UNRRA Chief LaGuardia Meets Stalin in Moscow
H. S. LaGuardia director of UNRRA met with Prime Minister Stalin in the Kremlin during a 39 hour visit to Moscow. He and his entourage, including Robert Jackson, spoke with Mikoyan and city official Georgi Popov while dining, seeing a vaudeville show, and attending a news conference at Spasso House before traveling to Kiev in the drizzle.
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Associated Press
Moscow
FD H. LaGuardia
UNRRA
Stalin
Kremlin
Kiev
New Yorker
Spasso House
Walter Bedel Smith
United States
LaGuardia
Robert Jackson
La‘Guardia
G. Dekanazay
N. E B. Feaney
la Guardia
Anjastas Mikoyan
Georgi Popov
Soviet Union
Lountry
Luxembourg Palace
Tenants May Be Fined For Overcharged Rent In Raleigh County
Rent inspector J. W. Givens warns tenants and landlords in Raleigh County that paying or collecting rents above legal limits can incur fines. He notes many false valuations prompts refunds, with about 10 landlords already issuing refunds and some registrants facing required repayments. He stresses rent control is federal law and tenants can report violations without fear of eviction.
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J. W. Givens
Raleigh County Rent Control Board
Givens
Rent Control Board
Rent Control Office
Driver Who Struck Magistrate Fined For Defective Truck
Tony Faraggio of Rhodell was fined 25 dollars and costs for operating a vehicle with defective equipment after his truck struck Magistrate J. K. Cole of Rhodes while he walked from the skating rink. Cole was taken to Beckley Hospital in an unconscious condition but regained consciousness the next morning. Police said the accident was reported by telephone.
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Tony Faraggio
Rhodell
J. K. Cole
Rhodes
Cole
T. G. McConnell
Beckley Hospital
Vernon Canterbury
Faruggio
Mrs Celestia Kirtley Dies in Beckley at 75
Mrs Celestia Kirtley aged 75 died at 8 a m from a heart attack at her daughter Mrs Ed Bailey's home 220 East Prince Street Beckley She had lived in Beckley with her daughter for five years born at Table Rock and was a member of the First Christian Church Survived by daughter Mrs Bailey son Charles Kinder four grandchildren and six great grandchildren The body remains at Coffee Funeral Home pending arrangements
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Celestia Kirtley
Beckley
Ed Bailey
East Prince Street
Kirtley
Table Rock
Bailey
First Christian Church
Mrs. Bailey
Charles Kinder
Ocle Hanks
Lanark
Alice Bragg
Stanaford
Kate Redden
Crow
Coffee Funeral Home
Stocks Sink to Ten Month Low on Light Selling
The Associated Press reports New York stocks slid to a ten month low as light selling and account trim by clients over a long weekend weighed on major groups. Steel, motors, rails, and rubber shares fell. among losers were U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler GM Santa Fe Southern Pacific Goodyear US Rubber American Telephone Anaconda Kennecott Standard Oil of New Jersey Montgomery Ward Caterpillar Douglas Aircraft American Can GE Du Pont Union Carbide and Allied Chemical.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
General Motors
Santa Fe
Southern
Pacific
Counter Claim Filed In Suit Over Motors
E. S. Halstead filed a counter claim in the Beckley Carburetor and Electric Service case seeking 1500 for 16 electric motors allegedly delivered to Beckley company with no payment. The suit, Stewart Angel proprietor, was appealed to the Circuit Court from a local magistrate's court.
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Motors
E. S. Halstead
Beckley Carburetor and Electric Service Company
Beckley Company
Tfalstead
Stewart Angel
Beckley
Agaist Halstead
Imagistrate
Death sentence given to last Stern Gang member
Jerusalem AP report says Jacob Menahem iAlalay the final of 23 Stern Gang suspects over sabotaging Hatta Tailway yards last June was sentenced to death by a military court in Jerusalem. Nine divorce cases were dismissed or reduced to life, with 26 decrees granted by Judge Ashworth as ordered by the British command.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Jacob Menahem iAlalay
Stern
Palestine
Ben H
Ashworth
Aiva
Marion
William Thompson
Mamie Thompson
Matt Moore
Delia Moore
Ruth Spencer
Robert Spencer
T. E. Smith
Laura Florence
Smith
Louise Myers Cook
Lonnie Cook
Lucille Burks
Clarence Burks
James Arthur
Vadis Arthur
Raymond
Arlen Phipps
Juanita Reis Phipps
Street Scene and Court Room Drama in Mixed Local Setting
Two young women buy cleansing tissue at a local drug store as a street scene unfolds. A Prince county officer sits on a yellow car’s running board. Alcalay, wounded fleeing Haifa, kneels on the Court House lawn during a trial, found guilty on most counts but silent in court. Military reports say airborne troops found a large cache of munitions near Derot and Ruhama in Southern Palestine. An Arab spokesman notes possible Arab boycott over Britain blocking attendance at a London Arab Jewish conference on Palestine.
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Alcalay
Haifa
Derot
Ruhama
Palestine
Britain
Mufti
Jerusalem
London
Paris Peace Conference Seen Stumbling Toward Failure
AP dispatch from Paris notes rising gloom as the peace talks drift, with Russians and Western blocs clashing and Molotov Byrnes tensions. references Versailles and past tensions frame fears of a new war, questioning if Paris can avert a crisis similar to 20 years earlier.
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Paris
Versailles
Germany
David Lloyd George
Georges Clemenceau
Greek border dispute and foreign troops fuel Balkan tension
Russia and Greece clash at the peace conference over Greek Albania border claims as Molotov accuses outside interference and warns of a King George II return. He cites British warships and U.S. ships nearby while Greece faces alleged terror under occupation, with votes and plebiscite looming.
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Russia
West
M. Molotov
U.S
James F. Byrnes
Greece
Ukraine
Associated Press
Paris
United States
Great Britain
Balkan
George VV
Forc
Ega
V. M. Molotov
Albania
Molotov
Apirus
Matotay
Luxembourg Palace
Reorganized Young Democrats Club Forms in Raleigh County
William H. File leads a reorganized Young Democratic Club in Raleigh County to boost Democratic voting for the November 6 general election. Marie Ames is vice president Emma Sikora secretary Lee Bridi Lester Councilman treasurer. The group meets next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the County Courthouse to report on State convention delegate certification and to urge non registered voters to qualify before election day.
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William H. File
House of Delegates
Young Democratic Club
Raleigh County
Marie Ames
Emma Sikora
Lee Bridi
Beckley
Edward Bridi
Lester Councilman
Clarksburg
BE. H. Hedrick
Russians Ordered Killed for Spying
Gen Semenov, a former White Guard leader, was sentenced to hang along with five co defendants for bearing arms against Russia and spying for Japan. Two more defendants received long prison terms at hard labor. Names include Rodzaevski Bakshaev Vasilevsky Shepunov Mikha ilov Ukhtomsky and Okhotin. Semenov pleaded for mercy in a final confession.
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Moscow
Gregorie Sem‘enov
Russia
Japan
Constantine V. Rodzaevski
Alexis P .Bakshaev
Lev P. Vasilevsky
Boris N
Semenov
White Guard
Manchuria
Shepanov
Azerbaijan
Mikhailov
President Truman Heads Toward Washington on Williamsburg
President Truman leaves Bermuda at dawn aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg bound for Hampton Roads and Washington as his first lengthy vacation nears its end. The ship has been anchored at Bermuda since August 22 after a dawn departure from the U S Naval Operating Base.
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Associated Press
President Truman
Williamsburg
Hampton Roads
Washington
Truman
White House
United States Naval Operating Base
Bermuda
Ten Arrested By Sophia Police On Conduct Charges
Ten people are detained in Raleigh County jail on disorderly conduct charges after arrest by Toy B Lusk Sophia chief of Police. The held individuals include Francis Brogan Coy Akers Hubert Niswonder Pete Milano Jack Bolen Shorty Widdle Elmer Anderson Bobby Smith and Lester Bowman.
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Raleigh County
Toy B. Lusk
Sophia
Francis Brogan
Coy Akers
Hubert Niswonder
Pete Milano
Jack Bolen
Shorty Widdle
Elmer Anderson
Bobby Smith
Lester Bowman
German spy ring linked to Soviet, operating in West zones
Intelligence officers said a Soviet sponsored German clandestine movement was active across the American British and French zones in Germany. The group allegedly supplied the Russians with troop movement data and included a ringleader who had worked for the American military government. Fifteen Germans were arrested near Stuttgart.
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West Zones
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Europe
Stattport
Free Germany
Fomerly
United States
Stuttgart
OPA Orders New Textile Price Increase
The Office of Price Administration announced another textile price rise, about two and a half percent at mills, with an estimated two to three percent higher for cotton apparel at retail. It marks the fourth increase since March, lifting basic fabrics by over 34 percent. A pricing official said future stabilizing depends largely on cotton raw prices.
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Washington
OPA
Peace Hopes Rise Anew As Se ae en one eYeS Chiang's Troops Capture Capitol
Government troops claimed Chengteh, capital of Jehol Province, fallen without opposition as peace hopes grew for a five man committee to tackle China’s strife. Chou En-lai and Tung Pi-wu joined Communist negotiators in talks with Marshall and Soong in a bid for cease fire and political solution.
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Associated Press
Peiping
Chengteb
Jehol
China
Chengteh Ale
Shin Shen Pao
Social Welfare
Chihfeng
Chenetech
Kalgan
Chahar
Jehn Kezan
Cheng Kai-Min
Kalan
Chengteh
Yenan
Tatung
Shansi
Tai Tung
Chou En-Lat
Marshall
Tung Pi-Wu
San Francisco
Communist Party
Prenier T. W Soong
Wu Te-Chen
Russians ask UN to identify allied troops and bases
United Nations Security Council consideration of a Soviet proposal to locate numbers and positions of allied troops and air and sea bases in non-occupied areas. The move followed Greek-Greek border tensions and reactions to Allied troop presence in Greece as Albania and Mongolia failed to secure votes. Sweden Iceland and Afghanistan were approved for UN membership.
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United Nations Security Council
Russia
New Lake Success
Associated Press
Soviet
Britain
Ukraine
Greece
BUI United Nations
Security Council
Portugal
Ireland
Trans-Jordan
U. N
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Sweden
Iceland
Afghanistan
General Assembly
Andrei Gromyko
Council
China
Beckley Woman Receives Hospital Treatment After Fall
Mrs. Zula Bodkin, 55, of 00 College Avenue, was treated at Raleigh General Hospital after a fall ten days earlier injuring her right foot. The Beckley woman’s condition and details were released by hospital staff.
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Zula Bodkin
College Avenue
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Slayer Appeals Denver Hill Case Dismissed in Circuit Court
The Denver Hill murder case involving Frank Richmond and Julie Gillenware was dismissed from the circuit court docket after a settlement, per an order by Judge Ben H. Ashworth. Lessie Pugh v Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co also dropped as no party appeared for two years. Richard Lee Collins, convicted slayer of Denver D. Hill, prepares appeal to Kanawha Circuit Court with possible stay request. Collins faces execution slated for September 14 at Moundsville State Penitentiary.
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Lacy Lee
Frank Richmond
Julie Gillenware
Towal
Circuit Court
Ben H. Ashworth
Lessie Pugh
Provident Life and Accdent Insurance Company
Ashworth
Comet
Associated Press
Charleston
Aviertreys
Kanawha
Richard Lee Collins
Denver
Red) Hill
Joan V. Brennan
Collins
Julian F. Bouchelle
Cyrus W. Hall
Colins
Ander
Hall
Moundsville State Pententiary
Marvin Curtis Weber
Hills
Wener
First Desree
State Park Vacancies After Labor Day Reported
West Virginia state parks cabins are fully booked for Labor Day. Vacancies will occur Sept 7 to Oct 26 per Parks Chief Watt B Powell. Restaurants and pools close after Labor Day at Test River Babcock and Holly River Parks but pools stay open through September at Walaga and Capon. Cabin reservations set new record this season.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Watt “B. Powell
Powell
Test River
Babcock
Holly River Parke
Walaga
Cacapon
Clear and Cool Weekend Forecast for Beckley Area
Weather outlook shows calm conditions tonight with clear skies and continued cool temperatures. Lows near 16 with tomorrow and Sunday warming slowly. no significant precipitation reported in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today. Rivers Greenbrier and New at Beckley point remain clear.
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Beckley
Csssisees
Nea
Greenbrier
New
Beiley Point
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Chou
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