Union Man Hurls Liar Charge at Jesse V. Sullivan
West Virginia coal miners vow no work without a contract while operators report orders to return are delayed. Union leader Blizzard calls Sullivan a liar and says locals have been instructed to comply with John L. Lewis orders. Injunctions against trespass affect Island Creek and Boone County firms as crews await official back to work directives. The CIO board weighs an immediate Capitol Hill appeal to legalize hiring halls amid maritime labor tensions.
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Expose of Crime by Veteran Reporters Across Cities
Rain drenched the Mississippi Valley as floods threaten areas already hit hard this winter. Ice storms and snow lashed wide regions while hundreds faced outages and travel slowdowns. A coordinated expose by veteran crime reporters in Chicago and 10 other major papers outlined rackets and organized crime, with plans for ongoing syndicated reporting and cross-city information sharing.
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C10 Proposes Shifting Tax Burden From Poor to Wealthy
The CIO endorses parts of President Truman’s tax plan but urges broader changes to raise exemptions for low income families and to tax undistributed profits and excess profits. Stanley Ruttenberg of CIO argues Congress should move toward taxing the most able to pay, not just implementing Truman’s proposals.
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Washington
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House
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Treasury
Court Reverses Ruling on Check
The Supreme Court reversed a Monongalia Circuit ruling that a check creates a prior claim to funds. It held that a check does not itself assign any portion of the drawer’s funds with the bank. The Internal Revenue Department had claimed no checks dated January 30 created a prior attachment against Bossart’s account. Mountaineer Engineering had a February 3 attachment for 4786.55 on Bossart’s First National Bank of Morgantown funds.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court Today
U. S
Internal Revenue Department
Charles C. Bossart
Collector of Internal Revenue
Mountaineer Engineering Company
Bossari
Bossart
First National Bank of
Morgantown
Lesiie E. Given
Virginia Rain to Snow Flurries This Week Forecast
Central and West portions face heavy rain today then colder conditions tonight over Virginia. Rain turns to snow flurries Wednesday with high temperatures in the 40s and lows near 40. Rain amounts total about one half to one inch with a colder trend midweek and a milder comeback by Friday.
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Crippled B-36 Ditches Near Queen Charlotte Sound
A crippled B-36 bomber with 16 aboard reported engine fire and icing while en route from Alaska to Fort Worth. The last position was about 300 miles northwest of Seattle as search efforts began near Queen Charlotte Sound with Coast Guard and patrol planes involved. names of those aboard were not released.
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Seattle
Queen Charlotte Sound
Vancouver Island
B.C
Mackay Radio
Eielson Air Base
Alaska
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Queen Charlotte Island
Eighth Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
State Patrol
McChord “Field
Coast Guard
Port Angeles
Cecil Scott
United States
I Fort Worth
Mine Chief Favors Suspended Roof Support Plan
Arch J. Alexander, chief of West Virginia Mines, urged roof belting at a meeting of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers as a way to cut coal mine fatalities. He noted 60 percent of deaths stem from poor roof support and cited 103 West Virginia mines using the method, while warning that procedures must be carefully supervised after a halt to roof bolting last week.
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West Virginia
Mines Department
Belgians Vote On Exile King Leopold II Recall
Brussels official journal sets a 40 day window for Belgians to vote on recalling exiled King Leopold II to the throne. No referendum date yet though sources expect March 19. Advisory referendum. Parliament must decide if the king is invited back amid British opposition. Leopold declined to return without a majority.
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Switzerland
Ellsworth Critiques GOP Public Image in Dark Analogy
Rep. Ellsworth of Oregon compares the Republican Party to a bashful lover in the dark, saying the party knows its actions but the public does not. He notes the party’s core failure is failing to publicize its actions and philosophy clearly and accurately.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ellsworth
R-Ore
Republican Party
Murder Plot Broken Up in West Germany
West German police thwart a murder plot against President Theodor Heuss, arresting one man. An interior ministry official listed no known political motive and said the suspect is undergoing mental examination. No evidence of accomplices is reported.
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West Germany
Associated Press
Bonn
Germany
Theodor Hieuss
West German
Fannyver
Ministry of Interior
Interior Ministry
Czechs Announce Arrest of Mormon Missionaries
Prague announce five American Mormon missionaries were arrested on charges of attempting to enter a prohibited area. They disappeared January 28 while traveling through Moravia to visit Mormon members near the border. Arrestees include Stanley E. Abbot aged 23 of Lehi Utah and C Alden Johnson aged 22 of Idaho Falls Idaho.
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Associated Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
U. S
GOP Dinners Hear Critique of Truman Policy and Call for Balancing Budget
West Virginia and nearby counties staged Lincoln Day events urging deficit reduction and opposition to postwar spending. Speakers including Rep Dewesy Short and former Rep Melvin Snyder attacked Truman administration policies, warned of betrayal by officials sharing atomic information, and framed a Republican win as essential to halting government excess and protecting liberties.
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Associated Press
Truman
West
Melvin E. Snyder
R-Wva
Martinsburg
Republican Party
Ceiling on Potato Supports Sought Under New Plan
Washington reports a government potato price support plan to curb overproduction. Nathan Koenig outlines a system setting a production goal of 335 million bushels and a variable support rate, so exceeding the goal lowers prices and benefits consumers with lower costs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Brannan
Nathan Koenig
Secretary of Agriculture
I Department
Rat Poison Killer Watched Wife Die in Shelbyville
Clarence Fo White a 38 year old Shelbyville truck driver admitted poisoning his wife Lolita 46 with rat poison and watching her die over about three and a half hours He was arrested on first degree murder charges based on his account and a toxicology report showing arsenic saturation Police noted an autopsy procedure had previously considered natural causes before organ analysis revealed poison details
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Shelbyville
Ind
Clarence Fo White
White
Lolita
C. J. Price
Shelby County
Indiana University Medical Center
Indianapolis
Alice
Lndianapolis
Supreme Court Asked to Rule on State Funds to Interstate Commission
West Virginia’s top court considers two legal questions. Can the state pay funds to an interstate agency without violating state law. And did the state auditor exceed his powers by refusing the payment to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission. The dispute centers on a $12 250 annual share and whether the auditor’s duty to detail public expenditures permits refusal when the Legislature has authorized the payment. The case pits executive authority against legislative power over funding and the state’s obligation to curb pollution through interstate cooperation.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Edgar 2. Sims
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Petesca
Eighth State Association
N. H. Dyer
W. W. Jennings
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Water Commission
Sanitation Commission
Ohio River
Thomas J. Gillaoly
John W. Daniel
Huntington
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Jennings
Sims
Executive Department
Legislative Branch of Government
Charles C. Wise, Jr
Gillooly
All Coal Groups Agree to Parley
Washington officials announced that bargaining sessions between John L. Lewis and coal operators are to resume Wednesday morning. The talks aim to produce a new coal contract and avoid further court wrangling, following Judge Keach’s order for faith bargaining. The Dixie Group plans separate talks.
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Washington
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Western
Richmond B. Keach
DIXIE
Losvis
Allied Employee Sent To U S Under Guard
An Allied Military Security Board employee in Berlin was secretly sent back to the United States last week under guard. Authorities gave no further details.
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U. S
Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
Allied Military Security Board
Berlin
United States
Corregidor POW Gets First Subsistence Pay Check
Washington Franklin H Bigelow of Rockville Maryland received 1198 1 for each of the 1198 days he spent in Japanese prison camps The payment is the first subsistence check under the War Claims Act and will be followed this week by about 250 other ex POWs The funds come from seized enemy assets and further payments are expected at a 250 a day rate The award honors Bigelow a Navy veteran captured on Corregidor He swore an artificial limb after a rock fell in a Japanese mine where he worked and he would not endure the prison experience again for any amount The War Claims Commission aims to pay 108000000 to 133000 American POWs their survivors and 60000 100000 Filipino POWs
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Washington
Frank H. Bigelow
Rockville
War Commission
Daniel F. Cleary
Georgia Lusk
Bigelow
Corregidor
Associated Pres Tme
Sumter
Pike
Higelow
Energy Commission
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South Africa
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Gordon Dean
U.S.A
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