May 30 Parade To Feature Ten Divisions In Grafton
The annual May 30 parade from the B and O to the National Cemetery marks Memorial Day events in Grafton on homecoming day. Ten divisions with ten bands will lead off under T. J. Moran's announcement, assembling on Washington and Ltadder streets. The march begins at 9 15 a m led by Chief Marshal Lt Randall H McKin lay USNR and Lt James Flanagan USNR with parade officials and service units in formation.
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B. and O
National Cemetery
Grafton
T. J. Moran
Washington
Ltadder Streets
Randall H. McKinlay
USNR
Jamces Flanagan
Tt Division
Leland Price
Walter Robinson
State
Randall H. McKin‘Rey
James V. Gan
RL. Foley
Second Army Band
George G. Meade
Transportation Corps and Torch
J. E. Gavitt
USA
Wooddell Transferred to Company C in June
North Wooddell, stationed near Charleston with State Mayx S. E. Tribbett, will transfer to Company C headquartered in Elkins on June 1. State Police Superintendent W. E. Burchett announced in Charleston. Wooddell, a World War II veteran, is 25 and married to Joan Welsh of Grafton with one child.
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Lyle
Wooddell
Chelg
Charleston
S. E. Tribbett
Company C
Elkins
W. E. Burchett
Burchett
Young Wooddell
Grafton
Harper Wooddell
Brands
Police
Clarksburg
Joan Welsh
Booth Grafton
Subscriptions Drive for Weekly Sentinel in Taylor County WV
Readers urged to recruit neighbors for the Weekly Sentinel weekly. Subscriptions limited to rural routes in Taylor County and border areas, excluding city residents of Grafton. Mail delivery provided. editors seek correspondents from Taylor County locales to grow the paper’s reach and improve West Virginia coverage.
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Taylor County
Grafton
Weekly Sentinel
Sentinel
West Vinarta
West Virginia
Cooking School To Be Held Here At Grafton High
Miss Kathryn Barnes of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Co will teach a free gas cooking school for Graf ton homemakers on Tuesday June 13 at 2 p m in Grafton Senior High School auditorium The event is billed as the biggest in the area and is co sponsored by Grafton Gas Appliance dealers with local stores listed as sponsors
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Pittsburgh
Kathryn Barnes
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Grafton Homemakers
Grafton
Grafton Gas
Siehler Furniture Company
Godwin and Shaffer
W. Va. Farm Supply
Evans Furniture, Company
Loar Jewelry Company
Roberts Hardware
Evans Hardware and Bennett’s Refrigerator
Grafton Sentinel
Home Service
Sentinel
All Gas
Walkout Looms as AFL Switchmen Union Strikes
Washington reports an AFL Switchmen’s union push toward a 40 hour week at the same pay as 48, threatening a strike on ten midwestern railroads. The six o’clock Tuesday morning deadline concerns switch tenders yard foremen yard brakemen and helpers. Railroads warn of snarled service even if not full shutdown. Fact-finders have two months of hearings with a June 1 report due. Union president Arthur Glover says they will not wait any longer.
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Washington
AFL
Chicago Western
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Great Northern
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Northern Pacific Terminal Company
Oregon
St. Paul Union Depot Company
Sioux City
Bids To Be Opened June 9 On 3 Projects
Charleston Ohio reports the Board of Control will open bids June 9 for three state hospital projects totaling about 880000. President Joe Burdett says the work aims to expand bed capacity and improve patient care, including a 500000 ward structure and 135000 administration block at Huntington State Hospital and a 245000 clinic at Lakin State Hospital.
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Charleston
Board of Control
Joe Burdett
Huntington State Hospital
Lakin State Hospital
Justice Court Lists One Arrest
Mansel Richard Cunningham of Clarksburg was fined 10 dollars and costs in justice court yesterday after a state trooper arrested him on a charge of driving without sufficient headlighting. The left front headlight of his automobile was completely out. Ona C. Jeffries, justice of the peace, said today.
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Mansel Richard Cunningham
Clarksburg
Justice Court
E.L. Duckworth
Ona C. Jeffries
Preston Winners Shine in Golden Horseshoe Test
Preston Fellowsville eighth graders Cole Sigley and Joyce Ann Sinsel led a county contest held Saturday May 6 in Kingwood with high scores. Other top scorers included Hester Mason of Reedsville Mary Liston and Kathryn Welch of Albright. The group will attend ceremonies in Charleston this weekend to receive awards in the House of Delegates chambers with W W Trent presenting Knights and Ladies of the Golden Horseshoe.
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Fellowsville School
Preston County
Kingwood
Hester Mason
Reedsville
Mary Liston
Kathryn Welch
Albright
Charleston
House of Delegates Chambers
W. W. Trent
Ladies Auxiliary to Grafton Eagles to Be Instituted
Eugene E Whisner secretary of Grafton Aerie 2389 F O E announces the Ladies Auxiliary to the Grafton Aerie will be instituted at 2 p m Sunday May 21 The Morgantown Auxiliary Degree and Drill teams will perform the ritualistic work H H Chinn State director of the F O E will be the instituting deputy
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Grafton
Eagles
Eugene E Whisner
Grafton Aerie
Order of Eagles
Morgantown
H. H. Chinn
F.O.E
W Va. Man Receives 1to5 Year Term In Wounding
Logan sees 50 year old James Caldwell blind another man in one eye with a crutch during a fight in front of the Logan courthouse. He is sentenced for unlawful wounding of James Tapley and remains in custody after a second fight in their cell.
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Logan
James Caldwell
Caldwell
James Tapley
Logan Court House
Tapley
Fairless Attacks Anti-Trust Laws as Hodgepodge
Benjamin Fairless, president of United States Steel, blasted anti-trust laws as a complete hodgepodge. He argued laws governing American business should be reviewed as Supreme Court cases reshape them, saying undue restraints harm every businessman in America and monopoly concerns by A. S. Steel merit congressional scrutiny.
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Boston
United States Steel
Benjamin Fairless
America
Fairless
A. S. Steel
Congress
Supreme Court
Steel
Pairless
Insist Nazism Not Revived in Germany Say Officials
Washington reports German and American authorities deny a Nazi revival in Germany despite 76 percent of officials in Württemberg-Baden once belonging to the Nazi party. German President Reinhold Maier cites lack of non Nazi officials, while Major General Charles P. Gross argues it reflects a fraternity among ex Nazis. London talks on an international army continue amid Atlantic Pact deliberations.
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Washington
Germany
Reinhold Maier
Wuerttembers-Baden
Charles P. Gross
London
United States
Prisoners of China to tell their captivity tale today
Two liberated American servicemen, Marine Master Sergeant Elmer Bender of Cincinnati and Navy Electrician's Mate William C. Smith of Long Beach, Calif., will recount 18 months in Communist China. They are in Pearl Harbor after being freed by the Reds, with Navy limits on talking about their capture.
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Manchuria
Elmer C. Bender
Navy
William C. Smith
Hong Kong
China
U. S
Washington
Elmer Bender
Cincinnati
Electreian
Long Beach
California
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Chicago
Bender
Shirley
Princess Fatima to wed commoner in Moslem ceremony
In San Francisco Princess Fatima disclosed plans for a Moslem wedding to Riad Ghali, King Farouk’s youngest sister announced after Cairo lifted her title and impounded her fortune. The 19 year old and Nazir must return to Egypt in 60 days.
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San Francisco
Egypt
Fatima
Riad Ghali
Farouk
Cairo
Fathia
Nazir
Ghali
New Jersey Police Seek To Question Morgantown Suspect
In Elkins West Virginia 31 year old Fred J. Tharpe held by Morgantown officers is being sought for questioning by New Jersey police in connection with the slaying of a red haired woman found near Berkeley Springs last week. Tharpe reportedly took a lie detector test that officials say proved nothing conclusive and admits visiting relatives in New Jersey last week. Police also want to question him about a similar strangling of 17 year old Lorraine Hess from Millville. An autopsy raises questions in the George R Leach death near Berkeley Springs three miles south of town with skull fracture and a bullet wound. Coroner's jury attributed death to self inflicted wound or others unknown.
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Elkins
New Jersey
Morgantown
Fred J. Tharpe
Berkeley Springs
B. E. Wright
Tharpe
Millville
Lorraine Hess
Eastern Panhandle
George R. Leach
Corbin Elected Grand Captain General at State Conclave
Jesse G. Corbin of West Main Street was elected grand captain general of the Knights of Templar at the annual state conclave held yesterday at the Masonic Temple in Charleston. Paul C. Thomas of Bluefield was chosen grand commander succeeding Rocco J. Gorman of Charleston. Other officers promoted included W. W. Powell of Clarksburg as deputy grand commander Arthur Stroehman of Parkersburg as grand generalissimo W. Bernard Rocke of Mt. Hope as grand warden and Earl E.
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Jesse G. Corbin
West Main ‘Street
Knights of Templar
Masonic Temple
Charleston
Paul C.,thomas
Bluefield
Rocco J. Gorman
W. W. Powell
Clarksburg
Arthur Stroehman
Parkersburg
W. Bernard’ Rocke
Mt. Hope
Earl E
Memorial Day committees named for city observance
A complete list of committees for the annual Memorial Day events was announced. Public Safety includes Joseph G. Mask and other officers. Parade, Music, Decorations, Refreshments, Program, Publicity, Amplifiers, Emergency, Finance, Reception, and Reception groups list numerous officials, residents, and civic leaders as chairs and members. Continuous names cover police, sheriff, city officials, and community volunteers.
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Public
Joseph G. Mask
Cry Police Force
F. J. Regenauer
Harry B. Batson
G. F. Randall
E. &. Duckworth
Grafton
Thomas J. Moran
R. V. Rohrbough
A. A. Miller
Harold
Birdie Thompson
James O. Parkhill
Loren Hoffman
John W McCafferty
Roy Z. Burnside
William Grimes
Reanous Nuzum
Ray Wiseman
Wil
Liam Henderson
Walter A. Wood
Earl Blackburn
Ona C. Jefferys
Paul W. Shahan
Nancy Anne Staley
Eldora M. Nuzum
W. R. Matthed
Naomi Lawson
J. W. McGahan
John A. Boender
John L. Proctor
Lloyd L. Shri
Lloyd L. Shriver
Jack R. Nuzum
Harold A Cross
Jack St. Nuzum
William J. Hussion
James T. Murphy
Francis L. Warder
Thomas R. Shields
Charles J. Jarrett
A. H. Peters
George D. Vogel
Charles W. T. Lockard
Bessie Campbell
Crashes as B 29 hits Azores base during landing
Sixteen military personnel died when a B-29 bomber crashed while landing at Lagens Air Force Base in the Azores. The aircraft diverted from Bermuda to England on a training flight and carried 11 crew and five passengers. No survivors were reported.
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Washington
Lagens Air Force Base
Azores
Bermuda
England
Barksdale Field
Louisiana
Air Force
Salvadore Pelle
Fire destroys Charleston tractor trailer on Route 60
The blaze halted a tractor trailer en route from Charlotte to Dayton, Ohio, on U S Route 60 east of Charleston. Damage estimated at $65,000. The driver Wayne Love lace of Charleston escaped with arm burns. Trailer carried linens. equipment owned by Carolina Motor express Lines.
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Charleston
Charles Honaker
Wayne Lovelace
Charlotte
Dayton, O
Carolina Motorxpress Lines
Dupont High Girl Wins State Essay Contest
Anne McGee of Dupont High School wins the state level essay contest sponsored by the Governor's Committee for Employment of the Physically Handicapped. She receives a $100 savings bond and a parchment award signed by President Truman, with her essay advancing to national competition. Mary Jane Stokes of Simmons High School in Montgomery takes second prize of $15, Jeannine Lanham of Morgantown earns third with $50, and Zelda Jane Rowd wins the $50 fourth prize.
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Charleston
Dupont
Anne McGee
Governor's Committee For Employment
Patrick M. Connell
Sixty Four Veterans Hospitals To Be Finished By End Of Year
The Veterans Administration aims to complete sixty four new hospitals by year end marking the climax of its historic program. By 1950 end, all but three of seventy-one new facilities are to be completed or under construction. In West Virginia Beckley and Clarksburg near completion with likely openings pushed to early 1951.
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Veterans Administration
VAA
West Virginia
Veterans
Beckley
Clarksburg
Beckley Hospital
West
Virginia
Mountain
Huntington
Baker VA Center
Martinsburg
Burleigh Resigns From Monongahela Power Post
Burleigh has resigned after a year as manager of Monongahela Power company’s power generation department effective June 1. He will join Pennsylvania Electric as assistant superintendent of production and will base himself in Johnstown. Don B. Potter is named assistant to EVP C. H. Leatham, overseeing power generation and new business. Burleigh helped plan the Rivesville power station expansion, including an 80,000 kilowatt unit now under construction.
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Fairmont
Gilbert
D. Burleigh
Monongahela Power Company
A.C. Spurr
The
Power Company
Burleigh
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Spurr
Don B. Potter
C. H. Leatham
West Penn Power Company
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Ebehsburg
Monongahela Power
Rivesville
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M’kinney
Flanagan
Smith
Grafton High School
Preston
Cole Sigley
Beryl Sigley
Joyce Ann Sinsel
Harold Sinsel
W. Va
Welch
Mount Hope
D. H. Rodgers
Rodgers
Prague
U.S
Corbin
Paul E. Malone
T. J. Klauenberg
John B Bradford
William C. Wright
C. A. Painter
William H. Courtney
Harry Friedman
John Snider
O. E. Wyckoff
O. Jay Fleming
W. Merle Watkins
William Merle Bailey
Arthur Poe
Delbert Wolfe
H. Lee Carder
E. V. Kinney
Menneth Haun
Chester Proudfoot
Rose Touth
Mary Marks
Frank Held
C. W. Ash
M. J. Hannon
M. B. MciLeod
F. Carl Davis
Earl Menear
J. A. Boender
Charles C. Brinkman
Herbert Spencer
E. C. St
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