Public Let In By Ford
Washington reports Ford Motor Co opened its ledgers as it moves toward partial public ownership. Nine month assets stood at 2.485 billion with sales of 4.043 billion and profits of 112.200 million. Ford Foundation will sell 10.2 million shares to the public.
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Washington
Ford Motor Empire
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ford Foundation, Inc
Ford Foundation
Vord
Ford Co
Foundation
Charleston General
Bitter Aftermath Fires Rattle Charleston Area
A Kane war contractor is jailed after he shot his wife and collided with an ambulance en route to hospital. Mrs Adkins, 29, wounded in the thigh, pinned the event to a basement dispute. The same night a $100,000 blaze at Austin Floor Covering Co. on Quarrrier Street destroyed the store and IBM offices, with three firefighters injured. Fire Marshal Raper investigates origin as families mourn in nearby South Charleston.
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Austin
Quarrier St
C. A. Raper
Sattes
Kanawha County
Karl
Valen
Ja Adkins
Thomas Memorial Hospital
South Charleston
A. Y. Doddrill
C. C. Beck
Adkins
Lyle
Fred Cooke
Nitro Imortician
Jack Buckalew
Doddrill
Justice of the Peace
Lester Stone
Dunbar
Charleston
Claude Saunders
Austin Floor Covering Co
Innational Business Machines Co
Eugene Austin
George Hamerton
IBM
O. E. Boggess
D. W. Pritchard
Capt. Saunders
Raper
Central Alarm
C. C. Clendenin
Ane
Daurst Scraggs
Itrack
Two Area Men Die in Tennessee Car Crash
Two Charleston West Virginia men, Carlisle Alvin Robinson 48 and his son Rexford Seymour Robinson 17, were killed in a head on collision near Cleveland Tennessee at 6 15 am CST. Three other Tennesseans died: George Clifford McKeehan 49 and Reece Jackson Maddow 21 of Athens and Wayne E Long 85 of Niota. The father, a disabled World War II veteran, served in the Army and was returning home on leave from Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi Mississippi before transfer to England.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Charleston
W. Va
Cleveland
Tennessee
Carlisle Alvin Robinson
Rexford Seymour Robinson
Air Force
RED 1
Robinson
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
England
George Clifford McKeehan
Reece Jackson Maddow
Athens
Wayne E. Long
Niota
Carbide Donates 850000 to Morris Harvey College Drive
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co pledges 850 000 to Morris Harvey College as part of an ongoing five year fund drive toward a goal of 850 0000. The gift to support direct educational services raises total commitments to 625 000. FR D Glenn notes progress and community ties as executives emphasize the company’s stake in the nearby college.
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Morris Harvey College
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
P A Jetter
FR. D. Glenn
South Charleston
Morris Harvey
Daughter born after Wheeling carbon monoxide incident
A Wheeling woman overcome by carbon monoxide fumes gave birth to a baby girl six hours later. Georgia Hazlewood 24 and her 4 pound 11 ounce daughter were in good condition at Ohio Valley General Hospital. Her mother Margaret Ozenbaugh 63 and Hazlewood children Nancy 3 and Linda 2 plus niece Susie Felix were hospitalized. all but Mrs Hazlewood were released. The group was affected by a faulty gas heater vent in the Hazlewoods' second floor apartment.
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Wheeling
Georgia Hazlewood
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Hazlewood
Margaret Ozenbaugh
Nancy
Linda
Susie Felix
Heslewood
Hazlewoods
Doar
William McFadden
State's Witness Admits Perjury In Logan Court
In Logan on December 21, a key state's witness, Eugene Sherman, admitted perjury as the trial against Melvin Loveless faced dramatic twists. Sherman testified about improper jail inducements that allegedly influenced co-defendants, while prosecutors disclosed unreliability in several major witnesses. A court decision postponed verdicts as defense and prosecution prepared further testimony.
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TRE
Clade’ Joyce
Joyce
Sherman
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Chambers
James Rufus Jones
Charles Edward Ford
Loveless
Logan County
Jones
Albert K. Puckett
Puckett
Logan
Charles Biss
Jack Savage
Charleston
Northeast Braces for Brutal Cold Wave of the Season
Northeast residents endured a severe cold wave with subzero readings across multiple locations. Trains ran late, power failed, and schools closed as emergency crews handled thousands of stalled calls. Two derelicts died in Jersey City and fires rose from the cold.
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Wees Pcpuelou
Weather Bureau
Jersey City
N. J
New York Automobile Club
New York City
Old gag may tickle hubby into poverty
New York attorney Albert B. Zink told State Supreme Court his estranged wife kept a $75 000 check he wrote as a joke in 1945. He described Christmas gifts and joked about the dated check, fearing it could become valid next week. The separation suit continues with a Jan. 3 hearing to declare the check null.
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New York
Albert B. Zink
State Supreme Court
Sutton Place
Zink
Maude
President Eisenhower Becomes Granddad Fourth Time
Mrs Barbara Eisenhower gave birth to a seven pound two ounce baby girl at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The President’s fourth grandchild. White House News Secretary James Hagerty announced the birth after receiving word from the hospital. Father Maj John Eisenhower called with vital details. name not yet selected. Both mother and baby reported doing very well.
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Washington
Barbara Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Maj
John Eisenhower
Hagerty
Not a Creature Stirring Mice Rule in Encino California
Mice swarm Encino after a chicken ranch becomes abandoned. The San Fernando Valley suburb reports ample grain attracting a large rodent population that overran homes stores and schools. Residents react with efforts to reduce the infestation as children chase them and an eight year old is found with mice in her purse.
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City Hearth Department
San Fernando Valley
Baghdad Pact Sparks Riots in Holy Land
In Amman and Bethlehem protests against the Baghdad Pact flare for a sixth day. Arab Legion troops fire tear gas at crowds, while Prime Minister Ibrahim Hashim pledges no treaty commitments as Jordan seeks stability amid rioting and consulate attacks.
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Holy Land
Amman
Jordan
Bethlehem
Palestine
Christ
Arab Legion
Ibrahim Hashim
Hashim
Hussein
Jerusalem
U.S
John Hope
Britain
House of Commons
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Melvin Love
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