King George Opens the London Olympic Games
King George VI formally proclaims the London Olympic Games open at Wembley Stadium marking the fourteenth modern Olympiad. The ceremony features 7000 pigeons, brass music, and a procession of Greek representatives as the torch is lit and begins its relay to Dover.
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Ted Smits
Wembley
England
George VI
London
Veth
Mili. Dands
Cig
Mount Olympus
Bursand
Horne
Dover
George Page
British May Halt Demobilisation Amid Cold War Tensions
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told Parliament Britain may pause demobilisation of armed forces as East West tensions rise. He said a decision would come in a few days and cited ongoing diplomacy with the United States and France regarding Russia. The report notes Berlin’s blockade and the broader cold war context.
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Tom Williams
London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
West
House of Commons
Britain
United States
France
Berlin
Bevin
Three Killed In State Metal Plant Blast At West Virginia Factory
W Va workers James Tadd David Neel Jr and Howard Gillispie died after a processing plant blast at a West Virginia factory that makes black powder. Superintendent T A O’Brien said the blast caused the fatalities and injuries occurred among staff.
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Remours
W. Va
Ont Company
T. A. O' Baine
James Tad d David Neel,Jr
Ofrs
Howard Gillispie
Air crash near Buenos Aires leaves 18 dead
Maritime police say 18 passengers and four others were killed when Alfa Airlines four engine flying boat crash landed in fog near Plate river outskirts of Buenos Aires. Four people were injured and divers were sent to recover bodies. One passenger was unhurt.
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Buenos Aires
Alfa Airlines
Rosario
Plate River
Alfa
Pickets at Univis Lens plant, Dayton, reopened
Violence not developed as Univis Lens Co strike continues in Dayton. About 189 workers joined a moving picket with 431 of 700 production staff entering the plant amid jeers. 164 policemen on duty, countered by a court order. CIO Local 768 organizer directed three lines.
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John Fryer
Univis Lens Co
CIO
Montey County
Rudolph Wurstner
North Side
Husky Lou Kaplan
United Electrical Workers
State bank resources rise since year start in West Virginia
Banking Commissioner John H. Hoffman reported that 106 West Virginia state banks and trust companies totaled 461856102.18 in resources as of June 30, slightly below the April 12 figure but up 15137657.11 from December 31, 1947. Loans and discounts rose 12038618.96, individual deposits grew 22156025.87, and savings deposits increased 2908772.78 in the last six months.
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Charleston
John H. Hoffman
West Virginia
Hoffman
Baltimore and Ohio railway makes progress on Elk Barbour coal line
Engineers report satisfactory progress on eight and a half miles of track in Barbour county to remove coal from the new Elk and Union district field. Initial outlay is about 1.8 million dollars as part of a broader development including a tunnel to be named for Delbert T. Lough. Lining of the tunnel is underway with crews placing steel tracks as weather and materials allow.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Elk and Union
Barbour County
Grafton
Delbert T. Lough
Bates
Rogers
If Volunteers Keep On You Might Not Be Drafted
Washington reports the army hopes continued volunteering may avert drafts as 18,085 civilians swapped into GI uniforms in early July. Lt. Gen. Willard S. Paul notes three-year enlistments for about 240,000 soldiers are expiring, while an intensive drive seeks to re-enlist them despite ongoing draft preparations.
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Washington
Willard S. Paul
Paul
Edratt
Smith Goes Off to Moscow With Plan
Berlin July 29 A S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith left Tempelhof at 8 25 am for Moscow carrying plans for the western Allies next step toward settling the German crisis He was joined by Frank Roberts former British minister to Moscow Smith and British and French envoys aim to direct talks with Molotov after tri power sessions in London They also met Gen Lucius D Clay who said the US would negotiate with Russia on Germany but not under duress
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George Bria
Berlin
A.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Tempelhof
Moscow
Frank Roberts
Smith
Britain
France
V. M. Molotov
United States
Russia
East-West
Joseph Gamsjager Named Commander of Am. Legion
Joseph V. Gamsjager was elected commander of Taylor County Post No. 12, American Legion, succeeding Charles R. Cather at a post meeting. V. Kinney was named vice commander and Herbert Spencer Jr. second vice commander. Other officers elected include W. R. Matthew as adjutant, Arthur G. Yates as finance officer, Edward A. Whitescarver as Americanism officer, A. T. Miller as service officer, and Charles R. Cather as historian.
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Joseph V. Gamsjager
Taylor County
American Legion
Charles R. Cather
V. Kinney
Herbert Spencer, Jr
W. R. Matthew
Arthur G. Yates
Edward A. Whitescarver
A. T. Miller
Charles—R. Cather
Joseph Page
Clerk Farr Dies in Fayetteville at 87
Fay ette July 29 James Park Farr 87 longtime Fayetteville area circuit court clerk died here yesterday Born Ramsey January 4 1861 he had lived in Fayetteville many years Survived by his widow and brothers
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Fayetteville
James Park Farr
Fayette County
Ramsey
Stassen Named New President of University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen, age 41 from Minnesota, named by the University of Pennsylvania as its new president after a trustees meeting. Salary terms not disclosed. Election to be held at a September meeting. Dr. George W. McClelland to become chairman. Stassen pledged vigorous public engagement and attention to freedom, well being, and peace.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
George William McClelland
Minnesota
Republican Party
University
Harold Page
SGT Groves Body To Be Returned
Tech Sergeant John D Groves 25 of the U S Army infantry died March 29 1945 at Luzon Philippines and is being returned for re interment at the local National Cemetery A native of Grafton he was born November 19 1920 son of Jefferson Groves and the late Ida Jane Kearns Groves His body arrives Monday evening a special service at 1 30 pm Tuesday at Bartlett Funeral Home Rev Harry Eckels will officiate Re burial at National Cemetery with honors by Taylor County Post No 12 American Legion Memorial City Post No 3081 See SGT GROVES page 2
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Harry Eckels
United Brethren Church
National Cemetery
Taylor County
American Legion
Ithe Memorial City
Sgt
Groves
State Man Missing In B-29 Learned To Fly Postwar
Lt Col Charles C Pulliam 29 Huntington reported missing by the Air Force after a B-29 crash in the Near East. He learned to fly after V J Day, graduated West Point in 1939, and trained after serving as a ground officer in the Pacific War theater. His father is Col S H Pulliam, commander of a railway battalion.
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Huntington
Charles C. Pulliam
Air Force
Near East
S. H. Pulliam
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Ex-Sen Watson of Indiana Dies at 84 in Washington
James Eli Watson, longtime Indiana Republican and former Senate leader, died at age 84 in Washington after a long political career spanning eight presidents. He entered the House in 1864, served 12 years, then moved to the Senate from 1916 to 1933. Survivors include his widow Flora Miller Watson, a daughter Mrs. Ernest Gross, three sons Edwin G. Watson Joseph C. Watson and James E. Watson Jr., and a brother Charles Watson.
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Washington
James Eli Watson
Indiana
Senate
Hoover
Congress
Watson
Capitol
House
Flora Miller
Winchester
Ind
Ernest Gross
Edwin G. and
Joseph C. Watson
James E. Watson, Jr
Chicago
Charles Watson
Boreman to Address Hager Family Reunion in September
Republican governor candidate Herbert H Boreman will address the Hager family reunion on September 12 in Logan. Ira P. Hager said the event will draw about 12,000 attendees and also invites Okey L. Patteson and Chapman Revercomb with M. M. Neely among those connected to the race.
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Logan
Herbert
Boreman
Hager
Ira P. Hager
The
Reunion Association
David A Burt Sr Dies Founding Wheeling Steel Leader
David A Burt Sr 72 longtime founder of the Wheeling Steel Corp died yesterday He was a member of Hazlett Burt and Watson brokerage and had recent interests in eastern Ohio coal development
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Wheeling
David A. Burt, Sr
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Hazlett, Burt and Watson
Ohio
May Foretell Hike In Prices Of Cigarettes
In New York on July 29 the American Tobacco Company raised wholesale prices for Lucky Strike Herbert Tareyton and Pall Mall by seven tenths of a cent per pack. Retailers expect a one cent per pack increase for consumers, with major brands now selling around 20 cents a pack including tax.
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New York
American Tobacco Company
Herbert Tareyton
Pall Mall
Farben Directors Acquitted of War Making Charges
A US military tribunal acquitted 24 directors of I C Farben of plotting and waging aggressive war, but convicted nine of looting in Nazi-occupied countries. The case ties to Farben’s German empire role and the Ludwigshafen plant. Also reports a fatal Buckhannon River drowning of 19 year old John Thomas Stilwell on a camping trip with his parents.
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Thomas A. Ready Mernberg
U.S
I. C. Farben Chemical Combine
Farben
Ludwigshafen
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Third Reich
Hermann Schmitz
Georg von Schnitzler
Fritz -Ter—Meer
Ernest Buergin
Paul Harfliser
Max Signer
Friedrich Jaenine
Heinrich Oster
Tians Kuggler
France
Norway
Poland
Russia
Lee Barben
John Thomas
Jack) Stilwell
Theodore Stilwell
West Washington Street
Buckhannon
Jack
St. Augustine High School
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Investigators in ruins ignore war materials blast
July 29 report notes German investigators dismiss Communist claims that the Farben plant produced war materiel. In the Rhine city, 8 bodies recovered, about 250 missing presumed dead. Death toll official at 334 plus 2,000 injured. Mannheim estimates 600 to 800 dead. US Army says 6,200 injured. plant employed 22,000. 18 buildings damaged or demolished.
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James’ J. Devlin
Farben
Rhine
Manheim
U.S. Army
Lee
Page
Reformed School Boy Is Apprehended Today
A 13 year old escapee from West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Bethany is apprehended near the Dewey Workman home at Curve Bridge. The youth escaped on Monday July 26 and was recaptured today by the sheriff.
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West
Virvinia Industrial
Betlooh
Sheriffith “Newton
Dewey
Curve Bridge
Mrs Pauline Moore Hall Seeks Divorce in Oakland Case
A divorce action with payment of costs is filed by Mrs Pauline Moore Hall against John Hall. The couple wed April 27 1941 in Oakland California and separated June 23 at 58 Walters street and 110 Front street are cited in the complaint.
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Pauline Moore
Walters
John Hall
Front Street
Offeult
Oakland
Officially List Huntington Colonel As Missing In Round World E B-29 Smashup
Tucson Ariz July 29 A partial list of men killed and missing in the crash of a B-29 Superfortress at Aden on the south coast of Arabia was released this morning. Although believed 17 or 18 aboard the plane when it crashed the initial list contains five dead six missing and one survivor. Officials at Davis Monthan field are notifying next of kin of other dead and missing.
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Tucson
Ariz
Aden
Arabia
Davis-Monthan Field
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Am. Legion
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Univ. of Penn
Trustees
Sgt. Groves
L. Molnar
Cleveland
Ots
David Burt
Reform School
John
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T. J. Moran
Grand Street
My Dog
Rusty
Ted ‘Donaldson
Dri John Litel
Dixie Theatre
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