Government Curbs on Utility Coal Stocks and Near Dimout
The Solid Fuels administration imposed an allocation system to move excess coal from utilities toward those with critical shortages. A near nationwide electricity dimout is planned for Monday, with exemptions for utilities not using coal or not connected to coal systems. The plan aims to stretch 2.24 million tons of seized coal toward essential needs as production falls and shortages widen.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
Edward Falck
Office of Emergency Controls
Civilian Production Administration
Falck
The
National Coal Association
Philip Murray
CIO
AFL
Stalin Said To Be Taking Vacation
Moscow reports say Stalin plans a vacation similar to last year with departure around December and return to Moscow around December 17. Turkish dispatches earlier claimed health concerns but no source was given. Sochi has been suggested as a possible holiday site.
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Stalin
Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Gilmore
Sochi
Black Sea
Ten Whisky Blends Increase In Price
Charleston December 6 Ten whisky blends have joined bonded and straight brands in December price increases, according to price lists from the state liquor control commission. Increases ranged from five cents to 3.35 a fifth, with blends up to 75 cents. Despite higher prices, bonded straight and Scotch whiskies are expected to be scarce due to distillery imposed increases.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Liquor Control Commission
Roanoke FBI Kidnap Suspects Are Held for Prosecution
Roanoke, Va. four men face federal kidnap charges for abducting Charles Howard Crawford, taxi driver, from Jewell Valley to Grundy and robbing him. Vernon Hillyer and Ernest Short, both to be turned over to Buchanan county for armed robbery charges before federal court. Howard Wolfe surrendered in Grundy and awaits actions.
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Roanoke
Edward Vernon Hillyer
Ernest Donald Short
Colorado
Denver
John W. Stuart
U. S
Howard Wolfe
Grundy
R. Roy Rush
Buchanan County
Abingdon Dlvision
T. H. Crabtree
Charles Howard Crawford
Jewell Valley
Whitewood
Crawford
Bradshaw
W. Va
Wolfe
Hillyer
Short
U S Will Attend Palestine Talks As Observer
Secretary of State Byrnes said the United States will join a full conference on the Arab Jewish Palestine question and may send an observer if Jews and Arabs attend. He noted the U S declined London talks but urged a free conference with British and Arab and Jewish leaders.
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New York
James F. Byrnes
United States
Michael McDermott
Byrnes
Blic
Foreign ‘Ministers Council
Pates
London
Palestine
Strip Mining In Area Of Virginia Is Urged
Dr. Marcellus H. Stow of Washington and Lee university geology department urged strip mining in southwest Virginia as a key to ease suffering from the coal strike. He noted it requires less specialized labor and could boost production, citing wartime coal replacement and stating labor relations were not his concern.
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Lexington
Marcellus H. Stow
Washington and Lee University
Richmond
James Anderson
Commonwealth
Virginia
Stow
War Production Board
Truckers Seek Rate Increases Across Mid Atlantic Region
The Middle Atlantic states motors carriers conference with 1 200 truckers filed tariffs to raise rates five to 25 percent, effective January 6 1947 unless the interstate commerce commission orders hearings or blocks the action. General manager Debney T Waring said higher costs necessitate the increases.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
New England
Interstate Commission
Middle Atlantic States Motors Carriers
Debney T. Waring
Eneral
Coal Strike Cuts Deep Across Nation As Unemployment Rises
Pittsburgh reports unemployment over 250000 excluding 400000 miners on strike. railroads idle 50000 with freight cuts, steel plants idled 70000 plus 15000 furloughs. Ford plans 20000 more layoffs as embargo bites auto industry nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
Bone
U S Backs East Coast For UN Headquarters
The United States ends silence on UN site with a strong favoring of the east coast. President Truman and his cabinet endorsed an eastern capital, signaling Philadelphia as a leading candidate while opposing San Francisco. Warren R. Austin announced the stance to the 54 nation headquarters committee, omitting a final city choice among Philadelphia New York or Boston.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations
Phiadelphia
Truman
Washington
Warren R. Austin
Austin
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Eastern Seaboard
San Francisco
Presidio
West Coast
VEPCO Ordered To Cut Charges For December
The State Corporation Commission ordered Virginia Electric and Power to cut December residential bills by 50 percent in its service area. About 400,000 customers will save roughly $650,000 this month. The order was announced by SCC chairman L McCarthy Downs.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia Electric and Power Company
L. McCarthy Downs
SCC
Government Asked Assure Men Against UMW Membership Loss
Eastern Coal president Tierney urged federal government assurance that miners returning to work without UMW orders will not be expelled. He framed the walkout threat as a key disincentive to return and called for government guarantees to prevent union reprisals against returning workers. He spoke as an individual operator, not as a group representative.
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Laurence E. Tierney, Jr
Eastern Coal Corporation
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Tierney
UMW
GOP Hunts For Convention Site
Washington reports Republicans begin a year early search for a site for the 1948 presidential nominating convention. Chicago Cleveland Kansas City San Francisco and Atlantic City are discussed with an March or April date possibility to avoid late summer heat and expand campaigning.
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Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
Kansas City
Midwest
San Francisco
Atlantic City
N. J
Eisenhower Begins Extended Rest at Pratt General Hospital
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will take a month of rest at Pratt General Hospital in Miami Florida after physicians advised a prolonged period of recuperation. He plans to golf fish and enjoy outdoor activities during the leave while Deputy Chief of Staff Handy directs War Department affairs in his absence.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pratt General Hospital
Miami
Fla
War Department
Europe
Handy
Gen
Thomas T
Two Marooned Youths Rescued From Island
In Middletown Pennsylvania on December 6 a steel boat broke through ice to rescue two youths marooned for six hours on an island in the Susquehanna River. Galan Reed 19 and Earl Kreiser 17 of Royaltop were brought to the mainland after a rescue by icebound boats. Reed said they were all right and Kreiser asked for hot food and cigarettes.
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Middletown
Susquehanna River
Galan Reed
Earl Kreiser
Royaltop
Reed
Kreiser
Miners Defy Lewis Grow Stronger Across West Virginia Coal Fields
Charleston report says coal miners are increasingly defiant toward John L. Lewis and many return to work at scattered operations despite possible union expulsion. Government figures show national coal production rising to 2,000,000 tons in the week ended November 30, with West Virginia contributing its normal share as mills, mines, and non union operations resume.
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Carnegie - Illinois
U. S. Steel Corp
Pittsburgh-Youngstown
Duquesne
Thomson and
Clairton
Vandergrift Works
megie-Illinois
West Virginia
Ohio
Jesse C. Sullivan
West Virginia Association
Charleston
John L
Lewis
W. Va
John L.lewis
Jesse V. Sullivan
Sullivan
West Virginia Coal Association
Preston
Ee Clay
Upshur
Miller-Todd Coal Company
Joan
Elk River
Coal and Lum Company
Widen
Clay County
Miller-Todd
State Mines Department
Association
Solid Fuels Administration
Fairmont
John S. Lewis’ Union
Truman
National Coal Association
Pocahontas
United States
England Faces Cut in Bread Allowance Amid War Strikes
London reports quote Food Minister John Strachey warning that coal and labor stoppages in the United States will likely shrink the bread allowance from nine ounces daily for adults. He notes bacon may drop from three ounces weekly amid overseas strikes and calls the crisis sharp but temporary with a brighter outlook after disruptions end.
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London
John Strachey
United States
Strachey
House of Commons
Lewis Union Faces $35100 Bond Handling Charge
Washington reports John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers would lose $35100 even if they win appeals of contempt of court. A one percent handling fee on bonds halves $3.5 million in government bonds and takes $35000 plus a $100 cut from $10000 in cash posted for the bond. The deduction goes to the government.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Supreme Court
Justice Goldsborough
Norris- LaGuardia
Goldsborough
Idle workers rise as West Virginia coal strike spreads
West Virginia United Mine Workers walkout threatens idleness for about 80 000 workers across coal, chemical, steel and related plants in the Kanawha valley and northern Wheeling region. If stoppages persist into January, roughly 50 000 more may lose jobs from Gauley Bridge to Nitro, with furloughs at DuPont Belle and Electro Metallurgical. Wheeling area could see 30 000 layoffs.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
UMW
Ka‘nawha
Whadndle
Wheeling
Gauley Bridge
Nitro
DuPont
Belle
Electro-Metallurgical Company
Columbia Chemical Corporation
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Nathum
County
Louis Marx Toy
Moundsville
ICC Authorizes Freight Rate Hike
Washington Dec 6 The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a cumulative yearly freight rate increase of about 1 billion dollars starting Jan 1 1947 averaging 17.6 percent and slightly higher than the national rise The order also makes permanent a 10 percent passenger fare increase authorized in 1942 to expire six months after the war The rail carriers sought 25 percent overall rise with many exceptions and earlier six percent emergency boosts have taken effect for coal iron and steel products and certain services.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Superior
Red Tape Cut In Dramatic Moves
Nationwide coal strike actions push case to the Supreme Court as the administration seeks immediate relief. Truman huddles with cabinet while CIO chief Philip Murray calls for AFL unity. New coal dimout rules loom, utilities and railroads face fuel allocation amid rising economic paralysis.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
John S. Lewis
Federal District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Truman
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Sapam
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John V. Lawrence
Agriculture Department
Eport
Turkey
U.S
Pennsylvania
Solid Fuels Eee
Navy Coalines Administration
Com. Mines Administration
Central
FSA
Michigan
Utah
University of Notre Dame
Ford Motor
East Coast
VEPCO
Gop
National Committee
Republican
James S. Kemper
GOP National Committee
Gen. Eisenhower
Logan Williamson
UMW District 17
William Blizzard
England
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Weirton Steel Corporation
ICC
United Front
T. Alan Goldsborough
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Harry Hull
Circuit Court
D. Lawrence Groner
John Baecher
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