Seek Successor Named For E L Worthington In Charleston
Governor Meadows considers candidates to replace E L Worthington as road commissioner after Worthington accepts a Greece reconstruction post. Possible successors include M L O Neale and Harry Radcliffe, among others, with official decision said to be in the mill. Separately in Seoul 80,000 Koreans demand immediate independence during an address by Russian General Shtikov, while U S General Brown and Soviet Delegate Shukov discuss forming a provisional Korean government with rights of consultation and trusteeship.
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Associated Press
Charleston
M. L. O’neale
Harry Radcliffe
E. L. ‘Worthington
Greece
Worthington
Seoul
Shtikov
Albert E. Brown
Shukov
Korea
Brown Vas
Gres
Moscow
Brown
John.r. Hodge
South Korea
Jury Reads Letters in Coast Couple Trial
A massive crowd gathered at Orange County courthouse as jurors read 10 000 words of intimate correspondence between Louise an 18 year old heiress and her guardian of a 550 000 estate Bud Overell The trial began May 26 and drew the largest crowd of the proceedings with expected public reading of the letters.
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Bud
Louise
Walter E. Overell
Gollum
Orange’ County
Christmas Decorations Discussed by Beckley Merchants
Beckley Mercantile board meeting did not occur due to a quorum failure. Warren Williams, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, outlined street Christmas decoration plans and methods to control solicitations. A suggestion urged board members to review solicitation permits before contributing.
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Beckley Mercantile Board
Warren Williams
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lillys Prepare Two Day Reunion at Flat Top Ground
Plans are nearly complete for the Lilly family reunion at Flat Top this weekend. Decorations are underway as committees set up the grandstand and flags for what officials call the country’s largest family gathering. Expected attendance ranges from 30 000 to 50 000 over the two days. Sunday speakers include Chief Justice Vinson and Harold Stassen with A A Cousin Abel Lilly leading the event.
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Vinson
U. S. Supreme Court
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Abel Lilly
Lilly
Jurist
Washington
Mrs Coleman Appeals Guilty Peace Warrant Verdict
Mrs Clarice Coleman appealed a guilty verdict on a peace war warrant trial in Magistrate J P Meadows court yesterday afternoon and posted a 500 appearance bond for the next Criminal Court session. Constable Clyde McDowell arrested her. The warrant, sworn by Emory Rickman of Tams, stemmed from a fight between neighborhood children. Rickman pleaded guilty to assault and battery last Saturday. the Coleman case grew from that squabble.
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Clarice Coleman
J.P. Meadows
Criminal Court
Meadows
Clyde McDowell
Emory Rickman
Tams
Rickman
Coleman
Mills
Pepper opposes Wallace for Democratic vice ticket
Senator Pepper predicts President Truman will choose the vice presidential nominee. He says Wallace should stay a private citizen and believes the pick should be a champion of the working man who can command broad organized labor support. Pepper doubts Wallace and Truman can work well as a team. He expects Truman to select a candidate who backs Roosevelt’s views and commands strong labor backing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Truman
Florida
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Organized Labor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Route 3 to Start Monday Work on Asphalt Base
Work on Route 3 begins Monday with laying an asphalt base for state road construction. Acme Construction uses Kentucky Rock Asphalt heated before application. Meador notes the product is a mature, natural material strip mined like coal. First base layer weighs 220 pounds per square foot, followed by 70 pounds per square foot natural asphalt surfacing.
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Owill
Dayer
Kentucky
Acme Construction Company
Raleigh County
Meador
Soldier Charged With 2 Murders
Two witnesses testified at a general court martial that Cpl. Frank Aldrich of Whiting Indiana and Sgt Joseph Cervenne of the Bronx were involved in the drowning of two Chinese men after a pre nuptial celebration August 1. Aldrich reportedly was very drunk as a jeep stopped at a bridge over a small river. one or both victims may have jumped in as he approached. Aldrich married the day after the incident.
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Associated Press
Nanking
Frank Aldrich
Aldrich
Whiting
Ind
Set
Joseph . Cervenne
Bronx
New York
Charles Schrader
Frank Parker
Grassy
Meadows
Wac
Damage Light in First Stage but Big Area Alerted
A tropical storm near Tampico battered the oil city with 90 to 95 mph winds. Streets were deserted as winds uprooted trees and shattered windows while oil wells faced possible damage. The Weather Bureau reported broken instruments and inland movement, with warnings issued to ships and Red Cross on standby.
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Oil City
Tampico
Weather Bureau
U.s.weather Bureau
Brownsville
Texas
Three Killed at Frankfort Mine
Three men died and two were slightly injured in a mine explosion at the Orient mine of the Chicago Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company near West Frankfort Illinois. A crowd of about 2000 gathered at the shaft fearing a larger disaster as the blast occurred between 8 30 and 9 p.m. The company said only five men were in the blast area and others were safe. Harold L Walker Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals called it likely a local gas explosion. The Orient mine is a one shaft operation employing about 1100 workers producing around 10011 tons daily.
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Associated Press
West Frankfort
Illinois
Harold L. Walker
New
Orient
Chicago, Wilmington
Franklin Coal,Co
Connecticut Heat Wave Hot Spots List Satin's Kingdom
The Associated Press notes Connecticut heat wave hotspots in New Haven including Satin's Kingdom with temperatures around 98 degrees and other sites listed such as Devil's Den Tas Promised Land and Lords' Corner reaching near mid to high 90s.
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Promised Land
Satin
Associated Press
New Haven
Vets' Allowances End in July 1949
Charleston date notes readjustment allowances for all veterans not in service ending July 1949. War officially terminated July 25 by congressional action. Unemployed and low income former service members could receive up to 20 dollars weekly for 52 weeks, with two year eligibility after termination or after specific discharge/enlistment dates. Some may qualify under both readjustment and state programs.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Cabell
Davis
Jury exonerates Mrs Anne McMath in fatal shooting
Hot Springs Ark after 18 witnesses a Garland county grand jury found Mrs Anne McMath justified in firing at her father in law Hal P McMath 56 the elder McMath allegedly became abusive when drinking and advanced toward her in her country home on Aug 7 The prosecutor Sidney McMath a 1948 governor candidate said he and his wife would leave for vacation.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Garland County
Anne McMath
Sidney McMath
Inlaw
Hal P. McMath
McMath
Two Engineers Die in Wrecks in Philadelphia
In two railroad wrecks in Philadelphia within 12 hours, passenger train engineer L P Duffield aged 57 of Woodbury New Jersey died when his locomotive derailed at 33rd and Mt Vernon Streets after arriving from Cape May. Another engineer J D Klingeman of Norristown died when his Norristown bound local crashed into the rear of a locomotive tender after leaving Broad Street station. About 230 passengers were jolted. All passenger cars stayed on tracks and escaped injury.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania’ Railroad
L. P. Duffield
Woodbury
N. J
33Rd
Mt. Vernon Streets
Cape May
N J
J. D. Klingeman
Norristown
Broad Street
Normal Weather Returns Across Nation After Drought Breaks
The midwestern drought appears to be ending as moderate temperatures spread nationwide. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the past 48 hours lifted Midwest highs into the 80s and lower 90s while Atlantic states faced heat. Fed forecaster P F Sutton reported widespread rains from the Mississippi to the Appalachians and expects them to continue today. General rain remains needed across some regions.
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Associated Press
Atlantic States
Midwest
P.F. Sutton
Chicago
Ohio Valley
Mississippi River
Appalachian
Death toll rises in Tel Aviv Arab Jewish clashes
In Tel Aviv and nearby Jaffa ethnic violence escalates with eleven Arabs killed and multiple injuries after a supposed hazardous device incident. Hagana claims seven reprisals, while Arab victims include Egyptians Hejaz Saudis and a Palestinian. Palestinian authorities seek calm as shootings and stabbings occur in Sheikh Mu rad and Ramat Gan.
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Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Tel-Aviv
Hagana
Venecana Comminiais
Tel. Aviv
Jaffa
Sheikh Murad
Ramat Gan
Mining Course Orientation by West Virginia Employment Service
The West Virginia Employment Service held an orientation course in the South Fayette Street offices yesterday at 6 30 p m. Sponsored by Beckley college the course covers all phases of modern mining operations. Those completing it receive assistance finding mining positions through the employment service.
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West
Virginia
South Fayette Street
Beckley College
Inter-American Delegates Move Toward Mutual Defense Pact
Foreign ministers from 20 American nations met at Petropolis to draft a treaty for joint armed action to preserve peace in the Western Hemisphere. The conference opened with speeches by Eurico Gaspar Dutra and Jaime Torres Bodet as delegates prepared committees and a steering group.
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Associated ‘Press
Petropolis
Brazil
Ratl’ -Fernandes
Paris
League of: ‘Nations
Inter-American Security Force
Toe
Bogota
Columbia
Psm
Eurico
Gaspar ‘Du2tra
Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexico
Gerrygue Lie
Uni Nicaragua
Quitandinha
Rio de Janeiro
Gaspar
Moscow Threatens Break in Ties With Greece
Soviet radio cited a Tass report alleging arrests and mistreatment of Soviet embassy staff and others linked to the Soviet presence in Athens. It claimed Greek police harassed Soviet officials and questioned commercial ties with the USSR, threatening to sever diplomatic relations amid UN debates on Greece.
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Moscow
Government of
Greece
TS Ndon
Athens
Salonika
Tass
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Weather report for Virginia with scattered thundershowers
The forecast calls for cloudy skies across Virginia with continued warmth and scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening and again Saturday. Beckley yesterday peaked at 81 degrees with no precipitation so far today and no precipitation expected.
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Beckley
Survey Shows 1939 Dollar Worth Half Today
An Associated Press survey across 13 U S cities finds the 1939 dollar buys far less in most goods, with stark city variations in prices for bacon pork chops bread butter eggs milk and men’s suits. Chicago shows the steepest rises, Minneapolis offers relative affordability, and housing value differs by city as of 1946 readings.
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Associated Press
United States
Minneapolis
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
Denver
Department of Justice
OPA
Philadelphia
Dallas
Atlanta
Boston
Kansas City
New York
Seattle
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