Two Brothers Die In Route 80 Crash Near Baltimore
Argel Clair Duncan 22 of Smithfield is dead after a car driven by him left Route 80 and struck a tree while en route to Baltimore with brothers Elmer 18 and friend Ross Stout. Elmer Duncan and Stout were hospitalized with injuries as investigators determine cause. Coroner and sheriff deem it an accident likely due to fatigue. no inquest planned.
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Baltimore
United States Army
Argel Clair Duncan
Smithfield
Elmer
Grafton
Ross
Stout
Ray W. Matthews
Argel
Arlie C. Duncan
Duncan
G. F. Randall
State Police
Matthews
Ona C. Jeffries
Jeffries
the Sentinel
Housewives Decide Grafton Shopping Nights Preference
Housewives in Grafton and nearby areas are invited to vote on which weekday Grafton stores should stay open in the evenings. A coupon on the page, a phone call to the Board of Trade, or in-store return lets shoppers indicate their preferred shopping night to better serve the community.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Grafton Board of Trade
Fred Jackson
Heflin’s
Board of Trade
Board of Trade Office
Grafton 1183
Explosion Rocks Dow Chemical Plant in Midland
A damaging explosion at Dow Chemical Co in Midland Michigan injured several workers. Ambulances were dispatched as debris flew hundreds of feet and a roof was reportedly lifted from a building. A fire started but was brought under control with no immediate deaths reported.
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Midland, Mich
Dow Chemical Co
Chemical City
Dow
Dow Safety Department
Voters Defeat Levy and Bond Issue in Lewis County
Lewis County voters rejected a proposed 300000 dollar tax levy and a 400000 dollar special bond issue aimed at building and upgrading county school facilities. The report notes fatalities but with names and injury counts not disclosed.
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Weston
Lewis County
Man Returns to Jail After 24 Hours Free
Harold Peer, 31, of Detroit, recaptured by Clarksburg police after escaping while being taken to a dentist in Clarksburg and held on a hit and run sentence. He was found in a local garage and offered no resistance.
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Salem
Harold Peer
Detroit
Hierrison County
Eas
Clarksburg
Ed. Harber
Peer
Maryland Judge Denounces Duty Toward Stranded Streetcar Rider
In Maryland a dissenting judge urged motorist duty to stop for passengers on safety islands, but the court majority rejected this. The Charleston scene reports painter Fred Clifford, 30, and Harry Burdette, 26, awaiting trial for murder in the stomping death of Edward C. O'Brien after a July street confrontation. Burdette previously convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair.
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Markell
Charleston
Fred Clifford
Painter
Harry Atlee Burdette
Edward C. O'Brien
Burdette
Electric Chair
Hint Lewis Will Make Stiffer Demands Today
John L. Lewis plans stronger wage and welfare fund demands as coal industry strikes widen. He aims for a 15.50 dollar daily miner wage, 40 cent welfare royalties, a seven hour work day, and protections for older miners against firing, despite previously signaling a 15 dollar wage and 35 cent royalty.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
Welfare Fund
Truman to outline full program at $100 plate gala
President Truman prepared to press a new call for his legislative program at a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner costing $100 a plate. He again refused to answer at a news conference whether he will seek re election in 1952. California Democrat George Luckey suggested Truman seemed receptive, a view he said Luckey himself inferred.
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Washington
Truman
Largest dinner ever staged at National Guard Armory
The mammoth event described as the largest dinner under one roof will be held at the National Guard Armory. It has sold out since Monday with more than 5,200 attendees expected from across the country and surrounding areas.
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National Guard
17 Men Survive Bomber Crash Near BC Coast
At McChord Air Force Base Washington a bomber crash leaves 17 crew members reported missing earlier. Coast Guard reports late night that all 17 had been found or located, but morning updates lack substantiation.
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Mcchord Air Force Base
Wash
British Columbia
Coast Guard
Seventeen B 36 Crew Escape By Parachute From Fire
At McChord Air Base Washington 17 airmen fled a blazing B 36 bomber using parachutes on a ice flooded morning. They landed on two rugged Queen Charlotte Islands off northern British Columbia about 500 miles from McChord. Ten were flown to base by C 82 last night while seven, in serious condition, were to be evacuated today from Princess Royal Island. S/Sgt Vitale Trippodi of Brooklyn reported.
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Mcchord Air Base
Tacoma
Wash
Queen Charlotte
British Columbia
Here
Princess Royal Island
Vitale Trippodi
Brook
Strychnine Swallowed By Cultist Not Poison
Canton police report that a snake cultist consumed a liquid he believed to be strychnine during ceremonies. Detective Sgt Ted Koellner said chemical tests at Aultman hospital confirmed the fluid from Howard Wade of West Virginia was not poisonous. The man initially refused to surrender a mustard jar labeled strychnine poison used in rites.
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Canton
Ted Koellner
West
Violence Flares At Elkins Mine
Four men identified as pickets were injured in a gunfire exchange at a non union Williams mine in Elkins. Warning shots were fired as about 100 pickets withdrew after company employees fired in the air. The drift mine on the Randolph Barbour line employs 25 men and continues operations amid the miners strike.
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Bulletin Elkins
West Virginia vets urged to note out of state bonus deadlines
West Virginia veterans eligible for bonuses from other states were warned to watch filing deadlines. Grafton VA deputy director John C. Shaffer noted applications for Louisiana and Rhode Island are already closed. Sixteen states currently pay bonuses, with three more deadlines this year and several others without deadlines. Forms are available through the Grafton VA office at the Employment Office.
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West Virginia
Department of Veterans Affairs
John C. Shaffer
Grafton
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Town
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New York
North Dakota
Vermont
Washington
Shaffer
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
W. Va
Local Seaman Aids USS Missouri Salvage in Chesapeake Bay
Calvin H. Fike seaman USN of 605 Watkin Street Grafton West Virginia active in salvage operations to re float the battleship USS Missouri after grounding in Chesapeake Bay en route to Guantanamo Bay Cuba for a training mission. He enlisted June 18 1942 after working for Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
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Navy Fleet News Center
The
Sentinel Today
Calvin H. Fike
Seaman
USN
Watkin Street
Grafton
W. Va
Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Fike
Naval Service
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton Welcomes Three New Citizens
Three new arrivals reported at Grafton City hospital this week. A boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Elbert F. Squires on February 13 at 8 22 a m. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McGee on February 14 at 8 24 a m. A daughter weighing five pounds seven ounces born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gray on February 15 at 7 46 a m.
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Grafton City Hospital
Elbert F. Squires
West Washington Street
Clarence McGee
Route 1
Tunnelton
Harry Gray
Grafton
City Court Grist Shows Intoxication And Parking Cases
Three arrests appear in the city police docket this morning. Mrs. J. E. Rice of Newburg is fined two dollars for overtime parking on Main street. Leonard Tacy of Grafton serves ten days in jail for non payment of a prior city police court fine. Loris Ellers of Grafton was arrested last night on intoxication charges and awaits a hearing in city court. Arresting officers were Messenger and Swisher.
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J. E. Rice
Newburg
Main
Leonard Tacy
Grafton
Messenger
Swisher
Loris Ellers
Osborne
Robertson seeks curb on John L Lewis monopolistic power
Senator Robertson says a bill to curb the United Mine Workers chief would subject labor unions to trust laws if they restrain trade affecting national health and safety. He alleges Lewis controls production and prices, driving out small business and extending monopoly to allied industries. Lewis could testify but sent word unavailable. See SAYS page 3.
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Washington
Robertson
D-Va
John L. Lewis
National Health and Safety
Senate Judiciary
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
John L. ‘Lewis
Nie
Antiin Industries
Truman Champion Spender Criticized by Brown in Clarksburg
In Clarksburg last night Rep. Clarence J. Brown urged voters to elect a Republican Congress and a GOP president in 1952. He said President Truman is the champion spender who talks of taxes rather than economy, predicting higher taxes if Democratic measures pass. Walter Hallanan echoed the charge, while Chapar Revercomb proposed a national tribunal between management and labor to resolve disputes.
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Clarksburg
Truman
Clarence J. Brown
Rohio
Brown
Congress
Ohio
Robert Taft
United States
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Eedisllanan
GOP
Washington
U. S
Chapmar Revercomb
R-Wva
East Rainelle
Death by own action verdict in Wetzel county death
Coroner R. Daugherty announced a verdict of death by own action in the inquest into the death of Veronica Garrett, 32, an Australian war bride. She was found shot dead in her Wetzel County home the night of February 8.
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Paden City
R. Daugherty
Veronica Garrett
Wetzel
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