Medical Society withdraws support of Charleston site for school
The State Medical Association withdrew active support for Charleston as the site of a four year medical and dental school and urged the legislature to decide location this session. The council delivered a formal note to the governor the speaker and the senate president urging decisive action and asking bills be amended to establish the school and a chronic diseases hospital at the location designated by the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Medical Association
Association
House
Senate
Wreck on Dead Man's curve yields two fines
In municipal court this morning Ralph Shaw was fined 25 dollars plus costs for crossing the center line on Dead Man's curve Lincoln street injuring three. Ralph Boyles paid 10 dollars plus costs for failing to have headlights. City hospital reports the Poling family improving after the collision involving Shaw's 1939 Ford V-8 and Boyles's 1937 Chevrolet. Both cars suffered extensive damage and were towed to Stevens Brothers garage.
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Lincoln Street
Ralph Shaw
White Line
Ralph Boyles
Clyde Poling
Shaw
Frigid lows and a cool Friday forecast stay in place
The article notes a chilly start with a 27 degree low and 39 degree noon high, and yesterday’s high 49 with a 23 degree low last night. It also mentions WVU’s 27th annual summer short course in coal mining set for June 6 to July across Morgantown Beckley and Logan under Director G R Sprindler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia University School of Mines
Beckley and
Logan
G. R. Sprindler
Hoover Commission Urges Nonpolitical Post Office Structure
The Hoover commission urged removing the Post Office from political control. It recommends the postmaster general avoid party leadership, with career postal officials filling top posts and Senate confirmation for the postmaster general, along with reforms in budgeting and operations to end deficits. It notes the report is part of a larger Congress review of executive agencies led by former President Herbert Hoover.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Post Office Department
Senate
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Commission
Post Office
Jesse M. Donald and Son
Taylor County Schools Receive 136,478 In Funds
Public utilities contribute 6,953,068 in 1948 property taxes for school support as auditor's office distributes 11,731,320 across utilities. Taylor County receives 136,478 with others named, while counties towns and funds share the remainder for general expenses and retirement bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Harry Deisher
Auditor
Deisher
Barbour
Taylor
Tucker
Preston
Harrison
Marion
Mononealia
Search Continues For Missing Air Force Plane
Pittsburgh reports aerial search by at least two dozen planes for a missing air force training plane with three men aboard. Fourteen planes, including a B 17 flying fortress, swept 4,690 square miles of northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania yesterday. No trace found. last contact at 4 51 p.m. Tuesday. Today’s search to focus near Waynesburg after reports of low flying aircraft. The missing ship was en route from Washington on a navigational training flight. Pilot requested permission to return to normal instrument flight. Three Eastern Pennsylvania families disclosed the three men are Lieut Merle Hagenbuch 3v Allentown RD 4 Lieut William K E Simmers 30 Bethlehem and Staff Sgt Norman Bogert 32 Allentown. All were World War II veterans attached to a reserve unit at Reading Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
Air Force
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Civil Air Patrol
Waynesburg
Washington, D. C
Merle Hagenbuch
Allentown
R. D
William KE. Simmers
Bethlehem
Norman Bogert
Reading
Shutdown Of Auto Plant Announced
Kaiser Frazer Corp will idle about 7,000 Willow Run workers for up to 12 working days as it shifts to two new utility model cars. Hudson Motor and U Rubber employers return to work after two idle days, as Edgar Kaiser cites inventory and tooling adjustments.
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Detroit
Kaiser- Frazer Corp
Willow Run
Hudson Motor
Edgar F. Kaiser
K F
Pittsburgh Boy to Receive Ears in Future Surgeries
Eight year old Jimmy Meadows of Hartstown Pennsylvania born without ears will undergo a series of operations at Children’s Hospital to receive ears grown in the stomach, with the first implant planned after age ten and several more procedures. Dr le M Dupertuis leads the plastic surgery effort as the story notes the Pittsburgh reference and continuation on page six.
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Pittsburgh
Jimmy Meadows
Hartstown
Pennsylvania
Children's Hospital
le M. Dupertuis
Grafton population rises as city hospital notes increase
Washington report states Earl James McGrath of New York was nominated by President Truman today to be U S Commissioner for Education. He would succeed Sonn W Studebaker.
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Washington
Earl James McGrath
New York
Truman
U. S
Education
Sonn W. Studebaker
Weizmann Takes Office As First Israel President
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, 74, becomes Israel's first president as the provisional government led by David Ben-Gurion prepares to form a new cabinet. He won 83 votes to 15 for Prof. Yosef Klausner amid a backdrop of Arab Legion control around Jerusalem and a recently adopted constitution.
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Jerusalem
Chaim Weizmann
Isnel
Asrael
Palestine
Dr. Weizmann
Jewish Agency
Arab Legion
Dr. Weigmann
Israel
Rehobet
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Mapai Labor Party
Yosef Klausner
Klausner
Herut (Freedom) Party
Kem Beigin
Irgn Zvai Leumi
Spy Sentencing Case Reveals Zachary Klecka in Secret Trial
U S Army publicly sentences 91 year old Frantisek Klecka to 20 years hard labor after a partly declassified spy trial in Munich. An eight member U S Military Commission led by General Cray announced the verdict while keeping charges and prior testimony sealed.
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Munich
Germany
Frantisek Klecka
Orient Express
U. S
Lucius D. Cray
Elecka
Europe
Balkans
Franc
Turkey
Klecka
Jonn L.mckee
Ees Ups
McKee
Czechoslovakia
Frankfurt
Military Commission
Stop Negotiations In Transit Strike
Negotiations broke down in Philadelphia in a week old transit strike. CIO Transport Workers Union president Michael J. Quill walked out and vowed to continue the strike indefinitely criticizing the Philadelphia Transportation Company for bad faith. PTC workers operate 1500 miles of lines and carry 4.2 million passengers daily.
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Philadelphia
Michael J. Quill
CIO Transport Workers Union
Philadelphia ‘Trasportation
GIO Unior
PTC
Yellow Cab Company
AFL
Bulgaria moves to close foreign religious missions
In Sofia a bill would force all foreign religious missions in Bulgaria to close within a month and confiscate their property. It would favor the Greek Orthodox church as the traditional and only people's democratic church, bar non citizens from clergy roles, and give the foreign minister control over international church ties. The measure follows the Feb 25 trial date set for 15 Protestant leaders facing treason and espionage charges.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Peoples Republic of
Vassil Molotov
Kolarov
Hungary
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Britain
United States
United Evangelical Church
U S Outlines Broad Picture Of Truman Program At UN
The United States plans to present a broad outline of President Truman's bold new program to aid backward areas to the United Nations early next week. Willard L. Thorp in Washington will deliver a preliminary outline addressing technical assistance, government roles, and possible private capital, while noting no commitments pending Congressional approval. The UN council will also debate the U S proposal to study slave labor in Russia, postponed by procedural wrangling.
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Thorp
U.N
United States
Congress
U. S
Russia
Second Power Supply Assured for Fairmont Area
The Monongahela Power Company announced a second power supply for Braxton Nicholas Webster Clay and Upshur counties. A 132000 volt line now terminates at Hookersville with full effect expected in eight weeks after a transformer bank at Buckhannon. Upgrades include a voltage regulator move to Powell Mountain Substation and new capacitor and switching gear near Craigsville. The improvements total about 3,000,000 dollars.
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Fairmont
Monongahela
Braxton
Nicholas
Webster, Clay
Upshur
Hookersville
Buckhannon
Powell Mountain
Craigsville
Coroner's Jury Delivers Hughes Death Verdict
The coroner's jury ruled that Thomas Francis Hughes aged 55 died from a fall into Three Fork Creek in Grafton after his body was found in the Tygart Valley river. Witnesses say he was seen earlier at the B and O station and that railroad workers recovered the body near the South Grafton bridge with multiple injuries. The inquest, held at Bartlett Funeral home, concluded the manner of death was unknown to the jurors.
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Thomas Francis Hughes
Tygart Valley
Hughes
Three Fork Creek
Grafton
Bartlett Funeral Home
Baltimore and Ohio
Lawrence W. Sinsel
B. and O
William R. Carroll
Railroad
Mr. Hughes
Three Forks Creek
South Grafton
Carroll
Thomas J. Maron
Emerson W. Boyce
Knottsville
East Main Street
Paul P. Warden
Richard B. Bord
L. ‘V. Atha
Robert T. White
Waltman ‘Robinson
Cities Authorized To Accept Federal Aid For Sewerage Works
Cities may receive state and federal funds for sewerage projects under measures introduced in both houses. The bills authorize long term contracts with industrial firms for municipal sewerage facilities, allow bonds for stream pollution abatement, and position such bonds as secondary to primary sewer bonds. Companion measures enable bonds to improve or extend water works and sewerage systems.
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Charleston
House
Senate
Johnston
Fannery
Junnery
Ask Investigation of Tuition Fees for Veterans
Representative Staggers calls for a House committee probe into tuition charges to veterans under the GI Bill. He says reports claim many veterans face excessive fees and urges Rankin to spearhead a thorough inquiry. Rankin says he has not seen the letter and declined comment.
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Washington
House
Representative Staggers
D-W. Va
Rankin
D-Miss
Veterans Affairs Committee
Staggers
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Medical Society
Taylor County
Kaiser-Frazer
City Hospital
Patricia Ryan
Henry Aldrich
Weizmann
Army
Quill
Miami
Louise Russell
Hollywood
Delores Zabraski
Mount Washington
Jefferson Memorial
U.S
St. Augustine
West
Virginia
Mines Department
Arch J. Alexander
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