Hurricane ten Pkop off at sea northeast of Carolina coast
A tropical hurricane moving up the Atlantic coast will miss the mainland if its present course holds. Winds up to 30 mph earlier, with strong NE winds forecast for Maryland Delaware and New Jersey coasts. Officials expect the storm to remain offshore as it tracks along the middle and North Atlantic states, aided by high pressure from the Great Lakes. Naval ships at Norfolk sought safety in Chesapeake Bay as captains decide whether to stay at sea or move in.
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Hatteras
N.C
Atlantic
U.S
Federal Storm Warning Service
Miami
Middle
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Cape Hatteras
Naval
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Missouri
Albany
Fresno
U. S. Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Younger Bracket 25 Year Olds Register Today
The Associated Press reports the 25 year olds born between August 30 and December 31, 1922, will fill 15 questions for the peacetime draft. They join earlier registrants in hopes of possible inclusion in the first call of 10,000 men in November, as selective service awaits classifications after about 9.5 million men 18 through 45 submit questionnaires by September 19. Most of the 25 year olds are expected to be exempt.
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Associated Press
Selective Service
Death ends famed Herron case after 40 years
Archie Herron, jailed since a 1908 death sentence for killing Rev. S. B. D. Prickett, dies at 89 in New Jersey. His execution was delayed by appeals and legal quirks after governor pardons and a series of reprieves and sanity reviews. The case, once labeled the forgotten man’s, spanned decades and tied to Justice Bergen and Gov. Fort.
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Trenton
N. J
Archie Herron
New Jersey
Herron
B. D. Prickett
Metuchen
Prickett
James J. Bergen
Justice Bergen
Franklin Fort
West Virginia's 1947 a banner year says State Chamber
The State Chamber of Commerce reports 1947 as a banner year for West Virginia with an estimated population of 1,910,000 on April 1, 1948, up from 1,901,974 in 1940. The notice invites George Peacock to a Dixie Theatre presentation of State of the Union starring Spencer Tracy Hepburn and Van Johnson in Charleston.
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State Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
The
Grafton Sentinel
George Peacock
Lincoln Street
Dixie Theatre
State of the Union
Starriist
Spencer Tracy
Katherine "Hepburn
van Johnson
Charleston
Wallace subjected to eggs and tomatoes in Charlotte crowd
In Charlotte two reporters were struck as Henry Wallace, Progressive candidate, spoke to about 2500 at Mecklenburg courthouse. Police arrested three for disorderly conduct after missiles interrupted his remarks and boos continued. Wallace planned stops in Hickory and Asheville.
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Charlotte
N.C
Henry Wallace
Mecklenburg
Truman
Progressive Party
Wallace
Charlotte News
Simns
Moscow
Henry
Mecklenburg County
Hickory
Asheville
Washington
Henry A Wallace
North Carolina
Charles G. Ross
Fathers Corked in Delinquency Case
Three fathers were ordered to pay $13.50 in damages and costs as four Taylor County juveniles were found guilty of destruction and theft at Radio Ranch on Wickwire Road near Grafton. A stolen tel tape measure was recovered. the boys remain in custody awaiting juvenile court next sitting.
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Taylor County
Wickwire Road
Grafton
J. R. Preston
Wendel
Gertrude Shaw
Shaw
Plant to Be Built Near Parkersburg by Carbide Corp
A ferro alloy manufacturing plant will be built by Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation on both sides of the Ohio River between Parkersburg and Marietta. New York offices confirm a 1200 acre site along Route 7 will host buildings for producing silicon, manganese and silicon alloys used in steel.
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Parkersburg
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Ohio River
Here
Marietta
New
Berlin Governors Meet To Iron Out Blockade Fuss
Berlin governors framework talks resumed as Gen Roberton Britain Gen Clay U S Russia and France top officials met in Berlin to discuss the blockade dispute over currency and economic controls. The meeting followed Kremlin talks and aimed to ease tensions with technical financial talks continuing.
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Berlin
Govenora
Germany
Brian Robertson
Britain
Kremlin
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Tuas
Mncan
Ami Robertson Sant
State Department
Washington
U. S
Wassily Sokolovsky
Russia
Pierre Koenig
France
Allied Control Authority
Control Council
Molotov
Stalin
Politisee
CIO bosses forge endorsement of Truman split avoided
Albert J. Fitzgerald head of United Electrical workers said there will be no bolt from CIO over endorsing President Truman. The CIO executive board, meeting in Washington, faced its toughest puzzle in eight years, endorsing Truman without alienating key left wing unions. The board adopted a legislative program aligned with Truman’s request.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Youth Survives 44,000 Volt Electric Shock
In Tuscalaosa Florida August 31 18 year old Thurston Townsend narrowly survived after a model airplane wired to 44 000 volts collided with a power line. The shock lifted him about four feet and burned his hands feet and lip. The live cable also set grass aflame as Townsend toppled and the tacks in his shoes conducted the current.
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Tuscaloosa
Fla
Thurston Townsend
Townsend
Henderson rites tomorrow at 2.00
Funeral services for Thomas Clark Henderson, a Taylor county native now living in Alexandria Virginia, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Bartlett funeral home. He died yesterday at his brother’s home in Grafton during a vacation visit. He was 48, born February 17, 1900, and survived by his wife Hazel Branner Henderson a son Dale Vance Henderson and three brothers. The report notes his parents are deceased and and references state police construction plans in Charleston.
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Thomas Clark
Henderson
Taylor County
Alexandria
Virginia
Commodore Henderson
Pruntytown Pike
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
Mr. Henderson
This County
Grafton
John D. Henderson
Pally
Rudy Henderson
Charleston
State Police Department
Hazel Fling
Branner Henderson
Dale Vance
Aderson
C. W. Ray
Commodore
Russell
Wade
Dunbar
Ray
Longs On Political Trial In Louisiana Again Today
In Louisiana the Democratic election centers on whether to renew the Long political era. Russell Long, 29, faces Judge Robert F. Kennon for the two year unexpired term of the late Senator John Overton, amid scrutiny by congressional investigators and warnings about possible retaliation for opposing the state administration.
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Edmond LE Breton
New Orleans
Louisiana
Long
Earl K. Long
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Robert F. Kennon
State Court of Appeal
John Overton
William E. Murray
House Committee On Campaign Expenditures
Extended West Virginia Weather Forecast Sep 1 5
Temperatures will average two to four degrees above normal with little daily change. Showers expected Friday or Saturday with total rainfall near one quarter inch.
Highway Deaths Rise Across State Claims 2 More Lives
August highway fatalities rose to 31 with two deaths reported by the State Police Accident Prevention Bureau. Victims include 93 year old Thomas Eugene Hall a passenger on State Route 9 in McDowell County and four year old Charles Herbert Harris a pedestrian on secondary routes in Boone County.
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Charleston
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Thomas Eugene Hall
McDowell County
Charles Herbert Harris
Boone County
Weather To Remain Moderate Through The Week
Moderate temperatures expected across West Virginia after a cooling rain ends peak heat. Five day forecast shows highs near 80s and nightly lows in the 60s from Wheeling to Huntington with showers possible Friday and Saturday. Rainfall limited to about a quarter inch, aiding relief from the prior heat wave.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Wheeling
Morgantown
Elkins
Clarksburg
Petersburg
Charleston
Parkersburg
Huntington
Burea
LeRoy Stone
Registration Cft On Right Foot Here
Grafton and Philippi host registration as Taylor Barbour Counties Draft Board begins work with new members. Chairman Bert Miller notes rapid start and announces George C White Jr replacing Billi Hollen on Barbour county board. Clerk Mrs Harold J Weekley asks registrants to use Barbour HQ in Philippi until Sept 18, with offices at the Army Recruiting station and two rooms on the third floor of the Grafton Banking and see REGISTRATION page 2.
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Grafton
Philippi
Taylor-Barbour Counties
Two County Board
Bert Miller
Miller
George C White, Jr
Barbour County
Billi Hollen
Bert Millar
B. C. Ross
Flemington
White
Harold J. Weekley
Permanen
Grafton Banking
Legion Officials Meet in Clarksburg September 12
Charleston August 31 A meeting of state and district American Legion officials in Clarksburg September 12 was called to plan activity programs for the coming year. The call was issued from Site headquarters by department commander Don R Wilson of Clarksburg. The deaths increased the total attending the meeting this year to 245, a figure not reached last year until September. The delegation includes department vice commanders and the commanders of 10 legion districts in the state.
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Charleston
American Legion
Clarksburg
Cal
Department
Don R. Wilson
13 Year Old Girl Sets Fires in Illinois Farm
A 13 year old girl in Charles Valley, Illinois, confessed to starting more than 100 fires on the farm after claiming she wanted to be sent to live with her divorced mother. Deputy state fire marshal John Burgard said Wenet McNeil admitted lighting the blazes when others weren’t watching, hoping to cause the move. The girl and her brother Arthur Jr. were placed in their father’s custody following the parents’ 1943 divorce. the family has been living with Mrs. Willey, McNeil’s sister.
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Macomb
Charles Valley
John Burgard
Wenet McNeil
Leona Eagle
Bloomington
Wenet
Arthur Jr
Arthur McNeil
McNeil
Willeys
Willey
Burgard
Witness Against Peters Tells It of Him at Hearing
A witness described Peters as a top underground Communist leader in a House Un American Activities hearing. Former party member Whittle Chambers named Peters as No 7 in the underground, while Peters faced possible contempt charges for refusal to answer questions. Immigration and naturalization charges were pursued again against him.
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Peters
New York
Aig
Terica
States
Hiing
Whittle Chambers
Eerous Peters
Subcommittee
Immigration and Naturalization Service
George Hewitt
Aly
Communist Party National
United
Bates
Howitt
United States
Peterr
House un-American Activisee
Tito tightens grip in Yugoslavia with reshuffled leadership
In London on August 31, Marshal Tito reinforced control over Yugoslavia by promoting Eduard Kardelj to foreign minister and naming Rankovic as a key aide. Foreign minister Simic was replaced, while Kardelj moves from control commission chair to top diplomacy. The changes, broadcast by Belgrade’s Tanjug, align against Moscow’s Cominform line.
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London
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Eduard Kardelj
Alexander Rankovic
Statioje Simic
Kardelj
Control Commission
Rankovic
Tito
Moscow
Presidium
Yugoslav National Assembly
Intg-Errecs
Belgrade
Tanjug
Pce
Appeal From Preston County Will Contest Granted
The Supreme Court granted an appeal in a Preston County will contest involving the late Mrs. Cecelia Webber. Charles Grottendick filed for his daughter and granddaughter asserting improper witnessing and lack of mental competence at the time of drawing the will.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Preston County
Cecelia Webber
Charles Grottendick
Mary Grottendick
Webber
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