Truman Extends Reciprocal Trade Agreements To 1951
President Truman signed a law extending the reciprocal trade agreements program to June 12, 1951. The measure, the sixth extension since 1934, authorizes the president to negotiate tariff-cutting treaties with other nations in exchange for similar concessions. Wordell Hull attended the ceremony, marking his first White House visit since V J Day. The president urged prompt action to implement a permanent charter for an international trade organization with over 50 nations.
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United States
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White House
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Margaret Truman to sing on Car negie Hall program
Margaret Truman is booked as guest soloist on an American Broadcasting company program at Carnegie Hall on December 20, her first New York appearance in 1949. She begins a 27 city concert tour next month. Charles H. Wagner announced the program, with undisclosed financial arrangements.
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New York
Margaret Truman
American Broadcasting Company
Carnegie Hall
Yeserday
Miss Truman
Charles H. Wagner
American Oil Company
Showdown Nears as Ford Strike Deadline Looms
In Detroit 115000 Ford workers face a contract showdown with bargaining stretching into a 48 hour window. Negotiators recessed after a long weekend and returned for more talks. A union notice could trigger a contract termination at 12:01 am Thursday, risking a nationwide strike at nearly 48 plants.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
False Teeth Enter Trial In Dover Murder Case
A 16-year-old boy, Robert Brennan, faces a murder trial in Dover Delaware for the shotgun killing of Wade N Wooldridge a 67-year-old carpenter from Stone Mountain Virginia. The state alleges Brennan acted on orders from his mother Inez Brennan 45 who met Wooldridge through Lowley Hearts correspondence.
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Wade N Wooldridge
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Hearts
Reds Dot Europe With Bases For Deadly Rockets
Soviet leaders plan a chain of rocket bases stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea aimed at western Europe. German and American sources report uncertain evidence about the existence and location of munitions plants and rocket launch facilities in Soviet territories and the former German zone.
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Germany
Bridge Board Burns but No Damage Reported
A plank on the South-West Grafton bridge driveway caught fire from a cigarette yesterday. Fire Chief John Proctor said firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze before it spread. A delegation of local firemen will attend a fire safety demonstration at the Fairmont hotel this afternoon.
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John Proctor
Fairmont Hotel
Reverends Shomo and Jones Assigned to West Virginia Posts
West Virginia Methodist conference announces changes. Reverend Shomo leaves Andrews in Grafton for Lauckport Parkersburg. Reverend Jones goes to Mariana and is replaced by Paul Trampe. Rivesville's Clyde Ash comes to Shomo's post. Shomo previously from Warwood Wheeling. Chinese Communists launch major drive toward Canton with 75,000 troops.
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Reverend Jones
Mariana
Rivesville
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Foster L. Jones
West Main Street
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L. G. Robinson
St. Paul’s Church
G. W. Twynham
Grafton Circuit
E. L. Arnold
Andrews Church
Paul McKain
McKain
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Talks To Head Off Steel Strike Begin Amid Pessimism
Nationwide steel strike talks opened with leaders expressing little belief of a successful outcome. CIO official James J. Thimmel warned of no extension and linked a pension plan and social insurance to avoid a Saturday walkout. President Truman has twice delayed action and urged renewed bargaining.
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James’ J. Thimmel
CIO
United Steelworkers
Thimmel
Philip Murray
Gotiating
United States Steel Corporation and Industry
Murray
Steelworkers District No. 30
Terre Haute
Indiana
Thimmes
Bands Of Pickets In Charleston Area Rallying
A picket band with reinforcements from the north assembled in the Charleston coal field today. About 75 to 100 carloads of men moved into the upper Creek area ten miles north of Charleston. State Police patrolled the roads as the group remained largely peaceful. Another 60 cars bearing pickets headed south from Clarksburg, part of a 175 car motorcade touring the northern state, seeking mines, but none were found operating up to Jane Lew in Lewis county.
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Uppers Creek
R. G. Coene
Clarksburg
Jane Lew
Lewis County
GOP Rivalry Grows Over Foreign Policy Strategies
Washington report shows 1950 campaign shaping a clash over how to pursue world peace. Taft of Ohio and Dirksen of Illinois attack administration foreign policy and arms aid, accusing critics of isolationism while debating the Marshall plan and U.S. deficits. See GOP page 6.
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Russia
U.S
Jaycees Honored in Clarksburg January Program
Four state Jaycee chapters Beckley Clarksburg St Albans and Charleston will be recognized in Clarksburg January 21 22 The Beckley chapter will receive six awards Clarksburg five St Albans two and Charleston one The cited fields include Americanism civic improvement national security and public affairs among others with mimeograph publications and youth work noted for Clarksburg and public health for St Albans Charleston coverage includes international relations.
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St. Albans
Charleston
Self Defense Claimed By Gaines Taxi Driver First Witness
Prosecution and defense opened in the second murder trial of Charles Brennan Gaines in Flemington. Prosecutor Bord alleges Gaines plotted the June 4 1948 slaying, purchasing a revolver at the Eagles club and ordering a taxi to the Daft strip operation where two shots were fired. Defense argues self defense. jury to decide after earlier hung jury.
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Charles Brennan Gaines
Flemington
James Richard Brunson
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Uranium Deposits Recovered In Spain
In Europe reports claim new uranium veins in Spain amid postwar atomic race talk after President Truman announced a Russian atomic test. Tass asserts 1941 weapons, hints at international control, while Franco's regime is linked to richer ore deposits and possible bargaining leverage with the West. See URANIUM page 4.
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Spencer Man Goes On Trial For Income Tax Evasion
William B Rhodes of Spencer faced federal court in Fairmont on charges of income tax evasion. Prosecutors said he owed 117940.62 in taxes over five years while paying 14723.16, and that his reported income of 56493.68 did not reflect the 217617.63 actually earned.
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Fairmont
William B
Rod) Rhodes
Spencer
Rhodes
Britain's Labour Faces Vote Of Confidence After Pound Devaluation
Britain’s Labour government goes to a three day special session to defend its pound devaluation. Prime Minister Attlee and his cabinet must persuade MPs as Churchill leads a Conservative attack, with wage fears and import price rises fueling the crisis.
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House of Commons
Attlee
John Bull
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Anthony Eden
School Officials Meet Here Today
A meeting of school superintendents and assistants from nine counties convenes this afternoon at 115 o clock at Grafton high school. About 25 people from Barbour Harrison Doddridge Lewis Marion Monongalia Preston Randolph and Upshur counties are expected. R Virgil Rohrbough Taylor County schools will preside. Supervisory and operational problems will be discussed. Afterward the delegation will dine at a local restaurant.
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Harrison
Doddridge
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Marion
Monongalia
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Randolph
Upshur
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Taylor County
Rohrbough
Final Search For Missing Miners In Pikeville
Twenty two state mine inspectors and federal inspectors planned to search Chloe Creek mine for Marvin Johnson aged 20 and George Johnson aged 19 who vanished Tuesday after telling their fathers they would enter the mine. A D Sisk said the effort would cover all accessible sections of the mine, which had been closed 14 months following a lease from Scott Burke interests.
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Ota
Scott
A. D. Sisk
Grafton Welcomes Newest Arrivals
Grafton celebrates births as Mr and Mrs John Clark welcome a baby girl at City hospital weighing 51x pounds ten and a half ounces born at 5 40 p m on September 25. Mr and Mrs Richard A Moran announce a daughter born September 17 at 1 18 p m at City hospital Deborah Sue weighs seven pounds one and one fourth ounces and is their first child. Moran was formerly Lula Wilhelm. Paternal grandparent Mrs Erma Moran 237 Ross Street Grafton and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Guy Wilhelm 624 West Main Street Grafton.
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Tunnelton
City Hospital
Richard A. Moran
Deborah Sue
Moran
Lula Wilhelm
Erma Moran
Ross Street
Grafton
Guy Wilhelm
West Main Street
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