Darden Declines Senate Bid After Carter Glass Death
Former Virginia governor Colgate W. Darden Jr. formally refused to be drafted as a candidate to succeed late Senator Carter Glass. He said he cannot undertake the role despite friends urging him, reiterating prior statements he does not seek political office. The report also notes Michigan GOP nominating Kim Sigler for governor amid primary results.
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Richmond
Colgate W.darden, Jr
Carter Glass
Darden
Kim Sigler
Battle Creek
Michigan
Bigler
Massachuetts
Vernon J. Brown
Tom
Sigler
Brown
Raymond J. Kelly
American Legion
Edward J. Jeffries
Detroit
Harry F. Kelly
Hollywood Kid
Rush Aid Today To Tornado Homeless
A tornado near Detroit and Windsor left 14 dead and hundreds homeless. Relief rushed to River Rouge and Windsor with clothing, field kitchens, and food canteens while volunteers and Michigan State Troopers aided victims and guarded damaged areas. The storm tore across Tecumseh Ojibway and Sandwich, demolishing at least 50 homes and injuring scores.
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Detroit
Windsor
Canada
River Rouge
Detroit River
Toronto
Camp Borden
Tecumseh
Ojibway
Sandwich
Michigan
God’s Country or The Bandit of Sherwood Forest on Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. W. E. Brown to attend tonight’s presentations at the Strand Theatre and the Dixie Theatre. “God’s Country” stars Robert Lowery and Helen Gilbert at Strand, while “The Bandit of Sherwood Forest” features Cornel Wilde and Anita Louise at Dixie.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
W. E. Brown
West Main Street
God's Country
Robert Lowery
Helen Gilbert
Strand Theatre
Sherwood Forest
Cornel Wilde
Anita Louise
Dixie Theatre
C. E. Paugh
West Francis Street
Lena Horne
Bill Robinson
Cab Callaway
Jack Benny
Priscella Lane
Grafton Theatre
Harrison County Quarantines Dogs for 30 Days
Charleston reports a 30 day dog quarantine in Harrison county to curb rabies risk. State Veterinarian T C Green says the order, urged by county officials, protects dogs from rabid foxes and keeps foxes away from dogs. Dr A D Kemper notes fox bites have harmed animals and caused property damage across the county. County officials Herschel D Wade and Sheriff Harry E Carder join the request.
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Charleston
Harrison County
T. C. Green
Green
Conservation Commission
A. d. Kemper
Harrison
Union
Grant
Kemper
Herschel D. Wade
Harry E. Carder
Gratton Boy Gives Up Tent For Florida
Charles Daton a 22 year old ex serviceman and family moved from a tent on a Graf ton West Virginia lot to head for Tampa Florida after housing shortages. They lived in a tent with a 130 pound Great Dane a pet skunk and two guinea pigs on East Liberty street for a week before deciding to split for relatives. Diana Barrymore seeks divorce from Bramwell Fletcher in Las Vegas after establishing residence there.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Daton
Florida
Daton
Elizabeth Daton
Frances St
Grafton
W. Va
Caton
East Libert
Tampa
Car Shortage Still Acute Across West Virginia Mines
In Fairmont on June 19 the railcar shortage worsened coal output in northern West Virginia. Fifty mines on the Monongah division idle, including Bethlehem Steel at Barrackville and Consolidation Coal at Monongah, with B&O shipping far short of Demand. Only 40 percent of normal cars available, forcing one shift at many operations, and sixty mines idle yesterday. Also, 367,041 West Virginians registered for whiskey allotments under the revived rationing system starting Monday, per the Liquor Control Commission.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Monongah Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bethlehem Steel
Barrackville
Consolidation Coal Company
Mononeah
Jamison Coal Company
Farmington
B. and
Monongahela Railway
Charleston
Liquor Control Commission
West
Jury Convicts Mrs Loughry Of Voluntary Manslaughter
A Barbour county circuit court jury found Mrs Margaret Loughry 26 guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal beating of one of her four children. Judge Francis L Warder set arguments for next week as the case heads toward sentencing.
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Philippi
Barbour County
Margaret Loughry
Francis L. Warder
House Committee Orders Start On New Security Tax
The House Ways and Means committee moved to draft a bill for a 50 percent rise in Social Security taxes for employers and employees. Opening remarks by Chairman Doughton flagged a finished bill before summer recess, with broad changes to the security program under consideration. The panel approved blanket coverage for WWII veterans’ families for three years at no cost to veterans and debated extending coverage to about 20 million more workers such as farm, self employed, and domestic workers. Approved steps include raising the old age and survivors tax to 1.5 percent and covering over 200,000 maritime workers under unemployment provisions, with state-determined benefits for jobless seamen. If veterans’ coverage advances, widows and children of veterans dying within three years of discharge would receive about 25 dollars monthly, with benefits extending to 18 for children and widow until the last child turns 18. Existing veterans in employment with larger coverage would retain their rights.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
W Ncd
Congress
Senate
Wrecks on Webster Road Cause Damage
Seven wrecks occurred on Webster road this morning and yesterday afternoon with hundreds of dollars in damage. One passenger suffered facial cuts and bruises. a Philippi resident was uninjured. The 1942 Plymouth sideswiped by a coal truck led to the incidents. the truck, a 1942 Chevrolet, belonged to Carlos B. Gower of Simpson Route 1. State Trooper W D Sergent investigated. Miller auto damage estimated at 250 dollars and about 200 dollars to each vehicle involved.
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Webster Road
Margaret Stemple
Philipp
Bertsell Miller
Philippi
Webster
Carlos B. Gower
Simpson
D. W. Lawson
W. D. Sergent
Taylor County Turf Club Incorporated In Grafton
CHARLESTON. The Hampton Wilkinson Lumber company of Williamson, capitalized at $10,000, received a charter today. Incorporators included G. D. Hampton, J. E. Wilkinson and Amy Hampton of Williamson. Also chartered: Taylor County Turf Club Graf ton to foster interest in breeding and training thoroughbred horses, non profit incorporators Francis L. Welch, B. W. Sayres and Elta S. Sayres of Grafton.
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Charleston
Hampton-Wilkinson Lumber Company
Williamson
G. D. Hampton
J. E. Wilkinson
Amy Hampton
Taylor County Turf Club
Grafton
Francis L. Welch
B. W. Sayres
Elta S. Sayres
Navy Air Arm Gets Bigger Budget Than Army
W. Stuart Symington claimed the fiscal year budget funds the army air force at 369 million dollars and the navy air arm at 385 million. He spoke before the Detroit Economic Club, noting plans for separate air forces and Truman’s unification proposal.
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William Farbogast
Washington
Army
Navy
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
W. Stuart Symington
Air
Army Air Force
Symington
Detroit Economic Club
Lost Fisherman Returns Home After Night Lost While Fishing
Joseph Sturm, missing after going fishing with friends near Elkins, resurfaced with his family in Buckhannon after spending the night camping. Sturm said he slept well, then rode with a friend to Huttonsville and was driven home.
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Elkins
Joseph Sturm
Buckhannon
Sturm
Huttonsville
Foreign ministers seek easier treaty questions at Paris
The Big Four foreign ministers move to minor issues in the Italian peace treaty and discuss the French Italian border, with Bidault aiming to attend a deputies session to possibly form France's new government. Deputies' reports on Austrian and Finnish treaties are finished. Yugoslav Albanian and Greek reparations claims are noted for a wider European peace conference.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
George Bidault
Chamber of Deputies
France
U. S
Russia
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Praise Pilot Helps Constellation Pancake Landing
Forty two passengers including Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh escaped injury after a Pan American Constellation landed at Windham field Connecticut following engine trouble. Captain Leo Carroll praised Captain Samuel Miller and co pilot Woodrow L Lawson for a three engine landing on a field built for smaller planes. Airport manager Arthur A Kuhn called it a flawless landing that left passengers unaware of the danger.
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Conn
Laurence Oliver
Vivien Leigh
England
LaGuardia Field
New York
Here
Windham Field
Leo Carroll
Samuel Miller
Woodrow L. Lawson
Arthur A. Kuhn
Louis Louis weighs in for Conn title fight at Yankee Stadium
New York June 19 Joe Louis scaled 207 pounds while Billy Conn weighed 182 at the official weigh in for tonight’s 15 round heavyweight title fight at Yankee Stadium Louis skipped breakfast but called in for a steak dinner with black eyed peas Louis regards the dish as his personal good luck symbol ahead of the fight at Yankee Stadium
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New York
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Yankee Stadium
N Lakes
N. J
Louis
Black Eyed Peas
Curfew Clamped in Tel Aviv as Kidnapped Britons Searched
In Jerusalem on June 19 British officers were reported missing as the number of kidnap victims rose to six. Maj. H. B. Chadwick vanished after failing to attend a command meeting at the King David Hotel, with police tying his disappearance to the Irgun Zvai Leumi. A heavy ground sweep traced militants across Jewish settlements near the Lebanese border while Tel Aviv was put under curfew and communications were cut to thwart alerts. A Bailey bridge was used to cross the Jordan as engineers aided the operation.
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Osgood Caruthers
Jerusalem
P— Palestine
H. B. Chadwick
Kind David
Tel Aviv
Chadwick
Zval
Upper Galilee
Palestine
Jordan
Will Try To Knock High Western Appropriations
Republican senators open fight against a sharp rise in western reclamation funds. Senator Bridges said he would try to remove most of the 21.8 million boost added by the Senate appropriations committee to the Interior Department budget above the House level.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Chamber
Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Bridges
R.-N.h
Senate Committee
Radio vote ends Senate House deadlock on teen draft
Rep Walter G Andrews proxy vote from USS Panamint in the Pacific sways the Senate-House committee toward the compromise. The panel had earlier rejected the plan 4 to 3. Conferees, seven senators and six representatives, reassemble tomorrow to harmonize separate draft extension bills.
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House
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Walter G. Andrews
Pacific
Senate-House Committee
New York Republican
Uss Panamint
Andrews
Bikini
Louis Conn Heavyweight Title Show At Yankee Stadium
Joe Louis and Billy Conn prepare for a scheduled 15 round heavyweight title fight at Yankee Stadium in New York. Louis seeks a fifth straight title defense in a long career, while Conn aims for a surprising upset in front of about 65 000 spectators with ticket prices ranging from 10 to 100 dollars.
Prosecution Near Close in Navy Court Martial
In Annapolis Maryland the prosecution nears closing its case against Walter W Rollins chief steward a Navy general court martial on sex charges and four other counts. A delay stems from a dispute over surprise developments revealed in secret testimony and a planned brief on defense credibility of a key witness. A closed session followed a witness discussion with defense attorneys prompting a further recess request. See PROSECUTION page 6.
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Annapolis
Walter W. Rollins
Navy
Rollins
Virgin Islands
Joseph James
Jewe Ri Wallace
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