Board Of Trade Outlines Program At General Meeting
The Board of Trade unveiled its coming year program at a general membership meeting at the Elk’s club Jairus Gavitt announced a membership survey to form committees by mid January with pool plans for Grafton park tentatively in progress. The pool project costs 500 dollars so far but price volatility prevents a reliable estimate within 10 percent.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Jairus Gavitt
The
Elk’s Club
Board of Directors
Gavitt
Grafton Park
Board of Trade
Ite Eae Ee
Replicas Draw Crowds In Augsburg Bid For Banned Art
In Augsburg, Germany, hundreds of American and European art lovers packed a tiny shop to view a life sized replica of the painting Leda With the Swan, banned by Hitler in 1943 for alleged obscenity. The seller Max Duschi claims the replica, copied in 1943 from Max Padua’s original, was found in a private collection and is now offered to the public.
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Augsburg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Max Duschi
Hitler
Max M Padua
Munich
Duschi
Padua
Strand and Dixie Theatre Casts Featured Tonight
Grafton Sentinel notes upcoming theatre showings at the Strand and Dixie Theatres. J A Newman of Beech Street is invited to attend tonight’s presentation featuring Bette at the Strand and Jean Fontaine with Mark at the Dixie.
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Grafton Sentinel
J. A. Newman
Beech Street
Ybonight
Bette
Strand Theatre
Jean Fontaine
Mark It
Dixie Theatre
Not Surprising At That
Clarksburg December 3 three Shinnston coal miners said they were tired of cecal strikes and joined the regular army here today Captain J A Oates commanding officer of the army recruiting station said the three, former Marines, were idled by the coal downturn and would be sent into the armed services.
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Clarksburg
Shinnston
Fr Hitehe
J. A. Oates
Armed Services
Supreme Court upholds juke box ban on Sundays after 11
The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the 1945 law prohibiting juke boxes and similar musical devices in beer parlors on Sundays and after 11 pm on weekdays. Judge Fred L. Fox wrote the opinion, ruling the act constitutional under due process and equal protection clauses. Roy K. Morris, a Charleston beer dealer, challenged the law as discriminatory and claimed the title did not cover the ban.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Fred L. Fox
United States
Roy K. Morris
Justice of the Peace
Morris
Heavy Seas Roll Ships Of Antarctic Expedition
Heavy seas battered the four ships of the U S Antarctic expedition aboard the U S S Mt Olympus as the flotilla pressed toward the Panama Canal. The flagship destroyer and tender faced rough weather with dishes smashed. the group under Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd aims for a canal rendezvous before heading south for four months of exploration and testing.
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Upi
Nav Antarctic Expedition
Panama Canal
OM Hatteras
Panama
Traveritas
Richard E Byrd
Polar Expedition Fame
Yule Decoration Drive Held Back by Coal Strike
Local Junior Chamber of Commerce and citizens await coal strike settlement to start Christmas decorating. Jaycees approved buying 2000 feet of wire 350 electric sockets and 500 bulbs at last night’s meeting in Legion hall. Much equipment remains from last year and lights cannot be activated until strike ends.
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Frank Randolph
Jaycees
Supreme Court Grants Appeal for E. E. Justice
Charleston December court grants Ern est Edgar Justice an appeal after a Raleigh county conviction for subornation of perjury. Justice allegedly induced Handley Richards to testify falsely before a grand jury in a murder case tied to indictments of two youths for the slaying of D. T. Perkins.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Ernest Edgar
Raleigh
Handley Richards
D. T. Perkins
Hal Boyle finds that Christmas lasts beyond the year
Hal Boyle reflects on holiday kindness spilling into daily life as Christmas spirit lingers after the calendar’s end. He jokes about strangers smiling, cabbies polite, patrons grateful, and the season’s influence spreading from wallets to homes, echoing a nation’s softened mood.
Citywide Walkout Strikes San Francisco Transportation
A mass AFL strike shut down early services across Oakland and San Francisco. Transport halted as 1,000,000 East Bay residents faced disruption, with no streetcars rolling and key commuter trains idle. Pickets surrounded Oakland Tribune plants amid the work stoppage.
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Oakland
Calif
East Bay
S” Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
Key System
San Francisco
Bay Bridge
Oakland Tribune
Penn Anthracite Men To Fight Pipelines
Harrisburg reports that moving big and little oil pipelines to bring natural gas into Pennsylvania could trigger major economic disruption in coal regions. D L Conran, secretary of the commonwealth hard coal agency, says reconverting war built pipelines for gas would be opposed by anthracite and bituminous operators, railroads, and the AFL.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Anthracite Committee
D. L. Conran
Commonwealth Agency
AFL
PENN
City Sees Lowest Temperature Yet This Season
Last night dropped to seven degrees in Blue ville at the government weather station, with Grafton dam reporting 11. The cold snap caught residents off guard as gas pressure sagged in many homes, signaling a shift to gas heating as winter tightens its grip.
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Blueville
W. D. Myers
Grafton Dam
Notice to Vehicle Operators on Parking Violations
City announces end to excuses for parking violations on Main and Latrobe Streets starting December 1946. First offense minimum fine set at two dollars. police directed to collect without accepting alibis or excuses. Signed by Mayor O C King.
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Main Street
Latrobe Street
Burke resigns as president of Southern Coal Producers Association
Washington Dec 3 The Southern Coal Producers Association accepted the resignation of Edward R Burke as its president after a showdown with directors angered by his Thanksgiving Day public call for a two week truce and immediate talks with John L Lewis to renegotiate a contract and regain control of government seized soft coal mines.
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Washington
Southern Coal Producers Association
Nebraska
Edward R. Burke
John L. Lewis
Association
Burke
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Illegal deer kill report noted with one case
One illegal deer kill has been reported to county authorities since deer season opened yesterday morning. Fifteen legal kills were logged, fourteen before midnight last night. A 145 pound doe was found shot in Brown church cemetery on Wickwire Run, discovered by Bob Sinclair and Earl Keener of Beech Street Service Station. Deputy Sheriff W. H. Canfield and County Game Protector Joseph W. Powell were notified. Powell said no arrests yet, investigation ongoing. Several details on killer checks and stations remain incomplete.
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Brown Church
Wickwire Run
Bob Sinclair
Earl Keener
Beech Street
W. H. Canfield
Joseph W. Powell
Alice Austin
Route 3
Knottsville
Harold F. Dalton
Moatsville
Plane Crash in Vosges Kills Twelve in Snowstorm
BELFORT France December 3 twelve people died and a 13th was missing when a French army transport plane crashed in heavy snow in the Vosges mountains late Monday. A woman and two children were among the dead. Names withheld pending relatives' notification. The craft, en route from Liden Germany to Paris, caught fire after impact, burning many victims beyond recognition. Rescue teams waded through deep snow, but fierce fires in the wreckage hindered effort for about 12 hours.
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Belfort
France
Vosges Mountains
Liden
Germany
Paris
Ube
Monongah Division Expects Little of New B and O Layoffs
Furloughing 1,062 workers across the Baltimore and Ohio system was set to start today but Monongah division officials have yet to receive layoff instructions. The latest cut was three clerks in Cowan yesterday, with a possibility of more layoffs later. Coal loadings on the division remain high as the strike affects output.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Cowan
Monongah
Indicted With Faith Healing Fails His Son
William Focht and Ada Focht were indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of their two year old son Edwin James. The Northampton county grand jury ordered them held for trial December 11 after the coroner testified they refused medical aid. The couple belong to a healing sect opposing medical treatment.
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Easton
William Focht
Ada
Northhampton
D. F. Bachman
Edwin James
Search for missing fighter plane near Mullington expands
Naval Air station Mullington Tennessee reports a major hunt for Lt Benjamin Duval a Baltimore pilot missing since Sunday on a routine three and a half hour flight from Roanoke Virginia The Navy joins Army air rescue and forest rangers in the Big Smoky mountains pursuit ongoing. Paris report notes Vincent Auriol elected president of the new French national assembly defying Communist and Radical Socialist rivals. Fate of Communist bid for leadership of the Fourth Republic's first government awaited today.
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New York
France
Germany
Byrnes
Foreign Ministers Council
Memphis
Tenn
Naval Air Station
Mullington
Navy
Benjamin Duval
Baltimore
Paris
Vincent Auriol
French National Assembly
Judge asks recommendations for sentence in UMW contempt case
John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers were found guilty of contempt of court for defying an injunction to avert the coal strike. Judge Goldsborough reserved sentence, asking both sides for recommended penalties yesterday while Lewis proclaimed the history of labor restraining statutes and condemned the 54 hour workweek in mines. He will return to court for sentencing after counsel submissions.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsbrough
Goldsborough
Uii
Lewis
Cough
Joseph A. Padway
Padway
UMW
Baers
P Lewis
Grafton Sentinel Promotes Dual Film Feature at Theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites W R Robey of The Postman Always as Twice and Lana Turner in Garfield. It also promotes My P L Wolfe starring Sharyn Moffett as a double feature at the Theatre, highlighting two attractions for local moviegoers.
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Grafton, Sentinel
W. R. Robey
Dwice
Lana Turner
John ‘Garfield
My_ PL
Wolfe
Sharyn Moffett
Theatre
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