Fire devastates Wheeling block injuring several residents
A major blaze in downtown Wheeling West Virginia damaged six buildings along Market Street and endangered the ten story Union Trust building. Firefighters rescued about 60 people from a hotel and a dance studio and a three and a half month old baby was saved from the Phillips building. Three injured include a city firefighter and 83 year old Alvah Beardsley. Hospitalized and treated victims faced smoke and cuts. Damage estimated over 250000 dollars as firemen continued work into the night.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harol Tucker
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Phillips
Alvah P. Beardsley
Lillian Nicewarner
Danny Phillips
Arlington Hotel
Market Street
14Th
1Sth Street
West Virginia
Ohio River
Panhandle
Ohio
Union Trust
Market Streets
Arlington
Bancv’s
Sporting Goods Store
Colonial Hotel
Labor Majority Shrinks as Attlee Reassesses Nationalization
London's reports say Labour's Commons majority falls to seven and Prime Minister Attlee plans to pause nationalization to ensure survival. The King’s throne speech next week may omit industry nationalization, signaling a political shift amid post election uncertainty.
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London
Labor
House of Commons
Attlee
British Press Association
King George
Daily Worker
Mate Of Cancer-Doomed Woman Denies Mercy Killing Request
Réginald Borreto testified he never asked Dr Hermann N Sander to shorten his wife's life to end her suffering. Nurse Elizabeth Rose admitted signing a statement that she saw only one air injection and that the wife was dead before the injection. The first degree murder trial of Dr Sander continued as defense and state battled over testimony and admissibility.
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Manchester
N. H
Réginald Borreto
Hermann N. Sander
Borreto
William L. Phinney
Sander
Borroto
Elise
Rose
Louis E. Wyman
Miss Rose
Miners Defy Court Order Amid Relief Efforts in West Virginia
Private relief to strike idled miners expands in Charleston as United Mine Workers local 4047 at Grant Town sentences a message to Judge Richmond Keech defying back to work orders. Barrackville distributes goods from New York groups while Wheeling teamsters open a miners relief commissary.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Charleston
W. Va
Resolutions Committee
Grant Town
Richmond B. Keech
Keech
Joe Serdich
West Virginia
Lewis
International Union
John Sabo
Frank Gabor
Listern Powell
Serdich
Three Boys Drown In Ice Covered Farm Pond
In Bantam near Batavia Ohio three boys died after falling through ice in a farm pond while two others escaped shaken. Victims were Harry Moore Jr 13 Paul Schleuter 13 and Paul Moore 10. Escapees Vernon Andrews 14 and George Eckert 3 a half brother of Schleuter provided details of the tragedy.
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Batavia
Bantam
Harry Moore, Jr
Paul
Paul Schleuter
Vernon Andrews
George Eckert
Schleuter
Andrews
Schieuter
Harry
George
Mother Says Foundling Baby Isn't Her Son
A Queens woman declares an abandoned West Virginia baby is not her 18 month old son Robert after a photo leads to the conclusion. Deputy Sheriff Charles Skidmore and his wife accompany the infant back toward West Virginia for custody arrangements.
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New York
Queens
West Virginia
Charles Skidmore
Webster Springs
W. Va
Delores Joseph
Robert
Questions on Mighty Mo escape prompt Loren Devine
Five year old Loren Devine of Indianapolis asked how the battleship Missouri was freed from mud. Rear Admiral Wallin, then Allan E. Smith, and others replied with diagrams and explanations, inspiring the boy to study the operation.
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Mighty Mo
Loren
Indianapolis
Loren Devine
Missouri
Thomas B. Devine
H. N. Wallin
Wallin
Allan E. Smith
Hampton Roads
Smith
Benedict Coal Firm Cuts Credit to Striking Miners
Benedict Coal Corporation in St. Charles Virginia said it would stop extending credit at company stores and pay advances to striking miners unless they returned to work or signed a contract with the union by Wednesday. Fred Churst, president, noted the move affects about 325 workers. notices were posted at the commissary and sent to union officials. The company operates mines in Wise and Lee counties and has extended credit in the region.
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St. Charles
Benedict Coal Corporation
Gome
Fred Churst
Benedict Corporation
Wise
Lee County
Virginia
New York Sit-In Strikers Endure Fourth Day Cold
In New York on February 27 seven teen workers sat through a fourth day of a sit-in over severance. They lack heat and food as temperatures fell to 8.9 below zero, using tea and coffee on a small burner. About 100 supporters picketed outside the Fourth Avenue building with chants and placards.
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New York
Fourth Avenue
Rainy night aids leopard hunt near Oklahoma City zoo
Rain began to fall as Oklahoma City safari efforts pressed to catch a jungle leopard on the run. Zoo director Julian Frazier said fresh tracks would emerge, while rangers spread bait along Deep Fork creek and used sleep drugs in meat to trap the animal.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Zoo
Julian Frazier
City
Frazier
Park Department
Deep Fork’ Creek
Meeker
Crabb
Oklahoma City Zoo
Prazier
Stone-Hearted Nellie Invites Delegates in Columbus
An attractive woman handed out perfumed invitations to convention delegates in a hotel reading I am in room 65 Come on up and see me Nellie The room 5 display featured granite tombstones The stunt was planned by L M Kannuckle a delegate from Nellie Coshocton County who runs a granite business.
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Columbus
Nellie
L. M. Kanuckle
Monument Builders of Ohio
Coshocton County
Damp And Angry Cat Climbs Down After Palm Standoff
Sammy the damp and angry cat finally descended from a palm in Phoenix after nearly three weeks of tree-sitting. A big tomcat had chased the nine month old feline up the tree at the Pryor home, and even the fire department failed to coax it down. The Pryors then cut away foliage on one side of the palm for a clear exit, and Sammy came down after a night of heavy rain.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sammy
Hilton Pryor
Quick-Thinking Purser Saves Stewardess From Breakout Window
Pan American flight from New York to Miami 20 000 feet when a cabin window blew out. Purser Michael Manny grabbed Josephine Pou as she was pulled toward the opening, pulling her to safety. Airline crew and passengers aboard were unharmed aside from minor injuries.
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Miami
Fla
Josephine Pou
New York
Michael Mann
South Carolina
Pan American
Miss Pou
Coral Gates
Long Island
N. Y
Eastern Airlines
Marc Fisher-Galati
Tampa Bay
Fisher- Galati
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