Few Using Passenger Trains Edwards Tells Board
Charleston June 14 Testimony on central West Virginia trains the Baltimore and Ohio plans to discontinue. Superintendent J Edwards Jr detailed May passenger miles and riders per train mile for Nos 101 102 33 and 34 between Pickens Weston Elkins and Tygart Junction, showing low per mile ridership. Keller of Western Maryland provided parallel figures for trains to be cut between Elkins and Grafton. A Spates Brady noted no bus link between Adrian Junction and Elkins via Ellamore prompting questions from the commission.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Public Service Commission
J. Edwards, Jr
Monongah Division
Edwards
Pickens
Weston
Westonghd
Adrian Junction
Elkins
Ellamore
C. E. Nethken
Masquers Present Here Comes Charlie First Night
Winners in the contest naming the Masquers play will attend the opening performance at Play Center 106 Latrobe Street tonight at 8. Free tickets may be available at the door for W D Teets James Cockrell Wade Barlow Patricia Lymer and Harold Vanscoy from Clarksburg. The play features Larry Elliott's home in a St Louis suburb as the setting with a two and a half hour runtime.
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Charlie
Play Center
Latrobe Street
W. D. Teets
James Cockrell
Wade Barlow
Patricia Lymer
Harold Vanscoy
Clarksburg
Larry Elliott
St. Louis
Missouri
Grafton Sentinel Announces Tonight’s Theatres Ads
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs O R Thomas of 141 High Street to tonight’s screenings at Strand Theatre featuring Society Lawyer with Walter Pidgeon or Pardon Our Nerve with Lynn and Adventures of June with Rosella Towne at Dixie Theatre. Identification may be required for admission to either venue.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
O. R. Thomas
Hight Street
Walter Pidgeon
Strand Theatre
Lynn
June Mn
Rosella Towne
Bill
Dixie Theatre
Bankhead May Be Candidate for 1949 Democratic Ticket
Washington reports buzzing speculation that the 1949 Democratic convention may name the presiding officers of both chambers. William B. Bankhead, Alabama speaker of the house, 65, is discussed as a potential candidate if Roosevelt does not seek a third term or as a running mate if he does. Garner boosters push for the vice presidency, signaling competing factions within the party.
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Washington
Senate
House
Friends
Wilam B. Bankhead
Alabama
Roosevelt
Bankhead
John N. Garner
Lodge-For-President Boom Gets Underway
Boston residents launch campaign to form Lodge-for-President clubs across Massachusetts aiming for favorite son support for Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr in the 1949 Republican convention. Beverly neighbors file charter application for a Massachusetts Lodge-For-President club.
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Boston
Henry Cabot
British Envoy Reaches Moscow to Settle Pact
Moscow June 14 British envoy William Strong arrived to push British French proposals in negotiations for a military assistance pact with the Soviet Union. Russian and British officials met him as talks continued but no immediate conclusion of a triple alliance was predicted.
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Moscow
William Strong
Foreign Office
Strong
Malone Urges Kiwanis Role as Community Builders
Paul E. Malone of Grafton Drug and Chemical urges Kiwanis members to be builders in their communities. Speaking at Debendorfer's Cozy Inn on "What Constitutes a Good Kiwanian," he says members should gladly help one another while maintaining strong local involvement.
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Paul E. Malone
Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
Debendorfer
Malone
Galloway Miner Found Dead In Bed
Forty eight year old Frank Savio a Galloway miner was found dead in bed early yesterday morning at his boarding house presumably of a heart attack There are no known surviving relatives in this country Funeral services set for 3 pm tomorrow at McGrumphy Funeral Home Flemington Rev Father Charles Carroll officiating Interment in Simpson cemetery
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Frank Savio
Galloway
McGrumphy
Flemington
Charles Carroll
Simpson Cemetery
Flag Day Exercises By Grafton Elks Tonight
Flag Day exercises of Grafton lodge No 308 Elks will be staged in Baltimore and Ohio station square at 7 pm with Judge Charles G Baker of Morgantown delivering the patriotic address. Grafton High school band and Son of the American Legion drum and bugle corps provide music. rain plan moves program to the lodge room on East Main Street.
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Grafton Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Baltimore and Ohio Station
Charles G. Baker
Morgantown
Grafton High School
Sons of the American Legion
East Main Street
FCC seeks control over A T and T
Washington June 14 The Federal Communications Commission asked Congress to grant broader powers over the six billion dollar telephone industry while softening some of the severest recommendations of Commissioner Paul A Walker who led a two year probe at cost of fifteen hundred thousand dollars The commission approved the report in principle though it omitted Walker’s bid to have the FCC review approve or disapprove all Bell policies and practices from the central management of the American Telephone and Telegraph company.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Paul A. Walker
Walker
FCC
Bell
Central Management Group
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Commission
Princile
Private rites held for slain Czech officer
Prague June 14. Johann Mueller a Czech policeman slain Friday by a German police officer was buried privately as German authorities barred a public funeral amid fears of disturbances. Only relatives and a few others attended. About 20 000 people had gathered at Nachod for a planned public funeral when it was banned.
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Prague
Johann Mueller
Nachod
New State Law To Halt Hauling of WPA Workers
CLARKSBURG June 14 Government agencies including the Works Progress administration may be forced to curtail or halt their programs in West Virginia on July 1 due to a new law. George M. Brase, managing director of the Central West Virginia Automobile club, said Alexander M. Hahood, a member of the Public Service commission in Charleston, informed him it will be illegal for the WPA or other agencies to haul men to work in trucks under the new law.
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Clarksburg
Works Progress Administration
West Virginia
George M. Brase
Central
House Again Battles Over Relief Issue
The House opened a major fight over federal relief, with the appropriations committee proposing a 1940 relief appropriation of 1 477 million dollars and a substitute three man board to oversee the WPA rather than a single administrator. The move signals a broader party push to reshape WPA administration and relief policy as Washington braces for a bitter floor debate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
WPA
House
Appropriations Committee
New Brunswick Farewells King and Queen Amid Coastline Sendoff
In Saint John New Brunswick King George and Queen Elizabeth bade farewell as Prince Edward Island hosts their final Canadian visit stage. The royal couple sailed from Cape Tormentine after a day of coastal views and a Cape Tormentine seaside rest before heading to Charlottetown for a four hour stop. Nova Scotia awaits them tonight as the royal visit ends tomorrow.
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Saint John
New Brunswick
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Edward Island
Stodey
Canada
Cape Tormentine
Northumberland Strait
Charlottetown
Nova Scotia
Claims Owens-Illinois Asked Him To Do Spying
James Shaffer an Owens-Illinois Glass tractor driver testified at a National Labor Relations board hearing that a company official asked him to act as a labor spy. He said he was discharged for reckless driving then rehired after applying for reinstatement and that Raymond Casseday offered reinstatement if Shaffer attended union meetings and reported back.
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Pairmont
James Shaffer
Owens - Illinois Glass Company
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Shaffer
Raymond Casseday
Ickes Foresees Private Capital for PWA Projects
PWA Administrator Ickes will tell the federal monopoly committee that private capital would invest about half a billion dollars in any new public works program. Senator O Mahoney asked Ickes to testify. He plans to cite 5800 applications pending for 1.775 billion dollars in PWA projects, including 4500 grants and local funding estimates.
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Washington
PWA
Ickes
Federal Monopoly Committee
Congress
O'Mahoney
D.-Wye
Roosevelt
Tientsin Blockade by Japan Worsens Far East Tensions
Japanese forces blockaded British and French concessions in Tientsin trapping 120000 residents and halting food flow. Britain protested to Tokyo while reports say London may hand over four Chinese detainees in Shanghai. Prices surged as Chinese entering or leaving were searched and most foreigners faced strict passport checks.
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Far East
Tientsin
Associated Press
United States
Britain
Tokyo
London
Japan
Shanghai
CIO Executive Board Demands CIO Representation
Washington June 14 The CIO executive board denounced as discriminatory the Labor Department failure to include CIO representatives in a Geneva conference delegation. A resolution urged recognition of the injustice to the CIO and called for inclusive participation in labor talks.
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Washington
CIO
Labor Department
Mau
United States
Geneva
Department
Local pupils suspended after anti Jewish tagging incident
Baltimore June 14 A retaliatory attack at a junior high school led to suspensions for four City College High students after a 14 year old Jewish boy was branded with an H. The action adds to 18 suspensions from Gwynn's Falls Junior High amid a disputed incident at a baseball game.
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Baltimore
City College
Gwynn's Falls
Melvin Bridge
Buckhannon Firm Named In Federal Court Order
ELKINS June 14. The Standard Trouser company of Buckhannon was enjoined from violating the fair labor standards act by order of Federal Judge William E. Baker. A hearing was postponed to August 10 and contempt of court sentence of six months in jail and a $500 fine for Sanford Lerner was imposed. Workers must be paid the difference between wages and the minimum, with back pay estimated over $3,000 for Buckhannon and 150 employees at Crown Trouser in Philipsburg, Pa.
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Elkins
Standard Trouser Company
Buckhannon
William E. Baker
Sanford Lerner
Lerner
Baker
John E. Skilling
Wagehour Administration
Crown Trouser Company
Philipsburg
Gas Tank Prize Won By Empire Market Leader
Adolphus Leach of the Empire Market received a weekly gas tank prize from the Lewis and Payne Texaco Station opposite the Post Office.
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Adolphus Leach
Empire Market
Lewis and Payne Taxaco
Kansas City police placed under governor appointed board
Gov Lloyd C Stark secured a senate vote 25 to 8 to place the Kansas City police under a four member board appointed by the governor with an emergency clause making the act effective immediately Stark hailed the move as a defeat for the Pendergast machine and its influence in city policing.
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Jefferson City
Kansas City
Rival Unionists Battle at Flint GM Plant in Riot
Rival unionists clashed near Fisher Body plant No 1 in Flint Michigan over the General Motors strike. Police separated the fight after fists and clubs were used. About 75 officers helped, three people were hospitalized, and windows at the UAW CIO hall were shattered.
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Flint
Mich
General Motors
Fisher Body Plant
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
Grasshopper Diet Not Prohibited By Statute
In Lincoln Nebraska a 51 year old World War veteran told police he eats about 259 live grasshoppers daily to prove their edibility. He swallowed them whole and washed them down with a mol solution after trying beetles whose shells he found too hard. Police found no law against such a diet and released him.
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Lincoln
Neb
Body of tiny tot found near highway
Clyde, June 14. Sheriff H L Myers reports the body of 10 weeks old Hal don Fink, missing from his Clyde crib last night, found in Green creek on George Thom son farm seven miles west of Clyde near U S highway 20. Federal agents join probe as investigators search after kidnaping theory.
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Clyde
H. L. Myers
Haldon Fink
Green Creek
George Thomson
U. S. Highway No. 20
Myers
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ted Paul
L. D. Krugly
Paul
Oran Baker
Irvan Fink
Foun
Fremont
Blames NLRB For Trouble In Senate Hearing
B O Fink of Auburn Indiana told a senate labor subcommittee that the CIO and the National Labor Relations Board ruined his business prospects by unfairly ruling against him. He said the board's actions made expansion at Heads Foundry impossible. The testimony described ongoing struggles to navigate labor relations efforts and regulatory challenges.
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Washington
B. O. Fink
Auburn
Ind
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Pink
Labor Board
Heads Foundry Company
Paife Ve
Invitation to Fight Thoroughbreds Prairie Justice double feature
Mrs J Robison of 44 St Charles Street is invited to attend tonight’s Opera House presentation. The program features fighting thoroughbreds and Prairie Justice star Mary Carlisle Ralph Byrd and Bob Baker in a double bill.
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Grafton Sentinel
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Stark
State Department
Indiana
Opera House
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