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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1949
Page
1
Bulletin notes 36 year old Suaith Copion convicted on two counts as a Russian spy. Jury finds her guilty on both indictments. She faces a combined 13 year sentence and a fine totaling $12,000. Local UP report summarizes the verdict and potential penalties.
Berlin reports say Soviet sentries barred 80 west German truck cargoes from entering the city in the past 24 hours over alleged travel document irregularities. Some trucks still crossed as Russians cite required Soviet signature under stamps on travel orders. British transport official to Berlin boundary for inquiry.
About 100 farmers from 18 European countries began a tour of West Virginia Virginia and Maryland arriving by Baltimore and Ohio train Ard Was they had breakfast at Paw Paw high school auditorium Sponsored by the American Farm Bureau and the Paw Paw Lions Club Talks were given by Clyde Bonar of Burlington president Wes Ham Farm Bureau Mrs Q Myers Piedmont president of the Women s Council of the Farm all and Russell H Gist of West Virginia University extension Service In St Albans James E West 45 of Ohley drowned when he fell from a boat while fishing His body was recovered by the fire department about an hour later near lower falls
Attorney General Tom Clark filed a federal antitrust suit in Chicago seeking a divorce of E I Du Pont de Nemours from General Motors and forcing sale of Du Pont family stakes in U S Rubber and related holding companies. The action targets the Du Pont family packages as controlling entities and aims to open markets for smaller manufacturers by dissolving the large industrial conglomerate.
The United States House of Representatives approved a multi billion housing bill as a major triumph for President Truman's fair deal program. The 228 to 185 vote follows a six day debate, with 193 Democrats, 34 Republicans and one American Labor member supporting, and 131 Republicans and 54 Democrats opposing. The measure authorizes grants and loans totaling over 14 billion dollars over 40 years for slum clearance and public housing, with aims including 810,000 publicly owned city dwellings and farm housing aids. Leaders expect swift reconciliation with Senate version and potential floor action before the week ends.
Races at Tygart Lake dominate Fourth of July plans with thousands expected from West Virginia and nearby states. Grafton stores largely close for the day, offices shut, and post office observes the holiday as Patron Ty Gart Lake Development Corp sponsors larger races than May 29.
Clarksburg will switch from manual switchboards to dial system telephones on the night of July 23, announced Baner Mathes of the Chesapeake Potomac Telephone Company. The change involves a cost of $3,000,000.
Janita Joan Peach of Kingwood won dismissal of the assault charge against Masontown Police Chief John Bartoletta on appeal to Preston County Circuit Court. The court quashed the warrant for lack of clear charge description after an earlier hazing driving conviction and fine.
The Public Service Commission will hear Baltimore and Ohio petitions to discontinue one daily passenger train each way between Grafton and Morgantown. Train 69 leaves Grafton at 7 20 a.m. and Train 70 leaves Morgantown at 8 55 p.m. Both via Fairmont. The line reported a $20 000 yearly loss since 1947 and said other passenger service would continue.
The first of two veterans conventions begins in Parkersburg with VFW and Legion activities spanning three days through Saturday. In Wheeling the American Legion gathering runs Saturday to Tuesday with key speakers including Omar B.Ketchum, Louis A. Johnson, Lt. Gen. F. R. Quesada, Gen. J. Lawton Collins, and Admiral Louis Denfield.
About 100 pickets visited the Hop Williams and three brothers mine at Junior Barbour County yesterday but left after Deputy Sheriff James Ancell confirmed the site was closed for repairs. Williams, holding a shotgun, warned against trespassing as the group observed the mine’s status. The operation normally employs about 25 men.
A month-long dry spell pushes southern New England toward disaster with a hot rainless June harming crops across Massachusetts and parts of New York and New Jersey. Twenty percent of the May crop is lost as pastureland deteriorates, forcing grain feeding in barns. Caselton L. Pickett of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau notes no heavy rain in sight.
A 15 year old Van High student Edward Stezer died when the truck he rode in plunged over an embankment and overturned on the Pond Fork road between Van and Wharton in Boone county. Five other youths escaped injury as mortuary attendants identified the dead teen. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.
Sheriff J Cecil Owens waited with deputies near a non union tipple for returning coal miners during a 10 day vacation. He warned he would act if roving pickets began trouble, and prior to today’s calm, 37 carloads dispersed without incident. Picketers claimed farmers joined later and that some were armed as talks occurred, marking the only notable event of the vacation period.
Police seek to unravel the death of a 17 year old girl and the poisoning of her fiancé in a Lover's Lane incident in Chicago. State investigators search for two unidentified men accused by the fiancé, Arthur Marino. Marino, 28, claims they attacked him and Miss Joan Coward, who died from skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage after beating and choking. He denies quarrelling with Coward and cites robbery as motive.
Private Orval D. Boyles, an Army deserter since June 1, was captured near his wife’s home in Thornton by Military Police and State Trooper E. L Duckworth. He hid in a shed, was jailed in Taylor County, then transported to Charleston by MPs.
John L. Lewis ordered soft coal miners east of the Mississippi to work a three day week starting Tuesday abandoning the usual no contract no work policy. The contract expires tonight but miners are to work Tuesday Wednesday Thursday next week then Monday to Wednesday weekly thereafter with no Saturday work. Local unions told to report any company refusing to cooperate.
FAIRMONT Wheeling race track owner and night club figure William Lias testifies in his tax evasion trial. He faces charges of defrauding the government of over 1 million dollars in income taxes for 1942 to 1946. Prosecution contends lack of cash. defense says money came from bootlegging and gambling prior to 1942. John Goudy testified he carried 60 thousand dollars in bills and recounts a later $75 thousand return to Wheeling.
Foreman Andrew H Norford asked for clearer guidance on count one as the jury debated intent. The judge maintained the earlier rule defining intent to any purpose while Copton jurors considered whether delivery of a package met the charge.
Greensburg Pennsylvania state police report a stolen business coupe owned by W Wells of 1312 West Main Street recovered in Greensburg. The car was wrecked and abandoned in a garage with fishing gear valued around 100 dollars in the trunk.
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