Trial for income tax evasion charges against William G. Lias
William G. Lias went to trial on income tax evasion charges after more than a year of legal maneuvering. Federal agents say he short paid taxes for 1942 to 1946 totaling about 1.22 million with penalties possibly pushing the sum over a million dollars. he paid only 310 thousand on a much smaller reported income. Lias pleads innocent. lawyers claim some income belonged to his brother. Also noted: West Virginia University retiree supplementary allowances debated. a grandmother in Lon Beach treated for a gambling interest with glutamic acid injections showing brain activity improvement.
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Fairmont
William G. Lias
Wheeling
Lias
John Lias
Lon Beach
Lula Bella Stimson
Ben
Marcus Crahan
Third Time For Rooney Marries Martha Vickers Today
Mickey Rooney aged 28 plans to wed actress Martha Vickers 24 in a San Fernando ceremony at the Church of the Valley. A champagne reception for 50 guests will follow at the Beverly Hills club.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Rooney
Martha Vickers
Little Church of the Valley
San Fernando
Beverly Hills Club
Morgantown Miner Held on Murder Charge
Morgantown laborer Raymond Messenger 24 waived preliminary hearing and remains in jail awaiting grand jury action on a murder charge in the death of John Bryant 54 a painter and West Virginia University maintenance staff member.
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Morgantown
Raymond Messenger
Labraton
John Bryant
West Virginia University
Bluestone Bridge Collapse Final Segment Brought Down
The Bluestone bridge near Hinton was toppled today by ten dynamite charges after its center span was partially fallen since March. Five men died in the Incomplet ed bridge disaster on March 31, with one trapped under debris. Roanoke powder company experts placed 250 pounds of dynamite at ten points and brought the span down at 7 am as diver Norman Smith prepared to enter the water to search for San de’sr body.
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Norman Smith
Norfolk
San~ De’sr
Twenty-Four Stores to Close Wednesdays at Noon This Summer
Twenty four local stores plan to close at twelve noon every Wednesday during summer, starting June. An exception occurs the week of July 4 when stores stay open Wednesday afternoon after Monday holiday closure. Participating stores include Lee Bennett Paint, Pettrey's Shoe, Skaggs Jewelry, McCrory's, Archdeacon's, Fort Pitt Shoe, Roberts Main Street, Woolworth's, J.C Penney, Style Shop, Heflin's Style Shop, Seidler's Furniture, Caplan's Jewelers, Zinn's Music, Mountain State Clean, Grafton Paint, Sears Roebuck, J. Lee Evans Furniture, Le Ann's Dress Shop, Lear Photograph Studio, Costolo's Electrical, Grafton Jewelry, and Beverly Shop. Closing runs through September 1.
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Lee Bennett
Pettrey's
Skaggs Jewelry
McCrory’s
Archdeacon’s
Fort
Grafton Jewelry Company
Beverly Shop
Dr. H. H. Haynes of Clarksburg Dies
Dr Her bert H Haynes a nationally prominent surgeon 71 died in a Clarksburg hospital of coronary occlusion He drove from home to office when stricken Private funeral set for tomorrow He developed many new operating techniques in abdominal surgery cancer treatment and invented a skeletal fixation splint and a hospital bed first built in 1936 now widely used He served as a medical corps captain in World War I.
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Clarksburg
Herbert H. Haynes
Haynes
H. H. Page
Home Rule Rent Control Has Brought Results
The article reports two months after enactment that home rule rent control yielded modest increases in some cities while boosting rents up to 100 percent in others. It notes that 16 municipalities including Knoxville Am arillo and McAlester lifted controls with governor approval, Nebraska statewide decontrol, and federal power to reimpose limits prompting widespread decontrol. Landlord responses vary from little impact to significant hikes.
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Washington
Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Amarillo
Texas
McAlester
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Tighe Woods
Threatened CIO Strike Endangers Oak Ridge Atomic Plant
A 2000 worker CIO strike at Oak Ridge in Tennessee threatens uranium production at a major gaseous diffusion plant. Union calls for a 15 cent hourly wage rise, Carbide and Carbon dismisses, and government options include Taft Hartley injunctions or a presidential panel to resolve the dispute while keeping operations at status quo for 30 days.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Inter
CIO
Washington
Martin Wagner
United Coke and Chemical Workers
Wagner
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Atomic Energy Commission
J. A. George
Truman
Carbide
AFL
AEC
War Labor Board
William Avis
Gaseous Diffusion Atomic Process
Red headed penguins in Moscow attract curious crowds
A Soviet whaling expedition returned a family of red headed penguins from Antarctica. The birds are on display in Moscow drawing public interest and wonder about their unusual appearance and origin.
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Moscow
Antaractica
Grafton City Council Report on Lighting and Fire Service
The council details long neglected street lighting and water issues, noting rusted fixtures, weeks without repair, and poor radio interference from outages. Garbage collection was uneven, with private contractors serving only a minority, leaving many lots littered and dumping common after dark. The ten man fire department faced calls for improved service and efficiency, highlighted by a May 1947 downtown fire that underscored regional fears of possible disaster.
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Grafton
Council
Southern Operators May Fight Ready And Able Clause
Southern coal operators prepare to challenge the Ready And Able provision in a new contract with John L. Lewis. Negotiations begin with eight miners and eight operators meeting after open pre talks. Lewis aims to keep demands hidden from Southern groups as talks extend beyond the South.
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Southern Coal
John L. Lewis
Faust
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Oper
West and Russia May Compromise On Berlin Matters
Paris dispatch reports the United States Britain and France ready to seek a little peace treaty on Berlin at the Four Power Foreign Ministers conference. The talks hinge on Dean Achesons plan backed by the western powers to restore Four Power control and hold city wide elections for an all Berlin council with possible transfer of some Kommandatura duties to German civic authority.
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Paris
Russia
West
Berlin
Dean Acheson
Backen
Andrei
Vishinsky
Kommandatura
Acheson
One Per Cent Of Prisoners Escape At Moundsville
West Virginia reports a mass escape as fourteen inmates fled the south half of the state penitentiary in Moundsville a record break. Six were serving life terms and six in solitary confinement. Guards reported a guard slugging and a missing telephone line, while police set roadblocks and noted stolen boats and cars possibly aiding the escapees. Otto Neff, 38, and ten others named, with the escape tied to a possible crossing into Ohio.
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Moundsville
West Virginia
Mounasville Tweho
Orel J. Skeen
Aemerson Avenue
Ohio River
Ohio
Glendale
Wheeling
Otto Neff
Ohio County
Holly Starcher
Charles P. Ross
Jack Heeney
Donald Wurster
Mike Ables
Gilmort
Eddie Starcher
Roane County
Gerald Noland
Wood County
Lucas Indicates Willingness To Soften Democratic Stand On Truman's Labor Bill
Senate Democratic Leader Lucas signaled openness to amendments in Truman administration reforms replacing Taft Hartley with a modified Wagner Act. He avoided specifics as Democrats debated labor legislation behind closed doors. The CIO and AFL urged limited amendments and opposed anti strike injunctions while Truman remained resistant to compromise.
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Lucas
Truman
Washington
Senate
Lucas Ofllinois
CIO
AFL
House
Rep. Sims
D-Sc
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Humphrey
Minn
Humphreys
Sims
Bert Westfall Named Central West Virginia Strawberry King
Mrs. Westfall claimed credit for Bruce Westfall entry as the grand sweepstakes winner in the Central West Virginia Strawberry festival. Westfall of Sand Run Upshur county will be crowned tonight. She admitted substituting her berries under his name in a friendly rivalry over who grew the better fruit.
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Buckhannon
Bruce Westfall
Central West Virginia
Westfall
Sand Run
Upshur County
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