Churchill's Call For Talks Tops British Election Issue
London reporters note Conservative leader Winston Churchill has made his call for high level talks with Russia on atomic control the dominant campaign issue. Prime Minister Clement Attlee counters on domestic policy while defending international aims to foster peace. Churchill urged voters to decide on this matter as well as home concerns, claiming the move could reshape the Cold War landscape. Attlee and his inner circle respond, stressing recovery and world stability through cautious diplomacy.
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London
Winston Churchill
Russia
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Attlee
Churchill
Manchester
Edinburgh
Great Britain
Associ
Day Of Prayer Evening Service Planned Thursday
Faith will be the theme of a candlelight World Day of Prayer service at First Baptist on Thursday at 7 00 PM. Walter Trickett presides with Helen Reed Marlene Proudfoot Beverly Sue Outright Cora Ridenour Billy Reed Ronnie Nicodemus and Billy Reneman as participants. Dallas Beck sings solo, Wayne Knotts plays piano, Mrs Homer Beck chairs the arrangements. World Day observances start Friday at 11 AM at First Baptist with Mrs A A Miller in charge.
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First Baptist Church
Walter Trickett
Helen Reed
Marlene Proudfoot
Beverly Sue Outright
Cora Ridenour
Billy Reed
Ronnie Nicodemus
Billy Reneman
Dallas Beck
Wayne Knotts
Homer Beck
A. A. Miller
Mrs Debendarfer Named To State Advisory Board
Mrs Debendarfer of Cozy Rest a former district governor of Quota club has been named to the West Virginia Cancer Society Inc state advisory board She will attend the society annual meeting at the Kanawha Hotel in Charleston February 23 and 24 The board includes Mrs Okey Patteson wife of the West Virginia governor as honorary chairman
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H. K. Debendarfer
Cozy Rest
Quota Club
West Virginia Cancer Society Inc
Debendarfer
Kanawha Hotel
Charleston
West Virginia
Grafton Salutes Newest Citizens Correction
The hospital corrects the newest citizens listing from yesterday due to a clerical error. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Lynn Stewart at 8 40 am weighing eight pounds nine ounces at 1132 West Main Street. Mr and Mrs Bradley Layton Route 2 Box 27 Tunnelton welcomed a girl born at 5 32 am on February 20 weighing six pounds fifteen ounces.
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Lynn Stewart
West Main Street
Bradley Layton
Route 2
Box 27
Tunnelton
UMW Treasury Endangered By Miners Defiance
Washington reports show the United Mine Workers treasury, reckoned at 13.6 million to 20 million dollars, threatened by defiance of a court order to end the coal strike. Judge Keech cited the union for contempt, giving until Friday to return 372,000 idle miners to work while mine disorders rise in eastern Kentucky.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Richmond B. Keech
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
U S Breaks Off Relations With Communist Bulgaria
Washington reports the United States severed diplomatic relations with Bulgaria, the first such move since the war. Minister Donald R Heath and other U S representatives in Sofia were recalled. Bulgaria ordered to withdraw its small mission in Washington. Charge d affaires Peter Voutov leads the Bulgarian legation in the capital. About 12 staff and families expected to depart.
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Washington
United States
Bulgaria
Donald R. Heath
U.S
Sofia
Heath
Peter Voutov
Voytovy
State Department
Legation
Llewellyn Thompson
Vou‘tov
U. S
Opening Of Bids On 9 Road Jobs Slated For Today
Charleston West Virginia bids on nine road projects totaling about 1.3 million dollars were to open today by the State Road Commission. Five projects need Public Road Administration approval due to federal funds, including an underpass near Sprague Raleigh county to bypass State Route 16.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Public Road Administration
Sprague
Raleigh County
Ray Cavendish
Beckley
Scotts Run
Monongahela
Morgantown
Osage
Monongahian County
Lewis County
Pendleton County
Sugar Grove
Washington Street
PRA
RC Workers Readied for March Red Cross Drive Meeting
Between 50 and 75 workers expected for Thursday at 7 p m at the American Legion home to discuss the local 1950 Red Cross fund campaign in Taylor county. Arnold Knotts chairs the drive with Wayne Sinsel as vice chair. Issac E Brooks Red Cross Field director Military Welfare Service Army War College Washington will speak as guest.
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American Legion
Red Cross Fund
Taylor County
Arnold Knotts
Wayne Sinsel
Issac E. Brooks
Red Cross
Military Welfare Service
Army War College of Washington
D. WA
Henry Broomsen
Brooks
United States
Legion Meeting Wednesday Night in Taylor County
Members of Taylor County Post No. 12, the American Legion, will hold their second meeting of the month at the lodge home at 8 p.m. tomorrow night. All members are urged to be present for the important business session.
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Taylor County
American Legion
McCarthy claims big three directing state dept spy ring
Senate inquiry is sought after Senator Lucas and Senator McCarthy clash over accusations that 81 Communists either work for or have access to the state department. McCarthy says he will supply names but does not reveal them in the speech. A related claim ties a Communist front member who failed security clearance to a White House speech writer.
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Washington
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lucas
Illinois
McCarthy
R-Wis
Department
Senate
Wisconsin
Communist ‘Front
Ance
White House
Mercy Slaying Case Moves Toward Evidence Phase
In Manchester New Hampshire a British born juror the oldest of nine on the Sander mercy killing trial was dismissed after the prosecution raised a belated challenge. The defense waived objections to removing 12 year old Albert Baines a retired Manchester Gas company employee who came to this country about 40 years ago. Baines a Presbyterian was one of three Protestants among the first nine jurors chosen yesterday to try Sander on a murder charge for pumping air into a hopeless cancer patient to end her suffering. The state sought the right to challenge the last juror seated yesterday and the request was granted. Five more jurors remained to be chosen one as a possible alternate. The 41 year old country doctor a former Dartmouth ski captain remained calm during the day long opening proceedings. His attractive wife see MERCY page 2.
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Manchester, N. H
Sander
Hermann N. Sander
Albert Baines
Manchester Gasy Company
Baines
Heroic E. Wescott
Dartmouth
Mercy Page
Seven Children and Father Die in Farm House Fire
Addison Michigan residents report a middleof the night fire that destroyed a two story frame farmhouse killing farmer Gerald Beagle age 44 and seven of his children. The mother Dorothy Beagle survived severely burned and injured while another child escaped barefoot in a nightgown. Fire crews faced a total collapse as the house burned rapidly in the blaze.
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Addison
Mich
Saptheer
Gerald Beagle
Geraldine
Barbara Jean
Eloise
Norma Mie
Paul
William
Linda
Dorothy Beagle
Beagle
Stores To Remain Open Here Tomorrow
Graftonians will observe George Washington’s 168th birthday with stores open and business as usual. City Hall stays open while the Taylor County Court House, First National Bank, Post Office and state offices close. No rural or city mail delivery. postmaster advises depositing mail at the post office to ensure prompt dispatch.
Pickets Bound For Grand Jury In Preston County
Pickets gathered at Kanawha county Carbon Fuel No 5 mine where 15 union men worked yesterday and did not show today. Federal judge Keech ordered UMW to explain why members have not obeyed a court order as a trial looms. Five Preston county pickets bound over to the grand jury on conspiracy charges related to disturbances last Friday. Bail set at 1000 dollars, with witnesses identifying the group among 15 to 20 men who threatened a bulldozer operator.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Carbon Fuel Company
No. 5
E. C. Hanna
Company
Ison
Fairmont
Harry Kennedy
UMW
John L. Lewis
Kingwood
Preston County
Margistrate Frank W. Pritt
R. Doyne Halbritter
Kermit Wolfe
Newburg
Sharps
Scotts Mill
Woman Gives Birth Unassisted at Police Station
A woman identified as Mrs. Mary Alice Durant, 28, walked with three children to a Los Angeles police station and deposited a towel-wrapped infant on a sergeant's desk saying she had just had a baby. She went to General Hospital with the newborn. both are reported doing well.
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Los Angeles
Mary
Alice Durant
General Hospital
Sometimes It Pays To Go To Funerals
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a coal miner named Amedeo Ricchetto died at 53. His will filed for probate provides $100 to buy beverages for all who attend the funeral, reflecting a curious provision of his last wishes.
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Johnstown
Amedeo Ricchetto
Rechetto
Tiearby Alverda
Newburg Man Held For Drunken Driving
Albert Leon Michaels of Newburg Route 1 pled guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was fined $50 and costs or jailed in default. Officer Corporal E L Duckworth of the State Police arrested him. His license was suspended six months under state law. Donald Moran of Grafton is in county jail awaiting grand jury action after a preliminary hearing on furniture theft from his mother's home. Testimony shows Moran is accused of taking and selling the furniture. Deputy Sheriff Ray Matthews arrested him.
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Albert Leon Michaels
Newburg
E. L. Duckworth
Michaels
Donald Moran
Grafton
Young Moran
Ray Matthews
Vogeler Sentenced 15 Years for Spying in Hungary
American businessman Robert A. Vogeler received a 15 year prison term after a Hungarian court found him guilty of espionage. Two co defendants faced death sentences. appeals were announced by defense and prosecution. Imre Gelger and Zoltan Rado were named among those sentenced to the death penalty. Edgar Sanders, Vogeler’s British aide, drew 13 years.
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Budapest
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
Imre Gelger
International Telephone and ‘Telegraph Co
Zoltan Rado
Ministry of Heavy Industry
Edgar_Sanders
Vogeler
Standard Electric Works
Josef Cardin
New Early Pregnancy Test Reported by Wistar Institute
A Philadelphia based scientist Dr. Edmond J. Farris announces a pregnancy test able to detect pregnancy within three weeks after conception. The test uses injected urine under immature rats. pregnant women would show red, blood-filled ovaries in 24 hours. It claims earlier detection than existing animal tests and notes abortion risk warnings.
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New York
Edmond J. Farris
Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
Philadelphia
Farris
Barbour Man Freed Over Dog Larceny Case
J H Arbogast was freed on a larceny charge after the West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a challenge that dogs under eight months cannot be the subject of larceny under common law. The seven month old dog valued at 200 dollars was involved, with Woodrow Flint owner. The court noted only the legislature can alter the rule, and reversed a Barbour circuit court decision.
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Charleston
Barbour County
J. H. Arbogast
Woodrow Flint
Supreme Court
Leslie E. Given
$3.1 Billion Sought for European Recovery Plan
Economic Cooperation Administration head Paul G Hoffman told Congress that 3.1 billion dollars is needed to fund European recovery for the next year. He asked for 2.95 billion in new cash plus authorization for 150 million to be drawn from the current year fund, arguing the aid slows communism and sustains the free world.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Congress
Hoffman
Senate’ Foreign Relations
House
Europe
West Virginia Faces Deep Freeze Across Regions
Cold wave grips northern and eastern West Virginia with nine to sixteen degree readings. Elkins records nine degrees Wheeling ten Morgantown twelve Martinsburg fourteen Peters burg sixteen. Southern areas stay above freezing. Huntington twenty-two Parkersburg nineteen Flat Top eighteen Charleston twenty. Weather Bureau Huntington forecasts milder conditions tonight and tomorrow with snow flurries in northern sections turning to rain.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Elkins
Wheeling
Morgantown
Martinsburg
Petersburg
Huntington
Parkersburg
U.S. Weather Bureau
Record of subfreezing 10 degree Taylor county blast
A subfreezing 10 degree temperature was noted in Taylor county as a brief wintry spell ended its second day. The mercury rose from 20 degrees at 8 30 a.m. to 43 at 10 30 a.m. Light snow is possible this evening, with milder conditions tomorrow.
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Taylor County
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