Marshall has no regrets at halt of our consulates
Secretary of State Marshall said the United States accepts Russia's order to close the American consulate in Vladivostok. He called the move regrettable but not serious, noting the Vladivostok post was limited in activity. Russia also closed the consulates in New York and San Francisco and cancelled a 1947 Leningrad reopening agreement.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Marshall
United States
Russia
Vladivostok
Pacific
Moscow
Leningrad
New York
San Francisco
Amtorg
Jacob M. Lomakin
Airmen Die in Okinawa Bound Superfortress Crash
Sixteen airmen were killed and four burned seriously when a B-29 crashed near Hickam Field Hawaii after taking off from Barber's Point for Okinawa. The aircraft, from the Spokane based 98th Bomber Group, lost one engine after liftoff and failed to reach the Municipal airport, plunging in the vicinity.
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Hickam Field
Hawaii
Barber's Point
98Th
Spokane
NO RELIEF FROM HOT WEATHER IN GRAFTON COUNTY
Sweltering heat gripped Graftonia with forecasts predicting temperatures near 99 before today ends. Blueville federal station logged 86 at noon, while observers warned it would rise further. Yesterday reached 89 with dry heat persisting all week as rains ceased. NO RELIEF page 8
YMCA Board Directors Plan Fall Program Meeting
The YMCA board of directors will convene Monday night August 30 at 7 30 p m to plan the new fall program. All board members are urged to attend as it will be one of the season s most important sessions.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Ymca Board of Directors
Rankin Wins Fifteenth Term In Democratic Primary
Mississippi veteran John E Rankin wins the Democratic primary securing his 15th term in Congress. Rankin, longtime House Un American Activities Committee member and staunch anti Communist, calls defeat by opponents the best news Stalin ever hears. New York and South Carolina also select renomination candidates.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
John E. Rankin
Congress
Ysterday
Rankin
House Committee On unAmerican
Joe’ Stalin
New York
South Carolina
House
Daniel A
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
John Rankin
Churches Seek Ways to Ease East West Conflict at Assembly
At the Amsterdam assembly delegates discuss how to address East West tensions, aiming for peace and practical church action. Key figures consider the Berlin crisis, with groups focusing on international disorder and the fast west confrontation as they seek a unified stance.
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Berlin
Henry Pitney van Dusen
Faculty of Union Theological Semininary
Mew York
Assembly
John Foster Dulles
United States
See
British widow jailed after hotel robbery bid ends in death
A 22 year old British woman, Jean Kenyon Lincoln of Sussex, England, remains jailed on robbery and attempted robbery charges after her husband Edward Allen Lincoln was killed in the Whitestone Hotel holdup. Lincoln, a 26 year old from Fort Collins, Colorado, said they robbed to raise funds to return home. A coroner's jury deemed the hotel manager Douglas Farr’s shooting justifiable homicide.
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Washington
Knlee
Jean Kenyon Lincoln
Sussex
England
Edward Allen Lincoln
Fort Collins
Colo
Lincoln
Douglas Farr
Whitestone Hotel
Cox couple charged with cruelty to children in Atlanta
In Fulton County, a father and stepmother, William S. Cox and wife, were bound over on cruelty to children charges after allegedly forcing two youngsters to weed from 7 AM to 6 PM with no drink. Juvenile Judge W W Woolfolk set bond at 500 dollars and took custody of Martha, Ann, Z., and the nine year old brother, to appear in court.
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Atlanta
W. W. Woolfolk
Williams. Cox
Fulton
Martha
Ann
Donsee
Harvest of Values promotion planned by county merchants
A city wide Harvest of Values campaign will be staged by Grafton merchants in late September for three days. Local businessmen at the Taylor County Board of Trade meeting formalized plans inviting restaurants grocers and general merchants to participate. Circulars will advertise the large discounts with thousands to be distributed in Taylor county and surrounding areas. Claude Ebert chairs the promotion committee with other trade leaders assisting.
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Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trade
Taylor County
Claude Ebert
Board of Trade
Nine Die As C-17 Collides With B-25 In Air
Nine airmen die when a C-47 transport collides with a B-25 over New Jersey. The C-47 crashes near Newton as the B-25 crew returns to Stewart Field. The collision occurs at about 7000 feet after the transport emerges from a cloud bank and the B-25 reports a slight jolt.
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Newton
N. J
New Jersey
Stewartfield
Aualus
No Registration Delayed Until Local Draft Board Ready
Brigadier General Charles R. Fox says Taylor and Barbour counties may get a draft holiday until a local draft board is established. He reports difficulty finding a chairman for the peacetime board after John K. Burdett declined. Offices open elsewhere Monday with full clerks and registration set to begin, but no local work can start without a chairman and board headquarters in Grafton.
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Charles R. Fox
Taylor and Barbour County
Gen. Fox
B. C. Ross
Flemington
Billie Hollen
Philippi
Grafton
Shootings and Cabinet Changes Circulate in Mexico City
In Mexico City, rumors swirl about possible shootings and cabinet resignations tied to peso devaluation. Officials dismiss violence claims, while Aleman supporters post "don't whisper" notices to curb gossip as the president nears two years in office.
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John Evans
Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
Aleman
Look Out Cops Look Out Here Comes The Wild Man
In Spencer Roane County deputies tried to stop a fleeing driver who mounted a roving pursuit on the highway. Deputy Ross Adams and two officers reported the suspect forcing the police car off the road as the chase continued through the night.
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Spencer
Roane County
Ross Adams
Adams
See Lookout
Truman Revokes Lomakin Credentials Amid Navy Yard Scene
YORKTOWN VA August 23 President Truman canceled the credentials of Soviet consul General Jacob Lomakin. The action was announced by presidential secretary Charley G. Ross as the Williamsburg docked at the nearby navy mine depot. The president also noted the National Security Resources Board recommends continuing voluntary allocations of petroleum and steel.
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Yorktown
Truman
Whr
Jacob Lomakin
Trumn
Charley G. Ross
Waite House
Williamsburg
Navy Mine
National Security Resources Board
Shootings Heighten Tensions Across German Zones
Berlin and Bavarian authorities report new shooting incidents amid wartime tensions. A Russian uniform shooter wounded a German woman at a Berlin boundary between the Western and Soviet zones. In Fuerth Amsberg near Coburg a German agent of the American Army, described as having many aliases, was killed after entering the Russian zone to obtain information material. The situation adds to unrest as authorities withheld full details. Dr. Oren C. Post, 64, a Buckhannon dentist and longtime country club president, died of a heart attack yesterday at his home.
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Richard K. O'Malley
Berlin
Zional
Germany
Western Berlin
Fuerth Amsberg
Coburg
Thuringia
U. S. Army
Buckhannon
Oren C. Post
Post
Buckhannon Country Club
Typographical Union Contempt Petition in Proceedings
The NLRB General Counsel asked that the International Typographical Union be held in contempt of court for pressing closed shop contracts despite a five month old injunction. The petition targets ITU officers for disobedience and disregard of the Swygert injunction issued March 27 in Indianapolis. It seeks to halt AFL union support and strike benefits to Chicago and Hammond printers on strike since November 24, with the ITU already removed from local operations using a photo engraving process.
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Harold W. Ward Waskington
Nlrb General Counsel
International Typographical Union
ITU
National Sector Relations Board
Luther M. Swygert
Indianapolis
Robert N. Denham
AFL Unio
Chicago
Hammond
Ind
International Union
Swygert
See Ask
Two City Patrolmen Off Duty One In Hospital
The city police force is short two officers this week with Patrolman Hugh R. Woodford on vacation and Patrolman Lonnie Moran a patient at City hospital. Woodford began a nine day vacation Sunday and plans to visit relatives near Belington. Moran recently had major surgery and remains in serious condition. Woodford acted as police chief during Chief Joe Mask’s vacation last week.
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Hugh R. Woodford
Lonnie Moran
City Hospital
Mr. Woodford
Belington
Moran
Woodford
Joe Mask
Truman Sees Slim Chance Of Taft Hartley Repeal
Washington, Aug. 25 Republicans argued President Truman faces a congressional wall as he campaigns on Labor Day for repeal of the Taft Hartley Act. Analysts say without a November landslide he cannot overturn last year's majorities, needing 27 of 33 Senate seats and a similar House shift to repeal. Senator Hickenlooper expressed doubt any swing is likely.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Detroit
Congress
Senate
House
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hiss and Chambers Clash at Spy Hearings
In Washington on August 25 Alger Hiss publicly admitted knowing Whitaker Chambers under the alias George Crosley. Hiss said he last saw Chambers in 1938 while Chambers testified he last saw Hiss in 1935, both under oath facing perjury risk as hundreds watch in the House office building.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Congressional
Chambers
Hiss
Crab
Crosey
Robert E. Stripling
Mr. Chambers
Stripling
Mr. Hiss
George Crosley
Thomas
Coucus
Old House
Two Local Men Held In Theft Case
Two Grafton men were fined and given jail sentences in May on charges they stole bolts nuts pipes and washers from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. William Wilson 35 of Barret street received 20 dollars fine and 20 days in Taylor county Jail. If unpaid, total 30 days. William Barker 28 of Graf ton was fined 15 dollars and 10 days or 20 days if the fine is unpaid. Bartlett of Pittsburgh Pa dies at home after months illness in Simp son area.
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Grafton
C. Jeffers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Joe N. Skillmore
Alfred
William Wilson
Barret Street
Taylor County
Jefferys
William Barker
Me ‘Wilson
Skidsee Two
Dixie Theatre Presents Speed To Spare With Arlen and Rogers
The Grafton Sentinel invites W. R. ZICKLEFOOSE of 109 Beech Street to attend the current Dixie Theatre attraction tonight, Speed To Spare, featuring Richard Arlen and Jean Rogers.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
W. R. Zicklefoose
Beech Street
Dixie Theatre
Speed
Richard Arlen
Jean Rogers
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Sally" Gillars
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