Missing Father Kidnaps Two Sons From Teaneck Home
Ruth Andrews Petall of Teaneck reports her ex husband George Petall a 36 year old physicist abducted his two sons Isa Mona Anthony six and James four from their Teaneck New Jersey home during a previously arranged custody visit. She says Petall now has them on an extended absence and fears for their safety. Police have issued state and federal alerts as authorities search in the Hackensack area. The couple’s divorce forbade visitation.
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George Petell
Isa
Mona Anthony
James
Teaneck
N. J
Ruth Andrews Petall
Petall
Hackensack
Wona
International
Legion marker honors veteran found alive after mixup
In Topeka Kansas the American Legion erected a marker for Kan sas war veteran Dean Hobson who served in the battle of the bulge but was reported killed. He was discovered alive working as a radio technician at a Winter veterans hospital after learning his name had been changed from Spence. His father Norman Spence of Manhattan had sought War Department records unaware of the name change.
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Topeka, Kas
American Legion
Dean Hobson
Winter Veterans Hospital
Spence
Hobson
Norman Spence
Manhattan
Kas
War Department
Dean Spence
Italy
Legion
Fear Paring Of Arms Plan Lords Editorial Worries
British newspapers voiced concern that Congress may shrink the U S arms for Europe program, risking ineffectiveness. The Times examined proposals to time limit or restrict aid to Greece and Turkey, delaying action pending UN moves or a new peace bid with Russia.
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London
Congress
Truman
London Times
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Russia
Leobr
Husband Allergy Cited in Los Angeles Divorce Case
Mrs Joyce Holdridge seeks a divorce from Nolan H Holdridge claiming a severe allergy caused a head to toe rash whenever near him. Physicians and psychiatrists advised separation but Superior Judge Ray Brockman denied the decree, ruling an allergy does not justify a divorce.
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Los Angeles
Joyce Holdridge
Ray Brockman
Toledo blast at munitions dump kills forty eight people
An explosion at a Spanish army munitions depot in Tarancon near Madrid last night killed at least 48 and injured 37. The blast shattered many houses in the 60 000 population town, with 16 bodies recovered so far from the rubble.
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Toledo
Spain
Tarancon
Madrid
Jaycees Plan Two Autumn Fundraising Projects
Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce will host a Labor Day turtle derby at 2:30 p.m. on the city street flusher site and a November home talent show to raise funds. Committees are to be formed soon under President Calvin Morrison as they work to cover the remaining 1380 of a 5640 expenditure.
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City
Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Grafton Senior High
Jaycees
Grafton
Legality Of W. Va Delinquent Lands Law To Be Decided
The U S Supreme Court will decide the legality of West Virginia 1947 delinquent lands law. The state Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the act reversing circuit judge Jake Fisher. The ruling concerns a system for handling delinquent lands reverting to state ownership for unpaid taxes.
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W. Va
Charleston
West Virginia
U. S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Jake Fisher
Sutton
Jerry M. Gray
Webster County
Fisher
Virginia
Fred L. Fox
State Supree Court
Rotary plans Lewisburg discuss district club meeting
Officials from district Rotary clubs discussed operations and plans at a two day meeting in Lewisburg. Governor Patteson and State Labor Commissioner Charles J F Stattler will speak at the 47th annual West Virginia Federation of Labor convention in APL from August 25 to 27.
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Lewisburg
Parkersburg
Patteson
Charles J. F. Stattler
The
West Virginia Federation of Labor
APL
Man Found Unconscious In B&O Yard In Clarksburg
A man tentatively identified as Billie Gordon Smith of 321 Florida Street Charleston was found unconscious in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad yards in Clarksburg early today. Detectives say he appeared to be a robbery victim. A letter in his pocket helped with tentative ID. Hospital attendants noted a head injury.
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Clarksburg
Billie Gordon Smith
Florida Street
Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio
Firemen Attend State Fire School Representing Grafton VFD
Fire Chief John Proctor and volunteer fireman Lewis Smith represent the Grafton Volunteer Fire department at the state fire school staged by West Virginia University. The event opened yesterday with an estimated 250 firefighters and rescue specialists from several states in attendance. The school will continue through Thursday.
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John Proctor
Lewis Smith
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
West Virginia University
Directors of Trade Board Meet Friday
Taylor County Board of Trade directors will meet Friday night at 8 p.m. at the trade board headquarters. Executive Secretary Jack R. Nuzum says important items of business will be discussed and urges a large attendance. The general membership is also invited.
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Taylor County Board of Trade Directors
Trade Board
Jack R. Nuzum
Prominent Lindbergh Kidnaping Figure Linked to Numbers Ring
A six man roundup in three states swears none admit involvement in a $50 million yearly numbers racket. Irving Bitz, 46, a circulation inspector for the New York Journal American, was identified by police as a former participant in the Lindbergh kidnapping negotiations. Col and Mrs Charles Lindbergh named Bitz and Salvatore Spitale as go betweens in the ransom talks in 1932. Eleven others are arrested with a half dozen more questioned as authorities crack the scheme.
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New. York
Irving Bitz
New York Journal American
Harry Hanley
Bitz
Charles A. Lindbergh
Salvatore Spitale
Frank 8. Hogan
New York
Shanghai Typhoon Kills 29. Wide Devastation Across Region
Shanghai suffers its worst storm in years with 20 dead, 23 injured, and hundreds of thousands homeless. Fires, electrocution, and building collapses drive the casualties, while farms and the lower Yangtze rice crop face heavy losses. Okinawa installations damaged as the 150 mph winds slash the area. U.S. forces brace for relief missions.
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Shanghai
Okinawa
Whangpoo
Yangtze
U.S
Air Force
Tokyo
Urges Congress Put Unions Under Anti-Trust Laws
Former Justice Department antitrust chief Thurman Arnold warned the Senate Banking Committee that labor unions could monopolize the labor supply without checks. He urged bringing unions under antitrust statutes with court decisions on a case by case basis, in context of coal industry scrutiny led by Senator Robertson and John L. Lewis.
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Igton
Thurman Arnold
Congress
Arnold
Justice Department
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senator Robertson
D-Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Robertson
Mrs. Hern Seeks Divorce and Name Restoration
Mrs. Mary Jane Hern asks the circuit court to dissolve her marriage to Arthur Bruce Hern Jr of Route 3. The filing in Circuit Clerk W Merle Bailey’s office seeks a divorce and restoration to her maiden name Mary Jane Moore.
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Mary Jane Hern
Arthur Bruce Hern, Jr
Route 3
W. Merle Bailey
Pilot Power Dives To Death In Cemetery
In STOCTON CALIF a 23 year old pilot Russell Gilman Higby Jr son of a prominent merchant flew a Cessna over the city for an hour and then dive bombed the cemetery where his wife Beverly was buried four months earlier dying in childbirth Witnesses say he swooped to tree top height before crashing on the second dive as deputies waited at the airport to arrest him supporting notes say he had been despondent since his wife’s death and his father’s plane was involved in the incident.
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Stocton
Calif
Russell Gilman Higby, Jr
Carlos Sousa
Higby
Russell Higby
Beverly
Woman Nominated for WAC Captain Rank in 40 Names
Julia J. Mulcahy of Alderson West Virginia among 40 women named for commissions in the regular Army Women’s Army Corps She is nominated for captain with Senate confirmation pending.
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Washington
Julia J. Mulcahy
Alderson
West Virginia
Women's Army Corps
Regular Army
Senate
State Police Warn Motorists Against Parking on Highway
Cororal G F Randall of the Grafton Detachment warns motorists to refrain from parking on either side of U S Route 119 north of Grafton at the new drive in theatre site. Parking here causes traffic congestion and hazards. violators will be ordered into justice court for obstructing traffic.
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G. F. Randall
State continues case against lad held in slaying
The prosecution pressed its murder case against 16 year old Bernie Martin in the torch slaying of his grand uncle John Caldwell last May 6. Martin is one of three youths charged with the crime as his defense moves to a separate trial. Witnesses included Mayor Curry neighbor Walter Queen and Queen’s son in law Boyd Finley. Caldwell’s body was found in a fire at his home after kerosene had been poured on him and the house torched. Other defendants are Ervin Caldwell, 19, and Walter Copley, 20. A crowd of about 1500 attended jury selection in Wayne County Court.
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Wayne
Bernie Martin
John Caldwell
Martin
J. Floyd Harrison
Stat
Paul R. Pritchard
Mayor Curry
Walter Queen
Wayne Merchant
Boyd Finley
Queen
Curry
Sen Martin
Caldwell
Finley
Ervin Caldwell
Walter Copley
Wayne Court Room
GOP Urges Dems to Set Congress Adjournment Deadline
House Republicans pressed the Democratic leadership to fix a firm adjournment date, signaling possible further efforts to keep Congress in session past July 31, the deadline in the 1946 Reorganization Act. GOP Leader Martin planned to question Speaker Rayburn about the Democrats intent and the act’s binding force.
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Washington
House
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Elmer the Bull Trapped in Railroad Culvert
In SWOOPE Virginia Elmer the bull vanished during a heat wave and was trapped in a 36 inch railroad culvert pipe for three weeks. He weighed about 300 pounds on rescue, then recovered on a milk and egg diet, with owner choosing not to reveal his name publicly.
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Elmer
Bull
Swoope
Truman's Western Europe Arms Plan Faces Severe Test
Republican backers seek to cut Truman's 1.45 billion foreign arms request by more than half. Vandenberg and Dulles irked that State Department bypassed their token plan idea, exploring an alternative to ship 450 million in surplus gear to NATO allies and fund new equipment, while Greece and Turkey receive 25 million.
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Washington
Western
Europe
Truman
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dulles
R-Ny
State Department
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Greece
Turkey
George
D-Ga
Senaress
Arm for Europe program aims 800000 Western troops
President Truman outlined an Arm for Europe plan to raise about 800000 fighting men across Britain France Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg Norway Denmark and Italy in five nations to deter Russia until American forces can join the struggle. The program strengthens Western Union powers against the Soviet totals.
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Washington
Truman
Western Europe
Russia
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxebourg
Western European Union
U. S
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Soviet Union
Supreme Court Rules AG Cannot Judge Bond Land Contract
The Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling that the attorney general lacks authority to oversee the validity of a contract tied to land title for a recreation building funded by an $18,500 bond issue approved by South Charleston voters in 1946. The decision overturns the AG’s prior disapproval and explains the reasoning behind that action.
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South
Charleston
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizens
A birth announcement from Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Boyce of Brownlow Park records the birth of their second child Gary Richard on July 17 at 4 05 a.m. in Grafton City hospital weighing five and a half pounds The mother is Mary Gladys Messenger The maternal grandparents are H R Messenger of Dresden Ohio and the paternal grandparents are B D Boyce of Brownlow Park
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Grafton
Paul R. Boyce
Brownlow Park
Grafton City Hospital
Gary Richard
Mary Gladys Messenger
H.R. Messenger
Dresden
Ohio
8. D.boyce
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