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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1949
Page
8
German newspapers accuse Western powers of reviving militarism by seeking a German mercenary army. Spokesmen say Adenauer opposes rearmament, favoring civilian reconstruction, and warn Germans do not want to wear uniforms again.
A UMW district leader said several Northern West Virginia coal producers agreed to meet for individual contract talks in Washington this week. The reports contrasted with the Northern West Virginia Coal Operators Association denial of any talks.
Municipal tax issues and a plan to delay airport site work are before the county court and airport advisory committee. Joseph Patina seeks suspension during winter while Palino and Atlas Construction push highway work on Route 19 21 Beaver to the Penman site.
A Rhodell resident raced about 12 miles to call Mullens Fire Department after his home caught fire about 845 p m. Firefighters arrived as the blaze was already out of control. Neighbors fought the fire with hoses before crews secured the scene for about two hours.
Washington reports November job gains before the Yale lift, with 9.518 million civilian jobs and 6.954 million total with armed forces. Nonfarm employment rose 350000 to 51.34 million, unemployment fell 167000 to 3.409 million, recovering October losses from strikes and illness.
Former Air Force Major George Racey Jordan announced at a New York briefing that secret Army radar equipment taken from four planes at the Great Falls Montana base was flown to the Soviet Union via a plane leaving Washington DC. He claimed efforts to block Russia’s access to the radar succeeded only with the pieces ending in Soviet hands.
Columbia University student editors denounce General Dwight D. Eisenhower in an editorial criticizing a Waldorf Astoria address to the St. Andrew's Society. The column questions the emphasis on personal security over public policy and suggests the speech was a trial balloon likely to face public reaction.
Fair with a slow rise in temperatures today. Increasing clouds and not quite as cold tonight with lows 26 to 30. Wednesday mostly cloudy with occasional rain or snow in the mountains. Temperatures averaging three to four degrees below normal. Warmer midweek, then colder Thursday and Friday, milder Friday night into Saturday, then colder Sunday. Rain or snow likely Wednesday and again Friday night or Saturday totaling about a quarter inch. rivers in Bellepoint Greenbrier and New Normal Sea and citar. Oak Hill and Glade Creek noted.
Robert R. Young of Chesapeake and Ohio meets with leaders of Pittston and Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal in New York as a possible break in the hard coal dispute. United Mine Workers officials may join talks with 80,000 Northeastern miners and pattern for 400,000 soft coal workers discussed.
Sheriff Okey Mills announced that preliminary hearings must be held at magistrates offices, ending on site jail lobby hearings in Raleigh County. The court also appointed T. L. Riffe of Crab Orchard as assistant office deputy.
Union carpenters formed a state council in Hinton and awaited a charter from Indianapolis. Secretary treasurer HL Brooks said there was little chance the chapter would be refused.
Ward and Steff depart Makden with about 23 consulate staff and dependents. They are to travel 70 miles to Tientsin by train as Communists expel the group around 3 45 a.m. Wednesday. The report was relayed to U S Consul General J Edmund Clibb in Peiping and the State Department.
Charleston The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company's bid to enlarge its postwar rate increase was blocked as the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from a Public Service Commission order granting a 650000 dollar annual rate boost. The case remains pendin before the PSC, with the company having previously asked for a rehearing.
The State Board of Education ordered preliminary work on four new buildings under its control. Plans include a $500,000 health and physical education facility at Shepherd College and a $100,000 auditorium gym at the State School for the Colored Deaf and Blind at Institute, plus sketches for a science building at West Virginia State College and a men’s dormitory at Shepherd. The board also raised college credit hours for renewal from three to six, and emergency teachers will face higher pay deductions if renewal rules are not met.
In Circuit Court Beckley case, Co C Patrick and G C Hedrick testify on third trial day. H L Watkins claims malicious strip mining damaged his 134 acre Sharly Springs District farm and seeks $5000, alleging verbal agreement guided operations.
Tokyo papers claim Tom Lanphier, 34, ex fighter pilot, was pressured at the airport to meet Isoroku Yamamoto’s widow and to symbolically apologize for the Pearl Harbor admiral. Witnesses say Lanphier offered to help Yamamoto’s son study in the United States, while Pan American officials dispute the episodes.
Three University of Chicago atomic scientists testified that the United States exported uranium to Russia in 1948. Dr. Harold Urey, Thorfinner Hogness, and Samuel K. Allison argued that the materials were common laboratory chemicals and of little explosive value, suggesting export controls would not have halted early research.
Humphrey of Joe Palooka fame or his counterpart broke into King Tut's drive-in between 3:30 and 7:30 am taking two rolled hams 48 pounds of Boston butts 10 cartons of cigarettes and 21 cents entry was gained by a broken window a filing cabinet was damaged but contents mostly intact no arrests yet discovered by police.
Charleston based report from the Associated Press notes West Virginia liquor sales likely fall 26 percent from last year. Liquor Control estimates indicate sales began dipping in July and last four weeks showed 97 154 cases versus 123 132 cases a year earlier. Wine sales may rise as wines are cheaper.
The national mood shifts as Chiang Kai-shek’s return to power is urged while Communist forces push within about 90 miles of Chengtu. Li in the United States pledges to telegraph instructions as Western observers report advances on multiple fronts and a Peiping radio claim of Yungning capture.
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