Russia Casts 29th Veto To Keep Ceylon Out Of U N
Paris December 15 Russia cast its twenty ninth veto in the United Nations Security Council to block Ceylon from membership The vote was 9 to 2 with Jakob Malik and Vassili Tarasenko opposing The council adjourned after the Ceylon vote and set Friday for Israel action A French source said deferment was chosen pending instructions The session also postponed Hyderabad India dispute with Friday as next meeting date and Jessup attended despite being hospitalized page eight
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Russia
United Nations Security Council
Ceylon
United Nations
Israel
Jakob Malik
Vassili Tarasenko
Ukraine
Lake Success
Fernand van Langenhove
Belgium
Hyderabad
India
Syria
Fa- Khouri
China
Britain
France
Alexander Parod
U.S
Philip C. Jessup
Struggle for GOP Machinery Looms
Washington report on a potential challenge to GOP National Chairman Hugh Scott as Carroll Reece and other Republicans weigh reclaiming party machinery. Possible rivals include Everett M. Dirksen Tom Coleman John Cooper and supporters of Robert A Taft. Scott hints at a January policy conference proposal to draft a GOP platform with lawmakers labor and industry reps.
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Carroll Reece
Hugh Scott
Scott
Philadelphia
Reece
Lamas Brewer
New York
Dewey
Everett M. di Leen
Ilinois
Congress
Tom Coleman
Wisconsin
Harold 8. Stassen
John Cooper
Kentucky
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Reese
Taft
GOP
Sevit
National Committee
Labor and Industry
Heavy Rains Jeopardize Taylor County Highways
Heavy rains drenched Taylor county and threatened to block secondary roads. By noon 148 inches had fallen at Blueville, the largest 12 hour total in months, with swollen streams menacing Webster road and low level sections. County officials monitored conditions and prepared to respond to flash floods or slides if needed.
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Taylor County
Blueville
State Road Commission
Webster
Woodford
The Grafton Sentinel Presents Waterfront At Midnight
The Strand or Dixie theatre ticket ad invites Locke Piedmont to attend tonight's presentation Waterfront At Midnight starring William Gargan and Mary Hughes at the Dixie.
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Grafton Sentinel
Locke Piedmont
Waterfront
William Gargan
Mary Hughes
Dixie
Theaes
Accidental shotgun death near Fayetteville
State Police Sgt. W. R. Callaghan said James O. Gay, 45, was found dead about a mile from his Jodie home after an apparent accidental shotgun discharge during a Monday hunting trip. The body was found near noon, closing a short but fatal outing.
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Fayetteville
W. R. Callaghan
James O. Gay
Jodie
Climax Planned for Recount Hearings Next Monday
Piano star President Truman receives a Christmas gift of a special long record marking the end of a recording ban. Conductor James C. Petrillo leads a cast of opera stars Swarthout Kirk, Tagliavini, Tibbett, Peerce, Cotton, Hayward, Warren and popular singers Como Warren in the first postban session at RCA Victor studios following a five year agreement.
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New York
Truman
Harry
James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
AFL American Federation of Musicians
Phonograph Niecore Companies
Ladys Swarthout
Dorothy Kirstens
Ferriccio Tagtiavini
Lawrence Tibbett
Peerce
Marlyn Cotton
Thomas Hayward
Leonard Warren
Popula
Perry Como
Frat Warren
Tony Dorsey
RCA- Victor
Plane Occupants Saved From River
Six occupants of a crash landed C-47 transport were rescued from a frozen Yukon river in a glider pickup. Lt. Col. Eugene Strouse described the hazardous maneuver as the glider towed by a C-54 skimmed over trees and terrain with limited run, low altitude, and dwindling fuel in 20 below zero. The C-47 belly landed on the river in Yukon territory before rescue observers noted the dramatic operation.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Eugene Strouse
Yukon Territory
Court Dismisses Effort To Unseat Sheriff Elect
Preston county court dismissed on a technicality the bid by Democrat Ralph Brown to oust Sheriff Elect Jesse H. Benson. The summons nailed to the back door of Benson’s Bruce Barton Mills home was not personal service, under state law tacking to the front door is required. Brown said the case would go to circuit court.
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Kingwood
Preston
Ralph Brown
Jesse H. Benson
Benson
Brucerton Mills
Brown
Arthurdale
Beson
German Housemaid On Witness Stand to Murder Case
In Harburg, a 27-year-old German housemaid testifies about soldiers and German women drinking wine at the Ybarbo home the night John Ybarbo was killed. The witness, Lieselotte Tessner, describes the gathering attended by three American soldiers and two German girls before the fatal shooting.
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Harburg
Germany
John Ybarbo
Wilma Ybarbo
iMorden
Mass
Frau ‘Lieselotte Tessner
Ybarbo
Growbo
Drafters of North Atlantic Defense Alliance Enthused
Washington dispatch reports today that the Rio Defense treaty tests the favor of a broader North Atlantic Defense Alliance. Costa Rica accuses Nicaragua of invasion, prompting an AOS council discussion on the pact’s machinery. Colombian envoy Silva Villegas warns that only international communism and aggressor nations gain from a failure of the system.
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Norman Carignan
Washington
United States
Canada
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
The
Organization of American States
Silva Villegas
Floods isolate Spencer section severing roads and bridge
Flash floods hit Spencer isolating the Alvard residential area as Spring Creek overflowed. Water six feet deep filled Front street blocking a bridge and trapping residents on higher floors. Some moved to second stories but no one was reported evacuated.
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Charleston
Spencer
Spring Creek
Alvard
Letty
Front
Watt
Top Advisors Urge Chiang To Give Up Control Of China
Top advisers urge Chiang Kai-Shek to relinquish control of China’s crumbling government and pursue peace talks with the Communist forces. Reported moves hint at negotiations as Sun Fo struggles to assemble a cabinet after Chiang delays. Air force transports linked to Hu Shih influence in Peiping.
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China
Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiane
Peiping
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
Perkins
Hu Shih
Washington
National Peiping University
Nankine
Sun Fo
Shanghai
iShenghai
New Trade Board Secretary Assumes Position Today
Jack R. Nuzum, Grafton native and World War II veteran, becomes executive secretary of the Taylor County Board of Trade. He plans a 100 percent membership drive and long range projects including raw industries for Grafton, expansion of Tygart Lake State Park, and reopening Bridge Street Bridge. A WVU graduate, he is slated to meet with the Board of Trade Friday to chart community leadership.
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Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trede
Mr. Nuzum
Tygart Lake
Bridge Street
West Virginia University
Nuzum
Trade Board
Taylor County Board of Trade
Grafton Bus Service Cancelled for Christmas Holiday
Grafton will have no city bus service on Christmas Day and the following day. C W Lawson owner of Grafton Transportation said service ends after the 11 p m Christmas Eve run and resumes at 5 20 a m Monday December 27 to allow drivers to be home for the weekend.
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Grafton
C. W. Lawson
Grafton Transportation Company
Fetterman
Lawson
Bomb Sight Reported as Top U S Secret Leaked to Russians
Washington dispatch says a House Un American Activities Committee member reports a detailed Norden bomb sight briefing leaked to Russian representatives as early as 1938. The panel cites Aberdeen proving ground leakage and hints a civilian War Department employee may still be in government service. Indictments against Soviet espionage allies were discussed as hearings were prepared.
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William A. Wheeler
House Un-American Activities Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Calif
Federal
New York City
New York
Maryland
Whittaker Chambers
M Mnist
Nelson
Cio-United Federal Workers of Amerita
Brole
Washington
House UN- American Activities Committee
United States
House
Army
Aberdeen
War Department
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
UN American Activities Committee
Mundt
R-Sd
China’s First Lady Fails to Win U.S. Aid Support
Washington reports Undersecretary Lovett said Madame Chiang Kai-Shek did not succeed in persuading for stronger American backing of the Nationalist government. He noted U S policy toward China is to deal with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, set by Congress and carried out by the administration within aid limits.
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Washington
Lovett
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Congress
Two Injured in Wreck on Route 50 Near Lambert Garage
James Ralph aged 20 of 208 West Wanightreet received facial lacerations and Eugene Flanagan of Washington street hurt a leg when Flanagan's 1939 Plymouth hit Mrs Selah Watring's 1942 Chevrolet sedan on Route 50 near Lambert Motor Co. at about 9:30 last night. Both drivers were not hospitalized. Reed treated at City hospital and discharged. Watring charged with obstructing traffic and ordered to appear before Magistrate Ona Co Jefferys. Both cars suffered extensive damage.
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James “Ralph
Waaninghaetree
Eugene Flanagan
Washington Street
Flanagan
Selah Watring
U. S. Route 50
Lambert Motor Company
Reed
City Hospital
Route 50
Recount in Taylor County commissioner race heads to Monday
A contested Taylor County commissioner election recount ends with H Lee Carder leading J Gus Lambert by two votes after ballots from Precinct 16 and 28 were reviewed. Court reconvenes Monday at 9 am with stenographer transcripts pending and possible Supreme Court submission noted by authorities.
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Taylor County Court
H. Lee Carder
J. Gus Lambert
Carder
Lambert
State Supreme Court
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