Beckley Mayor charges police lax on gambling liquor
Beckley mayor G C Hedrick urged strong action against gambling and illegal liquor in a tense city council meeting. Chief Scalise defended enforcement and denied undercover buys, noting state police found only Keeley gambling in the city.
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Blizzard Battle Outdoes Wartime Ledo Road Job
Omaha reports the greatest mass bulldozer operation in history with nearly 1,000 heavy units tackling the blizzard in Fairview area. Officials describe vast relief efforts by Army, Air Force, Navy, National Guard, Red Cross and civilians, coordinating snowbound recovery and aid to feed and stock losses across Nevada to Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Truman Taft Clash Over Labor Measure
President Truman and Senator Taft clashed over the administration labor bill, trading sharp remarks on presidential power to halt strikes. Taft warned such authority threatens liberty, while Truman argued inherent powers exist to protect national health and welfare during work stoppages. The bill aims to repeal Taft Hartley and revive Wagner Act provisions with a cooling off period and emergency boards.
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Weather forecast for Virginia and West Virginia period
Feb five to nine outlook shows colder nights with snow likely tomorrow or Sunday. Rain today and Sunday, partial clearing later in week with near normal temperatures. total precipitation about one third inch. Greenbrier and New rivers high and muddy. Becl ey area readings show mixed precipitation and rainfall around 0.4 inches.
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Senate debates free bed bill amid hurried sessions
In Charleston the Legislature met at noon after a two hour delay to allow more committee work. The Senate considered a plan to end $1 a day payments for tuberculosis patients in state hospitals while the House eyed a three year probationary period for new teachers. Both chambers moved to advance locally focused bills and clear committee backlog.
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Wounding Verdict in Burke Battle Case at Raleigh County Court
Attorney J S Butts contends the indictment and verdict of unlawful wounding against Burke Battle Resoco Negro should be changed from unlawful wounding to assault and battery citing lack of criminal intent and witness issues. The trial also covers Elmer Roberts and Clayton Bowling cases with sentences for grand larceny and pistol charges respectively.
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Soviet Refugees Warn U S Reds
Two Russian air force officers who escaped the Soviet Union by plane arrived at Westover Air Force Base and urged American Communists to go to Russia for a month, then resign from the Communist Party. They said Stalin would meet President Truman if the Cold War risked turning serious, and that Soviet authorities view any Russian who admires America as morally unstable.
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Anatole Barsov
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Experts Reconsider Forecasts as Food Prices Decline Gains
Economists and business leaders debate renewed forecasts as wholesale commodity prices fall further. The AP index shows a weekly drop to 169.40, the lowest since February 1947, with food price indices sliding to new lows. Industry figures expect continued declines into next year, though evidence remains inconclusive.
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Associated Press
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OPA
Army Wars Warm In New Arctic Clothes
In Mount Washington New Hampshire ten women led by Lt. Ann Cummings test new nylon insulated jackets and trousers with spun glass in a three movie Operation Blizzard. Volunteers from Camp Lee test Arctic wear designed to keep soldiers warm in Alaska and northern posts. The garments aim to outperform standard Arctic clothing.
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China
Kremlin Counter Action Awaited In Mindssenty Trial
The Kremlin faces two possible counter moves as the Moscow Washington cold war debate shifts. One would demand a U.S. rejection of Premier Stalin’s so called peace plan, the other proposes a new settlement on outstanding issues aligned with Truman and Acheson. Meanwhile Cardinal Mindssenty recanted his arrest claims in a letter, and the Hungarian government refused visas for AP reporters to Budapest. Endre Marton, AP’s Budapest correspondent, notes Russia could submit proposals through established channels to end Berlin related strife.
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Stalin Invited to Meet Truman in Independence Home
Soviet Prime Minister Stalin may receive a surprise invitation to meet President Truman in Independence, Missouri. James W. Stobaugh, Western Union employee, sent a cable inviting Stalin to the home at 1226 Cedar Avenue, saying America’s best hope lies in plain talk away from pomp. Stobaugh spent 16.12 on the telegram and doubts the invitation will be accepted.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
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Mindszenty Trial Admits Error in Letter Firewall
Cardinal Mindszenty and six co defendants faced the second day of their trial as charges adjusted with part plead guilty. Mindszenty denied the pre arrest letter influenced the court and said he regretted his earlier error. The judge said the letter had hurt the court.
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Peoples
Four Building Permits Issued In City Records
Four building permits were issued this week by the City Recorder. South Beckley Land Company gets a five room frame house on Granville Avenue for 6000 dollars. Mattie Saunders receives permits for four room houses on Seventh Street for 2004 dollars and on Washington Avenue for 2000 dollars. L. E. Shrewsbury Jr. secures a five room house on West Wood Drive for 6000 dollars.
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City Recorder's Office
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Granville Avenue
Mattie Saunders
Beckley Chamber Pushes Assembly Market Plan and Social Security Talk
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce Committee directed renewed efforts to establish an assembly market with state support after Doane report findings. Details include potential legislation, Georgia system study, and plans to urge legislators to require payment by those able to pay, while indigents receive care. Social Security payouts in Raleigh, Summers, and Monroe Counties totaled about 28,000 monthly with most going to Raleigh County.
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Mercer County
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Top Load Carried By Biggest Plane
The Navy transport Constitution carried a record passenger load across the continent in one nonstop flight from Moffett Field near San Francisco to Washington. The giant plane logged nine hours 33 minutes with 72 passengers and 8 crewmen aboard at an average speed of 258 miles per hour. The flight went above 20 000 feet on the sixman schedule of continental pier operations.
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Roosevelt suffered three strokes before final death in 1945
The Associated Press reports physician Dr. Karl C. Wold published that President Roosevelt endured three strokes beginning with a 1928 episode at the Mayo Clinic. A serious December 1943 attack led doctors to doubt he could survive six more months. The third stroke occurred March 25, 1945, at Wide Park, followed by a fatal fourth on April 12, 1945, at Warm Springs, Georgia.
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White House
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Ward
Warm Springs
Navy to Retain Quarters in Red Dominated Area
Vice Adm. Oscar Lee Badger announced renewed six month lease on a Tsingtao motel signaling no immediate Navy pullout from Communist ringed Tsingtao. He plans to move headquarters to Shanghai aboard his flagship, though not committing to a permanent shift. Ramsey and Badger will travel to Tsingtao for conferences. China’s civil war remained quiet as Nanking peace efforts faltered and Li’s delegation signaled tentative steps toward regional talks.
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Associated Press
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Oscar Lee Badger
Dewitt C. Ramsey
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Tsingtag
North China
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Shanghai
Ro Ramsey
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Ching
China
Ramsey
Manila
Nanking
Foi Tsung-jen
Shao Li-tze
Chiang Kai-shek
State girl bride pregnant at twelve in Michigan case
Mason Michigan sheriff says a 12 year old girl born in Williamson West Virginia, married October 23, to Weldon Long in a large church wedding, remains in juvenile custody after a quarrel during which he was cut. The girl, about three months pregnant, insists she should return to her husband. Her mother signed an affidavit claiming she was 16, risking perjury charges.
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Associated Press
Mason
Mich
Etta Long
Wiliamson
W. Va
Iday
Doris Mudgett
Lewis to Speak at UMW Rally in Welch on April 1
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, will be personally invited to speak at District 29’s Welch celebration on April 1. George J. Tiller, District 29 president, plans to request Lewis as principal speaker. Lewis had a brief stop in Beckley two years ago en route to Washington after a Florida vacation.
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UMW
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
District 29
Welch
George J. Tiller
Beckley
Washington
Florida
East Beckleyan Held For Brandishing Gun
Hill Jr a Negro known as Beesley faces a magistrate hearing today on a charge of brandishing a gun. Deputy Sheriff J S George, who arrested Hill, said he fired a pistol several times from his house.
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