Mining Executive Urges Congress to Curb Communist Influence
Howard I. Young of the American Mining Congress told a Senate labor committee that communism is infiltrating labor unions and urged broadening non Communist affidavits to cover management as well. Senator Pepper said workers do not need government help to root out Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Howard I. Young
American Mining Congress
Pepper
D-Fla
Young
Senate Labor Committee
CIO Union
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Old War Labor Board
Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
Mining Congress
American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Co
St. Louis
National Labor Relations
Senator Donnell
R-Mo
Donnell
Hitler
Workers of America
UAW Targets Pension and Health Plans With GM
Walter Reuther announced the CIO United Auto Workers will press pension and medical care talks with General Motors despite the 1949 50 contract. The union will first set a pattern at Ford and Chrysler before pushing GM, aiming for broad benefit coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
UAW
Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Reuther
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
West Virginia Legionnaires Win Virginia Drive Dinner Victory
The annual American Legion pay-off dinner in Bluefield honored West Virginia with a membership drive victory over Virginia. Commanders J Westwood Smithers and Don Wilson led the event with speeches praising the campaign. Officers from both states attended the combined celebration, including state VIPs and district leaders, after which attendees toured Pocahontas post before a dance by Dick Daisey and his orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Virginias
West Virginia Legionnaires
West Virginian Hotel
Riley-Westpost No. 9
Virginia Department
J. Westwood Smithers
Richmond
Don Wilson
Department of West Virginia
William Garman
Bristol
Post-Comingdon
Ingdon
Conrad Brevick
Bluefield Legion Post
Smithers
Wilson
Pocahontas Legion
Bluefield
Dick Daisey
West Virginia
S. H. Stone
Charles Town
R. D. Watkins
Chester
Harry W. Miller
Fayetteville
P. E. Kercheval
King
Big Stone Gap
Mander William I. German
Calloway
Robert E. Lazenby
E. R. Bishop
Bob Doane
J. I. Gilbert
Charles T. Litz
Big Air Collision Kills 14 in British Crash
Coventry reports a British European Airways DC-3 and an RAF trainer bomber collided at 2000 feet killing all 14 aboard. Among the dead are three Americans and six passengers on the DC-3. The crash caused widespread wreckage over 200 acres near a hospital, with parts falling near Exhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coventry
Eng
Royal Air Force
British European Airways
Air Ministry
London
Renfrew
Scotland
A. L. Teeming
Exhall
Doreen Brownson
J. E. Michaels
Chicago
Henry C. Aitken
Chase National Bank
Salt substitute warning after poisonings and deaths
Bluefield hospital officials warned area residents after reports that common table salt substitute lithium chloride caused symptoms such as drowsiness weakness appetite loss nausea and blurred vision. The AMA linked four deaths to the product and named producers while the FDA urged immediate cessation of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefeld
American Medical Association
Daily Telegraph
AMA
Associated Press
Westwood Pharmacal Corp
Westsal
Foster-Milburn Co
Foodsal Foods Plus, Inc
Saltisalt
Food and Drug Administration
Three Charge Placed in Pulaski Death Case
Pulaski Va February 19 three persons are charged with murdering Charles L McFall 53 whose body was found stabbed and slashed in a cistern at his home Warrants name Mrs Myrtle Stoots Orange Frank L Stoots and Clinton Stoots The trio are jailed as prosecutors prepare to seek indictments at the circuit court grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulaski
Charles L. McFall
Pulaski County
Myrtle Stoots Orange
McFall
Frank L. Stoots
Clinton Stoots
Mrs. Orange
Senator Morse Defends Navy Officer Over Kilgore Remark
Senator Morse urges that government officials should not fear punishment for critical remarks about congress members. Capt. Ross Dierdorff, public relations chief in San Diego, was relieved after allegedly describing Kilgore as unworthy of his former superior. NBC's Ray Henle relayed Kilgore's remark about Rear Admiral Bieri and his transfer to UN duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morse
R-Ore
Sullivan
Ross Dierdorff
Navy
Kilgore
D-Wva
Congress
Dierdorff
11Th Naval District
San Diego
B. H. Bieri
NBC
Ray Henle
Bieri
United Nations
West Virginia Hardware Group Elects Officers
The West Virginia Hardware Association elected W. E. James of Sutton as president, H. Bruce Bacon of Charleston as first vice president, and J. C. Mallory of Princeton as second vice president. Other officers include Rymer Law, E. E. Bibb Sr., R. L. McCoy, and H. O. Cruikshank. The Bluefield host convention drew 200 dealers with a banquet, dance, and talks on advertising and conservation. Next year’s meeting site to be decided in mid summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Hardware Association
Bluefield
W. E. James Sutton
James C. Fielding
Charleston
H. O. Cruikshank
H. Bruce Bacon
J. C. Mallory
Princeton
Rymer Law
Grantsville
E. E. Bibb, Sr
Beckley
R. L. McCoy
Ravenswood
Cruikshank
Wall
W. E. James
Sutton
James
J.C. Mallory
Bluefield Supply Company
E. R. Worrell
Roy G. Howells
Philadelphia
McCoy
Fred R. Olmsted
National Retail Hardware Association
Fielding
West Virginia
Fourteen Japanese Navy Men Sentenced to Hang
Fourteen Japanese navy officers and one enlisted man were condemned to death by a Philippines army commission for war crimes in Infanta Luzon. The 1945 killings of 188 Filipino and Chinese civilians ended a 122 day trial that began last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manlla
Philippines
Infanta
Luzon
Experts Split Over Inflation Controls In White House
Washington notes a 2 to 1 split on price and wage controls among the presidents council of economic advisers. John D. Clark backed direct action against price increases while Leon Keyserling urged controls. Edwin G. Nourse declined to testify and favored keeping the council in the background to avoid undermining policy. The Hoover Commission proposed replacing the council with a single economic adviser to reduce public disagreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Council of Economic Advisers
John D. Clark
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Leon Keyserling
Edwin G. Nourse
Truman
Capitol Hill
White House
Nourse
Nource
Keyserling
Clark
Hoover Commission On
Congress
Great Fire Devastates Noshirominato and Akashi Homes
A major blaze raged through Noshirominato in northern Japan, destroying 2,500 homes and damaging government buildings and hospitals. Police report considerable casualties and ongoing flames after ten hours. A separate fire near Akashi destroyed about 300 homes with less severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fukyo
Noshirominato
Kyodo
Ashai
Japan
Tokyo
Akashi
Kobe
Army uncorks good whiskey tale from Civil War era
Washington reports the army recounts how preserved amputations and battlefield relics were stored in whiskey barrels for the surgeon general during the 1860s. Denaturant was added to whiskey to deter misuse, boosting recorded sickness along routes, as part of pathology institute work supporting the army and veterans administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Washington
Army Medical Museum
Surgeon General
SGO
Imprisoned Mindszenty Urges Agreement With Reds
Budapest reports say Hungary’s bishops have studied a letter from imprisoned Cardinal Mindszenty urging an agreement with the Communist government. Vatican officials reportedly insist on church freedom and his release before negotiations. The bishops met after his Feb 8 life sentence and left without a comment.
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Budapest
Hungary
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Vatican
Cardinal Mindszenty
Holy See
Mindszenty
Kivan Dobi
Josef Mindszenty
Bulgarian Protestant leaders accused of treason in Bulgaria
In Sofia on February 19 a purported confession by one of 15 Protestant leaders accused of treason claims spies for Britain and the United States. Vassil Ziapkov, a defendant, says he held a top role in the United Evangelical Church council and acted as a link to Anglo Americans. Western churchmen denounce the arrests as religious persecution amid a push to close foreign religious orders. The 1934 Protestant census counted 8,371 Protestants in Bulgaria against 5,000,000 Greek Orthodox members. The charges mirror past Communist prosecutions.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Britain
United States
Vassil Ziapkov
Ziapkov
High United Evangelical Church Council of Bulgaria
High Council
World Council of Churches
Geneva
Vassil Kolarov
Peoples’ Democratic
Air Force Tests Delta Wing Research Plane
The United States Air Force reports a new jet powered research aircraft with a delta triangular wing, Consolidated Vultee model 7002, tested at Muroc California. The aircraft aims to study high subsonic performance above 40 000 feet with a 31 foot wingspan and 13 000 pound gross weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Airforce
Muroc
Calif
Mine Safety Bill Fight Pledged in West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia February 19 delegates discuss a floor fight over mine safety amendments. Delegate Tetrick argues the bill does not help small operators and favors larger mines while Chairman Stidham pushes exemptions for very small pits as coal prices fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Tetrick
Stidham
Plan To Boost Sales Taxes Draws Fire
Charleston WV February 19. Strong house opposition forms as a senate plan to finance a veterans bonus with higher sales taxes draws fierce pushback. Chairman Bernard Woodyard vows to fight it, while some lawmakers privately favor taxing the bonus. Governor Patterson stays neutral, urging cost disclosure. The issue hinges on voter approval in 1950 and how bonds will be repaid, with debate over a general sales tax to cover interest and principal over 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
Bernard Woodyard
D-Mcdowell
House Veterans’ Affairs E Committee
Veterans Affairs Committee
Patteson
Woodyard
Veterans’ Organizations
Philly Transit Strike Settled After Nine Day Walkout
Philadelphia officials announced a settlement ending a nine day transit strike by 11 000 trolley bus and subway workers. The agreement secures an eight cent hourly wage increase and required ratification by the Transportation union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Union and Co
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Bernard Samuel
Michael J. Quill
CIO
Joseph Sharfsin
PIC
PTC
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U.S
Reds Lead Cio Union
New State Hardware
Ia Legion
Bluefield Medics
Sen. Kilgore
State Hardware
Sutton Merchant
Jap Navy
Army Institute of Pathology
Institute of Pathology
Army and Veterans Administration
Aig
Ann Pager Jones
Pittsburgh
Bonita
Ill
Macomb
Reds
Philly
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