Three Speeders and a Hit and Run Case Headline
Two speed violators, Gaston Goff Mc Cauley of Meriden and Jackson Donald Jamison of Pairmont, paid fines and costs after appearances before Justice May. State Trooper E. L. Duckworth arrested them on U S Route 119 and Route 250 speeding charges. Andy Deméter of Galloway faced hit and run and unexpired operator issues, paid $25 and costs after a collision with Curtis E. Taylor’s 1936 Ford coupe near Village Inn in Pruntytown.
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Ona C. Jefferys
E. L. Duckworth
Gaston Goff McCauley
Meriden
U.S
Jefferys
W. D. Bergent
Curtis E.taylor
Highland
Michigan
Village Inn
Pruntytown
Funeral Today for Mrs. G W Coffman
Mrs Hallie Bess Harress Coffman aged 43 of Pleasant Creek died Monday night in Philippi hospital after a long illness. She was wife of George W Coffman. Last rites were at Philippi funeral home at 2 30 PM with Rev Monte Avcelee officiating. Interment in Simpson Cemetery.
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Hallie Bess Harress Coffman
Pleasant Creek
Philippi
George W Coffman
Monteavcelee
Simpson Cemetery
Local 40 and 8 parade through downtown with P.G. rogues
The 40 and 8 veterans and Voyageurs from Clarksburg Elkins and Kingwood joined a parade led by P.G. s through Elkins downtown. They toured business places performed ritual work at the Legion Home received meals and rest at Cross Bar Hotel before a banquet and entertainment closed the festivities.
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John C. Shaffer
Elkins
H.C. Fream
Terra
Alta
Claude E. Machamer
Newburg
Claude 8. Ebert
J. C. Penney Company
Joseph P. Wright
Kingwood
Marvin R. Mayfield
Reedsville
A. E. Harper
Millard C. White
Tracy Newcome
Earl R. Blackburn
Grafton
P.g.’S
P.g's
Chef de Gare
Court House
Cross Bar
Sillman
Sers
Clarksburg
P.G
Legion
B&o
Miner blast injures 176 workers. crews safe, fire small
Inspectors report the explosion at the mine resulted in 176 men still in the shaft, with other crews unharmed. The blast started a small fire but did not endanger additional workers as bodies were recovered and taken to funeral homes in the area and neighboring towns.
Moose Gather Today For State Convention
About 2900 delegates arrived in Huntington for the Loyal Order of Moose state convention opening tomorrow. A pre convention banquet will be hosted by the Huntington lodge amid festoons and bunting spelling LOOM across main streets and storefronts.
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Huntington
Loyal Order of Moose
Huntington Lodge
Mrs Sutherland Dies At California Home
Flora Menear Sutherland 63 wife of the late died at a son's Fort Bragg California home. Survived by three daughters two sisters and several in laws. Funeral details not disclosed in the fragment. A separate article notes a mining disaster with 150 police 600 workers present and several fatalities including Ray Williams and William De Courcey.
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Flora Menear Sutherland
Lee Channell
Fort Brage
Calif
Margaret Palko
Los Angeles
Phyllis Daugherty
Route 3
Philippi
Emma Shaffer
Kingwood
Colonel Sigley
Clarksburg
Farm Trainees Attend Potato Tour at Huttonsville
County veterans in Taylor county and their instructors joined the Potato Tour at Huttonsville on July 24 to see modern potato machinery demonstrations, spraying and variety tests on the prison farm. Nineteen class members also attended a University Farm field day recently.
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Taylor County
Huttonsville
David Lucas
Raymond Stout
Adren Gough
Howard Kines
Milton Matthew
Harry Palmer
William Mayle
Clyde Satterfield
L. Glenn Zinn
Chester P. Sharp
University Farm
Republicans Continue Trampage on City Leader
A radio schedule notes CBS from 8:30 to 10 with Rep. Keefe of Wisconsin and Sen. Wher ry of Nebraska as acting majority leader. ABC followup Friday night lists House Speaker Joe Martin of Massachusetts and Sen. Millikin of Colorado for a second broadcast.
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Ity
Mutual
Keefe
Wisconsin
CBS
Wherry
Nebraska
Rep
Dirksen
Trnvels
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Senator Millikin
Colorado
ABC
Mine Disaster Raises Grim Questions At Deep Mine
Witnesses recalled bodies scattered as emergency crews fought to reach victims after an explosion at the Deep Mine. Miners’ families waited as officials and United Nations observers noted the scale of the disaster and the need for safety investigations. Miner Sharp reported a premonition before the shift, while Fred Shettler, a Princeton electrician, did not know the cause of the blast.
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American Hospital Association
Hugh Hefner
Sharp
Wheeling Raids Again Prompt Bonds For 34 Suspects
Thirty four persons posted bonds of 106 for appearance next Tuesday after a Wheeling police raid on five alleged horse betting establishments. A large amount of equipment was confiscated, according to Chief W Robert Kennedy.
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Wheeling
W. Robert Kennedy
Names of B 29 crash crew survivors released
At Davis Monthan Air Base Tucson July 28 the public information office announced the names of surviving crew members from a B 29 crash off Aden Arabia. It noted possible crew interchange since departure and that the list cannot be treated as victims. Names include Ma Bgt Gustafson and Lt Col Charles C Pulliam with crew Clyde H Mace among others.
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Tucson
Aziz
Davis-Monthan Army Air Base
Aden
Arabia
Public Information Office
Sigger Gustafson
Norwood
Mass
Confirmation on Truman appointments and Lilienthal post
In May, reports say key committee chairs were told not to approve further major presidential appointments. Truman could keep selections with interim terms until next year. Lilienthal’s Atomic Energy Commission chair term may expire August 1. Also notes on Grafton City and Palestine comparisons.
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Continuen Vom
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Mattress Fire At Hotel Grafton Sparks Overnight
Report from Hotel Grafton last night shows a mattress burned on the sixth floor after a cigarette sparked the blaze. Graf ton Volunteer Fire department responded at 9:05 PM, dousing the fire with minimal damage. one mattress burned and no injuries reported. Two drunkenness arrests rounded out the police docket for the night per City Police Chief Joe Mask.
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Hotel Grafton
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Ray Osborne
Joe Mask
Hartinger Reelected WV Fire Chiefs President
July 28 Hugh B. Hartinger of Welsh was reelected president of the West Virginia Fire Chiefs Association at the annual state fire school in Morgantown, signaling continuity in leadership for the organization.
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Morgantown
Hugh B. Hartinger
West Virginia Fire Chiefs Association
Strike at Triangle Conduit Plant Leaves 500 Workers Idle
PIA spokesman said more than 500 workers struck yesterday at the Triangle Conduit Company plant in Glendale, with no reason given for the walkout. Seven union leaders could not be reached for comment.
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Wheeling
PIA
Triangle Conduit Company
Glendale
Allocation of funds for WV school lunch program revealed
Washington reports the Agriculture Department announced a $1,131,379 allocation for West Virginia for the 1948 49 school lunch program yesterday. The move funds lunch service across the state, supporting school meals for the coming year.
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Washington
West Virginia
Agriculture Department
Local Option Resolution Adopted by Raleigh Baptist Convention
The Raleigh Baptist Convention adopted a resolution calling for local option legislation in West Virginia at its annual meeting. Rev. 8. D. Smith of MacArthur was elected moderator, succeeding Rev. C. B. Donnelly of Oak Hill.
Card of Thanks for John Benda Sr Family
The Benda Family expresses sincere thanks to friends for kindness, sympathy, and floral offerings following the death of their father, John Benda Sr.
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John Benda
Benda
B&O Awards Four $25 FFA Chapters Across WV
B and O railroad offers four $25 awards for outstanding FFA chapters in its West Virginia territory. Selection follows the state FFA Better Chapter Contest, evaluating chapter activities and member achievements. Since 1945, several chapters including Unicats, Magnolia, Martinsburg area have won. 194? winners to be announced at the state FFA convention in August at Jackson's Mill.
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F.F. A
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
VOAG
Vocational Agriculture Service
State Board of Education
West Virginia Association of Future Farmers of America, Inc
F.F.A. Association
F.F.A
Unicts
West Milford
Lost Creek
Buffalo Valley
Kenova
Magnolia
New Harkinsville
Martinsbore
Martinsbwtas
Alates Pfa
Jackson's Mill
Two Polio and Fever Cases Reported in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports two poliomyelitis cases and three Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases for the week ending July 24 in West Virginia, with 24 new measles cases noted. The note adds a remark about unusually large mosses in the southern United States.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Health Department
United States
Colorful Big Andy Kusnick Passes Away
FAIRMONT July 28. Andrew Big Andy Kusnick a Russian immigrant who arrived at 17 and long boasted top coal loader in northern West Virginia died at 77 after being found in a helpless state along Goose Run roadside where he had been working on a farm. County officials were preparing to...
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Fairmont
Andrew
Andy Kusnick
America
Russia
West Virginia
Kusnick
Goose Run
Coal field veteran Kusnick dies of heart attack at farm
The obituary notes Kusnick, once a robust coal field veteran weighing over 200 pounds in youth, died after a heart attack. In later years his health declined due to a heart condition, leading him to work on a farm.
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Kusnick
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Harry Sharp
Lloyd Mason
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