Operators Ready To Sign New Contract Giving $1 Day Raise
Washington reports soft coal operators led by John L. Lewis prepared to sign a new contract boosting miners pay to 14.05 for eight hours and a 20 cent per ton pension royalty, with aims to fund $100 monthly retiree payments and dependents benefits amid talks in Washington and Warrington as steel company interests resist terms.
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Washington
Steel Company
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Harry M. Moses Steel Company
United Mine Worker
Warrington
PI Batt
United Mine Workers
Southern Operators and Steel Company
Mrs Eliza Jane Morrow Dies at 86 in Bridgeport
Mrs Eliza Jane Morrow 86 wife of R A Morrow died at home yesterday morning She will be laid to rest Friday at 2 p m from Middleville Baptist church Born near Point Marion Pa October 16 1861 she was a daughter of A Y McElroy and Sarah Jane Dilloner McElroy She married R A Morrow December 25 1884 Survived by husband three daughters including Mrs Ethel Evans of Grafton and others Local obituary notes church membership and Route 50 Bridgeport residence.
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Middleville Baptist Church
Eliza Jane Morrow
R. A. Morrow
Bridgeport
Point Marion
A. Y. McElroy
Sarah Jane Dilloner McEloy
Taylor County Post to Hold Military Funeral for Hall Andrews
Taylor County Post No. 12 American Legion will conduct the military funeral for Hall Andrews of Newburg. Services are Sunday at 2 30 p m from Independence Baptist Church. The body lies in state at a Newburg funeral home. Burial will be in Gladesville cemetery. All Legionnaires are asked to meet at the Legion home at 1 pm to march in a group to the service.
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Taylor County
American Legion
Hall Andrews
Newburg
Baptist Church of Independence
Gladesville
Legion Hone
Furlora
Saltonstall Drops Out for Dewey at Last Minute
Philadelphia June 24 Senator Leverett Saltonstall withdraws as Massachusetts favorite son candidate and endorses Thomas E. Dewey. The move signals the collapse of an anti Dewey bloc as Governor Robert F Bradford already backs Dewey and Arthur Vandenberg factions show slim chances to block a Dewey sweep. Saltonstall says he accepts the designation for the best interest of the party and that voting his name would be unwise.
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Philadelphia
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Saltonstall
Dewey
Bay
Robert F. Bradford
Arthur Vandenberg
Henry C. Lodge, Jr
Sinclair Weeks
West Virginia
Delvey
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia Nationa
New Yorker
Helianen
City Council to Second Read Ordinance on Pins and Fortunes
The council plans a Friday 8 p m meeting to second read Ordinance 178 amending Ordinance 33. It raises pinball fees from 5 to 25 and fortune teller fees from 5 to 100 before expected passage. City Attorney Hugh R. McPhail presented the ordinance last Friday, with other topics anticipated.
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Hugh R. McPhail
Church Not Damaged After Severe Electric Storm
During the afternoon storm, residents reported St Matthias church afire to Gratton Volunteer Fire Department. Fire Chief John Proctor said flames were only sparks from an electric pole at St Marys and Boyd streets, likely caused by crossed wires during the storm. The church sustained no damage.
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Gratton Volunteer Fire Department
St. Matthias Church
John Proctor
St. Marys and
Boyd Streets
Proctor
Grafton aids TV relay for Louis Walcott bout
Washington reports the Air Force will assist Midwestern fans by relaying the Louis Walcott heavyweight bout from New York. A B-29, launched from Balti more, will circle over Grafton West Virginia at 25 000 feet to capture eastern signals and bend them back toward midwestern stations and receivers.
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Washington
Air Force
Middle West
Louis - Walcott
New York
Grafton
W. Va
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Midwest
Russians Cut Off Power in Berlin as Latest Move
Russians cut electric power to western Berlin and halted rail food shipments from western Germany as Gen. Lucius D. Clay warned no action short of war would remove Allied forces. Supplies and power fluctuated with restored lines, signaling further potential outages later.
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Berlin
Edwin Shanke
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Heidelberg
Germany
Soviet Zone
Beauty pageant to proceed despite Catholic withdrawal
In Moundsville on June 24, a Wheeling beauty contest saw a second Catholic entrant withdraw under church threats, but sponsors planned to hold the statewide pageant at Oglebay Park next Monday. Helen Mamula quit citing Bishop Swint’s ultimatum while Gertrude Bedway left earlier, saying she wanted to study music and did not seek vanity.
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Moundsville
Wheeling
Helen Mamula
Oglebay Park
John J. Swint
West Virginia
Gertrude Bedway
Swint
State Goes 15 1 For Dewey On 1st Ballot
West Virginia peers predict 15 to 1 for Governor Dewey on the first ballot after Walter Hallanan backs the NY governor. The Charleston aide Kay plans to vote Dewey on the second ballot, with no caucuses expected. Hallanan says Dewey will unite border states in November to help GOP control.
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State
Dewey
Frank Tragle
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Walter S. Hallanan
The
New Yorker
Hallanan
Robert H.C. Kay
Charleston
Kay
New York
Senate
Two Barboursville Girls Charged With Auto Theft
Police Chief F L Bradbury said two Barboursville sisters aged 12 and 10 would be turned over to Cabell county juvenile authorities on auto theft charges. He said he recovered the car late yesterday and that their father claimed they did not know how to drive. The car had been driven east on U S Route 60 after being stolen from a parking area near the Chesapeake and Ohio depot.
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Barboursville
F. L. Bradbury
Parbourdville
Cabell County
Bradbury
U.S
Chesa Peake and Ohio Depot
Barvoursville
Bishop Warns Catholic Girls Against Beauty Contests
In Wheeling on June 24 Bishop John J. Swint warned Catholic girls in the Wheeling diocese to avoid beauty contests or face excommunication. The message followed the withdrawal of Miss Gertrude Bedway from a contest, prompting the warning.
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Wheeling
John J. Swint
Gertrude Bedway
Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey Seen as Possible First Lady
The First Lady Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey, wife of the New York Governor, is widely regarded as the likely next First Lady of the Land as her husband remains a prominent national political figure.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
White House
Nominating Night Chaos at Philadelphia Convention Hall
At the Philadelphia convention hall the Republican nominating session stretched nearly seven hours with thousands present as Dewey trailed on the ballot. The scene included bands lighting up the hall, balloons, and a carnival atmosphere while delegates and audience erupt in chants and spectacle. Dewey held 517 votes on the second roll call, with Taft 274 and Stassen 140 as the balloting continued toward the nomination.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Taft
Stassen
Vasher
Warren
McArthur
Baldwin
Reece
Calvin Morrison Jaycee President at Grafton meeting
Calvin Morrison a popular mechanic at Hardine Motor Co was elected president of the Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce for the new club year succeeding F M Randolph at a Taylor County Board of Trade rooms meeting last night at 730 Bill Beall secretary to vice president elevat ed from secretary taking the office from Richard Leonard Charles Jones Monongahela Power Co was elected secretary and Charles Shroyer LL railroad office treasurer succeeding Junior Morrison New directors are Junior Morrison Charles W T Lockard Lloyd Mumaw Omer Thompson and Bill Ruktell See CALVIN paget
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Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Calvin Morrison
Hardine Motor Company
F. M. Randolph
Lophl Barber
Taylor County Board of
Bill Beall
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Richard Leonard
Charles Jones
Monongahela Power Company
Charles Shroyer
Junior Morrison
Charles W. T. Lockard
Lloyd Mumaw
Omer ‘Thompson
Bill Ruktell
Calvin Page
City Advocate Urges Care With Water Use
City Manager Curtis D. Decker appealed to Grafton residents to conserve water for lawns and similar uses. He noted high level housetops lack water pressure and urged Loveland addition and lower Blueville areas to avoid overuse of hoses and sprinklers.
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Mandager-Curtis
D. Decker
Grafton
Loveland Addition
Blueville
Legion resolution asks state funds for Memorial Day ceremonies
Taylor County Post No 12 American Legion unanimously approved a resolution urging the West Virginia legislature to boost appropriations for paying Memorial Day ceremony expenses at the National cemetery in Gratter. A committee reported progress on enlarging the cemetery, but details were not released. The post also adopted a resolution regarding a state bonus.
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Taylor County
American Legion
W. Va
U.S. Natinal
Gratter
Legion Post
National Cemetery
The
ADOPS
City Swelters As Mercury Hits 88 Mark Today
Sweltering conditions prevailed in Grafton with the temperature reaching 88 degrees this morning and falling to 86 by noon amid cloud cover. Yesterday’s peak hit 89 degrees but a light breeze offered relief today as heat kept residents indoors. Overnight the low was 63 with 0.17 inches of rain yesterday. Tonight looks hot and humid with scattered thundershowers forecast. relief is expected tomorrow with scattered showers and milder temperatures.
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Grafton
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Rd Allender
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