Czech bishops permit priests to swear loyalty to red government
Prague Czechoslovakia Catholics told priests they may take salaries from the Communist state and swear loyalty to it with reservations to avoid jail. They must add a caveat that allegiance is not in conflict with God and church laws. Bishops regret the church control law but allow compliance to avert arrests. About 300 priests have reportedly been jailed for opposing the measure.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Alexei Cepicka
Onlyone
Simpson Girl Survives Chest Wound. Not Serious
State Police and Sheriff Batson said no investigation is planned as officials have not been officially notified about the shooting of 15 year old Joan Davis of Simpson. The Fremington High freshman is reported by Myers Clinic attendants to be getting along fine with a chest wound from a .22 caliber gun fired Sunday while she was alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Randall
State Police
Harry, Batson
Simpson
Joan Davis
Harry Davis
Fremington High School
Myers Clinic Hospital
Republicans Call for Faster Atomic Program Development
Washington six minority members of the joint congressional Atomic Energy Committee declare that the current atomic program is too leisurely and wasteful. They demand bolder, speedier, and more effective development to keep the United States preeminent in atomic weapons.
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Washington
Republians
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
United States
Trains Rolling Again on Missouri Pacific After Long Strike
Missouri Pacific trains resumed service today after a 46 day strike by enginemen firemen and conductors across 10 states. The first train from Texarkana Arkansas left before midnight marking the end of a major railway labor dispute and operations are expected to return to normal within two to three days as crews restart.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Texarkana
Ark
Weather Passes Through Varied Conditions Across Nation
A diverse weather day hit the nation with rain snow and fog. Sub freezing and mild temperatures appeared. Texas saw heavy rain and flooded streams. Three people died and San Antonio families fled homes. Late cotton harvest in north Texas was damaged and highways blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
San Antonio
West Virginia PSC considers higher telephone rates request
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company urged the Public Service Commission to reconsider its October 13 ruling and grant a larger rate increase, a matter the commission has reviewed for about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Fotomac Telephone Company
Commission
Legion Auxiliary Launches Drive for New Members
Taylor county unit of the American Legion auxiliary launches a membership campaign to boost activities for the year ahead. Mrs. Richard L. Foley leads as unit president with Mrs. Floyd R. Lisk directing the campaign through November 20, aided by a committee including Mrs. Durbin Moore and others. Invitations will be extended to eligible women in the city, stressing the role of wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Richard L. Foley
Floyd R. Lisk
Durbin Moore
Virkil Poe
Ray Osborne
Clarence Grows
Mrs. Lisk
Legion Revoke Beer Licenses Causing Local Action
Charleston reports three club beer licenses at Point Pleasant from the American Legion Eagles lodge and Moose Club were revoked at midnight after hearings into illegal sales. Burton Crow said 15 day suspension of Alice Holland’s Oasis license in Huntington followed for permitting disorderly conduct.
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Charleston
American Legion
Eagles Lodge
Moose Club
Point Pleasant
Burton Crow
Alice Holland
The
Oasis
Huntington
Harvest Week coal talks resume amid possible endgame
Salvation Army observes Harvest Week as negotiators for operators and the United Mine Workers resume talks in BLUEFIELD amid signs of a looming federal intervention in the soft coal strike. The Southern Coal Producers Association and UMW fail to reach a basis for ending the five week stoppage, with Washington anticipated to play a decisive role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Bluefield
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
SCPA
UMW
Washington
Cyrus H. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Lewis
Hope Of Escaping Death In A Half Mile From A Bomb
Mexico City report by Maj. Albert J. Bauer and Capt. John R. Hogness warns survival odds rise with distance from an atomic blast. Four miles offers near perfect escape, half mile out to mile and a half yields about fifty percent survival, inner half mile near total destruction. Based on Hiroshima Nagasaki and Bikini tests, the study urges city defense and public awareness. The Hiroshima death tolls highlight hospital casualties and overwhelmed medical staff.
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Mexico City
Albert J. Bauer
U.S. Army Surgeon General’s Office
Rauer Cave
Suegaren van Bauer
John R. Hogness
U.S. Army Medical Center
International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy
Militar
N Tions
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Bikini
Military Chiefs of Staff Convene on Capitol Hill
Washington officials report the joint chiefs of staff hold the first regular session since the unification clash. Gen. Omar Bradley Gen. J Lawton Collins Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg and Adm. Louis Denfeld attend as tensions with admirals over sea power remain a political topic.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Captol Hill
House
Defense
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Staf
Hoyt. Vandenberg
Air Force
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Denfeld
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
National Defense
Bradley
Collins
Vandenberg
Johnson
McCormack
Massachusetts
Fancy Dans
UMW Leader John L. Lewis Loiters in Graf ton and Fairmont
John L. Lewis head of the United Mine Workers spent Sunday in Graf ton and Fairmont, with no clear report of talks with local leaders. He earlier stayed days at the Greenbrier hotel in White Sulphur Springs, where a living room and bedroom suite costs about 40 dollars daily, and officials note a special concession was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Grafton
Lewis
Fairmont
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Kiger girl nears recovery with 23rd rare drug injection
Jeannine Kinger, 19, with a rare kidney disease at St Marys hospital, received her twenty third injection of a rare California drug. Doctors say recovery remains promising as community fund drive totals rise to about 1680 dollars for vials averaging 12 dollars each. Additional doses may be secured if needed, with drives continuing if required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiger
Jeannine Kinger
St. Mary’s Hospital
California
John T. Kimball
Grafton
Kimball
Clarksburg
Jeannine
The
Sentinel
Farmer On Spree With Shotgun Wounds 10 Persons
Waterford Michigan residents were terrorized as Joe Runyon, a 57 year old farmer, shot at two taverns injuring ten people before killing himself. Witnesses said he fired seven to eight rounds from a 12 gauge shotgun through tavern windows, then fired a final shot at his chest. Irene Zurawski aged 37 and Helen Psciuk aged 50 were listed in critical condition at Pontiac General Hospital. The attack injured six at the Zurawski bar and four at the Waterford Hotel across the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford
Mich
Joe Runyon
Runyon
Pontiac General Hospital
Irene Zurawski
Helen Psciuk
Zurawski
Farmer
Forest Protectors Listed For Taylor
The Conservation Commission announces the forest fire control organization for Taylor County. The seasonal region runs October 15 to December 15. Citizens are urged to obtain brush burning permits and report fires to local forest protectors or listed contacts in Laurel Mountain, Bridgesport, Flemington, Messenger, Grafton, Bayard, Hartford, Coffman, and Bee areas.
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Division of Forestry
The
Conservation Commission
Taylor County
Buckhan
Nen
Taw
Laurel Mt
Elkins
Bridgesport
A. H. White
Corban Branch
Booth’s Creek
Fairmont
Flemingtonh
H. F. McDonald
Meadland
Messenger
Flora
Coffman
Plum Road
Tony Vasicek
Grafton
Charles E. Mayle
Bee Forest
Miner Shrader Wins Benefits After Court Order
The Supreme Court ordered the Workmen's Compensation Commission to pay benefits denied to Arnold Shrader of North Tazewell Va for a spinal injury suffered October 26 1943 while shoveling rock for Pocahontas Fuel near Welch. He earlier received 78 weeks temporary total and later 25 percent partial permanent disability. The appeal board had upheld the commissioner's refusal to grant more without another operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrader
Fred L Fox
Supreme Court
College Professor May Become Citizen Despite Sex Life
An appeals court ruled Adolf Schmidt a German born language teacher at New York University can qualify for U S citizenship despite admitting to sexual relations with women. The court found the conduct not enough to bar good moral character and noted the admissions were not central to his fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adolf Schmidt
New York University
Schmidt
United States
Naturalization
Ching Plans Report To Capital On Deadlocked Strikes
Washington dispatch says Cyrus Ching planned a direct White House report on the coal and steel strikes. With no progress, Truman faces a choice to intervene with Taft Hartley emergency provisions or to press the negotiators anew. Ching suspended talks with U B Steel in New York and returned to Washington. CHING page 7
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cyrus
Ching
White House
T Hlis
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
John R. Breelman
Mr. Truman
UB Steel Corp
New York
Grafton Mother Of Five Dies Suddenly
Mrs Wilda Sue Willis a 36 year old Grafton mother of five died suddenly from embolism while doing house work and was rushed to Grafton City Hospital where she died minutes after admission Her husband Paul J Willis an operator at Hayden Chemical Morgantown was away on a hunting trip at the time She chaired Ruth in the Naomi Chapter Eastern Star and was active in the Grafton Womens Club and Football Mothers club Her son Donald Burton a Grafton High School football star is mentioned in connection with the school See GRAFTON page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Wilda Sue Willis
Beech Street
Paul J. Willis
Hayden Chemical Corporation
Morgantown
Frenchton
Buckhannon
Willis
Ruth
Naomi
Order of Eastern Star
Grafton Woman’s Club
Donald Burton
Grafton High School
24 Freight Cars Derail Near Montoursville
Twenty four cars of a Reading company freight train derailed near Montoursville Pennsylvania spilling soft coal and blocking tracks. No crew members were hurt according to Reading officials. The derailed west and east bound sections tore up rails and disrupted service in the borough of about 4000 as the train moved from Newberry yards toward Tamaqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Easthoung Reading Company
Montoinsville
Montoursville
Reading Company
Newberry
Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
Bring Em Back Again By Barter Players Praised
A local theater review lauds the Barter Players for handling a bawdy French farce and Hamlet with skill, praising Grafton for versatile flesh and blood acting. The piece urges more engagements and notes plans to bring similar Broadway hits to town if a sponsoring organization lines up future performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Broadway
Harvey
Blythe Spirit
Two Cases Of Blackleg Found In Knottsville
County Agent Ralph Fike reports two cases of blackleg in Knottsville area livestock. He urges farmers to vaccinate immediately as the disease is most prevalent at this time of year.
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Knottsville
Ralph Fike
Local Youths Seek Top Garden Honors In 6000 Contest
Local youths enter the ninth annual Production Marketing Co op junior vegetable growers contest for the Navoo t Junior Vegetable Growers Assoc. top honors and cash awards from A & P Filed Stores. Competitors include Bernard R. Baker Martin J. Ellison Robert H. Hayes Donald R. Biers David F Dillon Leonata J. Linkous Floyd R. Neuhauser William B. O Neal and Raves Robert per an university extension horticulturist Melvin Kolbe official.
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Martin J. Ellison
Robert H. Hayes
Donald R. Biers
Leonata J. Linkous
Floyd R. Neuhauser
William B. O'Neal
Raves Robert
Construction Work on Plant Resumed at Graham Plant
Construction on a $70,000,000 electrical generating plant resumed after a dispute between Central Coal Co and United Mine Workers Union. Superintendent Guy Browning announced agreement terms to the mutual satisfaction of the company and union. Pickets had blocked access to the plant earlier, halting work.
Mother Held In Son's Drowning Over Crying
Mrs. Margaret Woodson, 25, of Kaymoor Bottom, was charged with murder after her 13 month old son drowned in a bucket of water. Cpl. H D Gibbs said she signed a statement admitting the killing, claiming the child's crying annoyed her and that she wanted to spite her parents in law. She waived preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eae Eville
Margaret Woodson
Kaye Jmoor Bottom
Don ‘Wag
Mrs. Jane S Hill Reappointed To West Virginia Board
Governor Patteson announced the retroactive reappointment of Mrs. Jane S Hill of Camden-On-Gauley to the West Virginia university board of governors. She initially declined but later accepted an additional nine year term, effective July 1.
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Charleston
Jane
Hill
Camden-On-Gauley
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Patteson
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PSC
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Nether Side
CUA
Lynn ‘Wiseman
Missionary Fund
Ladies Home League
Military Chiefs of Staff
Chieftian
Taylor
Mistah
Robert
Jane S. Hill
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