Two Williamson Officers Reinstated by Civil Service Commission
Two Williamson policemen McCoy and Johnson were ordered reinstated by the Civil Service Commission after finding Mayor Hatfield lacked authority to dismiss them. The commission said their insubordination conduct was not to be counted against other patrolmen and ordered back pay from the dismissal until new employment begins, restoring all rights and privileges.
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Williamson
Civil Service Commission
Ous
Joseph P. Hatfield
McCoy
Warren Jos PE
Johnson
Bath
Kidnap Story Learned After Captor Killed
In Steubenville Ohio two teenaged youths were kidnapped and locked in a car trunk by JoePa ic of Canhonsburg Pennsylvania. A gun battle at a junction near Steubenville led to the captor's death and police were alerted when Matilda Pacific wife of the suspect contacted authorities. The captor had robbed and beaten the youths who had not eaten for two days. motive remains unknown.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Joe Paic
Canhonsburg
Pennsylvan
0 Junction
Steubeny
Matilda
Pacific
Mingo Juncia
Nick Cursi
Joseph Zolmerchik
Cokeburg
Pennsylvaia
Call Five Witnesses In Murder Trial Of Miner Today
Five prosecution witnesses are to testify today in the case against Vincenzo Stefanizzi in Mariintown for first degree murder. Prosecutor John V Sanders seeks a Supreme Court verdict. The defense will rely on insanity and self defense. Dr Paul Al Douglas of Morgantown was shot in his car near Morgantown on April 1. Two witnesses testified yesterday seeing the miner fire the fatal shots.
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Morgantown
Vincenzo Stefanizzi
Mariintown
Johni 'V
Sanders
Stefanizzi
Paul AL. Douglas
Starelty
Six Year Burglary Cleared In Mingo County
Williamson report says Paul Rice of Logan County admitted breaking into a Mingo liquor store in 1944 and stealing whisky stock and cash. He took 42 cases of whisky and 408 dollars cash, and is bound to the September Mingo grand jury on breaking and entering.
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Williamson
Pace
Mingo County
Paul Rice
Logan County
Rice
Mingo
Local youths enlist in Coast Guard for three years
Two young men enlist in the United States Coast Guard for a three year term on June 15. James F. Arnold of Gatton and Harold G. Herron of Pridgeport report for Cape May New Jersey for a three month training period. After a ten day leave from Cape May they will be assigned to a regular unit.
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United States Coast Guard
James F. Arnold
Grafton
Harold G. Herron
Pridgeport
Cape May
New Jersey
Auto Wreck Victims Recovering At Hospital Here
A physician reported Clyde Humphreys of Elkins is improving at Grafton City hospital after a serious automobile wreck at the intersection of U S Route 50 and Route 92 yesterday morning. Humphreys, 35, remained unconscious with concussion and lacerations. Companion William Clyde Galford of Maidsville suffered a leg injury and lacerations and is improving at City hospital. The convertible’s occupants were northbound on Route 92 when braking for the intersection caused the car to skid, overturn, and roll 150 feet into a field owned by Junior Jenkins, according to State Trooper A C Hostatler of the Kingwood district.
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Clyde Humphreys
Elkins
Grafton City Hospital
Humphreys
William Clyde Galford
Maidsville
City Hospital
Junior Jenkins
A. C. Hostatler
Kingwood Detachment
Grafton Prepares for 28 Ride Carnival and 800 Guests
Fire Chief John Proctor announces the Cetlin and Wilson circus comes to Grafton next week with 28 rides and 800 people arriving by train. The show will unload at Beech street, 75 volunteers will aid, and the parade continues to Clarksburg after Indianapolis and Richmond fair runs.
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Grafton
John Proctor
Chief Proctor
Indianapolis
Richmond
Morgantown
Clarksburg
R. C. McCarter
Proctor
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Philippi seeks 10 percent cut in electric rates
West Virginia Public Service Commission heard Philippi’s request to lower electric bills an average of 10 percent. Philippi, buying wholesale power from Monongahela Power, recently renegotiated a better contract and will use savings to reduce charges to residents.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Philippi
Monongahela Power Company
Race Plans Nearing Completion at Tygart Lake Regatta
Plans are nearing completion for a major boat race meet at Tygart Lake on Sunday July 2 with eight events. Racing committee chairman Tra Poe of the Tygart Lake Development corporation announced the courses have been laid out anew and will allow spectators to view from both lake shores. Concessions will be available on the first parking lot as thousands of fans are expected for the Eastern states regatta.
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Tygart Lake
Tra Poe
Tygart Lake Development Corporation
Poe
Wool Pool Held in County School Bus Garage Today
About forty eight farmers participate in today's Taylor county Wool pool at the school bus garage. Farmers bring wool from 1 00 to 3 00 p m weigh the wool and have it pooled for sale. The federal government purchases the wool and pays the farmers.
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S . Taylor County
Ralph Fike
Grafton Motorist To Receive Hearing
Harold M. Bond of Grafton charged with driving on the wrong side of the road will have a hearing before Magistrate F. W. Pritt of Clarksburg. Bond allegedly side swiped a car driven by Willis D. Hovatter of Grafton on Route 50 near Evansville and was arrested by state police.
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Harold M. Bond
Grafton
F. W. Pritt
Clarksburg
Bond
Willis D Hovatter
Evansville
West Virginia marks 87th birthday with quiet observance
West Virginia celebrates 87 years since Lincoln proclaimed statehood on April 20 1863. The day saw business as usual in Grafton with only state and local offices and some stores closed. The state now tops 2 million people with 4 200 grade schools 450 high schools 76 libraries and 97 000 farms while coal mining remains a national leader and state bank deposits approach 952 million dollars.
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Grafton
West Virginia
First National Bank
Taylor County Court House
West Virginia Department of Unemployment
Abraham Lincoln
Mountain State
Acheson asks governors to aid backward nations
Secretary of State Acheson urged U S governors at White Sulphur Springs to back Truman era aid programs for backward nations. He framed relief as strengthening free world resilience against extremism and stressed U S efforts to build peace through humanitarian help. See ACHESON page 6
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White Sulphur Springs
Truman
Acheson
United States
Plan to Cut Excise Taxes Tied to Corporate Hike
Democrats move to cut excise taxes by 1.01 billion dollars yearly in the House. They plan to offset losses with a corporate tax increase and closing loopholes, meeting President Truman’s veto threat if revenues are not compensated. The Ways and Means Committee approved a 433 million dollar corporate tax rise as part of the plan.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Ais
Three Convicts Remain At Large From Kingwood Camp
KINGWOOD three escapees from the Caldwell State prison road camp near Kingwood stay at large after a Sunday night breakout A fourth convict was captured in Charleston John Westfall of Charleston admitted escaping Kanawha county man was serving eight to ten years for auto theft and was to be freed next April Walker Ruffin and Mooney remain at large with Kanawha Raleigh county ties and sentence ranges given Police quoted Mooney as saying I just can't take it up there any more.
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Kingwood
Cadell State Prison
Charleston
Leo Walker
Kanawha County
Bernard Ruffin
Raleigh County
Robert Mooney
Walker
Ruffin
Mooney
John Westfall
J. H. Kessinger
Moundsville
Hotel Man Held On Murder Charge
33 year old John Wynne, hotel and restaurant manager, posted 10000 bond on a murder charge over the death of 38 year old William Duncan of Tazewell Virginia. Duncan died after a June 12 altercation in front of the Ritz Hotel. Wynne says Duncan drank and caused a disturbance. Wynne waived to the September grand jury.
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Williamson
Johnwynne
William Duncan
Tazewell
Virginia
Wynne
Duncan
Ted
Ritz
Wyne
Action On Legislation Expanding Social Security Today
The Senate meets at noon to vote on amendments to a bill expanding Social Security. The plan aims to raise old age and survivors benefits and add about ten million workers to coverage. Voting starts at 4 p.m. on amendments, with pay as you go and higher pension provisions under consideration.
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Washington
Senate
House
Free Vogeler in Return for Priceless Crown
Vienna reports indicate Hungary may release Robert Vogeler within weeks in exchange for the priceless Crown of St Stefan. The crown, seized by Nazis and later found by American troops, is a revered relic central to Hungarian legitimacy and history.
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Washington
Robert Vogeler
Hungary
St. Stefan
Germany
Vienna
Austria
Vogelet
Pope Jylvester
Stefan
Hunary
High Commission
Frankfurt
Carloadings on Baltimore and Ohio rail up this week
Revenue freight on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for the week ended June 17 totaled 61 518 cars, up from 46 805 cars in the same week last year. Coal loadings reached 13 153 cars versus 4 349 previously. The prior week ending June 10 recorded 61 288 cars in total.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
British Freighter Explodes in Red Sea with 73 Aboard
An all night search was conducted for survivors of the British freighter Indian Enterprise which exploded and sank 300 miles south of Suez. The ship, en route from London to Indian ports, carried 580 tons of explosives and had a crew of 73, with only one injured survivor found. The vessel carried no passengers and was largely British and Indian officers and crew. The survivor was picked up by a tanker near the Venezuela coast en route to Suez.
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London
Red Sea
Suez
Ne ‘Aly
South America
Isa
Venezuela
Coast’ Guard
Miami
Florida
United States
Caracas
Donna’ Wetherald
State Department
Maracaibo
ICC Asked To Reduce Freight Rate
The live stock industry petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a general reduction in railroad freight rates on live animal shipments. Seven livestock grower associations claimed postwar rate increases diverted traffic to other transport modes and urged immediate rate revisions to protect rail traffic and revenues. They cited regional increases of 4.1 percent in the West 50 percent in the South and 55 percent in the East and noted livestock movements last year were 40 percent below 1946 levels. The sponsors were American National Livestock National Wool Growers Texas and Southwestern Cattle Risers Texas Sheep and Cattle Raisers Texas Sheep and Breeders Livestock Traffic and National Livestock Producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Icc
Commission
American National Livestock, National Wool Growers
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Risers
Texas Sheep and Cattle Raisers
Texas Sheep and Breeders, Livestock Traffic
National Livestock Producers
Tone Down Coffee Price Increase Report Sparks Protest
A Senate subcommittee revises a report on coffee price increases after Latin American diplomats protest parts of its recommendations. Assistant Secretary of State Edward Miller Jr. warned the report could harm good neighbor relations and called portions about soaring prices an affront to coffee producing nations. The document suggested antitrust prosecutions and Justice Department action over the price rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Te ‘Department
Edward Miller
Full
Agriculture Committee
United States
Miller
Justice Department
McCarthy Attacks Hurt GOP Prospects at Governors’ Meet
At the White Sulphur Springs governors conference, Republicans weigh if McCarthy’s attacks will help or harm the party in November. California’s Earl Warren says McCarthy speaks for himself and has not proved charges. Pennsylvania’s James Duff warns the public about subversives, while Dewey offers cautious reaction. The Justice Department considers releasing a full Amerasia report amid ongoing inquiries.
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Washington
Howard McGra
Justice Department
Amerasia
Joseph McCarthy
State Department
Ifornia
McCarthy
Werten
Pennsylvania
James Duff
Senate
Duff
Thomas Dewey
New York
Wreck on Cumberland picnic leaves two dead and many injured
A school picnic trip near Cumberland Maryland ended in tragedy as a truck carrying 40 students plunged down an embankment. Two children Jean McFarland and Raymond Meyers of Lonaconing were killed. Three were listed in critical condition and 33 treated for lesser injuries. The driver Francis Mills lacked a valid license. Stanley Owens of Keyser West Virginia and Charlotte Hadley and Mrs James Cameron of Laconing Maryland were among the seriously hurt adults and students.
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Iktyser
Cumberland
Maryland
Stanley Ownes
Keyser
West Virginia
Charlotte Hadley
James Cameron
Laconing
Jean McFarland
Raymond Meyers
Lonaconing
Cameron
Francis Mills
Milk deliveries resume as Washington strike ends
Washington promises milk deliveries will normalize by midweek after a nine major day strike was settled. Pittsburgh aims for early settlement of its milk strike while Los Angeles remains paralyzed by a transit stoppage. An influx of 200000 Shrinners bound for a convention worsens the scene, with Alaskan Shriner dog sleds joked about as a solution.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Alaska
Angeles
Pay Hike Demands From City Street Workers
Princeton city council faces pressure to raise wages as street maintenance and labor groups seek increases. Unions request 20 to 35 cents hourly pay bumps for unskilled and skilled street workers, with a raise-if-granted scheme of $1.10 to $1.25 per hour, plus a $25 monthly boost for patrolmen.
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Princeton
United Construction Workers
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Winchell
Benedict Macri
William Lurge
Walter Winchell
International Ladies Garment Workers
Damon Runyon Cancer Fund
Bill Stahl
New York Daily Mirror
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Action On
Legislaton
Vogeler
India
M’carthy
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