Observers Hopeful Steel Talks May Spur Coal Summit
In Bluefield today observers hoped the steel settlement with CLO Steel Workers would spur coal talks resuming after a 44 day strike by 578,000 soft coal miners. Negotiations between United Mine Workers and operators stalled since October 21 at White Sulphur Springs, with a pension and welfare fund dispute central to the deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield (P
Southern
CLO Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Southern Coal Producers Association
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White Sulphur Springs
Opera
UMW
John Owens
Lewis
United States to stay on Okinawa with new $73 million build program
The United States plans to remain on Okinawa, a base only 400 miles from China, announcing a $73 million building program for troops and families. The project covers quarters, hangars, warehouses, supply buildings and repair shops and is to be rushed under General Douglas MacArthur from his Tokyo headquarters. Top engineers are already on site.
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Okinawa
United States
China
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Morrow girl jailed for murder ruling keeps teen as ward
In Oakland a 15 year old girl Celeste Morrow who killed her mother with a butcher knife was formally sentenced to juvenile court ward until age 21. Superior Judge Albert Shine found the facts insufficient for murder or manslaughter and placed Celeste in the care of her Berkeley aunt and uncle Sam and Mrs Harsh. The judge noted her act stemmed from pent up emotions and that she needs a home with love and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Albert T. Shine
Celeste Morrow
Jer ~Morrow
Celeste
Love Land
Sam Harsh
Berkeley
Fatal Mine Collapse Claims Preston County Farmer
Jonas J. Wolfe, 60, a Preston County farmer and mine owner near Scotch Hill, was buried for two and a half hours after a rock roof collapsed in his small country mine. His son Lewis Earl and Sheridan Cox led volunteer rescuers to recover him at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. Wolfe, born February 17, 1909, leaves wife Burnettie Annon Wolfe and children Louis Earl, Hilda Annon, Hazel Marie, and Carolyn Jean. He is survived by one brother and five sisters and was a Methodist church member.
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Preston County
Jonas J. Wolfe Age Do
Evansville
Scotch Hill
Lewis Earl
Newburg
Sheridan Cox
Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe
Herbert Wolfe
Bertha Rosier Wolfe
Burnettie Annon Wolfe
Louis Earl
Hilda Annon
Thornton
Hazel Marie
Carolyn Jean Wolfe
James Edwin Wolfe
Independence
Oscar Laren
Newbury
Asa Bolyard
Russell Bolyard
Forrest
Airborne Youngster Takes To Air Again
Shannon Airport Ireland reports a baby born aboard an American Overseas Airways flight continues to travel with his military family. Miodrag Parker, born aboard an AOA plane 19,000 feet over the Atlantic, flies to Frankfurt with Sgt. James C. Parker and Mrs. Parker of Alderson West Virginia. The mother notes he is adjusting to air travel and has gained weight since birth.
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Shannon
Ireland
Miodrag Parker
Miodrag
Atlantic
Frankfurt
Germany
United States Air Force
James C. Parker
Alderson
West Virginia
American Overseas Airways
AOA
Supreme Court to rule unemployment tax rate dispute
The Supreme Court will decide if a one week report filing delay justifies a maximum 2.7 percent unemployment tax rate. Boone County Coal Corp seeks relief claiming a seven tenths percent rate would apply but for the late report due to treasurer and auditor absences. The case involves a 1947 act and a Kanawha Circuit declaratory judgment set to mature November 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Supreme Court
Cabell S. Davis
Boone County Coal Corporation
Employment Security Department
Kanawha Circuit Court
Fires Sweep Building Injures Three In Capital Street Blaze
Fire broke out in a government building on Pennsylvania Avenue, sending hundreds fleeing onto Capital Street. The eighth floor fire caused heavy smoke and water damage with at least three injured, including two postal workers and a reporter. Firemen were overcome by smoke but no total loss figure was given.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Kenien
Pennsylvania Avenue
12Th
13Th Streets
Ding
Comy
Richard Jamison
D. C. Corrigan
Robert Farrington
Associated Press
Post Office
Martin Levy
Federal Communications Commission
Bethlehem Steel Workers Joyful Over Settlement
Bethlehem Steel Corp workers celebrate after a month long strike ends. Production will lag as mills in Bethlehem Johnstown Lackawanna and other cities resume over the next week but paychecks will arrive before Thanksgiving and Christmas. Families greet the restored wages with relief.
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Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem’s
Johnstown
Lackawanna
N.C
DeGasperi's Government Collapse Threatens Coalition
Italian Socialist wrangling imperils Premier Alcide De Gasperi's coalition as resignations by PSL leaders and two PSLI ministers threaten to topple the government. The move follows a party push for a united anti communist socialist front amid a nationwide eight hour general strike by the Communist led labor confederation over deaths in a peasant clash.
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Rome
Alcide DeGasperi
Dee i
de Gasperi
Christian Democrat Party
Giuseppe Sadagat
Italian Socialist Labor Party
PSL
PSLI
Ivan Matteo Lombardo
Roberto ‘Tremelloni
Italy
General Confederation of
Lapor
Huntington Doctor Has Cure For Pranksters
Dr. W. K. Mackey and Mrs. Mackey treated more than 700 children on Hallowe en night serving 25 cases of soft drink 70 pounds of weiners 50 pounds of ground steak and a bushel of onions Their annual event began in 1947 to curb vandalism and the neighborhood reported no roughhousing that Hallowe en night since then
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Huntington
W. K. Mackey
Disease Killing Deer Runs Course In State
The Conservation Commission said an unidentified illness that killed many deer appears to have run its course in the eastern Panhandle. Wyoming County, also affected, has reported three recent deer deaths.
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Charleston
Eastern
Panhandle
Conservation Commission
Wyoming County
Love Takes Firm Stand Against Demmy Promises
Former Rep. Francis J. Love of Wheeling urged a hard line against present administration promises at a Charleston Union League Republican lunch. He attacked bipartisan foreign policy, demanded cuts in federal spending, and proposed livable old age pensions for worthy seniors, framing the platform as defense of individual freedom and constitutional government.
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Charleston
Francis J. Love
Wheeling
Charleston Union League
Love
America
GOP
Bethlehem Steel Reaches Terms With CIO Steelworkers
Bethlehem Steel and CIO United Steelworkers reach a wage and pension agreement during Murray's CIO convention visit. The plan guarantees minimum monthly pensions from 65 for 25 years of service plus scales for 20 and 15 years, with the company covering most pension costs and a social insurance fund funded by both parties. About 20,000 Bethlehem workers will move to full operation within a week as plants resume.
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Bethlehem
Bax
Murray
Mine Shutdown Cuts West Virginia Tax Revenue
The State Chamber of Commerce reports the mine shutdown will reduce West Virginia gross sales and consumer sales tax collections by at least four million dollars from last year. The chamber notes declines across most business lines and warns tax impact reaches the state treasury with delays.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
How About Drinking This Guy Under The Table Mister
In Long Beach Rex Torbert, 50, pleaded guilty to drunkenness before Municipal Judge Harry F. Keeler. Asked how many drinks, he said twenty five bottles of beer over 12 hours. The judge fined him a dollar per bottle but Torbert could not pay and was jailed five days.
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Long Beach
Calif
Rex Torbert
Harry F. Keeler
Torbert
Government Hopes Brighten For End To Present Strikes
Washington officials announced a steel industry breakthrough as Bethlehem Steel Corp reached a settlement ending the CIO Steel Workers strike and sending 80000 workers back to their jobs. Officials said other firms may follow, lifting pressure on coal as both sectors are closely linked. See GOVERNMENT Page 5
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Washington
CIO
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
25 or More Killed In Washington Plane Collision
Reported in Washington the collision of an Eastern Air Lines passenger plane with a Bolivian military aircraft killed at least 26 people. Witness P M Clifford, driving nearby, described a ball of fire and a plane plunging into the Potomac. He watched rescuers pull a woman from the water.
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Washington, D.C
Hallowe'en Parade Draws Crowd Despite Damages in Grafton
Several thousand people packed downtown Grafton for the largest Hallowe'en parade yet. Prizes awarded by Kiwanis included band winners from Grafton High, Junior High, and Blueville, plus various costume categories. Police and fire departments praised for crowd control. area vandalism limited to window smashing and rock throwing.
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Hallowe'en Parade
Grafton
Hallowe’en
Beaumont
Joe
AngInom wreEe Wreareane
H. G. Clemon
Lincoln Street
Kiwanis Club
Blueville
Leone
Kelley
James Reed
Jackie Robinson
Hawaii
Chuckie Swisher
Bobbie Maloney
Pauline Reed
Clara Radcliffe
Betty’ Lee Cross
Jackie Williams
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Municipal Finance Report Is Given
Charleston report details a preliminary study on municipal finance shown to legislative groups yesterday. final report to 1951 Legislature will address state efforts to aid cities with financial issues. Commission on Interstate Cooperation chair Dr. Carl M. Frasure announced. The commission and the Legislature’s special committee on government and finance reviewed progress, then discussed other governmental studies.
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Charleston
Carl M. Frasure
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Uncle Sam's Faithful Soldier Kaiser the Carrier Pigeon Dies
In Monmouth New Jersey a famed Army carrier pigeon Kaiser dies at 32 after two world wars. Found by Doughboys in Meuse Argonne, Kaiser served as mascot and trainer in World War II. His remains will be mounted and displayed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.
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Monmouth
N. J
Sam
Kaiser
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
Signal Corps
Grafton Welcomes Newborns in October Births
Grafton salutes new citizens as families announce three baby girls born October 31 at City Hospital. Wade Furlough and Karl Bartlett share birth details, with weights seven pounds seven ounces and seven pounds five and a half ounces. Ronald Stevens also reports a daughter born at 8:32 a.m.
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Wade Furlough
Beech Street
City Hospital
Karl Bartlett
Route 2
Grafton
Ronald ‘Stevens
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the Sentinel
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Airborn
Capital Street
Cleveland
United Electioas Workers
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Philip Murray
DeGasperi
Demmy
Murray and
United States Steel Corporation
Bethléhem
United Steel Workers
W. Va
Uncle Sam
Soldier
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