New Showdown Over Miners Welfare Fund Spending
John L. Lewis and Sen. Bridges face a clash over about 13 million dollars in the miners welfare fund. Bridges argues pre June 30 collections cannot be used without a new labor contract, amid a paused truce and possible White House mediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Sen. Bridges
RNH
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Lewis
Bridges
New Hampshire
United Mine Workers
White House
John R. Steelman
Charles I. Dawson
Louisville
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Lewis and Bridges
Call for U S transport policy board to streamline federal programs
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer may propose a central policy body to coordinate air rail water and highway programs and curb costs. The plan envisions user charges on carriers, studies on funding and a high priority national transport system focused on efficiency and military usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Interstate Commerce and Maritime Commissions
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Bureau of Public Roads
High Policy Board
Bluefield Zoning Study Group Faces a Dilemma
Bluefield Virginia zoning study group plans to seek expansion of business and industrial districts in three areas including Bluefield and Princeton avenues plus South Bluefield. The ten member committee faces opposition from residential advocates who defend homeowners rights amid a potential reform tied to the Carter case cited by state Supreme Court guidance.
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Larry Lurent
Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
Princeton Avenue
South Bland
Stadium Drive
Virginia State Line
City Board of Directors
Arthur F. Kingdon
Clyde E. Elliott
C. E. Lilly
C. W. Lilly
C. W. French
R. A. Hale
H. L. Dickason
O. Judson Lambert
Harry A. Goodykoontz
Lawrence Alexander
William H. Graham
Arthur Heller
Heller
Mulberry Street
National Coil
Zoning Board of Appeals
Charleston
U. D. Carter, Sr., and Sons
City of
State Supreme Court
Carter
U. D. Carter
U. D. Carter, Jr
F. C. Carter
Willow Street
E. P. Mitchell
Circuit Court
Mercer County
No Coffee Shortage but Prices May Stay High
Washington reports no immediate shortage but coffee prices may stay high. A 3500 word study by Albert Prosterm an and Alice Taylor notes Brazil’s falling export production from 22.5 million bags in 1930 40 to 14.4 million in 1949 50 and a drop in coffee trees from 3 billion to 2.1 billion 1934 46, with growing U S and producer consumption and Brazil shipping less to ports through Sept 1.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Avivcennvuas
Albert M. Prosterman
Alice M. Taylor
Brazil
U. S
Colombia
Matoaka Negro Arrested After Fatal Knifing Incident
Lloyd Martin, 26, is jailed on a murder charge for the stabbing of Charley Ouldis, 28, in Matoaka. Ouldis suffered a chest wound and facial injuries after a fight in front of Nettie Martin’s home around 12:30 a.m. Ouldis allegedly courted Martin’s sister Irene. The body was taken to a Bluefield mortuary. Constable J P McKinney and Sheriff C C Elmore lead the investigation with Trooper E D Bazzie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Martin
Matoaka
Charley Ouldis
J. P. McKinney
Ouldis
Martin McKinney
Nettie Martin
Lloyd
Oulds
Irene Martin
Bluefield
Martin
McKinney
Jack Shrewsbury
American Held By Hungarians
Mrs. Rob ert A Vogeler says her husband, American ITT official in Eastern Europe, was arrested in Hungary last Friday and is being held incommunicado. He reported being followed by Hungarian police and disappeared after leaving the Vienna Budapest route.
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Vienna
Robert A. Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hungary
Vogeler
Jackson Heights
Long Island
N. Y
Europe
Budapest
London
Heavy quake rocks Nicaragua area reported near coast
A strong earthquake震 was recorded by Spring Hill College seismograph located in Mobile Alabama. Seismologist Rev Louis J Eisei said the tremor originated about 1365 miles south near San Jose and Managua and lasted nearly two hours. Fordham University also logged distant shocks about 2320 miles away with two early minute readings.
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Mobile
Ala
Spring Hill College
Nicaragua
Louis J. Eisei
San Jose
Managua
New York
Fordham University
Joseph J. Lynch
Giles County Mail Ballots Rejected Sparks Absent Vote Law Debate
Pearisburg Virginia November 20 Republican State Chairman Robert H Woods said there was no fraud in Giles county election where seven mail ballots in the Pearisburg district were rejected for missing outer envelopes. He urged repeal of the absent voter law and noted one precinct had all its mail ballots successfully challenged.
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Pearisburg
Robert H. Woods
Giles County
Woods
Electoral Board
Giles
Social Insurance Rates To Increase Nationwide Tax Hike
Washington reports a 50 percent rise in social insurance taxes will start six weeks from now, with both employers and employees paying 14 percent on wages up to 3,000. The change, effective January 1, raises annual receipts by 667 million dollars and affects about 39 million workers and 2.7 million employers. The maximum personal tax jumps from 60 to 90 dollars.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
80Th Congress
Nice Waiters Wonder If Princess Elizabeth Smokes
Amateur waiters at Nice airport restaurant report a Players cigarette package and a half smoked cigarette on Princess Elizabeth's plate during a stopover on her Malta trip with Prince Philip. The incident follows British speculation after a photo of her desk showed an ash tray, while sister Princess Margaret was later seen smoking.
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Nice
France
Elizabeth
Malta
Prince Philip
Britain
Princess Margaret
Plane With 30 Tots Aboard Feared Lost
A Dutch chartered Dakota with 30 to 31 children and four crew aboard disappeared on a flight from North Africa to Norway. Radio contact was lost near Oslo and fuel exhaustion is suspected. Red Cross searches and Dutch and Norwegian authorities pursued leads as weather held. The children, ages six to twelve, were Jewish refugees bound for rehabilitation in Norway.
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Oslo
Norway
North Africa
Fornebu
Brussles
Ere
Aero Holland Aviation Co
Amsterdam
Aero Holland
Red Cross
Netherlands
Holland
Leopold Berman
Jewish Children Relief Organization
Israel
Norwegian State Broadcasting Co
Surviving B 29 Crash Crew Rescued After 79 Hours At Sea
Eighteen survivors of a B 29 crash off Bermuda endured 79 hours on stormy Atlantic waters. Lt. Col. John Grable said heavy seas capsized rafts and two crewmen were lost. The 20 aboard included four who reached Kindley Field Hospital in Bermuda.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
John Grable
March Field Air Base
California
Kindley Field Hospital
Kindley Air Base
Haida
Atlantic
Grable
L. Cmdr
Edward T. G. Madgwick
Ottawa
Cmdr
Alfred A. H. Kerley
Victoria
B. C
Cpl
Raymond Breit
Arlington
Calif
Pvt
Robert Dobson
Decatur
Roy Coulter
Beverly Hills
Goldilocks Comeuppance Ends With Arrest in Cedar Rapids
Clarence Bass, 43, allegedly trespassed during an improvised fairy tale scene at Norman Staubs and wife’s home in Cedar Rapids. The couple found a forced kitchen entry and a sleeping intruder in the bedroom before Staubs escorted him to a jail cell until police arrived for investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
Goldilocks
The
Clarence Bass
Norman Staubs
Staubs
Bass
Parents Arrested in Child Stealing Case In Ohio
Three year old Bonnie Linkfield was found and placed with relatives in Huntington, West Virginia. Her parents Lawrence Linkfield and Eileen Linkfield and aunt Elizabeth Musgrave were arrested on a child stealing affidavit, held on $1,000 bonds each, and face circuit court after extradition proceedings. Bonnie had been left with guardian Cecil Oty since March of last year, amid custody battles.
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Edmonds
Cavaliers
Tulane
Willard L. Wade, Jr
Clifton Forge
Hampton
Virginia
Art Guepe
Johnny Thomas
Charleston
W. Va
University of Virginia
Marine Corps
Hampton High School
Virginia Lee Potter
Newport News
Washington
Court House
Bonnie Linkfield
Orland Hays
Huntington
Justice of the Peace
S. P. Ludwick
Lawrence Linkfield
Eileen
Elizabeth Sue Musgrave
Cecil Oty
Here
Bonnie
West Virginia
Oty
Linkfield
Washington D. H
Hayes
Panama President Resigns Under Military Pressure
Police Chief Col. Jose Remon forced the resignation of President Daniel Chanis after four months in office. Vice President Robert F. Chiari was sworn in at 6 am as the new leader following a tense night of planning. The diplomatic corps prevented bloodshed. Chanis marked his 58th birthday at his residence.
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Panama
Col
Jose Remon Rose
Daniel Chanis
Robert F. Chiari
Diplomatic Corps
Fire Threat Grips Montgomery West Virginia Homes
A wind whipped forest fire threatened about 20 houses near Montgomery as the flames shifted away from the residential area known as Charleston Heights two miles east along Route 60. Fire crews including volunteers and Boy Scouts battled the hillside blaze with no estimate of the area burned.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Charleston Heights
Glen Ferris
West Woman Travels Westward and Eastward for Thanksgiving
An 84 year old grandmother, Elizabeth Wentworth, arrived alone by air from Minneapolis to visit her son Frank Wentworth in Atlanta for Thanksgiving. She previously trekked west to Minnesota in a covered wagon in 1872 at age seven with her father, noting the airplane offers more advantages though the wagon had adventures.
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Atlanta
Elizabeth Wentworth
Minneapolis
Frank Wentworth
Minnesota
Thugs Hold Family Prisoner In $15,000 Fort Worth Heist
Three masked robbers abducted the Renaud family and a guest at their Fort Worth home, binding them with tape while ransacking the house. They fled with about $15,000 in jewelry and cameras, including a $6,000 diamond bracelet, a $2,500 ring, and other valuables.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Charles L. Renaud
Cato Hightower
Renauds
Mabel Wright
Sara Renaud
Sara
Nellie Arthur
Matic
Renaud
Westexas Oil and Royalty Company
Barkley honeymooners arrive in Atlanta after Nashville drive
Vice President and Mrs Alben Barkley arrive in Atlanta after a 300 mile drive from Nashville Tennessee. They stay at Hotel Ansley and interact with reporters photographers and hotel staff. The couple previously wed in Louisville and plan a Florida honeymoon at Shangri La.
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Atlanta
Alben Barkley
Nashville
Tenn
Ansley
Barkleys
Veep
Chattanooga
Paducah
Angles
Barkley
St. Louis
Nashville Tennessean
Hermitage
Old Hickory
Big Smoke
Jackson
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UMW Welfare Fund
Harold W. Wood
Dawson
U.S. Transport
National Maritime Union
New
York
UMW
Virginia Grid
Gene Edmonds
Charlottesville
Stadium Road
Companion
GOP
Air Field
R. G. Allen
Fayette County
Weep
Bride
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