Foremen Union Question to Reach High Court in Labor Case
In a crucial labor dispute, 136 foremen seeking United Mine Workers representation at four Jones and Laughlin Steel mines in Pennsylvania face a potential Supreme Court ruling. The Packard case, involving foremen in Ohio, is also under review, signaling how unions may or may not extend to foremen.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Olfieh
Pacard Motor Company
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
National Labor Relations Board
Packard
High Tribunal
Jones and Laughlin
Foremen’s Association of America
Organiza Monga Me
Shine.onion
UMW
Refuse Bond for Peters in Homicide
Athens Ohio December 10 Jewell Peters a 25 year old Ohio university student and war veteran held without bond on a charge of first degree murder in the death of his wife Leah Mae 21 at a trailer home last Wednesday Police Chief J B Grozan signed the affidavit Peters charged with premeditated malice he pleaded innocent Pathologist said Mrs Peters died of asphyxia A fellow student found Peters beside the body Peters said he became ill and must have blacked out
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Athens
Jewell Peters
Ohio University
Theatre Ticket Present At Strand or Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites MISS FLORENCE JOHNSON to tonight’s screenings at Strand Theatre and Dixie Theatre. The Strand shows Easy To Wed with Van Johnson and Esther Williams. the Dixie shows Of Human Bondage with Eleanor Parker and Paul Henreid. Identification may be required and seating is to be presented if needed.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
Florence Johnson
East St. Charles Street
van Johnson
Esther Williams
Strand Theatre
Uondere
Eleanor Parker
Paul Henried
Dixie ‘Theatre
Grafton ‘Theatre
Gales Leave Europe Strewn With Wreckage
Western Europe endures the most destructive gales in years with wreckage floods snow and fog. French officials survey the Liberte a 951 foot ship sunk in Le Havre harbor after snapping moorings and striking wreckage. Salvage may take a year or more if possible.
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London
Europe
Europa
le Havre
Youth Gets Six Months In Olivier Assault Case
A former missionary student, Herbert Vandon, was sentenced to six months in prison for assaulting Laurence Olivier and two policemen after a confrontation over an attempted kiss on Vivien Leigh in London. The magistrate warned Vandon that doctors had not certified him insane and declared him dangerous and responsible for his actions.
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London
Laurence Olivier
Vivien Leigh
Olivier
E. R. Guest
Herbert Vandon
Kilgore Wins Reelection In A Close West Virginia Race
U S Senator Harley M Kilgore Beckley Democrat won re election to a second term by an official majority of 3534 votes. Complete returns show Kilgore 273151 to 269617 for Thomas Sweeney of Wheeling. Kilgore carried 30 of 59 counties led in Fayette McDowell Marion Cabell and Wyoming. Sweeney led Ohio County by 4153 and Preston by 3152. Officials say a formal contest remains under study pending investigations See OFFICIALLY page 8.
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Charleston
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Beckley
William Ss. U Brien
Kilgore
Thomas Sweeney
Wheeling
GOP
Walter Hallanan
Senate
Sweeney
Logan
Secretary of State
Fayette
McDowell
Marion
Cabell
Wyoming
Ohio
Preston
Hailanan
Jaycees Launch Charter Campaign in Grafton
With 43 days left until the January 21 city charter election, the Junior Chamber of Commerce opened an all out campaign at Ronny's Dairy Bar. Charter board members, lauded by Jaycee President Lloyd Mumaw, spoke about the charter’s diligent drafting and goal to inform the public about the new government.
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Chamber of Commerce
Grafton
Ronny's
Charter Board
Jaycee
Lloyd Mumaw
Robert F. Gerkin
Cod
Jaycees
Cosner Bond Refusal Delays Keyser Slaying Trial
Circuit Judge Erest A. Lee refused to release Oscar Cosner a Keyser postman accused in the baseball bat slaying of his wife. Cosner's murder trial was postponed pending an appeal before the State Supreme Court on a jury question.
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Keyser
Erest A. Lee
Oscar Cosner
Keyser Postman
Cosner
Sureme Court
Truman Wants Constructive Legislation On Labor Problems
Arthur Lee Whetzel, eleven, was convicted of second degree murder in Rockingham County for pushing Patricia Ann Strawderman from a bridge into the Shenandoah River. He was sentenced to seven and a half years and ordered to the state welfare system, which declined custody unless detention is indeterminate or sentence suspended.
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Harrisonburg
Arthur Lee Whetzel
Broadway
Patricia Ann Strawderman
Shenandoah River
Rockingham County
State Department of Public Welfare
Inter
Sam Callander
Welfare Department
Clifford Ex St Louis Lawyer Draws Up His Message
President Truman turned to Clark M. Clifford his youth ful special counsel to draft labor law revisions aimed at stalling future strikes. Clifford was charged with coordinating information and recommendations from nearly every federal agency into the White House to shape a labor policy for Congress.
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Clifford
St. Louis
Congress
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Clark M. Clifford
White House
West Virginia coal mines return to normal after shutdown
West Virginia resumed near normal operations as idle coal miners went back to work and industries rehired furloughed staff. The Pocahontas area reported 54 mines back, with output near 66,000 tons yesterday and aim for 115,000 tons daily soon. Norfolk and Western traffic rose to 1,719 cars, signaling easing freight delays.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
United Mine Workers
Upper
Ohio Valley
Pocahontas Operators Association
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Virginia
Believe Spark Started Grass Fire Near Coffman
A spark from a freight train is believed to have started a grass fire near Coffman yesterday afternoon at 2 45 pm. It burned four outbuildings and several acres of brush before being extinguished at 4 pm. Two outbuildings burned on John Orfanus farm and two on Antley Miller farm with two more scorched. Three acres burned on Harol K Johnson farm. Firefighters and railroad men fought the blaze. extent of loss undetermined but deputy estimated a small image.
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Coffman
W. H. Canfield
John Orfanus
Antley Miller
Harol K. Johnson
Canfield
Fils Suit For Portal Pay For Spelter Workers
FAIRMONT Dec 10 The filing of a 500000 suit against E I DuPont De Nemours for portal to portal pay for 300 employees at the Spelter plant near Clarksburg was announced by Pat Mingarelle sub regional director of district 50 AFL United Mine Workers.
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Fairmont
E. I. DuPont de Nemours
Clarksburg
Pat Mingarelle
District 50
Afl-United Mine Workers
Army Airplane Crash Kills All But One Occupant
An Army C 54 transport crashed shortly after takeoff from Itami Osaka killing everyone aboard except one person. The 317th troop carrier group plane was en route from Tokyo to Furuoka Kyushu. An army board investigates the cause.
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Tokyo
Itami Airfield
Osaka
Fifth Airforce
Army
Furuoka
Kyu- Shu Island
Parties seek laws by deadline on labor disputes
Lawmakers from both parties set March 31 as a deadline to curb a coal price spike. They press Congress to act swiftly to avert strikes in essential industries like coal and steel. President Truman assigns Clifford to draft administration recommendations but wants no punitive measures. Democrats prefer White House proposals first. Republicans push for a broad no-strike law affecting public welfare.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
Apil
Congress
Uch
Truman
Lewis
Clark M Clifford
White House
Program Begins to Get Results Today
Immediate results follow a Taylor County Board of Trade letter to Grafton merchants urging daily sidewalk cleaning on Main Street. Early this morning the sidewalk from the Professional building to the Post Office and much of the main business district had been hosed off, per Jairus E. Gavitt executive secretary. He warned that Grafton risks losing its "Dirty City" title unless more steps are taken.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Grafton
Main Street
Jairus E. Gavitt
Seek Ten Trapped Men In English Coal Mine
Rescue teams faced rising water at United Steel company's Lowca mine as they searched for 19 men still trapped after yesterday's explosion. Five bodies were recovered, with 10 believed missing. more than 200 workers were on site, 30 near the blast area, as officials reported little hope for survivors.
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Whitehaven
Eng
United Steel Companies
Lowca
United Steel Company
State Bonds Sell in West Virginia Reaches 1946 Milestone
State Savings Bonds director Bernard E. Payne announced that West Virginia sales of series E F and G bonds in November totaled 4 623 527 dollars, lifting the 1946 monthly total past 55 million dollars.
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Charleston
Bernard
Payne
Savings Bonds Division
West Virginia
Coal production mounts steadily as mines resume
Pittsburgh dispatch reports soft coal output at 65 to 90 percent of normal after the end of a bituminous strike. Daily totals include Central Pennsylvania 200000 tons, Western Pennsylvania 300000 tons, Northwestern Virginia 180000 tons, Ohio 167225 tons, with several mines still idle. Districts show renewed activity as furnaces and factories resume operation.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Solid Puels
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Minerarboro
Central Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania
Northwestern Virginia
Ohio
West Virginia
Panhandle
Youths Hit Long Island Trains Near Rego Park
Twenty eight passengers were injured when a gang of boys stoned 25 Long Island railroad trains near Rego Park station in Queens during evening rush hour. Plainclothes officers responded. most injuries from flying glass as the youths dispersed.
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New York
Long Island
Rego Park
Queens
Pilgrimage To Valhalla Learns Gratitude From Families
John J. McCloskey Jr., a 27 year old ex army captain, wrapped up a 10 000 mile nationwide tour to connect with families of 50 soldiers who served under his command in campaigns from Africa to Europe. The trip cost $700 saved overseas with the 3rd Infantry Division. I felt it was worth while he said, as families expressed deep gratitude.
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Orange
N. J
John J. McCloskey
Africa
Europe
McCloskey
3Rd
Former Columbians members spill evidence in Atlanta case
Two former members describe the Columbians anti Negro group as aiming for a Nazi like government in the United States. Lanier Waller and James Ralph Childers testified of dynamite purchase plans to burn or bomb Negro houses and of exposing secrets after leaving the organization. They implicated a Columbian leader in dynamite dealings and said they traveled to New York on December 2 to reveal the group's secrets.
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Atlanta
Ausnia
Waller
Columbians
Homer L. Loomis
Childers
New York
Summer Like Day Prevails In City
The mercury rose to 65 degrees yesterday and at noon today the temperature remained 65 with expectations of a rise this afternoon. Last night’s low was 34, the first time this month above freezing, though a strong wind kept the day from feeling as pleasant.
Georgia AG says evidence gathered on Columbians seeks to topple state
Attorney General Eugene Cook reported to Governor Ellis that Georgia prosecutors and former Columbian officials have documented plans to intimidate minorities, arrest innocents on false charges, assemble weapons, and bomb homes such as the 333 Ashby Street target in Atlanta. Loomis and Burke allegedly plotted insurrection and coerced property owners, with details forming a likely case for criminal charges.
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Atlanta
Eugene Cook
Georgia
United States
Ellis
Cook
Homer L. Loomis
Burke
Ira Jett
Ashby Street
Fulton County
State of Georgia
Loomis and Burke
Baby Boy Proves Could Fire Pistol
In Lansing a blond three year old at court tests whether he would fire his father's police revolver. He failed in the courtroom but later, in the judge's chambers, passed a test. The boy is linked to the murder trial of Clayton Smith Jr., a former Lansing officer accused of killing his wife Roxanne. The defense witness Butchie testified the revolver was fired accidentally.
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Lansing, Mich
Clayton Smith, Jr
Butchie
Clayton Smith
Lansing
Roxanne
Smith
Beatrice Smith
Nation faces month long recovery from coal strike
Government economists in Washington estimate it will take a month or two, possibly longer, for production to return to the peacetime peak reached before the 17 day coal strike. They say the nation has been spared a more devastating blow, though the impact remains sizable against the vast U S economy.
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Washington
Grafton Sentinel Ad For Tall In The Saddle Show
The Grafton Sentinel invites F A Gough of 219 Ross Street to see John Wayne and Ella Raines in Tall In The Saddle at a local venue. The notice emphasizes the film and the star lineup.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
F. A. Gough
Ross Street
John Wayne
Ella Raines
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