Norway Faces Cold War Decision on Atlantic Pact
Norwegian Foreign Minister Harvard Lange visited Washington for five days seeking the U.S. view on joining the North Atlantic defense alliance. Officials say he received information with minimal persuasion and will report to Oslo before drafting a note to Russia. Lange plans talks in London with Bevin and awaits Norway’s decision on American arms aid without basing troops in peacetime.
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Washington
United States
Norway
Russia
Harvard Lange
Lange
Oslo
Acheson
Scandinavia
New York
Scandinavian Airlines
London
Bevin
Europe
Moscow
United Nations
State Department
Bonus Bill Passes House 87 to 2 in Charleston
The West Virginia House approved a $90 million veterans bonus by 87 to 2 as lawmakers prepare for Senate consideration after a weekend break. The plan would divide funds among World War I and II veterans if voters approve at the 1950 election. Senate action remains in preliminary study with committees to review the measure.
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Charleston
House
Senate
File
Veterans’ Affairs
Finance
del. Campbell
D-Cabell
Finance Committee
Peters
Mary M O Connor Dies At City Hospital At 5 12 Am
Mary Mildred O Connor 52 of 4 West Knotts avenue founder of Mary Cliff Academy Boston died at City Hospital this morning at 5 12. She taught French and Latin and was daughter of Cyrus Fox and Mary Irwin Fox born May 15 1896 in Minton WV. Survived by husband Patrick J O Connor of West Knotts avenue and children Edward J O Connor Grafton Mrs Marie Williams Baltimore MD Richard J O Connor Grafton Patricia Ann O Connor and Robert Thomas O Connor at home plus brother James EB Fox Lake MD. Three grandchildren. Family moved from Boston in 1920. Catholic St Augustine church member. Friends may call Bartlett Funeral Home after 7 pm today. Last rites Monday 9 am from St Augustine with Rev M J M Hannon. Burial Mount Calvary Cemetery Bartlett Funeral Home directs. Pallbearers Stewart Felts Paul Malone Merle Bailey Claude Ebert Edwin Powell. NEW HIGH SCHOOLS MORGANTOWN A new high school four new junior high schools and 15 elementary schools are included in a proposed 3 840 000 long range construction program for Monongalia county per Superintendent Floyd B Cox.
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Mary Mildred O'Connor
West Knotts Avenue
Mary Cliff Academy
Boston
City Hospital
Academy
Cyrus
Mary Irwin Fox
Minton
West Virginia
Patrick J. O'Connor
Edward J. O'Connor
Grafton
St. Augustine Church
Hannon
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Home
Stewart Felts
Paul Malone
Merle Bailey
Claude Ebert
Edwin Powell
Bertha D. Curry Dies At Walnut Street Home Today
Bertha D. Curry of 107 Walnut Street died this morning at 9 o clock after an 18 month illness. Born September 19 1871 in Webster she was daughter of Joshua R. Cole and Mary Shroyer Cole. Survived by one son Harry Curry Deputy Assessor of Taylor County three grandchildren and two sisters. Funeral services Monday at 2 pm at the Webster Baptist Church with Reverend Warner T. Gifford. Interment Webster Cemetery Bartlett Funeral Home directing.
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Bertha D. Curry
Walnut Street
Webster
1871
Joshua R. Cole
Mary Shroyer Cole
Harry Curry
Taylor County
Alfred Baker
Zainesville
Ohio
Paul E. Patton
Clarksburg
Harry Curry, Jr
Hawaii
William Fordyce
Brady
Pennsylvania
Earl Kelly
McKeesport
Warner T. Gifford
Webster Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Home
Axis Sally Sues Hearst Jr Over Libel Contempt
Axis Sally Gillars filed a $100,000 libel suit against columnist Mrs William Randolph Hearst Jr and moved to cite Hearst for contempt. The suit alleges the These Charming People column interfered with a fair trial by consulting unnamed advisers. The treason case relates to wartime broadcasts from Berlin to America and overseas.
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Washington
Axis Salley
Esterday
William Randolph Hearst, Jr
James J. Laughlin
Mildred FE
Sally” Gillars
Lbel
Miss Gillars
Berlin
America
Williamson Named Deputy Clerk of State Supreme Court
Charleston February 12 The court announced the appointment of H G Williamson a 34 year old attorney as deputy clerk of the State Supreme Court of Appeals. He will fill the post vacated by the resignation of Lawson T Reynolds who served as associate clerk from September to December in Mercer County.
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Charleston
H. G. Wiliamson
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Williamson
Mercer County
Lawson T. Reynolds
Army Plane Sets New Speed Record Dayton to Washington
In an unofficial record, Major Frank K. Everest flew a North American F 86 jet from Dayton to Washington in 33 minutes and 3 seconds. The air Material Command reported an average speed near 710 miles per hour for the 390 mile flight.
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Dayton
Washington
Air Material Command
Frank K. Everest
Churchill to sail for United States on Queen Elizabeth
Winston Churchill will sail on the Queen Elizabeth March 18 for a visit to the United States. He will attend a dinner March 25 in New York hosted by Henry Luce and also plans to visit Washington, the Conservative party announced. The trip is described as private with no other formal engagements planned.
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London
Winston Churchil
United States
Henry Luce
New York
Washington
Conservative Party
Churchill
Street Flusher Week Proclaimed in Grafton
Mayor Russel G. Dotson names February 14 to 19 as STREET FLUSHER WEEK to urging citizens and businesses to donate toward a modern street flusher for cleaner streets. The proclamation highlights benefits to residents merchants and the Fire Department and recalls the Chamber of Commerce initiative.
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Chamber of Commerce
Grafton
West Virginia
Russel G. Dotson
Burns Fatal at War Eagle Home Child Dies
Audrey Sue Ellis aged 1 died after her clothing caught fire from an open fireplace at her parents home in War Eagle. Mrs Ellis had left the house to go to the spring when the accident occurred.
Miss Fauley Hearts Beta Sigma Sweetheart Dance
About 400 people attended the Beta Sigma sorority Sweetheart Dance at the Moose Home where Miss Norma Lee Fauley daughter of Mrs Merle Fawley was named sweetheart. She appeared through a Valentine box and received an orchid, wearing a white colonial gown as red and white decorations framed the ballroom.
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Norma Lee Fauley
Beta Sigma Phi
Merle Fawley
West Main Street
Sweethart
Beta Smashi Sorority
Moose Home
Charles Carpenter
Miss Fauley
John L. Lewis Celebrates 69th Birthday in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh February 12 miners nationwide honor John L. Lewis on his 69th birthday. Western Pennsylvania coal fields shut down for the observance with slight production loss as bituminous shafts run on a five day week and anthracite mines close. United Mine Workers plan vacations in Florida and had authorized the birthday as a legal miner holiday at last year’s convention.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Florida
Lewis
UMW
Clenden To Have New Newspaper
W S Doddrill owner of the Clay County Messenger and Elk Printing Company will start a new weekly in Clenden on February 24 to be named Elk Valley News. Edward Johnson of Clay and Farrell from Ivydale will co run the publication each Thursday.
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Clay
W. Va
W. S. Doddrill
Clay County Messenger
Elk Printing Company
Clenden
Elk Valley News
Doddrill
Edward Johnson
Clay and
Farrell
Ivydale
Feed Dealers Elect Clarksburg President
Roy C. Keys of Clarksburg was named president of the West Virginia Feed Dealers Association at its organization meeting here.
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Clarksburg
Roy C. Keys
West Virginia Feed Dealers Association
Consolidating Morgantown Special Election Date Set
March 22 was designated for a special election on consolidating Suncrest Star City and Sabraton with Morgantown by Circuit Judge Charles G. Baker.
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Morgantown
Suncrest
Star City
Sabraton
Charles G. Baker
Pope Pius Calls Masses to Expiate Enemies of God
Pope Pius issued an apostolic exhortation to Catholic clergy worldwide urging special masses to expiate the crime of the enemies of God. The note said funds and materials were distributed via regular government banking and shipping channels. It added that Bulgarian Protestants’ relations with the council could not be deemed treason to any government pursuing peace and brotherhood. Meanwhile, Vienna dispatches.
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Pope Pius
Council
Vienna
Welch Man Held For Grand Jury On Murder Charge
Welch resident Dewey Price was ordered held for grand jury action on a murder charge after waiving a preliminary hearing in Bradshaw. Price admitted shooting Tom Blankenship 38, during an argument with Price's sister-in-law, after taking a revolver from Blankenship. Price claimed Blankenship was drunk. shooting occurred at the Price home in Bradshaw. He is free on a $2,000 bond.
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Welch
Dewey Price
Bradshaw
Robert Beavers
George Stokes
McDowell County
Price
Tom Blankenship
Mrs. Blankenship
Stokes
Blankenship
Republicans Offer New Labor Bill With No Emergency Injunctions
Two Republican senators Morse and Ives plan a new labor bill to replace parts of Taft Hartley while rejecting emergency strike injunctions. The plan mirrors some 1947 ideas, retains noninjunction provisions, and favors emergency boards similar to railway labor policy to resolve national emergency disputes before congressional action.
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Washington
Morse
Ives
Taft
Ohio
Morse and Ives
Ure
Morse-Ives
Congress
Eisenhower Rejoins Service as Joint Chiefs Chairman
Washington, Dec. 19 United States named Gen Dwight D Eisenhower to serve temporarily as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff with authority to guide planning for Atlantic European defense and Western Europe support. He returns from Columbia University to resolve air and ground roles amid clashes between services and broader strategic questions.
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Washington
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
International
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Truman
Defense Forrestal
Europe
Royall vows no backing down to defend US power
Army Secretary Kenneth Royall told the Reserve Officers Association of Hawaii that the United States has rebuilt armed forces strong enough to defend American rights and territory. He asserted confidence the president will not back down, and noted hysteria for pulling soldiers home has helped create international problems since the war.
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Eisenhower
Tokyo
United States
Asia
Royall
Washington
Pacific Zone
Europe
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Royal
Hawaii
MacArthur
Far East
Forrestal
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
William D. Leahy
Army
Omar Bradley
Air
Hoyt Vandenberg
Navy
Honolulu
Kenneth Royall
Reserve Officers Association of Hawaii
United States Armed Services
Ing. U.S
Oficers
What Could The Poor Girl Do?
New York report says Lan Wolfe, manager and co owner of a Brooklyn tavern, spoke with two male customers about crime. A robbery occurred when one man demanded cash. Miss Wolfe surrendered a box with $800. the men fled.
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New York
Allan Wolfe
Brooklyn
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizens
Preston County welcomed a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs James Nottingham of Route 1 Newburg at 1 56 pm weighing nine pounds eight ounces The birth was reported by the City Hospital marking a new arrival for the community.
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Preston County
James Nottingham
Route 1
Newburg
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Church of Scotland
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Lyons
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