Miners and politics shape West Virginia year 1946
West Virginia headlines center on John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers amid a year of coal strikes, a major Havaco mine blast, fires in Charleston, and political shifts. Republicans gain seats while Coal, rail, and labor tensions mark economic strains and policy battles as 1946 ends.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
West Virginia
Washington
Apa
Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Charleston
Irvin Stewart
Toal
Malittema
Portal
National Guard
U.S
Harley M. Kilgore
Kilgore
Thomas B. Sweeney
Wheeling
Sweeney
House
John Kee
H. Hedrick
H.S. Ellis
House of Delegates
State Senate
Havaco No
Iver and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Earl Belcher
Robert H. Kidd
Bluefield
Pilgrim
Huntington
West Virginia University
T. Neff, Jr
Board of Governors
Charles Lawall
Stewart
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Morgantown
Parsons
Joseph Horne
State
One Force
Tucker ‘County
O. Gay Howatter
Mark McCauley
McCauley
Oscar Cosner
Keyser
Hazim E. Cosner
Billy Gordon
Columbia
S. C
Penitentiary
Richard Lee Collins
Marvin Weber
Denver D
Red) Hill
Northern Counties
Morgantown-Pairmont
Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens
Mich
International Nickel Co
UMW District 50
duPont Company
Belle Plantz
Clarksburg
duPont
Spetter
Charles R. Fox
Meadows
Emigration and Medical Awards Highlight 1946 News
Canberra reports 19 300 immigrants in eight months with British and American arrivals led by 15 714 Brits and 1 177 Americans. Lasker Foundation honors five individuals and five groups for medical advances including Cori on sugar metabolism, Mahoney on penicillin for syphilis, Landsteiner Levine Wiener on Rh factor, Richards for war research organization, and Soper for mosquito control and disease prevention.
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Australia
Canberra
Immigration Department
Revenuiy
Lasker Foundation
American Public Health Association
Carl F. Cori
John F. Mahoney
United States Public Healthervice
Landsteiner
Paul Erlich
Alfred N. Richards
Oscar
Fred L. Soper
International Health Division
Rockefeller Foundation
Brazil
Egypt
Thursday events at Morgentows 9:10 PM clarified
Readable fragment notes a Thursday evening schedule with times and location referenced as Morgentows. No clear event names or participants are provided beyond the 9 10 PM time slot.
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Enids
Employment May Reach 62 Million By 1950 Says BLS
The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the civilian labor force will reach 62 million by 1950, up from 55.9 million in 1940, with wartime job entrants mostly returning to nonworking roles. Regional shifts favor the Pacific coast and industrial Northeast, while the Great Plains and Dixie areas shed workers as growth continues.
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Bureau of Tabor Statistics
Plains
Oklahoma
West
Great Plains
South
Dixie
Pacific Coast
Actio
Horace Green
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