Republicans Must Go It Alone Says West Virginia Senator
Charleston August 14 West Virginia Republicans were urged that the Democratic party has disintegrated and Republicans must go it alone. Senator Cain R Washington said the collapse of the White House party makes Republicans fully responsible for national conduct for an indefinite period. He urged cost cuts and pledged to reduce government expense while noting per capita costs have risen.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Cain R-Wash
White House
Ngra
Iamagine B
Republican Congress
Republican Party
Food Shortages In Soviet Occupied Germany
Soviet controlled press admits serious food shortages in eastern Germany as 1948 harvests underperform. Neues Deutschland notes fat shortages despite Moscow’s promise to deliver 10 800 tons of fat to eastern Germany to bridge the supply gap. ADN cites Soviet military administration seeking to ensure foodstuffs.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Neues Deutschland
Socialist Unity Party
ADN
Une Rus
Legion State Convention Opens in Huntington Parade Day
Huntington hosts the Legion’s 30th annual convention with bands and drum corps from posts statewide. Miss West Virginia Jane Ellen Queen will ride in the opening parade at 2 p.m. Auxiliary members staged a preview last night as veterans met for morning sessions led by Commander W. R. Fugitt at 9 a.m.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Jane Ellen Queen
Veterans’ Organization
W. R. Fugitt
Legion
Steel Arrives Monday For Work At Reform School
Steel delivery set for Monday will allow full construction of two cottage dormitories at West Virginia Industrial School for Boys in Pruntytown. Superintendent Jesse E. Riley said Baker and Combs Construction began May 1 and will proceed once steel arrives. Foundations are done and completion is projected for the first of the year. Each new cottage will house 40 boys.
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West Virginia
Danube river control pact rejected by conference
Belgrade Yugoslavia Aug 14 Six to three vote rejected a U S amendment guaranteeing equality on the Danube as Western powers clash with Soviet backed provisions. Ambassador Cannon said the draft is shadow not substance and could let Russia dominate Europe’s inland waterway. The Danubian convention drafts a new pact as talks continue to Monday.
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Alex H. Singleton
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Danube River
United States
U.S
Cavendish Cannon
Russia
Europe
Danube
Cannon
U. S
Opening of YMCA Dancing Pavilion Next Tuesday
The YMCA unveils an outdoor dancing pavilion in the 800 block of Maple avenue with a 7 to 8 p.m. opening next Tuesday. Teenagers are expected, with a Dutch treat weiner roast, bonfire, and dancing. Harley Dunham, YMCA secretary, oversaw construction and a Ross Gerard donated the juke box. Adults are invited. the meeting will also decide how many nights weekly the pavilion will operate. Recreation facilities include tennis, badminton, horseshoe, croquet, basketball and dancing.
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Mundreds
Grafton
YMCA
Maple Avenue
Harley Dunham
Ross Gerard
Dunham
West Virginia GOP convention rails at state aid to veterans
At Charleston, Lt Po Jess Hammock of Huntington assailed the state government for failing to provide substantive help to veterans. He urged Republicans to push for lower taxes, improved benefits for the aged and indigent, and real construction rather than mere blueprints. The gathering, with leaders from 55 counties, opened at Charleston High School Auditorium with Robert B. McDougle presiding.
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Caarleston
Aug
Jess Hammock
Huntington
Hammock
Virginia
Chilgen
Roans
Charleston High School
Stae
Robert B. McDougle
Parkersburg
Austin V. Wood
Wheeling
Two Killed Four Hurt In Gas Cylinder Blast
In Bruceton near Pittsburgh, a gas cylinder explosion at the Bureau of Mines experimental laboratories killed two chemical engineers and injured four others. The blast shattered about 1600 panes of the glass front, while interior damage remained undetermined. The deceased were Sidney Weinstein and Robert Kallenberger, both Pittsburgh residents.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Bruceton
Here
H. P. Greenwald
Sidney Weinstein
Robert Kallenberger
Direct Palestine Peace Talks Between Arabs and Jews
Stockholm August 14 The Egyptian government notified Count Folke Bernadotte it rejected Israels proposal for direct Palestine peace talks between Arabs and Jews. Bernadotte said Jews had approached him with the idea and relayed it to Arab states at Israels request. He urged a six week truce to allow a peaceful settlement and hoped to present a UN report at the September General Assembly in Paris.
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Folke Bernadotte
Israel
Palestine
United Nations
Ind Bernadotte
Moshe Shertok
Security Council
Bernadotte
Egypt
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Red Cross
General Assembly of the United Nations
Paris
Septem
Koontz Keynotes Demmy Convention At Clarksburg
Democratic national committeeman Arthur B. Koontz keynoted the West Virginia Democratic state convention in Clarksburg. He urged Republicans to prove themselves worthy of victory, criticizing the GOP old guard while citing Hoover. Delegates planned to adopt a platform and select eight presidential electors.
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Lee Garrett
Clarksburg
Arthur B. Koontz
Koontz
Hoover
Judge Must Decide On Surgery For Baby With Rare Deformity
In Chicago a 22 month old girl Pamela Frances Lamphere with a bladder outside her body awaits a major operation that could extend life. Doctors give two to three years without surgery. Parents, estranged, ask Judge Walter R. O Malley to decide.
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Chicago
Pamela Frances Lamphere
New party cannot challenge Truman in Missouri home state
The states rights Democrats fail to qualify their presidential ticket in Missouri by the August 23 deadline. W. Austin Seay says ballot prospects are being explored in Kentucky and Colorado as Missouri remains unlikely to back Truman or Dewey. The Missouri rule requires 22,000 notarized signatures or a statewide convention naming electors.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Missouri
W. Austin Seay
Winona
Miss
Kentucky
Colorado
Seay
National
Jackson
Dewey
Taylor County Delegation Attends GOP Convention
Taylor and Grafton counties are well represented as about 30 Taylor countians join hundreds of Republicans at the state convention held all day in Charleston High School auditorium. Delegates traveled by car from the county with some leaving yesterday and returning tonight. The afternoon agenda included adopting the party platform and selecting presidential electors and talks by major candidates.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Charleston High School
Republican Party
Capitol
Blind mother with two sons seeks no alimony in Alameda
Betty June Crossett, 23, blind with two young sons, asked Superior Court Judge A J Woolsey for no alimony after divorcing husband Reginald, 28, who reportedly struck her and her seeing eye dog and drove near railroad crossings despite her fear. The couple, married 2.5 years, have an 18 month and a 3 month old.
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Alameda
Calif
Betty June Crossett
Superior Court
A. J. Woolsey
Woolsey
Reginald
Three's A Crowd- Court Told Of Bedshare Trio
In Elizabeth New Jersey a chancery court hearing heard Mrs. Lorraine K. Kopp accuse her husband Karl of sharing their California home bed with a young woman during a housing shortage. She said the plan was for a cot occupant while the couple slept in the bed. She objected but agreed to continue under the housing strain.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Chancery Court
Lorraine K. Kopp
Karl
California
Russian teacher granted protection after subpoena to testify
52 year old Oksana Kosenkina was placed under protective custody by the federal government after accepting a subpoena to testify before Congress. Detected in Roosevelt Hospital, the process involved House investigators and local police, with officials from federal and state agencies discussing possible actions.
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New York
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
United States
Amiel Wan
Roosevelt Hospital
Robert E. Striplin
Stripling
New York City
William Wheeler
William O's Dwyer
FHT
State Department
Flemington Station Agent Emmett Lee Roush Dies
Emmett Lee Roush Flemington station agent for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad died at City Hospital from a heart ailment aged 57. A prominent Flemington resident for 11 years he previously served 39 years as a station agent and was a former Cairo mayor and Democratic committee chair in Ritchie County. He was educated in Parkersburg Staunton Mt State College and Parkersburg. He is survived by his wife Lulu M Roush and his children Joseph and others. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Emmett —Lee
Flemington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
City Hospital
Roush
Ritchie County
Parkersburg
Staunton Military School
Staunton
Mt. State Business College
Park Roush
Racine
Ohio
Lulu
M, Roush
Joseph, Roush
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