Miss Grafton Sentinel Queens Named in 1950 Contest
Jo Ellen Hill and Janice Haskins were named co winners of Miss Grafton Sentinel 1950 with Marcia Malone as alternate. Hill, 17, and Haskins, 17, both seniors at Grafton High, will attend North South Game in Charleston and WVU homecoming respectively, with Malone stepping in if needed. Thirteen contestants competed at Manos Theatre before about 600 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ellen Hill
Janice Haskins
Marcia Malone
Grafton
Janice Hasins
Grafton Senior High
Grafton High
Miss Hill
Charleston
Sentinels
Haskins
West Virginia University
Miss Malone
Manos
Atd
Niinel
M. B. MacLeod
Hidora M. Nuzum
Sentinel News
Nancy Rohrbough
Yates Avenue
Miss Grafton Sentinel
Mary Mosear
South Grafton
West Virginia
Morgantown
Miss Haskins
Wilma Tighe
St. Augustine
Woman Saved From Death Penalty Granted Life Term
In Logan, Matilene Dean who once faced a death sentence for the February 1949 slaying of Mackinron, changed her plea to guilty and received a life term. Judge C. C. Chambers handed down two life sentences that morning, including Ollie Ray White who pleaded guilty to the shotgun slaying of Garnet Perry. White, 41, was also linked to a non support claim by Perry for two of her six children. White and relatives were baptized in Logan Creek last Sunday.
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Logan
Matilene Dean
Thegro
Mackinron
Sue
Local Lads At Boys State Hold No Office Yet
Three Taylor county youths attend Boys State at Jackson's Mill as Nationalists sweep governorship and five supreme court seats. Governors candidate Ted Rake leads. other victors include Richard Murphy, William Cochran, Joe T. Helgs, Eugene Smith, and Paul Farmer.
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Taylor County
Jackson's ‘Mill
Donald Smith
Howard R. Smith
Route 1
Grafton Senior High School
Kiwanis Club
Charles Bernard Turner
Elmer Behan
West Washington Street
St. Augustine High
Grafton Elk’s Lodge
Maxwell Davis
Stanley Davis
Simpson
Flemington High School
of the Legion
Natitionalists
Supreme Court
Ted Rake
Parkersburg
Richard Murphy
William Cochran
John Brown
Weirton
Joe T. Helgs
New Martinsville
Eugene Smith
Paul Farmer
Mullens
Youth On Trial in Charleston for Murder of Father
In Charleston intermediate court 15 year old East Bank High School sophomore Jimmy Basham faces a murder charge for shooting his 45 year old coal miner father Charles Ted Basham in their Hansford home. He testified he acted because his father threatened and beat him and his mother. Prosecutor says he will not seek the death penalty due to the boy's age.
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Charleston
East Bank High School
Jimmy Basham
Charles Ted Basham
Hansford
Kanawha County
Jimmy
Milind
Frank L. Taylor
Ken Hill bid tops Kanawha airport project
Brigadier General Charles R. Fox says Ken Hill Construction of Charleston submitted the low bid of 262,107 for concrete check construction to build an administration and operations building at Kanawha county airport for the 167th Fighter Squadron. An alternate brick veneer finish proposal of 274,107 was also submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Ken Hill Construction Company
Kanawha County
Charles R. Fox
West Virginia Air National Guard
U S Opposed To Rearmament Of West Germany
Washington says the United States opposes rearming western Germany as a step toward western security. Secretary of State Acheson clarified that General Bradley advocacy was military only and not a policy endorsement. Acheson urged UN ideas, noted no magic ending the cold war, and pressed western powers to act against Soviet expansion.
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Washington
United States
Western Germany
Acheson
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Té Joint Chiefs of Staff
United Nations
U.N
Trygve Lie
Death by own action note leads to body discovery
In St Clairsville Ohio investigators traced a missing woman’s body to an old saw mill after a note found on 50 year old Paul Huntsman Senior posed a riddle about a saw mill. A discovery by a Fairpoint Ohio team revealed the woman’s body buried in sawdust with a crushed head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Paul Huntsman
Valley Grove
West Virginia
Cale Baker
Fairpoint
Belmont County
Richard Niple
Wayne Street
Prisoners Escape From Marshall County Jail in Moundsville
Four prisoners broke out of the Marshall County jail in Moundsville before dawn by slipping through a basement window. Sheriff Roy W. Jolliffe says two men were awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary. Separate road camp escapes involved Charles Mills and Woodrow Bowman from McDowell County.
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Moundsville
Marshall County
State
Roy W. Jolliffe
McDowell
Charles’ Mills
Woodrow Bowman
Warren Ahead In Late Count Want Arms Aid Plan Studied
Two Republican senators Leverett Saltonstall and Margaret Chase Smith urged a commission to study further arms aid to Western Europe after the Marshall plan ends in 1952. Democratic Sen Brien McMahon pressed for UN Assembly talks on global disarmament as hearings on the arms aid bill continue. General Marshall testifies for the plan, with Omar Bradley praising arms aid impact on Greece and Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leverett Saltonstall
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Europe
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Congress
United Nations
George Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Marshall
Senate
Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Greece
Turkey
Western
Republicans Win Key West Virginia City Races
In Morgantown and Welch Republicans swept mayoral and council seats. Morgantown elected a nine to five Republican council majority, while Welch saw former McDowell Circuit Judge Reno F. Howard become mayor with all five council members reelected. Bonceverte added a three member commission seat for Wheeler L. Weikle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Morgantown
Cliff Hough
Council
West Virginia
Welch Municip
State Supreme Court
McDowell Circuit
Reno F. Howard
Howard
Edward Lockhart, Sr
Bonceverte
Wheeler L. Weikle
City Commission
Weikle
Charles P. Vogel
Charles‘ ‘Tucker
Warren Leads Roosevelt In California Nomination Race
In California primaries Warren leads Roosevelt by about 240000 votes across both parties. Warren dominates the Republican tally with 304871 to 35756 in early returns while Roosevelt edges ahead in the Democratic count by about 29000 votes. Cross filing affected several contests including lieutenant governor and U.S. Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Earl Warren
James Roosevelt
Warren
Roosevelt
Goodwin Knight
Begin Crash Probe Begins In Ocean Plane Disaster
An all-out crash investigation opens today into a converted cargo plane crash that killed 28 and left 20 missing with 65 aboard on a non-scheduled Puerto Rico flight. Survivors, 37, arrived aboard a destroyer near Charleston South Carolina, while search for others continues. Puerto Rican and U S. authorities coordinate probes in Charleston and San Juan with officials interviewing survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Puerto Rico
Charleston
South Carolina
Miami
Puerto Gation
United States
Manslaughter Indictments In Huntington Landmark Case
Cabell Common Pleas grand jury returned 54 indictments including manslaughter charges. One case involves the death of Huntington labor leader B. T. Wol ford after an altercation at a Moose Lodge clubrooms. Another indicts Delbert Howard of Burlington, Ohio, in the fatal shooting of Charleston prize fighter Henry Banks at a Huntington club on April 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Charleston
Cabell Common Pleas Court
Grand Jury
B.T
Hank) Wolford
CIO
Moose Lodge
Delbert Howard
Burlington
Ohio
Henry
Baby) Banks
Seventh Avenue
Two WWII Comrades to be Reburied at Memorial City
Comrades Carl E. McPherson of Charleston West Virginia and James F. Yaegel of Cincinnati Ohio will be laid to rest at the National Cemetery at 10 30 a m June 8 Honor guard will be provided by Post 3081 W F W and American Legion Fest No 12 V F W and American Legion Post members are urged to assist with the reburial of the departed heroes said T R Shields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comrad Carl E. McPherson
Charleston
W. Va
Comrad James F. Yaegel
Cincinnati
Ohio
The
National Cemetery
Memorial City
W.F.W
American Legion Fest
V.f.w.and
American Legion Post
T. R. Shields
Gulfstream Park tops 1949 season despite national downturn
Officials at Gulfstream Park Hallandale Florida report a strong season with higher attendance and wagering than 1949, which itself beat 1948 totals, placing the track ahead while many other tracks nationwide saw declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallandale
Fla
Gulfstream Park
Love files for Congress in West Virginia First District
Francis J. Love former Republican Congressman from Wheeling announces his candidacy for Congress in West Virginia s First District. He cites his record to stop tax money being sent abroad and oppose government favoritism toward cheap foreign labor. He accuses Washington of draining American markets and increasing the cost of living through foreign relief programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Love
Wheeling
Congress
West Virginia
Love
Washington
Mr. Love
Two New Members Initiated In Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis club members Rever end Clyde W. Ash minister of Andrews Methodist and A J Williamson orator of Grafton City hospital were initiated at the regular dinner meeting at Hotel Grafton. Plans were laid for the Princeton Athens Vesper Choir performance at Grafton High School June 30 and the next dinner will be June 13 at the Grafton Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde W. Ash
Andrews Methodist
A.J. Williamson
Grafton City Hospital
Kiwanis Club
Hotel
Grafton
Princeton- Athens
Grafton High School
Kiwanians
Bill Bell
C P Telephone Co To Get New Manager On June 15
Charleston reports the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia will appoint a new general manager on June 15. J R B Crigler, GM since 1944, swaps positions with Clarence H Johnson of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co in Washington, ending Crigler's 25 years with the West Virginia company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. & P. Telephone Co
Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
J. R. B. Crigler
Clarence H. Johnson
Washington
McCarthy Fight Draws Political Stalemate Claim
Senator George Aiken predicts the clash between Senator Joseph McCarthy and the State Department will end in a draw, calling it a political stalemate. The dispute followed McCarthy's Senate floor charge that three former Reds remained in State Department posts, which the department denied as false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph McCarthy
George Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
McCarthy
State Department
Senate
Wisconsin
Red Cross Home Service Conference Held at Hotel Morgan
Miss Ruby B Bonafield executive secretary of Taylor county Red Cross attended the first in a series of Home Service Workers Conferences at Hotel Morgan in Morgantown yesterday. Guest speaker was H E Yeakel assistant director Vet Claims Liaison in Virginia. Representatives from six counties attended as Theresa White Area Home Service Councilor led the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby B. Bonafield
Taylor County
American Red Cross
Hotel Morgan
Morgantown
E. Yeakel
Vet Ciaims Liason
Virginia
Counse Scena Dess
Aiea
Theresa White
Astern Area Home Service
Galloway Man Seeks Appeal Over Conviction
Christopher Columbus Ford of Galloway requests an appeal from a Barbour County court ruling reversing a nine to ten year prison sentence after a shooting conviction. He contends he fired while defending himself as his brother in law Johnson allegedly threatened with a knife before Johnson retrieved a shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galloway
Christopher Columbus Ford
Sugpurt
Brother-Inn
Barbour County
Johnson
St Albans Contractor Submits Low Bid For Monongah Bridge
Saint Albans contractor W. R. Orders submitted the lowest bid of 161 thousand 118 dollars for a new Monongah bridge on secondary Route 56 in Marion County. The project is one of 12 bid openings announced by the commission, with other sites in Nicholas Fayette Hampshire Harrison Lincoln McDowell Monongalia Summers and Wetzel counties.
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Fairmont
Saint Albans
W. R. Orders
Monongah
Marlison County
Nicholas
Fayette
Hampshire
Harrison
Lincoln
McDowell
Monongalia
Summers
Wetzel
Two Held In Car Dynamiting Near Lenann Coal Site
Randolph county authorities investigate a car bombing spree near the Lenann Coal company about 10 miles from Cheat Bridge. Two men are in custody as part of the probe into multiple dynamite blasts that damaged an auto owned by S B Sheppard of Charmco and struck a Chevrolet boot area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
John Chenoweth
Lenann Coal Company
Cheat Bridge
Randolph County
J.J. Simmons
Cheat’ River
Ssr W. C. Ware
F. W. Armstrong
Hikins Detachment
State Police
Chenoweth
8. B. Sheppard
Charmco
intoxication arrests in Philippi lead to fines
Leander Mayle of Route 3 Philippi was fined 50 dollars and costs after being arrested by Corporal G P Randall for driving while intoxicated on Route 119. Another passenger, Monroe Culberson of Philippi, pleaded guilty and received 10 dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Mayle
Justice Courts
Ona C. Jeffrey's
Ohio
Jeffrey
Mayle
Monroe Culberson
Philippi
Costa
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Joe Ellen Page
Kenhill Construction Firm
U.S
West Germany
Dames Roosevelt
Gov
Francis J, Love
Crigler
Mwcarthy
GOP
Red Cross
St. Albans
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