Smoke Abatment Endorsed By Trade Directors
Taylor County Board of Trade directors unanimously endorsed a smoke control campaign urging Grafton to adopt an ordinance to deter smoke and dirt. Petitions circulate among local groups as the group moves to back city action, with several clubs already weighing or delaying response. A West Virginia prison van escape report from Frankfort lists four white prisoners fled near Mt. Sterling.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Trade Board
Grafton
Busness Girls Club
Quota Club
Blizeaeeth Cummins Jackson
D.A.R
Frankfort
West Virginia
Mt. Sterling
State Highway Patrol
Willie Jame
Coal City
W. Vai
James J. Minnich
Shinnston
W. Va
Harless Gray
Harrison
Joseph S. Nagy
Rosimore
Arabs Killed and Wounded Across Jerusalem and Jaffa
Renewed border clashes between Jewish and Arab communities spill into Jerusalem and Jaffa. A Jewish worker killed, several wounded, and a Jewish truck driver later dies of wounds. Curfews and a No Man's Land divide the city. An Arab mob attacks a vehicle on the Tel Aviv to Lydda highway. Police report multiple injuries and arrests.
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jArab
Tel Avi
Jaffa
Palestine
Tel Av
Sun Nf
Old City
Tel Aviv
Lydda
Norwegian Airlines
Ofee
Kidnapping case heads to jury in Kingston linked abduction
In Charleston a jury was to hear the final arguments in the kidnapping trial of John Marrello and John Ferguell, charged with taking Ruth Virginia Fitzwater from Charleston to Kingston New York to prevent testimony. Prosecution and defense presented disputed testimony about financing, car use, and threats, with Kingston officers denying coercion.
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Charleston
John Martello
John Ferguell
Kingston
Marrello
Ferguell
Marr Lio
Vic Ruth Virginia Fitzwater
Choleston
Kingsdon
William T. Brophy
Wesley J. Cramer
Perguell
FBI
Louis P. Hurley
Cramer
Ruth Virginia Fulwater
N. Y
Mairello
Chamber of Commerce Rep to Visit Grafton for Talk
Paul Conant of the U S Chamber of Commerce will meet Taylor County Board of Trade's national affairs committee in Grafton tomorrow evening at 4 p m. He plans to discuss enlargement and increased national affairs activities by the trade board committee. Local business leaders express interest in attending, says C N Prickitt executive secretary.
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Paul Conant
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Grafton
Taylor County Bourd of Trade
Trade Board
C. N. Prickitt
Taylor County Board of Trade
Burl T. Henry
Fairmont
Monongahela Power Company
Junior Chamber of Commerce
C. J. Jarett
Power Company
Clarksburg
Jarrett
Henry
Charles N. Prickitt
Jaggees
Claude Ebert
G. R. Coughlin
Mr. Nelson
Woolworth’s
Fred Jackson
George Coulson
Kenneth Sachse
Jack Bailey
Marion Skaggs
Real Voluntary Meat Rationing Plan Urged by Senator Flanders
Senator Flanders proposes a real voluntary meat rationing program as an alternative to price controls. He urges fixed weekly meat pounds per person and serving quotas for hotels and restaurants, arguing noncompliers would be branded social threats. He opposes Truman’s request for wartime stand-by powers and dismisses meatless Tuesday as insufficient.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Flanders.r.vin
Orandea
Vermont
Anderson
Truman
Senate House
Flanders
House Banking Committee
18 Years For Aiding In Rape Of His Wife
Edie Castle, 28, convicted by Johnson County circuit jury of aiding and abetting in the rape of his wife and sentenced to 18 years in the state penitentiary at Lag Range. Commonwealth's Attorney J. B. Clark said it was the only such case known. The wife testified as the sole state witness. Castle and his brother Mathan and cousin Chester Castle testified for defense. The brother admitted sexual relations with the sister-in-law for which $5 was paid, but denied force. Four offenses at the Castle home were charged against the brothers. Eddie Castle is a miner. the brother will be tried in February.
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Paintsville
Edie Castle
Johnon County
Lagrange
Commonwealth
J. B. Clark
Castle
Mathan
Chester Casle
Eddie
Nippa
Eddie Castle
Convict Lands Stolen Plane Then Recaptured In Flight
Jackson Tennessee police report Charles Lee McIntosh a 24 year old convict who escaped from the U S medical center at Springfield Missouri with four companions then crashed a stolen plane but was recaptured after a second takeoff attempt Officers say he described a wild flight including fuel stops and river boat approach while evading capture until his arrest at a Jackson field after separating from accomplices
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Jackson Tenn
Tom
Lewis
Charles Lee McIntosh
U.S. Medical Center
Springfield
Ed McIntosh
Mississippi
Tennessee
McIntosh
Jackson
Mother and Son Die in California Custody Clash
In North Hollywood California a mother Lena Mae Wartnik 30 and her ten month old son Nell Ellis Wartnik were found dead in a blood spattered Toluca Lake home as a custody dispute unfolds. The estranged husband Sam H Wartnik 45 a sportswear maker was in San Francisco and believed en route. The couple married in Las Vegas in 1946 separated in November and he filed for divorce alleging her drinking.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Nell Ellis Wartiik
Wartnik
Toluca Lake District
Hermosa Beach
Lena Mae Wartnik
Sam H.wartnik
San Francisco
Wartniks
Las Vegas
Says approval of NND investment in national security
Washington December 4 The debate over a 590 million emergency aid measure centers on foreign aid as a national security investment. Representative Cox argues aid to Austria France Italy and China is needed to curb Communism while opponents warn aid could be turned against the U S if Europe strengthens under American help. Senate leaders promise safeguards and potential cuts if Communist gains occur. The House and Senate seek agreement on a final version as discussion continues.
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Leo Alen al
Europe
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Senate
Cudimuce
Allen
Stine
House Foreign Committee
Russia
China
France
Italy
Austria
Convict Ten Nazis for War Crimes in Nuremberg Trial
Ten former state secretaries prosecutors and judges in Hitler's ministry of justice were convicted by a U S military tribunal in Nuremberg. Franz Schlegelberger received life imprisonment. Other judges and officials also faced lengthy sentences. The trial began March 5 with multiple defendants and acquittals.
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Edwin Shanke Muernberg
Germany
Hitler
Ministry of Justice
U.S
Franz Schlegelberger
Herbert Klemm
Martin Bormann
Kurt Rothenburger
Ernest Lautz
People’s Court of See
Christmas Fla Post Office Busy For Season
Christmas Florida post office runs at peak during the holidays as Mrs Juanita Tucker the postmistress since 1922 handles a flood of Christmas cards. Envelopes are stamped mailed on requested dates to bear the Christmas, Fla postmark. The office ranks with Santa Claus, Indiana, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in holiday mailing activity.
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Fla
Juanita Tucker
Inter-American Defense Treaty Presented for Senate Vote
The Inter American Defense Treaty was submitted to the Senate for approval. The pact pledges 19 Western Hemisphere nations to act jointly against aggression within the hemisphere's security zone from pole to pole. President Truman urged swift ratification, citing solidarity among North and South American states.
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R.mich
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Colombia
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Brazil
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Canada
France Tightens Strike Law Amid Fresh Riviera Violence
Paris reports a new anti strike law reduces Communist led disruption. Cannes post office seized and Nice post office attacked as guards push back crowds. Rail traffic to 80 percent of normal with Mediterranean trains limited to Lyon. Schuman cabinet mulls higher public pay while assembly passes law redefining sabotage and penalties.
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Paris
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Cannes
Nice
Central Labor Committee
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Mediterranean
Lyon
Robert Schuman
Council of Ministers
France
Confederation of Labor
National Assembly
Schuman
Thirteen Enlisted Reservists Recalled for Duty
Charleston dispatch reports West Virginia Military headquarters recalling 13 enlisted reservists to active duty as escorts for war dead and selecting 33 more. Recalled personnel come from top three enlisted grades and will serve six to twelve months at Schuylkill Arsenal Philadelphia Fort Hayes Columbus. Headquarters notes 119 applications and authority for full pay and family allowances during duty.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Schuylkill, Arsenal
Philadelphia
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Faith in Rooms: Dorothy Romaine’s Creative Renaissance
In Greenwich Village an eldery house hosts Dorothy Romaine a former artist turned interior decorator after tragedy forced her to earn a living cleaning and caring for two homes. She found new outlets painting and redecorating turning rooms into pictures and reclaiming her artistic voice.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Greenwich Village
Dorothy Raomaine
Romaine
Faith
Colder Tonight and Tomorrow Forecast Ahead
The mercury was 40 degrees around 12:30 p.m. for a daytime high, with the weatherman predicting snow or rain and colder conditions tonight and tomorrow. Last night’s low was 27 degrees, 7 a.m. reading 37. Yesterday’s high reached 57.
Two Get Lifetime Terms Today In Clarksburg Court
In Clarksburg the Criminal Court Judge Arlos J Tarbert sentenced Alfred Donald Vance Cai alias Donald Curtis age 20 of Swissdale Pa and Joseph Upton Lamb age 30 of Lost Creek to two life terms each on two charges armed robbery and rape or aiding and abetting rape The judge ordered sentences without executive clemency parole or pardon The men fled with $20 from a taxi driver in Weston and $43 from a salesman Fred W Taggart after threatening to kill him The rape charge carried the death penalty but prosecutors did not seek it
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Clarksburg
Criminal Court
Arlos J. Tarbert
Alfred Donald Vance Cai
Donald Curtis
Swissdale
Therges
Joseph Upton Lamb
Lost Creek
Harbert
Philip Clifford
W. E. Murphy
Harrd
Cain
Lamb
Mystic Lodge Special Meeting Decembers 5th 7:30 PM
Mystic Lodge No. 75 AF and AM calls a special meeting Friday December 5 at 7 30 PM. Work in Entered Apprentice degree will be conducted under the direction of Worshipful Master J A Keller.
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Mystic Lodge No
A. M
J. A. Keller
Rioting in Cairo over Palestine partition shocks city
In Cairo 15 000 rioters clashed in central streets protesting Palestine partition. Shops and street cars were damaged as police and mobile guards used clubs and whips. Police denied reports of student deaths and injuries and said arrests were under ten.
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Cairo
Egypt
Palestine
Selim ‘Zaki Pasha
Zaki Pasha
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