Nehru Named Head Of Interim Indian Government
London reports Jawaharlal Nehru was chosen to lead an interim government for India to take office September 2, with King George VI appointing the cabinet. The Moslem League opposes participation, threatening to hinder functioning as the assembly may not include their boycott. The lineup includes Patel Prasad Rajagopalachari Bose Ali Khan and Ram among others.
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London
Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
India
George VI
New Delhi Radio
George
Nehru
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Congress
Simla
Rajendra Prasad
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
Madras
Sarat Chandra Bose
John Matthal
Bombay
Sardar Baldev Singh
Asaf Ali
Sir Bharat Ahmed Khan
South Africa
Jagiivan Ram
Depressed Classes League
G. H
Relax Wheat And Grain Restrictions To Increase Bread
Washington reports relaxations lifting the wartime grain limits. Beginning September 1 millers may stop producing dark flour and revert to 72 percent extraction, freeing white flour for bakeries and groceries within two to three weeks. Brewers and distillers will gain production via eased rules.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Anderson
Milkman Spots Window Sign Then Finds Dead Man
George Allen, a Minersville milkman, saw a window sign reading call police dead at Morris Shangold’s house. Police found Shangold, who had applied for a marriage license at age 88 last June but never used it, dead with gas jets on. Deputy Coroner G Ryland Lord ruled death by own action.
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Pottsville, Pa
George Allen
Minersville
Morris Shangold
Allen
Shangold
G. Ryland Lord
Prosecution Ends Case Against Sima
The prosecution rested its case against Lt. William R. Sima Jr in a court martial on charges including perjury and extortion. Admiral Fitch testified that Sima admitted attending an all night party in a steward’s quarters with family members present. The trial details mention a party in February involving Sima, his wife Rebecca, his son, and others, as the investigation stemmed from the incident at the naval academy.
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Annapolis
William R. Sima, Jr
Aubrey W. Fitch
Naval Academy
Lima
Admiral Fitch
Academy
Walter W. Rollins
Sima
Rebecca
William R. Sima
Margaret
Agnes Ruth Thompson
Adral Fitch
Education Association Predicts Drastic Drop in Attendance
Charleston reports the West Virginia Education Association predicts fewer than 30 percent of first graders will complete 12 years of schooling. A survey cited by Sec. Reeder says about half of high school entrants graduate. Many counties plan September 2 openings despite Labor Day. 11 counties will start Monday. State Supt. Trent urges teachers and parents to cooperate to improve schooling and community spirit.
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Charleston
State Education Association
Phares Reeder
Clay
Fayette
Gilmer
Greenbrier
Jackson
Lincoln
Nicholas
Roane
Summers
Tucker
Webster
W. W. Trent
First State Fair Closes With Old Home Day Celebration
LEWISBURG Aug 24 The first West Virginia State Fair ended today with Old Home Day festivities. Governor Meadows and officials marked Governor's Day with a luncheon in Ronceverte as a Harrison county 4-H livestock judging team led by Pauline Chapman of Lost Creek topped the contest.
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Lewisburg
West Virginia
Greenbrier
Governor Meadows
Ronceverte
Harrison County
Pauline Chapman
Lost Creek
U S weighs Yugoslav ultimatum after plane downings
Undersecretary of State Acheson received a heavy file of Yugoslav reports as the 48 hour American ultimatum over the downing of two U S transport planes nears expiration. Officials would not state the exact expiry time while diplomats in Belgrade report Tito's compliance is being checked.
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Alex Singleton
Washington
Acheson
Yugoslavia
State Department
Associated Press
Belgrade
Richard C. Patterson
U. S
State Byrnes
Truman
Tito
All Set to File UNY Complaint Today
United States officials prepared a formal complaint against Yugoslavia to the United Nations Security Council, asking for action if Marshal Tito does not meet an implied deadline after two plane shooting incidents. Dean Acheson and Herschel V. Johnson led the diplomatic effort as Washington stayed ready to act.
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Charles A. Grumich
New York
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
Marshal Tito
U. S
Washington
Dean Acheson
Herschel V. Johnson
Security Council
Johnson
Acheson
U. N
Council
Belgrade
Hunt White Feud In Minto Shooting
Jackson Mississippi report cites Clarion Ledger suggesting the Sullivan’s Hollow gun battle wounded four white officers and a black man as part of a smoldering feud between white families. The article notes the possibility that white assailants fired on officers and a negro, shifting blame from racial lines.
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Hunt White
Minto
Potato yield from seed reported at Berkeley Springs
Reports from Berkeley Springs say farmer Ralph Beddow harvested 61 bushels of potatoes from 200 pounds of planted seed, an average of more than a peck per pound, announced today.
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Berkeley Springs
Ralph Beddow
Find Body Of Small Boy Missing 40 Days
Pittsburgh police identify badly decomposed body found in Penn township as nine year old Raymond Howe Jr missing forty days. Autopsy to determine cause of death. Body found by Harold Terry guided by a hunting dog in a brush patch.
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Pittsburgh
Penn Township
Harvey Scott
Raymond Howe, Jr
Scott Terry
Sterling Deputy Proposes Suicide Trigger In Milford Double Murder
In Sterling Colorado deputy coroner Robert M Jackson advances a theory that the Milford family deaths are a double murder with the father killing himself after the crime The 54 year old Charles Milford was found slumped in the family car the 50 year old Ethyl and 15 year old Ruth Milford were found slain in blood stained bedrooms The investigation continues as authorities reference the suspect page 8 for details
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Sterling
Colo
Robert M. Jackson
Charles D. Milford
Ethyl
Ruth
Milford
University Faces Housing Shortage Threatening Enrollments
West Virginia University at Morgantown fears a housing shortage may cap fall enrollment with 6,200 expected students, including 3,500 veterans. President Irvin Stewart disclosed to the Charleston Rotary Club that federal aid and campus groups would assist, but night classes may be required to address scarce classrooms and labs.
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Charleston
West Virginia University
Irvin Stewart
OPA Plans Tough Price Control Push for Meat and Markets
Price Administrator Paul Porter announced a sweeping new program to curb black market activity and enforce meat ceilings. He said enforcement would involve Justice, Agriculture and Treasury and warned against attempts to profit illegally. The plan aims to roll back meat prices without reviving illicit trading, with details due next week. shore remarks noted the likely resistance from producers fearing higher prices.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Paul Porter
OPA
Justice, Agriculture and Treasury Departments
Porter
Clarksburg Papers Resume Operation After Strike
Clarksburgs daily newspapers returned to regular format today after an amicable settlement ending a printer strike that began July 31 over wages. Terms remain undisclosed as 22 striking printers resumed work to publish this mornings Exponent.
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Clarksburg
Trieh Scin
Clarksburg Publishing Company
Clarksburg Typographical Union No. 372
Final Tax Notice Delinquent since July 1 1945
This final notice warns that July 1 1945 taxes are delinquent and lists plans to prepare delinquent property lists for sale. It urges the property owner to redeem the back taxes to avoid sale and added expenses.
Released Aviators Have Conference With Byrnes
Paris reports the pilot Capt. William Crombie of East Longmeadow Massachusetts and co pilot Lt. Bill L McNew of Atlanta Georgia met US Secretary of State James F Byrnes in a conference after being freed by Yugoslavs. Two Hungarians and five other Americans aboard the transport were interned for almost two weeks following a forced downing on August 9.
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Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
William Crombie
East Longmeadow
Mass
Bill L. McNew
Atlanta
Five American flyers buried with full honors in Belgrade
Five U S Army air transport crew members killed when their plane was shot down by Yugoslav fighters will be buried in Belgrade with full military honors. Capt Robert Crays piloted the craft, with Capt H F Lehrieber Capt B H Prestone Corporal L M Conko and Corporal C Jower named among the dead.
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Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
United States Army
Belgrade
Richard C. Patterson
Patterson
Marshal Tito
Robert H. Crays
B. H. Prestone
L. M. Conko
C. Jower
Revoke Quarantine On Rabies In Lewis County
The State Agriculture department announced the revocation of a rabies quarantine in Lewis county part of central West Virginia once menaced by rabid foxes. State veterinarian Dr. T. C. Green said there had been no recent cases and the revocation was requested by Lewis county officials led by President Ralph W. Lee and Sheriff W. E. Eskew.
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Charleston
State Agriculture Department
Lewis County
West Virginia
T. C. Green
Ralph W. Lee
W. E. Eskew
Producer George White Sentenced To Road Camp
George White 52 once famed for teatral scandals faced a year in the San Diego county jail road camp for killing a newlywed couple in a hit-and-run highway crash near San Diego. He was ordered to arrange affairs before reporting tomorrow noon after pleading guilty and paying a $600 fine.
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George White
San Diego County
San Diego
Calif
Here
John Holt
Tito accuses U S of deliberate reconnaissance over border
Belgrade Aug 44 Marshal Tito charged United States military authorities with deliberate aerial reconnaissance of Yugoslav dispositions along the Alpine border where five Americans died in the crash of a shot-down U S transport. Ambassador Patterson announced the five deaths and said they would be buried with full military honors in a U S cemetery near Belgrade.
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Belgrade
U. 8
Marshal Tito
Patterson
U. S
Ameri- Lee
George Palmer
United States
Richard C. Patterson
Bled
Ambassador Patterson
Robert.h. Crays
Rehash Aarons
Me ‘Conko
C. Poodle Patterson
Cornfield
Iat Hip
William Cromble
Raat
Senate Panels Move to Reopen Pearl Harbor Machinery Probe
The Senate war investigating committee votes to reopen a dormant inquiry into prewar Pearl Harbor construction. Senator Kilgore of West Virginia says the subcommittee will probe whether govt purchases and leases of machinery were overpriced or unsuitable for overseas projects. Tips allege machinery unfit for use was shipped abroad and left idle on docks.
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Senate
Pearl Harbor
Kilgore
DW. Va
Grafton Sentinel invites Harold J Werkley to theatre double bill
The Grafton Sentinel invites Harold J Werkley of 597 West Washington Street to attend tonight's presentation at the Grate von Theatre featuring Henry Aldrich's Little Secrat Juro de Cordova and Dorothy Lamour in a double bill presented by the theatre program.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Hallie Smith
West Main Street
Adventur
Greer Bccon
Clark Gable
Strand Theatre
Elite Chapman and Leem
Bob Steele
Big Double
Dixie ‘Theatre
Harold J. Werkley
West Washington Street
Henry Aldrich
Juro de Cordova
Dorothy Lamour
Gratevon Theatre
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Independent India
Education Association
Strand
Dixie
U. 9
Hastito
Yugo
UNY
U.S
88Th Infantry Division
Morgan Line
Turkey
Russia
FDWIN
Greenwald
Ankara
Aus
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Leon V. May
Schwabe-May
Melvin Newson
Taylor County
Miner
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