$50,000 Road Work At Tygart Lake Listed
A $50,000 appropriation to improve a road to the bath house at Tygart Lake appears among surplus Conservation Commission funds but final approval hinges on a dispute over who will raise the state budget. Other items include 150,000 for Cabwaylingo State Park improvements and 75,000 for Kanawha State Forest recreational areas. The Parks division seeks 548,000 for cabins and buildings and 500,000 for a new state park. The seven member Board of Public Works issued a statement accepting estimates prepared by the legislature, not the executive, as the Senate weighs the matter in executive session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tygart Lake
Conservation Commission
Cabwaylingo State Park
Kanawha State Forest
Charleston
Grandview State Park
Parks Division
Legislature Committee On Government and Finance
Senate
Board of
Pubic Works
Flannery
House
Taylor Family Left Homeless By Fire
Mr and Mrs Walter Lodge and four children lost their four room cottage on the Grafton Fairmont road to a blaze that started from an oil stove. Neighbors collected aid at Janes Memorial chapel as the family moved in with relatives while insurance coverage proved limited and the fire spread quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Lodge
Grafton- Fairmont Road
Janes Memorial Chapel
Lodge
Grand and Petit Jurors Drawn for April Term
Taylor County Circuit Court opens April 11 with 16 grand and 50 petit jurors drawn by Jury Commissioners R. M. Parrish and Victor G. Willhide. An extra 10 petit jurors added due to anticipated caseload. grand jurors will not be public until term ends. Jurors summoned for 9 a.m. April 11. petit jurors called next Monday. list includes A. L. Bush of Booths Creek District Bridgeport route 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Circuit Court
R. M.parrish
Victor G. Willhide
Booths Creek
A. L. Bush
Bridgeport
Bridge Opens Latrobe Street Footbridge To Graf ton
Baltimore and Ohio railroad footbridge from Latrobe Street to South Graf ton opens tomorrow at 9 a m. Officials say repairs required the closing for several days to renew the span. Workmen had been engaged in repairs for weeks but closure was not needed until recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Latrobe Street
South Grafton
Deadline Tuesday For Filing Return
Washington says tomorrow midnight marks the deadline to file 1948 income tax returns. Revenue Bureau officials note a large portion of the 55,000,000 obligated have already filed to secure refunds, but many remain. Citizens earning over $600 must file on time or face penalties up to 26 percent of the tax. Some must also file estimated 1949 taxes and pay quarterly installments. Two classes are subject: those expecting over $600 with limited withholding and those with wages over $4,500 plus $600 per exemption. A late-estimate penalty is five percent per quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (P
Revenue Bureau
Highway fatalities reach ten for month in West Virginia
West Virginia State Police report two more traffic deaths mark the month total at ten and the year at five. Ada Jetson, 72, pedestrian, died in Wheeling on Saturday while James D. Elen, 4, pedestrian, died on State Route 3 in Stummers county yesterday. Comparisons show fourteen deaths in early March 1948 and sixteen last year to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Ada Jetson
Wheeling
James D. Elen
Stummers County
Soviet High Command Shakeup Free Voznesensky
MOSCOW state press reports Voznesensky has been freed from duties as chairman of the state planning commission and deputy prime minister. Gorkin announced the move at a Supreme Soviet council meeting. Molotov and Mikoyan also reassigned. Saburov named to planning commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nikola A. Vozjnesensky
Fred
State Planning Commission
Supreme Soviet
Alexander Gorkin
Council of Nationalities
Voznesensky
Land
Council For Ministers
V. M. Molotov
A. I. Mikoyan
Gorkin
Presidium
M. Z. Saburov
Planning Commission
Cpl Frank Randall Returns To Grafton
Corporal Frank Randall, former Department of Public Safety officer from 1937 to 1944, returns to Grafton to succeed Trooper E S Tribbett in South Charleston. He previously served at Clarksburg and Glenville, with Mrs Randall, the former Miss Mary Parrish, and their child soon joining him in Bridgeport. Trooper E L Duckworth remains with Randall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Department of Public Safety
G. Frank Randall
E. S. Tribbett
South Charleston
Randall
Clarksburg
Glenville
Shinnston
W. E. Murphy
Charleston
Record Budget Of 186 Million Awaits Final Action Today
A record state budget of 186,894,519 awaits final action today by a legislature that refused to adjourn. The figure was approved by a conference committee and the Board of Public Works, but Senate insistence on written notice caused a recess. The House adopted the report, both houses remained in a long Saturday session, and clocks stopped before midnight as the 60 day session ran on. The dispute centers on a conference report proposing a new state school aid formula and the budget total exceeding prior recommendations by 2,243,246.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Board of Public Works
Senate
Lias And Railroad Holdup Cases Up For Action Today
U S district grand jury convened to hear two sensational cases in Fairmont. William G. Lias, Wheeling race track owner, is accused of income tax evasion and may face indictment. George I. Ashton, 21, and Luman Ramsdell, 23, accused of holding up the Baltimore and Ohio express Ambassador near Martinsburg. Ashton may plead guilty to an information and skip trial. Ramsdell may do the same after a gunfight during arrest. Ramsdell is hospitalized in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
U.S
William G. Lias
Wheeling
G. M. Fay
Washington
George I
Duke) Ashton
Ashton
FBI
Luman
Skip
Ramsdell
Baltimore and Ohio
Nation's Coal Output Reduced To Mere Trickle
Washington March 14 The senate interior committee approved President Truman's nomination of James Boyd to head the Bureau of Mines. A two week miners layoff called by John L. Lewis idled 471000 miners east of the Mississippi and caused furloughs for about 69000 railroad workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Truman
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
John L. Lewis
Miner's Union
Boyd
O'Mahoney
D-wye
Senate
Millikin
R-Cole
Pittsburgh
Mississippi
U. S. Bureau Se | Mines
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Illinois
Alabama
Ohio
Virginia
Tennesée Nations
Hoover Commission Recommends Labor Dept Control of Selective Service
The Hoover Commission urged Congress to place the selective service system under the labor department and transfer several other agencies to strengthen the executive branch. Led by Herbert Hoover, the bipartisan panel urged civilian leadership for the selective service, though three members dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Labor Department
Commission
Child Kills Self Over Lack Of Friendship In Hamilton
In Hamilton Ohio a 11 year old Joanne Stillings shot herself in apparent despair over inability to form friendships at Wilson Junior High. Coroner Garett Boone ruled death by own action. Arrangements were made for her to see a psychiatrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio
Joanne Stillings
Garett Boone
Boone
Wilson Junior High
Postal Rate Increase Threatens Newspapers Mail Network
The American Newspapers Publishers Association warned that proposed postal rate hikes would drive every newspaper from the mails. The group argued second class mail penalties fall on publishers who get no subsidy and called for service improvements, not excessive charges, as the Post Office Department seeks higher revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Newspapers Publishers Association
ANPA
Loose
Post Office Committee
Josh L. Horne
Rocky Mount
Telegram
Anpa Postal Committee
Elisha Hanson
Horne
Hanson
Post Office Department
Non-Union Mines Continue Producing Amid Union Strike
About 110,000 West Virginia soft coal miners quit work for two weeks under union edict while non union operations and strip mines kept producing. Early state surveys show union mines largely idle, with only maintenance crews needed to keep digs dry. Elk River Coal and Lumber at Widen, Clay County, remains the state’s largest non union mine, employing around 1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Workmen's Compensation Department
Elk River
Coal and Lumber Company
Widen
Clay ‘County
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewin
George J. Titler
UMW District 29
State's Mental Institutions To Get Money Sought
Charleston report notes that the Board of Public Works restored nearly 889000 cut to mental hospital funding. The budget conference committee approved over 6 million for operating budgets and more than 3 million for capital building, responding to press coverage and public testimony urging higher support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Board of Public Works
Legislative Conference Committee
Hiram Phillips
Dmingo
House Humane Institutions Committee
Budget Conference
Charleston Gazette
Charles Armentrout
Gazette
Cab Driver Escapes Injury In Accident
A taxi driver escaped harm when his cab crashed on West Main Street at 3 am Sunday after he fell asleep at the wheel. The crash tore out three parking meters and a city light standard, damaging two stores. No passengers were in the cab. Damages were extensive. meters cost about 65 dollars each and the light standard 175 dollars. White, charged with reckless driving, appeared in municipal court but was continued for two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main Street
Joe White
Pace
Lee E. Bennett and Son
Style Shop
Mask
White
GOP Hearings on Taft Hartley Repeal Criticized
Washington Republicans McConnell and Nixon blasted House hearings on repealing Taft Hartley as a time loss saying Democrats on the subcommittee decided in advance to back repeal. The debate features union spokesmen urging repeal and Senate action backed by Chairman Elbert Thomas. The House panel is split eight Democrats to five Republicans, seen as a preordained vote by party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McConnell
R-Pa
Nixon
R-Calif
Sieinski
D-Mich
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
House
Mixon
Administration
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizens
Old Doc Stork visited City Hospital in Grafton greeting friends and leaving a newborn daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Weaver of Route. The baby weighed eight pounds four ounces and was born at 456 PM yesterday.
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Taylor
Cpl
Frank Randall
David Whittaker
New York
Emory Holt
Barrington
Mass
Holt
Jane Holt
Whittglenn
International
Krishna Venta
LaGuardia Field
California
Ruth
London
U. S
Herbert Hoover
Dean Acheson
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Cater Manasco
Union
Lewis
Gop
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