Hedrick Bates Joins Labor Battle in West Virginia Governor Race
Dr. E. H. Hedrick announced plans to file for governor as a Labor union strong contest looms with W. E. Flannery. Hedrick, a fourth term U S representative from the Sixth District, said he would run only if Flannery does not file, while labor backing shifts and other candidates pursue nominations before the midnight filing deadline.
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Flannery
Barry G. Hoffmann
Gazette
E. H. Hedrick
W. E. Flannery
Hedrick
House of Repri
Washinston
Charleston
Levy announces sheriff candidacy in Kanawha County race
Forest E Levy 47 of 717 Helen Ave Charleston announces filing for nomination as Kanawha County sheriff on the Democratic ticket bringing eight aspirants. Levy is a former justice of the peace, native of Charleston and married to Margaret Wehrle with two children.
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Levy
Forest E. Levy
Helen’ Av
Justice of Peace
Charleston
Dist
Kanawha County
Greenorier Military Forest
Margaret C. Wehrle
House of Delegates
Virginia Massey Boone
Main St
Charles B. Stans
Virginia St
Clyde W. Westfall
St. Albans
Lyell B. Clay
Swathmore
David Dale Johnson
Mulberry St
West Virginia turnspike plans 90 million steel tied
The West Virginia Turnpike Commission plans an 88 mile toll expressway from Princeton to Charleston with a terminal plaza. It seeks steel and a $90 million revenue bond issue to finance the project and hopes steel is available by mid March. Commission chairman D Holmes Merton spoke after a lengthy meeting with engineer Enoch Needles.
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the Gazette
Charleston
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Commission
Washington
D. Holmes Merton
Enoch R. Needles
New York City
Needles
Princeton
Morton
Maxwell Files For Governor in West Virginia Race
The Associated Press reports multiple candidates filed or considered filing for state and federal offices as the filing deadline nears. J W Maxwell of Beckley and Rush D Holt of Weston are among possible GOP contenders for governor, while Dallas Arthur Tickle filed for the U S Senate seat and Harley Kilgore weighs a third term. Revercomb also filed for the Republican nomination.
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Statehouse
Flannery
Charleston
Chapman Revercomb
U. S
Cal
G. Bachmann
Wheeling
Dallas A. Tickle
Cabell
Edward H. Greene
Huntington
Beckley
Rush Holt
Associated Press
U. S. Senate
Congress
Secretary of State
J. W. Maxwell
Erangew
John
U.S. Senate
Rush D. Holt
Weston
Senate
Dallas Arthur Tickle
Harley M. Kilgore
Democratic Organization
Len Chapman Revercomb
Steelmakers Fight On Employe Issue
New York February 7 steel firms argue against union seniority plans saying promotions by hire date would reduce workers to numbers and threaten individualism. The industry warns such moves would cede management control over promotions and layoffs. A Wage Stabilization Board panel hears the dispute as a threatened strike looms.
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New York
CIO
United Steelworkers
Wage Stabilization Board
Parnel
Danel
Katyn Massacre Link Highlighted by Polish Colonel
Polish colonel George Grobicki told a House committee that the Soviet Ambassador to Britain resembles Brig. Gen Zarabin, chief of the Kozelsk prison camp, suggesting a link to the Katyn mass killings. He testified amid debates on Russian or German guilt for 15,080 Polish troops executed near Kozelsk.
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INS
Great Britain
Kozel’sk
George Grobicki
House
London
Zarabin
The
Dread
NEVD
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Kremlin’s
Britain
Grabicki
Katyn
Kozelsk
Senator Snyder knew of tax frauds, Williams charges
Sen Williams, R Del, accused Treasury Secretary Snyder of knowing about irregularities in New York and St Louis before public exposure. He cited a seven page memo from Internal Revenue chief Schoeneman to Snyder dated 1950 claiming worsening conditions and suggested Johnson and Finnegan cases show ongoing neglect.
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Washington
INS
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Treasury
Snyder
New York
St. Louis
Senate
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
George J. Schedneman
Truman
Delaware
Schoeneman
James W. Johnson
Johnson
James P. Finnegan
Page & Col
Communist recruitment uses sexual lure, says ex FBI informer
Former FBI informant Harvey Matusow testified before the House HUAC that U S Communists recruited youths by exploiting sexual immorality and intellectual weakness. He described alleged incidents at Camp Unity Wingdale New York and claimed sexual misconduct was common in Greenwich Village Communist circles.
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Washington
Lunsa House
U. S
FBI
Harvey Matusow
House Un-American Activities Committee
Camp Unity
Wingdale
N.Y
Matusow
New French Regime Survives Test Vote
Paris reports Premier Edgar Faure's government won a confidence vote in the National Assembly by a narrow margin. The immediate issue is Payre's price linked wage proposal, seeking a one month leeway for every five percent rise in prices before adjusting minimum wages.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Payre
Truman Popularity Rises In Gallup Poll
George Gallup reports Truman’s approval climbs from a winter low of 23 percent to a higher level in January interviews. 46 percent approve, 39 percent disapprove, 16 percent undecided, with party loyalty still shaping voter intent despite fluctuations.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Truman
Mr. Truman
Funeral Planned For February 15 In Windsor
London reports Queen Elizabeth II returned from Africa with Prince Philip as she steps into duties after King George VI’s death. Churchill lauds the late king as a model and notes the new sovereign’s path, with a state funeral set for February 15 at Windsor Castle.
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Burma
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Equatorial Africa
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George VI
Windsor’ Castle
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Queen
George
Elizabeth
Duke ‘of Edinburgh
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Canada
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Plesse Tarn
Allies Study Red Proposal in Korean Armistice Talks
Allied and Communist staff officers traded concessions on truce supervision and prisoner exchange at Panmunjom as U.N. Command weighed a sweeping Red proposal for permanent solutions in Korea and other Asiatic issues. Gen Ridgway to receive a counter proposal while talks resume today.
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Munsan
U.N
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
High Devel
Panmunjom
Red
South Korea
George W. Hickman
Gun Wounds Fatal To St. Albans Boy
Montie Hanshaw 1 year old son of Mr and Mrs W W Hanshaw of 511 Second Ave St Albans died after gunshot wounds heard by parents and treated at Thomas Memorial Hospital Police Chief Lester Groves called the shooting accidental and said the investigation would continue. the boy, a St Albans High School senior, kept a gun collection in his bedroom and the body lay at Startlett Mortuary in St Albans.
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W. W
Bud) Hanshaw
St. Albans
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Lester R. Groves
Groves
St. Albans High School
Bartlett Mortuary
Quality Pontiac Agency
Second Av
National Guard
Startlett Mortuary
Us Arrives in U S with 13 Relatives in Tow
Peregrin Us, 51, arrives with his wife and 13 relatives, the largest displaced family ever brought to the United States. Four daughters married and left the group. The family came from a DF camp in the British Zone of Austria, where they had lived five years. They will settle in an eight room home in Bridgeport Connecticut.
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DP Us
U.S
New York
Peregrin Us
Austria
Bridgeport
Conn
Taft Plans West Virginia Primary Strategy
Senator Taft indicated he may oppose Harold Stassen in West Virginia's May 13 primary after visiting the state. He will decide later about New Jersey and may meet with the Minnesota GOP official before choosing whether to enter that May 18 contest. Delegates in WV are pledged but not bound.
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Washington
Robert’ A. ‘Taft
Ohio
Harold
Stassen
West Virginia
Taft
Staessen
Gen. Eisenhower
D. Pitt O'Brien
Sen
New Jersey
Minnesota
Roy Dunn
Gen
Eisenhower
Kennan Nominated Envoy to Kremlin
President Truman sent the nomination of George F. Kennan, a Russian policy expert, as U S Ambassador to Moscow after accepting Admiral Alan Kirk’s resignation as envoy to the Kremlin. Kennan is not expected to depart the United States until spring, and he previously gained prominence for a State Department treatise on Soviet strategy under the pseudonym Mr X.
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Washington
INS
George F. Kennan
State Department
U. S
Moscow
Truman
Kennan
Senate
Adm
Alan G.kirk
Kremlin
Kirk
Free World
Mr. X
Truman names Ellis Arnall to head price admin
President Truman announced Ellis Arnall former Georgia governor will succeed Michael Disalle as price administrator. He spoke at a news conference and commented on Spain’s North Atlantic alliance and Democratic prospects. He aims to support Benton or another nominee and defends Snyder and Branham amid Republican attacks.
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Truman
Ellis’ Arnall
Georgia
Michael V. Disalie
Impshire
Franco Spain
Spain
North’ Atlantic
Allianc
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Decan
Benton
Treas
Meat-Eaters Cringe As Probers Reveal Muleburger Scandal
Chicago Feb report on a horsemeat racket expansion to muleburgers. State's Attorney Maurovich cites a grand jury transcript from Arthur Nelson a longtime inspector alleging muleburger preparation at Georgetown and Danville plants.
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Chicago
INS
Finolswas
Walter Maurovich
Georgetown
Danville
Elizabeth II Described In Lively Portrait And Iron Will
A veteran palace reporter portrays Elizabeth II as a young queen with a blend of charm and iron resolve. The profile notes her beauty, blue eyes, honey hair, 5-foot-2 frame, and 24-inch waist, praising poise on royal tours and her firm royal mind.
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Elizabeth
Margaret
Gueson
Canada
Wash ‘Lington
Adenauer Pleads For Rearmament In West Germany
Bonn reports that Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged West Germans to rearm to strengthen the free Western world against Soviet attack. He linked the appeal to a German voice in NATO planning and criticized French developments in the Saar as a regional setback. Socialists opposed recruiting German troops until sovereignty and equality are achieved.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
ONATO
Saar
Europe
Adenauer
Prayer for Peace Promotes Justice and Freedom
A 30 second prayer from St. Pauls Episcopal Church Weston urging God to grant freedom and fair opportunity for all people. The rector Rev Stewart Ben West asks for strengthened faith so peace may come through mercy and be established in the hearts of men.
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Ben West
St. Paul's Episcopal, Church
Weston, F
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