Sentinel rounds: Russian agent Sketched as skated past justice
Washington Rep Velde says President Truman must explain why Russian agent Andrei Schevchenko was allowed to skip the country without prosecution. Testimony alleges in 1944 45 he sought wartime jet propulsion secrets by bribing Bell Aircraft workers in Buffalo with FBI aware, paid in cash, and he departed early in 1946 with no arrest.
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Washington
Rep
Velde
R-I
Truman
Andrei Scevchenko
House Un-American Activities Committee
Schevcchenko
Bell Aircraft Company
Buffalo
N.Y
FBI
Military Says Armed Forces Won’t Seek Atomic Authority
Secretary of Defense Johnson stated the military establishment does not seek control of atomic energy developments. In a letter to Senate Atomic Committee Chairman McMahon he pledged to maintain this stance, amid inquiries into alleged mismanagement by AEC Chairman David Lilienthal sparked by Senator Hickenlooper.
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Washington
Johnson
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate House Atomic Committee
Distinctly promising ulcer treatment reported in Atlantic City
A new tablet therapy for peptic ulcers was presented to the American Medical Association. The tablets contain sodium carboxymethylcellulose and a small amount of magnesium oxide to coat the stomach lining and buffer acidity, prolonging protection. Researchers include Dr. S. P. Bralow of Hines Veterans Hospital and Dr. M. A. Spellburg from the University of Illinois.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Medical Association
S. P. Bralow
Hines Veterans Hospital
Hines, Il
M. A. Spellburg
University of Illinois School of Medicine
Paulette Goddard Files Suit for Divorce in Mexico
Paulette Goddard says she filed for divorce from Burgess Meredith in Mexico and has not learned if a decree was granted in Cuernavaca. She arrived from Mexico City denying a prior report of a Friday decree and noted she and Meredith, both married thrice, separated months ago while she is not planning to sue in the United States.
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Hollywood
Paulette Goddard
Mexico
Burgess Meredith
Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Mex
Burgess
Italy
Army to Sell 3000 Mine Detectors to Police Agencies
The Army will make about 3,000 surplus mine detectors available to local law enforcement for locating buried firearms and evidence. The department cited numerous requests as the reason for the sale and noted the devices can detect metal and clothing.
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Washington
Army
Army Department
Former UCLA Star Clements Sold to Chicago Hornets
Former UCLA standout Bill Clements, a 195-pound back who played tackle and guard, has been purchased by the Chicago Hornets of the All America Football Conference from the New York Yankees league club. Clements starred for UCLA from 1945 to 1948 after serving 26 months as an air cadet. He earned four football letters during college.
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Chicago
Bill Clements
U.C.L.A
Chicago Hornets
New York Yankees
Clements
UCLA
Voters Near Noon Turnout Low in Grafton Election
Voters turnout slow through the morning as Alton residents choose a mayor for four years and two city councilmen. By noon only a small share of 4 705 registered voters had cast ballots with 45 at Charles Custer’s Maple Avenue residence and 40 at a nearby precinct school, amid a heavy focus on a proposed levy for 1949 1950 and 1951 street repairs. The state court ruling on liquor profits hinders finances, threatening street program funding and council seats expiring June 30.
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Grafton
Will Elose
Charles Custer
Maple Avenue
George ‘Todd
Board of Trade
Fire Department
Elk's
Paul Morgan
Garrison School
Chevrolet
W. QO. Sturms
West Side School
State Supreme Court
Edgar B. Sims
W. A. Murray
H. Dent Wiles
Dorsey G. Bolyard
Walter Leo Evans
Merritt Feather
Harry Hanleiter
Lindsay T. Mahaffey
Arthur Calvin Morrison
Kenney M Rosier
East End
Citizens Volunteer at Polls to Aid Fire Fund
Grafton residents worked 13 hours today at 13 polling places. Volunteers unpaid, turning their earnings into a fund for a new fire department building. Organized by the Grafton Lions Club under Ronald Knotts with listed precinct volunteers.
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Grafton
I¢Iwans Club
Ronald Knotts
Grafton Youth Receives Office Nomination
In 12th Annual Boys State at Jackson's Mill 325 juniors chose between Bob Armstrong of Parkersburg and Henry Hoppy Shores of Charleston for governor. Federalists and Nationalists listed full ticket slates for state offices with primaries held yesterday. governor to be installed tomorrow.
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Jackson's Mill
Bob Armstrong
Parkersburg
Henry Hoppy Shores
Charleston
Armstrong
Nationalist Party
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
Patteson
Feder
Jim ‘McCool
Billy Moran
Avondale
William Somerville
Jack Mehl
Joe Kiser
Robert E. Hill
Union
Bob Evans
Mount Hope
David Nutter
Shinnston
Vernon Hess
Thomas Nutter
Weston
Joe Daniels
Montgomery
Bill Dickinson
David Gallagher
Bob Birney
Wheeling
And
William G. Thomas
Clarksburg
Dick Falls
Grafsee Grafton
Rail union to take dispute to company heads
Richmond union officials disclosed plans to take their grievance case involving about 1100 firemen and enginemen directly to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway president W J Touhy. Negotiations resumed today with possible strike date if talks fail as efforts to communicate with company officers continue.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
W. G. Coleman
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Rohrbough named county schools superintendent for four years
R Virgil Rohrbough was chosen by the Taylor County Board of Education to continue as superintendent for four years after serving as acting head since January. He previously led the local system during the war year and held prior roles in Grafton and East Grafton schools. The board also discussed appointing an assistant superintendent and requested four teachers’ retirement age waivers. Jockey Joe Molbert, 29, was killed at Suffolk Downs after his mount stumbled at the gate. he had substituted for a sick rider and had ridden 52 mounts there in 92 days with 15 firsts and four seconds.
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Igil Rohrbough
E. Guy Kuhn
Taylor County Board of Education
Rolbough
Kuba
U.S
Grafton
Lewis County
Robrhough
East Grafton
First Ward
Prince
Fairmont State Poffee
West Virginia University
Ronald Knotts
Pruntytown
State Teachers Retirement Board
Minette Watkins
Vaughn Warden
Grace L. White
Ina M. Warder
Boston
Joe Molbert
New Iberia
Louisiana
Suffolk Downs
Molbert
George Hettenzer
Carolina Star
Howesville Youth Drowns In River
KINGWOOD June-Francis William Schmidl 19 of Howesville drowned about 5 30 p m yesterday while swimming in Cheat river near Brown s camp three and one half miles east of Kingwood Companion Chester Galusky said they swam to a large rock and he could not locate Francis upon reaching the rock The body was found by Dick Elliott and brought to the surface and bank Artificial respiration was started by W E Jackson and two doctors later transported to Kercheval Memorial Clinic where he was pronounced dead He was born May 3 1930 in Kingwood son of Mr and Mrs John Schmidl He is survived by his parents and siblings Martin Carolyn Mary George Paul Rose Ann and John Jr He served in the Armed Forces and was a Kingwood High junior last year Funeral arrangements are incomplete at a Kingwood funeral home.
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Kingwood
Francis William Schmidl
John Schmidl
Howesville
Cheat River
Brown
Chester Galusky
Francis
Galusky
Schmidt
Dick Elliott
W. E. Jackson
T. S. McIntyre
Rehard Davis
Kercheval Memorial Clinic
Martin
Carolyn
Mary
George
Paul
Rose Ann
John
Armed Air Forces
Kingwood High
Grafton Sentinel Extends Evening Election Service
The Grafton Sentinel will offer extended election results service tonight. Call 185 after 8 p.m. for live returns. A night staff will tabulate up-to-the-minute results. The paper will also relay results to local fraternal and patriotic clubs or group meetings if requests are left at the office between 4 and 6 p.m.
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Grafton Sentinel
Grafton
The
Sentinel
Husband In Jail After Wrecking Local Residence
Roy Brown a 36 year old Grafton father of two is jailed in Taylor county after a Sunday night wreck at his West Wilford street home. Police say he used three butcher knives and a hatchet to destroy furnishings then fled through a window as officers closed in. He faced non support charges and a malicious destruction warrant was being prepared. His wife Martha Brown had already fled with their two children amid threats.
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Grafton
Taylor County
West Wilford Street
Roy Brown
Hazel Atlas Glass
Ray Osborne
Osborne
Brown
Wilford Street
Martha Plymale Brown
Financial Aspects Of Lias Interests Outlined Further
William G Lias a Wheeling race track operator and nightlife figure faced details of his varied business interests as the government seeks over 1 million dollars in income tax, interest and penalties for 1942 to 1946. A motion to strike testimony about asset statements was argued as the trial continued, with defense asserting no compulsion to reveal private financial details.
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Fairmont
William G. Lias
Lias
Wheeling
Carl R. Watson
Huntington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Defense Coonsel
Watson
Rescue 28 Of 73 Most Passengers Puerto Rican
A charter plane crashed into the Atlantic near San Juan Puerto Rico soon after departure. 28 of 73 aboard were rescued by 6 a.m. EST. two bodies recovered. Most passengers were Puerto Ricans bound for the United States. Coast Guard, air force, and navy units searched the seas for survivors amid dangerous reefs.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Atlantic
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
United States
Lee Wakefield
D. H. Dexter
Coast Guards
Energe
M. J
Miami
Westeam
Strato Freight, Inc
Bradley Field
Windsor Locks
Conn
Dexter
Point Salinas
Air Force
Army
Navy
Rumor accusations fly as UMW head clash erupts
Washington CIO President Philip Murray accuses John L Lewis of rumor mongering and lack of responsibility in denying a report that Murray backed a pusillanimous Taft Hartley repeal plan. Lewis says Murray and AFL President Green plotted four oppressive amendments. Murray calls the statements false and malicious and dismisses them as based on rumor.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Murray
AFL
William Green
Jim
Green
Southern Coal Operators Demand Lewis Drop Strike Weapons
Southern coal operators led by Joseph E Moody demand John L Lewis drop two key strike tactics from post June 30 contract as miners push for openness in bargaining. The publicized demands follow a deadlocked session amid fears of another memorial shutdown and ongoing labor tensions in Bluefield.
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Southern
Lewis
Bluefield
Southern Coal
John L. Lewis
United’ Mine Workers
Washington
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
John Owens
James Lee
Bureau of Mines
Search Moundsville Woods For Fugitives
MOUNDSVILLE P A squad of police surrounded northern woodlands near Viola Marshall county nine miles north of here in a bid to locate two of fourteen escapees from the West Virginia penitentiary still at large. A farmer reported hearing shots at a barn as the fugitives fled into the woods and authorities, numbering up to 48, moved in at daybreak. Also reported a storekeeper was robbed by a masked man claiming to be one of the convicts.
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Moundsville
Here
West Virginia Penitentiary
Viola
Marshall County
E. E. Stout
Stout
Moundsville Lat
City Council Post Decided It's A Yoho Post
In Moundsville Ward Three election result confirms a Yoho will keep the seat. Floyd R. Yoho the Republican candidate faces Herbert Yoho the Democrat. Incumbent Leroy Yoho is not seeking reelection. The three Yohos are unrelated.
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Yoho
Floyd R. Yoho
Herbert Yoho
Leroy Yoho
Yohos
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