Miners Step Up Protests Amid Contract Talks and Royalty Strike
In March miners quit for two weeks to memorialize killed and injured workers and protest Truman's choice of Dr. James Boyd as director of the Federal Bureau of Mines. In June they walked out again for a week citing excess coal above ground and a need for stabilization. Royalty payments to the union welfare fund were suspended by southern operators, shrinking the fund from 30 million to about 14 million. Northern operators planned a three million payment as contract talks with Lewis resumed.
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Truman
James Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
Lewis
UMW
Mississippi
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Continuation of upset marks YDC council votes
Observers note a repeat upset in last year’s elections as Sandford and Gordon win backing from the Scott group for the YDC councils. Fountain and Black remain tied to the old regime while Grove and administration ties shape the race and future influence.
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Fountain
Black
Sandford
Gordon
YDC
Scott
Frank Graham
William B. Umstead
L. H. Fountain
VDC
George
R. C. Godwin
American Legion
Raleigh
Godwin
Britain raises prices after currency devaluation
Cripps announced immediate effects include a rise in bread from four and a half pence to six pence. Other Saree Goods from the United States will cost more as the pound falls, while subsidies for rationed foods will not be raised to offset higher costs. World reaction was generally favorable with Secretary Snyder calling the move constructive.
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Cripps
Britain
Washington
U. S
John W. Snyder
Train wreck traps two cooks in smashed diner
A Norfolk Southern derailment left the sixth car severely damaged. Cooks Bob Freeman of Salisbury and Herston Longmire of Knoxville were trapped for hours in the dining car as rescue crews used acetylene torches to reach them. Other injured include engineers George Cruse fireman H Bishop conductor Bob Simpson and a mail clerk’s assistant. Over 1,500 spectators gathered as officers cordoned the wreck site amid foggy conditions and screaming passengers.
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Bob Freeman
Salisbury
Herston Longmire
Knoxville
Tennessee
Herbert Austin
Asheville
E. A. Norton
George L. Cruse
H. Bishop
Bob Simpson
Newton and
Catawba County
John W. Phillips
Publicity via Goodwin tied to nationalist China contracts
The article notes that a Mr. Goodwin reportedly campaigned for the Republican ticket in Northern West Virginia last fall and denies involvement. It details Goodwin’s work for nationalist China, first hired March 1948 by the National Resources Commission of China at 40000 dollars a year, with a current contract to 1950 paying 25000 dollars annually through the Chinese News Service. He previously quit Wall Street in 1933, led the Democratic Tammany Hall faction in Queens, and began public relations in 1942.
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Goodwin
West Virginia
Marshall
Nationalist China
National Resources Commission of China
Chinese News Service
Wall Street
Tammany Hall
Queens
N. Y
Wreck Casualties Rush to Catawba General Hospital
Cap'n Ford of Newton describes the first injured man as missing a leg. Crawford notes rapid ambulance response from four funeral homes, hospital staff called in, and an orderly triage scene before more severely hurt patients were prioritized for transfer to Catawba General and then supplies rushed to Charlotte for emergency support.
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Ford
Newton
Crawford
Catawba General Hospital
Charlotte
Local Virginia crash leaves several injured in hospital care
The report lists Ralph T. Jones, 40 Hendersonville, with multiple bruises and back injuries. Bertha Brown, 49 Washington DC, bruises. Robert Burrell, 27 Hickory, leg injury. George Wright, 33 Moranton, chest injury. Tennis Randleman, 69 Hickory, amputated left leg. Others treated and released include James E. Smyre of Catawba with a back injury, W M Sherrill of Troutman, and Wade M. Steelman of Asheville.
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Ralph T. Jones
Henderson- Ville
Bertha Brown
Washington, D. C
Robert Burrell
Hickory
George Wright
Tennis
W. M. Sherrill
Troutman
Wade M. Steelman
Asheville
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Libby) Ward
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