Heaviest snowstorm heads from Great Lakes region
A major snowstorm from the Great Lakes and northern Midwest roared in with four inches expected in Chicago by midmorning. The weather bureau warned of a cold wave spreading from the high plains into the Midwest, with Chicago temps dropping from 32 to around 15. Elsewhere, rain fell in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys while much of the nation saw clear or partly cloudy skies.
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Great Lakes
Midwestern
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Iinois
Indiana
High Plains
Middle West
North Dakota
Fargo
Ohio
Tennessee
Palestine case winds down as nations weigh partition plan
China says it will vote for the scheme while France remains noncommittal and Britain plans abstention. The 1947 Assembly nears adjournment after finalizing other business. Dr Herbert V. Evatt, committee chair, hopes to start voting tonight on Arab moves to have the ICJ rule on legality, otherwise the group may ballot on partition and a unitary nation proposal favoring Arabs two to one in population.
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China
France
Britain
Palestine
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
International Court of Justice
Border rules ban many items on visitors return trip
Canadian border police report seizure of banned goods from returning Canadians to the United States. Canadians may spend up to 1508 dollars yearly in the states, but cannot bring home toys typewriters cigarettes radios or many other items on the ban list. Seventeen railway unions representing 140000 workers have driven a 35 cent per hour wage increase to cope with higher living costs.
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U.S
States
Richardson mystery deepens in Beckley double murder case
Skepticism grows over Richardson's denial of identifying the slain couple. State Police note conflicting timelines and gun calibers. Bodies of Bailey and Mrs Rand found near Penman Road on November 5. Richardson, a deserter, implicated as he recalls a neighbor’s daughter killing claim. Candler’s missing Open Air Theater vehicle tied to theft. Richardson admits auto theft and murder threats, with a $1,000 reward and a 32 caliber revolver used at the Black Knight Country Club.
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Richardson
Crab Orchard
Beckley
Maj
F. C. Crawford
Charleston
Bailey
Mrs. Rand
Penman Road
O. B. Goodson
Raymond
Goodsons
E. S. Duksworth
West Virginia
Lawrence Candler
Hichardson
Herbert DeCamp
Cincinnati Police
Candler
W. Va
Black Knight Country Club
Speedy Action Urged For Cancer of Breast
The report for the Southern Medical Association meeting cites De. L. Clarence Cohan of St. Agnes Hospital stating one in three canes show cancer anyway yet early action greatly improves outlook. Breast malignancies cause about 16 percent of cancer deaths. early detection raises five year cure to 31 percent and ten year cure to 5 percent.
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Associated Press
Baltimndez
de. L. Clarence Cohan
St. Agnes
Cohan
Southern Medical Association
Retirement officer's balding case yields eight sensational days
A 52 year old retired officer endured eight sensational days after a derailed start, with the narrative focusing on his experience and implications of the lengthy period.
Heavy Wind and Rain Storm Strikes City
A fierce storm caused thunder and lightning to roll across the city just before noon, with violent winds and heavy rain. The business district suffered minor damage including a blown sign and a small facade piece from the Vogue Shop at Main and Heber streets. Utilities reported only minor or no damage.
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Vogue Shop
Main
Heber Streets
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephon Company
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Beheading murder confession traced through taxi trips and gun disposal
The statement describes a double homicide near a deserted road with the suspect detailing disposing of a gun, wiping prints, and driving routes ending at Crab Orchard. Taxi trip records show Beckley to Crab Orchard rides after midnight, tying three drivers to the post crime movements.
FBI arrests target interstate trafficking in Tron ton area
The FBI detained 48 as material witnesses with 11 charged under the white slavery act. Seven will appear in court. Hoover said arrests aim at transporting girl recruits to houses of prostitution in a two block area. The Ironton call house is described as a focal point affecting Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky communities.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Tronton
Ironton
Jong
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Suit for Injuries Settled for $450
In Raleigh County circuit court guardian Millis Rowe of Mildred Ann Rowe 5 settles with Sigmon's Inc and Aubrey G McChire for 450 dollars over injuries from a June 16 1997 accident when an automobile backed into the child beside Dr Caffee's Whitesville office. Guardian ad litem Lee Brich Beckley represented the minor. Separately divorces granted with child custody and support rulings include Retty Jon Jones custody of two sons and payments. Andy Lincoln Laing custody matters. additional divorces for Charles Harbison Virginia Griffin Harbison and Alonzo Phillips Lucy Phillips.
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Millis Row
Mildred Ann Rowe
Sigman’s, Inc
Aubrey G. McChire
Raleigh County
Ben Ho Ashworth
Sigmon's
McClure
Dr. Caffee
Whitesville
Lee Brich
Beckley
Retty Jon Jones
David Letcher’ Jones
Andy Lincoln Laing
Mary Laing
Charles Harbison
Virginia Griffin Harbison
Alonzo Phillips
Lucy Phillips
Group to Study Atomic Farming at Auburn
About 300 scientists from across the nation will convene at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn on December 18 for a three day meeting to explore how atomic energy can aid the American farmer. Auburn President Ralph Draughon calls the gathering significant to world agriculture and the first of its kind for applying atomic fission to agricultural research. Notable attendees include Dr Paul C Aedersold of the US Atomic Energy Commission in Oak Ridge Tennessee.
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Associated Press
Auburn
Ala
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Ralph Draughon
Paul C. Aedersold
Isotopes Branch
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Beckleyan Held For Rape Attempt
Jack Williams of East Beckley will be arraigned before Magistrate J. P. Meadows on a charge of attempted rape and assault. He is jailed in Raleigh County. The warrant by Gooch Godby of East Beckley cites an attack on his daughter, unnamed in the document, alleged to have occurred November 20. Williams was arrested by Constable Roy Childs in Coal City yesterday while working in a restaurant.
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Jack
Williams
East Beckley
J. P. Meadows
Raleigh
Gooch Godby
Roy Childs
Coal City
Which Came First Comedian Parr Or Henry Morgan
Associated Press report contrasts Jack Parr and Henry Morgan as early success stories in radio. Parr notes his break came in Cleveland though Morgan found fame in New York. Both deny imitation, claim similar humor reflects the era, and view themselves as future of radio while battling sponsor control.
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Henry Morgan
Associated Press
Hollywood
Jack Par
Morgan
Parr
New York
Cleveland
Park
Times
Radio
Ten Raleigh County couples seek marriage licenses
Ten Raleigh County couples have applied at the county clerk’s office for licenses. Names include Wyatt Gilkerson and Lois Whitt, both Beckley. Leon Carper Jr and Martha Wells. Paul Farley and Mace Mosier. Charles Keller and Norma Walker. Theodore Palmer Jr and Pauline Richmond. Eugene Pitzer and Juanita Drysdale. Clarence Jr and Minnie Arrington. Robert Williams and Tessie Zoltz. Frederick Underwood and Alice Georgevich. Walter Wilson Jr and Mary Cosby.
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Raleigh County
Wyatt Gilkerson
Lois Whitt
Beckley
Leon Barrett Carper, Jr
Lego
Martha Jonalee Wells
Amigo
Paul Cook Farley
Slab Fork
Mace Lee Mosier
Sophia
Charles Cleveland Keller
Washington, D. C
Norma Sue Walker
Mabscott
Theodore Roosevelt Palmer, Jr
East Beckley
Pauline Richmond
Raleigh
Eugene Blake Pitzer
Juanita Gay Drysdale
Clarence Shepard, Jr
Minnie Arrington
Robert Dennis Williams
Tessie Zoltz
Frederick Adolph Underwood
Alice Georgevich
Walter Wilson, Jr
Eckman
Mary Elizabeth Cosby
Keoge Hamilton of Skelton Dies at 80
Keoge Hamilton 80 of Skelton died at 11 20 p m yesterday at his daughter Mrs C B Stover s Fayette home after seven weeks illness Born June 22 1867 he was a son of William Edward and Sue Kendia Taylor Hamilton of Lively He lived in Raleigh County most of his life and for 16 years with his son W H Hamilton at Skelton He was a member of Kin caid Baptist Church Survivors include his son Mrs Stover another daughter Mrs R F Koontz Cranberry two sisters Mrs Jour Theadway and Mrs Oliver Mitchell Kincaid two brothers Frank Hamilton Gak Hil and Robert Hamilton Ingrang Branch 17 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren Funeral services will be at Kincaid Methodist Church at 2 pm Wednesday by Rev W S Rushing Burial at Johnson Cemetery Kincaid Body from Keyser Funeral Home to son s residence tomorrow morning.
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George Leroy Hamilton
Skelton
C. B. Stover
Fayette
William Edward
Sue Kendia Taylor Hamilton
Lively
Raleigh County
W. H. Hamilton
Kincaid Baptist Church
Beckleyan To Be Arraigned Friday
Beckley merchant Jacob Silverberg, operator of the Sample Shop, is indicted on two counts for filing false income tax returns in 1943 and 1944. He will be arraigned in the Southern West Virginia U. S. Court at Charleston Friday at 10 a m, Judge Ben Moore ruled. The arraignment was postponed because his attorney was delayed in another city. The case, originally from Fairmont, was transferred to the southern district.
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Jacob Silververg
Beckley
West Virginia
U. S
Charleston
Ben Moore
Silverberg
Fairmont
Northern District Grand Jury
Relief Aid Bill Faces Senate Vote Amid Economic Fears
The Senate moves to consider a 597 million dollar relief bill for France, Italy and Austria this winter as Administrations aides push detailed aid proposals. Key committees debate food and fertilizer supplies, export controls, and repayment options while a first showdown looms with a fast track vote expected by Wednesday night.
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Maly
Austria
Bridges
R-Nh
Appropriations Committee
Anderton
Foreign Relations Committee
New Hampshire
Anderson
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Herter Committee
Truman
Agriculture Department
Senate House Economic Committee
Russia to Open New Coal Fields
Four coal fields surveyed this year in the Kuznetsk Basin area discovered by Soviet geologists during the war. Chief Engineer Molchanov notes the Taiga district near Stalinsk lies 60 kilometers away between the Tom and Usa rivers, with terrain allowing surface mining via hill levies.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Xhuznetsk
Molchanov
Kuzbas
Ich
Stalinsk
Tom and
USA
Boy Injured by Auto of Uncle
Earl Alderman a 10 year old boy was seriously injured when run over near his Dry Creek home by an automobile backing up. He is reported to suffer a fractured back a fractured collar bone and a broken right leg and is listed in fair condition at Beckley Hospital.
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Earl Alderman
Beckley Hospital
Dry Creek
J. NM. Alderman
Pair Found Dead In Parked Auto
GREENSBURG PA Bridges W Pittard Jr 24 a Carnegie Tech student and former Helen Grove Brown 21 were found dead in a rented automobile behind a graveyard. State Policeman Harold S Luther said they apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning after an air hose was attached to the exhaust and extended through a window. Pittard a World War II Army veteran and his bride had taken sleeping pills washed down with contents of an empty soft drink bottle found in the car.
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Greensburg
Bridges W. Pittard, Jr
Carnegie Tech
Helen Grove Brown
Harold S. Luther
Luther
Pittard
Pittsburgh
Tax reform debate shifts to personal exemptions and state laws
The article notes 13 states allow spouses to allocate income for tax reporting, reducing taxes for many. Some Republicans and Democrats favor raising personal exemptions from 300 to 600, a move projected to remove about 6 million people from the ax and cost roughly 2 billion dollars. Also included are public notices requesting creditors and beneficiaries of the estates of Anna L. Anderson and Walter L. Carter to present claims by June 1, 1948, or risk exclusion from estate benefits, with dates recorded in Beckley West Virginia.
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Anna L. Anderson
Anna L. Andersson
Hank of Raleigh
Beckley
Raleigh County
West Virginia
W. H. File, JR
Walter L. Carter
Bank of Ralelgly
Jaf Beckley
W. H. File
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