Armistice Talks To Follow End Of Desert Battle
Israel orders cease fire for Jewish forces in southern Palestine at 2 p.m. and urges staying put while rearming only if attacked. Britain accuses Israel of new incursions near Rafa Egypt and reports a five mile roadblock inside Egypt. Armistice talks with Egypt loom as UN observers note seized armored vehicles from the Elmira Victory at Haifa.
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Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
Negev Desert
United Nations
London
Foreign Office
Egypt
Rafa
Israal
Security Council
Iraq
Murahim Amin al Pachiachi
Baghdad
Nuri Pasha Es Said
U. N. Truge
Negev
el Arish
Elmira Victory al Haifa
U. N. Truce Commission
Egypt Moves Toward Palestine Armistice Talks With Israel
UN officials voiced surprise and cautious optimism as Egypt agreed to enter armistice negotiations with Israel. The Palestine committee met for the first time since December under Security Council auspices, with Britain signaling possible charges over Israeli troop positions in Egyptian territory. Other Arab states were expected to follow Egypt's lead.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Israel
United Nations
Holy Land
Security Council
Seven Nation
Palestine Committee
Palestine
Paris
Britain
U. N
Ex-Beckley Newsman Joins Foreign Service
Sidney Weinstraub, former Beckley Post-Herald editorial staffer, is among 20 young men named to the foreign service by the State Department through recent nationwide competitive examinations.
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Beckley
Foreign Service
Washington
Sidney Weinstraub
Beckley, W. Va
Post-Herald
State Department
All-American Plans Maryland Air Routes From Wilmington
Wilmington Delaware reports regulatory approval for passenger air service between Maryland and nearby areas. All-American Airways expects to inaugurate a Washington Pittsburgh route with stops at Baltimore Fredericksburg Hagerstown Cumberland Martinsburg and Uniontown by February. A second route would connect Wilmington Baltimore Salisbury Martinsburg and Washington while a third links Washington Dover and New Jersey towns including Bridgeport Vineland Millville and Ocean City.
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All-American
Maryland
Wilmington
Del
Fivh Aeroraphcs Board
All-American Airways, Inc
Cavesceees 89
Ceveseresees CO
Washington
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Fredericksburg
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Martinsburg
W. Va
Connellsville-Uniontown
Sal
Molisburg
Enston
Dover del J
New Jersey
Bridge
Vineland
Millville
Ocean City
China Plans New Peace Bid in Turbulent Nanking
Nanking Evening News reports the government will issue a second peace statement amid stalled Sino conflict. Sources debate Chiang Kai-shek’s possible resignation and UN or mediation roles as fighting tightens around Tientsin and Suzhou wan. Formosa’s fortification signals potential retirement to the island.
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Associated Press
Nanking
Nanking Evening News
Chiang Kai-shek
Shen Chang-huan
Chiang
China
Suchow Wan
Tu Liming
Chen ¥i
Red
Chen
Chiashg
United Nations
U. N
Tientsin
Formosa
Chen Cheng
Truman's Shifting Tone on Russia Sparks Cold War Debate
Washington officials say President Truman may soon clarify his stance toward Russia to end speculation. Life magazine accuses his aides of seeking a softer line, while Lovett and Forrestal reportedly oppose a shift tied to oil and munitions interests. Truman says the Life piece is a columnist's comment.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Life Magazine Today
Jay Franklin
Mr. Truman
Franklin
Lovett
Defense Forrestal
Byrnes-Marshall-Forrestal
Politburo
First New Labor Bill Nets Clash of Views
Washington reports a clash over Senator Elbert Thomas’s new bill aiming to repeal Taft Hartley and restore the Wagner Act. Ives, CIO officials and Democrat leaders weigh implications, with debate over keeping some Taft Hartley provisions via amendments and speed toward enactment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Ives
Senate
Congress
Arthur Goldberg
CIO
Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
Habur
GOP Status Quo To Be Disturbed, Chairman Says
Washington Republican leaders clash over strategy for future elections with Rep. Dlug D. Scott urging changes. He says the status quo will be disturbed and a January meeting in Omaha will decide on a broader party program. Scores of workers reply with asks for funds while demanding new leadership and a forward-looking agenda to stop echoing the New Deal.
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Associated
Washington
Dlugh D. Scott
Pennsylvania
Republican National Committee
Omaha
Neb
Scott
West Blizzard Death Toll and Damages Rise
Weather relief progressed across the west as 17 deaths were confirmed from the storm. Nine deaths occurred in Wyoming, six in Colorado, and two in western Nebraska, with thousands homeless in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. California crop losses exceeded 25 million dollars, including citrus, vegetables, and cut flowers.
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Associated Press
California
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Blizdard Bell
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Acheson Named State Department Head by Truman
President Truman appointed Dean Acheson to head the State Department after the resignations of Secretary of State Marshall and Undersecretary Lavelle. Budget Director James E. Webb was named under secretary. Changes take effect January 20 at Truman’s inauguration for his new term.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marshall
Lavell
Truman
Dean Acheson
State Department
James E. Webb
Kilgore to Offer Education Bill Monday in Congress
Kilgore proposes federal aid to states to reduce adult illiteracy with a staged funding plan. The measure would start at 3 million dollars and rise to 15 million, targeting states with the poorest educational opportunities and claiming more than 10 million adults lack basic schooling.
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Yate Associated Press
Washington
Kilgore
D-W.va
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Carolinas
Alabama
Georgia
United States
Potomac Sanitary Survey Proposal Scouted by Commission
The interstate Potomac River basin commission heard a plan for a sanitary survey of the river segment from Washington to Great Falls by Federal workers. A demonstration area was proposed to show basin improvements including soil conservation pollution abatement and improved fertilizer use. A sample site at Oceana Virginia was discussed for Pineville West Virginia style uses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Potomac River
Interstate Commission
WS. Public Health Service
Great Falls
Pineville
M. Ht. Payne
Opequon Creek
Virginia
West Virginia
Explosion Probe Began On Raleigh County Mine Blast
A formal report into the December 21 gas ignition explosion at East Gulf No. 3 mine, H. Mead Coil Co., began with testimony detailing gas buildup from a ventilation disruption. Witnesses said an open ventilating door altered airflow to the section where two workers were killed.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Mines
Arch J. Alexander
East Gulf
Raleigh County
H. Mead Coil Company
$200000 Jewel Theft Reported in New York
Police reported a jewel theft in New York where owner Erhart Ruegg, a textile manufacturer, said jewelry valued at $200,000 disappeared from a bedroom closet after he returned from a nightclub with his wife. Most of the jewels were insured.
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de Associated Prezs
New York
Erhart Ruegg
Knegg
Bonus Proposals Expected by Legislature
Charleston reports the West Virginia legislature is poised to consider a war veterans bonus in the upcoming session. Veterans groups may unite on a single proposal while some lawmakers draft their own bills. Financing would likely require a bond issue totaling 50 to 100 million dollars, with the amendment routed through the 1950 election. The VFW and American Legion back submitting the issue to voters, covering about 250000 veterans across both World Wars, and the move has backing from the state Democratic platform and Governor-Elect Patteson.
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West Virginia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
American Legion
Veterans
Legion
Thhey
Veterans' Organization
Ambriann Legion
Democratic
Okey L. Patteson
Army General Named Director of Weapons System by Forrestal
Defense Secretary Forrestal named Lt. Gen. James E Hull commander of Army forces in the Pacific as director of a new weapons evaluation group. The civilian research chief will head the scientific side, forming a joint military civilian team to assess current and projected attack and defense systems. The move aims to align strategic planning with scientific development, avoiding bias toward any single service.
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Ne Associated
Pies Walington
Hhe Defense Establishment
Eniwetok
Jom £. Hull
Army
Pacific
Defense
Forrestal
Layeh
Sau Forrestal
Air Force
Air
Navy
Truman Signals Economic Plan in Annual Report Speech
President Truman will present his annual economic report to Congress outlining a partnership of free enterprise and government to sustain a $200,000,000,000-plus economy and keep about 60 million Americans at work. He is expected to seek $4 billion in new taxes and price wage controls, arguing the need to avoid boom and bust while easing business fears about profit erosion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
Vut
Judge to rule on tax basis for bus line earnings
Charleston Logan County Circuit Judge C C Chambers weighed whether the state may tax a Bluefield based bus company on earnings. The Consolidated Bus Lines appeal challenges a 2 625 700 dollar property assessment by the Board of Public Works. State Tax Department witness said the levy uses a formula tied to earnings and applies to other public utilities. Company officials argued the system may misvalue the fleet and works. The judge ordered briefs with a decision to come later.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Logan
C. C. Chambers
Consolidated Bus Lines,Inc
Bluefield
Board of Public. Works
J. E. Craft
West Virginia
Algae Ie Path State Tax Department
Alurnby
Murphy
Lack of Coal Shuts Skelton Elementary School
Doris Jean Perdue a seventh grader at Skelton Elementary in Mount Hope protested as the school closed for lack of coal. Principal F L Dixon announced the stoppage at 10 30 a m saying no coal is available to heat the building. Doris said she did not want to go home and preferred to stay in school despite the halt. Teacher Agnes Brunk confirmed coal had been ordered four times with delivery repeatedly delayed.
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Mees
Doris Jean Perdue
Skelton Elementary
F. L. Dixon
Mount Hope
Doris
Cla Im
Davis
Raleigh Register
Agnes Brunk
Hearing Delayed On Utility Sale In Glen Coal Area
Public Service Commission resumed a hearing at 10 a.m. in Charleston to decide if Standard Utility Service Corporation may take over both water and electrical utilities in the Glen Coal Cherry Creek area. Appalachian Electric Power protested. Doris is mentioned in context of students. George A. Watkins testifies he will sell only to a firm that provides both services.
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S“ Public Service Commission
Charleston
G. G. Greene
Board of Education
Okesland Electricity
Glen Coal Company
Cherry Creek
Doris i
Ber ‘Hind
Seee
Standard Utility Service Corporation
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Standard
AEP
James Lively
George A. Watkins
Beckley
John W Davin Dies in Cleveland At 57
John W Davin formerly tied to the Nickel Plate railroad and Chesapeake & Ohio died in Cleveland at age 57. Born March 10 1892 in Montgomery West Virginia he rose from coal mine work to C&O coal development chief before becoming Nickel Plate president at age 50. He left behind wife Ruth Ruffing Davin and three daughters.
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Sinc
Robert Young
Siweringen
Empire
Chesapeake & Ohio
Nickel Plate
Montgomery
John
Mary Elizabeth Montgomery Davin
Ohfy
Ruth Ruffing Daevin
Davins
Refused to Pay Cab Fare Lands Man Back in Jail
Cecil Taylor, who broke a guard at Raleigh County jail and failed to pay a $32 cab fare, is sent back to jail for six more months on the escape charge after waiving preliminary hearings. Bond set at $500 by Magistrate Jet Seave. Dangers in Volcano and other details appear garbled. report mentions multiple arrests and bonds in a chaotic, damaged clipping.
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Cecil Taylor
Raleigh
Jet
Seave
Taylor
Associated Press
Little Beaver Fark
Hilo
Hawaii
Harry Wolford
Mauna Loa
Bianc
Jad
Buddy Lovell
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