United States of Indonesia gains U S recognition leaders named
The United States of Indonesia receives official U S recognition following Holland’s end of colonial rule. Dr Mohammed Hatta is premier and Soekarno is president, with Queen Juliana signing over sovereignty over much of the colonies.
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United States
Indonesia
Holland
Mohammed Hatta
Sockarno
Juliana
The
Netherlands
Central Press
Truman Deliberates With Cabinet On Economic Plans
President Truman convened his cabinet for a long briefing on legislative plans after releasing a general report from his economic advisers urging close cooperation with business. The session previewed his annual state of the union message to be delivered in person Wednesday before a joint session of Congress. White House plans include sending the economic message to Congress next Friday with the budget and development estimates to follow a week later.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
White House
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
E Truman
Seventeen Protest Against Orange Bowl Queen Choice
Seventeen contestants planned a protest after Blonde La dene Van Wagoner was named Orange Bowl queen. They accuse the committee of wardrobe fittings before coronation, betrayal over rehearsals and gowns, and simultaneous press coverage. They seek explanations or repudiation and reimbursement for parade wardrobe damage.
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Miami, Frs
Ladene van Wagoner
Earl D. Waldin, Jr
van Wagoner
Salt Lake City
Young Fellowsville Lad Attempts To Take Life
Robert Kerns aged 21 of Fellowsville shot himself in the forehead with a .38 revolver while despondent over trouble with his father Lloyd Kerns. He is recovering at Grafton City Hospital with prospects to go home early next week per Dr. R D Stout. Corporal G F Randall and Trooper Hostatler report the incident and note the bullet lodged beneath the skin near the neck.
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Robert Kerns
Fellowsville
Lloyd Kerns
Young Kerns
G. F. Randall
Grafton
Sta
Hostatler
Kingwood
Grafton City Hospital
R D. Stout
Young Fellowsville
Three Buildings Destroyed At Man State Fire
Fire destroyed the state liquor store and two adjoining structures in Man today. Voluntary fire chief Eugene White said an overheated furnace started the blaze. Owner A Weldon Cook and family occupied one home. losses include 276 liquor cases and store fixtures totaling 30000. A nearby Cook furniture store suffered heat damage. telephone lines burned out cutting Lorado and Amherstdale, with service still out.
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Eugene White
Voluntary Fire Department
A. Weldon Cook
Cook
State Liquor Commission
Charleston
Lorado
Amherstdale
Bus Bandit Strikes Third Time In State
Huntington reports a bus bandit robbed Ohio Valley Bus driver Paul Hall at gunpoint near Ceredo, stealing an estimated 50 to 60 dollars. Police link the incident to prior robberies of John J. Hall and Earl Stone, noting a sawed-off shotgun was used in all attacks.
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Huntington
Ohio Valley Bus Company
Paul Hall
Ceredo
OVB
John J. Hall
River Earl Stone
Stone
Hall
India Reports Red Attacks Smash Two Islands Near Formosa
The Official Central News Agency said Chinese Communist forces attempted landings on Matsu Island off China's east coast and on Hainan off the south. Nationalists claimed heavy losses, with reports of small infiltrations into Formosa itself. Observers note Matsu as a key target before any move on Quemoy and Formosa, with screening by Chusar Island.
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Hong Kong
Matsu Island
China
Formosa
Matsu
Quemoy Island
Chusar Island
Bing Loses To Bob Hope Crown Shifts At Box Office
Hollywood report shows Bob Hope toppling Bing Crosby after five years as movie box office leader in the 1949 Motion Picture Herald survey. Abbott and Costello placed third, John Wayne jumped to fourth as Crosby drops from the crown.
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Hollywood
Bing
Crosby
Bob Hope
Hope
Abbott and Costello
John Wayne
Rehabilitation Center Proposed For W Va
The State Rehabilitation Advisory Council proposed establishing a rehabilitation center and two workshops to aid the physically disabled in becoming self supporting. F Ray Power noted only 5 600 of 13 135 cases had received services, urging more facilities.
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Chston (P
State Rehabilitation Advisory Council
F. Ray Power
Eagle Scout Award Presented To Bill Young At Rotary Dinner
Bill Young an 18 year old member of Scout Troop No. 3 received the Eagle scout award at the Grafton Rotary Club weekly dinner. The presentation was made by his mother Mrs J F Young of West Main Street. Young a Gratton Senior High School graduate last spring is a Fairmont College chemistry student and has six years in Scouting. Loren Hoffman Rotary honorary member and Troop 3 scoutmaster spoke briefly about the club and presented the award. Wheeler C Bachman Rotary Scouting Project chairman presided as master of ceremonies. Thomas Cook Boy Scouts of America scout executive was guest speaker delivering an address on Scouting. George Mossman field scout executive for a four-county district and Charles Hoffman longtime Rotary Troop 3 member were also guests.
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Bill Young
Scout Troop No. 3
Grafton
Fairmont College
Loren Hoffman
Rotary
Rotary Club
Wheeler C. Bachman
Fos
Thomas Cook
Central West Virginia
Tinc
Boy Scouts of America
Clarksburg
Scoutins
George Mossman
Dstrict
Elkins
Charles Hoffman
Rotary Troop No. 3
Coal output in Northern West Virginia falls sharply
Northern West Virginia coal production dropped by 10 712 000 tons from last year, with miners missing about 86 working days due to strikes memorial periods and a three day work week. Output totaled around 36 509 000 tons, a loss equating to 1 329 000 man days, about 20 000 000 payroll drop, and roughly 43 090 000 in operator revenue.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Gasoline Tank Blast Injures Ten at Cassville Mine
A 300 gallon gasoline tank at Pittsburgh Consolidation's Brock mine in Cassville exploded, injuring ten. John Brewer, 49, of Fairview, was hospitalized with eye and throat injuries and shock. Six others suffered cuts or burns, and windows in nearby houses were shattered by the blast. Damages were pegged at $25,000 by Victor Zene of Appalachian Construction Corporation.
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Morgantown
John Brewer
Fairview
Pittsburgh Consolidation Company
Brock
Cassville
Appalachian Construction Corporation
Pittsburgh Consol
Victor Zene
Fire destroys Man Liquor Store in Charleston area
The State Liquor Control Commission reported its Man store in Logan county was destroyed by fire. Two nearby houses may have burned. no injuries. Loss estimated at 31000 with insurance. The stock included 2766 cases of liquor received just yesterday. Store employed six, manager C Howes said the building owner is A Weldon Cook and cause is unknown.
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Charleston
Liquor Control Commission
Man
Logan County
Ission
C. ©. Howes
A. Weldon Cook
Firemen Quell Grass Fire On West Main Street
Grass fire at 579 West Main Street called out firemen at 2 05 p m yesterday but caused no damage. Fire Chief John Proctor said the blaze was quickly extinguished and there was no harm.
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Main Street
John Proctor
Wanita Lynch Dies After Self Inflicted Wound
In Parkersburg on December 21 Wanita Lynch aged 22 died in hospital from a bullet wound described by State Trooper H. Martin as self inflected. The death follows an incident attributed to the victim.
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Parkersburg
H. #. Martin
Wanita
jLynch
India Recognizes Communist China Ends Ties With Chiang Kai-Shek
India moves to recognize Mao Zedong's regime and sever relations with Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalists. Nehru's government becomes first commonwealth member and second non-Soviet state to accept Peiping as legal China. Burma also recognizes Peiping. Britain likely to follow after Colombo talks.
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Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mao Tze-Tung
Peiping
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Colombo
Ceylon
Pentagon policy critic reassigned amid Navy reshuffle
A wave of Navy orders promotes and shifts officers including Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan who loses command to a shore post amid morale concerns and Captain Arleigh A. Burke among 23 officers nominated for rear admiral. The reshuffle follows controversy over unification policy and a House committee spotlight.
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Washington
Pentagon
Adm
Gerald F. Bogan
House Committee
Pacific
Arleigh A. Burke
Navy
Congress
Senate
Bogan
Matthews
Naval Operations
Louis Denfeld
John G. Crommielin
Unificx
Hearing Set for Gas Rate Hike in Southern WV
A later hearing on Southern Public Service Company gas rates will be held January 16 in Charleston to allow protesters to submit evidence. Affected communities include Milton Madison Danville in Boone County and Montgomery Shrewsbury Crown Hill Hansford Pratt London Smithers Longacre Handley Cannelton Deepwater Union in Kanawha and Fayette counties.
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Charleston
Southern Public Service Company
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Milton
Madison
Danville
Boone County
Montgomery
Shrewsbury
Crown Hill
Hansford
Pratt
London
Smithers
Longacre
Handley
Cannelton
Deepwater
Union
Kanawha
Fayette Counties
Taft Lends New Pattern In Politics
Senator Taft of Ohio seeks to halt a national chain letter fund raising drive. He told Cincinnati reporters that he and aides have nothing to do with and are trying to stop letters asking recipients to donate to his reelection and to send the letter to ten more people. Friends call Taft “Mr. Republican” amid the campaign critique.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Cincinnati
Pin Ball Rule Says Children May Play Non-Gambling Machines
Charleston report states that persons under 12 may not be prohibited from playing non gambling pin ball machines. The opinion comes from Assistant Attorney General Thomas J. Gillolly to Nicholas County Prosecuting Attorney Claude H. Vencill and outlines the local enforcement stance.
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Charleston
Attorney General's Office
Thomas J. Gillolly
Nicholas County
Claude H. Vencill
Prominent Doctor Charged In Mercy Killing Case
In Goffstown New Hampshire Dr Hermann N Sander a Manchester physician was charged with first degree murder for allegedly injecting air into the veins of 59 year old Abbie Borreto to end her cancer suffering The case stems from a hospital record noting the lethal injection and Sander admitted the act as mercy killing to county officials He remains held without bail pending grand jury action and his fate now rests with the Hillsboro County grand jury
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Goffstown
N. H
Manchester
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie Borreto
Hillsboro County
William H. Craig
Sander
Craig
Dr. Sander
U S Ships East As Red Block Expands Navy Reach
The United States plans a tougher stance in the Far East backed by a stronger Asiatic fleet. The 27,000-ton aircraft carrier Boxer and two destroyers were sent to reinforce the Seventh Task Fleet in the Philippines after a Truman briefing with top military and diplomatic advisers. The move accompanied a White House strategy blueprint awaiting approval.
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Washington
United States
Far East
Boxer
Philippines
Truman
National Security Council
Several Virginia Coal Companies Sign With UMW
Morton Virginia reports that several Virginia coal companies signed new work contracts with the United Mine Workers. UMW District 28 President William F. Minton said the unions did not name the companies or the exact number. The deals raise daily wages from 14.05 to 15 and royalty payments from 20 to .35 cents per ton to the union welfare and pension fund. One contract covers a deep mine with a tipple. the others involve truck and strip operations. No Virginia Coal Operators Association members are party to these contracts.
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Morton
Virginia
United Mines Workers
William F. Minton
UMW District 28
Welfare and Pension
Virginia Coal Operators Association
Holiday Observed Monday In Grat ton Area
Many observe January 2 as a holiday in Grat ton with city offices, county courthouse, and state and federal offices closed. Since New Year’s Day falls on Sunday, Monday will be a holiday nationwide. Local stores plan early closures on New Year’s Eve, some remaining closed Monday, with drugstores, restaurants, news stands, theatres and similar businesses affected.
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Gratton
Scott Named Editor Of Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley West Virginia Scott Eugene J 87 wartime acting editor took over as editor succeeding Ted G McDowell who died in Charleston Monday The appointment announced by Charles Hodel president Beckley Newspapers Corporation Scott a Republican state senator from Raleigh County has long been with the Beckley Post-Herald and related papers since 1937 including Mullens Advocate wartime service interrupted by military duty
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Beckley
Eugene J. Scott
Beckley Post-Herald
Scott
Ted G. McDowell
Charleston
Charles Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Raleigh
Post-Herald
Aftgrou Raleleh Register
Mullens Advocate
Whlke
Armed Services
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