Truman flights and Potsdam talks spark tension in Washington
President Truman prepared for an 11 a m takeoff from Fairfax as cold wind and snow swept Kansas City amid questions about his claim that Soviet leaders seek understanding. Officials noted no delay to the trip while pondering whether his remarks targeted Politburo members and noting Potsdam and Yalta agreements were at issue.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Kansas City
Truman
Washington
United States
Fairfax Airport
Kansas
Kansas City Group
Eddie Jacobson
Potsdam
Yalta
New Hampshire Pilot Is Declared Hero Of Daring Rescue
Lt. Col. Emil J. Beaudry of Manchester New Hampshire is hailed as hero after flying a C-47 to land on a 17800 foot Greenland ice cap and rescuing 12 marooned airmen. The daring operation occurred yesterday and rescue details remain sketchy as communications failed.
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Washington
Air Force
Greenland
Emil J. Beaudry
Manchester
N. H
Northland
Bluie West
C and O Orders Layoffs of 92 Men
Richmond Virginia December 29 The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway company today ordered layoffs of 92 men effective January 1 at Richmond repair shops increasing system wide layoffs to 3 325 due to a heavier than normal decline in freight traffic Coal hauling makes up the majority of the freight traffic Earlier the C and O had announced 825 layoffs in its Huntington West Virginia shops.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
C&o
Farlher
Hunington
W. Va
Atomic Power Unit To Be Built In Pittsburgh Pa
Westinghouse Electric will build the world’s first atomic power unit for naval propulsion. The Atomic Energy Commission charged the company with developing a uranium reactor to power ships. Start within months. completion could range two to six years.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
The
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S. Navy
Chicago
Commission
Charles H. Weaver
Westinghouse
Atomic Power Division
Weaver
Westinghouse Office
Atomic Energg
Hope Wanes For 30 Aboard Plane Missing Flight
Miami reports advance search as 30 aboard a charter DC-3 vanish on a San Juan to Miami leg. Navy blimp joins Everglades patrol while Air Force Coast Guard planes sweep 7200 mile air route to San Juan and Florida coast. Crew included Capt Bob Linquist and pilot Ernie Hill Jr with stewardess Mary Burke. Passengers largely Puerto Rican residents returning from holiday visits. Flight planned to land in Miami about 4:30 am with fuel exhausted near 5:45 am.
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Fla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
San Juany i
Florida Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Boca Chica
Barlier Airborne Transport, Inc
New York
Bob Linquist
Fort Myers
Ernie Hill, Jr
Mary Burke
Jersey City
N. J
United States
Civil Aeronautics Overseas Radio
New Orleans
Overseas Radio
Three Men Leave For Army Induction
Three men from Taylor Barbour counties respond to the December 1 induction call postponed from December 15 to allow Christmas at home. James Russell Fletcher of Grafton, Edward Earl McGee of Rosemont, and Frank Neal Price of Belington depart for the Fairmont induction center this morning. Mrs Harold Weekly, local board clerk, begins mailing question sheets to 18 to 25 year olds registered but not in the special mailing for unmarried non veterans. Questionnaires go to oldest registrants first, with 1922 births prioritized this week. Although not eligible for compulsory service, those receiving the forms must return them within the allotted time per their registration cards.
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Taylor-Barbour County
Fairmont
James Russell Fletcher
Grafton
Edward Earl McGee
Rosemont
Frank Neal Price
Belington
Harold Weekly
See Three Men
Nine Japanese Executions Reported At Yokohama Trial
News reports from Yokohama describe death sentences for nine Japanese officers including three generals for beheading American flyers. Seventeen involved, including 33 total, were cited as retaliation for atomic bombings and surrender. Mentions of other trials and earlier executions appear in dispatches.
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Hirohito
Newitness
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
State Aeronautics Commission Seeks 1949 Budget Boost
Charleston dispatch reports the State Aeronautics Commission will seek $692,417 for each of the next two fiscal years, with $637,697 yearly for airport construction to match federal funds. Planned raises would enable a field inspector and a second airplane, and the panel pushes for an airport authority act to empower local communities to form public corporations for airport development.
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Charleston
State Aeronautics Commission
Hubert H. Stark
Stork
Ford
Predicting 81st Congress to legalize the closed shop
Washington reports that labor and management camps foresee the 81st Congress easing Taft Hartley by legalizing the closed shop or replacing it with a closed union. Senator Taft cautions predictions but notes possible shifts, including a union shop under employee vote.
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Max Hall
Washington
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Taft
Ohio
Beckley High Coach Named North-South Game Director
Beckley High School coach Van Meter will be activities director for the 16th annual North South Football Game on August 19, announced Frank A. Knight secretary of the North South Football Game Inc. Coaches for the two squads will be selected soon. Van Meter recently received the State Sports Writers Association award as Coach of the Year.
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Charleston
Jerome
van Meter
Beckly
Frank A. Knight
Knight
Northsouth Football Game, Inc
State Sports Writers’ Association
Arthur Parsons Dies In Chekshire Leader Of Local Store
Clarksburg December 29 Arthur Parsons 77 founder and president of the Parsons Souders Company died today at his hotel apartment after three weeks illness. With Lloyd P Souders he founded the retail dry goods store which grew into one of the citys largest. The firm also operated a large stock and farm near the city.
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Arthur Parsons
Parsons-Souders ‘Company
Lloyd P. Souders
Mother Says She Beat Child Fatally
Durand Michigan December 29 a railroad section hand’s wife admitted she beat her three weeks old daughter to death saying she hated little girls from pregnancy. Prosecutor McClear planned autopsy before seeking a warrant. Mother Domingo Rios 23 appeared in court as details emerged.
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Mich
Domingo Rios
Gerald McClear
McClear
Dolores
Mother Pace
Drafting a fifth Democrat to Un-American Activities Panel
Washington dispatch reports that new House Democrats hesitate to join the Un American Activities Committee as the party contemplates drafting a fifth member. With Republicans reduced to two returning members, leadership faces selecting two new minority picks for the panel next week.
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Louisiana
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Illinois
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New Jersey
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Californ
United Nations orders halt to hostilities in southern Palestine
The UN Security Council adopted a British sponsored resolution by eight votes with three abstentions calling for Israelis and Egyptians to retire troops and end fighting in the Negev desert region of southern Palestine. The United States abstained on all sections while Russia and the Soviet Ukraine abstained on all but the preamble and cease order. Delegates awaited Holland’s liberation news.
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Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha Named Egypt Premier
Cairo Dec 29 A new premier Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha took control after the assassination of Maamoud Fahmy Nokrassy Pasha He urged Egyptian unity for Palestine and cabinet readjustment noted his past roles in parliament and ministerial posts Nokrashy Pasha was shot by a university student in his office and the funeral was planned amid renewed Middle East tensions.
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Cairo
Egypt
Maamoud Fahmy Nokrassy Pasha
Palestine
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
Israel
Nok
Rashy Pasha
Hadi Pasha
Nokrashy Pasha
Saadist
Chamber of Deputies
Farouk
Pasha
Abdel Hamid Ahmed Hassan
Four Men Killed In Plane Crash
Detroit December 29 four men died when a Michigan National Guard B26 bomber crashed six miles from its base in rain and sleet. Air Force personnel and a guard officer among the dead, initial reports suggested a fifth victim but later denied. The bomber from McDill Field exploded on impact, wreckage spread across ten acres near Wayne County Airport.
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Detroit
Michigan National Guard
Air Force
National Guard
McDinl Field
Fla
Wayne County
Donald W. Armstrong
Air Arm
Reno Shaken Again by Early Morning Quake
Reno residents felt another strong quake at 4:55 a.m. Pacific today, rattling windows and dishes across a wide area. The tremor followed a line of quakes overnight, linked to a larger seismic flow feeding Northern California into Nevada and Sacramento Valley.
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Reno
California
Nevada
Sacramento
Icecap Rescue Costly in Greenland Air Mission
Washington reports the Greenland air rescue of 12 Air Force men involved a crashed 47 transport worth 100000 and a rescue B 17 at 300000 plus 44 000 for two CG-15A gliders and 50000 for fuel and equipment. Fourteen aircraft and the carrier Saipan were used in the effort, with the mission halted after the men were saved.
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Alaska
Greenland
Navy
Saipan
Norfolk
North Atlantic
Grafton Woman Held For Grand Jury Action Here
Mrs. Charles D. Rogers of Blueville addition was ordered held under 1500 bond for grand jury action in Taylor County Circuit Court after appearing before Magistrate Ona C Jefferys. She was charged with forging two checks, 450 and 96 dollars, allegedly signed by Charles L. Rogers and James Rauscher. Her husband posted bond and she was released. The $450 check was cashed at the First National Bank of Fairmont.
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Taylor County
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Helen H. Baylor
James Rauscher
Tribbett
First National Bank of
Fairmont
Morgantown
Grafton Sentinel invites Paul Defenbaugh tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Paul Defenbaugh of 859 Maple Avenue to attend tonight's presentation of Anthony Adverse starring Fredrick March and Olivia De Havilland.
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Grafton Sentinel
Paul Defenbaugh
Maple Avenue
Anthony Adverse
Fredrick March
Olivia de Havilland
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