Three Oklahoma students die in campus fire
A wooden dormitory at the University of Oklahoma burned early today, killing at least three students. More than three hundred escaped. 15 injured, two critically. Damaged building estimated at $500,000. Names and details of injured listed. destruction tied to a Navy barracks dating from 1941.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Navy
George Cross
University
David M. Clary
Buckner
Ark
John — HL Sorensen
Brooklyn
GHS Bears Open Cage Season December 13
Grafton High School Bearcats prepare for the 1949 season with early practices and hopes for a stronger showing. Coach McKinney aims to build a squad around veterans from a large turnout of 176 boys, led by players such as Dick Poe and Ranny McKinney. The Cats face a roughly 21 game schedule, seeking steady progress after last year’s regional tournament near Buckhannon.
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Grafton High School
Bearcats
Cats
Buck Pannon
Upshur County
Morgantown
McKinney
Dick Poe
Ranny McKinney
Chick Bennett
Clyde DeBarr
Donnie Wilis
Roy Yoho
Ernie Sayre
Danny Foley
Tom Sturms
John Hancock
Hoskinson
Gee G. HS
Mt Etna Fiery Lava Threatens City Chinese Red Fighting Moves West
Chinese Nationalist leaders watch as Communist forces push into Western China. They scramble to revive a crowded refugee capital in Chengtu area while Reds cut key highways toward Kumming and Chungking. Chungking reportedly falls as Li Tsung Jen and Chiang Kai Shek maneuver.
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Changtu
China
Chengtu
Kumming
Here
Chungking
Su- Yung
Li Tsung-Jen
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Bomb Powder Flown to Reds During War
Former Army officer G Racey Jordan testified that wholesale secret United States documents and material, labeled uranium bomb powder by Soviet officers, were shipped to Russia under wartime pressure from Harry Hopkins. Jordan, a wartime captain on a lend lease air route, said Hopkins was the “button the Russians touched” for emergency help, in a Fulton Lewis Jr broadcast.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Harry Hopkins
G. Racey Jordan
Hopkins
Rooseveit
Jordan
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Associated Press Chief Recuperating after Hospital Stay
Associated Press Bureau chief in Baltimore Max Fullerton will be discharged Monday and return home by plane after an automobile collision near Elkins. He underwent knee surgery for a fractured kneecap and is recovering satisfactorily. crutches needed for about two months and he plans to resume desk duties next week.
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Elkins
Max Fullerton
Associated Press
Baltimore
Fullerton
Here
Missing Muges The Wardens’ Cocker Spaniel
Dr and Mrs Paul Wardens of Maple Avenue report their reddish brown cocker spaniel named Muges missing since Tuesday. Local residents urged to contact the Wardens with any information.
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Paul P. Wardens
Maple Avenue
150 Band Members In Concert At Grafton High School
Over 150 Taylor county students from instrumental music classes will perform in the Grafton Senior and Junior High bands at the Grafton High School auditorium next Tuesday at 8 15 p m The Senior band under Paul W Shahan has earned honors this fall including first at the Kingwood Buck Wheat festival a first at Fairmont College homecoming and second at the Zikin s Forest festival The program features Bolero Non Some Enchanted Evening Lady of the Lake with Mary Warden clarinet solo Parade Jump Poinciana Golden Glow Men in Gray and other familiar marches culminating with Cole Porter tunes The Junior band includes fourth through eighth graders and will perform Vanguard March Blue Moon Waltz and Warming Up March.
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Taylor County
Grafton
Grafton High School
Kingwood
Fairmont College
Paul W. Shahan
Mary Warden
Bethlehem’s 81-foot star lights up Christmas City scene
Bethlehem Pennsylvania glows with an 81 foot electric star and a 60 foot Christmas tree as the star begins at 6 30 p m and remains lit until January 2 drawing thousands to the steel city Christmas display lights spread from South Mountain to the Lehigh river through a bridge arch across railroads and canal with 3000 bulbs and 60 spruce segments featured on the hill to hill span.
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Bethlehem
U.S. A
South Mountain
United States
Pennsylvania
New Housing Policy Seen Offering Little Immediate Change
Washington report quotes Franklin D. Richards of the Federal Housing Administration saying a forthcoming plan to deny federal guarantees for mortgages on properties with race or religious covenants will apply only in exceptional cases and not affect past racial restrictions. The policy, announced by Solicitor General Philip Perlman with President Truman's backing, would take effect later and requires restrictions to be recorded after the date.
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Washington
Franklin D. Richards
Federal Housing Administration
Philip B. Perlman
Truman
Perlman
New York
Etna lava flows slow but threaten Sicilian towns
Fiery lava from Mt Etna’s eruptions slowed yet continued to threaten Maletto Bronte Linguaglossa Agra and nearby areas. Officials said pressure eased with lava emerging from ten openings while new craters opened. No deaths reported though panic occurred and evacuations had not begun.
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Catanta
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Maletto
Catania
AwUy
Etna
Bronte
Europe
Linguaglosso
Agra
Pensions Seem Positive for Aging Voters
Washington labor statistics chief Swan Clague says pensions look like a sure bet for the old and near old. He notes workers aged 40 to 60 worry about economic futures after retirement and that these groups together form half the voting-age population with growing influence.
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Washington
Labor
Caid
Swan Clague
Labor Statistics
Clague
Machinery and Allied Products Institute
Native Morgantown Man Given B and O Post
John David Lough has been appointed agriculture agent of the Baltimore and Ohio with headquarters at Morgantown. He succeeds L. S. Hartley, recently named manager agriculture development with headquarters in Baltimore. Leigh, formerly assistant county agriculture agent at Oakland, Maryland, was born in Morgantown and is a West Virginia University graduate with a 1949 B.S. in Agriculture.
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John David Lough
Baltimore and Ohio
Morgantown
Lough
L. S. Hartley
Baltimore
Mr. Leigh
Oakland
Maryland
Westover
West Virginian University
Catholic Church and Labour Government Clash Over School Aid
London reports a feud between the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales and Britain's Labour government over state aid to church schools. A Catholic spokesman accuses threats to cut funds, while a government Education Ministry spokesman says Catholics seek public funds while retaining control.
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London
Britain
England
Wales
Ministry For Education
United States
C Satterfields Named Winners Of Farm Contest
Mr and Mrs Clyde Satterfield of Route 5 were named winning farm family in the Farming for Better Living contest for Taylor county. The banquet at St Pauls Methodist church honored winners with a $25 savings bond and a high project booklet score for 1949. About 140 people attended as Rev Walter S Overstreet spoke on Building Bridges of Brotherhood.
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Clyde Satterfield
Route 5
Taylor County
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Satterfield
Walter S. Overstreet
Buckhannon
L. Bush Swisher
Morgantown
O. E. Wyckoff
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions Clubs
F. Carl Davis
Walter Wolfe
Naomi Lawson
Marcia Malone
Rosemary Cutright
Skeleton Of Man Discovered Near Sutton
A skeleton found by a deer hunter on a hillside near Sutton is identified as Oren James Wyatt, missing from his home since October 26, 1938. A coroner jury declared death at unknown hands, with prosecutors noting strong leads. The remains were located near Stony Creek, six miles from his home, and identified by three brothers and two sisters via jaw teeth. Wyatt, a disabled World War I veteran, left to “eat breakfast in Gassaway and supper in hell.”
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Gassaway
Hell
Wyatt
53 Deer Killed In County
Taylor county reports 53 deer killed to date as the six day hunting period continues. County Game Protector Joseph W. Powell notes seven illegal does were taken, with investigations ongoing by local authorities. No arrests yet. hunting effort is light though deer remain plentiful.
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Taylor County
Joseph W. Powell
Powell
Sheriff's Office
Dave Sterling
St Augustine Hosts Alumni In Opener Wednesday
St Augustine Fighting Irish will host its Alumni team this Wednesday December 7 in the Irish gym on St John street signaling the start of the season. The 1949 50 squad will be rebuilt with only Sophomore Gene Behan and Junior Charles Turner returning from last year’s 21 2 record.
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St. Augustines Fighting Irish
St.John Street
St. Augustine
St. Marys
Clarksburg
Bristol
Kasson
Gene Behan
Charles Turner
Bunner
John Lawrence Waters
Bob Colon
Bob Daugherty
Bob O'Connor
Mickey Tucker
Charles Waters
Freddie Ford
Beckley Mayor Named Defendant In Suit
Beckley mayor Grover C. Hedrick and partner C. C. Patrick are named defendants in a $5,000 Raleigh County Circuit Court suit filed yesterday by Beckley Ice Cream Co and owner Harry Watkins. The complaint accuses the men of maliciously stripping coal on a 134 acre Shady Spring tract Watkins purchased for cattle grazing. Watkins says he owns surface rights and that Hedrick and Patrick hold mineral rights, though the petition claims the rights are limited to deep mining.
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Beckley, LP
Grover C. Hedrick
Beckley
Raleigh
Aiast
Watkins
Hedrick and
Patrick
Firemen Sponsor Sunshine Boys Gospel Quartet Event
Fire department fund raising for equipment hosts the Sunshine Boys gospel quartet at Grafton Junior High on December 12 at 8 pm. The hour and a half program features a variety show to benefit the local Volunteer Fire department.
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Grafton
Sunshine Boys
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