Grafton Woman Wins $31,000 in Secret Sentence Prize
Mrs. Cleo M. Weston, 64, widow and Cafeteria Court operator in Grafton, won $31,000 in gifts after answering a secret sentence contest. She says she does not need a husband now and will split time between Grafton and Florida, keeping her business and planning a New Orleans and South America vacation. Proposals arrived from a 69-year-old New York widower and others while hospitals and institutions sought her gifts.
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Grafton
Cleo M. Weston
Warrensburg
New York
Everett
Pottsville Pa
Morris — Memorial Hospital
Milton
West Virginia
Weston
Children's Ortho- Pedic Hospital
Seattle
Washpee Ar
United States
Merit exams soon in Charleston for several offices
The merit system council announced tentative examinations planned for mid February for office machine operators, accounting, and fiscal positions. Supervisor T H Coates noted several vacancies in those posts across multiple departments.
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Charleston
Merit System Council
T. H. Coates
American Officials Pressure On RAF Planes Shooting
Washington officials expressed deep concern over the shooting down of British fighters in Palestine. They hoped the UN cease fire would prevent broader conflict with Jews and Britain, while noting possible misfire or armed reconnaissance. State Department awaits Foreign Office briefing and considers Rafa area origin of incident.
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Washington
Palestine
United Nations
Strpat Aeteer
Israel
State Department
Rport
Foreign Office
London
Rafa
Egypt
Ministers to Write Editorials for Grafton Sentinel
Members of the Grafton Area Ministerial Association and Father M. J. Hannon were invited to contribute editorials for the Saturday edition of the Grafton Sentinel. Editorials will appear under writer signatures in the regular column, chosen by ministers, subject to paper policies on libel and editor’s right to edit. Today’s first editorial is by Rev A F Shomo of Andrews Methodist Church and association president.
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Grafton Area Ministerial Association
M. J. Hannon
Grafton Sentinel
A. F. Shomo
Andrews Methodist Church
Grafton Area
Funeral Sunday for Hoye White Sr longtime local official
Funeral rites for Hoye G. White Sr 69 manager of the Tygart Valley Credit Bureau will be held at 2 30 tomorrow from his late home 213 East Washington street The Reverend A F Shomo of Andrews Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in Bluemont cemetery Bartlett Funeral Home directs Friends may call at the late home Special services by the B of R T at 7 30 this evening and Webster Lodge No 50 I O O F at 8 00 Mr White a former justice of the peace and retired Baltimore and Ohio conductor died after three weeks illness He belonged to ORO Active pallbearers to be listed on funeral page 6.
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Hoye G. White
Tygart Valley Credit Bureau
East Washington Street
A. F.shomo
Andrews Methodist Church
Bluemont
Bartlett Funeral Home
B. of R. T
Webster Lodge No
White
Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
ORO
Four W Va Cities Among First To Use New Phone System
Charleston Morgantown Beckley and Huntington join as pioneers in a push button long distance network operated by a single operator. Bluefield and Parkersburg expected to be added soon as about 300 cities nationwide adopt two way dialing between New York and Chicago corridor. The system, announced by Chesapeake and Potomac and detailed by AT&T, streamlines operator assisted calls with fewer transfers.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Chesapeake and Potomac Company
Morgantown
Beckley
Huntington
Bluefield
Parkersburg
New York
Chicago
America Telephone and Telegraph_company
Mediation Appeal From Chinese Gov’t to U.S. France and Britain
Nanking reports state the Chinese government asked the United States France and Britain to mediate the civil war. Ambassadors were summoned to relay the request to their governments as officials weighed mediation or a UN appeal. Moscow appeared to counsel caution on Soviet participation amid reports of fighting in Tientsin.
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Nanking
United States
Foreign Office
Wu Te-Chen
United Nations
Big Four
Moscow
Tientsin
Father Plunges Children From Kosciusko Bridge Tragedy
A 37 year old Brooklyn truck driver Gabriel Nicoletti dressed his son Arthur eight and daughter Gail six in their best clothes then led them to the Kosciuszko Bridge and threw them over the railing before leaping after them to a 175 foot fall. Arthur and Gabriel were killed Gail was hospitalized in critical condition. A motorist witnessed the event and the mother was said to have been ordered from the home a week earlier.
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New York
Brooklyn
Kosciusko Bridge
Queens
Gabriel Nicoletti
Nicoletti
Arthur
Gail
Harold Buetown
St. Cecilia's
Agnes Nicolett
Afra Quarrel
First sighting of Genes under electron microscope
Los Angeles report describes visible Genes or hereditary carriers photographed by University of California scientists marking a 50 year research milestone. The spindleshaped particles measured about 1/100,000th cm long and 1/1,000,000th cm wide, seen in 120,000x sections after slicing tissues extremely thin.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Wes
Daniel C. Pease
University of Southern California
Richard_P_Baker
California
Connally Predicts Acheson Approval Despite GOP Coolness
Washington January 8 Senator Connally Democrat Texas forecasts Senate approval for Dean Acheson as secretary of state despite Republican disapproval. President Truman named Acheson and James Webb to top posts as Capitol Hill eyes broader personnel changes and sets a date for personal appearances.
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Washington
Senate
Dean
Acheson
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James E. Webb
Capitol Hill
Truman
Terday
Webb
Marshall
Robert M. Lovett
Congress
Secretry of
Defense Forrestal
Interior
Krug
Commerce
Sawyer
Smith
New Jersey
Hickenloopler
Iowa
Lodge
Massachusetts
Desee
Lias Given More Time To Begin Prison Term
William G. Lias Wheeling entrepreneur owner of Wheeling Downs and a downtown restaurant and nightclub won a 14 day extension delaying his five year federal prison term for income tax evasion. He was sentenced in November to the federal prison and fined ten thousand dollars for defrauding the government of over one million three hundred fifty five thousand dollars in taxes. The court previously granted 61 days to settle business matters before entering prison.
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Wheeling
William G
Bill) Lias
Wheeling Downs
William E. Baker
Lias
Baker
Frank A. O’brien
More Coal Miners To Get Treatment
Specially equipped Pullman cars will leave Charleston tonight with 15 more paralyzed coal miners for neuro muscular rehabilitation at Vallejo California. All are United Mine Workers District 29 members and the first group this year to Rabat Kaiser hospital. Treatment may enable many to use their legs again, funded by the UMW welfare fund built by 20 cents per ton of soft coal mined. Two doctors and fund staff accompany the men, paralyzed from waist down by mine accidents and injuries.
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Charleston
California
United Mine Workers District 29
Rabat- Kaiser Hospital
Vallejo
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Democrats Assure No Wartime OPA Plan for Prices
Washington dispatch reports Democrats reassure business there will be no return to wartime price controls. Senate leaders push for inquiry into middlemen to explain price disparities between producers and consumers while debating selective and standby controls. President Truman’s aides accelerate plans to extend economic program to many jobs and production gains as bipartisan Farm price policy debates intensify.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Sparkman
Ala
Six Killed In Airlift Plane Crash In England
Six men were killed when a U S Airlift cargo C 54 Skymaster crashed yesterday in Lancashire swampland. The plane was en route from Frankfurt to Burtonwood air base for inspection. Wares of the dead will not be released until 48 hours after next of kin are informed.
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Warrington
Eng
U.S
Lancashire
Frankfurt
Burtonwood Air Base
U. S. Air Force
Freedom Train Returns Today to Philadelphia
The Freedom Train returns to Philadelphia for a rededication with ceremonies planned around Broad Street Station and City Hall. The tour began in 1947 from Independence Hall and Liberty Bell, covering 35 000 miles and 322 cities. Senator Myers and Attorney General Clark will speak at the Academy of Music during Freedom of Religion Day activities.
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Philadelphia
Liberty
America
Quaker City
Independence Hall
Liberty Bell
City Hall
Broad Street
U.S
Francis J. Myers
D-Pa
Tom C. Clark
Academy of Music
Britain Tightens Aqaba Guard After Air Clash
Britain announced five RAF planes were shot down by Israeli aircraft during reconnaissance near the Palestine border. Foreign Secretary Bevins sent troops to guard the Red Sea port of Aqaba on request from Trans-Jordan as tensions rose.
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London
Britain
Royal Air Force
Palestine
Air Ministry
Tel Aviv
Rafa
Foreign Office
Trans-Jordan
Aqaba
Reign
Ernest Bevin
Thss
Israel
RAF
Ministry
Court Term Opens Here Monday In Taylor County
Heavy docket and murder case on tap as Taylor County Circuit Court begins its January term. Grand jurors summoned for 9 a.m.. juror names withheld until term adjournment. Morgantown dispatch notes 674 jobless claims far above 1948 monthly average. Huntington hospital unit cornerstone to be saved in Masonic ceremonies.
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Taylor County Circuit Court
Morgantown
State Unemployment Compensation Department
Barboursville
Huntington State Hospital
Nelson S. Orkney
Webster Springs
Lodge
West Virginia
Sims Seeks Controls on State Employe Costs and Travel
West Virginia Auditor Edgar B. Sims urged legislature to enact uniform sick leave and vacation standards and defined work schedules for all state departments. He called for larger appropriations to cover criminal prosecutions and rising circuit court expenses, and recommended authorization to discard obsolete records and free storage space. The request appeared in his annual and biennial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
West Virginia
Sims
Storsee Romney
Man Dies in Gas Chamber Amid Jaunty Farewell
CANON CITY Colorado January 8 Robert 8 Battalino faced death with jokes and defiance as guards strapped him into the gas chamber chair. At 8 p.m. cyanide fumes filled the chamber while Battalino chatted with two prison chaplains before the final moment.
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Canon City
Colorado
Robert
Battalino
Bat
Randolph
Denver
Hammond
Pay Your Carrier Friday for Prompt Service
Instruction emphasizes paying carriers on Friday to ensure timely delivery and minimize impact on their workweek. It notes carriers must settle bills Saturday at Sentinel office, making Friday the natural collection day. Delayed payments may affect school work and increase bookkeeping, so carriers are urged to be paid Friday for reliable service.
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Sentinel Office
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