Dock Launch Planned For Decoration Day
Parks Engineer C A Howze told Attorney Warder the Tygart Lake Development Corporation may launch the former boat club floating dock near last year’s location. A letter authorizing the plan will be mailed soon as a meeting set for tonight arranges May 30 installation. The state dock under construction will not be ready in time for Decoration Day. The State Park division has optioned 78 acres above the Movzzi dam for a new state park. Survey crews arrive Monday to begin area surveys and park work.
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Parks
C. A. Howze
Francis J. Warder
Tygart Lake Development Corporation
Ma Howze
Warder
Tyrart Lake Development, Corporation
Bob Sinclair
Boat Club
Era
State Park Division
George Movzzi
5 Day Extended Weather Forecast For Atlantic States
The forecast calls for fair conditions until Friday with showers on Friday. Temperatures will be warm on Thursday and Friday then cooler Saturday and Sunday. Normal highs are 62 in the north, 65 in the central region, and 69 in the south.
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New York
Atlantic States
Slayings Near Sugar Island Shock Rural Area
Nine miles northeast of here a farm home became the scene of a brutal family massacre. Barbara and Gladys Smith, 14 children in all, were slain by 22 caliber rifle fire as authorities investigate a boy named Terpenning seen with the Smith children shortly before their bodies were found. A posse and state police pursue leads as the autopsy confirms no rape. The Smiths, led by 65 year old father of two marriages, mourn the loss of four daughters and four sons.
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Page One
Here
Barbara
Gladys
Smith
Ella Mae
Young Terpenning
Aviey
Port Huron
Terpenning
Leslie Mathews
La~peer County
Ter
Newport Beach Trial Drags As Heir and Suspect Face Court
Police chief R R Hodgkinson accused the trial of lacking a vigorous investigation and prosecution. On opening day Gollum and his sweetheart, sole heir to a $600 000 estate, followed arguments with interest. After adjournment they shook hands with counsel and were returned to jail. Jury selection may take two weeks. Frozen food locker plants grew from 4600 in 1943 to 8000 in 1946.
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Newport Beach
R. R. Hodgkinson
Gollum
Trooper Wayt Transferred To Sutton Station
J R Wayt a West Virginia state police trooper based in Graf ton since last June 1 will transfer to Sutton Braxton county reporting June 2 He will vacate Graf ton today and join Trooper L L Gunn at Sutton headquarters Wayt previously served in Shinnston Mannington and Fairmont with the Public Safety department and Navy service before WV state police assignment His family remains on valley eats road awaiting Sutton move
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J. R. Wayt
Grafton
Gafton
Sutton
Braxton
Wayt
L. L. Gunn
Shinnston
W. D. Sergent
U. S. Navy
West Virginia Public Safety Department
Mannington
Fairmont
Social Security Board
Baltimore
Marshall
Whetzell
West Virginia
Valley Eats Road
Will Oan ‘Sutton
Bond Posted After Threats Quarrel in Clarksburg
Mrs Alma Bartholli of Clarks burg posted 100 peace bond after appearing before Magistrate John Snider Sunday on charges of threatening to kill Durett Lipps during a quarrel.
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Alma Bartholli
Clarksburg
Mag. John Snider
Durett Lipps
Park Commission to Run New City Park for Disabled Veterans
Arrangements with the city administration plan a self sustaining park operated by a commission with three members from each of three service organizations. Employment limited to disabled veterans. Proposals include war trophy entrance, roads, parking for 1,000 cars, boardwalk repair, picnic areas, playground, boating pier, tennis court repair, lavatories, refreshments, a large roller skating rink, dance hall, and amusement devices. Grafton Junior Chamber allocated 400 dollars. Jaycees gave 500 dollars to the war memorial fund and released 100 for pool planning.
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Cece Doolf
Park Commission
Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
War Memorial Fund
Jaycees Meet To Discuss Election In City
The Junior Chamber of Commerce met to discuss the June 3 city election where five councilmen will be chosen for the new city government. Also noted is the resignation of Miss Shepler from Grafton high school after long service as senior class sponsor. Her death is reported with funeral Friday at Bartlett Funeral home and burial at Bluemont cemetery.
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Chamber of Commerce
Shepler
Grafton High School
West Elizabeth
Allegheny County
John
Jane Wilson Shepler
Dorothy Gibson
Elizabeth Myland
Kalamazoo
Mich
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Miss Shepler
Fairmont _ college
Greensburg Seminary
State Normal
California
West Virginia University
University of Pennsylvania
Grafton
Scottdale
Bartlett Funeral Home
F. Carl Davis
Bluemont Cemetery
West Virginia damage suit over moral obligation payments
The Supreme Court denied earlier payments citing lack of moral responsibility. In 1947 the legislature again approved $21,000 for estates of youths aged 16 to 22 with a moral obligation clause. Towns end argues the legislature may fund such moral obligations. petitions sought up to $60,000 from the State Road Commission for a crash, including claims of negligent guard rail and unpainted center line.
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Conuunuen Asume
BFE
Supreme Court
Leegislature
Townsend
West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals
State Road Commission
Court of Claims
Robert Bland
Road Commission
Famed Former VP Wallace Visits Early Son Home
Famed figure Henry Wallace, former Vice-President, visited the Earl Y son home on Sunday, after a stay where he had been a patient for two months.
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Henry Wallace
Cortes Brings Chocolate From New World to Old World
Spanish explorer Cortes transports chocolate from the Americas to Europe, introducing a beloved edible to the Old World and shaping early global trade and culinary exchange.
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Cortes
Mrs Ruth Martin Bound Over For Grand Jury Action
Mrs Ruth Martin of 752 Maple Avenue appeared before May W L Given in Weston for a preliminary hearing on charges of stealing 160 dollars from her aunt Mrs Harriet Warler of Weston. She was bound over for grand jury action but released on her own recognizance pending further action.
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Ruth Martin
Maple Avenue
Given
Weston
Harriett Warler
Martin
War crimes hangings and executions at Dachau and Mauthausen
The report notes a dramatic resistance to death during a wartime execution, followed by swift hangings. It details the execution of a Polish couple by firing squad, and cites postwar sentences for Mauthausen guards and staff. It mentions Joseph Morton, an Associated Press correspondent captured by Germans. It also cites 1946 U.S. cheese production using 11 billion pounds of milk.
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Aul
Gal Lows
U.S
Mauthausen
Dacha
Oriinally
Joseph Morton
Slovskia
Bush in Northampton jail escape ends with surrender
Bush fled Northampton county jail and hid in pine woods near Jackson for two days before surrendering to the FBI through his father and a church pastor. He denied knowledge of the attempted rape while authorities anticipated arrests of mob members. The report notes local officials and a related historical fact about locomotive speed records and animal measurements amid diverse items.
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Bush
Northampton County
Jackson
FBI
Assist
Atty
Lamar Caudel
R. Gregg Cheery
Parents To Be Charged In Case Of Chained Boy
KINGWOOD May 27 Sheriff Holbart Spindler said charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and brutality including chaining to a tree would be filed against the parents of nine year old Lester Cale found by deputies in the woods. The boy was malnourished with bruises but in good condition. Deputies found him chained to a tree when visiting the Cale home to investigate complaints he had been begging for food.
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Kingwood
Holbart Spindler
Here
Lester Cale
Spindler
Royal Caley
Royal
Mabel
Cale
Charles Eisner
Charleston
Delores Diaz
Ferry
Harry G. Thayer
Domingo
Mary Diaz
Mrs Truman remarks on government finances at breakfast with Snyder
The report notes President Truman digressing about the financial situation during a breakfast conference with Secretary of the Treasury Snyder. It also mentions Canada having about one automobile for every 8.1 inhabitants.
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Truman
Tovernment
Oreacury! Snyder
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