Train Derailment Kills At Least Two In Liberal Kans
A Rock Island passenger train derailed 45 miles northeast of Liberal Kansas killing at least two people and injuring more than ten. Six cars left the rails and three overturned sending ambulances from Liberal Dodge City and Fowler to the scene. Cars landed in water filled ditches as heavy rains fell yesterday. Cause of the wreck not yet determined.
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Liberal
Kansas
Rock Island
Here
Dodge City
Fowler
Kansas City
Grandmother Hurt In Georgia Car Escort Case
A grandmother and an 18 year old boy were attacked on a country road near Waycross Georgia. Officers say a Black suspect knocked the boy unconscious with a pine club, abducted the woman from the car and injured her. The sheriff did not name the victims and said the suspect is in custody but denies guilt. In Arizona two pilots planned to land today to set a world endurance flight record of 1124 hours, after a flight that began August 24.
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Waycross
Erin W. Johnson
Johnson
Yuma
Ariz
Arizona
Bob Woodhouse
Woody Jongeward
Norway Election Tests Labor Grip in Tight 1945 Vote
Norway's national elections open with Labor seeking to defend its single-seat majority in the 150-member Parliament. Analysts expected potential erosion as Communist seats waver amid postwar tensions and Oslo’s shifting stance on Marshall Plan and Atlantic Pact.
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Oslo
Norway
Labor
Meteran
Minster
Einar Gerhardsen
Coimmiunism
Gaines And Miller Sentenced For Second Degree Murders
Charles Irennan Gaines and Charles John Edgar Miller received five to eighteen year prison terms after their second degree murder verdicts. Judge W Merle Watkins overruled motions to set aside the verdicts and granted 90 day stays while appeals to the State Supreme Court are considered. Bail was denied. they remain jailed in Taylor County pending appeal, with Gaines previously held on a $4,000 bond.
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Charles Irennan Gaines
Charles John Edgar Miller
W. Merle Watkins
Taylor County
W. 2. Samples
Gaines
Miller
Richard B. Bord
Watkins
Supreme Court
Wm G Robey New Secretary Board Of Trade
William G Robey former B and O railroad chief train dispatcher at Grafton accepted Friday the role of executive secretary of the Taylor County Board of Trade. He will serve without pay and works from the Board headquarters while remaining reachable at his home telephone 315.
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William G. Robey
B. & O. Rairoad
Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trade
Robey
Maple Avenue
Mr. Robey
Marion County
B. & O. Railroad
Board of Trade
West Virginia Bankers Open Three Day Conference
A three day conference of West Virginia bankers began at Jackson's Mill as the first state wide meeting since the war. The West Virginia Bankers Association sponsors the program for junior officers and staff as well as senior executives with speakers including G A Lamb Irvin Stewart and Glenn H Craig.
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Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
West Virginia Bankers Association
G. A. Lamb
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Irvin Stewart
West, Virginia University
Glenn H. Craig
Washington, D.C
Meeting Tomorrow May Avert Strike
CHICAGO Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen plans talks with rail chiefs tomorrow after rejecting a presidential emergency board report. A union spokesman said an agreement may avert a nationwide strike, with a demand for a second fireman on diesel locomotives previously turned down by the board on Sept. 19.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Ution
Brotherhood
House Probers Demand Answers From Johnson
Rep. Bates urged Secretary of Defense John son to detail reasons for proposed Navy and air arm spending cuts. Navy officials say cuts would harm national security. Vinson said Congress will summon Johnson. Radar expert Lt Cmdr E W Harrison led today’s witness list amid B 36 bomber controversy.
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Washington
Rep
Bates
R-Mass
Johnson
Navy
Matthews
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Air Force
Cmdr
E.W Harrison
National Defense
HOUSE
Father M. J. Hannon To Return This Week
Reverend Father M. J. Hannon, pastor of St. Augustine church, returns to Grafton this week after two months in Ireland. He visited Ballecareennis in County Clare and is visiting friends in the east before resuming duties. During his absence, Reverend Fathers Fitzgibbon and John Moenster of Illinois served the local pastorate.
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Grafton
Ireland
M. J. Hannon
St. Augustine
Hannon
Balle Caree-Ennis
County
Clare
Father Fitzgibbon
John Moenster
Illinois
Father Hanmon
Radar can track rockets and spot a bomber reach moon
Navy electronics expert told the House Armed Services Committee radar can track rockets reach the moon and detect a large high flying B-36 bomber. He noted enemy radar and interceptors could destroy heavy bombers, warning that defense funds favor the bomber program over Naval aviation. The hearings followed Admiral Radford's claim the B-36 program is a billion dollar binder.
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Moon
Ashington
Navy
House
Ors
Air Force
E. W. Harrison
Armed Services Committee
Arthur W. Radford
Radford
Naval Aviation
Harrison
Bureau of Aeronautics
Three Cars Wreck North of Grafton
A traffic collision on the Morgantown road north of Grafton injured Clarksburg resident Rodney E. Curtis 23 in a 1948 sedan with a serious shoulder injury treated at Morgantown Hospital. Nathan H. Coulson 29 of 927 West Main Street drove a 1949 convertible and followed the sedan, resulting in damage to a Grafton resident’s car.
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Clarksburg
Grafton
Morgantown Road
Rodney E. Curtis
Morgantown
Nathan H. Coulson
West Main Street
Tornadoes Kill One Injure Four Across Great Plains
A string of tornadoes swept the Dakotas to Texas injuring four and killing one last night. Severe storms moved across the region as Houston floodwaters receded and unseasonably warm temperatures continued. the weather forecast called for persistent unsettled conditions.
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Washington
Great Plains
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Texas
Houston
U.S
Desert Chinese Embassy Staff in Paris Defect to Communists
In Paris on the Double Ten holiday, the entire staff of the Chinese Embassy and Consulate General deserted the Nationalist regime and declared support for the Chinese Communist government in Peking. Only Tuan Mao Lan and Dr Tsien Tai remained. French officials said status awaits a decision.
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Paris
Peking
China
Sun
Yat Sen
Tuan Mao-Lan
Tuan
London
Tsien Tai
Tsien
Canton
George Meng
Mong
California Sea Lion Sets Record
Pierre Dilion, a California Sea Lion, swam the English Channel in just over five hours, roughly half the human record. Snacks of herring fueled the feat amid rough seas that left many reporters seasick, some making the crossing without pants.
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Dover
Eng
Pierre Dilion
Pierre
English
Nurses Home Closed As Economy Measure
The nurses' home at Grafton City hospital closes for economic reasons. Only two nurses lived there. the residence, bought years ago, may be rented as a private home while kept by the board for future use if needed.
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Grafton City Hospital
Hospital
Trucking Activities Stand Still in Major State Cities
In Charleston Parkersburg Huntington Point Pleasant and Ashland Kentucky trucking activity ground to a near standstill as drivers and freight handlers from AFL CIO locals 175 and 505 struck over wages. The union seeks a 12 cent hourly rise to 1.47 within a 11 state Ohio to Omaha area, while operators offer five cents. A meeting of Tri-City Common Carriers Trucking Association was planned.
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Charleston
Parkersburg
Huntington
Point Pleasant
Ashland
Kentucky
505
AFL
International Teamsters Union
Tri-City Common Carriers Trucking Association
G. F. Groff
Sharman
Frank A. Rebhan
Ohio
Omaha
Nebraska
Rebhan
Groff
Rebbin
Political Stakes in Senate Test of Olds Nomination
The Senate is seen likely to reject President Truman's reappointment of Le land Olds to a third term on the Federal Power Commission, amid a back stage contest over expanding displaced persons quotas from Europe. The issues intertwine with the 1940s party struggle, as Truman used the DP measure in campaigning and Republicans may weigh in if revision is blocked.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Prsident
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Europe
Governor Patteson Welcomes Forestry Experts in Wheeling
Governor Okey L. Patteson opened the 68th annual meeting of the American Forestry Association in Wheeling West Virginia welcoming forestry experts to the luncheon session It marks the association meeting’s first time in West Virginia A C Spurr president of Monongahela Power Co and national association president reviewed the year’s work Leslie A Miller Governor of Wyoming addressed on Conservation of Our Natural Resources Asset or Liability
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Wheeling
Okey L. Patteson
West Virginia
Dday
American Forestry Association
Patteson
A. C. Spurr
Monongahela Power Company
Fairmont
National Association
Leslie A. Miller
Wyoming
Johnson vows no Navy reduction plan in defense pledge
Secretary Louis Johnson told the American Federation of Labor convention there is no plan to downgrade the Navy. He said the Navy and Marine Corps remain vital, noted concerns of a “unification” drive, and emphasized progress toward a unified defense team amid fears over atomic weapon competition with the Soviets.
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ST. Paul
Defense
Johnson
Russia
Extra Senate Races Up GOP Chances in 1950 Outlook
Three extra senate races in New York Connecticut and Idaho boost GOP odds of flipping control. Death of Idaho Democrat Miller may lead to a Republican appointment by Governor Robins. If Dulles NY wins the balance could shift to 53 to 43 later.
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Washington
New York
Connecticut
Idaho
Senate
Miller
C. A. Robins
Henry Dworshak
Abe Goff
Congress
Baldwin
R-Conn
Shigh Court
Chester Bowles
Senator Dulles
Salvation Army Drive Starts With New Chairman
Beginning Friday October 21 the Salvation Army fund drive unfolds with Charles J. Jarrett as chair. The goal is 3500 dollars covering Barbour Randolph Tucker and part of Preston counties. E G Hamric leads the advisory board and will allow Jarrett to appoint co chairs and county drive heads. A committee to review use of an 1800 dollar bequest includes Jarrett Ebert and Hamric. Lt Lynn Wiseman oversees activities.
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Salvation Army Fund
Charles J. Jarrett
Monogahela Power Company
Salvation Army
Barbour
Randolph
Tucker
Preston County
Hamric
Jarret
Elkins
Jarrett
Claude 8
Ebert
Lynn’ Wiseman
Salvation ‘Army
Walkouts rise as steel coal strikes widen
Pittsburgh reports labor action could lift national idle to two million this week. One million already unpaid amid steel and coal stoppages. Aluminum and steel fabricators may join 454 000 workers, as John L. Lewis plans bargaining talks. Murray directs pep tours and strike strategy for fabricating plants with contracts expiring soon.
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Pittsburgh
Wilay
Cyrus Ching
Federal Conciliation ‘Service
Philip Murray
Washington
Murray
Grafton Foresees Heatwave Warm Day In City
Local weather observer W. D. Myers reports 85 degrees at 11 am in Grafton with predictions of 90 by afternoon. Yesterday reached 86, with a forecast of fair and slightly warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday, as residents shed coats for summer wear. The cool 61 degree night contrasted with the season’s coldest record 31 degrees on October 1.
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Louis Johnson
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