Truman heads on 18 day southern voyage by air
President Truman leaves Washington aboard the Independence at 10 32 am for an 18 day tour to Florida Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and Cuba. First stop Boca Chica near Key West overnight with plans to meet Puerto Rico governor Jesus Pinero and Virgin Islands governor Willliam Hastie. He will speak in San Juan St Thomas and St Croix, with Lt Col Francis Williams piloting the new faster plane.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Florida
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Cuba
Boca Chica
Key West
Fla
Marshall
Adm
William A. Leahy
San Juan
Jesus T. Pinero
William H. Hastie
Francis (French) Williams
Henry T
Hank) Myers
Myers
American Airlines
Rava Chica
Williamsburg
Juan Tomorres
St. Thomas
St. Croix
Virgin Tarandy
Clarence Maqre One Life Candidate for Sheriff
Clarence F. Moore, a 67 year old farmer and former merchant, filed his candidacy for sheriff of Taylor County on the Republican ticket. A lifelong Republican worker and Grafton resident for 35 years, he joins Melvin Newton as the party field in the May 11 primary. Other Republican nominees include Richard B. Bord for prosecuting attorney and Fred D. Carder for House delegate.
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Clarence F. Moore
Simpson
Taylor County
Republics
Moore
Grafton
Melvin Newton
Richard B. Bord
Fred D. Carder
Taylor
Clarence Page
Hold Mother Of Six On Murder Charges
ROCKVILLE CENTRE New York February 20 A mother of six children was held on a murder charge today in the drowning of her 13 month old son Kenneth Anne Duke 44 wife of a National Broadcasting company engineer was in her home yesterday kneeling beside a filled bathtub the child’s body submerged in water police said her wrist had been slashed in a possible self inflicted wound and the investigation continued
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Rockville Centre
N. Y
Pia
Kenneth
Anne Duke
National Broadcasting Company
Poffee
Grain For Whisky Ration Bill Advances in Senate
A bill to ration grain to whiskey makers through October 31 moved forward in the Senate with unanimous backing from the banking committee. The measure sets a minimum allocation of 2,500,000 bushels of grain per month to the liquor industry and at least 6,009 bushels per plant, against the Agriculture Department’s present usage of 6,200,000 bushels monthly.
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Washington
Senate
Banking Committee
Agriculture Department
Western powers press Austria relief from harsh terms
In London and Washington the United States Britain and France push to keep Austrian payments within its ability to pay as deputies review a postwar settlement for the landlocked republic. Russia seeks 200 million dollars in payment assets and Danube control, while the four powers and Moscow gauge a path to a peace treaty with Austria. The talks resume amid cautious optimism and a focus on safeguarding Austria’s economy.
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Alex H. Singleton
London
Austria
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Hitler
Germany
Danube
Foreign Ministers Council
Tondon
Donmuty
Austri Ol
Carmen
Arabs Stage New Drive To Repeal UN Partition Plan
Arabs plan a campaign to repeal the United Nations Palestine partition by the Security Council debate and a possible special session of the 57 nations. They argue partition is illegal and unworkable due to violence in Palestine and seek reconsideration of the plan with a possible compromise alternative.
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Larry Hatch Lake
United Nations Assembly
Weil
Ncil
Palestine
Assembly
City Hospital Plans Higher Rates Effective March 1
City Council approved Ordinance No. 173 to raise hospital charges starting March 1. Private rooms, wards, and pediatric rates increase with specifics: private room with toilet nine dollars, private room without toilet seven, two-bed wards six dollars per patient, four-bed wards five, pediatric four fifty, incubator three, bassinet two fifty, accident room up to ten dollars. The hospital board notes rates remain below nearby facilities and funding for operation and maintenance is needed. The council also authorized consulting a financing company to study rehab financing for the water system in Graf ton. See CITY HOSPITAL page 3.
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City Hospital Board
City Hospital
Taylor County Board of Trade S
Grafton
City Coucil
Curtis D. Decker
See City Hospital
Truman cites new UN challenge from Soviet refusal
President Truman told Congress that Russia's refusal to carry out United Nations decisions creates a disturbing new problem. He praised the UN's headway in 1947 and said strengthening the world body remains a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy, despite Soviet and satellite intransigence.
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Joan M. Mightowl
Washington
Truman
Russia
Soviet Union
United Nations
Congress
United States
World Agency
Marshall
Sec of Nations
Freezing Temperatures Follow Warmer Day
A misread line reports a 70 degree day in contrast to a freezing noon. Temperatures fell to 32 at noon and 26 by morning with 65 degrees at 6 p m. A colder outlook is forecast for this evening and tomorrow with no snow expected today or tomorrow.
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Perees
Wolves Roam South Italy and Norway Amid Cold Weather
In a day of extreme cold across Southern England Western Europe and Scandinavia wolves moved from hills with snow in the Sila Mountains southern Italy. Northern Norway reports cattle losses from wolf raids prompting military planes to shoot them down.
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London
England
Europe
Scandinavia
Sila
Italy
Norway
Extended Weather Forecast for State Feb 21 25
Temperatures run about three degrees above normal of 33 degrees with a cold Saturday, milder Sunday, colder Monday and warming Tuesday. Rain or snow forecast for Sunday and Wednesday. Total precipitation about one third inch.
One Month Rent Control Bill Up
Senators Flanders and Bricker forecast a senate vote for a one month extension of the rent control law as debate opens on a bill to extend controls 14 months beyond February 29 with changes. The House Banking Committee has approved a March extension and the House will vote next week.
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Washington
Flanders
Bricker
Ohio
Senate
House Banking Committee
House
Senate Banking Committee
Treasury Data Show Top Salaries in Hollywood
Treasury releases new data on high earners with Louis B. Mayer topping the list. Deanna Durbin earned 262,875 and Dennis Morgan 261,000 for the year ending August 1945, paid by Loew's Inc. The figures reflect the 12 months ended August 1945.
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Washington
Treasury
Louis B. Mayer
Deanna
Edna Mae
Durbin
Dennis Morgan
Stanley Morner
Loew's, Inc
Ender
Morgan
Pri- See
Renovation Opens At Elks Club With Dance
The Elks Club finishes a $22,000 renovation of its ballroom and grill room and plans a grand opening dance Saturday at 9 30 p m. Tony Lauro’s band from Fairmont will provide music with a floor show during intermission. Dress is optional and all Elk members their wives or partners are urged to attend. Remaining finishing touches include draperies flooring and chair placement to be completed by tomorrow.
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Elks
Warren Kimball Company
Pittsburgh
Tony Lauro
Faimont
Elk
Two Car Thefts Break Lull In Burglary Wave
An outbreak of car thefts last night ended a lull after a two week burglary wave in the city. State police report two autos stolen between midnight and early morning: a green 1939 Buick four door sedan owned by J. F. Fordyce of Webster and a blue 1937 Ford club coupe owned by Homer J. Parsons Jr. of Walnut Street.
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J. F. Fordyce
Webster
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Homer J. Parsons, Jr
Walnut Street
W. D. Sergent
Wallace effort to place Wallace on West Virginia ballot
In Charleston on February 20 a Wallace for president representative hinted at an effort to place Henry A Wallace and his progressive party on the West Virginia ballot in November. The speaker, identifying as a New York City Unitarian minister, criticized the two major parties as keeping voters from real choice and said he would stay in the state to pursue ballot access.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Wallace For President
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Jes
New York City
Unitarian Church
Associated Press
Mr. Wallice
West Virgin
See
TRY
Allegheny Ice Gorge Breaks Loose Today
In EAST BRADY Pa on February 20 a large ice gorge broke loose from the Allegheny River, threatening a 300 foot bridge but causing no damage. Police and many residents watched as the ice moved downstream and water backed up flooding nearby lowlands. Over 50 families evacuated but were ready to return as the flood subsided and the bridge reopened to traffic within hours.
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Brady
Allegheny
FBI admits missed vote fraud bets in 1946 probe
Edward Allen Tamm, associate to FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover, acknowledged the bureau failed to pursue some leads in the 1946 Democratic primary vote cheating case in Missouri's fifth district. His remark spurred renewed calls in Congress for an investigation as senators demanded clarity on the matter.
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Tamm
FBI
Washington
Kansas City
Prices show signs af levelling off after sharp drop
Prices on major commodity markets were irregular with slight changes. Wheat fell one to three quarters of a cent per bushel while corn held steady to a cent lower. oats ranged half a cent lower to a quarter cent higher. soybeans dropped up to two cents. Cotton was mixed, lard eased, and livestock saw hogs up 25 cents per hundred pounds in Chicago, cattle down slightly, and sheep steady. France pegged a bumper crop with acreage around 10,168,000 acres as of Feb 1, sources noting possible year peak. Developments hint prices leveling off temporarily after January peaks, with markets cautious after prior sharp declines.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Ministry of Agriculture
France
Firemen Clean Main Street After Night Work
Volunteers from Grafton washed the city main boulevard with the fire department hose from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. They toiled seven hours, shoveling mud and dirt that the water could not move, leaving Main Street cleaner after a windy day full of cinders and debris.
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Main Street
Grafton
Powhatan Arrow Derails Near Portsmouth Speed 90 MPH
Norfolk and Western Powhatan Arrow derailed 20 miles east of Portsmouth near Franklin Furnace. No fatalities reported though several injured. Eastbound streamliner from Cincinnati to Roanoke left Portsmouth at 8:50 am BST and derailed on a straight stretch where speeds reach 90 mph. Engine on its side, cars derailed but upright. ambulances dispatched to scene.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk & Western
Here
Franklin Furnace
Roanoke
William Snoek
Cincinnati
Charleston
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Powhatan
McDowell County
G. C
Nap
Roberts
Lawson
Bluefield
Powhattan
Gratton stores stay open on Monday holiday
Businesses in Gratton will remain open this Monday as the observance of the 216th birthday of George Washington continues. Executives from the Taylor Board of Trade announced that the trade promotion committee decided not to close their stores for the holiday, aligning with prior practice.
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Gratton
Sone
George
Charles N. Pridkitt
Taylor Board of ‘Trade
Trade’ Promotion Committee
The
Trade Board
Previour
Owever
Tallon Bank
Payor
Commies Quit Cabinet Split Shocks Czechoslovakia
In Prague on February 20, three anti Communist parties the National Socialist party the Slovak party and the Catholic party resigned from Klement Gottwald’s seven party coalition government during a widening struggle to limit communist control. This marked the first visible break in the postwar cabinet formed in April 1945. The resignations add to growing tensions over Communist dominance in the government.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
National Socialist Party
Slovak Party
Catholic. 5
Klement Gottwald
Commies
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