Graftonians urged to fund life saving drug for Kiger girl
Jeannine Kiger, daughter of a World War I hero, faces ongoing illness after 48 days of life saving treatment. Fans raised about 3000 in a Sentinel drive to buy costly serum protein drug. only 400 remains on the hospital bill. Doctors warn continued doses are critical for recovery as funds run out.
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Graftonians
Kiger
Jeannine Kiger
Paul A. Kiger
Navy
Corregidor
St. Marys
Grafsonians
Coal Company Attorney Attacks Miners Welfare Fund as Slush Fund
Charleston attorney Robert G. Welly told the Charleston Rotary Club that the miners welfare fund is a slush fund spent at the whim of union bosses. He argued eligibility for pensions hinges on union membership and warned the fund entrenches labor monopoly and wage coercion amid alleged mismanagement.
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Coal Company
Charleston (P
Robert G. Welly
Charleston
Charleston Rotary Club
Kelly
Coal Page
Diplomats Meet in Washington to Review Atlantic Pact Plans
Diplomats from 12 Atlantic Pact countries convene in Washington for a first working session since the pact’s April 4 launch to review secret defense plans drafted by chiefs. Secretary of State Acheson to preside. Nearby, thieves steal $1 in cash and financial instruments from Bryant Motors garage.
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Washington
Acheson
Pact Council
Comma May Be Worth $99 000 To Estate Heir
Alfred Seigerstrom, manager of James Thomson’s beer parlor, hopes a comma in the late hotel owner’s will changes his legacy from 1 000 to 100 000 dollars. Court questions linger over the typo. the unsigned copy hints at 100 000. Thomson, 88, died last December. the will was found after an 11 month search in real estate files.
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Vancouver
B.C
Alfred Seigerstrom
James Thomson
Seigerstrom
Thomson
Gilbert Campbell
Selgerstrom
Grandfather Tells Sordid Sex Slaying Details
In Los Angeles District Attorney William Simpson says 66 year old baker Fred Stroble admitted strangling and bludgeoning Linda Joyce Glucoff after she resisted his advances. Stroble, the grandfather of her playmate, told of luring the girl into a bedroom after a day of drinking.
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Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
Baker
Swift Grand Jury
Linda Joyce Glucoff
Stroble
Linda
William Simpson
West
Mexico
Central Police Station
Simpson
Truman Health Plan Faces House Hurdles Says Dem
Rep. Priest of Tennessee, a Democratic leader on health legislation, said President Truman's compulsory health insurance program has no chance in the next Congress. He cited splits over feasibility and cost and suggested it may fail even in committee. Opponents deem it socialized medicine while supporters stress affordable care. no urgent effort expected.
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Washington
Priest
D-Tenn
Truman
Congress
Democratic
House
Commerce
Armed Services to Cut Own Funds in New Budget Plan
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced that the armed forces will prepare their own budgets and slash two billion dollars from the current fifteen billion dollar defense expenditure. He spoke at the New England Conference of the New England Council, arguing past requests inflated by expectations of congressional cuts.
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Boston
Louis Johnson
Armed Services
Congress
Defense Department
Johnson
New England
New England Council
Judge Says Coplon Must Stand Trial
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan ruled Judith Coplon must stand trial with Russian engineer Valentin Gubitchev on spy conspiracy charges. He denied motions to bar a second trial and declined to strike a count from the four count indictment. Coplon, 28, and Gubitchev, 32, face related charges over official secrets.
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New York
Sylvester J. Ryan
Judith Coplon
Valentin Gubitchev
Ryan
Archibald Palmer
Miss Coplon
Washington
Miss Capton
Gubitcaev
United Nations
Most Publicized Wedding In Years Takes Place Today
In St Louis the ceremony unites 71 year old Alben W Barkley and 35 year old Jane Rucker Harley at St John s Methodist chapel. Only immediate family present plus significant press turnout, with Bishop Ivan Lee Holt officiating in what is described as the era s most publicized wedding.
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ST. Louis
Potomac River
Mississippi
United States
Alben W. Barkley
Petite
Brupette Jane Rucker Harley
Woot
St. John’s Methodist Church
Man Ordered To Leave Town On Lottery Count
A loiterer on Latrobe street Joseph Lindsay of New Orleans was ordered to leave town immediately after found guilty in municipal police court. Tom Slan was committed to jail on an intoxication charge.
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Latrobe Street
Joseph Lindsay
New Orleans
Louisiana
Tom Slan
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizen Cathy Lewis Nestor
Mr and Mrs Richard Nestor announce the birth of a daughter Cathy Lewis November 16 at Grafton City hospital. The mother is the former Zoe Soterion daughter of Mr and Mrs Angelo Soterion.
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Richard Nestor
West
Wilford Street
Grafton City Hospital
Cathy Lewis
Zoe Soterion
Angelo Soterion
Five Killed In B-29 Crash In Take Off
A B-29 from MacDill Air Base crash landed off Tampa Bay soon after takeoff while searching for a missing bomber near Bermuda. Five of nine crew were killed, four survived with minor injuries. Engine failure and flame filled the takeoff, wreckage sank in mud hindering rescue. Names were not released.
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Tampa
Fla
Bermuda
MacDill Air Base
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
MacDill
Tampa Bay
Bose
Two Waive Hearing For Grand Jury One Sent To Jai
Dan Bays and Mack Workman, both jailed, waived preliminary hearings in Taylor County Magistrate Lucas court after being charged with breaking entering and theft from a Baltimore and Ohio box car in Flemington. A cache of merchandise was found in their homes, and a receiver, Jake Batton of Grafton, faced petit larceny after a guilty plea. Investigation aided by B and O police Lt Wooddell and state police Corporal Randall Duckworth.
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Dan Bays
Flemington
Mack Workman
Simpson
Taylor County Circuit Court
C. P Lucas
Bays
Workman
Regenauer
Jake Batton
Pearl Street
Grafton
Lucas
Jai
Wooddell
B. and O
Clarksburg
Randall
Pee Duckworth
County Reports Two Inches Of Snow In Taylor County
Taylor county sees its first real snow of the season with about two inches at the Blueville weather station. Temperatures hovered around freezing as icy roads prompted the State Road Commission to monitor routes near Grafton and Fairmont. Snow covered mountainous areas including Randolph and Pocahontas counties, with up to five inches near Thomas and along Route 32 in Tucker county. Road traffic remained moving despite ongoing flurries.
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Taylor County
Blueville
Myers
State Road Commission
Grafton-Morgantown
Grafton
Grafton-Fairmont
West Virginia
Road Commission
Thomas
Tucker County
Randolph, County
Elk
Pendleton County
Pocahontas County
Preston County
Truman vows Taft Hartley use only in coal emergency
President Truman said he would apply the Taft Hartley law in the coal dispute only if an emergency arises, a stance that drew operator protests already declaring a national emergency. Joseph E Moody of the Southern Coal Producer Association urged caution, noting the November 30 deadline looms while negotiations stall and no immediate peace talks are scheduled.
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Washington
Truman
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producer Association
Lexington
Moody
Lewis
U.S. To Use Pen Not Stick For Freeing Consul
President Truman called the Communist detention of Consul General Angus Ward an outrage. The United States may dispatch a note to Moscow seeking Soviet help with Red China or directly appeal to Peiping to free Ward and staff held in Mukden since October 24 after Ward and four aides were arrested over a wage dispute. The American government has had no direct word from Ward.
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Washington
Angus Ward
Truman
State Department
Moscow
Peiping
Mukden
Ward
Manchuria
Con
Queen of the Americas winner named at Lima exposition
Ana Maria Alvarez Calderon of Lima won the Queen of the Americas title at a Peruvian exposition in Lima. 12 finalists from North South and Central America competed. contestants included Miss Washington Mary Jane Hayes. Gowns were evening attire, not swimsuits.
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Lima
Peru
Ana Maria Alvarez Calderon
North
South
Central America
Mary Jane Hayes
Washington
18 Airmen Perish In Plane Collision
Stockton area crash report details a midnight collision of two bombers. Eight airmen died, three crewmen survived, with seven bodies recovered on Rindge Tract and one at McDonald Island. One survivor from McDonald Island crash remained accounted for.
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Stockton
Calif
A.mock
McDonald Island
Rindge
Rindge Tract
Appointment of Ray Cox as assistant city purchasing agent
Clarksburg City Manager Roy F. Ash announced the appointment of Ray Cox, who has served as a city payroll clerk for seven years, to relieve him of many routine administrative duties.
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Clarksburg
Ray Cox
Roy F. Ash
Cox
West Union doctor found not liable in $15,000 suit
A jury returned a verdict exonerating Dr. Robert White of West Union in a $15,000 damage case filed by John W. Scott who alleged injury during heat treatments at the physician’s office. Federal judge declared Mannington Pottery of Mannington bankrupt, ending its bid to reorganize.
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West Union
Robert 5. White
John W. Scott
Fairmont
Harry E. Watkins
Mannington Pottery Company
Mannington
Niet
Iits
Brazilian con artist jailed for two year reformatory sentence
Paulo Lembert 128 of Sao Paulo Brazil was sentenced to two years in a federal reformatory after being convicted of obtaining money by falsely claiming to be a Brazilian Consul. The case highlights international impersonation and a cross border fraud investigation.
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Charleston
Paulo Lembert
Sao
Paulo
Brazil
Maey
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