Poles To Have City Manager Form In Grafton
After extensive studies of government types and input from Chambers of Commerce and citizens, the Grafton City Charter Board has decided to draft a charter adopting the council city manager form as the most efficient for the city. The recent public meeting at the courthouse showed broad citizen support for the change. The board will proceed to write the charter reflecting this form.
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Grafton
Chambers of Commerce
Court House
Robert F
Montana airshow crash claims many lives and animals
Authorities identified two bomber aircraft after a Grandstand crash at the North Montana State Fair in Fallon, killing 17 horses and injuring spectators. Eyewitnesses said a tail was ripped from one plane as it struck a barn, igniting a massive fire. A third plane missed the main arena and continued burning before crashing.
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Mearinc
Tribuna
Andyste
Canvas Shows His Gain On Rohrbough
In Charleston, WV, Rufus G. Hurt trails E. G. Rohrbough by 123 votes for the Republican nomination in the third district after Fayette county returns. Hurt gained 112 Fayette votes as six precincts remain and Braxton county totals loom, delaying a full canvass and possible recount.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Rufus G. Hurt
Oak Hill
E. G. Rohr
Fayette County
Hart
Fayette
Rohrbough
Hurt
Braxton County
Questions and Answers On Terminal Pay Legislation
Washington notes explain how about 15 million veterans may collect an estimated 2.7 billion dollars for unused leave time under the terminal pay bill signed by President Truman. Eligible are discharged personnel and certain officers who served after September 8, 1939 and meet time requirements as of September 1, 1946.
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Washington
Truman
New Poliomyelitis Cases Reported in Western Pa
Western Pennsylvania health authorities list five new polio cases, two in Pittsburgh and one each in Butler and Westmoreland counties. A 14 day quarantine was set at Penn Craft camp for a girl camper in Fayette county. Victims include a 10 year old Mt. Lebanon girl and a Bloomfield girl. A 6 year old Brady Township boy near Slippery Rock and a 16 year old Dostroyer Township boy in Westmoreland are also noted. No other regions reported new cases.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Butler
Westmoreland
Fayette County
Penn
East Millsboro
I. Hope Alexander
Mt. Lebanon
Bloomfield
Butler County
W. V. McCarrier
Brady Township
Slippery Rock
Westmoreland County
Dostroyer Township
Wheeling Plans Big New Parking Facility
Charleston Aug 10 The civilian production administration approved Wheeling plans to build a 425000 dollar structure to provide parking for 700 automobiles in the city.
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Wheeling
Charleston
Civilian Production Administration
Union not optimistic on coal mine shortages in West Virginia
President C Fremont Davis of United Mine Workers district 31 said the union is not at all optimistic about immediate improvement as coal hopper shortages force the closure of 88 mines in northern West Virginia yesterday, extending production woes.
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Cmdt Doh
Wy hospital leased by two Wyoming County doctors
Aug 10 announcement that two Wyoming County doctors will lease and operate the Wylie hospital formerly owned by Dr Ward Wyllie state senator from the ninth district. The move transfers management and ongoing operations to the new lessees.
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Mullens
Wyoming County
Wylie Hospital
Ward Wyllie
State Senate
Reliable Broom Company expands into whisk brooms
Grafton is abuzz as The Reliable Broom Company introduces whisk brooms in Maple Avenue. Paul Messenger explains the new product uses extra long strong broom corn and shows a positive sales trend. The community greets the venture with good wishes.
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Grafton
Adan
Paul Messenger
Maple Avenue
Messenger
The
Sentinel
Republicans Out To Beat Truman's Man Enos Axtell
AP Political Reporter Jack Bell notes Republicans prepared to challenge Enos Axtell in Missouri's fifth district after Axtell’s primary victory over incumbent Roger C. Slaughter. President Truman had endorsed Axtell, predicting his election, while Republicans aimed to deny the administration a win in the race.
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Truman
Enos Axtell
Jack Bell
Washington
President Truman
Enos A. Axtell
Missouri
Axtell
Roger C. Slaughter
Negroes Convicted In Brutal Murder Of Old Carpenter
In Accomack Virginia a jury found two Salisbury Maryland men, James Pletcher and Robert Holland, guilty of first degree murder for the July 23 killing of Geo Broughton, with death sentence to Virginia's electric chair set for September 13. The judge called it the most cold blooded murder of his career.
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Accomac
Salisbury
Country Lane
Geo. Broughton
Virginia
James Pletcher
Robert Holland
Accomack County
Jeff F. Walter
De Gasperi urges leniency on Trieste terms at peace talks
Italian Premier Alcide De Gasperi pressed the peace conference to ease treaty terms and postpone decisions on Trieste for a year. He warned that internationalizing Trieste under the UN would cut off about 646,000 Italians, as Molotov walked out during V. M. Mollotov's address amid the Yugoslav Italian border dispute.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Paris
Italy
Alcide
de Gasperi
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Istrian
Adriatic
United Nations
Alcide de Gasperi
Sin
V. M. Mollotov
Constantin Tsald
Foe
Chinese Marines Drive Off Communist Ambush Near Lutai
Four United States Marines repelled an attack by about 50 Chinese near Lutai on the Peiping Mukden line. Two Chinese were reported killed, no Marines injured. The derailment followed a barrage of charges as the coal train bound from Kuyeh headed toward a port east of Tientsin.
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Peiping
China
United States
Marine Headquarters
Peiping- Mukden
Lutai
Tientsin
Peiping- Tientsin
Marine
Michael F. Davis
Executive
Hupeh
Honan
Shansi
Saat Latai
Pon
Tther
Hupehane
Kuyeh
Westinghouse Superintendent Killed in Plant Crash
FAIRMONT Aug 10 Raymond L Kreidler superintendent of the Westinghouse Fluorescent Lamp plant was among three killed in a smashup at the plant first opened in 1941 He was vacationing with Mrs Kreidler and their two daughters and had altered a business trip to take the plane according to associates
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Fairmont
Raymond L. Kreidler
Westinghouse
Man Dies in Auto Crash West of Annapolis
Leon Gaell, 43, of Antwerp, employed in the mission's food division, was pronounced dead at the scene by Commander R. E. Brackin, a physician at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, after an auto accident on Maryland highway 10 to 12 miles west of Annapolis.
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Annapolis
Leon Gaell
Antwerp
Mission
Commdr
R. E. Brackin
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Canvass in Taylor County Confirms Nominations Standing
The Taylor County canvass of Tuesday's primary results found no large changes and no shifts in nominations for the November general election. Minor adjustments included W Merle Watkins losing five votes in precinct 34 and Kilgore Democrat increasing by 1,182 to Sha han's 211. Fleming gained one vote in the third district congress race, boosting his county total to 1,057, with Love at 327 and Neely and McPeek unchanged. Two small changes were reported in the Supreme Court race. Page 6.
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Taylor County
W.merle Watkins
Park View School
Kilgore
Shehan
Shahhan
Fleming
Love
Neely
McPeek
Supreme Court
State's National 150th Inf Regt To Open Charleston
Charleston reports the 150th Infantry Regiment of the Postwar National Guard will become effective October 1. The unit will form part of the 150th Infantry Regiment, detailing its organization and initial composition as published in state notices.
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Charleston
150Th Infantry
National Guard
Peace in China deemed impossible by Gen Marshall
Ambassa dor John Leighton Stuart warned that a peaceful settlement of China s civil war seems impossible as U S Marines exchange fire with Chinese forces and two American peace negotiators appear to be yielding amid fruitless talks involving Chiang Kai Shek and Chou En Lai.
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John Broderick Nanking
China
John Leighton Stuart
U. S
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chou
En-Lai
Page
Jemison Becomes Father Amid Iron Lung Vigil
Charleston Aug 10 Lt. William R. Jemison who spends 24 hours a day in an iron lung became the father of a seven pounds daughter yesterday. His wife occupies a hospital room next to his. Jemison, a former Navy fighter nerve trun ks in the spinal cord.
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Charleston
William R. Jemison
Jemison
Romanian U. S. Employes Arrested by Romanian Government
Diplomatic reporting by JOHN M. HIGHTOWER notes Romania detaining Romanian workers tied to the U S missions in Bucharest. Officials view the arrests as an attempt to suppress political opposition deemed democratic by Britain and the United States. Miss Olteanu, a clerk in the American political mission, remains detained on alleged information sharing.
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Washington
Romania
United States
Bucharest
Bis
Britain
Mins Ivira Oltemnu
The
Erican
Bunton
Berry
Miss Olteanu
Allied Control] Commission
The Nan Bilbo On The Loose Again
Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi spoke on a nationwide radio program last night denying allegations of Ku Klux Klan membership. The broadcast featured Bilbo addressing the contested claim, asserting he does not belong to any extremist group.
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Theodore
Bilbo
D-Miss
Ku Kitt Kian al
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