Acheson Approval Seen in Senate Delay in House
In Washington the new Congress expected swift approval of a pay raise for the president and confirmation of Dean Acheson as secretary of state. House Democrats moved to assign committee seats and fill Un American Activities Committee vacancies, while Republicans prepared to fill their spots. The pay measure would lift the presidential salary and tax free expenses ahead of Truman’s oath on Thursday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
House Democrats
Akay
Un-American Activities Committee
Rayburn
Jhe Leuse
Mr. Truman
Senate
Dean Acheson
Tibe
Bist
House
Rankin
D-Miss
Hebert
D-La
Walter
D-Pa
McSweeney
Ohio
Harrison
D-Va
Moulder
D-Ma
Capitol
Dewey Schedules Five Banquets as Party Puzzles Kore
The Associated Press reports U S New York Governor Thomas E Dewey may retire from active politics despite plans for five Lincoln Day speeches February eight in Washington and February twelve in New York The Republican high command keeps him as titular head while he debates the party's November defeat and future strategy Dewey reportedly intends to stay involved in party affairs but not seek office again
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Ruman
Jefferson Jackson
Resumption May Be Temporary at Cranberry and Stotesbury Mines
About 700 Eastern Gas and Fuel miners at Cranberry and Stotesbury mines returned to work as unions and operators awaited official fire boss rules from Arch J. Alexander. The guidelines would govern fire boss inspections and whether section foremen could perform fire boss duties, amid protests over safety enforcement and law interpretation. The plan hinges on new rules. some operators delay for second and third shifts until clarified. The UMW seeks safer mines and supports fire boss independence from higher supervision.
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Raleigh County
United Mine Workers
Cranberry
Newt River
Conmany
Stotesbury
jEastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eccles No
Fastern Gas
Arch J. Alexander
State Department
Tina
William H. Ansel, Jr
Alexander
C. & Jones
UMW
Yeame
Citaiceenets
Leport
Releaki
Jones
Stotesbury Safety Committee
Ansel
J Lin
Cranberry Safety Committee
New River Company
S. H. Thatcher
Glen White
Eastern Gas and Fuel
JM. McCauley
Tiler
Tiller
U. S. Supreme Court
Inauguration Program for West Virginia Governor Patton
Complete schedule for Okey L. Patton's inauguration as West Virginia's 23rd governor. Includes music by Mount Hope and Charleston bands, oath administration by Judge Frank C. Haymond, inaugural address, and a luncheon and reception at the executive mansion and capitol. Guests listed include Meadows Patton Trent OBrien Sims Talbott MeLaughlin and more.
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Okey E. Patteson
Mount Hope
Charleston
Clarence W. Meadows
West Virginia
Associated Press
Okey
Patteson
Stonewall Jackson
Mt. Hope
Elkins Highlanders
Arnold M. Vickers
Rupert T. Mallory
Hope
America
Frank Kincheloe
Meadows
Okey L. Patleson
Frank C. Haymond
Supreme Court of West
Wow Trent
Edgar B. Sims
R. &. Talbott
Ira J. Partlow
J. B. Me‘Laughlin
John J. Swint
Wheeling
Jiaymond
William T. Lovins
Fred L. Fox
John. Kenna
James B. Riley
State Senate
JW. Broughton Johnston
W. E. Flannerys
Slate
O’brien
W. Trent
R .E. Talbott
Parllow
McLaughlin
Patteson Promises Highlanders to Play at Inauguration
Governor-elect Okey L. Patteson told Pipe Sgt. Davis D. Brown of American Legion Post No. 29 that if he wins, the West Virginia Highlanders will be invited to perform at his inauguration. The group, longtime Randolph County pride, wore MacLeod plaid kilts and Scots drums as veterans of World War II.
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Associated Press
Elkins
Okey L. Patteson
Whitmer
Randolph County
H. W. Daniels
American Legion
West Virginias Highlanders
Patteson
Davis D. Brown
Highlanders
Huntington
Fairmont Drum and Bugle Corps
Cyrus S. Kump
West Virginia
Scotland
Kump
Virginia Weather Brief Shows Rain Snow and Cold
The report notes rain in Virginia with a switch to snow flurries and colder temperatures tonight. Tuesday looks cloudy and cool with highs around 60s and lows near 40s. Greenbrier and New Belpoint regions show rainfall totals near a few hundredths of an inch and mild above normal conditions fading to mud.
Court reverses insurance ruling in soldier’s payout case
Judge Ben Moore of a federal court reversed a Veterans Administration decision and awarded $1 000 life insurance to the soldier Gordon Hester Jr to his mother Mrs. Lida Belle Mansfield. The VA had given the money to his aunt Miss Lillgie Hester of Cleveland Georgia. The soldier died April 17 1946 one day before his beneficiary. the grandmother Mrs. Julia Patton Hester also lived with them in Cleveland. Mansfield attorneys were Ashworth and Sanders and C Berkley Lilly.
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Ben Moore
Veterans Administration
Lida Belle Mansfield
Charleston
Lillgie Hester
Cleveland
Gordon Hester, Jr
Julia Patton Hester
Mansfield
Ashworth and Sanders
C. Berkley Lilly
Moore
Hester
East Gulf mine sections closed over explosive gas readings
C H Mead Coal announces six sections of the East Gulf mine will be shut for about four months due to excessive explosive gas in return air ways. Superintendent W B Sweazy says workers will be reassigned to 13 other sections. no new hires needed to meet safety inspection rules.
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East Gulf
C. H. Mead Coal Company
C. E. Jones
District 29
Arch J. Altexander
State Department of Mines
W. 3B
Sweazy
Believed Crash Kills Passengers Near Scotland
A passenger plane in Argyllshire Scotland is missing or believed to have crashed with all aboard, near Succoth in the rugged mountains and lakes country. Police report feared deaths as wreckage is located and no rescue teams have reached the scene. London ministries confirm U S Air Force personnel aboard are among the missing.
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Associated Press
Dunoon
Scotland
Wildeountry
British Press Association
Iceland
Ragged Mountain
Lake Country
Argyllshire
Succoth
London
Ministry of Civil Aviation
U. S. Air Force
Willer
Pittsburg
Mildred Litsko
F. Dolan
Sae
Carole Lee Kensinger
Dolan
Dutch Spokesman Denounces U S Indonesia Plan
A Dutch spokesman in New York called the American proposal to settle Indonesia an unparalleled interference. The plan envisions a sovereign United States of Indonesia by April 3, 1950 and would expand the UN Good Offices Committee into a UN commission with authority to supervise the transfer of authority from the Netherlands to the federation.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S
United States
Indonesia
Presenti U.N. Good Offices
U. N. Commission
Netherlands
Federation
Lost Boy Found Dead After Mountain Missing
Davis West Virginia report says a 7 year old boy Robert Cart was found dead after going missing while walking from Mountain community to the Carr home. His brother Eston Carr 9 remains missing and is believed dead. The third boy John Helmick 16 was found alive but in critical condition. another patient Arthur Baldwin 15 is in grave condition after a car accident. Rescue teams search in rain near Elkins and Beckley hospital reports pneumonia and gangrene as complications.
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Davis
Robert Cart
Carr
Eston Carr
Helmick
An Elkins
John Helmick
Cet
Arthur Baldwin
Slotesbury
Beckley Hospital
L Imites
Carr Hante
Baldwin
West Virginia Police Seek Driver After Stolen Car Wreck
State Police search for the driver of a stolen car found wrecked on U S 119 near Lews Creek Mountain. The driver was believed to be badly injured in the crash. In Lebanon Virginia Deputy Derry Deel reports Coy Bert Owens and his six year old son Roger of Wardormine West Virginia were killed when their truck left U S Route 80 near here and rolled down a hill. A second son Roy Lee was not seriously hurt.
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Associated Press
Charleston
U.S. 119
Lew's Creek Mountain
Lebanon
Derry Deel
Russell
Bert Owens
Roger
Wardormine
W. Va
Here
Roy Lee
Two Men Plead Guilty in Raleigh County Court
Lancie Ray Harvey 27 formerly of Coal City pleaded guilty to grand larceny and unlawful wounding in Raleigh County Criminal Court. Judge W A Riffe set sentencing for February 3. Harvey admitted robbing Luther Jones of $300 at Jones store between Bell and Arnett and unlawfully wounding jailor R L Wooster during an attempted pane. Other cases include bad checks against Fred Schermbach and pending charges, with trial dates set for Bernvard Ruffin for armed robbery and related larceny.
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Lancie Ray Harvey
Coal City
Raleigh County
W. A. Riffe
Harvey
Luther Jones
Bell
Arnett
R. L Wooster
Are
Cal Nolan
Fred. Schermbach
Lee Seals, Sr
Ameagle
Bernvard Ruffin
Ruffin
Scalf
Raleigh Court
Wyoming
Kenland
Ieee Phate
Africa's Racial Warfare Spreads Across Durban and beyond
Reports from Durban and surrounding towns describe escalating violence between native Africans and Indian communities. Police say the unrest intensified after a native boy was killed in a dispute with an Indian peddler, with dozens dead and many Indians fleeing. Zulu King Cyprian urged restraint as mobs attacked women, looted, and burned property, while authorities prepared measures to curb the violence.
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Associated Press
Durban
Union of South Afri
Tom Brown
South Africa
Hegan
Cyprian
Other Cases Settled Today In Local Court
Cases settled include Clint Johnson bastardy Albert J Spicer maiming Adah Tyree grand larceny and Walter Wis newski grand larceny in a local court today.
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Clint Johnson
Albert J. Spicer
Adah Tyree
Walter Wisnewski
Army Tightens Marriage Rules to Curb Intermarriage
The U S Army in Frankfurt announces tighter marriage rules for German and American spouses. Enlisted men below sergeant rank must wait six months after application before ceremony, up from three. Officials cite 15,000 marks in marriages over two years and aim to protect young draftees and limit mixed marriages.
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Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
Army
Mary Frauieins
Restrieja
Deadline Tonight for 1948 Tax Estimates Extended
Washington reports a midnight deadline extension for filing 1948 estimated taxes. The extension covers farmers with income over 60 dollars and high income professionals, self employed, and higher bracket wage earners whose tax is not fully satisfied by withholdings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Trainmen Rescue 100 as California Endures Freezing Weather
Widespread storm strands hundreds in the Rocky Mountain region and southern California endures a third week of freezing temperatures. A Southern Pacific relief train rescues motorists near Lordsburg New Mexico as snow blocks highways from Duncan Arizona to Morenci. Snowdrifts up to 12 feet trap travelers while gusty winds up to 90 mph lash Mt. Wilson California and nearby towns. More than 600 families seek shelter and temperatures plunge across multiple states with frigid readings reported from New York Pittsburgh Milwaukee and Denver.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
California
Southern Wacific
Lordsburg
N. M
Duncan
Ariz
Morenci
U. S. Highway 66
Southern Pacific
Here
Rockies
Chicago and Northwestern
Casper
Wyo
Chadron
Nebr
Lusk
Jess T Han
Mt. Wilson
Pasadena
Atlantic Seaboard
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Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Grand Forks
N.D
Heton Zera
Billings
Mont
Seattfe
Denver
Dodge City
Kans
Little Rock
Ark
Atlanta
Tampa
Fla
Antonio Tex
San Diego
Education and Rent Bills Move to Top Congressional Agenda
Leaders plan a high priority program focusing on school aid and rent controls as part of an inaugural legislative drive. Senator Lucas says a working schedule will be drawn up at the White House conference with President Truman. Senator Hill forecasts Senate Labor Committee approval of a plan to distribute about 270 million to states for educational standards with Republican support anticipated.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Lucas
Ineis
White House
Truman
Hill
D-La
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
House
Washington Group to Confer on Local Airport Upgrade
A Washington, D. C. committee headed by Leonard Beach will confer with the Princeton Chamber of Commerce on steps to make the local landing field suitable for Piedmont Airlines to operate cedar planes. The group has completed preliminary work and is compiling findings.
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Washington Group
Register
PRINCETON — A_committee
Washington, D. C
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Piedmont Airlines
Leonard Beach
Truman Eyes $8 Billion Payroll Tax Plan Modernized Social Security
The Associated Press reports the administration plans a near 8 billion dollar payroll tax to fund a widened Social Security program. It would extend to health and disability insurance and improve old age benefits and unemployment payments. The plan contemplates a six percent tax split between employed workers and employers, with future increases possible as the health program expands.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Als Congress
Tramants
Fie
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