Army officer disappears with comrades' pay checks
CAMP LEE Virginia December 13 Army authorities await word from Captain Edward P Kelly after reports he may surrender from Tampa Florida He vanished December 1 with more than fourteen thousand dollars in pay checks for forty seven officers including his own delinquencies He wrote his wife from Whippany New Jersey promising to surrender FBI charged him with embezzlement
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Camp Lee
F— Army
Edward P. Kelly
K. W. Dalton
Kelly
Whippany
N. J
Tampa
Fla
Petersburg
Bank
Quartermaster School
FBI
Smoke Abatement Effort Ties To City Officials Union Letters
A block of union leaders including F G Cutright and C Campbell met City Manager Curtis Decker in a 2.5 hour session over smoke control. Campbell issued an open letter to citizens for publication in today's Sentinel, urging action on petitions to curb smoke and soot statewide. Petitions circulated locally ask the City Council and mayor to declare smoke a misdemeanor for individuals or corporations within Grafton city limits.
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Ceunuuued
Smiths
F. G. Cutright
C. ¥. Campbell
Ur Federation
Brotherhood of Failway
Trinmen
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Manaze
Curtis D. Decker
Campbell
Grafton
Sentinel
Petities
Policy expansion under Truman authority on exports and controls
A committee discussed an extension of President Truman's export authority, broader transportation controls, and a proposal to allow industry and agriculture to form voluntary agreements to allocate scarce goods and potentially cut prices. The plan envisions market based rationing and price adjustments within an overall policy framework.
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Truman
Local girl to supervise juvenile theft restitution
A juvenile boy accused of stealing a sun from the Ko ner Brothers garage on Wes Main Street will be placed under supervision of welfare worker Mrs. Gertrude Shaw at the local welfare office. The program aims to curb delinquent behavior and provide community oversight.
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Koner Brothers
Wes Main Street
Gertrude Shaw
Father of Five Children Involved in Unfriendly Feud
A man known as the father of five children had recently beaten Daley and remained on unfriendly terms with him for several weeks. The report notes that about 75 percent of the dyes produced in the United States are used in the textile industry.
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Seveeeees Flom Page
Daley
United States
Peace Hope Appeal Urges Truce Between Jaffa and Tel Aviv
Arab mayor Dr Yussuf Haikal appeals for an end to violence in the Holy Land urging a ceasefire to Israel Rokach, sent by armored car after a British shoot on sight order to troops patrolling the po mans land between the two cities.
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Holy Land
Yussuf Haikal
Jaffa
Israel Rokach
Tel Aviv
Po-Man’s-Land
Storm Widowed Towns Women Observe Hagana Outpost Turret View
A fragmented report from a Holy City siege notes Hagana positions atop synagogues and sandbagged windows, directing fire toward Arab bastions. British patrols earlier searched for guns as Arabs and Jews view each other from fortified posts near Mosque of Omar.
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Hagana
Mosque of
Omar
Mecca
Medina
Miss Truman Recalls Hollywood Bowl Debut And Bobby Sox
The president's daughter Margaret Truman speaks in a lively interview at the Hollywood Bowl. She recalls her debut performance, jokes about wearing bobby socks, and notes she is no longer a high school girl. The conversation touches on political figures and a private re interment service for Lt. Sgt. Elroy F. Prample.
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Joan C. Tanghare
Wildwood
N. J
George Garrison
International Soundphoto
Elroy F. Prample
Port Clinton
Frank C. Prample
Secret Service
Margaret
Chamber of Commerce
Margaret Truman Talks Career and Critics in White House Roast
Margaret Truman, in a light interview, says a girl should pursue a career if she wants it. about marriage she says she is not qualified to say. She notes she has learned from critics and does not mind Secret Service guards, calling them good friends as she reflects on life and public scrutiny.
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Page
White House
Miss Truman
Secret Service
Bobby Soxer
Margaret
Witness Testimony Ties Police to Daley Trial
The record describes John Kucsis and Daley connected by police histories dating back years after Kucsis testified against Daley in a robbery trial. Pauley acknowledged no impropriety in commodity trading, saying he sold most holdings since joining Royall’s staff on September 3 and is about $100 000 worse off. He promised to present a full commodity transaction record during government service.
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Kucsis
Daley
John Kucsis
Royall
Department of the Army
Republican Open Forum Discusses Taft Hartley Law Luncheon
Clarence A. Peters of the Open Forum planned a luncheon with Republican delegates and state senators as honor guests to discuss the Taft Hartley law. The banquet tonight will feature Rep. John W. Bynes and Ralph E Beckner. George Benson urged editors that inflation will influence the next election and blamed high prices on Democratic policy, urging production and private enterprise over regulation.
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Weun Muedium
Clarence A. Peters
Republican Open Forum
House Os
State Senate
John W. Bynes
R-Wisc
Ralph E Beckner
Port Chester
N. Yo
Young Republican Federation
George Benson
National Republican Committee
Pakistani AP Photographer Captures Highlanders Near Arab Posts
An AP photographer documents tense scenes as gun posts overlook a contested area. Highlanders crouch behind sandbagged windows in a requisitioned Jewish house amid the urban quarter.
Eternal Life Gift Offer From Brooklyn Seller
A non sectarian religious booklet titled A Study of Kingdom of Heaven offers insights on atonement, consecration, immortality and Revelation. Includes 228 pages, priced at 81.25 with shipping from 786 Carroll St Brooklyn NY 15. The ad promotes peace and joy through true thoughts of God.
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Kingdom of Heaven
Carroll Si
Brooklyn
N.Y
Church Announcements From St Matthias Episcopal
Rev George E Manson notes service details with church school at 9 30 and morning prayer and union at 11 am at the main and St Marys streets location Church announcements continue from page discussions of parish activities and timings remain sparse yet clear
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St. Mary's Sts
Church School
Umon
Local Church Schedules Week Services in Pruntytown and Berryburg
The Pruntytown Methodist church led by Rev G G Wadsworth lists Sunday worship at 10:00 am with a first Sunday service at 7:30 pm and a third Sunday service. Berryburg church overseer M Batson reports services at School House No 2 with Sunday school at 10:00 am and worship at 11:00 am plus Thursday midweek meetings at 7:30 pm.
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Pruntytown Methodist Church
G. G. Wadsworth
Paul Bartlett
Evanse.tstin
Notice of Stockholders Meeting for The First National Bank of Grafton
Notice announces a stockholders meeting in Grafton WV on January 13 1948 from 1 30 to 2 30 pm to elect a Board of Directors and conduct other business. Also notices a public hearing December 16 1947 at 8 pm before the Grafton City Council on Ordinance 175 rate changes for The Grafton City Hospital project and related matters with hospital staff discussions.
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First National Bank of
Grafton
West Virginia
Arthur IG. Yates
Grafton City Hospital
City of
Grafton City Hospital Personnel Discount Ordinance Enacted
The city council approves discounts and reduced rates for hospital personnel and medical staff. Rates include private rooms nine dollars, two bed wards six dollars, four bed wards five dollars, pediatric ward four dollars and fifty cents, maternity bassinets two dollars fifty cents, incubator three dollars, and operating room fees from fifty cents to ten dollars. Nurses receive twenty percent, medical staff ten percent, and employees must join hospital insurance.
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Grafton City Hospital
Hospital Board
City Hospital
Council OF the Cry
Frafton
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