Plane crash kills four with fogbound landing at National Airport
An American DC-3 en route from Memphis to Washington ditched in the Potomac near Bolling Air Force Base after veering from the radar path in dense fog and rain. Four of 23 aboard died, 1 survivor, bodies recovered hours later. Investigators pursue causes as officials note bad weather and possible gear issues.
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Associated Press
Washington
Foghound National Aiport
Potomac River
Holling Air Porce Base
Davis
Porter
We Two
Navy
Memphis
Tenn
Norfolk
Vaty
National Airport
Bolling
Potomac
Claim Minister Subjected to Many Indignities
The United States backed a Bulgarian denunciation with a threatened break in diplomatic ties. The State Department said the Sofia legation faces severe restrictions and indignities, effectively crippling its functions. Undersecretary Webb summoned Bulgarian envoy Dr Peter Voutov for a sharp lecture after Sofia press charges accusing Washington of spying. The events follow Bulgarian articles linking U S officials to the purge trial defendant Traicho Kostov.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Bulgaria
U. S
Donald R. Death
State Department
Legation
Sofia
James B. Webb
Bulgarian 9
Webb
Peter Voutov
Heath
Traicho Kostov
Mother faces grand jury on desertion charge
A mother, Mrs. McDaniel, stands before the grand jury at the January term of Criminal Court on a desertion charge after her five children were briefly left in the care of a neighbor. Her husbandWilliam McDaniel remained jailed. two Mitway residents were found guilty on all counts in a separate case. J. A. Farley and Frank Rose were treated at a hospital after alleged food poisoning from dinner, with further details provided by local officials.
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William
Betty McDaniel
Elfred Hampton
Department of Public Assistance
Nas
C. T. Burdiss
McDaniel
Mitway
Ibecktey Hospital
Peace Hospital
J. A. Farley
Servator of the Peace
Frank Rose
Farley
Rose
Sam I. Sato
Hosital
Williams Funeral Home
West Virginia University to offer coal research seminar
West Virginia University announced a weekly coal research seminar start date of January 31 for the next semester. In Charleston the state’s 4.6 million office building contract was signed by Governor Patteson and J. A. Jones Construction’s E. Krats. Lovins of Huntington remains president judge of the Supreme Court for 1930. A nominating committee named Ray F. Ritchie of Ravenswood as candidate for president of the Associated General Contractors of West Virginia at the January meeting.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Charleston
Patteson
E. £. Krats
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Charlotte
N. C
William T. Lovins
Huntington
Supreme Court
Associated General Contractors of
West Virginia
Ray F. Ritchie
Ravenswood
Island Creek Miners End One Day Strike
A LOGAN A spokesman for Island Creek Coal Co said one of two mines halted by a walkout yesterday resumed production today. About 400 workers at the Holden No 1 mine and about 400 at George's Creek Coal Co Hetzel remained closed.
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Associated Press
Logan
Island Creek Coal Co
Holden
George's Creek Coal Co
Hetzel
Student Charged In Girl’s Death Turns to Poetry
Iowa City police sentence details the case of Robert E Bednasek a 24 year old University of Iowa psychology student charged with first degree murder in the strangling death of Margaret Jackson 20. At a preliminary hearing set for December 1 Bednasek appeared in justice court with head bowed and his attorney seeking innocence. A friend described him as friendly and a book of poems was given to him in jail.
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Margaret Ann Jackson
University of Iowa
Robert F. Bednasek
Bednasek
Iowa City
Associated Press
Iowa
Robert E. Bednasek
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Hutchinson
Margaret Jackson
Justice of the Peace Office
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Australian Prime Minister Chifley resigns after election defeat
Sydney reports Prime Minister Joseph B. Chifley resigns after the Labor Government loses to a free enterprise coalition. Governor-General William J. Mechell asks him to stay on briefly as Robert Gordon Menzies takes over the government as leader of the coalition.
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Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Joseph B. Chifley
Labor
Free Enterprise
Daboting
Chifley
William J. Mechell
Robert Gordon Menzies
Triumphant Coalition
West Virginia Cleared After Heavy Rainfall Across State
After three days of rain in West Virginia districts rainfall topped 3.6 inches in Clay and 2.64 in Huntington with streams rising. State highways faced minor flooding but all main routes remained open while Kanawha River neared 9 feet and Ohio River showed no forecast. Temperatures were to drop with clearing, cold conditions expected tonight and through the week.
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West Virginia
State Road Commission
Wallace
Yarlson County
Tupyer
Sissonville
Associated Press
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Clay
West Viena
Huntington
al Drivon
Kanawha
Cresee
Charleston
Wheeling
Muntington
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Gulane
Truman Administration Seeks FEPC Vote Early Next Year
Washington reports the Truman Administration aims for Senate passage of a fair employment practices bill early in the next session. Senate leader Lucas says the FEPC bill is core to the civil rights program, facing stiff opposition, with other measures like anti-lynching and poll tax repeal not yet settled. The first Senate order will be the House-approved oleo tax repeal bill.
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Associated
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Senate Rules Committee
Congress
Second Day Frigid Weather Grips Much of West and Midwest
A cold snap grips the Western half of the country for a second day with subfreezing and below zero readings across states like Arizona California and Montana. Frigid conditions extend from the Great Lakes to the Pacific with the East and South milder but accompanied by scattered rainfall.
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Tne
California
Arizona
Flagstaff
Ariz
Fresno
Calif
Sacramento
Phoenix
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Rocky Mountain
Bozeman
Mont
Dickinson
N.C
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
New York
New England
West Virginia airport funds allocated and spent breaks down
Federal grants totaling 1 253 642 have been earmarked for West Virginia airports since the act began July 1, 946. To date 593 412.55 has been used for construction. Allocations include 75 000 for Wheel Inn Ohio County Airport and 95 000 for Raleigh County Memorial Airport. County totals show Kanawha 403 048.09 and Raleigh 48 154.11, with other counties holding smaller amounts.
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Associated Press
Ctarleston
West Virginia
Elect
Hubert H. Stark
Stark
Wheel- Inn-Ohio County
Raleigh County
Memoral
Beckley
Wayne-Cabell Tri-State
Huntington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Kanawhia
Ohio
Wood
Raleigh
City of
Martinsburg
Kanawha
Tri- State
Cabell
Wayne Counties
Archbishop Bans Sex Education in Catholic Schools
Archbishop John Gregory Murray bans sex education in Catholic classrooms across 27 counties in south central Minnesota. The pastoral letter allows sex education only as a private matter for discussion between parent and child, physician and patient, or confessor and penitent, affecting 337,200 Catholics.
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Associated Press
St. Paul, Minn
John Gregory Murray
Minnesota
Freeze on Atomic Know-How Sought
Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado spoke against any new exchange of atomic bomb information with Great Britain or others. He warned sharing know-how could risk it reaching the wrong hands and noted that the Senate House Atomic Committee may face hurdles over a proposed broader partnership with Britain and Canada.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Johnson
Senate House Atomic Committee
Japan
Senate House Committee
UN Faces Tough Job in Jerusalem
The Trusteeship Council begins today the difficult task of implementing international rule over Jerusalem per the General Assembly. Occupying powers Israel and Hashemite Jordan oppose ceding control, while the United States reportedly advised restraint to protect relations with the Vatican and Arab nations. The likelihood of success is seen as slim by many observers.
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United Nations ‘Trusteeship Council
General Assembly
Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
Holy City
Tel Aviv
United States
Srael
U. N
New York Times
U. S
Lost Child Found On Berlin Street
German and American police halted a large search for the three year old son of Colonel W. T. Babbock after he wandered from his front yard in Berlin. The boy, found on a street corner, had moved through heavy traffic near the Grunewald Forest and was cold but unharmed. He is in the care of his nurse while his parents are en route to Berlin from Frankfurt.
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Presse Berlen
Paler
Wer
Berlin
Gernan
Jeactive
Grunewald Forest
Min
W. T. Babcock
Frankfurt
Hee Mirse
Pravda Attacks Finland Leader Over Treaty Violations
Pravda accuses Prime Minister Karl A. Fagerholm of violating the Lower Finnish friendship pact and provoking trouble with the Soviet Union. It portrays his plan to alter Sweden’s independence commemoration and the 1939 Soviet Finnish War anniversary as unneighborly and a betrayal of the Finnish Soviet friendship.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Pravda
Finland
Karl A. Fagerholm
Wuseta
Fagerholm
Finepot Lane
Fageholm
Norway
Fakerholi
Pinehand
Russia
Fpagerholm
Soviet Union
Fagelholm
Finsland
TUE
Jeter
Finelane
Ito Saul
Veterans Benefits Rise For Millions Of Vets And Dependents
Washington reports about 2,000,000 war veterans and dependents will gain from a new VA benefits raise approved by Congress. Checks issued after Jan 1 reflect higher service connected disability and death compensation with scales increasing to a minimum of 15 dollars for war service and 12 dollars for peacetime, up to 150 and 120 dollars respectively. About 1,882,000 veterans and 58,000 widows with children will see boosts. widows with one child rise to 105 dollars, each additional child to 25 dollars. The law also increases disability pay to 20,000 World War I veterans deemed presumptively due to military service.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Beneft
Veterans Administration
Bist Congress
Damage Hearing Hinges on False Arrest Charges
In Raleigh County Circuit Court today a hearing on the false arrest case of Bruce Snyder against J. A. Hill was set as decisions in two non contested matters were announced. Hill allegedly arrested Snyder for drunkenness last winter, but the prosecution did not proceed and Snyder seeks $5,000 in damages. Also, Albert Dunbar vs A. E. Millsap awarded $1,127.45 for timber contract breaches. Vecelio and Grogan won $416.95 against John Greene Jr. for damage to their office in Mabscott Route 16 incident. Three judge orders were signed: Sackwell cases dismissed. Ray Meadows vs Thomas Wray and vice versa were well led. Wray awarded $160 settlement.
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Bruce Snyder
J. A. Hill
Raleigh
Hill
J. P. Meadows
Snyder
Roy Childs
Till
Albert Dunbar
A. E
Mabscntt
A. Jerome Dalley
F. T. Shotwell
Opal Shotwell
Sewell Truckers, Inc
Ray Meadows
Thomas Wray
Ray Meaeows
Botl
Wray
A. BK. Millsap
C. £. Wright
J. Walter Wright
Wright
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Lloyd L. Porter
Alexandria, Va
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Ralph Howard
Cleveland
Henry Johnson
Cincinnahy
James Bratchet
Lemmid Hayden
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Williams
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Sideford Tate
W. B. Oley
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FF Netty
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J. K. Gibbs
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