Northern and Western Coal Operators Walk Out On Talks
Northern and Western coal operators walked out of contract talks with the United Mine Workers in White Sulphur Springs. UMW Vice President Thomas Kennedy criticized the move as an attempt to invite government intervention in the five week mine strike. Operators claimed they were making their best offer and warned continued talks would jeopardize miners and the public.
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United Mine Workers
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Lewis
Washington
Kennedy
United States
NLRB
George H. Love
Pittsburgh
Britain to cut military aid to aid European defense plans
Four United States senators reported that Foreign Secretary Bevin suggested Britain would make large cuts in military appropriations to ease its economic problems. Senator Allen J. Ellender noted Britain and France are keystones of Western European defense, with Ellender leading the appropriations subcommittee studying European defense and U.S. efforts abroad. The committee members met Bevin yesterday.
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London
United States
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Europe
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
France
Ellender
Bevin
Senator Pay Bill Sets High Costs for 1980 Staff
A 1980 model U S senator costs taxpayers about 50 905 annually for salary and staff expenses. All 96 senators would total roughly 5 million dollars per year. Congress approved raises increasing pay for aides or adding staff, with one Midwest senator declining to have his name used.
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Washington
United States
Congress
French Premier Stalled in Bid for Coalition Cabinet
Premier Rene Mayz er faces heavy hurdles in forming a new French coalition as Socialists resist entry. The National Assembly backed the Radicals 341 to 183, raising the possibility of dissolving parliament and calling a general election after 15 days of political crisis.
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Paris
Rene Mayzer
Natonal
Assembly
France
Ginger Rogers to substitute for Lauren Bacall in Storm Center
Ginger Rogers will pinch hit for Lauren Bacall as the Warner Brothers studio names Miss Rogers for the role in Storm Center. Jack L. Warner announced the casting amid Bacall's suspension and her husband Humphrey Bogart’s absence from the project.
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Hollywood
Ginger ‘Rogers
Laurena
Warner Brothers
Jack I. Warner
Miss Rogers
Miss Bacall
Inger Tikes
Bacall
Humphrey Hogart
Pretty American Wife To Be Held In Hubby's Murder
Frankfurt District Attorney Fred Johnson said he would charge Mrs. Yvette Madsen with first degree murder after a party quarrel involving a family friend. Lt. Andrew W. Madsen, 26, was shot in the living room near Rhine Main Airbase, dying from a .45 pistol bullet. He and his wife attended a party earlier in an née.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Air Force
Fred Johnson
Yvette Madsen
Alfred Noack
Brooklyn
U. S. Air Force
Andrew W. Madsen
Oakland
Calif
Rhine-Main
Madsen
Seek Wife And Children Of Romania Immigrant
The Red Cross sought the wife and seven children of Ambrose Tzike, a 67 year old immigrant from Hungary who died at his Cedar Grove home yesterday. Tzike invented an air pump operating device patented in 1929 and had reportedly not heard from his family in Romania since the communists took control.
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Cedar Grove
Red Cross
Ambrose Tzike
Tzika
Romania
Yugoslavia Elects to UN Security Council Amid Soviet Protest
The United Nations kept its routines as Yugoslavia won a seat on the security council over Soviet backed Czechoslovakia. Soviet warnings of painful consequences prompted by Vishinsky raised questions, but no walkouts occurred and officials expected no immediate rift.
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New York
Yugoslavia
Security Council
Russia
United Nations
Andrei Vishinsky
General Assembly
Czechoslovakia
London
Acheson
U.N
Ukraine
Vishinsky
Salvation Army Drive Underway
About 35 persons attended the kickoff dinner launching the Salvation Army annual fund campaign at Hotel Grafton Wednesday night. The $3,500 goal funds operational expenses in Taylor Barbour Randolph and Tucker counties. Captain Lyn Wiseman is assisted by Major Paul Throwberg from Baltimore headquarters in conducting the drive. He praised the local corps work and Graf ton people as Good Samaritans for supporting the cause.
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Salvation Army
Hotel Grafton
Taylor
Barbour
Randolph
Tucker
Lyn Wiseman
Paul "Threwburg
Baltimore
Maryland
Grafton
Charles J. Jarrett
Salvation Army Board
Sunday Speaker at St Matthias Church Service
The Rt. Reverend Bishop Strider D D will conduct Sunday services at St Matthias Church at 11 a m The pastor Reverend George Manson announced that Bishop Strider will administer the rite of confirmation during the Sunday morning service
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Strider
D. D
St. Matthias Church
George Manson
Congress Quits But Many Lawmakers Stay In Washington
Congress has quit for the rest of the year but many lawmakers remain in Washington to keep offices staffed and serve on committees. Hearings will continue on government spending foreign affairs and military matters. The Washington news volume will shift as congressional news dominates.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
Congressional
Development Of Medical Aid For Atom Sickness
Rochester scientists led by Dr Joe W Hoaland report early progress in medical defense against radiation sickness from atomic blasts. The study, begun in 1947 and intensified recently, highlights aureomycin as key to therapy and notes potential cancer treatment and protection for researchers handling fissionable materials.
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Rochester
N. Y
University of Rochester
D. M. Durgar
Pearl River
Joe W. Hoaland
Atomic Energy Commission
Department of
Radiation Biology
Czech Catholics Denounce Reds Turning Nation Suffering
Czechoslovakia's Roman Catholic bishops called the government’s rule a crime against the nation and urged priests to endure hardship. They urged rejection of clergy wage hikes under new laws and noted widespread arrests and camps as part of the crackdown. The message circulated via clandestine channels to about 7,000 priests amid suppression of Catholic press.
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Gue
Czechoslovakia
Sed
Lsbor
Tme
Czechoslov‘ak
Truman To Consider Bill Increasing Airport Building Funds
President Truman will weigh a Congress sent bill to boost federal funds for airport construction in state programs. West Virginia would gain from 300,424 to 443,016 for the 1950 51 fiscal year under the proposed bill, elevating airport projects nationwide.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
West Virginia
Student Fatally Shot In Huntington Tavern
Huntington report says John Fleming 29 a Douglass Trades school student was killed in a beer tavern last night. Police Detective Avel T. Bryant said Glendale McGhee a distant relative is charged with murder. McGhee and his wife were at a football game earlier and he claimed the pistol discharged accidentally while removing it from his pocket.
Ten Communist leaders jailed for conspiracy to overthrow government
Federal Judge Harold R Medina sentenced ten top ranking American Communist leaders to five years in prison each for criminal conspiracy to overthrow the U S government by force. An eleventh was given three years and all defendants fined ten thousand dollars each, the maximum.
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New York
U.S
Harold R. Medina
Communist leaders sentenced under heavy guard at federal court
Eleven top-ranking U S Communist leaders arrived for sentencing on criminal conspiracy charges at Foley Square. A 100 man police detail formed a line protecting the courthouse while sympathizers formed a changing pickup outside. Pickets chanted We shall not be moved and Free the Communist leaders as defendants entered the building.
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New York
U.S
Foley Square
Theuilding
Lawmakers Urge Out In Spending Not Tax Increase
Washington lawmakers push spending cuts instead of tax hikes while proposing revenue from tax adjustments and incentives to spur industrial growth. They claim a $3,000,000,000 national income would support federal, state and local governments without higher tax rates. See page 6 for full details.
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Washington (P
Capitol Hill
Two Grafton Women Attend National Baking Convention
Miss Bertha Goodwin and Mary Catherine Walters of Grafton registered in Atlantic City for the annual convention of the American Bakers Association and the 1949 Baking Industry Exposition. More than 10,000 baking and allied trades officials from across the country attend the event, the exposition being the first in 13 years and the largest in history.
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Atlantic City
Bertha Goodwin
Mary Catherine Walters
Grafton
American Bakers Association
Baking and Allied Trades
Taylor Farmers Back Beetle Control Effort In Taylor
Waldo Craig of the State Department of Agriculture will visit Taylor on October 28 to kick off a county wide campaign against Japanese beetles. County Agent Ralph Fike says interested farmers can apply for the spore dust treatment for long term control, with meetings at 10 a.m. on October 28.
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Waldo Craig
Department of Agriculture
Charleston
Taylor Coluny
Agriculture Extension Program
Ralph Fike
Ralph E. Fike
Fike
Craig
Johnson Seeks World Peace and Efficient Defense
Secretary Louis Johnson told the House armed services committee he runs the defense department in the interests of the American people and world peace. He defended the budget against rumors and argued for unification of the armed forces to ensure taxpayers get value for every dollar, aiming for modern, efficient equipment.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Defense Department
Navy
Johnson
House Armed Services Committee
PSC Hearing Here On Water Rates Concluded
The Public Service Commission ended its hearing on a city petition seeking water rate adjustments. The session closed at 4 PM with Commissioner John Smith of Charleston presiding. City Manager Curtis B. Decker was examined and cross examined while protest witnesses included R. Anderson, James Barons, Thomas Moran, William Gerkin, and former Mayor C. O. Bing. Huth R. PePhail for the city and O. E. Wyckoff for Carr China were given filing deadlines of November 15 and November 30 respectively.
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Public Service Commission
John Smith
Charleston
Curtis B. Decker
Anderson
James Barons
The
Carr China Company
Thomas Moran
William Gerkin
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
C. 0. Bing
Huth R. PePhail
O. E. Wyckoff
Carr
Richard B. Bord
Mother Of Seven Children Awarded $100000 Damages
A 38 year old mother of seven was awarded $100000 by the Wyoming County Circuit Court jury for permanent injuries from a December 3 1948 wreck that also killed her husband 41 year old James Miller. The judge ordered Rosenblatt and Kerstein Inc Charleston electrical contractors and Pipeline Construction Company Huntington to pay half of the sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Wyoming County
Bhanuverworth
James Miller
D. M
Rosenblatt and Kerstein, Inc
Charleston Electrical Contractors, and Pipeline Construction Company, Inc
Huntington
Clarksburg Judge To Address West Virginia PTA
Circuit Judge Arlod Harbert of Clarksburg will address members of the West Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers as the 27th annual convention continues in Huntington. A resolutions committee is to present the PTA's legislative proposals and attendees will tour Huntington East High School this afternoon.
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Huntington
Arlod Harbert
Clarks
Burg
West Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
Resolutions Committee
PTA
East High School
W. W. Trent
Charleston
Margaret Leeie
West Virginia Educational Association
B. ¥. Hill
West Virginiaary Principals
J. H Reed
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia Elementary Principals Association
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