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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1949
Page
7
Shanghai city council appealed to the Chinese Communist leadership in Yenan to order an immediate cease fire and start peace talks with the national government. The radio message, approved by the council, urged Red leaders to leave all disputes to negotiations between their representatives and the government.
The Associated Press reports a DC-3 charter carrying 27 Yale students plus crew crashed and exploded near Boeing Field Seattle minutes after takeoff. At least one died on scene with 29 others aboard and 13 hospitalized. Rescuers struggle to count victims amid burning wreckage.
Six specialists from West Virginia University will conduct garden and home improvement schools in Raleigh County sponsored by the Raleigh County Farm Bureau on February 16 17 and 18 announced by Farm Agent H B Thomas Speakers include C Bishop plant pathologist on Insects and Diseases Claude Kempér garden production and T D Gray landscaping architect Outside Improvements of Homes and Gardens Meetings for Farm men and women and 4 H groups will be arranged in sections of the county February 7 and 18 with additional talks by T B Boggs Boys Club leader Miss Eloise Cofer nutrition specialist and Miss Ruth Knoch clothing specialist
Dr Isaiah Bowman retires as Johns Hopkins University president after 13 years. Detlev Bronk of the University of Pennsylvania assumes the role as the sixth Hopkins leader with no ceremony. Bowman, 70, is noted for shaping Hopkins and his civic and military training advocacy amid wartime America.
Lester Man from Lester, Harry Brown, waived a preliminary hearing on resisting arrest and was sent back to jail on a $500 bond. Magistrate J P Meadows fined $1 for profanity and $10 plus costs for drunkenness. Brown was arrested by Deputy Sheriff O HK Zimmerman.
Increasing cloudiness across Virginia with occasional rain in the southwest spreading to the east and north tonight. Warmer today with milder highs. Tuesday rain changes to snow and colder conditions. Temperatures recorded up to the mid thirties yesterday and around twenty five last night. River levels steady for Greenbrier and New with clear conditions at Belter point.
In Batavia Java Indonesian reports indicate guerrilla activity disrupting the Army Engineers Okeh State River Project. Details describe scattered attacks affecting operations and security across multiple sectors.
Frost damages crops across Florida and West Virginia. West Virginia officials discuss frost impacts, postal staffing changes, and flood control projects while national debates on labor law continue amid a junction of war and political tensions.
The Truman administration seeks broad control of House action to speed administration bills as Republicans maneuver for power in the new Congress. President Truman is expected to outline welfare, labor, health and housing proposals in a 1 P.M. Capitol Hill address Wednesday, with a proposed 43 billion dollar budget for the year starting July 1 and large cuts to military and Marshall Plan aid.
West Virginia officials and AAA personnel will address the Raleigh County Agricultural Conservation program meeting at Beckley AAA office. Speakers include J Ward Wood and others from the University of West Virginia. County committeemen from seven districts will outline the 1949 program and discuss allotments and crops.
The House on American Activities Committee nears stripping Rep. John E. Rankin of his post as its active champion and co-founder. A top Democrat cited administration approval of a plan to oust Rankin, arguing the committee would be killed by a new rule barring chairing multiple committees. Rankin said he could not relinquish the Veterans Affairs post.
Capt. R. E. Bruns, former commanding officer at Beckley Army and Air Force Main Recruiting Station, will report to Fort Knox Kentucky tomorrow to join the Third Army Division. He has been on leave since December, with Capt. J. C. Mathis replacing him.
Air Force pilot I G K Rid ler lost bearings over western Pennsylvania while en route from Middle town to Belleville. A United Airlines transport piloted by K A Simko guidedRid ler by radio to a safe approach, with J F Thomas assisting, and the pair steered the smaller craft to within two thousand feet of Pittsburgh International.
A House labor subcommittee blames the UE-CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America for violence and defiance of authority in the Univision Company strike at Dayton Ohio last August. The panel lists the union as a reorganization with Communist control per HUAC.
Luis Muñoz Marín was inaugurated as Puerto Rico's first elected governor in a ceremony attended by over 120000 people. Officials described it as the island's largest turnout in history.
President Truman is expected to tell Congress that the United States is winning the first stage of the conflict with Russia, while foreign policy advisers warn of and prepare for a longer campaign. The piece notes Western unity amid Communist pressure and possible Soviet counter-moves in eastern Europe and Asia. Funeral services for Lela Dew Hell, 78, will be held in Weston with burial in Homewood Cemetery Pittsburgh after cremation in Pittsburgh.
Edward B. Rowe Morgantown coal executive will serve as labor umpire in the northern West Virginia coalfield. He replaces E S McCulloigh who died after serving since 1833. the office was created that year.
The Associated Press reports more than 300 deaths from traffic and other accidents during New Year weekend. Highway tolls show 205 fatalities, about 35 above prior NSC estimates, with incidents including three deaths in West Virginia and a Seattle plane crash still undetermined.
The Vatican rejected a Hungarian government offer for direct negotiations to settle church state differences. A Vatican authority said the offer cannot be considered while Cardinal Mindszenty remains jailed, noting the government’s stance despite his case.
George M. Barnard of New Castle Indiana, an Interstate Commerce Commission member for more than four years, died suddenly of a heart attack last night. Named by President Roosevelt on May 31 1944 to complete the unexpired term of Joseph B Eastman, the term would have ended December 31 1950.
A British backed sulky boycott of Israel threatens to escalate into wider conflict. Egyptian and Arab officials accuse London of bias and warn the U N Security Council may deem Britain out of court as it pressures the United States over Middle East peace.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee is said to be ready to announce a cabinet reshuffle this week to inject new blood. Defence minister Winston Churchill has faced heavy criticism in Parliament and in press names Lord Mountbatten and Lord Douglas of Skereiside as likely successors if Alexander is dismissed.
A sailor Raymond Miller, 23, and Alma Brown, 21, were married by a five year old minister Marjoe Gorb er in Long Beach. The ceremony, assisted by his two year old brother Pat, made headlines as the preacher claimed to have preached since age three.
Fifteen Japanese including a wartime military police chief and several former generals received prison terms from a U.S. commission in Tokyo for killing 43 captured Americans. Sentences ranged from one year to forty years. pre trial lasted five months with acquittals for twelve others.
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