Coal Miners Return to Work Across West Virginia
West Virginia's 120,000 coal miners returned to work after a two week layoff with minimal disruption. Mines and maintenance crews prepared for immediate resumption of operations. ample railroad car supply supported ongoing activity. Operators associations reported near full staff at major fields, though a few mines remained idle due to local grievances. The Norfolk and Western Railway stated furloughed crews would be back in two to three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chargeston
West Virginia
Kanawha Operators Association
Williamson Operators Association
Virginia
Kentucky
Bluefield
Pocahontas Operators Association
Norfolk and Western Railway
Prinee
Otto
Northern West Virginia
Public Versus Private Power Fight Opens in House Bill
In Washington the House Appropriations committee moved a 577 million interior department bill, backing government owned power projects across the west, north and southwest. Republicans warned the debate would continue, claiming the plan would push private firms toward government purchase and extend federal control of utilities.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Northwest
Southwest
Jersen
Commendation for Newburg Fire Department Work at Mine Fire
Four days after Bird's Creek Mining and Fuel Co tipple in Preston county was destroyed by fire residents praise Newburg Volunteer Fire Department for swiftly dousing a blaze causing about 5000 dollars in damage. Report delay due to no local phone. a motorist delivered the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird's Creek ‘Mining and Fuel Company
Preston
Tunnelton
Newburg
Newbury Fire Department
Coal Flows Back as Miners Return to Work Nationwide
Miners east of the Mississippi resumed production today after a two week shutdown led by UMW President John L. Lewis memorial protest. About 463,000 idle miners nationwide were expected to be producing coal again by day’s end, with Pennsylvania and Indiana pits reporting rapid returns and safety inspections ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mississippi
UMW
John L. Lewis
West Virginia
Pocahontas Operators Association
Woman's Club conducts Well-Child Clinic for 111 children
The Grafton Woman's Club health and hygiene committee runs a monthly Well-Child Conference at the YMCA offering free medical service to 111 children aged six weeks to six years. Free immunizations for diphtheria, smallpox, and whooping cough were given, with anemia and vitamin checks and medical advice. Emergency tonsillectomy needs were covered with Rotary aid.
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Grafton Woman's Club
Woman's Club
Rotary Club
Woman’s Club
YMCA
Cora Lennox
Philippi
Corrine Stafford
R. N
Eft
Rent Control Extension Reached With Fair Income Clause
A 15 month rent control extension agreement avoids a House Senate deadlock and sets up action before the current law expires. Senate Democratic leader Senator Lucas says a draft will be shaped before bringing the measure to the floor. The deal centers on guaranteeing landlords a fair net operating income while removing conflicting provisions from prior bills.
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Way
House
Senate
Wastiington
Ilouse
Wlmma
Lucas
Ilinois
Grafton motorist fails in speed record bid
A Grafton motorist, Young Knight, sought a low flying speed record from Grafton to Ohio in a 1949 Nash sedan. He fled Blueville on U S Route 119, drawing attention from Corporal Frank Randall and Deputy Sheriff Ray Matthews. Pursued at 75 then 80 to 85 mph, he ended the chase in Taylor County jail on a hazardous driving charge. See GRAFTON page 8.
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Grafton
Ohio
Taylor County
Young Knight
Nash
Blueville
U. S
Weekend Fatalities Rise Amid West Virginia Accidents
Weekend accidents in West Virginia caused at least seven deaths. Five were from automobile crashes, one from drowning, and one man was killed by a train. Victims include Roger Samples, 2, of Precious, Clay County, and George Norman, 24, of near Greenwood, Doddridge County. John Burns of Jefferson, Pennsylvania, also noted.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Roger David Samples
Chester Samples
Precious
Clay County
George Washington Norman
Greenwood
Doddridge County
Baltimore and Ohio
John Burns
Jefferson
Infirmary for Poor Not Required by Law
The Attorney General's office states a county court need not maintain an infirmary for the poor if 15 percent of its current levies funds relief work. Prosecutor Robert L. Holland of Doddridge county received the opinion from Assistant Attorney General Eston B. Stephenson who also suggested alternatives such as multi county operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Attorney General's Office
Robert L. Holland
Doddridge County
Eston B. Stephenson
Stephenson
Johnson Sworn as Defense Secretary in Grand Pentagon Ceremony
Louis Johnson was sworn in as secretary of defense in a lavish Pentagon ceremony before about 15,000 people. The 58 year old attorney succeeded James Forrestal, who led the postwar office since 1947 after unification acts. Mrs. Johnson attended in a blue suit with a fur neckpiece and orchid, joined by hostess Perle Mesta, with cabinet members and a large American Legion delegation present.
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Washington
Louis J Johnson
Fred W. Vinson
Johnson
Perle Mesta
Clark
The
Treasury
Snyder
Interior
Krug
American Legion
Army
Royall
Nav
Sullivan
Air Force
Drunken Driver Fined By Justice
Virgil E Cochran 44 of Tunnelton was fined 50 dollars and costs after a drunken driving arrest on Route 50 near Pruntytown. His license was suspended for six months, and his car was not impounded under a new state law. Emory J Hebb of Graf ton was fined five dollars and costs for intoxication.
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Virgil E. Cochran
Tunnelton
Pruntytown
Frank Randall
E. L. Duckworth
Ray Matthews
Cochran
John Snider
Emory J. Hebb
Grafton
Mild windstorm hits Wheeling with minor damage
City officials reported only minor damage from high winds that swept the Wheeling area yesterday. No injuries were reported. Wind speed reached 47 miles per hour at the Ohio county airport as several trees were uprooted in the city.
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Wheeling
Ohio County
Huntington Man Held In Robbery
Police report the arrest of Clarence H. Thompson, 41, of Huntington, on larceny charges in a $15,000 theater robbery last February. A 26-year-old woman, held as material witness, was also taken in Kimball County. The victim identified Thompson, and about $2,800 cash was recovered from a rooming house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Clarence H. Thompson
Azel T. Bryant
Thompson
Kimball McDowell County
Rex D. ‘Connelly- Bryant
Otto Wilson
Wilsons
Bryant
Kimball
Harry Fanklin
G. H. Osborne
Recommend Fifty Million For Alaska
The House appropriations committee proposed more than 50 million dollars in direct Alaska funding for the coming year, roughly 20 million more than this year. An interior department bill adds 19 million in contract authorization, with 25.692 million for roads and bridges and 7 million in road program contracts. Alaska railroad funding totals 17 million cash and 12 million in contract authority.
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Washington
Alaska
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Eleven Navy airmen rescued after Pacific sinking
Eleven survivors were rescued nine hours after a Navy flying boat ditched in rough seas 605 miles southwest of Johnston Island and 700 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor. LSM 448 picked them up and was ordered to take the men to Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Pacific
LSM 448
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Catalina
Johnston Island
Here
Grafton Youth Seeks Egyptian Music Camp Scholarship
George Moyer, a junior at Grafton Senior High, represented Grafton in a state sponsored scholarship contest for an Egyptian Music Camp in DuQuoin Illinois. The winner announced was Carolyn Ann Moore of Clarksburg. Moyer is among Grafton’s notable music students under Lee.
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Grafton
DuQuoin
Ill
Grafton Woman’s Club
George Moyer
Illinois
State Federation of Women's Cubs
Young Moyer
Birdie Moyer
Pruntytown
Moyer
Grafton Woman's Club
Carolyn Ann Moore
Clarksburg
Lee Grafton
Mines On Mongah Division Restarting At 100 Percent
All furloughed workers on the Mongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will be recalled by early next week if mines maintain full operation. Today Mongah mines ran at 100 percent with a record coal load anticipated. Train and engine staff will return fully within 24 hours, with shop forges and clerical crews joining gradually and at 100 percent by April 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mongngah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Klauenberg
Baltimore’and Ohio Railroad
Youth Arraigned On First Degree Murder Charge
Milton Babich 19 was arraigned on a first degree murder charge for allegedly killing Patricia Birmingham after she mocked his sister’s pregnancy. Preliminary hearing set for April 12 at 3 p.m. He was remanded to police custody without bond. His 17 year old wife Kathy Jeen, who eloped with him, cried as he was led away.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Patricia Biringham
Harvey L. Neelen
William McCauley
Babich
Arthur Richter
Milt
McCauey
Fabian Babich
Jarvis Resident to Be Negro Home in Philadelphia
A home for Negro Mothers will be established in the late Anna M. Jarvis's Philadelphia home. The Anna Jarvis Foundation will operate the 40 room facility at 31 North 12th Street after alterations. Miss Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day, died November 24 in Philadelphia at age 84.
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Philadelphia
Anna M. Jarvis
Grafton
Andrew's Methodist Church
Anna Jarvis
Jarvis
Eisenhower Leaves for Key West to Recuperate
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, travels to Key West Florida today to recover from a stomach inflammation that has kept him bedbound for a week.
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Washington
Dight D. Eisenhower
Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
23 Million Sought For Bureau Of Mine
Budget requests for the bureau of mines were approved by the house appropriations committee. The total grant of 23,337,590 dollars covers the fiscal year starting July 1, near the requested amount, with 2,700,000 for coal mine inspections and investigations and 1,200,000 for mine accident investigations and rescue cars. Paul Duffey of Wheeling was reported in serious condition after a hemorrhage, hospitalized.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Bureau
Ega
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizens
Grafton welcomed two newborn boys reported at City hospital yesterday afternoon. A seven inch eleven ounce boy arrived at 1 20 PM to Mr and Mrs Sheets of Mulligan avenue. About an hour later a second son, weighing seven pounds, was born to Mr and Mrs Carl Moore of Simpson.
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Stork
City Hospital
Gladden
and Sheets
Mulligan Avenue
Carl Moore
Simpson
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House Committee
Germany
Inge Loewenstein
Bad Homburg
Miss Loewenstein
Stuttgart
Defense
Forrestal
New York
ILY
Mongah
Florida
Bureau of Mine
INI
Paul Duffey
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