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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
5
Detroit authorities report three men killed and one injured when two light aircraft collided in midair near the city airport. Donald W Baer 26 a Port Huron student pilot was thrown from his cub plane as it struck a BT 13. Debris fell over a two block area while one plane crashed into a yard and another into a cemetery.
The Independent party swept WVU elections with a record turnout. William Franklin Lockhart of Clarkburg won the student body presidency over Joseph Junior Curtis of Morgantown, while the party took 24 of 27 offices. Mary Virginia Banks emerged as vice president, Jack Fleming joined the athletic council, and Mildred Bales and Rese Lawless assumed editor roles on campus publications.
Haymond Maxwell of Clarksburg, candidate for Republican nomination for governor of West Virginia, visited with party leaders in Grafton and Philipps yesterday. The former judge spent three hours making contacts with Republican friends and leaders and said the governorship program must serve all people without favoritism.
The debate centers on creating 19 air groups including new jet fighters and bombers with an $822,000 extra to start work. Some lawmakers hope the defense push will blunt election year votes on conscription and UMT camps. Forrestal urges a balanced program and proposes 66 groups with 11 extra groups using WWII aircraft stored. Critics call it a mothball force while pressing for a costlier jet program.
A garbled account mentions Leo Bagane and unclear negotiations tied to a religious event on Ascension Day. The text references Christian clergymen, a ceremonial mount service, and unspecified disturbances with sounds and objects described vaguely as weapons readings.
Robert D. Moran of the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs will visit the Grafton Employment Service office on the first and third Fridays each month to assist veterans and dependents with VA issues. Moran serves Marion Monongalia Preston Taylor and Wetzel counties and reported April totals of 1,762 cases, over double last year’s 950, noting more educational requests and general interest in veterans affairs. He added April workload, while high, dipped slightly from March 1998 contacts.
A gas explosion fatally burned Merida A. Tripplett, 41, destroying his home and spreading to three neighboring houses in Branchland, Lincoln County. Tripplett died later in Huntington Hospital.
The United National Association of Post Office Clerks will hold its 24th annual state convention in Parkersburg on May 14 and 15 with National secretary treasurer Thomas Bnesley and Don L. Newton from the post office department as speakers.
Reading notes a fragmented line about a Clean-Up campaign with dates May 17 to 24 and references to a Southern district effort. The text is garbled with missing names and places. The article suggests a large, effective drive but lacks coherent details.
The 17 000 B&O workers faced curtailment with 85 hundred recalled as the strike threat lingered. Local directors addressed a smear campaign about Graf te and planned letters to authorities. News covered Grafton dam signage, Mother's Day broadcasts from WHW Cincinnati, and a memorial plane display proposal for Memorial Day.
A vintage advertisement promises Athletes Foot germ destruction for 35 cents in one hour with Teol antiseptic. It claims 90 percent alcohol content and rapid penetration to reach and kill germs on contact, urging customers to ask any druggist and shop at Malqne’s Drug Store.
Esther Has Johnston reports AFL Building Service Employes Union plans a strike date soon, accusing hotel management of anti union tactics. Fisher claims female workers face pressure to accept substandard conditions, while debates on retroactive wage increases and swimwear attire accompany the confrontation.
Autopsy shows William Zezaryn died from a heart piercing stab wound. Witnesses say he chased his wife through the house before stabbing her in the shoulder. Mrs. Zegearyn was held without bail for grand jury action on murder charges. She is due to have her fourth child this fall.
Boston and Maine, Maine Central, New York New Haven and Hartford, and New York Central Boston and Albany divisions issue notices to thousands of employees signaling discontinuance of jobs on May 11 if enginemen and firemen strike resumes.
Popular singer and bandleader Moreno brings his orchestra to Fan Plaw pavilion near Fairmont on Sunday night May 9 from 9 to 1 EDT. He has appeared in MGM films Two Girls and a Sailor and Bathing Beauty and his group tops radio shows. This is his first Central West Virginia appearance with a capacity crowd expected for the standout orchestra led by Moreno and featuring Miss Perry Mitchell. Pinepie, My, 4-A Peart attack endangers Mrs. Frederics 1 Bia.
A civic leader and former president of the West Federation of Women's Clubs, charter member of the Bluefield choir, served several terms as president, helped found the public library and tuberculosis clinics here. Her husband is a dentist. The article notes hearings on a senate-insurance extender tied to Taft, and mentions a large government housing plan. Lake Superior is described as 330 miles long and 160 miles wide.
The housing dispute centers on a Taft led Senate bill to build 1,000,000 homes by 1953. The Senate backed the Taft Ellender Warrenick range plan, while Wolcott’s House group opposes or delays the measure.
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