Grafton Soldier Reenlists for Indefinite Army Tour
Sergeant First Class Harry Curry Jr of Grafton reenlists in the Regular Army for an indefinite period. He graduated Grafton High in 1937, served in Hawaii and the South Pacific with the 24th Field Artillery Division, and returns to Oahu in 1945. He now serves as Information and Education noncommissioned officer for the 74th Ordnance Base Depot Co. He is married with two children.
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74Th Ordnance Base Depot Co
Islands
University of Life Opens At Andrews and St Johns Churches
Last night a large crowd attended the opening sessions at Andrews and St Johns churches for the University of Life. Instructors include Dr. John Hollister of Fairmont, Mrs. C. C. O Neill of Morgantown, Mrs. B. W. Johns of Montgomery, Dr. Leroy Hooper of Morgantown, and Dr. William S. Craig of Fairmont. Reverend R. Li Noore of Fairmont Temple will lead daily devotions between classes. More enrollments are expected tonight and all Methodists are urged to attend.
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Andrews
St. Johns
John Hollister
Fairmont
C. C. O’neill
Morgantown
B. W. Johns
Montgomery
Leroy Hooper
William 5. Craig
R. Li Noore
Fairmont Temple
Parade and ceremony mark Monongah B&O event
The Monongah division of the B and O plans a station square ceremony after a parade forming at Latrobe and St Marys streets. Thomas J Moran chairs the parade committee. Details remain unsettled, with a 7 p.m. march time anticipated as in prior years.
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B. and O
Station Square
Latrobe
St. Mary's
B. and O. Station Square
Thomas J. Moran
Sims Ruling Bans Extra Pay for Retired University Staff
The state constitution forbids extra compensation to public officers after service or contract. Sims ruled that only pension payments from the retirement fund are constitutional, affecting retired custodial staff and instructors while not altering teachers with county board supplements. The university budgeted about $26,000 for supplemental payments in 1948 49, with a $30,000 annual appropriation for the next two years starting July 1.
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Sims
France Dimanche Seizure Contested by Manager
The seizure continued from page one without a visible bathing suit in sight, and Max Corre, general manager of France Dimanche, called the action illegal and vowed to challenge it.
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Page One
Max Corre
France Dimanche
Paris action linked to alleged press dispute reported
A man claimed he faced legal action over a dispute involving Italian press images. He said a revised France Dimanche edition would go on sale tomorrow. A British embassy spokesman denied that the prefect of police acted on a personal complaint by Ambassador Sir Oliver Harvey.
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France
Cantina Trio Planned Murder and Robbery
The three men discussed a murder and a robbery as if a business deal ten days earlier. They met again last Thursday night and talked of carrying out the plan that night but cited dinner with Mather and a church social as reasons not to act. Harrison named a second target, Walter Queen, a country store operator near Kinley border.
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Martin
Mather
Harrison
Kit
Kinh's Creek
Walter Queen
Polishing a plan for emergency strikes dominates debate
Committee members clash over how to handle national emergencies with injunctions or plant seizures. Jacobs outlined a plan allowing seizure of plants if employers refuse a truce, with injunctions only against the union if it’s the offender. Sims bill faced defeat amid blame for John L. Lewis’s opposition. Huntington festival notes follow with local chaperones and nearby bands listed.
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Jacobs
Sim
Lesinski
D-Mich
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Sims
Tigers draw crowd for home night games in 1948 season
The Detroit Tigers averaged 44,907 bald admissions for their 14 home night games during 1948. The 1949 National Professional Tennis Championships will be held on the Forest Hills courts of the West Side Tennis Club, ending June 26.
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Detroit Tigers
Forest Hills
West Side Tennis Club
Bow Tie Bonnet Ned Ten Eyck Undefeated as Sculler
Ned Ten Eyck, longtime Syracuse crew coach since 1938, earned a legendary undefeated span as a sculler from 1895 to 1901, never losing a race despite extended competition.
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Ned Ten Eyck
Syracuse
Woman Held in Investigation Over Cabin Fire Death
State Trooper W L Pence said a 34-year-old Coal Branch Heights woman was being held in an investigation of the burning death of Frank Smith, 40, of Coal Branch Height. Smith burned to death in his one room cabin Saturday.
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Charleston
W. L. Pence
Coal Branch Heights
Frank Smith
Coal Branch Height
Pence
Smith
Try and Stop Me N The Lowells and Their Seven Worlds
Ferris Greenslet recounts dozens of stories about the Lowell clan with anecdotes about Amy Lowell and John D Rockefeller Jr. The piece mixes playful biographical sketches with curio moments and light social satire in a 1949 context.
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Lowells
Ferris Greenslet
Amy Lowell
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