King Proclaims Emergency State In Dock Strike
King George VI declared a state of emergency after 10,278 dockers stayed away from work in London. About 112 ships idled as government labels the stoppage communist led while a 5,000 strong mass meeting backed continuing the strike and the cabinet acted under the Emergency Powers Act of 1920.
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London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Privy Council
Canadian Seamen's Union
Hartley Shawcross
Bluefield Mother Fatally Shoots Daughters Then Kills Herself
State Trooper A. E. Andes reported that Mrs. Cynthia Mathews Paston, 38, of Bluefield shot her two daughters, Char lene age 10 and Shirley age 8, at their Bluefield home Saturday night and then killed herself with a pistol. The children died after hospital admission. Paston had been in ill health and despondent over her condition.
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Bluefti
A. E. Andes
Cynthia Mathews Paston
Bluefield
Andes
Charlene
Shirley
Paxton
New Revolt Threatens Republican National Chairman
A revolt against Hugh D. Scott Jr. gains force with national committee members plotting a meeting to possibly oust him. The rebellion traces to a secret Pittsburgh session after a January Omaha vote where Scott narrowly survived 54 to 50. He remains on vacation as leaders weigh next steps.
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Washington
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Scott
National Committee
Pittsburgh
Omaha
Neb
Charleston Coal Miners Begin Short Week Amid Talks
Nes Virginia's 190,000 soft coal miners start a three day work week today with schedules through Wednesday while negotiations with operators resume tomorrow. Led by United Mine Workers Chief John Lewis, the plan shifts from the usual no work policy as talks continue.
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Charleston
Virginia
United Mine
John ©. Lewis
Lewis
Mississippi
Truman Cancels Tax Increase Plea Amid Utility Valuations Surge
West Virginia public utilities show a total valuation jump of over 12 million dollars from the 1948 assessment. Major increases hit electric and gas firms, with Appalachian Electric Power leading gains. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway remains the state's largest taxpayer at 94.2 million, while several rail lines stay unchanged.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Board of Public Worked
VUU
Anc
Appakichian Electric Power Company
Monomaheshi Power
Wheeling, Electric Company
West Virginia Power and Trans. Company
Potomac Light and Power Company
Kanawha Valley Power Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Virginian Railway Company
Western Maryland Railway Company
Air and Bus Line
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
Charleston Transit Company
Consolidated Bus Lines Tnc
United Fuel Gas Company
Hope Natural Gas Company
Pittsburgh
W. Vi Gas Company
South Penn Natural Gas, Company
Manufacturers Light and Heat ‘Company
Godfrey LB. Cabot, Inc
Young Man Fights For Life After Auto Wreck
Lawrence Vincent Lindsey, 22, of Haywood near Taun derport, fights for life in Clarksburg hospital after a collision on the Grafton Clarksburg road in Taylor county. He suffered a depressed skull fracture and multiple injuries when his car skidded and overturned, throwing him from the vehicle. His wife Margaret, 21, was trapped in the car with facial cuts and bruises but is not believed to be seriously injured.
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Clarksburg
Lawrence Vincent, Lindsey
Haywood
Taunderport
Grafton
Clarksburt
Taylor County
Lawrence Vincent Lindsey
BE. L. Duckworth
Lindsey
Margaret Jean Lindsey
Duckworth
Body Of Gratton Hero Enroute Home
Edsel N. Poe son of Mr and Mrs Virgil O Poe of this city awaits re burial as his body returns to the United States aboard the US Army Transport Carroll Victory carrying 3333 bodies including 67 West Virginia heroes. Poe served as staff sergeant and tailgunner on a B 17 and was reported missing April 2 1944 in the South Pacific. He was officially listed dead that September. Poe worked for Baltimore and Ohio railroad before joining the Army Air Forces in December 1942. He leaves his wife Jane Lenore Ridenour and a child, and a brother Norman Lee Poe survives. His body is expected to arrive within a few weeks.
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Edsel N. Poe
Virgil O. Poe
Poe
Carrol Victory
West Virginia
Grafton
South Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Army
Air Force
Jane Lenore Ridenour
Norman Lee Poe
Three hurt in Route 119 auto crash near Fairmont
On Route 119 a tuck sideswiped a passing vehicle Saturday around 2 15 pm injuring Julius Matt Vigliano 17 Fairmont driver of an ice truck, and passenger Robert Burge 12 Fairmont. Vehicles collided to avoid head on with another car driven by Earl Lambert 52 Route 3 with passenger O L Dawson 43 Route 5 receiving minor injuries. All treated at City hospital and released. Viglianoe ordered to appear before Magistrate Dana C Jefferys.
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E. L. Duckworth
Julius Matt Viglianco
Fairmont
Tat City
Vishiance
Robert Burge
Earl Ruben Lambert
Route 3
O.L. Dawson
Route 5
Lambert
Viglianeo
Manistrate Dnn
C. Jefferys
Five Apply to Take Grafton Police Exams
Five Taylor county men filed applications for posts on the Grafton City Police force. Examinations will be held Friday July 22 at City Hall. Applicants include A S Swisher Jr Delmas Lee Stemple Robert Douglas Nestor John J Henderson and George Benjamin Fleming. Swisher is an emergency member and Stemple is a fire truck driver. Captain Joe Mask Officer Hugh Woodford and Lawrence Messenger presently hold Civil Service appointments.
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Taylor County
Grafton
City Hall
A. S. Swisher, Jr
Third Street
Delmas Lee Stemple
East Main Street
Robert Douglas Nestor
East Washington Street
John J. Henderson
Route 1
George Benjamin Fleming
Simpson
Swisher
Stemple
Joe Mask
Hugh Woodford
Lawrence Messenger
Lice Force
Question Of Special Session Of State Legislature Is Subject Of Key Meeting
A meeting was set in Charleston to consider calling a special session of the West Virginia Legislature to aid financially distressed municipalities. Joint committees with advisers will assess the need. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling on liquor profits distribution and a petition by the West Virginia League of Municipalities seeking state fiscal responsibility or broader local revenue powers. The Chamber of Commerce noted most municipalities have not exhausted local revenue sources.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Pattesor
Supreme Court
Midi
Edgar J. Sims
West Virginia League of Municipalities
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Property Values In Grafton Show Increase For 1949
Valuations of personal property and real estate in Grafton rose for the 1949 tax year, with total assessments at $7,625,870 versus $7,299,120 last year. County figures from Assessor William Ty Flangean show increases across property classes, though some values remain unavailable.
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Grafton
William Ty Flangean
State Board of Publi Works
Grandmother and Three Grandchildren Die in Baltimore Fire
A Baltimore blaze in a three story row house killed Virginia grandmother Mrs. Early Pugh, 56, and her grandchildren James Pugh, 7, Joan Kennedy, 15, and Peggy Kennedy, 10. A five month old infant was rescued. Their mother, mother of two of the victims, was critically burned. Firefighters rushed others to safety.
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Baltimore
Vic‘tims
Early Pugh
Sixth Street
S. E
James Harvey Pugh
Pugh
Joan Kennedy
Peggy Kennedy
Truman backs temporary deficit spending to lift economy
President Truman bowed to a temporary deficit spending policy to avert gloom and avoid major tax increases. He urged no large tax hikes and proposed modest steps to boost jobs, production, and consumer income, while stressing a strong economy can reach higher output in a few years. The Economic Advisers backed cautious federal action and predicted possible inflation relief without a deep recession.
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Truman
Congress
Tostens
Council of Economic Advisers
Legis
Publicly Elected State Board Urged For Education
West Virginia superintendent Ww. W. Trent urged a single publicly elected state board of education as a step toward unification of the education system. Speaking at the State Department of Education meeting, he cited five current programs and warned that duplication and conflicts would grow if reform lagged. He criticized county superintendents and pressed for loyalty, leadership, and a stronger staff.
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Jackson's Mill
Ww. W .Trent
Board ‘of Education
State Department of Education
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Trent
Board of Education
Steel labor crisis reaches Washington amid strike talks
The steel labor dispute moves to Washington as a nationwide strike looms next Saturday. Cyrus H. Ching, six foot tall director of the mediation and conciliation service, prepared to meet both sides this afternoon to avert a broad shutdown.
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Washington
Cyrus 8. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Three-Year-Old Son Of Navy Father Seriously Hurt
A Navy family in Maryland was involved in a freak accident in which a four inch rock blasted through a windshield. Three-year-old Mark Anthony Kizis was struck in the eye and face and required nine stitches. His parents, traveling on U S Route 50 near Fetterman bridge, were injured lightly. The rock came from a wheel lodged in a lumber truck. Kizis, a chief commissary steward, was en route to the west coast for overseas orders.
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Navy
B.L. Duckworth
Mark Anthony Kizis
Anthony J. Kizis
Patuxtent Naval Air Station
Maryland
Kizis
County Assessments Show Notable $703 320 Increase This Year
Taylor county shows a rise in total assessed property values for 1949, with total real estate and personal property valued at 16,250,610 excluding public utilities. Class IV leads gains, led by real estate up 116,700 and personal property up 227,220 totaling 343,960. Class II follows, while Class III sees a loss in personal property valued at 59,660. Public utility valuations await State actions.
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Taylor County
Iparison
William T. Planagan
State Board of Public
Edgar B. Sims
Flanagan
Britain Seeks Dollar Fix With New Talks
London reports a closed-door three nation conference with John Snyder Sir Stafford Cripps and Douglas Abbott aimed at solving Britain's dollar problem by September. A joint communique promised immediate fact finding and more ministerial talks in Washington, as Cripps warned Britain’s dollar and gold reserves were near 400 million below the danger line.
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London
Britain
United States Treasury
John Snyder
Stafford Cripps
Douglas Abbott
Snyder
Brussels
Washington
Cripps
United States
Canada
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