Railroads cut passenger service 50 percent in coal strike
Washington May 3 The Office of Defense Transportation ordered a 50 percent reduction in passenger service by coal burning locomotives effective May 15 with a 25 percent cut from April 1 mileage from May 10 to 15. Railroads were told to cancel reservations as needed and take other measures to enforce the order. ODT had already imposed a freight embargo with exceptions and a minimum 25 percent passenger cut on coal railroads from May 10. President Truman warned the strike could cripple the economy within 20 days. The strike entered its 23rd day with no settlement in sight and mine owners saying last four days were wasted. Truman called the situation very serious. See ODT page 3.
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Washington
Office of Defense ‘Transportation Today
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
Truman
Chas O'Neill
High School Bands Troubled by Rain at Festival
Huntington on May 3. Hundreds of band members donned raincoats while starting day two of the 10th annual state high school band festival. Rain kept ensembles under wraps yesterday as 34 bands from across the state began arriving, registrations passing the 000 mark as crowds gather for part of the three day event.
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Huntington
See High Scool
Arrowsmith and Isle of the Ad showings at local theatres
The Grafton Sentinel promotes tonight's presentation Arrowsmith featuring Ron Coleman Helen Hayes and era Loy at the Strand or Dixie theatre. A separate Isle of the Ad stars Boris Karloff and Charles Starrett with Smiley Burlette at the Dixie. Mrs M H Gillespie is invited to attend.
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Grafton Sentinel
M. H. Gillespie
Arrowsmith
Roni Coleman
Helen Hayes
Vena Loy
Band Theatre
Isle of the Ad
Boris Karloff
Oping Thunder
Fear No Agreements At Ministers Conference
High ranking delegates at the four power foreign ministers conference voiced little hope for peace treaties this session. United States Britain Russia and France ministers meet Yugoslav officials at Luxembourg Palace to discuss revision of the Italian Yugoslav frontier.
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Flora Lewis
Paris
Four Power
Foreign Ministers Conference
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Luxembourg Palace
Truman Faced With Strain As News Conference Unfolds
Washington May 3 President Truman’s hot news conference drew heavy chatter as he delayed naming a new Chief Justice. He criticized a reporter for questions on the army navy merger and said the cabinet session details were none of his business. He insisted on finding the right man for the Supreme Court post while denying that Forrestal’s testimony equaled lobbying.
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Fanesto
Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
White House
Oval Room
Harlan F. Stone
Supreme Court
Bert Andrews
The
New York Herald Tribune
Andrews
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Senate Naval Committee
Paris
Nimitz Urges Neutral Departments in Postwar Plan
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz told the Senate Naval committee that the Army Navy merger proposal has basic defects. He urged restoring independent military and naval departments with secretaries in direct control, and a national security council to coordinate policy. A second item reports a 100-driver AFL strike halting Valley Transit service across East Liverpool Steubenville Wellsville Chester Newell and an intercity run to Beaver.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Army
Navy
Nimitz
Senate Naval Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Military and Naval Service
Stafio
National Security
Council of National Security
East Liverpool
AFL
Valley Motor Transit Co
Steubenville
Wellsville
Chester
Newell
W. Va
Beaver
Soviet Union to float 2-year domestic loan for postwar recovery
Moscow radio announced a domestic loan of 20 billion rubles to fund restoration and development of the economy. Finance minister Arseny G. Zverev urged citizens to buy tax free bonds over two years to heal war wounds and accelerate the five year plan, with proceeds to repay via a lottery.
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London
Russia
Moscow Radio
Arseny G. Zverev
Council of Ministers
Industrial deaths total sixteen in April report
Charleston May 3 Twelve coal mine deaths and four other industrial fatalities were reported to the Workmen's Compensation Commission during April by Commissioner E B Pennyhacker.
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Charleston
Workmen's Compensation Commission
E. B. Pennyhacker
Palestine Crisis Looms as UN Council Debates Action
The United Nations security council may face a move to prescribe measures to avert bloodshed in the Middle East amid warnings from Arab leaders. An unidentified council delegate said the explosive Palestine situation could soon be a council issue as strife looms if the inquiry committee's recommendations are adopted. Arab leaders vow a one day general strike and warn Arabs will resume the national struggle unless the port rejection stands, with Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha saying bloc unanimity could trigger a broader war.
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Charles A. Grumich
New York
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
Council
Palestine
Security Council
Associated Press
London
Holy Land
Jerusalem
The
Arab League
Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha
Cairo
Letter Carriers Meet Here in West Virginia Detour
About 75 delegates from 12 cities in the state will gather May 25 and 26 for the state convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers. State Secretary Sherman Reed of Grafton said it’s been 12 years since the last convention here. Kilgore will address the Sunday business session and banquet. Delegates come from Charleston Huntington Wheeling Parkersburg Clarksburg Morgantown Fairmont Moundsville Martinsburg Wellsburg New Martinsville and others. Women’s auxiliary meet at the Elk’s home with dinners at the Belvedere club. Aunts: Kilgore accepted the invitation yesterday.
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National Association of Letter Carriers
Sherman Reed
Grafton
Harley M. Kilgore
Reed
Kilgore
Court House
Elk's Home
Belvedere Club
Belvedere
Charleston
Huntington
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Morgantown Fairmont
Moundsville
Martinsburg
Wellsburg
New Martinsville
West Virginia Golden Horseshoe contests held in Charleston
West Virginia eighth grade students competed for traditional Golden Horseshoe awards in exams on state history. Four winners will be named in each of the state s 55 counties. Public transportation in Los Angeles was paralyzed by a 4000 worker strike for higher wages affecting motormen conductors bus drivers and maintenance staff.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Los Angeles
American Mother of 1946 named Clarissa Clement of Louisville
Clarissa Clement a 71 year old widow and former bishop s wife of Zion church in Louisville Kentucky has been chosen American Mother of 1946 by the Golden Rule foundation. She heads the Women s Society of African Methodist and is a statistician for the Kentucky Federation of Woman s clubs. Her seven children all graduated Livingston college with one son heading Atlanta University and another teaching at West Virginia State College.
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Clarissa Clement
Louisville
Zion Church
Golden Rule Foundation
Women's Society of African Methodist
Kentucky Federation of Woman's Clubs
Livingston College
Atlanta, Ga
West Virginia State College
International
Sweeney Fleming Quits For Congress In West Virginia
Charleston May 3 Three Republicans filed candidacy papers to seek the House seats as the Secretary of State prepares to close the list. A Sweeney Fleming of Fairmont banker announced a bid for the First District. Phil Conley editor of the West Virginia Review and Charleston columnist entered the GOP race for the House. Hartley Saders of Bluefield joined in the Fifth District race. Incumbent Democrat Rep John Kee and Carl Brunner of Bluefield had already filed. The deadline was set for tomorrow at midnight. Don J Eddy Morgantown attorney filed today for renomination as vote senator from the Fourteenth District. See SWEENEY page 4.
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Charleston
Secretary of State
A. Sweeney Fleming
Fairmont
House of Representatives
M. M. Neely
Fleming
Phil Conley
West Virginia Review
Hartley Saders
Bluefield
John Kee
Carl Herman Brunner
Conley
West Virginia
William 8. O'Brien
Don J Eddy
Morgantown
Sweeney
Army Engineers Face Ohio River Fight After Congress Money
Pittsburgh May 3 The Army Engineers win funding from Congress for flood control on the Ohio River headwaters in western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. Col Lorence Pittsburgh Army District Engineer says work resumes as funds arrive after wartime halts. See ARMY page 4
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Army Engineers
Ohio River
Congress
William G. Smock
Pittsburgh
War Department
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
U. S. Army Engineers
W. E. Lorence
ARMY
Convicts on Alcatraz Riot as Guards Die in Assault
Rioting convicts on Alcatraz prison island continued into the second day with a second guard killed and a guard dying later. Marines reported holes being cut in a cell block roof to drop grenades as an all out assault sought to dislodge six holdout inmates who had seized an arsenal and held officers as hostages for hours.
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San Francisco
Marine Corps
Alcatraz
San Ffrancisco
Alcatraz Island
William A. Miller
Harold P. Stites
Associated Press
Lee Corner
Gossett Mother Testifies Against Kidnapping Suspects
Mrs Mollie Marie Gossett 32 was cross-examined in Huntington on her claim that three men on trial for kidnapping forced her and her daughter into a car and drove them to Ohio where she says she was raped. She identified Jack Diamond 23 Bernard Carico 20 and Lehman Johnson 21 as her attackers after leaving a theatre.
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Marcella Louise
Three Die In Highway Crash Near Somerset Pennsylvania
Three men were killed early today when a tractor-trailer crashed into their automobile two and a half miles east of Somerset on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The truck dragged the car 400 to 500 feet, tore down a telephone pole, and toppled into a ditch atop the wreck. Both vehicles burst into flames.
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Somerset
Here
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Fighter Ace Gabreski Receives Discharge Today
Dayton dispatch reports Col. Francis S Gabreski 26 of Oil City Pennsylvania, top scoring fighter ace in the European theater, was discharged today after nearly six years in the Army Air Forces. He has served as chief of the fighter test section at Wright Field since September.
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Dayton
Army Air Force
Francis
Gabreski
Oil City
AAP
Wright Field
Vital Industrial Trio Knocked Out by Lack of Goal
Railroads utilities and the steel industry face sharp curbs from a 33 day coal strike as 418 900 miners stay idle across 25 states. Office of Defense Transportation orders embargo on freight, 25 percent cut in passenger service on coal lines effective May 10. Utilities fear brownouts in major urban centers including New York Chicago Detroit. Chicago declares state of emergency. Steel curtails production, adds furnace banking and worker idling at Bethlehem Steel and Carnegie. See VITAL page 3.
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Associated Press
Office of Defense Transportation
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Bethlehem Steel
Carnegie
Nine WV Colleges Get GI Bill Training Officers
Huntington manager H G Hooks announced the assignment of nine veterans administration training officers to West Virginia colleges to aid ex servicemen enrolled under the GI Bill. Named are John Cooper Beckley College Charles Lawrence Bluefield State Joe Walthall Concord Allan Morford Morris Harvey Rennick Wilkinson Marshall Roy Gwynn WV Tech Benjamin Goode WV State R H Carder WVU and Kenneth Kile WV Wesleyan.
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Huntington
W. Ve
Veterans Administration Training
West Virginia
H. G. Hooks
John Cooper
Beckley College
Charles Lawrence
Bluefield State College
Joe Walthall
Concord State College
Allan Morford
Morris Harvey College
Rennick Wilkinson
Marshall College
Roy Gwynn
Grafton Police Civil Service Exam Planned for May 13
The Grafton Police Civil Service Board will hold an examination on Monday May 13 1946 at the Mayor's Office to create an eligible list for future vacancies. Applicants aged 21 to 35 must be city residents of three years and pass a medical physical showing height at least 5 ft 7 in and weight at least 150 pounds. Applications available from Finance Commissioner John A Newcome before May 6 and due to the commission secretary by that date. The exam follows authorization from the Police Civil Service Commission at its April 17 1946 meeting.
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Grafton Police Civil Service Board
Grafton Police Force
Office of Finance
John A. Newcome
Commission
Police Civil Service Commission
Brotherhoods Press Higher Wages Demand Across Rail Jobs
Chicago May 3 Three unions of railroad workers filed demands for a further wage increase of 1.20 dollars per day beyond the 1.28 dollar boost set by a recent arbitration ruling. If no settlement is reached a strike vote will be held and a strike may follow. The move comes after a day’s delay in talks with carrier representatives as the Big Five unions push for action ahead of a May 18 strike call.
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Chicago
Carl J. Goff
Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Engimen
Harry W. Fraser
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
Thomas C. Cashen
Buffalo
Switchmen's Union of North America
Slaps Stage Trial Of Tojo Aide In Tokyo Court
In Tokyo a co-defendant slapped Hideki Tojo on the head during court as 28 Japanese faced charges of driving the Pacific into war. Shumeli Okawa heckled and was removed by American military police amid courtroom antics and dramatic gestures. Eleven die in April fires in Charleston add to state toll for the year.
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Duane Hennessy
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Pacific
Shumeli Okawa
Asia
Okawa
Nine-Justice International Tribunal
Tojo
Charleston
Robert H. Kidd
Invitation to double bill at St Grafton Theatre Opera House
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Elva Hawkins Prospect Street to attend tonight’s presentation of Girls of the Big House starring Lynne Robert and Richard Powers and The Gay Cavalier starring Gilbert Roland and Ram say Ames, at St Grafton Theatre Opera House.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Irites
Elva Hawkins
Prospect Street
Lynne Robert
Richard Powers
Gilbert Roland
Ramsay Ames
St Grafton Theatre Opera House
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