grand ball, with discussions on plans and participation by student groups.
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Washington
National Interfraternity Conference
Arrangements Committee Reworks Dating Plan For Fraternity Event
The committee scrambles to organize blind dates for a fraternity event. After initial no time for delegates, they restructured to group calls and self-guided arrivals. The plan shifts again as rules now require girls to go to fraternity houses to prepare and meet their dates, with home visits deemed an individual matter.
Divorce Case Reveals Long-Delayed Desertion
Flora Finlay, aged 62, told Judge Roslyn F. Philp in Brisbane Supreme Court that she married Percy Ricardo Finlay in 1903 at age 16. He deserted her five months later and she did not hear from him again until 1947, leading to a divorce.
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Sydney
Brisbane
House and two Lucretia lots owned by H C Wolfe
Six room home with basement furnace and hot and cold water in excellent condition. Price four thousand dollars below owner's investment. Requires one thousand dollars down and small monthly payments.
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Lucretia
H. C. Wolfe
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