Paradise wilderness needlessly endangered in airspace ban
President Truman orders an air space reservation over the Superior National Forest and Quetico Park, banning airplane trips except for fire patrols and emergencies, effective January 1, 1952. The article recalls the region’s history, its recreation value, and a 20th century campaign to preserve the wild lakes and forests while coordinating cross border conservation efforts.
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Minnesota-Ontario
Quetico
Radisson and
Groseillers
du Lhut
Louis Hennepin
la Verendrye
Superior National Forest
Ontario
Quetico Provincial Park
Izaak Walton League
Truman
White House
Quebco- Superior Committee
Canada
United States
Upside Down Streetcars Highlight Wuppertal System
In Wuppertal Germany the Schweberbahn suspended railway runs upside down over the Wupper River, nine miles long, using monorail cars at up to 30 mph. Since 190,1 it has drawn riders with a blend of transit and sightseeing. The $4.8 million system, now city-operated, boasts rare accident-free history aside from a WWI signal mishap and a circus elephant stunt.
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Richard K. O’malley
Wuppertal
Germany
Wuppertalers
Europe
Nurenberg
Wupper
Wuppetal
Schweberbahn
Wupper River
Dangers of Lobbying Outlined by Sclons
The Associated Press reports a 67 page House committee study calls lobbying a billion dollar industry with real dangers to Congress. It notes lobbying is rarely corrupt but pressures politics are expanding beyond the constitutional right of petition. Proposals include better funding, formal access, streamlined process, stronger parties, and more information on lobbyists.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congressional
Congress
House Committee On
Ap Aid Lenn
Ihe
Drive for Relief Food Under Way in West Virginia
A statewide CROP drive aims to collect 10 000 bushels of wheat for foreign relief in Europe and Asia. Cash gifts accepted with donations sent to Russell V. Hardman in Charleston. Reverend Wade H. Koons says the drive expresses American Christian brotherhood and democratic values.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Europe
Asia
United Nations
Church World Service
Catholic Rural Life
Lutheran World Relief
Christian Rural Overseas Program
CROP
West
Father of Five Found Murdered in Big Lynn Creek
Wayne Kanawha County detective work identifies Calvin Parsons of Branchland as the murder victim found face down in Big Lynn Creek near East Lynn. The 43 year old United Fuel Gas employee had been missing two weeks. a Huntington pathologist said injuries were from a sharp instrument and death occurred at least a week prior. A schoolboy discoverer reported the body at the creek’s foot of a 50 foot embankment. sheriff Homer A. Pelfrey called the death definite murder. Parsons carried a bus ticket bought Oct 14 for 20 cents from West Hamlin, indicating a roughly regional travel.
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Huntington Pathologist
Parsons
Junior Chaney
East Lynn
Sheriff Pelfrey
Bus Lines
West Hamlin
Branchland
Eskews Have Son Revealed in Fayetteville Birth Notice
The Rev and Mrs Wendell Eskew of Indianapolis announce the birth of a son on Tuesday October 7 at 7 am The father is the son of Mr and Mrs E B Eskew of Fayetteville and serves as assistant pastor at East Tenth Street Methodist Church in Indianapolis.
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Register
Fayetteville
Wendell Eskew
Indianapolis
Ind
E. B. Eskew
East Tenth Street Methodist Church
War Production Planning Moving at Greater Pace
AP reports the 1950 war production system is taking shape under Defense Production Act. Agencies coordinate allocations and controls, with the National Production Authority directing priorities. New units in Agriculture and Commerce move to channel materials, prioritizing defense orders and limiting stock to 32 war materials.
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Clarke Beach
Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Department of Interior
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Office of
National Security Resources Board
W. Stuart Symington
Sawyer
National Production Authority
Commerce Department
William Henry Harrison
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Commerce Secretary
Weirton Workers Face Union Vote Battle
About 11 000 Weirton Steel Company production workers began two day NLRB elections to choose between CIO United Steelworkers or the independent steelworkers union. Ballots allow vote for one union or no union. Former WIU members claim majorities with both groups, while WIU was dissolved for company domination.
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Associated Press
Weirton
Weirton Steel Company
CIO
United Steelworkers
Independent Steelworkers
National Labor Relations Board
Clarence W. Meadows
ILU
Paul Rosen
USW
Firemen Honored With TV Sets After Big Huntington Fire
The Huntington Dry Goods Co announced it would install television sets in each of Huntington's eight fire stations to honor the firemen who saved the store from a million-dollar blaze that destroyed J C Penney and the Tipton Theater. The Dry Goods company suffered only minor water damage.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Huntington Dry Goods Company
J. C. Penney Company
Tipton
Dry Goods Company
West Virginia Election Absentee Ballot Requests Rise
In Charleston eighty one servicemen mainly stationed overseas applied for absentee ballots for the November 7 election. Secretary of State D Pitt OBrien said ballots will be mailed from circuit clerks starting Saturday. In Fairmont the Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians elected Brent Travis president and Bertha Broome secretary. Morgantown youth Richard Wayne Hildreth death case before Court of Claims seeks $10,000. Monongah miner widow Eugene McDonald committed suicide. Charleston Lutheran Brotherhood appoints O H Lindow president and F A Heymann secretary.
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Charleston
Secretary of State
D. Pitt O’brien
Fairmont
Master Barbers and Beauticians
West Virginia
Brent Travis
Bertha Broome
Huntington
Court of Claims
Richard Wayne Hildreth
Morgantown
Meadowdale
Marion County
Road Commission
O. H. Lindow
F. A. Heymann
West Virginia Lutheran Brotherhood
Jackson’s Mill
Mine's Mysterious Visitor in Monkey In Mine
Logan County Coal Corporation Slagle Mine officials chased a mysterious intruder seen in passages over several days. Engineer Clovis Noe cornered the trespasser in a dead end tunnel and found a full grown monkey. The animal ate three apples before being handed to Don Freeman for disposition.
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Associated Press
Logan
Logan County Coal Corporation
Clovis Noe
Noe
Don Freeman
Elkins Youth Falls 20 Feet in Courthouse Bell Tower
A 14 year old boy David Nelson suffered critical head injuries yesterday after falling 20 feet inside the Randolph County Courthouse bell tower. Fire fighters lowered him from the tower after he climbed in to shoot pigeons with a BB gun. Doctors estimated a about 50 50 chance of recovery.
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Elkins
Randolph County
Ed Bright
David Nelson
Proclamation for West Virginia Attorney General election 1950
Governor Patteson orders statewide election for the vacancy in the office of Attorney General to be held November 7 1950 across all counties. The vacancy results from Ira J Partlow's resignation, temporarily filled by William C Marland, with seals and official signatures completing the notice.
The Feast Chapter 3 cliff falls at Pendizack hotel
Dick Siddal hosts a tense scene as the Siddals, Giffords, Paleys and others arrive at Pendizack hotel. Mrs Siddal scolds Miss Ellis while Duff worries over Nancibel. Gerry hides from family duties and the house buzzes with plans for extra beds, money, and future matches.
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Pendizack Cove
Gerry
Giffords
Paley
Pendizack Manor Hotel Mystery Brings Faint Young Woman
Margaret Kennedy narrates a tense encounter at Pendizack Manor where a man questions a timid young woman about hotel rooms. The woman, resembling an aging spinster in appearance and manner, stalls with evasive answers as he learns three rooms are available. She reveals her father is with her in the car at the hotel top of the drive.
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Gerry Siddal
Pendizack
Lady Gifford
Darling
Porthmerryn
Nancibel
Mrs. Cove
Errrands
Pendizack Manor
Porthmer~ Ryn
Funeral for Mrs. B. M. Cooper Held at Johnstown Road
Mrs. B. M. Cooper, 90, of 718 Johnstown Road, died October 23 at home. Funeral service set for October 25 at 2:30 pm at Regular Baptist Church on Johnstown Road with Rev. Everett Shafer officiating. Burial in Wildwood Cemetery. Grandsons to pallbear. Arrangements by Rose Funeral Home. Also advertises fall flowering plants by H. B. Snead.
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Cooper Cooper
B. M
Johnstown Road
C. P. Martin
South Kanawha Street
Regular Baptist
Everett Shafer
Wildwood Cemetery
Rose Funeral Home Florists
Wake Forest in title battle with Clemson looming
Warning to continued from page 7 forest’s deacons tied with washington and lee for the conference lead. Clemson would ruin the deacons’ chances with a tiger victory or a deadlock. Clemson and wake forest held scrimmages yesterday while duke and maryland endured long practices. Public notices state of west virginia. in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of raleigh county october 9 1950 vinson hall plaintiff v s in chancery divorce lora hall defendant suit for divorce appearance required within one month after first publication. att est van hunter clerk. clay s crouse attorney for plaintiff 10-24-u-3-rr
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Forest
Winston-Salem
N. C
Wake Forest
Washington and Lee
Clemson
South Carolina
Duke
Maryland
State OF
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Vinson Hall
Lora Hall
van Hunter
Clay S. Crouse
Writ of Election for West Virginia Supreme Court Seat
A writ of election orders a statewide vote at the next general election, November 7, 1950, to fill the vacancy on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals created by Judge Joe Kenna's death. Leslie E. Given, Kanawha County, appointed to serve until a successor is elected and qualified. Great Seal affixed at Charleston Capitol.
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West Virginia
I. Okey L. Patteson
Supreme Court of Appeals
Joe Kenna
Leslie E. Given
Kanawha County
N. Kenna
Charleston
West Virgonia
Okey L. Patteson
West Virginia to hold election for Treasurer vacancy
Proclamation from Governor directs general election on November 7, 1950, to fill the treasurer vacancy caused by the death of R. E. Talbott. The vacancy was filled by executive appointment of William H. Ansel Jr. of Hampshire, with the date of proclamation noted as November 8, 1950.
Lost billfold and papers in Beckley with dog details
Lost black billfold with important papers from Beckley three weeks ago. Reward offered. Return to Box 234 Bristol Tennessee. Describes tan rabbit beagle male with light colored face wearing a collar named Walter Crook tag 49. Dial 7888 or 6449.
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Beckley
Bristol
Tenn
Walter Crook
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