Sentinel Roundup Seeks Mary Mitchell Heir Missing Heiress
The Sentinel requests help locating Mary Mitchell daughter of William and Lilian Mitchell to claim her share of her grandfather's estate. Notified parties include Reverend Ronald Cleland of the Children's Home Society of West Virginia in Charleston and the Mitchell siblings William Lilian Douglas and Betty.
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Mary Mitchell
William
Lilian Mitchell
Ronald Cleland
Children's Home Society of
West Vginia
Charleston
Lilian
Douglas
Betty
Three Year Old Drives Car in Leamington Incident
Three year old Gary Sinner of Fairmont West Virginia escaped unharmed after the car he was playfully driving caused about $1000 in damage. The child sat alone as his father’s auto lurched 200 feet striking another vehicle and crashing into a house corner.
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Leamington, Ont
Gary Sinner
Fairmont
West Virginia
England Not Excited Over Cripps Speech Thud of Austerity
London reports show Sir Stafford Cripps failing to ignite public support for his all-out rally plan. Papers call it another dose of belt tightening with no clear escape, while ordinary Britons react with apathy and little working-class discussion. The sterling area stands at about 1.624 billion dollars in gold equivalents.
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London
Cripps
Sterling
Explosion Damages Mount As Fire Wrecks Bangor Riverfront
A massive blast leveled five fuel plants a bus garage and hardware and plumbing stores along a quarter mile of Bangor riverfront. Damage estimated at 1.5 million dollars. Five fire units fought the blaze to near two am as onlookers observed from the Penobscot city. A National Guard battery aided police in crowd control.
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Bangor
Maine Central Railroad
Pen-obscot River
National Guard
Truman Seeks Loans and Tax Boost in Economic Message
President Truman plans to push federal loans to industry and farmers, expanded social security and unemployment pay, and broader public works in a midyear economic message. Advisers weigh tax-increase options as a Treasury deficit looms and White House signals a possible softened proposal.
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Truman
Washington
Council of Economic Advisers
Treasury
Brewer licenses revoked in Charleston area
Crow announced the revocation of licenses for two retail beer dealers. C. S. Smith operating as Pine Ridge Service Station in Pineville and Grover C. Thorn of Guy an Tavern in New Richmond, Wyoming County, were found to permit the sale of alcoholic liquor on their premises.
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Charleston
Burton’ Crow
Crow
C. S. Smith
Pine Ridge
Pineville
Grover C. Thorn
Guyan
New Richmond
Wyoming County
Testimony Starts In Tokyo Rose Trial
San Francisco July 7 The government opens the treason trial of Iva Toguri D Aquino with a first witness describing her autograph on a Japanese yen note labeled Tokyo Rose She allegedly signed Iva Toguri Tokyo Rose and the defense signals denial of the broadcast accusations The prosecutor says she helped prepare scripts and broadcasts while portraying affection for American servicemen and urging surrender to end the war
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri
S'Aquino
Los Angeles
Tokyo
Tokyo Rose
Hisenhart
D'Aquino
Ciime
Radio Tokyo
Pacific
Tom de Wolfe
de Wolfe
D’aquino
United States
Japan
New Telephone Head Announced
Arthur B. Goetze named vice president in charge of personnel relations for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone companies serving Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Washington D C He joined Bell in 1917 as a draftsman for Western Electric and has held roles as personnel director and manager of Western Electric plants in Baltimore Towanda and Allentown Pa He succeeds Frederick Gi Macaron elected a vice president of AT T
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Baltimore
Arthur B. Goetze
Bell System
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
Ilinois
Goetze
Western Electric Company
American Tele Phone and Telegraph Company
New York
Western Electric
Tonawanda
Allentown
Frederick Gi Macaron
At&t
WVU Morgantown Offers Six Summer Home Economics Courses
West Virginia University in Morgantown announces a six course series for graduate home economics students as part of the summer school program. The lineup covers diverse topics and aims to enhance graduate training during the break.
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WVU
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Truman Housing Bill Aims At Billions In Costs
The Truman administration pushes a multi billion housing bill through Congress amid claims it will become law. Democratic leaders anticipate final approval after a house senate conference compromise. The plan includes slum clearance public housing and farm housing aid with total costs estimated between 10 and 14 billion dollars.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Raymond Foley
House-Senate
Sen
FREAK TOENail TRAMPLING TRAGEDY IN CALIFORNIA
Oakland report details a bizarre fatal accident as Emmet Coynthan, 44, a teams ter, died after slipping while trimming his toenails. He fell on scissors, puncturing his left chest above the heart. Occurred July 1 in Oakland.
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Oakland
Calif
Soroner
Emmet Coynthan
Market edges higher as gains outpace declines
U S Steel slips ¼ point amid strike threat while the market advances after five straight up days. Gains occur in Bethlehem Steel Packard Goodrich Sears Roebuck Woolworth Anaconda Copper American Smelting Air Reduction Dow Chemical General Electric Johns-Manville Southern Pacific Chesapeake Ohio Pacific Western Oil Transcontinental & Western Air with Commonwealth & Southern easing back from yesterday’s heavy trading.
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New York
Commonwealth & Southern
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Stel, Packard
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
Anaconda Copper
American Smelting
Air_reduction
Dow Chemisen
General Eléctric
Johns-Manville
Southern Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pacific Western Oil
Transcontinental & Western Air
Boycott Threat Looms Over British Ships in Eastern Ports
New York report says British freighters facing a possible maritime union boycott in Eastern United States ports amid retaliation for a blockade against Canadian ships. The AFL Maritime Trades Council of New York warned an eventual boycott may be used if British waterfront workers continue refusing to work ships under contract to the Canadian district of the AFL Seafarers International Union.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
AFL Maritimé ‘Trades Council of
AFL Sea Cana
Hoycott
AFL Seafarers International Union
Hiss Defense Claims Political Lies In Final Trial Stage
In New York the perjury trial of Alger Hiss nears its end as the defense brands key charges a political plot. A 12‑person jury hears closing arguments after Lloyd Paul Stryker accuses Whittaker Chambers of exploiting politics to attack Hiss.
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Hiss
New York
Alger
Whittaker Chambers
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Stryker
Chambers
House UN- American Activities Committee
Priscilla
U.S
Thomas F. Murphy
Jackie Lucas Wins Grafton FFA Star Farmer Award
Jackie Lucas son of Mrs. Chris tine Lucas and the late Pascal Lucas won the Grafton FFA Chapter Star Farmer Award. The $10 prize honors the outstanding FFA member from the chapter, with Lucas noted for four years in vocational agriculture and leadership as chapter president in 1949.
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Jackie Lucas
Christine Lucas
Pascal Lucas
Grafton Ff.a
Future Farmers of America
F. F.A
State Department of Agriculture
Jackie
Grafton High School
F.F.A
Grafton
CIO May Trigger New Steel Strike On July Thirteenth
In Pittsburgh the CIO United Steelworkers threaten a strike on July 13 after US Steel rejected wage and benefit demands. Negotiations recessed, Murray accuses the company of negating collective bargaining while Fairless warns a strike would harm the economy. The current wage is $1.69 per hour with ongoing talks stalled since a two week recess.
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Pittsburgh
ULS. Steel Corp
Cio-United
Philip Murray
Clean
Seekwerkers
Steel Corp
Increst
Action
Benjamin F. Fairless
U.S. Steel
New York
Murray
Steel Corporation
Army Says Atomic Bomb Production On A Stable Basis
Brig. Gen. James McCormick Jr testified at the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee hearing that the atomic bomb program has seen a complete model change since the AEC took over in 1947. He said bottlenecks have been resolved and production is on a stable basis, amid charges of mismanagement by Sen. Hickenlooper and Lilienthal.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
James McCormick, Jr
AEC
McCormack
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Senator Hickenlooper
R-Town
David
Lilienthal
ARMY
Wheeling Bookies Face Jail Sentences
In Wheeling municipal court three men were given suspended 30 day jail terms for gambling offenses tied to horse race bookmaking. Defendants were William Reuther, Nick George, and J W Forst, with Reuther’s lawyer criticizing the city’s shift from fines to jail sentences.
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Wheeling
William Reuther
William G. Lias
Nick George
J. W. Forst
Reuther
Frank O'Brien
Opponents To Speak As Senate Ratification Looms
In Washington the anti Atlantic treaty argument gains a hearing in the Senate debate with a final vote possible tomorrow. Leaders say the opposition may muster four to six votes against the two thirds requirement. Senators Watkins Donnell Malone Langer Flanders are listed as doubtful or opposing. Watkins may vote against if reservations fail.
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Washington
Senate
U. S
Watkins
P-Utah
Donnell
R-Mo
Malone
R-New
Langer
R-Nd
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