District Union Parley Sought to End Coal Strike
District United Mine Workers leaders called 110 local union officers to a meeting as idle miners reached about 10 500 in Northern West Virginia. Pickets shut Valley Camp Coal Mine at Alexander, with six miles north of Moundsville expected to halt Hitchman Coal and Coke, though that action did not materialize. Urbaniak said the actions were not a revolt against UMW President Lewis, but the miners’ will to win a new contract.
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United Mine Workers
Cecil J. Urbaniak
Renee
West Virginia
Pissersers
Valley Camp Coal Company
Alexander
Marshall County
SHINE
Ohio
Powhatan
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
Moundsville
Harry Evgerts
Hitchman
Evverts
Ohio County
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Rivesville
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UMW
John L. Lewis
State Department
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Rinaldo Cappellini
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Rue Eens Uy
John Ozanich
Robena
Greene County
Qzanish
Qur
Raobena
Ozanich
Hobena
H. C. Frick Coal Company
U. S. Steel Sail
Saar Crisis Heats as France and Germany Claim Rights
Berlin reports rising unrest over the Saar as France and West Germany contest rights to the border region. Adenauer and Schuman clash over coal privileges while Britain cautions that leasing Saar mines could affect postwar peace treaties. Soviet control ends with mass prisoner releases and transfers to East German authorities.
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Berlin
Potentis
France
West Germany
Holding
Saar
Konrad Adenauer
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Germany
London
Adenauer
Soviet Control Commission
Flood Threat Looms as Rivers Rise Across Indiana Illinois
Hundreds race to reinforce levees along the Wabash and Ohio rivers in Southern Indiana and Illinois as flood fears grow. Vincennes expects a Wabash crest near 28 feet with engineers promising to defend the city if the level stays below 30. Volunteers, including schoolchildren, help shore up flood walls while many families flee homes along multiple rivers in Illinois and along the Mississippi shows signs of record strain.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Indiana
Miinois
Vincennes
Ind
Hlinois
Wabash
Little Wabash
Holinois Tridiana
Arkansas
Engineers Prepare Flood Fight on Lower Mississippi
U S engineers issued orders in the Birds Point New Madrid floodway area Southeast Missouri to ready for evacuation and to set up headquarters and communications from Cairo 39 miles above to 142 miles below. The river crested near 35 5 feet at Cairo as work to relieve pressure continues.
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Birds Point
California
San Joaquin
Californnia
Pacific Northwest
Southland
Fress
Memphis
Tenn
U. S
Enginneers
Mississippi
Triver
Big Muddy
New Madrid
Anyarea
Cairo
L. H. Foote
Union Wants Lewis If He's 10 in Local Appeal
Logan County United Mine Workers Local 7141 urged Secretary-Treasurer John Owens to keep John L. Lewis despite age, praising his leadership as the union debates retirement rules. Cecil Elkins and John Martin signed the letter, noting 1,000 members mainly at Ethel Chilton Coal Co. and calling for Lewis to stay.
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Associated Press
Logan
Logan County
United Mine Workers
John Owens
Union Today
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ethel Chilton Coal Co
Ethel
Cecil Elkins
John Martin
West Virginia aid bill aims to boost Asia coffee industry
Rep Burnside proposes a 1 million dollar program of technical aid to Indonesia Thailand Malaya and Burma to develop coffee production in Southeast Asia. Kee supports the plan, arguing cheaper supplies and regional industrial growth will benefit West Virginia manufacturers.
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Washington Service
Washington
West Virginia
Southeast Asia
West
Brazil
Burnside
Kee
N-Wva
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Weather forecast notes cloudiness and rain across region
The extended West Virginia forecast from January 18 to 22 predicts increasing cloudiness with warmer periods and occasional rain. Temperatures will hover near normal with a mix of rain and possible rain or snow late Friday. total precipitation around a half to three quarters of an inch.
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W. Va
Beckley
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Credit curtailment hits Beckley area miners and stores
Miners in Beckley area coal communities face tighter finances as General Stores Inc cuts credit and hours. Officials say the move aims to force budgeting and a three day work week earnings. Some mines reopen after yesterday’s brief shutdowns. Fireco man Jerome Saunders jailed for alleged auto entry. hearing set.
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Beckley Area
General Stores, Inc
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
New River Company
Mount Hope
Sy Mae Ig
Beckley
Virginian Railway S
Ifirco
Jerome Saunders
Fireco
Raleigh
Otis
Saunders
Jerome
Justice of the Peace
J. P
Meadows
New Jersey women win divorces over cruelty in move from West Virginia
Elizabeth New Jersey women Mary S. New and Helen S. Sizemore won uncontested divorces on cruelty grounds after fleeing alleged abusive West Virginia homes. New claimed her husband Marvel tormented her and set her hair on fire with an iron. Sizemore said she endured a crowded ramshackle house, starvation rations, and constant abuse. Both cited wartime romance beginnings at Camp Kilmer dances outside New Brunswick.
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Associated Press
Elizabeth
N. J
New Jersey
West Virginia
Mary 5. New
New Brunswick
Superior Court
Donald H. McLean
Helen S. Sizemore
USC
Camp Kilmer
Writer Meets Hold Up Drama in Drive-In Cafe Shootout
Former naval lieutenant Arthur Drake confronted an armed intruder in his father's cafe. A hail of bullets left Debendier dead and Drake wounded, with Drake’s wife Marie noting the writer may have sought authentic material for his craft.
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Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Arthur Drake
Harland Drake
Arthur
Drake
Franklin George Debendier
Debendier
Marie
Ouster of Miner Okehed by PMW Sparks Local Dispute
Springfield report says 56 year old miner Charles Weidickauskas was fired from Laumaghi No 2 mine in Collinsville after insisting on using gas instead of coal or wood for home heating. PMW local union rules impose a two year suspension for such action. Weidickauskas appeals for repeal, citing his 20 year old son Edward who suffers rheumatic fever from coal fumes.
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Associated Press
Springfield
iProgressive Mine Workers Union
Charles Weidickauskas
Laumaghi No. 2
Col Hhinsville
Oni
Wis
PMW
Collnsville
Wardenauskaus
Edward
Baltimore Centers Enforce Pants Length Rule on Teens
Baltimore recreation centers ban tight trousers with cuffs under 17 inches, prompting protest by Mrs. M. J. Greeley who says the rule drives teens away from centers. Harald Callowhill says strict dress codes are used at some centers to curb misbehavior and that extreme dress is common in the area. The city council reviews the measure.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
M. J. Greeley
Harald
Callowhill
Recreation Bureau
Bern
Jury Deliberating Robbery Charge Against Palmer
Jurors in Criminal Court debated the robbery case against Herbert B. Palmer and co defendant Garland Akers after Judge W A Riffe charged the jury this morning. Palmer, a former Hinton police man, and Akers are accused of robbing Ray White at the Beckley Bus Terminal following October drinking affairs. Akers trial is set for January 24.
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On &Y
W. A. Riffe
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Palmer
Hinton
Garland Akers
Berkley
Pagel
Ray White
Fayetteville
Beckley
Prince Street
Akers
White
Paluier
R. J. Thomas
Lucian D. Rutledge Jr
Neville Street
Justge Riffe
Land
Four Men Injured At Sketton Rail Crossing Crash
A railroad engine struck a Ford truck at Sketton crossing injuring four men. Hubert Redden 66 and his son Robert Redden about 25, both of Table Rock, suffered facial and body lacerations and were treated at Beckley Hospital. Two other Beckley men also injured received minor injuries and were discharged.
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Sketton Crossing
Hubert Redden
Robert Redden
Table Rock
Beckley Hospital
Beckely
Raiso
Ex Governor Allen Jauccumubs Dies in Kansas at 81
Ex governor and former U S senator Henry J Allen aged 81 died shortly after 6 a m in Wichita Kansas after weeks of illness. A leading party orator in his prime he remained less active in recent decades and served as editor and publisher in Kansas for 50 years. He chaired the Wichita Beacon board at his death.
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Allen Jauccumubs
Kansas
Associated Press
Wicheta
Kas
Kenry J. al- Yen
United States
Pavernor
Allen
Wichita Beacon
Ouster Pleas Rise From Two Counties Over School Board
Doddridge County officials seek removal of Alton Childers and five board members over alleged misused funds for a community cannery and lunch program. Webster County Judge Fisher will rule on ouster petitions against McCourt and Gregory while hearing others. Wysong calls charges political as bus mechanics testify on emergency parts supplied by McCourt Rotor Co.
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Associated Press
West Union—County
Alton Childers
Jax Deberry
Childers
S. A. Powell
P. M. Ireland
Doddridge County
Webster Springs
Jake Fisher
Webster County
W. L. McCourt
Raleigh Gregory
Fisher
Ine
Hugh
Racial prejudice cited in murder verdict
Supreme Court briefs for Mavitene Dean argue race influenced the first degree murder conviction and death sentence. Dean, a 28 year old Negro woman, shot Mack Nixon at a Logan County home on November 8, 1948, while she lived and worked there. A juror allegedly said the verdict came because she was a Negro, overheard by two men, Clifford Barns and Parker Simpson.
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Ane
Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Mavitene Dean
Togan County
Mack Nixon
Logan County
John McLaughlin
Clifford Barns
Parker Simpson
Bridge of ice saves cars stranded on Winnebago floe
Oshkosh Wis Hundreds of automobiles were marooned on a large ice floe on Lake Winnebago after a break in the ice. A solid ice “bridge” from the shore near Chilton allowed drivers to move their cars in convoys to land under state guidance. Police report most vehicles were brought in. a large group further south also reached shore.
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Assoclaieg
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Chilton
Oshkosh
Conservation Department
Fond Cu Lac
Movie Star Chooses Faith Over Hollywood
Colleen Townsend, 21, says she will quit film work to serve Christ. She plans theological study and possibly missionary work or Christian education after her contract ends next month. Townsend, soon to star with Dan Dalley in a feature, emphasizes serving through motion pictures as a possibility but commits to following the Lord.
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Associated Press
Nollywood
Hollywood
Colleen Townsend
Christ
Tean
Miss Townsend
Dan Dalley
Chris
Hollywood Presbyteriand Claireh
Colleen
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