Acheson Sworn In as Secretary of State at White House
President Truman witnessed Dean Acheson take the oath as head of the state department in a White House ceremony attended by lawmakers. Chief Justice Vinson administered the oath as Acheson pledged to advance Truman's foreign policy against world Communism.
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Washington
Gan
Truman
Dean Acheson
State Department
White House
Congress
Fred Vinson
Acheson
George Marshall
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Senate
Madame Chiang Won't Comment on China Presidency
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek refused to discuss her husband’s handling of China’s acting presidency. She is staying at Dr. H H Kung’s New York home. A man at the Kung residence said she would not answer questions as she sought aid for China and met President Truman and Secretary Marshall.
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New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
H. H.kung
New York City
Kung
Chiang
Truman
George C. Marshal
Hsueh Yueh
Firemen Appeal for Help With Fundraising Show
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department seeks funds to finish equipping a new fire truck. A minstrel and follies show at Grafton Senior High School tonight aims to raise 200 to 300 dollars from ticket sales and donations. Over 50 locals will perform in a blackface comedy, with more acts and a follies highlight promising an entertaining evening for all ages.
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Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Grafton
Grafton Senior High
Hospital Board Hopes To Appoint Director Within Short Time
The Grafton City hospital board plans to fill the vacancy created by James McKelvy’s resignation. After interviewing several applicants since early year, the board may appoint at any moment. Only routine matters were discussed at the last meeting.
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Grafton City Hospital
James McKelvy
GOP Hopes Meet Unsnarl Lincoln Day Plans in Cabell County
In Charleston Cabell county Republicans divided over Lincoln Day plans with two proposed speakers. Walter Hallanan cites Senator Bricker Ohio as Lincoln Day speaker for Feb 14 in Huntington while the Cabell Young Men’s Republican League backs Senator Andrew Schoeppl Kansas for Feb 12. Hallanan says Cabell chairman Martin Chapman and state chairman Herbert McDougle approved, but the Young Republicans led by Raymond Humphreys criticizes late efforts and lack of cooperation.
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Charleston
Cabell County
Hurstington
National
Walter Hallanan
Bricker O
Ohio
Young Men's Republican League
Andrew Schoeppl
Kansas Republican
Huntington
Hallanan
Martin Chapman
Herbert McDougle
Parkershoro
Young Republican League
Young Republicans
Raymond Humphreys
Chapman
Jae Heart
To Ask Reconsideration Of Five-Year Sentence
William G. Lias known as Big Bill is set to appear in Wheeling federal court to seek reconsideration of his five-year sentence for income tax evasion. The case was delayed to allow business affairs to be organized before prison. He owns the Wheeling Downs racetrack and a Wheeling restaurant and night club. He was fined $10,000 and pleaded guilty to one count with the others dropped.
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Wheeling
William G
Big Bill
Lias
U.S
Lee Spillers
Wheeling Downs
William Baker
Three State Cities To Get Federal Funds For Hospital
Federal funds will help build hospital facilities in three West Virginia towns lacking such institutions. Webster Springs, Whitesville, and Franklin receive tentative allocations, part of eight communities prioritized for federal aid. Whitesville plans a 100 bed hospital, Webster Springs voters approved a 150000 bond to match funds for a 30 bed facility, Franklin seeks a 15 bed community clinic.
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Charleston
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Webster Springs
Whitesville
Franklin
Chester
Weirton
Petersburg
Grantsville
Point Pleasant
Pendleton County
Freezing Rains Forecast for Local Weather Shift
Forecast calls for freezing rains and much cooler conditions tonight with temperatures two to four degrees below normal. Yesterday's high was 38 degrees at Blueville, with a 30 degree low. by 7 am it was 36 and at noon 40 degrees.
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Blueville
Deputy Sheriff Arraignment Over Taxed Liquor Deal
Raleigh county deputy sheriff Henry Vines of Ghent faces a Bluefield federal arraignment on two counts of conducting a wholesale liquor business without the necessary tax. The indictment covers July 1 1945 to August 1 1946 with alleged purchases of tax paid whiskey out of state and wholesale sales to the Moose Club at Mullens during wartime rationing. The case, brought by the Federal Alcohol Tax Unit, was delayed to allow attorney engagement.
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Bluefield
Raleigh County
Henry Vines
Ighent
Vines
Moose Club
Mullens
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
European Press Back Truman Phase On Reds Speech
European papers broadly agree that President Truman signalled an all out anti communist offensive in his inaugural speech. The Times notes policy could widen the conflict with Russia globally while L Humanite claims Truman attacks communism as a doctrine and leads a crusade. Delegates at New Delhi welcomed releasing American scientific data as universal knowledge.
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Washington
Truman
London Times
Russia
United States
Globa
Red
Lenin
Paris
L'Humanite
Sayng
New Delhi
India
R. J. Inglis
New Zealand
Marlinton seeks water rate hike and bonds approval
Charleston Jan 21 A petition by the town of Marlinton for authority to raise water rates is heard today by the Public Service Commission The town also seeks authorization to issue 70000 dollars in revenue bonds to improve its water distribution system Current meter rates charge 50 cents per thousand gallons with a six dollar quarterly minimum The proposed scale starts at one dollar per thousand gallons for the first six thousand and drops to 30 cents per thousand for usage over 191 thousand gallons
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Charleston
Marlinton
Public Service Commission
Directors Elected for Tygart Lake Development Corp
Abe Tackett Wayne Sinsel Leo Faust Forrest Ware Herman Freedman Fred Henderson Dorsey Shingleton Dorsey Stutler Earl Keener Junior Poe and Paul E Malone were named as new directors. Freedman acts as chairman and will oversee officer appointments for 1949. The group plans to seek a lease copy from the State Conservation Commission to decide on operating boating facilities this summer at Tygart Lake. A follow up meeting will occur after a commission reply.
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Tygart Lake Development Corporation
Abe Tackett
Wayne Sinsel
Leo Faust
Forrest Ware
Herman Freedman
Fred Henderson
Dorsey Shingleton
Dorsey Stutler
Earl Keener
Junior Poe
Paul E. Malone
Freedman
Charles Cather
Charles Casner
State Conservation Commission
Tygart Lake
Conservation Commission
Number Of Marriages Decline In State
Charleston dispatch notes a sharp drop in West Virginia marriage licenses for 1948. County clerks reported about 16 thousand licenses in the year ending December 31, versus over 20 thousand in 1947. August and June were the peak months, with nearly two thousand licenses in August alone.
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Charleston
Dan Cupid
West Virginia
Edgar B. Sims
Somme
Hotel Fire Ravages Wilmington Downtown District
A hotel fire in Wilmington North Carolina damaged the downtown business district with losses estimated at about one million dollars. The blaze ranks among the worst in the city’s history hitting a noted port town site.
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Wilmington
N. C
North Carolina
Chiang Kai-Shek Leaves Nanking as Settlement Grows
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek turned over power to Vice President Li Tsung Jen and left Nanking for Hangchow to seek a negotiated settlement with the Communists. Madame Chiang remains in the United States, while Li reportedly demands official authority to govern. Observers see the move as a potential strategic withdrawal amid civil war tensions and prior calls for Chiang to return if peace falters.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Li-Tsung-Jen
Hangchow
Chiang
North China
Peiping
Chekiang
Madame Chiang
United States
Naning
Sixty Operators Ask Circuit Court To Clarify Opinion
About 60 West Virginia coal operators asked the Kanawha County Court to clarify an attorney general opinion defining safety procedures by mine fire bosses. They seek a judicial ruling and interpretation of laws governing safety inspections of mines.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Kanawha
Mines Department
Robert G. Kelly
Two Men Arrested on Gambling Count
Manuel McFarland of this city was fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty to a charge of gambling in a public place at municipal police court before Judge Guy Allender. Guy McCoy, arrested on the same charge, forfeited bond totaling $11. The pair were arrested one night this week while allegedly gambling at the Home Restaurant on Latrobe street. Arresting officers were Messenger and Reed.
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Manuel McFarland
Guy Allender
Guy McCoy
Latrobe Street
Messenger
Reed
West Virginia Draftees to be Visited by Homefolk
Charleston January 21 West Virginia's first peacetime draftees will be visited by home folks. State Selective Service officials and five press representatives fly to Fort Knox Kentucky today to interview the mountain state soldiers and inspect the third armored division commanded by Major General Rodger L Allen.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Selective Service
Fort Knox
Kentucky
West
Pittsburgh oilman sees no immediate danger of mood decline
Pittsburg oilman M. L. Benedum says current income employment and productivity have plateaued and personal rents and business affairs should be readjusted accordingly. He notes no imminent danger of a downturn and expects steady conditions amid the plateau.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburg
M. L
Mike)Benedum
Governor Patteson Leads West Virginia Inaugural Parade
Charleston January 21 Governor Okey Patteson and Mrs. Patteson joined President Truman in Washington for two inaugurations. They rode with aide Commander F Je Jones in the massive parade along Pennsylvania Avenue and spotted their 15 year old daughter Anna in the crowd. Anna Patteson attends Warrenton Country School in Virginia. The Pattesons rode in the West Virginia car, noted by a WV reporter as the only Lee auto in the motorcade.
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Charleston
Okey Patteson
Patteson
Truman
F. Je. Jones
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pattesons
Anna
Plents
Warrenton Country School
Virginia
West Virginia
Truman Keeps Busy With Inaugural Day Schedule In D C
President Truman resumes official duties after informal breakfast with Missouri congressional delegation in the Speaker’s dining room. He plans a Democratic women’s event at 1 PM and a Reynolds reception at 5 PM with the Snyder family, Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Truman.
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Truman
Capitol
Missouri
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder
Snyder
Washington
Shoreban
Margaret
Thes
Alben Barkley
Mother Dreams Son Drowned Then Finds Body
WELCH Jan 21 A McDowell County mother says she knew her son was dead before his body was found near Anawalt Monday morning. Mrs Claude Richardson dreamed Sunday night that John had drowned and told her husband. He searched the boy’s room and saw he hadn’t slept in bed. He found the body at roughly the location his mother described, noting the son apparently struck his head on a rock after stumbling on a bridge.
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Richardson
Billboard copy updated for Grafton dam lake ads
Taylor County Board of Trade sponsors new billboard copy promoting Grafton dam and Tygart lake. Civic leader Charles Casner says the refreshed text highlights year round bass fishing boating swimming and the 65 mile shoreline alongside the $19 000 000 dam. The two billboards on Route 50 east of Grafton change every six months and have significantly publicized the city dam and lake.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Grafton
Grafton Dam
Tygart Lake
Charles Casner
Route 50
Board of Trade
Judge Medina will not testify in top Communist trial
Federal Judge Harold Medina said he would not testify as a witness in the trial of 11 top Communists in New York. Medina is the presiding judge and defense attorneys had indicated they might call him as a witness yesterday.
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New York
Harold Medina
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