Major Boost in Pinecrest Funds Recommended
Pinecrest Sanitarium may receive over 1.1 million more over the next two years if the Legislature adopts a Board of Public Works budget. The package funds food staff and pay raises, plus a pasteurization plant, barracks, and cottages. Five new or expanded medical positions are planned, including a pathologist and medical director, to improve care and staffing.
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Pinecrest
Board of Public Works
Mosses Anc Oer
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EH Hedis
Sindh
Truman Tax Proposal Sparks Hill Debate On Budget
Washington lawmakers greeted President Truman's hint of higher taxes on individuals earning about 6000 to 30000 dollars a year. He urged 4 billion dollars in new levies, mainly on corporations, while House leaders push for spending cuts to avoid tax increases. Budget battles unfold over a 41.858 billion dollar peacetime plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coapitol Hill
Truman
Congress
Treasury
Roosevelt
United States
Byrd
D-Va
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
House
Sve
Telephone Monopoly Suit Filed to Break AT&T
The Justice Department filed a civil anti trust suit in Newark New Jersey seeking to dissolve AT T and Western Electric into separate entities. It alleges AT T and Western Electric conspired to monopolize U S telephone business and calls for disposal of patents and a royalty based license to use them. Western Electric is described as the main U S manufacturer of telephone equipment and AT T dominant in service.
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Associated Press
Washington
Justice Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Electric Corporation
Western Electric
Tom Clark
Federal District Court
Newark
N. J
Solvel
United States
Com. Cluck
Snd
Meadows Receives State Gift Car Upon Leaving Office
Governor Clarence W. Meadows was presented with a fully equipped black Cadillac by state employees led by Attorney General Ira J. Partlow in a Capitol courtyard ceremony. The gift card cited affection esteem and best wishes from fellow workers as he concludes a four year term.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Clarence W. Meadows
Ira J. Partlow
Capitol
Dutch Refusal to Withdraw From Indonesian Territory
The Netherlands announced it will ignore any UN withdrawal orders and will not retire from territory it seized in Indonesia. A Dutch spokesman said the country will never comply with resolutions demanding withdrawal to pre December lines, with I H Van Royan ready to speak at the UN Security Council session.
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Associated Press
Lake Success
Netherlands
United Nations
Indonesia
Wetherlands
I. H. van Royan
Australia
India
Egypt
Philippines
China
United States
Virginia Weather Roundup From Yesterday and Outlook
A brief weather note reports yesterday's high and low, light precipitation totaling .01 inch in the past 24 hours, rivers Greenbrier and New Belle Pont slightly above normal and muddy. Extended West Virginia forecast calls for rain to begin Saturday west, spread east, with rain or snow likely Tuesday or Wednesday, totals half to three quarters inch, colder Sunday, and warming early next week with temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal.
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Greenbrier
New
Bellepont
W. Va
Reid
Beer and Beauty Parlor Wins Beer License in Troy
Troy officials approved a license for a Neuro beauty parlor to sell beer while customers sit under hair dryers. Operators said heat and dryness make beer a cooling option for patrons during treatments.
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Associated Press
Troy
Ala
Acheson Cleared by Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson won unanimous approval from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for secretary of state. The panel completed a four hour session and signaled quick Senate confirmation with Chairman Connally announcing the nomination would go to the full Senate next week. Members sought clarity on Acheson’s stance during the cold war and were sworn to secrecy.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Connally 1
P-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Geome
Acheson
Russia
Rent Legislation Receives Priority in Senate Move
Washington The State Banking Committee gave up priority to rent-control legislation. Senator Maybank chairs the committee and named Senator Sparks as a subcommittee chair to continue hearings on rent bills as an administration bill to extend the program is introduced in the Senate in the coming days.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Banking Committee
Maybank
R-Sc
Repandors
Nation's Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1948 Named
The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce announced its selections for the nations ten outstanding young men of 1948. Winners, all under 36, were chosen by 13 judges including Eisenhower and J Harald E Stassen. Names span mayors governors congressmen athletes and educators across Milwaukee Arkansas Florida Minnesota Kentucky Indiana Oklahoma City and Harvard Medical School.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
United States Junior Chamber’ of Commerce
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
J . Harald E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Frank P. Zeidter
Milwaukee
Wis
Sidney S. McMath
Arkansas
George A. Smathers
U. S
Florida
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland Indians
Walter W. Cenerazzo
Bost Fon
American Watch Workers Union
Richard Nelson Harris
St. Paul
Britain Poland Sign Five Year Trade Pact
Poland and Britain signed a five year trade agreement exchanging goods valued at 520 million dollars. It marks the largest eastern western European trade deal since the war. The Hailish agreed to release Polish assets totaling about 2.001 billion dollars frozen during the German occupation.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Poland
Britain
Europe
Hailish
Beckley Chamber Receives 3138 25 in Dues
The Beckley Chamber reports 3138.25 in membership fees paid into the Bank of England account as part of liquidation of prewar debts to British creditors. About 364 members are listed with the local chamber.
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Beckley Chamber of Coin
Merce
Speen
Bank of England
Cancellation of U S China Treaty Demanded by Reds
Mao Tze-tung in a Chinese broadcast demanded abrogation of all treaties with the United States as a condition for peace and called for the trial of war criminals. He outlined eight peace terms including land reform and confiscation of bureaucratic wealth. Negotiations in Tientsin and Peiping were reported amid signs of attempted capitulation.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Mao Tze-tung
China
United States
Red
Mao
Chiang Kai-shek
People's Wie
Chisny
Madame Chhanz
Tientsin
Uie
Tvere
Peiping
Natc China Mader
Gu Tso
Peining
Miners Await Fire Boss Decision in Raleigh County
Funeral services for Marie Scarfina Albanese 68 Beckley are set for 9 am tomorrow at St Francis de Sales Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Surviving include her husband Frank Albanese three sons John Wheeling Angelo Beckley and Buddy Baltimore one daughter Tom Hannon Dover brothers Sam Don Scarfina and three grandchildren. Miners from Raleigh County and unions await a ruling from the attorney general in a deadlocked fire boss dispute affecting No 5 6 Stoleshiry Cranberry mines and Eastern Gas and Fuel. State Mine Chief Arch J Alexander says operators seek a ruling while unions demand surface return reports before men reenter mines. Union leaders urge safe operation until clarity arrives as several mines idle and talks continue.
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Tthe
New River Company
Arch J. Alexander
State Department of Mines
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UMW
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Eccles
Stwlesbury
Crambberry
Stotesbury
W. W. Iftenter
Jobless Claims Rise as Seasonal Benefits Grow
The Bureau of Employment Security notes continued weekly increases in initial and continued unemployment claims since October. December to January shows claims rising to about 336,077 new claims and 1,252,000 continued cases, with total unemployed around 2,000,009 and ongoing benefit payouts totaling large sums.
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Washington
Bureau of Employment Security
Lee
Wotry E
Boy Hurt as He Runs Into Truck on South Kanawha Street
Ward Irwin Jr., 12, son of Mr and Mrs Ward Irwin of 203 Campbell Avenue, was injured when he ran into the side of a truck on South Kanawha Street. The vehicle, driven by W T Houston of Allen Junction, was turning into Slone Street. He was taken to Raleigh General Hospital for examination. his mother said X rays showed no broken bones.
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Campbell Avenue
Kanawha Street
Young Irwin
Touston
Allen Junction
Slone Street
Raleigh General Hospital
Soldier Charged With Desertion Arrest in Cro Orchard
Charles C. Jackson was arrested by State Police in Cro Orchard for desertion from the army and may face auto theft charges. He has been absent since July 1918 and was stopped during a road check with his unregistered car.
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Charles C. Jackson
Cro Orchard
D Jackson
Hara Zirkle
Zitkle
Jackson
Thy
REC Visito City Slated Feb 12
A Recon struction Finance Corporation representative will be in Beckley February 1 to study Mayor Hedrick's request for a $750,000 loan to build a parking facility. REC official W. Howard Hopkins from Louisville, Ky, will conduct the inquiry into Beckley's parking building program.
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Finance — Corporation
Beckley
G. C. Hedrick
Hedrick
W. Howard Hopkins
Public Agency
Office of Loans
The
REC
Louisville
Hopkins
Premier Hasan Saka Resigns Amid Turkish Crisis
Ankara reports Premier Hasan Saka submitted resignation to President Ismet Inonu after a two hour morning meeting. Government collapsed as violent opposition from all sides protests Turkey rising costs and instability.
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Associated Press
Ankara
Turkey
Hasan Saka
Ismet Inonu
Mare
Surgeons Remove Pencil From Lad’s Heart Lining
Denver doctors successfully removed an automatic pencil from the lining of a one year old boy named Robert Hiwishaw's heart last night.
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Lad
Associated Press
Denver
Robert Hiwishaw
Dorsey Receives Interest From Beckley Air Group
Tommy Dorsey received interest from the Beckley Air Force Association and the Chamber of Commerce. He wired via his booking agent that he would like to perform here February 14 15 or 16 and prefers a civic or local club sponsor. The AFA plans to decide if the event will be a dance or concert and whether to host two shows in one night at available venues. The concert would feature the full orchestra Denny Dennis Lucy Ann Polk and the Sentimentalists.
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Tommy Dorsey
Beckley Air Force Association
Chamber of Commerce
Dorsey
AFA
The
Chamver
New York
State Aides Forecast Minor Recession With $4 Million Revenue Drop
Charleston officials warned of a modest recession with an estimated $4 million drop in state revenues over the next two years. The general fund budget totals $145,009,285 funded by existing taxes. receipts projected at $116,170,000 for the coming biennium, down from $155,200,273 in 1947-49. Road fund receipts rise to $61,900,008 with fuel taxes and fees funding road work.
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Associated Press
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