Convict Colonel Kilian in Lichfield Guardhouse Cases
Bad Nauheim Germany August 29 Col James A Kilian former commander of the U S Army placement depot at Lichfield England was convicted by a seven officer military court of permitting cruel and unusual punishment of American soldiers imprisoned in the depot guardhouse He was fined 500 dollars and reprimanded acquitted on aiding and abetting cruelty and in knowingly permitting cruelties The court found he allowed punishments such as striking prisoners with fists and clubs kicking in the body and forcing protracted standing tests based on testimony from more than twenty witnesses
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
James A. Kilian
Highland Park
Til
U. S. Army
Lichfield
England
Killan
Kilian
Plan District Farm Meetings Plan District Farm Meetings
Taylor County fair entries are guided by district meetings scheduled in Knottsville Brown Country Club and Haymond schools with County Agent Lloyd Reid and fair officials coordinating. Catalogs, rules, prize details, and entry classifications for Department E and F are to be distributed. prizes range from 1.50 to 3 dollars, with supervisors named for each department.
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Department F
Harry
White Floyd Watkins
George Plymale
M. C. Allender
Fire Ravages Fresno Government Liquor Warehouse
A spectacular blaze in Fresno destroyed a government bonded liquor warehouse No. 52 southeast of the city, fed by about 1.5 million gallons of alcohol and brandy valued at 16.5 million dollars. Wind drove flames from the loading platform to the roof as explosions and fire swept across 75,000 square feet of storage space.
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Fresno
Cal
Fames
Grafton price board closes Sunday transfer to Clarksburg
The Taylor County Price Control board ends operations after Sunday September 1 and transfers all functions to the Harrison county board in Clarksburg. Dr Robert F Gerkin announces the closure and consolidation. Sugar ration forms R-146 R-194 and R-253 will be stocked at Sayres Market for servicemen and others and may be obtained by writing or calling the Clarksburg board.
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Taylor County Price Control Board
Harrison County Board
Clarksburg
Harrison Combard
Robert F. Gerkin
Grafton
Sayres
Clarksburg Board
Verano Sinks Off Palatial Yacht Sighting Near Michigan
Coast Guard crews pursued survivors from the lavish Verano, a 92 foot yacht owned by Maynard Dowell of Park Ridge, after it sank seven and a half miles north of South Haven, Michigan. Aboard were Chester Granath and two others, with rescue efforts continuing at dawn as investigators assessed the dramatic loss.
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South Haven
Mich
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Maynard Dowell
Park Ridge
Here
Chicago
Holland
Chester Granath
Dowell
Fred
Ben
Granath
Illegal Uniform Wearers Plague MP's
GRANBY CENTER N Y Aug 29 Little Gary Halstead battles brain cancer that causes blindness and marks his fourth birthday with an ice cream party. His mother Mrs Clifford Halstead plans the celebration amid fears it may be his last, saying doctors declared the illness incurable and noting gifts like an outdoor slide and toy vehicles.
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Granby Center
N. Y
Gary Halstead
Halstead
New York
Gary
Clifford Halstead
Army weighs options to curb illegal uniforms
The Army frets over up to a million ex-soldiers who wear surplus Army garb unlawfully, risking a black eye for the service and lower morale. Brig. Gen. Bryan calls it a headache. Congress consideration of harsher penalties stalled. Enforcements by 2,300 military police nationwide struggle with the current law.
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Edward FE
Bomar
Washington
War Department
Department
Army
B. M. Bryan
Congress
United States
Charges Politics In Housing Authority
Huntington Aug 29 George L Garner resigning from the five man Huntington housing authority told Mayor Fiedler he would seek a federal probe into the agency over what he calls political activity. In a resignation letter Garner says the board dismissed four employees over his protest because they refused to make political contributions.
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Huntington
George L. Garner
Huntington Housing Authority
Fiedler
Garner
Predictions Of Rain And Kooler Weather Fulfilled
Predictions of showers and cooler weather proved accurate as rain began at 10 am and the temperature fell to 63 degrees within 30 minutes. Rainfall measured 0.05 inches near the Tygart dam between 1 and 1:30 pm, the coldest reading was 58 degrees at 6:30 am, and by 7 am the temperature rose to 60. Earlier, last evening at 6 pm, the thermometer reached 92 degrees.
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Tygart
Sues For 60000 For Strange Loss Of Eye
Pineville August 29 John C Bowman an innocent bystander whose eye was lost when a pistol fired before the Pine theater filed a 60000 damage suit against the theater operators. He alleges the theater manager attempted to eject a patron and a shot or cement fragment struck him in the eye. Wheeling Steel declares a regular dividend payment to stockholders. Directors approved 1.20 per share on preferred and 0.25 on common payable October 1 to holders of record September 6.
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Pineville
John C. Bowman
Bowman
Beckley State Rehabilitation Office
Wheeling Steel
Wheeling
Abandonment of 20 Feet of Sycamore Street
The city, in a move approved by Mayor C O King, abandons the southern 20 feet of Sycamore Street between the Baltimore and Ohio crossing and the Tygart Valley river. The State Road Commission will take, improve, and maintain the land, which bounds the street and runs from Pike Street to the river, about 300 feet in length, with only one garage-facing residence affected.
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Sycamore Street
Fetterman
Baltimore and Ohio
Tygart Valley
C. O. King
State Road Commission
Pike Street
Tygarts Valley
Boston Braves Buy Milwaukee Brewers Stock
The Boston Braves announce purchase of about 90 percent of Milwaukee Brewers stock, with Louis R. Perini acquiring controlling stock from Oscar Salenger. The Braves expect to assume control of players and operations immediately, while a citizen group holds the remaining shares.
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Boston
Boston National League Baseball Club
Milwaukee Brewers
American Association
Braves
Louis R. Perini
Milwaukee
Oscar Salenger
Will Make Survey Of State S Hospital Needs
Charleston Aug 29 The legislative committee of health will survey West Virginia hospital needs after assurances. They will draft bills on mental and tuberculosis institutions. House Speaker John Amos and Senate President Arnold Vickers co chair the committee. An advisory medical group will review proposed measures before final form in 1947 legislature.
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Charleston
Legislative Committee of Health
West Virginia
House
John Amos
Cochairman
Senate
Arnold Vickers
Consid
Teachers Meeting To Convene All Day Next Tuesday
Taylor county school teachers will hold an all day session at Grafton Senior High School on the eve of the 1946 47 term opening. R Virgil Rohrbough says a state education official will speak at 10 15 a m and Joseph M Low of Hope Natural Gas Co will address at 11 15 a m. The Rev Paul H McKainay opens with a 9 30 devotional followed by group singing led by Paul Shahan and Nancy Staley. Ronald Knotts presides over the business session at 9 50. Sherman Haselden will chair the classroom teachers association meeting at 10 15 as part of the conference.
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Taylor County
Grafton
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Taylor County Schools
State Department of Education
Joseph M. Low
Hope Natural Gas Company
Clarksburg
Paul H. McKainay
Paul Shahan
Nancy Staley
Rohrbough
Ronald Knotts
Taylor County Teacher's Education Association
Sherman Haselden
New York Daily News Chief Killed in Fairfield Crash
Roy C. Hollis a 56 year old acting president of News Syndicate Company publishers of the New York Daily News was killed when his car struck a tree on the shore road in Fairfield Connecticut early today. Frederick H Bedford Jr 55 president of Atlas Supply Company of New York and a director of several corporations including Standard Oil of New Jersey drove the vehicle authorities said.
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Fairfield, Conn
Roy C. Hollis
News Syndicate Company, Inc
New York Daily News
Shore Road
Morris Kesser
Fairfield Police Department
Frederick H. Bedford, Jr
Atlas Supply Company of
New York
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Sima Case Ends as Annapolis Trial Concludes
At Annapolis Md August 29 the prosecution wrapped up the case against suspended naval academy bandleader Lt William R Sima declaring all ten charges substantiated The closing arguments by Comdr Joseph L McGreary and defense counsel Hilary Gans followed a court weighing evasiveness on the witness stand The charges include perjury extortion culpable inefficiency neglect of duty gambling and violation of Navy regulations with a possible lesser-degree verdict discussed by McGreary
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Annapolis
William R. Sima
Naval Academy
Sima
Joseph L. McGreary
Hilary Gans
McGreary
Jth
Lima
Expect Big Income Increase This Year
Washington reports government figures show individual incomes may reach about 165 billion dollars in the current fiscal year, surpassing 1945 by five billion and possibly rising before June 30. The budget outlook could improve if strikes remain limited, contrasting with last year’s 130 billion forecast used to justify tax cuts.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Fear Car Shortage May Force Closing Of Some Factories
ODT director J Monroe Johnson warned a looming transportation crisis will force factories to shut down or curtail operations this fall and winter as railroads cannot handle the traffic. He said storage facilities will fill and plants will close until goods move, predicting a long backlog to clear.
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Washington
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation Chief
Johnson
Big Four ministers meet to speed peace talks
In Paris, Aug 29, Britain, Russia, the United States and France held talks to revitalize the Paris Peace conference. A clash over an Australian proposal to form a data sub committee on the Italian French frontier led to a 13 6 vote defeat in the Italian commission. The Big Four and nine other nations gathered in the Clock Room as Byrnes Bevin Molotov and others prepared to outline their first tasks.
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Robert Eunson
Paris
Britain
Russia
United States
France
Georges
Bidault
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Fg F
V. M. Molotov
Prosecutor Urges Guilty Verdicts Against Nazi Agencies
Washington and Nuremberg reports say American prosecutor Thomas J. Dodd sought guilty verdicts against five Nazi formed or led bodies including the Reich cabinet political leadership elite guard SA Brown Gestapo and military high command for involvement in vast crimes. He argued conviction would undermine the Nazi conspirators and their organizations.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
International War Crimes Tribunal
Nuernberg
Reich
SA Brown
Gestapo
Lakes Seamen Strike Near End Await Clarification
Cleveland August 29 Federal conciliator Noel Fox predicted the Great Lakes Maritime strike would be substantially settled by mid next week. Representatives of two companies and the CIO National Maritime union reached tentative agreement to end their differences as talks continued. Lake page 3.
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Cleveland
Noel Fox
Great Lakes
Cio-National Maritime Union
Fox
Interstate Goat Co
Internation Harvess
Bee Lake
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