United States Proposes UN Commission for Balkans
The United States urged the United Nations Security Council to send a commission to the Balkans to assess conditions on both sides of the Greek frontier and to withhold judgment on Greece's complaints until a report is ready. Herschel V. Johnson backed forming a five permanent member panel plus Poland and Brazil to lead the inquiry, amid charges that Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia fostered guerrilla warfare in southern Greece. Greece counters with calls to investigate conditions within Greece under Tsaldaris, while Yugoslavia defends its stance and attacks the Greek case as weak.
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N. J
United States
United Nationsity Council
Balkans
Eil
Herschel V. Johnson
Mt Ahall
Johnson
Rman
Council
Rus
Britain
China
France
Poland
Brazil
Albania
Bulis
Yugoslavia
Greece
Coun
Constantin Tsald
Kasanovich
Tsaldaris
Ouniell
Goldige
Lunatic Espees Renan at Large in Pennsylvania
In Dentxville Pennsylvania Detachment 18 reports five criminally insane army prisoners escaped custody and fled toward Valley General Hospital. Police units urged civilians to report any trace of the fugitives and warned they are dangerous and should be approached with caution. Searches cover dense rural areas as authorities tighten the manhunt.
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Dentxville
Valley
General Hospital
Cap
Pennsylvania
Radio Asia
Dan
Casey Charged With Evading Income Taxes
Eugene B. Casey, a former executive assistant to President Roosevelt, faces a federal grand jury indictment in Baltimore alleging tax evasion of 70,384 dollars for 1941 to 1943. The case cites a 171,826 dollar net income and 81,210 dollars reported, with 18,785 paid versus a correct 89,169. The indictment accuses fictitious rents and salaries and overstated maintenance on Casey’s Washington and Maryland real estate business.
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Baltimore
Eugene B. Casey
Roosevelt
Casey
White House
Washington
Maryland
Stassen Seeks Wagner Act Additions in 1948 Bid
Harold Stassen, Minnesota governor and former Navy captain, announces a 1948 presidential bid with a platform to amend the Wagner Labor Relations Act. He seeks a set of unfair labor practices for labor like mass picketing, aiming to balance bargaining power and push the GOP toward a liberal path. Stassen is first to enter the race, signaling a challenge to party veterans as Taft and Vandenberg weigh their options.
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D. Harold Oliver
Washington
Harold BE. Stassen
Minnesota
Navy
Stassen
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Miners Get $50 Advance For Christmas Holidays
Consolidation Coal company announced a $50 cash advance to 2 569 employees to tide them over the holidays in Fairmont on December 18. The loans are repayable when wage envelopes become fat again in January. Union leaders praised the plan as one of the finest acts heard.
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Fairmont
Consolidation Coal Company
Consolidation
William L. Doolittle
C. Fremont Davis
United Mine Workers District 31
Chamber says wage hikes may raise prices, not reduce them
The United States Chamber of Commerce conceded that many prices are too high but warned that wage increases may be impossible to offset by price cuts. William K. Jackson called the CIO claim that industry can raise wages up to 25 percent without price rises an economic mirage. Washington report by Norman Walker.
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Norman Walker
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
CIO
William K. Jackson
Chamber
U. 8
Rendezvous with Annie at Strand Theatre and Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites M. Tighe to attend tonight’s presentation of Rendezvous with Annie starring Faye Marlowe and Eddie Al St at the Strand Theatre or Wise Fools, with Mar- O Brien at the Dixie Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
M. Tighe
Montroe Street
Annie
Faye Marlowe
Eddie al
Strand Theatre
Mar- O Brien
Dixie Thea
Grafton’ Sentinel
John T. Lines
Beech Street
George Raft
Grafton Theatre
Senators Urge Conference To Halt Chinese Warfare
Senators Flanders and Murray urged an international conference to resolve China's civil strife with Gen George Marshall proposed to preside under UN framework. They called for participation by major Chinese parties and for US Russia and Britain to stay out of Chinese politics. The group included Lattimore McNair Fisher and Dulles. The note references President Truman sending Marshall to China last year.
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Flanders
Vermont
Murray
Montana
China
George ©. Marshall
United Nations
America
Russia
Britain
Senate
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Ormer
Chiang Kai-Shek
Harley F. McNair
Chicago Uiversity
H. H. Fisher
Hoover Library of War
Stanford University
Foster Rhea Dulles
Ohio State University
United States
Ciina
Truman
General Marshall
Three Die In Fire At Tappan Street Apartment
BROOKLINE MASS December 18 three persons including two brothers 22 and 28 and a 43 year old mother of three died in an early morning fire that gutted a three story apartment building and penthouse on Tappan street Two men were injured as they escaped through windows or attempted to descend the building The dead identified as Mrs Thelma Starrett occupant of the first floor and member of the family that owns the house and Robert and Rupert Lewis 22 and 28 occupants of a third floor suite The injured were Charles Alexander 53 who leaped from a third floor window and Joseph Lennon who fell while trying to climb down the outside of the building from a third floor apartment
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Brooklint Mass
Tappan Street
Thelma Starrett
Robert
Rupert Lewis
Charles Alexander
Joseph Lennon
Search For Colored Men In Store Robbery Near Huntington
State and city police hunted two Negro men after a grocery store robbery attempt on Davis Creek hill ten miles south of Huntington. They wounded Thomas B. Pry, 62, who was shot twice and treated at Huntington hospital. his condition was not serious.
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Huntington
Thomas B. Pry
Davis Creek Hill
Fry
Christmas Paroles Release in Charleston Heads List of 66
Governor Meadows and Parole Director R. M. Knott announced the Christmas parole release of 66 state prisoners in Charleston. Among them are five women and two inmates serving life terms.
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Charleston
Meadows
R. M. Knott
Mayor King expands trash van effort on Main Street
Cooperating with the Tayly County Board of Trades to clean the city streets 117 and keep them that way. Mayor C. O. Kings doubles the number of trash vans to be placed on Main street. within ten days two more will be installed. Three vans yesterday are repaired. remaining will be new. The mayor aims to wash Main Street before Christmas if weather permits and urges school principals to remind children not to litter. Citizens are asked to help keep streets and sidewalks clean.
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Tayly
Main Street
King
Board of Trade
Most Local Stores To Close Christmas Eve
Local shops plan early closings to let employees spend Christmas Eve at home after long holiday hours. Retailers surveyed expect most stores to end daytime business by 6 p m next Tuesday with some staying open later on certain nights. Grocery outlets largely close at night though De Laney's and Cuppetts will stay open until 9 p m starting Monday. Additionally Charleston reports the state supreme court denied rehearing in the Whitt murder case, upholding first degree murder conviction and life sentence.
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DeLaney’s
Cuppetts
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Whitt
Logan County
Mae Elkins
German Rocket Reaches 111 Miles In Record Flight
A German V-2 rocket lifted from White Sands New Mexico and soared a record 111 miles, setting a new speed of 5330 feet per second. Ground observers saw few visual effects, while cameras captured the event for analysis. The launch, delayed 13 minutes by radio interference, landed 27 miles north of the launch site.
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White Sands
N. M
New Mexico
Harold R. Turner
Bisbee
Ariz
Alaguereur
Linth
Pugete
le Launehits
Duke Reid
Thoch
Memorial sale to state may honor Mother's Day founder
The Andrews Methodist church faces sale to the state as a memorial to Rane M. Jarvis founder of Mother's Day. Final approval rests with Bishop Straughn as the West Virginia Methodist conference weighs the plan amid a local consolidation decision and possible legislative action. Delegate Fred Carder missed the meeting. the legislative interim committee continues review.
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James H. S.vaughn
West Viginia
Andrews Church
Andens Church
Methodist Conference
Fred Carder
Taylor County
Jarvis
Taylor County jury panel drawn for January term
Petit and grand jurors for the January term of Taylor County Circuit Court will be drawn Thursday at 10 a.m. by jury commissioners R. M. Parrish and John Q. Musgrove. Circuit Clerk Merle Bailey announced. Twenty grand jurors will serve on January 13, and forty petit jurors may be summoned if trials are held.
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Petit
Taylor County Circuit Court
R. M. Parrish
John Q. Musgrove
Merle Bailey
Committee Works on School Measure
Charleston notes the legislature's education committee shifts from prison study to measures for school system improvements. They say November election defeats of state school reorganization amendments hinder progress but some beneficial bills may still be salvaged. In Kingwood, Leo Thompson, 47, of Reedsville and Sunny Hill Mining employee, died after being struck on Route 7. body sent to Kingwood as authorities seek Tennessee relatives.
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Charleston
Kingwood
Leon Thompson
Reedsville
Sunny Hill Mining Company
A. M. Hurst
Tennessee
Escapee Gunpoint Recaptured After Train Theft
A pistol wielding prisoner who escaped from a moving train was recaptured hours later near Sibley Missouri. Corporal Gerrit Debondt, guarding O Brian, said the inmate seized a guard's pistol, forced the handcuffs to be unlocked, and a second guard provided another weapon before the escapee leaped from the train.
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Kansas City
Cpl
Gerrit Debondt
O'Brien
Sibley
Debondt
Penicillin and hemoglobin cure wounds, says surgeon
Lt Col Felix Jansey reports breakthrough using hemoglobin mixed with penicillin in jelly form to treat stubborn wounds in two English hospitals. The red blood component delivers higher local concentration, with few side effects, enabling rapid healing where pure penicillin failed.
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Cleveland
American College of Surgeons
Felix Jansey
Northwest University
Chicago
England
Col. Jansey
Herbert Conway
New York
Conway
Ross Announces Candidacy for Speaker in Charleston
Walter Vergil Ross of Mercer announces bid for speaker of the house of delegates as the legislature convenes in Charleston on January 8. Ross was re elected to a fourth term in the house in November.
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Bluefield
Walter Vergil Ross
D.-Mercer
House of Delegates
Charleston
Ross
House
Ex Bilbo manager on stand gives damaging evidence
Edward P. Terry former secretary to Senator Bilbo testifies that A B Friend warned him of death if he spoke and that there was an understanding with Mississippi war contractors to pay a 1940 campaign debt. Terry says Bilbo backed funds for 1940 and received repayment via contractors.
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Washington
Edward P. Terry
Bilbo
D.-Miss
A. B. Priend
D-Miss
Mississippi
Terry
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Bilvo Tod
Expect Easing Of Temperature Across Midwest To East
The midwest faced sub zero and below freezing conditions as the severe cold wave lingered across states from Montana to upper Michigan. Forecasters predicted the cold mass would move into the east by tomorrow morning with sharp temperature drops. readings near or below zero were forecast for New England and Chicago reported two below zero as the coldest so far this season.
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Middle Atlantis
New England
Montana
North Dakota
Minnnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Chicago
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