General Strike Ties Up Rome Today In Majority Walkout
A leftist called general strike shut down Rome except vital services and railroads. About 500000 workers idle, first major stoppage in 25 years. Government labour talks expected to map end of walkout. some essential services exempted.
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Rome
Frank O'Brien
We Il
Chamber of Labor
Treasury Ministry
Giuseppe di Vittorio
General
Italian Confederation of Labor
Ministry of Labor
Alcide de Gasperi
Primavalle
Amendment 70 Aid Bill Could Add 80 Million Cost
Washington reports the House approved an amendment to a 50 million emergency foreign aid bill. It would force government agencies chiefly the CCC to sell surplus foods for foreign aid, a move officials estimate could add 50 million dollars in losses on present holdings. Citrus fruit purchases may follow under price support programs. The measure aims to aid hungry nations this winter and is seen as moving the bill past major hurdles.
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Washington
House
United States
Jack Anderson
R.-Calif
Commody Credit Corporation
CCC
Anderson
Elveney
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
and Son
Reperman
D.ala
Spanish-American War Vet to be Interred at State Cemetery
Alfred Christner 71 of Fairmont will be buried at the state National Cemetery tomorrow at noon. Cemetery Superintendent J H Griffin said Col C L Smith Camp 10 Spanish American War Veterans of Fairmont will lead the burial with help from the Fairmont American Legion post. Col J W Hollister of Fairmont will perform the military rite. Christner died suddenly at 3 am yesterday. This will be the week’s only burial at the cemetery.
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Alfred Christner
Fairmont
J. H. Griffin
C. L. Smith
National Cemetery
Christner
Carter Hall estate sold with Gilbert Stuart portrait
The 580 acre Carter Hall estate near Millwood Clarke County sold by Girard B Lambert of Princeton New Jersey to Frank E Christopher a Morgantown coal operator. The deal included a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington. Purchase price ran into six figures with the portrait selling for 25000 dollars.
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Norfolk
Carter Hall
Millwood
Clarke, County
Girard B. Lambert
Princeton
N. J
Frank E. Christopher
Morgantown
W. Va
Gilbert Stuart
George Washington
Grafton Stores Set Christmas Eve Evening Hours
Taylor County merchants plan to stay open evenings from December 19 until Christmas Eve closing at 6 p m For Yuletide shoppers the extended hours begin next ember 19 with most stores open until 9 p m Some stores may extend further prior to Friday according to the trade promotion committee. employees gain time with families in the holiday period
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Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trade
Taylor Countians
Trade Promotion Committee
The
Trade Board
Coal Car Loadings Increase On Monongah Division
Coal car loadings on the Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad rose last week to 10,630 cars from 9,730 the prior week. Early in the week 2,163 cars were loaded on Monday, then 1,668 on Tuesday, 1,792 on Wednesday, and 1,579 on Thursday as orders for cars declined.
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Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
State Highways Slippery Today
Light snow and ice made roads around Moundsville and near Logan and Beckley treacherous. Route 20 west of Webster Springs was very icy with zero visibility in the forenoon, while primary routes near Moundsville were hindered. Charleston Morgantown Clarksburg routes clear, U S Route 60 Rainelle Big Bend in satisfactory condition. motorists urged to carry chains.
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Charleston
Moundsville
Logan and
Beckley
Webster Springs
Information Bureau of the
State Road Commission
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Rainelle
Big Bend
Identified French officer named a Communist of many years standing
Paris dispatch reports Col Raymond Marquie, head of the repatriation mission to Moscow, described as a long time Communist who wants to stay in the Soviet Union. An aide to Francois Mitterand says if his Moscow remarks are confirmed he will be dismissed. Identity page 4.
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Carl Hartman
Paris
Raymond Marquie
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Francois Mitterand
Marquie
Jeeps Kids Ain’t Nothin Sacred At All
Rochester police detective chief Edward Collins ordered a scare of five boys questioned at headquarters over a string of thefts. Found in the 1 to 12 year olds were about a dozen items snatched while they waited, including brass knuckles and the desk sergeant’s pencil. Collins said the boys had admired a series of jobs, including church collection thefts.
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Rochester
Edward Collins
Collins
Pearl Felton Named Temporary Chairman of GOP Committee
Miss Pearl Felton of Webster, a longtime Republican, was elected temporary chairman to fill the vacancy left after Beal's death. The group met at the Court House to appoint registrars for the August primary, aiming to verify registrations and add new ones. The list of registrars will be released next week.
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Pearl Felton
Webster
Taylor County Republican Committee
Bath
Miss Felton
Republican’ Party
Court House
Beal
Stassen Proposes Price Control Plan in Pennsylvania
Doylestown Pa December 11 presidential hopeful Harold E Stassen urged a major investigation into government food operations and insiders to curb rising prices He criticized President Truman and Democrats for blamed games and outlined steps including a prompt probe and new law against improper buying and selling of food See STASSEN page 4 Also reports that Mike Murray a former Grafton man and assistant train master in the Monongah Division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with offices in Fairmont is critically ill in St Marys hospital following an operation
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Doylestown
Harold E. Stassen
Pennsylvania
Truman
Stassen
Mike Murray
Grafton
Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fairmont
St. Mary's Hospital
Truman Attacks GOP anti inflation plan at news conference
President Truman criticized Republican wage and price proposals as insufficient without his own W-point program to curb living costs. He said he will submit specific wage and price control legislation to Congress soon and indicated he would pursue all ten points from his prior message while enforcing anti trust laws to the limit.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Republn
GOP
New England
OPA
House Banking Committee
Rep. Wolcott
R.mich
House
Train collision kills two in New Braunfels
Two Missouri Kansas Texas passenger trains collided head on ten miles south of New Braunfels Texas at 11 43 pm injuring nine people and leaving three missing including a railroad inspector. Firemen Jack B Coleman 28 of Waco and George W Stainthorpe 4 from San Antonio were killed. Engineer Roy Callaway 60 of Smithville and porter Will Maney of San Antonio were missing. Baggageman J M Bayless of Arlington was in critical condition. Mickey Pattillo railroad special agent said engineers likely gave mixed orders.
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Bob Byers
New Braunfels
Tex
Here
Jack B. Coleman
Waco
George W. Stainthorpe
San Antonio
Texas
Roy Callaway
Smithville
Will Maney
Mickey Pattillo
J. M. Bayless
Arlington
New Braunfels General Hospital
Louise A. Krueger
Paul E. Chesser
Floyd Jenkins
R. B. Fer
New York Central and B and O to open lakes docks
Toledo, Dec. 11 The New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio railroads say a modern $18.5 million coal and ore dock complex on Maumee Bay will open next spring. The Lakefront Dock and Railway Terminal Co. will operate it with 56 miles of track, 5,400 car capacity, and space to handle 20 million tons of coal and 4.5 million tons of ore annually. It will serve three coal boats and one ore vessel at once with winter mooring for 21 ships.
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Toledo, C
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Great Lakes
Maumee Bay
Lakefront Dock and Railway Terminal Co
Probe Mysterious Columbus Homicide
Columbus officials probed the night death of Timo C. Rice a young disabled real estate salesman found shot on a lonely bridge northwest of the city. Rice’s car was abandoned near the central police station with blood on the back seat as authorities issued a general alarm for a tall middle aged man with a black mustache.
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Columbus
Timo C. Rice
Nothwest
Here
Rice
Sec
Pace
Ung Republicans to Meet Friday in Clarksburg
The Young Republican league of West Virginia will hold a statewide meeting in Clarksburg with speakers from Marietta Ohio and Washington. Friday forum features editors' responsibility to the party with six state paper representatives, and Saturday sessions cover Taft Hartley Act and party roles led by GOP officials.
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Clarksburg
Young Republican League of
West Virginia
C. William O'Neil
Marietta
Ohio House of Representatives
George Benson
Washington
Republican National Committee
Raymond Brewster
Huntington
Larry Boggs
Fairmont
Eugene L.sédtt
Beckley
Lewis T. Welch
Ranson
Don Chrislip
Richwood
Norman Laughlin
Spencer
Clarence A. Peters
Republican Open Forums
GOP
Two Mess Sergeants Offer Grocery Wholesale Club Plan
Two former Army mess sergeants in Washington promote a club plan where customers pay $2 weekly to receive discounts on all purchases. James Terreri and Nikolas Ferrante report 152 and 110 members respectively, with savings of about 34 percent claimed by Ferrante and 22 percent by Terreri.
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Washington
James ©. Terreri
Nikolas Ferrante
Firing Breaks Out Again in Old Jerusalem
Jerusalem clashes intensify as Jews and Arabs battle in the old city amid the United Nations partition move. British troops seal the gates while panicked residents evacuate in army trucks. Across Palestine and Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Beith Dagan, casualties mount with dozens killed or wounded in the escalating conflict.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestine
Haifa
United Nations
Middle East
Kingsway Highway
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
Beith Dagan
Roads Not Hazardous In Taylor County
Taylor County roads were clear despite near freezing rain elsewhere with no ice reported. Thermometer readings dipped to 27 degrees overnight and rose to 29 by noon while yesterday’s high was 43. Cold with showery remains the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. NAMED NEW PROFESSOR Morgantown Dec 11 The appointment of Norman Olsonson Greenbelt Md as professor and Animal Pathologist in the animal husbandry department of West Virginia University was announced by President Irvin Stewart.
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Taylor County
State Road Commission
Cas
Morgantown
Norman Olsonson
Greenbelt Md
West Virginia University
Irvin Stewart
Evening service notice at First Christian Church cancelled
Special notice states the 7 30 pm service at First Christian Church is cancelled. No other details are provided.
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First Christian Church
Crash Kills 23 In Labrador Transport Plunge
A U S Air Transport Command plane crashed in Labrador’s icy wilderness near Goose Bay. Of 29 American crew and passengers, only six survived. Names withheld pending a full report. Rescue hampered by stormy weather and deep snow. doctors and supplies landed by helicopter as overland search began.
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Westover Field
Mass
U.S. Air Transport Command
Laborador
Goose Bay
Honsare
Ivors
Mrs. Doffermeyer Dies at Home in Town
Mrs Missouri FP Doffermyer aged 49 of 470 Walnut street died last evening at 7 at her home after two years of ill health. She moved here recently from Cumberland Maryland. Survived by husband Harry L Doffermeyer a B&O railroad clerk and a son Richard. Born July 27 1898 in Patterson Creek West Virginia. Parents Phillip Abe and Annie Elizabeth Largent Abe. Four brothers Herbert Cleve land Joseph Clayton and three sisters also listed.
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Missouri
Cumberland
Patterson Creek
W. Va
Phillip Abe
Annie Elizabeth Largent Abe
Richard Doffermeyer
Herbert Abe
Spring Gap
Cleveland Abe
Patterson's Creek
Joseph Abe
Clayton Abe
Laura Branson
More Snow Falls Across Nation Amid Cold Midwest Dips
Snow covered sections from the eastern Great Lakes to New England and New York as cold snaps pressed through North Dakota and Minnesota. Rain lingered along the Gulf coast while the Rockies and central plains enjoyed fair weather. Minneapolis reported a low of minus three as the coldest air settled over the upper Midwest.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Great Lakes
New England
New York State
North Daota
Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
Gulf Coast
Rockies
Central Plains States
North Dakota
Minneapolis
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Grafton Sentinel
T. W. Beall
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