Jaycees Announce Christmas Lights Weekend in Grafton
Grafton's Christmas lighting program will be fully operational by week’s end following a Jaycees meeting at the American Legion on Latrobe street. Partial setup was done last weekend with remaining Main Street lights to be installed soon. A committee will obtain laurel and trees for decorating the Main and St. John corner lot and the hospital tree. Doctors will trim the hospital tree. merchants are being asked to fund the program.
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Grafton
American Legion
Latrobe Street
Main Street
Jaycees
Main
St. John Streets
New City Hospital
Istridt
Nazi plan documentary shown as visual proof at war crimes trial
The court heard that the film gives five defendants starring roles and features leaders like Hitler Goebbels and Mussolini among others. It includes scenes of Nazi victims and late last year’s attempted assassination in Berlin. George W. Whistler is noted for building a Moscow to Leningrad railway for the czar.
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Dom
Herman Gorrine
Rudolph Hess
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Baldur von Schirach
Alfred Rosenbers
Julius Streicher
Konstantin von Neurath
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Mussolini
Laval
Daladier
Chamberlain
Puehrer
Poland
West
Berlin
Germany
George W. Whistler
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Christmas Packages For A. P. C. 729 Lost
Postmaster James T. Murphy reported that a war department notice states most overseas Christmas mail for A. P. C. 729 in the Aleutians was lost in a violent storm. Postmasters may send one parcel per person through A. P.O. 729 if mailed by December 20.
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James T. Murphy
War Department
Aleutian
A. P.O
Ford and unions clash over wage demands and strikes
Negotiations on a new Ford contract were to resume as GM warned of production responsibility. UAW-CIO leaders decried a canceled contract, urging a 30 percent wage increase. Across regions, CIO United Steelworkers weighing a nationwide December strike, with 650000 workers possibly walking out for a $2 daily raise. Western Electric unions in New York and New Jersey stalled, eyeing a strike after talks with telephony unions.
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C. E. Wilson
Uaw-Cio
R. J. Thomas
CTO
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
New York
Western Electric Employes Association
Western Electric
New Jersey
Jim
Kearny
N. J
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Deadline set for gifts to hospitalized veterans drive
December nineteenth is the cutoff for the Give To Yanks Who Gave program in this county. Gifts collected at local Legion homes will be packed for Martinsburg's D Baker Memorial Hospital, with seven stores already hosting collection boxes. Local chairman James F Holt urges everyone to place a gift with a card at designated merchants for hospital distribution.
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American Legion
George D. Vogel
Area I
West Virginia
Grafton
Taylor County
Blair Mugler
Legion
James F. Holt
Holt
F. M. Randolph
Joe Gamsjager
Russia to clear Mukden and Manchuria fronts amid accords
The report says Russia will pull back to conserve the Communist forces and covers Mukden Changchun and Harbin, the key Manchurian cities excluding southern Dairen. Mukden is the first target for central government troops, with Dairen on a border path to Harbin and Changchun. Card of thanks notes convey condolences for John L. Bragg from Doris Lee Mantsey and family.
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Russia
Mukden
Changchun
Harbin
Manchuria
Dairen
Chungking
West Virginia Briefs Reported Car Crash Claims
The road commission was named as defendants in five claims filed in the court of claims after a July 14 collision on U S 119 near Spencer involving a small truck and a commission station wagon. Damages list the Darlings and Ward girl as plaintiffs. Ward seeks reimbursement for hospital expenses.
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Associated Press
Charleston
The
Road Commission
Court of Claims
U.S. 119
Spencer
B. F. Darlington
South Charleston
Margaret
Nancy Lynn Ward
Painesville
William Ward
Painsville
Ward
In Memoriam Mrs Alvina Kiney
In sad memory of our dear mother Mrs Alvina Kiney who passed away one year ago December 11 1944 Two dear bright eyes a tender smile A loving heart that gave selflessly Deep trust in God that all was right Her joy to help the sick or suffering She thought of others first and self last Her devoted children recall her deeds and grace
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Alvina Kiney
Mothe
Huge Job Ahead for County Home Owners This Year
Taylor county homeowners plan to spend over 532000 on remodeling and repair in the next five years. The 1946 era promises major work such as kitchen and bathroom modernization, tiling, new roofs, heating, and added rooms, with nationwide spending exceeding 5.5 billion. Ample low interest financing from banks and savings institutions is available, according to R E Jordan of the Tile Council of America.
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Taylor County
Tile Council of America
R. E. Jordan
Jordan
West Virginia
Escape suspects named in Marion and Harrison counties
Deputy Warden Leo Collison identified Denis Anderson aged 31 serving two to ten years for forgery from Marion county and Burton Hennessy aged 24 given one to two years for auto theft in Harrison county as escapees from Zel County. Corn typically expands about zero times its size when popped.
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Zel County
Leo Collison
Denis Anderson
Marion County
Burton Hennessy
Harrison County
Fetterman Beer License Denied for West Main Street Store
Mayor C O King announced the city board refused a beer license to Tony Kostelac for a 1220 West Main street liquor outlet. First Ward residents petitioned to keep intoxicants out, supporting the decision, while it was unclear if Kostelac would pursue court action.
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C. O. King
Tony Kostelac
West Main Street
First Ward
Kostelac
Bombing survey notes civilian toll and postwar concerns
The report on Allied bombing of Germany details fire as the main killer in air raids with an estimated 500000 German deaths. It warns of subtle long range effects on civilian populations and the country’s near brink of pestilence and famine as World War II ends.
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Germany
Reich
Turner to move to death house for holiday execution
MOUNDSVILLE Dec 11 Warden M E Ketchum said William Turner 29 condemned to die December 28 will be moved to the state penitentiary death house the day after Christmas. He shot Carla Dean Pratt 15 of Newbury and escaped Kingwood jail but was recaptured. Governor Meadows office said no commutation action taken as governor out of city. Turner was due to travel from Miami and New Orleans today.
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Moundsville
M. E. Ketchum
William Turner
State Penitentiary
Death House
Ketchum
Turner
Carla Dean Pratt
Newbury High School
Kingwood
Meadows
Charleston
Mian
Fla
New Orleans
Press growth in wartime Warsaw presses despite censorship
Despite strict government censorship, Warsaw newspapers are expanding rapidly with five dailies, 15 weeklies, and 24 monthlies launched in six months. Eighteen more titles appear irregularly, signaling a mushrooming press scene in the city.
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Warsaw
B and O Completes Foot Steps Of Local Bridge
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad finishes the foot steps of the concrete walk on the south side of the South Grafton bridge, making the structure fully usable for the public. The Taylor County court had completed the bridge weeks earlier, but the steps became usable only last Saturday.
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South Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Taylor County Court
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Ralph Deviese
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U. S. Employment — Service
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C. V. Miller
Grafton, W. Va
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Billy” Severn
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Eric Knight
Sylvan Simon
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Woolley
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