MISS AMERICA TITLE RACE EXPECTS FINALISTS TONIGHT
The Miss America contest narrows a field of 55 contestants from 43 states Hawaii Puerto Rico and Canada to 15 finalists after last nights preliminaries. Winners include Patti Anne Luer of Anaconda Montana in talent Miss Atlanta Jerry Long in bathing suit and Montana and Georgia contenders remain top bets for the final list.
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Rife Sciences
Mid-West
States
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canada
Carmen
Montana
Patti Anne Luer
Anaconda
Mont
Miss Luer
Jerry Long
Georgia Eals
Vera Ralston
New York Strike Gains Momentum With 226 Truckers On Board
In New York on September 11, striking AFL truck drivers pushed gains as about 226 operators accepted the union’s scaled down terms. The agreements loosened the 11 day shutdown and affected 1,958 of the 9,400 local truck members, with more than 120 firms agreeing to terms as the strike continued to pressure supply channels.
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New York
AFL
Strong
New Rules Tighten Up On Buying Automobiles
Washington reports new Federal Reserve Board rules for automobile installment purchases take effect September 20. Buyers must make a one third down payment of the cash price for 1932 to 1949 model cars, with the down payment for 1938 models and later set at one third or one half the average retail value.
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Washington
Hese New Federal Reserve
Phone unions may hold demonstration to press pay
Washington September 11 Rival telephone unions preparing for wage talks with Bell system hint at a potential nation wide demonstration to press for higher pay. Delegates from CTO Telephone Workers organizing committee Independent Communications Workers of America and unaffiliated unions representing about 375000 workers plan a mass action after a joint conference September 24. The CIO affiliated Association of Communication Equipment Workers has set September 17 for a cross country walkout by 25000 Western Electric installers.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
Bell Telephone System
CTO Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
Independent
Communication Workers of America
Beil Tem
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
CIO
Western Electric Company
Truman Gives Up On South Campaign Move
President Truman abandons plans for a lengthy southern campaign tour as Dixie opposition to civil rights grows. He will make limited southern appearances, while Dewey maps an eight-stop transcontinental effort starting in Des Moines on Sept. 20, with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles and then to Oregon and Washington. Senator Vandenberg and John Foster Dulles pledge bipartisan foreign policy unity. Wallace's Progressive Party faces ballot issues in the South amid anti Communist requirements. See TRUMAN page 3.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Dixie
Mr. Truman
South
Thomas B. Dewey
Dewey
Des Moines
Iowa
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Oregon
Vandenberg
Michigan
New York
John Foster Dulles
America
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Arcansans
C. C. Hall
Thurmond
Texas
San Angelo
Gov. Wright
Troopships Evacuate Islander Refugees From Camiguin
In the Philippines on September 11, about 20 000 islanders on Camiguin were being loaded onto a U S army troop ship as Mount Hibok hibok eruptions continued. The General Morton rushed to assist, while the Gen William Weigel carried 8 000 refugees from Dinoni and Sagay to Mindanao.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Camiguin
Mount
Hibokhibok
Morton
William Weigel
Dinoni
Sagay
Mindanao
City Opens Two Bids For Water Main Cleaning Job
Two bids for cleaning city water mains and one for restoring nine city streets were opened at City Hall. City Council will decide next week after evaluating price and payment methods. National Water Main Clean submitted bids for the water main project.
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Curtis D. Decker
City Hall
National Water Main
Cleansee City Page
Songbirds Crashed Into Empire State Building
In New York hundreds of songbirds including thrushes and warblers fell dead in the streets around the Empire State Building after crashing in the night. Dawn workers gathered the bodies on auto tops and windshields were damaged. A similar pattern was reported in Philadelphia.
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New York
Empire State Building
Philadelphia
State Man Claims Record For Wheat Production
Beckley sept 11 a wheat production record per acre in West Virginia was claimed for ce shumate pe ckley farmer and dairyman by raleigh county agent h b thomas thomas said shumate produced 39 40 bushels per acre vs national average about 20 thomas credited the output to soil building practices over years
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Beckley
West Virginia
Shumate Peckley
Raleigh County
H. B. Thomas
Thomas
Shumate
Russia Accepts Four-Power Paris Meeting on Italian Colonies
Moscow dispatch reports Tass says Soviet Union gave provisional acceptance to a U.S. plan for a four-power Paris meeting Monday to discuss Italy's prewar colonies. The Soviet note to the United States stated acceptance depended on Britain and France also agreeing.
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Thomas P. Whitney
Moscow
Tass
Russia
Paris
Italy
United States
U.S
Britain
France
Louisiana states rights ticket replaces Truman on ballot
In Baton Rouge Louisiana the states rights Democrats eliminated the national ticket and named Thurmond and Wright as Democratic nominees on Louisiana ballots. The move sparks jubilation among supporters who see the real Democrat ticket as Thurmond Wright while Truman remains as a write-in. Southern leaders hailed the switch as a major setback for Truman with Eastland predicting defeat and southern influence growing.
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Baton Rouge
Truman
Lousianna
Louisiana
Democratic State Capital Committee
National Democratic Party
States’ Rights
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Grand Jurors Report for Taylor County Session
Sixteen Taylor county citizens will report at the Taylor County Court House at 9 a m Monday September 13 to sit for the grand jury session opening the term of Taylor County Circuit Court The jury will review at least six cases and possibly more State prosecutors plan one indictment for premeditated murder against Charles Brennan Gaines 51 of Flemington father of ten held on 6 000 bond for the fatal shunting of James Richard Brunson 31 a strip miner near Flemington on June 4 See GRAND page 8
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Taylor County
Taylor Couny Courthrouse
Hugh R. McPhail
Charles Brennan Gaines
Flemington
James Richard Brunson
Four Power Talks On Berlin Crisis Reinstated
Western diplomatic sources report that the United States Britain and France are exchanging messages with home capitals on next steps in the Berlin crisis. The envoys may seek an immediate new meeting with Stalin to settle Berlin, with a United Nations investigation if talks fail. U S Ambassador Walter Smith awoke by messenger with Washington’s replies, but sources say no four power talks are likely this weekend.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
London
Stalin
United Nations
U. S
Walter Hedell Smith
Fay Kohler
Washington
Juvenile Center Head Charged In Intimacies
Edwin B Lowell superintendent of a Maine county Juvenile Center faced rape charges for alleged relations with a 15-year-old girl at the facility. Maj. Robert A ONeal said Lowell admitted sexual relations with two girls at the institution. one girl was under 16.
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Indianapolis
Edwin B. Lowell
Final Tax Notice Delinquent Taxes Due Sheriff Warns
1947 taxes went delinquent July 1 and the sheriff urges redemption to avoid sale of Real Property in Taylor County. Final notice warns taxpayers to settle to prevent added expenses and delinquent lists. Melvin Newsom is the sheriff.
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Melvin Newson
Taylor County
Union Members Told Of Monday Program
Union locals including Loci 158 Glass Bottle Blowers and Clarksburg Paper Company were notified by Roy E Bol yard secretary of a radio forum broadcast Monday evening September 13 from 8 to 8 30 PM from Philadelphia. The Bourmal International Brotherhood leased facilities of the American Broadcasting Company for the program with Maurice J Tobin secretary of labor Clif Langsdale general counsel for the International Brotherhood and Charles J Macgowan International president appearing.
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Trazel Atlas Glass
Clarksburg Paper Company
Roy E. Bolyard
Philadelphia
Bourmal
International Brotherhood
American Broadcasting Company
Maurice J. Tobin
Clif Langsdale Uenersl
Charles J. Macgowan
Russians Direc Vigious Press Attacks A West
Berlin dispatch reports the Soviet military administration’s newspaper accusing the Western Allies of inciting Berliners and abusing anti-Communists. It warns of bloody streets and a counter rally to pressure Berlin’s elected anti-Communist city government. A Munich report claims a German led spy ring was crushed in eastern Germany with arrests under US and British authority. An American court in Frankfurt sentenced Count Heinrich-Voninsiedel to six months for false papers as a suspected contact for Russians.
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Edwin Silanke
Berlin
Russia
Lehumarchers
Frankfurt
Heinrich—Voninsiedel
Bismark
Germany
U. S
Hanover
Trade Directors To Meet Monday Night
A special meeting of the Taylor County Board of Trade directors is set for Monday at 7 30 p m. President Paul Majors urges all directors to attend as hiring a new executive secretary will be the principal topic on the agenda.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Paul Majors
Sesson
Bi Partisan Stand Expected On Berlin Situation Soon
British officials and top U S figures held an extraordinary session on the Berlin crisis with Russia. Secretary of State Marshall conferred with Vandenberg and Sir Oliver Franks as Dulles and Dewey figures participated. The statement urged unity and firmness to seek peace with justice for all.
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Seni
Berlin
Russia
Marshall
Vandenburg
Oliver Franks
Vandenberg
Franks
Senate Foret Rositons
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
United States
United Nations
America
State Department
Pranks
Charles E. Boylen
Ruslan
Marshall, A
Taylor County teachers prepare for school census
Taylor County teachers will canvass the county on Thursday and Friday to take the school census. The Taylor County Teachers Association met at Grafton Senior High School to announce the plan. Schools will dismiss at noon on both days, with afternoon enumerations and morning classes held as usual. The last census was 1943, with a five year interval. R Virgil Rohrbough presided, assisted by Miss Virginia Thanway.
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Taylor County
Taylor County ‘Teachers Association
Grafton Senior High
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Virginia Thanway
Secretary May Marry Wealthy Francis Hitchcock
In Windber Pennsylvania a coal miner's wife announces the betrothal of her daughter Stephana Saje, 23, to Francis Hitchcock, a wealthy polo player. Mrs. Mary Sara Turk, 58, widow of a miner, notes the event while managing her household in the mining town ten miles southeast of Johnstown.
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Windber
Stephana Saje
Francis Hitchcock
Mary Sara Turk
Johnstown
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Rughters
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New York City
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Asbury Park
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The
Grafton Sentinel
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Robley, Street
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Alice Tyrrell
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