Negotiators Meet Again in Soft Coal Strike Talks
Negotiators gathered in White Sulphur Springs and Bluefield to pursue a new contract with United Mine Workers officials and northern southern operators as the soft coal strike nears its end of month deadline. General mediator Cyrus Ching warned he may intervene if progress stalls. The talks resume after expanded discussions since October and ongoing pressure over a contract replacing the expired June agreement.
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United Mine Works
Northrn
Western
Union
Southern
Bluefield
W. Va
Cyrus S. Ching
Washington
John L. Lewis
UMW
Ile
CIO
Vga
Indiana
Illinois
Lewis
Daily Roundup Of World News From The Sentinel
Washington reports note consumer egg prices may drop to about 1N cents per dozen under proposed farm measures. Officials say top eggs fetch up to 80 cents per dozen retail in some regions, with price parity goals continuing through January and adjustments tied to producer support.
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Washington
Teenager Mutters Mercy Bullet After Accidental Shot
Autopsy details reveal Robert James Elliott died within moments after a gun misfire. Richard Manning Elliott, 15, confessed to firing a second bullet to end his younger brother’s suffering as he lay wounded from the initial incident.
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Fee Axons
Frederick Newbitt
Robert James Elliott
Richard Manning Elliott
Messenger Pleads Guilty In Drunken Driving Case
Wallace Hampton Messenger, 21, of Pearl street, pleaded guilty to drunken driving. He paid a $50 fine plus costs in Magistrate Ona v. Jefferys court after arrest by Corporal G F Randall at the Route 50 Lucas road junction while driving a 1937 coach. His license was revoked for six months.
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Wallace Hampton Messenger
Pearl Street
Ona
Wallgren Named To Federal Power Commission By Truman
President Truman appointed former Washington governor Mon C Wallgren to the Federal Power Commission to replace Leland S Olds whose term was rejected by the senate. James M Mead was named to the Federal Trade Commission. Wallgren’s term expires June 22 1954 and the nomination awaits senate confirmation.
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James M. Mead
Federal Trade Commission
Wallgren
Olds
Jens Rensus
Washington
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
Federal Power Commission
New York
Leland S. Olds
Power Commission
Senate
National Security Resources Board
Senate Armed Services
Tha
Convict Father Seeks Return After Visiting Ill Relatives
A 51-year-old convict who escaped the Pliny road camp says he plans to return after visiting his ailing mother, half-brother, and 12-year-old son Larry in Huntington. Hatfield, held in Cabell county jail, was arrested at a Huntington hospital where he had seen his son who has rheumatic fever.
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Huntington
Pliny
Jesse Hatfield
Cabell County
Larry
Putnam County Road
Polly Gartin
Everett Gartin
Ranger
I Police
Hazardous Driving Charge Filed Against Soldier
Sergeant Harry King of Route 2 St George faces a hazardous driving charge after his vehicle went off a Lincoln Street embankment last week. He was admitted to City Hospital after breaking a leg in the crash and will appear in municipal court following his discharge.
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Harry King
Route 2
St. George
Lincoln Street
Joe Mask
King
Municipa Court
City Hospital
Supreme Court holds bus firm liable for injuries
The Supreme Court ruled Consolidated Bus Lines responsible for injuries to passenger David Graham Laphew after a driver failed to exercise proper caution. It reversed the McDowell County verdict, ordering the $5,000 judgment in Laphew's favor. The accident occurred near Welch in September 1947 when the bus hit a utility pole while avoiding another car. Judge James B. Riley noted evidence the driver should have seen the other vehicle in time to stop.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
McDowell County
David Graham Laphew
Laphew
Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc
Welch
James B. Riley
Chinese Reds seize Amoy and Swatow ports
Chinese Communist troops seized Amoy and Swatow, extending control of the coast from Canton northward. Li Tsung Jen, the Nationalist acting president in Chungking, urged urgent reforms to revive the government while warning of turning China into a Soviet vassal state. Nationalist forces retreated to Kingmen Island as Amoy fell and evacuation was later announced.
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Chungking
China
Canton
Amoy
Hong Kong
Swatow
Li Tsung-Jen
Reds
Formosa
Shanghai
Kingmen Island
Auto industry running now on borrowed time
Detroit says the nation's auto industry faces steel shortages with three week shutdowns likely starting next month. Car and truck makers had four to six weeks of steel when the strike began, but stocks are being exhausted and replacements cut off. Executives warn three to four weeks are needed to rebuild inventories and restart output. If steel does not flow by next Monday, three weeks or more of shutdowns are inevitable for many firms, including General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford.
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Detroit
Mos
General. Motors
Chrysler
Senate approves 58 combat groups funding and big military bill
Senate and House panels reached agreement on a 15.585 billion appropriation to equip 58 Air Force combat groups and fund broad defense spending. The package totals over 17 billion for peacetime military buildup, with 1.314 billion for allied nations in the Cold War, 157.6 million for Alaska and Okinawa construction, and a 50 million line item for additional needs.
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Washington
Senate
Russia
House
United States
Europe
Alaska
Pacific
Okinawa
Single finger surgery for heart valve described by scientists
Chicago reports a trial of a new technique in which a surgeon uses a knife attached to the index finger to perform a one finger guided repair inside the mitral valve. The method aims to ease a rheumatic heart condition by navigating the heart’s mitral gateway through touch.
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Chicago
American College of Surgeons
City Council May Decide On Incinerator Tonight
A Graf ton city council meeting at City Hall 8 p m may decide on purchasing an incinerator on an 18 year lease. The agenda includes lease purchase discussion and possible rate increases of about 25 cents monthly for garbage disposal. City Manager Decker reports the second electric pump from DeLavel plant is en route while crews ready the water plant for its arrival.
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Grafton
City Hall
Curtis D. Decker
DeLavel
Trenton
New Jersey
Navy Peddling Tales Against Air Force Defense Theory
Air Secretary Symington defended the Air Force before the House Armed Services Committee saying Navy critics peddle old false tales and reveal how the nation would be defended. He warned Navy circulation of an anonymous document undermining strategic bombing and asserted the Navy’s stance minimizes the B 36 bomber’s role against defenses.
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Washington
Symington
Navy
Air Force
House
Armed Services Committee
Yrou
Strategic bombing myth sparks debate over B 36 reach
Symington discusses a new anonymous document titled the strategic bombing myth and its chilling similarity to Navy arguments. He notes the B 36 long range bomber was designed to strike war production centers from bases in the United States, enabling an air war from homeland shores.
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Ymington
U S Reports Backstreet Intelligence From Behind Iron Curtain
The United States shows it can still obtain substantial data from behind the Iron Curtain as disclosures reveal official reports confirming Soviet troop movements and Balkan talks of guerrilla plans. Gen Omar Bradley testified Russia fields 175 combat divisions and could reach 500 quickly.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Caucasus
Russia
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Omar H. Bradley
House
Truman
19YearOld Stabs Brother in Domestic Dispute
Warren Pennsylvania police report Richard Fowler 19 admitted stabbing his brother David 18 during an argument about dirty clothes while unpacking a suitcase. He pleaded innocent to a second degree murder charge and was held without bail for the next term of court.
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Warren
George Haehn
Richard Fowler
David
Richard
Haehn
Carrier and freighter collision off Berwick claims survivors
In a North Sea gale the British aircraft carrier Albion and coal freighter Maystone collided eight miles off Berwick near the Anglo-Scottish border. The Maystone sank quickly. after eight hours only three of its 24 crew were known alive. Lifeboats from Berwick searched rough seas for survivors as Albion, in tow for drydock, listed excess water.
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Berwick
Eng
Albion
North Sea
Farne Islands
England
London
Montana Winter Snow Drifts Hit Five Feet
Montana faces heavy snowfall with five foot drifts and temperatures dipping to 12 degrees in the Rocky Mountains region. Snow fell mainly on eastern slopes of the northern Rockies and in the northwest plains with six inches at Great Falls and five inches in Yellowstone Park. No emergencies reported as fog and snow snarled Chicago area travel with airports awaiting clearing winds.
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Washington
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Northwest Plains
Gt Bank
Mont
Yellowstone » National Park
Aes
Aeas
Cut Bank
Show Area
Utah
Wyoming
Chicago
Tech
Two Hurt In Auto Accidents Involving Five Vehicles
Mrs Elda Mary Regis of Miami Florida slightly injured as her husband John Regis drove a 1949 sedan into two cars and a telephone pole on U S Route 119 near Taymond church road Sunday night. Marine Trets 23 of Tacoma Washington treated for bruises and shock after another crash at 6 15 p m at Routes 50 and 250 near Valley Inn.
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Elda Mary Regis
Miami
Florida
City Hospital
Marine Trets
Tacoma
Washington
Joseph Fawcett
Grafton
W. A. Henderson
Morgantown Road
Haymond Road
Regis
G. P. Randall
Valley Inn
Gerikl Lee Sayres
Barrackville Miner William Hicks Dies in Suspected Suicide
Acting Coroner H Pete Hamilton ruled death by own action in the case of William W Hicks 59 found shot in the chest near his Barrackville farm. A nearby note read I don’t know why I’m doing this. The incident occurred on a woodsy site near his home.
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Barracksville
Mar=ton county
H. Pete Hamilton
William W. Hicks
Loop Driveway Beginning Soon At Tygart Lake State Park
Work on widening and connecting roads from Grafton Dam to the boat docks and from Lewellen hill to the docks will start within a week or two. The loop driveway will allow two lane traffic and the Lewellen hill to docks road will be widened to 40 feet with a rock base. Taylor County Board of Trade has welcomed the project as a long sought goal.
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Knottsville Road
Lewellen Hill
Tygart Lake
Harley Haller
State Road Commission District Office
Grafton Dam
Taylor County Board of ‘Trade
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