Hope Dwindles For Pacific Sea Disaster Victims
The search for Ambassador George Richeson Jr and four others from a B 17 crash near Pearl Harbor continued by searchlights and surface ships but survival chances were tiny. The aircraft carried ten passengers and crew and was inbound from Tokyo when it crashed in shark infested waters after fuel exhaustion.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
George Richeson, Jr
MacArthur
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Atcheson
Japan
Acheson
United States
Government Opens Price War on Big Steel
The FTC charges the American Iron and Steel Institute and more than 100 members led by United States Steel with illegal price fixing to curb competition. The agency alleges their conspiracy to raise and stabilize prices allows steel producers to dominate markets.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
American Iron and Steel Institute of New York
United States Steel Corporation
FTC
90 Bodies Found In British Mine
In Whitehaven England the National Coal Board confirmed 90 bodies located in the blast wreck of the William coal mine. Fourteen miners remain unaccounted for after an explosion drew 117 men underground. thirteen were saved. Sixty-nine bodies have been recovered. rescue crews rested ten hours before resuming search. The town readies for a week of funerals with about forty miners helping eight gravediggers.
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Associated Press
Whitehaven
Eng
National Coal Board
William
BOARD
Cumberland
Solway Firth
Anti Communist Voters Erased in Hungary Election Controversy
In Washington officials charge that Hungary's Communist led government is disqualifying a million non Communist voters via grotesque pretexts such as labeling Jews as Nazis and old women as prostitutes to bar them from the parliament vote. The British report thousands are being disqualified for no good reasons and both governments urge Hungarian PM Lajos Dinnyes to correct the electoral abuses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hungary
United States
Budapest
Lajos Dinnyes
State Department
Methods Of Keeping Children Interested In School
Raleigh County teachers and 150 educators study West Virginia students’ school attendance and dropouts at the State Education Association conference. The survey shows 27 percent of Raleigh County students in 1938 39 finished high school. statewide drops rise from 3 percent before sixth grade to 65 percent before high school graduation. Hancock County leads at 65 percent finishing, aided by Weirton Steel Company policies.
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Harvey Paulee
State Education Association
Camp Caeser
Association
Pharas Reeder
the Sea
West Virginia
SEA
Hancock County
Weirton Steel Company
Preston
Taft-Hartley Takes Effect Friday Across Nation
The Taft-Hartley act goes into effect Friday August 22 marking a major shift in labor relations. Unions become subject to NLRB prosecution for coercion bargaining refusals and other unfair practices. The NLRB splits into a labor court and an office to prosecute cases with expanded staff. Some states have parallel laws affecting closed shop and union shop contracts while federal law remains in force for unfair practices.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Agen
O. M
Labor Board
Boundary Commission Divides Punjab Amid Riots
New Delhi and Lahore clash over the Radcliffe line as Punjab splits between India and Pakistan. Amritsar remains Indian. Lahore and parts of Bengal go to Pakistan, prompting mass exodus and deadly sectarian fighting. Sir Cyril Radcliffe led the decisions with British chairman.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Punjab
Boundary Commission
Lahore
Bengal
Amritsar
Paris
Calcutta
London
Sir Cyril Radcliffe
Weather outlook with thundershowers and heat rise
Partly cloudy and warmer with cooler, more humid air and a few thundershowers today and tonight into Tuesday. Beckley area yesterday reached 85, tonight’s low around 65, noon today about 80. Precipitation in 36 hours ending at noon today about 0.52 inch.
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Beckley
Fayette man with no legs dies by own hand
Roy Perry, 40, who lost both legs in a railroad accident, died at Montgomery Hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot after an incident at Blue Ribbon Transit in Montgomery. State Police say he had been drinking. coworker G L Hurt could not provide a ride home. Perry's estranged wife resides in Cedar Grove.
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Register
Montgomery
Roy Perry
W. R. Callihan
Cannelton Detachment
State Police
Perry
Summerfield Jewelry Shop
G. L. Hurt
Blue Ribbon Transit Company
Hurt
Paul Carpenter
Columbus
Ohio
Callihan
Cedar Grove
Senator Cain Inspects Hughes Flying Boat Plans
Senator Harry Cain and Howard Hughes inspected Hughes' gigantic 25 million dollar flying boat and the XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane in Los Angeles. The visit links to the Senate War Investigating Committee examining 40 million dollars in Hughes contracts. Hearings paused recently and set to resume in November.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Sen
Harry Cain
Rwash
Senate War Investigating Committee
Hughes
Andughes
Senate
Lover Is Killed In State Shooting
Eugene Lewis Martin 25 of Huntington died in a hospital from a bullet wound received while climbing to his girlfriend’s home in Edgewood. State Police Cpl. P R Prichard said Oscar Harrison 50, a disabled World War I veteran from Wayne, would be arraigned today on an open charge connected to the slaying.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Eugene Lewis Martin
P. R. Prichard
Edgewood Addition
Former Fayette Athlete Named in Police Raid
Seven men were seized in a Lurber's Pool room raid staged Saturday night by state police at Scarbro near Oak Hill. Operators Clay Garvin and George Cafego, a former All American football player, were arrested along with Jack Milam and R K Price for gambling. Officers confiscated liquor three slot machines and punch boards. Garvin fined 100 dollars and costs for operating gambling devices Cafego 50 dollars and costs for sale of tax paid liquor.
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Register
Oak Hill
Scarbro
Clay Garvin
George Cafego
Wcester
Jack “Milam
R. K.’ Price
Cannellton
W. H. Level
Garvin
Cafego
Dominican government seeks international probe over Cuban invasion claims
The Dominican Republic said it would welcome an international commission to investigate reports of a 3000 strong revolutionary army of communists from Cuba and other states assembling in Cuba to invade the Dominican Republic. Cuban officials denied the reports and the ambassador in Washington had first raised the alert last month.
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Associated Press
Ciudad Trujillo
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Washington
Guatemala
Venezuela
Puerto Rico
Long Skirt Rebellion in Texas Sparks Dress Sale Aside
In Dallas Texas at least 1300 women form the Little Below the Knee Club led by 24 year old Mrs Warren Woodard a Dallas housewife. They vow to rebel against shorter skirts and plan a march along Dallas streets in Little Below the Knee dresses next Saturday.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Little
Lbk’s
Warren Woodard
Father and Son Die in Lake St. Clair Seaplane Crash
Alvin Rowe a 43 year old from Toronto and his seven year old son Doug Rowe died when the seaplane crashed in Lake St Clair during a heat escape ride. Howard Rowe 36 the pilot and owner plus his fiancee Betty Pieprowski 20 of Detroit were injured. Howard said he closed his plane taxi concession at midnight and took the party for a seaplane ride.
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Lake St. Clair
Alvin Rowe
Toronto
Ont
Douglas
Rowe
Howard
Betty Pieprowski
Howard Rowe
Macomb County
West Virginia Scouts to Attend Senior Scout Adventure Meet
More than 1,000 senior Scout members from Kentucky Ohio West Virginia and parts of Virginia and Tennessee will attend a three day Senior Scout Adventure at Butler State Park Carrollton Kentucky August 28 29 and 30 Air scouts sea scouts and explorer scouts will join with leaders in a mixed program. Air units from Cincinnati Daytona and Urbana Ohio will fly in while sea scouts travel by Ohio River boats led by Max Thurnaver Cincinnati yachtsman. Explorer scouts from West Virginia will travel by land.
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Associated Press
Carrollton
Boy Scouts of America
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Butler State Park
Here
A. C. Gaskin
Louisville
Gaskin
Cincinnati
Daytona
Urbana
Ohio River
Max Thurnaver
Parkersburg
Wheeling
W. Va
British Loan Parley Opens Amid Talks on Modifying Aid
Washington reports that British and American officials began talks on adjusting the postwar loan to ease Britain's dollar strain. Sir Wilfrid Eady said a new credit is not on the agenda, while U S negotiator Snyder prepared to press for budget balance, faster production, and expanded exports to restore foreign exchange.
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Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic
Britain
Wilfred Eady
Snyder
England
Sir Wilfrid
la Guardia Field
New York
Hugh Dalton
Passengers May Ride Backwards in Air Safety Review
President Truman's Air Safety Board urges intensive study of rear facing seats for all airline passengers. In its fifty report since the crashes that created the panel it notes facing seats toward the rear may have merit. The panel also calls on the Civil Aeronautics Board to bar planes from airports lacking adequate fire-fighting equipment or plans to provide it.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Air Safety Board
Civil Aeronautics Board
Civil Aeronautics Administration
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