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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1950
Page
1
United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie urged WHO delegates in Geneva to unite for peace and end the cold war, warning immediate prospects are uncertain but stressing a search for a way forward. He will travel to Moscow Wednesday on a Save-The-UN mission.
Miss Georgiana Streiss of Barrackville will appear in Grafton on June 14 to deliver History of the Flag as part of Flag Day services. Streiss, last year’s Miss West Virginia, represents the mountain state in the Atlantic City pageant. Local and visiting patriotic groups plus school bands will participate in the program.
Five year old John Colebank son of Mr and Mrs John Colebank Route 3 was badly hurt in an auto accident Saturday evening and is confined to Grafton City hospital with a severe brain concussion. Driver Loran Diamond Bridgeport will not be booked for charges pending recovery. Patrolman Stemple said the incident appeared unavoidable. The boy darted across East Main street to meet his mother who was returning from shopping.
West Virginia Elks meet in Wheeling May 25 to 27 with a notable event a tour of Imperial Glass Company Bellaire Ohio An arranged bus trip leaves the Wheeling Elks Club at 1245 PM on May 25 guided by Elizabeth Wood of Imperial Glass Company Readers will tour the glass mixing blowing pressing cutting decorating and showroom seeing finished products including etching and cutting features
Senate investigators delaying review of State department loyalty files covering 81 named individuals described by Senator McCarthy as communists or security risks. Today's session was canceled as the group awaits the documents, including papers related to McCarthy's case number two. McCarthy alleged an American envoy was a foreign agent and said missing material could lead to firing if proven.
President Truman again asks Congress to make Alaska and Hawaii full fledged states. Two bills are under senate consideration as he notes troubled times and argues statehood would strengthen welfare development and national security. He cites democracy and self government as core, highlighting Hawaii’s Pacific location and Alaska’s proximity to Russia.
Washington reports mark the fifth anniversary of V E Day with reflections on Europe’s end of war. President Truman notified Americans earlier, while British and German notices framed peace as the path forward. In Paris, Dean Acheson meets with French counterpart Robert Schuman to discuss postwar diplomacy.
Senator Harley Kilgore of West Virginia joined in accusing excessive oil imports of crippling the coal industry and threatening independent producers. He named six large oil companies, not identified, as targets and warned Congress could lift import ceilings, risking price manipulation. Similar charges by Senator Neely were reported recently.
In Wheeling a derailment damaged 500 feet of rail on two lines of the B and O railroad. A hotbox is blamed. Trains between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati are rerouted over Pennsylvania line. No injuries reported. repairs ongoing expected through the day.
In Charleston two legislative groups will meet to discuss bills funding financially pressed West Virginia cities and towns. It is a joint session of the committee on interstate cooperation and the special committee on government and finance.
President Truman, on a midwest tour for his 66th birthday, warned that future U.S. decisions could avert a third world war and condemned isolationists he said would let Communism swallow the world. He spoke to a trainside crowd in Galesburg, with more stops planned in Burlington and Ottawa, Iowa. Republican shadows and campaign staff appeared as the visit unfolded.
The Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton West Virginia prepares a public Mother's Day service for the forty second observance. The event will honor mothers nationwide with a memorial program drawing many West Virginians and residents from neighboring states.
Seven United Mine Workers are scheduled for court appearances in Williamson today. Six will be arraigned on felony and misdemeanor indictments arising from violence on Rockhouse Fork of Pigeon Creek May 1 and 2. A second appearance in contempt proceedings is planned for one more individual. The incidents involved attacks at Mines No. 24 25 and 26 of Island Creek Coal Company as about 200 Island Creek employees were laid off amid union seniority disputes.
President Truman begins a western tour traveling through Martinsburg and the eastern Panhandle last night. The presidential itinerary omits West Virginia on this pass but mirrors the return route. The train paused briefly at Cumberland and later at Pittsburgh.
Grafton Senior High School A Cappella Choir of 55 voices under Miss Nancy Anne Staley to perform Friday May 12 in the school auditorium. Program features guest soloist Richardean Parkhill and All-State Chorus numbers sung by a group including Mary Virginia Monroe and James Yost. Choir in navy robes with gold stoles.
Five young men from Preston county were charged with creating a disturbance and attempting to break into the Monty Harvey home at 9 Grand Street. Suspects Russell Wolfe 40 Gladesville Lifford Smith 16 Independence Ray Smith 13 Independence James Simeral 17 Reedsville Kermit Zickafoose 20 Gladesville were arrested Saturday night after a call from the Harvey family. An initial hearing set for 4 o clock this afternoon to determine trial.
Merle Haddox announced opening day for boat docking facilities at Tygart Lake State Park as Saturday May 13 with a closing date of Friday September 15. The State Conservation Commission will operate docks again this year and prison labor crews repaired roads and cleared slides. Docking facilities may move to the opposite Scab Hollow side later season. bath house at the dam will not finish until late summer.
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