Principals Named for Taylor County Schools 1947-48
Taylor County Board of Education announced teacher placements for the 1947-48 term across Grafton High Flemington High and Grafton Junior High. Grafton High School lists Principal Kenneth Haun and a large faculty including Ruth Batton Mildred Bord Barbara Cather and many others. Flemington High adds Miss Hancock to the faculty as a six period day begins, with one social studies and library vacancy to be filled later. Grafton Junior High names Tarlock Rasmussen as principal with Barbara Drainer Wilma Evans Vera Finley and Geneva Hilkey among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Board of Education
Board of Education
Grafton High School
Kenneth Haun
Ruth Batton
Mildred R. Bord
Barbara Cather
Charles R. Cather
R. W. Clayton
Mildred Cleavenger
Hazel FE. Cole
Nellie Cook
Lynn Faulkner
Mildred W. Haddox
Sherman H. Haselden
Gladys M. Hickman
Francis A. Julian
Carroll R. Kearns
R. H. McKinney
Mary Ellen Roof
Robert C. Sloan
Nancy Anne Staley
F. C. Waggoner
G. Minette Watkins
Grace L. White
William B. Williams
Ruby Withers
A. V
Ruth Withers
George E
Wilson
Sully
Flemington
Mr. Wilson
Grafton
Tarlock Rasmussen
Barbara A. Drainer
Wilma B. Evans
Vera Finley
Geneva Hilkey
Mary See
Senate backs 17 million Navy funding hike for 1948
Washington reports the senate appropriations committee recommends restoring 17 million dollars to the Navy budget for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. The action would allow keeping 43,000 officers and 395,000 enlisted men, with larger crews on major combatant ships and more aircraft than the House plan.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy
House
Saltonstall
R. Mass
Senate Appropriations
Bridges
Grafton Sentinel Announces Tonight’s Strand Dixie Movie Double Features
The Grafton Sentinel invites readers to attend tonight’s cinema bill at the Strand Theatre featuring a double feature with It Happened in Brooklyn starring Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson followed by That Way With Women with Dane Clark and Martha Vickers. The Dixie Theatre offers The Stranger From Pelica City starring Charles Starrett and Virginia Hunter.
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Grafton Sentinel
W. C. Manley
McGraw Avenue
Brooklyn
Frank Sinatra
Kathryn Grayson
Strand Theatre
Dane Clark
Martha Vickers
Stranger
Pelica City
Charles Starret
Virginia Hunter
Dixie Theatre
Gangland Bullets Take Life Of One-Time Public Enemy
Beverly Hills California June 21 Gangland bullets last night killed Benjamin Bugsie Siegel 41 a gambler and former public enemy He sat reading a newspaper at home after returning from Ocean Park with friends Police Captain William W White said an unseen gunman fired through the window four shots pierced the body as Allen Smiley a sport figure nearby ducked Siegel remained in a upright position with the paper in his lap as officers found him Smiley recalled the glass shattering and Siegel slumping in death”
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Ben-jamin
Bugsie) Siegel
William W. White
Siegel
Ocean Park Beach
Allen Smiley
Captain White
Smiley
White
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Falling Three Kills Bridegroom Yesterday
A 100 foot pine fell across highway 89 near Tahoe City killing bridegroom William Albert Mellen 21 of Napa and injuring his bride Nina who was honeymooning in the coupe. Nina remained in a Reno hospital with injuries and shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoe City
Highway 89
William Albert Mellen
Napa
Nina
Reno
More Flee as Levee Workers Battle Flood
Hannibal Missouri on June 21 reports a second big flood crest driving hundreds from homes while levee crews fight in an all night effort. Mississippi River at 11 feet over flood stage, Say levee on Illinois side critical, risk of 120000 acres inundation. Red Cross shelters 1000 in Central Junior High, Coast Guard cutter at flooded station. Canton and Alexandria also heavily flooded as upstream rains threaten renewed crest.
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Hannibal
Hannibal- Quincy
Mississippi
Say
Tiiois
Red Cross
Central Junior High School
Coast Guard
Canton
Alexandria
BEGIN NEXT STEP TO PARTITION INDIA
Walter J. Mason reports from New Delhi on June 21 as Calcutta takes the first solid step toward partition and Punjab readies the next move amid Hindu Sikh and Moslem conflicts. Police say 50 killed and many injured in landholder tenant fighting near Lucknow. A 24 hour curfew was set in Lucknow as troops moved in and riots in Lahore killed five and wounded 40 before legislative voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Mason
Delhi
India
Calcutta
Punjab
Lucknow
United Provinces
Lahore
H. Williams
Begin Page & Ea Pesnet
Four Men Convicted For Armed Robbery
Beckley June 21 A criminal court jury convicted four men on armed robbery charges linked to a February mass jailbreak from Raleigh county jail. Defendants Levi Lucas Prosperity Garland Hartwell Ralph Wayne McComas and Harry Shaw Freeman faced sentencing pending. Judge W A Riffe did not pass sentence immediately.
Two of Nation's Top Industrial Families Unite
Akron Ohio June wedding of Martha Parke Firestone Ford and William Clay Ford unites two famed dynasties. Ceremony at St Peter's Episcopal church followed by a reception at Harbel Manor. Ford, 22, to finish Yale study while bride, a Vassar graduate, plans to stay at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Martha Parke
William
Clay Ford
Henry Ford
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Beverly Dandridge Tucker
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
Walter Tunks
St. Paul's
Harbel Manor
New Haven
Yale University
Vassar
America
Europe
War Widows Set 384 Mile Flight Record East
A young war widow and her sister flew from Burbank to Denver at a 384 mile per hour average to visit their seafaring grandmother Diana Cyrus. They claimed the flight over the Rockies was a lead pipe cinch, reaching 15 000 feet with oxygen and noting cold toes over Mount Evans. The sisters, Corio Converse and the widow, praised granny's cooking while the trip echoes a prior flight by Mrs Cyrus’ son in an A 26 attack plane.
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Denver
Rockies
Burbank
Calif
Diana Cyrus
Fort Worth
Tex
Corio Converse
Cyrus
Mount Evans
Granny
Mary Converse
Denver Mariner
WAR Widows
Seek Action To Stop Shutdown At Plant
West Virginia lawmakers from both parties united to urge action to prevent the shutdown of the large synthetic rubber plant at Institute W Va. The plant employs about 600 workers and Hedrick noted other plants on the Gulf and West Coasts would stay open if a presidential order is unchanged. He asserted a plant of this type should be near the Eastern Seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
Institute
W. Va
Hedrick
Gulf and West Coasts
Seaboard
Weekend May Bring Decisive Moment In Europe's History
Albert Klug a 64 year old St. Josephs resident in Marshall County was killed instantly in a gruesome accident while working near his home. Coroner David Baly said Klug was feeding rope into a steel winch when it fouled and drew him into the drum as the rop coil wrapped around him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
Albert Klug
St. Joseph's
Here
Marshall County
David Baly
Baly
Klug
Decision Lies In Mind Of Prime Minister Stalin
The piece argues a decisive weekend could shape Europe’s fate. Stalin faces a choice between joining Britain and France in a planned economic one world for Europe or pursuing an independent East bloc path. Bevin weighs Marshall’s offer to aid postwar recovery, signaling U.S. influence on European politics.
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Stalin
Glenn. Williams
London
Europe
Russia
Britain
France
Ernest Bevin
U. S
George C. Marshall
Idaho Senator Holds Floor In Senate Filibuster Spin
Senator Gen Taylor of Idaho spent hours on the floor in the Senate debating the Taft Hartley labor bill. He claimed he was not filibustering but wanted time for the chamber to reflect before voting on overriding President Truman's veto. Curtain time was 6 50 p m yesterday and he kept speaking past midnight.
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Francis J. Kelly Washington
Gen Taylor D Dahoy
Senate
Truman
Taylor
Idaho
Swiss Girl Jills GI For Doctor Enroute To U. S.
Michael Lonardo of New Haven waited at the New York pier to greet the Swiss girl he toured in Paris two years earlier. Instead, ship doctor Dr. Robert M. Tirman of Brooklyn stepped ashore and apologized, saying she planned to see the SWISS page 3.
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New York
Michael Lonardo
New Haven
Conn
Paris
Marine Falcon
Jeanette Smirnoff Provost
Lonardo
Robert M. Tirman
Brooklyn
Army
Dr. Tirmen
Missing 24 year old cousin of Stimson named
A 12 state alert is out for Mrs Barbara Riggs Clement 24 cousin of former secretary of war Henry L Stimson missing since last Wednesday after visiting the Stimson home at Cold Spring Harbor Nassau County police report She was last seen driving away in a gray sedan Stimson said she appeared upset and spoke of bringing serious news
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
Barbara Riggs Clement
Henry W. Stimson
Stimson
Cold Spring Harbor
Nassau County
Clement
West Virginia House votes strict party lines on veto override
Washington June 21 Republicans Ellis Love Rohrbough Shyder voted to override the president's veto of the labor-management bill. Democrats Hedrick and Kee opposed. The tally showed party-line division among West Virginia representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washhington
West Virginia
House of Representatives
Ellis
Love
Rohrbough
Shyder
Hedrick
Kee
Russia may reopen Iran case in UN Security Council
Washington report notes Russia could use the Security Council to challenge a 25 million dollar American credit to Iran aimed at blocking Soviet expansion and similar to the Greek-Turkish aid. Delegates recall Andrei Gromyko’s past council move and warn the issue could be revived if Moscow seeks to contest Truman doctrine efforts in Iran.
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John A. Parris, JR
Lake Success
Iran
Soviet Union
Russia
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Security Council
Greece
Turkey
Andrei,a. Gromyko
Yasia
Azerbaijan
Council
Lussia
Sharp Senate Fight Over Vote Delays Seen
The Senate contends with a divided Republican bloc as the vote on the dispatch bill is delayed amid talk of extending sessions. Taft and Moore lead factions pressing for action by Monday while others seek to wait for House reaction to a veto message. Continuous 24 hour session shows no clear path to an immediate final vote.
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Washington
Senate
Reid
Taft
Ohio
Dispatch
Stnate Republican Policy Committee
Morés
Maine
House
Rore
July 4 Boat Races Set on Tygart Lake Regatta
The Tygart Lake Development corporation directors approved July 4th events at the Tygart Valley River reservoir. Seven boat races were planned with an 11 am to 1 pm arrival window and an exhibition by a water skis rider and a seaplane display. Participants from Grafton Taylor county and nearby areas were invited to compete, with course length and viewing plans finalized for a large crowd.
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Tygart Valley
Reservoir Lake
Tygart Lake Development Corporation
Grafton
Taylor County
Miner Burns To Death In Fire At Logan
Logan June 21 A middle aged former miner was burned to death in a fire that destroyed his home in the Sandy Bottom district at Omar nine miles south of Logan West Virginia Firemen from the West Virginia Coal and Coke Corp arrived too late to save him and heard his screams from inside the burning structure The origin of the blaze was undetermined.
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Logan
Jesse Coburn
Sandy Bottom
Omar
Here
West Virginia Coal and Coke Corp
Children Birthright Sermon for Children’s Day Program
A church program at First Church of Christ Moody Road and Beech presents a Children’s Day service featuring a sermon titled The Children’s Birthright. The event includes a 9 30 A M church school session followed by a 10 30 A M sermon and Children’s Day activities.
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First Church OF CH
MOcRAW_& & BEECH
Beatrice Elfen Dolan Dies at City Hospital
Beatrice Elfen Dolan of 269 West Main Street, a member of St Augustine Church and the Sodality of Blessed Virgin, died at City Hospital at about 8:25. Her death followed a two week illness attributed to heart failure. She was born in Weatsea to Margaret and Dolan, aged about 32 with four children.
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Beatrice Elfen Dolan
Main Street
City
St. Augustine Church
Sodality of Blessed Virgin
Weatsea
Margaret D’ Eine
Dolan
Ohio
Weather Forecast Fragment for Anil Coot Area
Fragmentary OCR weather note reports cloudy skies and a warmer day with a forecast around 45 degrees and a noon reading near 78. The text mentions possible rain signals and unsettled conditions for the day in the Anil Coot region.
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Esterday
Ture
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Eft
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Istanbul
Megadine
Syria
Joseph H. Hart
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Stimgon
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MS. Dol Bes
Anil Coot
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