3-Term Senator Gore Dies in Washington
WASHINGTON Thomas Pryor Gore 78 three term senator and lawyer blind since youth died at his home He was the first blind man to serve in the U S Senate and one of the first two senators from Oklahoma after statehood in 1907 He served two terms to 1921 then a third ending Jan 1 1937 He opposed League of Nations War declaration reforms and New Deal policies attributing defeats to his unyielding principles See THREE page 4
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Washington
Thomas Pryor Gore
Oklahoma
League of Nations
Wilson
FactFinding Group To Consider Wabash Dispute
President Truman ordered a fact-finding board to study the 3,500 Wabash workers strike and issued a 60 day delay of the walkout. Some unions indicated readiness to return to work, others balked. The dispute centers on time claims discipline and working conditions across Missouri Illinois Iowa Ohio Michigan and Indiana. The strike halted all rail traffic and prompted job abolition notices for about 9,000 nonstriking workers.
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Truman
ST. Louis
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railway Train , Men
Cleveland
C. J. Goff
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Order of
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
W. F. Donoghue
High School Couple Dies in Double Suicide
Summers County Prosecutor Thomas L. Read said Ernest Smith Jr. 16 of Clayton and Mary Alice Kirby 14 of Alder son shot themselves at the girl’s farm home. The two, deeply in love but despondent over marriage due to Ernest’s unemployment, will be buried side by side in the Kirby family cemetery plot tomorrow.
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Hinton
Summers County
Thomas L. Read
Ernest Smith, Jr
Clayton
Mary Alice Kirby
Ernest
Alderson
Abandonment Of City Street Sought By Council
Grafton City Council gave first reading to an ordinance abandoning a portion of an unnamed street linking Wilford street extension and Market street. A public hearing is set for April 19 at City Hall. Citizens urged abandonment. city found the street has no value and cannot be readily opened or improved. The council noted $6,000 additional revenue for next fiscal year from liquor profits and levy adjustments. They plan to discuss extending a water line from North street to Washington street and meet with Public Service Commission officials about half the costs. A broad streets and sewers improvement program was discussed with no decisions.
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Wilford Street
Market Street
Grafton
City Hall
Fetterman
North Street
Washington Street
Public Service Commission
Mother Pleads After Boy Is Found Held Captive
In Boston a distraught mother, Ann F. Sullivan, tearfully pleaded for her 12 year old son Gerald, kept in a dungeon like room for years. She claimed she kept him hidden to protect her family’s name and denied mistreatment as police described a stark barren room with a cot. Gerald, viewed as bright eyed, escaped into the street Sunday night in what authorities label a shocking concealment case.
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Boston
Gerald Sullivan
AWOL Servicemen Held In Armed Robbery Of Couple
Two AWOL servicemen were arrested in Weston after an armed robbery on a highway near Jane Lew and West Milford. Marine Pfc. Robert W. Johnson, 21, from Quantico, and Pfc. Wilbert Arthur Conrad, 16, from Kilmer, were identified as suspects. They allegedly robbed Irvin Rex Carder, 26, and Catherine Carder, 22, of Wilsonburg, then fled in the Carder car before being nabbed on Main Street. The couple had picked up the youths hitchhiking. See AWOL page 4.
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Catherine
Wilsonburg
Harrison County
Jane Lew
West Milford
Swiger
Carder
Main Street
Weston
Charleston
Taylor County Loses Extra State Aid Despite Population Gap
Taylor County Schools will not gain from the legislature's new aid formula next year. The district will receive $323,903, equal to last year's total, while county population growth lags behind others. A $40 000 surplus special fund covers deficits for seven counties, keeping the state aid amount unchanged.
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Taylor County
R. Virgil Rotrbough
Rohrbaugh
Taylor
Harold A. Cross Reelected To Post
Harold A. Cross is reelected commander of Memorial City Post 3081, Veterans of Foreign Wars, for a third year. Other officers renewed include Walter Robinson, Russell DeMoss, and Reverend F. Carl Davis. New formula-adjusted state aid plans promise a $40,000 surplus fund to offset deficits and assure at least $100 per pupil in each county, with Kanawha County gaining $210,000 while Sumners County falls by $13,375.
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Harold A. Cross
Memorial City
Walter ‘Robinson
Russell DeMoss
F. Carl Davis
James V. Rinker
Beryl Jones
Durbin Moore
Dorsey Sapp
Kanawha County
Sumners County
Justice of the Peace Markets Weddings on Installment Plan
Indiana Pa justice of the peace Robert Smith promotes marriage by charging fees in installments. He began operating from a nearby home of six years and has performed marriages on the pay as you go basis.
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Indiana, Pa
Robert Smith
Home Acres
Squire
Trapped Children Burned To Death In Annapolis Fire
Three children died on the first floor of a home in Maryland when a fire destroyed the structure near Annapolis. Firemen said the youngsters, including Doris Peugh, 4, entered a bathroom seeking safety as smoke thickened. Mr and Mrs Wesley C Peugh escaped with burns after rescuing one child. The victims were Joan Peugh, 7, Wesley Peugh, 6, and Dorothy Evans, 14, a younger sister of Mrs Peugh.
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Annapolis
Wesley C. Peugh
Doris
Joan Peugh
Wesley Peugh
Dorothy Evans
Peugh
Will Attend Board Of Trade Banquet In Taylor County
Ninety civic organizations receive special invitations to the Taylor County Board of Trade annual dinner at Hotel Grafton next Monday at 6 30 pm. Quota club Woman's club of Grafton Business Girls Jaycees Kiwanis Rotary Lions Tygart Lake Development Corporation and Eastern Star attend. State officials and club members also invited. Dr C F McClintic will give the featured address. Tickets on sale at Turner's through Saturday. Production down coal output in January West Virginia totals 13 165 362 tons, down nearly 2 300 000 from January 1948.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Hotel Grafton
Quota Club
Woman's ‘Club of
Grafton
Business Girls
Jaycees
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions
Tygart Lake Development Corporation
Eastern Star
Turner's
C. F. McClintic
Charleston
West ‘Virginia
State Mines Department
Miners Ineligible For Jobless Pay In WV Shutdown
Charleston West Virginia miners idle during the current mine shutdown are ruled ineligible for unemployment benefits. Unemployment Compensation Director Cabell S. Davis said the miners left their jobs voluntarily for mourning called by UMW Chief John K. Lewis. He noted that workers must be able and available for full time work matching their training to qualify. The ruling was sent to local offices and deputies today after scattered benefit requests were referred to him.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Cabell S. Davis
UMW
John K. Lewis
Davis
Work Stoppage Affects Health Welfare Of People
A coordinated plea from Anthracite Operators Association to UMW President John L. Lewis urges ending the two week mine shutdown in eastern Pennsylvania. Operators warn fuel shortages threaten homes, hospitals, schools and public institutions while markets face jeopardy.
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Pittsburgh
UMW
John L. Lewis
Anthracite Operators Association
Wilkes-Barre
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Mississippi River
John P. Busarello
Iimeelf
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Senate
Interior Committee
Boyd
Murder Charge Awaiting Weston Man In Knife Case
Weston. Farrell Perrine to be formally charged with murder for the stabbing deaths of A. H. Metzgar and his daughter Beatrice McQuain in the Metzgar home near Fisher Hill Lewis County. Prosecutor Linn Brannon said Perrine admitted the double killing following an argument over Perrine finding another home for his 18 month old child. Perrine surrendered and is jailed without bond.
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Weston
Farrell
Doc) Perrine
A. H. Metzgar
Lewis County
Beatrice McQuain
Linn M. Brannon
Perrine
Metzgar
Fisher ‘Hill
J. Cecil Owens
13 Year Old Father Seeks Work in Kalamazoo
In Kalamazoo Michigan a 13 year old, Carl Harvey Blake Jr, seeks employment while proving his age with a Van Buren county birth certificate. He is married to 16-year-old Winifred, wife of ten months, and they welcomed a son at a Paw Paw hospital weighing five pounds ten ounces on February 23. The story notes the boy’s weight and location as he appeals for work.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Carl Harvey Blake, Jr
van Buren County
Winifred
Paw Paw
Inventions Russia Will Let Us Claim Ice Cream Cone
HAL BOYLE notes Russian claims of major inventions as Tass highlights comrade Pavel Schilling and other supposed breakthroughs. He jokes that the West can only claim items like the ice cream cone, five cent cigar, nylon, and pyramid, contrasting Soviet progress with Western milestones.
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Russia
Hal Boyle
New York
Tom Swift
Swiftski
Tom
Siberian
General Electric Corporation
Soviet Russia
Tass
Pavel Schilling
Alexander Graham Bell
Schilling
John Come'ratelus
Marconi
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Wright Brothers
Showdown Sought On Debate Limit
Washington faces a Senate clash as Republicans and Southern Democrats push a rules change to end debate on most business with a 64 vote majority needed. The minority, Truman Democrats, oppose the move as ineffective and demand unlimited debate when changing rules. The proposal, filed February 28, seeks to curb filibusters but faces strong opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Japan
Want Tito Scalp TRIESTE
Devoted Kremlin followers urge the removal of Yugoslav Premier Marshall Tito as Moscow reportedly escalates its opposition both at home and abroad. Unconfirmed reports cite internal difficulties in Yugoslavia and external pressures, appearing in several places.
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Trieste
Kremlin
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
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Hinwa
Fox
Frank Boone
City Hospital
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Mrs. Ann F. Sullivan
Tendent
W. W. Trent
Nell Walker
Fayette
Fred L. Doringer
Marion
Dan Cupid
Board of Trade
Say
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Tito
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