Grafton men questioned then released in Frostburg safecrack case
Two Grafton men Lewis Bruto and John Lines were held for a few days by Maryland state police in Cumberland for questioning over safes cracked at Frostburg Elks and Moose lodges with about $4,000 stolen. They were released yesterday as investigations continued.
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Grafton
Maryland
Cumberland
Frostburg Lodge
Glen D. Folk
Allegheny County
Lewis Richard Bruto
Wilford Street
John Thomas Lines
Route 1
The
Sentinel
Bruto
Cumberland Race Track
Cumberland Hotel
Frostburg
Elks and Moose Homes
West Virginia
Keyser American Legion
Release notices name Cpl Dahlgren after forced Yugoslav crash
Released by Tito is Cpl. Robert L. Dahlgren 19 of Cicero Illinois. The GI was aboard the American transport plane forced down on August at Ljubljana Yugoslavia.
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Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Cpl
Robert L. Dahlgren
Cicero
Illinois
Ljubljana
International Soundphoto
Fling Harsh Charge In Charter Election
Charleston voters cast ballots at 94 precincts amid a bitter city charter campaign. John J. D. Preston accused the opposition of planning to steal the election, while Mayor D. Boone Dawson dismissed the charge as publicity stunt. A. Lilly and others commented on the dispute.
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Charleston
Theatre ticket present for Strand and Dixie showings
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Hallie Smith of 515 West Main Street to attend tonight's Strand Theatre presentation Adventure starring Greer Garson and Clark Gable or The Walls Came Tumbling Down starring Marguerite Chapman and Lee Bowman at the Dixie Theatre and Ambush Trail feature.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Hallie Smith
West Main Street
Greer Garson
Clark Gable
Strand Theatre
Marguerite Chapman
Lee Bowman
Dixie Theatre
Harold J. Weekley
West
Washington Street
Henry Aldrich
Jimmy Lydop
Arturo de Cordova
Mour
Uae
Pealeton Theatre
Martinsburg Hospital May Reopen Plans Told
The Newton D. Baker general hospital in Martinsburg, a former army facility, is frozen by the Veterans Administration awaiting federal board approval before moving to reopen the $5,000,000 installation. The Huntington West Virginia office released the statement.
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Martinsburg
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Veterans Administration
Huntington W. Va
Veteran Administration
Federal Board of Hospitalization
John Knight Gets New Assistant At Bethany
WHEELING Aug 27 The appointment of Don L Phillips of Maywood Ill former assistant coach at Purdue University as football coach of Bethany College was announced today Phillips will take over duties in a dual capacity with athletic director John J Knight giving his attention to basketball baseball and an enlarged athletics program at the century old college
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Wheeling
Don L. Phillips
Maywood
Ill
Purdue University
Bethany College
Phillips
John J. Knight
Still More Plants Try to Escape OPA
Washington August 27. Industry rush to escape OPA ceilings gains momentum as John Bulkley head of the price agency decontrol division reports nearly 1000 inquiries and about 300 informal applications from manufacturers. No formal petitions yet due to required data steps and two weeks notice to industry advisory committees. OPA meanwhile lifts price lids on canned and frozen condensed goods.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
OPA
John Bulkley
Price Agency
Hollywood Plots Are Child's Play Beside Testimony Of Russian Intrigue
George Bugs Moran, rival of Al Capone, failed to convince a jury in Dayton that he lived as a respectable Kentucky oil man. Moran and two accomplices were convicted of tavern robbery and face 10 to 25 years in Ohio State penitentiary. In Henderson he claimed a quiet, circumspect life while Chicago’s gang wars raged. Gen Georgorie Semenov, the white bandit of Siberia, testified in Moscow on a 30 year anti Bolshevik Russian plot with Japanese aid, detailing revolutionary schemes and assassination plans against Lenin during his trial.
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Dayton
George
Bugs) Moran
al Capone
Chicago
Kentucky
Moran
Ohio State Penitentiary
Bugs
Henderson, Ky
Rembert James
Moscow
Orient
Ussr
Soviet Union
Siberia
Georgorie Semenov
Lenin
Hollywood
Police aim to forestall crime not arrest record says Burchett
Charleston August 27 The state police superintendent W E Burchett told a conference of department personnel that the fundamental aim of a police force should be to secure law compliance and prevent crime rather than build a record of arrests. He noted statutes grant latitude in enforcement but impose limits to protect rights and property. He described three main conference purposes.
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Charleston
Vutun
W. BE. Burchett
Col. Burchett
Burchett
Government raid targets vast automobile black market hub
In Leesville Ohio July 27 authorities arrested six men in a sweep by OPA agents aiming to disrupt a $75 million automobile black market spanning 14 states. U S District Attorney Claude N Sapp said prosecutions would be vigorous and that arrests would have a salutary effect on similar markets. Suspects held under $2,500 bond face up to $5,000 fines and a year in prison. agents had posed as dealers and bought five cars at an open air market.
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Leesville
8. C
OPA
U. S
Claude N. Sapp
Markets Glutted With Cattle Run
Packed cattle runs flood Chicago markets as packers push to beat upcoming OPA price ceilings. Norman Draper of the American Meat Institute fears mass slaughter of cattle that should stay on farms, warning of a winter famine. Observers note lightweight hogs and cattle entering markets ahead of deadlines.
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William Ferris
Chicago
OPA
Norman Draper
American Meat Institute
U S Ships to Visit Greek Ports in Courtesy Cruise
U S warships headed by the aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt and the cruiser Little Rock will call at Piraeus from September 6 to 9 in a courtesy visit amid Mediterranean training. Two destroyers will also visit Salonika, with possible calls to additional Med ports under consideration.
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Washington
U. S
Navy
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Little Rock
Piraeus
Athens
Salonika
Moscow
United States
London
GE UP HOPE OF DIS FLIER
Belgrade August 27 The U S Graves registration officers said evidence shows all five crewmen of the shot down American transport plane died in the crash on August 19 They found four left feet and part of another left foot indicating the loss of life with no survivors.
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George Palmer
Belgrade
U. S. Graves Registration Commission
Will Select New Wesleyan Proxy At Friday Meeting
PARKERSBURG Aug 27 Trustees of West Virginia Wesleyan College will meet Friday to choose a new president after the death of Dr. James Warren Broyles. Clyde Law of Wheeling, board president, to preside, other details remain official. Meanwhile Beverly Hills Calif Mrs Nigel Bruce, wife of actor Bruce, announced daughter Pauline 23 will wed Geoffrey Page 26 RAF squadron leader and Battle of Britain veteran who shot down 15 German planes. The Pages and Bruces have long been friends. the couple met in New York City where Page is aide to Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy Garrod.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia Wesleyan College
James Warren Broyles
Clyde
Law of Wheeling
Beverly Hills
Calif
Parkersburn
Nigel Bruce
First Methodist Church
Rec
Tor
John L. Wolfe
Pauline
August Weather Still Chilly Here At Front Dam
Weather shows a cold day with 76 degrees at 1 30 pm rising from 45 degrees at 7 am and peaking near 85 degrees around 3 pm. Dam engineers report a reservoir level at 1072.10 with one valve half open, contributing to the unusual temperature swing and gradual decline by evening.
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Fron
Wheatley convicted under Kidnap Act in WV to Ohio case
Rich ard Lawrence Wheatley, 52, was found guilty of violating the national kidnap act by forcing Denzil Wilson to transport him by car from Newell West Virginia to East Liverpool Ohio. He received a two and a half year prison term from Federal Judge Harry Watkins yesterday.
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Elkins
Richard Lawrence
Wheatley
Denzil ‘Wilson
Newell
W. Va
East Liverpool
Harry Watkins
Glenville State Sees New Record Enrollment
Glenville State college reports a record enrollment around 600 as it seeks four new faculty to fill resignations. Among the departures is Dr. John C. Shreve, head of the education department since 1935, leaving to become a high school principal at Churchville, Virginia.
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Glenville
Glenville State College
John C. Shreve
Churchville
V. Staunton
Testifies freedom promised for return of jewels
Frankfurter report says WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant testified she was promised freedom if she helped the Army recover 1.5 million dollars in royal jewels stolen from Kronberg castle. She described alleged coercive, non voluntary confessions and detailed arrest and questioning by Col Ralph Pierce and a criminologist. Col Jack W. Durant also faces trial.
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Frankfurt
Germany
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durant
Kronberg Castle
Countess of Hessen
Jack W. Durant
Chicago
Patterson
Eisenhower
Washington
Phoenix
Ariz
See
Former Cumberland Woman Commits Death by Own Action
Arlington dispatch reports Mrs. Doris Elizabeth English aged 37 and her three year old daughter Roberta died in a gas filled room of their Cumberland apartment. Neighbors recall Mrs. English, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Smith of Cumberland, had lived there over four years. Her husband is Captain Robert A English now in England.
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Arlington, Va
Doris Elizabeth English
England
Roberta
Plenty coal cars now Fairmont rail state update
At Fairmont on August 27 a rail line report indicates nearly all coal cars are in use. Officials note strong demand and steady shipments to regional power plants. Local industry groups cite improved transport efficiency and ongoing maintenance to meet rising volumes.
Australian delegate’s sharp Paris clash with Vishinsky
Australian delegate J A Beasley sparked a sharp exchange with Soviet foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky at the Paris peace conference, accusing Russia of lies and intimidation before the political and economic commission adjourned on the Italian frontier dispute. The incident ended amicably as Beasley and Vishinsky left smiling. The commission agreed to drop Beasley’s proposal for a standing sub committee to report on Italy’s frontier dispute with Yugoslavia France and Austria and to consider creating a broader standing committee to investigate disputes at the conference66
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Robert Eunson
Paris
J. A. Beasley
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Political and Economic Commission
Australia
Italy
Yugoslavia
France
Austria
Andre Vishinsky
Beasley
Luxembourg Palace
Defense allies defend Naval bandleader in trial
In Annapolis on August 27 the family of Lt. William R. Lima, the suspended U S Naval Academy bandleader, deny drinking or gambling at a February 10 party. Lima faces charges of perjury neglect of duty inefficiency gambling and Navy rule violations as defense witnesses, including his wife Rebecca, son William R. Sima Jr and daughter in law Margaret Sima.
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Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
William R. Lima
Rebecca Sima
William R. Sima
Margaret
Sima
Agnes Ruth Thompson
Thompson
All-Might
Lake Strike Rapidly Winding Up As Seven More Ships Go Back To Work
DETROIT Aug 27 Seven oil tankers were ordered back into service today as the CTO National Maritime Union reached agreement with three additional carriers in the two week old Great Lakes strike. The settlement was with Cleveland Tankers Inc of Cleveland Great Lakes Transport Corp of Detroit and Lake Tankers Inc of New York. Of the strike bound tanker firms only two minor ones are unsigned Texas Oil Co which operates two tankers and Gulf Oil.
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Detroit
CTO National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
Cleveland ‘Tankers Inc
Cleveland
Great Lakes ‘Transport Corp
Lake Tankers Inc
New York
Texas Oil Co
Gulf Oh
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George Mashank
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Tito
Martinsburg Hospital
John Knight
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Bugs” Moran
Ohio
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Semenov
Wesleyan
Bruce
Glenville State
Fairmont
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