Juror Needed To Start Miller Trial At 1:30 P.M
A 1000 man roving picket force moved south toward Lewis county to end West Virginia mine closures. Harrison County deputies report 150 cars and 1000 men after beating three Freeport Gas workers in Robey. Officials say two tipple workers and a truck driver were injured and treated by a physician.
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Clarksburg
West Virginine
Lewis County
Harrison County
Freeport Gas Company
Robey
Stanley Robey
Leondis Haught
Tipple
Joe Allen
Abandon Hunt For Fliers In Atlantic Search Ends
Searchers abandoned the hunt for two Italian fliers missing since Friday night on a flight from the Azores to New York after wide Atlantic Ocean searches by planes and ships. The Coast Guard said the Air Force Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force participated. The fliers John M Brondello and Camillio Bartoglio apparently were given up for test.
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New York (A
Azores
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard
Air Force
U. S. Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force
John M. Brondello
Camillio Bartoglio
Leprosy couple heads to New York for new life
Mrs. Hans Hornbostel and her husband, who cared for her during her leprosy treatment at the National Leprosarium in Carsville, Louisiana, plan to move to New York. The 58 year old grandmother contracted the disease after three years as a prisoner in the Santo Tomas camp near Manila. Her husband, 68, bought a cottage on hospital grounds and remains with her, noting her marked improvement.
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New Orleans
Hans Hornbostel
New York
Hornbostel
Carsville
U.S. Marine Hospital
National Leprosarium
Mas. Hornbostel
Second Trial For Charles B Gaines Redocketed For Thursday
A second trial for Charles Brennan Gaines, charged with the murder of Richard Brunson at a Flemington garage last June, was redocketed for Thursday. Witnesses who testified today were instructed to return. The Gaines case previously failed to reach a verdict, and other felony and misdemeanor cases were moved to Thursday.
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Charles B. Gaines
Charles Brennan Gaines
Flemington
Richard B. Brunso
Charles John Ed Miller
Richard B. Bord
State
Robert Mor
Ernest Bolton
Steven
Elbert
Howard K. Doss
Walter (Urry
Donald Moran
Lawrence L. Boyce
Kenneth Britton Meanear
Gaines
Brunson
Charleston Woman Injured In Wreck
Mrs. Ma Clark of Charleston WV was released from City hospital after shock and bruises from an auto crash onU S Route 119 the day before. Her husband J M Clark Jr also from Charleston drove the car which toppled an embankment during heavy rain near Webster. Their son was en route to Morgantown to enter West Virginia University. Sheriff Harry Batson investigated the accident which could not determine a cause. A later wreck occurred at the same site when a wrecker struck the Clark car rubbish left from the incident.
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Ma Clark
Charleston
West Virginia
J. M. Clark, Jr
Webster
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Harry Batson
Clark
Robert Franklin Mittchell
Philippi
Route 1
Joint Services for Elliott James and Wife Gassaway
Joint funeral services were held today for Elliott James aged 81 and his wife aged 80 who died within seven hours of each other. James was a retired merchant.
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Gassaway (P
Elliott James
James
Shotgun Slaying Probed in Mullens District
Sheriff Paul Goode and Wyoming County officers investigate the shotgun slaying of Pink Byars of Barker's Ridge. Byars was found on a cot on his mountain porch with shotgun wounds to head and shoulder. Byars' wife said she took sleeping pills Saturday and heard no shots.
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Mullens
Paul Goode
Wyoming
Pink Byars
Barker's Ridge
Goode
Byars
Mountain
Ship Dead Stands At 121 Passengers Missing 84
The Noronic's known dead reached 121 as divers searched the sunken decks for 84 missing passengers. Red Cross officials and Canadian authorities warned survival estimates may be high while hoping many unaccounted travelers may have returned home. Most aboard were Americans, with the investigation ongoing.
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Toronto
Ont
Noronic
Red Cross
W. S. Stanbury
Canadian Red Cross
United States
Biennial Check Up Of Voters Required
Charleston reports an attorney general's opinion states county courts are not required to perform a biennial voter check up. The 1950 check is optional, while a four year cycle begins in 1952. All voters were checked or registered last year.
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Charleston
Eston B. Stephenson
D. Pritt O'Brien
Stephenson
Boy's Polio Donation Brings Reward Violin Gift
A Grafton boy who saved his pennies to buy a violin for himself gave all his money to the infantile paralysis drive. A local woman will present him a three quarter size violin valued at 200 to 300 dollars once his identity is learned. The act inspired a generous offer and the instrument will be reconditioned for the recipient.
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Grafton
Nickles
Sentinel
Vio
Lin
Grafton Sentinel
Fire destroys Knotts home near Grafton Drive-In
Fire of unknown origin razed the one story frame dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Knotts and family near the new Grafton Drive In theater off Route 119. The old Jacobs place burned completely but none of the Knotts family or Mrs. Earl Jacobs were injured though furniture and personal belongings were likely not salvaged.
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Bailey Knotts
New Grafton Drive-In
Route 119
Knotts
Jacobs Place
Earl Jacobs
Britain Cuts Pound as Dollar Value Falls 30.5 Percent
London reels as the Labour government declares a drastic 30.5 percent cut in the pound sterling’s dollar value. Banks close, stock exchanges shut worldwide, and foreign exchange trading halts amid global financial turmoil. Eleven nations devalue to align with Britain, emergency cabinets convene, and the world faces a major financial crisis.
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London
London Stock Exchange
France
Slolland
Greece
South Africa
Europe
Sterling
Asia
Train wreck near Newton injures fifty passengers
A Southern Railway passenger train derailed and plunged down an embankment at Newton North Carolina this morning injuring about 50 people. Emergency crews sought rescuers for two trapped diner cooks as ambulances rushed the injured to Catawba General Hospital. The crash occurred at 6 10 a m as westbound No 15 neared Newton station.
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Southern Railway
Newton
Charlotte
Catawba General Hospital
Frank’ Jones
Vogel Named Art Teacher at Grafton Junior High
George W Vogel of this city was appointed art teacher at Grafton Junior High to fill the vacancy from Miss Barbara Drainer, who left to join the University of Florida faculty at Tallahassee. A West Virginia University graduate and World War II veteran, Vogel had served as art teacher since school opened September 6, with board confirmation at a brief Thursday meeting.
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George W. Vogel
Grafton
Barbara Drainer
Drainer
University of Florida At
Jury delay in Miller murder trial halted by juror shortage
Circuit Court Clerk summoned 20 more jurors as 12 refused service over capital punishment, delaying the start of Charles John Edgar Miller’s trial for the shotgun slaying of his daughter in Flemington. Nola Burl Duvall, mother of three, was wounded as she left the Miller home with family.
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Charles John Edgar Miller
Flemington
Circuit Court
W. Merle Bailey
Miller
Nola Burl Duvall
Rosemont
Interesting Woman Of The Week Persis Brown Psychic Host
Mrs Persis Leota Brown of 362 West Main Street Grafton is featured as the Interesting Woman Of The Week. The seventh sister belief and her psychic abilities are noted with her lifelong friendships and non fortune telling stance.
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Persis Leota Brown
West Main Street
Grafton
Grafton Sentinel
Mrs. Brown
Alfred Brown
Tunnelton
Frank Morgan Actor Dies After Sleep at 59
Hollywood mourns Frank Morgan veteran actor of stage film and radio died in sleep at 59 after completing Keys to the City with Clark Gable and Loretta Young. He starred in The Stratton Story and listed The Great Ziesfigit Naughty Mariella Green Dolphin Street among his top films and once hosted a radio program. He was born Wupperman and survived by his 34 year wife Alain.
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Hollywood
Frank Morgan
Hononhulu
Alain
Morgan
Clark Gable
Loretta Young
Stratton Story
Ziesfigit
Wupperman
Overruled Attempt To Rule Out Testimony In Murder Trial
In Dover Delaware on September 19 the defense failed to suppress the testimony of Dolly Dean the state star witness in the Lowley Hearts murder case. Dean testified that she heard Inez Brennan order Robert Brennan to shoot and kill Wade N Wooldridge at the Brennan farm.
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Dover
Del
Dolly Dean
Inez Brennan
Robert
Dean
Brennan Farm
Murray outlines pension settlement as key to halting steel strike
Washington reports Phillip Murray declared that the only hope of averting a 1,000,000 strong CIO Steel workers strike is settlement of pension disputes at government arranged conciliation sessions.
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Washington
Phillip Murray
CIO
Annual 4 H FFA Livestock Roundup Opens Today
Jacksons Mill hosts the 19th annual 4 H and FFA Livestock Round-Up with events spanning four days. Highlights include Baby Beef Sale Wednesday night and Feeder Calf Sale Thursday, plus state 4 H sheep show, feeder calf shows, fat lamb sale, and showmanship contests across the schedule.
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Jackson's Mill
FFA
PTA Organized At Webster School Endorses Levy
About 30 Webster school parents formed a PTA and passed a unanimous resolution backing the proposed school levy on November 8. Mrs Frank Gull was elected president and Mrs Odbert Cooper secretary. Ronald Knotts of Taylor schools spoke on PTA roles and the hot lunch plan. He outlined that the levy would bring 31,608 in state funds for repairs and over three years raise a substantial local amount for playgrounds, a cannery, a school nurse, and library/instructional supplies, plus 32,000 for building repairs and construction.
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Webster School
Parent-Teachers Association
Frank Gull
Odbert Cooper
Paulley
Ronald Knotts
Taylor Schools
PTA
Knotts
Taylor County
Vocational Agriculture Department
Board rejects union demand on diesel locomotive firemen
Washington reports a presidential emergency board rejected the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen request for a second fireman on diesel locomotives. The board said no extra fireman is needed on current diesels and also denied firemen on rail motor cars and equalized pay scales across oil, electric, coal, and diesel locomotives.
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Washington
Brotherhood of
Locomotive
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