Steel strike pact raises prices across industry
Big U.S. Steel hiked its prices about four dollars a ton with top producers expected to follow. Congressional probes may open after Christmas as critics call the rise unjustified and inflationary. Consumers fear higher costs for autos and hundreds of daily goods while wage demands loom from CIO United Steelworkers. The episode follows long effort to reshape steel policy.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corporation
Enator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Big Steel
O'Mahoney
Auouid de Slfureuue
Tfe
CIO
United Steelworkers
U.S
Sanper Committee
Six Room House Burns To Ground
A large six room house on the Shelby Run road owned by Roy Lewis a miner with five children burned to the ground yesterday morning. Firemen received the alarm at 9 35 a m after the family waited half an hour to call. They had to travel a half mile to the next house to phone the fire department. The dwelling near Grafton seven miles away had no water supply beyond the department’s two hundred gallons on the truck. The fire is believed to have started in an upstairs bedroom.
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Shelby Run Road
Roy Lewis
Grafton
Catholic Publication Protests Against Glorifying Santa Claus
The Catholic Review, official publication of the Washington and Baltimore archdioceses, denounces Santa Claus as a rival to the Christ child. In its Christmas issue editorial titled Unholy Fraud, it calls Santa a foolish fiction and argues the Santa myth misleads children, urging believers to keep Christ’s nativity central. It critiques Santa as sugar daddy morality and warns of diminished respect for paternal authority in portraying Santa.
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Santa
Washington
Catholic Review
Baltimore
Santa Claus
Tooday
Review
John Sinnott Martin
Christ
Junior
Heart Of Virginia Burned In Lexington Fire
An early morning blaze in Lexington caused up to 500000 dollars in damage destroying Adair Hutton department store and J Ed Deaver and Son. The Stuart building offices housed state highway engineers two insurers lawyers and others wiped out. Tolley’s hardware McCrum’s drug and Ewing Photography suffered damage. A main cable cut left 1500 homes without telephone service. Two firemen injured slight, departments from Lexington and Buena Vista fought the blaze.
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Lexington
Adair Hutton
J. Ed Deaver
Tolley’s Hardware
McCrum’s
Adair-Hutton
Ewing Photographic Studio
E. P. Tompkins
Buena
Truman Rejects Taft Hartley Use On Coal Act
In Key West Florida President Truman said he will ignore Southern Coal operators call to invoke Taft Hartley to force full coal production. They argued that John L Lewis short work weeks keep coal in emergency relief. Truman was unhappy the operators announced their move before his receipt of a seven page intervention letter.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Southern
John L. Lewis
Joseph E.mmoody
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Congress
Sentinel circulates on time despite winter weather
Sentinel's Circulation Department prepares for bad weather as carrier boys, many set for a Washington DC trip next spring, work with the staff to deliver the Sentinel on time every night. readers urged to call 614 if a paper is missed.
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The
Sentinel
Washington, D.C
Eile
Lovely Carols Charm Grafton Music Lovers
A large audience enjoyed the Grafton High School Mixed Chorus of one hundred voices last night in the school auditorium. Directed by Miss Nancy Anne Staley and accompanied by Miss Barbara Redinger, the program featured Lights of the Christmas Story narrated by Patty Kay. The reading, interspersed with carols, included Silent Night Angels Oer the Fields Rise Up Shepherd and Foller We Three Kings with soloists Jimmy Yost Robert Rogers Wilford Brown and George See.
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Naomi Lawson
Grafton High School
Nancy Anne Staley
Barbara Redinger
Patty Kay
Kay
Rise Up
Shepherd and Foller
Jimmy Yost
Robert Rogers
Wilford Brown
George See
Andrews St Pauls Choirs Present Messiah Excerpts
Andrews Methodist and St Pauls Methodist choirs combine to perform Handel Messiah excerpts on Sunday evening December 18 at 8 p m. Soloists include Nancy Ann Steley Paul W Shahan and Mrs A E Leonard with A R Dick Leonard directing and Naomi Lawson accompanying.
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the Andrews Methodist Church
St. Paul’s Methodis Church
G. F. Handel
Nancy Ann Steley
Paul W. Shahan
A. E. Leonard
A. R
Dick" Leonard
St. Paul's Church
Naomi Lawson
Grafton Salutes Newest Citizens
Mr and Mrs William Younger of Kingwood West Virginia welcome a son born at City hospital December 15 at 619 PM. Baby weighs 6 pounds 10 ounces.
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William Younger
Kingwood
West Virginia
City Hospital
Gun Mortgage Life Insurance Or No Baby For Viola
Thomas R. Turmann testified that after his July wedding his wife Viola demanded a mortgage on all property, a $10,000 life insurance policy in her name, and a gun. On the second night she locked herself in the bathroom and left on the third morning, ending the marriage. The uncontested divorce was granted by Judge Chester A. Batchelor.
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Seattle
Thomas R. Turmann
Chester A. Batchelor
Viola
Turmans
Batchelor
New York to Have Dry Fridays
New York observes Dry Friday as 8 million residents deny baths showers and dishwashing for 24 hours to conserve scarce water. Officials hope the 24 hour curbs yield savings to justify weekly dry Fridays until the drought eases.
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New York
U S Agencies Accused of Breaking Law
Washington officials report Secretary Sawyer seeks a detailed review of the federal anti monopoly program. The probe targets whether armed forces, regulators, and exemptions hinder fair competition, amid calls for stronger enforcement and compliance across agencies.
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U .S
Commerce Secretary
Washington
Sawyer
Sawyear
Truman
Congress
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Rep. Celler
D-Ny
House Judiciary
Igh l
U. S
Rescue Girl Scout After Four Days Alone Without Food
Ruth Aberle, 16, of Kelso survived four wintry days in a snowbound cabin before rescue near Longview Washington. She was nourished in hospital and stories credited extensive local searches by loggers, businessmen, families, and volunteers who lined Kelso roads to greet the ambulance. She said she was not scared and asked to go home, while rescuers and her finder Charles F Smith recounted their late night trek to reach her.
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Longview
Wash
Ruth Aberle
Kelso
Owlitz County
Ruth
Charles F. Smith
Smith
Philip
Estimate Coal Production for Week Ended December 10
The National Coal Association estimates bituminous production at 9,200,000 tons for the week ended December 10, compared with 9,250,000 tons the prior week. In the same week of 1948, production was 125,249,000 tons. The lower 1949 figures reflect a three day work week ordered in soft coal fields by John L. Lewis.
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Washington
National Coal Association
John L. Lewis
Civil Rights Housing Debate Caps Truman Plan
Senators Sparkman and Johnston warned the Truman administration against expanding civil rights housing regulations without Congress approval. A high official said the administration will use executive powers carefully and avoid unilateral steps requiring prior congressional authorization.
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Washington
Dixie
Truman Administration
Congress
Truman
Sparkman
Johnston
Beckley firm signs big contract for five story addition
Beckley Newspapers Corp signed contracts totaling 173379.19 for a new five story addition doubling the plant floor space. Completion is planned within 300 days. Coroner John Dugan reported Charles Black 52 of Short Creek Brooke county died by suicide in a hotel room as he faced drunk charge arraignment. County superintendent Myles Spencer warned Roane County schools may close due to funds shortage after extensive building programs. Hunter fatalities totaled 13 this year with 38 injured and one higher than last year. most deaths were accidental shootings during deer seasons. An inspection of an Ohio river course will guide site choice for the 1950 rowing regatta, with review possible after January 15. Ten ringneck pheasants were taken in Brooke county and seven in Ohio during the two day season. The body of a baby born alive was found in a creek near Fletcher, with no identity clues.
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Beckley
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Wheeling
John Dugan
Charles Black
Short Creek
Brooke Court
Spencer
Roane
Myles Spencer
Conservation Commission
Ilegala ‘Ly
Charleston
Brooke County
Ohio County
Hancock
Baby
Ripley
Aarsnall
Mercer
Fletcher
Jackson County
Juvenile theft ring broken by arrests in city
Police chief W D Bowling said a juvenile theft ring operating for months was broken up with the arrest of six boys in the city. The investigation points to a coordinated theft spree affecting local youths and possibly neighboring areas, with officials promising further action as details emerge.
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W. D. Bowling
Fifty Years of Service Recognized at Carswell Mine
William Tyree Sr. reached fifty years of work in the mines as Hastings Gas and Fuel presented a mounted service pin. He began work at age 15 and, at 65, remains employed as an inside bumper at the Carswell mine.
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Carswell
William Tyree
Hastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Hepe
Stassen to Speak at Morgantown University Day
Harold E. Stassen former Minnesota Governor and president of the University of Pennsylvania will address West Virginia Universitys University Day observance on February 7 The morning ceremonies at the university field house will be broadcast statewide
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Stassen
Morgantown
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
West Virginia University
University
Death recalls longtime drygoods firm head at banquet
Clarksburg veteran Hurst Koblegard aged 52, vice president of the Koblegard wholesale drygoods firm bearing the family name, died of a heart attack during a banquet honoring City Manager Roy F. Ash. Ash is leaving for Petersburg, Virginia to assume a similar post January 1.
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Clarksburg
Hurst Koblegard
Roy F. Ash
Petersburg
Virginia
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