Pair Fined for Allowing Drunks To Drive Autos
Two Raleigh Countians had licenses revoked and cars impounded for permitting intoxicated individuals to drive their cars. Corbin William Morris and Jess Querenberry of Skelton faced fines of 30 pounds for letting a drunk drive. Frank Willis Carter of Whitby and Kenneth Larson Alexander of Whitby were fined 50 dollars each for(drunk driving). James Fred Miller of Beckley fined 25 dollars for reckless driving. Don Ferri of Beckley 10 dollars for driving without an operator license. Franklin Young 14 dollars for speeding and Joseph W Clark 25 dollars for rockless driving.
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Raleigh
Alexander
Quesenberri
James Fred Miller
Beckley
U.S
Don Ferri
Franklin Young
Joseph W. Clark
Hotel Lincoln Destroyed by Ocean Wind Blaze
The two 40 room Hotel Lincoln in Wildwood New Jersey was gutted by a late night fire driven by a 30 mile per hour gale from the ocean. Owner Harry Steele estimated the total damage at $100000.
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Associated Press
Wildwood
N. J
Lincoln
Harry Steele
Man of Letters Elected President of Venezuela
Romulo Gallegos, 63, Venezuela's leading literary figure, was acclaimed winner in the presidential election. Rafael Caldera, 31, conservative Cooper party leader, conceded to Gallegos and Accion Democratica, the ruling party coalition.
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Associated Press
Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Gallegos
Rafael Caldera
Copey Party
Gallegos
Accion Democratica
Wolcott Bill Passes House On Margin and Food Plans
The Wolcott Bill in the House sought to authorize the Agriculture Department to regulate margin requirements on commodities, set up a food and grain conservation program, and empower the Commodities Credit Corp to promote abroad production. It passed 202 to 188, falling $8 short of the needed margin, as Taft's measure would allow voluntary industry agreements to curb prices with temporary anti trust suspensions and extend export controls amid Truman’s broader program for rationing and price controls if needed.
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Agriculture Department
Commodities Credit Corp
Walcott
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Taft
Alr
Truman
Lawmakers prune foreign aid and speed stopgap bill
A Senate House compromise cuts foreign aid requests for France by 66 million and Italy by 22 million, citing nonemergency uses. The $597.1 million stopgap foreign aid bill would allow immediate RFC funded shipments, with remaining funds and RFC repayment to be handled in a separate bill.
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Senate House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Appropriations Committee
House
Youths Arrested For Auto Theft In Beckley
Two Hinton youths, Bobbie Lee Meadows and Thomas J. Bailey, were arrested in Beckley on charges of violating parole from a federal institution by stealing a tan automobile. Beckley Police Chief Dee Hedrick said they were arrested in the stolen car after a tip from Hinton police. A local hearing discussed authority for a new committee to act, with Morgantown not confirming official action.
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Hinton
Bobbie Lee Meadows
Thomas J. Bailey
Beckley
Dee Hedrick
Beck
Sley
Ransom
Hedrick
Washington, D. C
Kingsley
Farner
AAA
Tabor
Morgantown
Farmer
HVA
Two U S airmen die in air crash in Germany
The Associated Press reports that a U S Air Force C-45 weather plane missing since last night on a local flight was found near Nierstein in the French occupation zone with both occupants dead. The identities were withheld pending notification of relatives.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S.air Force
Nierstein
Bus Wreck Kills Two Injures Nine in Centerville
CENTERVILLE IND Two persons were killed and nine injured, two seriously, when a Greyhound express bus carrying 34 passengers and a truck collided on US 40 during a snowstorm. The bus traveling east from St Louis to Pittsburgh had its rear end sliced off. Indiana State Police set an overnight guard at the wreck one mile east of Centerville. The dead were John B Lewis a printer for the Indianapolis Star and Clifford Kidwell 34 of Dayton Ohio.
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Associated Press
Centerville
Ind
Greyhound Express
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Indiana
John 2B. Lewis
The
Indianapolis Star
Clifford Kidwell
Dayton
Ohio
McKee and O'Brien Cite Continuing Affair Flags Restored
McKee and O'Brien said they were told the affair continued until all the little red flags were taken in again, signaling ongoing concerns and renewed scrutiny within the situation.
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McKee
O'Brien
State Faces New Polio Epidemic in 1948 Pattern
West Virginia faces another polio epidemic, with Health Commissioner N H Dyer warning the disease may follow the pattern of the past decade. He cited 1949 with 662 cases and 69 deaths, and 1944 with 222 cases and 25 deaths, urging continued effort toward better control measures as scientists seek effective methods.
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Tne
Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Cyrus and Ching Named Directors of Federal Mediation Service
Cyrus and Ching are named as directors of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service while Oscar R. Ewing of New York is named federal Security administrator. The House action on the nominations is not required.
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Cyrus
Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Oscar R. Ewing
New York
House
Just a Prisoner of Wife's Love in Los Angeles
Gerald F. Lichold a railroad employe filed a divorce suit claiming he was railroaded into marriage by Alice M. Lichold in Chicago on November 26. He alleges threats of violence by her brothers, says he was held prisoner for two weeks and escaped to California.
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Associated Press
Angeles
Gerald F. Lichold
Lichold
Alice M. Lichold
Chicago
California
Wallace says he knew nothing of Lewis as running mate
Henry A. Wallace denies a radio report that John L. Lewis might be his third party running mate in 1948. He calls Lewis a forceful figure and says he first heard of the pairing upon arriving in Rochester. Lewis had withdrawn the United Mine Workers from the AFL last week.
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Rochester
N. Y
Henry A. Wallace
John L. Lewis
Wallace
United Mine Workers
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
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