Coal mining war in the mines described by a reporter
West Virginia mining scenes reveal coal as warfare with 400000 workers in darkness. Trott notes dangers, machinery and the miners struggle against cost and roof falls while John L. Lewis’s power is traced to the earth. Woman at home reflects on her husband’s work and Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan’ Trott
Christian Science Monitor
Boston
Register
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Trott
John L. Lewis
President Truman
Fairmont
Mr. Lewis
West Virginia teachers face pay gaps and strikes risk
The Times notes New York City lost 11 000 teachers as pay failed to satisfy, while many stayed with side work. In Raleigh County a principal in a two room school earned 178 dollars monthly nine months and coal mined 320 dollars year round. The piece urges liberal pay for teachers and warns of unionization if education funding stays insufficient. It calls on the legislature to act and to ratify the failed education amendment to the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trott
Dawmont
Clarksburg
Time Magazine
New York City
Raleigh
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Business
Woolworths and Ford Follow Mass Production Price Path
The article notes Charles Woolworth built a 5 and 10 cent store empire through high volume, low margins, enabling broad buying power. It links his approach to Henry Ford, who reduced car prices to broaden access, and reports Ford Motor Company has announced a postwar price cut, signaling a return to mass production benefited for the average consumer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Woolworth
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Car Company
Marshall Faces Polish Election Dilemma
George C. Marshall weighs how to respond as Poland votes Sunday amid U.S. disapproval of a campaign marked by government violence. Peasant Party candidates are jailed in many districts for refusing to withdraw from Parliament race.
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Marshall
George C. Marshall
United States
Aspen mining veteran finds snow boom tame to wealth rush
ASPEN, Colo.—Harry Brown, 78, last of seven Brown brothers who struck it rich in the 1880s, says the current snow tollers bring less excitement than the silver boom. He owns 350 acres and rents out surface rights to skiers while hoping mining may return. he recalls Aspen’s peak days, two railroads, and dozens of saloons, many with gambling, now replaced by nickel slot machines supporting civic projects.
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Hal Boyle
Aspen
Colo
Harry Brown
Colorado
Harry
Brown Brothers
New Brunswick
Fork River
Cripple Creek
Browns
The
Rockies
Brown
Faro Bank
Chuka Luck
Senate budget hearings open to public change capital reporting
The Senate budget process opens its hearings to the public as President Truman's yearly budget estimate of 37.5 billion dollars prompts scrutiny by the Senate and House appropriations committees. Subcommittee reviews span the Agriculture Interior departments with hundreds of pages of testimony. News coverage will intensify as hearings begin and more voices may be heard.
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Senate
House Committee
Truman
Congress
House
Senate Appropriations Committees
Ment
University Uses New Drug To Cut Down Blood Pressure
At Michigan a synthetic drug tetraethyl ammonium lowers high blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels temporarily. Research began with Dr. Peet in 1933 and expanded with a 1946 vascular lab under Lyons Moe and Peel. The drug acts on nerve ganglia, may aid vascular disease research, and has shown relief in over 1,500 patients though not a universal cure.
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University
Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Michigan
Max M. Peel
Richard H. Lyons
Gordon Moe
Jr. Peel
Moe
Peet I
Heredity
Amnesiac Stranger Moves Into Laurie's Home
Laurin Trent brings home a man with amnesia to her family home. Bart and Dr. Hallett plan to test him and fingerprint to identify him while Monica suspects danger. Johnny, as Laurie names him, recalls a phone number he cannot yet dial, suggesting a possible path to his past.
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Laurin Trent
Bart
Monica
Annie
Laurie
Jalley
Nick
Pal
Rey
Hospital
Miss Trent
Nicholas Hallett
Bart Hallett
Religious Objections To Closed Shop Hit British Labor
A small group of Plymouth Brethren in London refuse to join unions on religious grounds, arguing union membership conflicts with Christian meekness. Eric and Donald Smith and Reginald Hutchings, plus Wilfred Clarke, were dismissed from Willesden town council staff roles over their stance. The issue ties to the debated closed shop and party positions in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Flanagan
London
Eric Smith
Plyoath Bretheren
Trades’ Union Congress
Britain
Great Britain
Plymouth Brethren
Plymouth
England
Christ
Smith
Donald
Reginald Hutchings
Willesden
Eric
St. Corinthians
Donald Smith
Hutchings
Wilfred Clarke
House of Commons
Trades Union Congress
Labor
Hollywoods Ginny Simms Hosts Tour Of Dehn Mansion
Reporter visits the Dehn home in Beverly Hills to tour their $400000 two story modern English mansion. Ginny Simms shows a high tech, button controlled house with a six acre yard pool and a nursery for five month old David while plans for a crib mic capture every sound.
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Hollywood
Toki
Ginny Simms
Hyat! Dehn
New
Dehns
Dehn
Ginny
Kwan Yin
Jas
Jan
Fresno
Calif
Fresno State Teachers College
Kay Kyser
Beverly Hills
Catalina Island
Blues Wallet
David
Congress Gavels Tell Tales Of Power And Quirks
The piece chronicles how gavels worn by Congress leaders are crafted in the Capitol workshop and eagerly sought as gifts. It notes Sam Rayburn and John Nance Garner’s large collections, bizarre gavels, and even the Senate’s ivory hourglass gavel that cracked under strain during a 1940s session.
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Jane Eads
Washington
House of Representatives
Capitol
Sam Rayburn
Francis Scott Key
Veterans’ Organization
John Nance Garner
Texas
John O’connor
Dn.y
John Bankhead
Senate
John ‘Adams
Sam Jackson
Sen. Jackson
Chicago
Brothers Re-Enlist in Army at Ft Hayes
Eight men from Beckley recruiting station were sent to Ft Hayes Columbus Ohio for induction. Howard K Manning and Melvin Eugene Manning brothers from Crab Orchard enlisted for three years in the 82nd Airborne Division with prior service. Other enlistees include Gar Monk Whiteneck Ward Junior Phipps Glen Daniels Ray Dallas Hawley Freddie Lee Ervin Thurmond William Pemberton Peck Clifford Eugene Collinsworth.
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Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Army
Mset
Robert Snider
Beckley
Howard K
Melvin Eugene Manning
Howard Manning
Crab Orchard
82Nd Airborne Division
Howard
Pacific
Melvin
Canal Zone
Garmonk Whiteneck
Lester
AAF
Ward Junior Phipps
Glen Daniels
Ray Dallas Hawley
RAF
Freddie Lee Ervin
Thurmond
Airborne
William Pemberton Peck
Clifford Eugene Collinsworth
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Post
Thomas F. Stafford
Boyle
Agriculture Department
Interior Department
Labor Department
Howard W. Blakeslee
Dy. Peet
India
Amun Lepaure Ray
Minica
Johnny
Johnny Doe
Jess
Repubiic
Viet-Nam
Annam and
Tonkin
French Indo-China
Los Angeles
Tehn
New York
York Banker
Count von Dehn
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