State dept promises asylum for two Soviet teachers
Aug 13 Washington The state department promised asylum for two Soviet school teachers amid congressionally triggered spy investigations. It denied Moscow claims of U S involvement in kidnapping and rejected a Moscow radio report that Lovett promised FBI interview details. Officials stressed individual rights and clarified Lamarine had sought FBI interview.
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Washington
State Department
Department
United States
Molotov
Walter Bedell Smith
Michael J. McDermott
Moscow Radio
Robert A. Lovett
Michael Ivanovitch Lamarine
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McDermott
Smith
Lovett
Lamarine
FBI
Samarine
Oksana Stephanovna Kosenkini
U. 8
Wikk Otte
Drowning Victim Searched Near Valley Falls Amid Dam Curtailment
Water flow from Grafton dam was cut at 9 a.m. today to ease swift currents at Valley Falls as searchers look for Doris Tennant Wilson of Bellview Fairmont drowned Tuesday. Joseph Powell aided by W J Combs closed a valve at the dam and marshaled volunteers including Deputy A E Lockard William Deligatti William Talevinski and Bob Kestner. Mrs Ruby Ward and John W Fisher may be questioned today to help locate the body. A renewed search by Taylor and Marion counties continues.
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Grafton Dam
Valley Falls
Doris Tennant Wilson
Bellview
Fairmont
W. J. Combs
Joseph W. Powell
Mr. Powell
A. E. Lockard
Pairmont
William Deligatti
William Talevinski
Bob Kestner
Republicans seize on Truman red hunt clash
Washington August 13 Republicans press the issue in the congressional hunt for Communists. President Truman calls the probes a red herring, prompting Dewey aides and Brownell to call the President’s stance shocking and the inquiry intensely watched. Rep Mundt dares the President to respond, signaling a sharpened political clash.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Senate
House
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Rep
Mundt
R.S. D
UN American Activities Committee
Currie Denies Ties to Communist Spy Ring
Lauchlin Currie former Roosevelt aide told the House committee he had no connection to a Communist spy ring. He called Elizabeth Bentley testimony hearsay three times removed and insisted he has never been a Communist or affiliated with any group supporting communism. The hearing unfolded amid Moscow linked tensions and a separate incident involving Russian teachers missing a ship home.
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Washington
Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
House
American Activities Committee
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
Curtie
United States
Currie
Communist Party
New York
House Committee
Will Permit Export Of Canadian Beef To U S A
Ottawa announces lifting of Canadian beef export controls effective next Monday. Relaxation covers beef cattle calves veal dressed meats canned products and meat pastes enabling US market access and increased Canadian supply while risking a rise in Canadian retail beef prices by up to 20 to 30 percent.
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Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
United States
Canada
Russians Evacuate Berlin Command Building
Russian forces remove flag from the Allied Kommandatura building in Berlin signaling the division of the city. They withdrew July 7 from the four power administration, stating the Kommandatura no longer exists.
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George Bria
Berlin
Kommandatura
Two Hospitalized After Minor Mishap At China Pottery
Two employees of the Carr China company were hospitalized yesterday afternoon for minor injuries after a freak accident at the plant around 1 p.m. The injured are Mrs. Mary McIntosh, 25, of Graf ton Route 1, listed in much improved condition at City Hospital and Mrs. Mildred Erwin of this city, listed in very good condition at Myer's Clinic. McIntosh was expected to be discharged late today per hospital staff. Both women were described as See TWO page 5.
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Carr Chi- Na Company
Mary McIntosh
Route 1
Grafton
City Hospital
Mildred Erwin
Myer's Clinic
McIntosh
Change Time For Re Burial Tomorrow
The re burial time for Pvt. Charles E. Reed World War II hero has shifted from 11 a m to 1 30 p m tomorrow to follow services at Bartlett Funeral Home Rev T James Boshell will officiate Friends may call at the funeral home Reed's body arrived here last night from Italy where he died in April 1944
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National Cemetery
Charles E. Reed
Italy
Bartlett Funeral Home
T. James Boshell
Pvt
Reed
Grafton
Republican Vanguard In Charleston Today
West Virginia politics dominates as Republicans gather in Charleston for the state convention. State chairman Robert B. McDougle outlines plans with Sen Chapman Revercomb, Gov candidate Herbert Boreman, and Walter Hallanan slated to attend. Harry Cain to deliver keynote with Jess Hammack leading the morning session.
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Charleston
Robert B. McDougle
Parkersburg
Chapman Revercomb
Herbert S. Boreman
Walter S. Hallanan
State Supreme Court
Haymond Maxwell
Summer Temperatures Again Recorded Here
Graftonians cooled briefly after heat rose to 84 degrees following days in the 70s. Last night fell to 57 and by noon today had risen to 79. A forecast called for continued warmth in the area tomorrow.
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Graftonians
B-29 Crash Kills Twelve Crewmen in Roswell
The Roswell Record reports a B-29 Superfortress crash last night killed twelve crewmen and left eight injured in Roswell New Mexico. Authorities continued to assess the scene and cause as details emerged from the military aviation incident.
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Roswell
N. M
Roswell_Record
Poison tests continue as Huntington man held in Gillette death
Verlin E. Adkins, 26, was held in Wooster, Ohio as stomach poison tests on Mrs. Birdie Gillette proceed at Cleveland. Wayne county coroner L A Adair kept verdict pending the Cuyahoga laboratory results. Adkins, extradited from Huntington West Virginia on a first degree murder charge, denied the killing and faces possible charges depending on test outcomes.
Russians Use Cader of Schoolteachers to Jam Berlin Talk
American Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith denied to Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov that the United States is involved in illegal action regarding Soviet teachers in New York. Smith promised a full public investigation into the cases of Michael Ivanovitch Samarine and his wife and Mrs. Oksana S. Kosenkina, who jumped from a New York Soviet consulate window. The protest, Molotov's third, raises new tensions amid Berlin talks and could strain Soviet‑American relations.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Molotov
United States
New York
State Department
Smith
Foreign Office
Michael Ivanovitch Samarine
Oksana S. Kosenkina
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Robert A. Lovett
Samarine
Kosenkina
Marshall
COLUMBUS 97 Cars Derailed In Early Morning Freight
Seven cars of a Columbus to Baltimore and Ohio quick dispatch freight derailed at 1 15 a m one mile east of Newburg causing likely damage to perishable cargo. No injuries reported though track No 1 was blocked while No 4 remained open and traffic continued. Wreck crews from Grafton rushed to the scene to restore the track.
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Columsbus
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Newburg
Monongah Division
Cumberland
Grafton
Columbus
State Girl Beside Highway Near Baltimore
Havre de Grace Md Aug 13 A young woman Lucy Field Leppo 23 of Baltimore who had been in a coma at Harford Memorial Hospital since she was found severely injured beside a highway Monday morning is identified by her husband Lloyd M Leppo a brewery worker He says she left home Sunday evening with a girl named Frances to visit relatives at Huntington West Virginia Police continue to investigate the case with the fragmentary report pointing to a possible missing companion and motive remains unclear.
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Havre DE Grace
Aus
Harford Memorial Hospital
Lucy Field Leppo
Baltimore
Lloyd M. Leppo
Frances
Huntington
W. Va
Leppo
Playful Little Devil That Bolt Of Lightning
Audubon New Jersey reports a bolt of lightning bounced between hospital floors yesterday injuring none. It struck a second floor window then glanced to a first floor diet kitchen, upset a pot of soup, knocked a spoon from a stirrer, and shattered the second floor window. Fire Marshal Edward Hull found the charge likely grounded by a metal fire escape and deemed the hospital safe after inspection.
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Audubon
N.J
Ausdubon Hospital
Edward Hull
Legion Gathering Gets Going Today
Huntington hosts the 30th annual American Legion state convention with several thousand delegates arriving for the first general assembly. Activities begin with a parade by Elkins and a fun parade by the forty and eight society, while officials discuss veterans affairs led by W. R. Fugitt and speakers including A. L. Kouns and Lt. Col. George H. Rochman.
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Huntington
American Legion
Elkins
Forty and Eight Society
W. R. Fugitt
Beckley
Veterans Affairs
Veterans Administration
H. R. Hooks
A. L. Kouns
GI Loans
George H. Rochman
Chas. R. Fox
Two Fatal Mine Accidents Reported in West Virginia
In Morgantown Kenneth R. Cole a 33 year old was crushed to death between a mine car and a wall at the Bunker Mine of the Davis Wilson Coal Company on Scotts Run in the state s first fatal accident in 12 years. In Quinwood Leo Boone Metz a 39 year old of Carl was killed accidentally in the No 2 mine of the Imperial Smokeless Coal company.
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Morgantown
Kenneth R. Cole
Davis Wilson Coal Company
Scotts Run
Quinwood
Leo Boone Metz
Carl
Imperial Smokeless Coal Company
Extended West Virginia Weather Forecast Aug Fourteen to Eighteen
Temperatures will average near normal with moderate weekend heat. A warm spell builds Monday then cools by Wednesday. Scattered showers Monday and Tuesday bring total rainfall of about one quarter to one half inch.
Woman refuses move to another hospital after leap
Mrs Oksana Kosenkina rejects Soviet vice consul Chepurnykh suggestion to transfer her from Roosevelt Hospital following a three story jump from the Soviet consulate building. Police guarded the room as detectives and officials attempted to arrange a consulate visit while she refused contact.
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New York
Oksana
Kosenkina
Zot I. Chepurnykh
Hosnital
William’ Dyczko
Joseph H. Cohen longtime Grafton merchant dies in Clarksburg
Joseph H. Cohen aged later years died at his Clarksburg home at 416 Washington Avenue yesterday after a paralytic stroke. He had been in failing health for weeks and was a prominent businessman in Grafton in the postwar era, operating two stores after World War I, one at the present V F W Club site and another at what is now Mt State Bee.
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V. F. W. Club
Mt. State
Joseph H. Page
Laying Of New Rail Lines Into Elk District Coal Fields Progresses Well
Construction on the Baltimore and Ohio expansion in Barbour county’s Elk and Union coal districts advances with two miles of track laid by A. B. Wikstrom Inc. of Skaneateles New York and two steel bridges set near State Route 67. Bridges lie about one and a half miles apart in the Elk area.
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Elk District
Baltimore and Ohio
Elk and Union
Barbour County
Wikstrom, Inc
Skaneateles, N
Elk
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