Taylor County Red Cross drive launches with $3112 goal
Taylor county starts its annual Red Cross fund campaign with a goal of 3112 and 139 campaign workers. The Grafton Woman's Club provides 114 workers for house to house solicitation while Arnold Knotts Wayne with Richard Leonard serve as publicity agents. Virgil Rohrbough leads school solicitation and William Flanagan Paul E Malone John H Bradford and C S Ebert head advance gifts. Rural districts chairmen include Mrs Mary Steele for Boothsville and Mrs Arthur Lee for Country Club road.
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Taylor County
Red Cross Fund
Grafton Woman’s Club
Cauiey
Arnold Knotts
Wayne
Richard Leonard
Higve
Boothsville
Mary ‘Steele
Country Club Road
Arthur Lee
Taylor
Captains List 84 Ward Workers Open Red Cross Drive
Grafton Woman's Club selects 84 workers and captains for the imminent house-to-house Red Cross drive. Ward captains name club members who will conduct residential canvassing as the drive opens tomorrow.
Girl Sent To Salem For Delinquency at 14
A 14 year old Grafton girl was committed to the West Virginia Industrial School for Girls at Salem by Taylor County Circuit court for repeated delinquency and school truancy. A 14 year old boy investigated for attempting to rape an 11 year old girl was placed under the supervision of Child Welfare Worker Gertrude Shaw. Two other boys, both 14, were also involved.
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Grafton
West Virginia Industrial School For Girls
Salem
Taylor County Circuit Court
Gertrude Shaw
Small Fruit Specialist To Conduct Demonstration
Melvin Koly a small fruit specialist from West Virginia University will visit Taylor County on March 6 and 7 to demonstrate pruning of small fruits and apples. County Agent Ralph A Fike said farm and town residents should attend the vocational agriculture building for tours starting there.
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Melvin Koly
West Virginia University
Taylor County
Ralph A. Fike
Vocationale Agriculture
Osage Bridge Spanning Scott's Run To Be Built
The Osage bridge over Scott's Run and the Monongahela tracks in Monongalia county will be built by Agnew Construction of Ronceverte. The Public Roads Administration approved the contract as the low bid of 164332 70, completing the Morgantown Osage road link.
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Osage Bridge
Scott’s Run
Charleston
Osage
Scott's Run
Monongahela
Monongalia County
Agnew Construcion Company
Ronceverte
Public Roads Administration
Road Commission
Agnew Company
Morgantown
Acheson Faces Questions From Senate Republicans
Secretary of State Acheson faced questions at a closed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing about security loopholes in the State Department. Senators Bridges Ferguson and Knowland prepared inquiries on possible security risks among department workers as a broader probe into Communist presence on department rolls continues.
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Washington
Acheson
State Department
Senate Appropriations
Bridges
R-Nh
Ferguson
R-Mich
Knowland
Calif
Mother Finds Child Not Her Own
In New York a mother rushed downstairs with her 18 month old son Owen hoping for a reunion before realizing the child was misidentified. Mrs Delores Joseph 25 and her husband Walter had been separated from the infant five months ago. A deputy sheriff Charley Skidmore brought a blonde blue eyed child from West Virginia believed to be the missing Robert Frankie.
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New York
Owen
Delores Joseph
Robert
Walter
West Virginia
Charley Skidmore
Webster Springs
Skidmore
Frankie
Nationalist China Warns Ships Trading Under Threat
Nationalist China warned that all ships trading with the Chinese Communists face air attack after new attacks on two American merchantmen off Tsingtao. The Pioneer Dale and the Flying Clipper were bombed and strafed, one sailor injured, as Nationalist air force headquarters said they blockaded mainland seaports to enforce the port closure policy.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Dale
United States Lines
Tsbrandtsen Line
Tsingtao
Captain Brown Takes Sole Responsibility for Missouri Grounding
Captain William D. Brown of the battleship Missouri told a Naval court of inquiry that he alone bears full responsibility for the ship’s grounding in Chesapeake Bay on January 17. He said the captain must keep the ship safe and that he failed in that duty, marking a reversal from earlier testimony that blamed his officers and team.
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Norfolk
William D. Brown
Naval Court of
Brown
Chesapeake Bay
Merchant Shoots Self Near Shinnston
Harrison County Coroner Kenna Jackson reports Arthur Glenn Smith a 48 year old merchant from Little Rock Camp near Shinnston shot himself at home due to despondency over ill health. The incident occurred on Cap tain page 5.
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Clarksburg
Harrison County
Kenna Jackson
Arthur Glenn Smith
Little Rock
Shinnston
Jackson
Smith
Husband testifies Dr Sander showed Mrs Borroto maternal care
In Manchester New Hampshire Reginald Borroto testified that Dr Hermann N Sander treated his wife Abbie Borroto like a mother during her final illness. He described Sander visiting often and bringing gifts to comfort her, including a canary. He said his wife remained determined to live and denied urging mercy killing.
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Mr. Borroto
Dr. Sander
Manchester, N.H
Abbie Borroto
Hermann N. Sander
Samer
Reginald Borroto
Borroto
Ty ‘Hinney
Borreto
Truman Churchill Nominees for 1950 Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo reports 28 nominees including President Truman and Winston Churchill with six institutions such as UNICEF and the World Movement for World Federal Government. The Nobel committee will study the list, aiming to announce winners in the fall. Lord Boyd Orr and other exponents of international law are among the nominees.
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Oslo
Norway
Truman
Winston Churchill Werte
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
Unicef
World Movement For Wld
World Federation
Ifez
Witner
Lord Boyd Orr
Movement For World Federation
U. N. Food) and Agriculture — Organization
Alfred B. Nobel
Newspapers Enter Statewide Journalism Contest at WVU
Eighty four West Virginia high school newspapers entered the 28th annual state journalism contest sponsored by West Virginia University School of Journalism. Faculty headed by School Director P I Reeds will announce results in April.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
West Virginia University School of Journalism
P. I. Reeds
Leopard captured alive at Lincoln Park Zoo after escape
Oklahoma City reports the escaped Indian leopard, after 18 hours on the run and a flight from a 18 foot pit, was subdued with drugged meat chunks and a noose by Zoo Keeper Julian Frazier before being recaptured at Lincoln Park Zoo. Air support and trained dogs aided the search as thousands hunted the animal.
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Oklahoma City
Julian Frazier
Lincoln Park Zoo
India
Frazier
Fire sweeps Wheeling block injuring five persons
A large fire tore through half a business block in Wheeling last night, injuring at least five people and severely damaging three buildings. Firemen from nearby towns battled in 28 degree weather for over an hour and a half, rescuing about sixty, as the Danny Phillips building collapsed and dangers from a high tension line persisted. An elderly resident, Alvah P. Beardsley, 93, was treated for shock after rescue from his apartment.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Ohio
Danny Phillips
Phillips
Arlington Hotel
Sporting Goods
Auto Supply
Colonial
Alvah P. Beardsley
Talk Of Mine Seizure In Coal Union Trial Continues
Washington report on John L. Lewis and his miners union as contempt trial proceeds amid talk of government seizure of mines and ongoing coal shortages. Negotiations are off for now with no White House shift toward seizure law. Lewis away at Springfield funeral.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
White House
Truman
Lewis
Springfieldd
Ill
Chiang Resumes Presidency and Command in Nationalist China
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek announced he would resume the presidency and become commander-in-chief of Nationalist forces. Li Tsung Jen remains in a New York hospital recovering from surgery, with no clear signal of his concurrence. The move follows the Mao-Tse-Tung Stalin pact and rising global tension, as Chiang cites public opinion and changing world conditions.
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Taipei
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Nanking
Li Tsung-Jen
New York
Chiang
Red China
Russia
Fewer Veterans Enrolled At West Virginia University
Morgantown report shows nearly 800 fewer veterans enrolled this semester at West Virginia University than last year. Veterans Coordinator J Meredith Pauley cites 2428 current veterans versus 3255 in 1948-49, noting peak enrollment occurred in October 1947 when 3987 ex-GIs were students.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
J. Meredith Pauley
Randolph County to Press Charges Against Pickets
Randolph County will press charges against pickets amid a coal miners strike. Prosecutor Stanley Bosworth said the arraignment for men indicted earlier by a grand jury is set for 1:30 p.m. Union and industrial groups mailed communications to Washington about the state strike situation. The Grant Town Local, a leader in the no contract no work movement, sent a resolution to Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech, who ordered miners back to work February 11 and faces a contempt trial for the union.
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Bsee Ie
Stanley “Bosworth
Washington
Grant Town
Richmond B. Keech
Keech
Fairmont Man Held For Rape
Fairmont man John Colantino, 30, was held without bond on a statutory rape charge. Deputy sheriff James D. Cain said Colantino was arrested after resigning as a deputy. A magistrate issued the warrant on a complaint by a 14 year old girl’s parents. Preliminary hearing tentatively set for tonight.
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Fairmont
John Colantino
James D. Cain
Colantino
E. J. Tichnell
Three Tons Of Food Donated By Comminusts For Miners Untouched
Three tons of food donated by Communist party workers for striking miners remained piled up in Cumberland as the Salvation Army refused to distribute it. Local Salvation Army officials voted not to give out the beans, peas, sugar, flour and canned goods, while United Mine Workers urged miners to reject the donation. Communist officials in Baltimore said they would not pick up the food after it was delivered Thursday night.
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Cumberland
Communist Party
Salvation Army
United Mine Workers
Maryland
Baltimore
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Stark
Wood County Infirmary
Parkersburg
J. F. Metz
Red Cross
Grafton Woman's Club
First Ward
Claire Menear
Frank Bolyard
Arlele Murray
F. ¥. Lanham
Wilford Brown
George Shroyer
Dulcie Rogers
Charles Rogers
Virgil Lee Rogers
Ray Witherg
Harold Courtney
Kenneth Daugherty
Walter Wolfe
Vena Murray
L. T. Goff
Walter Beall
Phin Gerkin
Betty Rinker
Mary Forcella
Third Ward
Charles Adlington
Emma Jean Smith
Billie Alice Reed
Aretta Jones
J. Paul Murphy
James Rinker
Marjorie Moran
Merchant
Self
Churchill
Edgar Masson Torres
Spain
Standifer Hospital
la Mesa
Texas
Mae Waters
Wilma Mae Boyles
International Soundphoto
Randolph County
Randolph
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