Truman Uses Civil Rights Plan in Message to Congress
President Truman sent a stern civil rights package to Congress including anti lynch and anti poll tax bills. He ordered an FEPC for federal workers and an anti discrimination drive in the armed forces amid southern Democrats vowing no surrender. Dixie senators denounced it as unconditional surrender to Wallace and civil disobedience.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Mr. Truman
Dixie
FEPC
Benator Russell
D.-Ga
Georgia
Russell
Henry A. Wallace
Lee Truman
Public utilities show big degreeage in Taylor county
State Auditor Edgar B. Sims released figures showing a $38,000 drop in Taylor county public utility property assessments for the 1948 tax year compared with 1947. Total assessments were $7,005,200 in 1948, down from $7,043,200 in 1947, with a two year decrease of $53,700 driven mainly by lower valuations of the Baltimore and Ohio lines.
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Taylor County
Edgar B. Sims
Baltimore and Ohio
Buckhannon Woman Dies In Home Fire After Kerosened Fire Start
Buckhannon July 27 Mrs Virginia Hosaflook 41 of Bever ly Pike died in a Buckhannon hospital after kerosene ignited while she tried to kindle a fire for cooking Her husband Roscoe an employee of the prison division of the State ad Commission was badly burned while rescuing flames The family six children fled to safety The residence and canned foods were destroyed by the blaze.
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Buckhannon
Virginia Hosaflook
Beverly Pike
Cleveland Policeman Faces One To 80 Years
Cleveland police officer Ernest L. Molnar was found guilty on eight counts of bribery after accepting 80,000 dollars from policy racketeers. He now faces a possible sentence of one to eighty years. Mayor Burke hinted further phases of the bribery probe would be revealed later.
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Cleveland
Ernest L. Molnar
Molnar
Common Pleas Court
Thomas A. Burke
Burke
West Virginia reports sizable year end general fund surplus
Charleston July 27 The state ended the fiscal year June 30 with a net surplus of 19,615,324.51 in the general revenue fund Budget Director D L Gainer informed the Board of Public Works The figure assumes all outstanding appropriations will be paid and notes unexpended portions would raise the surplus The state began the year with 33,227,524 40 cash balance Net receipts for 1947-48 totaled 76,340,273 22 plus 1,824 62 in cancelled checks leaving 109,569 balance on June 30 See STATE page 6.
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Charleston
West Virginia
General Revenue Fund
D. L. Gainer
Board of Public Works
Gainer
City Property Valuations Rise by 707820 in Grafton
City of Grafton reports total assessments for the 1948 tax year at 9,134,320, up 707,820 from 8,426,500. Increases include 88,210 in Class I homeowners, 29,800 in public utilities, 165,110 in personal property, 49,350 in Class IV real estate, and 375,350 in Class IV personal property.
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Grafton
Harry Batson
OFTX
Curry bound over on under $10 000 bond for grand jury
Walter L. Curry 61 of Route 250 near View Camp was bound over for action of the September Taylor County Circuit Court grand jury on two felony counts. Bond set at $5,000 on each count totaling $10,000. Curry pleaded not guilty as Attorney W. P. Samples said no evidence would be offered. Charles R. Weaver testified he was shot in the right foot with a .45 at Wickwire road near Devers Grove Radio Ranch about 5 p.m. Sunday after a radio show gathering.
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C. Jefferys
Walter L. Curry
Route 250
View Camp
Taylor County Circuit Court
Curry
Charles R. Weaver
Guy B. ‘Weaver
Taylor County
Trover W. D. Sergent
W. P. Samples
Wickwire
Dever’s Grove
Radio Ranch
Weaver
Suit to Collect 10000 Wages for Falcon Coal Workers
A chancery suit was filed in Taylor County to enforce mechanics liens totaling 10,000 for 52 workers of Falcon Coal company after its Flemington operation closed. Louis D. Meisel of Fairmont filed the praecipe with Circuit Clerk W Merle Bailey, returnable to September rules. The liens were allowed last February but no action had followed.
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Taylor County
Falcon Coal Company
Flemington
Waddell Fuel Company
Philippi
Louis D. Meisel
Fairmont
W. Merle Bailey
Ice jackpot prank at Santa Barbara vending machine
A young man in Santa Barbara put two dimes in a vending machine hoping for a cake of ice. He received the cake plus 31 more chunks, creating a deluge that forced him to flee behind his car as ice dealers hurried to repair the machine.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Wonder Drink Plant Break-In Reported on West Main Street
Police report a break-in at the Wonder Drink Plant in the 900 block of West Main between 1 a.m. and dawn. A company truck was moved, locks pried, and two suspects were being questioned by City Police Chief Joe Mask with more possible arrests to come. Patrolman Lawrence Messenger aided the investigation.
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Wonder Drink Company
West Main Street
Joe Mask
Mask
Lawrence Messenger
State Police Transfer and Promotion Announced
Charleston July 27 The Department of Public Safety announced transfers of two commissioned officers Lt J W Woodell to Company B and Lt R W Boyles to Company A. Promotions included C L Hawkins from sergeant to first sergeant R T Cummings from corporal to sergeant and W E Webb from trooper to corporal. Milky price rise noted and Statue of Liberty height mentioned.
25 Year Olds To Be Drafted First
Selective Service Director Hershey announced that 25 year olds will be drafted first with other age groups processed in order. About 5,000,000 men are expected in the first six months, starting with 75 year olds and those aged 22 to 25.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
Hishey
Gurney
Senate Armed Service Board
S Addrews
House
Pacts With Neighboring Satellites
Edward E. Bomar reports from Washington that Russia and its eastern European allies are forging a dense network of defense pacts aimed at countering aggression. The State Department released texts of 22 treaties, noting a common pattern of close collaboration, mutual consultation, and joint action against aggression.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Europe
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Albania
Tito
Yugoslavia
Baseball Immortal Joe Tinker Dies in Orlando
Joe Tinker, famed for the double play trio Tinker to Evers to Chance with the Chicago Cubs, died today in Orlando hospital at 11:15 a.m. EST after a respiratory illness. He marked his 68th birthday moments earlier and had been hospitalized for a checkup on his diet and breathing troubles.
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Orlando
Fla
Joe Tinker
Chicago Cub
West Virginia Weather Forecast Extended
Warm and humid Wednesday then cooler Thursday with a rise in temperatures late Friday or Saturday. Rain chances persist midweek and again by Saturday totaling a half to three quarters of an inch.
Pittsburgh Racket Probe Opens Today by Grand Jury
Pittsburgh today opened an eight minute grand jury probe into racketeering alleged to have flourished under police and political protection. Al Florig private detective and former officer testified as the first witness. He claimed big racketeers fled the city and said a caller offered him 100000 to withhold testimony. Police shakeup arrests followed a numbers writing crackdown last week.
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Pittsburgh
Henry Ellenbogen
Al’Florig
Bar of Justice
Florig
Truman Delivers Message To Session In Person At 11 30
President Truman spoke to a joint session urging price controls and measures to curb living costs. Republicans called his address political theatre while Democrats supported the plan, as critics questioned new powers and the path to wage and price stabilization amid rising inflation.
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Truman
Washington
Wherry
Walcott R. Mich
Republican High Command
House Banking Committee
Congress
Walcott
Osthéringe
Federal Reserve System
Allen
R. Ill
House Rules Committee
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Free Nations of Europe
Peuuty
House
4-H Camp Towles Awards Led by Local Leaders
Fifty eight 4-H club members from Taylor county attended the annual 4-H camp at Camp Towles last week. Highlights included Friday night camp awards presented by eleven local leaders under the direction of camp director Hugh Butcher of Sutton and Miss Laila Lingamfelter county home demonstration agent. A staffed program of instruction and recreation earned honors such as Spirit of the Camp awarded to Jimmy Yost, Head, Richardean, Parkhill, Heart to Less Haun, Hand See NANUAL page 6.
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Taylor County
Towles
Hugh Butcher
Sutton
Laila Lingamfelter
Jimmy Yost
Richardean
Parkhill
Haun
Nanual
Former Minister Hopes To Be Reconciled With Wife
A mid dle-aged Baptist minister Rev. D.A. Martirt, 457, and Miss Lois Chandler, 27, were bound over in Fulton county after a tear-filled preliminary hearing. Detectives say they have lived as man and wife since March 1947 in Atlanta. The case concerns adultery and fornication and follows Mrs Chandler leaving her South Carolina home.
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Atlanta
South Carolina
D.A. Martirt
Lois Chandler
Fulton County
Grafton Sentinel Invites Attendance Tonight at Dixie Theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites L. H. Hamilton of 305 West Washington Street to attend tonight's Dixie Theatre presentation of Oh An Island With You starring Peter Lawford Jimmy Durante and Xavier Cugat current attraction at the Dixie Theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
L. H. Hamilton
West
Washington Street
Oh An Island
You
Peter Lawford
Jimmy Durante
Xavier Cugat
Dixie Theatre
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