Break In Grain Prices To Be Investigated
Washington reports a congressional committee will probe last week’s grain price drop amid claims insiders avoided losses or profited. Rep. August H. Andresen accuses insiders of exploiting futures and urges inquiry, while Sec. Anderson denies leaking information or market manipulation.
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Washington
Congressional
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
House
Andresen
Bof Agriculture
Andersen
Leah Anderson
Agriculture Department
Bluefield Named In WV Airport Expansion Plan
Bluefield is listed among 16 proposed new West Virginia airports under a 15 million dollar Civil Aeronautics Board program for three years. The plan also includes improvements to 15 other state airfields, with full project funds to be disclosed later. A preliminary Bluefield site survey could cost about 25 thousand dollars, and a local feasibility survey is planned.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D. C
Capitol Hill
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Beckley
Charles Town
Clay
East Rathelle
Grantsville
Huntington
Huricane
Milton
Keyser
Madison
Mullens-Pineville
Parsons- Thomas
Philippi
Richwood
Webster Springs
Williamson
Charleston
Clarksburg
Kins
Fairmont
Franklin
Hartsville
Logan
Martinsburg
Morgentown
Parkersburg
Spencer
Eich
Weston
Wheeling
White Sulphur Springs
Snake bite at cult meeting shocks Welch West Virginia
Mrs. Noah Blankenship 47 of near Saeger was struck by a copperhead at a religious meeting near Saeger. She was admitted to Grace hospital 14 hours after the bite with her right arm swollen severely. Police quoted her saying the reptile struck as it was handed to her by a man who had been handling the snake. No immediate decision on prosecution. state laws against snake cults in Virginia and Kentucky cited, West Virginia lacking similar statute.
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J.D. Baisden
State Police
Indian Army Kills 1900 Moslems Near Kashmir Battle
New Delhi reports the Indian army killed about 1900 Moslem attackers in the largest Kashmir campaign battle near Naoshera 70 miles from Srinagar. Casualties include 29 Indians killed and 91 wounded. The communique cites over 14 000 attackers and a second clash near Poonch with 9 dead and 22 wounded.
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New Delhi
Kashmir
Defense Ministry
Naoshera
Srinagar
Muhammad Usman
Poonch
Jammu
India
Pakistan
United Nations
Girl Free From Dead Arm Of Frozen Companion
A 21 year old Miss Lorene Prothero of Trenton Missouri escaped the dead arms of a man she spent the night with in a truck five miles west of Princeton. Sheriff Clay George said Lytle 41 of Trenton was dead when she awoke. Prothero was hospitalized with gangrene in her right ear. Lytle a married man with three sons had picked her up at Trenton yesterday afternoon and came on business to Mercer county.
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Princeton
Clay George
Lorene Prothero
Trenton
T. S. Lytle
Here
Lytle
Mercer County
Virginian Locomotive and 30 Coal Cars Derail Near Roanoke
A Virginian railway east bound coal train derailed at 2 30 am about 32 miles east of Roanoke injuring none of the crew. The locomotive and about 30 cars left the tracks near Stone Mountain blocking the line and forcing Norfolk Roanoke trains to reroute via Norfolk and Western between Roanoke and Mebertrin. Virginian officials remained at the scene for comment.
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Roanoke
Virginian Railway
Virginian
Norfolk
Norfolk and Western
Mebertrin
Stone Mountain
Revercomb Blames High Costs on Democratic Policy
U S Senator Chapman Revercomb begins a four week campaign tour blaming the Democratic administration for high prices and scarce goods. He urges tying foreign aid to American needs while warning against excessive export controls and calls for strong materials and freedom at home. He cites planned rallies across the state including a Lodge appearance in Charleston and a Point Pleasant event on February 17.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
U. S
Chapman Revercomb
Revercomb
Charleston
Henry Cabot Lodge
America
Seismic Shock Logged at Taranto Italy
Dispatches from Taranto report a violent earthquake detected by seismographs at 2 01 44 p m yesterday 8 01 44 a m EST Taranto lies in southeast Italy along the arch of the Italian boot
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Rome
Taranto
Italy
Livestock Prices Plunge in Sharp Market Drop
Hog prices fell $2.00 to $4.00 per hundredweight with late trading top at $22.25, the lowest since Jan 6 1947. Cattle and lambs also declined 50 cents to $3 and 75 cents to $1 respectively as heavy grain declines spurred larger receipts and unsold stock for tomorrow.
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Chicago
Office of
Price Administration
Arkansas Supreme Court Invalidates 1 750 Divorces
Arkansas Supreme Court today refused a rehearing of its January ruling that nullified 1 756 divorces granted by Ruth Hale, Chancery Court judge in Pulaski County. The decision declared the domestic relations court unconstitutional and foreclosed further validation of those decrees. Justice McHaney dissented, warning of potential bigamy and widespread disruption while noting innocence of involved parties.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Arkansas
Pulaski County
Chancery Court
Ruth Hale
Ale
Hale
Helen D
Arthur G. Stevens
George
Ruth Howell
Supreme Court
E. L. McHaney
Ed F. McFaddin
Minor Millwee
Justice McHaney
Four Children Die in West Virginia House Fire
Fire swept through a two story home in Moundsville killing Linda Gail 6 Douglas 5 Joey 3 Jacquine 1 month old. Mrs Lucas survived with multiple injuries after leaping from a window. Two other children Ronald 8 Virginia 2 and their father escaped serious harm. Cause cited as defective wiring or a gas stove left on.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Onald
Virginia
Cunningham
Lucas
Truman grain ration plan advances to curb liquor distillers
President Truman’s proposal to revive grain control prices for liquor producers advances in the Senate House Economic Committee vote 6 to 0. The plan aims to supply 2,500,000 bushels a month to whiskey distillers and extend grain controls to November 1 while broader anti inflation powers await Congress action.
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Washington
Truman
Senate-House
Senate
House
Wolcott
R-Mich
Forrestal
Mr. Truman
Congress
Agriculture Department
Flanders
R-Vi
Buck
R-Del
Martin Urges GOP to Drive Communists from High Government Posts
Des Moines February 9. House Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr urged that the people want communists ousted from top government roles and said only the Republicans have the heart and strength to do it He attacked Democrats for allegedly consorting with communists and called for a strong better America starting next November with a Republican president and Congress.
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Des Moines
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Republican Party
Martin
America
Reoe
Mardi Gras City Stages Spectacular Carnival In New Orleans
New Orleans gears up for Mardi Gras with two parades, 95 vehicles, 5400 riders, and 56 bands on Canal Street. Rex floats, Zulu procession, and Krewe of Comus night display mark the climax before Ash Wednesday and tax talk resumes.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
Rex
Comus
Warns Against Coal Stoppage Sparks National Debate
Washington reports Cyrus Ching head of the federal mediation service warned Southern Coal operators that the American people will not tolerate a coal stoppage. John L. Lewis urged pension plans for miners, signaling a step toward ending the current UMW contract by April 1. Operators warned of possible government intervention if settlements fail.
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Washington
Cyrus
Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Southern Coal Operators
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Chi
Raymond Salvati
Island Creek Coal Company
Salvati
NLB
Southern Coal Producers
National Labor Relations Board
Southern Group
NRB
Joseph E. Moody
The
Producers Association
Violence Flares At Coal Mine In Corbin Kentucky
Angelo Iudicanni, superintendent of a Wilton strip mine operated by B. Perini and Sons, said about 300 unidentified men arrived by bus and cars and forced him to sign a union contract. Four workers were injured in the clash with miners, with no guns fired. Rodine, his brother-in law, was beaten and hospitalized. The delegation’s origin included Knox Bell and Harlan counties. The men arrived as workers came to the mine and brandished weapons, prompting the signature. Louis Perini is noted as president of a Boston Baseball club.
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Corbin
Angelo Iudicanni
Here
Wilton
B. Perini
Arthur Rodine
Tudicanni
Rodine
Bodine
Knox
Bell
Harlan
Indicanni
Louis Perini
Too Many Horses Grounds For Divorce
Mrs. Rosemary Levine testified that film producer Nat Levine spent all his spare time at Gelden Gate race track in San Francisco during their honeymoon and lost up to $10,000 a day betting horses. The Los Angeles court approved a property settlement.
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Los Angeles
Rosemary Levine
Nat Levine
Gelden Gate Race Track
San Francisco
Snow Blankets Bluefield and Frost Lashes West Virginia
Snow covered Bluefield last night with about one inch on streets and highways as forecast by local observer O C Keeney. A cold wave hit West Virginia with closures at Fairmont lamp plant and fuel cuts at Clarksburg Hope Natural Gas, while state roads urged chains on secondary routes and warned ice on primary highways.
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Bluefield
O. C. Keeney
Keeney
Cincinnati Weather Bureau
Charleston
W. Va
Westinghouse
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Hope Natural Gas Company
Fairman
Pittsburgh and Westirginia Gas Company
State Road Commission
Preston County
India Asks UN Council For Indefinite Kashmir Debate Adjournment
India asked the United Nations Security Council for an indefinite adjournment of debate on the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan. The move was submitted to Council President General McNaughton for consideration at the next meeting. Indian delegate Ayyanger reportedly sought instructions in New Delhi while Pakistan showed cautious interest in a compromise plan.
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Lake Success
N. Y
India
Security Council
Kashmir
A. G. L. McNaughton
Council
N. Gopala Swami Ayyanger
New Delhi
Ayyanger
McNaughton
Pakistan
Truman Plans Caribbean Tour Including Puerto Rico and Cuba
President Truman announced a long deferred Caribbean trip to Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and Cuba leaving Washington February 20 after the Jefferson-Jackson day dinner. The tour ends with a ten day Key West vacation returning March 5. He will address the Frendly Sons of St Patrick in New York and may give a memorial address at Columbia Missouri for William Painter.
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Washington
Truman
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Cuba
White House
Key West
Fla
Frendly Sons of St. Patrick
New York
Columbia
William R. Painter
Potsdam
Germany
Bermuda
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
Russia blames U.S. dollars and Western diplomacy for WWII
Moscow charged that American money and British and French diplomacy paved the way for World War II. A Soviet statement said Western dealings with defeated Germany after World War I gave Hitler the strength for aggression and that the United States and allies sought to shut out the USSR from Europe, Asia and Africa. The release, titled Falsifications of History, cited documents captured from Nazi Germany and asserted American dollars funded Germany’s war economy and rearmed Hitler’s regime. It accused Britain and France of engineering a 1934 non aggression pact between Germany and Poland to facilitate aggression.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
United States of America
Devel
U. S. State Department
Poland
Hitler
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Asia
Africa
of Marshall
Falls Mills boy killed by car in accident
A 12 year old Falls Mills Virginia boy Ray McNew was struck and fatally injured while riding a bicycle on the Falls Mills road near Hale's Bottom. James McCroskey 20 of Falls Mills was charged with manslaughter. he bailed for a February 24 preliminary hearing in Bluefield.
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Falls Mills
Hale's Bottom
Falls Mills Road
Ray McNew
W. H. McNew
Bluefield Sanitarium
James McCroskey
Mills
State Line
B. E. Bates
Bluefield
Appalachian Electric Power Company
McCroskey
Hale
McClaskey
Cecil Hawley
Clint Helton
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