States Rights Candidates Off Ballot in Three States
Selma Alabama Associated Press reports that national leaders of the Democratic party have barred the States Rights candidates from ballots in several states including Oklahoma Maryland and Indiana. Gov Fielding Wright of Mississippi notes the issue while defending Southern voters right to back Truman in November. Wright accuses radicals of hijacking the Democratic party in Philadelphia. Four of Alabama’s 11 electors reaffirm they will not vote for Truman in the electoral college, regardless of court action.
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Associated Press
Selma
Ala
Democratic Party
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Farm Bureau
Oklahoma
Marynet
Indiana
Truman
Wright
U “Truman
South
Philadelphia
Alabama
President Truman
Strike Snarls Rail Traffic in France
A 24-hour strike by the Communist led rail unions tied up traffic in the Riviera and threatened Paris with a subway walkout. They demand a minimum wage of 15 100 francs per month as part of a broader coal strike linked to the Marshall plan. Troops moved into coal pits and 6 000 soldiers were massed in the Savoy region as several mines flooded or were seized.
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Gne Associated
Paris
Riviera
Mediterranean
France
de Gaullist
Gaston Palewski
Palewski
St. Etienne
Associated Presidiers
Savannah
John C. McCarthy
McCarthy
J. W. Walker
Frank Mack
Mack
B. W. Hardee
Walker
F. B.mullino
Barkley Denies Dewey's Claim on Foreign Policy
In Huntington Barkley, Democratic vice presidential nominee, accused Gov. Dewey of injecting foreign policy into the campaign for selfish reasons. He cited bipartisan postwar cooperation and said Dewey claimed sole ownership, contrasting with Roosevelt and Hull era cooperation.
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Associated Press
Huntington
United States
Aiden W. Barkley
Kentucky
Thomas E. Dewey
Barkley
Dewey
Louisville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
West
New York
Deserted Soviet Officers Land in Austria and Seek Refuge
A Russian bomber with two Soviet air force officers who fled the USSR landed at a U.S. air base in Austria. The plane and one crew member were returned to Russia, while the two deserters received refuge in the U.S. zone. The pilot and navigator claimed they fled for political reasons after a year of planning.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Soviet Union
U. S
Austria
U.S
Ukraine
Linz
Reds in Korea To Take Over as Troops Leave
London reports the Moscow radio says Soviet troops are evacuating northern Korea with the population giving a grand farewell. A State Department note on Sept 30 rejected a Soviet withdrawal proposal, pledging to address Korea’s unity and independence later.
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Korea
Associated Press
London
Moscow Radio
State Department
V. M. Molotov
United States
United Nations
Moscow
Sylvia PTA Hears Sneech on Safety
The Sylvia School Parent and Teachers Association heard Trooper Evan Hall of the State Police speak on safety during the first meeting of the year. Officers presiding were Fray Lilly, president, Denzil Palmer, vice president, Mrs. W. J. Jackson, secretary, and Mrs. R. &. Macray, treasurer.
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Sylvia School
Teachers Association
Evan Hall
State Police
Fray Lilly
Denzil Palmer
W. J. Jackson
R. &. Macray
Jack Nuckols
Board of Education
C. L. Bibb
ETON
Mercer
County Farm Bureau
R. E. Harbel
Wace Elmore
Melvin Smith
Essie Bailey
Harry Hutchinson
Bill Fawkner
J. S. Bobbitt
J. B. Hatcher
Z. F. Masbury
Dewey Bailey
R. H. Hall
M. Bailey
High Gooch Jr
Ray Cheatswood
H. B. Coburn
Lee Bobbitt
G. M. Bird
C. A. Fletcher
P. L. West
Alcoholics Anonymous Plans Open Meeting Speaker This Week
A professional man from Lewisburg will be the speaker at an open meeting of the Beckley Group of Alcoholics Anonymous on Thursday October 21 at 8 p m in Room 6 Memorial Building. The public is invited to attend.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Lewisburg
Beckley Group of
Memorial Building
One-Third of Goal Reached in Oak Hill Drive
Oak Hill High School students and staff report over one third of the $3,000 magazine subscription goal in a drive begun after an assembly with Principal Joe Oliver and publisher's rep E N Dubary. Funds will back student council activities, pay for a sound system upgrade, a movie projector, and a wire recorder. Carol Burgess won a cash prize for securing the most subscriptions. $1,130 has been subscribed so far.
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Heeister Stair Weiler
Oak Hill
Oak Hill High School
Joe Oliver
E. N. Dubary
Carol Burgess
Sears Funeral Set for Today
Funeral services for Hernan Watson Sears, 73, will be held at 2 p.m. today in Tyree Funeral Home chapel in Oak Hill with Rev. Amos Orrison of Mount Hoge officiating. Burial will follow at Highlawn Memorial Park.
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Oy Register
Oak Hill
Hernan Watson Sears
Kilsyth
Tyree
Amos Orrison
Mount Hoge
Highlawn Memorial Park
Graveside Rites Set For Beckelhimer Child
Graveside rites for the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wonrlrow Beckelhimer of Crab Orchard who died shortly after birth at an oval hospital will be at the Caffee Cemetery Mt Tabor at 3 p.m. today. Surviving are the parents two sisters Katherine and Jewel paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W J Beckelheimer of Pemberton and maternal grandparents Mr and Abs B R Childress of Lillybrook.
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Wonrlrow Bevachimer
Crab Orchard
Oval
Caffee
Mt. Tabor
Billie Jean Childress
Katherine
Jewel
W. J. Beckelheimer
Pemberton
Abs. B. R. Childress
Lillybroek
Newly Married Logan Postal Couple Ages 157 Years
BARBOURSVILLE Newly married Mr and Mrs Gran yUle Ward ages total 157 years settle in their winter cottage after a private ceremony at Pilgrim Hell ness Church led by Rev K L Brown. Ward 71 previously married, Mrs Ward 86 discusses not being alone through winter. HUNTINGTON John L Cook 39 postal postmaster of Lorado Logan County indicted by federal grand jury on embezzlement charges totaling 3209 43 with 1852 76 diverted for his own use. Oliver H Bailey 29 a clerk at same post office indicted for 100 embezzlement via money order. Postmistress Harriett E Sir 240 14 embezzlement. Mrs Bessie Butcher 163 47, Shively assistant to postmaster, accused of taking postal funds.
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Jane Associated Press
Barboursville
GranyUle Ward
Pilgrim Hellness Church
K. L. Brown
Associated Press
Huntington
John L. Cook
Lorado
Logan County
Cook
Oliver H. Bailey
Sane Post Office
Harriett E. Sir
Sarah Ann
Bessie Butcher
Shively
War on Chiselers Declared by UDC
Charleston report notes the Unemployment Compensation Department pursuing criminal charges to clear rolls of alleged fraudsters. Director Cabell S. Davis said warrants are issued for arrest of those who work while collecting benefits. Two convictions resulted yesterday with jail terms and fines suspended upon repayment. Ernest Baker and James H. Taylor admitted to obtaining checks and agreed to repay, with Davis detailing the plea and probation steps.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Cabell S.rDavis
Davis
Hi. G.thayer
Ernest
Baker
James H. Taylor
Taylor
Princeton Lawyer Admitted to Bar in Criminal Court
William Henry Sanders II was admitted to the practice of law by Judge F Morton Wagner in a criminal court. A Randolph-Macon and University of Virginia Law School graduate, he served as a Marine Corps captain in the Pacific and staff to General Clay in Berlin. He and wife Katherine Little of Emporia, Virginia, reside on Airway Drive with their two year old son, and he will open an office in the Princeton Bank and Trust Company building.
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Princeton
William Henry Sanders, II
F. Morton Wagner
Hartles Sanders
Randulph-Macon
University At Virginia Law School
Pacific
Marine Corps
Tarawa
Clay
Berlin
Katherine Little
Emporia
New Endurance Record Flight Aims For Six Weeks In Sky
Fullerton pilots Dick Reidel and Bill Barris launched in a single engine cabin plane named Sunkist Lady to chase an endurance flight record. They plan six weeks aloft, totaling about 1,008 hours, seeking to beat the 726 hour mark set in 1939 by Clyde Schlieper and Wes Carroll near Long Beach California.
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Associated Press
Fullerton
Calif
Dick Reidel
Bill Barris
Reidel
Barris
Long Beach
Calif. i
Clyde Schlieper
Wes Carroll
Seven Men Lost In Harbor Crash Near Baltimore
A collision just outside Baltimore Harbor sank a tug and a sand barge. The bargemaster his wife and their three month old son were rescued. Coast Guard crafts found two bodies from the tug Columbia, towing the barge to Claymont Delaware after a collision with the Bowgran last night in a cut off channel from the harbor to Chesapeake Bay.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Baltimore Harbor
Coast Guard
Columbia
Claymont
Del
Bowgran
Chesapeake Bay
Ellison Funeral Set for Today at Good Hope
Mrs Lucinda B Ellison 94 died at her Lansing home after a year long illness. Born December 14 1854 she was a Good Hope Baptist Church member. Survived by four sons William L Ellison Oak Hill Alex S Ellison Lansing Arthur M Ellison Ansted Cecil D Ellison Charleston two daughters Mary Anna Atkinson Graydon Elizabeth Ellison Lansing Funeral at Good Hope Church at 2 p m with Rev John Bragg officiating burial in Good Hope Cemetery
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Register
Oak Hill
Lucinda Bmathis Ellison
Lansing
Good Hope Baptist Church
William L- Ellison
Alex S. Ellison
Arthur M. Ellison
Ansted
Cecil D. Ellison
Charleston
Mary Anna Atkinson
Graydon
Elizabeth Ellison
Pam
John Bragg
Good Hope Cemetery
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