Lewis Orders 66000 Miners Back To Three Day Week
AP reports John L. Lewis urged 66 000 striking coal miners to resume a three day work week starting Monday. miners in 7 states had quit, amid a wider checkerboard strike pattern as operators push for higher wages and welfare benefits.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
Kentucky
Ohio
Utah
Virginia
Illinois
Congress
President Truman
Truman
White House
Pickets Increase Idle Miners Across West Virginia
About 100000 West Virginia coal workers finished a shortened week while at least 18000 more sat out an unresolved strike. Picketing of non union mines further reduced output as over fifty mines closed. Large closures hit BarRackville Bethlehem mine in Marion County where around 900 work there. Northern fields saw about 21000 idle. Southern closures included Edwight Mine and Alpeca Mine. No violence reported. Fairmont Rivesville mine status under review as utilities seek reopening talks.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Barrackville
Bethlehem Collieries Corporation
Marion County
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company
Edwight
Raleigh County
Gaston Coal Company
Wyoming County
West Virginia Consolidated Coal Company
Clarksburg
Virginia Coal Company
Tipple
Fairmont
Monongahela Power Company
Rivesville
Supreme Court Eyes 5000 Payment Over False Imprisonment
The Supreme Court of Charleston opened its January session with a case asking Judge Edgar B. Sims to direct a 5000 payment to J W Coole of Marietta Ohio for false imprisonment. Coole served time on a two to ten year sentence and was paroled after new evidence cast doubt on his guilt. Sims refused the payment arguing it would be a gift from the state. Other claims were presented on briefs without argument.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Colt
Edgar B. Sims
J. W. Coole
Marietta
W. T. Lovins
Coole
Court of Claims
Sims
MacArthur youths charged with delinquency acts
Coleman Adkins and Lee McGowan bound over to the grand jury on charges of contributing to the delinquency of juvenile girls. Hubert Sears faced a similar charge but was dismissed. Jimmie McKinney and Francis Worix faced dropped charges. Adkins and McGowan posted 500 bond each. Also Daniel Collins 17 charged with bastardy and jailed in Raleigh County.
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MacArthur
Coleman Adkins
Lee McGowan
Pearce
T. N. Thurman
Squire Thurman
Hubert Sears
Jimmie McKinney
Francis “Doofie” Worix
Justice of the Peace
J. P. Meadows
Adkins
McGowan
Daniel Collins
Sophia
Raleigh County
W. B. Gilkerson
Virginia forecasts warn of chill and rain in southern areas
Cold today with lower temperatures expected tonight around 25 to 30 degrees. Thursday brings increasing clouds and rain in the southern portion, with river readings noted for Greenbrier and New Nominal areas near Bellepoint and Oak Hill.
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Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New Nom
Beckley Junior Missing Boy Sought By Police
Beckley city police and Virginia state police search for Howard Trail a 14 year old Beckley junior high student who vanished from his home Thursday. Parents at 420 South Main Street say he is 5 feet 11 inches tall weighs 148 pounds with blond hair blue eyes. last seen in a blue gray jacket brown trousers and possibly a red cap. A chipped front tooth and new fingernails noted. Call 23353 with information.
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Beckley
Virginia
Kelso Trail
S. Main St
Hay
Howard
Stowaways Raise 7500 For Polio Fund Aboard Italia
Aboard the Italia a misread distress call sent Coast Guard to rescue 23 cast members from Kiss Me Kate bound for a charity voyage. The performers, who were aboard to stage a March of Dimes benefit, sold kisses to passengers raising about 7500 dollars for the infantile paralysis fund before returning to New York.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Coast Guard
Kate
Truman Names Navy Personnel in Top Pentagon Posts
President Truman nominated William M. Fechteler to command the Atlantic Fleet as admiral. Lynde D. McCormick would be vice chief of naval operations, with Francis S. Low as deputy chief of operations. John H. Kassady would serve as deputy chief, Robert B. Carney to command the Second Task Fleet, John J. Ballentine to lead the Sixth Task Fleet, and Joseph F. Dailey Jr. to head the Bureau of Yards and Docks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
William M. Fechteler
Lynde D. McCormick
Francis S. Low Las
John H. Cassady
Robert B. Carney
John J. Ballentine
Joseph F. Dailey, Jr
Bureau of Yards and Docks
U.S. Arms Earmarked for Yugoslavia Formosa Debate Continues
U.S. policy on Formosa draws party lines as Acheson defends Truman policy before Congress. Senate and House members debate arming Formosa, recognition timetables, and Southeast Asia aid while NSC maps a standby military option for Yugoslavia if the Soviet bloc moves to crush Tito.
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Glawieee
United States
Pacific
Formosa
Connally
Navy
Acheson
China
Southeast Asia
Truman
Burma
India
Thailand
Indo-China
Indonesia
Ferguson
R-Mich
South- East Asia
Associated Press
Washington
Tito
Yugoslavia
National Security Council
State Department
Divorced Husband Marries Ex Wife's Daughter
Grand Rapids court officials confirm no legal obstacle as Victor Bishop wed 16 year old Jean L. in South Bend Ind. after his divorce from Mrs Helen Bishop. The mother says she was unaware the daughter was the new wife.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids, Mich
Helen Bishop
Awich
Daugh ‘Ter
Victor Bishop
Jean Lorenski
South Bend
Ind
Kent County
Mendon Police Chief and Woman Killed in Cafe Siege
In Mendon Massachusetts a liquor crazed gunman held patrons for three hours at a roadside cafe and killed Police Chief Matthew J Mantoni and Katherine Brady 22 of Uxbridge. Wounded patrons include Laurence Griffin and Josephine Pitasi. Harold Ward of Mendon was the gunman and was felled by a police shot.
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Associated Press
Mendon
Mass
Polce
Matthew J. Mantoni
Katherine Brady
Uxbridge
Laurence Griffin
West Upton
Josephine Pitasi
Harold Ward
Aubrey Slensel
Ward
Mantoni
Harold Lowell
Parents Charged In Child's Death
In New York a married couple, both 29, were jailed on homicide charges after their son died of starvation. Guy Scielzo, a $75 weekly salesman, and wife Mary allegedly neglected three year old Guy and 5 year old Vincenza while two other children were well cared for. Social workers found Vincenza alive but malnourished. the 14 pound boy died.
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Associated Press
New York
Charg
Guy Scielzo
Mary
Guy
Vincenza
Scielzo
Say
Jing
Beer tax hike and teacher pay raise proposed in Kentucky bill
Two Pike County legislators Amos Runyon and Roy Sanders introduce a bill to raise beer tax to 2.75 dollars per barrel and to boost teacher pay. The current tax is 1.50 dollars per barrel yielding about 1.75 million annually. the proposed 1.25 dollar increase would increase revenue under existing rules and volume.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Pike
Amos Runyon
Roy Sanders
Husband Forsakes Wife for Monastery at St John’s Abbey
Donald D. Foster, 50, resigns a $54,000 yearly hobby shop business and an important state post to enter voluntary religious seclusion at St. John’s Abbey Collegeville. He arrived from San Francisco to spend 18 months testing adaptation to monastic life. His daughter is a Presentation nun in San Francisco and his wife contemplates entering a convent.
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Associated Press
Collegeville
Mianu
St. John's Abbey
Donald D. Foster
Foster
Brain
San Francisco
California
Maryknoll
January Criminal Court Docket Set in Raleigh County
Herbert B. Paler seeks self representation as Raleigh County opens January criminal court. The docket lists numerous defendants facing grand larceny robbery breaking and entering and other charges from January 16 to 27 with sentences to be handed January 30.
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Herbert B. Paler
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Porreey
Palmer
W. A. Riffe
Ned Ragland
Charley
Garrett Farley
Edna Haile
Seexbert Palmer
Garland Akers
Mike Federoff
Augustus Richie
Dan Craft J
Bernard Ruffin
James Edward Smith
Lewis Hubbard
Byron Hambrick
Lucian D. Rutledge
Jyatson
Clayton Webb
Jim Perdue
R. J. Thomas
Joe Robert Harris
Andrew Jackson Whitesinker
James Walter Lowe
John Charles Upton
James and
Walter Pennix
Henry Harvey
Frank Taylor, Jr
Sylvester Drafton
James Caldwell
Clyde Meadows
James Meadows
J. Pettry, Jr
R. J. Palmer
Sanford Meadows
J. M. Cross
Frank Balasky
Hereman Frice
Josh Arnold
Faamand Bradley
Tammy Balt
Ant
Denny Huffman
Bert Welker
Joe Zingo
Ray Walker
Jef Ninstle
Denny Huffan
Bert Walser
Renny Sprachley
Glascow Smith
Earl C. Carter
Ralph Redden
J. F. Seranko
W. A. Biffe
Charles Lee Kirk
Wealthy Actress Weds Negro Singer on Caribbean Cruise
Billy Daniels, a Negro nightclub singer, and Martha Braun, heiress from Lowell Massachusetts, wed in Weehawken New Jersey. Judge A Lieberman officiated with a reception at Park Avenues Restaurant in Manhattan. Daniels stated his race as Negro and age 34 on the license. his first wife died four years ago.
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Arteo
New York
Billy Daniels
Martha Braun
Aid Only
Danngster
Lowell, Mass
A. Lieberman
Weehawken
N. J
Park Avenues
Manhattan
Daniels
Lee Carroll
Martha
Jury Frees Four Moose Officials in Second Trial
A Circuit Court jury acquitted four Point Pleasant Moose Club officers. Ben Tracy then governor Wadear Thabet past governor and city councilman John Gerwig lodge prelate and James Hall treasurer were charged with gambling. The trial followed a deadlock in October and resumed after delays.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Moose Club
Ben ‘Tracy
Lodge
Wadear Thabet
John Gerwig
James Hall
Britain Votes February 23 in Crucial Election Showdown
London reports Britons will vote February 23 to decide if the nation continues Attlee’s socialist program or returns to Churchill’s free enterprise path. Attlee’s Labour seeks a mandate to extend state controls. Conservative Churchill aims to curb nationalization while preserving welfare. 625 Commons seats at stake.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
Laborite
Clement Attlee
Britain
Labor Party
Churchill
Conservative Party
Laborites
Conservatves
Cirwrchill
House’ of Commons
Robbers Seize $19 000 From Hatchelhwood Tavern Patrons
Three masked bandits armed with a submachine gun robbed two women in Roth's Tavern Pittsburgh carrying a paper bag with $19,000. Mrs. Helen Zabik and her daughter Mrs. Helen Girhing of Homestead could not explain the cash. In St Louis, Rev Walter A Maier, 46, conductor of the Lutheran Radio Hour, died after a fourth heart attack in two weeks.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Hatchelwood
Helen Zabik
Helen Girhing
Homestead
Roth's
ST. Louis
Walter A. Maier
Lutheran Radio Hour
New City Fathers Ponder Dirt and Window Dispute
Benny Mize, a persistent local figure, attends city meetings to press the council over a plan to raise the street by Benny’s block. Vecellio and Grogan Construction backed a new higher street, hindering Benny’s building window and prompting calls for city action rather than private funding. Benny meets with Mayor Barkelden and council members seeking a resolution and better access.
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New City
Progress
Vecellio and Grogan ‘Construction Co
Penny
Remny
Vecellio
Aareana
Tenge Gowaes
Gan Ofoil
Benny
Civogan
Council
Grogan
Barkelden
Nck
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Charles West
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Brazil
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John Heary Butterworth
Glen Kirby
Lillybrook ‘Coal Company
Eugene Bonds
Darrell ‘Phelps
C. J. Barrett
Wayne Cochran
Claus Bry
Lester Junior High School
Butler Price
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Charles Mortis
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