Marshall Undergoes Kidney Operation At Walter Reed
Secretary of State Marshall underwent a kidney operation at Walter Reed hospital. Officials said the operation was successful and that he is doing excellently with no complications anticipated. The outcome will influence whether he remains in Truman’s cabinet as secretary of state.
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Washington
State Marshall
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Marshall
Truman
State Department
Paris
United Nations
Grafton Council Meeting Tonight Agenda Routine
Grafton City Council meets tonight at 8 p.m. in City Hall for the regular December session. City manager Curtis D. Decker says routine matters are on the agenda and invited guests include Jack R. Nuzum, new Taylor County Board of Trade executive secretary. Hugh F. Griffen, 62, of Fairmont, died yesterday in University of Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia.
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Grafton
Curtis D. Decker
Taylor County Board of Trade
Jack R. Nuzum
Tomicht
Mr. Decker
Fairmont
Hugh F. Griffen
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
William Lawson Dies After Illness At 69 In City Hospital
William Ellott Dick Lawson aged 69 gas station owner of Woodford addition and former Baltimore and Ohio railroad engineer died after a brief illness at City hospital. Born October 6, 1879 in Flemington he was a son of Matthew and Penelope Lawson. Survived by wife Mary Frances Patton Lawson and children W C Lawson Olaf R Lawson Howard Lawson of Grafton and Mrs Helen Francis Boyd of Akton Ohio plus six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending Bartlett Funeral Home.
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William (Ellett
Dick) Lawson
Woodford Addition
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Taylor County
City
Lawson
United Brethren Church
Grafton Lodge No. 15
A. F
A. M
Flemington
Matthew
Penelope Bartlett ‘Lawson
Mary Frances Patton Lawson
W. C. Lawson
Olaf R. Lawson
P. Howard Lawson
Grafton
Helen Francis Boyd
ofAkton
Ohio
Jerome Lawson
Monongah
Maude Love
Clarksburg
Gertrude Hacker
Haywood
W. Va
Emma Chenoweth
Philippi
Bartlett Funeral
Gross Sales Taxes Rise Ahead of Last Year
Charleston reports five month gross sales tax receipts ending November 30 total $16,494,913 up from $14,232,909 year ago. Tax Commissioner C H Koontz notes coal leads with over $1,000,000 gain while manufacturing wholesale and retail also rise. contracting natural gas and sand timber lag.
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Charleston
C. H. Koontz
Supreme Court affirms land condemnation verdict at Moundsville
The Supreme Court affirmed a $12,000 condemnation verdict to Mercantile Banking and Trust Co for about three acres taken in 1941 for Grave Creek bridge construction on State Route 2 near Moundsville. Beer Commissioner B Crow announced hearings Thursday on charges against seven retail license holders.
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Mercantile Banking and Trust Company of
Moundsville
Moundsville Land Company
Supreme Court
Grave Creek
B. Crow
World's Biggest Bombing Plane Flies Over West Virginia
West Virginians glimpse the B-36 during Peace Week events across 13 cities marking the Pearl Harbor anniversary. Ceremonies feature speakers, Christmas lights, and parades by U S Air Force bands as F-84 jets circle Bluefield and Charleston plans a Friday program.
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West Virginia
Charleston
West
Pearl Harbor
Army
Air Force
Fort . Tex
Charal
Reopens Hearings On Communist Spying Case
Washington dispatch reports the House Committee on Un-American Activities will reopen public hearings at 2 p m EST with former Under Secretary Sumner Welles as a witness. Rep Mundt and Rep Nixon discuss bringing forward sworn Chambers testimony and Hiss libel case details as part of the espionage inquiry.
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House American Activities Committee
Mundt
Stripling
Welles
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Chambers
Baltimore
Red
Grand Jury
New York
Chambers-Hiss
White House
Truman
Nixon
Justice Department
33 Survivors Of Plane Crash Rescued By Navy Carrier
Navy carrier Rendova saved 33 exhausted survivors from a mid Pacific plane crash after a 40 hour air sea search. The 33 were found on overcrowded life rafts in shark infested waters. two were unconscious and hoisted aboard. Survivors include Staff Sergeant Joseph L. Smith Stockton Kansas and other listed crew.
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Leif Erickson
Honolulu
PIA
Air Force
Navy
Rendova
Joseph L. Smith Stockton
Kans
William A. Colvin, Jr
Cross City
Flat
Robert C. Harrell
Milledgeville
Charles T. Millapaugh
Port Jervis
Obskai Seo
So Evil My Love at Dixie Theatre Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites W. F. Duffy of 12 East Wilford Street to attend tonight's Dixie Theatre presentation of So Evil My Love starring Ray Miland and Ann Todd.
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Grafton Sentinel
W. F. Duffy
Wilford Street
My Love
Ray Miland
Ann Todd
Dixie Theatre
Rail Traffic Reopens After Big West Virginia Derailment
Traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio line between Grafton and Charleston resumed after wreckage clearance last evening following a derailment early yesterday near Dundon in Clay County West Virginia. Five crewmen were injured, none seriously. Names include engineer M H Morrison of Gassaway fireman J A Brady Jr of Little Otter Braxton County brakeman R B Tanner of Little Otter flagman R N Ralph Gay of Gassaway and conductor C B Hitchcock of Gassaway. Passenger Train No 35 was delayed six and a half hours, arriving at 9:25 p.m. after a 2:30 p.m. departure. Road Foreman G L Nichols of Gassaway noted the 120 ton locomotive.
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Grafton-Charleston
Baltimore, and Ohio Railroad
Dundon
Clay
W. Va
M. H. Morrison
Gassaway
J. A. Brady, Jr
Little Otter
Braxton
County
R. N
Ralph Gay
C. B. Hitchock
Charleston- Graftors
Charleston
G. L. Nichols
Fatal attack claims Mrs Pearl Simpson in Tunnelton
Mrs Pearl Lorraine Simpson aged 51 of Tunnelton died after an attack while seated with her husband during breakfast at 5:45 am. She was wife of John W. Simpson, employed by Tunnelton Cooperative Coal. Born October 8, 1897 in Mineral county, she leaves 13 children and siblings in West Virginia. Funeral details follow.
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Pearl Lorraine Simpson
Tannelton
John W. Simpson
Tunnelton Cooperative Coal Company
Mineral County
Robert Anderson
Mary Maberry Anderson
Patterson Creek
W. Va
Charles Anderson
See Simpson
Caldwell Named To Annapolis Post
Annapolis Md Dec 7 Captain Henry Howard Caldwell will be named to succeed Captain Tom Hamilton as Navy athletic director at the Naval Academy. Caldwell, navy explorer and combat hero, has headed the mathematics department since last June and is officer representative for football. Hamilton, athletic director for the past year, will retire Feb 1 to become Pitt athletic director and direct a new sports-emphasis program. Caldwell, a 1927 Annapolis graduate, starred in football and baseball and later coached. He survived two weeks stranded after a plane crash during Admiral Byrd’s 1946 Antarctic expedition and, as wartime commander of Air Group 12 aboard the Saratoga, led raids on Pacific targets.
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Henry Howard Caldwell
Tom Hamilton
Navy
Naval Academy
Caldwell
Hamilton
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Hamiltton
Rabaul
Pacific Islands
Reuter Becomes Mayor of Blockaded Berlin
Ernest Reuter, Socialist foe of Communism, was chosen by Berlin’s western city assembly to finish the current mayoral term. The move ignores the Russian veto and follows a Social Democratic victory in the western sector, though the Russian-occupied east rejects him.
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Daniel DE Luce
Berlin
Ernest Reuter
Reuter
Berin
Social Democratic Party
Louise Schroeder
BEWAG
Anary
Social Democrats
Judge Wilhelm Grants Divorces in Taylor County Court
Judge Charles P. Wilhelm of Kingwood granted two divorces at a special Taylor County Circuit court term. C. EB. Wayne Gall won a divorce from Lillian E. Gall with shared property in a West Main street home and a farm interest. Velma Reed West was granted a divorce from William F. Westfall. custody of children awarded to West. Several other bills of complaint for divorces were filed in November.
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Charles P. Wilhelm
Kingwood
Taylor County
W Merle Watkins
C. EB
Wayne Gall
Lillian E. Gall
West Main Street
Ellaoween
Velma Reed Westfall
West Boyd Street
William F. Westfall
Herbert Henry Fornash
Barbara Jean Fornash
Goldie DeMoss Hawkins
Earl Hawkins
Evelyn G. Howell
Fred Howell
Three More Nationalist Armies Encircled by Reds
Associated Press reports disaster as Communist forces trap three Nationalist army groups totaling about 100,000 near Nanking, following another trap earlier at Suchow. Nationalists abandon towns near Peiping as a bridge of US aid sparks debate in Washington. A Peiping field blast destroys aviation fuel and munitions.
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Associated Press Press
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Nanking
Suchow
Peiping
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Washington
U. S
United States
United Nations
Russia
North Korea
Berlin
Moscow
Mail of First Class Would Not Be Given Increase
Postmaster General Donaldson said he will ask Congress to raise rates on all mail except first class. He spoke at the White House after meeting with President Truman, noting the Postal Service faces a record deficit of about 560 million dollars this year. He outlined expected increases for second, third, and fourth class mail and special services.
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Donaldson
Congress
Donaldon
White House
Truman
Budget Bureau
Post Office Department
Three Barbour and Taylor men to report for induction
Three Barbour and Taylor county men join two others as the second group called by Selective Service Board No. 29. James Russell Fletcher, Edward Earl McGee, and Frank Neal Price, all 1925 births, will report December 15 at noon for 21 months of service beginning December 15. They will be sworn in at the Fairmont induction center and likely depart for basic training. An additional pre-induction physical call may be announced Friday.
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Barbour
Taylor County
Selective Service Board
Fairmont
James Russell Fletcher
Grafton
Edward Earl McGee
Rosemont
Frank Neal Price
Bellington
Harold ‘Weekly
President Truman to meet Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
The White House announced that President Truman will meet with Madame Chiang Kai-Shek on Friday. The confirmation comes as discussions on postwar affairs and allied support continue.
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Washington
Dec
Truman
Chiang Kai-Shek
White House
Supreme court upholds $810,000 verdict vs Baltimore and Ohio
The Ohio Supreme Court today affirmed a Wayne County verdict of $810,000 against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, for the death of Virgil Ray Gilkerson and three others in a 1944 car train collision near Huntington. Judges Fox and Haymon dissented. the case had twice reached the high court.
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Supreme Court
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Fred L. Fox
Frank C. Haymon
Wayne County
Henry A. Gilkerson
Virgil Ray Gilkerson
Virgil
Gilkerson
Béo
Huntington
Catlettsburg
Segree
Rule Child's Death On Chopping Block Accident
Inez Kentucky December coroner’s jury finds three year old Euladine Mol Jett’s death an accident. The child stood near grandfather John Mollett as he chopped wood. she slipped onto the swinging axe, suffering partial decapitation.
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Rule Child
Inez
Euladine
Mol Jett
Frank Miller
John Mollett
Davis Fork
Sud‘deny
Mollett
Astounding results from two new drug discoveries
New drugs chloromycetin and aureomycin are reported to combat typhoid fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, virus pneumonia, undulant fever, and Q fever. Dr Perrin Long of Johns Hopkins announced dramatic cures at a meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, noting rapid recoveries in Maryland and Baltimore patients and suggesting potential to wipe out typhoid fever with early diagnosis.
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New York
Perrin Long
Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland Hospital
E. T. Woodward
Long
Burma
New Guinea
Philippines
Maryland
Tee
Baltimore
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