Little Hobo Leaves City With $123.50 From Rail Workers
A six day rail crossing charity story shows a tiny "hobo" basket of coins and messages collecting $123.50 for infantile paralysis. He departs Grafton for Clarksburg as local railroad workers bid him farewell and the collection continues along the route to Birmingham.
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National Foundation For
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Railway
Grafton Railroad
Messenger of Mercy
Virginia Foley
A. N. Peters
Burglars Fail Break in as Birds Molt Twice Year
A fragment reports burglars failing to force a lock during a break in. The text then notes that in the temperate zone most birds molt twice yearly.
Coincidental big bass caught by different anglers at Tygart Lake
Charles H. Casner of the Tygart Lake Development Corp notes that the largest bass caught in June and July at Tygart Lake weighed three and a quarter pounds and measured 17 1/2 inches. Carroll Tingler and Lester Lambert, using different lures, earned prizes for their catches. The article also mentions upcoming outboard boat races sponsored by the Monongahela Boat Club at Paul Wood's boat house with multiple motor classes and trophy awards.
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Tygart Lake
Charles H. Casner
Route 50
Blueville
Tingler
Mr. Lambert
Malone
Lambert
State Sports Center
Casner
Monongahela Boat Club
Paul Wood
Fairmont
Tygart Valley
Truman flippant quips probe to Congress about inflation
Washington August 5 President Truman attacked Congress for ignoring anti inflation recommendations calling the Communist spy investigators a red herring to divert attention. He urged Republican leaders to reconsider a quick adjournment and said there is time for Congress to fulfill its duties. He spoke hopeful for peace and an outlawed atomic bomb after UN safeguards, while defending the hearings as not yielding new indictments and accusing them of slandering supporters.
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Communist Party
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Red Underground
Washington
Samuel Klaus
State Department
Commerce Department
William W. Remington
Remington
Russia
McDowell
UN- American Activities Committee
Truman
Senate
House
FBI
New York
Arlene R. Yoho
Sentinel
Congress
Republian
Centrol
Mr. Truman
Moscow
United Nations
Trumani
Cansonal
FIAMING TON Continues Page One Municipal Financials Mentioned
The article itemizes mission profits with an estimated revenue of 580 dollars and major expenditures including 1979 dollars for street department materials. Salaries and wages are projected at 1500 dollars. Town council members listed include C. N. Vincent mayor and Stanley Fleming recording officer with Collie Polle Audrey Blake Vincent Dennis Whitehair and Byron C. Rod. South Carolina recognizes no grounds for divorce. Republican senators halted civil rights action after a long morning huddle, though sidetracking occurred late in the day.
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Page One
C. N. Vincent
Stanley Fleming
Collie Polle
Howard
Audrey Blake
Vincent Dennis Whitehair
Byron C. R
Lucas And Bradley Named Delegates For WV FFA Conference
Jackie Lucas and Jack Bradley of the Grafton FFA Chapter were elected delegates to the 20th Annual Leadership Conference of the West Virginia Association of Future Farmers of America to be held at Jackson's Mill from August 6 to 10. F C Waggoner chapter advisor will accompany the members.
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Grafton
Envoys Meet in Moscow Over Next Step in Talks with Russia
American, British and French envoys conferred for three hours in Moscow on their next steps in negotiations with Russia. Walter Bedell Smith and Yves Chatigneau were received by Frank Roberts at the British embassy, with Foy Kohler present. Informants said they may seek another appointment with Stalin to relay their governments views. It was reported one embassy had already received first official reaction to Monday night talks with Stalin.
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Moscow
Russia
Frank Roberts
Fish
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Smith
Foy Kohler
Stalin
Bride-to-be beaten by Black assailant in Florida bungalow
Aug 5 Clearwater area police say a prominent young bride-to-be was brutally attacked by a Black man in a guest bungalow near her parents home. The woman, to marry in two weeks, struggled for a dresser-placed item while physicians treated head injuries and a swollen throat as bloodhounds searched for suspects.
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Fla
Jefferson J. Elliott
Elliott
Republicans eye end to special session this weekend
Pace cone recommendations continue as Republicans prepare to wind up the extraordinary session. The plan includes an anti-inflation program with time payment controls, a housing bill to boost home production, and a $65 million loan to the United Nations for New York headquarters. Taft says chances are good to pass before weekend end, avoiding another late Saturday night session. The Senate shelved the anti-poll tax bill after southern filibusters threatened a five day obstruction.
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Pace Cone
United Nations
New York City
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Truman
Senate
Committer Report Sparks Debate On Conference Bill
Tobey, Flanders, Wasner, Taylor, Fulbright, Sparkman, and others voted to report the modified TEW bill. Berlin’s population fell from about four million to roughly two million after World War I, illustrating postwar demographic shifts.
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Tobey
Flanders
Wasner
D-Ny
Maybank
Taylor
Didaho
Fulbright
Sparkman
Berlin
Police hunt Regio rapist amid fear of mob violence
City, county and state police joined a major search for the Regio suspect after an attack at about 3 am. Chief Elliott warned of possible mob violence if the rapist is caught and identified, calling the attack one of the worst in his 20 years on the force.
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Regio
Elliott
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NEW Records
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