Grafton Bands Attend Week-Long Camp at Horseshoe
Fifty-two students from Graf ton Senior and Junior High will travel to Camp Horseshoe near Thomas in Tucker county for a week of music study and wholesome recreation. Paul Shahan directs the project with chaperones Mrs. Paul Shahan Mrs. B Seymour Mrs Walter ie and Warren Outright assisting and notes that this is the first time the Grafton group has ventured to a band camp.
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Graf_ton
Thomas
Tucker County
Paul Sha'isa
Shahan
Paul Aden
Seymour
Walter Ie
Paul Shahan
Ference Seymour
Warren Outright
Fe Bert
Smith
Paul P. Warden
Weston
Grafton
Bards Play Paw Paw Weekend Schedule with Big Acts
Paw Paw Pavilion in central West Virginia announces an all star three month lineup for dancers. Ray Wingle's orchestra opens the weekend followed by Tony Sauro and his 13 piece group. June 25 and 26 feature Mercer Ellington with a colored dance Friday and white dancers Saturday. Joseph Sudy and his violin orchestra close the weekend.
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Paw Paw
West Virginia
Anthony Cavalier
Ray Wingle
Tony Sauro
Agmng
Mercer Ellington
Negro Orchestra
Joseph Sudy
Income Tax Evasion Fines Hit $15,000 Each in District Court
In Elkins June 19 two men pleaded guilty in Wheeling to income tax evasion and received fines of 15,000 apiece. Earl H. Arnett of Point Pleasant and James W. Lewis of Charleston faced suspended prison sentences. Arnett had already paid 15,000 in taxes and penalties. Lewis reportedly owed about 30,000 in taxes and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
Wheeling
Earl H. Arnett
Point Pleasant
James W. Lewis
Charleston
William E. Baker
Revenue Department
Lewis
Betty
Elderly Mrs Gallaher Fractures Hip In Fairmont
Mrs Mary Gallaher 88 recently fell and fractured her hip at her East End home. She is now hospitalized at Fairmont General Hospital. She is aunt to Mrs Frank Morgan of 116 Street, and resided with Mr and Mrs Clark R Morgan in Fairmont.
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Mary Gallaher
Clark R. Morgan
Fairmont
Fairmont General Hospital
Frank Morgan
116 Street
Strike Of 700 Clerks Ends With Pay Raise
Uniontown Pa June 19 A month long strike of 700 AFL clerks in 66 Union Supply Co stores ended last night with a 10 percent wage increase. D Caldwell Local 590 Amalgamated Food Em ployes said the union also secured a two week paid vacation under a one year contract. Most clerks will report to work today or Monday in stores operated by U S Steel Corp subsidiary in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The union had originally sought 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Union Supply Co
D. Caldwell
590
Amalgamated Food Employes
U. S.steel Corp
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Headquarters For GOP National Confab Listed
Republican convention headquarters and potential candidates are listed in Philadelphia. Names include Thomas E. Dewey at Bellevue-Stratford, Douglas MacArthur at Adelphia, Edward Martin at Real Estate Trust Building, Harold E. Stassen at 1424 Walnut Street, Robert A. Taft at the Benjamin Franklin, Earl Warren at Bellevue-Stratford, Arthur Vandenberg at Warwick, and Carroll Reece as National Chairman at the Bellevue-Stratford.
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Gay
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Bellevue - Stratford
Douglas MacArthur
Adel_ phia
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Real Estate Trust
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Walnut Street
Robert A.taft
Ohio
Benjamin, Franklin
Earl Waarren
Califor_ nia
Bellevue—Statford
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigal
Warwick Hotel
Reepublican Party
Carroll Reece
the Bellevue
Stratford
Local cool Sunday with scattered thundershowers
Gratton and Taylor County forecast calls for a cool Sunday with morning clouds then partial sun. noon high near 81 and a prior low of 47. The report notes scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight with cooler temperatures ahead.
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Gratton
Taylor County
Republicans Weigh Farm Plan to Ease Living Costs
The Republican convention platform drafters favored a farm group proposal to reduce living costs by lowering artificial price supports for farm prices and food. If adopted, this would lower food prices under a revised farm program pending no emergency shortages. The plan aims to curb government spending while keeping farmers protected.
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Ovid Martin
Philadelphia
Ancher Nelson
Filibuster Facts and World War I No Man's Land Note
The article covers a Senate filibuster moment involving Senator Taylor and an objection by Senator Brewster over remarks about senator conduct. It notes Ives upheld the ruling and Taylor was directed to sit. It also explains No Man's Land as a medieval term, and adds facts about bakers enriching bread with vitamins and iron, gas utility customers, and a hospital patient count from 1947.
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Idaho
Henry A. Wallace
Brewster
Maine
Taylors
Senate
Taylor
Congress
Ives
R.-N.y
No Man’s Land
No Man's Land
London
Rites Friday For Nell Laundress In Moundsville
Funeral services were held for Nell Laundress a 50 year old former Gratton resident who died Tuesday at her parents home in Moundsville Interment followed at Rosedale Cemetery She moved to Moundsville seven years ago and left two children Ber Y Jones and Juanita Alestuck a sister Nina Bell and a brother Ray Laundress of Moundsville
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Nell Laundress
Gratton
George Laundress
Walnut Street
Moundsville
Rosedale Cemetery
Ber Yi Jones
West
Washington Street
Juanita Alestuck
Latrobe Street
Nina Bell
Ray Laundress
Soviet tightens control around Berlin traffic
Russians push to block entry into Berlin while allowing Allied personnel to leave. Road congestion builds at Helmstedt as Soviet zone gates tighten. British bus service halted. American and French truck and passenger transport blocked. New carefull inspection rules target barges and freight trains into the city. Sokolovsky cites defense measures with limited westbound freight under strict scrutiny.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
Ite
Vic Ver Says 61 Insurance Provides Teal Information
Vic Ver reports that sixty one insurance plans offer teak guidance from the nearest VA office, outlining benefits and aid options for veterans.
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61 Insurance
TEYL
West Virginia Girls State delegates chosen at Rhodendron event
Governor Faye Wallace of Beechbottom and Betty Holroy of Mullens were selected as delegates to the Girls Nation encampment in Washington August 7 12 by a state girls state vote. Alternate delegates named were Barbara Williamson of Charleston and Pat Lively of Beckley. The Rhodendron Girls State assembly celebrated with attendance pins and certificates for 260 participants as the American Legion Auxiliary sponsored the long camp and legislative activities.
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Jackson's Mill
Faye Wallace
Beechbottom
Betty Holroy
Mullens
West Virginia
Washington
Rhodesdon
Charleston
Pat Lively
Beckley
Rhodendron
American Legion Auxiliary
Senate
Goundaye Wathbottom
Wseheukot Journalism
West Virginia University
House
West Virginia Day Closures by Bank and Court House
First National Bank of Grafton and the Taylor County Court House observe West Virginia Day with Monday closings. The notices announce a shared holiday closure impacting banking and county services in Grafton and Taylor County.
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West Virginia
First National Bank of
Grafton
Taylor County Court House
Boy Drowns While Swimming In Reservoir
In Neon Kentucky an 11 year old boy Delmar Boggs Jr of Fleming drowned while swimming with playmates in a reservoir owned by the Norfolk and Western Railway. Verbal Collier 11 struggled with Delmar but the boy slipped from his grasp in seven feet of water. The body was recovered 20 minutes later after attempts at artificial respiration.
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Neon
Delmar Boggs
J. R. Chitwood
Revercomb Lists Aid West Virginia Would Receive
Senator Revercomb of West Virginia said the state would receive about 9.56 million dollars in federal aid highway funds over two years under a conference committee approved measure. The bill authorizes 450.9 million dollars annually for each fiscal year 1950 and 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Revercomb
R-Wvar
West Virginia
Senate House, Conference Committee
Sercomb
Sheriff Admits Beating Wife and Daughter at Cliff Edge
A report states Sheriff Tom Warrock confessed to beating his wife Hattie Lucille and daughter, then pushing them over a cliff after a quarrel on Thursday. Officers tracked the faint call from the ledge 70 feet down, with the body further 50 feet above railroad tracks.
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Tom Warrock
Hattie Lucille
Lorado Postmaster Pleads Guilty in Federal Funds Case
Lorado West Virginia postmaster John L Cook pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner J E Greever to charges of stealing about 3800 in COD receipts. He is free on a 2000 bond awaiting action by the September federal grand jury on the case.
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Lorado
John L. Cook
W. Va
Liberty
U.S
J. E. Greever
Walter Farrell
Kenova
Cook
C.O.D
City council debates license hikes on pinball and fortune tellers
At the council session Prosecuting Attorney Hugh R McPhail proposed amending Ordinance No 33 to raise pinball machine licenses from 5 to 25 and fortune teller licenses from 5 to 100 with a second reading date not yet set. Other license taxes were discussed but no action taken. Mayor Russel Dotson confined to home.
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N Contanee
Hugh R. McPhail
Russel Dotson
Pets Monin
Martin company on night session seeks new compromise
Talks with representatives failed to reach agreement during a late night session. Both sides planned to resume discussions at 1 p.m. EST to try to close the differences.
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Wellsburg
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Alderson
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Wells
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Ray Vingle
SUN
Tony Lauro
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Ray
Vingle
Ted ‘Weems
Ray Anthony
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Tex Bencke
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