Conferees Fail Reach Mine Wage Contract
Washington April 1 Conferees fail to extend the soft coal miners wage contract after a war labor board order. Ezra Van Horn chair says the issue will be resolved by 4 pm Sunday with maintenance of mine operation. No meeting occurred before the deadline to settle with John Lewis of the United Mine Workers.
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Washington
Ezra van Horn
War Labor Board
Maintenance Wien
Tors
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
van Horn
UMW Orders Maintenance Men Stand By
West Virginia dispatch says the United Mine Workers plan to mobilize maintenance men upon request by operators under a war labor board order. The delay hinges on operators providing written assurance the extension of biennial contracts is retroactive to April 1.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
John L
UMW
War Labor Board
Lewis
Reds Rip Inside Austria and Russia advances near Vienna
Washington reports Byrnes pledges continued price and tax controls after VE day while reconversion accelerates civilian production. Moscow dispatches detail Soviet tanks 11 miles into Austria near Vienna and advances across Hungary toward Graz, Bratislava, and Sopron as Zhukov nears Berlin.
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London
Austria
Vienna
Wiener Neustadt
Moscow
Manpower bill declared dead by Senator Johnson amid Byrnes critique
Washington reports Senator Johnson calls the compromise manpower bill dead citing War Mobilizer Byrnes. Byrnes defends continued need for manpower for both war and civilian goods production and reconversion. A White House summary outlines Byrnes second report to Roosevelt and Congress on war mobilization activities. No tax relief is possible immediately after Germany's collapse, Byrnes says, but wage hikes may be phased within stabilization policies for certain industries.
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Germany
Byrnes
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Japan
Ameri
Europe
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Department of National Defense
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Office of War
Jaman
Johnson
Volo
Justice Byrnes
Hite House
Econd
James F Byrnes
George Peery May head Virginia constitutional convention delegation
Bristol May 31 The Bristol Herald Courtier reports George C. Peery of Tazewell former governor and former congressman may head the region's delegation to the Richmond constitutional convention set for April 30. The election is April 24 and the convention will focus on removing poll tax and registration barriers for armed forces members.
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Bristol
Bristol Herald-Courtier
George C.ee
Tazewell
Goveror
Virginia
Richmond
Bargains Seen As Imported Wines Offered By Stores
Charleston officials announce that starting Monday liquor stores and agencies will sell all imported wines at bargain prices. Items that previously sold at five dollars per fifth will drop to one thirty five dollars per bottle. The move follows an overstock of imported wines while domestic varieties became scarce.
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Charleston
W. Va
Liquor Control Commission
Commission
Mobilization Director Byrnes and nylon stockings fight
Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes told reporters he sought to nylon into hosiery as parachute demand rose. He noted nylon was needed for mosquito netting in the Pacific and for knapsacks, saying he retired from the fight to keep nylon for essential military uses.
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Ngton
James F. Byrnes
Pacific
Wedding to Disabled Soldier Ends Boyfriend Hope
From overseas Aubrey B. Holland, 24, writes to his fiancée Doris Jane Uth Holland, 18, in Conshohocken, Pa. He arrives at a church on artificial legs with two canes to wed. Doris, left unattended by the Rapido river in Italy four days, endured severe injuries with amputation after rescue.
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Philadelphia
Aubrey B. Holland
Conshohocken
Holland
Doris Janeuth
Rapido River
Italy
Prayers For Peace Mark Easter Observance in West Virginia
Easter observances across West Virginia called for early peace and continued success of Allied arms. Churches and public venues in Charleston Huntington Bluefield Morgantown and other cities held sunrise and joint services led by local clergy to mark Resurrection Sunday amid wartime.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Bluefield
Morgantown
State Capitol
Alfred E. Bennett
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Ritter Park
West Virginia University Library
Eisenhower Calls On Nazis To Surrender
General Eisenhower broadcasts a surrender appeal to German troops urging orderly capitulation. He states the Nazi government no longer directs many units and instructs soldiers to surrender under white flags, unarmed and without gear, reporting to Allied forces along highways. The message aired at 9 15 p m wartime and on major stations.
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BBC
Luxembourg
United States and Britain Reject Soviet Poland Invite
Washington reports that the United States and Britain refused Moscow's demand to invite Poland's Warsaw government to the San Francisco United Nations conference. Diplomats see it as Moscow pushing its line, widening rifts with Britain and the United States on the path to a world peace agency.
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U. S
Britain
Poland
Warsaw
Washington
United States
San Francisco
Moscow
London
Gulf
Russia
Crimea
Yalta
Peace Organization
White House
Assembly
Pro World Organization
Revercomb Protests Potomac River Hydro Prospect
Senator Chapman Revercomb joined West Virginia officials in opposing a federal plan to build 14 hydroelectric dams on the Potomac. He filed a legal brief for the Army Engineers hearing, as the state and several agencies unite against the project amid other protest groups.
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Sen
Revercomb
Potomac River
Charleston
W. Va
Chapman Revercomb
WVA
West Virginia
Potomac Rivers
Washington
Army Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Tra J. Partlow
Public Service Commission
State Agriculture Department
State Planning Board
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Eastern Panhandle Organizions
Hitler to Die a Martyr in Defeat, Says Captured General
German Maj. Gen. Hans Boehlsen, captured by the U.S. Fourth Armored Division, predicts Hitler will attempt a final martyr act by suicide to be remembered. Boehlsen, still wearing the Iron Cross, claims Hitler seeks death to rally loyalists, despite the general’s own family being in Allied hands.
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U. S
Fourth Armored Division
Hans Boehlsen
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Nazis Turn To Hill Hideaways In Final German Retreat
Allied dispatches report German troop dispositions tightening as Hitler and key leaders reportedly move to Bavarian peaks near Berchtesgaden. Eisenhower notes this may be a delaying plan while Russians press toward Austria, about 165 miles east.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Hiter
Italy
Bavarian Mountains
Berchtesgaden
Reich
Hitler
Himmler
Eisenhower
Austria
Invasion Armada Near Okinawa Presses On
Allied air and sea bombardment presses the Okinawa invasion as U S Fifth Fleet under Adm Spruance and the British Pacific fleet strike along the Ryukyu chain. Nimitz reports ships and aircraft destroyed while Tokyo shuffles army commands and seeks reinforcements to Okinawa.
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Guam
Ryukyu Island
Japan
Tokyo
Key Island
Okinawa
Fifth Fleet
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Ryukyu Chain
Nimitz
U. S
Ryukyus
Sakishima
Marianas
Kyushu
Nagoya
Hanwa
Yanks Capture Bacolod Capital of Negros Island
Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush's 40th division seized Bacolod population 50,000 on Negros island as Gen. MacArthur announced progress in the Philippines. Japanese prepared demolition charges but rapid assault saved the city. 14 ships destroyed by land based planes.
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Manila
Rapp Brush
40Th
Bacolod
Negros Island
Douglas MacArthur
Negros
Philippines
Gaguo
Legaspi
Luzon
Davao
Mindanao
Baguio
First Corps
Nagulian-Baguio
Brush
Magsungay
Lupit
Seeing-Eye Dog Leads Blind Stranger In Search For Help
A seeing-eye dog guided a blind man over miles of country roads in a bid to summon aid for his dying master Gayle Burlingame Harrisburg 55 year old chief of the state council for the blind was stricken at his cottage along the Susquehanna river Burlingame's wife and two blind friends followed as the dog led toward Wrightsville at dawn Dr Hoover brought them back to the cottage the master was dead and the dog refused to let a funeral director remove the body requiring restraint
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York
Gayle Burlingame
Harrisburg
State Council For the Blind
Cottge
Susquehanna River
Burlingame
Wrightsville
Orne Blind
War Loan Meeting Scheduled in Mercer County
About fifty people are expected at a luncheon Tuesday at the ginian hotel to hear plans for the Seventh War Loan. Washington and Charleston representatives will outline efforts, with local leaders E. Otey and Hugh Ike Shott chairing region and county committees. Attendees include A D O Connor James V Hall Mrs S Klein Lena Zinzel Kathryn T Cale and others from Charleston along with McDowell and Wyoming county war finance committees.
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United States
Washington, D D
Charleston
Willine
E. Otey
Mercer
McDowell
Yoming
Hugh Ike Shott
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Westginian Hotel
Treasury
A.d.ee
A. D. O'Connor
Washington
James V. Hall
S. Klein
Huntington
Sam M. Joe
Lena Zinzel
Kathryn T. Cale WC
Hundlan
McDowell and
Wyoming County War Finance Committees
Red Blue Ration Stamps to Be Valid Monthly
The OPA announces red and blue ration stamps will be valid on the first day of each month. Blue stamps for canned fruits and vegetables have always started then. red stamps will now align with the calendar. Both will be valid in blocks of five, totaling 50 points for each category, simplifying use for households and merchants.
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Washington
OPA
Battle of Annihilation Bashes Western Front Near Paderborn
German forces estimated in the thousands attempt a breakout from a large pocket between the Ruhr and Sieg rivers as American armor and infantry close in on Paderborn. Fierce fighting erupts on the outskirts, with self propelled guns tanks mortars and artillery. Loss of Paderborn would strain remaining German troops as the Allied pincers tighten.
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Paderborn
Germany
Ruhr
Sieg
M Montgomery
Eee
Lee Belaw
SCU
Cologne
Supreme Allied Command
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Eisenhower
U. S. 15Th Army
Rhine
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
U.S. Ninth
Third Armored
Warburg
Wes Gallagher
U.S. Ninth Army
U. S. First Army
Padeborn
Gallagher
Hitler
Zookas
Boyle
Wickliffe Phone Exchange to Close After Draft
Roscoe Patterson owner of the Wickliffe Telephone company announced service would end April 4 after 7 30 a m as he leaves for arms induction. He failed to secure deferment or a buyer for the privately owned firm serving about 190 telephones and six tributaries including Barlow Blandville Cunningham Barkley Bardwell and Columbus. The line connects with Lou Bell Telephone and Tecom pany as a long distance switch.
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Wickliffe
Roscoe Patterson
Barlow
Blandville
Cunningham
Barkley
Bardwell
Columbus
Lou Bell Telephone and Te Company
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Reds
Hungary
By Rihard Kasischke
Red Army
Graz
German Silesia
Slovakia
Bratislava
Vah
Red Anna
Upper Silesia
Ratibor
Bieskau
Moravian Gap
Czechoslovak
Moravia
Zauditz
Feodor I
Tolbukhin
Kirschlag
Wiesmath
Berschtesgaden
Neusiedler See
Kophaza
Sopron
Gregory K. Zhukov
Berlin
Kuestin
Bill
George Peery
Lass
Gen
By James M. Long
Ryukyu Isles
U. S. Navy
Ryukyu Islands
Ohama
Ishigaki
U.S
Formosa
Morrie Landsberg
Hamilton Faron
Faron
Vice Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
Negads
By Dean Schedler
West
By Edward Kennedy
Hal Boyle
Vane River
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