Fate of Marines Hinges on Armed Unification Plan
The Navy secretary warns that unification could abolish the Marine Corps or merge naval aviation with other services. A Senate testimony floated making the Army absorb the Marines, while officials fear transfer of all naval and Marine aviation to the Air Force.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
John L. Sullivan
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Uris
Marine Corps
the Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Senate Armed Forces
Army
Royall
Sullivan
Teller
Johnsen
Air Force
Box Claims Bottling Strike Unauthorized
The unauthorized strike at Royal Crown Bottling Company enters its third day as Sidney C. Box, regional director of United Construction Workers, says the men called the strike themselves and it was not authorized through his office. Earlier, manager Herbert F. Moore said two discharged workers were dismissed for wilful violations of company rules, not for union affiliation.
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Royal Crown Bottling Company
Sidney C. Box
United Construction Workers
Herbert F. Moore
Potter will admitted to probate in Mercer clerk's office
The will of Minnie L. Potter dated July 27, 1942 was admitted to probate in Mercer clerk's office yesterday. The estate designates daughter Helen S. Pierpont as executrix. appraisers named Bert Kemper Jr., Paul S. Hudgins, and E. P. Kennedy are listed.
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Potter
Mercer
Register
Princeton
Minnie L. Potter
Helen 5
Pierpont
Bert Kemper
Paul S. Hud E. P, Kennedy
Man Lives Ten Years Sealed in Brooklyn Cubicle
Paul Makushak a 33 year old man was found after ten years sealed in a three by five foot cubicle in a Greenpoint Brooklyn house his mother put him there at the outbreak of World War II police said he survived on a wall vent and scraps until neighbors notified authorities He could barely stand and wore old clothing a Bible and books lay nearby his father ran a tailor shop in the same building and said the family had quarrels over the son’s confinement.
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John UW
Winant Lap
New York
Paul Makushak
Makushak
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
Soho
Miles F. McDonald
Anna Makushak
Makushax
Paul
Canada
Dems Plan Patronage And Loyalty Ratios
President Truman and Democratic leaders agreed on a new patronage system based on party loyalty. The test will measure how congressmen perform for their districts rather than how they vote in the House or Senate. Senator J Howard McGrath said the loyalty gauge depends on district performance, not votes in Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
White House
McGrath
House
Senate
Ife
Gerry
Carrington Acquitted in Mercer County Murder Trial
Richard Carrington was freed of a murder indictment by a Mercer County Circuit Court jury after about 45 minutes of deliberation. He testified his mother in law Rose Winbush attacked him during a dispute over food and that he acted in self defense while recovering from surgery.
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Register
Winex
Princeton
Richard Carrington
Mercer County
Carrington
Rose Lee Winbush
Mercer
H.C. Blankenship
Eldridge Bowling
John A. Boothe
J Fred Clark
Arnold B. Croy
Charles Ellison
Harry Harmon
Tom Johnson
M. M. Kessinger
George Wimmer
Paul Woolwine
Tucker
Rose Winbush
Naval Hospital
Cunard Soldier Arrives At Station in Japan
John L. Wilt of Cunard is stationed in Japan with Headquarters I Corps in Kyoto assigned to maintain command links from Eighth Army to two divisions and attached units. Private Wilt joined in October 1948 at Oak Hill and trained at Fort Knox before deployment.
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Cunard
John L. Wilt
Sam Pvi
Charles R. Witt
Japan
I Corps
Kyoto
Honshu
John B. Coulter
Eighth Army
Kyushu
Nagoya
Yokoana
Wilt
Oak Hill
Fort Knox
Two Draw $50 fines For Road Violations
Mercer County court fines two men for driving while intoxicated. George William Wright of Cambria was fined 50 dollars and costs by Magistrate E Dale Bailey after arrest on the Princeton Bluefield road by state Trooper FE D Bazzie. Joseph Spencer Hendrick of Bluefield was fined 50 dollars and costs by Magistrate Bailey after arrest on State Road 52 by Trooper E O Burner.
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Princeton
Mercer County
FE. D. Bazzie
George William Wright
Cambria
E. Dale Bailey
Princeton- Bluefield
Joseph Spencer Hendrick
Bluefield
Bailey
E. O. Burner
Concord Professor To Present Paper At WV Academy
Concord College education professor Dr. B L Gumm will present a paper at the West Virginia Academy of Science meeting in Davis and Elkins College on Friday and Saturday. The paper titled Objectives of the Courses in Human Growth and Development Offered in West Virginia Colleges highlights Concord as the sole representative from the college on the program.
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Concord
Register
Athens
B. L. Gumm
Concord College
West Virginia Academy of Science
Davis and Elkins College
West Virginia
Gunnn
Flying saucers studied by the U S Air Force report
Dayton Journal Herald says Air Force reviewed 240 domestic and foreign reports on flying discs. Intelligence officers split them: 30 percent ordinary objects, 30 percent commonplace explanations, 40 percent mysterious. Mars visitation theory discounted. foreign craft considered.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Air Force
Dayton Journal jHerald
Technical Intelligence
Air Material Command
Wright Field
Journal Herald
Inteligence
Mars
Dr Charles Zeller to lead Weston State Hospital
Governor Pat eson named Dr Charles Zeller as superintendent of Weston State Hospital replacing Dr Joseph L Knapp who resigned to join a private Dallas sanitarium Zeller, medical director at Governor Bacon Health Center Delaware City, is a WVU 1925 graduate with degrees from Buffalo Bucknell He previously served as Indiana Michigan and Pennsylvania mental health officials and state hospital chiefs born 1898 in Factoryville Pennsylvania. His wife is sister to Mrs John W Hereford Huntington wife of the Sixth Judicial District circuit judge.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Pateson
Charles Zeller
Weston State Hospital
Zeller
Jooseph L. Knapp
Knapp
Dallas
Tex
Governor Bacon Health Center
Delaware City
Del
West Virginia University
University of Buffalo
Bucknell University
Indiana
Michigan
Philadelphia State Hospital
Pennsylvania
Factoryville
John W. Hereford
Huntington
Sixth Judicial District
Mercer County Licenses 16 New Drivers After Exams
Mercer County state police files show 16 new licensed drivers after this week’s exams. Passing include Ralph Lester Sparks Ada Ralph Eugene Burnette Claude Virgil Nash Okey Samuel McGuire Bob Akers Dayton Powell Belcher Bramwell Robert High Dean Goodwill Orville Douglass Hill Keystone Donald Eugene Conner Matoaka Donnie Carter Oakvale Joseph Eugene Bevins William Paul Cecil Emmanuel Whitt Gus Julius Nelson all of Princeton Giles Jones Narrows Va Mildred Carlees Mills Spanishburg
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Princeton
Mercer County
Ralph Lester Sparks
Ada
Ralphi Eugene Burnette
Claude Virgil Nash
Okey Samuel McGuire
Bobby Roy Akers
Bluefield
Dayton Powell Belcher
Bramwell
Robert High Dean
Goodwill
Orville Douglass Hill
Keystone
Donald Eugene Conner
Matoaka
Donnie Carter
Oakvale
Joseph Eugene Bevins
Government seeks quick trial run for hog market plan
The administration wins bipartisan support to grant immediate authority for a hog market trial under a new farm program. If approved, the plan would use market prices to set a fair price, with the government subsidizing the gap to ensure cheaper consumer pork and stable farmer income.
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Tre
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Cooley
D-Nc
Peiueily
Baldwin Accused Of Disloyalty by Some Republicans
Senate Republicans privately accused Ray mond L. Baldwin of party disloyalty after he accepted an appointment to the Connecticut supreme court. Other GOP members urged patience, noting Baldwin has personal reasons, as the seat becomes vacant December 16. Baldwin plans to resign, with a Democratic successor likely until November 1950.
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Associated Press
Washington
Raymond
Baldwin
Senate Today
Connecticut Supreme Court
GOP
Connecticut
Chester Bowles
Thes
Senate
Bowles
Connectient
Hartjford
Buckland Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Osaka Squadron
Richard W. Buckland son of Mrs D G Buckland of 412 Pike Street has been promoted to Staff Sergeant in the 618th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron stationed in Osaka Japan. He attended Sha dy Spring High School before entering the Air Force and completed basic training in San Antonio Texas before going overseas July 26 1948. Mrs Co Iner vacationing Whitesville Mrs Evelyn Cainer Home Credit Store employee is on vacation this week.
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Buckland
Richard W. Buckland
D. G. Buckland
Pike Street
Aircraft Control and Warning
Osaka
Japan
Shady Spring High School
Air Force
San Antonio
Texas
Coiner
Register
Whitesville
Evelyn Cainer
Home Credit Store
Nan Enso Denied Queen Title At Indiana Prom
Nan Espo was dropped from Indiana University prom queen eligibility after the prom committee ruled she had not met campus residence requirements for a full semester. Two independent nominators continued a last minute campaign but could not overturn the decision.
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Associated Press
Bloomington
Ind
Nan Espo
Indiana University
Nan
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