Nations agree on close control of Huh Industries
The United States Britain and France reached a plan for international control of the Ruhr and close cooperation to use western Germany assets in the Marshall plan. They endorsed a federation for western Germany with strong general authority while preserving state rights. Decisions stop short of merging zones, aim toward a future integration, with Russia's invite undecided. The talks set up for the Marshall plan conference in Paris March 15 and will return to capitals for final review.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Ruhr
Germany
Russia
Paris
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Yugoslavia
U.S
Memorial Day Observance Moves To Monday In Grafton
The annual 1948 Memorial Day celebration in Grafton shifts to Monday because May 30 falls on a Sunday this year. Harold Cross, commander of Memorial City Post No. 3081, Veterans of Foreign Wars, led last night’s Legion meeting to appoint committee chairs for public safety, parade, music, decoration, and refreshments for the event.
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Grafton
Legion Home
Harold Cross
Joseph G. Mask
Thomas J. Moran
Edgar T. McKer
John W. Snider
Roy Z. See
Wheat export pact sets $2 ceiling per bushel
Washington reports a five year international wheat agreement aiming to cap export prices at $2 a bushel for the United States Canada and Australia The deal also establishes a sliding minimum price starting at $1.50 in 1947 48 and decreasing by ten cents yearly to $1.10 in 1952 The pact awaits approval from Congress and ratification by other governments concerned
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Washington
United States
Canada
Australia
International Wheat Council
U. S
Congress
Desperate robbers captured after citywide gunfights
In Pittsburgh on March 6, three officers and several civilians were wounded as a spate of robberies prompted a massive police manhunt. Two house robbers, John Wilson and Edward Di Pofi, were finally captured handcuffed together about ten miles from the scene after a taxi ride from Hamlett of McMurray. Police hailed the operation as a high point of interagency cooperation.
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Pittsburg
McMurray
Allengheny
Johnson
John Wilson
Edward di Pofi
Pittsburgh
East End
Johnston
John V. Miskunas
Bethel Township
Lee
Pennsylvania
Rainy Weekend Forecast Promised By Weatherman
A rainy weekend with mild temperatures is forecast as clouds cover the sky. By noon today the thermometer stood at 1 degree and the weatherman predicts showers this evening. Yesterday's high was 42 degrees and the low last night dropped to 19. By 7 am this morning it had risen to 1 degree.
Judge Maxwell of Beckley Files Today For GOP Supreme Court Nomination
J W Maxwell of Beckley former Raleigh county circuit judge filed for the Republican nomination to the state supreme court in the May 11 primaries. He is the first Republican candidate for the two vacancies this year. Democratic renomination bids were filed by Fred L and James B Riley. Representative John Kee, dean of West Virginia's congressional delegation, filed to seek Democratic renomination.
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Charleston
J. W. Maxwell
Beckley
Raleigh County
State Supreme Court
Fred L. x
James B. Riley
John’ Kee
West Virginia
Congression
Governor denounces Ku Klux Klan in Georgia stance
Georgia Governor Guy M. E. Thompson calls for laws to end Klan intimidation. He condemns Klan meetings aiding Communists and race baiters, urging state legislators to empower courts to curb such acts. Four inmates were transferred from the state penitentiary to local authorities to support the stance.
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Atlanta
Guy M. E. Thompson
Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
South
Truman
Thompson
Klan
State
Farley Warns Wallace Third-Party Bid Could Poll Millions
Former Postmaster General James A. Farley predicts Henry A. Wallace’s third party bid for the White House may attract about 5,000,000 votes next November with up to a million from New York. Wallace, once Democratic national chairman, says the split threatens the Democratic Party more than leaders realize.
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New York
James A. Farley
Henry A. Wallace
White House
Wallace
Stage Thrilling Rescue Of Fishing Vessel Crew
Five men made the harbor crossing in a breeches buoy as the 82-foot Scallop Dagger lay on its side off Nauset Light on Cape Cod. Four other crewmen remained aboard, deemed not in immediate danger as a strong tide pushed the vessel toward the beach. The Cape Ann, bound for New Bedford, split at the stern. rescuers said the ship was “over on her side and done for” but the crew could reach shore once the buoy line reached 125 yards from shore. Captain Axel Nerland reported the men were safe. The mate is Chris Christensen. Desperate seas thwarted lifeboats and a Coast Guard cutter could not close within 200 yards. The wreck’s cargo of scallops prompted the decision to keep others aboard. The scene closed with the note “Stage page 5.”
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Nauset
Cape Cod Mass
Coast Guard
Cape Ann
New Bedford
Nauset Light
Leon T. Dobson
Axel Nerland
Chris Christensen
Chatham
Coat” Guard
General Greene
Radio Network Rep to Visit Grafton on Wednesday
A national broadcasting representative will visit Grafton this coming Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Andrews Methodist church to discuss Mother's Day plans. The local Mother's Day committee aims to promote Grafton as the origin of Mother's Day and to broadcast from the church. The Taylor County Board of Trade backs the effort, with Charles N. Pricket coordinating network contracts and noting tentative plans are progressing.
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Grafton
Andrews Methodist Church
Taylor County Board of Trade
Charles N. Pricket
Parkersburg Firm Buys South Penn Oil Shops
Parkersburg firm Hinkel Brothers Inc buys South Penn Natural Gas Company's Clerksburg shops. President Ots O. Cole says deal closed yesterday. price not disclosed, tax stamps suggest about $110,000. Nine acres, a dozen buildings, and railroad unloading facilities included. South Penn had operated the shops since the early 1900s.
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Slarksburg
South Penn Natural Gas Company
Clerksburg
Hinkel Brothers Inc
Parkersburg
Ots O. Cole
South Penn
Harley A. Wolfe
South Penyh
Hoover Dam Tops Washington Monument in Height
A comparison notes the Hoover Dam exceeds the Washington Monument in height, marking a striking structural record. The fact underscores the dam's massive scale and engineering achievement within American infrastructure.
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Hoover Dam
Washington Monument
Poor Georgia! The Gal Does Not Own The Rosebud
Georgia Southern a former stripteaser known for burlesque of burlesque seeks a court order to restore her performing permit after police revoked it for excessive bare skin. Supreme Court Justice Morris Eder required Police Commissioner Arthur Wallander to justify the denial at a show cause hearing next Thursday.
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New York
Georgia Sothern
Georgia
Supreme Court
Morris‘Eder
Arthur Wallander
Taylor County Receives Final State School Aid Allocation
The West Virginia state board of school finance announced a total final allocation of 35,072,032 in state aid for schools for the 1946-47 year based on actual net enrollment. Counties showed minor shifts from earlier tentative figures, with Logan 1,186,842 Marshall 482,283 Mingo 820,438 McDowell 1,860,988 and Taylor 336,023 aiding the statewide total.
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Charleston
State Board of School Finance
W. W. Trent
Trent
Logan
Marshall
Mingo
McDowell
Taylor
Grafton Seeks Bids for City Garbage Service
The City of Grafton advertises bids for garbage collection. Sealed bids are due at the city clerk’s office by 12 noon on March 20, paid City Clerk Oral Jones.
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Grafton
Oral Jones
Which comes first high wages or high prices
William D. Horgan surveys the labor and industry clash over wage and price dynamics. Steel makers and General Electric resist wage hikes citing inflation risk, while unions seek to offset purchasing power losses. A potential strike in New York’s financial district looms as negotiations continue.
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William D. Horgan
New York
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Senate
House Economic Committee
General Electric Co
CIO
United Electrical Workers
United Financial Employes
AFL
Harry Bridges ousted as Northern California director
The CIO fired Harry Bridges for opposing the Marshall plan and backing Wallace's third party, despite two weeks of warned noncompliance. Bridges holds two elective posts and was replaced by Tim Flynn as Bridges’ northern California director. Reports say a Justice Department probe seeks grounds for a third deportation attempt. authorities also note Clark aides say the Bridges case not reopened.
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San Francisco
CIO
Harry Bridges
Northern California
Washington
Tom Clark
Bridges
Wallace
Europe
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Tim Flynn
Industrial Union of Marine’ and Shipbuilding
GIO
California
Justice Department
Scio Pottery Story May Become Movie Subject
Scio Ohio March 6 The tale of Lewis P Reese taking over an abandoned pottery during a low period and building a 3 million dollar industry may become a MGM film subject script writer Jules Frutham is in town to prepare a narrative on Scio Onio Pottery Co. He notes the story has strong documentary potential similar to Call Northside 777 and says the Scio story looks very good. SCIO POTTERY page 5
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SCIO
Lewis P. Reese
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MGM
Jules Frutman
Scio Onio Pottery Co
Frutham
James Stewart
Dixie Dems Demand Equal Radio Time
Twenty one Dixie Senators from eleven southern states demand equal time to respond to a Mutual Broadcasting Co series on civil rights. They telegrammed Edgar Kobak asking for airtime to explain their opposition to the president's civil rights proposals while Mutual officials said they will consider comment on the committee report basis for the broadcasts.
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Jack Bell Washington
Dixie
Truman
Edgar Kobak
Mutual Broadcasting Co
Mutual
Kobak
South
New York
Robert Swezey
Senate
Chilly Weather Grips Northeast with Subzero Readings
A cold front swept the east and midwest bringing rain snow and sleet. Burlington Vermont recorded minus 18 while Syracuse New York hit minus 8. Albany and parts of New England hovered near zero as Ontario and Michigan logged subzero chills. New York City showed 15 above and Boston 8 above.
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Chicago
Midwest
Albany
New England
Michigan
Red River Valley
North Dakota
Minnesota
Burlington
Syracuse
New York City
Boston
Bandits Hit Allegheny General Payroll in Pittsburgh Crime Wave
Police on alert as a wave of robberies erupts in Pittsburgh. Three bandits staged a mid afternoon payroll stick up at Allegheny General Hospital, fleeing with 14000 as four shots rang out. Two suspects were later captured after a running gunfight. a laundryman named Harry Hing, 56, was wounded resisting another hold up in Lawrenceville. Several officers and a bystander were shot during the spree.
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Allegheny General Hospital
Chalmers
Lawrenceville
Harry Hing
Brunson Held for Grand Jury Action in Bigamy Case
Brunson was bound over for action by the Taylor County Circuit Court grand jury under $1,000 bond after a hearing. He remains jailed for lack of bond. The defendant is charged with bigamy by Lenora McFarland, who says he married her in Winchester Virginia while still married to another woman. McFarland testified Brunson previously married in Illinois, and a court order set $75 monthly alimony. The case, before Judge Snider, saw no testimony from Brunson. Deputy Sheriff W H Canfield presented the investigation to date.
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Binson
Simpson
Taylor County Circuit Court
Taylor County
Brunson
Lenora McFarland
Winchester
South Carolina
Illinois
Mag. John
Hugh R. McPhail
Grafton
Plémington
Sherr
W. HL Canfield
Minnots
Vivian
Dixie Democrats Guard Senate To Thwart Civil Rights Bills
In Washington on March 6, eighteen southern senators met secretly to guard the Senate for a possible filibuster against any civil rights proposals from the Truman administration. They agreed to keep a watchful speaker-ready group on hand during Senate sessions to block action on anti discrimination measures while denying any connection to presidential politics.
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Senate
Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Russell
Byrd
Benister
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Grafton Sentinel
A. A. Crouser
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U.S.S
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Bikini
Kwajalein Island
Navy
Hiesu Doe
U. 3
Mary Pohoios
International Soundphoto
Sgn Cincias
Gallipolis
George A. Tabit
Webster Springs
W. Va
Cincinnati
Tabit
Farley
Dens
South Penn Oil
Ned
Gomes
Palestine
Dixie Dems
Kodak
Mutual Broadcasting
Burlington, Vt
Robery Shootings
Roar Industries
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