World War I Vet Dies at City Hospital
Clarence J. Phillips 25 of 325 West Washington died at 3 16 a m after a week in City Hospital He worked for the Ice Cream Co and was a Methodist and American Legion member Born August 20 1922 he leaves wife Erma Jane and brothers Elisha Drew Franklin Leslie Robert Clyde and Emma H Phillips Survivors in Grafton and Clyde are listed Military funeral is at 1 30 p m Friday Bartlett Funeral Home with burial at Woodsdale Memorial Park Friends may call after 11 a m tomorrow at the funeral home
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Clarence J. Phillips
Washington Street
Taylor County
City Hospital
Pire
Tce Cream Company
Methodist Church
American Legion
Joseph Clarence
Mary Etta Linn Phillips
Erma Jane
Hendrickson Phillips
Folowing Brothers
Sisefi
Robert Erman Phillips
Clyde Phillips
Phillips
Elisha Drew Phillips
U. S. Army Air Force
San Antonio
Pig
Pranklin Leslie
Grafton
Eyma
State Senator Events Highlight Flag Day Parade
In Morgantown on June 9, ceremonies moved from Marys and Latrobe streets to Station Square for flag day services. The procession will feature Grafton High and Junior High bands, local patriotic groups, Boy and Girl Scouts, and Elks members. Jack Nuzum will narrate the flag history with Scout assistance as Elks officers conduct rituals and erect the floral bell. Rev. Arta F. Shomo will deliver the benediction. Prof. Thomas E. Ennis divides summer teaching between West Virginia University and Wagner College, lecturing on Far Eastern history at Wagner from June 14 to July 15 before returning to WVU.
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Page One
Mary's
Latrobe
Station Square
Grafton
Elks Lodge
Jack Nuzum
Elks
The
Arta F. Shomo
Morgantown
Thomas E. Ennis
West Virginia University
Wagner College
Staten Island
N.Y
Ennis
Harris brothers plead guilty in sidewalk slaying case
Charleston June 9 Fred Clifford Harris 24 of Tad and his brother Lacy 23 10 10 months were sentenced after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the sidewalk killing of William Earl Brown ing 36 in early March in Charleston Harris received one to five years in the penitentiary while Lacy got ten to ten months in jail
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Charleston
Fred Clifford Harris
Tad
Lacy
William. Earl. Browning
Justice Fines Man and Woman in May Assault Charges
Bertha Dalton and Isaac Walker were fined $5 and costs each after John Snider’s office filed assault charges against them. The warrant followed Scelestine Cunningham’s complaint that Mrs Dalton, her grandmother, scratched and bit her Monday night. A heart attack killed Homer A. Melrose, 69, near Barboursville, former Cabell County resident and Huntington police judge.
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Bertha Dalton
Isaac Walker
John Snider
Scelestine Cunningham
Scelestine Gunningham
Mrs. Dalton
Huntington
Barboursville
Homer A. Melrose
Cabell County
Arand
Truman faces civil rights clash amid westward tour
President Truman faced internal party friction as Nebraska and Montana leaders protested his tour, hinting at a push to allow southern Democrats to filibuster civil rights legislation. A Dixie voices group debated a separate 1948 run, while a tragic airfield mishap in Idaho spotlighted the trip.
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Taft
GOP
Truman
William Ritchie
Nebraska
Ritchie
Towa
Omaha
Lester H. Loble
Helens
Montana State Central Committee
Loble
White House
Truman Party
Dixie
Democratic Campaign Committee
Jackson
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Caren
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Montana
Baltimore and Ohio railroad carloadings week ending June 5 1948
Carloadings on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for the week ended June 5 1948 totaled 63 822 with 39 992 loaded on line and 23 830 received from connections. The same week last year saw 68 142. For the prior week ending May 29 total loads were 71 223.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Man on Wheelbarrow Expedition Circles World
Graftonians watched 47 year old Ellensburg Washington cowhand Larry Hightower push a wheelbarrow across town claiming a round the world foot expedition. He says 23 months into a 12 year journey, has traveled 7037 miles in the last 23 months and plans to 23500 miles on foot, with 14 to 18 miles a day and a route through Clarksburg Blueville toward Washington DC then New York and England. He displays a steel wheelbarrow with a generator radio headphones horn and wears a florescent night jacket as he travels along US routes 50 66 and 85 toward his next leg.
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Washington State
Grafton
Larry Hightower
Ellensburg
Washington
Sentinel
Yestern
Clarksburg
Blueville
Washington, D.C
New York
Plan 4-H Field Day Set for June 11 at Camp Towles
Ellen Jane Wiseman announced Taylor County 4-H Leaders will host a demonstration contest and Field Day at Camp Towles on Friday June 11 beginning at 10 30 a.m. The event features two age groups 10 13 and 14 21 with four contest winners receiving scholarships toward Camp registration. Members should bring their own picnic lunch.
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Ellen Jane Wiseman
Taylor County
4-H Leaders Association
Camp Towles
27 Die in Accident Charleston
Industrial accidents killed 27 persons in May 1947, including 20 mine employes, according to the Workmen's Compensation Commission. The May toll was 40 that year with 25 due to mine accidents.
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Charleston
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Anderson Wins Senate Nomination In New Mex
ALBUQUERQUE June 9 John J. Dempsey conceded New Mexico's Democratic nomination for U S senator to former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P Anderson. Dempsey trailed 15 171 to 23 551 with 416 of 868 precincts reporting as Anderson announced his congratulations from Santa Fe.
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Albuquerque
N.M
John J. Dempsey
New Mexico
U. S
Clinton P. Anderson
Santa Fe
Anderson
Demsep
Two Arrests Reported In Quiet City Night
City police detained two individuals on drunkenness charges during a quiet night. The report also notes ongoing coverage of a government document and a resigning official, with references to Czechoslovakia’s new constitution and its democratic republic status within the Slav nations.
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Gottwald
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Dr W E Craig To Speak Tonight At Local Church
Dr William E Craig superintendent of the Fairmont District of the West Virginia Methodist Conference will speak at St John s Methodist church tonight at 8 o clock The talk follows his return from Boston where the General Conference of Methodist churches was held He will discuss What Methodist Leaders Are Saying as reflected in the General Conference The meeting is a union gathering of Methodist churches in Grafton and vicinity led by Rev Foster L Jones president of the Methodist Ministers Association of Grafton area with Rev L G Robinson as host pastor
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William EB. Craig
Fairmont
West Virginia Methodist Conference
St.John's Methodist Church
St. John’s Street
Craig
Boston
Craiz
St. John's
Grafton
Foster L. Jones
Methodist Ministers, Association of
L. G. Robinson
West Main Street
West Fetterman
BlueVilla
Andrews
St.Joan’s
An_drews
St. Paul's’ Church
Torningo
Subuay
Hospital Elevator Repairs Completed
Maintenance crews finish installing new cables in the city hospital facility. The elevated shaft remains in service with staff noting the repair addressing a prior malfunction. Hospital operations resume normal elevator usage under supervision while storeroom arrangements are clarified.
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Sid Jr
Hugh
Hein
Sliter
Meeting Of Farm Bureau Here Tonight
Local meeting of the Taylor County Farm Bureau is set for tonight at the county agent office in the Post Office building. The group is expected to discuss securing a new county agent to replace Lloyd Reid, who left June 1 for Town, leaving the post vacant.
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Taylor ‘County
Lloyd’ Reid
Reid
Instructor Will Return To Denmark This Summer
Morgantown June 9 Associate Prof Torkel Holsoe of West Virginia University division of forestry plans a summer trip to Denmark. He will leave about August 1 to lecture at the University of Copenhagen and study forestry practices. He expects to return to the university for the fall term.
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Morgantown
Denmark
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