Red Tag Pinned on 13 CIO Officers
The House Un-American Activities Committee labeled 13 CIO officers as Communist leaders while noting steps to purge the movement. It named Harry Bridges Ben Gold Abram Flaxer and Donald Henderson among presidents of unions targeted. The report warned of strikes under Communist rule and cited 33 organizations alleged as fronts. It said Reds could cripple war production and cited the impact on longshoremen, electrical workers, and vital war plants.
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Associated Press
Washington
House UntAmerices Activities Committee
CIO
Harry Bridges
Longshoremen’s Union
Ben Gold
Fur and_ Leather Workers
Abram Flaxer
United Public Workers of America
Donald Henderson
Food, Tobacco and
United Electrical Workers
U. S
Electrical Workers Union
American Labor Party
Russia
Pest
Navy Hero and Family Killed in Plane Crash Near Alice
Orville Miller, 28, a three time medal winner and ex navy pilot, wealthy Dallas oil man, perished with his family when his plane failed to land safely 36 miles northeast of Alice Texas. The craft struck a powerline and fence before crashing into a mesquite grove as fuel ran out.
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Associated Press
Alice
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Here
Orville Miller
Dallas
Miller
Warships Drive Off Reds at Tangku and Tientsin
Nationalist war ships at Tangku drove off Communist forces threatening Tientsin. Government sources say about 1,500 Reds were killed, with 800 more killed or wounded reported yesterday. Fu Tso yi headquarters claim Reds were repulsed across North China. Peiping’s 2,000,000 residents are described as strongly defending the city.
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Associated Press
Nanking
Tangku
Tientsin
Ent
Spencer Moosa
Peiping
Fu Tso-yi
North China
Moosa
Hardesty Opens Bid for Senate President Post
Fairmont Senator C. How ard Hardesty announces candidacy for state Senate president as the 1049 Legislature nears convening in Charleston. He informs fellow Democrats by letters this week while facing potential opposition from Senator Broughton Johnston and Senator C. H. Jackie Bickown. Hardesty has chaired the Senate finance committee and served on the rules committee across 1945 and 1967 sessions. He was first appointed in 1941 to succeed Earl H. Smith, then elected to full terms in 1942, 1944, and 1948.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
C. Howard Hardesty
Marion
Senate
Charleston
Broughton Johnston
Dmercer
C. H
Jackie) Bickown
Jackie) Bickown (D-Wayne
Hardesty
Earl H. Smith
B F Hudnall Dies Rites Held Today
Funeral services were held at 11:30 a.m. in the Vannetta School house for Benjamin Franklin Hudnall 82 of Gauley Bridge who died at his home Tuesday night Burial was in Gamota Cemetery Rev M W Gusk of Cauley Bridge officiated He is survived by four sons three daughters a half brother 47 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren
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Register
Weller Gauley Bridge
Vannetta School
Benjamin Franklin Hudnall
Gauley Bridge
M. W. Gusk
Cauley Bridge
Gamota
Thomas
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Jodie
Leslie
John C. Hudnall
Wyndal
Stewart Wyatt
Cedar Grove
Wilma Kidd
Zela
John Ward
Brownsville
Russell Trent
Gayley Bridge
Henry Hudnall
Ward
Jesse Christmas Program Tonight At the Well of the Star
The Jesse community gathers for a 7:30 p m Christmas program featuring schoolchildren and the pageant At the Well of the Star directed by Mrs Bill Workman.
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Jesse
Y Register
Bill Workman
Youth Fights Sharks Two Days and Survives
11-year-old cabin boy Russell survives two days at sea after leaping overboard to save fellow cabin boy Bent Jeppeen. Sharks attacked Jeppeen and drowned him near Cape Maile. Russell swam ashore about 1.5 miles away. Naval hospital reports him in remarkably good condition and credits his life belt and quick actions.
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Associated Press
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Cuban
United States Naval Hospital
Anthony Latena
Sacraments
Calif
Bent Jeppeen
Jeppeen
Bent
Russell
Cold Yule Dinner Weather Delays Greenland Rescue
Washington reports ongoing delays in rescuing 11 marooned men on the Greenland ice cap as very bad weather halts a new rescue effort. The air base team remains in snow houses amid violent winds and drifting snow while preparations for glider pickups and a Christmas dinner drop proceed, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees below zero and seven men stranded for two weeks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Greenland Icce
Air Force
Greenland
Goose Bay
Labrador
New GOP Leader Sought by Loser
A defeated Republican senator urged Rep. Hugh Scott to resign as GOP national chairman and said Sen. John Sherman Cooper has been asked about possibly taking over the post, though Cooper expressed no interest. In Oak Hill, Mr and Mrs Fred Russell announce the birth of a son at Oak Wi Hospital with the mother Mary Ellison of Minden.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hugh Scott
GOP
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Scott
Cooper
Russelle
Register
Oak Hill
Fred Russell
Oak Wi Hospital
Mary Ellison
Minden
West Virginia Briefs Honor, Appointments and Fire Inspections
Funeral services for Dr. W. H. S. White former Shepherd College president emeritus were held in Shepherdstown. In Charleston William H. Ansel Jr. was named assistant attorney general set to take office January 1. Sgt Irvin F. Conley whom the Army will name a ship after served in World War II and earned the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. Acting State Fire Marshal A A Raper reported October November inspections across McDowell Mingo Logan and other counties with three new fire departments established in two months.
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W. H. S. White
Shepherd College
Charleston
William H. Ansel, Jr
House of Delegates
Hampshire County
Ira J. Partlow
Ansel
Chandler Curd
Welch
McDowell County
Spencer
Ethel Conley
Irvin F. Conley
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France
Sgt
Conley
A. A. Raper
Mingo
Logan County
President's Pay Hike Bill Ready
Washington report says Congress may vote a pay raise next month for the President, potentially making Truman the first $100 000 a year leader. A Senate Civil Service subcommittee bill would raise the president’s salary by 25000 annually and add 50000 to the present 40000 expense allowance, with broader boosts for Cabinet officers, the vice president, and the speaker.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Harry S. Truman
Senate Civile Service Subcommittee
Truman
Willam Howard Taft
Turkey Receives Two U S Destroyers From Navy
The Buchan an and McCalla, built in 1942, are being transferred to Turkey after reactivation at Charleston under a Greek Turkish aid program. Navy officials say 15 other vessels have already been transferred. Local notices include a candlelight service at Guyandotte Baptist Church tomorrow at 7 p.m. with gift exchanges.
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London
Buchan
McCalla
U. S
Navy
Naval Shipyard
Charleston
S. C
Bedford
John Whitehead
Turkey
Follansbee
W. Va
Penn
Sylvania Turnpike
Washington
Revister
Jesse
Guyandotte Baptist
Chirch
Jessa
Ted Cook
Jury Deadlocked in GI's Murder Trial
In Marburg Germany a U S military court adjourned with no verdict in the murder case of Wilma Ybarbo charged with killing Sgt John Ybarbo of Goliad Texas. Judge Dewitt White said the panel was deadlocked and recessed until 2 p m EST hoping for a verdict. Ybarbo a Malden Mass resident appeared pale but composed as her attorney pressed for a resolution.
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Marburg
Germany
U. S
Miss. Ybarbo
John Ybarbo
Goliad
Texas
Malden
Mass
Stanley H. Gaines
Brooklyn
Four Fayette County Hurt In Oak Hill Truck Bus Crash
A collision on Main Street near the overhead bridge in Oak Hill around 6 45 p m injured four Fayette County residents and damaged three vehicles. A pickup driven by James L Gwinn stalled. a trailer truck from Plemons Irwin Product Co failed to avoid the stopped car, forcing a Greyhound bus driven by W G Gaises to brake hard. The bus front and right side were heavily damaged. Two persons remained hospitalized the next day: Mrs Muse Brown 52 of Glen Jear with a thigh injury and Harvey Cunningham Negro 56 of Fayetteville with chin and teeth injuries. Richard Coleman 20 of … treated and released.
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Register Stalt
Oak Hill
Main Street
James L- Gwinn
Harlem Heights
Plemons-Irwin Product Company
Winston-Salem
N. C
Raleigh Franklin
Martin
Mra Muse Brown
Glen Jear
Harvey Cunningham
Nerro
Fayetteville
Richard Coleman
Railmen Protest Phone Rate Hike In Charleston
Three railroad brotherhoods filed protests with the Public Service Commission against a postwar rate increase sought by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Representatives from Railroad Clerks, Firemen and Engineers, and Trainment urged the commission to delay any rise at least until March 15 and to await potential investigations by the Justice Department, Congress, the state Legislature, or the state attorney general.
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Charleston
Tthe Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Brotherhoods of
Chesapeake and Potomac
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Justice Department
Congress
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