Motive Of Fatal Shooting Of Three Remains Unknown
Elkins February report says Randolph county authorities probing the fatal shooting of three members of a mountain farm family and wounding of a fourth. 17 year old Denver Johnson killed his aunt Lyda Johnson and Beatrice Johnson eight, then wounded Bonnie Champ eleven. The youth shot himself. No motive established.
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Elkins
Randolph County
Stanley Bosworth
Denver Johnson
Lyda Johnson
Pickens
Beatrice Johnson
Bonnie Champ
Johnson Home
Bosworth
Johnson
Ronnie Cham
Ford
Elkin Honitag
Wiliam F Johnson
Flood Threat Shuts Logan County Schools In Major Snow Melt
Logan February 13. A threatened flash flood closed all Logan county schools as Buffalo creek Mud river and Rum creek ran high after an all night rain. Triadelphia opened briefly but students were sent home to avoid isolation.
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Logan
Logan County
Paul C. Winter
Chapmanville
Triadelphia
Buffalo Creek
Mud River
Island Creek
Main Island Creek
Monitor Junction
Rum Creek
Guyandotte
First Flood Signs Begin To Invade Tenn Today
Flood waters from the Dark River covered about a quarter of Shelbyville, Tennessee, with depths of 10 to 15 feet in low areas. No deaths were reported as police and volunteers evacuated residents from flooded homes. The Giard Armory opened to house evacuees.
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Tenn
Shelbyville
William C. Suber
Shelbyville Times -Gazite
Fe Depertmen
Jalarge
Tion
al Giard
Truman Still Urges Price Controls Amid Market Drop
President Truman maintains the nation needs price controls despite a sharp grain market break. GOP leaders in Congress doubt passage, with Chairman Wolcott proposing rent control extension and possible delays on other measures while monitoring the economy. Senators Young and Bushfield urge repealing the two month export limit on wheat.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Wolcott (Reich
House Banking Committee
GOP
Young
Bushfield
Wolcott
Miss Vivien Kellems Acts to Stop Withholding Taxes
In Los Angeles on February 13 Miss Vivien Kellems of Westport Connecticut declared her firm will stop withholding federal income taxes from employees. She proposed to fight the issue in court and said if the government wants the money she would require appointment as an Internal Revenue agent, a salary, and reimbursement of expenses. Kellems, a dynamic, diminutive electrical engineering manufacturer who once challenged Clare Boothe Luce in a 1942 Republican primary, runs a cable grips firm employing about 30 people.
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Los Angeles
Vivien Kellems
Westport
Conn
Harry
Internal Revenue Department
Kellems
Connecticut
Clare Boothe Luce
Dispute Stalls Tunnel Project In Elk Creek Area
About 200 workers on a 1 600 foot tunnel for the Berrybore extension of the Baltimore and Ohio line halted work over union contract terms. Workers, members of International Hod Warriors and Common Laborers Union, demand going wage and a union contract effective April 1. Negotiations with Bates and Rogers of Chicago continue without agreement. officials insist no strike is declared.
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Tygart River
Elk Creek
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Srrtings
International Hod Warriers and Common Laborers Union
A. F. of L
Ats
Clarksburg
Bates and Rogers
Chicago
Mil
Youth Charged With Kidnapping Sent Here
A youth who will be 15 next month was committed to the Industrial School For Boys at Pruntytown until he is 21. He faced kidnapping charges for abducting seven year old Jeannette Sturdivant as she rode with her sister on the way to school. He fled with the girl for about two miles before abandoning her down an embankment. she was not harmed.
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Boickley
Anles
Nth
Industrial School For
Pruntytown
Jeannette Sturdivant
Blackshear
Doniver Teston
Doniver
Mildred. Aspinwall
Lee Taylor
Taylor
James Davis
Bittie
Sitie
Mildred
Davis
Teston
Alma
Savannah
Lookout ‘Mountain
Chattanooga
Chinese Reds Admit They Hold Marines
North China broadcast confirms one of five U S Marines captured near Tsingtao died of wounds. Pfc Charles J Brayton Jr of Fort Jay was named as wounded fatally. The report accuses U S armed forces of imperialist aggression and demands a U S apology. Four Marines are said to be alive but may be treated harshly unless the U S guarantees no recurrence. Admiral Cooke in Shanghai could not confirm the death or news since Christmas Day.
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San Francisco
Communist Radio Today
U. S
China
United States
Ihe
Pfc
Charles J. Brayton
Fort Jay
Tsiand
Chiang Kaishek
Tsingtao
U.S. Navy
Charles M. Cooke, Jr
U. S. Navy
Far East
Shanghia
Timor
Towboat sinks in Ohio River at Huntington harbor
The towboat of Sam P. Suit of Island Creek Fuel and Transportation Co. sank in Huntington harbor today. A spokesman said frozen sea cocks apparently burst and water rushed in while the boat was tied up, causing it to ease to the bottom during the cold spell.
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Huntington
Sam P. Suit
Island Creek Fuel and Transportation Co
Huntington Harbor
Wholesale prices mixed as butter plunges in New York market
Commodity prices showed minor strength but a sharp drop hit the wholesale butter market on the New York mercantile exchange, with declines of 5 to 6 and 6.5 cents a pound. Grains diverged, corn sharply down then recovering, while wheat and oats held steady to slightly higher. Cotton fell about $4 a bale at New York, with mills buying later and a partial rebound.
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New York
Fed
New York Mercantile Exchange
Losy
Patsy D'Agostino
New Orleans
Decker files answer in mandamus case in Taylor County
John K. Burdett acting for Curtis D. Decker city manager filed an answer in Taylor County Circuit Court seeking a writ of mandamus at issue by Louis H. Greenwald to restore him to fire chief after dismissal on August 15. No hearing date set. evidence may be heard between court terms. Judge Watkins sustained the city's demurrer on two points and gave until today to answer. DECKER page 3
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John K. Burdett
Curtis D. Decker
Taylor County
Louis H. Greenwald
Mr. Decker
Firechief
Court House
W. Merle Watkins
Taylor County Circuit Court
Decker
Four Fairmont Men Jailed After Train Riding
Four young Fairmont men were jailed for six days each after being arrested at 6 30 pm on charges of illegally riding a freight train. Patrolman H S Wooddell detained the group as they rode from Fairmont to Grafton on a freight train. Those jailed were Paul Edward Smallwood Harold Woodrow Whitecotton Charles Edward Wix and Jennings Grant.
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Fairmont
Ona C. Jefferys
H. S. Wooddell
Grafton
Paul Edward Smallwood
Harold Woodrow Whitecotton
Charles Edward Wix
Jennings Grant
West Virginia Weather Forecast Extended Period
Temperatures will average degrees below normal with colder conditions over the weekend then slightly warmer Tuesday and colder Wednesday. Snow flurries are expected Saturday with possible snow on Tuesday. Total precipitation forecast about a quarter inch.
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Noring
Gas ban lifted for industrial Summers here
The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas company lifted its curtailment to maintenance ban on industrial consumers in this area. Miss Mildred Keefer announced that the ban was raised to the 40 percent curtailment ordered last fall to ensure ample gas for domestic use through winter. Hazel Atlas Glass plant resumed operations at 6 p.m. yesterday as milder weather continues. Temperatures ranged from 37 at 7 am to 56 at noon, with snow receding and Main Street ice melting. colder weather and snow flurries forecast tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Mildred Keefer
Hazel Atlas Glass
Kisor Jailed for Theft of B and O Property
Charles Kisor of Lincoln Street faced theft charges for stealing 19 lock washers from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 20 days in Taylor County jail, with an increase to 80 days if the fine is unpaid. Patrolman Lawrence Messenger arrested him after a witness saw him enter the deanery and take the washers.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Charles ‘Kisor
Lincoln Street
Taylor County
Ona C. Jefferys
Jefferys
Kisor
Lawrence Messenger
Wooddell
Baltimore’ and’ Ohio Railroad
Dewey Targets Truman Foreign Policy in Campaign
Boston February 13 Gov Thomas E Dewey vows to make the Truman administration foreign policy a major election issue if he wins the Republican nomination He accuses President Truman of bungling foreign affairs and calls for the present administration policies to be overhauled He also presents a Europe recovery blueprint proposing an American financed federation in Europe at a Lincoln Day dinner.
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Boston
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
New York
Dewey
Europe
Lincoln dinners RFagh Bg Lima instate tonight
West Virginia hosts Lincoln Day events with visiting Republican leaders. Sen Raymond Baldwin of Connecticut joins Morgantown dinner, Sen John Bricker of Ohio at Clarksburg, and Rep Carroll Reece heads Wheeling program. Rep Hubert Ellis speaks at Ripley program.
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Charleston
West Virginia
U. S
National Party
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Morgantown
John Arm Bricker
Ohio
Clarksburg
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Wheeling
Lodge
Lincoln
Foreign students rise at West Virginia University
Morgantown February 13 Sixteen students from foreign countries join West Virginia University. China leads with seven students followed by India and Puerto Rico each with three. Other nationalities include Turkey two Czechoslovakia two Greece one and Brazil one.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
J. Everett Long
China
Sur
India
Puerto Rico
Turkey
Czechoslovakia
Gree E
Brazil
Utica fire claims eleven of one family in collapse
A two story building fire in Utica New York kills eleven from the Hoage and Hoare families, including Mrs Ruth Hoage and nine children ages from five months to ten years. Fourteen others escape as flames and debris trap residents. rescue attempts are hindered by heat. Victims include Mrs Shirley Hoage. injured remain in hospital with Dana Page Sr Catherine Ho se other relatives. Fire officials compile initial list as search continues.
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Utica
N. Y
Ruut Hoage
Chici
Leo Barry Card
Dana Pin
Hospital Ced
Shirley Hoage
Richard Hoage
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Ella Paye
Dana Page
Catherine
Mary Hoage
Richard
Garsee
Britain May Move to Wage Controls in Crisis
London reports Sir Stafford Cripps urged voluntary wage and price controls in Commons as Britain faces economic strain. France moved to curb price hikes by outlawing increases since January 15, with penalties including jail for a year. Unions totaling about five million push back against concessions.
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London
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
National Assembly
Paris
Uvon
Bretish
Bitat
Locke to Appear for Assault and Robbery Hearing
Charles Locke of East Main Street will appear before Justice May John W. Snider this evening or tomorrow morning to answer charges of assault and robbery. Locke is accused of striking Emmett Shingleton with a wine bottle and stealing a billfold containing $6 or $7 and a wristwatch on February 5 on Railroad Street. He was arrested Wednesday night by City Patrolmen Snider.
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Charles Locke
East Mainstreet
John W. Snider
Emmett
Shingleton
South Grafton
Locke
Snider
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Turner
Hungary
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Pallos
Hungarian Peoples Court
Bucharest
International
South By Man
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton
Anderson
Maynard
Industrial Coursummers
Hazel-Atlas
RFAGH
LIMA
Hallanan
West Va. U
Justice
The
Grafton Sentinel
Frances Louise Smith
Beech Street
Tonteht
Lash’ LaRue
Diljon
Erich von Storhelm
Dixie Theatre
Douglas ‘Powley
Joan Woodbury
Strand. Theatre
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