Hold Up Sentencing John Lebbey Owens Ford Plant Lags
Charleston December reports show Kanawha City Owens Ford Glass plant may close within four to five days due to coal strike induced material shortages. Manager A G Barton cites soda ash embargo as key, while Owens Illinois Glass in nearby Wrmsburg claims ample stock to weather the disruption. At Huntington a Cabell County official notes 10 000 students face school heat cuts as miners’ walkout affects power, with 1,500 West Virginia railroad workers furloughed. A Commerce Department survey of 43 small plants employs 2,800 workers is released.
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Charleston
Kanawha Key
A. G. Barton
Owerts-Ford Glass
Kanawha City
Pallure
Barton
Owens-Tlinois Glass Company
Charles- Wr
Msburb
Funtingtor
C. N. Fannin
Cabel County
Conl
West Virginit
Olney C. Marsh
Department of Commerce
West Vira
Libbey
Food prices slip as chicken lead declines in state
Charleston reports that November 15 prices received by West Virginia farmers eased from October highs as meat cattle returns dragged chicken values downward. Only fruit and miscellaneous items rose, with grains and livestock slipping and key commodities like corn, wheat, and butter showing small changes.
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Charleston
West Vira
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Invitation
The Grafton Sentinel invites PAULD Grafton-Fairmont Pike to tonight's Strand Theatre show She Wrote The Book with Joan Davis or Dixie Theatre screening From This Day Forward with Joan Fontaine and Mark Stevens. Identification may be required.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
Pauld Grafton-Fairmont Pike
Joan Davis
Strand Theatre
Joan Fontaine
Mark Stevens
Dixie Theatre
Legislative Committees To Start Work On Dec 16
Charleston December 4 The legislature s special committees on health education and veterans affairs will finalize recommendations for the assembly. Health committee meets December 16 education December 17 and veterans affairs December 20 with advisory members attending. These sessions precede the January 8 legislative convening.
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Charleston
Leglature
Veterans Affairs
Assembly
House
John Amos
Amos
Health
Education
Committee On Veterans Affairs
Oakland declares state of emergency to fight city unrest
Oakland mayor seeks emergency powers as a mass labor protest shuts down transit and paralyzes commerce across the Bay Area. AFL unions rally behind the drive while the police-protected delivery blockade snarls two department stores and halts commuter service.
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Oakland
Calif
Bac
Herbert J. Beach
AFL
Kanawha School Bus Drivers Return To Work
Thirty striking Kanawha County school bus drivers returned to work after an injunction battle and a court settlement. Drivers, mainly from Cabin Creek and Malden, had quit Monday, stranding 7,000 students while 42 other drivers remained on duty. The return follows an agreement to settle the dispute with the Board of Education in court.
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Charleston
APL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Cabin Creek
Malden
Board of Education
Rr Court
Rail Order Presages Idleness For 2,000,000 By End Of This Week
Senate Republicans prepared to pursue charges of immorality venereal disease dishonesty and incompetence in the armed forces amid postwar occupation of Germany. They indicated they would investigate despite War Department denial and President Truman’s comment that no investigation is needed. Four GOP members released Meader's report on the allegations, challenging the Democratic majority.
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Washington
Senate
Germany
Congress
War Department
Truman
Senate War Investigating Committee
George Meader
Cut Of One Fourth More In Coal Burning Locomotive Use
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a two week coal stoppage deepening a fuel saving embargo on railroad freight shipments. The move threatens unemployment, with 165000 workers plus 400000 United Mine Workers affected and potential total near two million. Auto industry also to halt. Ford forecasts widespread layoffs and GM signals inability to operate.
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Pittsburgh
Arl-United Mine Workers
Friacy
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
West Virginia approves full-time chaplain for industrial school
The West Virginia Council of Churches and Christian Education reelected Rev. Frank Donaldson of Charleston as president at its annual meeting. The group also approved a plan to provide a full-time chaplain for the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown.
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Charleston
West Virginia Council of Churches and Christan Education
Frank Donaldson
West Virginia
French Socialists Back Thorez for Premier With Tongues In Cheeks
In Paris on December 4 the French Socialist parties indicated support for Maurice Thorez as premier, though with ironic restraint. Thorez needed 310 votes for an absolute majority in the new national assembly and appeared unlikely to reach it as moderates abstained and the Radicals were cautious.
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Thorez
Robert CI Wilson
Paris
Communist Party
Maurice Thorez
National Assembly
Thorex
MRP
Popular Republican Movement
Radical Socialist Party
France
Speat On Kilgore's Fight Raises Funds in West Virginia
Charleston December 4 The Democratic national committee reports $10 100 in the state a week before the November 5 election to back Harley M. Kilgore of Beckley. The committee to Reelect Kilgore lists $33,123.02 in contributions and $28,422.52 in expenditures with donors including B R Armour Nelson Thomas J S Reynolds John J Mack Marshall Field and W A Harriman. Largest expense was 12900 to the Democratic State Executive committee. Kilgore says he spent 7736 and received 1020 personally.
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Charleston
Democratic National Committee
Harley M. Kilgore
Beckley
H. L. Snyder
Kilgore
B. R. Armour
Nelson Thomas
J. S. Reynolds
John J. Mack
Marshall Field
W. A. Harriman
Democratic State Executive Committee
More Railroaders Promised Layoffs Hit Grafton
Grafton faces a new wave of layoffs as an overnight ODT order embargoes freight this Friday morning and trims steam locomotive crews by 25 percent. Monongah division superintendent R A Morrison confirms freight embargo on all categories, halving fast freight through here and reducing daily runs from six to about three or fewer.
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Grafton
R. A. J. Morrison
Monongah Division
Coal loading hits record on Monon division
Coal loadings on the Monon division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad remain at a record high as strip and independent miners continue producing. A total of 1,012 cars were loaded yesterday and 1,416 cars were ordered today.
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Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
14-year-old struck to death on State Route 3 in Monroe county
Charleston notes Robert Effinger, 14, was struck and killed by a car while riding his bicycle on State Route 3 in Monroe county. State Police Accident Prevention Bureau reported it as the 329th highway death in West Virginia this year.
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Charleston
Robert Effinger
Monroe County
West Virginia
Truman to push labor bills in January message
President Truman pledged to send a strong legislative message to the new GOP controlled Congress. Washington reports predict labor law overhauls will top the agenda, with analysts split on whether the plan revives New Deal ideas or pursues a conservative path to gain cooperation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill Friends
Revercomb urges impartial tribunal for labor disputes
Senator Revercomb proposes a government empowered impartial tribunal to settle labor management conflicts. He argues against special legislation for any group, urging rules to guide disputes and binding arbitration if parties fail to agree. The plan aims to protect workers and support safe progress.
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New York
Revercomb
RW. Va
Reveromb
United Mine Workers fined by court contempt ruling
The United Mine Workers were fined 3.5 million dollars and John L. Lewis fined 10 thousand dollars personally for contempt of court for ignoring an order to observe a government contract.
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United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Pre Christmas sales steady despite miners strike in Grafton
In Grafton for the pre Christmas season business runs high despite a miners strike that curtailed sales. Stores report near record activity, though rail traffic and miner buying are down. One department store notes miners shop as if on holiday yet overall sales could rise if strikes end. Furniture and hardware shops face sharper declines with some customers unable to complete purchases.
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Grafton
Tt Im
State Calves Win Prizes At Livestock Exposition
Entries from two West Virginia breeders won prizes at the 47th International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. The awards included breeding Herefords and junior yearling bull calves born between January 1 and April 30, 1945. First prize went to Mor Farms of Lewisburg, with second or third places noted for C. A. Smith of Chester.
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Chicago
West Virginia
C. A. Smith
Chester
Morfarms
Lewisburg
Smokey issue joins Cumberland and Grafton readers
An editor’s note clips an article from the Cumberland News on the B and O railroad smoke problem. It argues smoke control is waste control and cites Douglas C Turnbull Jr saying the railroad is not opposed to a smoke control ordinance but will continue to reduce waste in engine operations through local yards.
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Cumberland News
Cumberland
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Douglas C. Turnbull, Jr
Roy B. White
Turnbull
Chicago
Court recesses until 3 00 p m today in Lewis contempt case
The sentencing of John L. Lewis for contempt in the coal strike was postponed until at least 3 p m Eastern Time as courts recessed at noon for private attorney conferences. Government and UMW officials offered no comment. Judge Goldsborough had held Lewis in contempt yesterday and the courtroom emptied for the break.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Joseph A. Padway
AFL
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Goldsborough
John F. Sennett
Maxhells
Wife of student-veteran found dead in trailer home
Athens December 4 local police report Leah Mae Peters 21 wife of Jewell Peters 25 a student veteran was found dead kneeling with head and arms sprawled across a bed in their trailer near the Athens county fair. Jewell Peters was found critically ill from drinking. Student Clarence Hill discovered the body last night and notified authorities.
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Athens
Ohio University
J. B. Grogran
Grogran
Theody
Leah Mae Peters
Jewell Peters
Clarence Hill
Athens County Fair
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