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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
19
Bogota newspapers debunk a San Alejandro tale of five newborns to Maria Arroyave and her husband, claiming the report was planted by Luis Arroyave, an inmate in Medellin prison for a murder. The couple already has five children aged five to 13.
In Cleveland on December 7 to 27 1949 the federal government sought a preliminary injunction against Lorain Journal Co alleging restraint of trade under the Sherman Act. Judge Emerich B. Freed heard the request as the paper and four officers face anti trust charges over news and advertising dissemination and the mayor of Angostura near San Alejandro is mentioned in a state related note. The order was denied with the action moving toward a full trial to determine if the Lorain Journal policy changes are required.
Rev James Austin pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church spoke at a West Virginia State College Institute assembly program. He portrayed Moses and Jesus in a presentation reflecting on church and education outreach to new farmers of America and teacher training students.
The Gazette Promotion Department requests entries by midnight Friday December 23. Submit only the official entry form for consideration. uncatalogued or nonstandard submissions will not be accepted.
The program includes Roland White a senior class member and New Farmers chapter, Lacy B Ward a freshman in the college department of agriculture, and L V Jordan the principal. The local chapter is supervised by B W Barnes, agriculture teacher.
Prague dec 7 the national parliament adopted by a show of hands a Communist law declaring church marriages illegal unless preceded by civil ceremonies priests may be prosecuted if they perform church marriages first the law takes effect jan 1 Alexei Cepicka accused three named bishops of opposing the regime and cited Vatican opposition to the reform the government bill also linked to a forthcoming hoax accusing Vatican espionage but Cepicka hailed the measure as advancing socialist revolution with gains for young couples and equal rights for women
Maestro Arturo Toscanini declined an honorary lifetime senator title from the Italian republic. President Luigi Einaudi appointed him. Toscanini called the gesture contrary to his feelings but said he remains ready to serve the fatherland. He was born in Parma in 1867 and has lived largely in the United States since leaving Fascist Italy.
The government reported 11 million plus bales of cotton and 308 million pounds of wool produced in 1947 along with 975 pounds of rayon, reflecting postwar industrial output.
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