Brinkman History Tells It Of Grafton Cemetery
Charles Brinkman, a 92 year old Grafton historian, recounts the history of Grafton National Cemetery and the first Memorial observance. The piece covers Samuel Swinton Burdett’s push for a centralized burial site for Civil War dead, land purchases, and early preparation work by Major Bates and James Fitzgerald, with plans to dedicate the cemetery in 1868.
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Charles Brinkman
Grafton
Tery
Samuel Swinton
Charleston
Jim Bis Dett
Grand Army of the Republic
Cabell Funty
Congress
United States
Laws
Cabell
Taylor
Washington
Burdett
North West Virginia
War Department
Major B. Hield
Major Bates
Alexander Yates
Walnut Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Adolphus Armstrong
Pruntytown
Bates
Joseph Warder
Webster
Arthur Brooks
Edward E. Lee Gilbert
Charles
Thas
Eratic Club
West
James
Fitzgerald
West Virgina
Charleston Supreme Court
C. Bates
Kanatha
James Breedlove
Teamster
Upper
Maple Ave
Hope Natural Gasiue
B. F. Kelley
Capitan
Daniel Wilson
Battle Fields
Steel executives weigh pro move amid contract talks in New York
In brief reports from TON West Virginia and Conn in the era, United Steelworkers weigh premium weekend pay while Seated Steel contemplates a factory site near Park Race Track. Veteran Broadway star Richard Bishop, 58, known for Dawn on Broadway, dies.
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Steel
Big
United ‘Steelean
New York
Conn
Richard ‘Bishop
Gharon Ee
Raleigh County Park Board Declared Public Corporation
Washington report notes President Bigthower's flight to Gettysburg Pennsylvania for a farm visit this afternoon with plans to return to the capital by Wednesday. Charleston dispatch adds that the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously the Raleigh County Park Board is a public corporation and may not be sued.
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Washington
Bigthhower
Gettys~burg Pa
Charleston
Supreme Court
Raleigh County Park Board
Morgantown to start synthesis gas plant this week
Production synthesis gas by partial oxide of coal will start this week at Olly Mathieson Chemical Corp. plant in Morgantown. Washington reports Sen Warren Magnuson introduced a bill to set up a bureau for older persons in HEW to aid those 65 and older. New York notes a pigeon at city hall creating a nuisance near a restaurant.
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Morgantown
Olly Mathieson Chemical Corp
Washington
Warren G. Magnuson D
Wash
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House
New York
City Hall
Grafton Centennial Opens Thursday With Grand Pageant
Official opening at 9 AM features whistle blows at the Baltimore and Ohio, bells, aerial salute and flag raising. Centennial Headquarters opens registrations. Ballon race at 11, exhibits, midway fun, and a 7:30 parade leading to the pageant grounds. Queen Anita Shahan enthroned at 8:30 with crowning by Joseph L. Stanton.
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Grafton
Baltimore & Ohio
Centennial
Granvon High School
Anita
West Virginia 5 Day Weather Forecast Turns Warmer
Temperatures in West Virginia are expected to run slightly above normal with a moderate day on Wednesday. The outlook shows a warming trend later in the period and scattered showers likely, bringing total rainfall from one-half to three-fourths inch.
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West Virginia
Memorial Day Weather Brings Warmth and Showers Across Nation
Rainy Memorial Day weather eased in Indianapolis with flood-affected streets and 2000 families temporarily homeless. Weather Bureau predicted warm weather nationwide with cooler conditions in the Great Lakes and Southwest. Heavy rainfall paused at the speedway as officials prepared for the 1000 mile race amid scattered showers and a deadly Illinois auto crash blamed on rain. Readstown, Wisconsin, reported minor tornado damage.
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Indiapolis
Indiana
Washington Weather Bureau
Sn. Lakes
Baaperathre
Great Basin
Indianapolis
Central
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Readstown
Soviet executes four Beria aides in Azerbaijan
Moscow announced the execution of four Azerbaijan leaders linked to Lavrenti Beria, led by former Azerbaijan Premier Mir-Djafar Bagirov. The group faced charges of terroristic acts and counter-revolutionary activity. Bagirov and three others were put to death while two received 25 year prison terms.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Azerbaijan
Iran
Lavrenti P. Beria
Josef Stalin
Mir-Djafar Bagirov
Azerbaijan Communist Party
Beria
Bagirov
Azerbaajan
Communist Party
Berla
Bagirey
Desperado Kills Deputy and X-ray Technician in Toledo Chase
A desperado shot and killed a sheriff's deputy and an X-ray technician aiding a blind man in Toledo Ohio. The gunman and two companions were at a roadblock when officers tried to arrest them. The deputy Ray Westover died at the scene.
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Toledo
Ohio
Ray Westover
Robert Newell
Grafton and Flemington High Schools Set Graduation Plans
Grafton High School will hold its annual commencement program tomorrow night at 8. Dre Stewart Ji Smith, president of Marshall College, will speak. Invocations will be given by Rev. Raymond C. Gross and Rev. Clyde Bush, with benedictions by Father Allen E. Sither and Rev. J. H. Carson. Elaborate music programs planned at both schools.
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J. H. Carson
Flemington Methodist
Pro West Bloc Loses Strength in Italian Local Elections
In Rome and major cities, pro Western parties failed to secure full control, trimming Communist strength but leaving Fascists and Monarchists with power. Christian Democrats repelled a Communist bid in Rome and the deadlock in Milan Venice and Genoa shifted balance to the right, amid electoral law changes.
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Rome
Italy
Christian Democrats
Milan
Venice
Genoa
ReareEnd Crash Kills Youth Companions Hurt
In New Castle, Richard Contos age 16 died from head injuries after his parked car was struck from behind by a Mercer driver Robert J. Brown 28. Contos had parked with eight passengers to fix the accelerator. Teammate Robert Kulnis 16 and Betty Lombardo 13 also suffered injuries in the Jan. accident.
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New Castle
Richard Contos
Youngstown
Ohio
Contos
Robert J. Brown
Mercer
Robert Kulnis
Betty Lombardo
Memorial Day address speaker at Grafton cemetery announced
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Forces Hugh Meglone Milton Jr., a Lexington Kentucky native born March 23 1897 with World War I and National Guard service, will deliver the Memorial Day address at Grafton’s National Cemetery tomorrow at 11 AM.
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Grafton’s National Cemetery
Hugh Meglone Mitton
the Army
Speaker
Laxington
Kentucky
High Meglone Milton J
Gordo Howard Milton
Lexiston
University of Kentucky
University of Toledo
St. Bonaventure University
Wir University of Kentucky
USAR
National Guard
United States
Jane Lie
Mechanica Engineering
Milton
Chemical Warfare Service
Berwiting
Shaft
XIB Cor
Parific
Manila
Ehh
Wto
Department of the Army
Washington
Eisenhower
Army
American Legion
Kiwanis Club
Miliary Order of World Wars
Mason
Royal Arch
Shrine Knight Templar
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Armory Memorial Open House Set by Reserve Corps
Grafton\'s Army Reserve Corps holds an open house at the Jee Evans building Mt West Main Memorial afternoon from 1 to 6 with Charles Warden commanding Co 139 Tank Bn and Hugh Meglone Mahon retired general as official hosts. Public can view $15,000 worth of equipment including radios field telephones weapons and a movie “The Whites of Their Eyes.”
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Warden
Millon Dinner Open To Public
Charles Wells a committee member and master of ceremonies announces a public noon luncheon at the Grafton Hotel for Hugh Meslone Millon 11 who speaks at the Memorial Day service in the National Cemetery. Wells and committee will meet Secretary Milton at Morgantown airport for the return trip to Washington. A stolen item in Pasadena is described as a valuable Marilyn Monroe calendar.
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Charles Wells
Recrpbon
Grafton Hotel
Hugh Meslone Millon
Ine Memorial Day Serviery
National Cemetery
Lekels
Wells
Milton
Morgantown
Washington
Grafton to decorate graves in National Cemetery Memorial Day
Memorial Day observance in Grafton honors war dead at the National Cemetery with 3,000 veterans and schoolchildren decorating graves. Local ceremonies feature US Army officials, veterans groups, a high school band, and a parade from Main Street to the Baltimore and Ohio station at 9:30. Radio station WPDX will broadcast.
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Grafton
National Cemetery
Thornsbury Batley Brown
Torlock ‘Rastiussen
National Cemetery Service
C. V. Tate
Evangelon United Brethren Church
Joseph Henry
Btars and Stripes Forever
Naomi Lawton
America
Ona G. Jefferys
Sons of Union Veterans
Reno
G.A.R
Joseph .F
Snider
Salem College
Man
Birdie Thompson
Chester Phillips
American Session
Department of West Virginia
Don Matjoin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
West Virginia
98Th Spl. Inf. Co
USMAC
Milton
CTS
Michael J. Hannon
St. Augustine's Catholic Church
WPDX
Clarks- Tairg
Harold Murphy
Memorial City
Dial Jno
Gus Ginnakas
Taylor County
Americas Legion
Qua C. Jefferys
American Legion
Rio
Main Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Claude S. Ebert
Scott Kenney
Washington
President seeks expanded atomic energy fund and programs
President Eisenhower asked Congress to authorize a larger atomic energy program to produce more weapons and expand civilian uses. The request totals about 1.112 billion additional for the next fiscal year, raising the AEC operating funds to about 1.786 billion. The White House cited advances in nuclear tech and outlined plans for weapons development, military propulsion reactors, and an accelerated program to provide electric power through atomic plants.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
United States
Ike Signs Farm Soil Bank Bill
President Eisenhower signed the second choice farm bill ending a four month election year fight with a Democratic Congress. The act authorizes up to 1.2 billion annually to pay farmers for taking surplus crops out of production and expands feed grain price supports. It also adds a two price plan for rice and increases corn planting allotments from 43 to 51 million acres.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Congress
Soil Bank
Mine shutdown across Marion and Monon counties
A coal mining bulletin reports all major mines in Marion and Monon counties shut down after picket tours of West Virginia coal fields. About 5,500 miners are idle as a result of the action.
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Bulletin
Fairmonth
Marion
Monongala Counties
West Virginia
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