Christian Church Names New Pastor for Grafton Charge
The First Church of Christ announced Reverend Hany M. Wilson will move from Vinson Memorial Church Huntington to Grafton to lead the local church. He plans to relocate his family in early September and officially assume duties September 15. Church authorities hailed him as a highly qualified minister active in community affairs.
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First Church of Christ, Here
Hany M. Wilson
Vinson Memorial Christian Church of
Huntington
Grafton
Christian Church
Danville Man Beatty Denies Molestation in Jail
Beatty, a 1943 Danville High School graduate, admitted to sheriff after being confronted by his mother and stepfather about the Nelson case. He described killing Nelson and faced reassurance from his mother. Nelson, an office worker at a glove factory and Lutheran church activist, had been dating Beatty.
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Beatty
Otf Nelson
Wayland
Miss Nelson
Danville High School
Nelson
Western Pennsylvania Mines See Supervisory Pact
Moreell negotiates a contract for 136 supervisory employees across four western Pennsylvania mines. By prior agreement, the United Clerical Technical and Supervisory Workers union is set to file a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board within 10 days. This dispute could reach the Supreme Court via a union complaint and NLRB ruling. Also cited are wartime sacrifices from December 7, 1941 to June 1, 1945 totaling 1,012,000 and motor vehicle accident toll during the period at 3,200,000.
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Tevuver Uit
Moreell
Western Pennsylvania
Lewis
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Workers
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Supreme Court
America
First Veteran Applies for Terminal Pay Here Today
James Roger Bloom the first local veteran to file for terminal furlough pay arrives on West Main Street. Navy World War II veteran. Service officer John Ford reports a sample order of blanks arrived and urges veterans to bring discharge certificates or copies to speed processing at the VFW post on Main Street.
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James Roger Bloom
West Main Street
John Ford
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ford
V. F. W. Club
Main Street
School Board Faces Vacancies and Calendar Dates
The board has not hired new teachers to fill vacancies left after the last meeting. Two resignations require replacements: Charles Smith, ex coach at Pennsboro High, and Park View principal Mrs. Evelyn Campbell George. Calendar plans include a September 3 teacher meeting and a May 30, 1947 school closing date. In Latrun, Britains stance on foreign armed forces is noted amid tensions. An anonymous call prompted a post office evacuation, but workers returned after about an hour.
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Rohrbaugh
Charles Smith
Exdzoach
Pennsboro High School
Smokey" Bolyard
Latrun
Britain
Mines continued from page one timing of benefit failures
Capt N H Collison deputy coal mines administrator states a survey of coal mining states shows both workmens compensation and occupational disease laws are elective in Colorado Georgia Indiana Missouri Nebraska New Mexico North Carolina Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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Coal Mines
Colorado
Georgia
Indiana
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Twin Apple Exhibit Baffles Citizens in Preston County
Little Danny Moore, a Sentinel carrier boy, shows a twin apple phenomenon on his grandfather’s farm five miles east of Fellowsville along U.S. Highway 50 in Preston County. Two distinct apples grow from a single central stem, clearly not merging.
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Danny Moore
Fellowsville
U.S. Highway 50
Preston County
Truman Returns Aboard Ship After Pause On Deck
The president rejoined the ship a few minutes after light time and walked the gangway at 6 15 a m with Capt James H Foskett naval aide and Clark Clifford special counsel following closely, continuing pare one.
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James H. Foskett
Clark Clifford
Calcutta Riots Toll Near 2000 as Disorder Ravages City
Amid violent clashes in Calcutta, Bengal officials say casualties exceed two thousand with unofficial counts near three thousand. Refugees flood rescue and police stations seeking safety while disease fears rise and bread prices surge as relief efforts struggle to remove corpses from torn streets.
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Bengal
Calcutta
Goss testifies on price ceilings before Price Control Board
Albert H. Goss, master of the National Grange, testifies in Washington opposing restoration of price ceilings. He specifically cites livestock, grain, dairy products, soybeans and cottonseed, with remarks dated August 21. The international context is noted.
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Albert
Goss
Price Decentrol Board
Washington
Discrimination Against Veterans In Terminal Pay
Randolph Bins, Republican official from Miryo County, denounces a New Deal bill that pays terminal leave to veterans in five-year bonds rather than cash. He argues the move inflates the economy and contrasts it with perceived government lending to foreign nations. He urges political change.
Arrest Woman In Death Of Husband Last Night
Prosecutor Richard Parsons said Lola Trent was arrested for questioning in the death of her husband Norman Trent, 43, found shot outside their Lex home. Deputy Fred Wollum said she told him neighbors heard a shotgun blast Sunday night and she fired back toward the source.
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Welch
API
Richard Parsons
Lola Trent
Norman Trent
Lex
Fred Wollum
Taecer
Trent
West Virginia county courts set 1946 47 budgets
Charleston West Virginia counties met in statutory sessions today across 58 counties to finalize the 1946 47 budget plans and allocations for county services and operations.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Hindus and Muslims Clash Over India Independence Plans
Disagreements between Hindu and Muslim groups erupt as plans for India’s independence fuel tensions. Leaders warn of possible clashes and call for calm while political factions negotiate a path forward.
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India
Pickets Continue Wage Dispute and Paper Allusion
The article notes ongoing pickets and a wage agreement as of page one. It reports the evening Telegram printed three pages including display ads, with no management comment on how. It mentions daily papers produced by photo-engraving after the strike began and identifies Benito Juarez as a full-blooded Zapotec Indian.
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Evening Telegram
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