Education Bill May Delay Labor Law Change
Education and science bills move forward in the Senate as Taft Hartley repeal hearings may be postponed. The education bill would grant about 300,000 a year per state to fund salaries and operations. A national science foundation would oversee research grants and loans.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
National Science Foundation
Thomas’ Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
Organized Labor
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Thel
Hill
MecMahon
D-Conn
Truman Signs Off On Pay Hikes. Inaugural Week Extended
The new Congress moved quickly with two bills reaching President Truman. One boosts pay for the President, Vice President, and Speaker. The other creates a four day inauguration week allowance for federal workers in the Washington area. Rayburn’s salary rises from 20,000 to 30,000 with a higher tax free expense, and Barkley’s pay and allowances mirror Rayburn’s.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Washington Area
Speaker Rayburn
D-Tex
Rayburn
Barkley
Soldier Admits Passing Bogus Checks in Area
Tennessee soldier Felmont Godsey pleaded guilty in Raleigh County Criminal Court to four counts of passing bad checks. Judge W A Riffe to pronounce sentence February 3. Godsey said he was on a pass from an army camp when arrested. Local attorneys assigned. other cases remanded for magistrates and related guilty pleas noted.
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Tennessee
Raleigh County Criminal Court
W. A. Riffe
Felmont Godsey
Riffe
Adah Tyree
Albert J. Speier
City Oil
Luther McKinney
Garland Buchanan
Robert W. Fox
Elmer Roberts
Highway Fatality in Raleigh County Injures Local Driver
Raleigh County records a third highway fatality after Arthur Baldwin Stotesbury, a Negro man, died at Becksley hospital from injuries from a car plunge over an embankment Sunday night. State Police investigate with few details. the wreck occurred between Stolesbury and Tams.
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Raleigh County
Arthur Baldwin Stotesbury
Becksley Hospital
Stolesbury
Tams
Rhodell Man Faces Fire Charge and Jail Time
Rhodell resident Junior Lee faced warrants over a weekend arrest for alleged arson threats against the mayor's office. He reportedly set a desk on fire but was not successful, and he received fines for profanity drunkenness and assault on Chief Henry Cornell. He is held in jail in default of a $1,000 bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Junior Lee
Rhodell
Sweoving
Wee Gren
Sam Lilly
J. P. Meadows
Henry Cornell
Cornell
Lee
Weather forecast for Virginia and Beckley area
Cloudy with mild temperatures and occasional rain today and tonight. Rain Wednesday then colder with rain turning to snow at night. Official readings show slight humidity and rainfall at Beckley Greenbrier Oak Hill Glade Creek with last night and this morning measurements.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Four Die in Fire in Windber Pennsylvania Family Tragedy
A Windber family of seven lost four members in a blaze that destroyed their one room home. An 18 month old survived while two others suffered serious injuries. The parents Lawrence Snyder and Anna Ross Snyder perished along with daughters Gertrude, Nancy Janet and Charlotte. An infant and a few relatives were injured or missing.
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Windber
Carnbrook
Semin Jerset
Lawrence Snyder
Slfer
Gertrude
Eeee
Anna Ross Snyder
Veeeteertee
Nancy Janet
Elizaveeeeees
Charlotte
Inaugural Festivities Delayed By Tragedy and War Plans
The article recalls Roosevelt's 1945 death and Truman's oath after World War II upheaval. It notes the absence of an inaugural address during Roosevelt's final days and frames Truman's upcoming term around a pledge to durable peace and international cooperation.
Truman Thursday Speech May Relate U S Foreign Policies
President Truman celebrates inauguration week in Washington with a foreign policy themed address expected to outline national aims. Congress raised his salary to 100000 dollars and expanded expense allowances before the Thursday oath at the Capitol and a series of gala events.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harry Truman
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Congress
Truman-Barkley Club
Democratic Party
Lovernor
Missouri
Capitol
Poultry Disease Prevention Urged By WVU Expert
WVU poultry disease expert Ted R. Hash urged focus on prevention over control at the Raleigh County Poultry School. He advised restricting visitor access, immunization against Newcastle disease, and cited pullorum, coccidiosis, and fowl pox as concerns. He noted blood tests for adults, sulfa drugs for coccidiosis, vaccination for fowl pox, and highlighted Fayette County poultry yields as higher than state average.
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Ted R. Hash Specialist
West Virginia University
Raleigh County Poultry School
Circuit Court Room
Fayette County
Paving on Adkins Street Protested by Residents
Residents on Adkins Street protested to Mayor G C Hedrick that the street is not properly paved. The street is part of about 20 city streets to be paved under a new program and property owners, assessed for the cost, refuse to pay liens due to the poor workmanship.
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Adkins Street
G. C. Hedrick
Ponzi Dies in Rio After Long Fraud Career
Charles Ponzi, the Italian whose 1920s financial swindle rocked the United States, died in a Rio de Janeiro hospital charity ward. Once famed for promises of 50 percent in 45 days, Ponzi paid some investors before authorities closed his offices and jailed him. He faced deportation after serving prison terms and a long flight from law, leaving behind his wife Rose as he sailed toward an uncertain fate.
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North China Crisis Looms as Embassies Expect Notify
Dispatches report Nationalist forces retreating from north of the Yangtze toward Nanking while embassies anticipate government dispatch to safer locations. Foreign offices say Nanking remains capital while safety assurances are issued and foreigners may stay. Belpi fortress anticipated to fall as Red Army tightens its grip.
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Yangtze
West Virginian Among Airmen in Scottish Plane Crash
Three fresh search parties began at dawn to recover bodies from a Superfortress crash in Scottish mountains. All 20 aboard feared lost. some believed to have parachuted. Aircraft en route to Smoky Hill Field from Salina, Kansas, crashed near Strachur northwest of Greenock. eleven bodies recovered by nightfall with no survivors indicated.
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Charles W. Ross
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Greenock
West Va Pilot Yeager Reveals Faster Than Sound Flights
Captain Chuck Yeager describes 25 to 30 rocket plane flights in the Bell X-1 at Muroc. He details a one minute forty second takeoff from 0 to 25,000 feet and notes the plane’s speed gains, engine data, and personal life including wife Glamorous Glennis and three children.
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Los Angeles
Charles Eo
Chuck) Yeager
Myra
W. Va
Thaitleen
Muroc Air Force Base
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Yeager
Earth
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Muroc
Patteson sworn in as West Virginia governor in indoor ceremony
Governor Okey L. Patteson assumed office in a rain soaked indoors ceremony with about 2,000 in attendance in Charleston. He vowed to carry out the Democratic platform, support a balanced budget, and seek guidance from others and from God. The event included Board of Public Works members and two re-elected Supreme Court judges. The Legislature will reconvene tomorrow with plans to recess for President Truman's inauguration in Washington.
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Mount Hope
West Virginia
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Meadows
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Iira J. Pautlow
Edgar B.sims
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My Laughtin
Frank C. Slaymond
Patleson
Fire Boss Ruling Shuts In On Gassy Mines
State mine inspectors order new fire boss rules for gassy mines as Raleigh County locals strike and crews at Cranberry Stotesbury and Eccles No 5 8 idle. Arch J. Alexander says comply immediately while union safety committees push for immediate effect amid protests.
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Raleigh County
Selunit
Ofaamar
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New River Company
Stotesbury
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eccles No
Arch J. Alexander
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United Mine Workers Safety Committees
George J. Titler
District 29
Alexander
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Mines Department
C. E. Jones
UMW
Raleigh
Fayette
McDowell
Dorsey Change of Appearance Date Sparks AFA Contact
Dorsey altered his appearance date for a February 45 engagement at the recreation building. The AFA had approved a February 6 substitution but the change was not approved. Beckley’s Air Force Association considered the new date and plans to contact Dorsey for clarification.
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Beckley
Air Force’ Association
Ning
Tex Beneke
Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey
AFA
Dorsey
Troy Nichols Held In Boone County
Troy Nichols wanted in Raleigh County on a charge of breaking and entering a New River Company store last summer is in the custody of the Boone County sheriff. He has been at large for several months. Deputy Sheriff Glenn Kennedy and O. A. Zingerman are expected to return with him tonight, Sheriff Okey Mills stated.
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River Company
Boone County
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