General Motors Grants 11-Cent Hour Wage Boost
GM granted a unique 11 cent hourly increase to avert a CIO led strike by 225,000 production workers, costing about 75 million dollars per year. The move may set a 1948 wage pattern across the auto industry as Chrysler and Ford prepare to bargain. The average wage across GM’s 90 plants rises to about 1.61 dollars an hour, with a guaranteed three cent raise next year.
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Detroit
Genral Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto E
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
UAW
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Regatta Plans Complete at Tygart Lake
Final plans for a large regatta to be held on Tygart Lake this Sunday May 30 were set at the Tygart Lake Development Corporation meeting at the Court House. The event expects over 5000 spectators with judges named Attorneys Richard B Bord Francis L Warder of this city and Claude Wilson of Fairmont. Officials from the corporation will oversee races beginning at 1 p.m identified by white ribbons with black lettering.
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Tygart Lake
Tygart Lake Development Corporation
Court House
Richard B. Bord
Francis L. Warder
Claude Wilson
Fairmont
Tygart
Fighting Still On In Jerusalem With Arab Warning
Heavy fighting continued in and around Jerusalem as Arab state representatives met in Trans-Jordan to seek UN truce terms. Haganah said Jewish forces recaptured Ramat Rebel between Jerusalem and Bethlehem after an Arab assault, while the Jewish air force bombed positions near the city. Casualties were heavy on both sides. In Amman Arab leaders demanded Zionist disarmament for peace. The UN security council extended a truce talk deadline to noon tomorrow. Governor Sidney P. Osborn of Arizona died at 62 after 18 months with progressive muscular atrophy. He had served four terms as governor and was a former newspaper publisher born in Phoenix.
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Max Boyd Craio
Jerusalem
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Ramat
Bethlehem
Haganah
King Abdullah
Trans-Jordan Legion
Amman
Abdullah
U.N. Security Council
Iast
Tomor
Sage Eee
Osborn
Phoenix
Prisoners Donate Skin for Girl in Wheeling
Six penitentiary inmates who donated skin for grafts report 11 year old Lillie Ankrom is holding her own after a January house fire. Doctors plan to know if the operation succeeded when the men are released from the prison hospital in about three weeks. The Wheeling girl had a severe burn and needed the graft.
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Wheeling
Lillie Ankrom
Local liquor store to close Wednesday afternoons in summer
The Grafton Sentinel reports that the State Liquor Commission store will close at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays during June July and August in cooperation with local merchants. The Flemington store will also observe a half day closure on Wednesdays.
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State Liquor Commission
Clyde C. Hickman
Flemington Liquor Store
May Lift Ban On Arms Shipments To Middle East
Washington report says Chaim Weizmann told President Truman there is hope the United States may lift the arms embargo for the Middle East. Weizmann met 30 minutes at the White House and said the move is essential for Jewish safety against Arab attacks in Palestine. He noted talk of a possible loan of 90 to 100 million dollars to the reorganized government.
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Washington
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
Truman
Middle East
Weizmann
White House
Palestine
United States
See May Liyt Paage
Council declines to open Bridge Street bridge Sunday
Grafton City council and City Manager Curtis D. Decker refused requests to open the Bridge Street bridge for Decoration Day due to hazardous condition. After a recent truck strike, the rusted structure deteriorates, and the city will not assume liability without required bonding and repairs. If a responsible party provides bond, the bridge could be opened for the day.
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City Hall
Bridge Street
Grafton
Curtis D. Decker
Services to honor James Nuzum at Bartlett Funeral Home
At 2 p.m. Thursday solemn services will be conducted for James Michael Nuzum 23 a Grafton hero killed at Guam August 20 1944 Rev E F K Roof will officiate burial in Bluemont cemetery with American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts giving military honors Pallbearers named T F Utsinger James Eisner Robert Cassell John Wagner Bill Kuhn and John Vogel Nuzum son of T Lloyd and Ann Kinney Nuzum born January 8 1921 in Grafton He attended Grafton Senior High School class of 1940 worked as a Baltimore and Ohio railroad trainman before enlisting July 1942 overseas January 1943 with the Regimental Weapons Company 21st Marines Third Marine Division in Bougainville Kwajalein Guam He is survived by his parents and sister Mrs Robert Stevens of Baltimore MD.
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Bartlett Funeral
James Michael Nuzum
Grafton
Guam
E. F. K. Roof
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Bluemont
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
T. F. Utsinger
James Eisner
Robert Cassell
John Wagner
Bill Kuhn
John Vogel
T. Lloyd
Ann Kinney Nuzum
East Main Street
Marine Corps
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Nuzum
Armed Forces
21St Marines
Third Marine Division
Bougainville
Kwajalein
Robert Stevens
Baltimore, Md
Order Further Study Of Strange Disease
Charleston health officials said a disease that killed three Tucker County children will be studied beyond the school term. Preliminary notes point to a pneumonia like illness. U S public health officers say it is not new and has appeared in other states. Fourteen cases have been reported since February and schools were briefly closed after three deaths.
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Charleston
Health Department
Tucker County
N. Ht. Dyer
U.S
Man Surrenders After Fatal Shooting Of Wife In Kanawha
Charleston May 25 A Spring Hill man swam the Kanawha River in the dark and hired a taxi for a 10 mile ride to surrender to police for the fatal shooting of his wife Beulah Willis 31 identified as Monty Willis 32 of Spring Hill. State Police Cpl R G Coen said Willis ambushed his wife near her Chesapeake and See home.
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Charleston
Spring Hill
Kanawha
R. G. Coen
Monty Willis
Bpring Hill
Coen
Willis
Beulah
Chesapeake
Truman Tries To Steal GOP Thunder
President Truman urged Congress to boost social security benefits for about 20 million people with a minimum raise of 50 percent in old age payments. He proposed increasing the social security tax by 50 percent next January and expanding it to an extra 1800 dollars of income to finance the hike. Republican Reed of New York accused the move of being political, signaling adjustments by the Ways and Means subcommittee as it drafts a broader expansion that could include some 3.5 million more participants.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Reed
R-Ny
Ways and Means
Electrician Fatally Electrocuted Near Clifton Forge Virginia
Oscar N. McMullen of Clifton Forge Virginia was electrocuted while working with a Virginia Electric and Power Company maintenance crew near here. The 1,900 volt line brush incident occurred in May 1925.
Lewis Refusal to Bargain May Mean Contempt
Washington May 25 John L. Lewis may face contempt of court next week for refusing to bargain a new contract with the Southern Coal Producers Association. Judge T Alan Goldsborough will decide if an injunction is needed to force talks. NLRB action and a “show cause” hearing set for June 1.
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John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
UMW
Joseph E. Moody
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Moody's
NLRB
Denham
Goldborough’ Court
Agleforce
Goldsborough
Edwards Ties For Justice Of The Peace In Fairmont Race
Lyle Richard Edwards and Grover Cleveland Barn es, both of Fairmont, tied with 961 votes each for the Democratic nomination for Justice of the Peace in Fairmont district after a recount by Myston County court. The recount adjusted totals from the May primary showing Barnes net loss of nine and Edwards net loss of four. In a tie, the county court may choose the winner.
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Lyle Richard
Lum) Edwards
Grover Cleveland
Ike) Barnes
Fairmont
Justice of the Peace
Myston County
Edwards
Cession
Oole Edwards
Lincoln Street
Barnes
Truman Urges Action on Education Aid and Minimum Wage
President Truman urged Democratic congressional leaders to push for federal aid for education and a raise of the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour. Senate already passed 300 million dollars yearly for school aid. House has not acted. Senators Lucas and Rep McCormack said the president is hopeful Republicans will move the wage bill.
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Senate
House
Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Lucas
Illinois
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
Cen Lucas
Security Council extends deadline for Palestine cease fire
The United Nations Security Council extended the cease fire deadline for 48 hours at Arab request. The new deadline is noon tomorrow EST. Arab and Jewish leaders react as fighting may continue through the interim while Israel reports cross-border fire from Lebanon. United States and Britain supported the delay.
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Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Arab League
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Israel
United States
Britain
Moshe Shertok
Mercury Holds Cool Readings With Mild Midweek Forecast
At noon the thermometer shows a cool 62 degrees after a low of 43 overnight. Yesterday’s high was 77 as forecasters call for sunny mild weather today and Wednesday with clear skies tonight. Building Charleston reports $275,000 allotted by the Board of Public Works to add a building at the West Virginia Training School in St. Marys, increasing capacity by 100 under President J Z TerTell of the Board of Control.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
St. Marys
J. Z. Ter- Tell
Board of Control
Taft Camp Aims for Two-Thirds of 267 Delegates
Senator Taft claims two-thirds of the 267 Republican nominating delegates from 12 southern and three borderline states. In Texas, Taft supporters seek at least 26 votes, Dewey to take most, with Speen and Bratten trailing. State GOP officials discuss a possible unit rule and a rump delegation to back Dewey if needed. Taft asserts majority backing in 12 of 15 states on the first Philadelphia ballot.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Texas
Dewey
Fing
GOP
George C. Hopkins
Dides
Ohio
Philadelphia
Fire damages Lincoln Street home. teen hospitalized
A pre dawn fire at 85 Lincoln Street displaced residents of a three story dwelling. A 16 year old boy, Clyde Dodd, was treated at City Hospital for smoke inhalation and to be discharged tonight. Firefighters battled flames in the basement for nearly an hour. cause estimated as spontaneous combustion.
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Stewart Pritchard
Lincoln Street
Clyde Dodd
John Prdcter
Proctor
Proctor Saia
Cannes
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