Speaker Delights Audience But Fails To Follow Yates Trend
At Lincoln Day dinner Arthur Yates praised government at home as he lauded the next speaker. William B. Livengood Jr. of Harrisburg urged electing representatives who serve their districts not Washington, then lauded Lincoln’s character and legacy with a vivid, humorous tribute that drew hearty applause.
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Washington
Arthur. Yates
William B. Livengood, Jr
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Yates
Lincoln
America
Livengood
Union
Americans Arrested By Czechs
Czech foreign office announced state police arrested two American Mormon missionaries on charges of attempting to enter a prohibited area. The men, Stanley E. Abbot and C Alden Johnson, disappeared January 28 while traveling in Moravia to visit Latter Day Saints near the border.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Czech Foreign Office
U.S
Moravia
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon
Stanley E. Abbot
Lehi
Utah
C. Alden Johnson
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Foreign Office
Olomouc
Prostetov
Seven Grafton Men Attend District Meeting
Seven members of Mountaineer council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics attended a district meeting in Morgantown at the Masonic temple with Young American Council No. 201 as hosts. National vice councilor Dr Leroy Morris spoke. meeting overseen by District President R Moran of Lumberport. Officers from state and national levels attended. Morgantown degree team initiated a large class. Next meeting planned for Lumberport with No 34 as hosts. Grafton members L H Peakcock M H Gillispie C L Abel C C Moats R L Dadisman L C Dennis A D Comp attended.
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Mountaineer Council
United American Mechanics
Order
Morgantown
Masonic Temple
Young American Council No. 201
R. Leroy Morris
J. W. Boyce
Clarksburg
R. ‘M.—Moran
Look For Way To Curb G I Training School Abuses
House members today sought ways to curb abuses in the GI vocational training program without depriving veterans of useful training. Leaders debated how far Congress should go to tighten the educational rights under the Servicemen Readjustment Act. Wheeler urged stricter restrictions while Teague warned against regressing veterans entitlements. a heated, Europe-wide policy debate looms as action nears.
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Washington
House
Congress
Wheeler
D-Ga
Rep
Teague
D-Tex
House Veterans Committee
Veterans Administration
Truman
Truman Policies Criticized At Lincoln Dinners
West Virginia Lincoln Day dinners drew sharp criticism of President Truman's financial and defense policies. Rep Dewey Short warned of deficit spending and un American policies, urging Republicans to rally. Former Rep Melvin Snyder pressed for a balanced budget and Hoover plan reorganization as GOP priorities.
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Charleston
Truman
West Virginia
Russia
Dewey Short
R-Mo
Cabell County
Huntington
America
Republlican
Melvin C. Snyder
R-Wva
Martinsburg
State of the Union
Republican Party
Snyder
Walter S. Hallanan
Morgantown
Mother Saves 3 Children In Fire
Mrs. Norman Shearer 25 risked burns to save her infant and two young girls from a burning Charleston home. She tossed her one year old son to her sister, who caught him with only a minor ear burn, after guiding the other children to safety. Fire Captain J C Saunders said a clothesline snap above a hallway stove sparked the blaze.
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Charleston
Norman Shearer
J.C. Saunders
Navy Vet Receives $1198 for Time Spent as POW
Navy veteran Frank H. Bigelow of Rockville Md received the first POW subsistence payment under the War Claims Act. He earned 1198 days in Japanese camps, with four other local ex POWs awaiting checks this week. The fund covers only part of claims as Washington disburses about 50 dollars a day from seized enemy assets. Bigelow, who lost a leg in a Japanese coal mine, plans to use part of his check to complete two taxis.
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Washington
Frank H. Bigelow
Rockville
War Commission
Daniel F. Cleary
Georgia Lusk
Bigelow
Navy
U.S. A
Public Hearings On Ordinances Tuesday February 21
Curtis D. Decker city manager declined comment on opposition from Perkview residents and Tygart Lake Development regarding the incinerator site at the old Rolier plant in Parkview. The council will discuss the incinerator at 8 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, while the boiler plant site has state health department approval. The council is exploring all phases of the project as two new ordinances are proposed. See DECKER page 4
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Curtis D. Decker
Perkview
City Hall
State Department of Health and Sanitation
Decker
CIO Proposes Tax Plan Changes For Fairer Burden
Washington report cites the CIO urging Truman’s tax program to go further. It endorses wide excise cuts and shifting tax burdens to the wealthy and high profit corporations while recommending higher personal exemptions to aid low income families. The CIO also calls for reestablishing an excess profits tax on corporations to balance the structure.
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Washington (P
CIO
Truman
Labor Organization
Congress
Ministers Protest Bergman Film Showing in Parkersburg and Clarksburg
Wood County Ministerial Alliance and Harrison County Ministerial Association adopt resolutions opposing the Ingrid Bergman film Strompol i. The Bergman picture is set to open at theaters in Parkersburg and Clarksburg on Friday. The actions reflect regional protest against the film.
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Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Ingrid Bergman
Strompoli
Wood County
Youngster Wounds Playmate With Gun
In Hugheson seven year old Brice Proctor was fatally wounded by a playmate while three children played. A 20 gauge shotgun was pointed at Proctor and fired after the boy raised his hands. No charges were filed.
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Montgomery
Brice Proctor
Hugheston
Proctor
Club To Decide On Dog Pound Location Wednesday
The Taylor County Dog Lovers Association will decide the dog pound location at a Wednesday meeting at 8 p.m. in the Grafton Sentinel offices. President J R Barton invites the Coon Hunters Association to attend.
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Taylor County Dog Lovers Association
Grafton
J. R. Barton
Coon Hunters’ Association
Crippled B 36 Reported Near Queen Charlotte Sound
A six engined B 36 bomber from Alaska to Texas reported engine fire and ditching in Queen Charlotte Sound near Vancouver Island. Distress messages said severe icing and engine trouble at 17 000 feet as contact was lost about 300 miles northwest of Seattle. A Seattle radio amateur noted a report and the story continues on page 3.
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Seattle
Queen Charlotte Sound
Vancouver Island
B.C
Mackay Radio
Eielson Air Force Base
Alaska
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Queen Charlotte Island
Eighth Air Force
Dems Welcome Hint Truman May Run In 1952
In Shelbyville Indiana Clarence E White a husky 38 year old man told police he prepared a death drink for his wife Lo Lita White 46. He said he brewed arsenic poisoned drink and watched her die over about three and a half hours. White was charged with first degree murder after his arrest yesterday following authorities’ statements and autopsy notes. The coroner said earlier natural causes were listed but organs were later sent for poison testing.
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Shelbyville
Lad
Pohice
Clarence E. White
White
Lolita
C. J. Price
Shelby County
Indiana University Medical Center
Indianapolis
Price
Woman's Club Recital to Benefit Band Boosters in Grafton
The Grafton Woman's Club plans an organ recital and community sing at Grafton Senior High auditorium on Wednesday February 22 led by Oliver Edwards of Wheeling. Proceeds aid the Band Boosters in their fundraising drive. Members assisting include Mrs Wayne Sinsel and others. tickets available from Band Boosters or club members. One arrest reported in city court: Joe Nuzum of Addison Street fined $10 and costs for intoxication.
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Grafton Senior High
Grafton
Oliver Edwards
Wheeling
Grafton Womans Club
Band Boosters Club
Wayne Sinsel
W.C. Lawson
Calvin Morrison
Virginia Mac Stine
Burl Mason
Womans Club
Joe Nuzum
Addison Street
Woodford and
Swisher
Gratton Father Killed at Morgantown Works Incident
Merle Dallas Martin, 35, a World War II veteran and father of two from Grafton, was killed when crushed between two heavy concrete forms at a Hydrocarbon Jones project within the Morgantown Ordinance Works. He died en route to Vincent Pallotti hospital. investigators note possible head entrapment as forms were moved.
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Morgantown
Grafton
Merle Dallas Martin
East St. Charles Street
Vincent Pallotti Hospital
F. J. Ward
Mr. Martin
Week-Old Baby Found in Outdoor Farm Toilet
Sheriff Robert Carr reported a week old baby boy found deceased in an outside toilet on a Sutton area farm five miles from town. Doctors from Sutton said the infant appeared to be born alive and had lived briefly, with the body wrapped in a towel and part of a sheet.
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Sutton
Robert Carr
J. M. Eakle
B. M. Hutchinson
Chicago Midway Sees Record 1949 Air Traffic Push
Chicago officials report Midway Airport logged 223 943 landings and takeoffs in 1949, a record. The airport averaged one takeoff or landing every 2.35 minutes around the clock, underscoring its status as the busiest U.S. airport.
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Chicago
Chicago Midway
U.S
Mixing Rat Poison For Wife Demonstrates Political Hint
A California Democrat quotes President Truman hinting at a 1952 run, greeted with cautious interest by Democrats. The remark, linked to the 1948 Truman coalition, spurs attention ahead of the Jefferson Jackson dinner in Washington.
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Washington
California
Truman
George Luckey
Democrats
White House
Luckey
Inquest Into Fatal Shooting Of War Bride Set Tomorrow
Wetzel County Prosecutor William Lemon said the inquest into the Australian war bride's death was moved to tomorrow at 2 p.m. to allow state police and Charleston technicians time to finish analyzing evidence from Mrs. Brooks Garrett's home in Paden City. The 32 year old was found dead from a bullet wound last Wednesday night.
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New Martinsville
Wetzel County
William Lemon
S Ton
Charleston
Brooks Garrett
Garrett
Paden City
Expect Dean To Get AEC Chairmanship
A Truman choice for acting head of the Atomic Energy Commission hinges on Gordon Dean, a California lawyer and former professor, after David Lilienthal resigns. Dean faces competition from Summer Pike and Henry Smyth, with debates over H-bomb policy shaping internal views.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
AEC
Gordon Dean
David Lilienthal
Dean
California
Commission
Lewis “L. ‘Strauss Sh
Lilienthal
United States
Strauss
Summer Pike
Henry D. Smyth
J. Smyth
Congress
Miners Defy Orders Amid Lewis Birthday Showdown
Pittsburgh dispatch reports soft coal miners continuing a strike across key states. About 1,700 Pennsylvania pickets patrolled highways while workers refuse to resume production without a contract. West Virginia and Pennsylvania shifts failed to report. Some speculate the 372,000 United Mine Workers may mark John L. Lewis birthday with a prolonged stand.
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Pittsburgh
P Gay
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Valen
UMW
Truthmen
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Astoria
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Oscar Adkins
Logan
W. Va
Crouching Center
Audie Fannin
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Lowell
Jason
Franklin
Clifton
Vernon
Madeline
Adkins
Lynden
Iris
Robert
Mrs. Adkins
Ruth
Sue
Hobart
Woman’s Club
Gratton
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