Convict Hatfield of Second Degree Today
Williamson May 24. Counsel for a Hatfield convict ed of killing a McCoy prepared arguments today in support of a motion to set aside a voluntary manslaughter verdict. Returned against a former Matewan police officer by a jury which deliberated for 80 minutes. Allen Hatfield and Hubert McCoy, a 28-year-old war veteran slain February 17, belong to feuding families on the Kentucky West Virginia border. Hatfield was convicted in the fatal shooting of McCoy, asserting self defense for himself and Officer Curtis Coleman.
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Williamson
Hatfield
McCoy
Matewan
Allen Hatfield
Hubert McCoy
Kentucky-West Virginia
Curtis Coleman
Veterans At Courthouse Demand Voter Lists In Welch
Four World War II veterans vying for local office camped at McDowell County Courthouse in Welch demanding voter registration lists. They argued the county clerk refused to provide names for June election checkoffs. The clerk cited 20 day pre election closure. veterans sought legal counsel as efforts to obtain copies continued through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Nutall
Donn
Renn
Nuttall
Grover Mahone
French
Alvin Woody
Nuttail
Veterans Page
Trade Promotion Committee To Meet
The Taylor County Board of Trade trade promotion committee will convene Monday night at 8 p.m. in the trade board offices. Executive secretary Jairus E Gavitt says the meeting is important and all members are requested to attend. Members listed include German Coughlin Dan Coole Fred Jackson George Coulson Claude Ebert Kenneth Sachse Roy Bailey and Marion Skaggs.
Lynching Doubt Hovers Over Northhampton Case
In Jackson North Carolina the case of a young negro, Godwin Bush, arrested on attempted rape, unfolds amid reports of a masked white pickup taking him from the jail. Officials say no lynching is proven. SBI, Sheriff Stephenson, and police chief Outland probe facts through the night amid rumors of escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Howland Jackson
N. C
E.r.tyler
Northhampton
Godwin Bush
State Bureau of Investigation
J. C. Stephenson
Frank Outland
Stephenson
Bush
Morgantown Band Joins Eight For Decoration Day Broadcast
The Morgantown Junior High Band joins eight total bands for Memorial Day events including a radio broadcast over WHAR. Parade at 9 15 a m starts at Washington street Moose Home and travels to the National cemetery. Narrator Jack Welsh, with services at the cemetery, and a massed concert are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cemetery
Edgar T. McKee
Francis J. Love
Francis C. Chambers
Morgantown
Roosevelt— Wilson
Victory High
Clarksburg
Riverside Junior High
Flemington High
Grafton
Moose Home
Washington Street
St. Mary's Bridge
Legion
American Legion
Blueville
Memorial Service At Andrews Church On Memorial Sunday
Memorial services held at Andrews Memorial Church tomorrow at 10 35 a m in keeping with years of tradition. Rev Ania F Sholmo will deliver the memorial sermon. Veterans groups and auxiliaries invited to attend with colors. American Legion members to meet at Legion Home at 9 45 a m to go in a body. Capacity crowd expected at the Mother Church of Mothers Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews Methodist Church
Ania F. Sholmo
Auxiliary
Grand Army of the Republic
American Legion and Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Weather Brings Thunderstorms for Sunday Weekend
Cloudy air and scattered thundershowers were forecast for the weekend. By noon the temperature was near 80 degrees with storms likely this afternoon. Yesterday’s high reached 83 while the overnight low fell to 47.
Successor Named for U S Receiver in Northern WV District
Wheeling May 24 Judge William E Baker announced the appointment of James A Baker of Beverly Randolph county as U S receiver for the northern West Virginia federal district court. He succeeds the late A Spates Brady of Elkins who died earlier this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
William E. Baker
James A. Baker
Beverly
Randolph County
U. S
West Virginia
Federal District Court
A. Spates Brady
Elkins
Brady
De Gasperi Offered New Cabinet As Italy Rests
Rome May 24 Aldo De Gasperi former premier says he was asked to form a new cabinet his fourth since the war while leaving provisional residence Enrico confers with party leaders and his own about forming a government He pledges to cooperate to solve economic problems and appeals for broad support including non communist parties page 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Alddle de Gasperi
Italy
Enrico
Christian Democratic Party
de Gasperi
DE Gaspie
Hear Charges Today After Clarksburg Raid
Police say three people who posted bonds of 200 each after six liquor raids in Clarksburg will face municipal court today on illegal sale charges. Magistrate Frances Flint reported fines totaling 500 and costs for four others last night, including illegal possession and sale of liquor. State, county and city police, with State Liquor Control Commission agents, conducted the raids as part of a second investigation. Additional raids were carried out Thursday night against clubs in Elkins, Franklin, Moorefield.
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Clarksburg
C. P. Wilson
Frances Flint
Wilson
State Liquor Control Commission
G. W. Bush
Elkins
Franklin
Moore
Elmination Of Peacetime News Censorship Consider Elmination
Soviet controlled press says American and British correspondents were sent to Moscow with orders to slander the U S S R and discredit socialism. Names of reporters are listed. New Times and Commentators Borisova deliver the attack on press freedom. United Nations sub commission backs future talk on eliminating peacetime censorship and protecting accredited reporters from expulsion, despite Soviet opposition.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
U.S.S.R
New Times
Borisova
Harold Davis
New York Daily News
Paul Ward
Baltimore Sun
Ludwell Denny
Scripps Howard Papers
William Patton
Chicago Tribune
Clifford
The
Daily Mail
Ewer
Daily
Heral Whitman
News
Valentine Kataev
Culture and Life
John A. Parris
Lake Success
United Nations
U.N
Sub-Commission On Freedom of Information and
Press
Geneva
Prague
United States
M. Tomakin
U. S
Pollution debate in Potomac Basin meeting
The interstate Potomac River basin commission weighs an immediate study of upper Potomac pollution. A Maryland West Virginia conference proposes a joint voluntary effort to curb pollution along the north bank and to start water sampling across 47 stations for a commission data base. A joint conference of Maryland West Virginia and state health and water agencies is urged with an interim survey by technical representatives.
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Cacapon State Park
W. Va
Interstate Commission of
Potomac River Basin
Potomac River
Commission
Potomac
Maryland Water Pollution Control Commission
Potomac River Commission
Maryland State Health Department
West Virginia Water Commission
Kenneth S. Watson
West Virginia State Water Commission
Maryland
Democrats Decry 32 Percent Cut in Agriculture Budget
Rep Cannon of Missouri blasted the 1948 agriculture appropriation as the worst bill sent to the House floor, trimming 32 percent of Truman’s requests and prompting a Democratic vow to fight the cuts. Rep Gore warned the party will carry the issue into next year’s elections as the GOP-led House pushes the budget toward 37.5 billion dollars, with little chance of reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
House
Truman
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Rep
Gore
D-Tenn
English Earl Of Harewood Dies Early Last Evening
The Earl of Harewood, brother in law of King George VI and a major English landowner, died at Harewood House in Leeds at 1:15 a.m. BST after cardiac complications and asthma. He was 64, married to the princess royal in 1922, and had fallen ill after a severe chill the past few days.
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Leeds
England
Earl of Harewood
George VI
Princess Royal
Harewood House
Battle of the Crickets Rages On in Oregon Front
Ordnance Oregon May 24 The Mormon crickets push back a farming line as farmers lay a new bait barrier three miles from Ordnance and six miles from Ormiston. The infestation covers a 500 square mile area along a 12 mile front threatening Umatilla River farms.
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Oregon
Umatilla River
Ordnance
Ormiston
Business Report Highlights Broad Industrial Gains This Week
The Associated Press notes high activity across industrial sectors with steel mills near a yearly peak and improved materials supplies. Passenger cars and freight carloadings rise while crude oil output tops 5 million barrels daily for a second time. Soft coal and construction awards edge back yet show strong year over year gains. Dun & Bradstreet reports more buyers in wholesale centers and better goods supply, with cautious but receptive merchants.
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Associated Press
Dun & Bradstreet
Reo Soreres
Seek Killers Of Dayton Bowling Alley Proprietor
Dayton police report the shooting fatality of George K. Zavakos a 59 year old bowling alley proprietor killed after two masked men waited for him on his Dayton View street. Witnesses heard screams as the killers fled in a fast car and about 1100 dollars was found on Zavakos noting robbery not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
George K. Zavakos
Dayton View
Zavakos
Washington Return Abandoned WHHL Condition Persists
Grandview Missouri May 24 President Truman's physician said he could not advise a return to Washington while his mother's illness remains critical. Brig Gen Graham and Presidential Secretary Rosy described the president's condition as weakening with no improvement in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Grandview
Truman
Washington
Charles G. Rosy
Wallace H. ‘Graham
Graham
White House
Ross
Martha
Fils
Bee
Convict Pelfry of Second Degree Murder
Ercel Boone Pelfrey, 36, convicted in Logan of second degree murder for fatally stabbing his father in law Prank Means at Means home in Helgel. Jury failed to reach a death verdict. maximum penalty listed as five to eight years. Pelfrey testified self defense after a dispute over a set of keys.
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Logan
Ercel Boone Pelfrey
Means
Helgel Lash
Aart
Chauncey Browning
Veniremen
Pelfrey
College Bravado Sparks Mayhem At Johns Hopkins
Baltimore on May 24 1937 students from Johns Hopkins University clashed with 250 Maryland attackers using sticks stones fists and water hoses as 200 police supervised the chaos. Eleven hurt were jailed on disorderly conduct charges and released after a magistrate reprimand before a scheduled game.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopking University
University of Maryland
Reuben Caplan
Col- See
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Convict Hatfield
Virgil
Trade Promotion Committee
Grafton Sentinel
Harold Cale
Grand Street
Bing Crosby
Fred Astaire
Strand Theatre
Pegsy Ann Garner
Randolph Scott
Fighting Frontiersman
Charles Starrett
Dixie Theatre
Andrews
Evang
J. Bernard Mason
Philippi
Church OF Christ
Runyon Fund
Screenland
Margaret O’brien
Walter Winchell
Columbus Circle
New York City
Damon Runyon Memorial
DE Gasper
Grafton Merchants
Norton G. H
Soviet Union
Cumberland
Fund For Agriculture
Legion Home
Dayton Bowling Alley
Pelfry
Graftey Sentinel
Ollie Austin
Fetterman
San. Quentin
Lawrence Tierney
Grafton ‘Theatre
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