Trustee Of UMW Welfare Fund Resigns
New York February 3 AP Thomas E Murray resigns as impartial trustee of the United Mine Workers welfare fund citing the uncompromising positions of John L Lewis and Ezra Van Horn. He warned pension disputes could trigger a national coal industry crisis after failing to reach agreement on a 1947 contract provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas E. Murray
United Mine Workers’ Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Murray
Lewis
Two Veterans Benefits Bills Pass House
Washington Feb 3 Two bills aiding veterans cleared the house by large margins. One raises college allowances for unmarried veterans to 75 dollars and for married students with one dependent to 105 dollars and to 120 dollars for those with two or more dependents. The second bill raises job training and subsistence payment ceilings to 250 for single veterans, 325 for one dependent, and 350 for two or more dependents, while keeping current subsistence limits. Both bills had passed the senate last summer and await house-senate agreement.
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Washington
Truman J
Senate
House
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Rogers
R-Mass
Gandhi ashes to be scattered at sacred junction in Allahabad
A Gandhi staff member said February 12 was chosen for scattering his ashes at the confluence of Jumna Ganges and Saraswati rivers in Allahabad. Socialist leaders call for a purge of Nehru's cabinet, urging home minister Patel to be replaced.
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New Delhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Jumna
Ganges
Saraswati
Allahabad
India
Socialist
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gandhi
Jaya Prakash Narayan
all-India Socialist Party
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Butter and oleo clash erupts in three ring congressional scene
In Washington a legislative dispute over butter and oleo turns into a circus. Rep Mitchell wearing a chef hat stirs a bowl of margarine colored to butter tone while urging repeal of a tax on colored oleo. Miss Muriel Farris samples the mixture as lawmakers watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rebecca
House of Representatives
Mitchell
R-Minn
Women's Club
Muriel Farris
League of Women Voters
Rep
Murray
R-Wisc
AEP petition withdrawn. Bluefield utilities face rate debate
At a brief Bluefield city board meeting, City Manager E P Mitchell announced Appalachian Electric Power has dropped its rate petition with the PSC without prejudice. The move follows public protests against higher rates, though WV Water Service and AEP filings sparked the controversy. The session lasted under an hour with routine matters and payrolls approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Bluefield
E. P. Mitchell
J. P. Gills
Appalachian
Power Company
Public Service Commission
Appalachian and the West Virginia Water Service Company
PSC
A. L. Rhodes
The
Water Company
Lawyer Acquitted in West Virginia Murder Trial
McKinley Trent Huntington attorney was found not guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of business associate Giddon Wallace on Oct. 13 near a Marrowbone creek gas well. Trent testified self defense after Wallace allegedly threatened him with a steel bolt.
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Wallace
Trent
Union Head Fined On Income Tax Charge
Nashville February 3 Union leader George L. Berry long time head of the International Pressmen’s union AFL was fined $10000 in federal court on a plea of nolo contendere for income tax invasion. Judge Elmer D. Davies sentenced him to a year and a day in prison but suspended the sentence. Berry testified at trial claiming innocence on two other charges related to 1940 tax evasion which were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
George L. Berry
International Pressmen’s Union
AFL
Nolo
Elmer D. Davies
U. S
Berry
Get Ready Meat Rationing Bill Shelved
Washington reports that a bill authorizing the agriculture department to prepare rationing machinery was rejected by a senate banking subcommittee by 3 to 2. If approved, it would take months to set up, and the matter shifts to anti inflation measures. A voluntary rationing approach was also considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking
Flanders
Agriculture Department
Congress
Senate
House
Tobey
R-Nh
House Banking Committee
Tighe E. Woods
Cain (Rash
Senate House
Truman
Watkins
Utah
Sparkman
Ala
Bender
Ohio
Herter
Mass
Hart
Strikes Across Western Germany Over Food Shortages
In western Germany a 24 hour general strike paralyzed business and transport as about 2 million workers protested food shortages. They blamed German officials for inequitable rations and hoarding while British and American authorities stayed hands off. strike leaders stressed the action targeted food administration not the Allied military government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
Germany
Western
Hamburg
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Wuerttemburg-Baden
Fourteen Die in Palestine Public Safety Incidents
Fourteen people were fatally injured in Palestine today including three British constables, six Arabs, and five Jews amid escalating unrest. A major assault on Jerusalem central prison freed two prisoners, while a separate attack in Petah Tiqvah left Jews dead. The UN partition decision death toll rose to 1,043.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Palestine
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Petah Tiqvah
Central
Palestine Post
Hagana
Story Of The AP Will Be Filmed
Columbia Pictures announced negotiations with the Associated Press to film the story of the AP during its centennial year. Ralph Blum represents the AP and Tony Owen is the independent producer. The script will draw on Barriers Down and AP The Story Of News and AP research. A portion of profits will go to the AP pension fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Columbia Pictures
Associated Press
Ralph Blum
Tony Owen
Kent Cooper
Oliver Gramling
Columbia
Coast Guard Seeks Missing Four-Engine Plane Near Sequim
The Coast Guard searched for a four-engined aircraft possibly crashing near Sequim Washington after circling the area then heading east. Four witnesses reported hearing a crash as state patrol joined the search from Port Townsend and the Civil Aeronautics Administration had no report of a missing aircraft.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Sequim
Washington
Port Townsend
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Bitter Cold Grips New England and Midwest. Snow Expected
The Chicago weather bureau issued a sub zero wave warning for the upper Mississippi valley and southern Wisconsin Iowa with snow. Northern New England faces temperatures to 16 below and northern Minnesota around 25 below.
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Chicago
New England
Middle West
Chicago Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
Iowa
Park Rapids
Middle Atlantic States
Gulf Region
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
California
Central Valley
San Francisco
Ventura
San Diego
West Virginia Sees Warming Trend Amid Cold Alerts
Charleston reports rising temperatures across the state but warns of another cold wave with forecasts for snow. Oliver Hagerman of United Fuel Gas says the gas shortage persists in the capital area and awaits extended warmer weather. Low temps vary from four to 24 degrees across towns as roads are cleared and chains advised on a few routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Oliver Hagerman
United Fuel Gas Company
Road Commission
Highway Information Bureau
Flat Top Mountain
Raleigh
Mercer
Huntington
Petersburg
Elkins
Flat Top
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Martinsburg
Weather Bureau
O. C. Keeney
Weather Recorder
Eisler To Appear In Court On Deportation Writ
Gerhard Eisler, named as a top US communist, is ordered to appear in court to determine bail eligibility on Ellis Island. He was arrested on a deportation warrant after a passport fraud conviction and faces possible penalties totaling six years in prison and $6,000 in fines. His attorney claims the arrest aims to hinder his federal defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gerhard Eisler
United States
Wether
Ellis Island
Eisler
Germany
Edward A. Conger
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Carol King
Washington, D. C
Carter Miners Held Eligible For Jobless Pay
In Chicago on February 3 the AFL Air Line Pilots association announced 145 National Airlines pilots began a walkout amid two years of tense pilot management relations. The strike cites air safety concerns and poor management as primary causes, with mechanics and clerical staff walking out in sympathy from the IAM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AFL Air Line Pilots Association
National Airlines
International Association of Machinists
U S Rebuffs Russian Protests Over Mellaha Airfield Reopening
The United States rejected Moscow s protest against reopening Mellaha airfield near Tripoli for communications. A second Soviet objection to U S actions in the Mediterranean Middle East and Orient was dismissed as unfounded. The reply, signed by Robert Lovett, said Britain sanctioned the move as the occupying power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Russia
Mellaha
North Africa
Mediterranean
Middle East
Orient
State Department
Moscow
Japan
Britain
Tripoli
Liba
Robert A. Lovett
Great Britain
Fund Allocated For Research Fellowships
The atomic energy commission allocated $1,500,000 for research fellowships in the physical sciences. The program covers physics chemistry metallurgy mathematics geology astrophysics and other sciences considered basic to atomic research and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
GOP Lincoln Day Broadcasts Set Nationwide Radio Dates
The Lincoln Day speech by Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr Massachusetts in St Louis will be aired on NBC WHIS Feb 7 from 9 to 9 30 pm est replacing the Hit Parade. Other GOP Lincoln Day broadcasts include Dirksen with Martin on Mutual Feb 5 10 30 to 11 pm est Reece on CBS Feb 10 6 15 to 6 30 pm est and a Feb 12 NBC ABC network half hour program to feature selected speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph William Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
National Broadcasting Company
WHIS
Martin
Lincoln Davy
St. Louis
Fifteenth
House of Representatives
Republican National Committee
Lincoln
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Everett M. Dirksen
Washington
Carroll Reece
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Company
Carter Coal workers in McDowell County eligible for jobless benefits
Trial Examiner Layne H. Ford ruled that about 1,852 Carter Coal workers from three mines in McDowell County may receive unemployment compensation for the July 8 through September 6, 1947 period if they were idle but available for work. Union members face possible denial after September 6 due to a labor dispute, while 123 non union claimants are not fully covered by that rule. The case traces to mines at Coalwood and Caretta bought by a Cleveland group after production resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Carter Coal Company
McDowell County
Layne H. Ford
Unemployment Compensation Department Board of Review
Coalwood
Caretta
U. S. Navy
Ford
United Mine Workers
UMW
Unemployment Compensation Department
Compensation Commission
Carter Company
Board of Review
Welch
Cleveland Industral‘ists
Carter
Bluefielder Held On Federal Charge
Thomas H. Altizer of Bluefield West Virginia 22 was held for federal court on a 2000 bond by U S Commissioner J Paul Geoghegan on impersonating an FBI agent Ostholthoff FBI agent in charge said the impersonation occurred last night when Altizer tried to cash a fraudulent check Ostholthoff quoted Altizer as saying he had been absent without leave from the U S air force at Eglin Field Florida since December 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Thomas H. Altizer
Bluefield
W. Va
U. S
J. Paul Geoghegan
FBI
A. E. Ostholthoff
Altizer
Ostholthoff
Eglan Field
Fla
Truman Civil Rights Stand Triggers Southern Backlash
Southern governors were urged to force a party showdown over Truman's civil rights proposals as Dixie Democrats denounced the plan. Critics argued for a Washington convention to split from the president while others dismissed the moves as politically dangerous and impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
House
Talahassee
Fla
Annapolis
Maryland
William Preston Lane, Jr
Abernethy
D-Miss
Lask
Senator McGrath
Rhode Island
Army overrules MacArthur order on press access
The army department overturned a MacArthur directive restricting press access in occupied zones. Journalists may reenter after six months if out no more than 30 days in total. The ruling bans using zones as bases to cover broader areas and targets heads of military government in Germany and Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Department
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Oc
Army
MacArthur
Germany
Austria
Tokyo
Congressional
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Malcolm Muir
News-Week
California
Compton Pakenham
Pakenham
Japan
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van Horn
Cleo
AEP
D-Ala
Capehart
R-Ind
Buck
R-Del
Robertson
D-Va
Charles F. Brannan
A. Z. Baker
American Stockyards Association
Baker
Cleveland
Jere Baker
Kenvil
N. J
Vernon H. Stolz
Saginaw
Mich
Old City
Mid-Atlantic States
Mercury
U.S
Bluefielder
Gov
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Democratic Party
Wright
Deep South
Williams
Oes
Rankin
Europe
M’arthur
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