McClintic Quits as Prion Head in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports Dr. C F McClintic resigns as warden of the state penitentiary. Deputy Warden Clarence M Stone is named to succeed him, effective Monday. Stone, who has long served as second in command and previously sheriff of Wetzel County, will also sit on the state parole and probation board.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. F. McClintic
State Penitentiary
Holt
Clarence M. Stone
Stone
McClintic
New Martinsville
Wetzel County
House of Delegates
Greenbrier
Cleveland
West Virginia
Hie
Kump
A. C. Scroggins
Prison Industries Reorganization Administration
Board of Control
Moundsvill
Raymond B. Cottrell
Richmond
Young Republican Federation
Virginia
Rumble
Andrew Mellon
Jenkin Jones Man Killed by Car
William Brice age 48 an employee of Pocahontas Fuel at Jenkin Jones was fatally injured after being struck by an automobile around 9 30 Saturday night He stood beside a parked car spoke with a friend then walked away and was struck by a vehicle whose driver stopped Brice died before reaching the clinic of internal injuries He is survived by his wife and one daughter.
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William Brice
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Jenkin Jones
Brice
Welch
Weirton Hearing Prolonged by Subpoenas and Delays
Weirton Steel labor board hearing on charges of worker intimidation by the company may extend for weeks as about 300 witnesses are subpoenaed and fewer than 40 testified in two weeks. The board recessed until Monday as attorneys foresee continued delays and a possible change of hearing venue due to a Hancock County fall session.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
Labor Board
Weirton Steel Company
Steel Company
Weirton
John W. Porter
William T. Fahey
Employe Representation Plan
Hancock County
Vine
West Virginia State Bar Association
Allen Heald
E. G. Smith
Ss For Industrial Organization
Homer Martin Renamed By Automobile Workers Amid Friction
Milwaukee August 28 1946 Homer Martin former Baptist minister was re elected president of the United Auto Workers after factional strife within the union eased by a compromise plan urged by John L Lewis The convention backed a drive to organize 125000 Ford workers and chose five vice presidents and George Addes as secretary treasurer while inter national executive board members were postponed for later selection
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Milwaukee
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
International Union
C. I
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ford Motor Company
George Addes
International Executive Board
Ora Comets
United Mine Workers
Wyndham Mortimer
Ed Hall
Walter Wells
Richard Frankensteen
R. J. Thomas
Fierce Fighting Rages on Two Fronts in Spain
On August 28 reports from Valencia and Hendaye describe heavy clashes as government forces push on the Aragon front and aim to seize Zaragoza and Teruel areas. Franco strengthens Aragon defenses after losses in Santander while air bombardment exacts toll on insurgent ranks.
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Spain
Valencia
Aragon
Hendaye
Bay of Biscay
Francisco Franco
Santander
Franco
Zaragoza
Uera
Zuera
Gijon
Seave
Bardment
Biscayan
Stanbridge
France
Hilde Moler
Fragmoe
Teruel
Tax department reports Jay sales rise year over year
The tax department reported today that consumer sales in Jay totaled 696 987 04 dollars for the current period, up from 629 937 99 dollars in the same period last year.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jay
Mediation Sought In Rail Wage Dispute Strike Threat
Federal mediator William M. Leiserson met today with the five railroad brotherhoods and a carriers committee to avert a 350000-strong strike. Brotherhoods pressed for a 20 percent wage hike while carriers argued higher costs have cut net income. Proceedings were held behind closed doors and no comments were given.
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Chicago
Big Five Railroad Operating Brotherhoods
William M. Leiserson
National Mediation Board
Brotherhoods
D. Leiserson
Virginia GOP nominates full slate at Richmond convention
J Powell Royall of Tazewell tops list to oppose H Price for governor while Dr S A Reynolds and G M Rumble win nominations for lieutenant governor and attorney general. The convention urges national party unity and calls for a new deal critique of federal spending.
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Tazewell
Price
Richmond Republican Meeting
Richmond
Virginia
J. Powell Royall
H. Price
A. Reynolds
Pittsylvania
Gerould M. Rumble
Norfolk
Dave E. Satterfield
Andrew J. Montague
Dewey Short
Missouri
Roosevelt Supreme Court
Short
Roosevelt
Oliver K. Brooks
National Committee
Burke Warns Roosevelt Court Plan Could Purge Democrats
Senator Burke accuses President Roosevelt of planning a western tour to defend the court bill and purge the party of opponents. He vows to call out the proposal’s dangers and says Farley and the president’s rhetoric hint at a broader push. Hyde Park sources note a possible fall trip to the West as officials acknowledge discussion of a trip.
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Burke
Washington
D. Neb
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
James A. Farley
Guffey
D. Pe
Farley
Nebraska
Farr
Urkes
Hyde Park
N. Y
Congress
Robbery near police HQ in Wheeling injures none
Two gunmen held up Lavige and forced him from his automobile within 100 feet of Wheeling police headquarters in the early hours on August 28. The thieves drove away the car, leaving Lavige unharmed.
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Wheeling
W. Va
de Canes
Lavige
Bethlehem Steel Faces NLB Charge
The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint accusing Bethlehem Steel and its subsidiary Bethlehem Steel Corporation of unfair labor practices to hinder employee organizing and bargaining rights. The case targets 14 plants and alleges a company plan to revise union activities and domination in the workforce.
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National Labor Board
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Aes
Stonemabero. Pa
Omora
Ebem Steel
New Trial Denied in Scottsboro Rape Case
Judge W W Callahan denied new trials for three Scottsboro convicts in the 1931 gang rape case. The ruling follows a July agreement that could free four defendants if capital punishment was waived, directing a potential third journey to the U S Supreme Court. Jurors sentenced Norris to death, Wright to 99 years, and Weems to 75 years. others remain jailed in Harlem.
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Decatur. Ala
Scottsboro
W. W. Callahan
Callahan
U. S. Supreme Court
Alabama
Clarence Watts
Samuel 8. Leibowitz
New York
Clarence Norris
Andry Wright
Charlie Weems
Ruby Bates
Victoria Price
Ala
Norris
Watts
Huntsville
Willie Roberson
Olen Montgomery
Eugene Williams
Roy Wright
Harlem
Heywood Patterson
Ozie Powell
Patterson
Powell
Nine Charleston beer licenses revoked after hearings
In Charleston West Virginia nine beer licensees faced revocation by assistant tax commissioner E A Hansbarger. The orders take effect September 2 and name several establishments including the Echodale Bluefield run by Mrs Marguerite Williams for disorderly conduct and sale to minors and intoxicated persons. Other noted revocations involve Binectons charpel with pentedon estone over whisky sales and A B Hare Valley View Tavern Bluefield for narcotics related violations.
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Charleston
W. Va
E. A. Hansbarger
Marguerite Williams
Echodale
Bluefield
A. B. Hare
Valley View Tavern
Aee Eee
Hub
Precios
Mellon Fortune Bequeathed to Charitable Trust After Funeral
Andrew W Mellon leaves nearly his entire personal fortune to an educational and charitable trust. Only $180 000 is set aside for personal employees. Mellon says his children were already adequately provided for. The estate value is uncertain, with estimates ranging from 75 million dollars upward.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew W. Mellon
Donald D. Shepard
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Southampton
Berny Presbyterian Church
Chilren
Paul
David K. E. Bruce
Shepard
A. W
David Bruce
A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust
Weesha Ton
Eee
Federal Internal Revenue Bureau
Robert H. Jackson
Britain awaits Japanese apology over ambassador shooting
London reports Britain delaying further diplomatic steps to Tokyo while awaiting a formal note of apology for the shooting of the British ambassador to China by a Japanese airman. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden echoed frustration yet sought complete satisfaction and a toned easing of tensions as the note nears delivery in Tokyo.
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London
Britain
Japan
Tokyo
China
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
J. L. Dodds
Theapanese
Ganevets
Japan Assaults Blockade Warning Amid Shipping Debate
Tokyo asserts the blockade of Chinese ports covers only Chinese vessels and will not hinder peaceful commerce of foreign nations. American officials probe safety of China bound ships as a government freighter laden with bombing planes sails to China amid neutrality act uncertainty.
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Washington
Japan
Hull
China
Wichita
Baltimore
American Pioneer Lines
Federal Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
Charges Scheduled in Cleveland Torso Case
Cleveland police said charges would be filed tomorrow against a suspect in the ten torso slayings that have troubled the city for years. Detective Lt. Michael Blackwell indicated a possible count of suspicious persons and noted a potential charge of practicing medicine without a license. The man, a former hospital morgue attendant who helped with autopsies, was arrested after boasting to an acquaintance.
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Cleveland
Michael Blackwell
Blackwell
No More Weddings for Luckenbach Says Attorney
San Francisco reports attorney Philip Barnett declares steamship magnate Lewis Luckenbach is finished with marriage after days of rumors linking him to Alice Alexander, a 23 year old film producer, amid his Reno divorce case with wife No. 4 Gladys Howard.
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San Francisco
Alice Alexander
Lewis Luckenbach
Philip Barnett
Hitler Likely to Seek Peace With Pope
Berlin reports indicate Adolf Hitler is near a truce with the Vatican. Papal nuncio Cesare Orsenigo met with Secretary von Mackensen at the foreign office, signaling a shift in church state relations and possible important concessions.
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Vatican
Berlin
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Legion
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New Place
Clyde A. Armstrong
Aragon and
Biscay
National Board
GOP
Reynolds
Republican Party
America
Royall
Menalous Lankford
Robert H. Woods
Cottrell
Bethlehem Steel
NLB
State
Andrew Mellow
Shanghai
Prague
U. S. Washington
Japs Reagoure U. 5
Steamship Magnate
Nantao
Nanta
Nan
O. K. Yui
Nanto
Hal
Lincoln
Shangshi
Snape
Anus
Lester Hospital
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Hitler
Pope
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