Demos Seek Method to Bypass Rules on Rankin Probe
Democratic leaders weigh a plan to allow a small vote threshold to drive bills through the House skipping the Rules Committee. The move targets Rep. Rankin amid protests over his role in the un-American Activities Committee spy hunt and changes to committee chair eligibility.
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Congress
Bobn Sein
Rankin
Truman
Mississip
Pian
Hine
Veterans Committee
Truman Returns To Capital After Fog Shrouded Landing
President Truman, back from a Missouri family holiday, returned to Capitol Hill to prepare for the new Congress. His DC-6 hovered in fog for 40 minutes above Mt. Vernon before a cautious landing as cabinet members and officials watched through steady rain. A separate note reports Beaver resident Marshall Miller fined $20 for shooting within 500 feet of a dwelling to scare dogs from cattle.
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Congress
Missouri
Capitol
Hill
Fressage
Gyt
Mt. Vernon
Washington
Independence
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Beaver Man
Marshall Miller
Beaver
J.P. Meadows
Forrestal Signals Push for Stronger Defense Control
Secretary of Defense Forrestal urged reforms to grant the defense secretary direct authority over the three services and to consolidate military oversight. He proposed a new undersecretary role, federalization of the Air National Guard, and cautioned about potential hard fisc al choices to rearm Europe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Forrestal
Congress
Europe
United States
Army
Defense Secretary
Air Force
Navy
Hep. Cole
R-Ny
Hoover Commission On
Military “Establishment
Hoover Committee
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Defense
Ground National Guard
Air National Guard
Air Réserve
Regular Air Force
Layoffs on All Rail Lines Seen Next Year
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway plans 3,000 more layoffs by year’s start amid major cuts at C and O passenger and freight traffic. The New Haven Hartford also pledges extensive reductions with undisclosed totals. Coal demand drops and earlier cuts push down rail business as two George Washington trains may be consolidated and Detroit routes trimmed. Fire destroys a Parson, feed store, and auto dealer’s garage with several residents displaced. damage estimated at 40,000 to 50,000 dollars.
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Anne Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad
Ross Marshall
C&o
NEW York, New Haven, and
Hartford Railroad
Virginia’ Railway
Marshall
Joaddid
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Poland
Europe
Chicago
Detroit
Rt Parsons
Earl Corcoran
Ford aims to lead with redesigned 1949 models
Ford executives foresee a buyers market and tougher competition. He announced an entirely new line of cars with minimal layoffs during the changeover and about 100 million dollars spent redesigning Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models for 1949. Ford expects 1948 output to rise modestly and notes steel demand and defense needs may constrain 1949 production.
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Indiellis
Automobile Company
Futth
Ford
Ford Company
Turther
Aaa
School bus safety pushes shown in Charleston discussion
Assistant Superintendent C. D. Munson and Clyde Law of Clifton Elementary attend a Charleston session on revised bus driving standards and proposed safety legislation. State officials plan a 1949 legislature package including a new school bus stop law and measures for vehicle procurement and insurance.
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C. D. Munson
Clyde Law
Clifsville
Charleston
Paul Boggs
Court to Receive Bids on Airport Construction
Raleigh County Court will continue its session through today as bids on the airport terminal construction are opened. County officials scheduled until 10 am for submission and invited airport advisory council members to attend the meeting.
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Raleigh County
Beckley
Acme
Raleigh
Terrimorial
Alport
Harry
Anderson
Council Sre
Ijriss
Man Leaves Body Of Nude Friend In Hospital Ward
Clarksburg report says Thelma Ash 29 was found nude in the emergency ward after Ray Swiger 27 smashed the door and deposited her on a table before leaving. Swiger later said she was ill. she died after lapsing into a coma. Swiger held at city jail. no charges filed. Ash from Salem worked for a local woolen company.
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Associated
Pregsiys
Swiger
Amsler
Miss Ash
Salem
Transfer Planned For Mentally Ill Children
The Board of Control will begin transferring mentally ill children from Huntington State Hospital to Welch Emergency Hospital soon, says Treasurer L. Steel Trotter. The move follows a McDowell circuit court ruling dismissing a state title action to Welch hospital property sought by Jason J. Speery, son of the original owner who deeded it to the state in 1899.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Board of Control
Huntington State Hospital
Welch Emergency Hospital
L. Steel Trotter
McDowell Circuit Court
Welch Hospital
Jason J. Speery
Man Who Slapped Tojo Freed from Tokyo Asylum
Shumei Okawa, the Japanese propagandist who slapped Hideki Tojo at the war crimes trial opening, was released from an insane asylum today. Okawa had been among the defendants when Tojo and six others were hanged. he was declared insane after the incident.
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Tokyo
Shumei Okawa
Hideki Toijo
Okawa
Tojo
New Drug May Start Big Boom in Africa
The Associated Press reports a new drug, antrycide, cures sleeping sickness in cattle and other animals and may immunize herds. The British colonial office says tests show prophylactic effects and that vast parts of Africa could become a major cattle region, opening development in Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, and West Africa.
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Africa
Associated Press
London
Britain
Ile
Colonial Office
Sudan
Kenya
Uganda
West Africa
Elvis
Whittaker Chambers Testifies on Espionage Links
Chambers met with Rep Mundt and Rep Nixon on his Maryland farm and under oath disclosed few names with more detailed information tied to espionage activities in the government a decade ago the Baltimore Sun reports in a special Wash article. Hebert accuses House committee leaders of publicity missteps and says the panel’s focus on names distracts from substance.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Whittaker Chambers
Mundl
R-Sd
Nixon
Chambers
Maryland
Baltimore’ Sun
William Knighton, Jr
Mundttas Notes Still Fueling Inquiries At Westminster
fragments from the Sun quote Mundttas claiming Chambers supplied fresh leads. the report mentions a sustained six month effort by the committee and staff, with a Westminster agent and references to a charted apparatus and figures amid ongoing scrutiny.
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The
Sun
Mundttas
Chambers
Eee
Fiat
Westminister
Sa Fective Horde
Anureedi
Raleigh youth sues for damages after shooting on Woodlawn Ave
Trespass wound case filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court by 19 year old Lindberg Mahan against Clyde C. Cox over a September 7 shooting on Coxs Woodlawn Avenue property. Mahan seeks 20000. Cox charged with maiming but no indictment. Saree Mahan fined 25 dollars for trespassing after magistrate hearing. Police say Mahan was shot in back stomach and arm. no declaration filed.
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Raleigh
Lindberg Mahan
Clyde C. Cox
Woodlawn Avenue
Saree Mahan
Cox
Ex-Colonel Sued For $325000 By The Associated Press
A Viennese woman sues former Army colonel Fernando T. Norcross in federal court for 325000 alleging seduction in Vienna in January 1946 while he led the Internal Affairs Division for U.S. forces in Austria. The suit seeks 175000 for seduction 50000 for breach of promise to marry and 100000 for child support damages.
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Associated Press
Washington
Oo iMiss Elfriede Halmschlager
Fernando T. Norcross
Associated Engineers, Inc
Norcross
Vienna
U.S
Austria
Governor’s Wife Visits Massie Mother in Va Hospital
Mrs Massie has been patient at Chesapeake and Ohio Railway hospital since late November after a heart attack. A West Virginia party including Governor and Mrs Clarence W Meador visited her mother Mrs E R Massie, with hospital attendants reporting no change in condition.
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Cueton Forge
Clarence
W. Meadows
West Virginia
Verdict Delayed In Stotesbury Mine Explosion Probe
A four man board recessed the Stotesbury mine explosion inquiry after ill foreman Clyde Lawson, key gas testing witness, failed to appear. Testimony will resume in Charleston with State Mines Chief Arch Alexander presiding. other witnesses include General Mine Foreman C. O. Carmen and injured workers. The blast on December 6 killed Lloyd Eans and injured three others.
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Alvin Poindexter
James Helland
Stotesbury
Clyde Lawson
Arch. Alexander
Charleston
Amaera
Raleigh ‘County
Court House
C. O. Carmen
Lloyd Eans
Secur
Pearing Board
Ion
John Kent
Hedrick Seeks Seat on Ways and Means Committee
Washington report notes Hedrick seeks placement on the Ways and Means Committee as Democrats plan assignments ahead of the new session. Bailey and Ramsey expected to gain seniority edges for committee roles. Kee rises to the second ranking on the Foreign Affairs Committee after party shift.
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Associated
Frew
Washington
Wiginka
House
Gaturday
Joe Z
Neely
Hedrick
Kee
Foreign Affairs
Democratic Contra
Magistrate G C Mills Closes Office on Heber Street
Magistrate G C Mills closed his office on Heber Street today and will hand records to T Noel Thurman, new magistrate for Town District elected in November. Mills, retiring, returned Tuesday from Melbourne Florida after Christmas with his wife and plans to return to Florida in February. Thurman will open an office Saturday on Prince Street over Tom's Grill.
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G. C. Mills
Heber Street
T. Noel Thurman
Mills
Melbourne
Florida
Forrestal Backs Law for Rainmaking Contractors
Defense Secretary Forrestal supports a bill to shield cloud modification contractors from lawsuits and clarify authorization. The Navy drafted protection for government experiments amid disputes over artificial rain using dry ice and other materials. Some fear weather meddling could damage farms or property before regulation is in place.
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Associated Press
Washington
Defense
Forrestal
Mileannus
Navy
Mentéss
Mrs Roosevelt Defends Pegler Description in Journal
The widow of Franklin D. Roosevelt discusses Westbrook Pegler in a Ladies Home Journal Q and A. She questions why her sons would bother with Pegler and dismisses his words as attacks on memory, saying deeds and love matter more.
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Pegler
Horizon
Roosevelt
Eleanor the Great
Jerks
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ladies Home Journal
Westbrook Pegler
Faulty Toxin Kills 64 in Japan Immunization Halt
Tokyo reports 64 deaths linked to a faulty diphtheria toxin in vaccines prompting General MacArthur's health director Brig. Gen. Crawford F. Sams to halt the Japanese immunization program. Authorities recall vaccines and consider legal action against the manufacturer as the outbreak is traced mainly to Honshu, Kyoto, and Shimane prefectures.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Daly’ Nak Actriz
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