Ties In Nominating Tabulations Bring 14 Girls Into Contest
The Grafton Sentinel voters chose fourteen nominees for Miss Grafton Sentinel and an alternate after ties in several categories. Nominees include Virginia Newhouse of Flemington and four St Augustine entrants, with judging by civic-club wives at the Sentinel office and a Manos Theatre event.
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Grafton Sentinel
Miss Grafton Sentinels
Sentinel
Grafton High
St. Augustine
St Augustine
Flemington
Manos
Gus Gianakos
Grafton
Civic Club
John Jenkins
Rotary Club
Merritt Feather
Kiwanis Club
Calvin Morrison
Jaycee
Ted Nelson
Lions Club
Loar Jewelry Company
Nine Die as Neptune Bomber Crashes at Quonset
A Neptune patrol bomber en route from Jacksonville to Newfoundland crashed during an emergency landing at Quonset Naval Air Base. Nine crew members perished, two officers survived with minor injuries. Rescue teams pulled the pilot and co-pilot from flames as others were trapped. Identities withheld pending relatives’ notices.
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Quonset, R. I
Uonset Naval Air Base
Boston
Newfoundland
Jacksonville
Florida
Navy
Retired Business Man's Body Found
Charleston police reported the body of 64 year old Hugh McCaughlan, a Pratt resident and former Charleston Baking associate, recovered from the Kanawha river about 300 yards from his abandoned auto found last Friday. Magister Frank Durrett, Chelyan coroner, ruled the drowning a death by own action after two teen age boys found the body yesterday.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Kanawha River
Hugh McCaughlan
Charleston Baking Company
Pratt
Frank Durrett
Chelyan
Truman seeks 1.25 billion arms aid for foreign nations
President Truman asked Congress for almost 1.25 billion dollars to fund arms for non-Communist countries in the next fiscal year, potentially aiding 14 nations including Atlantic Allies. He argued the program must continue to sustain momentum and peace in the free world, warning against losing gains already made.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Urge Qualified Grafton Men To File Applications
Grafton city officials seek engineering minded applicants with budgeting and accounting experience to replace Curtis D. Decker, whose resignation takes effect in 20 days. Only two applications have been received. the council plans rapid outreach and promises special consideration for qualified local men. The successor will move to Sewickley Pennsylvania to assume city manager duties.
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Grafton
Curtis D. Decker
Hays
Grafton Pers
Graduation address inspires Grafton High class of 1950
Dr Harold Metzner pastor of Trinity Methodist Providence delivered The Way to Win speech to nearly all of the Grafton High School 1950 seniors. Only 30 seats remained empty as 120 graduates received diplomas from William A Collins Board of Education president with Principal Melvin Mackey presenting them.
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Harold Metzner
Trinity Methodist Church
Providence
Rhode Island
Grafton High School
Gradting
Metzner
Flemington High
William A. Collins
Board of Education
Melvin Mackey
Clifford Francis Enters Third West Virginia District Race
Clifford Francis of Buckhannon filed for Congress in the third district, becoming the second Republican to certify and pay the $125 filing fee. The field already includes Republican FG Rohrbough and Democratic incumbent Cleveland M Bailey. Francis, 32, has held posts in Washington since 1941.
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Buckhannon
West Virginia
Clifford Francis
Secretary of State
Rohrbough
Cleveland M. Bailey
Clarksburg
Francis
Washington
Census finds more women and more houses boost marriage odds
Washington dispatch reports the 1950 census shows an improved standard of living with more central heating refrigerators cars and larger city suburbs. Population expected at 151 million, up 20 million in ten years, with a higher share of women relative to men, implying women have a slimmer chance of snagging a husband.
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Washington
Censis Peel
Tex
Florida
Great Lakes
German Youths Call Off Sitdown Strike
About 10,000 German Communist youths moved from Luebeck toward the western zones after ending their sitdown strike. They submitted to West German police demands to give names or undergo medical exams before crossing from east to west Germany. They had camped in a no mans land since Tuesday night and attended a Communist sponsored Whitsun Rally in Berlin.
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Luebeck
Germany
No-Man’s Land
Berlin
Young Mother Shoots Baby
NEW YORK four year old Toy Tom lies in critical condition after a sleeping child is shot by her mother Emma Rose Curtis Tom. The 30 year old woman, born in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, tells police she acted to avoid being “pushed around.” The child’s father Jimmie Tom works as a Bronx restaurant waiter. Tom faces felonious assault and Sullivan Weapons Law charges after the incident at Bellevue Hospital.
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New York
Toy ‘Tom
Bellevue Hospital
Emma Rose Curtis Tom
Tom
Yeadon
Pennsylvania
Jimmie Tom
Bronx
Two County Youths Enter Judging Contest
The State 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging contest will be held at Jackson's Mill on July 31. Local entrants include Martin Hustead of Flemington and Ed Lough of Country Club.
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Jackson's Mill
Martin Hustead
Flemington
Ed Lough
Country Club
Four Local Youths To Enter Regional Judging Contest
Four Taylor county youths David Whitehair Eddie Craft Gene Gull and Robert Growthrop will represent at Morgantown joining regional judging events in Spencer July 11 Lewisburg July 12 Moorefield July 1 and Morgantown July 18 for the 4-H livestock judging contests determining teams for state qualification.
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Spencer
Greenbrier
Lewisburg
Moorefield
West Virginia University Shimal | Husbandry Farm
Morgantown
Taylor
Acheson Fails To Impress GOP In Session
Secret ary of State Dean Acheson faced mixed reactions from Republican congressmen after a question-and-answer session with lawmakers. Senate Democrats praised the exchange for narrowing gaps between the state department and Congress, while Republican leader Kenneth Wherry called the talk too general. Acheson faces two Senate committees tomorrow to advocate about 1.25 billion dollars more for a second year of arms aid to cold war allies.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Senate
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Acheson
State Department
Congress
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Strong Link Between Florida and California Gamblers Uncovered
Senate crime committee chair Estes Kefauver reported evidence of a gambling network linking Mic key Cohen of Los Angeles and John O'Rourke of West Palm Beach. He said Miami hearings yielded tips prompting probes in other cities as the panel prepared to brief President Truman on organized crime.
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California
Washington (P
Senate
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles
John O'Rourke
West Palm Beach
Kefauver
Coh=en
O'Rourke
Miami
White House
Truman
Japanese Communists Call General Strike Protest
The Japanese Communist Party urged a general strike amid the Memorial Day attack trials in Tokyo. It demanded the immediate release of eight defendants accused in the incident and denounced occupation authorities. The party blamed so called spies and Trotskyite students and called workers to action.
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Japan
Communist Party
Severaf
Communist' Party
Pa:ce
Railroads to Discuss Property Assessments with Public Works Board
Representatives of major railroads operating in West Virginia meet the Board of Public Works to discuss their 1950 property assessments prepared by the state tax department. The session opens the board’s conduct of tentative assessments.
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Public Works Board
Charleston
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
State Tax Department
Recognition Day at GHS Honors Graduates
Recognition Day at Grafton High School gathered the student body and faculty in the auditorium at 9 30 for remarks by Principal Melvin L Mackey on graduation significance. Valedictorian Igerbare Redinger and salutatorian Rosemary Juddreeting delivered addresses before awards were announced including Dorothy Blackman receiving an American Legion medal for winning the American Legion Oratorical contest. Mary Warden named best girl citizen and George Moyer best boy citizen.
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Melvin L. Mackey
Igerbare Redinger
Rosemary
Utright
American Legion
Lynn Faulkner
Dorothy Blackman
Shy
Mary Warden
George Moyer
B and O seeks end to Cincinnatian service
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway seeks to discontinue its Cincinnatian streamliner after reporting losses of 360000 dollars annually. The Public Service Commission set June 9 for a hearing on the request. The train, operating since January 1947, stopped at Martinsburg Keyser Grafton Clarksburg and Parkersburg before potential redeployment of equipment to Cincinnati Detroit service.
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Public Service Commission
Martinsburg
Keyser
Grafton
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
B. and C
Hopemont Sanitarium Expansion Bid Estimated at One Million
Charleston West Virginia officials expect a one million dollar estimate for an addition to Hopemont Sanitarium to relieve tuberculosis care shortages. The plan envisions a stainless steel structure housing 200 beds and will include bids today for a central heating plant at Hopemont near Terra Alta Preston County.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Hopemont
Gontrel Wise
Terra Altg
Preston County
Plans For County 4-H Congress At Taylor County
Plans for the Taylor County 4-H camp outline two sessions from July 10 to 14 and July 17 to 21. Members are urged to return participation cards to the county extension office, so organizers can estimate attendance and prepare equipment. Improvements include remodeling the kitchen and dining hall, new restrooms and washing facilities, screened dining and kitchen areas, a multi purpose hall for classes, and a new lighting system.
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Taylor County
4-H
Feounty
Camp Towles
Ralph Fike
Taylor County Sends 4-H Judging Team to State Fair
Taylor County will send a 4-H judging team to the West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg. The poultry contest is set for August 23 followed by the livestock judging on August 24. Named entrants include Staley White of Blueville and George Flohr of Wickwire Road, with additional members to be chosen later.
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West Virginia
Lewisburg
Miners Trial Continues Over Island Creek Beating
Testimony resumes in Mingo county trial of coal miner Charles H Varney accused of assaulting Island Creek Coal superintendent E W Stapp after Varney ordered officials out of the mine. The incident followed a layoff of about 200 workers at three Rockhouse Forks mines. Arn ond Gilman and Mounts face separate trials.
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Island Creek Coal ‘Company
Mingo County
E. W. Stapp
Charles H. Varney
Rockhouse Forks
Varney
Stépp
Arnold Gilman
Mounts
Rockhouse
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