Two WVU students die and wounded after Bellview crash
Robert Gail LogKard, 19, of Watson Route 1, died from injuries after his car hit a pillar at Pennzoil station on Pennsylvania Avenue in Bellview. Harold Seluender Kingsland, 20, of Avondale, is in critical condition at Fairmont General. police suspect Kingsland drove the Dodge. Both were West Virginia University students returning from a Turnan Room dance near Fairmont.
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Fairmont Uus
Robert Gail Lockard
A. E. Lockard
Watson
Grafton
Lockard
Fairmont General Hospital
Pennzoil
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bellview
Harold Seluen
der Kingsland
R. L. Kingsland
Avondale
Fairmont General
Hhe
West Virginia University
Turnan Room
Pairmont
University
Morgan
Fairmont City
Kingsland
Robert T. Pars
Mother's Day Speaker Named at Andrews Church
Rev. William John Scarborough president of West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon will deliver the Mother's Day sermon at Andrews Methodist Church in Buckhannon during the 10 35 am worship hour on May. Pastor Arta F Shomo announced at Easter services. The noted speaker since 1946 heads Wesleyan College but his Mother’s Day sermon plan was not finalized.
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William John Scarborough
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
Andrews Methodist Church
Mother Church
Arta F. Shomo
Andrews Church
West Virginia Wesleyan
Shomo
Flogal
Anna Jarvis
B and O Curtails 13 Local Freight Trains
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces curtailment of 48 local freight trains due to coal shortage. New schedules take effect at 11:40 tonight and follow ICC order to cut coal burning engines by 25 percent. Most trains run daily now but will shift to an every other day schedule.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Some Railroads Exempted From Freight Cut
Railroads operating under 100 miles of track received a blanket exemption from the 25 percent freight reduction ordered to conserve fuel amid coal-field stoppages. The Interstate Commerce Commission also postponed the iron ore traffic reduction until April 15 while nationwide reductions proceed at midnight. Officials warn further coal-cutting measures may be needed if the dispute continues. See SOME RAILROADS page 3.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Lakes
ICC
Office of Defense Transportation
Jerusalem ration bread begins as shortages bite
In Jerusalem the Jewish community starts bread rationing for the first time amid dangerously low supplies. Bakeries halt cakes and pastries while Arab areas report no shortage. An attempted convoy pickup failed as armed Jews seized two army trucks carrying 20 tons of white flour near Petah Tiqra. Arab forces attacked Jewish streets in four locations.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Petah Tiqra
Dr W fl Kunst Dies In Fairmont At 82
Dr William Kunst native of Grafton and pioneer physician died last night at his home 321 Jefferson street Fairmont pneumonia was the immediate cause. He was 82 born May 26 1868 in Grafton and practiced in Point Marion and Fairmont. Survived by brothers and a sister. funeral arrangements pending at Messner Funeral Home.
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William JH. Kunst
Yamont
Grafton
Jefferson Street
Fairmont
Kunst
Fannie Rich Kunst
C. F. W. Kunst
Cecilia Kunst
Starling Medical College
Columbus
Ohio
Point Marion
Marion County Medical Society
West Virginia Medical Association
American Medical Association
Government Board of Pension Examiners
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Frederick Kunst
Unsaly
David and
Albert Kunst
Harriet Kunst
Messsac
Dr, Kunst
Rev Howearth to Deliver GHS Baccalaureate Sermon
The Rev O J Howearth pastor of First Church of Christ at Beech and McGraw will deliver the annual baccalaureate sermon to Grafton Senior High School seniors on Sunday night May 23 at 8 o clock. Principal Kenneth Haun announced the choice saying Howearth is known as an interesting speaker though his sermon topic has not yet been announced.
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O. J. Howearth
First Church of Christ
Beech Street
McGraw Avenue
Grafton Senior High School
Clarx
Kenneth Haun
Haun
Howearth
Violence Flare On Wall Street Amid Market Strike
On March 30 in Charleston and New York, violence flared as street pay ing assessments battled with police on Wall Street. Rioters clashed with officers, 38 people were arrested, and exchange trading began normally despite chaos. Guards moved crowds, amid heightened security as unions involved in the AFL faced police.
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New York
Wall Street
World Finance
New York Stock
Ealy Exchange
Ole Sip
Saul Ju
Qsoul Afl Seamen's Unions
AFL
Exchange
Wall Street Wis
Broad
Wall Streets
Railroads Ready to Grant Pay Increase to 125000 Workers
The nation’s railroads are prepared to grant a wage rise of 1.52 cents an hour to 125000 engin firemen and switchmen as urged by President Truman’s fact finding board but unions have not yet approved the plan. They demanded a 30 percent boost and meet in Cleveland next week to act on the recommendations. If rejected, the government may seek further talks but no strike is likely as a 30 day duty period ends April 26.
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Chicago
Truman
Cleveland
Trainmen's Brotherhood
Conductors’ Order
Soviets Deny Submarines Off U. S. Coast Were Russian
London dispatch reports Tass denied rumors of Soviet submarines near the United States. Tass called the claim an absurd invention aimed at deceiving American opinion. Secretary Sullivan had testified that submarines sighted off the coast did not belong to any nation west of the Iron Curtain.
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London
Tass
United States
John L. Sullivan
U. S
Pan American Diplomats Open Important Confab
JOSEPH McEVOY reports in Bogota as 21 Pan American nations convene for a pivotal conference. President Ospina Perez to open the ninth International Conference of American States with aims to unite the inter-American system, foster Latin American economic aid, and establish a peaceful dispute pact amid debates on communism and colonialism.
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Joseph McEvoy
Bogota
Columbia
Western Hemisphere
Mariano Ospina Perez
United Nations
Latin America
Chile
Paraguay
Cuba
Americas
PAN
Funds For Atomic Weapons and Roadwork Approved by Group
WASHINGTON March 30 The house appropriations committee approved new funds for atomic weapons and research for military road work in Alaska as part of a broader plan. The panel also endorsed relief grants in army-occupied countries and for Veterans Administration staff, plus a $332 million bill to cover agency shortages for the year ending June 30. The total falls $66 million short of President Truman’s request, with major cuts in Maritime Commission, Post Office, and Air Force clothing budgets. The panel also earmarked $200 million in additional funds See FUNDS FOR pare 3.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Alaska
Russia
House Appropriations Committee
Veterans’ Administration
House
Truman
Maritime Commission
Post Office Department
Air Force
Armed Robbery Reported At Clarksburg Station
Clarksburg March 30 UPI report says a lone gunman at a downtown filling station forced Duff of Wolf Summit to surrender 85 from the register. The robber demanded cigarettes then pressed an automatic against Duff and fled with the money.
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Clarksburg
Mar
UPI
E. F. Amsler, Jr
Fred Duff
Wolf Summit
Duff
Wallace Accuses Truman of Artificial Crisis in UMT Push
Henry A. Wallace denounces the Truman administration as制造 a false crisis to stampede Congress and the public into Universal Military Training and conscription. He accuses policy makers of war preparation, military control over citizens, and threats to remobilization labor, as Senate hearings probe UMT and draft revival.
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Washington
Henry
A. Wallace
Truman
Tr Chuiue
Wallace
Congress
Senate Armed Services Committee
Carent International
America
Communist Paper Claims German Spies In Soviet Zone
Pravda reports a German spy ring funded by American intelligence and German industrialists operates in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany. Led by former Wehrmacht colonel Gerhardt Pinkert, the group allegedly uses former German officers to reconnect with agents abroad via Austria and Sweden.
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Moscow
Pravda
Germany
Communist Party Newspa Per
Berlin
Gerhardt Pinkert
Pinkert
Xxx
Austria
Sweden
Curran Orders Lewis to Appear Before Truman Board
John L. Lewis complied with a federal court order directing him to appear before President Truman's board investigating the coal strike. He arrived with more than 20 aides shortly before the 2 p.m. hearing. Judge Curran said Lewis could be held in contempt for not answering, and the order was personally served at his UMW headquarters. Lewis did not speak publicly as marshals continued the service efforts. The case centered on whether Lewis should appear and whether the Taft-Hartley act is constitutional.
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Bulletin
Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
Edward M. Curran
Board of Inquiry
Curran
UMW
Charles Ward
Wesley K. Hopkins
United Mine Workers
Hopkins
U. S
Curran’s
Earl Houck
Harrison W. Combs
T. C. Townsend
H Fs
Alexandria
Currans
Inclusion of Spain in foreign aid program favored
The House voted 149 to 52 to invite Franco Spain into a $9.203 billion foreign aid program. The foreign affairs committee agreed to invite Spain. Rep. Vorys said the State Department opposes it and Senate approval remains uncertain. Spain would join the European recovery program if it accepts cooperation and self help.
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Washington
House
Franco
Spain
Italian party heads plan meet in Rome
Italian party leaders, shocked by two political killings in the Leftist north, plan to meet tomorrow to seek remedies for violence threatening their campaign truce. Communist Umberto Terracchini, president of the constituent assembly, who arranged the truce to curb bloodshed ahead of the April 18 elections, called the meeting. Stave-swinging unemployed, about 17,000, marched through Milan demanding work and relief.
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Rome
Umberto Terracchini
Constituent Assembly
Milan
Monongahela Railway Curtails Schedule in Morgantown
Morgantown March 30 Monongahela railway company says it will discontinue operation on specified days from today through April for its two passenger trains between Fairmont and Brownsville via Morgantown. The trains did not run today and are also not scheduled on April 6 13 15 20 27 and 29 due to a federal order.
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Morgantown
Monongahela Railway Company
Fairmont
Brownsville
Bombing planes may circle city Memorial Day event
Memorial Day plans consider air force planes circling over the National Cemetery as part of city activities. Commander Harold Cross, general chairman, said local efforts aim to secure a squadron for May 30. Congressman Francis J. Love pledged to help obtain Army Air Force participation.
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National Cemetery
Memorial Day Committee
Harold Cross
General Committee
Francis J. Love
U. S. Army Air Force
Love
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