Finance Director Resigns Post Today
ATLANTA Feb. 28 George B. Hamilton resigned today as director of finance of the Democratic National Committee. Hamilton who is Georgia.s state treasurer said the resignation is effective immediately. In a letter to Senator McGrath he said he could not agree with the civil rights program promoted by the president and endorsed by you as chairman.
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Atlanta
George B. Hamilton
Democratic National Committee
Hamilton
Georgia
McGrath
D.-R.l
Ake Malmstrom
Helsinki
Finland
Juho E. Paasikivi
Moscow
Stalin
Mario Pekkala
Carl Enckell
Uusi £Oumi
Czech Minister Found Near Prague Villa After Bomb Plot
Dr Prokop Drtina a former justice minister was found severely injured outside his Prague villa. A letter suggested he attempted suicide after the bomb plot against three cabinet ministers last September. He lies in hospital with head injuries but is expected to survive. The minister, ally of President Benes, blamed Communists and led arrests in Olomouc. Government officials, including Jan Masaryk, saw V M Gottwald pledge a change for the nation.
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A. I. Goldberg
Prague
Pro Kop Drtina
Jan Masaryk
Heairs
Gottwald
Czech
Native Says Reds Can't Hold Czechs In Check For Long
Dr Stefan Osusky, longtime Czechoslovak statesman, warns that the Soviet backed coup may aim beyond security to broader aims. He notes the tragedy shows Moscow seeks influence over friendly regimes, potentially averting a global war but at high cost to Czechoslovakia and its allies.
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Stefan’ Osusky
Associated Press
Eduard Benes
Communistic Gov
Klement. Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Finnish Delegation To Be Named Monday
Governor Preston Lane of Maryland summons southern governors to meet March 13 in Washington to discuss President Truman civil rights proposals. The move follows a Wakulla Springs committee report plan, with Georgia lawmakers urging a special session.
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Associated Press
Preston Lane
Maryland
Washingon
President Truman
Lane
Southern Governors Conference
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Wakulla Springs
Fla
South
Georgia
Cox
Preston
William Tuck
Virginia
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Court Lists Sitting Locations for Registrars Across County
The Taylor County Court announced one day sittings for registrars in each precinct after the house to house canvass began on Monday. Locations include Mt View camp Precinct 3 and several residences and public buildings in Blueville Pruntytown and Fetterman, with exact dates to be announced.
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Taylor County Court
Mt. View Camp
George Drainer
Pruntytown
Arth
Harold
Blueville
Warder
Fetterman
Maple Avenue
Schnabel Company
Bad Weather Returns To Midwest Thru Day
Winter roared back into the midwest with strong winds and new snow in the Dakotas Minnesota and Wisconsin. Highways were blocked and communications disrupted as about 500 people en route to a Cloquet Minnesota basketball tournament were stranded for six hours in cars and buses on a snow blocked road.
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Chicago
Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Cloquet
Foster Denies Reds Back Wallace Support
William Z. Foster, national chairman of the Communist party, denied reports that he said the Wallace party is the Communist party. He called the story a deliberate falsification after speaking at a Lenin memorial meeting marking the 100th anniversary of the Communist manifesto in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
William Z. Foster
Communist Party
United States
Foster
Progress on Tygart Lake State Park access road increases
Preliminary work on the access road to Tygart Lake State Park progressed this week with two bulldozers and a power driven grader under Merle Haddox. Rainy weather slowed activities, but grading continued when weather allowed. The road extends about a mile from Knottsville road at Llewellyn Hill toward Scab Hollow to enable equipment and material transport. Once prepared, work on a picnic and parking area should begin. The project resumes after last year's $47,000 appropriation for the park development at Grafton Dam lake.
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Tygart Lake State Park
Merle Haddox
State Conservation Commission
Llewellyn Hill
Public uproar over steel price hike shocks nation
Price-conscious Americans linked the steel industry to public indignation after steel makers raised prices following a wholesale food breakout. The president launched inquiries by three federal agencies and lawmakers urged nationalization or public utility treatment. A major producer resisted the hike, while some spokesmen argued steel prices remained too low. industry insiders called the reaction a tempest in a teapot.
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William D. Horgan
New York
United States
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
City cites ordinance on street hard surfacing plan
City Manager Curtis D. Decker urged Grafton residents to act now on street improvement. The 51 percent abutting owners must sign a petition for hard-surfacing, with the city covering engineering and intersection costs while owners fund the street in front of their property.
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Grafton
Curtis D. Decker
Decker
Knottsville Man Fined for Drunken Driving
Emmerson Wilson Boyce of Knottsville pleaded guilty to drunken driving before May and John Snider yesterday. He was fined 25 dollars and costs, his license suspended, and his 1935 Plymouth sea dan impounded for six months after being arrested by State Trooper E Li Duckworth on Knottsville road Thursday night following a wreck.
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Emmerson Wilson Boyce
Knottsville Road
John Snider
Tunnel construction resumes after union contract dispute
Construction on the 1600 foot Baltimore and Ohio tunnel in Barbour county resumes after workers voted to accept a compromise offer from Bates and Rogers Construction. The $3 million Elk Creek project extends the Berryburg branch into a new coal field. Workers, represented by the International Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union AFL, report a wage increase of 10 to 17 cents an hour under the agreement, though no contract was initially provided. See CONSTRUCTION page 3.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Elk Creek
Barbour County
Bates and Rogers Construction Company
Tygart River
Berryburg
International Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union
AFL
Whicn
Southern Democrats plan offensives against Truman civil rights program
Southern Democrats mapped further offensives to challenge President Truman and his civil rights program. The Mississippi Democratic executive committee called a special meeting to consider a headquarters site for the "true white Jeffersonian" movement, with eight southern states contributing to a $61,000 war chest toward $100,000. A meeting of southern governors is set in Washington on March 13.
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Washington
Truman
Mississippi
Democratic Executive Committee
Southern Governors’ Conference
St Lawrence Seaway backers vow fight after defeat
In Washington on February 28 the Senate approved sending the Seaway bill back to the Foreign Relations Committee after a lengthy 14 year battle. Supporters said the fight would continue, while Senator Aiken noted the bill likely cannot be brought up again this year.
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Washington
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway Project
Foreign Relations Committee
Aiken
R.-Vt
Resignation of Taylor County Attorney Prompted Succession
Resign attorney Harry Friedman commissioner of accounts for Taylor county for years, resigned this week. Taylor County court appointed Attorney Richard B. Bord as successor to Friedman in the office.
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Harry Friedman
Taylor County
Taylor County Court
Richard B. Bord
Sarah Musgrove Files For Taylor County Board Post
Sarah Musgrove of Route 4 Grafton filed yesterday on the non partisan ticket for the Taylor County Board of Education. She was joined by J Paul Murphy and others as candidates for the May 11 primary, with Dr Paul P Warden and Arthur G Yates seeking re election. Musgrove is noted as the first local woman in the primary race and previously served as secretary to the superintendent under the county unit plan.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Sarah Musgrove
Grafton
Musgrove Wholesale Grocery
Near
Niy
Iesusgrove
Board’ of Education
J. Paul Murphy
W. Va. Farm Supply, Inc
Paul P. Warden
Arthur G. Yates
Grafton City Council to Meet Next Tuesday Night
The Grafton City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting next Tuesday at 7 30 pm in City Hall. City Manager Curtis D. Decker's office hosts the session. A new city attorney is expected as City Attorney John K. Burdett resigns effective March 1. Other routine business is anticipated.
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Grafton
City
Curtis D. Decker
John K. Burdett
Afial
Arabs Open Attack on Palestine Town Near Haifa
Arab forces launched an assault on the Jewish settlement of Maanit Narbata about 40 miles south of Haifa amid reports of reinforced Arab units. British police and military sent to the area as tensions flare along coastal routes. Casualty figures unclear, with initial word noting a bomb case in Haifa and broader fatalities linked to the ongoing conflict surrounding the UN partition plan.
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Jerusalem
Maanit Narbata
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Tulkarm
Jehag
Witold Hulanitaky
Eli
Stefan Arnold
Stern Gang
United Nations
Palestine
Louis to defend title against Walcott at Yankee Stadium
Joe Louis accepted a 25th defense of his heavyweight title as Jersey Joe Walcott agreed to meet him June 23 at Yankee Stadium. The deal was finalized after yesterday’s signing, following a disputed December verdict in Louis favor.
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New York
Joe Louis
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Louis
Yankee Stadium
Denunciation of Czech Events Sparks Prague Protest
A denouncement of Czech events in Prague drew a large crowd near public water streets as the Foreign Office requested U S information service coverage. Also reported were: former justice minister Prokop Drtina found badly injured in an apparent attempted suicide. Government control over foreign radio broadcasts and a controversial statement from the state press agency. The incident reflects a charged political climate in Czechoslovakia with media and public reaction.
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Goldberg
Prague
Feu
Resquest
U. S. Information Service
Foreign Office
Prokop Drtina
Kosta
Inten ‘Mation
Ceéchoslovaka
J. & Ghats
Search for drowned man after bridge collapses near Preston County
Sheriff Hobart Spindler reports ongoing search for Howard Lipscomb missing after a swinging bridge collapse on the J Natwick Lumber Co site near Beaver Hole in Preston County. James Williams, a fellow worker, saved himself by grabbing a cable as Lipscomb disappeared into the swollen stream. The incident occurred about one mile from the site during a logging operation.
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Morgantown
Hobart Spindler
Howard
Idpecomb
Erwin
Preston Colffity
J. Natwick Lumber
Pany of
Babraton
Lipscomb
James, Williamis
Mitts
Williams
Lipsoomly
Willams
American Blonde Weds Russian Baritone in Moscow
Annabelle Bucar, 33, of Clairton Pennsylvania, says she is the wife of Russian baritone Konstantin Lapshin after 13 months of marriage. The pair met in Moscow while attending a theater presentation and plan to attend tonight's show at the Moscow Operetta theater.
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Russie
Eddy
Gilmore
Moscow
United States
Annabelle Bucar
Clair
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