Ford Motor to finance pensions press steel talks
Ford Motor Company agrees to finance pensions for aged workers under an auto pact. Pressure mounts on United Steelworkers and United States Steel to accept cost sharing as bargaining teams seek a settlement by Friday midnight. Philip Murray leads plans to mobilize about 500000 steel workers amid prep for potential strike actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto
United Steel Corporation
Ford
Steel Industry
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
Overseas arms bill speeds aid to allies against communism
Congress sent the $1.314 billion foreign arms bill to the White House by a strong margin. The measure immediately frees $125 million in RFC cash to mobilize the arms plan for America's allies in the global struggle against communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,py
America
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Three American Merchant Ships Detained Near Shanghai
The State department announced that three American merchant ships are detained near Shanghai by Chinese Nationalist blockade forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Shanghai
Ford Workers Avoid Strike With New Pension Plan
Ford Motor Company and the CIO United Auto Workers reach a two and a half year pension pact funded by the company. The plan provides about 160 dollars monthly per worker including Social Security, based on a recent wage package. The deal ends 35 hours of marathon negotiations that set an auto industry endurance record and follows a presidential board recommendation in the steel sector. Walter P. Reuther indicated a 50 50 chance of acceptance as talks neared expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Push Pay Raise Bill Faces Senate Vote At Midday
Washington officials moved to advance a pay raise bill for top government officials after a late session. Senators approved trimmed boosts for cabinet members and other upper-bracket executives, 36 to 16, amid administration pressure and a failed amendment tying raises to the federal budget balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Truman
Board of Trade Vacancy After Nuzum Resigns
Paul E Maione announces the resignation of Jack R Nuzum as executive secretary of the Taylor County Board of Trade effective October 1. Nuzum departs to enroll in law school at West Virginia University after earning a BA last year. The board will keep offices open mornings and plan a special meeting next Thursday to discuss a successor.
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Jack R. Nuzum
Taylor County Board of Trade
Paul E.malone
Nuzum
Ma~lone
Board of Trade
Taylor County
House of Delegates
West Virginia University
Maione
Festival Parade to Be Next Friday in Elkins
The mountain State Forest Festival parade heads through Elkins next Friday at 2 p.m. with more than a score of musical units including college and high school bands and the West Virginia Highlanders bagpipe band. Joe M. Bowlby oversees floats, predicting more and prettier displays than before, with the procession stretching over two miles.
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Elkins
H. H. Kerr
West Virginia Highlanders
Elkins American Legion Post
the Legion
Joe M. Bowlby
Veteran Wounds Wife, Shoots Self
Bluefield reports a 25 year old veteran named Samuel Horton wounded his estranged wife and killed himself at the home of her parents on Horton’s Lake Road. Mrs. Horton, a mother of two, was in critical condition with a chest wound possibly injuring her spinal cord. Local sheriff details say Horton shot through the door, wounded Mrs. Horton, then reentered, fired again, and fled before dying by a single self-inflicted shot later in a field.
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Bluefield
Clarence C. Elmore
Samuel Horton
Horton’s Lake Road
Here
Horton
Elmore
Williams
Rosemont Man Qualifies as Navy Diver
Frank Scollise a seaman from Rosemont serving at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Virginia recently qualified as a Navy diver with a salvage rating. He entered naval service on April 5 1945.
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Frank Scollise
USN
Rosemont
Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek
Virginia
Navy
Scollise
Naval Service
Local Contractors Win Pendleton County Road Contract
Harmen Brothers Contractors of Grafton win the bid to build three and a half miles of road between Franklin and Petersburg in Pendleton County for 64 852 45 dollars. Project to start October 1, says Glenn Harman.
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Harmen Brothers Contractors
Grafton
Pendleton County
Franklin
Petersburg
Glenn Harman
Injunction Halts Further Picketing Of W. Va. Mines
A temporary injunction stops picketing around small non union mines in the Tuppers Creek area near Charleston West Virginia. The order names the United Mine Workers and William Blizzard of UMW District 17 and was issued by Circuit Judge Julian F Bouchelle at the request of 16 small mine operators. Police patrols and vehicles were in the area but no violence occurred and mining operations continued. No date was set for a hearing on the injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Tuppers Creek
Julian F. Bouchelle
United Mine Workers
William Blizzard
UMW
Blizzard
Bouchelle
Murder Verdict Found Against Widow And Son In Delaware Trial
A farm woman and her 6 year old son were found guilty of first degree murder in the Wendy Woolridge case. Robert Brennan was convicted as principal and his mother Inez Brennan as an accomplice after a five hour jury deliberation. A mercy recommendation may spare them from hanging, potentially yielding life sentences. The judge could still impose capital punishment. Defense sought a new trial with a four day extension. petitions and hearings scheduled. The long trial began September 12 in the historic Oyer and Terminer court with ushers and officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
Delaware
Lonely Hearts
Robert Brennan
Wade N. Woolridge
Carpenter
Stone Mountain
Virginia
Inez Brennan
Robert
Brennan
Benjamin R. Donolow
First Civil Jury Trial Underway In Taylor County
The first civil jury trial began today in Taylor County Circuit Court one day after criminal juries concluded. The West Virginia Tractor Equipment company sues C B S Coal company over an account dispute. The City of Grafton vs John Breedlove was continued to the next term due to jetty manager absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Circuit Court
West Virginia Tractor Equipment Company
C. B.S. Coal Company
City of
Grafton
John Breedlove
Water rate hike sought by Buckhannon Kingwood Philippi
The Mountain State Water Co asks a PSC hearing on October 7 to approve higher charges that would lift annual revenues by 47 524 dollars. Buckhannon would see 1 20 to 2 dollars for 2 000 gallons and 47 to 60 cents per 1 000 for next 12 000, with Kingwood and Philippi contributing the remainder.
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Charleston
Buckhannon
Kingwood
Philippi
Public Service Commission
Mountain State Water Company
Poultry Tour Conducted Today Across Farms
An informative poultry tour was held this afternoon and evening at the West Virginia Industrial School farm and the Curtis Boyce farm in Pruntytown. Poultry Specialist T. R. Hash of West Virginia University and County Agent Ralph Fike led the on the farm training for veterans, 4-H day members, vocational agriculture students, and interested farmers. A meeting at the high school features Hash as principal speaker, followed by H. E. Rooker on dairy sanitation at the vocational agriculture building of Grafton High School next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. All farmers distributing milk urged to attend.
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West Virginia Industrial ‘School
Curtis Boyce
Pruntytown
T. R. Hash
West Virginia University
Rarph Fike
H. E. Rooker
Sanitarian
Grafton High’ School
Charleston Doctor Charged With Murder and Abortion
Charleston physician Dr. F Edgerton Evans remains jailed after Inter mediate Judge Cyrus W Hall refused bond. The murder charge stems from a child said to have been born alive last May and died minutes later, with one abortion count tied to that death.
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Charleston
F. Edgerton Evans
Cyrus W. Hall
Hall
R. T. Cummings
Cummings
Burglars Loot Wander Inn Safe From Branch County Site
A 300 pound safe containing about 400 dollars was hauled away yesterday from the Wander Inn near Branch land. State police report burglars gained entry by breaking a window in the establishment owned by Ray and Elmo Ellis.
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Hamlin
Branchland
Ray and
Elmo Ellis
German WVU Student Likes Friendly Attitude
Roswitha von Ketelhodt, a German student at West Virginia University, finds Americans friendly yet is skeptical about local fashions. Born in Oberhambach and trained at Hohenheim near Stuttgart, she studies home economics here through the state farm women’s club sponsorship.
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Morgantown
Roswitha von Ketelhodt
West Virginia University
Paul Ketelhodt
College of Agriculture
Hohenheim
Stuttgart
Oberhambach
Germany
Tipple Explosion Provokes Union Labor Clash in Coal Fields
A dynamite blast at the Junedale Coal Company tipple in Grass Flat Pennsylvania sparks violence as United Mine Workers press talks with major coal interests. Reports of gunfire in Jasper Alabama, a possible miner fatality, and a Virginia state emergency amid widespread strikes. Kanawha County schools pull buses amid clashes between ranks.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Junédale,Coal Company
Grass Flat
Jasper
Ala
William M.tuck
Virginia
Kanawha County
W. Va
Russia breaks friendship treaty with Yugoslavia
London reports that the Soviet Union has scrapped its 1945 friendship treaty with Yugoslavia over Tito regime ties to imperialist circles. The note cites Hungary’s Rajk treason trial, claims Yugoslav and American agents plotted to topple the Moscow backed government, and notes Tito’s denunciation as propaganda. Speculation follows that other communist nations may sever ties.
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London
Russia
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Budapest
Laszlo Raj
Soviet Union
Rajk
Hungary
com+ form
Communist International Information Bureau
Coal Talks Resume As Steel Crisis Looms Over Coal
Negotiations between United Mine Workers officials and Northern and Western operators representing about half the nation s soft coal output resume today at 3 pm EST. Observers expect little progress until the steel industry crisis unfolds, since steel company owners seek to settle with CIO Steelworkers first. Talks at Bluefield WV resumed yesterday and continue today as the deadlocked dispute idles 480000 coal miners for 11 days.
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White
United Mine Workers
John J. Lewis
UMW
Noth
Springfield
Illinois
CIO
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
West Virginia
Rhodes Counsel Claims Mistakes in Tax Evasion Trial
In Fairmont, William B. Rhodes of Spencer defends against eight federal counts alleging evasion of 101,741.33 in income taxes from 1942 to 1946. His counsel argues all deficiencies were honest mistakes as the government rests its case after expert testimony on Rhodes net worth at 1941 year end.
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Fairmont
William B
Bud) Rhodes
Spencer
Rhodes
Harold R. All
Huntington Internal
Charges Of Abortion In Huntington Woman
Nell Davis faced charges of performing an illegal abortion after state police seized a large carton of surgical instruments at her apartment. Magistrate Harold Kitchen issued the warrant alleging a 19 year old girl underwent the illegal operation last month and was treated in the hospital. Davis, held in Cabell county jail on a $25,000 bond.
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Huntington
Nell Davis
Nell Bias
Onige
Harold Kitchen
Davis
Miss Davis
Cabell County
Grafton Celebrates Newest Citizens
Grafton announces births of two babies born September 28. Mr. and Mrs Garfield S Frey Route 1 Grafton welcomed a son weighing eight pounds ten ounces at City Hospital at 9 10 p m. Mr and Mrs William C Linn Hammond WV welcomed a daughter at 10 50 a m on September 28.
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Garfield S. Frey
Route 1
Grafton
City Hospital
William C. Linn
Hammond
West Virginia
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International “Soundphoto
PSC
Alabama
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