Fear Only Govnt Interventions Avert Rail Strike
Cleveland April 26 A nationwide rail strike by almost 200000 trainmen and engineers loomed with May 18 as the start date. Carriers must concede in Chicago talks to stall action, while government seizure or new fact finding could be possible. Historical precedent cites Roosevelt era actions though workers warn the strike could still proceed.
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Cleveland
Two Brotherhoods
Chicago
War Department
Roosevelt
Washington
CIO Southern Drive to Belong
The CIO organizing campaign in the south will be a long-range effort lasting a year or more. George Baldanzi will drop duties as executive VP of the CIO textile workers union to live in the south for at least a year. Van A. Bittner directs organizers to devote all time to the campaign with no time limit. Dalrymple seeks Birmingham office space and similar headquarters in several southern towns.
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Max Hall
Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
South
George Baldanzi
CTO Drive
CIO Textile Workers Union
van A. Bittner
H. Dalrymple
Birmingham
Ala
Campaigns
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Invite Tonight
Mrs E Keane of W Washington Street is invited to attend a double feature at the Dixie and Strand Theatres. Tonight’s program includes Maisie Goes To Reno with Ann Sothern John Hodiak and Tom Drake at Strand and Dick Tracy with Morgan Conway and Anne Jeffreys, plus Murder on the Yukon with Renfrew of the Royal Mounted at Dixie.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Bill Allowing Projects Awaits Truman Signature
Huntington April 26 Col Frank W Gano Huntington district engineer said a bill allotting more than 10 000 000 to the district for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is awaiting Presidential signature The approved projects and sums include Bluestone Reservoir Hinton 4 000 000 Parkersburg floodwall 500 000 Sutton reservoir on Elk river near Sutton 750 000
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Huntington
Frank W. Gano
Bluestone
Hinton
Parkersburg
Sutton
Elk River
Thieves steal valuables from Dottie Lamour and husband
In Baltimore on April 26 a theft occurred while Doro thy Lamour and her husband William Ross Howard III were en route to a family reunion. A ventilator was pried open in one Howard car and one of their 16 luggage pieces was taken. The jewel case containing items valued over $26,000 and a fur coat were among the losses, reported after they reached the Howard home in Pikesville.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Dorothy Lamour
William Ross Howard
New York
Howard
Pikesville
Polce
74 Year-Old Bridegroom and16-Year-Old Bride Shine in Ozark Wedding
In Houston Missouri on Easter Sunday W T Sutton aged 74 wed 16 year old Vinnie Sutton. The couple from an Ozark hill country farm of 814 acres say they do not understand the fuss as neighbors and papers print stories about their marriage. Sutton is thrice wed and remains healthy and active as his bride tidies their five room house.
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Elizabeth Toomey
Houston
Vinnie Sutton
Ozark Hill Country
W. T. Sutton
Vinnie
Hershey Speaks At Draft Board Ceremony In West Virginia
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey national director of selective Service was principal speaker at a ceremony honoring uncompensated draft board employees from central West Virginia. Governor Meadows and state Selective Service director Carleton C. Pierce attended as unpaid workers received medals and citations for processing men entering the armed services.
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Clarksburg
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
West Virginia
Meadows
Carleton C. Pierce
Armed Services
Molotov Opens Peace Talks With Conciliatory Tone
The Big Four foreign ministers opened talks in Paris seeking peace treaty agreements as Russia reportedly blocks discussion of Austria. Byrnes and Begin met prior to the session while reports indicated Russia opposed agenda items on Austria but favored French demands to detach Ruhr and Rhineland. In a separate incident, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wood were injured when their light plane struck a tree near Lanark, Michigan, and were hospitalized.
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Lewis Nevin
Paris
Russia
Austria
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Begin
United States
Great Britain
France
Beckley
Robert Wood
Brown City
Mich
Lanark
U N Security Council weighs Spain inquiry draft
Australia proposed a five member sub committee to inquire into the Spanish question and defer further action until Monday. Rafael de La Colina urged delaying the vote to study the plan, while Hodgson reported progress with France and Poland on a compromise. The draft emphasized that the council must decide the course, not the sub committee.
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Francis W. Carpenter
New York
United Nations Security Council
Australia
W. R. Hodgson
Rafael de la Colina
Sigested
Hodgson
Council
Henri Bonnet
Oscar Lange
Franco Spain
Iowa coed denounces G I Joe in oratorical finals
Helen Braden a 20 year old Wesleyan College senior from Oskaloosa Iowa advances to the finals of the interstate oratorical association tournament at Northwestern University. She argues a prospective husband should think for himself not rely on a government bonus and condemns G I Joe as lazy uncultured and boastful of war exploits. Braden says she is not engaged.
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Swanston
Iowa
G.I
Helen Braden
Towa Wesleyan College
Northwestern University
Oskaloosa
G. I Joe
Miss Braden
Education must fit for future says Dr Hayes at fairmont
Dr H Gordon Hayes, economics professor at Ohio State, urged Fairmont State College to align education with the atomic age. He warned against venerating the past and called for lessons from defeat to drive adaptation, noting social habits change slowly as proof is needed.
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Fairmont
H. Gordon Hayes
George H. Hand
Fairmont State College
Hayes
Ohio State University
Dr. Hayes
Buckhannon Woman Found Dead With Gas Pipe
Buckhannon April 26 Mrs Mable Etta Davis 48 was found dead on the floor of her home with a gas pipe in her mouth Sheriff H A Zick reported roomer Russell Burr smelled gas and investigated the scene.
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Buckhannon
Mable Etta Davis
H. A. Zickafoose
Russell Burr
Climbing Saint Peter's Dome With Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle recounts a climb to the top of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, describing the vast church, the bronze ball crowning Michelangelo's cupola, and the modern elevator that reaches the roof, noting the crowding space for eager visitors and the church's immense scale.
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Hal Boyle
St. Peter's
Rome
Saint Peter's Church
Saint Peter
Saint Paul's Cathedral
London
Notre Dame
Paris
Pennsylvan ia Hard Coal Miners Seek Wage Rise and Hour Cut
The Pennsylvan ia anthracite miners governing body approved general contract demands for higher pay and shorter hours and authorized filing of 30 day strike notice. A committee patterned proposals after soft coal miners demands and will present them to operators in New York on May 10. The AFL UMW pact expires May 31. strike notices must precede.
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Leonard A. Unger
Hazelton
Pennsylvania
New York
Afl-United Mine Workers
UMW
Chilftain
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Judge Miller Emerges as Republican Court Aspirant
Ripley West Virginia April 26 Judge Lewis H Miller of the fifth judicial circuit became the second candidate for the Republican nomination to the state Supreme Court yesterday One Appeals Court judge will be elected this year to fill the term of H H Rose of Fairmont who died last year The term expires December 31 1952 Miller a Jackson county native and Ohio University and West Virginia University graduate has long been active in the Republican party and was a gubernatorial contender in 1936 and 1940 He was elected fifth circuit judge in 1928 and served in World War I
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Ripley
W. Va
Lewis H. Miller
Fifth Judicial Circuit
State Supreme Court
Appeals Court
H. H. Rose
Fairmont
W. Elliott Nefflen
Charleston
Frank C. Haymond
Rose
Miller
Jackson County
Ohio University
West Virginia University
Fifth Circuit
Henderson And Lewis Speak From Huntington
Henderson former federal price administrator and Patton radio news analyst will appear on America's Town Hall of the Air from Huntington on May 9. They will discuss continuing the unrestrict ed OPA, sponsors said.
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Huntington
Leon Henderson
Patton
America
Defense witness Gisevius says he worked with American intelligence
Hans Bernd Gisevius testified he had been in contact with American intelligence during the war and served with the U S Office of Strategic Services in Switzerland and Germany since 1943. His disclosure came late in his third day of testimony before the international military tribunal, shocking many German leaders.
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Richard Kasischke Muernberg
Hans Bernd Gisevius
International Military Tribunal
Gisevius
U. S. Office of Strategic Services
Switzerland
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
American Intelligence Service
Defense
Crime meeting called in Charleston to study rising violence
Charleston April 26. John Brawley post of the American Legion will convene civic leaders and officials to address a steady rise in crime and violence in the Charleston area. Post commander C. B Collier Jr said FBI, Charleston Ministerial Association, Virgil Flynn and others will be invited to a Legion meeting next Tuesday at 8 p.m. Forestry law violations totaling 102 topped arrests by game protectors in March, with 42 fishing violations, 10 game law violations and three miscellaneous counts.
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Charleston
John Brawley
American Legion
C. 8. Collier, Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charleston Ministerial Association
Kanawha County
Virgil L. Flynn
Conservation Commission
Police Exam Held For Grafton Department Vacancies
The Grafton Police Civil Service Commission will conduct an examination on Monday May 13 1946 at the Mayor's Office to create an eligible list for future vacancies. Applicants must be 21 to 35 years old, a three year city resident, pass a medical exam, stand 5 ft 7 in and weigh at least 160 pounds. Applications available from Finance Commissioner John A Newcome before May 6 with submissions due that date to the commission secretary.
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Grafton Police Civil Service Board
Grafton
Office of Finance
John A. Newcome
Commission
Police Civil Service Commission
Train crash at Naperville kills and injures many
The Burlington two-train wreck near Naperville involved the westbound Exposition Flyer rear-ending the Advance Flyer after a stop. At least 44 killed or severely injured, 125 hurt with 21 in hospitals. engineers face possible charges. officials call it a technicality to secure an inquest.
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Naperville
Ill
Burlington Railroad
San Francisco
Dupage County
Chicago
Uunion
Mystery surrounds disappearance of French banker in Vancouver
Vancouver detectives probe the vanishing of French banker Henri Bar as a ship's crew along with police search for clues on a voyage from Shanghai. A curious curse involving agate cups and jade necklaces tops the intrigue while three teakwood cases of rare art and antiques vanish with him.
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Vancouver
B. C
Henri Bar
Royal Canadian Mounted
Bar
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