True Budget Surplus in 1948 Reaches $8.42 Billion
Washington July 2 Secretary of Treasury Snyder announced the government true budget surplus for fiscal year 1948 at 8.419 billion dollars the largest in history. He said the figure equals actual receipts minus expenditures with a congressional adjustment of about 3 billion dollars shifting funds to the 1949 year for the European Recovery Program.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Congressional
Congress
Treasury
Virginia Democrats faced surprise from retiring chairman
In Richmond Virginia Democrats announced they might secede from the party to oppose President Truman at the Philadelphia convention. Horace J Howard s, the retiring state chair man, urged delegates not to abandon the party for last minute protests. The state meeting aimed to select delegates to the national convention and likely instruct them to oppose Truman and consider Eisenhower as an alternative.
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Richmond
Virgina Democrats
Philadelphia
General Assembly
Horace J. ‘Howards
Truman
Virginia
Cen
Eisenhower
Form Society For Crippled Youths Here This Week
Taylor County forms a Society for Crippled Youths with Francis Wolfe as chairman and Miss Sara Musgrove as co chairwoman at Musgrove Wholesale offices. Mrs Mary Hoffman is secretary and Arthur Yates treasurer. Lillian Lerey explains and organizes the group with funds from Easter seals.
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Taylor County Society For
Francis Wolfe
Blueville
Musgrove
Sara Musgrove
Mary Hoffman
Arthur Yates
Lillian Lerey
Huntington
Fial
Taylor County
Tulsa Brutal Bludgeoning Murders Shock City
Tulsa, Oklahoma reports a 42 year old Ruth Norton found beaten to death in her apartment shortly after a similar attack on a mother Doris Cole 38 and daughter 13 and neighbor Levon Gabbard 14. Four suspects, including two teenage boys, are under investigation as police note an unsolved serial pattern in a nearby block.
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Tulsa
Okla
Syoman
Tievey
Ruth Norton
National Bank of Tulsa
J. Fred Lawrence, Jr
J. W
Bud) Hollinsworth
J. B. Cole
Doris
Levon Gabbard
Coles
Levon
Georgia Democrats Draft Eisenhower For Nomination Discussed
By Associated Press Georgia Democrats today urged their party to draft Gen Dwight D Eisenhower for the presidential nomination and pressed President Truman to withdraw as a noncontender The draft Eisenhower talk gained support in New York state and among three organizations backing William Douglas for the Democratic nomination Other developments included talk in Washington that Truman should recall Congress to challenge Republicans to uphold their 1948 platform promises Virginia Democrats in Richmond heard a Dutch Uncle admonition from Horace H Edwards not to attend the Philadelphia convention if Truman is nominated
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Associated Press
Georgia
Virginia
Richmond
Horace H. Edwards
Philadelphia
Truman
Edwards
Nome
Plans for Rages Nears Completion
Preparations near completion for the Fourth of July races at Tygart Lake starting at 1 p m Sunday. The day includes water skiing exhibitions, aquaplane displays, and a 5 p m air overflight by Army planes from Greater Pittsburgh airport. Nine trophies and various prizes have been donated by local merchants and firms for the event.
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Ty~gart Lake
Icke
Greater
Pittsburg
Tygart Lake Development Corporation
Heflin’s Style
Evans Furniture Store
Monongah~era, Power Company
Union’ Drug
Seth Thomas
Skages Jewelry Company
Cool Novelty
Bell
Robert's
McCrory’s
Lear Jewelry
Western Auto
Nat — Rae Grafton Hoare Com Company
Sercantine Abel
63 Persons Pay New Garbage Bills Already
Grafton’s new garbage service opened yesterday and by noon today 63 people had paid their first quarter bills at the city water office. Thirty-three paid on the first day and 30 more released this morning. Most receipts came from residences and callers were cooperative, said Dorothy Beavers, assistant director of finance.
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Grafton
Ity Water Office
Dorothy Beavers
Miss Pat Summers Crowned Miss Wood County at Parkersburg
An 18-year-old Parkersburg resident Miss Pat Summers won the Miss Wood County title last night before about 1,000 spectators. A radio production student at Stephens College, she will compete at the State Beauty contest in Moundsville on August 7 and previously was a national Miss Stardust finalist. In Wimbledon, Bob Falkenburg defeated John Bromwich to win the men's singles title 7-5 0-6 6-2 3-6 7-5.
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Parkersburg
Wood County
Pat Summers
Stephens College
Columbia
Moundsville
48 Degrees Recorded Here During Last Night
A 48 degree temperature, the lowest since June 17 when 45 was reported, was recorded last night by W D Myers, local government weather observer. By 8 am, today it had risen to 61 degrees, with a cool 73 degrees at high noon. Yesterday's high was 75, compared with 89 and 91 in recent days. Mostly sunny and warmer with increasing humidity is forecast for tomorrow.
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W.d.myers
Death of Louisa E. Abbott Widely Respected Weston Resident
Louisa E. Abbott of 400 West Main street Weston died at the Medical Center in Weston after two years of ill health. Born May 12, 1864 in Rivesville, she was widow of K. Abbott, prominent grocer. Survived by two sons Harry A. Abbott of Morgantown and Fred Abbott of St. Louis, Missouri, plus numerous grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. Funeral arrangements by Bartlett Funeral Home pending arrival of her son from St. Louis.
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Louisa E. Abbott
West Main Street
Weston
Abbott
Grafton Peanls
K. Abbott
West Main St
Ofdher
Rivesville
James Allender
Mary’ Shuttlesworth Allender
Harry A. Abbott
Morgantown
Fréd Abbott
St. Louis
Harry
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
W. Va
Charleston
Bank of Monongahela Valley
Fred
H. J. Hsinz Co
Pittsurgh Packing House
Webster Groves
Bartlett Funeral, Home
Man Held in Robbery Murder of City Councilman
Charleston July 2 A 98 year old black man is being held in Kanawha county jail in connection with the robbery and murder of city councilman L. McClung owner of drug stores in Kanawha and Fayette counties. Lemuel Thomas Steed 50 of Smithers identified by State Police Corporal R G Coen as the suspect, charged with murder. McClung's body with a bullet wound was found near an embankment on old U S Route 60 at London. About $8,000 McClung was carrying disappeared. $7,000 recovered in a Charleston bus station locker with the key found in Steed's shoe. Steed intercepted in a taxicab traveling east on Route 60 seven miles from the body site. A road block halted traffic.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Drew R. McClung
Smithers
R. G. Coen
Lemuel Thomas Steed
McClung
Kanawha
Fayette County
Steed
London
Coen
McClune
Cpl. Coen
Bishop Swint Declines Moundsville Pageant Invite
July 2 Bishop John J. Swint of Wheeling Catholic diocese declines invitation to attend Moundsville beauty pageant citing nakedness as the show’s flaw. He warns he may excommunicate any Catholic girl from his diocese who competes. Local winners advance to August 7 pageant for a $2000 scholarship and a chance at Miss America in Atlantic City.
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Moundsville
John J. Swint
Wheeling
Swint
West Virginia
Mariruth Ford
Atlantic City
Trooper Sergent Captures Four Prisoners Single-Handed
Trooper W. D. Sergent apprehended four escapees at Webster near the railroad tracks behind Webster School with no resistance. They had fled from a Riverside Drive quarry truck earlier that morning and were brought to Taylor County jail. A warden from Moundsville State Penitentiary is due next Tuesday. The men claimed they waited for a freight train bound for Philippi and were found by the trooper eating under bushes. Footprints led to the brush where three were spotted and one surrendered nearby. See recap page 5.
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W. D. Sergent
Webster School
State Road Commission
Stone
Riverside Drive
Taylor County
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Philippi
Webster
Cautions urged for motorists near Charleston
State Police Superintendent W. E. Burchett urged holiday motorists near Charleston to use extreme caution. He warned that careless driving could turn a picnic into tragedy and stressed careful behavior to prevent accidents on the roads.
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Charleston
W. E. Burchett
Burchett
Convict Killed In Gun Battle In Ky Last Night
In Middlesboro Kentucky an escaped Tennessee convict was killed and three others including a woman were wounded in a night gun battle. Police identified the dead man as Clarence Lettner 23 of Morristown Tennessee. Officers Clyde Gulley and Sewell Miracles pursued two men and a woman after a car struck a filling station then fled. The suspect Lettner opened fire wounding Gulley and Chief Herrell, who returned fire killing Lettner and the others.
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Middlesboro
Tennessee
Guy Herrell
Mani
Clarence Lettner
Morristown
Tenn
Lettner
Clyde Gulley
Sewell
Miracles
Anl
Gulley
Miracle
Hrrell
Retiige
Herrell
Bill Mullins
Ben Hu Va
West Virginia Weather Forecast July 3 to 7
Forecast calls for warmer conditions Saturday with cooler span late Sunday and Monday. Temperatures will run about five degrees above normal. Local thundershowers expected Sunday and likely Wednesday, with total rainfall around one fourth to one half inch.
Yugoslav Communists Appeal to Stalin Over Tito Charges
In London on July 2 Yugoslav Communists appealed directly to Prime Minister Stalin to repudiate cominform charges against Premier Marshal Tito. They called the charges a pack of lies and urged Stalin to erase them. About 15,000 Communists in Belgrade reportedly sent a message to Stalin reaffirming their support for Tito.
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Associated Press
London
Stalin
Marshal Tito
Andrei. A. Zhdanov
Central Committee
Soviet Communnist Party
Belgrade
Tito
Exppert
City to buy street lighting from Monongahela Power
City Manager Curtis B Decker released a statement outlining the benefits of the city purchasing its street lighting service from Monongahela Power Company rather than generating its own power The City Council approved the first reading of Ordinance No 179 and set a second reading for Friday July 9 at 8 PM in Council Chambers The hearing is scheduled to discuss authorizing a power purchase agreement with Monongahela Power Company to provide street lighting services See EXPLAINS page 8
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Curtis B. Decker
Sid
Monongahela Fower Company
Power Company
Decker
City of
Grafton
Monongahela Power Company
Doctors urge typhoid inoculation for children now
County health physician Dr. R. D. Stout warned parents that children swimming in un sanitized streams and rivers should be inoculated for typhoid fever. He noted a few measles and whooping cough cases in the city and county but not alarming numbers.
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R. D. Stout
Charges of unfair practice by Lewis and UMW
Washington July 2 steel and coke companies refused to sign the new coal mining contract and filed charges of unfair labor practices against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. The case centers on a union shop provision barred by Taft Hartley law and potential action by the National Labor Relations Board to determine the issue.
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Washington
Steel and Coke
Prac
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Coal
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Harry M. Moses
Aice Aces
P and Jones
Joiner
An. Denham
Rae Hou
Uly
FTLE
Prostitution Loitering Case Heard In Courts
In New York a loitering for prostitution case heard in court involved Madeleine Blavier and Margaret Starr with Nancy Fistoher Choremi as a key witness. A magistrate reserved decision while dismissals were possible for two others amid taped telephone conversations alleged by plainclothes officer Frederick.
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New York
Nancy Fistoher
Choremi
Writner
Markew
Mott
Madeleine Blavier
Garet
Starr
Prederick
Government May Now Try To Reach Rail Wage Settlement
Washington July 2 new prospects arose that the Army may negotiate a wage settlement with three rail unions under fresh orders against a strike. Justice The Grafton Sentinel invites L A Collin granted a permanent anti strike injunction at the government's request late yesterday. That means the 190000 members of the 219 West Wilford Street three allroad unions must attend tonight's presentation on the job until their dispute of Timber Stampede see George OBrien current attractions.
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Harold W. Ward Washington
Justice’ T
Alan Goldsborough
Wilford Street
Allroad Unilons
George O'Brien
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Bob Falkenburg
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John Bromwich
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Wscs
Mother Abbott
In Medical Center
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
International
Swnt
Joe Stalin
The
Grafton Sentinel
L.A. Collin
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