Cox Resigns WSB Chief Amid Protest Over Coal Wage Rise
President Truman accepted Archibald Cox’s resignation as chair of the Wage Stabilization Board and named Charles Killingsworth to replace him. Cox quit in protest of Truman’s decision to approve the full 190 a day coal wage increase tied to United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis. The board had opposed larger raises, warning of inflation. Cox urged broad suspension of wage and price controls to align with national interests.
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Democrats Place U S Ahead of Party Needs
Truman and Gov. Stevenson argued party interests must yield to national welfare. Stevenson said Democrats should serve the public interest to regain public confidence, while Truman offered the new Republican administration a fair chance to operate.
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Durkin Seeks Taft Labor Conference Plan
New York December 4 Martin P Durkin president elect Eisen howers choice for labor secretary said his first task would be to arrange a meeting between Senator Robert A Taft and labor leaders to discuss amending the Taft Hartley labor law Durkin an AFL official and Democrat backed Adlai Stevenson and voiced optimism that a Taft Izbor conference could produce agreeable amendments. He noted Taft had indicated support for changes and predicted good relations between labor and the Eisenhower administration.
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Bank Robbery Try Ends in Triple Death at Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon Kentucky December 4 an attempted bank robbery resulted in three deaths two in a traffic collision involving the bandit Gillus Allen 37 and another in Berea College Hospital and a third passenger Enoch Wach of Conway. Leonard Davis a deputy sheriff died of a heart attack on arrival. No money was taken.
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Leonard Davis
Churchill Signals Britain to Cut Defense Output
Prime Minister Churchill announced a new cutback in Britain's defense effort to protect financial solvency. The plan includes delaying deliveries and reducing production of existing types while pushing newer, more advanced armaments forward. The 13 billion dollar program will be trimmed to prevent inflationary spiral and bankruptcy fears.
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Red Plane Carries Two Jet Fighters
London report notes Soviet Russia developing a mother plane that can carry two jet fighters at high altitude for combat deployment. The TU4 variant reportedly has a girder wing structure to hook MIG13 jets after takeoff, allowing disengagement on sighting enemies.
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Phantom employe on Grace Line payroll shocks dock probes
A New York waterfront veteran testified at a state crime hearing that the Grace Line payroll listed a phantom employee whose wages were diverted to another man Tim O Mara, a public leader with a police record, allegedly earned $24 130 over five years in wages for the non existent worker. The witness said such phantom employes were part of dock rackets costing New York shipping about 350 million dollars annually.
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Tim O'Mara
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Millions Sought To Fix Firetraps
West Virginia faces a long range plan costing 2.5 million dollars annually for 10 years to improve mental and charitable institutions. Joe Burdett, state board president, urged the program after the Huntington State Hospital fire that killed 17, blaming overcrowded and deficient facilities at Ward No 4.
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State Board of Control
Huntington State Hospital
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Burdett
Huntington
Filth for Late Smut Blots Pocket Book Field
Report on inexpensive reprints of popular novels seen as promoting filth and degeneracy. West Virginia readers access pocket size titles with sexual themes. committee cites explicit plots, while publishers defend them as honest reflections of life.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Paper bound editions bring classics to homes at low cost
The piece notes that affordable paper bound editions of world classics expanded demand and benefited writers publishers and the public, though it hints at changes in recent years with a forthcoming shift in the market.
Nine Americans Fired by U.N. for Subversion Probes
Nine American UN employees have been fired for refusing to answer questions about alleged subversive activities. Nine more are expected to be dismissed tomorrow. Seven of the fired had been let go since the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee hearings began in New York in October. The cases involve staff on special leave with pay under orders from Secretary General Trygve Lie.
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New York
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Prison Escapee Nabbed in Morgantown Capture
Melvin R. Loveland, 31, of Pittsburgh, captured in Morgantown after a cab driver turned him in. He is one of 16 inmates who escaped from Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary. Three leaders remained at large, with manhunts in Maryland’s Cumberland area.
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James Hunter
Tame
Melvin R. Loveland
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Andrew L. White
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E. J. Steddon
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Christmas programs sought from Charleston area churches
Ministers and musical directors of churches in Charleston and nearby towns are asked to submit their Christmas programs and Yuletide activities by December 15 for publication. The Gazette’s correspondents in South Charleston Dunbar St Albans Nitro and other outlying towns should be notified by churches in these districts. Local programs should be mailed to The Gazette.
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Koreans Balk At U N Plan On Prisoners
South Korea rejects the Indian proposed plan to repatriate North Korean POWs, calling them liberated Koreans. The U N Assembly president outlines a letter to Peiping and Pyongyang, urging acceptance. A contingent of neutral nations would run the repatriation commission with no force used.
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Superforts Smash Red Supply Area Over Northwest Korea
Okinawa based B-29s blasted a 70 acre supply hub at Cholsan near the Manchurian border, dropping 200 tons of explosives despite 43 degree cold and 100 mile winds. Communist fighters offered light resistance as Allied troops held Pinpoint Hill and a Sabre jet downed a MiG-15 in a third straight day of air combat.
Premier Yoshida Denies Ike Visit Rumor in Tokyo
Tokyo dispatch reports Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida refuting rumors that President-elect Eisenhower is in Tokyo. Yoshida said he cannot recall Eisenhower attending the weekly cabinet meeting due to a foreign envoy and has not decided if Ike can attend the Diet session today.
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Probers Blast U S Attorneys Over Ethical Standards
House judiciary subcommittee reports harsh criticism of Justice Department ethics as probes reveal feesplitting and double dealing by officials. McGranery exempted from sanctions while James Mullally cited as example of lax standards in past years. Please Turn to Page Col. 5.
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Gunpowder Prank Burns Alderman in Scranton Blast
A prankster placed gun powder in a city magistrate’s ash tray in Scranton causing an explosion. Alderman Frank De Paolo sustained a severe hand burn from a lit cigar igniting the device. His clerk Harold Donohue jumped back, cutting his lip with a thumbnail. Police offered no clues to the prankster’s identity.
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Reuther Wins CIO Presidency In Atlantic City
Walter P. Reuther, 43, head of the United Auto Workers, elected president of the CIO at its Atlantic City convention. He defeated Allan Haywood 3,079,181 to 2,813,103 in a victory margin of 463,078 and pledged to push bread and butter union goals while warning the new Republican administration about Taft Hartley and industrial peace requirements.
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N. J
INS
Walter P. Reuther
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Philip Murray
Neuther
Wheeling
W. C A
CYO
Atlantic City
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Haywood
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Union League
America
Heather
Allan S. Haywood
Mountain slide buries timber worker in Arista
A landslide of about a million tons unleashed from Herncon Mountain in Arista Wyoming County, burying a timber worker who was not identified. Another timberman escaped and was also unidentified, believed to be contracted by Melayne Pocahontas Coal Corp. The Melayne operation conducts strip mining nearby as workers labored in the valley below.
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Herncon Mountain
Melayne Pocahontas Coal Corp
Melayne Company
Domenick Romano
Bluefield
Melayne
Today’s Definition Naturalized Citizen
A playful definition explains a naturalized citizen as someone who becomes a citizen while remaining fully clothed. The joke contrasts legal status with the odd image of taking the oath with clothes on.
Tag the Car contest yields a mystery model prize
The Gazette WCHS announces an early posting rule for the “Tag the Car” contest. In ties, the earliest post wins the mystery car, with participants urged to study Kedars Picture and compare it to the 2953 model depicted then contact the dealer for confirmation. The Salvation Army seeks donations for Christmas.
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