Azerbaijan Delegation Breaks Off Tehran Talks
May 11 Tehran reports say Azerbaijan delegation prepared to return to Tabriz as central government and Azerbaijan cabinet ministers remain deadlocked. A foreign office spokesman notes potential friendly termination of conferences, while an expert warns of possible civil war if the dispute persists.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Tehran
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
Middle East
Jafar Pishevari
Pishevari
Ahmed Qavam
Meat outlook improves but famine relief balance worries Bowles says
Chester Bowles warned meat supplies will rise then fall as grain price hikes aimed at famine relief temper near term meals. He cited Agriculture Dept data showing the U S shipped 27 450 000 bushels less than promised in four months, saying the shortfall weighed on him and supporters as officials seek steady meat at home and bread for overseas.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
American Broadcasting Network
Agriculture Department
Bowles
United States
Expendable and Dawn Roaring Rangers on Strand and Dixie
The 4 Grafton Sentinel invites A B Pepper of 318 Walnut Street to tonight’s theatre double feature. At Strand Theatre see They Were Expendable with Robert Montgomery John Wayne and Donna Reed or Deadline at Dawn with Susan Hayward Paul Lukas and Bill Williams. Dixie Theatre offers Roaring Rangers starring Chas Starrett and Smiley Burnette.
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Grafton Sentinel
A. B. Pepper
Walnut Street
Robert Montgomery
John Wayne
Donna Reed
Strand Theatre
Susan Hayward
Paul Lukas
Bill Williams
Chas
Starrett
Smiley Burnette
Dixie Theatre
Draft Picture Clouded Again Today In House
Washington May 11 A new House bid to ban teenage induction gained momentum today threatening a Senate approved bill to extend the draft law as is until July 1. The move could complicate the uncertain draft picture as the War Department said a substantial portion of the 80,000 youths eligible before July 1 are high school students deferred to finish school.
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Washington
Picore
War Department
Hunger strike deaths and IRA prisoners in Dublin and Belfast
John McCaughey, 32, an IRA Adjutant General, died after a 23 day hunger strike in Dublin Maryborough prison. In Belfast, fellow hunger striker David Fleming remained weak after 50 days as a Nationalist MP said he would likely live for days. Both governments rejected clemency requests. protests erupted in Dublin and Belfast. Morgantown reports G Ott Romney named Dean of West Virginia's school of physical education and athletics to succeed Alden W Thompson.
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Dublin
John McCaughey
Irish Republican Army
Dublins
Maryboro
Eire
Belfast
David Fleming
Fred McSorley
Fleming
McCaughey
IRA
Stephen Heyes
Sean T. Okelly
Northern Ireland
Morgantown
G. Ott Romney
Red Cross
West Virginia
School of Physical Education
C. T. Neffers
Alden
Thompson
Mother's Day History Tied to Anna Jarvis and Local Church
The piece recounts the origin of Mother's Day rooted in Anna Jarvis and her mother Anna Reeves Jarvis. It notes the first observance in 1908 at Andrews church, the Minneapolis conference support in 1912, and congressional action in 1914 designating the second Sunday in May. It also covers Jarvis family roots in Grafton and Webster.
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Grafton
Anna Jarvis
West Chester
Anna Reeves Jarvis
Andrews Church
Harry C. Howard
D. D
L. L. Lear
Minneapolis
Minn
Judge Robinson
Congress
Granville B. Jarvis
Webster
Anna
Jarvis
Andrews
Anna M. Jarvis
Safety in Mines Confused by Laws
James Marlow reports that John L. Lewis demands stronger safety for coal miners while owners agree on safety needs. There is no uniform law, with 475,000 union members in mines and last year 1,079 killed and 59,350 injured. Government figures show varying state laws and inspectors across 28 coal states.
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James Marlow Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Assault Against The Field In The Preakness
Pimlico daily coverage reports a Preakness day incident with a young woman killed and four injured in an automobile crash in Huntington. Curtis Laney faced a manslaughter warrant according to Detective Azel Bryant. The Preakness field was cut to ten after Billy Bumps withdrawal. Gloria Lockhart Rose of Baltimore identified among victims.
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Huntington
Azel Bryant
Curtis Laney
Sy Sid Feder
Pimlico
Baltimore
Billy Bumps
Bomar Stables
Charles P. Bohn
P. A. Markey
Detroit
Last Land
America
Gloria Lockhart Rose
Preakness
Byrnes Accepts Soviet Reparations Demand After Clash
In Paris on the four power talks Byrnes agrees to a $10 million Soviet reparations claim on Italy, with conditions sparking a clash with Molotov. The meeting centers on Italian peace treaty issues as leaders seek to narrow disagreements. Revercomb votes against passage of a $3.75 billion British loan and labor disputes legislation in Senate actions.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Soviet Union
Italy
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Byrnes
Washington
Sen
Revercomb
R-W. Va
Senate
Empire Faces Tough Battle In House Over Credit Measure
The Senate backed the $3.75 billion British loan bill 46 to 34 after a month of debate. Prime Minister Attlee was gratified by the approval and the House battle was set to begin with public hearings starting Tuesday, expected to last about two weeks.
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Washington
Senate
Britain
Attlee
Spence
D.ky
Banking Committee
New Placement Chief for Charleston Nurses
May 11. The West Virginia State Nurses Association announced the employment of Miss Edna B. Groppe of Wheeling as counselor and placement director for nurses and hospitals in Charleston.
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Charleston
Edna B. Groppe
Wheeling
West Virginia State Nurses’ Association
Acquit Youths of Kidnap Charges in Federal Court
A federal jury in Huntington acquitted three Ohio youths Bernard Carico Jack Diamond and Lehman Johnson of kidnapping two Huntington women Mollie Gossett 38 and Marcell a 18 in January The men from Chesapeake and Proctorville were later held on state warrants by Magistrate Harold Kitchen The federal case sought the death penalty for the youths.
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Huntington
Ohio
Bernard Carico
Jack Diamond
Chesapeake
Lehman Johnson
Proctorville
Harold Kitchen
Mollie Gossett
Marcella
Massachusetts Supreme Court Judge Speaks at V-E Day Dinner
Charleston May 11 Judge Felix Forte associate judge of the Massachusetts State Supreme Court will speak tonight at the first annual V-E Day dinner of the Charleston Lodge of the Sons of Italy in America Forte also serves as Supreme Venerable of the order.
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Charleston
Felix Forte
Massachusetts State Supreme Court
Charleston Lodge
the Sons of Italy
America
Forte
West Virginia coal mines set to reopen under union talks
Uncertainty over state mines lingers as United Mine Workers locals and operators meet to settle retroactive pay during a 12 day strike truce. Monongalia county plants Pursgrove Davis Wilson and Christopher Coal reportedly back to work after talks. pork and lard production to be controlled under war food orders from May 12, per Agriculture Department notice.
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Charleston
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Monongalia County
Pursgrove
Davis-Wilson
Christopher
Washington
Agriculture Department
New 300000 Coal Mine Going In Above Philippi
Clarksburg May 11 The Tasa Coal Company announced a new 1800 acre coal field between Belington and Philippi. A deep shaft mine is planned at an estimated cost of 300000 dollars. L J Ziegler superintendent, said the Baltimore and Ohio railroad plans a siding to the site.
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Clarksburg
Belington
Philippi
Tasa Coal Company
L. J. Ziegler
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Navy man warns national security problem at sea
Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman told reporters at the commissioning of the aircraft carrier Philippine Sea that future national security is the country's greatest challenge. He urged maintaining a modern navy built on air power and advancing weapons to deter foreign threats. The Essex class carrier honors the Philippine Sea battle.
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Boston
Forrest P. Shermann
Philippine Sea
The
Marianas Lee
Eleven Hurt In Serious Bus Wreck In Ohio
Eleven passengers were injured when a Greyhound bus en route from Zanesville to Pittsburgh skidded on wet pavement and overturned on U S highway 40 near New Concord. The driver Jerome R Schulte of Duquesne Pa escaped injury. Injured passengers were treated at Bethesda hospital for back and head injuries, arm cuts, eye cut, and hand injuries. Hospitalized victims include Mrs Pauline Caldwell Betty Clomer Mrs Joe Wright Herman Hillman Nancy Hillman Clarence Beneridge Jr and Mrs Joan Beneridge.
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Zabesville
Greyhound
Here
Pittsburgh
U. S. Highway 40
New Concord
Jerome R. Schulte
Duquene
Bethesda Hospital
Pauline Caldwell
Moundsville
W. Va
Betty Clomer
Joe Wright
Wheeling
Herman Hillman
Nancy Hillman
Clarence Beneridge, Jr
Joan Beneridge
Clarence
Tom Scarbor
Wheat Crop Forecasts Fall Sharply In Sw Plains
A sub bureau of the Associated Press will open in Bluefield to facilitate news exchange among papers in Southern West Virginia and western Virginia. It will begin June 1 under acting correspondent W A Bill McClung, formerly Bluefield Sunset News sports editor and recent Huntington AP bureau staffer.
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Huntington
W. Va
Associated Press
Bluefield
West Virginia
Present Curbs On Wheat Consumption Probably To Stay
Washington reports the latest wheat crop outlook dampens hopes for removing curbs on flour and wheat product consumption. Dry weather in the southwestern plains led the Agriculture Department to lower its crop estimate from 830 million to about 743 million bushels, signaling tighter supplies.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Coal Conferees Struggle to Reach Settlement
Washington May 11 coal officials John L Lewis and operators held a two hour talk but offered no progress report toward a permanent settlement of the soft coal dispute by Wednesday. A two week truce remained in effect as Edward McGrady said no new issues were raised. Charles ONeill left the room without comment.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
President Truman
Lewis
Edward McGrady
Charles O'Neill
Railroads to Lift Embargo as Passenger Cuts Continue
Robert Henry of the American Association of Railroads said the government will lift the embargo on non essential freight shipments at 12:01 a.m. Monday EST. The 50 percent reduction in passenger traffic remains in force for now, imposed due to coal shortages and the two week strike truce. Henry spoke after a conference of Office of Defense Transportation officials and railroad representatives. A news conference was planned to issue a formal statement.
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Washington
Robert Henry
American Association of Railroads
Henry
Defense Transportation
Railroad Association
Convict 61 in Mauthausen Trials in Germany
In Dacha Germany May 1 9 1 1 the U S Military Court convicted all 61 defendants in the Mauthausen concentration camp trials of torturing and killing thousands of prisoners. Sentencing is set for Monday after a six week trial and hour long deliberation. A former inmate testified that prisoners were tossed into crematories with the dead. one defendant claimed the camp goal was to kill people and that dissent would have led to his own death.
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Dachau
Germany
Mauthausen
U. S
Izak Gruenberg
Hans Alift
Ata
Grafton Sentinel Invites MHS for Opera Night
The Grafton Sentinel announces an invitation to MHS for an event at West Main Street, hosted by the Grafton Theatre Opera House. Jack Pitman 36 is listed in the notice.
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Grafton Sentinel
MHS
Jack Pitman
West Main Street
Grafton Theatre
Opera
House
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