State Plans To Change Welch Hospital
West Virginia state boards seek to convert Welch Emergency Hospital into an institution for insane children moving the current mentally ill youths from Huntington. The case involves deed restrictions and title to the Welch land dating to 1899, with a show-cause hearing set for February 1 in McDowell County.
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Welch Hospital
Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Control
Welch Emergency Hospital
Supreme Court
Welch Institution
Huntington State Hospital
Welch
McKendree
Fayette County
Fairmont
West Virginia
High Court
McDowell Circuit
McDowell County
Thomas H. S. Curd
Jason J. Sperry
Woodstock
J. J. Sperry
Fred L. Fox
W. T. Lovins
James B Riley
Sperry
Board of Regents
General Hospital
Indonesians Strike Back in Java Guerrilla Action
Indonesian Republican troops reportedly launched their first major guerrilla assault against Netherlands forces, driving them from major cities in Java. Dutch units isolated Republicans on Java from Sumatra as mopping up begins. Bantam area reportedly occupied. Rail disruption followed the attack on Tijkampek with a 10 hour market occupation, rail workers striking and a freight train derailed.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands
Sumatra
Bantam
Bulletin
Keng Po
Tijikampek
Tijkampek
Laboehan
Anjer Lor
Soenda
Fort van der Cappellen
Buikitinegi
Cardinal Mindszenty jailed in Hungary by government
Budapest reports that Josef Cardinal Mindszenty, 56, Roman Catholic primate, was arrested on charges including plotting against the government spying treason and black market money dealings. Authorities promise a detailed statement within 48 hours amid Vatican speculation of possible excommunication.
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Budapest
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Vatican City
Mindszenty
Mindszento
Ondras Zakar
Esztergom
Mindszenty may face exile as Hungarian clash deepens
Varcan City December 27 sources say Cardinal Mindszenty who was arrested by Hungarian authorities may be exiled to Siberia. No official Vatican word. charges reportedly carry citizenship loss and exile. Excommunication for Catholics involved is expected. Mindszenty is the church’s top prelate detained amid church state tensions east of the Iron Curtain.
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Varcan City
Vatican
Josef Cardinal
Mindszenty
Siberia
Aoe
Tron
Top Democrat says business has nothing to fear from administration
Washington dispatch reports Rep. McCormack of Massachusetts pledges sound progressive legislation to aid the economy as he heads toward congressional leadership. Monroney opposes an excess profits tax, proposing higher corporate rates to reduce a looming $2 billion federal deficit. President Truman previously shelved the excess profits tax, leaving the question open if he will revive the proposal.
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Washington
Congress
Rep
McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Democratic Party
Talwart
Truman
Lie Detector Expert To Help In Guam Case
Berkeley Police Inspector Al Riddel will depart for Guam to interview suspects in the unsolved Ruth Farnsworth rape murder. The case involves a 27 year old San Francisco civil service worker found dec 12 after being dragged from a Curio shop. Naval police have questioned suspects with no public results.
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Oakland
Calif
Guam
Ruth Farnsworth
Berkeley
al Riddel
Navy
Mars
Farnsworth
Civil Service
San Francisco
Virginia gas drilling pushed in Virginia wildcat project
Three Pittsburgh firms participate in a major wildcat gas development covering over 1 000 000 acres in Virginia. Petroleum Drilling corporation and Nollen Oil and Gas company supervise drilling for Clinch field Coal corporation in Dickerson Wise and Buchanan counties with depth tests up to 10 000 feet and enough pipe for ten wells. If a field is found a large drill program will follow.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Virginia
Petroleum Drilling Corporation
Nollen Oil and Gas Company
Huntley and Huntley
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Dickerson
Wise
Buchanan
Jews Campaign Against Egypt Near Jerusalem Front
Israeli and Egyptian forces clash along a nine mile front near the Egyptian border as Jewish soldiers report Arab sniping in Jerusalem. Premier Ben Gurion cites an Exodus in reverse and notes progress in the Negev amid a growing desert battle now in its fifth day.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jerusalem
Old City
United Nations
Holy City
Negev
Palestine
Holy Land
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
David Ben Gurion
No-Man's Land
Moshe Dayan
Abdullah el Te
Arab Legion
Cairo
Welles Remains On Serious List After Exposure
Washington reports Sumner Welles shows continued improvement under treatment for exposure after collapsing in a frozen field near his home Saturday night. Doctors weigh heart strain and possible heart seizure while police close the inquiry with no foul play suspected.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Welles
Maryland
Lieut
Elon Turner
Prince Georges County
Lawrence Diddlebarger
C. and O. Lays Off Men Cuts Salaries
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway announced in Huntington that about 300 helpers and apprentices at the Huntington shops will be laid off after Thursday due to reduced traffic. Simultaneously 300 upgraded wartime mechanics will revert to apprentices and helpers with lower pay.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Reds Herd 2 000 000 Into Forced Labor
Berlin reports that over 2 000 000 Germans including women and children were herded into Soviet forced labor camps. U S Army Secretary Kenneth C Royall charged this at a news conference, noting it includes those not yet counted as POWs. He said the figure implies more than 1 000 Germans daily moved to Russia from their zone since the war ended.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
U. S. Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Russia
Russians Free Six GI s Taken In Border Zone
Six American soldiers from the 22nd U. S. constabulary squadron were captured near Kassel on the U S Soviet border in Germany after a gun fight. The Americans were released unharmed by Russian forces after not firing a shot in their own defense. Soviet troops later returned the men and all gear.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Red Army
U. S. Army
U. S
Leroy Frazier
Frazier
Weisbaden
Kassel
Berlin
Inter-Allied
Ship Survivors Headed For Port
Norfolk Va December 27 Two coast guard cutters rescued all eighteen crewmen of the Argentine merchant tanker El Capitan which broke up in the Atlantic off the North Carolina coast. The Agassiz retrieved the last two survivors from the stern at 850 am est today while the Cherokee had taken sixteen from the bow yesterday. Fourteen Argentine sailors and four Americans survived. The Cherokee and Agassiz scoured the ocean for the stern section, which was found adrift at 8 am seventy miles south southeast of the breakup point.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
el Capitan
Atlantic
North Carolina
Agassiz
Cherokee
Four Members Of California Family Victims Of Monoxide
Four members of Dr. Jerome Schnedorf and family died from monoxide poisoning in a Big Bear, California holiday tragedy. Coroner reports say the cabin vents were sealed and a butane heater operated as high snow blocked vents, with the physician and mother confirmed dead and the 3 year old son and 8 year old daughter also dying or dying from asphyxiation while the wife and eldest son escaped.
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California
Big Bear
Calif
Jerome G. Schnedorf
R. E. William
Schnedorf
Santa Barbara
Mary Margaret Schnedorf
E. P. Doyle
Williams
Fred Greusel
Josephine Schnedorf
River Forest
Tommy
Judy
Schnedorfs
Jerry
Navy Carrier Resumes Speed in Arctic Rescue Effort for Airmen
The carrier Saipan, speeding at 27 knots toward Davis Strait, resumes high tempo after rough seas while attempting to recover 13 U S air force personnel stranded 7,800 feet on the Greenland ice cap. Col Bernt Belchen leads Arctic rescue, with a C 54 and crew en route from Alaska.
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Navy
Air Force
Greenland
U. S. S. Saipan
Saipan
Davis Strait
Bernt Belchen
Arctic
Laddfield
Alaska
Bluie West One
Washington
Labrador
Holiday Mishaps Kill 55 Children During Christmas Week
The Associated Press reports 55 children died in Christmas week mishaps nationwide, with fires causing 32 deaths and many accidents at home. Causes include suffocation, ornament hazards, alcohol poisoning, and gun-related incidents, spanning New Jersey, Kansas, Vermont, Indiana, and other states.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Kansas
Barre
Mass
Vermont
Montclair
Indiana
Ohio
Columbia
S. C
Detroit
West Virginia
Virginia
New York City
Navasota
Tex
Reds Anxious To End Cold War
President Truman hinted in a Kansas City luncheon that certain Soviet leaders are exceedingly eager for an understanding with the United States to end the cold war. He accused the Soviets of violating sacred agreements and did not name the leaders. Diplomats speculated Stalin might be in mind, with Maxim Litvinov seen as a possible interested party.
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Kansas City
Truman
Russia
United States
Yalta
Potsdam
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Washington
Stalin
Joe
Politburo
Maxim Litvinov
Father Of Seven Shot To Death In Martinsburg West Virginia
A 37 year old farmer and father of seven was shot to death at his mountain home near Martinsburg after firing on state policemen serving a peace warrant. Trooper K Kenneth Fulk was wounded in the jaw and side. Roach died at City hospital while Fulk remained hospitalized.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Harry Arthur Roach
Here
City Hospital
K. Kenneth Fpulk
King’s Daughters
W. W. Murphy
Murphy
Fulk
Roach
C. W. Kettering
Pulk
Falk
Martinsburg Hospital
Eight-Year-Old Walks Unto Own Steps After Miracle Prayer
An eight-year-old boy named Antonio Cantalope walked unaided for the first time last Wednesday in Spangler Pennsylvania. His mother Mrs Jennie Cantalope says a miracle through prayers to Mother Cabrini enabled him to stand and move to the bed. Doctors had predicted he would never walk after a brain injury at birth.
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Spangler
Antonio
Tony’ Cantelope
Jennie Cantalope
Mother Cabrini
Tony
United States
Antionio
Spy Probers Push for Tougher Contempt Penalties
Washington dispatch reports Rep. Mundt and Rep. Nixon propose stiff contempt penalties for the House Un American Activities Committee. They also outline procedural changes to protect witnesses and accused persons and suggest limiting open hearings to major wire services.
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Washington
Mundt
R-Sd
Nixon
R-Calif
House un-American Activities Committee
Star Chamber
Institute Says Meat Prices Have Declined
The American Meat Institute reports wholesale meat prices in the United States have fallen about 19 percent from the mid September peak through Dec 25. Retail meat prices declined about 13 percent in the same period across all grades and weights of beef lamb pork and veal.
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Chicago
United States
American Meat Institute
AMI
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Virginia Gas Drilling
Reds
U.S
The
Associated Press
un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
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