U S Lodges Public Charge On Yugoslavs
The United States publicly charged that Yugoslav troops entered the allied zone around Trieste on July 12 and fired without provocation on American forces. The State Department released a note to the Yugoslav foreign office denying Yugoslavia's alleged distortion of evidence. It also rejected Yugoslav complaints about Allied Venezia Giulia administration and withheld comment on a missing American plane over Yugoslav territory between Austria and Italy.
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Washington
United States
Trieste
State Department
Yugoslavia
Venezia Giulia
Austria
Italy
Clarksburg Pub Seeks Court Ruling on Union Contract
Clarksburg Publishing Co seeks a declaratory judgment in Harrison county circuit court to affirm the validity and enforceability of its contract with the Typographical Union. The contract runs to June 30, 1947, with wage scale debates cited by union leader V Caveney. The company reports production by photo-engraving since August 11 amid ongoing strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Clarksburg Publishing Company
Harrison County
Typographical Union
Cecil B Highland
Evening Telegram
Caveney
International Typographical Union
Highland
Local People's Brother Injured In Auto Crash Near Mannington
Nathan Mendelson and Mrs. George Favish of Grafton report their brother Lewis Mendelson of Bellaire Ohio was seriously injured when his car ran off a road near Mannington and rolled down a hill several times. He is in Fairmont General Hospital with back injuries after being thrown from the vehicle. Mendelson, a World War II veteran, had been visiting at the Dawson Camp summer home on Wheat River before the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Mendelson
George Favish
Grafton
Lewis Mendelson
Bellaire
Ohio
Mannington
Fairmont General Hospital
Fairmont
Mendelson
Dawson Camp
Pavish
Wheat River
Men
Martinsburg Names Memorial Pool Fund Chairman
Martinsburg Mayor Paul H. Martin announced Garland L. Dunn, president of the Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce, will chair a committee to raise funds for a proposed city war memorial swimming pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Paul H. Martin
Garland L. Dunn
Mafeston to the Strand or Dixie at Strand Theatre
Sentinel invites Rufus Rogers of 269 High Street to attend tonight's presentation of Q. 8 8 starring Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald at the Strand Theatre or Renegades with Evelyn Keyes Willard and Larry Parks at the Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iutie Grafton . Sentinel
Rufus Rogers
High Street
Alan Ladd
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Strand Theatre
Evelyn Keyes
Willard ‘A
Larry Parks
Theatre
The
Grafton Sentinel
William F. Shaw
West Main Street
Costello
Cary Grant
Lane Big
Grafton
Wheeling Hazel Atlas Plant Resumes Work After Strike
In Wheeling the Hazel Atlas glass plant ends a seven week stoppage as 73 machinists vote to return to work. They sought an 18.5 cent hourly wage increase while the company had offered 12 cents, and terms of settlement were not disclosed by either side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Hazel Atlas Glass
International Association of Machinists
Blinded Black Veteran Receives $22,000 for Restaurant
Isaac Woodard Jr., a blinded veteran who says a South Carolina police officer blinded him, received $22,000 at Lewisohn Stadium. A benefit show with about 20,000 attendees raised the fund, with Joe Louis co chairing the committee and 50 entertainers performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Isaac Woodard, Jr
South Carolina
Woodward
Lewisohn Stadium
Entertainment World
Joe Louis
Polio Cases Rise in Pittsburgh Hospitals
Admission of a 16 year old Clairton boy to Municipal hospital over the weekend brings total infantile paralysis cases treated in Pittsburgh hospitals this year to 16.
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Pittsburgh
Municipal Hospital
Negro Ambush Suspects Sought After Smith County Shootout
In Magee Mississippi a large posse hunts a family of four suspected black assailants after an ambush that wounded Smith County Deputy Sheriff Glenn Hester and two others. The four brothers of the Albert Craft family were surrounded near Sullivan hollow about 15 miles south of Raleigh as state police and local officers pursue them.
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Magee
Miss
O. J. Biglane
Sullivan Hollow
Raleigh, Miss
Smith County
Raleigh
Bill Scroggins
Jack Ford
Ford
Glenn Hester
Hester
Airline Offers Reward for Missing Mail Sack
All American Aviation Inc offers a ten dollar reward for the finder of a missing sack of mail dropped from a pickup plane near Grafton on Friday. A local post office crew and Boy Scouts searched over the weekend for first class mail destined for Pittsburgh and the American West, but no trace was found. The area under search was north of the new City Hospital and west of Mt. Calvary cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All-American Aviation, Inc
Grafton Hilltop
Pittsburgh
West Coast
New City Hospital
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Operators Chafe But Government May Stay In Mines
Washington report notes 12 weeks of federal control over bituminous coal mines with little chance of exiting soon. Production remains up from last year, miners enjoy strong contract terms, and operators earn near pre seizure profits as prices rise under OPA rules. Court actions loom on broader seizure issue.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
Coal Mines Administration
OPA
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Pace
British Troops Tighten Cordons In Haifa After Transport Bombings
British troops sealed a strict cordon around Haifa as a turbulent week ends with illegal Jewish migrants trying to scuttle a Cyprus bound transport. The Empire Heywood and Fenice incidents prompted mass expulsions, tear gas, and two small bombs. authorities report no casualties amid a broader crackdown on unauthorized arrivals and a looming Palestine wide offensive.
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Carter L. Davidson
Haifa
Palestine
Cyprus
Holy Land
London
Europe
Empire Heywood
American plane fired on near Trieste feared attacked
An American Army transport flying near the Yugoslav border reported being under fire from anti-aircraft guns. The overdue Vienna to Udine flight carried five personnel and followed a prior incident when Yugoslav fighters reportedly fired at another transport along the same route. Both planes were part of the European transport service operating between Austria and Udine in the disputed Venezia Giulia area.
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Trieste
Marshal Tito
U. S
Vienna
Udine
Belgrade
Richard C. Patterson
SS Sation
U. S. Army
European Transport Service
Austria
Benezia Giulia
Italy
Yugoslavia
Naval Academy band leader trial at Annapolis
Former chief musician Donald Keeney testified in the Navy court martial of Lieutenant Sima accusing him of extortion and inefficiency. Keeney said Sima borrowed 75 dollars marked as paid for professional services after Keeney and others tuned pianos at the Naval Academy. The trial involves charges including perjury and violation of Navy regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Naval Academy
William R. Lima
Donald
Keeney
Navy
Sima
NAVAL
Hail Village Policeman As Hero Of Windstorm
Mankato Minnesota August 19 A village policeman Arthur Danks hailed as a cool headed hero who possibly saved many lives during tornadoes that struck Wells and another community Saturday night He ordered theater doors closed and told 400 patrons to stay seated as the tornado swept the main street rear theater section collapsed but no injuries were reported
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Mankato
Minn
Wells
Arthur Danks
Hit and Run Driver Injures Pruntytown Woman
State police from the Grafton detachment investigate a hit and run that struck Mrs. Lillian Dotson of Pruntytown as she returned from church about 8 30 last night. She sustained a fractured left leg below the hip and remains hospitalized after a major operation was planned. Witnesses described the fleeing car as it escaped detection.
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Grafton
Pruntytown
Lillian Dotson
Grafton City Hospital
T. W. Heironimus
Engineer Killed In Seaboard Airline Wreck
Norfolk report says Seaboard airplane railroad engine M N Kirkland killed and fireman M C Clark badly hurt when locomotive and four express cars derailed seven miles north of Hamlet North Carolina at 7 50 am. No passengers harmed. Derailment on double track followed sideswipe of northbound freight. freight crew unharmed.
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Norfolk
M. N. Kirkland
Seaboard Airline
Robert E. Lee
M. C. Clark
Hamlet
N. C
Charles H. Sauls
Recount Petition Filed After Doddridge GOP Race
Jack Webber, loser by one vote in the Doddridge county Republican House of Delegates nomination, filed a petition for a ballot recount in West Union. The move seeks to overturn the apparent close result in the contest.
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West
Union
Jack Webber
House of Delegates
Doddridge County
Truman Walks with Newsmen at Quonset Point
President Truman walked ashore at Quonset Point aboard the USS Williamsburg with aides and Secret Service in attendance, then lingered to read White House correspondence. He described an upcoming visit by Guy Gab Pasteur and Solicitor General J. Howard McGrath as a friendly call with no political significance.
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Quonset Point
R. I
Truman
Naval Air Station
White House
Uss
Williamsburg
James H. Foskett
Secret Service
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Expected Reaction To Truman Move Comes Up
Washington August 19. Rep Gossett Texas will reintroduce a bill calling for a 50 percent cut in all immigration quotas as a response to President Truman's plan to seek more European refugees admitted. Gossett said he has wide backing and noted a similar measure failed by two votes in the house immigration committee this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Rep. Gossett
Texas
Texan
House
Hershey to visit state selective service HQs in Charleston
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey national director of Selective Service was due in Charleston today for talks with Governor Meadows and state officials at the headquarters He planned to spend the night before continuing to Marietta where he would deliver an address, per state director Carleton C. Pierce.
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Charleston
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
State Selective Service Headquarters
Carleton C. Pierce
Hershey
Meadows
Marietta
Decontrol Board to Announce Decision Tuesday
The three member Price Decontrol Board is set to announce its ruling by 7 PM EST Tuesday on whether price ceilings should be restored for meats dairy products grain cottonseed soybeans and many derived items. If no action is taken by midnight ceilings revert across five commodity categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
OPA
Price Decontrol Board
Congress
Decontrol Board
Island search for victims of storm grounded scow
Air sea rescue units and private searchers comb Otter Island for two missing men after the grounded scow T and T capsized near Sullivan's Island during a pleasure cruise. Bodies of two 18 year old Charleston women were recovered. companions Jimmy Burmeter and Thomas Condon were last seen sailing Tuesday night.
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Charleston
8. C
Lonely Otter Island
Sullivan's Island
Peggy Burk
Betty Sturcken
Bert Thorney
Jimmy Burmeter
Thomas Condon
Myrtle Beach
Savannah
State's First Official State Fair Opens Today in Lewisburg
West Virginia's first official state fair opens in Lewisburg with a record number of livestock poultry and home canning exhibitors and expects large crowds daily for a week. Beef and dairy cattle compete for $8 000 in prizes along with drafts horses sheep swine and other livestock showing prizes. Harness racing runs five days with average prizes over $800 daily. 4 H livestock judging teams regional winners will qualify for national judging in Chicago. A 32 ride midway is on the grounds between Lewisburg and Ronceverte.
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Lewisburg
West Virginia
Greenbrier
Chicago
Ronceverte
Lake Strike Shows Up Internal Strife
Labor reporter Max Hall notes a CIO rift as seamen push to halt all Great Lakes freight by the coming Sunday. NMU leaders prepared to meet two employers from New York and Chicago to press for a 40 hour workweek.
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Max Hall
Associated Press
Detroit
CIO
Great Lakes
NMU
New York
Chicago
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Clarksburg Pub, CO
Inarrison
Strand
Dixie
Wheeling Hazel Atlas
PSOE
Albert Craft
POSSE
Venezia
Mrs, Dotson
Seaboard
Shelley Hart
Grand Hotel
Parkersburg
W. Va
W. H. Carter
Blomt
Donald Huth
Herrison Road
Hooghly
Soprsimaetae
Calcutta Fire Brigade
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