Merchants donate 6500 to Grafton city treasury
Local merchants in Grafton contributed 6500 to the city treasury as part of a 10000 pledge by the Taylor County Board of Trade. The gift aims to keep the city gross sales tax off the books for the current year and support municipal finances ahead of the upcoming legislative session.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Grafton
Taylor County Board
Pthnotanta
Trade Board Committee
Board of Trade
W. Va
Next
C. Wson
Charles W. T
D. Decker
Clarks-on
Pavern
Pys of
Lettine
Revere
Ald . Decker
Coneh
Nuzum
Former Grave Digger Claims He Killed Woman
A former grave digger surrendered to police in Saginaw Michigan and said he beat to death a Philadelphia woman last spring after she spurned his advances. Herbert L Gulembo 24 named the victim as Mrs Catherine Miller and said she was killed last April.
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Saginaw
Mich
Philadelphia
Joseph Bugenske
Herbert L. Gulembo
Bugenske
Gulembo
Catherine Miller
Bayard J. Jenkins
Kathryn Mellor
Jenkins
Reese
Scottville
Gul
Budget battle looms as board studies 1949 51 requests
In Harleton Dec 8 officials report the Board of Public Works is reviewing a budget bill for 1949 51 asking 257 437 000 from all state agencies for the biennium. The 1947 legislature appropriated 481 695 000. operating needs total 84 000 000 while the rest comes from surplus.
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Fharleston
Board of Public Works
Iour
Urge Veterans To Attend Reburials
The local National Cemetery will hold the week’s largest reburial program with eighteen World War II heroes receiving final resting plates. Reinterments are scheduled Tuesday through Friday, with four daily on Tue/Wed and five daily on Thu/Fri. Local veterans groups are urged to attend as pallbearers for the services.
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National Cemetery
Resee
Labor calls for maximum wage hikes amid price rise fears
Washington December 8 The AFL and CIO economists told the Senate House committee that workers must seek maximum wage increases if business keeps price rises and profits unduly high The CIO suggested an excess profits tax to tax away speculative profits and labor urged price restraint by employers to allow price declines where excessive Cruikshank noted postwar profits funded much capital and working capital while labor demanded assurances of price containment and sacrifice from industry
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Washington
Dez
AFL
CIO
Senate House Economic Committee
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
CIC
Nelson H. Cruikshank
Cruikshank
See
B and C Reservoir to Undergo Repairs in Latrobe Street
A Baltimore and Ohio rail reservoir of 250000 gallons on Latrobe Street near Musgrove Wholesale Grocery is being repaired. The roof is being renewed and the structure cleaned out by B&O railroad workers. The job aims for completion in a few weeks, with the B and O stating the reservoir serves shops and locomotives.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Latrobe Street
Musgrove Wholesale
Monongah Division
B&o
St. John Street
Grafton
Charleston
National Institute For Infantile Paralysis
West Virginia
Raymond Brewster
Huntington
Hearings to Resume on Railroad Discontinuance Plan
Hearings on New York Central Railroad plans to discontinue two passenger trains on the Charleston to Columbus run were to be resumed. Brotherhoods and communities Eleanor Bancroft Winfield and Hurricane will present further testimony to protests filed November 22 against the cut. The railroad argues the service yields insufficient revenue to justify the change.
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Charleston
New York Central Railroad
Point Pleasant
Eleanor
Bancroft
Winfield
Hurricane
Columbus
Britain May Take Action If Jewish Forces Enter Trans-Jordan
Paris Dec 8 Britons report private information that Jewish forces have invaded Trans-Jordan. Harold Beeley told the UN Palestine Committee such an invasion could obligate Britain to act under its treaty with the Arab country. He did not specify force sizes and noted a second force moved toward the Dead Sea Aquaba region. Britain warned of possible sanctions or urgent council action to end the new crisis amid Israel's peace talks.
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Paris
Trans-Jordan
Nations
Security Council
Palestine Committee
Britain
Wien
Beeley
Dead Sea
Aquaris
Red Sea
Gulf of Aquaba
Harold Beeley
Seven-Nation Committee On
Palestine
United Kingdom
Israel
Negev Desert
Speatqiz
Demands Koreans Commission End Its Work
Soviet delegate Jacob Malik urged dissolving the UN Korean commission calling it a tool of American imperialism. He accused John Foster Dulles of using the body to shape southern Korea as an imperialist playground. Western observers warned of a possible Soviet filibuster as the 58 nation committee considers Korea independence ahead of a general assembly vote.
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Arthur Gavshon
Paris
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations
Malik
John Foster Dilles
U.S
U.N
Korea
General Assembly
United States
China
Australia
South Korea
U. S
Doubtful If Marshall Will Again Direct Foreign Affairs
Secretary of State Marshall may not resume full-time direction of U S foreign affairs after an operation for kidney removal. At Walter Reed Hospital his condition is excellent but he requires a long rest, fueling speculation that President Truman will soon accept his resignation. The hospital reported Marshall had a good night and sat up in bed.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
Truman
J. A. Weaver
Washington Spy Case Drama Outshines Courtroom Verdict
A newspaper column argues the Whittaker Chambers versus Alger Hiss case offers gripping drama even before any court verdict. It paints Chambers as roly poly and Hiss as a rising figure, noting the August confrontation scene as the peak so far.
Mediator Hastens To Head Off Strike In Rail System
Federal mediator rushed to San Francisco to avert a Southern Pacific railroad strike set for Wednesday. About 3,500 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen members across six states threaten to walk out at 6 am unless central grievances are resolved. Progress in mediation may delay the deadline as the National Mediation Board handles negotiations with William F. Mitchell assigned to the case.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive
C. W. Moffitt
Western General
Brotherhood
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Nevada
Utah
Oregon
Southern Pacific
National Mediation Board
William F. Mitchell
NLRB approves withdrawal of coercion charges in West Virginia
The National Labor Relations Board approved an agreement to withdraw coercion charges against United Mine Workers District 31 locals in Barbour Harrison and Upshur counties. An order in Federal Circuit Court at Richmond requires the union to refrain from coercing employees of Grafton Coal Atlas Engineering and Coleman Gay while workers remained on strike. The union offers no admission of past acts. locals 2811 Galloway, 4172 Century, 8601 Century, and 672 Gypsy are named.
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Washington
National Labor Relations
Foard
United Mine Workers Unions
District 31
West Virginia
NLRB
Barbour, Harrison and
Upshur
Federal Circuit Court
Richmond
UMW District 31
Grafton Coal Company
Atlas Engineering Company
Coleman & Gay, Inc
UMW
Galloway
Century
Gypsy
Grafton Man Fined For Hazardous Driving
A $100 fine and costs were imposed on George Joliffee of Maple Avenue after he pleaded guilty to hazardous driving following an accident on U S Route 50 last Friday. Joliffee paid the fine before Magister Ona Court. Supporting officials included State Trooper E L Duckworth and Prosecuting Attorney Hugh R Mephail. Joliffee was involved in a rear end collision with a 1941 Plymouth driven by Milton W Withers of Bridgeport Route 3.
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George Joliffee
Maple Avenue
Mag. Ona-C
Jefferys
Jolliffee
Jed W. Robinson
Hugh R. Mew Phail
E. L. Duckworth
Milton W. Withers
Bridgeport
Six Million Approved for Road Construction in Charleston
The board of public works released an additional 6 million dollars for secondary road construction. It completes half of a 12 million excess appropriation from the 1947 legislature and transfers funds from the general fund to the state road fund. The 1947 appropriation came from surplus carried over from prior years.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
Eunice A Lincoln Testimony At U S House Hearing
Eunice A Lincoln described as a former state department secretary who worked with Alger Hiss testified before the House Committee on Un American Activities. She identified herself to reporters as a secretary in 1937 38 in Francis B Sayre's office where Hiss also worked. The committee seeks further testimony from Whittaker Chambers as it follows up his charges that Hiss gave him secret State Department documents for transmission to the Russians.
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Ing Young
State Department
Hiss
Chambers
Hollywood
Page
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Alger Hiss
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Eunice A. Lincoln
Francis B. Sayre
Sayre
Whitetaker Chambers
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Maryland
Russia
Lovett
Bunigé -Lincoln
Mundt
R-Sd
T. Mundt
Grand jury nears final conclusion on espionage probe
A federal grand jury in New York is nearing a final conclusion in its espionage investigation. Testimony continued with Whitaker Chambers and Alger Hiss as the panel pressed for quick indictments before the term expires on December 15. U S Attorney John F X McGohey said the panel is turning up real evidence and is closer than ever to a verdict.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
U.S
John F. X. McGohey
McGohey
Testimony Ordered On Koch Sentence Clemency Case
Gen Lucius Dae legal aide called to testify before the Senate investigating committee about General Clay’s 1947 clemency for Ilse Koch wife of Buchenwald camp commandant. The panel questions whether justice was done and if a life term can be reinstated. Senators Ferguson McClellan O Conor Bricker lead the inquiry into jurisdiction and findings.
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Washington
Lucius Dae
Ilse Koch
Army
Sayi
Germany
Buchenwald
Clay
Koch
Ferguson
R.-Mich
McClellan
D-Ark
O'Conor
D-Md
Bricker
Rohio
Powell Commends Hunter Honor for Reporting Deer
County Game Protector Joseph W. Powell praised Gene Jeffries for reporting his spike buck kill in Taylor county last week. Jeffries received the minimum $50 fine with costs. Powell noted five other illegal kills in the season and urged hunters to report accidental kills to avoid harsher prosecutions. Seven illegal kills were recorded this season, including four does, two spike bucks, and one button buck. The last three were found on Rufus Lake farm near Brown church in the Country Club area, Grady Creek, and Harmony Grove.
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Joseph W. Powell
Gene Jeffries
Taylor County
Mag
C. P. Lucas
Mr. Powell
Dees
Rufus Lake
Brown Church
Country Club
Grady Creek
Harmony Grove
Pittsburgh smoke control efforts studied by West Virginia officials
West Virginia Health Commissioner N H Dyer and Paul D Halley will confer in Pittsburgh with Sumner B Ely and Dr W P Black to study the citys measures against atmospheric pollution. The meeting aims to review Pittsburgh ordinances laws and the organizational setup plus the finances engineering and lab facilities needed for a broader program.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
N. H. Dyer
Paul D. Halley
Bureau of Industrial Hygiene
Sumner B. Ely
Pittsbburgh Health Department
Bureau of Smoke Prevention
W P. Black
Association
Formation of Air and Streams of
Dyer
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
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Martinsburg
Northwest Dunbar
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Arthur Edson Washington
Shakespeare
Time Magazine
Nears Conclusion
Powell
Hunter
Strand
Dixie
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Grafton Sentinel
Roy Rogers Blueville
Richard Crane
Lyn Wilde
Dixie Theatre
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