Russians Ships Enter Navy Maneuver Area Near St Thomas
AP dispatch describes three mysterious Soviet schooners Trepang Peramuk and Chinka visiting St Thomas and Caribbean ports as planning to join a large Army Navy Marine air exercise from January to mid March. Officials note these 328 ton ships carry no cargo and may be gathering military data while possibly pursuing fishing grounds. The vessels are linked to reparations tensions with Finland and are monitored amid major U.S. naval maneuvers in the region.
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Omyr
Belsk
St Thomas
Sb Thomas
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Asia
Caribbean
Russia
U.S
Pera
Anutr Putin
Sh ‘Thomas
Baltic
Vladivostok
St.Thomas
Virgin Islas
Panama
Honolulu
Truman
Finland
Plymouth
Pogland
Jeff
Perantuty
M. Mariacoy
Agate
Globus
St. Thomas
Air Force X-1 rockets at Mach 3 speed record
Los Angeles reports the X-1 rocket plane may have reached 1989 miles per hour, three times the speed of sound, in the stratosphere over Edwards Air Force Base. Marvin Miles cites informal sources. the Air Force would not confirm.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Air Force
Los Angeles Times
Marvin Miles
Mile
Charles Yeager
Pete Everest
Yeager
Everst
Miles
Washington
Hungary Seizes Foreign Firms in Nationalization Drive
Budapest reports the Communist government nationalized a large group of foreign owned companies accusing them of aiding espionage and sabotage rings. Among those seized are the Standard Electric Works from ITT. An American and a Briton along with a Hungarian manager have been jailed for espionage. The program widens to all Hungarian firms with over ten workers and all printing plants with more than five. Compensation promised. Foreign and domestic firms exempt since 1948, though large Hungarian manufacturers were seized then. Brnce Gereo said action was necessary to erase foreign influence. Reports note Voge ler and Sanders, U S and British nationals, confessed to police. Other nationalized firms include Shell Oil, Vacuum Oil, Standard Oil Hungary, Phillips Radio, Brown Bovert Electrical Works, and several textile plants.
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Budapest
Hungary
Standard Electric Works
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Brnce Geroe
International Telephone Ant Telegraph Company
Robert Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
Imre Geiger
Geroc
Standard Oil Company
Shell Oil Company
Vacuum Oi Company
Phillips Radio Company
Brown- Bovert Electrical Works
Planes Hangar And Home Sold At Public Auction
The Raleigh County Bank took five planes a hangar a home and an automobile at a public auction on the courthouse steps. Former owner H L Sessler died February 28 in Melbourne Fla. The sale raised about 12000 with five idle planes and others stored at East Coast airports. Additional items were sold earlier by the bank and more sales are planned. A moderate earthquake rattled Luzon Island for about two and a half minutes near Manila causing panicked evacuations but no casualties. Buildings suffered cracks but damage details were scarce.
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Raleigh County Bank
H. L. Sessler
Bockley- Mount Hope
Melbourne
Fla
Sessler
Grover C. Hedrick
D. C. Wade
Hedrick
Johnstown Road
Beckley-Mount Howe
Luzon Island
Associated Press
Manila
Virginia forecast notes mild day with chilly night
The report lists a sunny mild day in Virginia with high in the mid fifties. Tonight and Friday will be fair but colder with lows around 15 to 20. Rivers near Bellepoint show clear water but muddy, Glade Creek past readings unclear.
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Middie
Bellepoint
Former Tail Gunner Dies of Wreck Injury
Robert Hinazman, 24, of Dunbar, died early today in Charleston from injuries from a Christmas weekend crash. A former Air Force tail gunner in wartime, he survived multiple combat shoot downs but succumbed to this wreck.
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Charleston
Robert
Hinazman
Dunbar
Air Force
Truman Cancelled Press Meet to Study Messages
President Truman skipped his weekly press conference to study three messages planned for Congress next week. The State of the Union, expected January 4 or 5, will likely urge continued domestic program calls. A second economic message and a budget message are due, with questions about balancing income and outlays, possibly requiring tax cuts or spending reductions. Congress reconvenes January 3, and Truman returned from Missouri with Treasury Secretary Snyder for guidance on spending and taxes. Secretary Sawyer reported businessmen and some labor favor private profits over government programs, with tax reductions ranked top in recommendations. He noted wartime excise taxes depress retail sales, hitting jewelry, furs, luggage, and admissions hard.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
State of the Union
Mr. Truman
Missouri
Ftth Aim
Treas
Ury Snyder
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Commerce
Plane forced landing on Glen View farm near Beckley
A small single engine plane made a forced landing at the C D Pittman farm at Glen View around 10 30 am. Miss Doris Pittman said the pilot reported something popped and inspected the craft before leaving. The pilot’s name and address were not disclosed. Beckley airport manager Johnny G Kacsmaryk said an investigation found no link to the field. Glen View lies about a mile east of Glen White. In other notes Philip Bonds a former Beckley resident and Woodrow Wilson High School student was killed in the Hawaiian Islands. His death details are unknown. Bonds served with the Navy in the Pacific as a World War I veteran.
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Glen View
Doris Pittman
The
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Miss Pittman
Johnny G. Kacsmaryk
Beckley-Mount Hope
Cot
Glen White
Philip Bonds
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Hawaiian Islands
Eva Allen
Carter Street
Allen
Mildred Manlove
Indianapolis
Bonds
Navy
Pacific
GE to terminate contract with UE at expiry
General Electric plans to end its contract with the United Electrical Workers when the pact expires April 4. The move follows a jurisdictional fight between the UE and the CIO International United Electrical Workers. UE members at 100 plus GE plants will vote to determine union representation.
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Associated Preas
New York
General Electric Co
United Electrical Workers
Fit
CIO International United — Electrical Workers
General Electric
Siem
Mrs. FDR Defends Logan Tent Colony Memories in Letter
In a letter to Logan Chamber of Commerce head Fred Haislip, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt defends memoir claims about historical tent colonies of evicted miners in Logan County. She argues her book reflects truth and notes unions' strength and relief efforts, while calling Haislip’s critique reminiscent of propaganda.
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Fdr
Logan County
Associated Press
LOGAN
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fred Haislip
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Logan Conatians
Haislip
McCall's Magazine
Harper and Co
John L. Lewis
Soviets Accuse U S of Germ War Plans
Moscow reports accuse the United States of preparing to use disease as a war weapon. Pravda cites a bacteriological station near Washington and accuses MacArthur of defending Japanese germ warfare suspects. It also cites Foerstal’s wartime rhetoric and claims of U S experiments and an epidemic plan linked to Unit 731.
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U.S
Associated Press
Moscow
United States
Communist Party
Pravda
Washington, D.C
Washington Post
U. S
Shiro Ishi
Japan
Ishii
General MacArthur
Khabarovsk
Sberia
James V. Forestal
Moscow Radio
Damare Suit Ends As Court Dismissed In Raleigh County
In Raleigh County Circuit Court the Damare case was dismissed at year end after the State Road Commission dispute over damages to the Hattenwee Mling station property. The proceeding included an accusation of occupancy by the commission and was scheduled to resume after a court recess.
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Ted
Sutt Hatteware
South Kanawha
Biome
Raleigh County
Piiers
Hattenwee
Sprague
Fiay Bean
State Road Commission
Non
Operators Seek NLRB Action Against Lewis
Southern coal operators urged the National Labor Relations Board to court action to force full production and to find John L. Lewis guilty of refusing to bargain in good faith under Taft Hartley. Senator Morse criticized Truman’s use of emergency powers while Wherry pressed for immediate full coal production.
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Marvin L.arrowsmith
Washington
Morse
R-Ore
Truman
Interstate Commerce Commission
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Southern
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Fruman
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Republican
Wherry
Wherry Aso
Mr. Truman
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Group
NLRB
Taft- Hartley
Moody
AWOL Army youths hold up Bluefield liquor clerks
Police chief narrates the armed robbery at Westport Mass liquor store by two AWOL soldiers from Fort Eustis James R Brown 19 Bluefield West Virginia Armand Tisdale Jr 19 Fall River Massachusetts. Viola Betty 26 clerk was struck and confined in back room as the robbers forced customers to wait on them.
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Tree Associated Press
Westport
Mass
Charles F. Duan
Dean
Fort Eustis
James R. Brown
Bluefield
Armand Tisdale, Jr
Fall River
Viola Betty
Wenn
Tno
Sairs
Incomes and Savings in 1948 Report Details
A 1948 Federal Reserve Board survey shows American families spent on essentials from autos to medical care, with savings averaging 3.5 percent of income. The median middle income was $2,840, saving $74, while higher brackets saved more and lower brackets little or none. Public accounts note one tenth spent beyond income in many cases.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Hedrick Finds Pope Pius Answer on Marshall Plan Aid
Rep Hedrick’s Europe trip yielded Pope Pius XII’s view that aid should continue as long as donors can afford it with emphasis on Britain Italy and Germany. He praised German rebuilding efforts in Munich and noted French and Belgian conditions. He urged more efficient aid distribution while supporting continued help for Italy and Great Britain.
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Erland Harold Hedrick
Europe
Pius XII
Rep. Redrick
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Munich
Alps
Haly
Hedrick
Muniet
France
Belgium
Holland
Uedrick
Urbin
Rome
Heiso
Capital name history of Indonesia city Jakarta
Readable text traces a claim that Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia and explains a historic name change from Batavia to Hatavia under Dutch rule in 1619 and its retention into the republic era. It notes the meaning attributed to Jakarta as strong or important.
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United States of Indonesia
Batavia
Jan Pieterszoon Corn
Jakarta
Hatavia
Orange Bowl queen crowned amid contest claims
Ladene Van Wagoner, 23, an airline stewardess, was named Orange Bowl queen as rivals cried foul, accusing the event of being fixed after Colleen Townsend placed the crown. The losers walked out amid cries of scandal as media hawked the news.
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Associated Prost Miami
Ladene van Wagoner
Miss van Wagonrer
Colleen Townsend
Florida Sun
Riviera Times
Coral Gables
Couneerarer
New Mine Safety Record Expected For West Virginia Mines
West Virginia mine safety appears set to improve as 1949 ends with 152 deaths from mine accidents, a 30 percent decline from 277 last year. Despite fewer fatalities, coal output fell, with an estimated yearly total near 120 million tons versus 168.7 million last year, and November deaths spiked after a 52 day strike.
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Associatea Presa Cihiarleston
Arch J. Alexander
Alexander
Department
TIS
Hoe
Wit
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