Unified Western Germany May Be Set Up If Confab Fails
French foreign minister Georges Bidault warned that if the London conference on Germany fails to reach a deal the French zone could merge with the British and American zones to form a unified western Germany. Russian rejection of a French plan on Austrian assets remains a hurdle to an Austrian peace treaty as deputies prepare a report for the big four. United States and Britain press Russia to value total claims while Marshall aides draft proposals for eventual German unification and a central government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
London
George Bidaullt
Germany
Bidault
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Lancaster House
Russia
Austria
Ausstria
United States
Britain
Marshall
Arab Walkout Marks UN Split Over Palestine Plan
Six Arab delegations left the United Nations assembly in protest against the Palestine partition vote. The walkout followed repeated minority challenges to majority decisions, mirroring past disputes with Russia and other groups. Arab spokesmen said they await directives from their home governments. See COURSES page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Carpenter
New York
United Nations Assembly
Ilsweek Assembly
Little Assembly” Committee
Balkans
Seven Die After Fiery Plane Crash at Seattle Airport
Seven people were killed and three wounded critically when a four engine Alaska Airlines DC-4 crashed and burned at Seattle Tacoma airport. Pilot Capt James E Farris blamed brake failure as the plane hit an embankment and struck a car, killing a blind woman. The craft carried 28 passengers and a crew of three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Alaska Airlines
Seattle-Tacoma
James E. Farris
Seattle Times
Sam Anchorage
Alaska
Hrad
Sumacoanene Gers
New Renton Hospital
Harborview County
Navy Pilot Crashes on Washington Bridge During Rush Hour
Lt. Sewell T. Bitlings of Glenview Illinois piloting a Navy torpedo bomber forced a crash landing on the John Philip Louisa bridge during morning traffic after a power failure following takeoff from Anacostia Naval Air Station. He was cut on the face but no one else was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Sewell T. Bitlings
Glenview
Ill
Naval Air Station
Anacostia
John Philip Louisa
Blast at Temple plant cuts gas supply across Michigan
A pre dawn explosion at a gas compressor station near Temple Michigan killed one worker and injured six. The blast destroyed the Muskegon River plant causing about 750000 dollars in losses and creating a critical gas shortage across 250 Consumers Power Co communities in eastern Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Mich
Here
Michigan
Muskegon River
Consumers Power Co
Double Date Tragedy Ends in Carbon Monoxide Deaths
A four person double date ended in tragedy when Hayward L. Dean and Levia J. Dean Jr. along with sisters Margaret and Freda Brown died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a parked car on State Route 5 near Napier. Frank Heater, a Natural Gas worker, saw the group at Falls Mill dance hall Saturday night and found the bodies about 8 a.m. Sunday. An examining physician estimated the deaths occurred several hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Heater
Falls Mill
Heater
Harriman Threatens Price-Wage Freeze
Secretary of Commerce Harriman told Congress a general freeze of prices and wages might be necessary in the future unless authority is granted for selective controls and rationing. He urged starting a program now to avoid hasty action later and the need for a general freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Congress
House Banking Committee
Season's cold snap drops temperatures across Taylor County
A brutal cold wave drove temperatures to about 9 degrees above zero, frost blankets the county, and reports indicate no curtailment orders yet for local gas consumption while Pittsburgh district enforces measures. Weather observer W. D. Myers notes 9 degree lows at Brownlow Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Nee Tral An
Taylor County
C. W. Pitchard
Pittsburgh and
West Virginia
Pitsburgh
Pitchard
Clarksburg
W. D. Myers
Brownlow Park
Lodge Members Overcome By Gas Fumes In Williamson
Four officials of Wilkinson Lodge No. 14 Independent Order of Odd Fellows were overcome and about a dozen others fell ill from escaping natural gas fumes during last night’s initiation at the Williamson Chamber of Commerce building. A physician member, Dr. Luther A. Stingley, revived the four with an oxygen tank from his car. Officers Warney Diamond, Henry Doss, Tony McCoy, and Henry Ooten were unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge
Henry Doss
Tony McCoy
Henry Ooten
Fairmont Girl Killed in Automobile Accident
Relatives in Fairmont, Galveston Tex and Mabel Frances Orwig, a recent bride, were notified of the death in a automobile accident near Fairmont. Patra Frank Hall, 25, is reported as the deceased. Her husband was seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Galveston
Tex
Patra Frank Hall
Mabel Frances Orwig
Seven deer bagged in Taylor County opening day
Joseph H. Powell reports seven deer taken in Taylor County by noon on opening day of the six day season. James Watson of Fairmont bagged a 150 pound eight point near Brown Church at 7 10 a m. Weather was cold and dry with no snow for tracking. Powell will issue a complete report tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Joseph H. Powell
James Watson
Fairmont
Fetterman District
Brown Church
Mr. Powell
Powell
Cere
Deer Woods
Fetterman
Aiken Gets Support Of GOP Rank And File
Senator Aiken Vermont said Republicans back his plan to free the party from reactionary control and court farmers labor and housewives. He noted mail since his demand that GOP Chairman Reece resign as part of a top to bottom shake up. He has not spoken with Reece and may issue a statement later if changes fail to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senator Aiken
R.-Vt
New England
GOP
Carroll Reece
Vermont
Reece
Congress
Aiken
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Lee Aiken
Gas supplies cut for western Pennsylvania industry
Pittsburgh December 1 The Manufacturers Light and Heat Co said gas supplies to 150 industrial customers in western Pennsylvania and parts of Ohio and West Virginia were reduced by 25 percent as frigid weather strained facilities. They expect warmer weather to ease the shortage and restore operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Industa
Weath
Arabs Call Three Day General Strike Today
In Jerusalem authorities reported a three day Arab general strike starting tomorrow protesting the UN partition vote. Police increased patrols as Jews warned away from Arab areas. Despite steps, violence surfaced with a Jewish bus stoned at the Jaffa gate and reports of casualties in a Jewish quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter L
Bete
Jerusalem
Deotra
Ayah
Holy Land
United Nations
Palestine
U.N
Jaffa
Old City of
Jérusalem
Gasoline Shortage Hits Pittsburgh Stations
Pittsburgh December reports indicate area gas stations plan limited hours due to a nationwide shortage. Deliveries have fallen about 15 percent in two months amid unprecedented motor fuel consumption, with stations hopeful for sufficient supplies during the inter months when driving slows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Genesity
Boy 10-Fired Rifle Wounds Man in Chest
Huntington police report a serious chest wound to Eddie Curry, a man, when a small caliber rifle in the hands of a 10 year old companion discharged accidentally in December. The incident underscores dangers of firearms in youth handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Pr— Be
Beryl B. Lang
Eddie Curry
Faherty Rites To Be Tomorrow In Harpers Ferry
Last rites for Thomas K Faherty former Monongah division superintendent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad who died in Chicago will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. from the Catholic church in Harpers Ferry W Va with interment there. His body will arrive in Harpers Ferry at 8:59 a.m. from Chicago where he had lived since 1936 when he was appointed carrier representative to the National Railway Adjustment Board No 1, a post he held until recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas K. Faherty
Monongah Division
Baltimore and Ohio, Railroad
Chicago, al
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Catholic’ Church
Paherty
Chicago, Ill
B.&o
National Railway Adjustment Board No. 1
Strikes Halt Paris Subway After Noon
Paris faced a broad transport stoppage as CGT leaders urged all workers to action and refused further negotiations over anti-strike legislation. Subways stopped after noon when power was cut, gas pressure rose to danger levels, and service halted in Nice Marseille and Cahnes amid tumult in the national assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
National Assembly
Nice
Marseille
Cahnes
Truman MA Get Foreign Aid Bill By Next Weekend
Washington December 1 The Republican leaders said emergency foreign aid legislation should reach President Truman by the end of next week. They left details to the foreign affairs committee as the panel tentatively backed 489 million plus 60 million for China. A Senate vote on a 597 million bill loomed as talks continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin
House
Truman
Foreign Affairs Committee
Trrm
France
Italy
Austria
China
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
D.-Colo
Two Burned To Death As Home Destroyed
Oak Hill December 1 Chester Edward Keys 33 a coal miner and the three year old child of friends who he boarded with were burned to death when flames destroyed the small dwelling of Mr and Mrs John Baker of Kingston Fayette county early yesterday Mrs Baker was held back by neighbors as she tried to enter the burning house to save her daughter Patsy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Chester Edward Keys
John Baker
Kingston
Fayette County
Wind lashed dorm fire kills six at homeless shelter
Wind whipped flames tore through a Volunteers of America dormitory for homeless men in Philadelphia killing six and sending 17 to hospitals some with critical injuries. A moving fire trapped residents at windows as freezing water turned to ice. Witness Edith Dallant described trapped men and a desperate scene across the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Edith Dallant
the Volunteers of America, Inc
William G. ‘Wilson
Stanley Bush
Patrick -al
Cold wave grips nation with subzero Midwest to Deep South reach
The Associated Press reports a severe cold wave driving temperatures to subzero levels across the Midwest and into the eastern states and Gulf Coast. Readings fell to 24 degrees in Mississippi Alabama and Georgia while Greenville Maine posted the nation’s low. Temperatures moderated slightly after the peak, with freezes easing across the region and another warming trend expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midwest
Chicago
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Ronnie
New England
Greenville
McCauley Nears Last Mile at Moundsville Penitentiary
McCauley, a 33 year old strip miner, faced execution at Moundsville on December 10 with clemency as his only hope. A psychiatric evaluation by Dr E F Reaser at the state mental hospital is to be the final official report about him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mundsvile
Mark McCauley
Moundsville Penitentiary
E. F. Reaser
Ington State Menital Hospital
McCauley
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Sutton
Gas Company
Miken
John W
Jack) Singleton
Cleveland
International
Elks Memorial
SEAGE
Tap
Grafton
Order of Elks
Georgg E. Manson
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
Richard Leonard
Merritt Fedtner
Bill Beall
Ralph Redinger
Eth Daugherty
Harold Emple
Lee Berchett
Earl Haymond
Patrick Lavelle
ELKS
Pace
Lee Bennett & Son
Faherty
Mel Moost
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