Senate Debates Sheriff Fee System Amid Uncertain Jurisdiction
Senate leadership clashes over which committee should handle a proposed Army Navy merger bill. Senator Gurney backs Armed Services while Expenditures chair Aiken urges Reorganization Act routing. House keeps to Expenditures with no rush, Hofman cites higher priorities. Kilgore seeks a single procurement division for all services.
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Senate
Vandenberg
Aiken
R.I
Expenditures Committee
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Ion
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Defense
Kilgore
D-W.a
Army
Navy
Air Force
Johnson
D-Colo
Douglas Takes Over London Embassy as Peace Task Begins
Washington outlines that Anglo American Palestine tensions are not politically driven with Lewis W. Douglas to lead the embassy in London. Bevin's Commons remarks triggered a White House reply reaffirming Truman’s long standing policy on Palestine and Jewish admission.
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Associated Press
Washington
Palestine
Lewis W. Douglas
London
White House
Truman
Holy Land
Bevin
Mr. Truman
Commons
Charles G. Ross
America
Attlee
Night shift plan tests Britain's Labor government
Britain's plan to introduce a national night shift faced a tough test for the Labour Government as unions back the plan while industry worries over logistics and power distribution. The proposal aims to place about 2.5 million workers on night duty, to be developed by the joint consultative committee and regional boards, with implementation timing contingent on recommendations.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
House of Commons
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Joint Consultative Committee of Employers and Unionists
George Isaacs
U S Plan For Pacific Islands Faces Security Council Debate
United States aims to keep sole administration of Japanese mandated islands under UN trusteeship with broad support in principle from major powers including Soviet Russia. Britain and Australia may oppose on legal grounds but are not expected to veto the draft, as diplomats await final instructions and debate resumes on other issues.
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Associated Press
Lake Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations
Security Council
Soviet
Russia
Great Britain
Australia
Britain
U.S
Freed by Jury Kills Husband Trial Ends in Acquittal
Mildred Margaret Abney, 21, an expectant mother, was acquitted of murder by a Federal jury after testifying that her husband Jean Richard Abney urged her to "get rid" of their unborn child. She recounted the confrontation at Fort Meade and that she shot him when he taunted her about leaving.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Mildred Margaret Abney
Sue
Sgt
Jean Richard Abney
Junction City
Kas
Fort George G. Meade
Ttis
Snowy street scene with sparrows and a street remark
A half frozen flock of sparrows on Heber Street bursts into clamorous song as an overcast sky clears briefly. A passerby on Main Street comments that snow is coming while a companion responds with a laconic remark.
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Heber Street
Roy
Main Street
Riot in Brussels Leaves 40 Injured Near Parliament
Police say 40 people were hurt in a Brussels riot as 50,000 demonstrators faced gendarmes and calvarymen on the way to Parliament where a cabinet met. One man died reportedly of heart trouble. others discharged by midnight.
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Associated Press
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Ministry of the Interior
Raoul de Fraleur
Minster of Defense
Plan to add Raleigh and Kanawha delegates stalls in legislature
Raleigh County seeks a fourth delegate and Kanawha County a third, but opposition statewide to increasing Kanawha representation slows the bill. Delegates Byrd and Harmon introduced it and face a reluctant redistricting committee and Rules Committee. Byrd doubts the bill will reach the special docket.
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Kanawha County
Robert Byrd
Roy Lee Harmon
Byrd
House Rules Committee
Kanlawha
Kanawha
Reservists Head Named For Area Becomes New Sub-district Leader
Captain David P. Midgett, Norfolk, Va., will become director of Army Reserve officer activities for Southern West Virginia and command Beckley military sub-district. He previously served with Chinese Combat Command on the Indo China border and was with the 5th Infantry Division at Camp Campbell Ky. He returns from orientation in Charleston before assuming duties.
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David P. Midgett
Norfolk
West Virginia
Midgett
Beckley
293Rd
Julian G. Hearne
West Virginia Military District
W. Va
Charleston
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Huntington
Michell
Indo- China
5Th Infantry
Camp Campbell
15Th Infantry
Coast Guard Aids Warfield Off Diamond Shoals
The Warfield, a former bay liner that sailed the Atlantic under a Navy flag and took part in the Normandy assault, reported taking on water and listing off Diamond Shoals. The Coast Guard cutter Cherokee diverted from light ship duty to assist the vessel amid heavy seas and westerly winds.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Warfield
Atlantic
English Channel
Normandy
Diamond Shoals
Coast Guard
Cherokee
Shoals
Union Proxy Opposes Pending Ball Bill Amid Labor Debate
The United Electrical Workers announce that pending labor legislation harms workers. President Albert J. Fitzgerald accuses lawmakers, including Senator Ball, of stacking the deck against employees and risking industrial chaos. he criticizes bills under the labor umbrella as injurious to workers without disguise.
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Associated Cross
Washington
United Electrical Workers Unions
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Senate
Labor Committee
Ball
R-Minn
Flat Top Opens to Two Way Traffic as Snow Closes Roads
Snow fell for a ninth day as two way traffic returned on U S Highway 1921 through Camp Creek and Flat Top. State road crews cleared the routes but high winds caused drifting and possible later trouble. A Greyhound bus from Bluefield arrived two hours late after a trailer blockage while other schedules stayed near time. The Beckley forecast noted 20 degrees at 11 am with yesterday's high of 25 and a low of 15.
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DeGhiegans
J. C. Long
District State Road Commission
Princeton
Camp Creek
Fred Bowling
Flattop
Beckley
Greyhound
Bluefield
Hoffman Seeks Oath for Labor Committee Staff
Rep Hoffman proposes placing House Labor Committee staff under oath to probe a publicity release. A. F. L. President William Green denounces the release as misrepresented testimony by Green. Chairman Hartley disavows and orders withdrawal amid questions about staff involvement.
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Hoffman
Labor Committee
Associated Press
Washington
R-Mich
House Labor Committee
William Green
Green
C&O Introduces Passenger Representatives for Streamlined Rides
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway begins staffing 32 passenger representatives at Prince Station to manage pay as you go and charge it as you go plans. They handle reservations by telephone, seat travelers, and collect or process payments, delivering tickets to pay on train passengers.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Prince Station
Powerful Steps to Ban Portal-to-Portal Pay Suits
In Congress a Republican House majority and Southern Democrats back a bill to outlaw portal-to-portal pay suits aiming to set a first labor showdown since the GOP victory. Five hours of floor debate begin as committees back the measure, with a final vote likely Friday after amendments. The bill mandates limits on back pay and requires good faith defenses, challenging a key wage and hours provision.
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Associated Press
Washington
Republican House
House
House Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Boy Punished Tries Death by Own Action
Nine year old Bruce Jennings was found hanging by a woolen scarf from a cloakroom hook in an Essex Maryland school after a punishment for striking another pupil. Police said the boy was unconscious when discovered and transported to city hospitals where he remained in critical condition after efforts to revive him.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Bruce Jennings
Essex
Harry Freund
Carroll Huffines
Audrey J. Edwards
Bruce
Allies Feared Nazi Death Rays On D Day
Col Kenneth D. Nichols, veteran of the Manhattan project, says Allied command worried German use of radioactive traps on Normandy beaches. Geiger counters accompanied first assault waves though test results were negative. Nichols notes Germans may have pursued atomic aims but were behind Allies in 1944.
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Associated Press
Washington
Allied
High Command
Kenneth D. Nichols
Manhattan
Nichols
Normandy
Volcano Eruption Threatens Sicilian Town Passo Pisciaro
A lava stream from Mount Fina’s new crater advances toward Passo Pisciaro and nearby Castignone di Sicilia as residents brace to flee. Archbishop Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini and local authorities assist evacuees amid the escalating danger.
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Y TG Associal
Palermo
Sicily
Mount Fina
Textbook Adoption Battle Reaches Lower House
The West Virginia legislature scenes shift as the House prepares to vote on a school textbook adoption bill while the Senate moves to pass a jail feeding cost measure. The jail bill would end fixed feeding fees to sheriffs starting January 1, 1949, with debates over county costs and salaries.
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Charleston
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Morgan County
Kanawha, Cabel and
Fayette Counties
School Girl Attacked in Los Angeles Underpass
A 17 year old girl near Poly technic High School was found under a railroad underpass with lacerations and a cigarette burn. She said a man followed her and grabbed her near an alley, but she could not describe him. Doctors reported shock avoided, she was treated and released.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
C. J
Votny
Polytechnic High School
Iran
Altey
Novotny
Elizabeth Short
Medford
Mass
Fils
Jeanne Axford French
Short
Phillips
Smalley
Knoxville
Tenn
Miss Short
Dennis Leary Promoted Lieutenant Commander in Naval Reserve
Dennis Leary of 305 Fourth Street received a promotion to lieutenant commander in the United States Naval Reserve. The rank was made ready for reactivation on October 3, 1945.
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Dennis Leary
Fourth Street
United States Naval Reserve
Delaware Teachers Back In Classrooms After Wage Bill Showdown
About 1,500 public school teachers returned to class across Delaware after half the group briefly demonstrated at the state capitol to protest what they called an insufficient wage increase. The bill, passed by a Republican legislature, raises salaries from 200 to 800 dollars while teachers seek a 1,000 dollar annual boost. governor Walter W. Bacon has not yet signed. A skirmish erupted on the Senate floor as an unidentified teacher clashed with Senator Harvey H. Lawson.
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House
Meadowa
Sharp House
Holt
Dlewis
Associated Press
Dover
Del
Delaware
State
Wilmington
Virginia and West Virginia Forecast With Light Snow Flurry
Mostly cloudy conditions with an occasional snow flurry today into tonight. Friday turns partly cloudy with little temperature change. Beckley yesterday's high around 25 and low near 20. Precipitation in 24 hours ending at 8 am today about 0.7 inch.
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West Virginia
Beckley
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