B and O Holly Tree Glowing Yule Landmark in Jackson Md
The B and O holly tree, nearly 50 feet high, will blaze as a festive landmark for rail travelers between Washington and New York during the holiday season. A ceremony on December 18 lights it, with 150 members of the B and O Women’s Music Club and Glee Club performing under Dr James Allan Cash.
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Fat. Jackson
Washington
New York
Susquehanna River
Pulaski Highway
Roy B. White
B & O Women's Music Club
Glee Club
James Allan Cash
Ballimore
WFBR
ABC Network
Baltimore
Jackson
Rahtan Station
B& O
Eligabeth Hoffman
Tus Cineneruin
G. W. Sheller
En- J. L. Rock
Vine Holly Tree
B&o
Areas of Weston Clarksburg Under Flood Waters
General rains up to three inches in two days left Weston and Clarksburg under flood waters. The West Fork River at Clarksburg stood 15 inches above flood stage at noon and rose further in the hour. Liberty Avenue flooded again around homes, residents staying put as crest expected well short of 8.41 feet.
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Charlesto
Weston
Clarksburg
Weather Bureau
West Fork
Alood
Liberty Avenue
Firemen Hold Big Affair Here
Four fire departments from Daley Elkins Parsons and Tunnelton members of the North Central West Virginia Volunteer Firemen Association were hosted by the Grafton Volunteer Firemen at the city station. Over 60 people attended the social after the monthly meeting with 20 visiting firemen. The hall was decorated and Dennis Bassett's band played rounds and squares. A baked ham dinner was served by the ladies auxiliary. Nearby departments could not attend due to heavy rains flooding highways.
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Daley, Elkins
Parsons
Tunnelton
North Central
W. Va
Grafton
John Proctor
Gayley
Dennis Bassett
Newburg
Kingwood
Philippi
Belington
Davis
Thomas
Terra Alta
Waterfront At Midnight at Dixie Theater Starring Gargan
The Grafton Sentinel advertises a presentation of Waterfront At Midnight at the Dixie Theater tonight starring William Gargan and Mary Beth Hughes. Identification may be required and tickets are available at STELLA West Main Street for admission to the Strand or Dixie venues.
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Strand
Dixie
Grafton Sentinel
Stella
Chinese reports conflict on 12th army fate near Nanking
Reports from Nanking describe rival claims by the government defense ministry and Communist broadcasts about the 12th army group. The government says the unit escaped encirclement and broke westward, while the Communists claim its remnants were destroyed after 92 days in siege near Pengpu and Suhsien, about 143 miles from Nanking.
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Nanking
12Th Army Group
Defense Ministry
Pengpu
Towar
Suhsien
12Th
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fu Tso-¥i
Peiping-Tientsin
Air Lift To Bring GIs Home For Yale
Fort Lewis Washington December 16 A GI wish to fly home for Christmas has grown into an air lift plan to carry about 700 soldiers east for the holidays. Travel agencies report 17 chartered planes with 26 to 50 seats reserved and expect more. Officials say planes will be needed within days as demand rises.
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Elmer C. ‘Sogel
Fort Lewis
Wash
VPA
California
Thanksgivie
Gerald Roberts
Peoria
Case Of Illegal Deer Kill Ends In Big Fine
WARM SPRINGS Virginia December 16 A trial fined Ray Fitzgerald of Marlington West Virginia 347 25 and sentenced him to 30 days in jail on charges from illegal deer killing Gilbert Kellison of Pocahontas West Virginia was fined 25 and costs for hunting deer after dark and another 2 and costs for hunting without license Fitzgerald was also ordered to pay 100 for replacing the deer and to buy a non resident hunting license costing 20 25
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Warm Springs
Duncan M. Byrd
Ray Fitzgerald
Marlington
W. Va
Gilbert Kellison
Pocahontas
Fitzgerald
Hiss Perjury Charge Spurs Spy Hearing Push
Washington dispatch reports Congress plans new revelations as Alger Hiss faces two counts of perjury from a federal grand jury indictment. HUAC says Soviet espionage rings operated in government with testimony expected to reveal top secret material from the 1930s.
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Grand
Alger Hiss
State Department
House Un-American Vies
Army
Russia
New York
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss-Chambers
Hiss pleads not guilty as grand jury indicts
Former high ranking adviser Alger Hiss pleaded to a federal grand jury charge of lying about giving confidential state papers to Whittaker Chambers. A Jan. 24 trial date was tentatively set with bail at 5,000 dollars.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Whittaker
Hiss
John W. Clancy
Tris
Carnegie Eamen Sr
State Department
Chambers
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Time Magazine
House American Activities Committee
Tom Clark
Flash Flood Waters Recede in Taylor County
After midnight flash flooding in Taylor County eased, enabling traffic on primary and secondary roads to resume. Roads including Webster road in Woodford, U.S. Route 50 near Thornton, and State Route 77 near Rosemont faced high waters. Minor slides were cleared, with total rainfall over two days reaching 2.78 inches and 2.04 inches in the prior 24 hours. Temperatures cooled from 62 to 60 degrees as cloudy skies and colder weather were forecast.
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Taylor County
Webster
Woodford Addition
Thornton
State Road Commission
W. D. Myers
Father Booked For Murder Of Railroad Worker
RACELAND Kentucky December report says Sherman McBrayer 34 father of eight released on $8000 bond after being charged with murdering Vincent O Bee 40 a railroad construction worker. McBrayer former Raceland High School coach and Worthington grade school principal claimed self defense when Bee allegedly reached for a weapon as he sat beside Mrs Mildred McBrayer who claimed she had become pregnant. The shooting happened in the McBrayer car after they picked up Bee at his Moorefield West Virginia rooming house and drove away.
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Raceland
Mildred
Sherman McBrayer
Raceland High School
William Adkins
Greenup County
McBrayer
Vincent O. Bee
Moorefield
W. Va
Mbrayer
See
Mining Wonder In Operation Now
A $50,000 Joy Mining Co. continuous mining machine is in operation at the Mathies mine 15 miles south of Pittsburgh, digging coal at about two tons per minute. Pittsburgh Coal Co. bought it, unveiled yesterday, with seven other machines in use elsewhere. The device replaces separate cutting, drilling, blasting and loading steps in one continuous process.
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William G. Smock
Pittsburgh
Joy Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh Coal Co
New Mathies
Joy Continuous
Actress Teresa Wright fired by Samuel Goldwyn over publicity duties
Teresa Wright says the five thousand dollar weekly pay is not everything. She was fired yesterday by producer Samuel Goldwyn who called her uncooperative after she refused to travel to New York to publicize a film in which she co stars. Wright claims ill health prevented the trip and says she accepted the firing with relief. She criticizes the contract system as antiquated and urges a new arrangement that respects actors’ privacy and dignity while offering pay options.
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Teresa Wright
Miss Wright
Samuel Goldwyn
Goldwyn
New York
Miss. Wright
Rescue bid for nine U S fliers in Greenland snow
United States air crews equipped with ski planes and gliders plan a perilous rescue of nine U S fliers stranded on Greenland’s snow. Transports towed red tailed gliders from Westover Field Massachusetts and Lt Col F Knut Beaudry will supervise. Six rescued workers include seven stranded after a C 47 crash and two added after a B 17 nose dived. Supplies and heaters dropped, temperatures near zero, crews report the men dug in to escape a fierce storm.
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St, John's
Mid
Amerian
U.S
Greenland
U.S. Newfoundland
F. Knut Beaudry
Arctic Flier
Airforce
Jurors Acquit Frank Valenti and Kathryn Clark
In Pittsburgh a federal court jury acquitted Frank Valenti, restaurant owner, and Kathryn Clark of conspiring to help Valenti evade military service in World War II. The six men and six women panel deliberated three hours before delivering a sealed verdict. The case involved a claimed fake rape charge against Valenti, which Clark allegedly filed out of spite, though she did not appear to press it. Valenti had previously been tried and acquitted on evading military service via a claimed essential employment status.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Valenti
Kathryn Clark
Valenti
Clark
Pallbearers Named for John A. Sandor Rites
Bartlett Funeral home announced pallbearers for John A. Sandor Sr.’s funeral at St. Augustine church tomorrow at 8 am. Active pallbearers include Joan Rucker, Dr. Robert F. Gerkin, Paul Hood, Chester Proudfoot, Dana Barker, and Dan Cronin of Fairmont. Honorary pallbearers include L. J. Miller, James Murphy, O. Jey Fleming, Harry O’Murray, C. C. Kink, O. E B. Wyckoff, Dorsey Setler, M. H. Cain, John A. Clark of Fairmont, Tusca Morris of Fairmont, and G. H. Campbell of Clarksburg. Mr. Sanders, owner of Grafton Domestic Coal, died at City Hospital Tuesday night. he lived in Pruntytown for years.
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John A. Sandor
St. Augustine Church
Bartlett Funeral Home
Joan@rucker
Robert F. Gerkin
Paul Hood
Chester Proudfoot
Dana Barker
Dan Cronin
Fairmont
L. J. Miller
James Murphy
O. Jey Fleming
Harry O’ Murray
C. C. Kink
O. E B. Wyckoff
Dorsey Setler
M. H. Cain
John A. Clark
Tusca Morris
G. H. Campbell
Clarksburg
Sanders
Grafton Domestic Coal Company
Pruntytown
City Hospital
Taylor’ County
French destroy Berlin radio towers. station out of air
In Berlin on December 16 Brig. Gen. Jean Ganeval said French forces demolished two radio Berlin towers near Liegel Field after notifying management on November 20. The action ended a four power dispute over the Soviet controlled station in the British sector. Russians posted guards and resisted Western moves to seize control, while the French cited danger to Allied airlift.
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Berlin
Germany
Deutschland
Jean Ganeval
Ganeval
Liegel
Radio
Invasion claims tied to Costa Rica uprising
Prisoners at San Jose jail allege that General Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua pledged full support for an invasion of Costa Rica. They name Dr. Rafael Calderón Guardia as organizer and cite a Nicaraguan and Honduran field commander. A five nation Inter American commission headed by Peru’s Juan Bautista De Lavalle will depart Washington for San Jose to investigate.
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Tom Sstone
San Jose
Costa Rica
la Cruz
Anastasio Soymoza
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Juan Bautista de Lavalle
Peru
Paul C. Daniels
United States
Jose Maria Bello
Brazil
Silvio Villegas
Colombia
Luis Quintanilla
Mexico
Florencio Ordonez
Prisoner Sentenced To 60 Days Escapes From Woodford
A prisoner was sentenced to 60 days in Taylor county jail for assault and intoxication after escaping from City Patrolman Huck Woodford’s custody just outside the jail door. Carl Tacy, 18, fled across the South Side footbridge but was later arrested. Several other local cases include a 60 day sentence for drunkenness and assault against Tacy.
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Taylor County
Huck Woodford
Carl Tacy
Woodford
Acy
Snider
Sarah Cline
Tacy
Allender
Tom Sloan
Galbaway
Jonal Paes
Thomas
B. McLaughlin
Joe
Mask
Civic Groups To Aid Salvation Army Christmas Drive
The Woman's Club of Grafton and Kiwanis Club will assist the Salvation Army with Christmas collections this weekend. Captain Lynn Wiseman announced that the Woman's Club will oversee the alvation Army flot fles and dime board tomorrow, and on Saturday the Kiwanis Club will take over. Local civic groups to assist next week include the Junior Chamber of Commerce Rotary and Lions clubs.
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Woman’s Club of
Grafton
Kiwanis Club
Salvation Army
Lynn Wiseman
Woman's Club
Alvation Army
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Capitol Hill
Federal Court Room
William F. Arbogast
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Caritol Hill
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Sandor
Sta
Samara Samarte
Harman Brothers
Youth
Harman Brothers Contractors
Monongalia County
Pursgrove
Monongahela
Marion County
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