Funeral service for Devall to be held May 10
A May 10 funeral is planned for Devall with an officiating minister from Ips church. The service will start at 3 PM, with attendees encouraged to arrive early and follow church guidelines.
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1955
Page
1
Global Markets Mixed as Open Yields Rise in Early Trade
New York stocks advanced at the opening amid active trading. Berlin reports say East German Communists imposed steep tolls on highways supplying the city, with officials calling it a cold economic blockade. In Turin Fiat workers overturned union leadership in a stunning upset, per final returns. In Washington, Democratic senators blasted the administration's foreign policy as "outrageous" to "hot and cold." Senate Armed Services Committee leaders foresee quick passage of a pay raise for long serving personnel, while the House leans toward继续 tax continuation on corporate income and select fuels and goods ahead of deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Berlin
Eisenhower
Far East
Adm
B. Carney
Naval
Hons
Matsu
Quemoy
Carney
Straits of Mur
Zear
Formosa
Ames
Alk
House
Senate
White House
Capitol Hill
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
FBI Notes Indicate Ransom Demand In Barbara Gaca Case
FBI and Toledo police confront a ransom note demanding 25000 for seven year old Barbara Gaca. Agents say the letter, a likely crank effort, was shared with Congress as officials weigh jurisdiction and ongoing tips. Police continue probing amid uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
FBI
Barbara Gaca
Toledo
Ohio
Dam Kid
Washington
House
Congress
Ray Allen
Rbara
Barbara
Polce
Faure Cabinet Backs Plans For Big Four Talks
Paris Premier Faure's cabinet approved diplomatic steps toward a Big Four conference with Russia. Antoine Pinay outlined measures to foster early direct talks with the Soviet, aligned with hopes for British and American support for Faure's foreign policy charter. Eisenhower also addressed Far East war-scare speculation and cautioned against pressuring Formosa while urging restraint and bipartisanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edgar Faure
Russia
Vie
Measnes Deshaned
Sant Revins
Ia Peenes
Tondon
Washington
Siasion
Faregn
Antoine Pinay
Fegay Faure
Niagara River ice jam shows signs of break up
Niagara Falls area residents along the waterfront brace as the Niagara River ice jam appears to be breaking up slowly. Nine area men remain out of work after a 27 day strike affecting cargo shipments across 11 cities in the 13 state region. A former Bluefield Country Club official, Joseph Barnes Jr., 40, was convicted of embezzling $28,000 and will surrender to begin a five year sentence at Moundsville penitentiary. Two Siamese twin girls separated successfully in Chicago era surgery, offering hope for normal lives. Attorneys for three men convicted of dynamite damage to a coal train seek new trials in Charleston. February relief payments in West Virginia totaled $2,633,200, down $18,923 from January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W.va
Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Public Assistance
Today s Drive In Used Car Bargains
Local dependable auto dealers offer a wide selection of used cars with drastic price cuts low down payments and easy terms. Featured is a 1950 Willys Jeepster with a new top and rebuilt motor a 191 Studebaker Commander low mileage and a 1955 Chevrolet V-8 210 four door with 100 actual miles. For more details see the Classified Advertising section on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willys
Studebaker
Rabbits Hungry At Detroit Flower Show
DETROIT UP The Detroit Flower Show placed a special guard around exhibits after a rabbit ate 36 chrysanthemums grown in Toledo from stock imported from Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Toledo
Ohio
Japan
Greatest Show On Earth on TV Delights Nation
NBC telecast of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey spectacle from Madison Square Garden wowed a 5000 invited audience and national viewers. Despite a lone elephant hiccup, producer Alan Handley and designer Myles White praised the flawless, colorful presentation as color TV made the rings come alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NBC
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Madison Square Garden
John Ringling North
Alan Handley
Myles White
Paul Fritz
Lions
Page Four
Glass Blowers Aid Patricia Knight Fund Gift
The Hazel Allas Glass Company’s Glass Bottle Blowers Association No. 158 donated $100 to the Patricia Knight fund, bringing the total on deposit to $285.28. Patricia, 14, was undergoing her fifth skin grafting at Grafton City Hospital, recovering from four prior operations as hospital costs mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glass Botle Blowers Association No
Hazel Allas Glass Company
Patricia Knight
Patricia
Grafton City Hospital
Spring Returns to Tri County with Warmer Days
Sydney Nebraska reports a warming trend as sunny skies persist. Daily highs rose from 43 to expected near 50s, with a low of 17 last night. Tonight the thermometer should fall to 22 to 32 as forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-County
Ing
Sydney
Neb
Theie
Floyd Bartonians
Los Angeles
Iron demand seen peaking in April at Steel High
Iron age magazine predicts steel demand will hit its high point in April with operations running at 198 percent of rated capacity in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel High Looms
New York
Iron Age Magazine
Tunnelton Youth Struck By Car Leaving School Bus
Twelve year old Willard Runner of Tunnelton remains in serious condition at Grafton City Hospital after a hit and run on U S Route 50 near Fellowsville. John Ducinski of Terra Alta, 65, was jailed in Preston County on hit and run charges after allegedly fleeing the scene. deputies say he cut a license plate number while close to Laurel Mountain on his way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Rt. 3
Tunnelton
Grafton City Hospital
Preston County
John Ducinski
Terra Alta
Freeman
Paul P. Warden
Grafton Hospital
Pellowsville
Warden
Freston County
Cicinski
Laurel Mountain
Fellowsville
Preston
Ducinski
Judy Garland Misses Oscar Show With New Baby News
Hollywood reports singer Judy Garland, nominee for A Star Is Born, will skip tonight's Academy Awards as she has delivered a five pound eight ounce son. Garland, who planned to attend and then go to hospital, welcomed the baby ahead of schedule Tuesday. She has two children from her marriages to Sid Luft and Vincente Minnelli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Judy Garland
Sim
Carsmean
Sid Luft
Vin
Cente Minnelli
Hungry Convicts Surrender After 65 Hour Hostage Stand
Lincoln Neb report says famished convicts surrendered after 65 hours with two hostages held in a three story maximum security wing of the Nebraska Penitentiary. Gov. Victor Anderson commanded the operation personally and refused compromise. Sentences included 15 days in the cell, 90 days segregation, and 30 days solitary for each convict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Victor BE. Anderson
Ande
Hageard
Anderson
Union Men Held in Atlanta Custody in Strike GuardRole
Police detained two union members in Atlanta, including a former special deputy hired to guard against vandalism, amid actions connected to disciplining non striking telephone company employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Holland votes Paris Pact in parliament clash
THE HAGUE Holland's lower house approved the Paris treaty by a large majority with only Communist dissenters opposing. The measure passed by a wide margin amid West German area concerns and Allied governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Holland
West Geraneny
Loyalty Day Set Up Offset Beds
Washington bill passes House designates May first, 1955 as Loyalty Day in America's response to May Day. Rep James E van Zandt leads the effort, House action occurred Tuesday. London report notes Aneurin Bevan maintains stance within the British Labour Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ohe
Senate
James E. van Zandt
R-Pa
America
London
Aneurin Bevan
British Labor Party
Lawyers Tangle Over Shakespeare and Pope Trial
In San Francisco during an immigration case Rossi testified quoting Shakespeare. Attorney Joseph Alloto claimed the line was by Alexander Pope, while another lawyer rebutted the attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Alxander Pope
San Francisco
Government
Auy
Dolm Leckley
Lof Cosare Rossi
Joseph Alloto
Alex Tngler
Repentant Slayer Freed on Probation for Old Slaying
Vincenzo Pennino a 65 year old California vineyard worker was sentenced to one to five years for voluntary manslaughter in the 1921 shooting of Paul Lucia in Wellsburg West Virginia. Judge J J P O'Brien then released Pennino on two years probation and offered a choice to return to California or live with his brother in York Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
California
Vincenzo Pennino
Stockton
Brooke County
J. J. P. O'Brien
O'Brien
York
Pennine
West Coast
Thomas Boyd
Paul Lucia
Pennino
Peter
Vincenzo
Chiang Planes Hit Red Flotilla
Nationalist Chinese headquarters says warplanes off Matsu Island sank several Communist schooners and heavily damaged three 180 ton gunboats. An air force communique reports a flotilla of nine Red gun boats and ten schooners off the Ming River in Pulden Province Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Island
Ming River
Pulden Province
A4 Sub Gets Navy Approval On Test
Cmdr Eugene P. Wilkinson skipper of the USS Nautilus says the atomic powered submarine has passed all trials. The $80 million craft logged over 3,000 minutes under nuclear power, 69 dives, and 92 hours submerged during testing at Groton Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groton
Conn
Eugene P. Wilkinson
Three Teens Held in $500 Bond in Attack Case
Three teenaged suspects were held in default of $500 bond each today in connection with an alleged attack on two girls.
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United Press
By Jack Gaver
Patty Knight
Judy
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