Congress’s Mixed Record With Few Big Bills Passed
The Nation Today notes the 81st Congress has been in session since January and took a three week break. It highlights major laws approved by both houses, including continued Marshall Plan support, rent control extension, a government housing program, armed forces unification, six of seven Truman reorganization plans, and a new minimum wage. It forecasts Senate action on military aid for Europe and trade renewal, plus displacing persons reforms, while noting key items like repealing Taft Hartley and expanded Social Security face slim chances this year.
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Washington
Congress
8Ist
House
Senate
Europe
Defense
Johnson
Truman
Hoover Commission On
U.S
Miss Taylor County Beauty Contest Opens Fair
A beauty contest to crown Miss Taylor County will headline the annual Taylor County fair. Local women are urged to attend the free shows tonight for the first round of votes, with further voting Friday and Saturday. The winner receives a diamond ring donated by Juke Taylor of Radio Ranch.
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Taylor County
Juke Taylor
Radio Ranch
Jersey City Woman Delivers Baby While Polio Stricken
Dorothy Schneider, 24, was removed from an iron lung to give birth to a boy in Jersey City, New Jersey. Both mother and infant are reported doing fine after a six hour delivery with oxygen fed to keep her alive. Husband Henry Schneider is the infant’s father.
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Dorothy Schneider
Jersey City
N. J
One Convict Still At Large Today
KINGWOOD A single convict remained uncaptured today from the six who fled a state prison road camp near here on August 20. Marion F. Charles, 33, of Phoenix, Ariz., was recaptured after being identified at a Dunkard Beach service station. He faces a one to ten year Logan County sentence for auto theft and is jailed with others under prison escape charges.
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Kingwood
Walter J. Pesen
Ranaska
Dunkard Beach
Morgantown
Monongalia
Monongalia, County Shericf Mike, Gill
Robert West
Marion F. Charles
Phoenix
Ariz
Logan County
Dear Clay
State
Moundsville
Gill
Charles
Sndwn
Pittsburgh
North Dakota
Lanier
Laned
St. Albans
Tokyo Typhoon Reaches Deadly Toll in Metropolis
Torrential rains flood Tokyo and Yokohama areas with 68 known dead and about 50 missing as 100000 workers race to shore up levees. Reports indicate widespread property damage and rising casualty counts from river swells and levee breaches north of Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Tokyo Bay
Kanto Plain
Minimum Wage Hikes Assured
Washington reports that an increase in the minimum wage to 75 cents an hour was virtually assured as the Senate voted yes yesterday and the House had done so earlier. Debate focuses on coverage under the wage law, with about 1,000,000 workers affected and exemptions for roughly 250,000 mainly in retail. Both chambers now seek compromise as vacation recess delays further action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hietwox
Fourteen Killed in West Virginia Coal Mine Disaster
Fourteen people including pine coal miners were killed in West Virginia last month in a disaster tied to the Workmen's Coal Fos eTune. About 3,685 others were injured.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Five Day Week Begins for Most Railroad Workers
Nearly a million railroad workers shift to a five day week, ending six day operations for non operating staff while engineers and firemen on mileage pay remain unaffected. Railroads trimmed stations and offices on Saturdays and push toward mechanization to absorb costs, with a potential hiring need shrinking from 200 000 300 000 to about 100 000 or fewer. The change, advised by a presidential board, aims to keep schedules intact and prompts post office concerns.
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Iion
William M. Leiserson
Post Office Department
Taylor County Schools Set Fall Opening Schedule
Taylor County schools resume with about 3800 students. Opening at 9 a.m. Tuesday with a half day for acquainting, bus routes start at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday brings full day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Principals and one room teachers meet today. Bus drivers meet Friday at 10 a.m. First general teachers meeting Saturday at 9:30 p.m. at Grafton High auditorium with Sam M. Lambert as guest speaker.
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R.virgil Rohrbough
Grafton High School
Sam M. Lambert
West Virginia
Refugee Russian Flyer Chooses to Stay in U S
Peter Pirogov, a Soviet air force defector living in New York, declares he will remain in America rather than return to Russia. He accuses Anatole Barsov of treachery for returning and claims the Soviet embassy pressured him with threats and bribes to go back. Pirogov says Barsov joined Soviet spies during his stay and wanted to return to Russia, while he plans to publish a book and continues his life in the U S.
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New York
Russia
Peter Pirogov
America
Pirogov
Anatole Barsov
Washington
Barsov
U.S
Aus
New ‘York
Austria
Drive On Overloading Trucks Outlined Today
Charleston officials announce weight markings required on commercial vehicles for a state wide load limit campaign. Empty truck weight must be legibly printed on the right side, with the manufacturer’s capacity below it as the base for licensing. Campaign starts September 6 with road technicians and state police checking trucks at strategic points.
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Charleston
Ray Cavendish
Cavendish
Road Commission
Begin Drive To Collect Excise Tax On Gasoline
Charleston officials launch a campaign to collect a five tenths per gallon excise tax on gasoline brought into West Virginia in auxiliary truck tanks. State Tax Commission official R. C. Ferrell cites import patterns and toll-bridge removals as factors, noting Ohio price differences encourage shipments into West Virginia.
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W. Va
Charleston
Ci Ferrell
State Tax Commission
West Virginia
Ohio River
Midwest
Ferell Sid
Ohio
West Vir
Flying Boat Crashes Into Sea Killing 10
A 30 ton navy flying boat crashed into foggy seas off the San Diego harbor during a routine training flight from North Island. Four officers and six enlisted men aboard were killed. The PBM craft, from Patrol Squadron 46, recently arrived from Saipan, tilted on its port wing and exploded. wreckage scattered 300 yards. A crash boat and Coast Guard recovered three bodies. search for others continued.
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San Diego
Sea Og
North Island
Saipan
Coast Guard
Truman says war of nerves with Communists slackening
President Truman told reporters on the 10th anniversary of Hitler's invasion that the war of nerves between Communists and democratic nations is slackening and he hopes it will end in surrender. He noted World War II shooting conflict did not continue and regretted the shift to nerve warfare.
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Washington
Truman
Hitler
Poland
Blue Ridge Bus Strike Shuts Routes in Four States
Pittsburgh report states 300 drivers and mechanics of Blue Ridge Bus lines on Western division walked out over a 25 cent hourly wage increase. AFL union seeks higher wages. talks halted with no new date. Buses affected run between Pittsburgh and Indiana Pennsylvania Wheeling Clarksburg Wheeling and other cities in West Virginia and Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Blue Ridge Bus Lines
Inzn
Amalgamated Street and Electric Railway
AFL
Bridgeville
Washingiton
New Kensington
Indiana
Wheeling and Clarksburg
Lteubenville
Taylor County Fair Opens with Sunny Crowds and Exhibits
Crowds gathered at Grafton high school athletic field as Taylor County fair opens under clear skies. At noon gates welcomed visitors and judging began for home demonstration items 4-H displays fruit vegetables grains hay and other exhibits led by local and university judges.
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Taylor County
Grafton High School
Dave
Bella Butcher
Philippi
Violet Reed
Melvin Kolbe
West Virginia’ University
John Harvey
Harvey
Truman To Keep Vaughan As Aide
Washington reports President Truman will retain Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan as his Army aide. He offered little comment on Vaughan's activities and avoided answering if Vaughan received a fair hearing from the Senate committee.
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Washington
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Capitol Hill
White House
Vaughan
McCarthy
R-Wis
Hill Beside Benedum Airport Runway To Be Removed
Harrison county court won approval to remove a 25 foot hill beside Benedum airport east-west runway. CAA engineer Angelo Narcesso and airport engineer Paul Horner approved the plan after site inspection. Dirt from the hill will be moved to the runway end to provide fill for lengthening the runway.
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Clarksburg
Harrison County Court
Remova
Benedum
A . Caa
Angelo Narcesso
New York Regional Office
Paul Horner
Sentinel booth at fair explains how a newspaper is made
A city fair display led by society editor Mrs Nadmt Lawson will show Sentinel readers how news is processed. Visitors see AP copy, teletype feeds, editing, linotype, galley proofs, and the front page in original form. Mrs Taylor county readers hear about the fair and view demonstrations of newsroom operations.
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Taylor County
Grafton Sentinel
Nadmt
Lawson
AP. Wa
Sentinél
Yugoslavia News Paper Attacks Russia Over Austria Claim
Belgrade reports reveal Borba, the Yugoslav official newspaper, blasting Russia for an alleged plan to cede a slice of Southern Austria in a war of nerves. The piece notes Soviet troop rumors near Yugoslav borders and Tito’s retaliation measures as Belgrade accuses Moscow of backing Yugoslav claims.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Austria
Marshal Tito
Barba
Tito
Yugo
Slavia
Borba
Typhoid Fever Case Reported in Rural Huntington
A murky OCR note reports a suspected typhoid fever case in Huntington area within Wayne County. Fragmentary lines mention a sixteen year old and rural Beech Fork section, with unclear dates and actions, indicating a reported public health incident and possible response.
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Huntington
Wayne Courty
Hushigabon
Ora
Tobacco Crops Suffer Major Storm Toll in Kentucky
A severe hail and rainstorm battered Kentucky's Bluegrass region, damaging tobacco crops across the county. Estimates place losses unofficially high, with the western areas hardest hit along the Versailles and old Frankfort pikes where wind and rain caused widespread damage.
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Meexington Ky
Blue Siass
Versailles
Old Frankfort
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