May Call Troops To Dayton Early
Dayton officials asked Gov. Herbert to send troops after street fighting at the Univis Co. plant, but the governor announced the situation cleared and police had it under control. The plant may close Saturday and Sunday if needed, with plans for further talks with union leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Thomas J. Herbert
Univis Co
Louis Lohrey
Columbus
Lohrey
Herbert
Adutant
Chester W. Goble
Col
Richard Graham
Russell McClure
Rudolph
Mrs Henry Wehn dies after illness at Blueville home
Mrs Virginia Hart Wehn aged 36 wife of C Henry Wehn of Blueville died yesterday afternoon after a years long illness. A member of St Augustine church and the American Legion auxiliary she was born July 16 1912 in Grafton. Survived by husband and daughter Mary Virginia Slocum, a sister Mrs H N Lewis of Compton Md and half sister Mrs C M Armbrust of Baltimore Md. Funeral details to be announced at Bartlett Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Hart Wehn
C. Henry Wehn
Blueville
St. Augustine Church
American Legion Auxiliary
H. N. Lewis
Compton
C. M. Armbrust
Baltimore
Bartlett Funeral Home
Henry Page
Two Boys Face Charges Of Beating Baby To Death
Moorhead Minnesota July 30 Two boys aged nine and 11 will face juvenile court Thursday for the fatal beating of their two year old sister Joyce in Clay county The attorney said the boys admitted beating Joyce with a hoe handle because she would not stop crying The coroner said she died of severe internal injuries The boys will be charged with delinquency and are linked to the death of their sister Joyce on the same household case referenced on page 8.
Hog market records set at 31 dollars per hundred pounds
CHICAGO July 30 Trading in live hogs established a new record high price at 31.00 per hundred pounds. The previous peak of 30.50 occurred last September and was matched in July. Compared with the year's low of 21.00 in May and last year's 28.50, the market rose as fresh country receipts about 40,000 head for the week boosted prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rites Set Monday for Stilwell Drowning Victim
Last rites for John Thomas Stilwell 20 of Graf ton will be at St Augustine Catholic church Washington Street at 9 am Monday interment Mt Calvary Cemetery Bartlett funeral home directing He drowned while trying to save 14 year old Upshur County girl Betty Lou Tenney Also involved were Betty Jo Tenney and a rescue attempt by Stilwell News notes the victims were vacationing with parents near a camp and Stilwell was a 1946 St Augustine graduate and railroad baggage clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ‘Thomas
Jack) Stilwell
Grafton
Buckhannon
Maxon
Volga
St. Augustine's Catholic Church
Washington Street
Holy Name Society
M. J. Hannon
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Home
Young Stilwell
Theodore Stilwell
Regina Waters Stilwell
West
Upshur County
Betty Lou Tenney
Tenney
Leon Ervin
Akron
Ohio
Opha Tenney
Sand Run
Stilwell
Jack
Betty Lou
Betty de Tenney
Betty Joe
St. Augustine High School
Balt More and Ohio Railroad
Rumor Denied on Veterans' Grave Site Practices
Local officials refute circulating rumor that multiple veterans are buried in a single grave at the National Cemetery. Superintendent A C Gordon states no more than one body per grave has ever been placed there, and the Army generally prohibits it except for one exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cemetery
A. C. Gordon
U.S. Army
Daniels pleads guilty in Niebel family murder case
In Mansfield Ohio Robert M. Daniels pled guilty before Municipal Court Judge H H Schlettler to three counts of first degree murder in the Niebel family killings. The victims include John Niebel Mansfield reform school farm superintendent his wife Noranda and daughter Phyllis 21. Daniels bound over to the grand jury without bond. He had earlier been jailed on related charges in the Cornfield slayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Robert M. Daniels
Niebel
H. H. Schlettler
Daniels
Schletter
Express highway plan for US Route 50 through Clarksburg
A cost survey ordered by State Road Commissioner Ray Caven dish outlines an express highway from the East End junction of Route 50 and Jackson street, crossing Elk creek to Bluff street, under the Fourth Street bridge, along streetcar rights of way to US Route 19 at Limestone Junction, then via Adams ton underpass to old Route 50 east of Carnation plant and an overpass to the Simpson Fork cutoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
West Pike
Ray Cavendish
Jackson Street
Elk Creek
Bluff Street
Fourth Street
Terminal Building
Limestone Junction
Adamston
Simpson Fork
West Virginia Weather Forecast Extended July 31 to August 4
Temperatures will average near normal with a cooler weekend and a warming trend Monday and Tuesday. Cooler Wednesday with showers tonight and in the eastern areas early Saturday and again around Tuesday. Expected rainfall totals range from half to three quarters of an inch.
City Officials Visit Charleston to Confer on Budget
City Manager Curtis D. Decker City Attorney Hugh R. McPhail and council members traveled to Charleston yesterday to meet with the State Tax Department Public Health and Attorney General. The talks focused on the city’s budget estimate for the 1948 49 fiscal year with requests for state assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis D. Decker
Hugh R. McPhail
Charleston
State Tax — Commission
Republican County Convention Tomorrow in Charleston
Health Commissioner N H Dyer warns purchasers of Nas co Brand Gastor O il labeled bottles to smell contents. Dr. Dyer cites FDA finding a castor oil label among turpentine spirit labels, prompting caution ahead of tomorrow’s Republican county convention in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
N. H. Dyer
Berlin Berlin Berlin Berlin Hope Hopes to Be Solved
Soviet offer to feed Berlin draws little response in western sectors as new anti-Communist attacks occur. Biz Four talks possible in Paris in September if envoys reach satisfactory talks with Molotov. Western Berlin registration shows 3,800 ration-card seekers. air lift feeds over 2 million. Bevin back in Moscow. Smith likely to lead talks with Molotov. Moose convention in Huntington features Yoke and loyalty critique. Taylor County GOP sets 1:30 pm meeting for delegate nomination ahead of Charleston convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bria
Berlin
Moscow
Paris
V. M. Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell
London
Smith
Molotov
Frank Roberts
Lee Sea Hopespace
Moose
U S Air Power Build Up Given Fresh Impetus
The United States accelerates air power in Europe as Maj. Gen. Leon W. Johnson prepares to command a two-wing B 29 force forming an air division under Lt. Gen. Curtis LeMay. The move follows a U S Soviet tension shift and marks a crucial phase in Western military posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton
Fayap
Washington
Europe
Russia
England
Air Force
Johnson
Curtis E LeMay
United States
Germany
LeMay
U.S
Two Die in Shooting at Poca Divorce Dispute
State police say Emory Ashbury 22 of East Nitro shot his estranged wife Arbutus 20 at her mother's home and then killed himself. Daughters aged 16 months and three months were present. The incident followed a dispute over a proposed divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Ashbury
East, Nitro
Arbutus
D. G. Gilbert
Ashbury
Severe Storms Predicted For Taylor County
Weather forecast warns of thunder showers and possible severe local storms this afternoon or tonight in Taylor County. Cooler conditions expected tonight and Saturday with a weekend cooldown, then a warming trend early next week. A high noon temperature reached 89 degrees as sun broke through clouds. Weather page notes surrounding uncertainty and alerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Strangles Wife Hangs Self After Slipping Argument
In Pittsburgh an unemployed father of ten killed his wife and then hanged himself as their children slept. Edward R. Pfoertner, 48, and Anne, 41, were found dead. The woman reportedly told her spouse she planned to divorce him, prompting the fatal dispute. Raymond, seven, slept with his mother and heard nothing. Coroner reports the scene at their home and police indicate a domestic tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
William McClelland
Edward R. Pfoertner
Anne
Homicide
Edward Scanlon
Hungary President Zoltan Tildy Resigns Amid Coup Crisis
In Budapest on July 30, President Zoltan Tildy abdicated as the Communist dominated government accused his son-in-law Victor Csernoky of espionage and treason. Tildy, a Methodist minister from the Smallholders party, faced sustained pressure for a year. Osornoky was arrested after resigning as minister to Egypt, and a successor is being considered by the council of ministers amid hopes a former Socialist may lead a return to stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Zoltan Tildy
Egypt
Victor Csernoky
Tilly
Posty Pasty
Cupine
Osornoky
Cairo
Parlisent
Council of Ministers
Free Reds Pace
Thurmond Secures Alabama 11 Electoral Votes for Thurmond Wright
Alabama pledged its 11 electoral votes to the states rights ticket of Gov. J Strom Thurmond and Gov. Fielding Wright at the Birmingham conference on July 17. The move signals similar expected backing from Mississippi Democrats in Jackson. Also noted, Bill Chaff of Fairmont West Virginia enlists in the army after a West Virginia University season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
States Rights
J. Stromp ‘Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Mississippi Democratic Party
Jackson
Miss
Fairmont
Bill Chaff
Fairmont West
West ‘Virginia ‘University
Republicans Set Steps to Curb Credit and Inflation
Washington July 30 Republicans listed possible actions to curb consumer credit and inflation. A GOP source said a special session could restore installment rules with one third down payments and 15 month credit limits, freeze up to 12 billion in new bank loans by raising Reserve requirements, and raise gold reserve rules for notes and deposits. President Truman has urged first two measures and spoke of accelerating consumer credit growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
GOP
Congress
Federal Reserve
Snyder
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Weeping German Women Jan Plant
Weeping German women waited as working parties cleared the Farben plant wreckage. Casualties from Europe’s largest postwar disaster stood at 133 known dead, 200 to 250 missing or possibly dead, and more than 2,300 injured. Rescue workers labored through early morning hours at Ludwigshafen amid mangled ruins and body parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Regan
Ludwigshaten
Farben Chemical
Europe
Germany
Ludwigshafen
Peoria
Snyder Calls 10 Percent Reserve Increase to Freeze Funds
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder urged Congress to raise bank reserves by ten percent to freeze about 12 billion dollars in bank funds available for lending. He supported the move as part of President Truman’s anti inflation program in Senate Banking Committee testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Saunders
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Treasury
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry
Baby
West Virginia
Farben
I. G. Farben
Ludwigshaven
Ntl
Nasco
SEE
Huntington
West Virginia Association
Loyal Order of Moose
F. Roy Yoke
Parkersburg
the Moose
Taylor County Court House
Francis Wolfe
Republican Executive Committee
Booths Creek
Court House
Fetterman
Flemington
Knottsville
Parrow
United Republican Club
Bertha Woodyard
REDS
Thurmond
McCabe
Gernan
Jan Plant
Fox
Grafton Sentinel
B. F. Holloway
Pearl Street
the Man From
Texas
James Craig
Lynn Barr
Johnny Johnston
Dixie Theatre
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!