Tito Defies Moscow With New Yugoslav Resolve
Premier Tito voiced defiance against Moscow as Yugoslavia faces pressure from the Cominform. He praised wartime grit and pledged to resist farm collectivization while backing industrialization. A Split telegram praised Tito and pledged defense of the nation against East or West aggression.
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Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Moscow
Na Rakovica
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Stalin
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Polio Quarantine Lift Hinted After New Easton Cases
Easton officials reported five new infantile paralysis cases within 24 hours after announcing the end of the house quarantine on children. With 80 polio cases total and three deaths, the city ordered the quarantine last August 28. City leaders said incidence fell enough to permit lifting the ban next Wednesday. Within a few hours three new cases were admitted to Easton Hospital. Yesterday two more patients were taken to the hospital.
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Easton
Snow Moves In From Plains Across Weather At Chicago
Snow spread across the upper Plains with Helena reporting six inches that melted to three by midnight. Lamonie Indiana logged about four and a quarter inches. Forecasters said the ground was too warm for snow to stick and rain would move eastward as the cold air arrived toward Chicago tomorrow.
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Upper Plains
U.S
Helena
Mont
Lamonie
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Super Rocket Falls Short in New Mexico Test
LAS CRUCES New Mexico The Vik ing II rocket reached 33 miles in a recent test far below the 214 mile German V 2 record Yet Navy rocket expert Dr Homer E Newell of the Naval Research Laboratory at White Sands called the test a success noting the aim was stability and control and promising future focus on engine performance
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N. M
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Naval Research Laboratory
White Sands Proving Ground
Navy
Second Polio Case In Taylor County Warns No Alarm
Dr. C Y Moser says no outbreak as a second polio case appears in Taylor County. Nine year old Richard Currence at Morris Memorial Milton after Grafton City Hospital diagnosis. A second infantile paralysis case in Graf ton City was moved to Morgan town hospital. a third, Gerry Wayne Simpson, was examined in Newburg. Moser urges precautions, fatigue dampness and under nutrition as factors, notes the season has passed its peak. He advises seeking medical advice for fevers or pains with colds.
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Taylor County
C. Y. Moser
Richard Currence
Otho Currence
Wendel
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Grafton City Hospital
Charles Haislip
Morgantown
Gerry Wayne Simpson
Braiford Simpson
Newburg
Preston County
Tailip
Lee Allen Green
Boyidt
Drs'Moser
Moser
Barbara Drainer Accepts Florida College Art Post
Barbara Drainer, longtime Graf ton Junior High art teacher, has accepted an instructor position in the University of Florida at Tallahassee School of Art. A Taylor County schools veteran for ten years, she earned a master’s in art from Teachers College Columbia University this summer. Drainer is a Pruntytown native, educated in Taylor County, with a BA from Fairmont State College. R. Virgil Rohrbough, Taylor County superintendent, said a successor has not yet been named and he regrets losing a talented artist from the junior high.
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University of Florida At
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Miss Drainer
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
New York City
G. W. Drainer
Pruntytown
Fairmont State College
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Taylor County Schools
Hazardous Driving Count Placed Against Springfield Man
Donald Dent of Springfield Ohio was sent to county jail for 10 days in default of a $25 fine for hazardous driving. He was arrested at 1 am on route on the St Mary's bridge. Bill Kirk Bill Craig and Gordon Powell were fined $10 for drunkenness and sent to jail 10 days when unable to pay fines. Melvin Freeze was fined $10 on intoxication but paid.
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Donald Dent
Springfield
Ohio
St. Mary's Bridge
Bill Kirk
West Francis Street
Bill Craig
Thayer Street
Gordon Powell
Melvin Freeze
Cherry Street
Seventieth Anniversary For Edgerton Couple
In South Gate California, Mrs. John Doke celebrated seventy years of marriage with her husband, who wed in Edgerton Missouri on September 11, 1879. They were 18 and 20 at the time of the ceremony and marked the milestone yesterday.
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South Gate
Calif
John Doke
Edgerton
John
Pennsylvania Court Opens Grand Jury In Taylor County
The September term opened with 16 grand jurors at 9 a.m. to review cases, report expected by late afternoon, and several presentments handed to Prosecuting Attorney Richard Bord. The panel may also consider the voluntary manslaughter case against George E. Shaw in a Route 50 and 250 crash that killed Oney C. Smith and Myrtle Hammock.
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Taylor County
Court. O
Richard B. Bord
Justices of Peace
George E. Shaw
Pike Street
Shaw
Oney C. Smith
Rivesville
Myrtle Hammock
Akron
Ohio
Hallanan Attacks Hand Outs System in WV Gathering
Hallanan, Hallanan, Hallanan? Walter S. Hallanan, a West Virginia Republican national committeeman, told a Hager family reunion that government subsidies lead to societal decline. He equated Socialism with Communism, calling them two sides of the Karl Marx brood and warning they drain the human soul.
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Ramage
Walter S. Hallanan
Hallanan
West Virginia
Republican National
Karl Marx
Cabell County Republicans Avoid Factional Strife
Huntington Cabell County Republican chairman Martin V Chapman says Democrats are causing infighting and he will not call a GOP meeting. He notes plans to reorganize the GOP committee but expects the will of the committee to guide actions to prevent intraparty strife that could hurt party prospects in 1950 and 1952.
Country Mourns Rutledge Death
Justice Wiley B. Rutledge died at 55 after a cerebral hemorrhage in York Maine. The Supreme Court member’s body was rushed to Washington by train for a Wednesday funeral at the Unitarian Church with colleagues as pallbearers. His widow and three children would travel to the capital, having been with him since August 27 while vacationing near Ogunquit.
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York
Supreme Court
Wiley B. Rutledge
Washington
Rutledge
Little Village
Ogunquit
Hollywood Wolf Version Changes Spooks Hollywood Boulevard
Miss Shirley Weinberg, 25, reported police that a new version of the Hollywood wolf struck on Hollywood Boulevard. She was hit with buckshot from a parked car and called herself the second “oops” girl in recent days, following Miss Kathleen O Connor, 19, who also faced a BB gun attack.
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Hollywood Boulevard
Shirley Weinberg
Kathleen O'Connor
Global Arms Bill Near Finish by Senate Action
Two committees finalizing a 1 314 010 000 global arms bill for delivery to the senate. Senator George seeks a 70 000 000 cut, while Senator Knowland demands China provisions. Amendments cover use of funds for European retooling and Atlantic pact nation aid, with Greece and Turkey allocations noted.
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Senate
George
Dga
Knowland
R-Calif
China
Senate Foreign Relations Group
Armed Services Committee
Greece
Tur
Taylor County youths enter Fall Baby Beef Round-Up
Charles Brady Curry of Graf ton Route 4 a Taylor County 4 H youth will exhibit a baby beef at Jacksons Mill in the Annual Fall Baby Beef and Feeder Calf Round Up to be staged September 18 22 Also entering from Taylor County is Charles Morgan of Lost Run near McGee who will exhibit five feeder calves Hundreds of 4 H youths will enter the exhibit with an auction on the 21st when prize baby beef and feeder calves on display are sold to the highest bidder County Agent Fike said additional entrants are expected.
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Charles Brady Curry
Grafton
Taylor County
Jackson's Mill
Charles Morgan
Jaycees To Meet For Grafton Turtle Derby Return Check
The Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting in the Board of Trade rooms to review the annual turtle derby returns. President Calvin Morrison said other important matters would be discussed and urged all members to attend.
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Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Calvin Morrison
First Move to Settle Missouri Pacific Rail Strike
St. Louis calls for settlement talks as 5000 Missouri Pacific trainmen strike enters third day. A civic leaders' meeting invites union and company reps at 2 p.m. EST to discuss negotiated settlement. The walkout, linked to operating rules disputes in 282 cases, affects about 400 plants in St. Louis and thousands more across a 10 state region.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
St.Louis
Strategists of CIO United Steelworkers Hold Strike Answer
Pittsburgh report says the CIO United Steelworkers strategists held the answer to President Truman’s request for an 11 day extended strike truce. The steel industry’s top five firms agreed to the extension while decisions on the wage dispute and board formula awaited ratification by the wage policy committee.
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Steelworkers
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Steelworker
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Bridegroom Of Month Killed In Plane Crash
John Miklavic 27, bridegroom of a month, was killed when his plane crashed on a farm a mile north of Perry Airport on Route 19 near Warrendale. Eyewitnesses said the aircraft, circling at low altitude, tipped its right wing and struck the ground. Miklavic was a truck driver with about two years of flying experience.
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Zelineople
John Miklavic
Perry Airport
Warrendale
Miklavic
Renew Efforts To End Blue Ridge Bus Strike
Federal conciliator Charles R. Ward renewed efforts to end a 12 day strike by 300 AFL drivers and mechanics on Blue Ridge Bus Lines western division. Ward summoned company and union reps to talks. Union seeks six cent hourly raise plus contract changes. Communities served include Washington PA, Indiana PA, Morgantown WV, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Wheeling WV, and Steubenville OH.
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Fairmont
Clarksburg
Wheeling
W. Va
Steubenville
Miss Arizona Wins Miss America Title 1949
Jac que Mercer of the X-Bar-X Ranch Litchfield Park Arizona won Miss America 1949 at Asbury Park. The 18 year old daughter of Arthur and Mrs Mercer earned a 5000 dollar scholarship and a 3000 dollar car along with appearance contracts. She plans junior college in Phoenix then Stanford.
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N. J
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Big City
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X-Bar-X Ranch
Litchfield Park
Ariz
Arthur L. Mercer
Hawai, Puerto
Rico
Canada
Phoenix
Leland Stanford University
Cloyd
Arthur
Patricia
Miss America
Youth Returns To Blueville Home
Sixteen year old Donald Powell returned to his Blueville home Saturday night after leaving four days earlier to live outdoors rather to avoid his older brother’s control. He left again for Washington with his mother Mrs Florence Shaffer who works for the government there. Details remain unclear to neighbors.
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Grafton
Washington
D.C
Donald
Powell
Blue Tie
Florence Shaffer
Young Powell
Route 50 Tractor Fire Burns Sunday Morning
On Route 50 near Gawthrop hill a new tractor outfit caught fire around 4 a m Sunday. The owner, an Ohio registered vehicle, is unknown as state police investigate. The fire department saved the motor chassis and three tires from destruction.
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Gawthrop Hill
U.S. Route 50
John Proctor
Ohio
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizens DeLaney and Russell Families
Grafton welcomes new births including Robert Dale DeLaney born September 8 at 4 53 am to Mr and Mrs Harry De Laney at City Hospital. Mona Sturm is mother of the child, weight six pounds fifteen ounces. Paternal grandparents are L D DeLaney of Blueville Addition. Additional births include a son to Mr and Mrs Williamshaw of Lincoln Street on September 9 at City Hospital and a baby girl to Mr and Mrs John Russell of 635 on A Street. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Virgil Met of Tunnelton at 8 51 pm Sunday.
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Grafton-Morgantown Road
City Hospital
Robert Dale
Mona Sturm
W. ©. Sturm
Walnut Street
L. D. DeLaney
Blueville Addition
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