Legal Deer Bagged In Taylor County Area
Hunters turned out despite rain and cold to open the deer season and bag 16 buck deer in Taylor County. Nine were in Fetterman district. two illegal kills were reported near Coffman and Hardman. First deer announced was Raymond Yates of Fairmont with a 7 point, 235 pounder near Virgil Armstrong property. Hazel Jenkins of Thornton bagged a 3 point, 125 pounder in Fetterman district. More hunters out as weather improved, with an expected six day season total likely to exceed last year’s 63. See 16 LEGAL page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fetterman
Joseph W. Powell
Bing
Coffman
Hardman
Hazel Jenkins
Thornton
Mr. Rowell
Raymond Yates
Fairmont
Virgil Armstrong
Herman H. Anderson
Clarksburg
Pruntytown
Powell
Court House
Guy J. Lambert
Grafton
Two WV youths get 0 years for cattle hijacking case
In Morgantown on November 30, Earl Brown Jr and John B Bigler pleaded guilty to armed robbery in a cattle hijacking that targeted a truck carrying over 60 calves en route to a Pittsburgh market. Brown's wife Hazel Brown faced probation consideration. all three face possible Preston county kidnapping charges. Brown had prior Marine service and a Bank of Japan robbery tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantows
Earl
Lucky) Brown, Jr
Clarksburg
John B. Bigler
Davis
Charles G. Baker
Brown
Bigler
Hazel
Frank Lewis
Pittsburgh
Lewis
Preston County
Baker
Bhe
R. Doyne Halbritter
Yokohama
Japan
Navy
Four Young Women Travel 100000 Miles For BRO Jobs
Four B and O Rail road stewardess nurses travel over 100000 miles yearly aboard The Cincinnatian between Cincinnati Washington and Baltimore. Two residents are from Cincinnati and one from Covington Kentucky with a fourth from Hamilton Ohio. Christine Lee Day has about 218000 miles with Jennifer Hoffman over 200000 miles. Both began on the Cincinnati streamlined service when it started in January 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cincinnatian
Cincinnati
Washington
Baltimore
Covington
Hamilton
Ohio
Christine Lee Day
Miss Day
West 31St Street
B&o
Elizabeth Jane Hoffman
West McMicken Avenue
Mrss Day
Senator Hill Demands Unification of Armed Forces
Senator Hill of Alabama warned military chiefs he will raise Cain until the Army Navy and Air Force unify in fact not form. As a Senate Armed Services member he vows to press next Congress to end petty fighting and back unification, urging Defense Secretary Forrestal to act decisively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
Washington
Hill
D.ala
Cain
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Alabama
Secretary of
Defense Forrestal
Congress
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Senator Hill
The Rope at Dixie Theatre Tonight in Grafton
L H Balke invites readers to attend tonight's showing of The Rope starring James Stewart at the Dixie Theatre. Verification may be required for entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
L. H. Balke
West
Washington Street
the Rope
James Stewart
Dixie Theatre
Physician to Appeal to Supreme Court
Dr. William M. Lewis, 61, convicted of second degree murder in the death of a Virginis girl during an abortion operation, will appeal to the Supreme Court. Judge John W. Hereford denied the appeal in Circuit Court from the Common Pleas Court conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
William M. Lewis
Virginis
Supreme Court
John W. Hereford
Common Pleas Court
Tojo and Six Others Win Eleventh Hour Respite From Rope
Tokyo November 30 war time premier Hideki Tojo and six other top Japanese war makers won a late respite from execution. General MacArthur said they would not be hanged until the U S Supreme Court acts on appeals from two condemned men. Appeals were filed in Washington for Koki Hirota and Kenji Doihara with the next Supreme Court session set for December 6. If rejected on December 9 they could face execution on December 7, the seventh anniversary of Pearl Harbor. The Associated Press queried MacArthur about recognizing the appeal or delaying or ordering executions, and his office issued a brief reply.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Japan
Pearl Harbor
International Military Tribunal
Washington
Koki Hirota
Kenji Doihara
Associated Press
Sinreme Allied Command
MacArthur
Public Information Office
See Tojo
Railroad embargo ends at eight East Coast ports
The Association of American Railroads lifted the freight embargo for export and coastwise movement at eight ports including New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Hampton Roads Wilmington Port Newark and Portland. Improved weather was expected to speed waterfront recovery along a 700 mile stretch from Maine to Virginia after the AFL Longshoremen's strike settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Association of American Railroads
Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Wilmington
Del
Port Newark
N. J
Portland
Maine
Virginia
AFL
Former Thy Sunt Hales William Arthur Bacchus dies at 79
William Arthur Bacchus, 79, longtime farmer near Webster, died at his Mt. Gilead Ohio home at 12:30 pm Sunday after a weeklong illness. Born in Bristol to James and Julia Davis, he had two marriages. Survived by his second wife Iva Mitchell Bacchus and many children across Ohio and beyond, he left a large brood in Mt. Gilead and surrounding areas.
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William Arthur
Bacchus
Webster
Mt. Gilead
Ohio
Bristol
James
Julia Davis
Bertha Violia Elliott
Iva Mitchell Bacchus
Grace Dilly
Charles Kingree
Los Angeles
Calif
John Sanders
Akron
Gladys Aravis
Canton
Paul Woods
Columbus
Harry Smith
Clarksburg
Roy
Harry Smiley
Richard Blzy
Dale Boyles
Robert
Morgantown
Louis
Indiana
Woodrow
Chicago I
Power outage blinds large area in West Virginia
Thousands of central West Virginia residents lost electric service for nearly 12 hours after a 22 000 volt line was shorted by a bare wire thrown over it near Indian Creek in Lewis County. Don B Potter of the Clarksburg division blamed an apparent act of sabotage. Disrupted towns included Sutton Gassaway Burnsville Glenville Orlando and areas as far south as Widen in Clay County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Central West
Virjnia
Indian Creek
Lewis County
Braxton
Don B. Potter
Sutton
Gassaway
Burnsville
Glenville
Orlando
Widen
Clay County
Smoke-Filled Home Forces Firefighters to Respond
Fire Chief John Proctor said a clogged furnace pipe caused heavy smoke in a home at 12 31 this morning. Grafton Volunteer Firemen worked about an hour to control the blaze and clear Miss Virginia Southworth of 307 Lafayette Street from smoke with some damage reported from the coal smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Proctor
Grafton
Virginia Southworth
Lafayette Street
Proctor
Britain alters stand on Negev dispute in UN action
Poris November 30 Britain withdraws a blanket endorsement of the Bernadotte plan for the Negev and western Galilee in southern Palestine. A British spokesman says the new position aligns closely with the United States, allowing Israel to seek more territory only if willing to concede elsewhere. Britain will join the US in insisting Israel receive no more than the 1947 plan boundaries.
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Poris
United Nations
Palestine
Israel
Harold Beeley
Britain
la Ug
Folke Bernadotte
Bernadotte
Galilee
General Assembly
United States
U. S
Negev
Vaern Palestine Fiste
Disclose Letter Reveals Love Affair in Slaying Case
In St Louis a letter purporting a romance between a young mother and a 25 year old man who confessed killing her baby is released. The note, found in William Pollard's suitcase after his arrest, shows a plea for recognition from Mother Pollard and mentions a hoped marriage as motive in the infant's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Walter Eitemann
Betty Jean Nichols
Joseph
St. Louis
William N. Pollard
PBI
Chicago
Eitzmann
Pollard
Zitamann
May Pollard
Cincinnati
Troops Rush To Relief Of Comrades Trapped By Commies
NANKING Nov 30 The Suchow garrison begins quitting the city to join 140000 comrades trapped by the Communists to the south as a desperate move to salvage forces for defending the capital. Government forces retreat from Suchow 211 miles northwest of Nanking after a month of assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Suchow
China
Swelfth
Jarge An
Howver
Huang Wei
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Paotow
Peiping
Bluefield Woman Dies in Apartment Fire Tragedy
A bluefield fire claimed Minnie Asbury age 67 early this morning and left about 20 homeless after a blaze tore through a two story building. Her husband and daughter Margie escaped while a expectant mother was pulled free unconscious. Fire investigators blame a defective flue and say Asbury woke others with cries of fire before perishing in smoke.
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Bluefield
Minnie Asbury
Margie
Jason Harry
A. D. Toohey
Communists set puppet government in Berlin today
The Communists in the Soviet sector set a hand picked administration for Berlin. A meeting of selected leaders elected a mayor and magistrate claiming control over the whole city. This move shadowed the Western vote as UN weighed currency terms and Soviet aims in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Eastwest
United Nations
Benin
Soviet Union
Paris
Friedrich
Welmarepublic
Ebert
Ber
Tobin Opens Drive Against Tide Of Anti Labor Laws
Secretary of Labor Tobin opened an administration drive against a tide of anti labor legislation at the 15th annual conference of state labor commissioners. He urged unity for sound labor standards as aides drafted a plan to restore the 1947 federal labor law amid slowing gains since 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W.ward
Washington
Labor
Tobin
Conference of
State Labor Commissioners
Taft- Hartleytrand
Truman
How Do Your 'Wants' Stack Up For That Letter To Santa
New York columnist Hal Boyle recalls a Christmas with no wants. An open letter to Santa expresses disbelief in stocking stuffers and reflects a downsizing of desires. He notes past wishes for shirts and a suit, now unwanted, as he and Virginia still believe in Santa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Hal Boyle
New York
Santa Claus
Nick
Army halves January draft as money limits loom
Washington reports the Army halves the January draft call to 10,000 men and lowers February to 5,000 due to a tightened fiscal 1950 budget of 15.0 billion dollars. Navy and Air Force have not requested conscripts. total authorized strength remains around 897,000, with defense funding capped to 15 billion. The move follows Royall's projections and Truman’s defense ceiling amid budget constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Royall
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Truman
Pre-Induction Call List 13 Announced
A list of 30 men born in 1925 and 1926 was released by Mrs Harold J Weekly clerk of the Taylor Barbour peacetime draft board. They will report to the Fairmont examining center on December 8 from the local office in the Grafton Bank and Trust building. The 30 registrants will undergo complete mental and physical exams to establish an eligibility list and gauge the number who could be called for training if quotas permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Weekly
Taylor
Mra
Deaths May Number Two For Season Opening
Charleston November 20 At least one and perhaps two deaths occurred yesterday on opening day of West Virginia's 1948 deer season. Cutus David Ashtratt 71, poste myster at Wallace, died after a heart attack while hunting in Doddridge county. Unconfirmed reports of a fatal shooting in Tucker county circulated as the season opened. Tucker county reportedly led the state with 126 deer killed on opening day as seven check stations reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West
Tucker County
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Jersey Shore General Hospital
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