Monongah Dispatcher Robey Retires After 50 Years Service
William G. Robey of Grafton retires as Monongah division chief dispatcher for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad after half a century. A banquet at Andrews Methodist church will honor him with 150 employees and top railroad officials in attendance. Robey began as a telegraph operator in 1900, rose to chief dispatcher by 1913, and oversaw orders for presidential specials before departing. See MONONGALL Page 2.
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William G. Robey
Monon
Klauenberg
Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
John H. Bradford
Monongoh
Grafton
Maple Avenue
Locciaivsi
Andrews Methodist Church
Robey
Mr. Robey
R.G. Hufford
Monongahela River
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Robev
B. and O
United States
Army Engineers Approve River Improvement Plan
Army engineers approve a Monongahela River Improvement program costing 29,356,000. The plan targets Monongalia and Marion counties West Virginia and includes replacement of locks and dams 12 13 14 and 15, raising Dam No 8 crest, and deepening the channel to nine feet between Pittsburgh and above Fairmont. It adds to existing Morgantown and Pittsburgh projects featuring single locks and gated dams.
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Washington, Jan
Monongahela River
Monongalia
Marion
West Virginia
Army
Mononealia County
Merion
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Fairmont
Morgantown
Hildebrand
Opekiska
Mononcahela
Tyrar
Tere
Infant's Eye Lost In Freak Home Accident
In Bluefield an 18 month old boy named Keith Neal was struck by a falling glass front from a dining room china closet at home. He had his eye removed at a hospital and was described as in good condition. The incident occurred yesterday with Calvin Neal and his wife of Princeton road as the parents.
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Bluefield
Calvin Neal
Princeton Road
Keith
Ray
Bedell Smith asks Truman to relieve him as ambassador to Russia
Bulletin from Washington reports Walter Bedell Smith requesting President Truman to relieve him from his post as ambassador to Russia. The note comes amid ongoing Cold War tensions and diplomatic strain between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Jan
Walter Bedell Smith
Truman
Russia
Supreme Court Upholds Banning Closed Shops
The Supreme Court rules state laws banning closed shops are constitutional. A closed shop contracts hires only union members who must stay in good standing or lose employment. The decision, unanimous except for a dissent on Arizona, cites challenges from the AFL and cites 13 other states with similar rules. Justices Black and Murphy issued opinions varying by state law.
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Washington
Jan
Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Black
Murphy
Rutledge
Frank
Funeral for Mrs Holt at 8 p.m. tonight
Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Dew Holt 78 mother of Rush Holt state delegate and former U S Senator will be held at her Weston home at 8 p m tonight. She died yesterday after a heart attack and will be cremated in Pittsburgh after services here and interred in a Pittsburgh cemetery.
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Weston
Lela Dew Holt
Rush SD
Holt
U. S
M. 8. Holt
Cordridge County
Pittsburgh
Test of Truman influence sought by new Congress
The new Democratic controlled congress convened and faced a test on Capitol Hill. Leaders proposed changing house rules to ease labor and social measures. Republicans vowed to oppose the change, seeking Southern Democratic support to block it. In the Senate, old guard Republicans crushed liberal efforts to oust Taft's leadership. Taft's re election as policy committee chair was set by a party rule change. See TEST OF Page 2
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Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
Truman
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Lberals
Lodge Mass
Taft
Ohio
Old Guard
Power Company Authorized To Hike Gas Rates In Area
Monongahela Power Co won Public Service Commission approval to raise monthly gas charges in Marion Monongalia and Harrison counties effective immediately. The new schedule sets 70 cents per 1900 cubic feet for the first 2000, 62 cents per 1000 for the next 3000, 52 cents per 1000 for the next 20000, 47 cents per 1000 for the next 475000, and 42 cents per 1000 for over 500000 cubic feet, with a $1 minimum monthly charge. A 75-cent service charge was denied as discriminatory to small users, in favor of higher block rates. The commission deemed existing rates insufficient for the company's just return. See POWER CO Page 2.
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Charleston
Monongahela
Ward.ay
Inauguration Of West Virginia Governor Patteson Set
Governor elect Okey L. Patteson will be sworn in January 17 on the Capitol steps or inside if bad weather. Justice Friar Haymond to administer the oath to Patteson and six Board of Public Works members. A public reception follows from 8 to 10 p.m. The event precedes the 1949 legislature with ongoing jockeying for House speaker and Senate president posts.
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Charleston
Okey L. Pat _teson
West
Virginia
Senate
Arnold M. Vickers
Lau Rural Committee
State “Capitol
Kanawha River
Pat
Board of Public Works
Patteson
Governor
Supreme Court
House
Sen
W. Broughton Johnston
Mercer
C. H
Jackie) McKown
D-Wayne
C. Howard Hardesty
Marion
Blueville Couple Named First New Year Baby Parents
Blueville couple Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Boyce are Taylor county's first New Year baby pair with daughter Teresa Doreen Boyce born at 12 18 a m at Grafton City hospital. She weighs seven pounds seven ounces and wins Bartons Baby Deb by contest. The family includes three year old Richard Lewis. Mrs Boyce formerly Beatrice Moran. A second baby, Sheila Laurena Green, was born to Everett and Mrs Green of Simpson at 1 30 p m yesterday, over twelve hours later.
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Taylor County
Grafton City Hospital
Adrian Boyce
Blueville
Barton
Teresa Doreen Boyce
Barton's
Boyce
Richard Lewis
Everett Paul Green
Simpson, S
Taylor County Board of Education Meets Tonight
The Taylor County Board of Education will assemble tonight to organize for 1949. New members Miss Sara Musgrove and J. Paul Murphy assume office at the meeting. The board will elect its president and vice president for the coming year. additional members include K. Debendorfer, William Collins, and J. Lee Evans, who is vacationing in Florida and will miss tonight’s session.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Sara Musgrove
J. Paul Murphy
K. Debendorfer
William Collins
J. Lee Evans
Florida
Water Out In-Area Wednesday In Grafton
Water service east of St John street will be off from 9 a m to 4 p m Wednesday as the city attempts a second cleaning of the main artery to the high and low level reservoirs. City Manager Curtis D Decker said pumping will continue but some sections may see reduced pressure. Thayer street hill residents will have water. The 12 inch main on St John street had been cleaned weeks ago but was unsuccessful, requiring another attempt.
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St John Street
City of Grafton
City Hall
Curtis D. Decker
Thayer Street Hill
St. John Street
Truman to declare US winning first stage of Cold War
President Truman is expected to tell Congress that the United States is winning the first stage of the struggle with Russia and that a long, costly campaign of counter-action lies ahead. Western allies must unite, with continued economic and military build up, military aid to Western Europe, and vigilance against Berlin and Communist pressure in Asia.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Russia
China
Western
Europe
Berlin
Asia
Tragic Yale Flight Crash Survivor Recounts Fury
A chartered DC 3 carrying 27 Yale men home from holidays crashed into a hangar in fog at King County. Survivor George Cole describes being hurled by a snapped belt amid flames as others struggled free and a mechanic aided his fall into a hangar. Cole notes his watch stopped at 10:16.
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SEATTLE_Jan
Yale
Schol
King County Hospital
George Cole
Clarence G. Cole
Seattle
Barrackville Man Dies Of Shock After Fire
Barrackville resident Harry Seibert aged 53 died of shock shortly after being removed from his burning Barrackville home at No 7 Mine. Doctors said he did not suffer burns though fire damaged the house and Seibert had been ill for some time.
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Barrackville
Fairmont
Harry Seibert
Seibert
Yale Students Die In DC-3 Crash At SeaTac
A chartered DC-3 carrying 27 Yale students from Washington and Oregon to New Haven crashed near Boeing Field Seattle after takeoff. At least 14 of the 30 aboard were killed with 15 survivors. Three crew members were aboard. Fire and wreckage hindered rescue as planes, fuel and icy conditions played roles in the fatal incident.
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Seattle
Yale University
Yale
Washington
Oregon
Seattle Air Charter
New Haven
Conn
Boeing Airplane Company
Lynn Brown
Boeing Field
Craghly
Brown
Bowman Retires As President Of Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University announces the retirement of president Isaiah Bowman after a 13 year tenure. Detlev Bronk succeeds him as the sixth Hopkins president. Bowman, a famed geographer and Versailles expert, remains active in Maryland civic affairs and international affairs circles.
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Bowman
Johns Hopkins
Rene J. Cappon
Baltimore
America
Johns Hopkins University
Isaiah Bowman
Europe
Detlev Bronk
University of Pennsylvania
Natonal Research Council
Hopkins
Lfe
Maryland
Taylor County Court House Welcomes New Faces In 1949 Opening
Taylor County Court reshapes staff as 1949 opening shifts duties including feeding prisoners under a new state law. Robert White becomes day jailer and cook, handling food buying and billing. Clarence Silman’s night post goes to Charles Larew Jr. New sheriff's office lineup includes Harry M Batson as assessor, William T Flanagan as the new assessor, and J H Tee Carder as Republican candidate victorious by two votes.
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Taylor County Court
Robert White
Tygart Lake Development Corporation
Taylor County
Cook
Sheriff's Office
Mr. White
Ralph Gibson
Clarence Silman
Charles Larew, Jr
Pruntytown
Taylor County Court House
Sherif
Harry M. Batson
Melvily Newton
Gordon; Withers
W. Ray Matthews
Mabel L. ‘Watkins
William T. Flanagan
Batson
Hatey Curry
John, Gtmes
Glenn Sapp
Marjorie Robinson
le Richa
Bord
Hugh R. McPhail
Paul Defenbauch
J .H. Tee Carder
J. Gus Lambert
Taylor
George Barnhard ICC Member Dies in Heart Attack
George Barnhard of Ind a member of the ICC died at home at 10 pm EST after a heart attack. Named by President Roosevelt to the commission on May 8 1944 to fill the term ending 1950 Barnard born in New Castle studied at the University of Michigan and later served as a public official.
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Waston, Ay
George Barnard
Ind
ICC
Barnard
Franklin D
Lad in fair condition despite head wound
Raymond Boa, 15, was reported in fair condition at a hospital today with a bullet wound in the head. Corroborating reports say the youth was shot accidentally yesterday when a .22 rifle discharged while being carried by a companion, striking him in the face.
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Raymond Boa
Stateton
Roberts
E. D. Hamil
Morris Mannington
Jareheer
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West Mainstreet
Veronica Lake
Billy DeWolfe
Evers
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Mrs. Holt
New
E-Flannery
Logan
WH. File
Raleigh
Bernard H.woodyard
McDowell
Board of Education
U.S
Crash
George Barnhard
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