Incinerator Construction To Be Launched Tomorrow
Grafton moves ahead with the citys new 48 ton capacity incinerator. Workmen will dig for footers and foundation as city council signed the purchase from Goder Incinerator of Chicago. A 35 foot steel stack with brick lining is planned at Riverside Drive site. Completion expected within weeks and operation by mid July.
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Chicago
Illinois
Grafton
P. H. Sharps
Mason Brothers
Riverside Drive
City Hall
Decker
City Backs Housing Plan In Grafton Effort
Grafton council backs a Taylor County Board of Trade led low cost federal housing unit. Gene Karen of the Upper Monongahela Valley Housing Authority outlined the program before the board, with plans to form a housing authority committee from local residents. Ernest F. Clark named to the cemetery board as a long vacant seat. ordinance 187 failed amid downtown business opposition over parking removal on St John Street.
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Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trade
Gene Karen
Upper
Monongapela Valley
Ernest F. Clark
Cemetery Board
Ben F. Sayres
Victor Willhide
St. John Street
Royal Family Squabble Over Princess Ar Blues Put Onus
Egyptian royal family quarrels intensify with back and forth charges between Cairo and San Francisco. Queen Mother’s secretary Grahli and the king debate the legitimacy of Princess Athia’s marriage to a Tian commoner in California, after the council declared the union void.
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Calif
Gairo
Thia
Californ
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Riad Gahli
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Francisco
New Deputies Named By State VA Director
State Veterans Affairs Director T. H. McGovran announces two field deputies. Edwin R. Fletcher Jr. of Alderson will oversee Lewisburg and Pocahontas Webster Nichol as Monroe Greenbrier counties. Brayton M. Mandigo of Parkersburg will cover Wood Tyler Doddridge Pleasant Ritchie Mason counties.
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T. H. McGovran
State Veterans Affairs Department
Edwin R. Fletcher, Jr
Alderson
Lewisburg
Pocahontas
Webster
Nicholas
Monroe
Greenbrier
Brayton M. Mandigo
Parkersburg
Wood
Mandigo
Frank P. Dodd
Glass Firms Warn on Foreign Imports In Washington Dinner
Ohio and West Virginia glass executives and congressmen told in Washington last night that foreign glass imports threaten the industry. The Cambridge Glass Co president said his plant could shut down soon without import cuts. Secretary Dillingham cited a 1948 retail $62 million business, a drop of eight million in the past year, and current employment under half of normal 15 000 direct and 35 000 indirect jobs.
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Charleston
Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio Glass Manufacturing Company
W. L. Orme
Cambridge (Ohio
Washington
J. L. Dillingham
American Glassware Association
Dillingham
Lass
Taft Sees Truman Plan Risking Bankruptcy and War
Senator Robert Taft faults the Truman program as risking home bankruptcy and a new world war. He criticizes foreign policy for communism while pledging GOP opposition to communism at home and support for negotiations with Russia to end the cold war, noting resistance from Frances Bolton and John Vorys. Taft also defends the Taft Hartley labor law for removing Communist influence from unions.
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Washington
Robert Taft
Truman
Chicago
GOP
Russia
Ohio
Frances Bolton
John Vorys
Joseph Stalin
CIO
Suspect Held In Murder Near Berkeley Springs
State police announced an arrest in the Berkeley Springs murder case. The suspect is held for questioning and reportedly had women’s clothing items and red hair strands on clothing. A bus driver linked a May 5 ride from Columbus to Hancock, and prints resemble those of a woman named Ida May Sheeman.
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Berkeley Springs
R. H. Grossnickel
Columbus
Ohio
Hancock
Maryland
Washington
Ida May Sheeman
Boy dies not allowed to crawl through iron fence balcony
Three year old Michael Selin ignored his mother warning and tried to squeeze through an iron balcony fence in their Chicago apartment. Firemen freed him but he was found dead, the tragedy prompting warnings about balcony safety.
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Chicago
Tol
Michael Selin
Michael
Holt Charges Racketeering Ties in West Virginia
Former West Virginia senator Rush D. Holt now a Democratic delegate to the state legislature from Lewis County says rackets operate in the state with protection. He claims state police lack full enforcement power and asserts the public deserves to know who protects these rackets. Holt spoke at a Clarksburg Presbyterian men's group banquet.
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U.S
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Lewis County
Angle
West Inia
Holt
Duff Scores Triumph in Pennsylvania Primary
In Pennsylvania Governor James Duff known as Big Red wins a major political triumph over the Grundy-led Republican organization. Duff is nominated for U S senator by a near three to one margin. His endorsed candidates for governor and four other statewide offices also win. Duff argues the party should pursue aggressive progressive policy.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Big Red
Joseph Grundy
James Duff
Duff
Man Dies From Self-Inflicted Bullet Wound Found Near Berkeley Springs
Morgan County authorities discovered a middle aged man with a head wound along old U S Route 522 near Berkeley Springs. He died two hours later in a hospital. State's Attorney 8 D Helsey said the revolver found nearby was likely used in a self inflicted shooting. An envelope in a parked car was addressed to Ernest R Leach and the deceased bore the initials E R L tattooed on his arm.
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Berkeley Springs
Morgan County
D. Helsey
Ernest R. Leach
E.R. L
Annual Spring Band Concert At Grafton High May 25
Grafton High School 72 piece senior band and 85 member junior band will perform their annual spring concert Thursday night May 25 at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. Band director Paul W. Shahan says rehearsals have been ongoing and the program includes items from Sousa, Tchaikovsky, and Grofe among others. Graduation will reduce senior membership by about 25.
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Grafton
Grafton High School
Paul W. Shahan
Decker Resigns June 30 To Take Pennsylvania Post
Curtis D. Decker, Gradston's city manager, will resign effective June 16 or no later than June 30 to become city manager of Sewickley Pennsylvania, a Pittsburgh suburb about 12 miles away. His resignation letter was read to the Grafton City Council. The council regrets the loss and seeks a prompt replacement as Dr. Robert F. Gerkin praises Decker's tenure.
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Curtis D. Decker
Sewickley
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Grafton
Robert F. Gerkin
Nest
Decker
Becker
Endoure
St Augustine Pupils To Give Final Program
The St Augustine school will present its final program of the year Friday evening May 19 in the school auditorium. The Junior class acts in a one act play Had Lefty Come a drama exposing Communism with a cast including Michael Tucker Fred Ford Robert Colon Charles Turner James Kunst Charles Waters Dolores Reed Edward Grinnan Frank Sandor Robert Dougherty Jerry Dougherty Robert Pugh Edward Dillon James Kirk Waters Jack Coole. The freshmen and sophomores perform a two act Irish drama The Bird of St Patrick about Mrs O Malley who is about to lose her home in Ireland.
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St. Augustine School
Lefty
Michael Tucker
Fred Ford
Robert Colon
Charles B. ‘Turner
James Kunst
Edward Dillon
James Kirk Waters
Rail Business Near Normalcy Returns to Tracks
Washington reports rail traffic edging toward normal after the recent strike settlement. Freight and passenger trains resume service including New York Central’s 20th Century Limited and Pennsylvania’s Broadway Limited. Railroads tally the strike’s cost as service restarts proceed.
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Washington
New York Central
20Th Century Limited
Pennsylvania Road
Broadway
Examiners Wind Up Hearing on UMW Labor Case
Clarksburg trial examiners wrap up a hearing over alleged unfair labor practices by United Mine Workers District 31. Bitner-Puel Co. seeks a cease and desist after claiming violence threatened to force closure of a Jane Lew tipple and mine last July. Judge Piper dismissed the union’s contention that charges were unproved.
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Clarksburg
United Mine Workers
Bitner Puel Company
Bitner
UMW District 31
Jane Lew Tipple
Lewis County
National Labor Guare
Robert L. Piper
Baltimore and Ohio orders 34 diesel locomotives for Buffalo division
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will acquire 34 diesel electric locomotives at about 5.4 million dollars to power all through freight service on its Buffalo division from Benwood West Virginia through Pittsburgh to Buffalo and Rochester. Electro Motor division of Pack Motors at La Grange will deliver next year. The railroad already operates 20 units on that division, with three locomotives often coupled to pull freights over the New York and Pennsylvania mountain grades without helper engines.
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Electro-Motive Division
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Benwood
W. Va
Wheeling
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