General Motors raises all passenger car prices eight percent
Detroit July 23 General Motors Corp announced an eight percent price rise on all passenger cars effective Monday. President C E Wilson cited rising wages and material costs. The move follows wage settlements with the CIO United Auto Workers and comes after rival automakers announced price hikes. GM said truck prices stay unchanged. Pontiac led the way with new price lists, while overall prices reflect postwar adjustments and CPA regulation changes.
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Huntington Newspaper Strike Shuts Down Morning Paper
Eight journeyman printers from Huntington Publishing Co. failed to report for work at the composing room after Local 533 International Typographical Union rejected a weekly wage boost. The Herald-Dispatch published without ten night shift workers, while the Advertiser continued its afternoon edition.
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Huntington Publishing Co
Herald-Dispatch
International Typographical Union
Advertiser
W. G. Withers
Andre Marie Becomes New Premier of France
Paris reports Andre Marie won a national assembly vote of confidence to form a broad government excluding Communists and de Gaulle followers. He pledges a stable administration to restore public confidence in France’s institutions. Marie is a moderate conservative member of the radical Socialist party.
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Andre Mare
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
France
Marie
Assembly
Radical Socialist Party
Freak Storm Destroys Trees in Grafton Beaumont
A tornado like storm swept from Route 50 to Main street then through Beaumont, uprooting nearly two dozen trees within Grafton city limits at 3 40 p m. No injuries were reported though damage reached hundreds of dollars. City Hall chimney blew off bricks into the police station roof and ceiling. Central School roof portion torn but overall damage limited.
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Main Street
Beaumont
Grafton
City Hall
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Rainless weekend forecast for Graf tonians
For the first time in eight days a rainless day is predicted with mostly clear and cooler tonight and a fair Sunday with slightly warmer temperatures. Weather observer W D Myers notes showers have occurred on 15 of 24 days this month, as residents recall prolonged rain.
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W. D. Myers
Posse Searches For Killer Of Small Boy In Louisiana Bayou Country
Brown-eyed Fualdes Lan dry Jr., six year old, a trapper and fisherman’s favorite in Violet Louisiana, was found slain in dense woods last night. About 200 residents joined state police and sheriff's deputies in the investigation after the fatal blows bashed in his head. Coroner Dr. Nicholas Trist of See POOSE page 5.
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Boo) Landry, Jr
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One Killer Dead and Partner Surrenders at Ohio Roadblock
John C. West, held at Mansfield Reformatory, and his companion "Mark" Daniels, son of a Columbus plasterer, ended their seven brutal murders at a Van Wert roadblock. West was shot through the eyes and died. Daniels surrendered meekly as the case concluded.
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Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Mark" Daniels
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
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West
Daniels
Daniels Is Defiant Over Slaying Orgy
Unrepentant youth Daniel s 22 sits in a jail cell after a spree of six cold blooded murders in 14 days. He laments only that partner John West is dead and wishes to shoot it out with authorities. West was killed by police in a gun battle as officers closed in.
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Robert Daniels
John C. West
West
Parkersburg
W. Va
F. Ray Shaffer
van Wert
Daniels
Shaffer
L. D. Conn
Conn
Frank Fremonn
Councilmen Work On Budget Again Last Night
The Grafton City Council met in an informal session at City Hall to work on the proposed budget due August 3. City Manager Curtis D. Decker said the council is seeking new revenue sources to carry out city needs in the new fiscal year and ensure the budget reaches the State Tax Commissioner’s office by the deadline.
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City Hall
Curtis D. Decker
State Tax Commissioner's Office
Mayor Urges Grand Jury Probe Into Pittsburgh Racketeering
Pittsburgh Mayor David L. Lawrence called for a grand jury investigation into alleged racketeering and political protection in the city. He asked District Attorney William S. Rahouser to speed the probe as former officer Al Florig and a private citizens group claim gambling and vice are rampant and can provide evidence.
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William S. Rahouser
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Threat Abates Of Armed Battle In Mississippi
In Hazlehurst Mississippi a night of tension between white posse members and armed Black residents near Turkey Creek ended at daylight without a battle. Sheriff Julius Harper was wounded during an earlier arrest attempt after a storekeeper and his wife were assaulted by a man who brandished a knife. Authorities sought two Black suspects for the earlier shooting as both sides gathered with rifles shotguns and pistols.
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Turkey Creek
Dentsville
Body of John C West to arrive in Parkersburg tonight
John C West 22, described as a killer, was slain in Ohio by a posse. His body was expected at his mother Mrs Deli la West in Parkersburg tonight. An ambulance from Vaughn Funeral Home had gone to Van Wert to retrieve the body. Funeral services are planned for Monday afternoon with burial in Parkersburg.
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John C. West
Ohio
Vernon D. Willis
Delila West
Vaughn Funeral Home
van Wert
Truman Reaffirms U S Stand On Atomic Secrecy
Washington July 24 President Truman reaffirmed that the United States will lift secrecy on atomic energy when a workable international system of control is formed but until then he directed continued leadership in the atomic field The White House issued the statement with the atomic energy commission report to Congress noting tests at Eniwetok and Marshall Islands show three atomic weapons of new design were bombs and have substantially improved the U S position The commission also discussed peaceful uses for atomic energy while noting limits under favorable conditions See TRUMAN page 8
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Truman
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Russia
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Eniwetok
Mr. Truman
Marshall Islands
Retirement Ends 52 Years Service with B and O Railroad
George W. Haislip aged 70 retires after 52 years with the Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He began in Pilson's Paint camp in 1896, spent 51 years in Grafton shops, rising from machinist helper to machinist, with a nine year span as machinist and round house foreman. An eye injury in 1922 cost 45 days but did not halt his steady career.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
George W. Haislip
Pilson
Haislip
Grafton
Dewey and Eisenhower Agree on Firm Berlin Policy
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower endorse absolute firmness in Berlin and seek a peaceful solution to the Berlin blockade. Dewey to meet Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg with John Foster Dulles attending a dinner at the Dewey farm while farm editors hear Dewey speak on grain and poultry market relief. Eisenhower supports dialogue over force and says a peaceable solution is possible.
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Russia
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Vandenberg
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John Foster Dulles
Dewey
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Eisenhower
United States
Germany
Mountain Choir Festival At Arthurdale Tomorrow
Arthurdale hosts the 11th annual Mountain Choir festival directed by Rev. Felix G. Robinson of Arthurdale Community Church. About 200 voices from 47 area congregations will sing in an afternoon program featuring a guest a capella choir from Grafton, West Virginia.
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Arthurdale
Felix G. Robinson
Arthurdale Community Church
Grafton
W. Va
Contempt Orders Entered By Court In County
Two contempt orders were entered by the Taylor County court. William Long of Taylor County was ordered committed to jail for contempt of court over unpaid maintenance for his wife Fannie Long. Harry B. Smith was ordered to appear at a special session July 27 to show cause why a contempt order should not be issued for alimony nonpayment to his wife Lillie Weaver Smith. Four divorce bills were filed in Taylor County Circuit Court recently, naming multiple spouses and maintenance requests. Eleanor Medill Patterson, 64, longtime newspaper publisher, died suddenly at her Marlboro home. Garland Long, 17, of Bartley, was fatally injured and two others critically hurt in a truck crash near Bluefield Virginia.
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Taylor County
W. Merle Bailey
Long
Fannie Long
Harry B. Smith
Lillie Weaver Smith
Taylord County
Bluefield
Garland Long
Bartley
Wallace party chairman calls for Stalinist peace
Albert J. Fitzgerald of Lynn Mass was named permanent chairman at the Wallace convention noting a real peace with Stalin and Congress control. He cited Stalin's offer to negotiate on Wallace proposals and asserted the need for a peace based on give and take. Nominations of Henry Wallace and Senator Glen Taylor were to come later as delegates prepared for acceptance speeches at Shibe Park Philadelphia.
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Lynn
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Congress
Henry Wallace
Josef Stalin
United States
Fitzgerald
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Glen Taylor
Idaho
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Philadelphia
Wallace Pake
Local Teachers May Get College Credit Here Soon
A two week workshop in the Grafton Junior High primary department will renew certificates for 18 to 20 local teachers and grant three hours of college credit. The program runs August 2 to 5 and daily sessions run 9 am to 4 pm with Saturday ending at noon. Director Margaret Willard oversees under supervision of Dr Thelma Herr with consultants Mary Price Jane Yost and others from Fairmont State College.
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Fairmont State College
Guy Kuhn
Taylor County
Margaret ‘Willard
Marion County
Clay Bohlen and Smith Meet French British in London
Gen Lucius D Clay and U S ambassadors Lewis Douglas and W Bedell Smith head to London for talks with Ernest Bevin and Rene Massigli on a Berlin blockade protest and new notes to Moscow. Bohlen Murphy and Charles E Bohlen travel from Washington to join discussions on the German issue as Truman cites hope for peace.
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Germany
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Moscow
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Marshall
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Réne Massigli
Berlin
Russia
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Doubling Berlin Supply Stands Out
The Associated Press reports plans to double air supplies to blockaded Berlin. Gen. Lucius D. Clay heads to Berlin to implement the program while Charles Bohlen travels to London to consult with Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas. Russia asserts new permanent money for eastern Germany amid Berlin claims.
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Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Germany
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Charles E. Bohlen
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London
Lewis W. Douglas
Russia
Hey
Trade Directors Hold Meeting Last Night
Taylor County Board of Trade directors met last night to discuss a report from 1M in hard about Charleston and to confer with State Conservation Commission and State Road Commission officials. They also worked on plans for operating the trade board and appointing an executive secretary.
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State Conservation Commission
State Road Commission
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