Club Owners Plan Suit Over Raid On Supper Club
Morgantown reports that Sanford E. Mason and Ben Lane say they will file civil suits against State Police Sgt. Bunn and others after a Sunday raid on the Cheat Lake Supper Club. Police had tear gas and confiscated gambling gear. a near-panic occurred as patrons fled, with one chorus girl fainting and a patron injured.
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Morgantown
B. B Bunn
A. C. Lorant
Sanford E. Mason
Cheat Lake
Mason
Ben Lane
Super Club
Bunn
Lane
Ser Sergeant Admits Slaying at Hamilton Field
Sgt Lyle H Buswell 32 of Vermont admitted to FBI agents that drinking led him to kill 44 year old WAF Sgt Fairy E Decker at Hamilton Air Base near San Rafael California. He said he had no motive and denied rape, claiming he disarranged her clothing to fake a sex crime. Autopsy indicated strangulation and injuries, but he was furloughed and used a Los Angeles address.
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San Rafael
Calif
Air Force
Lyle H. Buswell
Buswell
Vermont
FBI
WAF
Fairy E. Decker
York
Pennsylvania
Hamilton Air Base
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
Hye Tog Buswehh
Los Angeles
Hamilton Field
America Unprepared For A-Bomb Attacks
Washington report outlines civil defense gaps in case of atomic attack. Officials say some progress exists since Pearl Harbor, with doctors and medical supplies mapped, but no formal blueprint or dedicated funding yet. The article notes federal leadership, state and local roles, and the need for clearer plans and faster action.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Tere
Admin
Congress
Hope for Last Visit Delayed by Prison Rule
An 81 year old tuberculosis patient, Mrs. Amanda Morrison, hopes for three more months of life to visit her son Bill, an inmate at Buckhannon road camp serving a five year robbery sentence. Neighbors raised 95 for the trip, but Deputy Sheriff Riley Varney said the visit cannot be allowed, citing precedent and the warden of the State Penitentiary. Bill’s sentence ends in about three months, leaving hope for a reunion if Mrs. Morrison’s life can be extended.
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Riley Varney
State
O. J. Skeens
Bill
Richwood Band Tours This Area Visits Grafton Dam
The Richwood high school band of about 75 students visited Cozy Rest for two days and nights on Friday and Saturday during the Morgantown tournament period. They were hosted by proprietor Mrs. H K Debendarfer and guided by band master Mr. Pratt with two lady chaperons.
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Richwood High School
Bend
H.K. Debendarfer
Morgantown
Pratt
Graduation list announced by Grafton High principal
The Grafton High principal released a tentative graduates list for 122 seniors. Reverend Harold C. Metzner will deliver commencements at Grafton High on May 31 and Flemington High on May 30. Metzner, pastor at Trinity Union Methodist Church Providence, is a native Gafton man and brother of Mrs. Paul P. Warden.
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Harold C. Metzner
Trinity Union Methodist Church
Providence
Rhode Island
Gafton
Grafton Senior High School
Flemington High School
Grafton High
Flemington
Metzner
Paul P. Warden
Dust Storms Trigger Eight Fatalities Across Plains
Blinding dust storms swept the plains states with winds up to eighty miles per hour. Eight highway deaths occurred in Kansas and Texas, with about fifty injuries across Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma. Topsoil loss and prairie-fire risk threaten crops as authorities warn of dangerous travel and widespread disruption.
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Kansas City
Plains States
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Clarksburg Auxiliary Hosts Lucinda Rose Delegation
The Ladies Auxiliary to Memorial City Post No 3081 VFW welcomed a delegation from Lucinda Rose Auxiliary No 573 of Clarksburg led by National Council member Mrs Lillian Le Fevre. Officers for the coming year were elected at the meeting with Agnes Shields as president and planned April installation. Delegates Pearl Riddle Dorthea Cooper and Ola DeMoss were named to attend the First District meeting in Belington.
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Memorial City
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lucinda Rose
Clarksburg
National Council
Lillian le Fevre
West
Setaoinsh Vollume
Pearl Riddle
Dorthea Cooper
Ola DeMoss
Belington
Brush Fire Endangers Residences Above Addison Street
A fierce hillside brush fire spread across the cemetery hill above Addison street threatening three homes before Graf ton Volunteer Fire Department halted it around 1 45 p m by fighting strong winds. The incident began before noon and burned toward Addison street, prompting containment efforts by local firefighters. In other news, the Supreme Court upheld the contempt conviction of Eugene Dennis, chief secretary of the American Communist party.
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Addison Street
Cemetery Hill
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Washington
Supreme Court
Eugene Dennis
American Communist Party
Local Nurses Attend District Meeting At Fairmont Hotel
Richwood page 4 reports district nurses attending the Susan B. Cook District No. 5 meeting at a Fairmont hotel. Mrs. Glenice Cather is president, Miss Genevieve Carpenter secretary treasurer, and Miss May Maloney executive secretary shared her 1949 Sweden Stockholm IFN travels with film illustrations of Norway and Sweden. Dr. Clark K. Sleeth spoke on Socialized Medicine. Grafton attendees included several named nurses.
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Susan B. Cook
West Virginia Nee Association
Fairmont
Glenice Cather
Genevieve Carpenter
May Maloney
R. N
West Virgginia’State Nurse’s Association
Sweden
International Council of Nurses
Stockholm
Norway
Clark K. Sleeth
Monongalia County Medical Society
Cather
Board of Directors
Grafton
Carpenter
Sally Myers
Billie Slussar
Margaret Jane Payne
Blue Berry
Rose Mary Dolan
Wanda Cutlip
Helen Gross
Waller Held For Grand Jury Action
Waller was held for grand jury action after being charged with counterfeiting and opening with intent before Magistrate Ona Jefferys. On March 24 he was arrested by Constable Ray Osborne on Bud Pressler’s complaint over a $25 check bearing Pressler’s name. Waller was represented by Attorney Francis L. Warder, with Prosecuting Attorney B. Bord for the state. He was released on bond posted by officers.
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W Aller
Cotoner
Popenreds
Ona
Jefferys
Ray.Osborne
Bud Pressler
Waller
Francis L. Warder
B. Bord
Two Autos Station Damaged In Beaumont Mishap
A motorist, Steve Marinchett of Beaumont, will face a 4 p.m. city police court hearing after his 1936 car ran west on Route 50 then damaged a Dent Wiles service station and a 1948 car owned by Ralph Weaver. The incident caused about 50 dollars in damages at the station.
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Stemple
Steve ‘Marinchett
Beaumont
U. 8
Dent Wiles
Fetterman
Ralph L. Weaver
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