UN proposes broad European economic program
The United Nations sub commission on the economic reconstruction of devastated areas outlines a 450 page plan to restore Europe. It calls for an immediate European economic commission to foster cooperation, coordinate postwar recovery, and prevent conflicting national plans while urging rapid aid to food, fuel, housing, and materials shortages. A similar Asia report is due next spring.
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Max Harrelson
Success
N. Y
United Nations
Europe
Asia
UNRRA
Economic and Social Council
Economic Commission For
RMU Seamen File Back 10 Work After Strike End
The Associated Press reports NMU members voted to accept an arbitration backed wage parity settlement in New York and other ports, signaling an official end to the costly maritime strike though final closure depends on ratification by all NMU locals and allied unions.
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Associated Press
CIO
New York Harbor
East
Gulf
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
NMU
New York
Philadelphia
Houston
Newport News
New Orleans
Providence
CIO Marine Cooks
Marine Firemen
Five Die In National Airport Plane Crash
A twin engine army bomber crashed and burst into flames at National airport during an emergency landing. Five men were killed and one injured: Col Philip T. Rugee Langley Field pilot. Capt Myrick Hilsman Langley Field co pilot. 2nd Lt Max L. Crowder Buck Beach Va crew chief. Cpl David Jenkins Piedmont S C. M-Sat Wiley W Walters Sr Hampton Va. Sixth occupant Capt Bradford W Lawrence Fall River Mass suffered third degree burns over 90 percent of his body.
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Washington
National Airport
Philip T. Rugee
Langley Field
Myrick
Hilsman
Max L. Crowder
Buck
the War Department
8. C
Wiley W. Walters
Hampton
Bradford W. Lawrence
Fall River
Mass
Romanian oil terms stall Balkan conference vote
British demands for safeguards on foreign petroleum interests in Romania stalled in the Balkan economic commission with a 7 to 7 tie. American envoy Senator Arthur Vandenberg condemned the procedure as fantastic. Earlier Italy and Austria won autonomy terms in Tyrol, to be added to the Italian peace treaty over Slav bloc objections.
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Joseph Dynan
Paris
Romania
Balkan Economic Commission
Arthur Vandenberg
Italy
Austria
Tyrol
State Schools Hurt By Lack Of Qualified Teachers
Charleston Sept 21 The West Virginia school system facing resignations and shortages issued 1033 emergency certificates this year. The number is 25 percent higher than last year with projections between 2500 and 2000 by year end. Many certificate holders have only a high school education, worsening elementary school standards, especially in rural areas.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Genevieve Starcher
W. W.trent
Starcher
Children Pictures Taken Free And Published In The Grafton Sentinel
The Grafton Sentinel plans to publish children’s photos free of charge with accompanying commentary. Theatre listings invite Miss Mildred Beech Street to see on nights featuring Without Reservations, Two-Fisted Stranger, and Lightning Raiders at Strand and Dixie theatres. The paper urges mothers to cooperate to showcase the next generation.
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Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Gentine
Mildred Beech Street
Onigh
Claudet Colbert
John Jayne
Strand Theatre
Charles Starrett
Smiley Burnette
Dixie Theatre
Krug Skips Noth Flies Back Today
Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, after touring parts of West Virginia coal country, left for Washington with a guardedly hopeful view of conditions there. He noted some areas are frightful but minority, and said he would return to the state at a convenient time. The six member party including Rear Adm. Joel Boone and Senator Harley Kilgore flew out from Parkersburg after visiting Beckley Bluefield Welch and other coal field cities.
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Charleston
Julius Krug
West Virginia
Washington
Krug
Adm
Joel T. Boone
Harley M. Kilgore
Parkersburg
Beckley
Bluefield
Welch
See Krug
That Hicswa Boy Is On The Loose Again
Pvt Joseph Hicswa under 30 years sentence for slaying two Japanese last November escaped from Tokyo hospital Tuesday and still is at large the U S Eighth Army Provost Marshall announced today The Wilmington N J private who had been sentenced to death last Jan and has his sentence commuted by President Truman was sent to the hospital after swallowing two nails in the Army stockade carpenter shop Morgantown Sept 21 A record 5956 students had registered at West Virginia University yesterday and President Irvin Stewart instructed a faculty committee to study the need for new buildings.
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Yokohama
Joseph Hicswa
Tokyo
Arge
U. S. Eighth Army
Wilmington
N. J
Truman
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Irvin Stewart
Wallace As Private Citizen To Fight On For Go Easy With Russia Ideas
Wallace as private citizen to fight on for go easy with Russia ideas. Sweeney scores new deal fumble in first speech at Huntington as Republican nominee Tom Sweeney outlines a constructive platform for November. He criticizes national policy confusion and urges new leadership with integrity. He contrasts Wallace Byrnes Truman on Russia policy and frames a tough yet hopeful stance. See SWEENEY page 4.
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Wallace
Russia
Huntington
Sentinel
Strikin
Tom Sweeney
Wheeling
United States
Sweeney
Frederick
Young Republican League
New York
Byrnes
Paris
Truman
Washington
Convicts Chain Of Anti Trust Act Violation
Convicts from New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and 28 officers and subsidiaries were found guilty by Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley in a jury-less trial. The 117 page decision, after 22 weeks of testimony beginning April 16 1945, held conspiracy to restrain trade in fruit products and conspiracy to monopolize a substantial part of such products in interstate commerce.
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Danville
Ill
New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Walter C. Lindley
It Doesn't Pay To Rob Ex-Paratroopers
Huntington police say former paratrooper Carlos Kidd turned James Auxier over for selling a stolen car. Detective Sergeant John Ru reported Auxier admitted theft and the hold up of the King Optical Company in Huntington yesterday.
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Huntington
Carlos Kidd
James Auxier
Auzier
John Ru
Auxier
King Optical Company
Everybody Invited to Oran McCormick Lecture
Oran McCormick, a former Grafton boy, will deliver an illustrated lecture at Andrews Methodist Church on Sunday September 22 at 7 30 P M. The program includes stills and movietone color travel pictures from Mother's Day to scenes in Taylor County West Virginia and other world locations. No admittance and no offering. Committee.
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Oran McCormick
Grafton
Andrews Methodist Church
Taylor County
West Virginia
Wallace defies Truman in radio address after resignation
Former commerce secretary Henry A. Wallace, ousted by President Truman, urged continued debate on foreign policy. In a farewell message to Department of Commerce staff he resigned to fight for world peace and spoke on radio about the need for open debate and public understanding of issues to shape policy.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Secretary of Commerce
Department
Russia
State Department
Wallace
Congress
Writ of error sought in Loughry case appeal
A petition for a writ of error will be presented to the State Supreme Court within the next week in the case of Mrs. Margaret Loughry who was sentenced July 22 to one to five years in the state penitentiary for the fatal beating of her son on May 1. Her lawyers said bills of exception are signed and the writ is ready to file. She was released on a $1,500 bond with a 90 day stay of execution and could be re jailed if the court does not docket the case.
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State Supreme Court
Margaret Loughry
State
Dellett D
Dayton R. Stemple
Philippi
Supreme Court
Parkersburg Bus Strike Settled After 11 Days
Charleston reports an 11 day strike by 23 West county school bus drivers ended with drivers granted a salary increase retroactive to September 4. The details were not disclosed. In Parkersburg the Wood county school board received a proposal for a modified agreement to end a 16 day strike, with terms not disclosed.
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Charleston
West County
Charles J. F. Sattler
Sattler
Parkersburg
Wood County
Picketers threaten Kaiser-Frazer Willow Run plant shutdown
A line of 40 to 50 AFL CIO pickets formed at the Willow Run gate at 6 a.m. threatening partial production cuts. Local CIO Washtenaw union leaders, backed by business agent Louis Hackbarth, say more lines will be set and expect CIO UAW to respect them. Resulting idling could add thousands to a regional strike list near 50,000.
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Detroit
AFL
Kaiser-frazer
Louis Hackbarth
CIO
United Auto
Willow Run
Uaw-Cio
Bi Manufacturingg Co
Briggs
Chrysler
AUTO
Ranger Miner Dies After Rescue From Pit
Elzie Adkins, 55, trapped for five days in a private bank near Ranger, Hamlin WV, died shortly after being freed from the pit. Neighbor Dennis Harless found him half conscious, groaning, and unable to explain the incident as Adkins was en route to Huntington hospital. Ranger lies near the Lincoln Logan county line.
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Hamlin
W Va
Elzie Adkins
Ranger
Dennis Harless
Adkins
Harless
Huntington Hospital
Lincoln
Logan Counties
Dairy prices stay free as price board weighs control limits
Washington dispatch notes dairy products move freely but butter and cheese sit under watch from the price decontrol board. Chairman Roy L Thompson warns prices near a critical point while the panel keeps current ceilings suspended for milk and dairy items, despite OPA disappointment at last month’s decision.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Roy L. Thompson
OPA
Paul Porter
Beckley Restaurants to Close in Protest Over Food Shortage
Nine of Beckley’s principal restaurants will close Monday in protest of food scarcity and an OPA rollback order, announced by Carl Taylor after a meeting of restaurant managers.
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Beckley
Carl Taylor
Hangar at Benedum Airport Planned for 10 Planes
President Herschel D. Wade of Harrison county court announced early construction of a steel hangar at Benedum airport. A shipment of steel is due around October 1, with foundation and building to follow briefly. The hangar will be 900 feet long 24 feet wide and about 12 feet high, costing about $8,000 and housing 10 planes in single stalls.
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Clarksburg
Benedum Airport
Herschel D. Wade
Harrison County
Wade
UN Watches Balkan Front After Russian Veto
The United Nations continued to monitor shooting incidents along the northern Greek frontiers despite Russia vetoing a U S proposal for an on the spot Security Council investigation. Secretary General Trygve Lie urged ongoing attention to the Balkan crisis amid the council deadlock.
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Charles A. Grumich
Lake
Success
United Nations
Russia
Security Council
Balkan
Trygvete
Trygve
Two Coast Guard helicopters arrive for Gander crash rescue
Workmen at Gander Airport prepare helicopters to pick up 18 survivors marooned after a Belgian airliner wreck. Two Coast Guard pilots Lt August Kleish and Lt Walter Bolton arrived with aid teams. 14 injuries reported, recovery expected within hours.
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Heliecopters
Howard Cowan
Gander
Armyers
Coast Guard
Gander Bay
Wilderness
New York
United States
August Kleish
Colerain Ave
Cincinnati
Ohio
Death of Evalyn Reynolds a Washington Heiress
Evalyn McLean Reynolds 24 wife of former U S Senator Robert R Reynolds was found dead in her bedroom near a switched on radio. Coroner MacDonald says death may be due to sleeping pills but will finalize after tests. temporary finding cites congestive heart failure. The heiress, daughter of Evalyn Walsh McLean, had health issues and left a daughter Mamie Reynolds. The case involves a near 1941 marriage and a notable Washington lineage.
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Washington
Evalyn McLean Reynolds
Evalyn Walsh McLean
U.B
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
B. W. Leonard
A. Magruder MacDonald
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