Grafton City Council Seeks Tax Ordinances to Balance Budget
The Grafton city council last night debated ordinances to raise funds for the next fiscal year amid an financially strained condition. They proposed a privilege tax and a $26,001 mechanism to secure revenue, with up to $159m as the potential maximum from vehicle operator licenses, to cover a yearlong period.
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Grafton
Conneil
Cite Verney
Guy Allender
Hanlames Mae Eity
West Virgin University
Crafton
Five Million More Sought for Schools Plan
Charleston reports the upcoming legislature will be asked to approve a 5.3 million dollar increase for schools and 19 million for school buildings. Superintendent W. Trent says the funds are needed to sustain nine months of instruction, hire adequate teachers, and alleviate congestion while improving supplies and equitable fund distribution for every child.
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Charleston
Sehent
St W
Trent
Jackson
Ane
Total War Mobilization Demanded by Congress
In congress, calls for total war mobilization grow as Lyndon Johnson urges full combat strength for units, 24-hour aircraft production, and reopening war plants. John Stennis backs government control over wages prices materials manpower and production records amid fear of a wider showdown with Russia.
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Washington
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
John Stennis
Millisissippi
Russia
Senate
Vocational Rehabilitation Study Opens in Charleston
Three days of study and discussion of vocational rehabilitation problems began in Charleston this morning with state leaders and field workers present. Governor Patteson will speak at the annual banquet tomorrow night and honor six state companies and the State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for their participation in the program. The honored firms are Wilson Motor Company of Clarksburg Osborn Machine Corporation of Clarksburg Resid School of Watch Making of South Charleston Storch Baking Company of Parkersburg Fletcher Enamel Company of Dunbar and the True Temper Corporation of Charleston.
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Wilson Motor Company of
Clarksburg
Osborn Machine Corporation
Resid School of Watch Making of
South Charleston
Storch Baking Company of
Parkersburg
Fletcher E Namel Company of
Dunbar
City Hall Repairs Approved by City Council
City officials approved repairs to City Hall using $1,000 set aside in the annual budget. City Manager Harry Curry proposed improvements to the first floor war office and other maintenance plans discussed at last night’s meeting.
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Harry Curry
War Office
Congress Backing President Moves On War Measures
Congress signals support for President Truman's wartime program. Leaders like McCormack Arends and Maybank push quick action with Senate Banking and Armed Services committees planning hearings and proposed government material allocations. The tone stresses national resolve and readiness for possible real war.
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Representative Arends
House
Sen
Truman
Couares
Senate
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Eytings
City to Light Two Streets and Bridge in Charleston
City council approved lighting two city streets and discussed adding lights to a bridge used by pedestrians. Eight lights per side were proposed at about 280 for 400 watt bulbs and 216 for 250 watt bulbs, totaling 192 yearly with state funding for fixtures and local company supplying sockets and bulbs. City pays for electricity.
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Bride
Barrett
Charleston
Bric Street
Curry
State
Reid Commission
Monongahela — Pownt Company
J. Guy
Cry Of Fire Johnson Heard On Capital Hill
Washington reports new criticism of the Truman administration over Korea. Representative Henderson Lanham of Georgia calls for Secretary Louis Johnson to resign after an unprepared North Korean attack. Veterans of Foreign Wars leader Clyde Lewis decries Korea as costly, but backs the president while the nation remains at war.
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Johnson
Capital Hill
Washington
Truman
Korea
Louis Johnson
Henderson Lanham
Georgia
Lanham
John
Iss Lanham
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clyde Lewis
Pearl Harbor
Lewis
VFW
Truman Expected To Ask 50 Percent U.S. Manpower Rise
President Truman poised to request a 50 percent increase in U S fighting manpower and a sizable rise in military funding as the Korean crisis unfolds. He will urge restraint, warn against profiteering, and propose consumer credit controls to curb inflation while avoiding rationing and wage freezes.
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Truman
U.S
Provident
PHA
CE Grayson Retires After 50 Years Service
Clarence 5. Gray, known as CE Grayson, retires as yard master after fifty years with the Baltimore and Ohio rail line. A farewell gathering at the East Had yard office honored his career spanning World War I and II eras, with colleagues and officials photographing his service.
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Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Clarence
Gray
East Wilford Street
East
Amd
Ian
Grayson
Bean
Aealler
Yeas
Hall
Girasson
Grafton
Son
Tewan
Petterman
S. M. Core
Harper
Clarksburg
John Island
Clarence C. Borst
R. W. Pater
J. W. Hadix
Sidney Shirer
Ex Convict Shoots Himself After Miner’s Wife Slaying
In Logan last night police cornered Donald D. Curry, an Ohio ex-convict linked to the killing of miner’s wife Mrs. Gladys Evelyn Bloor. Two shots were heard. Curry died from a self-inflicted chest wound in an outbuilding, the same revolver tied to both slayings. Curry had a prior Ohio penitentiary term for auto theft and had pursued Mrs. Bloor after her return to her husband in Columbus.
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Charleston
Ohio
Logan
Donald D. Curry
G. H. Thompson
Gladys Evelyn Bloor
Curry
Future Homemakers Of America To Hold Annual Conference
About 400 teenage girls from eight of West Virginia’s 100 chapters will attend the sixth annual Future Homemakers of America conference in Jackson’s Mill for four days. State president Marjorie Anun Pearl of Wheeling and national vice president Emily Pruett of Charleston will attend. new officers will be installed at the banquet on July 28.
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Jackson's Mill
Son's Mill
Future Homemakers of America
State
Marjorie Anun Pearl
Wheeling
North Atlantic
Emily Pruett
Stonewall Jackson
Charleston
Morgan Campaigns Here Yesterday for Congress
Earle Morgan, Republican nominee, spoke to a Sentinel reporter in Grafton about protecting coal, pottery, and glass industry jobs. He called for a Republican tariff and limits on reciprocal trade, plus abolishing or reorganizing federal bureaus and revising tax laws to aid the small man and stimulate business.
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Smany
Grafton
M. Earle Morgan
Congress
Sentinel
Morgan
Americans Land at Pohang Beach in Korea Operation
U S troops from the First Cavalry Division landed by sea under Navy gunfire at Po hang, 66 miles north of Pusan, then pushed inland. They faced a strong Red force but held their beachhead and advanced several miles. News dispatches note heavy combat and strategic significance of the landing amid a larger Allied defense in South Korea.
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South Korea
U.S. First Cavalry Division
U.S. Navy
Pohank
Pusan
Ely
Uie Wall
Uh Mivunt
City Police Seek $15 Monthly Pay Raise
Grafton police officers sought a $15 monthly wage hike at a City Council meeting. Acting Chief Lawrence Messenger and Patrolman Stemple pressed the raise, but council members said salary decisions lie with the City Manager Harry Curry. Current schedule runs eight hours daily, six days weekly, totaling $185 monthly. raise requested to $200.
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Grafton
Lawrence Messenger
Stemple
Harry Curry
Truman asks Congress for 10 billion plan for Korea and mobilization
President Truman urged Congress to authorize a 10 billion dollar program to provide men and matériel for the Korean conflict and to mobilize reserves and National Guards. He said there would be no price controls now but taxes would rise later to curb profiteering. American forces hold positions near Taejon as fresh divisions arrive, while air and naval units report enemy losses and successes in operations along the front.
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Washington
Truman
Congres
Jong
Cemetery Ordinance To Be Revised
The city council orders a revision of the cemetery ordinance with cemetery rates to be set by the cemetery board. The current digging fee of $10 is replaced, and Guy Allender will draft a new ordinance for first reading at the next session. John Covington received $15 to cover medical bills.
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Bluemont Cemetery
Cemetry Board
Oraince No
Cornet
Guy Allender
John Covington
Gerkin asks state auditor to waive double hospital audit
City Councilman Dr. Robert F. Gerkin writes to State Auditor J. M. Hatch requesting a waiver of the audit prepared for Grafton City hospital by the state tax commission. He asks the auditor to accept the RFC audit to avoid duplicative costs.
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Robert F. Gerkin
J. M. Hatch
Grafton City Hospital
State Tax Commission
RFC
Exploring Expedition Ended in Tragic Cave Death
An 18 year old Ohioan Charles Roger Finley of Dayton died after an 80 foot fall in Schoolhouse Cave near Franklin West Virginia. His 20 year old sister Marilyn and 21 year old brother George accompanied him. Charles lowered into the cave with a 100 foot rope when it slipped the rope snapped and he plunged to the bottom. His body was recovered about an hour later.
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Charleston
Charles Roger Finley
Dayton
Schoolhouse Cave
Franklin
W. Va
Robert E. Schnell
Finley
Marilyn
George
Seneca Caverns
Charles
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