Mundy and Union Reach Accord in Cab Strike
The two percent day long taxicab walkout by Town Tops and affiliates ended. Roy Mundy and AFL Teamsters Local 175 president E A Carter announced settlement with all parties satisfied. All employees will return Tuesday at 2 AM under the same 25 cent basic fare and working contract. Rebhan confirmed 129 union workers ordered back. Radio upgrades expected to meet demand despite potential resumption complications.
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Town Tops
Roy Mundy
E. A. Carter
AFL Teamsters Local 175
Franl. A. Reabhan
Towns Tops
Checker White
City Cab Companies
Mundy Transfer Co
Airlines Limousine Service
Mundy
Maundy
Rebhan
Skyline Cab Co
Tart Mundy
Roy
Public Service Commission
Skyline
PSC
Acc
Earl Mundy
Police Capture Escaped Felon Hiding in Charleston Home
Charleston police arrested 23 year old Jackie Elwood Harper the last of eight convicts who fled Buckhannon road camp. He surrendered in a closet at 1 Price Court after a tip led officers to the residence. Harper a second penitentiary term for breaking and entering was described as the most dangerous escapee. Police identified the arresting officers and noted Harper was unarmed at capture. He was to be held in the county jail before transfer to the Mountsville penitentiary.
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Charleston
Buckhannon
Jackie Elwood Harper
Price Court
Harper
Ben
Captle
Kanawha Caunts
Kanawha County
Century
Barbour County
Charles Forley
Carl Kessell
Warren Fernett
Weston
Johnson
Clarksburg
Kanawha Ice Cream Co
Dewey Williams
Mounasville
Insite Today Smusemensa i Sthuty Clasatieg 772
Digest of a fragmented newspaper page featuring columns on cooking comics and tips. Names and titles are garbled but hints of a lifestyle column with sponsored content and practical guidance appear, alongside stray references to Dorothy and Fetitoriats.
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Smusemensa
Lie Hastens Back to U.S. Peace Talks Move
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie cancelled boat reservations to fly from Europe to New York, planning to map his peace strategy before meeting President Truman next week. Lie aims to coordinate a meeting with Truman and Secretary of State Acheson, as European leaders push for a unified approach to China and a Soviet stance on the UN deadlock.
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Europe
Mostow
Truman
U. N
Mr. Truman
Congress
Lake Success
U. S
World Organization
Lie
Acheson
New York
Stalin
Paris
China
U N
Security Council
Netherlands
Laborites Survive Another Close Vote in Commons
London May 22 Laborites barely held their slim majority in a 299 to 293 division as Churchill led a fierce Conservative attack on the housing program. The vote followed a contention to trim the health ministry’s appropriation by a token sum amid ongoing parliamentary battles.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Ministry of Health
Soviet Vessels Move Toward Area of Games
London reports a flotilla of 31 Ri ma fishing vessels leaving Mounts Bay and moving south toward the Bay of Biscay as British French and Dutch naval maneuvers begin. The Theseus carrier, near the Tambov, heads south to rendezvous with allied ships and later with the Russians who say their aim is fishing, not confrontation.
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London
INS
Bay of Biscay
Mounts Bay
England
Theseus
Scilly Islands
Black Sea
Baltic
Sears Boosts Morris Harvey College Fund with $6000 Gift
Sears, Roebuck and Co presents a $6,000 contribution to Morris Harvey College's building fund. J. D. Jones of the local Sears store says the gift recognizes Morris Harvey's community value and aims to aid facilities. Dr. Leonard Riggleman thanks the company, calling it faith in the community's future and a model of public spirited education support.
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Morris Harvey College
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Leonard Rigglemat
J. D. Jones
jSears
Morris Harvey
Rigglemen
Sears
College
Letters
Charleston
Why Grow Old Women Expect 9 Day Diet When Spring Arrives
Woman readers praise Josepning Lowman nine day reducing diet as spring robin returns. They report rapid weight loss, no hunger, and improved energy, with many claiming multiple repeat use and quick tracking of pounds shed across the nine days.
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Josepning Lowman
T One
Berlin Mayor Defies Putsch During West Berlin Crisis
Berlin Mayor Ernst Reuter vowed West Berlin would defend its freedom amid a mass gathering of Communist youth and a planned 500000-strong FDJ march. He called the Whitsuntide event a Mussolini style bid to seize Berlin and urged German parents not to let their children join the effort.
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West Zone
Berlin
Meyer
Ernst Reuter
West i Berlin
Reuter
Free Berlin
Unter den Linden Blvd
FDI
West Berlin
Rome
Ead
Army cracks down on Soviet movements in Frankfurt
In Frankfurt on May 22 the U S Army moved against movements of Soviet military mission personnel. The action was taken with Soviet cooperation and aims to curb troop movements. Further details are on page 4 column J.
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Frankfurt
INS
U.S
Barge Line Seeks Kanawha Permit
The Charleston Chamber of Commerce board approved a resolution supporting Barge Line Seeks Kanawha Permit in its bid to extend operations northward on the Whig to Pittsburgh. The plan includes Kanawha Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, a door to door freight service via truck trailers loaded onto barges, with Interstate Commerce Commission approval sought. The chamber will not intervene but will notify members of the regional hearing in Cincinnati June 1 to protect shipping interests.
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Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Interstate Commerce Comission
Pittsburgh
Kanawha
Monongatela
Allegheny
Consignor
Consignee
Parkersburg motorist blocks traffic on Lee Street
A Parkersburg motorist left his sedan stalled in the mid stream of Lee Street in front of the post office, blocking Dickinson Street and bottlenecking Lee Street traffic. Police were in view for at least 16 minutes as horns blared and street noise woke residents.
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Parkersburg
Lee St
Dickinson St. Jane
Aleck
Truman blasts boycott of U N units by Reds
President Truman criticizes Soviet walkouts at the United Nations while urging the U S to press for conditions inviting the Soviet Union to return to compliance with the UN charter. He highlights international control of atomic energy and armament regulation as urgent goals amid growing tension.
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Truman
U.N
Reds
Washington
Russia
United Nations
Hoover
U. N
Congress Lin
U. S
World Organization
Soviet Union
Capitol Hil
U.N Hamit
Palestine
Kashmir
Masked Bandits Strip Victims After $30,000 Cock Pit robbery
Six masked robbers storm a Henderson Kentucky cockfight pit, forcing about 25 men to strip and steal an estimated 30 000 dollars to 50 000. They flee in a stolen car, abandon it nearby, and escape in another vehicle. Victims from Kentucky Indiana and Tennessee describe the raid.
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Henderson
Here
Kentucky
Indiana
Tennessee
Herschel McClain
Evanssville
Burrender
A. J. (Hooieh) Crawford
Crawford
Operation Coonskin Set for June 27 28
The Gazette reports the first meeting of the general committee for Operation Coonskin approved June 27 and 28 as a two day blitz to open Coonskin Park for immediate use. Sponsors include The Gazette and county members of West Virginia Contractors Assoc and other groups.
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Charlies K. Armentrout
The
Gazette
General Committee of
Operation
Associated General Contractors
W. Va, Inc
Associated Equipment Dealers
Paul &. Anderson
Anderson's, Inc
W. T
Ted} Coleman
Baldwin Machinery Co
Solons Uphold Agency Revamp in Senate vote
Washington May 22 The Senate backed plans to reorganize the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Power Commission, giving the President power to appoint commissions and shifting day to day operations away from the chairs. Senator Edwin C. Johnson led efforts to defeat both proposals, with 49 votes needed to block. Johnson’s resolutions failed as 34 voted yes on FTC rejection and 37 on FPC rejection, while 47 and 3 opposed respectively. The move follows Truman’s earlier reorganizations and awaits further action.
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FTC
FPC
Washington
Senate
Juphela
Teuman’s
Federal Trade
Commission
Federal Power Commission
Unis
Edwin C. Johnson
D.-Cale
Johnson
Trade Commission
Commis
Truman
Congress
Senate Urged To Halt Delay On FEPC Vote
President Truman urged the Senate to break the Southern Democratic filibuster and force a vote on the FEPC act to ban race, religion, and national origin discrimination in hiring. Senate Leader Lucas planned talks with Taft to align major bills before voters campaign season.
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Treeman
Washington
INS
Truman
Senate
Tn Congress
White House
Tte
Dixie
FEPC
Lucas
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Congress
Two Indicted For Tax Evasion In Kansas City
Federal grand jury in Kansas City indicts Samuel C. Hayden a former public official and Thomas Lococo a associate of slain gangster Gargotta on income tax evasion charges. The case ties to a town recreation gambling racket that allegedly netted about 200000 in eight months.
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Kansas City
CINSI
Charles Gargotta
Samuel C. Hayden
Thomas lLococo
Gargotta
Charles
Binaggio
Truman Rd
Hayden
Lococo
Senate
Gam
Hay J
Citizens Group Forming to Promote WV School Bond Vote
A statewide Citizens School Building Committee in West Virginia convened a long meeting to mobilize support for the 1950 school bond amendment. Over 50 leaders from business, industry, labor, professions and education formed county and state plans, naming officers and project divisions for publicity, finance, and vote-getting activities.
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Citizens School Building Committee
West Virginia
Howard KR
Kostermerger
Charleston
Jchatrman
P. E. jXercheval
Kingwood
Kent Kessler
Weston
Phares E. Reed
John Byrer
Martinbourg
C. N. Fannin
Barboursville
Essie E. Bailey
Princeton
G. W. Myers
Shepherdstown
J. F. McClanahan
Nitro
Robert 5. Reiter
Wheeling
Congress Urged to Subsidize Coal Industry
Washington May 22 Congress was urged to subsidize the coal industry amid warnings that foreign oil imports threaten jobs. Rep Flood introduced a bill for a study program and government stockpiles to support production. A National Anthracite Board would buy coal to maintain employment.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Flood
D-Pa
Hill
National Coal Assoc
Daniel T. Buckley
Senate Labor Fire Committee
Jersey Phone Workers Demand Wage Increase
Newark May 22 Independent Telephone Workers Union representing 300 Jersey Belt Telephone Co employees demands a general wage rise effective May 21. The company recently granted 250 per week to 72,000 telephone operators after a state arbitration ruling to the CIO union. The new push targets plant workers and accounting staff, while the firm counters with targeted rate cuts for some groups but promises no overall payroll reduction.
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Jersey
Newark
INSI
Telephone Workers Union
New Jersey
New Jersey Belt Telephone Company
CIO
Records Unsealed On Magazine Case
Washington May 22 seals were ripped from the Amerasia case files in Congress amid rumors of a cover up Rep Brown Ohio spoke of whispers that the fox has been put in again and calls for full disclosure The Senate side saw Ty dings pledge a thorough inquiry while in the House Hobbs urged scrutiny of unwarranted statements and the need to answer all questions once a full report is issued
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Washington
Amerasia
Congress
Rep. Brown
Ohio
House
Brown
Rev
Hohne
Md-Atal
Amerada
Russia
Hawles
Amerasia Episode, Inc
Naval Intelligence
Naval
Andrew Roth
Reta
Amerasia Magazine
New York
U. S. Naval Intelligence
State Department
Brooks
OSS
Frank Sielaski
Dector
Tydings
Senate
Tydinge D-Md
Amieraria
Jaffre
Hobbs
Rep
Amerasie
Fox
GE Ordered to Cut Lamp Production in Monopol Action
The U S government filed an anti monopoly decree in Trenton Federal Court ordering General Electric Co to cut production of incandescent lamps. The decree aims to curb what the government calls a lamp industry monopoly led by GE. The action, backed by Attorney General, seeks to limit GE capacity and prevent any stock or financial interests tied to lamp manufacturing in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
General Electric Co
Whitney N. Seymour
General Electr
General Electric
Philip Formen
Arden
Open General
Iself
United States
Charleston Skies Tuesday May 23 Forecast Summary
The Charleston forecast highlights visible planets Saturn Venus Jupiter and Mars with Saturn and Venus low in the southwest and Jupiter higher. Moon phase noted with a prominent constellation display and a Tuesday evening viewing map on page 7.
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Shaye
Saturn
Tugn
Mars
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Assails
Amerasia Veil
Snafu
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Halt Trucking and Service Co
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J. L. Coleman
L. 8. Coleman Co
L. S. Colesiar
Solons Uphold Agency
Citizens Group
McCarthy
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