Babe Ruth Reported In Critical Condition At Hospital
NEW YORK August 11 Babe Ruth baseballs aging homerun king was reported in critical condition at Memorial hospital with a rising temperature and pulmonary complications. The hospital bulletin noted the condition as serious after a period of illness spanning nearly two years with a prior neck operation in late 1946. Ruth had recently appeared in public and participated in Babe Ruth foundation activities while his Yankee No 3 uniform was retired.
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Babe Ruth
Homerun King
Memorial Hospital
Ruth
Porter
French Hospital
Babe Ruth Foundation
Florida
New York Yankees
Fairmont Woman Drowns At Valley Falls
Doris Tennant Wilson a 40 year old Fairmont employee and mother of a 19 year old Navy son drowned near Valley Falls after slipping on a rock and being swept over the upper and lower falls. A search by Sheriff John F Barr and others with grappling irons extended into darkness with no body found. Local officials planned a daylight search to recover the body before it is carried downstream.
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Doris ‘Tennant Wilson
Fairmont
Roaring Falls
Westinghouse Electric Company
U. S. Navy
Guam
John F. Barr
Rock Lake
Grafton Sentinel invites Clara Phillips to Dixie theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Clara E Phillips of Blueville Addition to attend tonight's Dixie theatre presentation of Repeat Performance starring Joan Leslie and Richard Basehart, current attraction at the Dixie.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Clara E. Phillips
Blueville
Joan Leslie
Richard Basehart
Dixie Theatre
Seek Reynolds In Eastern Ohio Today
District Attorney William Rahhausers probe into housing fraud shifted to eastern Ohio. Mrs Raymond L Reynolds wife of a Reynolds Construction Co official joined as investigator seeking the elder Reynolds at his Painesville home. The firm officials allegedly repaid about 200000 in down payments with worthless paper. Chief Johnson said Mrs Reynolds volunteered to travel to Painesville for information.
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Pittsburgh
William Rahauser
Ohio
Raymond L. Reynolds
Reynolds Construction Co
Raymond BE. Reynolds
Charles 5. Johnson
Reynolds
Painesville
Crop surplus not to cut prices soon
Farmers head toward a record harvest aided by favorable weather. The Agriculture Department foresees a large grain crop including a corn harvest of 3,506,000,000 bushels, far ahead of previous records, with oats sorghums barley and hay also strong. Prices likely to ease as grains convert to meat dairy and poultry via livestock feedings, with effects felt by next spring.
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Ovid A. Marti
Washington
Agriculture Department
West Virginia Bond Purchases Reach 84 Percent Quota
West Virginia residents bought 25.2365 million dollars in United Savings Bonds in the Security Loan drive led by chairman A. C. Spurr. The state total is 84 percent of the 30.09 million dollar goal with 7.385 million purchased in the July 11 period. Eleven counties surpassed quotas including Upshur Tyler Taylor Preston Raleigh Doddridge Welsel Tucker Hancock Randolph and Gilmer. In a separate note health officials report about 2,400 fewer births in the first half of 1948 than January to June 1947, with 22,451 babies born.
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Charleston
Aug
West
Tyler
Taylor
Preston
Raleigh
Doddridge
Welsel
Tucker
Hancock
Randolph
Gilmer
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Marshall says U5 would protect probe witnessed
Secretary of State Marshall stated that in negotiating with the Russians the United States should seek substance over form. He spoke at a news conference about the Belgrade Danube conference, noting the difficulty of settlement amid a split world and the need to discuss all possibilities to achieve desirable objectives.
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Marshall
United States
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Danube
Moscow
Berlin
Europe
Grafton Budget and Levy Approved by State Tax Office
Grafton officials announced that the city's budget and levy for the current fiscal year were approved by the State Tax Commissioner's office. A special City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday night, August 17 to enact the budget and levy. The municipal budget totals 116,843 with a separate water department budget of 57.00, forwarded on August 3.
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Charleston
State Tax Commissioner's Office
Water Department
Farm Bureau Meeting At Jackson's Mill
Members of West Virginia agricultural groups gathered at Jackson's Mill for the annual Farm Bureau convention. Allen B. Kline president of the American Farm Bureau Federation will address tomorrow evening on national problems affecting agriculture.
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West Virginia
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Allen B. Kline
American Bureau Federation
Puzzle: Who Picks The Pickpocket's Pockets
TOKYO Aut 11 WPA picked the pocket of Hisaichi Morita today. Morita, a waterworks worker, then recovered his pocketbook and arrested Fisuburo Shimazaki for pocket picking. Morita called the police to detain Shimazaki.
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Tokyo
Hisaichi Morita
Morita
Fisuburo Shimazaki
Plane Dabney identified as NC bound pilot found dead
In Charleston West Virginia Aug 11 a long search ended as wreckage of a private craft was found 300 yards from Kanawha airport main runway. Pilot Dr R J Dabney 31 Taylorsville NC and passenger Jack Adams 19 also Taylorsville were missing since Friday after reporting loss with 18 minutes fuel. Bodies found in mangled fuselage with safety belt fastened. wreckage in wooded hillside. searchers cut away fallen branches to reach remains. Civil Aeronautics officials said Dabney checked with radio tower at 6 30 a m Friday reporting lost on flight from Wheeling WV to North Carolina.
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West Virginia
North Carolina
Kanawha
R. J. Dabney
Taylorsville
N.C
Jack Adams
Air Search
H. C. Pendell
Alice White
Coonskin
Civil Aeronautics
Dabney
Wheeling
W. Va
Showers and Thunderstorms Forecast for County
A calm 78 degree noon reading gave way to a forecast of showers and thunderstorms for the county. The day is expected warm and humid, with yesterday reaching 84 degrees and a 55 degree low. At 8 a.m. the temperature was 67 degrees.
Evidence Piles Up That Russians Starve Berlin For Food
Berlin reports say Russians claim enough food to feed all Berlin for 40 days while hunger complaints rise in the Soviet zone. Referrals point to requisitioning of zonal supplies to feed Berlin including blocked Western sectors. ADN accuses city food admins of poor preparation for unloading trains and barges, with 13 grain trains idle.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Soviet Union
ADN
City Food Administration
Senator Maybank Holds Clear Senate Lead in South Carolina
In South Carolina and Arkansas the Democratic primaries produced clear leads for incumbents and hopefuls. Senator Burnet Fr. Maybank led by about 10 000 votes in his bid for re election as returns lagged. Hot Springs Prosecutor Sydney S McMath led former attorney general Jack Holt in the Arkansas governor race.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Arkansas
Idaho
Burnet FR. Maybank
Hot Springs
Sydney S. McMath
Jack Holt
Maybank
State Man Held For Questioning In Death Case
Bittman Aug 11 authorities report the death of Birdie Gillette 34 found in her apartment in local city. Coroner Layman Adair says autopsy inconclusive with unknown causes. Toxicology to test stomach contents for poisoning. Mayor Ritter says a note from the alleged killer was found near the body. Huntington West Virginia man in custody as part of the investigation.
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Jewih
Birdie Gillette
Layman Adair
M. R. Ritter
Wayne County
Ritter
Huntington
W. Va
West, Virginia
Lee
Route 4 resurfacing bid let for 4.3 miles to Charleston firm
CHARLESTON Aug 11 A road commission bid 11 000 awarded to L C Hanna of Charleston for resurfacing 4 3 miles of State Route 4 between Ivydale Clay county and the Braxton county line. Four other projects using federal funds await Public Roads Administration approval.
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Ivydale
Clay County
Braxton County
Road Commission
L. C. Hanna
Public Roads Administration
Republicans to convene at Charleston state gathering
About 30 Taylor County residents will attend the Republican state convention in Charleston. Roughly 20 delegates selected at the county convention must contact Attorney Richard B. Bord or county chairman Francis Wolfe within a day or two to arrange transportation to and from Charleston. U S Senator Harry P Cain is noted on See 30 REPUBLICANS page 2.
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Charleston
Richard B. Bord
Francis Wolfe
U.S
Harry P. Cain
Carrier seeks permanent status for temporary West Virginia rail rates
Charleston dispatch notes 13 West Virginia railroads petition the Public Service Commission to convert three temporary intra freight increases into a permanent rate schedule. The proposed rates mirror Interstate Commerce Commission allowances for interstate freight and would take effect August 21.
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West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Marshall Balk at Some Danube River Decision
Secretary of State Marshall stated the United States will protect any witness in the Communist spy inquiry who complies with U S laws. He cited Michael Samarin and his wife as subpoenaed by the House committee and noted Soviet protests over Samarin s handover to Russian officials. A second Russian teacher remains at the Soviet consulate while investigators seek her testimony. Separately, state troopers reported a badly mutilated unidentified man found in the Coaldale tunnel near Bluestone with a Hungarian language newspaper in his pocket.
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Washington
Aug
Marshall
United States
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
U. S
Samarin
New York Times
Panyushikin
State Department
Department
Panyushkin
Bluefield
E. D. Bazzie
Coaldale
Bluestone
Bazzie
Norfolk and Western
Inspector Dies Former State Mine Inspector Cobb
Richard B. Cobb age 75 died yesterday at his home. Cobb a former mayor of Mabscott Raleigh County retired from painting and decorating contracting in Charleston. He was a prominent mason.
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Charleston
Richard B. Cobb
Cobb
Mabscott
Raleigh County
Investigators to Question Man in Canadian Case
Washington Aug 11 Henry H Collins Jr a former military government officer denied today before house investigators that he spied for a foreign country but refused to say if he is a Communist The House un American Activities Committee continued its probe of Soviet spy activity in Washington during and before the war A subcommittee may visit New York to take testimony from Michael Ivanovitch Samarin a former Russian schoolteacher and plans to probe Igor Gouzenko The committee also discussed a recess of hearings Rep McDowell said the panel would recess next week Collins now directs the American Russian Institute in New York and previously held government posts
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Henry H. Collins, Jr
House
Collins
an-American Activities Committee
Thomas
R.-N.j
New York
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Canada
Igor Gouzenko
McDowell
R.-Pa
Rcess
East
American-Russian Institute
Gov- See
Burdett Declines Draft Board Post
John K. Burdett, a Grafton attorney, declined the temporary chairman post of the Taylor Barbour county selective service board after receiving notice from Charleston. Governor Clarence W. Meadows made the appointment on the recommendation of State Adjutant General Charles R. Fox. Fox's office had not yet learned of Burdett's refusal, leaving no successor named.
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Taylor-Barbour County Selective Service Board
Grafton
Charleston
Clarence W. Meadows
Charles R. Fox
Fox
Burdett
Luxurious House of Prostitution Raided in NYC
Five women were arrested after a raid on a duplex near Fifth Avenue. The 13 East 65th Street apartment featured a bar, private elevator, mirrored walls, expensive antiques, oil paintings, and fine furniture. Police used wiretapping in a three week probe after complaints. no men were present during the raid.
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65Th Street
Regal
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