Widow in Clay Files Civil War Pension Claim
Ella T Brown, 61, widow of Civil War veteran Anthony R Brown, filed a pension claim 24 years after his death. Asks for benefits citing his honorable discharge from Company K, 7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, with supporting pension certificate. Both lifelong Clay county residents. Brown died April 29, 1923.
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Clay
Ella T. Brown
Ray Taylor
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Brown
Ith
West Virginia
Algo Hi
Thomas slams Clark list as farcical subversive roundup
Washington December 5 Congressman J Parnell Thomas criticizes Attorney General Clark for labeling about 80 groups subversive saying the list is incomplete and weak The list includes the Communist party German American Bund Ku Klux Klan and others used for loyalty checks in government agencies Also noted are veteran life insurance reminders and a Parkersburg fatality after an automobile collision in December.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
R.nj
House Committee On un-American Activities Today
Clark
Committee On Loan Activities
Communist Party
Bund
Ku Klug Klan
Columbians
American Youth Congress
American Youth For Democracy
Civil Rights Congress
Joint
Refugee Committee
Hollywood Writers Mobilization For Defense
Seth W. Richardson
Marshall Calls For End To Generalities
Rep Jonkman proposes cutting the administration foreign aid from 597 million to 300 million, arguing Italy Austria and France needs are overstated. He plans to offer a formal amendment when the bill opens to amendments next Monday in Washington.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Jonkman
R.mich
Senate Department
Italy
Austria
France
Senate
Truman
Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Taber
R.N.Y
House Appropriations Committee
Health unit to seek federal aid for Taylor County
Plans to coordinate budgeting by the Taylor County Board of Education and the City of Grafton aim to present an actual budget for the Taylor County Health unit to the West Virginia State Health department in January. Dr. Alexander Witkow of the State Health bureau explains the state may use federal funds to assist the project, with budget preparations starting in January.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Grafton
Taylor County Health Unit
West Virginia State Health Department
Taylor County Board of Trade
Alexander Witkow
Bureau of County Health Work
State Department of Health
Charleston
Taylor County
Brooklyn Schools Clash Over Christmas Observance
In Brooklyn a flareup arose after Mayor O’Dwyer ordered an probe into an assistant superintendent’s directive prohibiting classroom Christmas observances. He allowed non religious references but banned nativity carols and religious symbols, prompting protests from the Knights of Columbus. Superintendent Jansen called it a misunderstanding, while the official insisted on keeping holiday expressions out of schools.
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York
Maylor
William O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
Isaac Idersee
New York
Mountain blast and tavern bombing linked to ambush slaying
In Harlan Kentucky officials investigated a mountain shooting that wounded three people and the dynamiting of a tavern, linked to an earlier ambush slaying. Victims were Theo Brock wife Melvin Brock son 14 and Levi Brock a tavern employee. None seriously hurt. Investigate page 3.
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Harlan, Ky
State Highway Patrol
Earl Gilbert
Theo Brock
Melvin Brock
Levi Brock
Brock
Secondary Aid Checks Mailed To Sheriffs
Charleston reports the Board of School Finance announced a sixth general distribution totaling 3,242,616 in state aid to schools for the fiscal year. Checks were mailed to sheriffs in 51 counties including Logan 120000 Marshall 105000 McDowell 200100 Mingo 100000 and Taylor 50000 amid the ongoing aid program.
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Charleston
Board of
School Finance
Logan County
Marshall
McDowell
Mingo
Taylor
Paris Government Workers Walk Out Cripples Power
Paris amid a crippling strike as government employees walk off the job. Electric power plants shut down, factories halted, subways stalled, and communications blocked. Sailors and guards restored some power while the Council of the Republic faces new anti strike legislation. Police probe a bombing at Communist leader Maurice Thorez’s home in Choisy le Roi with no injuries.
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Paris
Council of the Republic
France
National Assembly
Maurice Thorez
Choisy-le-Roi
Thorez
Blacksee
Wheat Becks Down Further Today
Grains opened mostly lower on the Board of Trade with selling driven by weakness in surrounding markets and a brighter outlook for the 1948 winter wheat crop. Wheat moved two cents lower to 4% higher, December at 3.04, corn eased about one to two percent, December 2.59, and oats fell up to one cent, December 1.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Doorkeeper Roy Beatty Dies At House Post
Roy H. Beatty aged 59, doorkeeper for the House of Representatives from Evansville Indiana, collapsed at the ladies gallery door in the house chamber and died at his post after the session began at 10 am BST. The death appears to be a heart attack.
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Washington
Roy H. Beatty
House of Representatives
Evansville
Ind
Beatty
Chapman Pleads for New Coal and Oil Controls
Oscar S. Chapman undersecretary of the interior urged Congress to grant Truman authority to ration and set prices for coal and oil if needed. He favored voluntary conservation for oil but called for transportation and export controls for coal with allocation and price controls as a reserve. The testimony to the Senate House Economic Committee echoed prior admin pleas.
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Washington
Oscar S. Chapman
Interior
Congress
President Truman
Chapman
Senate-House Economic Committee
Office of
Desee Chapman
City Truck and Auto Crash by City Hospital
A maintenance truck and a 1940 Buick coupe collided near the City hospital at about 10 a.m. on U.S. Route 50 and West Wilford street. Mrs. William D. Webster of Aurora suffered a sprained ankle and facial bruises and received treatment from Dr. K. H. Trippett. The 1936 Ford truck driver C. V. Messenger escaped injury while the Buick incurred about $85 in damage. Patrolman L. EB. Messenger investigated.
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West
Wilford Street
City Hospital
William D. Webster
Aurora
K. H. Trippett
C. V. Messenger
Pearl Street
EB. Messenger
CITY 10 COOPERATE WITH POWER FIR ON LIGHTING
Grafton will skip Christmas street lighting this year as it joins Monongahela Power in urging reduced nonessential electricity use during the holidays. A joint group led by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Taylor County Board of Trade discussed the power situation with Mon Power officials. The proposed lighting project was dropped, in hope of better conditions next year. Power company officials said no order restricting lighting existed, only a request for cooperation. There is no general power shortage for domestic or business use in the area.
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Grafton
Monongahela Power Company
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor County Board of Trade
Trade Board
B. T. Henry
C. J. Jarnett
Sve
Power Company
Henry
F'Sftv
Truman Becomes Deep Sea Mariner at Key West Base
President Truman, already nicknamed a deep sea dunker, qualified today as a submariner at the Key West naval base. He received a scroll and plaque for his experience in November 1946 when he descended 450 feet in the submarine XU-2513. He also presented medals to four naval officers, including Commander George L. Street of Richmond, Virginia, who received a gold star in lieu of a second silver star.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
George L. Street
Richmond
First Income Tax Evasion Case Starts
Ophelia Johnson, among seven indicted women, reported a gross income of 1603 dollars for three years while running a house of prostitution. Assistant DA Brooks said evasion would be proven via bank statements and furniture purchase records. She leads 26 defendants set for trial on income and liquor law violations.
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Wheeling
Ophelia Johnson
Wayne T. Brooks
Bloody Rioting In Palestine Breaks Sabbath Calm
A double Arab assault on Tel Aviv shattered the Moslem sabbath truce and kicked off a fourth day of fighting in Palestine. Forty four killed, 21 Jews, with hundreds wounded and damage in the millions. Arab mobs struck Hatikvah and Zablawi districts as Hagana fought back. One Jew killed and another wounded in Hatikvah. Zablawi attacks targeted Jewish ex servicemen homes.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Hatikvah
Zablawi
Negihboring Jaffa
Hagana
Zablawi Quarter
Greatest aerial search for missing plane in history
In December 194? 167 U S planes scanned 100000 square miles across five countries seeking an Army transport DC-3 and 20 crew, vanished en route from Pisa to Frankfurt. Weather favored flight as allies, Swiss, French, and British aircraft joined the hunt, with over 200 planes involved before a weather front neared.
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Frankfort
Germany
U. S
Pisa
Italy
Frankfurt
Mediterranean
Paris
Austria
Switzerland
Air Force
Luxembourg
Pforheim
Cobsee
High School Boys Get Five Years In Beatings
In Huntington on December 5, two members of an unrecognized high school fraternity pled guilty to unlawful wounding and received one to five year prison terms. Prosecutor Edward H. Greene described the incidents as a series of gang beatings. The judge noted the accused attacked the victim at his home, injuring his eyes and breaking his nose, while a sister in law was bitten when she intervened.
Ten Hollywood figures indicted for contempt of Congress
A federal grand jury indicted ten movie writers producers and directors for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about Communist affiliation during the House un American Activities Committee hearings in October. Named are Albert Maltz Dalton Trumbo Samuel Ornitz John Howard Lawson Ring Laroisie Herbert Biberman Robert Adrian Scott Lester Cole Alvah Bessie and Edward Dmytryk. Eight face an additional count for refusal to disclose membership in the Screen Writers Guild. The group argues the inquiry violated constitutional rights. the maximum penalty is set for contempt. The citations were sent to the U S Attorney for grand jury submission.
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Washington
Albert Maltz
Dalton ‘Rambo
Samuel Ornutz
John Howard Lawson
Ring Laroisier
Herbert Bieberman
Robert Adrian Scott
Lester Cole
Alvah Bessie
Edward Dmybhyk
Screen Writers Guild
October
Ney
Dmytryk
Biberman
Scott
Ent
M. Cole
Trumbo
Rep. Thomas
R.ndi
House
U. S
Wait Say
Erand
Con- Vicon
ERAL
Rites Today for B and C Fireman
Solemn rites were held at Camp Senay church Tunnelton for Maxfield Phillips 34, a Baltimore and Ohio fireman who traveled through Grafton regularly and was found asphyxiated in a Cumberland boardinghouse. Rev Kerr officiated. interment in Camp Grounds cemetery with American Legion honors. Phillips, a VFW member and member of B of L F E, had ties to Taylor County Post 12. Knotts Funeral Home managed arrangements. Detective Powell said Athol Gibson, a B and O engineer living in the same boardinghouse, noticed the incident early Wednesday afternoon.
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Camp Senay
Tunnelton
Maxfield Phillips
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Boarding
Cumberland
Kerr
Camp Grounds
Taylor County
American Legion
Phillips
Knotts Funeral Home
V.F.W. of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Ernest M. Powell
Athol’ Ny Gibson
Philip “Foon
Soviet Buying Sprees Said Not Indicating Crisis
London dec 5 according to American reports Soviets may be on a buying spree but responsible diplomats discount any worry of an economic crisis. The U S State Department via Voice of America in 93 languages said a wave of panic buying in the United States followed rumors of price hikes and devaluation.
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John H. Hightower
London
Soviet Union
U. S. State Department
Voice of America
Washington
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Foreign Ministers Council
Molotov
United States
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Queen OF Roses
Pasadena
Cal
Charles Pickett
Mel Most
Chapavan
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Power Fir ON Lighting
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Thornton Meth
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Pauley
West Main Street
Strand Theatre
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