Acheson Vows Atlantic Pact Will Be Effective Alliance
Secretary of State Acheson said the United States intends to make the North Atlantic Pact an effective security alliance. He asserted no real policy differences exist and that a completed treaty will soon be public. Discussions continue with Senate leaders and allied European nations as the pact aims to provide a firm promise of U.S. military help.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Truman
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenburg
R-Mich
State Department
Seek For Delay In Bridge Contract
Two union groups urge delaying the Keyser to McCool bridge award over wage rates. West Virginia Road Commission opened bids and recommended Agnew Construction of Bonteverte and Virginia Bridge of Roanoke for major contracts. Carpenters local cites a 45 1/2 cent per hour pay differential. council president asks Charleston to delay award pending wage rate settlement.
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Cumberland (P
Keyser
West Virginia
McCool
Maryland
West Virginia State Road ‘Commission
Charleston
Agnew Construction Company
Bonteverte
Virginia Bridge Company
Roanoke
Virginia
Cumberland Building and Construction Trades Council
AFL
AFL Carpenters
Red asks Soviet repatriation mission to leave Frankfurt
General Lucius D. Clay, the U.S. military governor in Germany, ordered the Soviet repatriation mission to depart American-occupied territory. Army officials said the move followed the voluntary repatriation of displaced Soviet citizens and that the Russian repatriation law in the U.S. would effectively end after March.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Clay
Grafton Bridge Talks With State Road Official
A Taylor County Board of Trade delegation met State Road Commissioner Ray Cavendish in Charleston to press repairs or replacement of the Bridge Street bridge so it can reopen to traffic. Cavendish said planning for a new bridge is underway but no start date is set without legislative action and funding approval. The group, led by Paul E. Malone, presented a 1000-signature petition urging a prompt repair or renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Board of Trade
Ray Cavendish
Charleston
Rene Street
Cavendish
Paul E. Malone
Trade Board
Bridge Street
Jack R. Nuzum
Grafton
Curtis D. Decker
Hubert Parrish
Claude Ebert
W. T. Lockard
State Road Commission
Clarksburg
Grafton Dam
Scab Hollow
Cars Board
Malone
State Conservation Commission
See Board
Green Declares Miners Stand As Wall Of Stone
AFL President William Green told the Senate labor committee that miners would have stood firm like a Rock of Gibraltar if John L. Lewis had been jailed during the 1943 coal strike. He argued the Taft-Hartley provisions fail and the government aligned with operators, pressing for a Wagner act alternative. Green cited miners’ return to work after operators met their duties and urged reform before the strike.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Rock of Gibraltar
AFL
William Green
Green
Senate Labor Committee
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Separate Hunting and Fishing Licenses Proposed Today
Charleston report notes a bill to create separate hunting and fishing licenses at $2 each, with a combined option for $3, replacing the current $2 for a joint license. Nonresident fishing license rises to $25, and a one day nonresident license is eliminated in favor of a new family park permit. The measure, rewritten in committee, aims for passage.
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Charleston
House
Game and Fish Committee
National Guard
Senate
Senate Roads Committee
Medical School Amendments Ready For House Action
Charleston site for a proposed four year medical and dental school and hospital is backed by administration measures in the House calendar after a two day delay. Huntington Morgantown and Martinsburg seek consideration at a public hearing with Martinsburg offering a definite commitment. The Chamber of Commerce says either Charleston near the city could be provided at no cost. Senate and House face a light day with minor bills. administration measures have moved to Governor Patteson for signature.
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Charleston
State Medical Association
Huntington
Morgantown
Martin Surg
Martinsburg
Chamber of Commerce
Senate
House
Althugh
Patteson
Case Of Unadorned Calf Solved Today
Wilmington Delaware reports a nylon hose mystery solved as a technician from E I DuPont reveals the issue was caused by dirt in the nylon manufacturing process. The mystery began in Jacksonville Florida where hose runs and holes appeared in nylon stockings, triggering a surge of replacements and public inquiry.
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Wilmington
Del
Milady
Jacksonville
Pla
Florida
W. E. Mann
E. I. du Pent de Nemours Nylon Division
Ste
Railroad Labors Leader Demands Denham Ouster
A. P. Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen urged President Truman to remove Robert N. Denham as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. Whitney backed Senator Neely’s call, criticizing the Taft-Hartley era and Denham’s alleged bias amid Senate hearings.
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Washington
Whitney
Truman
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Cleveland
Senate Labor Committee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Neely
D-W.va
Denham
Dennam
Venham
Senate
Ten Most Perfect Features Named by Artists League
The Artists League of America declares a list of the ten most perfect features in the world. Rita Hayworth tops the lips category and Chiang Kai-Shek is noted alongside other famous women. The selections reflect a poll of league members who are leading artists in the nation.
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New York
Artists League of America Today
Rita Hayworth
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Linda Darnell
Margaret Truman
Candy Jones
Margaret Rose
Britain
Jane Russell
Margaret Phelan
Duchess of
Miss Hayworth
Ingrid Bergmar
Weirton Steel Works Vaccinate About 1100 Tin Mill Workers
A Weirton Steel company physician said about 1 100 employees at the tin mill have been vaccinated for smallpox after a coworker’s illness five days earlier was diagnosed as smallpox.
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Weirton Steel Company
Parents and infant badly hurt in Lincoln street crash
Mr and Mrs Clyde Poling of Boyd street and their six month old child were seriously injured last night around 10 30 at Dead Man s Curve on Lincoln street. The Polings suffered scalp and facial lacerations and cerebral concussion with possible skull fracture in the mother. the infant had facial sugar cuts. Ralph Shaw and Ralph Boyles, both of the city, drove 1939 Ford V 8 and a Chevrolet respectively, and both cars were damaged and towed to Stevens Brothers garage. Shaw and Boyles were arrested. hearings postponed until tomorrow. City hospital reports the family in improving condition.
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Clyde Poling
Boyd Street
Lincoln Street
Poling
Polines
Ralph Shaw
Ralph Boyles
Shaw
Glenn Shaw
Boyles
Whch
Stevens Brothers
Four Prisoners Escape Cells From McDowell Jail
Four inmates escaped from McDowell county jail by sawing their way out of a ground floor cell and exiting through a ventilator shaft. Sheriff Cecil Wilson identified three as James Behery Newark New Jersey Wandis Daniels Kimball and Woodrow Beavers Bradshaw awaiting transfer to Moundsville and a fourth Leroy Smith Alton Alabama awaiting grand jury action. The break was found at 7 a m during a morning check after the men were last seen at midnight.
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Leroy Smith
Alton
Ala
Wilson
A. M. St.Clair
Victim Identified As Thomas F Hughes Retired B&O Man
The body of Thomas Francis Hughes 55 a retired Baltimore and Ohio railroad engineer was found in Three Forks Creek near the confluence with the Tygart Valley river and the South Grafton foot bridge. Railroad police and county officials weigh foul play but think he fell into swollen waters from the bank or bridge. Coroner Ona C Jefferys had not announced an inquest decision by noon. Deputy Ray Matthews noted bruises possibly from a fall or object. Hughes was seen at the railroad station about 7 am and last seen by family at 11:30 pm. He came to Grafton from Fairmont in 1944 and was a World War I veteran. He belonged to Woodmen of the World, Loyal Order of Moose, and Taylor County Post No. 12 Amer. Hee.
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Thomas Francis Hughes
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Three Forks Creek
Tygart Valley
South Grafton
Hughes
Maple Avenue
Three Forks
Ona C. Jefferys
Ray Matthews
Bartlett Funeral Home
William R. Carroll
Barrett* Street
Thomas J. Moran
Grand Street
Mr. Carroll
Grafton
Fairmont
Woodmen of the World
Loyal
Moose
Mannington
Taylor County
Amer
Congress urged to renew aid program without loans clause
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder asked Congress to renew the European recovery program without a clause requiring nations to take aid as loans. He favored full appropriation with loan terms determined by the ECA with advisory council input. The ECA seeks 5.58 billion for the second Marshall plan instalment amid calls to trim.
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Congress
Washington (P
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
National Advisory Council
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State and Commerce
Federal Reserve Board
Export-Import Bank
ECA
D. A. Fitzgerald
Food and Agriculture Division
Fitgerald
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Grafton Backing Air Pollution Statute At Legislature
Grafton delegates led by City Manager Curtis D. Decker and others appeared at a Charleston public hearing on a proposed West Virginia air pollution statute. William M. Woodroe of Charleston said amendments are drafted. a new bill could be introduced as needed. Objections came from Charles E Hodges and R L Sibley. Monsanto officials submitted a letter. See GRAFTON Page 4.
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Grafton
Charleston
Curtis D. Decker
Paul E. Malone
Taylor County Board of Trade
Hubert Parrish
Claude Evert
C. W. T. Lockard
Jack Nuxum
Taylor County
House of Delegates
Burt Mason
Bill Byers
Lockard
West Virginia
William M. Woodroe
Association For Purification of Air and Streams
Bean
D-Hardy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Woodroe
Charles E. Hodges
R. L. Sibley
Nitro
Ignaees
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Arid Sibley
Monsanto Chemical Company
Mrs Lula Deck Dies In Grafton At 68
Mrs Lula Deck died in her home at 111 West Washington street early today at age 68 after a period of illness. Born in Grafton on July 4, 1860, she was the daughter of Arlington and Flora Thompson and lived in Grafton her entire life. She was a member of St John’s Methodist Church and was married to Charles William Deck, a retired machinist for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Bartlett Funeral Home will conduct services Friday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev L G Robinson officiating, burial to follow in Bluemont Cemetery.
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Lula Deck
West
Washington Street
Prient
Bartlett
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizens
Old Faith yl Doc Stork brought a baby girl to the City Hospital this morning at 8 30 oclock after the arrival of three boys this week. The proud parents of the seven pound and 12 and one half ounce daughter are Mr and Mrs Matthew Strader of 411 Barrett street.
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Stork
City Hospital
Matthew Strader
Barrett Street
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State Penitentiary
Thomas F.hughes
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