Six Escapees Caught in Ohio and West Virginia Breakout
Six inmates who escaped from the West Virginia State Penitentiary were captured in Ohio and near Moundsville. William Mike Ables, 34, was seized by Powhatan police. Holley Starcher was nabbed near a Powhatan lumber yard. Four others were recaptured near Moundsville with details on Taylor and Heeney, Wurster, and a fourth man. Floyd Fritzman aided in Taylor’s capture after Taylor entered a Glen Easton store to buy groceries. Taylor, a Kanawha County armed robbery convict serving 25 years, was pursued as he fled. Authorities believed a fifth escapee remained at large in the Rosby’s Rock area. The warden anticipated more captures within 24 hours.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Wintersville
West Virginia
William Mike Ables
Powhattan
Holley Starcher
Moundsville
Id State Penitentiary
Orel J. Skeen
Dennis P. Taylor
Jack Heeney
Donald Wurster
Rosby’s Rock
Here
Tylor
Kanawha County
Taylor
Heeney
Ohio County
Wurster
Floyd Fritaman
Glen Easton
Skeen
Charles P. Ross
Rosby
Rock-Glen Easton
Fritzman
Lwila
AL Winter
Mart
Senator Hickenlooper cites missing uranium amid AEC probe
Washington reports Senator Hickenlooper warns of espionage potential as four grams of U235 vanish from the Arconne lab at the University of Chicago. Senator McMahon counters FBI findings, while Oak Ridge waste dredging continues. Inquiry into Lilienthal’s AEC management may extend days.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Bluwit
Atomic Energy Commission
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Agency
David E. Lilienthal
Allan Nunn May
Canada
Bo McMahon
FBI
Arconne Atomic Laboratory
University of Chicago
Oak Bridge
Lilienthal
Atomic Commission
Year Old Becomes Father in Milan Tennessee
Two elderly Tennessee men, an 80 year old well-digger and a 70 year old fisherman, became fathers this week. Mrs John Pillow, 40, delivered a nine pound girl at Milan Hospital. Her husband works daily as a well-digger. The wife of fisherman William D Wheeler bore an 11 12 pound boy Wednesday. Wheeler has 17 other children.
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Milan
Tenn
Tennessee
John Pillow
Milan Hospital
William D. Wheeler
Wheeler
Beers Committee Revokes Lib erty Cafe License
Charleston on June 4 reports the Beer Commissioner Burton Crow revokes the license of John Russos at the Liberty Cafe War McDowell County for operating a house of ill fame.
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Charleston
John Russos
McDowell County
Burton Crow
Russos
Kidnapping? No, double tragedy in Glen View death
State Police report C C McGraw said Ed gar Louis Thompson aged 42 shot and killed his estranged wife Nelma Thompson age 18 and then fatally wounded himself at her parents home in Glen View near Beckley.
Buckhannon Theft Admitted by Defendant Deems
State trooper said 18 year old Robert Deems of West Brownsville Pennsylvania admitted a $142 theft from a filling station near Buckhannon. He is among three youths charged with kidnapping two Weirton policemen. He made the confession on June 3.
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Clarksburg
Fred Currence
Robert Deems
West Brownsville
Weirton City
Buckhannon
Nimbus Wins English Derby Classic at Record Purses
Nimbus, owned by Mrs. M. Clemister and ridden by Charles Elliott, won the mile and a half English Derby in a record money haul of $56,680. Amour Drake, the French challenger, finished second, with Swallow fail third.
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Amour Drake
Nimbus
Mrs. M. Clemister
Charles Elliott
Eleven Communists Land In Jail After Noisy Court Session
In New York on June 4, three of eleven leading American Communists on conspiracy charges were jailed after a noisy trial session. Judge Medina warned to curb disruption as Gates faced contempt for refusing to name Communist veterans aiding him. The three jailed defendants faced the rest of the trial with other members protesting and shouting.
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New York
Federal House of Detention
U.S
Harold R. Medina
John Gates
Daily Worker
Communist National Veterans Committee
Medina
Gates
Henry Winston
Gus Hall
Ohio
United States
West and Russia Seek Berlin Coexistence Plan
In Paris the Soviet Union and the Western powers pursue a secret session path to Berlin coexistence. Diplomats from the big four confer to resolve city governance veto rights and election control while keeping talks under a news blackout and secrecy. The ministers met yesterday and planned another session today, aiming to keep Berlin as a single city despite persistent veto disputes.
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Paris
Russia
West
Berlin
Pink Palace
City Council reports to Gratton residents on finances and water fixes
The Gratton City Council outlines funding changes from donations and reduced amusement tax, noting a $1600 loss from liquor store profits. It details creating a separate Water Works Department to stop subsidizing the general fund and improve maintenance, while acknowledging ongoing repairs after years of neglect. The piece previews further council achievements.
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Grafton
City Hall
State Public Service Commission
Water Department
Saturdays Sport Page Moves to Page Four
The sports section moves to page four this Saturday to accommodate a full church news page on page two. The change preserves the usual Saturday coverage layout and ensures all sport stories appear alongside other weekend features.
Lila Gillis Named Idaho Elementary Education Supervisor
Mrs. Lila Greathouse Gillis, a former Flemington resident and Taylor county teacher from 1937 to 1944, has been appointed Idaho State Supervisor of Elementary Education. She earned an A B from Glenville State in 1939 and an M A from Wisconsin in 1944. Her teaching career spanned Astor Thornton Flemington Oswego and Lockhaven before moving to state duties.
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Lila Greathouse Gillis
Flemington
Taylor County
Idaho
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Gillis
Ira Greathouse
Glenville State Teachers College
Glenville
University of Wisconsin
Astor
Thornton
Lockhaven Teachers College
Lockhaven
Pennsylvania
Oswego Teachers College
Oswego
New York
M Gillis
Sixteen Year Lad Faces Grand Jury For Murder
In Roanoke Hastings court grand jury will hear the case of a 16 year old charged with the murder of Dana Marie Weaver. If indicted, trial date will be set. Juvenile judge K A Pate ordered holding for the grand jury after a sealed 45 minute hearing. Dana Marie Weaver was found dead May 9 in the Christ Episcopal church parish house kitchen. Scott, a church choir boy and classmate, is charged. Psychiatrists and a psychologist testified for juvenile authorities. Coroner reports Dana Marie died of suffocation.
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Roanoke
Scott
Scott J
Dana Marie
Barton's Store to Open All Day on Wednesdays
Barton's department store announces permanent Wednesday hours, open all day with the same weekday schedule as other days.
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Barton’s
Barton's Department Store
Passing Bills Or Passing Bases in Congress Baseball
Washington reports on the annual congressional baseball game where Democrats won 16 to 10. Rep Don Wheeler pitched early for the Democrats, Rep Tom Pickett mocked the umpire, and the column notes the players’ home feel and entertaining arguing with the umpire. The piece ends asking readers to see the PassING page.
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Washington
Democats
Tom Pickett
Dtex
Pickett
Don Wheeler
D-Ga
Council Candidates Asked to Submit Articles for Election Edition
The Sentinel invites two City Council candidates for brief articles about themselves and their ideas for the council work in the next two years. It states the paper will not influence voters or disclose any breaking news about the council race. See Wants page 3.
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the Sentinel
Sentinel
Chambers Admits Lying Under Grand Jury Cross Exam
Ex Communist Whittaker Chambers acknowledged lying under oath to the same federal grand jury that indicted Alger Hiss for perjury. Defense lawyer Lloyd Paul Stryker pressed for full honesty as Chambers admitted prior untruths to official bodies and disclosed direct knowledge of Russian spy activity. The trial adjourned for the weekend as Hiss watched with his wife Priscilla.
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Federal Grand Jury
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Tes
Hiss
State Department
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Boris Bykov
Finch
Stryker
Communist Party
United States
Roosevelt
Priscilla
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