Civil rights clash as Russell slams FBI plan in South
Washington scene reports a heated dispute over civil rights with Senator Russell of Georgia charging President Truman plans an FBI Gestapo to end southern segregation. He warned of mixed schools and integrated facilities as a danger. Taft called a GOP policy meeting to plan for likely civil rights battles. Ball predicted Congress will not pass a strong anti discrimination bill.
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Washington
Russell
D.ga
Truman
FBI
South
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
Idk
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Ball
R-Minn
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Garage break in on West Min Street nets tools and cash
Carl Johnson reported a burglary at his repair garage on West Min Street. Thieves broke a padlock to a safe and a rear window, stealing about $100 in tools and $10 in cash. Patrolman Lawrence Messenger continues investigation.
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Carl Johnson
West Min Street
Johnson
Lawrence Messenger
Train Just Misses Going Over End Of Drawbridge
In Biloxi Mississippi on February 6 a diesel locomotive named The Agalean halted with its front cars over an open drawbridge as fog obscured warning lights. Conductor D J Chancellor reported the bridge between Biloxi and Ocean Springs was open. passengers were shuttled by bus to Ocean Springs to continue the trip on another train.
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Biloxi
Miss
Agalean
New Orleans
D. J. Chancellor
Ocean Springs
Louisville
Nashville
Ocean’ Springs
Prices Go Down Again Today Yet Pace Slows
New York reports slower declines in commodity prices with grains leading the movement. Murray blames Lewis and Van Horn for a deadlock over miners pension rules, saying a breakthrough could avert a national coal strike. The 1947 miners operators pact frames the issue and Murray outlines the stalled process.
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New York
Thomas E. Murray
Wallet Mine Workers’ Pension Fund
Murray
John Lews
UMW
Evra van Horn
Lewis
van Horn
Metropolitan Engineering Co
Interborough Rapid Transit Corp
Chicago Board of Trace
New Yorks
Verneeday
Chicate
Minneapolis
Kansee
Will Clean Main Street Of Snow
City and State Road Commission plan a joint effort to clear Main Street of crusted snow and slush to improve walking and driving conditions. The State Road Commission lends plows and the city provides trucks and manpower, with volunteer firemen to assist. Police will prohibit parking on Main Street during the operation and residents are urged to cooperate until completion, possibly Sunday morning.
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Main Street
City
State Road Commission
Harmon Brothers
John Proctor
Joe Mask
Main
Curtis D. Decker
Decker
Scouts to Meet President Truman at White House
Ten scouts, including G Sage of Wheeling West Virginia, will join twelve peers at the White House on Tuesday in a climax to Boy Scout week. Sage will represent scouts from Kentucky Ohio and West Virginia in the visit with President Truman.
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G. Sage
Wheeling
W. Va
President Truman
White House
Sage
Fromentucky
Ohio
West
West Virginia Weather Forecast Extended Period
Weather outlook for February 7 to 11 promises warmer weekend then colder start of week. Temperatures run 3 to 6 degrees below normal with snow in the north and rain or snow in the south Saturday and again around Tuesday. Northern snow expected about one third inch, southern snow and rain around one fourth inch.
DeValera Misses Clear Majority in Irish Election
Dublin February 6 Prime Minister Eamon De Valera and his Fianna Fail party trailed to reach the 74 seats required for an outright majority after three quarters of Ireland's 40 constituencies reported. Fiona Fail officials said a new government could still be formed with labor and independent support.
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Robert Hewett
Dublin
Thomas L. Mullins
Fiona Fail
Eamon D. Valera
Mullins
Eire
de Valera
Flanna Fail
Nice Work If You Can Get It And They Did
Two unidentified ex GIs from Charleston West Virginia drove a 3300 gallon fuel oil tanker to Buffalo North Carolina and unloaded into 5 gallon drums. They sold each drum for 31 cents or 2 cents if the buyer supplied their own drum. The City Emergency Pool sells oil at 18 cents a gallon when available.
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High Point
N. C
Charleston
W. Va
Buffalo
City Emergency Pool
City Bus Service to Resume Saturday in Grafton
Grafton Transportation promises bus service to resume by 5 20 am tomorrow if overnight street conditions do not deteriorate. Fetterman to Blueville route only will operate, with West Side and South Side added if weather improves. Limited travel to Kenner's Service station while conditions stay hazardous.
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Grafton
Grafton Transportation Company
W.C. Lawson
Fetterman
Blueville
West Side
South Side
Kenner
Mr. Lawson
the Country Club
City Bus
Navy plans giant 60,000 to 80,000 ton aircraft carrier
Secretary Sullivan outlined new warship plans including a mammoth 60 000 to 80 000 ton carrier and eight experimental aircraft. The budget proposal of 230 million dollars would finance advanced ships. Details show shifting focus from conversion of two old battleships to guided missile launch craft and delaying conservation work on Kentucky and Hawaii.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Congress
Sullivan
Kentucky
Hawai
Wartime German General Von Stuelpnagel Commits Suicide
Paris reports War Ministry spokesman said Gen Otton Von Stuelpnagel, longtime commander in occupied France, hanged himself in Cherche-Mid prison. He faced war crimes charges with trial set for early summer. Cousin Heinrich Stuelpnagel was executed in 1944 for Munich bomb plot.
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Paris
War Ministry
Otton von Stuelpnagel
Germain
France
Cherehe-Mid
Stu“Spnagel
Army Cout
Briz
Jean le Gorguillier
Bren
Stuelpnavel
Stuelpnagel
Heinrich
Germany
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Marcel Hereud
Johannes Blaskowitz
Nuernberg
Heraud
Park Commission Reports On Taylor County War Memorial Park
A Park Commission delegation told City Council about progress on the Taylor County War Memorial Park. Chairman Charles Cather noted only about 350 dollars was raised last year, but trees designated for removal were cut, brush cleaned, and plans outlined to install ovens, picnic tables, and benches as finances allow. The group pledged spring cleaning and ongoing maintenance with available funds, accompanied by Woody Squires, Harold Cross, and John Sheets.
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Taylor County War Memorial
Park Commission
Charles Cather
Taylor County
Cather
Woody Squires
Harold Cross
John Sheets
Fatal crash near Lubbock claims two travelers
A traffic accident near Lubbock Texas yesterday killed 25 year old R C O Mahoney of Cincinnati and his mother Mrs Minnie Mahoney. The tragedy occurred as the two were traveling in the area and details remain sparse pending further reports.
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Lubbock, Tex
R.C. O'Mahoney
Cincinnati
Minnie—O'mahoney
Citywide Clean-Up Campaign Moves Forward Meeting Hears Nominating Plan
Preparations for a major city wide clean-up launch in early spring gained momentum after a Taylor County Board of Trade clean-up committee meeting. The group discussed forming a nominating committee under Charles Jarrett and electing a chair, vice chair, secretary, and treasurer for the project. Potential chairman candidates include R A J Morrison, Victor Wilthide, Oral Jones, and Bill Rendle. Raymond Lockwood reported on seedling trees from West Virginia University for planting on unsightly spots, noting seedlings cost about seven dollars each.
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Initia
Taylor County Board of Trade
Trade Board
Oe Tt
Charles Jarrett
Planning Commission
R. A. J. Morrison
Victor Wilthide
Oral Jones
Bill Rendle
Raymond Lockwood
School of Forestry
West Virginia University
Forrester
le Sage
W. Va
Carter Coal Wage Case Raises Unemployment Question
Charleston February 6 The Carter Coal Company seven month layoff prompts a new unemployment issue. Does a change in management affect eligibility for benefits during idle periods. The unemployment compensation board of review ruled workers rights unchanged. A trial examiner held that operator does not alter employment location when mines close.
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Don Williams
Charleston
Carter Coal Company
Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Wief
Layne H. Ford
Lee Fetty Files for Senate Nomination in Charleston
February 6 Lee Fetty of New Martinsville filed with the secretary of state today as a Republican candidate for the state senate from the second senatorial district.
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Charleston
Lee Fetty
New Martinsville
Secretary of State
Senate
Eisler Deportation Hearing Concludes Quickly
In New York on February 6 Hans Eisler, the composer and brother of Gerhart Eisler labeled America’s No 1 Communist by a House committee, faced a brief deportation hearing. Eisler offered no defense and a government spokesman suggested he could be out of the country by February 28, potentially affecting a planned concert.
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New York
Hans Eisler
Eisler
Gerhart Eisler
House
America
Hanns Eisler
Immigration Service
John P. Boyd
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization
United States
Boyd
Cobun Leaves City Hospital After Board Disagreement
W A Cobun long time City Hospital business manager quit today after a dispute. The resignation effective April 30 was announced by hospital board chair O J Fleming. Robert Wyckoff, in charge of offices, will be interim administrator until a successor is appointed. Cobun, a Morgantown resident, had returned from military service in 1945 to take the post.
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W. A Cobun
City Hospital
Fleming
Cobun
Morgantown
Washington, D. C
Wyckoff
Grafton
West Virginia Business College
Clarksburg
Smashup Of Plane Into House At Port Columbus
The navy resumed today investigation of a Catalina flying boat crash at Port Columbus that killed a 23 year old Columbus woman and destroyed the frame house she lived in. The Catalina smashed into the house near the naval air station yesterday. Both plane and horse burned. The body of Missinris was recovered from the charred ruins hours later. Six crewmen and two other occupants escaped without serious injuries.
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Columbus
Navy
Catalina
Naval Air Station
Port Columbus
Misima '*Ris
Snow freezes West Virginia: heavy ice disrupts lines
Winter blanketed southern West Virginia with three to eleven inches, disrupting telephones and roads. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. reported 190 inter city circuits and 2200 telephones out, largely on rural lines. City lines in Charleston were affected. Montgomery and Logan saw hundreds of outages. Richwood measured 11 inches, Rainelle eight inches, with Keyser up to 11 inches and Elkins area similar. Chains urged for southern counties and Elkins Keyser areas.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Chesapeake and Potomas Telephone Company
Logan
Madison
Huntington- Logan
Logan-Williamson
Williamson
Beckley- Bluefield
Montgomery-Summersville
Montgomery
Lewisbures
Backley
Huntington
Richwood
Rainelle
Road Commission
Elkins
Keyser
Falls of
Bill to Extend Rent Control Defended in Congress
Washington reports a proposed extension of rent controls by one month in a relaxed form. Democrats seek stronger provisions before Senate debate, while some Republicans call it relief for landlords. Chairman Tobey called a banking committee session to decide next steps.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Tobey
Banking Committee
Winter Weather Onset Shifts Across United States
Winter carved a climactic pattern nationwide with heavy snow in the middle Atlantic region and Kentucky while rain and sleet hit the South and Southwest. Temperatures ranged from freezing to sub-zero in the North as Florida and Texas saw around 80 degrees. The Grafton Sentinel notes Pauline Taylor invited to a theatre presentation featuring Bert Gordon and Harry Von Zell, and film showings at local theatres.
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Chicago
Middle Atlantic
Kentucky
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
The
Grafton Sentinel
Pauline Taylor
Walnut Street
Bert Gordon
Harry von Zell
Allen Lane
Lynne Roberta
Warren Douglas
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Oancer
Hope Silverstein
Saul Silverstein
Hope
Carter
Quota Club
Strand
Dixie
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