GOP Plan Approved By House Banking Committee
Washington reports the House Banking Committee approved the four point GOP voluntary program aimed at curbing rising costs. President Truman argued for a ten point administration plan and standby power for wage price controls. Debate shifts to deconfliction theories as lawmakers edge toward floor action next week.
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Washington
Truman
House Banking Committee
Irving
Rep
Wolcett
Mich
RFC Chief Questions $15.5 Million Lustron Loan
The Reconstruction Finance Corp chairman testified before a Senate banking subcommittee that the 15.5 million loan to the Lustron prefab housing firm was not a sound credit. Only 3 million had been disbursed and Lustron had not yet begun production.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Chicago
Senate Banking
John D. Goodloe
Lustron Corporation
Goodloe
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Subcommittee
Buck
R-Del
John Steelman
Steelman
Oped
Coal Operators' Group Postpones Luncheon in Beckley
Officials of the Winding Gulf Coal Operators association postponed the annual luncheon to December 17. The speakers remain the same including President Joseph E. Moody of the Southern Coal Producers association and Walter R. Thurman and Fred Walker of Charleston, secretary and statistician respectively.
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Beckley
W. Va
Winding Gulf Coal Operators Association
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Walter R. Thurman
Fred Walker
Charleston
Association
House Approves Stop-Gap Aid Bill for $590 Million
Four Killed In Train Collision Near New Braunfels Texas. Two passenger trains collided head on ten miles south of the town, causing explosions and fires. Nine others injured as wreckage cleared amid intense heat. officials expect tracks cleared by mid afternoon.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Here
German Industry Ceiling Fixed
The foreign ministers conference set a new 11.5 million ingot ton annual ceiling for German steel, conditional on eventual economic unification and security guarantees. France demanded Ruhr under international control and a pact to deter rearmament, with export allocations for neighboring nations.
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London
Germany
Georges Bidault
Bidault
France
Ruhr
Seue
U. S
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Allied Control Council
Berlin
House Passes Stop Communism Aid Bill Amid Debate
The House approved by voice vote a 590 million emergency aid bill for France Italy Austria and China to bridge to the Marshall Plan. It differs from the Senate version and faces a conference committee to reconcile differences with the Senate bill.
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Washington
House
Voice
France
Italy
Austria
China
Congress
Joint
Senate
Truman
U. S
Martin
Mass
Eaton
Vorys
Ohio
Mundt
Al-Ny
United Nations
Arabs Kill Nine Jewish Settlers in Jerusalem-Hebron Convoy Ambush
Arab gunmen attacked a five-truck convoy on the Jerusalem Hebron road, killing nine Jewish settlers and wounding three. The assault followed clashes in Jerusalem's old city and other Holy Land fighting, as tolls rose amid mounting regional tension.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem - Hebron
Kfar
Zion
Holy Sepulcher
Haifa
Holy Land
Palestine
United Nations
Middle East
Associated Press
Damascus
Baghdad
Cairo
Omar
Snow Advances Across Midwest Into Weekend
The Associated Press reports more snow moving into the midwest from Canada as the nation endures below normal temperatures. Cold weather blankets the northern half while southern regions from the Rockies to the Gulf and into southern California stay cooler than usual. Rain drapes the southeast from Texas to South Carolina. Florida enjoys clear skies though light snow flurries touch the Dakotas Great Lakes and mid-Atlantic. Highs in the twenties are forecast for much of the midwest Friday.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Canada
Rockies
Gulf States
California
Texas Gulf
South Carolina
Florida
Dakotas
Great Lakes
mid-Atlantic States
Greyhound Terminal Opens in Bluefield with Dedication
The Atlantic Greyhound terminal at 1332 South Bland Street in Bluefield will formally open tomorrow with a 12:30 p.m. dedication ceremony attended by Greyhound and partner company officials. The quarter‑million‑dollar project features a modern front, a 32 by 57 foot waiting lobby for 72, a 24‑hour restaurant, and extensive passenger facilities. May or A Harry West will accept the terminal on behalf of Bluefield. Rev. Cecil Cook will give the invocation.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Greyhound
South Bland Street
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
Tennessee Coach Company
Reynolds Transportation Company
Consolidated Bus Company
Cecil Cook
George A. Brown
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Bus Depot
All America
T. A. Linden
Harold Sage
Greyhound Post House
Atlantic Greyhound
H. K. Leard
Edern
Senate probes summon Edwin Pauley over grain trading
Edwin W. Pauley, former Democratic treasurer and special assistant to the secretary of war, was summoned by the Senate appropriations committee to explain his grain market transactions amid Stassen charges that insiders profited in food speculation. House and Senate leaders push inquiries as President Truman defends anti speculation stance.
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Federal Reserve
Walcott
House
Banking Committee
Monroney
Okla
Hays
Ark
Senate
Edwin Pauley
Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Secretary of
Democratic Party
Harold E. Stassen
Senate Appropriations Committee
Pauley
Army
Royall
Army Department
Halleck
Indiana
Stassen
Rep
MacKinnon
R-Minn
House Banking Committee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Expenditures Committee
Stessen
White House
Truman
Minnesota
Doylestown
Finland Makes Another Payment On U S Debt
Washington reports Finland paid $260 852 24 today toward an $8 400 000 war debt. The nation has never defaulted on such debts, but despite paying about $8 060 000, much covered interest at 3 percent, Finland still owes over $8 000 to the United States.
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Finland
U. S
Washington
United States
Four Die In Wilkes-Barre Mine Blasts
Two gas explosions 1000 feet underground at Lehigh Coal colliery near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, killed four men and left a fifth missing with three others seriously burned. Names of the dead and injured are listed. no cause yet determined. U S mines officials noted prior safety recommendations and no hazardous conditions at the site.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Coal Company
Wilkes- Barre
Stephen Sillup
Frank Chudlip
Ignatz Skzynecki
Roger Jones
Edmund Orjeski
John Gasper
Casper Pulak
U. S. Mines Department
Gola
State Young GOP Holds Two-Day Meet in Clarksburg
The Young Republican League of West Virginia convenes in Clarksburg with panel discussions on a newspaper editor's party responsibility and the Taft Hartley labor law. Participants include Raymond Brewster Larry Boggs Eugene L Scott Lewis T Welch Don Crislip Norman Laughlin Clarence A Peters and national figures Walter S Hallanan Jim Shott E W Payne John W Byrnes Ralph Beckner and others. A banquet features Republican leaders and closes the statewide gathering Saturday night.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Young Republican League of
West Virginia
Raymond Brewster
Huntington
Larry Boggs
Fairmont
Eugene L. Scott
Beckley
Lewis T. Welch
Rawson
Don Crislip
Richwood
Norman Laughlin
Spencer
Clarence A. Peters
Washington
GOP
Walter S. Hallanan
Charleston
Jim H. Shott
Bluefield
E. W. Payne
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
State Cinder Crews Kept On The Alert
West Virginia road crews stayed ready as the weather forecast promised more snow while statewide routes improved. Icy stretches remained east of Elkins and near Point Mountain in Webster County. Wheeling Moundsville areas reported earlier hazards. one 18 year old injured in a six car crash near Martins Ferry.
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Charleston
W. Va
Weatherman
West Virginia
Road Commission
Commission
Information Bureau
Elkins
Point Mountain
Webster County
Wheeling
Moundsville
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Martins Ferry
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Logan
Beckley
Bluefield Adopts New Atlantic Greyhound Terminal
All four Bluefield bus firms switch to the new Atlantic Greyhound terminal with some Consolidated lines still serving the old station. Shuttle service will move passengers between terminals while others run through both hubs. Atlantic routes avoid downtown congestion, using the Grassy Branch by pass to reach Cumberland and Bland routes.
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Bluefield
Atlantic Greyhound
Bland and
Federal Streets
Consolidated Bus Lines
Atlantic Station
Bluefield- Roanoke
Consolidated Company
Consolidated
Greyhound Lines
Tennessee Coach Company
Reynolds Line
Atlantic
Uptown
Consolidated, Tennessee and
Reynolds
Grassy Branch
Atlantic Buses
Cumberland Road
Bland Road
New Terminal
Bland Street
East River Mountain
Blanc Street
Full Scale Search For Plane Ends
A U S air force transport missing for 13 days on a Pisa to Frankfurt flight was found not located. Twenty aboard included two U S army servicemen in Europe Sgt Billy Walls of Princeton and T/Sgt Meriel Scherer of Welch. Walls enlisted 1946 and Scherer 1940 with combat service in Belgium and Holland.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Pisa
Italy
U. S. Army
Europe
Billy Walls
Princeton
T/Set
Merriel Scherer
Welch
Sergeant Walls
Currie Walls
Scherer
Abe Scherer
Belgium
Holland
Needy Kiddies to Get Santa Visit for Community Tree
Bluefield area volunteers aim to raise 3500 dollars for the Community Christmas Tree to ensure more than 1000 needy children receive a Santa visit. WHIS radio solicits pledges, last night a choir and artists promoted the fundraiser, with regional acts planned for a hillbilly jamboree tomorrow afternoon.
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Bluefield
Santa Claus
WHIS
Daily Telegraph
Beaver A Capella
Elizabeth Shelton
Pat Wright
Melody Makers
Rex
Eleanor
Cline Brothers
Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
Charlie Meadows
Top Hatters
Mrs. Oliver
Canaday
Gene High School
Small Sisters
Betty Morrison
Coal Operators Plan New York Meeting on Miners Welfare Fund
Washington reports say bituminous coal operators will meet in New York to discuss miners welfare fund issues under Taft Hartley. The fund has grown to about 40 to 50 million dollars from a 10 cent royalty per ton and trustees including John L. Lewis and industry appointees outline attendees Ezra Van Horn George Humphrey Harry Moses and Charles ONeill with Thomas E Murray representing the public.
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Washington
New York
UMW
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
George Humphrey
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Harry M. Moses
Charles O'Neill
Thomas E. Murray
Ellis Warns Aid Bill Helps Stalin and Costs
Rep. Ellis of West Virginia warned the House that passage of the interim foreign aid bill would please Joseph Stalin and likened the Marshall plan to a path leading to Uncle Sam bleeding. He argued foreign policy has bred hate and despair and predicted further requests for aid in Korea Japan Germany and South American nations. He questioned whether any American is sane enough to approve the bill.
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Washington
Rep
Ellis
R-Wva
House
Joe Stalin
Sam
Elis
Korea
Japan
Germany
America
Army C-47 Crashes Near Memphis Killing 20
An army C-47 with twenty aboard crashed on a wooded hillside near Memphis Municipal Airport. Col. Donald K. Fargo said all aboard were killed. Witnesses described a loud engine and a fiery impact as crews rushed to the wreckage and recovered victims.
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Memphis
Tenn
Municipal
Donald K. Fargo
468Th
AAF
Here
Robert Hall
Hall
David Frank
el Paso
W. M. Prince
Biggs Field
West Coast
Aberdeen
Prince
Frank E. Sass
France Accuses Russia Anew Over Repatriation Camp
Paris reports the French government accuses Russia of using its Beau regard repatriation camp to ship French citizens to the Soviet Union. Lt. Col. Raymond Marquie, head of France’s Moscow mission, is suspended for alleged inadmissible declarations.
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Paris
Russia
France
Soviet Union
Raymond Marquie
Moscow
Veterans Ministry
Marquie
Alexandre Abramov
Beauregard
Foreign Ministry
Camp Beauregard
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