Nine Die In Flash Flood Near Sutton West Virginia
Severe flash floods swept Sutton and nearby areas trapping residents in homes. Rescue teams recovered the bodies of Lydia Queen, 38, and three Queen children from O'Brien Fork Creek near Heaters, ten miles from Sutton. Five bodies were reported found at Copen, Burnsville was reported entirely flooded with extensive property damage. The railroad track from Heaters to Burnsville washed out and many people homeless. The Beaters area and Glenville area faced rising waters, with several homes destroyed and more missing including Tom Daugherty and Gaylord Daugherty.
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Sutton
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Lydia Queen
Martin K. Robet
O'Brien
Heaters
Burrar
Phythis
Peggy
Waugh
Copen
Burnsville
Branton
Baltmore
Ohio
Braxton Central
Beaters
Tom Daughery
Gaylord Daugherty
Queen
Byrne
West Vund
Cadets from Texas Feel Chilly Here
Eighty five coatless Naval aviation cadets from Texas arrived at Troy Union Depot, shivering at the damp air. They join the eighth battalion of the Naval Preparatory School at R P L, the first group from the West to arrive here, with over 1,500 cadets trained or in training at the facility.
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Naval Aviation
Texas
Troy Union Depot
Naval Preparatory School
RP L
Waval
Troy
Institute
Naval Flight Preparatory School
Flying Officer Joel Brooks Mann Jr Deployed Overseas
Ottawa UIS Royal Canadian AI Forces Headquarters announced yesterday that Flying Officer Joel Brooks Mann Jr of Downsgiac Michigan is massing on overseas operations.
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Ottawa Uis
Royal Canadian, Ai Forces
Joel Brooks Mann, Jr
Downsgiac, Mich
Goldstein To Defend His Ruling
Albany attorney general Nathaniel Goldstein says he will defend in court his opinion that a lieutenant governor election is unnecessary after the death of Thomas W. Wallace. Democrats plan to seek a Supreme Court order declaring the vacancy and directing an election, while James A. Farley calls a party meeting for August 24 to nominate a candidate for associate justice.
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Albany
aAtty
Nathaniel Goldstein
Thomas J. Curran
Thomas W. Wallace
Schenectady
William J. O'Shea
Law Committee
Democratic State Committee
New York
Supreme Court
Thomas E Dewey
Andrew M. Lawler
Tammany Hall
Lawler
Thomas E. Dewey
James A. Farley
New York City
Department of State
Court of Appeals
Thomas D. Thacher
Thacher
Republican State Committee
Goldstein
Joe R. Hanley
Republican
Qualified Seamen Sought as Ship Crews Grow
New York reports a shortage of qualified sailors as training schools struggle to keep up with demand. The American Merchant Marine Institute says ships turning out five per day need about 200 more men daily, especially deck officers, marine engineers, cooks, and bakers.
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New York
American Merchant Marine Institute
Institute
Ickes Declares Oil Transport Crisis Nearing Lick
Harold Ickes asserted the oil transportation problem is nearly solved and urged diverting petroleum from the Midwest and Southwest to the East to ensure war and civilian needs. He outlined four reasons for curtailing Midwest and Southwest gasoline use and praised a move toward an equitable national rationing system.
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Chicago LP
Harold & Ickes
Middle West
Southwest
Jekes
Midwest
Washington
Mid
West
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
United States
Tulsa
Okla
Oul and Gas Journal
Probe Youths Attempt To Break Jail In Rochester
An investigation began into six youths escape attempt at Monroe County Jail. Deputy Sheriff Walter Malcolm said he was beaten in the jail office by the prisoners on theft charges as they piled chairs to reach the office. The riot alarm brought city police, and the six were placed in solitary confinement.
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Rochester
Monroe
Sherif Walter Ro Malcolm
Onair
Tornkey
Malcolm
Albert W. Skinner Baid
Sonata-Sinatra feud heats after Hollywood Bowl clash
Hollywood controversy between Sonata and Sinatra escalates to name calling as critics deride Sinatra as a swooner crooner while the Southern California Symphony Association nets him for an August 14 LA Philharmonic concert for money. An INS report notes a separate Rio de Janeiro agreement increasing US Brazilian gold transactions to 260 million annually, up from 100 million.
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Hollywood
Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Southern California Symphony Association
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Rio de Janeiro
INS
United States
Jefferson Caffery
Washington
Tax Reports Filed on Two Estates in Rensselaer County
Inheritance tax reports filed yesterday in Rensselaer County Surrogate's Court detail estates of Theresa F Day who died December 15 1942 and Edson Tilley who died February 15 in Hoosick Falls. Theresa Day left a gross estate of 33157368 and a net of 2835697 with a state tax of 28357. The will directed the estate to three deceased siblings, so cousins are to receive 1 8th shares each, including Abram J Gullett Delia G Smith Leona G Farrell James P Gorman Richard S Gillett Mary G Denver Emma G Wandle Stella G Cavanaugh Alfred Gorman Rita Knauf Wilfred Guerin and others. The Tilley report shows a gross estate of 1982663 rising to 1684487 and a state tax of 3922 with real estate listed for Meritt E. Tiley of Crother Hoosick Falls.
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Rensselaer County
Edward J. Poland
Theresa F Day
Edson Tilley
Hoosick Falls
Theresa F. Day
Descedent
Abram J Gullett
Second Avenue
Waterviiet
Del
Meritt E. Tiley, Crother, Hoo
Isick Falls
Indictment Charges Bohn Aluminum in Sabotage Plot
A five count indictment charges Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corp and three plant supervisors with delivering defective aluminum casings for Rolls Royce Merlin aircraft engines and conspiring to defraud the U S government. Defendants Eaton Cordes and King are named with five co conspirators unnamed who allegedly welded peened patches to correct defects.
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Detroit
Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corp
United States
Great Britain
Edward J. Monet
Packard Motor Car Co
Frederick N. Eaton
Bohn
Paul F. Cordes
George King
Frank J. Serdem
Joseph Hiibay
Asst
Us& Atty
John W. Babcock
Andrew Ambrus
Benjamin Preston
Michael Bryk
Packard
Youth Defies 100 to 1 Odds Survives Disease
Union City Pennsylvania reports Donnie Ryan, once given a one in a hundred chance to live after a viridans infection, completed his first year of high school. He survived after 42 blood transfusions from donors who had previously battled streptococcus infection. Now 16, he is a good student who mows the lawn bikes and plays like other teens.
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Union City
Donnie Ryan
Persone
Dognie
Don
Estate division awards Wood Court to widow and brother
The estate residue is shared equally between widow Emily Teeling Tilley of 124 Sanders Avenue Scotia and the brother. Sylvester E. Scott is the attorney.
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Wood Court
Emily Teeling Tilley
Sanders Avenue
Scotia
Sylvester E. Scott
Death penalty reinvoked in Balkans sabotage case
A London Paris radio report cited by the Associated Press says Nazi authorities have revived the death penalty for those found guilty amid rising sabotage in the Balkans. The Berlin controlled Paris station broadcast the decision yesterday.
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London
Paris
Balkans
Naz
Associated Press
Used Car Prices Surpass Prewar Levels in Midwest Auction
Kansas City dispatch notes that war workers in the Midwest and Southwest pay $1 to $500 more for used cars than prewar new السيارات, with inventories selling despite rationing. Each Wednesday $175,000 to $200,000 in used cars pass through the Colvin Hamilton auction, where big-money dealers ship cars from the rationed East to smaller dealers across a dozen states.
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Kansas City
Midwest
Southwest
J. E. Colvin
R. L. Hamilton
Colvin
Laundry Crisis Eased as Wage Increases Approved
The War Labor Board approved wage increases averaging 5.7 cents an hour easing the desperate New York laundry crisis. Price rises to consumers seemed probable as a result of the decision.
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New York
INS
War Labor Board
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