Buchanan Pits Idle After 4 Days of Walkouts
Fourth straight day of stoppages halts bituminous coal output in Buchanan county. About 2,800 men idle at 10 mines as unions and operators spar over an alleged drive to win a contract at a Keen Mountain strip mine. No official explanation given. शुरुआती walkouts began when Red Jacket miners protested at Universal Construction near Keen Mountain. union says majority of Universal workers joined UMW, contract not signed.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
Operators Association
Norton
William F. Minton
United Mine Workers District 28
UMW
Keen Mountain
Williamson
W.va
Upper Buchanan
Margaret Ann Coal Company
Conaway
H.ef
Harman Coal Corporation
Harman
Buchanan County Coal Corporation
Big Rock
Lynn Camp Coal Corporation
Panther Coal Corporation
Roseann
Home Creek Smokeless Coal Corporation
Home Creek
Meyers Witness Is Protected in Key Testimony
Washington reports the government arranged protection for Mrs. June Ballou Grinsted, a former Wright Field stenographer, in Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers trial. She testified Meyers put most of Aviation Electric stock in her name while denying wartime profits.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Robert T. Bushnell
U. S
John Finelly
June Ballou Grinsted
Boron
Calif
Army
Wright Field
Dayton
Grinsted
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Meyers
Army Air Forces
Lamarre
White Collar Wage Boost Sought In Westinghouse Bargaining
Pittsburgh February 25 The federation of Westinghouse independent salaried unions asked for a general 20 cent per hour wage increase for all white collar workers representing 15 000 members across 22 plants. The union seeks a pension plan for all employees and the reestablishment of the profit sharing plan discontinued in 1942 plus two more holidays. Non economic provisions of the contract were extended recently.
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Pittsburgh
Federation of Westinghouse
Westinghouse
Leo F. Bollens
Britain Will Back Antarctic Claims
London reports Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said Britain would uphold its claims to disputed Antarctic islands south of Cape Horn. He criticized renewed Argentine and Chilean expeditions to establish bases, calling the moves highly regrettable and asserting Britain’s stance on sovereignty.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Cape Horn
Bevin
House of Commons
PSC Studies Rail Boost Intrastate Rates Hearing Monday
West Virginia railroads seek another 10 percent rise in intrastate freight rates, following ICC and PSC actions on interstate increases. Also on March 5 hearings set for designs of a dam at West Liberty State College and for Giotto water district expansion with a 355 foot well and 35,000 gallon tank to serve nearby residents and businesses at $2 to $2.50 monthly.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
PSC
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
State Commission
West Liberty State College
Short Creek
Giatto Water and Improvement Club
Giatto
Mercer County
William Crowell
Giotto
Crowell
Million Dollar Fire Rips Hollywood Business Block
A million-dollar fire swept a Hollywood business block near Santa Monica Blvd and Las Palmas Ave, described as the worst in nearly twenty years. No injuries were reported after two residents were rescued from a nearby home, while a lumber yard cleaning plant and six other buildings suffered extensive damage and the General Service Corp. studio faced threats. Firefighters used 58 units in a two hour battle to control the blaze.
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Hollywood
General Service Corp
Santa Monica Blvd
Las Palmas Avenue
Lend Lease Arms Described as Poor Quality
Moscow reports that the trade union paper Trud says lend lease arms received by Russia in the war were by far poorer in quality than Soviet equipment. N Voznesensky, head of the state planning commission, noted allied industrial supplies under lend lease amounted to less than four percent of Soviet production but did not claim the equipment was poor.
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Moscow
Trud
Russia
United States
N. Voznesensky
State Planning Commission
Reds Triumph As Communists Seize Czech Government
Prague reported a communist coup as Prime Minister Klement Gottwald forced President Eduard Benes to accept a new government. The move followed six days of crisis, with student protests near Charles University and clashes as police dispersed demonstrators.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Benes
Ancient Charles University
National Front
Gottwald
Social Democratic
Czech National Socialist
Catholic Peoples
Slovak Democrats
Antonin Zapotocky
Catholic Peoples Party
Masaryk
Ludwig Svoboda
Mrs Kaiser Pictured As Poor Rich Girl
Mrs Henry J Kaiser Jr appeared in superior court saying she has only 18 dollars cash and cannot live on 500 dollars a month while seeking a 1500 dollar monthly allowance during divorce proceedings. Her husband’s son, 31, is named as general manager of the Kaiser Frazer Southern California division earning 15000 a year with an extra 10000 since January 1.
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Los Angeles
Henry J. Kaiser, Jr
Superior Court
Kaiser
Young Kaiser
Southern California
Kaiser- Frazer Co
Wife's Diary Read In Court As Husband Seeks Divorce
In Phoenix, William Henry Grimditch Jr. read portions of his heiress wife's diary and letters in superior court to support claims of infidelity. He testified the entries and letters from Blake Brophy showed Mrs. Grimditch's alleged affairs, while he faced a cross-complaint accusing her of intimate relations with several men during his overseas service.
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Phoenix, Ariz
William Henry Grimditch, Jr
Philadelphia
Jevers
Gioia Barker Grimditch
Czech Export Ban Pondered
Washington reports indicate the U S government is weighing strict export controls on goods to Czechoslovakia as retaliation for the communist takeover. Officials say heavy machinery orders and a $49 million annual trade could be targeted and broader actions may follow including credit and loan decisions.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Treasury
World Bank
Delate
International Monetary Fund
Truman Budget Is Questioned
Senator Aiken charged that President Truman’s budget omits 3.75 billion dollars available for the next fiscal year. He presented a portable budget totaling 43.43 billion including additional funds from prior appropriations and indefinite or special funds. Millikin urged sharp cuts and a single appropriation bill with agency workload studies and larger staff.
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Washington
Truman
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Expenditures Committee
House
Senate
Millikin
R-Cple
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Milliken
May Double Delivery Of Natural Gas
The big and little pipelines moving gas from Texas into the industrial midwest aim to nearly double deliveries by early next year. Current flow is 280 million cubic feet daily and will rise to 433 million by fall and to 508 million with new compressor equipment.
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New York
Little Inch
Texas
Midwest
HCL Trend Rises As Marts Steady
Chicago reports a mild rise in living costs with a slight uptrend in wholesale markets. Since Feb 13 grains soybeans and hog cattle prices show modest gains while New York stocks advance. Wholesale meat and butter values hold steady or edge higher in Chicago and New York.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Associated Press
New York
Indictment of St Louis milk firms for price fixing
A federal grand jury charged St Louis two largest dairies and six officers with conspiring to fix milk prices. The indictments name St Louis Dairy Co Basil M Lide Jr Arthur F Kerckhoff Richard D Kerckhoff Elmer M Kerckhoff Daniel M Kerckhoff Alexander Kerckhoff and Peverly Dairy Co officers. Investigations ordered by Attorney General Tom Clark followed a price study begun last August.
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St. Louis
Tom Clark
John F. Sennett
Justice Department
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Clark
Stuis Dairy Co
Basil M. Lide, Jr
Peverly Dairy Co
Arthur F. Kerckhoff
Richard D. Kerckhoff
Elmer M. Kerckhoff
Daniel M. Kerckhoff
Alexander Kerckhoff
Civil War Looms In Arab Country
Cairo dispatch reports Yemen on the brink of civil war as rival forces clash in Sanaa. Crown Prince Seif el Islam Ahmed, son of the slain Imam Yehia, proclaims himself imam and seeks refuge for his father's family amid siege threats.
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Cairo
Yemen
Ashram
Aden
San’s
Seif el Islam Ahmed
Yehia
Arab League
Egyptian Council of Minister and Foreign Office
Steel Charge Is Rapped By Executive
Ernest T. Weir chairman of National Steel says the $5 a ton price rise is not a universal or concerted increase. Congress condemns the move as an anti inflation measure debate grows. DOJ expands antitrust inquiry with FBI visits to 16 steel company HQs. Weir testified on the Marshall plan and argued the rise was misrepresented as concerted.
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Washington
FBI
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
Congress
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate
Kilgore
West Virginia
Truman
Bakewell
R-Mo
Steel Commanies
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
New York
Justice Department
Steel
Weir
Button
Capitol
Plan for Expanded Gas Exploration in Western Virginia
United Carbon officials studied plans to expand exploration of a 140000 acre lease in western Virginia after bringing in one gas well near Grundy. The well in Buckhannon, Russell and Tazewell counties yielded a large open flow in the Maxim sand at about 2300 feet, though exact production was not disclosed.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Carbon Company
Virginia
Grundy
Buckhanan
Russell
Tazewell
Maxim
Armed Jews Storm Jerusalem Police Court Compound
In Jerusalem, armed Jews stormed a British military court compound, threw incendiaries, killing an Arab guard and wounding two others. The incident followed a Sunday blast on Ben Yehuda street, part of ongoing anti-British violence with 54 dead and 20 missing, as unrest rose across the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
Ben Yehuda Street
United Nations
Holy Land
Rent Bill Is On Way To Truman
Congress approved a 30 day extension of rent controls to March 31 and will send the measure to President Truman during his southern trip. The Senate and House acted by voice vote. no loophole was closed and the plan preserves existing lease terms during the extension as final, urgent action focused on speed to avoid a lapse.
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Washington
Congress
President Truman
Caribbean
Senate
House
Truman
Myers
Taft
Ohio
House Banking Committee
Anti-Lynch Law Is Approved by House Subcommittee
A federal anti-lynching bill advanced in the House Judiciary Subcommittee amid Southern Democratic opposition to Truman civil rights proposals. The measure would let federal courts prosecute lynching cases and police negligence, with penalties up to 10 years in jail and 20 thousand dollars fine, and victims' families could receive damages up to 10 thousand.
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Washington
House Judiciary
Truman
House
Mr. Truman
South
White House
Richmond
Confederacy
Tuck
Virginia General Assembly
Virginia
Case
R-Nj
Cravens
D-Ark
Fellows
Rme
Devitt
R-Minn
Byrne
DNY
Frighan
Ohio
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Kaiser-Frazer Cuts Willow Run Output
Kaiser-Frazer Corp announces night shift at Willow Run will end in March as part of an economy drive. Edward F. Kaiser says 2,400 workers will be laid off and production will shift to one shift, reducing daily output from about 1,000 cars.
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Detroit
Kaiser- Frazer Corp
Willow Run
Edward F. Kaiser
Kaiser
West Virginia School Spending Below National Average
The National Education Association reports 87 percent of West Virginia students attend schools with per pupil costs below the national average of 99 dollars. About 20 percent are in 65 and 75 dollar schools, 22 percent in 85 dollar schools, 17 percent in 90 dollar schools, and 13 percent in 100 dollar or more classes. The state also shows a higher rate of spending increase from 1939 to last year.
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Washington
West Virginia
National Education Association
Association
NEA
Westinghouse Reports Record 1947 Net Income
Westinghouse Electric Corp announces 1947 net income of 48.8 million dollars, 3.58 per share, the largest in its history surpassing the 1929 record. Compared with 1946 earnings of 8.8 million dollars or 0.65 per share.
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New York
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Industrialist urges cautious Europe aid under Marshall plan
Washington Feb 25 leading industrialist Ernest T Weir of National Steel warned the House Foreign Affairs Committee that broad foreign aid could provoke a serious low mood at home. He urged limiting relief until Europe can help itself and argued aid should not be used as a bribe to curb communism. Henry A Wallace echoed a similar warning that aid benefits big business.
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Washington
Congress
Cauti
Europe
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United Penson
Weir
Henry A. Wallace
Flash Fire Kills Seven Children on Iowa Farm
A early morning blaze swept through a frame farmhouse near Prairie Grove ten miles northwest of Burlington Iowa killing seven Ellsworth Waterhouse children aged 18 months to 16 years. Surviving 18 year old Donald Waterhouse described flames and a blocked stairway that trapped the youngsters. The six room home was heated by a wood and coal stove and the mother was treated at relatives’ home.
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Burlington
Ellsworth Waterhouse
Donald Waterhouse
Prairie Grove
Here
Truman Returns From Island Visit
President Truman returns to the United States from a five day goodwill trip to the Caribbean. He stopped at Guantanamo Bay for lunch aboard the USS Williamsburg where he told reporters no one got seasick and flashed a crossed-finger gesture.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
United States
Caribbean
Naval Operating Base
Guantanamo
Cuba
Williamsby
Williamsburg
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Prus
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Tahiti
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Jack
Grimditch
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Bonnie McKenzie
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