Telephone Union Expected to Postpone Strike
In New York the CIO Communications Workers of America eyes a possible postponement of the nationwide telephone strike set for tomorrow. An unidentified union official said the CWA executive board or a government source could order a delay, with ongoing bargaining suggested for 10 to 20 days. About 10,000 CWA equipment workers with Western Electric were already on strike, jamming long distance lines. A federal mediator said negotiations remain in progress with no clearer path to settlement.
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Associated Press
New York
CIO Communications Workers of America
Cyrus S. Ching
Washington
Mbeg Buliavuyina
Peter Seitz
CWA
Bell Telephone
Western Electric Company
Clyde M. Mills
Deluded Minds Greatest Threat To U S Says Truman
The CWA claims 204000 members while union sources warn a prolonged strike could pull 300000 Bell employees off work. Equipment workers joined by 1200 Texans and Oklahomans, no picket lines yet, and phone service largely steady. Jamming threats from the CWA division 6 spur Bell legal threats. President Truman rebukes claims of domestic Communist threat, urging focus on abroad danger as Senate probes State Dept security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Communist Party
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Brewster
Senate Foreign Relations
State Department
Green
Lodge
Europe
Tydings
D-Md
Louis F. Budenz
Fordham University
Owen Lattimore
Senators Oppose British Plea for Sharing of Debts
In Washington Senate voices opposed Britain's request that the United States assume part of Britain's roughly 9 billion debt to sterling bloc nations. Chairmen Connally Taft and Wherry condemned the proposal as presumptuous and unnecessary amid a foreign aid debate that includes 687 million for Britain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Britain
United States
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Republican
Senate Policy Committee
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
India
Pakistan
Southeast Asia
Great Britain
Wreck Sets Off Acetone Flames Between St Albans and Hurricane
Eight thousand gallons of acetone ignited in a collision between two tractor trailers on U S Route 60 between St Albans and Hurricane. Ray Howard Clegg of St Albans was hospitalized with head and facial cuts. Raymond Goode of Alta Vista Va escaped with a leg cut as the blazing spill drew fears of a forest fire and caused traffic delays over three hours.
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Associated Press
ST. Albans
Ray Howard Clegg
South Charleston
Raymond Goode
Alta Vista
Virginia and West Virginia Weather Forecast Note
Extended forecast for Virginia and West Virginia covers April 26 through 30 with temperatures near normal. Expect cool midweek, mild conditions Friday, and cooler Sunday. Showers likely Friday with total rainfall around half an inch. Readings include highs near 75 in Oak Hill and 61 at Rivers near Bellepoint, with low 51 last night in Enon.
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W. Va
Ley Beck
Enon
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Swedish Vessel Flee From Armed Minesweeper in Baltic Chase
Morgentidningen reports a Swedish trawler Larex from Svelvesborg was chased by a heavily armed Russian minesweeper from 24 miles off the Polish coast to the edge of Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic. Skipper Alrik Johansson lit out for Sweden, and Larex entered Karlskrona with police inquiry and gag order.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Morgentidningen
Larex
Svelvesborg
Baltic
Soviet Union
Alrik Johannson
Karlskrona
University Athletic Fee Challenged as Unconstitutional
West Virginia auditor Edgar B. Sims argued before the Supreme Court that compulsory athletic fees at West Virginia University are unconstitutional. He challenged using athletic funds for a university athlete’s medical bills while the case, brought by the Board of Governors, seeks release of 256.35 dollars for treatment of football player J. Robert Murphy. The state contends the fee is proper and the athletics director may set ticket prices with discretion.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
West Virginia University
Supreme Court
University Athletic Fund
Eston O'B. Stephenson
Pair Sees Saucer Pass Over Logan
Logan residents report seeing and hearing a flying saucer last night. William Hamilton and Mrs W Fisher observed a humming, fast moving object east to west after a carnival searchlight. The object appeared five to six feet in diameter and revolved, visible for about a minute.
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Associated Press
Logan
Leogan
William
Bill) Hamilton
Omar
W. A. Fisher
Wilkinson
Main Island Creek
Hamilton
Fire Rages Through Downtown Huntington Building
A basement stockroom fire at Beck er Music Store in the three story Broh Building spread rapidly in Huntington. Fire Chief Floyd L. Crouse said additional units were summoned as tenants were evacuated from second and third floors. The Palace Theater adjoining the blaze filled with smoke but had no patrons in the building. Fire crews investigated reports of two women trapped, but no confirmation was found.
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Anaphim Larionov
Torgau
Larionov
Taegliche Rundschau
Berlin
Eisenhower
Stars and Stripes
U.N
Molotov
Associated Press
Huntington
Floyd L. Crouse
Crouse
Becker Music Store
Broh
Palace Theater
Mabscott Amigo robberies charged to two brothers
Albert Cox 26 and Jimmy Cox 19 of Bud are charged with eight safe robberies over three months. They were arrested by state and county officers in Pineville and Mullens. robberies include Raleigh Junk Co Mabscott $7 000 and Wyoming County sheriffs office $2 000 to $2 500 on March 4. Jimmy Cox has an appeal case in Wyoming Circuit Court for fishing out of season.
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Register
Pineville
Wyoming County
Albert Cox
Jimmy
Bud
R. L. Tabscott
Mullens
State
Albert
Elmore
Virginian Railway Company
Mabscott
Amigo Coal Company
Amigo
Bailey Lumber Company
Brule Smokeless Coal Company
Otsego
Wyoming Auto Company
Gaston Coal Company
Alpeca
Mullens Moose Club
Jimmy Cox
Wyoming Circuit Court
Mouse Snubs Cheese For Health Builders
MONTROSE Calif It will take more than a cheese trap to catch the mouse in William Principe’s garage. A drug salesman, he kept sample pharmaceuticals with dog food and vitamins. The dog food vanished then 20 vitamin capsules disappeared. Cod liver oil bottles were toppled and the oil lapped up. Principe says he will not set more traps fearing the mouse may threaten him or act violently.
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Associated Press
Montrose
Calif
William Principe
Principe
Independence Savings Bond Drive quota set for five counties
Five counties in Beckley area Raleigh Fayette Boone Wyoming and Mercer are assigned 707000 of the 6663000 state total for the Independence Savings Bond Drive starting May 15. Kanawha leads with 1132000. Drive runs May 15 to July 4 with bells displayed in key cities to promote savings bonds and repay the national debt.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Fayette
Boone
Wyoming
Mercer
West Virginia
Independence
Ruffner Hotel
Charleston
Kanawha
Bernard Pawns
Mharine
Ster
Savings Bond Division
Treasury Department
Houston G. Young
France
John Frisk
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Robert F. Ferrell
Danville
Boone County
George Warren Model
John M. Law
Bluefield
Mercer County
J. E. Orr
Mullens
Teachers Urged To Study Mining
A special committee from the State Board of Education recommends adding coal mining to public school curricula. It calls for training existing high school science teachers to teach the course and proposes summer training at West Virginia University. Undergraduate options should be offered at West Virginia Tech and West Virginia State.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Board of Education
West Virginia University
West Virginia Tech
West Virginia State
Three Teens Rescued From Cornwell Cave
In Preston County, deputies guided out three boys aged 14 to 16 from Cornwell Cave after they became lost overnight. The youths, cousins, huddled and prayed as rescuers used carbide lamps and long twine to navigate the maze like passages.
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Associated Press
Kingwood
Cornwell Cave
Robert Shrout
James
Junior) Shrout
Lawrence Holmes
Preston County
Eugene Shrout
Protestantism Facing Showdown in Germany
Berlin reports Protestants in Soviet zone East Germany fight pressure from Communist leaders who force clergy into the National Front and use FDJ to sway youth. Church leaders warn of imprisonment and death for dissension as Moscow signals ongoing anti church campaigns.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Soviet Union
East Germany
National Front
Beirne seeks CIO support in jamming effort
A Beirne asks CIO President Philip Murray to order support if needed. Murray has not commented on the request though he backs the CWA. Wages and other benefits drive the bitter union dispute with Bell, AT&T, and its many subsidiaries.
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A. Beirne
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
CWA
Bell Corporation
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Home Front Atomic Defense Plan Outlined
Washington outlines a nationwide civilian radiological monitoring program led by Paul J. Larsen to train firemen police and rescue workers. Trainees from every state attend courses at Brookhaven Oak Ridge and UCLA to organize state civilian defense monitoring and guide governors in resource use.
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Home Front
Associated Press
Washington
Paul J. Larsen
Office of Civilian Mobilization
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven
N. Y
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tenn
University of California At Los Angeles
Larsen
Newsman Succumbs in Charleston After Eight Years
Bonn Voorhees, longtime assistant city editor of the Charleston Daily Mail, died unexpectedly at his Elkview home yesterday while his eight years of service at the paper are recalled by colleagues.
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Charleston
Bonn Voorhees
Charleston Daily Mail
Elkview
Rail labor peace talks billfold strike delay extends to May 10
Washington reports Gov ernment push for rail labor peace meetings after staving a Wednesday strike on several major railroads. National Mediation Board chair Francis A. O Neill Jr says negotiations will begin in Chicago to resolve a union demand for an extra fireman on large locomotives. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men accepts a two week truce delaying the strike deadline to May 10. Prospects for a settlement remain dim as years of rail labor strife have failed to yield a lasting answer.
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Register
Washington
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
O'Neill
White House
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Nyet
U.S
Press Association
CLO Communications Workers of America
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Bell System
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Wreck
Pete
Sims
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