Tornadoes Hit South and West Killing Nine
The Sentinel reports a two day tornado outbreak across the south and southwest with nine deaths and about 100 injuries. Mississippi Louisiana Oklahoma Texas Kansas were affected. Norman near the University of Oklahoma suffered major damage and several fatalities occurred in Texas and Louisiana.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Homer
Israelites and Arabs clash near Jerusalem in brief night encounter
Reports say Israeli troops and Arab fighters engaged briefly between Jerusalem and Bethlehem with sirens causing a blackout in the Holy City. Mortars and small arms fire disrupted May daylight but details and identities remain unclear as conflicting accounts emerge.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Isreli
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Holy
Trans-Jordan
Tremendous Five Kitten Litter Born to Charleston Cat
A five year old cat named Bob gave birth yesterday to a rare quintuplet litter in South Charleston. The mother cat, owned by Mrs. Freda Cole, is reported to be doing nicely more than 12 hours after birth.
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Charleston
Freda Cole
South Charleston
Seven year old attacked in Roberts Ridge case filed
Prosecutor J K Chase announced Lonnie Hinerman a 26 year old from Roberts Ridge is jailed in Marshall county for investigation of an attempted assault on a seven year old. Hinerman reportedly signed a statement admitting the crime. The victim was treated at Glen Dale hospital and listed as in satisfactory condition.
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Mompsville
Roberts Ridge
Marshall
J. K. Chase
Case
Lonnie Hinerman
Chase
Glen Dale Hospital
Soviet escort to recover bodies from British air lift plane crash
The Soviet army provided an escort today for a British ambulance sent to recover the bodies of four civilian crewmen from the wreckage of a four engined British air lift plane which crashed Saturday. Police discovered the wreckage yesterday.
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Berlin
Bodies Found in Wreckage Near Maryland Pennsylvania Inn
The bodies of a man and a woman were found today with the wreckage of a small plane believed to have crashed yesterday near the Maryland Pennsylvania Inn. Identified tentatively by papers as W. B. Boswell and Mrs Anna Van de Kreede, likely from Washington.
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Manchester
Maryland-Pennsylvania Inn
W. 8. Boswell
Mrs
Anna van de Kreede
2nd Army Chief Of Staff To Speak At Memorial Day Event
Major General Robert B. McClure of Fort Meade Maryland will headline Memorial Day ceremonies in Grafton as part of the homecoming day events. The program includes plane flyovers and the West Virginia Honor Guard at the National Cemetery. McClure, a WWII combat veteran who led the 35th Infantry in Guadalcanal, is a frequent speaker for Reserve and National Guard units in West Virginia and the Second Army area. The Memorial Day committee meets Fridays to finalize plans while a separate drowning incident is reported near Fairmont with a man and youth rescued after a rowboat capsized on the West Fork river near White Rock.
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Grafton
Robert B. McClure
Second Army
Ft. Meade
Maryland
McClure
Charleston
Bluefield
Huntington
Wheeling
Ocean
National Cemetery
West Virginia
National Guard
35Th
Guadalcanal
Pacific
China
Reserve Corps
Fairmont
Robert Sidney Abel
Route 1
West Fork River
White Rock
425 Tons of Coal Used By Power Plant Each Day
The Monongahela Power Company Willow Island station uses 425 tons of coal daily. The plant stores about 30,000 tons, with coal crushed to inch or smaller before feeding into bunkers, pulverizers, and furnaces. Expansion could duplicate current generating units on the site.
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Monongahela Power Company
Willow Island
St. Mary's
the Sentinel
Virginia Man Attempts Suicide After Lover's Quarrel
Roanoke man William B. Gillingham 30 of 431 Elm Street South West Roanoke attempted suicide after a quarrel with a Grafton girl. Police say he, separated from his wife in Beaver Falls PA, was found in the depot waiting room with a razor blade. He was hospitalized in Grafton City Hospital with wrist wounds and improved.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
William B. Gillingham
Elm Street
Grafton City Hospital
Gillingham
Beaver Falls
Pennsylvania
State Band Festival Opens in Huntington This Wednesday
The 13th annual state band festival starts with about 4,000 high school musicians arriving for a three day event. General chairman Geo Theurer said only 550 beds were promised by Saturday but Huntington will provide hosts for all visitors. The three day festival opens Thursday.
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Huntington
Geo.Theurer
May Day 1949 Shows Big Split Between Worlds
May Day 1949 highlighted a rift between the communist and non Communist blocs. In Moscow Red Square, Prime Minister Stalin and Politburo members saluted as crowds cheered and jet aircraft streaked overhead. Other Soviet dominated lands displayed military might in step with the day.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Moscow
Red Square
Josef Stalin
Poliburo
Three year old boy wanders from home in Tay lor county
A wet three year old boy named Bunkie Croston wandered from his Fletcher town parents while visiting relatives on Wilson Ridge Westerman area. He was found an hour and a half later by Mrs James Skiles near a creek, barefoot and shivering, then fed and put to bed. His grandparents Parsons aided in locating his family.
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Westerman
Taylor County
Thornton
Ray Matthews
Bunkie’ Croston
Fletchertown
Sk Les
Parsons
Wilson Ridge
Baltimore Woman Fatally Run Over by Her Car
Miss Mary Shaffer a 24 year old Baltimore woman was fatally injured last night when she was run over by her own car and dragged about 60 feet. She died in a Morgantown hospital six hours after the accident at the Knotts residence. She had been removing a cinder block from in front of a wheel on a sloping driveway when the vehicle moved.
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Kingwood
Mary Shaffer
Baltimore
Morgantown
Fance
Darrell Knotts
Shafer
Knotts
Two Gang Members Headed to Baltimore Federal Trial
Baltimore FBI officials announced that two gang members from the Pittsburgh area, James Bennett aged 23 and Carl Close aged 31, are being transported from Tennessee for federal court trial in Baltimore along with Roy Mann of Sabraton West Virginia. They face charges for two Baltimore bank robberies in January and February totaling over $34,000 and a separate $5,490 bank holdup in Follawsbee West Virginia.
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FBI
Tennessee
James Edward Bennett
Carl Close
Pittsburgh
Roy L. Mann
Sabraton
West Virginia
Bennett
Close
Joseph William Morgan
Teanessee
Follawsbee
A. W. McFarlin
Ber
Council Candidates Number 7 Claims Hitchhiker Pushed Him Aside
Belpre man Lewis Clark said he picked up a college student hitchhiker on Route between Belpre and Marietta. The hitchhiker allegedly pushed Clark from the car, which then crashed and burned 100 yards ahead. Clark reached a farmhouse via a field to report the incident to police. Two youths who admitted holding up a Baltimore and Ohio train on March 9 face sentencing in Fairmont Wednesday afternoon.
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Parkersburg
Ohio
Belpre
Lewis Clark
Marietta
Clark
Five Candidates File Late For Grafton City Council
Mahaffey Rosier Hanleiter Evans Bolyard join Dorsey Bolyard and others in last minute bids for the June 7 Grafton municipal election. Filings show a mix of trades, including a machinist, boilermaker, accountant, auto wrecker operator, and painter, with War veteran Dorsey Bolyard among those submitting petitions near the deadline.
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Grafton
Dorsey G. Bolyard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Blieville
Lindsay ‘I. Mahaffey
West Main Street
Harry Hanleiter
Ross Street
B. and
Baltimore and Ohio to introduce Col umbians first trains with strata-dome cars
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces the introduction of its Columbians first trains with strata-dome cars. Simultaneous christening ceremonies will be held in Washington and Chicago on May 5, with public exhibitions along the route before regular service begins on May 15. Miss Drucie Snyder will christen the Washington train at 10 a.m. EDT at Washington Union Terminal. Miss Barbara Cunningham will christen the Chicago train.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Chicago
Chica
Drucie Snyder
John W. Snyder
100 Miners Escape From Four Miles Underground
SHINNSTON West Virginia One hundred miners working four miles underground emerged safely after a fire shut off the ventilating system at the Bethlehem-Fairmont coal tipple on the outskirts of Shinnston. Damage was estimated around 1 million dollars as flames destroyed lines and lighting and cut power to pumps. The blaze reportedly started when a worker used an open flame torch to cut a bolt from a conveyor. The mine evacuated within about one hour as firefighters from Clarksburg arrived after a 12 mile trek. The Bethlehem-Fairmont operation employs about 225 men and includes a four track tipple served by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
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Shinnston
Isethlehem- Fairmont Coal Company
M. D. Newton
Tipple
Newton
Clarksburg
Bethleham-Fairmont
Reppert Coal Company
Baltimore and Ohio ‘Railroad
Gine
Bethlehem-Fairmont
Lights and Shadows in Taylor County Courtrooms
Judge Merle Watkins preserved strict limits in the Curry and Gaines cases, denying defense or prosecution matters as requested. The Prosecution plans to retry Gaines in September after the hung jury, while readers note changes in Sentinel delivery and reflect on community views gathered by a local journalism class survey.
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Taylor County
Merle Watkins
Curry
The
Sentinel
Grafton
May Day Showcases Soviet Air Might Over Moscow
Moscow witnesses a May Day display of growing Soviet air power as jet planes trace a bold message in the sky. The parade features Maj. Gen. Vassily Stalin leading a traditional demonstration, with a strong jet propulsion evident behind the spectacle.
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Stalin
Squin
Vassily Stalin
Ber
Ford
Wennerstrom
Sweden
America
Russell A. Randall
Russia
Papiulatio Marshall
Car plunges over hill hits electric pole in Philippi
Marvin i of Philippi faced hazardous driving charges after his car, a 1840 Ford, plunged over an embankment at 427 West Wilford Street at about 4 p m Saturday. It struck an electric light pole, disabled three transformers, and he forfeited bond for failing to appear in municipal court. He suffered facial cuts and McLean’s car was heavily damaged.
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Philippi
Wilford Street
McLean
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