UN Adopts U S Broad Conciliation on Palestine Boundaries
The United Nations approved a U S proposal for broad conciliation on Arab Jewish borders in Palestine. The amendment, opposed by Bernadotte and 1947 Partition plans, directs the Conciliation Commission to help Jews and Arabs settle outstanding issues while avoiding the Bernadotte plan and partition thrusts.
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UN Appoves
U. S
Edward Curtis
Paris
United Nations
Palestine
Dean Rusk
United States
Count Folke Bernadotte
U. K
White Man Sentenced for Rape in Alabama Court
John C. Howard Jr., operator of a garage and mattress factory from Friendship, Alabama, was found guilty by an all white jury of raping 22-year-old Melinda Jackson in Wetumpka. He received 45 years in prison, with jurors seeking harsher punishment to prevent parole. Circuit Judge Oakley Melton dismissed concerns about parole.
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Wetumpea
Ala
Alabama
John C. Howard
Howard
Oakley Melton
Friendship
Melinda Jackson
Jase
Supreme Court Reverses Local Trial in Fremington Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court reversed Taylor County Circuit Court’s ruling and ordered a new trial for Mary Isabella Fremington, who claimed injuries after a W V Transportation bus left the Grafton Flemington road near Webster Cemetery. The jury previously awarded $1,800 to the plaintiff. I Raymond Murphy of Philippi represented Fremington. Francis L Warder H Loban White and J C McManaway of Clarksburg appeared for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Taylor County Circuit Court
Mary Isabella
Femington
W. Va. Transportation Company
Taylor County
Grafton
Flemington
Webster Cemetery
W. Va
Truman Holds Line on Cabinet Changes After News Conference
President Truman said he was making no cabinet changes at this time during his White House news conference. He left open the possibility of reshuffles later, and dismissed talk of excluding southern electoral votes. He also noted no plans to meet with Chiang Kai-shek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Truman
White House
New York
States Rights Party
Madame Chiant Kaishek
Labor Groups Report Spending To Elect Democratic Candidates
CIO labor groups reported to the West Virginia secretary of state total expenditures of 3435.58 to back three Democratic congressmen and 5000 for Governor candidate Okey L. Patteson, with funds from national and local CIO bodies. Other reports show contributions and spending for Bailey, Burnside, Staggers, and Joy committees, including radio broadcasting, with details from union councils and treasurers across Charleston and Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
CIO
Okey L. Patteson
Patteson
Secretary of State
John B. Easton
West Virginia Cio Council
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
CIO United Steelworkers of America
Albert D. ‘Viller
Bailey
West Virginia Industrial Union Council
Frank Cornwell
Huntington
Burnside
M. G. Burnside
Congress
National Cio Political Action Committee
State Industrial Union, Council
Leo Casey
Parsons
Citizens Committee
Staggers
Harley O
Keyser
National Cio Poltical Action Committee
State Industrial Union Council
Joe Joy
Sted
State Inndustrial Union Council
Joy
Committee For the Preservation, “of Democracy
Washington
Government army to fight in UG if lose Navin
Chiang Kai-shek's government admits loss of Suchow and hints a fighting retreat into mountainous south China if Dom inagogists take Nanking. Smoke columns eight thousand feet high rose from Guchow as Chinese reportedly destroyed stores to hinder the Communists. Mme Chiang met with Marshall in Washington while Truman planned a later talk. United Nations backed a new American plan for broad conciliation in Palestine, disregarding Bernadotte. Rioting in Syria and restiveness in Egypt and Iraq noted amid army setbacks. 91 German war criminals hanged in eight weeks.
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Associated Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
South China
Nanking
Guchow
Mme
Chiang
China
Marshall
Truman
Washington
United Nations
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Syria
Egypt
Iraq
Berlin
U.S
Britain
Ruhr
Freak Accident Shocks Cab Driver on Beech Street
Hildreth Hendershot, a cab driver for Eilers Taxi, struck a freight train while crossing Beech Street in heavy frost. His 1938 Ford sedan suffered major damage yet he kept driving to the taxi stand, puzzled by the unusual collision and the lack of warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildreth — Hendershot
Eiler
Chill
Jon Beech
Enteute
Beech Street
Mr. Hendershot
Miriured
Deer Kill Mounts To 47 In Taylor County
Hunters bagged 47 deer in Taylor county during the first four days of the season. Rainy weather limited red coats today. Game Protector Joseph H. Powell expected a surge on the closing day and noted no arrests for four illegal kills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Josph H. Powell
Cleo Norris
Philippi
Knottsville
William
E. Zirkie
Morgantown
Booths Creek
Eugene Sturm
Belington
Richard Deakin
Grafton
Fetterman
C.W. Paugh
Simpson
David Tixler
Russell J. Curry
Attorneys dominate West Virginia Senate after 1948 lineup
Ten of the 32 Senate members are attorneys, with 29 married and Lloyd D. Bower the oldest at 71. John E. Amos has served in the house for six terms and was speaker in three. Three senators work in insurance, three in agriculture, and pharmacy and newspapers supply two each.
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Charleston
Senate
Osher Parsons
Parsons
State House of Delegates
Lloyd D. Bower
Doddridgey
Tater
John E. Amos
D-Kanawha
Seize Narcotics Bound For Broadway District
New York police and federal agents last night seized a large drug haul destined for sale in the Broadway theater district. Two men, Jeck Gordon, 40, and Edward Wichler, 49, both New York salesmen, were arrested in Gordon's midtown furnished room. They were charged with illegal possession of narcotics. Police valued the street sale haul at more than three quarters of a million dollars, including six and a quarter pounds of pure heroin and 5,800 morphine tablets.
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New York
Jeck Gordon
Edward Wichler
Gordon
Bichler
Still Investigating Embryo Discovery Near Flemington
Police continue probing the discovery of a human embryo found along a road from Flemington to Rosemont on Tuesday. Trooper Tribett and child welfare officer Mrs. Gertrude Shaw lead the inquiry. the mother of the premature baby is not yet located. The embryo, judged by Dr. Stroud of Flemington to be a three to four month fetus, was found about five feet from the highway in a field near the county coroner Ona C. Jefferys. The coroner noted the birth seemingly occurred at the discovery site.
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Flemington
Rosemont
Tribett
Gertrude Shaw
D. C. G. Stroud
May
Ona C. Jefferys
Two Motorists Are Fined By Justice
The drivers of two vehicles wrecked last Saturday night at West Main Street and U S Route 50 were arraigned before May Ona Jefferys and fined $25 plus costs. Eugene Smallwood of this city was charged with speeding, Gioacchiio Guzzone of Baltimore Maryland booked for driving on the wrong side of the road. Gioacchiio and a woman companion Miss Betty Hinzler of Baltimore received slight injuries in the mishap and were vitalized.
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West Main Street
Ona
Jefferys
Tribett
Eugene Smallwood
Gioacchiio Guzzone
Baltimore
Gioacchiio
Betty Hinzler
Military urged silence on proposed budget effects
On White House orders all military personnel were told to avoid discussing how the proposed budget would affect the armed forces. The Air Force circulated President Truman’s letter directing extreme caution in statements that could appear in budget or legislative programs. Similar instructions were sent by Army and Navy leaders as officials debated end-of-year budget figures.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
White House
Truman
Air Force
Army
Navy
Meeting Of Trade Board Called For Tonight
A Taylor County Board of Trade meeting is set for tonight at 8 p m to discuss a local man’s application for executive secretary and other matters. President Paul E Malone urges full attendance as offices have been closed recently due to illnesses including Dorothy Patterson.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Paul E. Malone
Trade Board
Rcent
Sills Dorothy Patterson
Believe 23 Year Old Woman Victim Of Accidental Shooting
Relatives say 23 year old Mrs Lucille Teter, who married five days ago, was accidentally shot while deer hunting near Belington West Virginia. The body was found in dense brush. one shell discharged, gun beneath the body. She had returned to Chicago to join her husband. An inquest will be held.
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Belington
Barbour
Lucille Teter
Jacob Wilmoth
Teter
Wilmoth
Worthy
National Plating Company
West Fulton Street
Chicago
Kenneth Hill
S Belington
Bheritt Josep Korman
A ‘Watson
Wimoth
Barbourounty
Younes Wood
Barbour Coun
Puty
Irs
Here
See
Autos Have More Effect On Population Than Birth Control Says Statistician
West Virginia liquor outlets plan expanded Christmas stocks with a 10 percent sales rise expected. Warehouse capacity strains reflect record turnover as reforms aim to meet demand, while profits and net sales quantify 1935 warehousing growth. Dr Reed argues autos and material wealth drive population trends in modern demography.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Liquor Control Commission
C. H. Newton
Commission
Newton
United States
Rene J. Cappon
Baltimore
Lowell J. Reed
Johns Hopkins University
Reed
India
Independ
New Plastic Nose Breathes For You
A plastic nose called pneunophore replaces the iron lung by delivering pressurized oxygen through a tiny valve. Made by Mine Safety Appliances, it fits over the nose and mouth and enables effortless breathing for unconscious patients, premature infants, drowning cases, and others. Developed by Dr. Hurley Motley and colleagues at Jefferson Medical College and Columbia Bellevue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
ST. Louis
American Medical Association
Mine Safety Appliances Company of
Pittsburgh
Hurley L. Motley
Barton Memorial Division
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Lars Werke
Andre Counand
Dickinson
W. Richards, Jr
Columbia University Medical School
Bellevue Hospital
Hearing Next Year On Phoné Rates In Charleston
The Public Service Commission said hearings on telephone rate increases would not start before January 24 and charges would not rise until at least next March. The Chespeake and Potomac Telephone Co filed its application November 8, with the final rates to depend on hearing outcomes.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake” and Potomac Telephone Company
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