Miss Logan Banner and Miss Parkersburg News vie in North-South pageant
Wanda Lee Smallwood of Dehue and Jo Ann Full of Parkersburg compete for Miss South and Miss North in the North-South Football game pageant at Laidley Field August 20. Twenty finalists from across the state travel to Charleston for the Pigskin Pageant parade and judging events.
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Parl
Wanda Lee Smallwood
Dehue
Miss Logan
Jo Ann
Miss Parkersburg News
Laidley Field
Miss Smallwood
Tom Smallwood
Loston High School
Ersburg
Miss Full
H.C Full
Parkersburg
Charleston
Northern West Vhraisle
Truman Attacks Congress Over Inflation and Gridlock
President Truman denounced the GOP led Congress as a do nothing body at a news conference, challenging Senator Taft’s inflation pause claim and criticizing the special session for failing to pass most measures. He noted a UN loan bill of 65 million dollars as the lone passage among 18 items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Sen. Taft
Ohio
United Nations
New York City
GOP Keynote Slated at State Convention Here
The Republican state convention convenes in Charleston with delegates from across the state. Hammack of Huntington will deliver the morning keynote, Austin Y. Wood of Wheeling becomes permanent chairman at 2 pm, and other speakers include Herbert Boreman and Sen. Chapman Revercomb as governor and U.S. Senate candidates. Delegates will adopt a party platform and select presidential electors.
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GOP
Charleston High School
den Hammack
Huntington
Austin Y. Wood
Wheeling
Herbert §. Boreman
Parkersburg
Chapman Revercomb
Charleston
UJ. S Senate
Platform Committee
Babe Ruth in Memorial Hospital Condition Improves Slightly
Babe Ruth, battling a critical illness at Memorial Hospital, shows slight improvement according to a morning bulletin. His wife Mrs Claira Ruth reports he is feeling better and stronger pulse, with the hospital noting the condition remains critical in the evening update.
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Babe
New York
Babes
Ruth
Memorial Hospital
Claira Ruth
Memorial Hospital Center
Boosters Enter Pigskin Pageant As West Virginia Preview
The Booster club of Stonewall Jackson confirms entry in the pre North South Pigskin Pageant promising a lavish show. Grand Marshal Al Carey announces Harley Davidson distributors will attend with decorated bikes and visual stunts. Four more auto entries join Chrysler Chevrolet Studebaker and Buick acts as stars ride in from the North South camp with motorcycle escort. Fifty top boy football heroes will parade and offer a sneak preview before Laidley Field battle on August 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Booster
Stonewall” Jackson
al Carey
Harley-Davidson
W. 3. Chilton
IH. Pritchard Motors
McMillion Motors
Mullins Motors
Hugh. Stewart
Chryslers
Chevrolets
Studebakers
Buicks
Laidley Field
Rainbow
Rage
Neely urges straight Democratic ticket at Dan iel Boone rally
M. M. Neely former West Virginia governor and Democratic nominee assails the GOP and Republican Congress at a Dan iel Boone park rally. He urges voting straight Democratic in November citing New Deal era gains including rural electrification and rising farm income as proof of Democratic administration success. He warns against repetition of Republican policies.
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M. M. Neely
Democrat Club
Daniel Boone Park
Republic of the United States
Harding
Hoover
Neely
West Virginia
U. S
National Post
Republican Congress
Five Die In B 17 Crash At Topeka Air Base
A B 17 bomber crashed at Topeka Air Force base after dawn takeoff on a photo mission over Texas. Five crewmen were killed and two were seriously injured. Pilot First Lieut Dewy R Laney and co pilot Capt James M Poole were identified. Radar observer First Lieut Willis W Allison was among the injured. Identification of the other victims and wounded was withheld pending notices to relatives. The Air Force said three men on the flight were recalled just before departure.
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Topeka
Kan
INS
Army Air Force
Topeka Air Force Base
Air Force
Dewy R. Laney
Amarillo
Tex
James M. Poole, Jr
Los Angeles
Willis W. Allison
Birmingham
Ala
Texas
Motorist ideas to ease traffic jams West of Charleston
Motorists propose curb parking bans near intersections and on busy streets plus clear left turn and through traffic markings. They urge delivery time restrictions and strict enforcement to curb delays while avoiding costly expressways and bridges.
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re+ West of Charleston
Quarrier
Lee
Virginia
Broad
Allies Confer With Molotov For Fifth Kremlin Talk
The United States Britain and France held a two hour forty five minute Kremlin conference with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov as part of ongoing East West talks. Afterward diplomats said no conclusions yet and more meetings could follow.
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Moscow
United States
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Molotov
Aner East jEmbanzy
Mokhoaya St
Spasski
el Eee
Berlin Border Clashes Seen Across Occupied Sectors
United States and British military police halted two Russian border incursions in West Berlin without violence. The events heighten tension amid a split in Berlin's city police and raise concerns over harassing tactics and deserter searches as the Soviet forces push near Kreuzberg.
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U. S
West Berlin
Berlin
United States
Eidents
Charles C. Bond
Public Safety Branch
Kreuzberg
Hessian Workers Rally Over Food Prices in Frankfurt
In the U S occupation zone thousands of German workers protested high food prices and Allied policy. About 200 000 joined mass meetings in Hesse demanding more worker influence and the dismissal of Ludwig Erhardt. An American jeep was overturned during clashes and a German driver was assaulted.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Frank
Hessian Trades Union
Hesse
Lucius Clay
Ludwig Erhardt
Hank
UN Shelves Disarmament Plan Amid Global Tension
A United Nations eleven nation commission votes nine to two to shelve Molotov's plan for universal disarmament. Russia and the Soviet Ukraine dissented, citing the need for international confidence before any arms reduction can take effect. The panel urges ongoing planning toward future feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Onceman
United~ Nations ‘Commission
Russia
M. Molotov
Ukraine
U.N
State Democrats Plan Fight Rally
Statewide Democratic convention opens in Clarksburg with 2500 anticipated attendees, 608 delegates and alternates, and eight Presidential electors to be chosen. Keynote by Arthur Koontz and remarks by James Kay Thomas R. D. Bailey and others frame the day long program at Carmichael auditorium with participation by Democratic women clubs and Senator Joseph C. O Mahoney to speak in the afternoon.
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Clarksburg
Ernest L. Bailey
Carmichael Auditorium
Bailey
Arthur B Koontz
James Kay Thomas
Charleston
R. D. Bailey
Pineville
Meadows
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Democratic Women's Clubs
3Rd
J. E. Cruise
O'Mahoney
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Perkins Urges Stability to Foil Future Slumps
Miss Frances Perkins former U S secretary of labor told the International Association of Government Labor Officials in the Daniel Boone hotel that stable economic factors and strong state cooperation can prevent depressions. She urged labor departments to insert stabilizing plugs when unemployment signals weakness and said prosperity grows from knowledge within labor departments and state officials. The address closed the association's second day in West Virginia and urged leadership for cultural benefits through education, recreation, music and drama alongside sports.
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Perkins
Misa Frances Perkins
International Assoc
Yeater
Ighor
Miss Perkins
U. S
Sattler
West Virginia
Charles J. F. Sattler
Truman Casts Spy Probe as Red Herring Spin
President Truman blasted the Congressional spy inquiry as a red herring, saying it distracts from his anti inflation push. In Washington the House committee on un American Activities questioned Russian schoolteacher Michael Ivanovitch Samarin behind closed doors, reporting no pertinent information found. Samarin publicly renounced Soviet citizenship and threatened dire consequences if sent back, while committee chair Thomas said Samarin would be protected.
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Washington
Truman
Congressional
Congress
House Committee On un-American Activities
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Russia
Thomas
R - NJ
Samarin
Supplies for U S Airmen Reach British Base Burtonwood
Trucks jeeps and other equipment for about 3,500 U S airmen temporarily based in Britain were unloaded today. Most supplies were reported destined for the HAF base at Burtonwood near Warren, Lancashire. C-54 transport planes used on the Berlin airlift are serviced there. An Air Ministry spokesman said about 1,500 U S Air Force officers and men are at Burtonwood.
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U.S
Liverpool
Eng
Britain
HAF
Burtonwood
Warren Town
Lancashire
Air Ministry
Burton-wood
Stalin's cordial talks then tougher path for Berlin
Washington reports on Kremlin talks with Molotov describing initial Western hopes after Soviet praise for Roosevelt era leaders. Molotov then issued hard terms demanding Western currency in Berlin and delaying Western Germany policy as the Big Four peace talks show strain.
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Stalin
Kremlin
Germany
Berlin
Molotov
Russian teacher jumps from consulate window in New York
A 52 year old Russian woman teacher, held for five days at the Russian consulate, jumped from a third floor window and is in critical condition at Roosevelt Hospital. A 34 hour guard is posted around her room as police investigate and authorities in Moscow and Washington protest the incident.
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New York
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Edward Mulling
Mullins
Mulling
Washington
Karl E. Mundt
R.S.D
Kosenkine
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
U.S
Yakov Lo«makin
Mra. Kosenkina
Common Catse
State Supreme Court
Lomakin
Samuel Dickstein
Jingling the News Proof Amid Humble Day Prose
The fragment suggests a wartime gossip note about Russian spies and public awareness. It mentions Basil Arnold and a 1948 copyright, indicating a humorous or editorial clipping. The readable content is sparse and lacks clear event details or names to anchor a full news summary.
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Miss
Rel
Boosters
Young Democrats
Kansas
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Oksana Stephanovna Wosenkina
Red Invaders
Utew Fearton
West
Manhattan
Mundt
House Committee On UN
Btan Arnold
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