Freight embargo briefly eased on Baltimore and Ohio line
A B and O official announced that a 24 hour relief allowing intra line shipments was cancelled at once. Only exempted items such as food fuel hospital supplies and medicines may be shipped now. Local stores will not receive merchandise during the embargo and the Monon Hah division faced abrupt change in procedures with shipments limited to essential goods.
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R.A. J. Morrison
Monon- Hah Division
Baltimore and Abroad
Morrison
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio
Army Recruiting Offices Open Here
Local Army recruiting offices will be open Thursdays and Fridays from 10 am to 4 pm and Philippi offices on Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays, same hours, Sgt. Fredrick Angel announced today. A recruiter will be in Belington on Wednesdays. The local recruiting office is located in the post office building.
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Philippi
Fredrick Angel
Belington
Knife Scene Mixes Up Cambridge Police Report
Cambridge police rushed to Harvard and nearby streets after a telephone alert of a man fighting with a knife. They found the disturbance involved a husband fighting his wife, not a knife, leading to a rapid, mistaken patrol response. Local reporting notes the misinterpretation and the quick police action.
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Cambridge
Mass
Kalite
Bynd
Harvard
Cickens
Admiral Halsey Leaves Active Naval Duties
Washington December 7 Fleet Admiral William F Bull Halsey Jr longtime Third Fleet commander has asked to be relieved from active participation in naval affairs at age 64. Navy officials say the action is not retirement and that generals do not retire but are relieved from active assignments.
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Washington
William F
Bull) Halsey
Third Fleet
Halsey
Navy Department
Night Fire Tragedy Figures In Desperate Jumpers
Eyewitness account from a blazing building describes dozens of guests leaping to nets as flames lash the facade. Firemen struggle to catch incoming bodies while a sobbing man clings to a woman he cannot save and detective B B Brooks recounts a ninth floor rope descent.
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Trents
B. B. Brooks
Brooks
State board approves Fairmont State curriculum expansion
Charleston report notes the state board of education approved an industrial education curriculum at Fairmont State College, with plans for a building and government surplus equipment. The piece also mentions Swarthmore College's Sproul Observatory housing the Eastern coast's third largest telescope.
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Charleston
Fairmont State College
State Board of Education
Sproul Observatory
Swarthmore College
Businesses Violate Brownout Rules In Grafton
Police Chief Joe Mask says several advertising signs still burn contrary to brownout orders during the coal strike. Civilian Production Bureau officials have visited nearby cities but not yet Grafton. in Fairmont they ordered erasure of neon signs and exterior lights. Inside lighting remains allowed to deter theft, while night operation may use minimal lighting.
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Grafton
Joe Mask
Fairmont
Mask
Fire at historic hotel leaves dozens dead and missing
Fire traps dozens of guests in a 1913 brick hotel as flames rage through upper floors. Firefighters recover bodies, with authorities counting 25 to 30 deaths from jumps and suffocation. Emergency mortuaries open. morgue operations strain Grady Hospital. Identification hampered by burnt remains.
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M. A. Hornsby
L. J. Carroll
N. W. Smith
Camp LeRoy: Grafton Scouts Open New Headquarters
Grafton Bay Scout Troop No. 3 gains a permanent home in a cottage near the Grafton dam donated by Wheeler C. Bachman. The site will be developed into a camp and work room with boating, swimming, and fishing nearby. The cottage, first above Pottery bridge, will be renamed Camp LeRoy in honor of LeRoy Edwards, a Troop No. 3 member who died in World War I. Scoutmaster Loren Hoffman and assistant John McCafferty lead a growing committee. public and former members invited to visit.
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LeRoy Edwards
Grafton
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Cantonsville
Ministerial Group To Meet Monday Morning
The Grafton Ministerial association will meet Monday morning at 10 am at the residence of Rev. E. F. K. Roof at 27 West Washington Street. The devotional will be read by Rev. Harry M. Wilson and focus on the theme Perils of the Press.
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E. F. K. Roof
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Washington Street
Harry M. Wilson
Youth Escapes Injury In Tight Rope Act
An uninjured 17 year old roof ing firm apprentice fell from a downtown scaffold onto electric wires and performed a nerve jangling tightrope act for minutes before plunging 39 feet to an alley. Spectator Charles Walter Cook, witness Gus Sudik recalled the youth shouting for help then crying he was slipping and finally could not hold on.
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Boys Are Saddened Over Loss Of Parcel
Two Vancouver boys wept over a missing department store parcel after leaving it briefly to view toys. When asked what was inside, they cried that it held their cat, which had died and was to be buried in the park. The snippet also notes that evaporation rates peak in spring and summer in the United States.
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Vancouver
United States
Shooting Of Man Uncovers Stolen Car Say Police
Charleston police linked a shooting of a former prize fighter and wrestler to a stolen car case. Detectives reported license plates belonged to Charleston’s chief, car stolen August 23 from Sylvester Enterkin of West Chester, Pa. Driver Lloyd Long, 27, Renick, Greenbrier Co., wounded fleeing officers after a two-block chase. Long jailed for jewelry store break-in, under guard in hospital.
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L. B. Warren
Warren
Charles Town
Sylvester T. Enterkin
West Chester
Lloyd
Local TB Seals Mailed To Taylor County Citizens This Week
Frank M. Hollis Jr announces that about 1500 Taylor county residents received Christmas TB seals by mail. Each letter included 100 seals and a return envelope to reclaim stamp costs. In 1945 seal sales totaled 582.50 with 407.75 staying in the county for tuberculosis work supporting free X ray clinics and other services.
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Taylor County
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Ihhairman
Taylor County Tuberculosis Association
Hollis
Bankhaugel and Huegel Named General Attorneys for B and O
Frederick E Bankhaugel IT was appointed general solicitor and L James Huegel assistant general attorney of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad per an announcement by Edwin H Burgess vice president and general counsel.
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Frederick E. Bankhaugel
L. James Huegel
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Edwin H. Burgess
Increases on Liquor Become Effective
Liquor price increases take effect at Liquor Control stores. The changes apply to blended and straight brands, with increases described as up to five percent per fifth. Details are unclear due to fragmented source text.
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Liquor Control
Motorcycle crash injures driver and motorist dies
Clarksburg dispatch reports a motorcycle struck a car then another parked vehicle. The rider, 20 year old Navy veteran Rolf Lo, from Parkersburg, died. Sherman Was a Parkersburg resident escaped with injuries and bruises.
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Clarksburg
Rolf Lo
Parkersburg
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