Body Of Babe Lies In State At Ball Park
Babe Ruth's body lies in state at Yankee Stadium in New York with a mahogany casket and American beauty roses. Thousands file past as services are planned. tributes pour in from President Truman and others while a public viewing is scheduled from 4 PM to 9 PM tonight and 9 AM to 6 PM tomorrow. Funeral mass set for Thursday at St Patrick's Cathedral and burial at Gate of Heaven in Westchester.
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Yanks Maneuver In Berlin Area
In Grunewald forest near Berlin American infantry of the 16th regiment engaged in dawn maneuvers with four companies as German residents watched. Western allies, including French troops, also conducted Rhine maneuvers near Heidelberg marking a first postwar joint exercise. A C 74 Globemaster landed at Gatow with 25 tons of flour, the largest plane yet to touch Berlin. The airlift surpassed 4,100 tons in 619 sorties over 24 hours as plans to expand supply routes were noted.
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Rumor of Big Meeting Denied at White House Tonight
Washington reports deny a major White House conference tonight. Secretary Charles Ross calls the Ogdensburg rumor utterly cockeyed. Forrestal arrives at National Airport and says he plans to return to Washington on schedule and to the Pentagon after dropping off papers.
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Bowman freed on bond in felonious assault case
Florence Bowman aged 19 was released on $1,000 bond today by Magistrate John V. Organ pending action by the October grand jury in the shooting of Mrs. Stella Sutton, 30, in Wheeling West Virginia.
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W. Va
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Stella Sutton
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Sears Roebuck Store In Charleston Robbed
In Charleston West Virginia on August 17 police said two men or one group used a cutting torch to break into a Sears Roebuck store near Summers Street. About $1000 in small bills was taken while the perpetrators failed to open a larger safe. The theft was found when an assistant manager opened the store.
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W. Va
Summers Street
Sears Roebuck and Company
Dewey Williams
Czech Swimmers Seek To Stay In Britain
London dated report says two self exiled Czechoslovak swimmers have been granted permission to remain indefinitely in England. Jiri Linhart and Jiri Kolar, both Prague University mechanical engineering students, plan to contact Frantisek Nemec in Canada about moving there.
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Jiri Kolar
Prague
Frantisek Nemec
Canada
Bernadotte pleads for emergency food for Palestine refugees
Count Folke Bernadotte urged the United States to rush aid for about 330 600 Arabs and 7 000 Jews driven from their homes by fighting in Palestine. He warned of a sudden human disaster and urged swift action to deliver wheat and other supplies to Beirut or Aqaba within three months.
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Wage Negotiations To Be Resumed In Washington
United Paperworkers of America and West Virginia Pulp and Paper will meet Friday in Washington to resume contract talks. The current pact expires at midnight Friday but remains in effect during negotiations. Main dispute centers on mill seniority with the company warning it may strike if necessary.
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UPA
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Prospecting Booms Again Near Beaumont California
Albert B. Marshall, a 62 year old cattleman and part time prospector, found uranium ore three miles north of Beaumont in a brush covered canyon. City chemist Fred B. Greusel confirmed radioactivity near 58 and said a 10 pound sample will be sent to Washington for tests. Government officials have been notified and may award a bonus if specifications are met.
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President Acts To Stop Strike On East Coast Longshoremen
President Truman formed a fact finding board to resolve an AFL ILA and dock employers dispute from Maine to Norfolk over overtime pay. The board must report by Friday, a day before a threatened strike, with possible federal injunctions to delay action up to 80 days. The NLRB election to accept offers could not be completed in time.
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Pacific
Great Lakes
National Labor Relations Board
Many Christians Are Reds Archbishop Says
London Aug 17 The Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher said at a news conference that many excellent practicing Christians are Communists. He affirmed the Anglican communion opposes Marxian Communism but not all anti Communist movements. He noted Christians in Czechoslovakia and Russia may uphold communal ownership yet reject Marxian atheism and denial of a future life. The Lambeth conference report was discussed with reporters.
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Canterberry
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Czechoslovakia
Russia
Vinson to Address White Sulphur Dinner and Bar Meeting
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson will speak at 9 p.m. in White Sulphur Springs as a prelude to the 62nd West Virginia Bar Association convention. The dinner is open to the public and the judicial council meets Thursday with bar registration. U S Senator J William Fulbright will address the banquet Saturday. Friday features the president's annual address by Albert S Kemper and a paper by Miss Harriet L French on bar and law school cooperation.
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W. Va
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Congress Record Sparks Budget Battle Flashing Figures
Washington reports Democratic and Republican spokesmen traded figures over the 80th Congress records. Halleck claims over 6.0 billion dollars in savings and 2.74 billion less than Truman requests in the second session. Barkley counters that spending was half a billion above Truman’s budget, with added deficits.
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Huntington Doctors Treat Russ Teacher
Two Huntington natives, Dr. Joseph M. Ford and Dr. Rolla D. Campbell Jr., disclosed as surgeons who treated the Russian school teacher Mrs. Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina after she leaped from the Soviet consulate in New York. She remains in critical condition at Roosevelt Hospital with multiple fractures. FBI agents were in the hospital amid international political tensions surrounding the case.
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W. Va
New York
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Rolla D. Campbell
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Roosevelt
Farmer jailed in contempt over condemnation fine in Keyser
Keyser West Virginia August 17 Samuel A Fleek a Mineral County farmer was jailed after refusing to pay a $35 fine for failing to comply with a court condemnation order. He said I will not pay anything and was jailed by Judge Ernest A Lee until further order.
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W. Va
Samuel A. Fleek
Mineral County
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Fleck
Ernest A Lee
Clark Denies Okaying of Senate Espionage Hearing
Attorney General Tom Clark said the justice department never approved public hearings by a Senate committee on espionage among government employees. He cited a letter exchange with Senator Ferguson asserting the hearings did not have department approval and warned they may hinder prosecutions.
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Jewish Attacks Reported Halted in Jerusalem Battle
Trans-Jordan says Arab Legion repelled heavy Jewish assault on southern Jerusalem positions at Deir Abu Tor. Several hundred Jews killed, armored cars and ammunition seized, Arab forces advancing and shelling of civilian areas reported. Jewish return fire heard. government house seizure alleged with Red Cross flag violation.
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Petersburg Man Heads Dairy Products Group
E W Hovis of Parkersburg was elected president of the West Virginia Dairy Products Association at its 34th annual convention in White Sulphur Springs. He succeeds J W Martin of Charleston. R E Crosby of Wheeling was reelected first vice president and John J Slavins of Morgantown was named secretary treasurer for a 25th term. L A Gray of Clarksburg was elected second vice president.
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E. W. Hovis
Parkersburg
West Virginia
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Charleston
R. E. Crosby
Wheeling
John J. Slavins
Morgantown
L. A. Gray
Clarksburg
Extradition Sought for Ohio Poultry Dealer in $4059 Check Fraud
Charleston West Virginia August 17 The governor Meadows asked for the extradition of an Ohio poultry dealer accused of passing a worthless check in Hardy county for 4059 72 dollars.
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Hardy County
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Nixon says Truman hid spy facts in Hiss Chambers tie
Rep Nixon accused President Truman of concealing facts about spy networks involving Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. He said Hiss identified Chambers under the name Crosley and testified that Hiss knew him as Carl. The exchange occurred ahead of further Hiss Chambers hearings.
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America
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Executive Branch
Fisherman seeks refund over NC fishing license
Florida fisherman Thomas G. Stansberry of Coral Gables asked Governor Cherry for a $2.60 refund claiming the license implied fish presence in North Carolina streams. The governor rejected the request, advising him to follow a fishermens calendar and try other mountain areas for better luck.
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Fears Delay In Holy Land Peace
The United States voiced alarm that Arab refugee problems in Palestine may delay peace. Warren R. Austin warned the refugees, numbering from 300,000 to 565,000, imperil humanitarian conditions and threaten a peaceful settlement. The U.S. supports relief via agencies like the Red Cross and cites a UN mediator appeal for relief items.
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