Labor Worried By Delays in Scant Hearing
In Washington the labor law battle moves into a new phase with hearings running through Feb. 23 as Senate and House debates loom. Proposals range from repeal of Taft Hartley to re enactment of the Wagner Act with changes. Labor leaders express guarded optimism amid delays. AFL magazine warns allies to stay vigilant for a people driven mandate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Conhie Ig
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Truman
House
AFL
Organized Labor
Friends of Liberty and Justice
WVU Expansion Plan Seeks 17 Million Boost for Growth
Dr. Irvin Stewart, WVU president, urges the Legislature to approve a 17 million expansion budget for Morgantown facilities to educate 6,700 students, replace aging buildings, and attract top faculty. The plan includes a new engineering and agriculture complex, medical school options, dormitories, and athletics fields, with operating costs projected at 4.4 million annually.
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Board of Public Works
Goa
School of Music
College of Engineering
College of Agriculture
School of Medicine
College of Law
West Virginia Medical and Dental Societies
Charleston
Stewart
Tr. Stewart
West Virginia
New Cold Front Expands Disaster Areas Across Plains
The Associated Press reports a new cold front and blizzards hitting the Great Plains with six North Dakota counties added to disaster areas. Weekend storms stalled relief in Nebraska and cut aid by half in some areas. Minor tornadoes caused property damage in Edna Kansas and Alvarado Texas with no fatalities. Train passengers stalled at Rawlins and Hanna Wyoming were rescued and moved to Cheyenne.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
North Dakota
Nebraska
Edna
Kansas
al Alvarado
Tex
Rawlins
Hanna
Wyo
Cheyenne
Weather Summary From Beckley Yesterday and Today
Yesterday's high and last night's low reported. Rainfall in the past 24 hours: about 0.25 inches. Greenbrier at Bellepoint and New Bellepoint near normal and clear. Oak Hill high yesterday, low last night, today show rain. Glade Creek rainfall noted at 9 a.m. with a hint of drizzle.
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Minister to Leave Hungary This Week
U S Minister Selden Chapin will depart Budapest Wednesday or Thursday on an American plane amid Hungary's demand for his recall after the Mindszenty case. Washington said Chapin was recalled for commations, following accusations he urged Cardinal Mindszenty to back a monarchy.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Hungary
U. S
Selden Chapin
Chapin
Cardinal Mindszenty
Washington
Health Insurance Plan Faces Political Attacks in Congress
In Washington Rep Dingell denounces Truman health insurance as a cheap imitation and a plan to pauperize the sick. AMA officials defend a voluntary care expansion while Republicans vow a fight. Senator Hill says the program overreaches compulsory elements. AMA proposes a federal health department and state medical care authorities.
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Hill
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Ex-Con Wounded By Cabell Cops
Huntington police wounded Shirley Campbell 37 during an attempted burglary at a state liquor store. Officers Carder and Baumgardner, guarding on a hunch, surprised Campbell on a roof after he dropped through a skylight. Campbell, previously jailed for shooting Patrolman Ezekiel Smith in 1937, was taken to St. Marys Hospital.
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Associated Press
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Yan
Azel T. Bryant
Shirley Campbell
Bryant
Angel Carder
Arthur Baumgardner
Campbell
Carder
Baumgardner
St. Mary’s Hospital
State Penitentiary
Ezekiel Smith
Cost of Living Pay Cut Fought by Cleveland Auto Workers
United Auto Workers Local 45 of the Fisher Body Plant with over 2,500 members urges action to block a planned cost of living pay cut by General Motors, expected March 1, as wage adjustments hinge on living costs. Local president Charles K. Beckman argues contract merit over terms amid revised living costs. Private Willam F. Baldry reenlists in the U S Air Force after duty in Alaska with an aviation engineering squadron.
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International Executive Board
General Motors
Fisher Body
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Charles K. Beckman
Local 45
Minden
Willam F. Baldry
Joseph Baldry
United States Air Force
Olmsted Air Force Base
Middletown
Penna
Baldry
Alaska
Patteson Named In South Group
Governor Tuck named W. Preston Lane Jr. of Maryland chairman of the Committee on Regional Education. Earle C. Clements Gordon Browning W. Kerry Scott and Okey I. Palleson named members as the Southern Governors Conference seeks regional education progress with the Regional Council led by Millard F Caldwell.
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Register
Millard F. Caldwell
Florida
Southern Governors’ Conference
South
Sweden weighs joining NATO to deter East West war
A Swedish defense briefing outlined fears of a East West split and a wish to standardize arms with the United States. Stockholm seeks Western aid, materials for armament, and cooperation with Western military experts while maintaining neutrality if a global conflict shifts to another region. The country desires a defense pact with Norway and Denmark to guard Baltic approaches.
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Associated Press
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Sweden
Russia
United States
Norway
Denmark
Scandinavia
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Denimark
Three Held for Affray After Gunfight at Jonben Skin Game
State Troopers report a Saturday night brawl at the Jonben skin game ended with bullets flying. Sylvester Drafton, Wilson Caldwell, and Roosevelt Green were arrested. Caldwell wounded and in Raleigh County Hospital with two chest wounds. Drafton faces felonious assault, Caldwell charged with shooting to kill and carrying a pistol, Green with carrying a concealed weapon. Victim Caldwell’s condition described as fairly good.
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Walter Hampton
C. C. McGraw
Sylvester (Monk
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Hampton
Caldwell
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James Caldwell
Drafton
Roosevelt Green
Green
McGraw
Two Men Held for Breaking Entering at Lilly Tee and Bottling Works
Two men from Pemberton and Maryland are to have a hearing before Magistrate T. N. Thurman at 2 p.m. today on charges of breaking and entering Lilly Tee and Bottling Works in Pemberton. State Police officers Sgt. Fara Zirkle and Trooper D. V. Lilly arrested them. They allegedly stole 16 cases of beer.
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James Mortis
Pemberton
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Fara Zirkle
D. V. Lilly
Pope Pius XII denounces Mindszenty trial and warns resistances
The Pope told a secret consistory of 16 cardinals that civil rulers who trample church liberty and human conscience may provoke resistance. He defended Cardinal Mindszenty against Hungary’s trial as unjust, saying reports were biased and the aim was to weaken the church. The Pontiff condemned the arrest and life sentence in Budapest.
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Associated Press
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College of Cardinals
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Bn SS
Hungary
Mindszenty
Republic of Hungary
Budapest
War Scare Stirs Australian Press
Australian newspapers react to a brief United StatesJapan pullout scare with editorials warning Australia could face future defense needs alone. US Army spokesman and Secretary Kenneth Royall deny any plan to reduce U S forces in Japan. Newspapers call for clearer official statements amid ongoing fear.
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Sydney
Australia
United States
Japan
Washington
Kenneth Royall
Honolulu
Naan
Sydney Sun
Pacific
Brisbane Courier-Mail
Melbourne
Tokyo
Royall
Freighter Areti Sinks After Wartime Mine Hit
The 500 ton Greek freighter Areti with 20 aboard sank off the island of Evdira at the Gulf of Athens entrance. All hands are believed lost except one survivor. The ship struck a wartime mine in Greek waters.
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Associated Press
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Areti
Tivdra
Gulf of Athens
Miners Continue Strike Over Oswald Water Rate
About 250 miners at Oswald operation of the New River Company walk out in protest of Mount Hope turning off water meters for patrons who refused to pay bills. No work has occurred since Wednesday close of day.
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Oswald
New River Company
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Fake Mars Invasion Broadcast Triggers Quito Riot Killing 15
Fifteen killed and at least fifteen wounded as mobs attack El Comercio building after a radio broadcast claimed Martian invasion. Army deployed. tanks used. gas fired. Government to probe station editors. ten others arrested.
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Associated Press
Quito
Ecuador
Ifrom Mars
Aone
H. G. Wells
Orson Welles
United States
Welles
New Jersey
el Comercio
First Parliament Of Hebrew State In Session Today
The 120 member assembly meets in Jerusalem nine months after proclamation. Dr Chaim Weizmann is slated to speak as he is expected to become first president of the permanent government. Israel’s claim to Jerusalem and the status of the city as Jewish remain asserted amid Arab opposition and UN observers in the southern sector.
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David Ben-Gurion
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Weizmann
Hebreye
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Tel Aviv
Fayette Negro Caught in Md
Oak Hill reporter notes OAK HILL Jaimes Ross twenty one, a Negro from Minden, was captured in Denton Maryland by local police and charged with breaking and entering Home Credit Clothing Company of Oak Hill in December. Deputy Sheriff Wally Stull prepares to return Ross to Fayette County Jail as items valued about $6000 including jewelry and luggage were stolen.
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Register Staf
Oak Hill
Jaimes Ross
Minden
Denton
Home Credit Clothing Company
Wally Stull
Maryland
Ross
Fayette County
Flames Destroy Store at Jonben in Morning Fire
A Jonben store owned by Luther Teel was destroyed by a fire discovered early Sunday morning by R. H Fuller of Raleigh: Register route. The building valued at 1500 and stock about 8000 were completely burned, with partial insurance coverage.
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Luther Teel
R. H Fuller
Raleigh
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