Communists propose fresh start in peace talks with hard terms
Reports from Nanking indicate Gen Chou En Lai sent a formal note to General Marshall offering to resume negotiations only if the Kuomintang dissolves the National Assembly and the government restores the pre January 13 military situation. Chiang Kai-shek aides deemed the offer a shift of blame for a split and possible end to mediation. Marshall may repatriate to Washington after the assembly ends.
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Associated Press
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ment Party
National Assembly
Marshall
Washington
Government cuts rail passenger service to save coal
The Nation Today reports a government move to conserve coal by limiting parcel post and freight, with a new cut in coal burning railroad passenger service taking effect Sunday. Officials estimate coal used by locomotives could stretch supplies to mid February, as coal burning trains account for about a quarter of US coal use. The rules cover three areas: passenger travel on coal powered trains, parcel post, and freight, with restrictions including a ban on overseas parcel shipments except to armed forces and specific weight and size limits for domestic parcels, plus exceptions such as live day old chicks.
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James Marlow
Washington
U. S
War Department backs single veteran affairs czar
War Department proposes a top level coordinator to cut red tape and speed aid for veterans. Lt Col Winthrop Rockefeller cites a six month survey showing confusion among federal and local agencies and calls for a master plan to modernize GI Bill administration. The plan urges drastic action and stronger leadership from wartime figures to reduce unemployment and discrimination.
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Associated Press
Washington
Veterans’ Affairs
War Department
G. I
Winthrop ‘Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Omar He -Beaheys
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans Administration
Eac Ee
Brive
Sophia Man Hit By Auto Dies in Sophia
James Granville Hedrick 74 of Sophia died at 2 30 am in injuries from being struck by a car yesterday afternoon. He suffered a broken hip leg and other injuries when struck by a car driven by James Stovall son of Mr and Mrs W S Stovall Hedrick walked into the road while crossing while returning from a Sid Bez Department Store work site. State Police said no arrests were planned. He was proceeding in death by his wife.
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James Granville Hedrick
Sophia
Injasigcas Hospital
James Stovall
W. S. Stovall
Stovall
Hedrick
Sid Bez
Ber J
Dee Hedrick
Neville Street
Dawson Appeals for More Liquor Profits
Huntington mayor D Boone Dawson urged the West Virginia Legislature to triple city shares of liquor profits and grant municipalities a reasonable portion of gasoline taxes within corporate limits. Speaking to the West Virginia League of Municipalities he argued tax limits cut municipal real estate income, leaving little room for needed services and infrastructure as cities expand. He cited current liquor revenue around $600,000 and urged stronger financing methods for roads, lights, fire protection, and public improvements.
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Associated Press
Huntington
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
West Virginia League of Municipalities
Dawson
West Virginia
Nurse, 33, Forges Patient's Checks in Maryland
Bertha Mae Baker, a 33 year old private nurse, was bound over for grand jury action on forgery and conspiracy to steal about 25 000 after forging a male patient's name on checks totaling 19 709. Alfred Versallie Verfallie, 23, Laurel hotel address holder, was charged with receiving the money. Both men pleaded innocence at Western Police Court. Police said Baker admitted turning most funds over to Verfallie who bought a car with the money.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Bertha Mae Baker
Alfred V. Verfallie
Laurel, Md
Western Police Cour
Versallie
Margaret Slips Out To Keep N Y Date
Margaret Truman the President's daughter slipped away with a secret service escort to keep a lunch date in New York. A hotel busboy alerted the manager who contacted the secret service. Two agents arrived as autograph seekers mobbed the area while the Missouri Waltz played. Margaret and her escort left with an agent.
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Associated Pitas
New York
Margaret Truman
Secret Service
New York Daily News
Margaret
Acres Of Diamonds Put Into Practice
Mrs. Laura Bona watched her husband set out deer hunting then return empty handed. She led him to the garage where a 95 pound buck hung from the wall. She had felled the deer in her garden after spotting it from the kitchen window.
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Associated Press
Lenox
Mass
Laura Bona
Eccles Stores Workers Quit Union Signal Political Strife
Night clerk W W L Hangar at the President Hotel testified about two obscene phone calls urging him to withdraw from the scene as prosecutors charged Beckley men with stealing ballots from a courthouse. Hangar linked discussions between attorney W A Thornhill Jr and others to election intrigue in room 311, noting calls after an argument over hotel exit routes.
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W.W. L. Hangar
President Hotel
Beckley
Court House
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
Eugene Scott
Thornhill
State Senate
Henry Lilly
James Edward Simon
Stalin Said lil By Paris Paper
Paris report cites unnamed London sources claiming Prime Minister Stalin is seriously ill after a stroke on November 4. The piece notes Batum near the Black Sea as a recovery site and mentions Stalin’s public absence since early September.
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Stalin
Paris
Associated Press
London
L'Epoque
Turkey
Stochi
Black Sea
Batum
Two Raleigh Countians Held In Baltimore Robbery Case
Two Raleigh County men Nelson Carson Nidiffer 21 and Orland Edgar McKinney 26 are held in Baltimore Md in connection with the break in at the Modern Furniture Co store on Neville Street Beckley City Police were notified and will transfer Nidiffer Bolt to Raleigh County Jail as arrangements are made.
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Baltimore
Modern Furniture Company
Neville Street
Beckley City
Nelson Carson Nidiffer
Jot Bolt
Orland Edgar McKinney
Calloway Heights
Raleigh County
Ohio Union Miners Go Back To Work
Jackson Ohio union coal miners returned to work voluntarily under Harry Shick general manager of Jackson Tron and Steel Company. The mine near Jackson would have halted operations if miners had not resumed as 400000 United Mine Workers nationwide were on strike. Shick said the 43 miners voted 100 percent to resume mining and keep the furnace running.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Harry Shick
Jackson, Tron and Steel Company
United Mine
Pipeline Worry In Congress Over Nat Gas Pipelines
Washington date unknown War Assets Administration faced Congress over the fate of the Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines extending 1500 miles from Texas to New Jersey. The dispute involves coal, oil, gas interests and railroads, with an estimate of 1450000600 dollars, and War Assets Administrator Robert M. Littlejohn said he would refer the issue back to Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Assets Administration
Congress
War Assets
Robert M. Littlejohn
House
Texas
New Jersey
Waritime
America
British food fears from US coal strike threaten ration cuts
London voters heard Food Minister John Strachey warn the American coal strike risks grave consequences for Britain and other nations relying on North American food. He said bread rations could fall from nine ounces daily and bacon rations from three ounces weekly if the situation does not improve within months. He noted wheat stocks are under half last year’s levels and meat shipments have fallen seven weeks, complicating imports and loading.
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Associated Press
London
John Strachey
House of Commons Today
Great Britain
North America
Britain
U.S
Fox
Strachey
The
Legis
Argentina
We Still Have Contract Says U C W Leader
The United Construction Workers union claims a valid contract with Koppers Stores despite Eccles local dissolving its affiliation. 29 of 32 store employees voted to disband, prompting LUKE BRETT to threaten action at the National Labor Relations Board. Koppers moved into Eccles Feb 1 1946 and now runs the largest unit in its chain.
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United Construction Workers Union
Koppers Stores
Koppers
Eccles
U.c.wi
U. M.W
Paul J. Umberger
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Luke Brett
United Construction Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Gabogen
Céer
General Stores, Inc
Beckley
Oak Hill
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
U.C.W
Atl
Unified Action Urged By CIO In Labor Rift
CIO President Philip Murray invites AFL and independent railway unions to join in unified action against what he calls a deliberate labor crisis. He cites the $3.51 million contempt fines against John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers and urges Congress to back a united labor front. President Truman discusses the coal strike with officials as the crisis looms and his Sunday night broadcast is anticipated.
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Associated Press
Washington
John E Lewis
United Mine Workers Today
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Mr. Truman
Forrestal
Ross
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
Independent Railway Brotherhoods
William Green
John L. Lewis
Murray
Lewis
Clean-Up Of Congress is G O P January Aim
Republican leaders pledge a conservative program in the 80th Congress to "clean up" after 14 years of New Deal spendthrift policies. Rep Martin Mass, set to become speaker, says the GOP must rescue the country. Committeemen discuss site for 1948 presidential convention and funds, promising action on labor and diplomacy to appeal in January.
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Associatea
Presa
Washington
Congress
Rep
Martin
Mass
House
GOP National Committee
National
White House
Jouett Ross Todd
Kentucky
Stray Dog Aids Pole Inspector in Rabbit Capture
William Ward of 109 Third Avenue Cool Ridge, a junior inspector for Appalachian Power, was surveying poles when a stray dog chased a rabbit past him. The dog cornered the rabbit after which Ward captured it, marking his first catch of the rabbit season. Ward had recently returned from California nine weeks prior.
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Vanes
William
Dusty Ward
Third Avenue
Cool Ridge
Appalachian Power Company
Ward
Beckley
California
ABC
Wall Street Sees Early End To Coal Strike
Wall Street expects an early settlement of the coal strike as financial district sentiment leans toward a swift resumption of production. A prolonged shutdown would hurt the economy, with a slow recovery and many firms likely to report earnings declines amid market volatility. The market has shown stability since the miners’ strike began November 21.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Financial District
Mners
Weather prospects for the period include slight warming
Partly cloudy with little temperature change today and tonight, with Saturday fair and a touch warmer. Beckley records yesterday's high near 64 degrees, last night’s low around 32, and noon today about 55. Rivers Greenbrier and New rivers at Bellepoint are low and clear with no significant precipitation.
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Beckley
Eeessnes
Ccs Eres Eens
Greenbrier
New
Bellee Point
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