Nationalists Abandon Hong Kong Amid Entry of Troops
Reports from Canton say Nationalist forces abandoned Hong Kong as Communist troops near the city. New Zealand Presbyterian missionaries heard heavy gunfire around Kongtsuen ten miles from the Communist threatened area, unclear if artillery came from Nationalists or Reds.
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Hong Kong
Canton
South China
Associated Preeti
Santis
Kongtsuen
Asl
Can
Senate Refuses to Confirm Olds for Third Term
Washington reports a 63 to 15 Senate vote against confirming Federal Power Commissioner Leland Olds for a third term. The rejection followed weeks of heated debate with opponents labeling him anti-capitalist and pro-communist while supporters defended his consumer protection approach in utility regulation.
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Washington
Leland Olds
Truman
Senate
Olds
Commission
Nator Edwin C. Johnson
Dcéle
Lucas
Ilinolg
Officers Installed at West Virginia Masons Meeting
Bluefield reports the 85th annual Grand Lodge communication with officers to be elected and installed today. Grand Master Nelson B Orkney of Webster Springs delivered the principal address at last night's session.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Grand Lodge
Nelson
Orkney
Webster Springs
Senate approves flexible farm price support plan
After weeks of debate a bipartisan Senate majority pushed a flexible farm price support bill to passage by voice vote. The measure, sponsored by Senator Anderson of New Mexico, would replace the House wartime level supports with a one year continuance as leaders in Washington forecast approval by the House and eventual adoption of the Senate version.
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Washington
Senate
Moysel
Senate Democrats
Ahdersoh
D-Nm
House
Local Ads Listing For Friday Papers In Sentinel
Tomorrow's Sentinel carries a schedule of advertisements from Malone's Drug Store Parm Bureau Insurance Welfare Finance Co and others. The list includes Grafton firms such as Grafton Finance Co Hamric Motor Co and several drive-ins theatres and jewelers like Grafton Jewelry Co Caplan's Jewelers and Loar's Jewelry Store.
Loving Heads Baptist Educational Group at 84th meeting
Henry T. Loving of Bridgeport was elected president of the Baptist Educational Society at Beckley West Virginia. The society approved a report noting attempts to unite Protestant churches under a single directing body and listed officers including Mrs. T. B. Turley, Rev. William Clark, Hobart Begley, and Don Wilson.
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Beckley
Henry T. Loving
Bridgeport
Baptist Educational Society
World Union of Protestant Church
Society
Loving
T. B. ‘Turley
Parkersburg
William Clark
East Bank
Hobart Begley
Jane Lew
Don Wilson
Clarksburg
Attlee Rejects Calls for General Election This Fall
London reports Prime Minister Attlee will not seek a general election this autumn and will instead lead Britain through the economic crisis. An official statement says there are concerns about trade and industry if an early vote is pursued. The five year Labour term runs to July next year. Britain’s constitutional practice allows a prime minister to dissolve parliament, but Attlee will not advise dissolution this year.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Beaa
George VI
Squirrel Season Opens Saturday Scarce In Taylor
Joseph W. Powell county game professor says squirrel and grouse are scarce in Taylor County while other counties start season this Saturday. He warns rains and warm sun could raise fire risk and urges caution with windy conditions. Rabbit season opens November 11, correcting earlier magazines’ November 1 date.
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Taylor
Joseph W. Powell
Cste
Federal Pressure Fails To Push Coal Negotiators
In Charleston, negotiations between United Mine Workers and Southern Coal Producers Association stalled with no progress after a 2.5 hour session. Reports say a proposed starter concession to double the production royalty and shorten the workday while maintaining pay were floated but not confirmed. Federal mediation had urged resumption amid a widening coal strike crisis.
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Charleston
Southern
United Mine Workers and
Southern Coal Producers Association
SCPA
Joseph E. Moody
John L. Lewis
UMW
John Owens
Lewis
UMW Welfare and Pension Fund
Cyrus S. Ching
Washington
Nobel Peace Prize 1949 Award Goes to Boyd Orr
Oslo reports Scotsman Lord Boyd Orr wins the 1949 Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a food expert and farmer and for urging a world federal government to prevent hunger. The prize follows no award in 1948 and notes Orr once led the United Nations FAO.
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Oslo
Norway
Boyd Orr
Nobel Committee
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
American Friends
Quakers) Service Committee
Friends Service Council
London
Air Force B-50 crashes in England killing all 12 crew
A U S Air Force B-50 bomber on a North Sea bombing practice mission dived into a wheat field near Isleham England and exploded, killing all 12 crew. The crash occurred at 9 25 a m local time after leaving Liak enheath Airfield seven miles away in Norfolk. Fire destroyed farm buildings and 60 tons of wheat as wreckage scattered. Royal Air Force and U S rescue teams recovered the bodies within two hours. The incident is the first B-50 accident since August 18 when the group arrived at Sculthorpe Norfolk for training. The names of the dead were withheld until next of kin are notified.
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Isleham
Eng
North Sea
Helgoland
Newmarket
London
Cambridge
Mildenhall
Oxfordham
U.S. Third Air Division
Liakenheath
Norfolk County
Helgolland
Third Air Division
Youngsters Crushed By Falling Piano In Cortland Home
In Cortland New York Doug Stebbins four and Roy Stebbins three were crushed to death yesterday when an upright piano their mother was moving toppled over. The mother Mrs Andrew Stebbins ran a quarter of a mile before she found two neighbors to help her light the piano. The boys were pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.
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Cortland
N. Y
Doug Stebbins
Roy
Andrew Stebbins
Emiie
Public Service Commission to Resume Hearings on Water Issue
The Public Service Commission will resume hearings in Grafton on Thursday October 20 on a city petition for higher water rates. The proposal aimed to raise municipal water system revenues by about 2500 annually, with June 5 as the intended effective date, but rates were suspended pending the June 14 hearing and audit. The city of Milton seeks authority to purchase for about 129000 the Milton Water Company assets including a reservoir and iron mains.
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Public Service Commission
Charleston
Grafton
Milton
Milton Water Company
Newburg Law Student Seeks WVU Student Body President
Edwin C. Runner, a first year law student from Newburg, enters the race for West Virginia University student body president. He joins Eli Bassett Jr of Welch, a graduate student, and Robert Simons of New Cumberland, a senior in agriculture, on the October 19 ballot.
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Morgantown
Edwin C
Newburg
West Virginia University
Eli Bassett, Jr
Welch
Robert Simons
New Cumberland
College of Agriculture
Safe recovered after embankment fall theft at college
Charleston police announced the recovery of a safe stolen from Morris Harvey College. Two men bound and blindfolded a night watchman before fleeing. The safe, burned open, was found over a 40 foot embankment off a Nicholas County road. One thousand dollars in cash was missing, while $1,500 in checks and financial records remained intact.
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Charleston
Morris Harvey College
Nicholas County Road
Westinghouse workers back at work after heat strike
About 400 employees in Westinghouse Electric's lamp division returned to their jobs in Fairmont today after walking out Tuesday over heat. Company officials said the plant’s ventilating system is being improved to prevent a recurrence.
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Fairmont
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
4-H Achievement Day Dinner At Andrews Church
One hundred eighty five 4-H members leaders and advisors will attend the Achievement Day dinner at Andrews Methodist church at 615 p m today Awards and recognition will be given by Ralph Fike county agent and Miss Lenore Crouser county home demonstration agent C P Dorsey assistant state club leader from Morgantown will be guest speaker All club members who completed projects last year and their parents are invited to attend the affair.
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Andrews Methodist Church
Ralph, Fike
Lenore Crouser
C. P. Dorsey
Morgantown
New Physics Building Planned at WVU in Biennium
Morgantown reports construction of a new physics building at West Virginia University is planned during the current biennium. The university board of governors presented a petition to the city council to abandon Hunt Street near the Beechhurst revenue quadrangle to provide space for the project.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
University Board of Governors
Hunt Street
Beechhurst
Plan Conference At Local Church
More than a hundred representatives from area churches attend the Presbytery New Life Conference at First Presbyterian Church starting Sunday at 2 p m. The evangelistic event aims to prep for the Christmas season and New Year with speakers Reverend Robert D. Shields Morgantown Reverend Gordon Kibler Clarksburg Reverend David K. Allen Fairmont Dr D Allen Gilmore Weston Reverend Leroy Dillenger Sr Kingwood and Reverend Carl F. Davis Grafton.
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New Life
First Presbyterian Church
Robert D. Shields
Morgantown
Gordon Kibler
Clarksburg
J David K. Allen
Fairmont
D. ‘Allen Gilmore
Weston
Leroy ¥. Dillenger, Sr
Kingwood
Carl F. Davis
Grafton
City Announces Birth of Daughter to Miller Family
Mrs. Lawrence Miller of 151 Rose Street announces the birth of a daughter at 6 38 a m on October 41 at City Hospital.
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Lawrence Miller
Rose Street
City Hospital
B&O Caravan In Grafton Sunday
Baltimore and Ohio railroad brings a Transportation Caravan rolling exhibit from Chicago to Grafton. The display runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the depot with a mix of historic and modern cars and locomotives, including the Tom Thumb and John Hancock engines, as part of Buckwheat Festival events.
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Grafton
Baltimore and Thiof Railroad
Chicago
Heer
Tran
Sir John
Kingwood
B& O
Sentinel
Atlantic
William
Air Force to Answer Navy Criticism Next Week
The armed services committee agreed to hear the Air Force next week in response to Navy criticism of the 2-36 bomber program. Secretary Johnson will testify as part of a Senate hearing that also includes Eisenhower and Bradley. Johnson faces crossfire over military policy and civilian control as the panel plans a second inquiry phase.
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Washington
Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Navy
Knotts Named Chairman of Red Cross Drive
Arnold Knotts, local funeral director, elected campaign chairman for the annual Red Cross drive to begin in March. Planning committee members include Dr. Robert Gerkin, Paul Malone, John Bradford, Richard Leonard, George Vogel, Jana Miss Ruby Bonafield, and other board members.
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Arnold ‘Knotts
Farid
Red Cross
Knotts
Lion's Club
T the Masonic Order
The
Robert Gerkin
Paul Malone
John Bradford
Richard Leonard
George Vogel
Jana Miss
Ruby Bonafield
Hutsbleye
Six Year Old Boy Shot Playing With Rifle
Wayne County six year old Este P Lester of Millers Fork was fatally shot yesterday while he and his brother played with a .22 caliber rifle in Huntington. The slug struck his chest and he died at a Huntington hospital. Parents Jesse Tester were away at the time.
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Huntington Upa
Wayne County
Este P.lester
Jesse ‘Tester
Two Woodland Fires Reported in Taylor County This Week
Two large woodland fires were reported in Taylor County this week with under $300 damage. On the McCarney farm at Webster, eight acres burned from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. firefighters and local protectors aided by Powell and Moran contained the blaze after a careless smoker caused it. On Monday, 59 acres of second growth timber burned at Ed Marquess’s Irontown farm, with damage over $250, extinguished by midnight after hours of effort by 12 men and several Forest Service personnel. Powell urged hunters to avoid starting fires and warned about permits for woodlands patrols.
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Taylor County
Joseph W. Powell
R. J. McCarney
Webster
McCartney
Mr. Powell
Ila Moran
Powell
Ed Marquess
Irontown
Marquess
Forrester Hall
Buckhannon
Ed. O'Connor
Tia Moran
Warren
Mayle
Lapo Dalton
Marion Frank
Charled Weaver
Floyd Watkins
Earl Boyce
Paul Weav
Josephi
Bowell
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