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Russia marks 32nd anniversary of the 1917 Revolution with a stern anti US charge from top leaders. Communists accuse Washington of plotting a new blood bath to impose an American world order as Marshal Vasilevsky and Politburo member Malenkov address Red Square ceremonies.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Georgi M. Malenkov
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Red’ Square
Vasilevsky
Nikolai Lenin
Americans To Stay in Japan After Occupation Ceases
Washington officials say the United States plans to keep troops in Japan for many years after the allied occupation ends. The aim is to grant Japan full political independence while preserving protection against a communist threat in Asia, a key issue in drafting a peace treaty.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Asia
Rita Hayworth Expecting Baby in Lausanne Arrival Secrecy
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan have arrived in Lausanne from Paris for the birth of their child. They are staying in a hotel suite and will remain secluded until after the birth, with hotel management directing inquiries to the information service. Prince Aly confirmed the pregnancy.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Rits Hayworth
Aly Khan
Rita
Aly
Paris
N Nine
Prince Ay
Salutes Newest Citizens at City Hospital
Mr and Mrs Charles J Kelley announce a boy born November 4 at 8 12 am weighing seven pounds at City hospital. Mr and Mrs Woodrow Tucker announce a daughter born November 6 at 12 37 pm weighing seven pounds eleven ounces. Mr and Mrs Forest Jones announce Cassandra Marlene born November 2 at 9 55 am weighing five pounds fifteen ounces at City hospital.
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Charles J. Kelley
Halslip Street
Citt Hospital
Woodrow Tucker
Route 4
City Hospital
Forest Jones
Grand Street
Cassandra Marlene
Hope To Finish Repairs To Tipple Damaged By Dynamite At Buckhannon
Buckhannon police report ongoing investigation after a dynamite blast damaged a tipple and storage bin over two railway tracks. Estimated damage is $1,500, with no arrests. The Buckhannon firm resumed operations Oct 10 under a union walkout injunction and is loading 2,500 to 3,000 tons daily from its mines and nearby sources. A freight train was seen near the scene before the blast.
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Buckhannon
Lee Coal Company
A. Jerome Dailey
Tipple
Salvation Army Drive Continues in Grafton Areas
Salvation Army fund campaign chaired by Charles J. Jarret seeks 3500 dollars. about 800 collected so far with drive extending beyond the scheduled close. Several workers have not filed reports or begun canvassing. list of workers from South Grafton and Grafton East Side released, including Mrs. Robert Knight and Mrs. E. See.
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Salvation Army Fund
Charles J. Jarret
Jarrett
South Grafton
Robert Knight
West Grafton
W. B. Bumgardner
Curtis Decker
Hubert Parrish
William Fisher
Lawrence Sinsel
C. F. Shafer
Merle Stilwell
Elizabeth McKeen
Rex Nuzum
Ross Gerard
C. O. Spiker
Alva Moore
Grafton
East Side
Salvation
Apartment Fire Destroys Car, Threatens Loft Residence
A 1940 model automobile in Vandergrift's East Main street garage was completely destroyed by fire at 3:30 p.m. The flames endangered the apartment above the garage where Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wotring resided but firemen extinguished the blaze before the home was damaged. A short circuit was cited as the cause.
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Grafton
Vandergrift
East Main Street
Frank Wotring
John Proctor
Sentinel To Give Election Returns From 8 To 11 P.M.
Fairmont dispatch reports a CIO schism as Local 627 rejects United Electric, Radio and Machine Workers of America and aligns with a new CIO unit after a scuffle that knocked down union president John Everhart. Page 1 coverage also notes a Taylor County school levy vote tomorrow with detailed use cases and assessed property values for 1949.
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Fairmont
Fairmont Electrical Workers
CIO
United Electric, Radio and Machine Workers of America
John Everhart
Taylor County
Townsend Dies Former UMW Counsel in West Virginia
Charleston obituary notes Tom C. Townsend a former coal miner turned attorney and state official dies at 72. He served as general counsel for the United Mine Workers in West Virginia and aided in defense of John L. Lewis amid contempt charges related to postwar strikes. Townsend had been active in national union affairs and legal matters.
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Charleston
Tom C.townsend
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Townsend
Three Local Men Hurt In Automobile Accident
Three Taylor county men were hospitalized over the weekend after a late Saturday night wreck. Jack Edward Kirby driving a 1937 sedan west on Route 50 struck a culvert and a telephone pole near Valley Inn, breaking the pole and downing lines. All were discharged after treatment for severe cuts and shock. victims named Kirby McCue and Warren Smith.
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City Hospital
Jack Edward Kirby
Jack McCue
Warren Smith
Taylor County
E. L. Duckworth
Sobbing mother admits baby died from fall in arms
In Utica area a 29 year old mill worker Stella Komorek confessed her six week old son Stephen died after slipping from her arms and the kidnaping tale she told earlier was false. An inquest ruled accidental death with a skull fracture and no charges filed against her husband Henry Komorek.
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Utica
Mae
Stella Komorek
coro_ her
Stephen
Komerek
Clayville
Preston R. Clark
Changs
Stella
Dr. Clark
Henry
Rhodes To Receive Sentencing Today
William B. Rhodes, Spencer hatchery owner, faces sentencing after pleading guilty to income tax evasion for 1945 taxes totaling 48 071 85 dollars. Four 1946 tax counts were dismissed. he was indicted for evading 102 741 33 dollars across five years.
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Fairmont
William B
Bob) Rhodes
Spencer Hatchery
Rhodes
Preview Of 1950 Congress Fight Set For Tomorrow
Voters nationwide will choose one senator two house members two governors and local officials in a preview of the 1950 struggle for control. The New York special senate race looms largest with labor backing Democratic former Gov Herbert Lehman to complete Wagner's term. Republican Sen John Foster Dulles, an appointee of Gov Dewey, targets President Truman’s Fair Deal with a modified Taft Hartley stance.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
New York
AFL
CIO
Herbert H. Lehman
Wagner
John Foster Dulles
Thomas H
Dewey
Truman
Mother Slashes Four Children in Illinois Case
A 35 year old mother, Mrs James Moughan, told a hearing she slashed her four children because a saint instructed her. Adjudged insane within hours, she will be confined after her husband found her attacking a child. All four children expected to recover. ages range from two months to four years. The incident occurred in Sterling Illinois with hospital officials overseeing care.
Ten Die In West Virginia Highway Accidents
Ten people died in a weekend of highway crashes across West Virginia. Teens and young adults dominate the fatalities, with two men from Summers and Logan counties among the dead. A Lerona accident on State Route 20 killed George Asbury Jr. and Frank A. Wood and injured two others when their car overturned. In Wayne County a family of three from Jenney’s Creek perished in a separate crash.
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Charleston
George Asbury, Jr
Pipestein
Summers County
Frank A. Wood
Lorado
Logan County
Lerona
Princeton
Wood
Pipestemn
Wayne County
Clem Muncey
Bis Son
Junior
Freeland Massey
Jenney
Polling Places Listed For Booths Creek District
Polls open at 6 30 a m and close at 7 30 p m across Booths Creek district. Locations include Haymond School Thornton School Blueville School Warders Garage Community Center Flemington Grade School Mayor s Office Flemington High School Rosemont School.
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Booths Creek
Gratton
Haymond School
Thornton
Blueville
Warder's Gardge
Flemington
Rosemont
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Bluestone River
Hinton
Salvation Army
Fairmont Union
Everhart
Clarence Keener
Tom C. Townsend
MW Counsel
State Vocational Agricultural Service
Colums
The
Sentinel
Little Belva Rippetoe
Bronte
Tex
Henry Wachtel
New York City
New York Senate
Usvil
Jorge Vogel
West Main Street
Grafton Public Library
Grafton Fire Department
East Grafton
Paul Morgan
Custer
Carl ‘Thomas
Walnut Street
RiCr
Park View
Lucretia
Knottsville
Hepzibah
Fruntytown
Mountain View Camp Court House
Pieter Shecniee
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