Smathers Edges Pepper In Florida Senate Fight
Florida voters chose Claude Pepper's successor after 14 years as senator. George Smathers, a former Marine, won the Democratic nomination and about 65 thousand more votes, riding on issues of Communism, spending, and the New Deal era. Pepper conceded after a rough primary and Smathers pledged to defend freedom.
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Memorial Day Invites West Virginia Industrial School
The West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown is invited to participate in Memorial Day activities on May 30. A marching unit and possibly the Boys Scout troop may attend the parade from the B and O station to the National Cemetery. Waitman T. Robinson is appointed chair of the financial committee and treasurer, succeeding Ed N. Locke. Congressman Robert L. Ramsay will give the Memorial Day address, with the Second Army Band from Fort Meade featured.
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Gettysburg
Leland Price
Robert L. Ramsay
First District
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Fort Meade
Lattimore Says U S Politics Hits New Low In Attacks Through Wife
Sen Hickenlooper pressed Owen Lattimore on whether Mrs Lattimore spoke at a California unAmerican activities linked school in 1943 and at a Tom Mooney trade union school. Lattimore condemned the tactic as a new low in American politics and criticized McCarthy and Budenz.
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Owen Lattimore
Senate
Lattimore
Bourke Hickenlooper
Joseph McCarthy
Louis Budenz
Lang
Band Festival Underway In Huntington Amid Influx Of Bands
Huntington prepares for the 15th annual state band festival as 58 bands including Morgantown high school travel to town. About 5 500 youths arrive to be greeted by officials and locals with a planned city march if weather allows.
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West
Rumor Russia Preparing For purge in Poland
Rumor says Moscow plans a purge in Poland with Soviet control through Rokossovsky and installed Polish officers to lead a new communist regime. Washington fears a crackup in Eastern Europe as Paul Hoffman warned satellites may follow such a line.
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New ATC Members Voted In At Grafton High
New members were voted in at Grafton Senior High last evening for the Athletic Ticket Committee. Miss Cole, biology and economics instructor, announced the new members Jean Patty Gallagher Becky Betty Jean Smith Wila Sapp April Headley Rita and Wilma Landers. A student manager will be chosen from senior students later today. The ATC, organized under Robert C Sloan, has grown into an active school group handling tickets concessions and crowd management at games.
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Miss Cole
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Patty Gallagher
Becky
Betty Jean Smith
Wila Sapp
April Headley
Rita
Wilma Landers
Well-Child Clinic Postponed One Week
The Well-Child Clinic at Grafton Junior High, usually held the first Thursday, has been postponed to next Thursday. Mrs. Paul Warden, chairman, announced the change. Dr Cora Lenox of Philippt will continue as physician in charge, with sponsorship by the Vafon Womens Club.
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Iafton Womens Club
3000 Miners Return To Work After Walkout
United Mine Workers Representative Charles Kiser of Williamson says 3,000 coal miners will return to work today after a walkout at three Island Creel Coal pits near Delbarton. The layoffs affected 200 workers in a so called efficiency move, and a mine supervisor and an engineer were lightly roughed up during eviction. Grievances will be presented through proper channels.
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Hearing On Labor Practices Resumes In Clarksburg Today
A National Labor Board hearing into charges of unfair labor practices resumes today in Clarksburg after a one week layoff. District 31 United Mine Workers and four locals are accused by Bitner Fuel Co of Uniontown, Pa. The company contends its Jine Lew mine in Lewis County was closed last July due to threats of violence by union members.
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Bitner Fuel Company
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Jine Lew
Lewis County
Taylor County Woman Killed In Car Accident
Mary Virginia Blake of Fittington died after losing control of a Jeep on wet Route 19 near Laurel Park in Harrison County. The 32 year old nurse's aide at St Mary's hospital was driving toward Clarksburg when her vehicle plunged down a 200 foot embankment after sliding on rain slick pavement. She died at St Mary's hospital about two and a half hours later.
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Nington
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W. M. Simon
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St. Mary's Hospital
Punishment for Missouri crew in court martial ruling
Norfolk reports say three Navy officers linked to the battleship Missouri incident were disciplined by promotion list reassignments after a Norfolk court martial review. Navigator Lieutenant-Commander Frank Morris moved back 350 places, Captain William Brown reduced 250 places, and a 100 place cut applied to another officer. Meanwhile Wayne County voters approve a 185000 annual school improvement levy for three years in 35 of 47 precincts with a 70 percent majority.
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New York
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Florida
Wayne County
U S Debt Seen Higher Threat Than Reds or Bomb
Washington reports primaries in Florida Ohio Alabama and Indiana with a Virginia special election. Pepper defeated for re election. Smathers wins the Democratic senatorial nomination in Florida where Democrats outnumber Republicans 15 to 1. Ohio sees Taft unopposed. seven candidates compete for the Democratic nomination.
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Ohio
Alabama
Indiana
Virginia
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George Smathers
Pepper
Robert Taft
Radical new coal fired turbine locomotive planned
Bituminous Coal Research Inc develops a radically different locomotive using a turbine engine powered by coal fired gas. The project aims to cut operating costs to 12 to 15 dollars an hour below diesel. Nine eastern railroads and five coal companies back the venture.
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Morgantown Firm Submits Low Bids for Two Colleges
Baker and Coombs, Inc. offered the lowest bids to the state board of education for two college projects. The science building at West Virginia Tech was bid at 517,700 and the health and physical education building at Glenville State College was bid at 517,750. The board president says both bids exceed available funds, though features could be cut by revising specifications. Ten bids were submitted.
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Lawrence R. Lynch
State Board
Senator Taylor to Ride Truman Campaign Train Idaho
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho may ride with President Truman on the campaign train during Idaho stops on May tenth. Taylor, seeking renomination, says he has been invited to board the train. Republicans appoint Senator Robert Taft to reply to Truman’s May fifteenth Chicago speech and seek equal radio air time.
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Lander Seeks City Damages Wins 433.50 Verdict
Ralph Lander of Grafton was awarded 433.50 in Taylor County Circuit Court after his car hit a pothole on East Main Street. He claimed the hole resulted from city water line work in East End. A separate verdict later awarded H B Daugherty 650 in a related suit against the city.
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Pepper's Defeat Viewed As Trend Against Truman
Washington reports Senator Pepper's loss is seen in Republican ranks as a nationwide trend against the Truman program. GOP chair Guy Gabrielson says the Florida primary confirms the trend and questions whether the president will heed the rebuke from his own party or press on with themes like socialized medicine and Brannan plan.
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Republican National Committee
Stassen Attacks Truman as Worst President in Speech
In New York Harold Stassen now head of the University of Pennsylvania denounced President Truman calling him the worst president and the cleverest politician to occupy the White House. He criticized Truman’s attitude and policies as shaped by what he labeled the most effective political school in America, the Kansas City school.
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Nation's Capital Goes On DST Tomorrow
Washington will switch to Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m. Standard on Thursday, four days after other communities. District of Columbia commissioners delayed to align Senate and House measures authorizing fast time.
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Three Die In Mishaps Across Regions
A 32 year old Mary Blake of Flemington died after her station wagon went over a hill near Clarksburg West Virginia Route 19. Sergeant Benjamin Allen of Stamford died after Sunday injuries from an automobile accident near Alamogordo New Mexico. A well dressed man leaped in front of a Baltimore and Ohio Express train at Harpers Ferry with no identifying marks found by police.
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West
Evacuation From Red China Reaches Hong Kong Sharp
The American President liner General Gordon arrived in Hong Kong with 735 evacuees including 377 stateless persons marooned in Shanghai for months awaiting Communist permission. A stateless passenger described Shanghai as becoming a second Russia with Russian advisers beside Chinese officials when visas were stamped. An American businessman warned foreigners are being squeezed out by Chinese Communists.
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Th Noo
Virginia Banks Second In Days Lost In Strikes
Pennsylvania led with over 100 million man days idle in coal and steel strikes, followed by West Virginia and Ohio. The state totals come from the Department of Labor as the year’s largest strike idleness.
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Department of Labor
Glade Run Farm Women Win First in Window Display
The Glade Run Farm Women's Club won first place in the county window display contest for National Home Demonstration Week. Displays appear in Western Auto, with judges Mrs Paul Murphy and Mrs Walter Chrislip. Second and third places went to Knottsville and Haymond clubs, respectively, with honorable mentions for Simpson and Country Club clubs. Public meetings and health films were scheduled by Knottsville and Simpson clubs.
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