Union Policy Committee Meeting Amid Tension And Crisis
Washington May 7 The government offered John L Lewis and soft coal operators a settlement proposal for the 37 day old strike. Lewis will present the terms to the 250 member policy committee at 2 30 p m EST. Fullers refusal to disclose terms and a tense atmosphere marked the closed session as officials hinted at possible government moves. Industrial leaders warned of broad shutdowns and wartime coal rationing may be reimposed. Congress debated curbing Lewis power while he remained silent before the committee.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Paul A. Fuller
Harold W. Ward
J. A. Krug
UMW
Uni- See
President creates emergency board for airline wage dispute
President Truman formed an emergency board to investigate a wage dispute involving 13 airlines and the Airline Pilots Association. The board will appoint members later and report within 30 days, with no changes to existing conditions for 30 days after the report. Key players include 2,000 pilots and co pilots at Transcontinental and Western Air and American Airlines, amid potential disruption to interstate commerce.
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Washington
Truman
Airline
Filets Association
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
TWA
American Airlines
Theatre invites Herbert Henderson to tonight's Strand and Dixie shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Herbert Henderson of 140 Lincoln street to attend tonight's presentation of My Reputation at the Strand Theatre starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent, and The Sailor Takes A Wife at the Dixie Theatre starring Robert Walker and June Allyson.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Herbert Henderson
Lincoln Street
Barbara Stanwyck
George Brent
Strand Theatre
the Sailor
Robert Walker
June Allyson
Dixie Theatre
Roy Riger
West Main Street
Bob Steele
Sterling Holloway
Eleanor Powell
Dennis O'Keefe
Grafton
Opera House
Violence marks strike at Benham mine in Kentucky
Two men killed and at least five wounded in a gun battle between Progressive Mine Workers and United Mine Workers at the International Harvester captive coal mine near Benham Kentucky. Victims named include L A Brock of Wallins and Joe Shepherd of Elcomboth, with UMW official Robert Hodge seriously wounded. Several injured workers were taken to Lynch hospital and to Benham hospital as the strike-hit region sees intensified clashes.
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Robert Hodge
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Joseph
Scotty) O'Hara
Pittsburgh
Benham Pit
Lynch
Benham
John A. Saylor
Wallins
James Stevens
Molus
R. G. Underwood
Black Star
Harlan County
Hodge
Benham Hospital
Hoge
Kidnap Hearing Delays in Huntington Courtroom
Federal Judge Harry E Watkins paused proceedings in Huntington as jurors were kept out twice amid technicalities over statements attributed to three youths Jack Diamond 23 Bernard Carico 20 and Lehman Johnson 21 all charged with abducting a Huntington woman and her daughter and conspiring to violate the Lindbergh law Statement evidence was limited but allowed for government use.
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Huntington
Harry E. Watkins
Lawrence County
Jack Diamond
Bernard Carico
Chesapeake
Lehman Johnson
Proctorville
Watkins
Man Arrested in False Pretenses Case in Huntington
Sam Brewer, 41, of Logan county, was arrested by Huntington police on a state warrant charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses. Detective Azel Bryant said Brewer pretended to represent the Charleston Daily Mail and took $27 from Logan county subscribers.
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Huntington
Sam Brewer
Logan County
Azel Bryant
Bryant
Brewer
Charleston Daily Mail
Sixteen Year Old Bride Of Man 74 Leaves
On Easter Sunday 74 year old T W Sutton married a 16 year old neighbor Vinnie Holden in Houston Missouri. Sutton says Holden left Friday night after complaining of a headache without explanation. He now tends his 800 acre farm alone and a previous three marriages are noted.
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Houston
Ozark Hill Country
T. W. Sutton
Sutton
Vinnie Holden
Rev Lois Luzader resigns as pastor after long tenure
The Rev Lois Luzader, pastor of the First United Brethren church for 15 years, announced her resignation at a church meeting on Dewey Avenue. Officials urged her to stay, but she will remain until the Weston annual conference September 4 to 6, when she will be assigned elsewhere.
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Lois Luzader
First United Brethren Church
Dewey Avenue
Grafton
Lavader
Weston
F. G. Radabaugh
Belington
Lizader
Otterbein College
Westerville
Ohio
Frank Luzader
Lois
Arrest Third Man In Bad Teen Age Morals Case
Lima Ohio May 7 A third person was arrested today on morals charges after an Allen county grand jury probe into immoral relations among about 150 teen aged youths. Han S Green 22 arrested yesterday on a secret indictment to be arraigned Wednesday with John Hose 31 radio announcer known as John Daniels and Richard Henderson 19 unemployed. Hose and Henderson pleaded guilty in municipal court last week Hose released under 2000 dollar bond. Their cases were forwarded to the grand jury. bonds set at 15000 each and Hose returned to jail.
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Lima
PIA
Allen County Grand Jury
W. R. Dailey
Han S. Green
John Hose
John Daniels
Richard Henderson
Hose
Henderson
Manager James J. Johnston Dies at 70 in New York
James J. Johnston, renowned boxing world manager known as the Boy Bandit, died suddenly at his New York home from a heart attack at age 70. His career spanned decades and he was a prominent figure in boxing circles.
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New York
James J. Johnston
National brownout threat grows as coal strike spreads
The nation faces wider brownouts as a 37 day coal strike curtails fuel. Chicago Washington and Philadelphia report partial darkness while Detroit plans blackout after a council vote. Virginia imposes electric power rationing for two utilities. Cincinnati area may brown out by month end. New York refrigeration fears profits from a worsening shortage. Illinois Manufacturers fear $20 million in weekly payroll loss and 50 percent output drop. Brownout questions persist as officials warn of further curtailment.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Braddock Light and Power Co
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Cincinnati
Ty New York
Illinois Manufacturers Association
Lee Brownout
Certification Of Candidacies Goes Forth To County Clerks
An office seeker’s certificate of candidacy arrived at the secretary of state’s office with a stamped May 6 postmark and a sworn statement was requested to prove the letter was placed in the post office before the filing deadline. Secretary of State William S. O’Brien received additional certificates as bemused coal miners faced a wide shutdown affecting rail service.
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Charleston
Secretary of State
Secretary of
William S. O'Brien
Harvey D. Beeler
Ber- West Virginia
Keley Springs
Ada Steiner
Morgan County
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
Western Maryland
Virginian
Norfolk and Western
A. T. Lowmaster
The
C. and O
Cleveland
West Virginia primary adds three candidates to ballots
In Charleston on May 7 three candidates were added to primary election ballots. Melvin Snyder of Kingwood, Nile Straughan of Ansted, and Dean Thomas Jackson of Middlebourne filed postmarked certificates detai ling their candidacies for the Republican House seat. A fourth certificate is under investigation by state officials. In Kingwood funeral services are set for Netta Spindler, 66, mother of G. R. Spindler and Sheriff Hobart Spindler, who died Sunday at the sheriff’s home.
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Charleston
Secretary of State
Melvin Snyder
Kingwood
Anchorage
Alaska
Nile Straughan
Ansted
Fayette County
Dean ‘Thomas Jackson
Middlebourne
Snyder
Preston County
Netta Spindler
State
G. R. Spindler
Hobart Spindler
Little Red Schoolhouse Where End Of Germany Was Written
In Reims on May 1, the first anniversary of Germany's surrender was quietly marked. Citizens and soldiers visited the surrender room at the little red schoolhouse, now a French national shrine. The room remains exactly as at capitulation with the scarred table where the surrender document was signed.
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Germany
G. K. Hodenfield
Reims
Gustav Jodl
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
Sre
Four States Hold Primaries Today
Four states stage primaries with CIO PAC activity shaping key races. Ohio’s Democratic Senatorial nomination and Alabama’s fifth district race attract most attention, while Indiana and Florida also vote. Governors races are on the line, turnout expected light in most states except Alabama where veterans boost anticipated turnout.
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Associated Press
CIO Political Action Committee
Ohio
Alabama
Indiana
Florida
Senate
House
Congress
PAC
Fatal Hand Grenade Accident Near Martins Ferry
Martins Ferry reports coroner Clyde C Hardesty says James Filitsky aged 20 from Fairport was killed when a war souvenir hand grenade exploded after he pulled the pin. The accident happened Sunday beside a small stream near his home in Belmont county.
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Martins Ferry
Belmont County
Clyde C. Hardesty
James Filitsky
Fairport
State man speaks at Chicago rehabilitation convention
F Ray Power of Charleston West Virginia was listed as a principal speaker for the National Rehabilitation Association convention in Chicago May 13 to 15. The event draws attendees from across the nation to discuss rehabilitation efforts and policy.
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Chicago
F. Ray Power
Charleston
W. Va
National Rehabilitation Association
Restore 1938 Boundaries To Little Romania Today
Paris May 7 The foreign ministers council agreed to grant Romania its 1938 boundaries with Hungary and Bulgaria but adjourned amid disagreement on Danube navigation and access to the Black Sea. The decision restores Transylvania to Romania and reverts Dobrudja to Romania, undoing the Vienna settlement of the war era.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Transylvania
Vienna
Dobrudja
Charter Case Is Argued Today
The West Virginia Supreme Court hears arguments in a petition to compel the City of Grafton to hold a special charter election. Watkin s challenges that 331 of 1,031 petition signatures are invalid. The case involves municipal charter law and the city officials obligation after a filing. Proceedings include Jaycees and city attorneys contesting signatures and authority.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Grafton
W. Merle Watkins
John K. Burdett
J. W. Robinson
Watkin
State Supreme Court
Chamber of Commerce
City of
Merle W. Watkins
Hugh R. McPhail
Jaycees
John K. Burnett
Jed W. Robinson
Blue Ridge Drivers Strike Reaches Third Day Across Region
Pittsburgh May 7 AFL Motor Coach union workers 215 strike halting Blue Ridge bus service across western Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia. About 10 000 riders daily affected from Pittsburgh to New Kensington and Allegheny Valley towns plus routes to Washington Waynesburg Morgantown Clarksburg Steubenville and Cleveland.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Blue Ridge Bus Line
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West
New Kensington
Allegheny Valley
Washington
Waynesburg
Morgantown
Clarksburg
W. Va
Steubenville
Cleveland
Hazel Atlas Glass plant faces possible shutdown delay
Grafton plant manager Robert Knotts warned that a government embargo on freight shipments due May 10 could gradually starve the Hazel-Atlas Glass Co plant of raw materials, risking layoffs for 375 to 390 workers if supplies dry up. The plant will continue operating while materials arrive, but no closing plans were announced. A proposed box factory adjunct was rejected by the CPA, affecting a $400,000 project that would have hired 90 more workers.
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Hazel-Atlas Glass Co
Grafton
Robert Knotts
Knotts
Glass Company
CPA
Congress committee seeks sharp cut in Interior budget
Washington May 4 The House Appropriations Committee recommended a historic slash of nearly to percent in the Interior Department budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. Without naming Harold L. Ickes the resign ed head of the department the committee assailed inefficiency and extravagance and urged the department to tighten operations. The panel sent a 174 652 579 measure to the House floor for debate with a demand that expenditures be curtailed to prevent rising appropriations for bureaus and agencies.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Harold L. Ickes
House
Prague Seeks To Become The Gay Continental City
Prague aims to supplant Vienna as eastern Europe's hub for commerce culture travel and sports. Despite war damage fewer buildings were lost than Vienna though some towers and statues remain marred. The capital of Czechoslovakia pursues growth in tourism recreation air travel and industry to draw international attention.
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Prague
Vienna
James Devlin
Hal Boyle
Czechoslovakia
Europe
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John T. Evans
VER Nation
Susan Erickson
Staten Island
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Eva
Susan
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O'Brien
Solid Fuels Administration
Cio-Pac
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