Grafton Kiwanis Seeks District Aid For Youth Rehab
The Grafton Kiwanis Club asks the West Virginia Kiwanis district to adopt the sponsor plan as a district project. The aim is personal service by Kiwanian volunteers to help boys recently released from the Industrial School become useful citizens. Superintendent Jess Riley notes about 78 percent of released boys avoid further law violations, and the plan seeks to raise that success rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Kiwanis Club
West Virginia
Kiwanis International
Grafton
Morgantown
Jess Riley
Truman Threatens To Keep Congress Until Work Done
President Truman warned Capitol Hill opponents that he will keep Congress in session until he enacts the Fair Deal program. He pledged to win with that program in 1950 if necessary and spoke at a testimonial dinner for National Chairman William M. Boyle Jr. Boyle, a Jackson County Missourian, attended as the president outlined plans to raise national income to 300 billion dollars and set a family income target of 4 thousand dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
William M. Boyle
Boyle
Jackson County
Barkley
Carleton Hadley
St. Louis
Congress poised to expand old age pensions bill
Washington reports Democratic leaders expect the House to pass a broad expansion of the government old age pension program. Labor unions threaten strikes if employers do not cover full costs in non government pension plans. Ford Motor Co agreed to an independent plan. The Ways and Means panel warns such schemes could undermine Social Security. The Rules Committee balked at a gag rule for quick consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford Motor Company
House
Waylard Means
House Rules Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Charleston Doctor Revives Man After Heart Stoppage
In Omar, Logan county, Hillard Horn, 48, is reported in fair condition after a surgeon reopened his chest and manually massaged the heart until it beat again following a cessation during an operation yesterday.
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Charleston
Hillard Horn
Omar
Logan County
State Police Asked to Break Up After-Hours Parties
Wheeling Ohio County education leaders urged state police to patrol school grounds and break up after-hours necking parties. Principal Mary Curran of the S Bridge school raised the issue at a board meeting. Officials said they had been assured the patrol would be set up.
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Wheeling
Ohio County Board of Education
Mary Curran
Bridge School
Two Small Elkins Children Die In Early Morning Fire
Elkins firefighters battled a seven room home blaze around 8 am injuring mother Mrs Maynard Daniels and two sons, Eddie 6 and Donnie 5. Roger 2 and Clifford 3 perished after flames swept from the kitchen, with water supply limited and delays in reaching upstairs occupants.
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Elkins
Fame
Maynard Daniels
Daniels
Roger Daniels
Clifford Daniels
Roger
Nally
Clifford S
Eddie
Donnie
Burley Isner
Isner
Public Works Releases Funds For 1949 State Projects
The Board of Public Works releases 1,100,405.91 to state institutions and colleges from the 1949 legislature. Grants include 444,974.75 for Marshall college science building equipment, 120,550 for West Liberty sewage system, 67,200 to finish West Liberty auditorium, 285,000 for Moundsville prison cell block, and 50,000 for roads and a Tygart Lake bathhouse near Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
C. F. McClinic
Tygart Lake
Grafton Dam
Charleston
Marshall College
West Liberty State College
West Liberty
State Board of Education
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
State Road Commission
Grafton
Wheeling Police Chief Faces Open Rebellion Over Schedule
Police Chief Bert Kennedy faced a threatened work stoppage as 70 percent of the Wheeling force was reassigned under a new schedule. The Fraternal Order of Police vowed to seek the city manager’s replacement or rescission of the changes, while Kennedy denounced the union. Lieutenant Alonzo Hixenbaugh would move from day to midnight shift. Further discussions with City Manager W N Hunter were pending.
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Wheeling
Fraternal Order of Police
N. Hunter
Kennedy
FOP
Public Service
Alonzo Hixenbaugh
Hixenbaugh
Hunter
Fight Extradition To Pennsylvania
Three men, Daniel Spiroff, David Spiroff, and James Collins, fight extradition to Pennsylvania after filing a 100000 false arrest and libel suit against a witness at their extradition hearing before Judge Charles G. Baker in Morgantown. The men, indicted in Pennsylvania for armed robbery, aim to block their transfer. Judge Baker deferred ruling until after the October term of the grand jury.
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Morgantown
Pennsylvania
West Orsinia
Keystone State
Daniel
David Spirodd
James Collins
Charles G. Baker
W. H. Bond
Allegheny County
Daniel Spiroff
Collins
Bond
Baker
Bragg Named Executive Of Monongalia Boy Scout Council
C Bragg 23 of Morgantown has been named executive of the Monongalia Boy Scout Council filling the vacancy created by Smith. He spent 45 days at Schiff Scout Reserve in Mendham and has 11 years in scouting plus six years as a Scouter. Bragg served with the Navy in the Pacific theater, then attended Fairmont State College earning a BA. He moved to Morgantown, resides at 204 Maple Ave, and is a Grafton High School alumnus and Life Scout of Troop No. 3.
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Tuffy) Bragg
L. H. Bragg
Boys America
Smith
Morgantown
Monongalia
Schiff Scout Re
Mendham
N. J
Itny
Navy
Bragg
Fairmont State College
Tau Beta Iota
Maple Avenue
Grafton High School
Loren Hoffman
No Pickets Visit State Mines Today Near Charleston
In the Tuppers Creek area near Charleston West Virginia no pickets appeared at non union coal mines for the first time this week. The absence followed a county circuit court injunction forbidding gatherings in the mining area. The West Virginia Coal Association estimated about 6000 non union diggers remained at their jobs amid the United Mine Workers walkout.
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Charleston
Tuppers Creek
West Virginia Coal Association
United Mine Workers
Parsons People To Pay Higher Telephone Rates
Customers of the Duncan Telephone Company in Parsons Tucker county will see rate increases begin tomorrow. The Public Service Commission approved the hike to cover new equipment costs and operating losses. Private line service rises from 3.50 to 5.00 monthly and residential from 2.40 to 3.50.
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Charleston
Duncan Telephone Company
Parsons
Tucker County
Public Service Commission
Rare drug may save Jeannine Kiger ailing 19 year old
Jeannine Kiger, a Grafton 19 year old with nephrosis says doctors, a rare serum protein drug from California could be her only chance. The drug costs 54 dollars per injection for 30 shots totaling 1620 dollars, a family burden since her father, a WWII Navy fireman, died in service. St Marys hospital specialists and doctors Randolph McCusky Zinn report a turning point after diagnosis.
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Grafton
Grafton Sentinel
Taylor County
Jeannine Kiger
Paul A. Kiger
U.S. Navy
Corregidor
Jeannine
Kiger
St. Mary’s Hospital
Clarksburg
E. B. Randolph
California
Linwood Zinn
Ner
Randolph
J. F. McCusky
Zinn
Non-Union Miners Dig Coal Amid UMW Pickets Across Nation
About 15,000 non-union miners defied United Mine Workers pickets as a 12 day strike persisted. Dynamite blasts hit tipples in Grass Flats Pennsylvania and near Morgantown Kentucky. UMW talks at White Sulphur Springs stalled. officials blamed sabotage while no injuries were reported.
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UMW
Grass Flats
Clearfield County
Snow Shoe Mountain
Morgantown
Kentucky
Robert M. Smith
Junedale Coal Company
Clearfield
Richard Huston
Hawkes Coal Company
Tom Cow
Steelworkers Strike Over Pension Demands Tonight
CIO Steelworkers prepare to strike at midnight for company paid pensions and insurance. Negotiations stalled despite U.S. mediation. Wildcat actions push mills to idle as picket lines form and police guard plants. Union presses for Truman board plan of a ten cent per hour industry funded contribution.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
U.S
Philip Murray
Truman
Emsee Steelworkers
Tokyo Rose Convicted of Treason After Four Day Deliberation
Iva Toguri D Aquino, Los Angeles born and educated, was found guilty of treason by a federal court jury after four days of deliberation in San Francisco. Stony faced, she showed no emotion as the verdict was read. She remained silent and later spoke with her attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San’ Francisco
Iva Toguri D'Aquino
Leyte Gulf
Pacific
Iva
Los Angeles
Lewis orders many miners back to pits in western regions
John L. Lewis ordered 80,000 hard coal miners and 22,000 soft coal diggers west of the Mississippi to return to work, ending the strike that began September 19. A telegram released by UMW Vice President Thomas Kennedy said the move aims to minimize losses and is not vital to wage negotiations. The action covers anthracite districts in the East and western soft coal districts across several states. Kennedy led the union bargaining team in Lewis's absence. Despite the end of the western strike, more than 400,000 soft coal miners in other regions remain idle as contract talks continue at White Sulphur Springs and Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Worker
UMW
White Sulphur Springs
John L. Lewis
Hazelton
Pennsylvania
Tri-District News
Mississippi
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
White, Sulphir Springs
Bluefield
Rhodes pleads guilty to tax evasion in federal case
William B. Rhodes a Spencer hatchery operator and former Republican nominee for state commissioner of agriculture pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of income tax evasion. He admitted under paying $48,071.85 on his 1945 tax bill. Other indictments were quashed and sentencing set for November 7.
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Fairmont
William B
Rod) Rhodes
Spencer Hatchery
Rhodes
State Commission~er of Agriculture
Harry E. Watkins
City Manager Resigns After Mayor Accuses Kick Incident
Beckley city scene as former City Manager A. K. Minter resigns after Mayor Grover Hedrick accuses him of kicking him in the pants during an August 31 argument. Council awards 21 days pay for September before departure.
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Push House
C. Bragg
So. Parsons
Tokyo Rose
Tokyo
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