Bodies recovered of three children in Gold Ver today
Three children aged 12, 10, and 9 were found dead in Ten Mile river near their farm home after setting out with a collie puppy to meet their stepfather in the woods to cut Christmas trees. Deputies and state troopers dragged the river with ice hooks. an Army plane from Stewart field and a Civilian deputy aided the search.
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Wabbaic
David Murphy
Clarence
Mary
C. Fred Clore
Dutchess County
Stewart Field
U.S. Military Academy
Newpurga
Poughkeepsie
A. 3. Brown
Green Haven
See
State Centenarian Passes Last Night
Susan Davis, 101, Mingo county's oldest resident and mother of James R. Davis former state vice commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and former Mingo county school superintendent, died at her Maher home near Naugatuck. She remained healthy until recent months and helped at her 100th birthday celebration on May 27, 1945. Her long life spanned five wars and major regional changes including West Virginia's separation and Logan division forming Mingo county.
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Logan
Mingo County
Weather to Return to Normal Soon Across Regions
The forecast indicates a cold front from Canada will push temperatures back toward normal for December. Northerly areas should reach normal by tomorrow, with the southeast cooling by Friday. Today, skies clear over New England and the mid Atlantic, with cool but above normal readings.
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Washington
St. Nick
Canada
Southeastern
New England
mid-Atlantic
Liquor ration lifted as prices rise in West Virginia
The West Virginia Liquor Control Commission declares a holiday from whiskey rationing starting Thursday December 12, with prices up nearly 20 percent on most whiskies. Indefinite rationing lift noted, but permit holders keep their cards for potential future rationing. Specific whiskey categories move to ration free status and punching of customer cards is suspended until further notice.
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West Virginia Liquor Control Commission
Clyde Hickman
Hickman
Smugglers of Chinese Into Philippines Active
Manila reports a rising smuggling network as 81 Chinese detainees were seized in a Lonog foothill hideout awaiting deportation. Officials say a recruiter in Amoy charged $500 per person, and the 81 detainees could have netted the ring about $40,500.
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Manila
Philippines
Lonog
Amoy
Damon Runyon Dies After Prolonged Illness at 62
New York December report confirms Damon Runyon, famed Broadway writer known for creating characters like "Harry the Horse," died at age 62 after a long illness and throat trouble. The Strand and Dixie theaters advertised tributes and memorial notices as his agent Paul Small coordinated remembrances.
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New York
Damon Runyon
Broadway
Grafton Sentinel
Marker
Florence Johnson
Harry the Horse
East St. Charles Street
Memorial Hospital
Van
He Johnson
Esther Williams
Strand Theatre
Eleanor Parker
Paul Henried
Dixie
Paul Small
Damon Page
Christmas Story From a War Veteran Offers Eye Hope
A Bellevue veteran from Massillon Ohio writes to help a sightless boy named Johnny Lower age eight, offering one of his eyes to restore sight. He describes his vision as perfect 20 20 and says one eye is better than none, hoping Johnny can see Christmas toys rather than feel them.
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Bellevue
Johnny Lower
Massillon
Johnny
Post War Cincinnatian Train Starts Jan 19 Between Baltimore and Cincinnati
The Baltimore and Ohio announces its first postwar streamlined train the Cincinnatian to run daily on a daylight schedule January 19 between Baltimore and Cincinnati via Washington. Diesel powered the new composite aluminum locomotive aims to rival the Capitol and National Limited. Details on schedule were unavailable today due to unreachability of Monongah division officials.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Washington
Capitol and National Limited
Grafton
R. A. J. Morrison
Monongah
John Bradford
Missing Marine transport plane sought in rugged Oregon search
A Marine Corps transport plane carrying 32 men vanished in foul weather after leaving San Diego for Seattle. Army Navy and forest rangers searched the Cascade foothills near Seattle, with four of the six planes landing at Portland and one reaching Sand Point. The missing craft was an RSC awaiting location.
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Seattle
Army
Navy
Forest Rangers
Cascade Mountains
Marine Corps
RSC
San Diego
Calif
Oregon
Washington
Portland
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Deer Kills Total Bin In Taylor County Six Day Season
County Game Protector Joseph W. Powell announced that 65 deer were bagged in Taylor County during the six day season, despite only a third of the usual hunters. The total is 10 more than last year and higher than 1944, indicating a greatly increased deer population. Powell said hunting restrictions likely kept the season from surpassing all records.
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Taylor County
Joseph W. Powell
Powell
Iilm
Steubenville Ministers Vow to Persist in Crime Campaign
Steubenville pastors vow to continue their campaign to rid the city of crime despite the defeat of a bill authorizing extra police. Rev. R. K. Russell says moral issues aren’t settled by council votes and they will work toward the government residents deserve. The council’s 4 to 4 tie defeated the measure, prompting continued community action.
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Stfurfnville
Steubenville
R. K. Rusell
Monongah Division Sets Record Coal Loadings
A Baltimore and Ohio spokesman said the Monongah division produced 2,807 coal loadings yesterday and 2,463 on Monday, a new division record. National loadings reached 4,100 cars, with hopper orders totaling 3,305 today as about 4,000 cars load on normal days.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Peters Admits Killing Claim Shocks Athens Inquiry
Athens dispatch reports Gordon Gray states Jewell Peters, Ohio University student, admitted smothering his wife Leah Mae Peters in their trailer on December 3. Prosecutor cites multiple motives while noting burns on the body may stem from coal stove contact. Peters previously claimed illness.
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Athens
Tor Gordon Gray
Jewell Peters
Ohio University
Leah Mae Peters
Peters
Gray
Cussine Burns
Uuiler Velve
Felur
Duquesne Ministers Target Gambling Allegations
Duquesne Mayor Frank Kopriver pledged to probe reported vice conditions after the Duquesne Ministerial Association called for cleansing evil elements. He criticized the ministers for harming community morale and urged them to focus on the gospel.
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Duquesne
Frank Kopriver
Duquesne Ministerial Association
Kopriver
Will consul union leaders for ideas on new labor laws
A quartet of senators proposed giving union leaders the first chance to propose changes to labor laws to avert strikes. Republicans Flanders and Knowland join Democrats Johnson and McClellan in urging early consultation with organized labor before drafting any bill. Some doubt may arise over the volume of viable suggestions amid prior reform opposition.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Ralph E. Flanders
Vermont
Roosevelt
Flanders
Congress
William F. Knowland
California
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Flander
McClellan
Horror Stories Of The Death March On Bataan Arouse Interest
Judges listening as survivors described the Bataan death march horrors during the Tokyo war crimes trial. Witness Donald Ingle testified he saw killings along the road and endured bayonet and starvation conditions after malaria left him in a hospital. Prosecution cited orders dated February 24, 1945, detailing Japanese actions.
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Bataan
Tokyo
Tojo
Pedro Lopez
Philippines
Donald F. Tnele
Laura
Ingle
Aist
Batan
Lopez
Manila
XS-1 Supersonic Plane Passes First Test Flight
Los Angeles December 11 A Bell XS-1 rocket plane with Chalmers Goodlin on board completed its initial test over Muroc. The craft launched from a B-29, climbed to 35,000 feet, and flew 19 minutes at lower power, aiming for speeds toward 1,700 mph.
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Los Angeles
Army Air Forces
Bell Aircraft Corp
Chalmers
Slick) Goodlin
New Alexandria
Muroc Air Base
America
Goodlin
Navy
Mhade A
PA Children Hurt In School Accident
Flint Michigan December 11 state police reported at least 25 children injured when a crowded school bus blew a tire and crashed into a tree seven miles south of the city. The Long Lake district bus carried about 40 pupils. No fatalities were listed. Several victims were described as badly hurt.
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Flint
Mich
Here
Vincent Neering
State Police Post
Neering
Long Lake District
Don Carmichael
Genesee County Sheriff's Department
New Sugar Stamp Number To Be Kept Secret Awhile
Washington officials said the new sugar ration stamp number will stay secret until January 1 to prevent early spending. The stamp becomes valid for five pounds of sugar from January 1 to April 30. Current stamps No 51 and home canning stamps 9 and 10 expire December 31. a second stamp might be valid in early 1947, though Agriculture officials doubt it before April 1.
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Washington
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Record heat persists in Grafton with December highs
Two days of near summer heat in Grafton kept records rising as temperatures reached 64 yesterday for December. A shift to winter weather did not arrive today, with the 11 30 a m reading at 44 still persisting.
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Grafton
United Nations Mulls World Disarmament Compromise
A key U N committee reportedly dropped a British proposal for a sweeping world disarmament plan. The move was presented as contingent on U S Britain and Soviet acceptance, with leaders to brief chiefs and a 20 nation sub committee by 3 00 pm S S T.
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Paul Henri Spaik
United States
Britain
United Nations
U. N. Security Council
Russia
Great Britain
U. N. Assembly
Flushing Meadow Park
UMW Litigation Delayed Pending Supreme Court Appeal
Federal Judge Goldsborough approves a joint stipulation delaying all further lower court action in United Mine Workers cases until ten days after the Supreme Court hears arguments on the Lewis miners contempt appeals. The Jan. 14 date anchors the timetable, with government and UMW attorneys signing the agreement for their sides.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Stadge Goch
Lewis
Goldsborough
John F. Sennett
Welly K. Hopkins
Joseph A. Padway
Lewis Union
Supreme Court of the Ree Sasa
United of America
United Mine Workers of America, Et
Grafton Sentinel Presents Tonight's Film Double Feature
The Grafton Sentinel invites the public to attend tonight’s cinema double feature featuring Tall In The Saddle and Zombies on Broadway presented by Seanale Ven耐dad. Gretvan Teste is also listed for the event with showings at the local theater.
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Grafton Sentinel
Seanale
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