Record Top Marks Strain at Week in Business
New York reports show production gauges hitting new highs while inflation and living costs surge. Despite rising wages and savings, demand outstrips supply as steel and fuel lag, prompting continued exports abroad and an anti inflation move by the Federal Reserve to boost bank reserves.
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William D. Morgan
New York
Congress
Europe
Britain
Far East
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Astute Federal Reserve
Bavarian Council Acts to Curb Hoarding and Black Market
In Munich Germany the Bavarian council in the American and British zones moved to eliminate black marketing and hoarding by enforcing a common rationing pool. The move follows a 24 hour hunger strike by one million Bavarians and calls on unions and farmers to divert food from illegal channels. The new law requires all farmers and food handlers to report full stocks and permits fines up to 3009 dollars for unreported food. further details appear on page 3.
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Munich
Germany
German Economic Council
U. S
Bizonal Council
France Devalues Franc Despite IMF Dissent
Paris reports France will devalue the franc without IMF approval while denying any withdrawal from the fund. A foreign ministry spokesman said a member can reform money terms without IMF consent, creating a devalued external franc and a free market despite a possible IMF board vote. Secretary Abelin noted an IMF decision was expected in Washington today.
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Paris
France
International Monetary Fund
Foreign Ministry
Pierre Abeline
Washington
Ward en Yates Seek Re-Election In Taylor County Board
Dr Paul P Warden and Arthur G Yates filed for non partisan re election to Taylor County Board of Education offices expiring at the next general election. Murphy was the first to file. Warden has long service as board president and is active in medical groups and Masons Elks Rotary. Yates, bank official and board president since 1943, is a Mason Kiwanis Taylor County Board of Trade director YMA director and American Legion executive committee member.
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Paul P. Warden
Arthur G. Yates
Taylor County Board of Education
W. Merle Bailey
J. Paul Murphy
West Virginia Farm Supply, Inc
Dr. Warden
W. W. Trent
Yates
First National Bank
Warden
Taylor County Medical Socity
Masons, Elks and
Rotary
Kiwanis Club
Taylor County Board of Trade
YMA
The
American Legion
Matayja Leaves For Reformatory Yesterday
Richard Alan Matayja a 17 year old Wheeling youth was taken from Clarksburg by two United States deputy marshals to Chillicothe Ohio to begin a three year term in the U S reformatory for juvenile delinquency after transporting a stolen car across a state line. Judge Harry E Watkins imposed the sentence in Fairmont following a full hearing and transfer of the case from Wheeling due to Judge Baker illness.
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Richard Alan Matayja
Wheeling
Clarksburg
United States
Chillicothe
Ohio
U. S. Reformatory
Harry E. Watkins
Fairmont
Pruntytown Institution
Watkins
Fairmont Court
Baker
Midwest freeze eases as day progresses eastward
The Midwest cold wave shifts toward the east and south as relief is promised for the frigid north central area. Night temperatures linger around 33 below in chilled states, but climbs are expected today. Snow falls reported in parts of Kentucky with colder conditions spreading to the New England states and central Texas. See MIDWEST page 4.
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Associated Press
Midwest
North Central
Central
New England
Texas
Kentucky
Vandenberg Emerges As Possible Republican Dark Horse
In Washington on January 24 Senator Vandenberg of Michigan was floated as a potential third man for the Republican presidential nomination after General Eisenhower withdrew. Sen. Sparkman said a draft of Taft and Dewey could be followed by a third candidate, with Vandenberg as a likely choice if he accepts. Summerfield added Michigan's vote could favor Vandenberg as a favorite son, while Eisenhower and other named candidates remained silent. The exit of Eisenhower appears to open room for a draft scenario.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Vandenberg R.mich
Sparkman
D.-Ala
Taft
Dewey
Vandenberg
Michigan
Arthur Summerfield
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John Burdett Resigns City Attorney Post
John K. Burdett longtime city attorney for Grafton resigns effective March 1, citing private practice and other duties as preventing full-time service. City Manager Curtis D. Decker announces the resignation. Burdett will finish ongoing matters begun before leaving. No successor has been appointed as yet.
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John K. Burdett
Grafton
Curtis D. Decker
Burdett
Russell Dotson
C. King
Soviets Offer Cautious Take on Bevin Western Alliance
Bevin proposed a western European alliance in the House of Commons. Tass in Paris described the aim as forming a western German state to win France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg to join. Moscow radio noted the Bevin address, while Western reaction remained cautious yet generally approving. The US State Department welcomed the European initiative as aiding peace foundations.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Tass
Paris
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Bevin
Britain
Moscow
Europe
Chichill
United States
State Department
Department
U.S
Kay Francis Improves In Columbus Hospital
Actress Kay Francis, 43, remains in White Cross hospital Columbus after collapsing yesterday from an alleged sleeping pill overdose. Doctors report she is seriously ill but not critically, convalescing in an oxygen tent while an upper respiratory infection is treated at Hartman theater's close while detectives investigate.
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Columbus, O
Kay Francis
Hartman Theater
White Cross Hospital
Maurice
Rosoff
Preston County Buckwheat Festival Dates Announced
Kingwood hosts the seventh annual Buckwheat Festival on October 7 48 with General Chairman Paris Shay of Saaoe announcing the event. The festival is sponsored by the Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department.
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Kingwood
Preston County
Paris Shay
Saaoe
Tri State Blizzard Clogs Highway Traffic
Snow swept the tri state area with drifts up to sixteen inches in Pocahontas and 15 inches in Fayette county. West Virginia road crews warned blizzard conditions and urged drivers to stay off roads as temperatures fell to the teens and winds gusted. Maryland and Virginia faced snow and wind with up to a foot expected in places, while Baltimore dealt with wind driven flurries and officials urged minimal travel.
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Associated Press
Tri-State
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Baltimore
Thomas Alessandro
Pocahontas County
Fayetts County
Elkins
Fear Coast Guard Plane Lost In Snowstorm
Baltimore dispatch reports a two engine Coast Guard plane with a crew believed lost during a severe snowstorm. The Lockheed Lodestar, en route from Newark to Washington and diverted to Baltimore, vanished after attempting to land. Police, Coast Guard, and civil aviation officials pursued leads as visibility collapsed and radio contact was lost.
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Baltimore
Coast Guard
Tua Yland
Newark
N. J
Washington
Batimore
Ianal
Cmdr
Bill Schun
Shell of Co
Curtis Bay
Rockville
Board approves bus purchases for Taylor County schools
The Taylor County Board of Education authorized spending 839? to buy two new school buses replacing old models at Thursday night’s meeting. A bid on a December bus was rejected and rebid for delivery in July. Superintendent E Guy Kuhn said 4294.12 goes to GMC chassis at 2147.08 each, Wayne body costs 1935.04, and Superior body 2160.43, totaling 839? for two buses.
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Taylor County
Amish leader Hochstetler jailed for assault in abuse case
Samuel Hochstetler, 75, a rural Amish church leader, was sentenced to six months in the Indiana State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to assault and battery related to keeping his daughter Lucy chained in her room for 10 years for not joining the sect. Doctors later diagnosed Lucy as insane and recommended institutional commitment.
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Goshen
Ind
Samuel Hochstetler
Indiana
Aldo J. Simpson
Hochstettled
Lucy
Simpson
N.E. Vander Bogart
Barbour County Man Hurt In Icy Wreck Near Overfield
Stephen Steve Stewart 78 of Stewarts Run is in Philippi hospital with concussion left shoulder fracture and multiple contusions after an automobile accident on State Route 57 near Overfield. He was a passenger in a car driven by his granddaughter Jean Harampolis who sustained minor facial and head injuries.
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Stephen
Steve” Stewart
Stewart
Philippi
Jean Harampolis
Funkhouser Experiment Farm Swept By Fire
A fire yesterday at the O'Sullivan Farms experimental laboratory on the Sulgrave Farm near Charles Town caused about 8000 dollars in damage. R. J. Funkhouser, owner, said breeding records and 1000 purebred hereford pedigrees were destroyed, but duplicate copies exist at offices in Charles Town.
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Charles Town
O'Sullivan Farms
Sulgrave Farm
R. J. Funkhouser
James Zebker Hangs Self in Jail Cell
William J. Long Fayette county detective reports 19 year old James R. Zebker hanged himself with a belt in a Brownsville jail cell last night as police prepared to question him about an auto theft. He left a note to his mother saying I am sorry you will be better off this way.
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Brownsville
William J. Long
Fayette County
James R. Zebker
Sheriff 04 Maticious Arrest Report in Charleston Area
Trooper H M Starbuck reports the arrest of Deputy Sheriff RD Meyer, 29, on a charge of mercious wounding during an attempted arrest of a man Meyer sought to detain. Leonard Smith, 20, owner of Riverview Barbecue near Dunbar, is hospitalized with a bullet wound to the thigh after an exchange at the barbecue stand door.
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Charleston
Dar
H. M Starbuck
RD Meyer
Leonard Smith
Riverview
Dunbar
Charleston General Hospital
Stullock
Moyer
Smith
Death takes CM Leith famed B&O engineer at 64
Clarence M Leith a Grafton resident and longtime B&O railroad engineer on the Cincinnatian died of a heart attack in his car near his Beech Street home. He was 64 born October 17 1883 and survived by wife Lena Wetzel Leith two brothers and a sister. Last rites set for Monday at 3 30 pm with burial in Bluemont cemetery.
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Clarence M. Leith
B& O
Cincinnat'an
Grafton
Beech Street
Leith
Yad
Lena Wetzel
B&o Railroad
Cincinnatian
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Churh
G. E. Manson
St. Matthias Church
Bluemont Cemetery
C. M. Leith
Doctor's Stolen Car Not Yet Recovered
State police said Dr. K H Trippett's 1947 Plymouth coupe stolen this week remains unrecovered. The physician reported his car missing after miking a call at 445 West Muir street at 9:30 p m Tuesday, with keys not left in the auto.
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K. H. Trippett
Trippett
West Muir Street
Vandenberg unveils plan for handling aid funds
Senator Vandenberg proposes a Brookings drafted plan to run the European recovery program under a single cabinet level administrator with broad discretionary power. The administrator would decide allocations and terms while the president holds final economic decisions and disputes go to the president. Secretary of State would query decisions but Truman would umpire.
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Washington
Jan
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
State Department
Brookings Institution
Brookings
Marshall
Truman Wold
Te Iene
Deepest Snow So Far Marks Winter's Peak
An early morning blizzard dumped two to three inches in a short span, boosting the season’s snow total to seven and a half inches. Temperature fell, but not below zero, with predicted warming later. Snow flurries linger, and strong drifts hinder Route 119 and Route 250, per R M Murphy, State Road Commission assistant county supervisor. Nigger Mountain noted as a severe local drift area.
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Mercury
Taylor
R. M. Murphy
State Road Commission
Nigger Mountain
Porter urges controls on meat prices and wages for Europe aid
Former price control chief Paul Porter testified in Washington that the United States must impose controls on wages, prices, credit, meat and essential materials as part of the European recovery program. He warned that failure to fund the Marshall Plan could invite Soviet influence and civil unrest, and urged temporary allocation and rationing measures to prevent economic collapse.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Paul Porter
Europe
Porter
United States
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Reformatory
Grafton Sentinel
John G. Boylen
Maple Avenue
Joan Caulfield
Claude Rains
Strand Theatre
Deanna Durbin
Dixie Theatre
Maestro IN Action
S. S. Sobieski
Ferruccio Burco
Naples
Italy
Ferruccio
Carnegie Hall
Feel Vandenberg
Republican
Dark Horse
John Burdett
Columbus Hospital
Civil Aeroasuacl Atration
CAA
CCA
Hochstettler
Barbour County
Funkhouser
Maticious
Leth
Tetrick
W. Guy Tetrick
House of Delegates
Senate
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