16 Nov 1950
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1950
Page
1
Brooke county school board rejected charges that Wellsburg High teachers used class time to push political views. The board defended teachers promoting discussion and denied influencing students to sway parental voting, inviting investigation if desired.
The two week old telephone strike shows little near term settlement. Philadelphia picket fighting prompts an injunction request hearing tomorrow. Violence touches Washington as CIO members respect the picket line while Western Electric workers drive the strike. Police again quell massed demonstrations with about two thousand officers present. Independent union members refuse to respect CIO picketing in Philadelphia.
Bill Ellers, 37, a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman from Valley Falls Road, survived a rollover that dumped his car onto Route 50 near Riverside Road. He gave conflicting accounts of whether he jumped or was ejected as officers investigated the late Tuesday accident.
City warns water supply in West Main Street area will be turned off from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. this week and again next week as water mains are cleaned. Residents are asked to keep faucets off. Delays occurred last week due to equipment failure, with no definite completion date available.
Lieutenant Albert E. Colebank of Grafton is among three officers chosen to train officers from NATO allies in weapon use under the U S military defense assistance program. He is stationed in Nuremberg with the First Division since last March, joined by wife and daughters Judith and Pamela Sue in August. His brother William Colebank was promoted to Lieutenant in the 7845th Ordinance Maintenance Group at Esslingen, with their wife and two sons David Lang and Dwane accompanying him in Germany.
Mike Yacenech of Independence Route 1 was arrested by State Police Corporal Randall and appeared before Magistrate Ona C. Jeffreys. He paid a $10 fine and costs for driving a 1936 sedan on U S 50 East not keeping to the right of the center line when meeting oncoming traffic.
Charles Hughs of Grafton was arrested by Officer Funkhauser on Saturday for parking in a restricted zone. He appeared before Police Court Judge J Guy Allender and paid a fine of 1 dollar and costs.
Eddie Collins, missing from Williams Grove Pennsylvania, was located in Tampa Florida. His schoolteacher reported two men in a maroon car drove off with him on Monday. Attorney Paul Lake, representing the boy’s uncle James D. Collins, said Eddie is safe in Tampa under a court order.
A 1 year old woman driver, Mrs. Elizabeth Chalfont of Pittsburgh, escaped serious injury when a 1949 truck struck her car on U S Route 250 Graf ton-Philippi road, sending her vehicle into guard rails. Truck driver Joe Warner of Job faces charges of reckless driving and property damage and will appear before Magistrate C P Lucas, according to Trooper Li Duckworth, the investigating officer.
Tokyo reports brutal Korean winter with Seventh Division details. Col Herbert Powell describes temperatures 20 below zero and ice caked gear. A company crawled on hands and knees through ice to positions and six men waded a freezing river, their clothes turning solid. Warming tents and blankets saved them. A new British Commonwealth brigade prepares for winter action in Korea.
The committee rushed to act after Treasury Secretary Snyder urged a 75 percent levy on excess profits. Party line votes backed hearings ending November 22 and barred testimony on the topic, stirring GOP charges of a gag rule. Truman proposed 4 billion dollars yearly in excess profits taxes to fund defense, with Snyder signaling broader tax plans for all.
Taylor County Board of Trade announces Santa will visit Grafton West Virginia to switch on the Christmas lights. A B and O special train will bring him to town at 9 AM on December day. Plans include welcoming children and a time for St Nick to meet local kids before his gift production for 1950.
Harry Gasford of Brownton was arrested by Officer Funkhouser for a traffic violation. He was fined $5 and costs by City Police Court Judge J Guy Allender for making a left turn from Latrobe street yesterday.
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Four persons arrested by city police on intoxication charges have paid their fines and been released from jail. Ebb Boyce of Blueville Arles Boyce of Grafton Troy E Mec Lloyd Miller of Grafton Livya Millier of Grafton all paid $10 fines plus costs at their appearance before Judge Guy Allender.
Washington congress is believed to receive a ten billion dollar request to cover the Korean war costs as planners await President Truman's handling of the special session date. Congress has already approved about 13.2 billion for regular military needs and 11.5 billion in emergency expenditures. Observers expect no move to alter schedules and rent control faces possible expiration at year end unless Truman presses to keep it alive.
King Farouk told the Egyptian parliament that there is no alternative but to cancel the 1936 treaty with Britain though the government stopped short of a formal denunciation. He urged Britain to withdraw troops from the Suez Canal zone and allow Sudan’s unification under his rule. Disturbances erupted in Cairo as police were mobilized.
A slow ballot recanvass keeps Michigan unsure if G Mennen Williams or Harry Kelley will be governor by January. Connecticut awaits decision on the U S Senate race between William Renton and Prescott Bush. New York’s 1st district tight race interests TS Kingsland Macqnin and Ernest Greenwood as recounts loom. A history note recounts the 1876 Hayes Tilden contest and the controversial electoral commission that decided the presidency.
United Nations forces push toward the Manchurian frontier on the Korean war front amid freezing weather and sleet. American Seventh Division gains bring the line near the 41st parallel as light enemy resistance and Red artillery mix with aggressive patrols and riverine advances.
A special Marion county grand jury will meet next Tuesday to investigate an apparent breakdown of law enforcement. Prosecutor Harrison Conaway requested the panel's summons after a petition from the Christian Citizenship and Legislative committee, led by El Nora McCullough, claiming 2000 signers. The petition urged state police intervention over gambling, obscene literature, and liquor sales in Marion county.
The B and O Veterans Division No 11 and Clara Fawjver Auxiliary No 9 held a business meeting at the D of A Hall. Visiting officers from Parkersburg Veterans and Auxiliary included Roy E B Collins of Staten Island and Mrs H H Wilfong of Garrett Indiana. Twenty nine members attended plus T J Klarenberg and E Stimson. Dinner for eighty five followed by social hour. Next day Collins and Mrs Wilfong with Mrs C C Gough attended the Graf ton Auxiliary meeting in Gassowey with about 125 present and a turkey dinner served.
In Grafton and Taylor County the Salvation Army led by Captain Lyhn Wisematt asks residents to donate old toys and coats for needy children this Christmas. People can call 555 to arrange pickups or drop items at the Baleton Army building on 12 Main Street.
A trawler reported two missing persons off Charleston South Carolina after an Atlantic sighting. The couple includes Derick Reker, 48, wife of the Metropolitan Life chairman, and Jamies Hata of Shelbyville and New York. A ship picked up two others clinging to a bar near the crash site.
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