Rent Bill Threatens Election Year Battle
A bill to extend rent controls 14 months in a relaxed form sparked an election year confrontation in Congress. Senators Cain and Sparkman led debates on unlimited boosts, landlord protections, local rent-board powers, and extending controls through April 30 1940, with concern over coercive leases and inflationary effects.
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Protesters Rally Against Conscription in Mid Town Manhattan
The message to a meeting sponsored by the National Security Committee was read by former Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson. Eighteen men and women from the youth division of the national council against conscription paraded before the Mid Town Manhattan armory bearing placards opposing conscription.
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Eccles Explosion Hearing Set for Mine No 5
A formal hearing will be held Monday to determine the cause of a gas explosion at Eystem Gas and Fuel Associates Mine No 5 on January 26. Arch J. Alexander announced the hearing and said federal and state inspectors began informal inspections of Mines No 5 and No 6 in preparation for the hearings. The blast occurred about 3 15 p m Saturday as the day crew left and the night crew prepared to enter.
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Industrial Firm To Meet Monday
The Beckley Industrial Corporation board schedules a 1:30 p.m. Monday meeting at the Memorial Building. On the agenda are approval of the right of way to Appalachian Electric Power Company for power lines, the contractor’s monthly cost estimate, and other bills.
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John Thomas Laing rites held in Charleston
Beckley Woman’s nephew Suecmths Beckley Woman’s Nephew Suecmths Funeral services will be held at 2 p m tomorrow in the Barlow Funeral Home Chapel Charleston for John Thomas Laing 39 who died in that city yesterday of a cerebral hemorrhage He was a nephew of Mrs Fred George of 616 South Kanawha Street and worked at the Veterans Administration office in Beckley for about two months last fall He was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity at Marshall College the American Legion and Meadowbrook Country Club Charleston He also belonged to Old Stone Presbyterian Church Lewisburg Mr Laing was born at New Castle Virginia Surviving are his wife Mrs Dorothy Guyer Laing his mother Mrs Hallie Quesenberry Laing of Farmville Virginia his father James Kay Laing of Lewisburg a sister Mrs Roy Pearson Mong Kung China
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House committee urges curb on unchecked federal spending
The committee warns that spending without congressional authorization risks runaway inflation and economic upheaval. It calls for curbing public works and wartime taxes, preserving financial resources, and limiting foreign aid and defense expenditures while noting legislation already cutting $6,500 to $10,000 from the tax load.
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Greek Navy Orders Attacks on Unidentified Submarines
The Greek Navy Ministry ordered warships to sink any unidentified subs in Greek waters after reports of two subs, one between the Peloponnesus and Crete and another off Preveza. A sub reportedly attempted contact with a caique and submerged. Troop and supply ships are escorted by destroyers and corvettes with depth charges. A guerrilla clash occurred near Pyli Village on Mount Parees as bands move from Mount Parnassos toward the south.
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Provisional German government outline outlined by Allied boards
The draft arrangement states that economic council elected by the Economic Council and approved by the State Council will govern temporarily. British and American spokesmen insist it is not a constitution and aims to spur future talks on a new government while the communist press calls it a Western government. All legislation requires British American board approval and ordinances take effect via state governments with no police powers but control of food allocation remains a key tool.
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Fire alarm at Harold Landers home from crayons smoke
Crayons set off a fire alarm at 226 Pike Steel as kids dropped them into a floor register. No damage reported per Fire Chief Bernard Martin. Call originated from smoke caused by crayons.
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Snow Depths Registered Across West Virginia Counties
The report notes fresh snowfall across multiple counties with measurements from five to thirty inches. Charleston records eight inches while Parkersburg Morgantown reach ten inches. Flat Top reports thirty inches. The forecast for February 7 to 11 calls for warmer Saturday, cooler Monday, and light precipitation, with northern areas near three inches and southern areas nearing three quarters of an inch.
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Marshall Plan Aims to Restore Global Economy
Authorities describe the 6800 000 000 European program as the basic strategy for world recovery. The plan selects the most critical areas for aid, arguing European recovery is essential for global recovery and to halt the spread of communism and Soviet expansion. In a separate item, Marcum of Piney View faces a magistrate arraignment on a bad check charge for a 50 check given to Harold Shrewsbury’s garage in East Beckley after arrest by Constables Childs and Cole.
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British stance on Palestine questioned by US council member
Tarasenko criticizes Britain's Palestine policy as contrary to the United Nations resolution to create Jewish and Arab states. He cites no campaign funds but hints at political pressure around the 1952 election while detailing donations and party ties of store employees and managers.
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Liquor Control Meeting Held With Store Managers
Canterbury said presses welcome as the liquor control commission plans a Charleston meeting next week with department heads and store managers to discuss operation problems and procedures. The commissioner doubted Bailey's affidavits on campaign funds, calling the claim unfounded. Charles Pack of Prince Street liquor store dismissed the accusation as a joke after 43 years in Beckley.
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Workers deny payroll deductions for local fund drive
Wayne Henderson and Ton Hollandsworth at Prince Street and East Beckley stores say they contributed nothing and were not asked. James Daniels in East Beckley expects to give, while Mike Hutman and Sedunes deny payroll checks but claim prior contributions to the Negro Democratic club. Oak Hill staff report no wage withholdings or requests, cashier James Nix says no fund talks.
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Legal action vowed over uncleared walks by property owners
Mayor Grover C Hedrick warned that business and residential owners must remove ice and snow from sidewalks in front of their premises or face legal action. He cited informal reports from visiting lawyers about similar city ordinances leading to lawsuits after pedestrian injuries.
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Curtis Davis Pleads Guilty To Carrying Pistol
Curtis Davis aged 47 of Slab Fork pleaded guilty to carrying a pistol without a permit. He was sentenced in Raleigh Court on Friday to eight months in the county jail and fined $50.
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