Fear For Life If Football Scandal Witness Is Released
New York December 17 A bail decision for Alvin J Paris facing bribery charges involving New York Giants players was delayed after Assistant District Attorney Monaghan reported a telephone threat against Paris life. Paris pleaded not guilty with leave to withdraw while alleging indictment validity issues and counsel warned of drastic measures to keep him in town.
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New York
Alvin J. Paris
New York Giants
George P. Monaghan
Paris
Monaghan
Francis J. Valente
Yue
B. F. Barra
Valente
Ile Hapes
Frank Filchenkeld
Giants
Banday
Chicawa Bears
Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Court of Record Principle
The Supreme Court of Charleston affirms a Raleigh county ruling that a circuit court is a court of record and speaks only by its record. Judge Frank C. Haymond writes the opinion, upholding final judgments of 300 dollars each for GA Watkins and M W Powers against C D Trent Undertaking and Ash Mankin as administrator for Wide Lowe and against Wil liam P Buykes. The decision addresses continuances and docketing in cases appealed from a Justice of the Peace.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Raleigh
Circuit Court
Frank C. Haymond
GA Watkins
M. W. Powers
CD Trent
C. D. Trent Undertaking Company
Ash Mankin
Wide Lowe
Powers and Watkins
Trent and Mankin
William P
West Virginia divorce rulings jeopardize decrees
Huntington December 17 Thousands of West Virginians remarried under divorces granted without the required waiting period may have those decrees challenged. Circuit Judge John W Hereford ruled Vivian L Holiday's divorce from Arthur Holiday invalid because the trial occurred before the mandated month wait. Attorneys warned more decrees could be void, causing legal complications for remarriages pending further action. The case follows a WV supreme court ruling on September 4 guiding reviews.
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Huntington
West
Holiday
West Virginia Supreme Court
Mercury Jumps In Temperature Amid Snowfall Forecast
The mercury swung from 31 to 56 overnight as frost and warming arrive. By morning it stood at 49 and noon brought 43 with the day ending cold and windy. Forecasters predict snow flurries this evening as winter tightens its grip.
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The
Mercury
Graftonians
Still Search For One Of Two Oakland Trusties
One or two trusties who walked away from the Garrett county jail in Oakland were still being sought after sheriff J Teats captured William Lewis Jr formerly of Fair Chance Pa on his first day in office. Lewis Jr was found near a boiler in a green house two miles from Mountain Lake park while his companion Everett Ridings of Terra Alta W Va eluded arrest two miles from Oakland after a brief gunfire.
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Garrett County
Oakland
J. Teats
Teats
William Lewis Jr
Fair Chance
Mountain Lake Park
Lewis
Everett
Terra Alta
W. Va
Man Dies After Straying Into Moving Locomotive
John W. Sherman, 86, reportedly stepped out for air near his home and walked into a moving locomotive, fatally injuring himself. In Clarksburg, WV, City Lines' bid to substitute buses for interurban trolleys between Clarksburg and Weston was continued until January 13 after petitioner witnesses testified.
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Wheeling
John W. Sherman
Clarksburg
City Lines of
West Virginia
Weston
Clyde Phillips Dies, Noted West Coast Horse Trainer
Clyde Phillips, 55, a member of a famed racing family including his father Jack and relatives George and Kelly Phillips, died in Los Angeles. He was among the West’s best known horse trainers and part of a prominent racing lineage tied to leading eastern stables.
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Los Angeles
Clyde Phillips
Phillips
Jack
Anders
George
Kelly
Eastern
Jails In West Virginia Report Faults Poor Conditions
Health Commissioner N H Dyer reports on sanitary conditions in West Virginia jails found poor sleeping facilities and lack of personal hygiene spaces in many counties. County jails generally better than state facilities with northern regions faring better than southern, though Monongalia Harrison and Preston show red conditions.
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Charleston
iHealth
N. H Dyer
West Virginia
Monongalia
Harrison
Preston
Komedy
Neighbor Counties Willed $77,000 To Improve Schools
Ira J. Davis a 66 year old retired nightclub owner left most of an estate worth about 120000 to the public school systems of Harrison and Doddridge counties West Virginia The will filed in probate lists 40000 to his widow and 1000 to three others Davis who died November 21 had operated clubs in Charlevoix Michigan the Southwest and Florida before moving to Cleveland about 15 years ago The testamentary petition shows Harrison schools to receive 46200 and Doddridge 30800
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Cleveland
Ira J. Davis
Harrison
Doddridge
West Virginia
Stanley Rausch
Davis
Charlevoix
Mich
Forida
Dogdridge
Baruch urges UN panel to back pacific atom plan
Francis W. Carpenter reports from Lake Success on December 17 as the United States and Britain press the UN atomic energy commission to approve the US plan to harness the atom for peace. Baruch proposes outlawing atomic weapons and using atomic energy for peaceful ends, while Sir Alexander Cadogan seeks incorporation of the US principles into the commission's report to the Security Council.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Great Britain
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
T E
Bernard M. Baruch
Commission
Plaa
Alexander Cadogan
Baruch
United Nations Security Council
United States pushes atom plan at UN energy commission
Bonard M Baruch urged the United Nations atomic energy commission to approve the U S plan for harnessing the atom. He pressed for a timely decision as the commission prepares recommendations to the Security Council by December 31. Baruch defended the U S position stated last June 14 and warned against delays while noting new claims for a harmless stomach ulcer remedy called Lurin is advertised by Malone Drug Store.
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Lake Success
I. Bonard
M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Con
Baruch
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
United Nations Security Council
Luelieg
Sheena
Malone Drug Store
Vandenberg Ten Put Up Fight For Jobs
Senator Vandenberg faces a possible showdown in the Republican conference over holding two high posts in the new Congress. Senator Robertson and allies seek to bar him from dual offices and to block White from holding both floor leadership and the Commerce Committee chair. Vandenberg and supporters vow to battle at the December 30 conference.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Senate
Robertson
R-Wyo
Vonker
Congress
Wilson Rlows
Langer
R-Nd
Van‘noeg
White
Rme
New Commerce Committee
Friends of Vandenberg
Michigan
Think Haynes May Be Wanted In Wife's Death
Murfreesboro Tennessee December 1 police chief reports Edmond Haynes a 54 year old Black man believed to have fled to Toledo Ohio after fatally shooting a patrolman and wounding four others during a running gun battle He is charged with the murder of Herbert McClanahan and with attempted murder of Fire Chief Buck Qualls Sheriff Earl McKnight and Chief Powers in the ensuing incident.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
N. W. Powers
Edmond Haynes
Toledo
Chief Powers
Warants
Haynes
Herbert McClanahan
Buck Qualls
Earl McKnight
McClanaghan
Details on Revamped Housing Program Draw Fire in Washington
Washington officials locked into a huddle over President Truman’s revamped home building plan as critics questioned incentives for rental housing and potential veteran home shortages. Norton Lang resigned amid controversy while housing agency leaders Creedon and Foley declined to reply to Long’s charges. Industry supporters said rapid postwar construction could make homes available, warning that continued decontrol risks a housing shortage.
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Washington
Truman
Frank R. Creedon
National Housing
Raymond M. Foley
National Housing Agency
CIO
Norton E. Lang
Wilson W. Wyatt
NHA
Long
Wyatt
Pro‘st Qvanst
Creedon
Steel shortage halts box factory construction near Hazel Atlas
A Washington Pennsylvania construction project near the Hazel Atlas box plant is 80 percent done but halted by a steel shortage. Superintendent Jack Patrick says the reel has not arrived for nearly two weeks and work has slowed with only a few local men employed while awaiting steel. If the steel arrives soon, three more months of work remain for three buildings.
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Hazel Atlas
Jack Patrick
Supe
Washington, Pa
Patrick
Legion To Make Third Pilgrimage To France
Washington dispatch reports the American Legion plans its third mass journey to France in 1947. National Commander Paul H. Griffith said the trip follows an invitation from President Georges Bidault for a sentimental voyage to the Legion birthplace. Last trips drew 25 000 members and families in 1927 and 5 000 in 1937.
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Washington
France
Paul H. Griffith
American Legion
George Bidault
French Republic
Atlantic
Paris
Griffith
Phil Collins
Chicago
United States
Legion
Blind veteran to play Santa in Indianapolis home visit
Cpl Chester P Perkins, 21, blinded by a German land mine, will leave Valley Forge hospital Saturday for Indianapolis to give gifts to his wife Janet and his parents. His widely published letter to the Indianapolis News asked for two bright shiny blue eyes so the memory of last Christmas would be erased.
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Cpl
Chester P. Perkins
Santa Clause
Santa Claus
Indianapolis
Perkins
Germany
Valley Forge Hospital
Janet
Indianapolis News
Supreme Court voids $3,000 punitive award to reporter
The Supreme Court set aside a $3,000 verdict against Kanawha County Sheriff D Earl Brawley awarded to Charleston Gazette reporter Baird F Ennis for an alleged courthouse beating on June 20 1945 The court said exemplary damages require more than nominal or punitive relief and if no injury is shown civil punishment may be inappropriate The ruling emphasizes that criminal law should apply in such cases See SUPREME page 5
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Kanawha County
D. Earl Brawley
Baird F. Ennis
Ennis
Mont Cavender
Joe N. Kenna
Edgar C. Bourne
Supreme Page
Rock Slide Kills One Injures Another Worker
A rock slide at Bolger Heller Clate Co. collapsed into a 380 foot quarry shaft in Wind Gap Pennsylvania killing Francis Char era 68 of Pen Argyl and critically injuring Harry Sargent 35. Two other workers escaped injury as the debris blocked the shaft. Coroner D F Bachman attributed the slide to heavy frost loosening rocks.
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Wind Gap
Bolger- Heller Clate Co
Francis Charera
Pen Argyl
Harry Sargent
D. F. Bachman
Northhampton
Corrupt Practices Act No Bar To HGH Campaign Expenses
Washington wired report notes an attorney for Senator Bilbo argues that hundreds of thousands of dollars may be spent in Mississippi campaigns despite the state corrupt practices act. The exchange involves former Rep. Ross Collins campaign manager and alleged payments from war contractors.
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Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
Mississippi
Forest Jackson
Ferguson
Rmich
Ross Collins
Collins
Jackson
Jon
Eid
Jackon
Setere Wday
Det Aktas Forder Fy
B. Terry
Wall Doxey
United States Senate
Mead
D-Ny
Judge Watkins Opens Special Terms In 19th Circuit
Acting under the governor's proclamation, W Merle Watkins has taken the oath as judge of the 19th judicial circuit comprising Taylor and Batbour counties. He convened a special term at Philippi and called another Taylor county term for Friday to address attorneys’ requests. The governor’s proclamation and his qualifying appear sufficient to authorize his office. the commission and secretary of state certificate are not essential.
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W. Merle Watkins
19Th Judicial Circuit
Taylor
Bat
Secretary of State
Want Mental Institutions Transferred From Board Of Control To Health Dept
Charleston rumor notes a legislative committee debate on moving management of the state mental and tuberculosis hospitals from the board of control to the health department. The executive session marks a contentious moment as reform advocates press for transfer while the control board protests.
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Board of Control
Health Dept
Charleston
Legislative Committee On Public Health
Health Department
Control Board
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National League
Bert Bell
West 54Th Street
Hapes
Supreme Cout
Strand
Dixie
Grafton Sentinel
M. W. Sturm
West Francis Street
Ginger Rogers
Strand Theatre
Margaret O'Brien
Dixie Theatre
Theodore G. Bilbo
Army
War Department
Jackson, Miss
U.5. Plan
Nys
Mants
Belle White
Wilson Wyatt
Corrupt Practices Act
Watking
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