Civil service plan proposed for West Virginia
A statewide civil service system and a public employees retirement plan were introduced in the West Virginia House. Delegates Caplan and Seanes said the civil service would cover most state workers, with exemptions for elected officers and certain officials. A three member governor appointed board would oversee the system with six year terms and daily pay. The retirement plan would exclude elected officers and short year workers. The measure awaits further House action.
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Charleston
West Virginia
House
Caplan
Senate
Brinkman Donates Historical Records to West Virginia University
Grafton's historian Brinkman donates valuable records to West Virginia University library. The collection covers Baltimore and Ohio railroad history and Taylor county and Grafton settlement. Includes manuscripts pictures clippings and records on Mother's Day founder Anna M. Jarvis. The documents survived a May 1947 fire.
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Chars Brinkman
Grafton
West Virginia University
Baltimore and Ohio
Taylor County
Brinkman
City Council Meeting Postponed for Charleston Trip
The City Council meeting set for tomorrow night was postponed as City Manager Curtis Decker and Councilman Robert F. Gerkin will be in Charleston. Decker joins a group to confer with Cavendish Tuesday afternoon while Gerkin attends a State Optometry Board meeting. The session is rescheduled for Friday night.
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Curtis Decker
Robert F. Gerkin
Charleston
Decker
Cavendish
Dr. Gerkin
State Optometry Board
ECA warns of large pool of excess European workers
The Economic Cooperation Administration reports over 2.5 million idle European workers, mainly in Italy Greece and Western Germany, could emigrate overseas. It cites labor surpluses and population growth as factors and calls early action, noting the Paris Marshall Plan council has started empleo services to move workers to colonies.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Europe
Congress
ECA
Italy
Greece
Germany
Paris Council of
Hallanan Calls Scott Visit Unorthodox in WV
Charleston February 14 National Republican chairman Hugh D Scott visited West Virginia without party invitation. Walter Hallanan called the move unorthodox. Scott was to speak at Huntington for a Lincoln Day rally after a Cabell Huntington Republican Women’s Club reception. Parkerburg officials said no invitation was extended to McDougle or state officers.
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Charleston
National Republican
Hugh D. Scott
West Virginia
Walter S. Hallawar
Scott
Congress
Pennsylvania
Huntington
Young Men's Republican League
Cabell County
Cabell- Huntington
Republican Women's Club
Parkersburg
Robert B. McDougle
McDougle
Raymond) Humphreys
State Committee
Hallanan
John W. Bricker
Dsee Hallanan
Vandenberg Pushes for Armaments Aid Cost Estimate
Senator Vandenberg calls on the administration for an estimate of the cost to arm friendly European nations. He cites figures around 5.58 billion dollars and notes unofficial estimates range from one to two billion for military aid. He aims to have cost data before economic measures reach the floor and says the North Atlantic Security Alliance treaty drafts may be reviewed this week.
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Vandenberg
Nashington
Vandenburg
R-Mich
Senate
House Foreign Affairs
Tance
Posal
Vadenburg
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NLRB Counsel Denies Neely Bias in Senate Hearing Clash
In heated Senate Labor Committee hearings over repeal of the Taft Hartley act, NLRB General Counsel Robert N. Denham denied Senator Neely’s charge of bias. Neely pressed questions claiming bias while Denham defended his impartiality and cautioned about injunction powers under Taft Hartley. The exchange touched on use of stopgap injunctions to halt alleged unfair labor practices pending Board action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denham
Neely
Washington
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
D-Wva
Senate Labor Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
NLRB
Uinion
Wallace Proposes Major Cuts in Military Spending
Henry A Wallace outlined a 54 billion dollar budget aimed at reducing military outlays and boosting public welfare. He criticized Truman’s policy, urged halving military expenditures, and proposed 27 billion for improved living standards, including a plan to build 2.9 million homes yearly for eight years and a UN backed world development fund.
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Washington
Fed
Henry A. Wallace
America
Progressive Party
Truman
Wallace
World Development and Reconstruction Fund
United Nations
Railroads seek six percent intrastate rate rise in PSC docket
Charleston AP reports 13 West Virginia railroads filed a temporary six percent intrastate freight rate increase with the Public Service Commission docket for today. The request mirrors the interstate rise and follows continued rain, with yesterday bringing .64 inches of rainfall. The carriers had sought 19 percent but asked PSC to defer action pending decision. The forecast calls for more rain tonight as temperatures range from the mid fifties to lower sixties.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Public Service
Interstate Commerce
Commission
PSC
Pope Pius XII Defends Conscience Against Unjust Laws
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII urged bishops and faithful to resist laws they deem unjust. He spoke during a secret consistory about Cardinal Mindszenty, warning that suppressing religion endangers civil society and urging prayers for the Hungarian primate.
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Vatican
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Apostolic Panel
Accident Victim Greatly Improved After Flemington Collision
Mary Goodwin 28 of Flemington is reported greatly improved after minor injuries from a motorist strike Saturday about 7:30 pm. She is at Grafton City hospital. David H. R. Shaw of Rosemont faces charges of failing to control his 1938 Terraplane. he will appear in Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys court tomorrow.
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Mary Goodwin
Flemington
Grafton City Hospital
David H. R. Shaw
Rosemont
E. L. Duckworth
W. Ray Matthew
Ona C. Jefferys
Goodwin
Shaw
Two Bills Ready For Signature By Governor Patteson
Charleston WV reporters note a brisk start to WV legislature s second half of the 49th session with only two bills completed in the first 30 days both local measures awaiting the governor s signature. Debate centers on four year medical school and Charleston hospital siting with Morgan town favored by some, while a deferral proposal seeks a between sessions study. A coal mine safety reform also faces scrutiny as mining committee plans public discussion later.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Morgantown
West Virginia University
State Medical Association
Manchin
D-Mar
Ion
Ap Senate
Senate
Eddy D-Moncagailay
Judiciary Committee
House Mining Committee
Street Flusher Drive Kickoff For Street Flusher Week
Mayor Dotson proclaims Street Flusher Week in cooperation with the Jaycees to fund a city street flusher. A kickoff dinner at Andrews church at 6 50 tonight invites all. Local clubs donated funds and a Friday tag day brought total to about 1700. A benefit basketball double header planned Friday at the fieldhouse to raise more. Contributions can be mailed to the Street Flusher Fund, P O Box 488, Grafton.
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Chamber of Commerce
Russell G. Dotson
Andrews Church
Jaycees
1O- Jocaly.f.w
Babor Club
Knights of Pythias
Federation of Railroad ‘Clerks
Stret
Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce
P, O
Grafton
Robbery Probed At Wonder Drink Plant West Main
No arrests yet in a Saturday morning robbery at the Wonder Drink plant on West Main Street. State police report $167 in cash was taken from a box in the filing cabinet, with checks undisturbed. Entry came through the back door and the office door was forced or appeared unlocked due to a complex inside lock system.
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Wonder Drink
West Main Street
Two Hero Brothers To Be Re-Interred
Two brothers from Columbus Ohio will be among eight re-interments at the state’s only national cemetery. Pvt Aaron J Daniels and Pfc Harold L Daniels will receive full military honors Wednesday morning, as part of a ongoing reburial program with the West Virginia Military District Honor Guard.
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National
A.C. Goordon
National Cemetery
Aaron J. Daniels
Pfc
Harold L.daniels
Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia “Military District
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizens
A newspaper notice reports two births in Grafton. A boy, eight pounds six ounces, born at 2 p.m. to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Finch of Independence. At 4:02 a.m., a second baby, eight pounds eight ounces, born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lambert of Newburg.
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Doc Stork
Grafton City Hospital
John C. Finch
Independence
Doc
Harry Lambert
Newburg
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United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund
E.G. O'Donnel
Coal City
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Hazard
F. Canterbury
Carbondale
H. G. Bentley
Lackey
C. Hinton
Betsy Lane
Thomas Kidy
United Mine Workers
E. Weaver
Elkatawa
E. Tolliver
Millstone
International
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Mathilde Carre
Paris
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Patteson
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