Effingham faces hospital fire toll and recovery drive
Grief-stricken Effingham Illinois tallies dead and missing at St Anthony’s hospital fire rising to 75 with 70 bodies recovered. Five missing believed buried. Town plans six day fund drive to raise 525,000 for a new 150 bed hospital. State and federal aid expected. St Francis order pledges 325,000. Mayor proclaims memorial holiday.
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Ilinois
Effingham, Ill
Effingham
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Catholic Chancery Office
Elizabeth Sebuette
Teutopolis
Pians
H. B. Rinehart
Lindis
Order of St.Francis
St. Anthony's
Boy Confesses Killing Mother With Shotgun
In Yazoo City Mississippi a 17 year old boy named James Clifton Murphy told authorities he shot and killed his mother Pearly Mae Murphy after she whipped him. He is held without charges filed as the investigation continues. The slaying occurred Wednesday afternoon. Additionally in Henderson Kentucky a strike and power outage idled about 1250 people at the Ohio River Ordnance Works and the municipal power plant.
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Bobby Soxer
Joyce Schumaker
Waukegan
Ill
Stanley Christian
Carl Reeder
Gladys
International Soundphoto
Yazoo City
Miss
W.W. ‘Holloway
James Clifton Murphy
Pearly “Mae Murphy
Henderson
Ohio River
Mother and three sons held in strange disappearance
In Whitesburg Kentucky Sheriff Herman Combs reports holding Mrs Amanda Ison and her sons Ruben 18 Bruce 16 and Luther 14 on temporary murder charges connected to the disappearance of her husband Herman. A fourth son Albert 11 told a schoolmate a tale of a father killed and buried behind the family store near Kingdom Come.
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Whitesburg
Herman Combs
Amanda Ison
Herman
Combs
Appointment Fills Post Created By New Law Signed Last Saturday
President Truman named Stephen T Early to be undersecretary of defense. The new post, created by a law signed Saturday, will act as general manager of the military establishment, freeing Secretary Lewis A Johnson for policy matters. Early, 60, is vice president of Pullman and its manufacturing affiliate, a Washington resident and longtime Roosevelt confidant.
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Truman
Stephen T.early
White House
Defense
Lewis A. Johnson
Early
Pullman Company
Pullman, Inc
Steve
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Pullman Companies
William Pitman Retired Conductor Dies at 67
William L Pitman a former Baltimore Ohio railroad conductor aged 67 of 138 East Main street died at 7 45 last night He was a Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen member and had lived in Grafton 34 years Survived by two children Ruby Satterfield and Jack Pitman four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral Friday at Bartlett Funeral Home at 2 pm Reverend F Carl Davis officiating Burial Woodsdale Cemetery Friends may call after 3 pm today B of R T to conduct services tonight at 8 pm
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William L. Pitman
East Main Street
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pitman
Brotherhood of Railway
Grafton
Philippi
George L. Pitman
Mary Pitman
Audra Anderson Pitman
Ruby Satterfield
Baltimore
Maryland
Jack Pitman
Bartlett Funeral Home
F. Carl Davis
Woodsdale
Funeral
B. of R. T
Mystery schooner adrift in heavy seas continues search
The Coast Guard kept up its search for a mystery schooner reported adrift in heavy seas with damaged rigging and no sign of life aboard. Sightings were reported Tuesday morning off the South Carolina coast about 75 miles offshore. CONTINUES page 8.
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Norfor
Coast Guard
South Carolina
Truman aims to cover European rearmament costs in budget
President Truman outlined a plan to absorb most or all of the European rearmament bill within a 41.9 billion dollar budget and proposed a 1.25 billion dollar outlay to arm Western European nations. Defense officials say realignment may take three to four years, shifting some power abroad, as economic recovery in Europe takes priority over rapid military buildup.
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Washington
Atlantic Alliance
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Defense Department
Europe
Atlantic
Arguments In Bias Case To-Be April 14
Huntington man Switzer A Bias a former constable convicted as an accessory in a state liquor store robbery attempt faces a new trial motion set for April 14 in common pleas court Judge H Clay Farth fixed the date after Bias was convicted February 13 with a 15 minute jury deliberation The conviction carries one to ten years in prison Bias also faces federal and state auto theft charges Prosector Edward H Greene said the state case will be continued Bias denied involvement claiming William Lockhart store cashier approached him with the plan to take money from the safe in December January and February
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William Lockhart
Lockhart
Children Look Like Bunnies Claim Mothers Lazy
In Los Angeles a UC professor told 4,000 California dentists that lazy mothers cause children to resemble rabbits. He blamed late feeding schedules and thumb sucking for protruding teeth and facial deformities, urging day and night restraint and mittens to stop the habit.
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Los Angeles
Bugs Bunny
University of California
George W. Hahn
California
Junior
Hahn
VA representative to visit WV employment office
K C Longacre, Veterans Administration contact representative, will be at the West Virginia Employment Service office on Thursday April 14 and Thursday April 28 to assist veterans of all wars their dependents and beneficiaries with benefits administered by the Veterans Administration.
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K. C. Longacre
Veterans Administration
West Virginia
Reds Defend Clergymen Trials in UN Controversy
In Lake Success, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jakob Malik urged the UN to stay out of Hungary and Bulgaria churchman prosecutions. He argued the UN charter bans outside interference and criticized Mindszenty and 15 Bulgarian Protestant clergy as invitors of a new war, warning the Reds against meddling.
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Russia
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
U.N
Jakob A. Malik
General Assembly
Hungary
Bulgaria
Malik
The
World Organization
Cardinal Mindszenty
Large Metropolitan Areas Adopt DST
New York and other northeastern cities will retain daylight saving this year while most of California rejects it. About one third of Americans, some 145 million people, will live under the new time for five months from April 24 to September 25, 1949.
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New York
United States
California
Washington 25 Hour Newspaper Blackout Ends
Striking AFL pressmen from Local 6 halted publication of the Washington Post Evening Star Times Herald and News, walking out at 6 p.m. Tuesday and returning to work at 7:05 p.m. yesterday on orders from their international president after failed contract talks.
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Washington
AFL
Washington Post
The
Evening Star
Times-Herald
News
Logan Attorney Named To Compensation Post
Curtis B. Trent Jr. of Logan will become Workers Compensation Commissioner May 1, replacing E B Pennybacker of Parkersburg who resigned after discussions with Governor Patteson. The appointment was announced yesterday in Charleston.
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Chaleston
Curtis B. Trent, Jr
Logan
Workmen’s Compensation
Trent
Governoy Patteson
E. B. Pennybacker
Parkersburg
Penybacker
Taylor County Board Rejects Special Levy Plan
The Taylor County Board of Education voted down a special levy that would unlock a state grant of 61,598 toward repairs and construction. An outright 50,000 grant would be joined by 61,598 from a 10 million school building fund only if matching requirements are met. officials considered reconsideration with lawmakers but did not act.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Taylor County
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Board of Education
Richard B. Bord
Educa
Board OF
Farm Program Aims Real Break On Food Prices
The Truman administration unveiled a new farm program promising a real break for consumers on food prices and stable income for farmers. It would use price or income guarantees and expand availability of meat milk eggs and poultry in stores. Secretary Brannan spoke before House and Senate agriculture leaders as a substitute for the Aiken bill.
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Washington
Brannan
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
English School Investigated in UK Case
ECCLESHALL Eng A Staffordshire county council alleges in court that a progressive school matron gave a contraceptive to a girl pupil who showed attachments to a boy The council pursues against school operators Robert Copping and Edward Reynolds for alleged unfitness to care for children and a detrimental environment Horsley Hall case heard on summons in England.
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Eccleshall
Eng
Staffordshire County Council
Robert Copping
Edward Reynolds
Horsley Hall
Copping
Reynolds
Elks Lodge Installs New Exalted Ruler Jack Nuzum
Newly elected officers of Elks Lodge No. 308 were installed at a ceremony on East Main Street. Jack R. Nuzum was installed as exalted ruler, succeeding Victor C. Willhide, with Walter Thayer and other officers named. John Bradford conducted the installation and a banquet followed. Committees were appointed by Nuzum.
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B.P.O. ‘Elks Lodge
East Main Street
Jack &. Nuzum
Taylor County Board of Trade
Victor C. Willhide
Walter Thayer
C. E. Paugh
Ed Timmer
C. H. Shingleton
Max E. Rau
W. P. Clark
Paul E. Malone
John Bradford
Grand Lodge
Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Nuzum
Esquire
R. O. Coyner
Ona C. Jefferys
Russell Pifer
Many Surprised With Benefit Plan
West Virginians react to a Workmen's Compensation Commission announcement that higher benefits apply only to claims after July 1. The legislature raised rates, but current beneficiaries keep old amounts. widows, dependent parents, and children see gradual boosts to monthly payments.
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Charleston
West
Headless Rooster May Be Executed Yet
Los Angeles report says Lazarus a headless rooster may be executed after a court date set for veterinarian Dr Alan Ross who faces a charge under a state section on custody of mutilated animals. The SPCA sought the action, while the bird is kept alive by eye dropper feeding for potential research use.
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Butch
Los Angeles
Martha Green
Mrs. Green
Lazarus
Alan Ross
Justice of the Peace
Stanley Moffat
Huntington Park
Ery
Ross
SPCA
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