City To Have Biggest Memorial Parade Ever
Grafton prepares for a large Memorial Day parade starting at 9 15 tomorrow with eight bands and four floats. Floats sponsored by the Grafton Elks Monongahela Power Beta Sigma Phi and R M Shaver feature Elks head insignia and a 30 foot yacht. riders include Adrian Poling Ann Elizabeth Rau Patricia Wolfe Delores Miller Eldora M Bolyard Jane Anderson Norma Lee Fauley Gladys Murphy and Mary Vorel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Citizens Ad
Grafton Elks
Monongahela Power Company
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
R. M. Shaver
Rowlesbury Hardware
Elks
Adrian Poling
Ann Elizabeth Rau
Patricia Wolfe
Delores Miller
Eldora M. Bolyard
Clarksburg
Jane Anderson
Norma Lee Fauley
Gladys Murphy
Mary Vorel
Flks
Power Company
Maritime strike takes stage in labor talks
Washington May 29 The threatened maritime strike tops the government drive to solve major labor disputes as Secretary Schwellenbach convenes shipowners and maritime union chiefs at 2 pm EST to avert a June 15 tieup. Curran of the CIO National Maritime Union says operators are expected to offer a new proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schwellenbach
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
New York
Three-Story Elevator Fall Injures No One
Former Governor Harold E. Stassen escaped injury when an elevator at the Huntington hotel in Pasadena plunged three floors to the basement. The elevator went out of control en route to a Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet. operator says it struck safety springs, several passengers were shaken but none hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Huntington Hotel
Stassen
Senate struggles over strike draft amid labor dispute
President Truman's strike draft faces near-certain Senate defeat as AP finds 44 of 62 senators oppose the draft provision in the emergency measure. Eighteen back the plan. debate shifts to House action on the Case labor disputes bill while a vacancy remains. See DRAFT page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
Associated Press
House
House Rules Committee
Pleads Guilty in High Profile Shooting Case
NEW YORK May 29 Capt Archie B Miller 25 year old signal corps officer pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter today in the fatal shooting of Capt Eugene Dale 27 Enid Okla last December 28 Miller home is Belle vue Tex faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years Dale a survivor of the Bataan death march and two and a half years Japanese imprisonment was shot in the apartment of Miller estranged wife Mrs Fay Hancock Miller ex model from Jonesboro North Carolina
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Archie B. Miller
Signal Corps
Eugene Dale
Enid
Okla
Miller
Bellevue
Tex
Dale
Bataan
Fay Hancock Miller
Jonesboro, N. C
Brunnette Queen Testimony Highlights Murder Trial
Testimony wrapped up in the Lincoln circuit court trial of Leota June Queen, 22, of Michigan, charged with the hammer murder of Otto Jaeschke. Queen testified sobbing that she hit the trucker after he molested her, while Don Breitigan of Findlay, Ohio, testified he and Queen conspired to knock him out but denied any plan to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
Leota
June Queen
Pretty Tonia
Brunette
Otto Jaeschke
Cincinnati
Queen
Jaeschke
Findlay
Ohio
Halls Gap
Stanford, Ky
Lecta June Queen
Tonia
Mich
Lincoln Circuit Court
Extradition Sought for West Virginia Man in Ohio Murder
Prosecutor F W Springer will confer with William J Moore of Hancock County West Virginia on extraditing Lawrence A Wheatley 26 of Newell West Virginia for first degree murder in the shooting of Mrs Leatha Barrett 55 last Sunday in East Liverpool Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
F. W. Springer
William J. Moore
Hancock County
W. Va
Lawrence A. Wheatley
Newell
Leatha Barrett
Ohio Supreme Court Denies Unemployment Benefits to Strike Miners
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that coal miners on strike were not entitled to unemployment compensation. The suit, brought by Chalmers Baker and others employed by Powhatan Mining Co, sought benefits during the March 31 to April 29, 1941 stoppage after contract expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Chalmers Baker
Powhatan Mining Co
Murderers Of Thousands Pay For Their Crimes
United States Army hanged 28 German inmates at Dachau for mass killings of 300000 tortured prisoners. The four hour gallows drama saw 14 men drop quickly, completing the grim punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Dachau
Flood Deaths Nine Amid Rampant Destruction
Floods leave nine dead as widespread destruction spans affected areas. Senator Ellender reports Truman intends to push emergency labor legislation. The Senate agrees to vote by 5 p m on removing the draft strikers provision from Truman's emergency regulation.
Woman in coma gives birth to healthy daughter
In Allentown an unconscious wife of a hospitalized GI gave birth to a normal baby girl after six months of coma. Mrs Rhoda Wenger of San Francisco was injured in a truck collision last November 30 and has remained unconscious in Allentown Hospital. Her husband Cpl. Leland Wenzer is recovering at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Rhoda Wenger
San Francisco
Cpl
Leland Wenzer
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Revercomb Opposes Strike Draft Provision in Bill
Senators from the tri state area reveal positions on the presidents emergency bill strike draft clause. Byrd a Democrat supports the measure Revercomb a Republican opposes Kilgore and Tydings Democrats are undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tri-State
Byrd
Revercomb
Kilgore
Tydings
Flood waters thrash Pennsylvania and New York towns
A deadly flood swept across Pennsylvania and New York as rivers rose after days of rain. At least nine people drowned and four were missing, with damage estimated over 3 million dollars. Williamsport reported the worst flooding since 1936 as Susquehanna crested at 31 feet five inches, submerging factories and homes while Elmira faced rising Chemung River flood effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
New York
Susquehanna
Williamsport
Elmira
France Turns To Restoration Of Her Economy
France turns to restoring its economy with a $1.38 billion loan from the United States. Talks began 12 weeks ago and aim to finance at least a year of France four year rehab plan. The deal includes U S support to sell French goods, possible tariff reductions, and another credit up to $25 million to buy about 750000 tons of U S shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Washington
United States
Truman
Felix Gouin
Farnce
Theatre Offer Invites Charles Stafford To Two Shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Charles Stafford of Walnut Street to tonight's Strand Theatre presentation of Getting Gertie's Garters starring Dennis O'Keefe and Marie McDonald and to the Dixie Theatre showing A Letter from Evie featuring Marsha Hunt John Carroll and Hume Cronyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grafton Sentinel
Charles Stafford Walnut Street
Gertie’s Garters
Dennis O'Keefe
Marie McDonald
Strand Theatre
Evie
Marsha Hunt
John Carrol
Hume Cronyn
Dixie Theatre
the Grain Sentinel
G. I A. Shingleton
Walnut Street
Eddie Bracken
Opera
House Theatre
Legion meet for parade and memorial services
Notice calling all Legionnaires ex servicemen and Boy Scouts to meet at American Legion Home Latrobe Street at 8 30 A M May 30 to prepare for parade Some groups to meet at Legion Home at 12 45 P M to proceed to Memorial Services at Legion Plot Blueville Corner and from there to Memorial Service at Veterans of Foreign Wars plot corner Market and Adolph streets near City Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Home
Legion Plot
Blueville Corner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Corner Market
Adolph Streets
City Hospital
State Headquarters Calls For Dentists Inductions
Charleston May 29 state selective service headquarters announced pre induction examinations for young dentists aged 20 to 29 who are not fathers and not disqualified by deferments. Included are discharged dentists whose service lasted less than six months in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Selective Service
West Virginia Coal Strike Nears Settlement Amid Rail Furloughs
In Charleston on May 29, about 75 non union coal mines and strip operations in northern West Virginia worked as coal administrator Krug and John L. Lewis neared a work contract. The 75 operations employ roughly 3,200 men with 32 small deep pits among them.Railroads prepared furloughs for shop workers in Huntington and Russell, Kentucky, with large layoffs looming unless the strike ends, as about 1,000 and 600 workers were affected respectively. a near settlement was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
J. .A. Krug
John L. Lewis
Solid Fuels Administration
Fairmont
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Huntington
Russell
City Study Examines One Cent Bus Fare Hike
City councils in Steubenville and local area study a one cent bus fare increase as a settlement basis for a 27 day strike by AFL drivers of the Valley Motor Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Steubenville
AFL
Valley Motor Company
Expect Settlement Of Coal Strike Nears In Washington
Washington news bulletin reports Senator Lucas says the coal strike will settle by 3 p.m. EST. John L. Lewis meets with policy advisors for two hours amid signs of a soft coal strike settlement by nightfall. Lewis declines comment as talks with Interior Secretary Krug and White House discussions surface, with optimism tempered by secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lucas
Ill
Senate
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Interior King
Federal Mines
Krug
White ‘House
Truman
Tor
Byrnes Pushes World Arm Limitation Policy
Secretary of State James F Byrnes told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the United States will work for limitation of arms among nations. He emphasized a world free from fears and burdens of large armed forces as Congress backed a broad program of military cooperation with other American nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrnes
Congress
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Wheeling Flood Fears Abate On New Report
Wheeling area flood fears eased as lock attendants reported the Ohio River would crest two feet below overflow. Capt J R Hill dam 12 lock master predicted a 34 foot peak at 2 pm, down from an earlier forecast of at least 36 feet. The river measured 32.6 feet this morning and was rising rapidly with tributaries swollen. peak reached dam 8 at Newell to the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Ohio
J. R. Hill
Newell
Parade Route and Traffic Restrictions for May 30 1946
Parade forms on Washington Street and surrounding streets with a route down Main Street to St Marys Street and Walnut to National Cemetery. Parking bans on East Washington Bridge Luzadder Boyd Mackin Alley Haislip Main Beech Walnut. no cars after 8:00 A.M. except those in the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Bridge Street
Luzadder Street
Mackin Alley
Boyd Street
East Washington
Main Street
St. Marys Street
Bridge
Beech Street
Walnut Street
National Cemetery
East Washington Street
Lafayette Street
Haislip Street
Wilford Street
St. John
McGill Street
Rochester Strike Settled After City Officials Meet
Rochester ends city wide shutdown after union workers idle 30000 as talks with city officials proceed. Frederick H. Bullen of the state mediation board announced union acceptance of a three point policy by city manager Louis B. Cartwright, ending a dispute that began May 15 over 489 public works layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Frederick H. Bullen
State Mediation Board
Thomas E. Dewey
Louis B. Cartwright
Cartwright
Public Works Department
AFL Federation
Eee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maritime Stame
Goms
Dachau Camp
Cynthia Lowry
Ellender
D-La
White House
Barkley
St. Augustine’s Catholic Church
J. Hannon
Ches
Uni- See
Nation
Admaresion
Howe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!