Major distributors sue WV theaters over alleged false box office reports
Seven film distributors filed civil suits in Southern District Court claiming Southern West Virginia theaters reported lower gross admissions than actual to set future film charges. Defendants include J C Newbold and E L Keesling and multiple theater assets across Bramwell Charleston Min ton Northfork Oak Hill Omar Ronceverte Sophia Spencer Mount Hope Holden War Pocahontas and Stone. Cases also target Lloyd E Rogers and Mannie Shore with consolidated suits. trials not expected this term.
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Associated Press
Ricefield
West Virginia
J. C. Newbold
E. L. Keesling
Brainwell
U. S
Columbia Pictures Corp
Lowe's
Treorrec
Ben Moore
February LO
Bramwell
Charleston
Lyric
Minton
Masonic
Palace
Stone
Lloyd E. Rogers
Welch
Man
Davy
Elbert
Mannie ‘Shore
of War
Imovie
War
Holden
Rogers and Shore
Rogers and
Shore
Moore
Newbold and
Kessling
Allies Say West Germans Ignore Domestic Affairs
Frankfurt reports allied officials express concern that West Germany neglects domestic problems to focus on international issues. The Saar Valley dispute with France dominates, while Bonn delays addressing dismantling and Ruhr industrial concerns, drawing domestic criticism from both government and opposition as occupation authorities note.
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Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
Uiesh
Bonn
Saar Valley
Saar
Thhe Vailley
Adenauer
Ruhr
Liquor Taxes Distributed To Cities In State
Charleston reports 225,562.31 dollars in liquor tax distributions mailed to cities and towns by state treasury officials. The funds cover October through December of last year, with Charleston receiving the largest share and Burnsville the smallest. Other towns and cities listed include Beckley Bluefield Hinton Lewisburg Montgomery Mount Hope Oak Hill Princeton Tonce Verte Welch. Natural Love Faces divorce suit in Savannah as Mattie Love claims desertion.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Liquor Control Commission
Treasury
VIE
Burnsville
Braxton
Beckley
Bluefield
Hinton
Lewisburg
Montgomery
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Princeton
Tonceverte
Welch
Weather rundown for Virginia and extended outlook
Mostly sunny and cold today with subfreezing nights. North and south portions dip to five to fifteen below zero at times. Saturday remains fair and cold with possible rain or snow late weekend and again Tuesday. Temperatures run four to six degrees below normal. mild Saturday night and Sunday then colder midweek.
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W. Ya
Beckley
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Glade Creek
Appalachian May Spend 29 Million on New Construction
Charleston reports Appalachian Electric Power Company plans 29 million dollars in construction during 1950. A J Rose of New York testified at a Public Service Commission hearing on the company’s stock issuance petition. The firm seeks to amend its charter to authorize 16 million shares of preferred stock and to issue 6.5 million common shares to its parent American Gas and Electric for 18 thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Appalachian Electric Power Companys
Public Service Commission
A. J. Rose
New York City
Appalachian
Rose
American Gas and Electric Company
Ouster of Denfeld On Lunch Agenda at Pentagon
Senators in a new row over the ouster of Admiral Denfeld were invited to the Pentagon by Secretary of Defense Johnson. The meeting aims to present new facts about Denfeld's removal as chief of naval operations, amid bipartisan tensions and McCarthy's criticism of Defense Department policies. Denfeld announced his retirement after 40 years in the Navy following public criticism of defense leadership.
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Associated Press
Washington
Adin
Louis E. Denfeld
Pentagon
Defense Johnson
Senate Armed iServices Committee
Johnson
Danfeld
Naval Operations
McCarthy
R-Wis
Defense Department
Denfeld
Navy
Defense Chiefs
U S May Break Relations With Bulgaria Today
A Bulgarian demand for recall of the U S minister to Bulgaria pushed relations toward a break. Washington reports say formal severance could come today as Bulgaria asserts no jurisdiction for the International Court and U S backing for charges against Bulgaria over Greece w ar efforts and human rights violations.
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Associated Press
Washington
United Sates
Bulgaria
U. S
Donald R. Heath
State Department
Peter Voutov
Heath
Balkan
Sofia
United Nations
Greece
United States
Britain
Romania
Hungary
International Court of Justice
the Hague
Vlaqlimir Poplomov
Wal
International Court
Compromise on Draft Seen as Possibility
Washington lawmakers and defense leaders signal a possible compromise on a draft version as hearings begin on extending the 1948 Selective Service Act. The existing law expires in June and Defense Secretary Johnson calls the draft pivotal in stopping communism in Europe and maintaining peace.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Defense Department
House L Armed Services Committee
Truman
Vinson
D-Ga
Defense
Johnson
Europe
Aid-for-Korea Bill Beaten in House Vote
Republicans backed by one American Labor Party member defeated the aid for Korea bill by 193 to 191, scattering a $60 million request to support a $120 million program for South Korea’s economy amid Cold War tensions. The vote split along party lines, signaling concern with the State Department’s policy in the Far East.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Republican
Senate
Korea
State Department
Far East
Wife files divorce over desertion after nudist camp trip
Mrs. William J. Nickerson obtained a divorce in Jersey City on grounds of desertion. She testified her husband left for a weekend at a nudist camp two and a half years ago and never returned home.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
NX. J
William J. Nickerson
Lawmakers debate extending peacetime draft to June 1953
A bill would extend the set to June 1953 with a skeleton draft and kept draft machinery alive only for emergencies. Defense Johnson and State Acheson back the move, while opposition grows in the House committee and an election-minded Congress is wary of a peacetime draft.
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Pentagon
Johnson
Military Department
Thhey
Acheson
Trouse
Congress
Cleo the crocodile undergoes unusual operation at zoo
At Cincinnati Zoo Cleopatra a 600 pound Nile crocodile underwent a rare operation to remove six pop bottles 38 racks and other objects swallowed weeks earlier zoo staff feared digestion was impossible. Six strong handlers restrained the reptile on the operating table as anesthesia left her lethargic after the procedure.
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Associated
Fress
Cincinnati
Cleopatra
Cincinnati Zoo
Cleo
West Virginia Briefs Highlight Local Trials and Deaths
West Virginia notes report two former West Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal Company workers held for grand jury action over damaged fuel lines and oil spill. Charleston observes deaths of Garnet High principal J F Clark and attorney Harry R Cronin. Veterans Affairs claims $491623 in federal benefits for veterans. Dr Joseph Rosier’s 80th birthday marked by Fairmont Rotary. Huntington cites highway safety remarks by Emmett J Bush. Federal agencies planted 473 acres of trees in WV lands. Okey McCune’s murder trial set for February 6 in Roane County.
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Wellsburg
West Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Charles Fro
William Fillinger
Charleston
West Virginia
Conservation Commission
Spencer
Okey M. McCune
Lewis H. Miller
McCune
Tressa
Kyeer
Roane County
Drafton Pleads To Manslaughter In Court Plea
Sylvester Drafton, indicted for murder, pleaded guilty in Criminal Court to involuntary manslaughter. Judge W A Riffe accepted the plea and set a new sentencing date for February. Drafton was allowed to state his bond terms. In other court action James Meadows, charged with attempt to kill, agreed to a no contest plea to assault and battery, fined 25 dollars costs, six months in jail, suspended on two years probation. Sanford, Mexcess, and Caldwell faced related charges with guilty or guilty-plea outcomes and fines. Anne Hall led a jury verdict related to non-support charges.
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Sylvester Drafton
Grand Jy
W A. Riffe
Drafton
Statton
James Meadows
Probanca
Sanford
Mexcess
Caldwell
Hall
Af Pember
Yeserd
Anne
Vor
Vate
Jesse Ann Hail
Coal Tonnage Estimate Shows 7.424 Million Tons Week Ended Jan 14
National Coal Association data show palmarous production at 7,424,000 tons for the week ended January 14, with the prior week at 5,630,060 tons. For the comparable 1949 period, production was 1,775,000 tons. Early 1950 output limited by a three day work week.
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Hy Tre Tsociated
Washington
National Con Agsaiation Today
Scouts Lease Major Bluestone Tract Near New River
Appalachian Council of Boy Scouts has leased two tracts totaling 583.93 acres in the Bluestone Reservoir area from Wieconneil for 20 years. Scout executive Gus F. Walker announced the lease and plans to develop the site for camping for all troops in the council with Stapley Hawkins and S. Austin Caperton overseeing the camp development. The site lies about 1 1/8 miles from the dam and will feature 1.5 miles of water frontage and eight times the camping area of Camp Wilderness.
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Bluestone Reservoir
Appalachian Council of Boys Scouts
Gus F. Walker
New River
Wieconneil
War Department
Stapley Hawkins
New York City
National Staff of
Boy Scouts
S. Austin Caperton
Walker
House Rules Vote Set Late Today
Washington reports a split House battle over rules aims after a 193 to 191 defeat of Truman backed economic aid for Korea. A late session vote planned between 3 and 4 p.m. would decide whether to restore the old rules committee powers or keep the present 21 day delaying rule. A Southern Democrat Republican coalition would gain control if the change passes, Truman contends he is fighting to prevent it.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Korea
Rites Committee
Truman
Trueman
Work Rally Becomes Movement of Strike
A back-to-work meeting in Monongah turned into a strike rally as about 1,500 miners debated next steps. UMW District President Cecil J. Urbaniak indicated support for continuing the walkout by a two-to-one margin, with no call to return to work. Leaders urged staying out until a contract is achieved. More than 12,000 miners in the Northern West Virginia field remained idle as the dispute with coal owners persisted following John L. Lewis’s guidance to return if possible.
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Taft CR
Ohio
Miners’ Welfare Fund
SMW
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
UMW
Truman
Kennedy
New York
UMW Welfare Fund
Indiana
Maine
Southern
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
West Virginia
Francis
Sunmer
Lewis
Lewis Dee
North and West and Steel Company
Associated Press
United Mine Workers District
Cecil J. Urbaniak
Jie
Urbiniak
Fle
Wis
Wieron
Jay Seridich
Grant Yawn
Pennsylvania
Norhhern West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Suit Seeks Car Wreck Damages
Two $600 damage suits filed in Circuit Court this morning. Nena Y. Ross sues Melvin Danbury over a Jan 14 1949 collision on City Avenue involving Ross’s sedan driven by Paul Kaskova and Danbury’s pickup. Fetter sues Andio Mastipotitio for a Oct 23 1949 crash on Prince Street near North Oakwood Avenue, involving Fetter’s vehicle and Mastipotitio’s pickup.
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Nena Y. Ross
Melvin Danbury
City Avenue
Ross
Paul Kaskova
Aruck
Danbury
Fetter
Andio Mastipotitio
Prince Street
Oakwood Avenue
Aack
Mastipotitio
Logan Miner Die In River Crash Near Rumduneton
Logan Goodman 23, a miner from Robinette, drowned when an automobile with two companions plunged into the Guyana River six miles east of here early today. Driver William Cowen 30 of Sterling and passenger Tome Miller 25 of Robinette escaped unharmed, while Goodman was identified by Trooper J. E. Weinman of the state police.
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Logan Miner
Associated Press
Logan
James Goodman
Robinette
Guyana
Gigan
Rum Dunetion
William Thomas Cowen
Sterling
J. E. Weinman
State Police
Tome “Miller
Robinelte
Gas Line Explosion Soon Under Control
CALDWELL O The Big Inch gas pipe exploded near Caldwell early today with a roar heard miles away shooting flames as high as 300 feet. No injuries reported. The blast destroyed one unoccupied farmhouse and barn and threatened three other dwellings. State patrol says flames were under control after about two and a half hours. Pipeline workers shut valves. gas between them exhausted in about an hour. The pipeline serves natural gas from the Venus fields to the Midwest and East.
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Associated Press
Caldwell
State Highway Patrol
Hydrogen Bomb Safest in U S Hands Says Senator
Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah argues the United States should be first to build a hydrogen bomb if others do so. He states it is morally wrong to pursue such weapons and insists maintaining the bomb’s control in U S hands is safest for global security amid wartime secrecy and debate within Congress and the Truman administration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Thomas
Foreign Relations Committee
Burgeeae
Truman
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Harry R Cronin
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West Virginia Motor Truck Association
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