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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1949
Page
1
The Sentinel reports communists pressing toward Shanghai as foreign airlines suspend operations and communications with the outside world shrink. Red Gen. Chen Yi’s forces reach Woosung multiple times but cannot hold the fortified Yangtze and Whangpoo junction as ships continue to move.
New York delegates held an overtime meeting to decide on ending the diplomatic boycott of Franco Spain. The six week general assembly ran past last Saturday’s adjournment due to heated debate over Spain and Italy’s prewar colonies. A Latin American bid to repeal December 1946 Madrid ambassador withdrawal resolution led the agenda, followed by a plan from the United States Britain and France to divide authority over Italy’s former colonies before adjournment, likely tomorrow.
Boston reports Otto Koppen of MIT and Lynn Bollinger of Harvard business school have developed a helioplane that can fly at 27 miles per hour and land on a field the size of a tennis court. After three years of work, tests show it resembles a conventional plane with helicopter advantages and operates like a car.
Police charge George Szendry, 28, of Humberstone Ontario with murder after a Buffalo youth was killed and another seriously wounded while defending companions at a moonlight patrol on a beach in Port Colborne Ontario.
Burton Bay, 19, of Seattle died in Port Angeles after a “Russian roulette” game with two companions. He placed a pistol to his head, spinning a chamber with one shell, and fired, the bullet lodging in his temple during a visit to his parents at Blue Mountain. Undersheriff Howard Breece reported the incident.
Hospital attendants report two births this weekend at City hospital. A daughter arrived to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garrett of 243 Ross street at 6 15 a.m. Saturday weighing seven pounds four teen and three quarter ounces. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. T J DeBarr of 736 Pearl street at 9 32 a.m. Sunday weighing eight pounds five and a quarter ounces.
President Truman reported to Congress that by mid this year the dollar shortage in Marshall Plan nations should drop by half, while warning they must expand economically and reform to become independent of aid by 1952 end. He noted Communist advances in China hinder ECA activities and stressed Europe must exceed prewar production to pay its own way.
The Bow Street court adjourned the extradition hearing for communist fugitive Gerhart Eisler to May 24. Eisler, claimed as a political refugee, faced US extradition requests after authorities escorted him from the Polish liner Batory. Scotland Yard officers testified on his removal as Polish diplomats watched.
The report from Washington notes that in Hungary Bulgaria and Germany the Communist led ballots produced overwhelming support. Hungary reported 97.3 percent for the state slate while Sofia claimed near unanimous votes and German voters faced a yes or no choice on a government dominated slate.
Carl Riggs of the State Conservation Commission said bids for the Tygart Lake bath house will be reviewed for several days before the award. He noted that the award might have been expected over the weekend, but he was delayed returning from Washington. The low bid was 36363 dollars.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Grafton City Hospital announces a charity ball at the Elks ballroom on Friday May 2. The event starts at 9 p m with Willow Beach orchestra led by Joe Shuttlesworth. Proceeds aid the hospital and auxiliary activities.
Fred J. Williams submits the lowest bid of 14600 for the city garbage collection contract, beating L P Morgan who bids 21000. Williams proposes using the crematory already owned by the city for 1400 or his own site for 15600, with the Curve Bridge area as a proposed crematory site. Contract signing for the new fiscal year is expected after the Grafton City Council meeting Tuesday night.
The federal government intervened to help end the Ford strike. Walter Reuther visited mediation director Cyrus S. Ching, who said a mediator would attend Detroit negotiations. Ching warned the company and union to make progress or the case would enter the public interest. Reuther was in Washington for CIO meetings with vice presidents and the executive board.
Washington DC The railroads told the Interstate Commerce Commission that the new freight rate increase they seek will be the last for now Attorney Jacob Aronson of the New York Central said rates won’t go higher than those in their petition despite wage pressures from unions Since October the lines have pushed up rates and aim to proceed with an intensive effort to secure approval The group previously sought a 13 percent rise and the commission granted a four to six percent temporary increase in December A further hike of about six and a half percent above current charges was anticipated See RAILROADS page 2
Deloris Hurst a 14 year old Reynolds ville resident died in a Clarksburg hospital from injuries after a truck tailboard gave way. Delbert Campbell 15 remained in critical condition with skull and back injuries. State Trooper Swiger said the accident happened yesterday near Coplin church as twelve youths returned from a swimming party.
The Holland tunnel blast showed how a city like New York could be crippled by a coordinated attack. The piece warns police about political groups seeking to force government change and notes that even a few atom bombs or a fifth column could disrupt traffic, communication, and daily life for hours or days. It emphasizes Manhattan’s central role and the city’s complex interconnections that affect the nation.
A destructive tornado ripped through a four square mile area in southern Amarillo last night killing four people and injuring about sixty five. The storm struck veteran housing areas amid near cloudburst and large hail. Ambulances and patrols ferried the injured to crowded hospitals as Red Cross workers rushed in from St. Louis. Crop damage weighed against wheat in the Texas Panhandle where communication lines were knocked out.
Democratic leaders hope to deliver a major win for President Truman this week by advancing a multi billion dollar housing bill. The measure, approved 57 to 13 in the House, would fund slum clearance low rent public housing and farm housing aids with a path to the president's desk though possible delays remain in committee.
Pvt. Herman P. Dennis Jr. was found guilty by a 20th Air Force Court Martial of raping and murdering Ruth Farnsworth in Guam. He faced the death sentence, to be reviewed by the commanding officer, the Air Force Board of Review, and President Truman. If upheld, execution method to be set later.
Five high school youths from Grafton and Flemington have been selected to attend the American Legion Mountains e er Boys State at Jacksons Mill the week of July 5. Names include Benny Poe Richard Falls Charles Jarrett John Lawrence Waters and Sam Isabella. Local clubs will sponsor the five. Jarrett is sponsored by the Rotary club.
The Sentinel accuses the weekly paper of libel for attacking its news editor and staff. It calls the weekly editor a liar and a coward and says the claims require proof, noting the potential for a libel verdict without showing actual damage. The note condemns personal attacks on the staff.
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