Jurors Acquit Beck in Death Of Suspect
A jury acquitted City Patrolman James H. Beck, 31, in the fatal shooting of Glennis Welker, 19, of Tuppers Creek, during a three day trial. Prosecutors argued Beck acted while Walker attempted to escape after being found behind the wheel of a car, while the defense claimed Beck acted to enforce the law and prevent a felony.
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Fase
James H. Beck
Mrurder
Glennis Welker
Tuppers Creek
Beck
Feliz Candy
Walker
Beache 9
Washington St. W
Sam D. Lepinsky
West Virginia
James
Lepinsky
Frank L. Taylor
End of Philadelphia Transit Strike Reaches Eight-Cent Raise
Philadelphia negotiators and the CIO Transport Workers Union reach a settlement ending a nine day transit strike with an eight cent hourly wage boost. The Philadelphia Transportation Company board approves terms by phone and workers vote on the deal at a later meeting. Mayor Samuel says normal service should resume.
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Philadelphia
Phildelphia ‘Transportation Company
Tonteh
CIO Transport Workers
Bernard Samuel
Differentia
Tiras
Turm
Martinsburg Spends $12 Daily for Each Patient
Martinsburg hearing reveals Veterans Administration spends 312 per day per patient at Newton D. Aker Hospital. Dr K E Cook praises doctors for operating under one dollar daily. Lawmakers tour the war-built hospital as they weigh state acquisition to relieve overcrowding.
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Martinsburg
Charles K
Aker Dosplia
le Cook
State Ste
Break Believed Near In Counterfeit Ring
Federal officials predicted the arrest of ringleaders in a nation wide counterfeit ring as three men faced charges of possessing 10000 in phony ten and twenty dollar bills. Cimcome Lauriano 52 Bronx Peter Modica 38 Brooklyn and Anthony Marino 44 Brooklyn identified themselves at arraignment as gang members flooding the East Coast with fake currency.
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New York
INS
Asl
U. S
Cimcome Lauriano
Bronx
Peter Modica
Anthony Marino
Brooklyn
Em Gang
Reds Counsel Push Trial Of Federal Jury System
In New York on February 19, five weeks into the trial of top American Communists the case stalls as no juror has yet been sworn. Defense asks to dismiss the indictment over alleged grand jury discrimination, while Judge Medina contemplates continued juror testimony amid a lengthy intra trial.
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Reds’ Counsel
New York
Witnem
Harold R. Me
Tral
Dina
Cout
Medina
Plance Tura
Bishops Seek Cardinal Link in Hungary Vatican Talks
Hungary's Roman Catholic bishops met to decide if they should resume talks with the Communist regime over government control of religious schools. They want Cardinal Mindszenty to contact Pope Pius XII after a life sentence for treason. The bishops await the Pope's approval before acting, planning another conference next week.
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Budapest
INS
Hungary
Vatican
Minds Senty
Pius Kil Cantina
U. S
Selden Chopin
Tenants Protest Kenna Homes Sale to Veterans Co op
A group of 79 veteran tenants at Kenna Homes in South Charleston protests the sale of the wartime housing project to the Kenna Homes Veterans Cooperative Corp. They urge U S Housing and Urban Development officials to halt the sale and reassess the deal. Opponents argue a majority of stockholders are non veterans and many do not reside in the project.
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Kenna Homes
South Charleston
Fie Public Housing Administration
Kenna Homes Veterans Cooperative
U.S
ML Neely
John T. Egan
PHA
Norman
St Fits
Ee Ens Ones Vere Ce ‘Operative Corp
Pacar A Cpeap
Hey
From Your Heart Campaign Ends February 25
A short campaign notice notes that the effort named From Your Heart concludes on February 25. The message appears from a local committee location in Mall ten to FP and references a box address at O Box 2251.
Iolons Asked to Aid Unions in Failing Beds
Howard L Young president of the American Mining Congress urged Congress to help prevent Communism from infiltrating labor unions. He testified to a Senate labor committee proposing a Truman administration bill to replace Taft-Hartley, citing billions spent abroad to fight Communism. He noted his firm refused to recognize Mine Mill and Smelter union due to non Communist affidavit rules and referenced ensuing clashes at several company plants.
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Washington
Congress
Howard L Young
Americn Mining Congress
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
Young
Senate Labor Committee
Red Hale
Union
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Old ‘War Labor Board
Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
Mining Congress
American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Co
St. Louis
Howard
American Mining Congress
Rules May Block Vote on Pensions
Washington dispatch reports a parliamentary hunch called a joker in House rules may derail Rep Rankin's veterans pension bill opposed by President Truman. The measure would grant WWI and WWII ex servicemen 80 dollars monthly at 65, with potential annual cost up to six billion dollars. Truman argued finances can only stretch so far to aid servicemen. Speaker Rayburn plans to discuss the inadvertent joker with parliamentarians as the new procedure seeks to hasten enactment of Truman's program.
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Washington
INS
House
Rep. Rankin
D-Miss
Truman
House Veterans Committee
Rayburn
D-Tex
Dirt Bill Seen Punitive to Coal Industry by West Virginia C C
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce urges that an air position control bill before the Legislature is a punitive proposal likely to cut coal consumption in home markets. Officials warn the bill could treat tiny smoke discharges as illegal while amendments may soften terms. Coal producers form a smoke abatement committee including major railroads such as Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central, and Norfolk and Western.
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C. of
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Harry A. Stansbury
ML Woodroe
Assoc
West Virginia
House
Senate Judiciary Committees
Hev
West
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake ‘and Ohio
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Greatest Story Ever Told serialization begins in Charleston Gazette
Reverend Boniface of Sacred Heart Church congratulates Patton Oursler for the Greate st Story Ever Told program. The Charleston Gazette will publish the serial in 40 installments starting with today's issue to ensure readers do not miss any portion.
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Patton Oursler
Imertz
Charleston Gazette
Pather Boniface
Sacred Heart Church
Charleston
Army retracts spy charges against two writers
The Army withdrew espionage accusations against American and British writers Guenther and Eyster after misstatements based on Japanese police data. Miss Smedley praised the reversal while detailing financial and personal damages. The Army apologized for releasing the report without full fact gathering.
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Washington
Army Today
Espinage
Jad
Army
Miss Smedley
Department of the Army
Truman Aides Split on Need For Controls
Washington February 18 The President's Council of Economic Advisers divided 5 1 on price controls with John D Clark supporting direct action against price increases and Leon Keyserling backing price wage controls while Edwin G Nourse opposed new powers and stayed away from Capitol Hill testimony The split reflects uncertainty about inflation outlook and hopes for spring economic strength Nourse argued the council should remain a background adviser to the president while Truman weighs options and possible wage restraint measures
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Nourse
Keyserling
Clark
Council
Truman
Ama Supe
Palchose
Sen. O'Mahoney
D.wye
Keyserling and Clark
Fourteen Die as Planes Crash in Coventry England
In Coventry England near the wartime Cathedral city two planes collided midair killing fourteen people including three Americans. The British European Airways craft and an RAF Anson trainer crashed after impact with no survivors. Victims include J E Michaels and wife from Chicago and Cameron Aitken of Appenaug L R from Chase National Bank. Wreckage scattered over two and a half miles and bodies were recovered by Coventry fire brigade.
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Coventry
Eng
British European Airways Office
Lsted
J. E Michaels
Chicago
Cameron Aitken
Appenaug
R. L
Cat
Coventry Fire Brigade
Couple Marries After Fast Courthouse Romance
Omaha dispatch reports two honeymooning newlyweds met on a cross country train and wed on the way to Chicago and Flint Michigan to be married. The Milwaukee native and her groom traveled east from San Francisco and chose a surprise ceremony in transit.
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Omaha
Chicago
Flint
Mich
Milwaukee
Wis
Toet
Mery Elia Taunt
San Francisco
Orcaka
Tee
Greek FM eyes swift medi pact talks linked to NATO
Greek Foreign Minister Tsaldaris predicted rapid negotiations on one or two Mediterranean pacts after the North Atlantic defense agreement. He favored Israel joining a regional coalition and planned London talks with British officials after Turkish minister Sadak. Russia opposes regional pacts, fearing weakening of broader NATO unity.
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Paris
Constantine Tsaldaris
Traldaris
London
Necmeddin Sadak
Tsaldaris
Israel
Russia
Diplomats Accept Draft North Atlantic Pact With Speeded Schedule
Western diplomats reported they had accepted in principle the draft North Atlantic pact with Senate modifications. A surprise meeting with Secretary Acheson at the State Department yielded a plan for a rapid conference schedule starting next week to finalize the accord. European representatives were said to be seeking further instructions as the talks move forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
IHS
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
State Department
Senate
Congress
Friends
Pctass
Battle Looms On Bonus Tax Fight In Senate
House opposition formed to the Senate plan to finance veterans bonuses with higher sales taxes. Bernard Woodyard led the fight to defeat the tax proposal while others urged voting the package if the Senate approves the tax. Gov. Patteson cautioned costs must be known. A separate dispatch from Gibraltar reports a radio operator on the William Phips was removed after a mystery series of messages raised concerns.
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Woodyard
Senate
Lee Garrett
Steng
House of Delegates
Senate Committee
Bernard Woodyard
House
Vetwane’ Sttzirs
Prepethi Pecs
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Gibraltar
William Phips
Atlantic
Naples
Galveston
Tex
Norway Party Approves Atlantic Parley Entry
Norway's labor party backs proposi tion to join Atlantic alliance talks. Parliament must approve the political line drafted by Foreign Minister Lange as Washington and Oslo move toward formal acceptance of an invitation to join Western defense efforts.
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Oslo
Atlantic
Norway
Labor
Ite
Torermment
Allance
Harvard M. Lange
Five of Family Struck By Food Poisoning In South Charleston
Five South Charleston residents fell ill from food poisoning and were rushed by three Snod ambulances to Mountain Lie hospital. The victims included Ethel Walker, 58, of Country Club Aves, her son Howard Walker, 35, and daughters Kathleen, 20, and Norma. Their meals leading to illness were not yet identified.
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South Charleston
Mountain Lie Hospital
Bur
Ethel ‘Walker
Country Club
Atres
Howard Walker
Kathleen
Norma
Charleston
Morse criticizes shelving of Navy critic of Kilgore
Sen Morse accuses officials of punishing Captain Rosa Dierdorff over a critical remark about Sen Kilgore. He argues officials should not fear dismissal for legitimate statements and notes the captain’s career shift after the San Diego incident. The piece references Dierdorff’s service in World War II and his Navy career.
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Morse
Shelving
Navy
Kilgore
Washington
R-Ore
Sullivan
Rosa Diereldorff
Sen. Kilgore
D-Wva
Congress
Dierdorff
San’ Diego
7Th Naval District
San
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Wyoming
Senate Public Reel Hospital
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Mingo
House Humane Institutions Committee
Phillips
Roberta Lee Mason
Cook County
Des Plaines
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Trisl
Tors
Iolons
The
the State Newspaper
Jan
Zyster
Be Ate
Divimade
Lnbout
Need For Controls
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