Coplon rests in espionage trial as verdict looms
Judith Coplon, 28, former Justice Department political analyst, rests amid the espionage trial recess. The eight men and four women jury must decide if she stole government secrets to pass to Russia. Frantic frames of frame up and harlot accusations mark the proceedings begun after her New York arrest with Russian engineer Valentine Gubitchev on March 4.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Russia
FBI
Valentine A. Gubitchev
New York
Belgians Vote on Exiled King Return
Belgians face a general election with the central question of whether exiled King Leopold II should be restored to the throne. The ballot will elect deputies, senators, and provincial councils as parties weigh the royal issue and promise referendums if they gain a Senate and Chamber majority.
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Brussels
Belgium
Opold II
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Social Christian
Leopold
Social Christians
Chamber
Tunnel Boom Clears Rock For Bluefield Rail Work
BLUEFIELD P The concrete pour was scheduled after 13 feet of rock was blasted through to hollow the Norfolk and Western Railway’s 7116-160 tunnel. Ten charges broke the last rock barrier on Elkham Mountain yesterday. The tunnel is the centerpiece of a 12 million dollar improvement project eleven miles west of town. The railroad claims the double track bore is the largest railroad tunnel in height and width.
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Bluefield (P
Cnecrete
Norfolk and Western Railway
Elkham Mountain
Young Republicans Elect Chairman In Salt Lake City
Indiana's Philip Willkie challenges major contenders for the Young Republican National Federation chair as delegates in Salt Lake City favor a dark horse bid. California's Laughlin E. Waters stands out among announced candidates while others seek alternative endorsements. Waters leads as the best publicly announced option, with Willkie entering late after a telegraphed appointment in Indiana.
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Salt Lake City
Indiana
Philip Willkie
GOP
Hugh D. Scott
Truman
Young Republican National Federation
California
Laughlin E. Waters
Waters
Suport
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Indiana Young Republicans
Truman seeks postmasters cut from politics
Washington reports President Truman won unexpected support from patronage-minded lawmakers for his demand that Congress remove postmasters from political influence. He urged legislation to revise Post Office fiscal procedures relax contract and personnel rules and grant the postmaster general full appointment authority under civil service safeguards.
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Washington
Truman
Congres
Congress
Hoover Re
Post Office Department
Postmaster General
Gala Opening Preparations For Manos Theatre In Grafton
The new Manos theatre in Grafton prepares for Monday night opening with a parade from Main Street. Mayor Dotson Judge Watkins and other dignitaries will attend as hundreds fill the seats and staff rehearse crowd handling. The 600 seat house features pushback chairs with spring cushions and air conditioning, drawing praise from locals.
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Manos
Lovale
Maing Street
Eat
Grafton Junior Hie
Russell G. Dotson
Merle Watkins
Paul Eeok
Nin
Pera
Cular
Miners Begin 10 Day Vacation Amid Contract Talks
Pittsburgh dispatch notes the nations 480000 United Mine Workers start a 10 day paid vacation as contract negotiations with Southern Coal Producers race toward a climax. Talks resume Monday at Bluefield West Virginia with key issues including wage demands and union shop clause.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine
UMW
James Boyd
U.S. Bureau of Mines
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
UM W
Southern Coal
Bluefield
W. Va
Manos Architect Designs 350 Theatres
Victor A. Rigaumont, architect of the new Manos theatre, has designed over 350 theatres and many churches since 1916. A Carnegie Tech and Beaux Arts trained architect, he also designed Manos theatres in Uniontown Jeannette Latrobe Indiana New Castle and St Elkins West Virginia.
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Victor A. Rigaumont
New Manostheatre
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Atelier Ambdenstock
Beaux Arts
Paris
Uniontown
Jeannette
Latrobe
Indiana
New Castle
St Elkins
West Virginia
Wooer of Gullible Widows Caught in Chicago Trap
Sigmund Engel a 73 year old famed confidence man who wooed gullible widows for fifty years was trapped by a Chicago widow in a Michigan Avenue luggage shop. Mrs Genevieve Parro 55 led Engel to police after suspicious courtship. Engel known for multiple aliases including Lord Beaverbrook faced arrest while posing as a wealthy Evanston resident.
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Chicago
Sigmund Z. Engel
Lothario
Michigan Avenue
Genevieve Parro
Enjsel
Parro
Romeo
Paul Marshall
Evanston
Mariangen
Engel
Reseda Corrigan
John
Agencies Aid Flood Stricken South Bratch River Valley
State and federal agencies moved to help cleanup after last weekend’s flood in Grant and Hardy counties. Sanitary engineer H K Gidley supervised carcass disposal while Governor Patteson freed funds for the work. Army Engineers will clear channels and buttress banks, with about 25,000 dollars allocated for flood damage repairs.
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Petersburg
South Bratch River
H. K. Gidley
State Health Department
Charleston
Grant
Hardy Counties
Patteson
Washington
Kilgore
D-Wva
Army Engineers
N. H. Dyer
Adj
Charles R. Fox
J. B. McLaughlin
Lewis A. Pick
Tet Army Engineers
Kilygote
New Foreign Aid Program Proposed by Truman
President Truman asks Congress for a new foreign aid program to build up backward lands worldwide, seeking a $45,000,000 fund and authorization for Export Import Bank guarantees to back private investments. Regions include parts of Africa, the Near East, and parts of the Americas, with shared-cost arrangements involving Japan. Speaker Rayburn expects broad support on the House floor if approved by committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtinton
Truman
Africa
East
Cent
South America
Jaon
Rayburn
Miss Grafton Sentinel Eyes Beauty Queen Crown
The Miss Grafton Sentinel contest will pick a beauty queen on July 5 at the Dianos theatre with 12 contestants. Local civic leaders will judge, the winner to represent the paper at the North South Game in Charleston and be hosted by the newspaper with events including tea and luncheon. Last year’s winner was Doris Ann Harrison, daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Harrison.
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Manos
Miss Crafton Sentinel
Goethern
Newspot
West Virginia
Nun
Charleston
New Dianos Theatre
Bigh School
the Sentinel
Kiwanis
Rotary, Tinns, Jaycees
Taylor County Board of Trade
Miss Grafton Sentinel
Doris Ann Harrison Gwazhter
W. A. Harrison
Dorsey Street
Barton's
Flemington Man Dies Yesterday
Cecil Radcliff aged 68, prominent stockman and farmer of Flemington Route 1, died at his home yesterday afternoon at 3 30 after a heart attack. He had been ill for four years. Survived by second wife Myrtle Goodwin Radcliff, two daughters Ruth and Mrs Mt Vernon Ohio, a brother Warren Radcliff of Brownton, and sister Mrs Ollie Stout of Flemington Route 2. He was a lifelong resident of Flemington.
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Cecil Radcliff
Flemington
Route 1
Mr. Radcliff
Howard
Louie Jane Saddier Radcliff
Audra Knight Radcliff
Myrtle Goodwin Radcliff
Ruth Radcliff
Hope Natural Gas Company
Clarksburg
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Warren Radcliff
Brownton
Ollie Stout
Route 2
Thaxton Pleads Guilty in First Kanawha Blood Test Case
James G. Thaxton of near Charleston changed his plea to guilty for driving while intoxicated after a blood test chemical evidence was introduced in Kanawha County court marking the first use of such test results there.
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Charleston
James G.thaxton
Kanawha
Railroads Seek Passenger Fare Increase in State
Railroads ask the Public Service Commission to approve a substantial rise in passenger fares after an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing held July 13 in Brooklyn. The move aims to align with broader rate increases already approved by federal regulators and mirrored by similar requests in neighboring states.
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CHARLESTON /P
Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brooklyn
N. Lee
Farmer Dies in Charleston After Hospital Stay
J. C. H. Shannon, 95, a retired farmer from Clear Fork Wyoming county, died in a Charleston hospital. His wife, among the survivors, was mentioned in the notice last year.
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Charleston
J.C. H. Shannon
Clear Fork
Wyoming County
Tragedy at Tygart Lake claims William Douglas in boating accident
William Douglas 28, an operator for Havel Atlas Glass, drowned after his small outboard boat capsized during a trip with four men at Rich Hollow in Tygart Lake. The body was recovered at 1 a.m. after a six hour search with lights and grappling irons. Douglas, son of Paul and Mary Stemple Douglas, had been living with his aunt Mrs Landsbury in Aurora.
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Trank
William
Bill” Douglas
Havel-Atlas Glass Company
Tygart Lake
Paul Douglas
Aurora
T. D. Landsbury
West Boyd Street
Rich Hollow
Dorsey Shingleton
Parkview
Joe McCue
Pruntytown E
Jim Chester
Parkw
Mr. Shingleton
McCne
Douglas
Chester
McCue
Shingleton
Buddy Lambert
Earl Layman
Grafton
Johnny Warne
Young Douglas
Preston County
Paul and
Mary Stemple
Lias Paid Fine For Slot Machine Operation In Wheeling
William G. Lias paid 528 in fines to Wheeling city for slot machine operations over five years, disclosed in a federal court trial assessing evasion of income taxes for 1942 to 1946. John P. Murphy testified, noting fines tied to an arrangement allowing continued operation if fines were paid.
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Fairmont
William G. Lias
Wheeling
Liss
John P. Murphy
Murphy
Robert L. Plummer
Twenty One Senators Oppose Recognition Of Communist China
Twenty one senators sent a letter to President Truman expressing great concern about possible recognition of the Communist regime in China. They urged support for a free, independent and non Communist China and stated no recognition of the Communist forces is contemplated. The signatories included five Democrats and sixteen Republicans.
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Washington
United States
China
Truman
Senate
Cord
Capture Last Three Escaped Convicts Near Salem
MOUNDSVILLE eight fugitives from a prison camp bus near Clarksburg, three of whom were reported captured near Salem at dawn. Identified as Herbert Hurley, 20, of Logan county. John Henry Reppert, 20, of Upshur county. Herbert Tarless, [no age given], from Kanawha. They were serving one to ten years. Deputy Warden Winter corrected an earlier misidentification of Vernon Young, who did not escape.
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Moundsville
Clarksburg
Salem
Herbert Hurley
Logan County
John Henry Reppert
Upshur County
Herbert Tarless
Kanawha
Harrison County
Sherif Fitzhugh Reynolds
Clarkshore
West Union
A. E. Winter
The
Riiary
Vernon Young
Minto County
Winter
Young
Bean Lodged In Childs Throat Causes Her Passing
Mary Ann McKinney two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William McKinney of Mason Town died after a bean lodged in her lung. The child was flown here by chartered plane but doctors could not operate to remove the obstruction.
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Clarksburg
Mary Ann McKinney
William McKinney
Masontown
Court Clears Doctor Who Spanked Kicking Child
A Beckley jury acquitted Dr. Eva Lena Teter of Beaver after a short deliberation in a case where the physician was accused of assault by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Meador of Cool Ridge. The charges stemmed from spanking their year old daughter Drema Jean when she kicked her in the stomach.
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Beckley
Eva Lena Teter
Beaver
A. J. Meador
Cool Ridge
Drema Jean
Proctor Elected Association Head Fire Chief Proctor Elected
Fire Chief John Proctor of the Grafton Volunteer Fire department was elected president of the North Central Firemen's Association. The election was held last night at Dailey near Elkins with Proctor's office effective immediately. He oversees Parsons, Buckhannon, Philippi, Elkins and other towns. Proctor, a 12 year veteran, previously served as assistant fire chief and led the Grafton department since 1947 after returning from a stint in Florida. He holds a WV university fire instructors certificate and has taught fire school locally for three years.
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John Proctor
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
North Central Firemen’s Association
Dailey
Elkins
Proctor
Parsons
Thomas Davis
Buckhannon
Belington
Philippi
Tunsielton
Newburg
Rowlesburg
Noth Central Firemen's Association
West, Virginia
Mac Bolyard
Louis Greenwald
Grafton
Ft. Lauderdale
Florida
Edinburg
Virginia
Hey
Harry Murray
Washington, D. C
State Road Commission
West Virginia University
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BE. Malone
Tylor
Manos Architect
Polise
Walter
Peewee) Eaton
Lansing
Mich
International
Farmer
William Douglas
Shirley Galloway
Poughkeepsie
Shirley Dickerson
Lias
Romeo’ Hunt
U.S
Senators
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