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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1947
Page
4
The union agreed to a large steel proposal extending the contract for 175000 employees across five subsidiaries from February 15 to April 30. Other steel companies promptly followed suit.
In Kanawha and Cabell counties schools closed after Governor Meadows urged curtailing natural gas use to heat classrooms. Mayor Burke canceled a March of Dimes fundraiser at the Moose Club and Woodrow Wilson High canceled a basketball game. Up to six inches of snow covered mountains as the road commission warned trailers to stay off highways and urged chains statewide.
Reported moves by Republican members aim to trim the Army Navy outlay and public works from the President's budget. They consider eliminating hundreds of thousands of federal positions and cutting a billion dollars from various interior and road projects. Final decisions hinge on Senate House committee negotiations next week.
Cornel Wilde tops recall of film stars and fellow actors praised for fencing skill. Errol Flynn, George Sanders, Tyrone Power, Charles Laughton, Bob Hope, Basil Rathbone cited for coordination and prowess. Wilde previously won the U S intercollegiate saber championship in New York City eleven years ago.
Fayetteville land transfers filed with the county clerk show Mr and Mrs Corwin D Myers purchasing 2.6 acres near Beckwith from Mr and Mrs W E Spencer for about 5000 dollars. Other deeds record transfers of rural lots and oil and gas leases across Mt Hope, Beckwith, and surrounding districts with prices ranging from about 500 to 1250 dollars and including properties on Glade Creek and Fourth Avenue.
A list of chamber favors names multiple leaders and committees including C. D. Crawford J. D. Freeman and Rev G W Stewart with chairs for Negro Sanitarium Ted McDowell Woodrow Wilson High School stadium Phill McDaniel and national affairs Ray Magee plus several other names and roles.
Mrs. E. M. Perdue of Prestwick was treated at Raleigh General Hospital after a fall injured her thumb. Lester Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Davis, sustained a fracture of the right shoulder and was discharged following treatment at the same hospital.
Paul G. Mackey Oak Hill High School band instructor moves his family from Huntington to Oak Hill this weekend after residing there since 1944.
A reporter and two deputy sheriffs arrived at a freezing derelict home to find three of the youngest children shivering on a ragged bed, with no shoes and minimal clothing. The DP A worker sought other relatives while authorities and helpers moved the youngsters to warmth and care.
President Truman urged urgent legislation to correct abuses and called for a commission to study labor relations before Congress takes any further action. The proposal emphasizes a continuing study and careful review prior to new laws.
A seven hour session left Gromyko and Austin split on defining the Arms Commission versus the Atomic Energy Commission. A Colombian compromise offered a partial solution while France Australia Colombia and Belgium sought a middle path. The US pressed for a clear non intrusion clause. Moscow called it unnecessary.
Jim Moran known as a professional screwball hands out ruby jewels at a Los Angeles club, amid farcical stunts and chases by his entourage. Reporters note entertainers and security clash as Moran feigns marketable mischief during a chaotic night. Prince Saud of Saudi Arabia is mentioned in a later press briefing.
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