Hopes for averting steel strike brightens amid coal threat
Washington reports the prospect of a nationwide coal strike next week as 400000 miners plan to sit out Monday functions after trustees led by John L Lewis suspended welfare fund payments. The fund lacked funds as contracts with Lewis lapsed and operators quit funding. Ezra Van Horn resigned as operator trustee, threatening court action to force a successor. Meanwhile government mediation in steel talks with CIO Steelworkers Union raised hopes for avoiding a large steel strike next week.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
CIO Steelworkers Union
Hungarian General Pleads Guilty in Treason Trial
Lieut. Gen. Gyorgy Palffy, former army chief inspector, testified in Budapest that he and co defendants plotted to assassinate Hungary’s top government officials last May. Rajk admitted guilt earlier, admitting Yugoslav assistance and a postputsch seizure plan.
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Budapest
Hungary
Gyorgy Paltfy
Laszlo Rajk
Iste
Interior
Rajk
Palffy
Youth Kills Self After City School Move
Great Bend Pennsylvania reports coroner Kenneth Bush that 14 year old Henry Wolfe died yesterday from a gunshot wound to the head. The farm boy was moved from a rural school to a junior high in nearby Binghamton New York by his parents who believed the change would better prepare him for college. The coroner added details from the case.
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Great Bend
Kenneth Bush
Bush
Henry Wolfe
Binghamton
N. Y
Declared Dead But Turns Up Alive in Ohio Court
Charles McFarland 66 of Uniontown Pa appeared in Auglaize County probate court to claim a share of his brother Henry J McFarl s $5 000 estate after an Auglaize County Court order in which he had been declared dead for seven years. He seeks to set aside the death declaration and resume his rights to the estate.
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Wapakoneta
Charles McFarland
Uniontown
McFarland
Henry J. McFarl
Auglaize
Freight train wreck near Longview shocks Texas
A Longview Texas derailment left 22 cars off the tracks on a 70 car Dallas bound freight, 18 laden with highly dangerous commodities. No explosion or injuries occurred as workers cleared the Texas and Pacific line while cause remained undetermined. A separate Washington report notes a Navy pilot ejected at 600 mph and parachuted to safety, world speed record likely.
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Longview
Tex
Here
Texas and Pacific
Dallas
Washinton
Delaware teen faces duress claim in lonely hearts murder case
In Dover Delaware the youth Robert Brennan 16 and his mother Mrs Inez Brennan stand accused of fatally shooting Wade Woolridge 67. Prosecution seeks to prove a confession obtained under duress and must be suppressed if shown. Testimony covers alleged remains and charred items linking to Woolridge, while mayor Nelbin Leisure notes 17 year old Oral C Withrow figures in a separate alienation suit.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Robert Brennan
Council For the Youth
Young Brennan
Inez Brennan
Wade N. Woolridge
Stone Mountain
Brennan
Woollridge
Lonely Hearts
Woolridge
Nelbin G. Leisure
Delaware State Police
Hey Kids He Gets Paid For Blowing Bubbles All Day
A Brooklyn chemical engineer tests bubble gum all day and is paid for it. Dr Morris Navash, Bazooka researcher, blows about a hundred bubbles daily while his twelve year old son may outdo him. Bubble gum is a multi million dollar, competitive industry with many firms and gimmicks in wrappers.
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New York
Brooklyn
America
Morris Navash
Bazooka Bubble Gum Company
Dr. Nagash
Dr. Navash
Brand
Dr. Natash
Return Bill Craig To Lakin Hospital
Bill Craig, colored, of West Grafton, was recommitted to the Lakin State Hospital by county officials. He had been serving a 10 day jail sentence for intoxication and had been confined to the county jail for similar counts in recent weeks. In two prior incidents he threatened white women with a knife and urged them to imagine their throats cut, causing terror.
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Bill Craig
West Grafton
Lakin State Hospital
Craig
Instituton
Associated Press
Hussion Receives Confirmation Of Local Bridge Plans
Ex Senator William Hussion receives governor confirmation of plans to reconstruct Bridge Street Bridge. State Road Commissioner Ray Cavendish notes design and construction face problems spanning the stream and railroad tracks. Plans call for letting the contract once structure plans are complete. Frank McEnteer has blueprints in progress with two workers. completion date not given. Paul Malone and Hussion assert state officials are speeding the project.
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William Hussion
Okey L. Patteson
Bridge Street
Ray Cavendish
Frank McEnteer
Clarksburg
Jack R. Nuzum
Taylor County Board of Trade
Sentinel
Paul E. Malone
Hussion
Patteson
Fairmont
Dividend checks for WWII veterans under new life insurance formula
About 16 million World War II veterans could receive life insurance dividends within nine months. A maximum $528 check is possible for a small minority, with younger veterans getting 55 cents per month per $1,000 of insurance and older retirees receiving a descending scale. The $2.8 billion dividend pays through mid-1950 based on 1948 policy anniversaries. the calculation depends on age and policy duration, with complexities noted by VA officials.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Service Life
Rotary Troop 3 Hosts 1950 Scout Fund Drive Plans
Central West Virginia scouts met at Camp LeRoy Edwards as Rotary Troop 3 hosted early 1950 fund drive plans. The local council aims to launch late October and end early November, with growth noted from 1945 to today including Camp LeRoy, Camp Good Turn, and a new 500 acre Upshur county camp valued at 35000 dollars.
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West Virginia
Boy Scouts of America
LeRoy Edwards
Rotary Troop 3
George Mossman
Dave Taylor
Clarksburg
Harley Haller
John McCafferty
Loren Hoffman
Taylor
Theocal Council
Maryland
Rotariftpapps
Camp LeRoy
Harrison County
Lantz
Upshur County
Expect Increased Funds To Assist Farmers In 1950
Taylor county plans higher federal aid for farmers under the 1950 agricultural conservation program. Congress authorized 285 million dollars, up from 265 million in 1949, to support soil and water conservation on individual farms.
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Taylor County
John C. Stout
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Congress
Agricultural Conservation Committee
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizens
New arrivals in Grafton include three newborns announced by City Hospital staff. A boy weighing six pounds eight ounces was born to L H Kincaid at 4 04 p m on September 13. A girl weighing eight pounds eight ounces followed for Merle and wife at 11 58 p m on September 14. A third child, a boy seven pounds twelve ounces, arrived at 2 40 p m on September 14 to William and wife at 231 Barrett street.
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City Hospital
L. H. Kincaid
West Washington Street
Merle Martin
East St. Charles Street
Roy Beaver
Brownton
West Virginia
William Long
Barrett Street
Man Killed In Auto Collision On Route 73
Charleston report says George Herbert Parker of 32 died in a collision on state route 73 in Marion County. The State Police Accident Prevention Bureau logged another death, Pleasant Lucas, 27, on U.S. Route 119 in Logan County yesterday. The two fatalities raise September toll to 29, with year to date at 249, below last year’s 272 for the same period.
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Charleston
George Herbert Parker
Marion County
Pleasant 5
Lucas
Logan County
Truman's Search Begins All Over For Munitions Head
President Truman restarts the hunt for a head of the munitions board amid new rules after the Senate rejected Carl A. Ilgenfritz due to his $70,000 yearly private salary from United States Steel. The move signals a push to appoint John Carson to the FTC while Byrd opposes continued executive pay from private firms.
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Washington
Truman
Defense Departments Munitions Board
Senate
Carl A. Ilgenfritz
Tgenfritz
United States Steel
John Carson
Michigan
Federal Trade Commission
Byrd
D-Va
Ilgenfritz
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Man. C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Ilgentritz
Munitions Board
Tydings
50 Bodies Recovered From Noronic Fire Toll Rises
Chief coroner Smirle Lawson estimated 146 dead after the Noronic fire. Rescue crews recovered 50 bodies within seven hours and believed up to 700 people were aboard when the vessel burned. Survivors leapt or jumped to other ships or into the water in a chaotic evacuation. Some may still be trapped. The disaster occurred on the steamship Noronic near Toronto.
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Toronta
Smirle Lawson
Noronic
Night fire sinks Great Lakes steamer Noronic in Toronto
A torched Great Lakes cruise ship Noronic burned at her pier in Toronto, killing several hundred aboard. Firemen recovered more than 50 bodies within seven hours, with 11 identified by dawn and two women dying later in hospital. Many passengers and crew escaped or were rescued by other vessels.
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Toronto
Great Lakes
Noronic
Ont
Sam Hill
United States
William Taylor
Sarnia
Prescott
Thousand Islands
Boy donates pennies for polio drive to aid crippled child
A seven year old boy, braces on both legs, saved one dollar thirty in pennies nickels and dimes to aid the polio emergency. John Sayre, chairman of the Taylor County chapter, reported total contributions reached 52309 today, up sharply from five dollars on Wednesday.
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Taylor County
In Ientile Paralysis Foundation
John Sayre
Proves Farm In Run-Down Condition Can Be Revived
The Gerald Franklin Gulls of Country Club in Taylor County prove a poor run down farm can be revived. They modernized the house with brick shingles and a new kitchen, added flowers and a lawn, and improved fields with lime and fertilizer. Their Hereford cattle herd now supplies most farm income while Mr Gull, 26, works eight hours in a glass factory and eight on the farm, planning future improvements.
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Gerald Franklin Gulls
Country Club
Taylor County
Gull
Ford Bull
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State Board of Health
Hal Boyle
Lakin Hospital
Rotary Troop No. 3
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Sigenfritz
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