Savage Fighting Still Indecisive On All Fronts Roundup
Democratic State Senator Don J. Keldy faces GOP opposition in November after Monongalia County Republican Chaman E. Hamstead said the party will nominate a candidate. Wayne County recounts of ballots in the fifth district Democratic Senate race continued with 47 precincts counted daily. Billy Campbell gained 10 votes, trimming A. R. Winters lead. Cabell County recount to begin next Monday. Hartington Loyal Order of Moose lodge manager Sidney Drown was arrested in a raid for illegal sale and possession of whisky. A 60-year-old man in Anviltown died by suicide. Whitesville miner Lewis Kayinsky was killed in a mining incident at Truax-Tract Coal Co. Funeral home attendants reported the death. An illustrated booklet on West Virginia industry, prepared by the State Industrial and Publicity Commission, was distributed. Airmobile personnel from West Virginia trained for airborne duties. 140 reservists were kept from taking off from Fort Campbell.
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Associated Press
Don J. Keldy
Monongalia County
Marion
Cabell
Wintes
Hartington
Sidney Drown
Drown
House of Delegates
W. Arch Leap
Huntington
Whitesville
Lewis Kayinsky
War hero Paul recalls Korea posting delays worries family
Kel ter says the Sentinel interview reveals a war hero named Paul, whose family expresses pride yet deep concern. They hadn't heard from him in three or four months, awaiting confirmation after a wire story read to them by Margaret from Newcomerstown on a Saturday night.
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Kelter
the Sentinel
Korea
Srombin
Msggister
Margaret
Newcomerstown
Kelly
Hopeful wife and family cling to word general alive
In Berkeley Mrs William Dean travels from Tokyo hoping for news of her husband Major General William Dean missing in Korea. She plans to visit her children in Puerto Rico and at West Point, saying she would rush back to Japan if good news arrives. Nearby Charles Kelly of Bellaire speaks of his brother, a U.S. Army officer recently promoted to first lieutenant, with family members listed in Grafton and Bellaire.
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Charles Kelly
Haislipttreet
B&o
Japan
Soan
Bellaire
Ohio
Grafton
St. Augustine Tish
Robert Hession
Knottsville Road
Mary Lou
St. Augustine High Pol
George
Kathryn Brice
Howard
Margaret) Smith
Newcomerston
Curtis
Anna’ Haynes
Cleveland
Ronnie
Berkeley
California
William Dean
Tokyo
Private Virgil Breedlove Missing in Korea Casualty First for Grafton
The army reports 18 year old Private Virgil L Breedlove of Grafton has been missing in action in Korea since July 25. He was born May 6 1932 and attended Parkview and Grafton High. enlisted February 1 and trained at Fort Knox. The secretary of the army conveys deep regret and says further information will follow.
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Virgil L. Breedlove
Bertha Ashley
Addison. Street
Grafton
Korea
California
Far East
Breedlove
Parkview
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Ashley
the Army
Virgil L
Edward F. Witsell
North Korean orders troops to take all of South Korea in sixteen days
Field reports show American fighter planes strike at Korean Communist positions around Waegwan and Naktong river. Allied forces report heavy fighting from Waegwan to Taegu, with 3,000 Red troops crossing the Naktong by submerged bridges and several towns changed hands. A Red attack halted a U.S. offensive near Changnyong as casualties accumulate on both sides.
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South Korea
Waegwan
Naktong River
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Changnyong
Potang
U.S
Taegu
Changnyung
Naktong
Waegwat
Nirth
Naktong Line
Opportunity in Grafton business rental near Sentinel
The Sentinel plans to rent the neighboring building to a financially solid tenant for hotel, rooming house, restaurant, light manufacturing or other business. Painting and alterations can be arranged. Interested parties should write or call the Sentinel office.
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The
Sentinel
Sentinel Office
New Arrivals in Grafton and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs William Dale Watkins Route 8 Grafton welcomed a boy weighing six pounds eight ounces at Grafton City hospital on August 14 at 1159 pm A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Harold Stines Route 4 Town Tunnel Grafton City Hospital on August 14 at 847 am
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William Dale Watkins
Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Harold Stines
Tunnelton
Actress Joan Crawford Recovers From Appendicitis Surgery
Los Angeles reports indicate actress Joan Crawford is recovering after emergency appendectomy performed overnight at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. Medical officials say the operation went smoothly and she is listed in satisfactory condition.
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Los Angeles
Joan Crawford
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Reds Worry About Grafton's Kelly
On the Taegu front Lt. Paul Kelly is profiled in a United Press feature read by the Sentinel. The Pittsburgh AP office released the story through AP, with reporter Gene Symonds describing Kelly’s actions and the unit’s concerns as the fighting continues.
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Grafton
Kelly
Paul Kelly
United Press
Pittsburgh
Gene Symonds
Taegu
Kuyea
Senate Conferees Debate Mobilization Powers in Economic Bill
Senate Republicans held two conferences to shape a mobilization provisions bill. Ives of New York led a faction pushing broad economic controls while Taft of Ohio sought limits and congressional oversight. The plan grants Truman power to impose wage price controls and other production measures, with a Maybank amendment protecting meat margins to deter shortages and black markets.
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Associated Press
Senate
Iaving Ives
New York
Senfors
Ives
Ian
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Congress
Homer Capehart
Indiana
House
Truman
Burnet Maybank
South Carolina
Senate weighs super tax on high incomes in Georgia
Senate finance committee discusses a proposed January effective super tax on high incomes and excess corporate profits, aiming to ease固定 incomes while limiting burden on fixed earners. Republicans plan talks on home controls as Taft and Ives lead rival groups. Pepper subcommittee flags tighter wireless tapping laws amid 1947 Hughes case.
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Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Walter George
George
Senate Republicans
Trainmen and Chiefs Meet With Truman Advisor on Rail Strike
Washington notes the White House seeks to avert a nationwide rail strike as leaders of two major unions meet Presidential adviser John Steelman after a four hour session. Kennedy and Hughes say little progress was made and warn of possible wildcat actions if talks stall.
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White House
John Steelman
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood of Railroad Train- Men
R.C. Hughes
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Steelman
Kennedy
Gotte
Truman
SelZe
West Virginian Heroism Cited in Korea Death
West Virginian Private James H Jefferson of Pliny Putnam county received a Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for heroism in Korea General orders from the Eighth Army and the 24th Infantry Division say Jefferson was killed near Mingyong about 70 miles north of Taegu while voluntarily covering his platoon withdrawal during combat authorities report his actions were in the line of duty.
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U. SS. Eighth Army
Korea
James H. Jefferson
Pliny
Putnam County
Eighth Army
24Th Infantry Division
Jefferson Way
Mingyong
Taegu
Birth of Princess Elizabeth's daughter sparks London crowds
Crowds gathered at Clarence House as Princess Elizabeth gave birth at 6:50 a.m. EDT to a daughter who becomes third in line to the British throne. Queen Elizabeth attended, Prince Philip toasted the news, and King George VI was away on a Scotland grouse trip while celebrations began in London. The infant and mother were reported well.
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Elizabeth
Charles
Clarence House
Tee
Queen Elizabeth
King George the Sixth
Scotland
Prince Philip
George
Queth
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