Miss Grafton Sentinel Names For Tuesday Night
Fourteen high school graduates are nominated as Miss Grafton Sentinel finalists. A panel of five club wives, plus Burl Mason as judge, will select two winners and an alternate to attend the North South game in Charleston and the WVU homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grafton
Sentinel
Jude
Sharp
Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trade
Paul E. Malone
Marcia
Burl Mason
Mr .Grafton Sentinel
Alterate
Virginia Newhouse
Flemington
Wilma Jean Tighe
Anna Saccone
St. Augustine
Virginia Ann Todd
Betty Jean Costolo
Janie Haskins
Barbara Louis
Jo Ellen Hill
Mary Warden
Patricia Kiger
Betty Jean Travis
Three Billion More For Foreign Aid, Byrd Objects
President Truman signed a bill authorizing over three billion dollars for this year’s foreign aid program. It funds the European Recovery Program third year and launches the point four program for underdeveloped areas, totaling five programs with Marshall Plan aid of 2.85 billion. The point four program begins with 35 million for technical aid as the president urged aiding health, education, and living standards to combat communism.
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Washington
Truman
United States
White House
Leopold Faces Uncertain Return To Belgian Throne
Belgium election yields Socialists gain 78 seats and Social Christians 107 while Leopold supporters control the lower house by a slim margin. Observers doubt the king will accept the mandate and his exile residence in Switzerland fuels questions sobre a return.
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Brussels
Begy
Leopold
Belgium
Leo Pold
Tae
Social Christians
Whic
Switzerland
Three State Cities Given Coal Safety Courses
Safer and more efficient coal mining in West Virginia is the object of courses in three cities. The classes, sponsored by West Virginia University School of Mines, run through July 15 in Morgantown Welch and Mount Hope. Examinations will follow for certificates of competency as mine foremen and fire bosses. Subjects include mine gases, haulage, mining methods and timbering, ventilation, state mine law and explosives.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West Viginia University School of Mines
Morgantown
Welch
Mount Hope
State Mines Department
Lucrative Food Rally Offered in France for $3000 Prize
In Paris a promotional contest promises a $3,000 prize for an international gastronomic rally across the French countryside. Competitors will drive, sample foods, and drink wine while navigating a course through Bordeaux. A dare asks drivers to maneuver a car through nine tons of pins without contact and park between two rows.
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Bordeaux
Free Chest X Rays Thursday at Taylor County Health Unit
The Taylor County Department of Health will offer free chest x rays Thursday and Friday for those over 15 with recent tuberculosis contact or symptoms. The mobile unit arrives Thursday at the junior high building, with under fifteens only if in contact with active cases. Food handlers are urged to obtain an X ray to validate health permits.
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Taylor County Department of Health
Communists Being Stopped In Japan
Tokyo dispatch reports the pro-American Liberal party winning a strong victory in the upper house with 22 seats undecided. The government moved to outlaw the Communist party as Tokyo police extend a ban on parades and demonstrations.
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Japan
Tokyo
Liberal Party
Communist Party
Busy Weekend For Chief Messenger In Local Arrests
Patrolmen under Police Chief Messenger made nine arrests over the weekend. Donald Gough of 244 Barrett Street was jailed 10 days on a capias. James C. Knight pleaded not guilty to intoxication and case delayed. Darrell Ralph Wolfe of 322 Christiana Street charged with running a walk light. case held. Paul G. Setler’s case dismissed after pleading guilty to unlicensed driving. George S. Delaney arrested for intoxication, bond forfeited at $11. Officers Swisher Mauller Woodford were involved.
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Messenger
Donald Gough
Barrett Street
Capias
Swisher
James C. Knight
Mauller
Darrell Ralph Wolfe
Christiana Street
Woodford and Mauller
Truman Urges Industry Cut Its Accident Toll
President Truman pressed the nation to lower industrial accident rates to maximize resources for countering totalitarianism. He urged programs to boost productive capacity and living standards, warning against retreat or militarized overreach while stressing the link between a strong economy and national defense. A White House source suggested a panel may review loyalty cases of 81 State Department employees.
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White House
State Department
Washington
Truman
United States
Mr. Truman
Weekend Births Highlight Five New Arrivals
City hospital attendants listed five births over the weekend. Names include Mr and Mrs Jack B Kincaid Route 2 with a baby girl born June 3 at 9 02 PM weighing 17 pounds 13 ounces. Mr and Mrs Benny Wodzem ski with a girl born June 4 at 2 15 PM weighing 5 pounds 9 1/2 ounces. Mr and Mrs Eugene Hoffman Route 1 Tunnelton with a boy born June 4 at 11 35 AM weighing 6 pounds. Mr and Mrs James Helms Newburg with a boy born June 1 at 8 02 PM weighing 8 pounds 11 1/2 ounces. Mr and Mrs Virgil Withers Route 5 with a boy born June 1 at 2 50 AM weighing 9 pounds 2 ounces.
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City Hospital
Jack B. Kincaid
Route 2
Benny Wodzemski
Eugene Hoffman
Route 1
Tunnelton
James Helms
Newburg
Virgil Withers
Route 5
Allied Germany Gets Chemical Industry Control
The Allied high commission returned control of the West German chemical industry to Germans with exceptions for war only products. Some dual use chemicals remain under Allied oversight while war explosives rocket fuels and poison gases stay restricted. Controls on fine mechanics optics and electronics are loosened, expanding German autonomy in these sectors.
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Allied High Commission
Bom
Germany
Allied Commission
High Commission
Captain Kidds Treasure Rumors Raise A Local Mystery
Norwich resident William Seely claims a inherited map and note may reveal Captain Kidd treasure. He says the document, found in his family, points to buried loot on Gardiners Island with a note stating 9 876 pounds hidden by a white oak stump. Seely has held the clues for 50 years but has yet to act.
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Norwich
N. Y
Captain Kidd
New York
William Seely
Gardiner's Island
Long Island
Obed Seely
Seely
Zadock Seely
Major Gilbert
Benk
West Virginia Coal Officials Respond To Truman Charges
Jesse V. Sullivan, secretary of the West Virginia Coal Association, told the 40th annual Mine Inspectors Institute of America convention at Huntington that there is nothing wrong with the coal industry Washington cannot cure by leaving it alone. He noted West Virginia’s coal industry supports over 50 million dollars in annual payroll and warned against dissolution by what he called Washington's patent medicines.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Huntington
Truman
West Virginia Coal Association
Jesse V. Sullivan
Mine Inspectors’ Institute of America
Washington
Sullivan
State Senator Hannig Files For Renomination
William A. Hannig of Wheeling files for renomination as a Republican. He was first elected in 1942 after serving in the house of delegates and as a minority member of the State Liquor Control Commission.
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William A. Hannig
Wheeling
Delgate
State Liquor Control Commission
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Byrd
N. and
Norfolk and Western Railway
Fort Gay
W. Va
West Point
William B. de Graf
San Francisco
Calif
U. S. Military Academy
Orlus
Gene Haley
Gene
Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital
van Nuys
Long Busch
Birmingham
International
Paris
France
Stork
Allied
Coal Industry
Hannig
Berlin
FDJ
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