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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1948

Page

2

UN Security Council to Meet Over Palestine Crisis Today

LAKE SUCCESS Aug 19 The United Nations Security Council orders an emergency session at 3 30 pm EST after a request from Count Folke Bernadotte mediator for prompt action. In Stockholm Bernadotte warns Jerusalem’s crisis may outpace demilitarization and urges a strong international force to enforce peace as Arabs accept disarmament in principle while Jews hesitate.

Max Harrelson Lake Success United Nations Security Counce Palestine Folke Bernadotte U- Mediator Arid Trace Stockholm United Nations Palestine Mediator Security Council Jerusalem Council Bernadotte Holy City

Adkins Denies Guilt In Death Of Woman

Verlin E. Adkins aged 26 of Huntington West Virginia pleaded in no contest to first degree murder in the death of Mrs Birdie Gillette 34 the victim found in a Rittman rooming house. He admitted finding the body and in his excitement scribbled a note claiming the killing before turning himself in.

Man posing as Whizzer White held on fraud charge in Huntington

Coroner resumed verdict in a Wayne County case while Gillette died of suffocation with no stated method. Prosecutor Critchfield said the matter will go before the county grand jury in September. In Huntington, Magistrate Kitchen said John Tony Jaros, 21, of Detroit, posed as the famed athlete Whizzer White and is jailed on a $000 bond awaiting grand jury action for obtaining money under false pretenses.

West Virginia Wayne County L. A. Adair Gillette Jack Critchfield Whizzer Huntington Harold Kitchen Whizzer White Kitchen John Tony Jaros Detroit

Boy Dies After Bike Struck On Bridge

Ronald G. Hall ten year old resident of Wharton was killed when a passing truck struck him on the head while he rode his bicycle on a bridge over Pond Ford of Little Coal River in Wharton.

Wharton Pond Ford Little Coal River Ronald G. Hall

New Deal Inquiry Hearings Move Behind Closed Doors

The House committee plans closed sessions with Watt, Pressman, and Abt, all former lawyers for New Deal agencies and later tied to CIO or Henry Wallace's Progressive Party. The discussion centers on anti communism and preservation of civil rights amid ongoing investigations.

United States Nixon Watt Pressman Abt Old Agricultural Adjustment Administration New Deal CIO

Hiss Chambers Hearings Move Ahead In Probe

Testimony tied three men to a Red underground cell in Washington. Hiss and Chambers face public hearings next Wednesday. Nixon delays lie detector test for Hiss and Chambers, citing procedural concerns. Local drowning death at a pond ends in official pronouncement. A boy born July 31, 1937, in Borgman Preston County is survived by many relatives. Havana tops global radio stations. utility wires vibrate with wind.

National Labor Relations Board Red Underground Washington Whittaker Chambers Chambers Time Magazine Hiss Witt Pressman Abt New Deal Aaa Nixon Son Leonard Keller Chicago C. R. McDuffie Tunnelton Richard Davis Kingwood David Troy Strawser Mary Ellen Strawser Lad Borg_man Preston County

You May Need More Room Later Colonial House Plan

This American Colonial house offers a five room layout with a first floor including a large living room with centered fireplace a dining room an efficient kitchen two rear bedrooms and a bath. The second floor remains unfinished awaiting future need to add two bedrooms and baths.

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