Grafton Vigil on Latrobe Street Vice Raids Faces Trial
The article defends police raids on Latrobe Street vice in Taylor County and urges prosecution. It notes municipal court Monday, possible grand jury, and Circuit Court trial in January, praising law enforcement and calling for ongoing cleanup regardless of guilt outcomes. It emphasizes constitutional rights and public safety.
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the Sentinel
Grafton
Circuit Court
Latrobe Street
Taylor County
Richard Bord
Latrobe Street Raids Target Two Bars in Boston
Police raided Boston's pool room owned by Harold Boston and the Home Restaurant run by Lawrence Boyce on Thursday night. Officers found whiskey and wine on both premises and arrested the owners on liquor sale charges but released them on $250 bonds for municipal court Monday. City Patrolmen Woodford Smith and Sheriff Batson took Boston into custody, while Patrolmen Messenger Mauller and Deputy Sheriff Ray Matthews handled Boyce. John Boston posted the bonds. Police Chief Joe Mask cited numerous recent complaints.
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Latrobe Street
Boston
Harold Boston
Lawrence Boyce
Hine
Boyce
John Boston
Joe Mask
Truman Makes Civil Rights Appeal Sparks Fresh Debate
President Truman urged enactment of Civil Rights laws in an Armistice Day speech, signaling a push for a Fair Employment Practices Commission. He warned the fight will resume in Congress after January, noting the 1948 split and loss of southern electoral votes. The White House backs laws to counter discrimination and injustice nationwide.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Democratic Party
United States
National Conference of Christians and Jews
F H Barnhart Speech at Armistice Day Banquet
Frank H. Barnhart of Follansbee addressed over 125 Legionnaires at the Armistice Day dinner in the Grafton High School cafeteria stressing expanding American Legion membership to combat communism and evil forces. He praised Taylor County Post No 12 for reburial work and urged defense unity as school duties build good citizens.
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American Legion
America
Department
Frank H. Barnhart
Follawsbee
Barnhart
Grafton Senior High School
Taylor County Post No. 12
National Cemetery
Legion
Follansbee
Defense
Louis Johnson
Teachers Sponsor Clarksburg Woman For National Office
About 10 000 West Virginia Education Association members voted to back Miss Corma Mowrey for the presidency of the National Education Association. Mowrey, NEA vice president on leave from Clarksburg Victory High School, leads state professional services and has chaired Harrison County English teachers.
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Huntington
West Virginia Education Association
Corma Mowrey
Clarksburg
National Education Association
WVEA
Mowrey
NEA
Clarksburg Victory High School
State Education Association
State Classroom Teachers Association
Harrison County
Woman Fleeing Intruder Jumps From Two Stories
In South Philadelphia Mrs. Bernice Griffin 33 fled a stranger who barged in fleeing two stories to the sidewalk. She was hospitalized at Graduate with a possible left foot fracture. Neighbors reported a man running from the building carrying a pan of hot food from her kitchen.
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Philadelphia
Bernice Griffin
Graduate Hospital
Earl Barnes
Government And Coal Leaders Reluctant To Accept Lewis Peace Feelers
Government and coal industry leaders eyed John L. Lewis peace feelers for a new miners contract warily. Cyrus Ching indicated no immediate plan for more peace meetings and the government awaited moves until Monday. Operators want an extension of the old contract and tighter controls on welfare fund expenditures, while Lewis seeks higher pay, shorter hours, and a larger welfare fund royalty. Ching mapped possible moves for early next week, including a fact finding board, though Lewis questioned its value.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Cyrus 8
Ching
Lewis
Welfare
John R. Steelman
Truman
New York
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Ohio U Student Shot To Death After Party
Ohio State University senior and Ohio State Lantern editor Jack T. McKeown, 23, of Norwood, was shot to death early today at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house after a homecoming party. First year veterinary student James D. Heer, 20, of Euclid, was taken into custody nearby and admitted the shooting, saying he gets trigger-happy when drunk.
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Ohio State University
Delta Tau Delta
Jack T. McKeown
Norwood
Ohio, State Lantern
Cinemnati
James D. Heer
Euclid
Columbus
Cleveland
Kenneth Anderson
Heer
McKeown
Philippi Resident Charged With Speeding
William Lambert of Philippi was arrested for speeding on West Main street at 1 45 a m and forfeit6 bond after failing to appear in city police court. Russell Boyles of Grafton Route 4 was arrested for intoxication and entered a not guilty plea, jailed to await trial Monday morning.
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William Lambert
Philippi
West Main Street
Russell Boyles
Grafton
Death by Own Action Attempt Ends in Tragedy
In Whitesville Mrs Martha Brown died of a heart attack while observing a man attempt a death by own action. Police Chief Melvin Be Weikle said a shotgun charge misfired and the would be self inflicted death escaped injury. The man was jailed without charges pending further investigation.
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Whitesville
Martha Brown
Melvin BE. Weikle
Corsair Run Aground In Capulco Harbor
The luxury liner Corsair, once J. Pierpont Morgan’s yacht, grounded on rocks at Capulco harbor entrance. About 55 passengers and 77 crew were rescued by lifeboats, with no reported injuries. Captain H. Nedden from Vancouver piloted the ship free, though the bow was damaged.
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Los Angeles
J. Peirpont Morgan
Capulco
Mexico
H. Nedden
Vancouver
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Yugoslavia ends friendship treaty with Albania
Yugoslavia denounced its treaty of friendship with Communist Albania in a note to Tirana. Premier Tito's regime called Albania openly hostile, accusing Enver Hoxha's government of a non peace loving policy. Albania is allied with the Communist bloc that expelled Tito in 1948.
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Yugoslavia
Albania
Tirana
Marshal Tito
Tanjug
Yugoslavews
Enver “Hoxha
Cominform
Tito
Baptist State Worker To Speak Here Sunday
The Reverend Parker Burr coughs of Morgantown, director of Baptist Student work in West Virginia, will speak at morning worship at First Baptist church. He fills in for Reverend Warner T. Gifford who is in Nitro conducting evangelistic meetings. A sound film will be shown in the evening service, "And Now I See." Public invited.
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Parker Burrcoughs
Morgantown
West Virginia
First Baptist Church
Warner T. Gifford
U S Steel Ends Long Strike With Pension Pacts
The United Steelworkers signed pension agreements with United States Steel and Inland Steel, ending the longest steel strike in U.S. history. The Bethlehem pattern pact sets a minimum $100 monthly pension with Social Security, five cents an hour social insurance, and no wage change, with broader contracts expected from subsidiaries.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corporation
Inland Steel Corporation
Big Steel
Mformal
Philip Murray
Bethlehem
Meens
Jones and Laughlin
Republic Steel
Acheson Confers With U S Top Chiefs In Europe
In Heidelberg and Frankfurt, U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson meets with Europe’s top military leaders and German officials amid rumors on western defense lines. He plans talks with Adenauer and Heuss in Bonn, as Paris conference decisions on German production and dismantling loom large.
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Germany
United States
Dean Acheson
Heidelburg
America
Europe
Acheson
Paris
Elbe
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Theodore Heuss
Ernest Bevin
France
Robert Schuman
West Germany
John J. McCloy
McCloy
Two Die In Auto Wreck Near Cheat Mountain
Cumberland Maryland report of a vehicle leaving the road near Rowlesburg West Virginia after brake failure. Two fatalities listed as Claudia C Hall 60 and John Webb Jr. six. four others injured including George A Hall 65 and G Roy Yelvington 60.
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Cumberland
Cheat Mountain
Poice
Rowlesburg
West Virginia
Maryland- West’ Virginia
Claudia C. Hall
South Street
Washington
John Webb
Gertrude Webb
Richmond
Virginia
George A. Hall
G. Roy Yelvington
Ann Webb
Yelvington
Grafton Woman Grace Whitescarver Honored
Grace Whitescarver of 18 West Wilford Street is named Grafton’s Woman of the Week for her lifelong charity. She sold a downtown building to give away thousands, donating 500 to Camp Towles, 2500 to Broaddus College hospital project, and 3000 in bonds to First Baptist Church.
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Grace Whitescarver
Grafton
Belover
West Wilford Street
Camp Towles
Taylor County
Broaddus College
Baptist Hospital
First Baptist Church
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