Japanese ‘Sun Goddess’ Jailed Over God Claim
Kanazawa police arrested 44 year old Jiko later Yoshiko Nagaoka and followers after psychiatrists classified them mentally unbalanced religiously paranoid. Futabayama 45 battered officers during arrest and was jailed along with Jiko. Police say Jiko claims divinity and unity with Emperor Hirohito while demanding worship and teaching Japanese superiority.
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Associated Press
Kanazawa
Japan
Jiko
MacArthur
Futabayma
Futabayama
Ikeda
Okayama Prefecture
Yoshiko Nagaoka
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
Taber Seeks Immediate Action to Balance Federal Budget
Rep. Taber vows to balance the budget this year by cutting down unspent 1947 appropriations, reviewing 1948 plans, and scrapping excess personnel across O P A Commerce and Navy. He cites large potential reductions and overstaffing as key steps toward a balanced year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taber
R-N.y
House Appropriations
Senate
House
Street Scene Boy Clarity in Boxing Night Crowd
A street scene recounts a young spectator during a Golden Gloves bout asking, Which one is Charley after loudly rooting for the contest. The incident captures the lively crowd energy surrounding early 20th century boxing matches.
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Charley
Ian
Pickets Fail To Defer Trumans At National Theater
Eight pickets failed to stop the Truman family from attending Blossom Time at the National Theater. The protest by the Committee for Racial Democracy in the Nation's Capital said the White House and secret service attempted an end run around the group. The Trumans entered through the main door and sat unobtrusively as the show began, returning to the White House after the performance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
National Theater
Committee For Racial Democracy
Charles Ross
Secret Service
United States
Margaret
Trumans
White House
Piblic
Neville
Senate Labor Committee Opens Hearings on Labor Law Reforms
Senate Labor Committee begins five weeks of hearings on broad labor questions not about striking in essential services. No Senate bill yet to outlaw strikes in public utilities. House members push compulsory arbitration or government seizure. Five main Senate proposals include a federal mediation board with strike delay and union reporting, a labor field study commission, a Morse plan to replace the Conciliation Service, a ban on closed shops, and industry wide bargaining protections. The panel splits between cautious Senator Murray and advocate Senator Ball with Secretary Schwellenbach and Morse observing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Lie
Senate Committee
James Murray
D.mont
Joseph Ball
R.-Minn
Murray
Congress
Ball
Labor
Schwellenbach
David A. Morse
Ferguson CR
Mich
Ball-Taft-Smith
Morse
R.-Ore
U.S. Conciliation Service
Rejplace 1
Labor Department
Ball-Taft- Smith
Budget survey trip by House committee to state colleges
A four member House Finance Committee group led by Julian Hansbarger travels to Glenville Fairmont State College WVU and West Liberty to examine college budgetary needs and building needs. The delegation includes William File J C Powell and Clovis M. Wright as they press for informed budget decisions. The mission expands as other panels tour prisons and reformatories with timing uncertain for legislative sessions and possible weekend adjournments.
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Charleston
William H. File
Raleigh
Julian C. Hansbarger
D-Mcdowell
House Finance Committee
Glenville
Fairmont State Colleges
West Virginia University
West Liberty
Wheeling
J. C. Powell
Rpleasants
Clovis
R-Wood
Marshall College
Hansbarger
House Committee On Penal and Correctional Institutions
Finance
Senate
Clarksburg
Salem
Pruntytown
House
Arnold Vickers
Thompson Appoints Acting Governor Recognition
M. E. Thompson announced he had been recognized as acting governor of Georgia by Fulton National Bank which cashed a $50 executive postage check drawn since he took office. The $50 check drew from about $97,000 turned over to Thompson by retiring governor Ellis Arnall, while Herman Talmadge pressed for funds oversight.
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State Capitol
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
JE. “Thompson
George Wilson
Talmadge
Thompson
Associated Press
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
Fulton National Bank of Atlanta
Phil Landrum
Ellis Arnall
Herman ‘Almadge
Georgia General Assembly
Yee
Thonmipson
Lilly's Wife Testifies In Local Murder Trial
Lilly and his wife reveal threats by her father J. Bradford dating to 1939. She describes sexual abuse by her father starting at age 10 and continuing until marriage in 1943. The defense contends Bradford was killed in self defense. Lilly claims he feared a gun and shot first.
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Lilly
Kay Clowney Lilly
Odd
J. W. Bradford
Bradford
Noa
Cess
Anthony Sparatino
Reform School
Company D
Beckley
Cunningham
Hinton
Raleigh Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Charles C
Madton
Scott
Fred Lilly
Raleigh County delegates vote to send bill back to committee
Raleigh's three Democratic delegates joined in a 47 to 45 vote to refer a constitutional itemization proposal to the Taxation and Finance Committee. The measure, Ballard's amendment, seeks that the budget director itemize appropriations in the state budget.
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Raleigh County
Bill
Register
Charleston
Raleigh
Committee On Taxation and Finance
Robert Byrd
Crab Orchard
Sherman Ballard
Monroe County
Byrd
Julian C. Hansbarger
McDowell County
Taxation and Finance Committee
File
Hansbarger
Ballaberd
Senate
House
Ballard
Veterans urged state bonus in present emergency
E. E. McMurray of the West Virginia VFW told Memorial Building members that veterans who served in fox holes and at sea deserve a state bonus. He said the measure, backing by the VFW, would apply to all veterans and be voted on by referendum in 1948. Details to be released by Charleston officials in days.
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San Francisco
Lodi
Pat Coon
Alice Dean
Devine
Here
E. E. McMurray
Department of West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.faw
V.F.W
Veterans Organization
McMurray
West Virginia
Treasury
Charleston
McMucray
Laraine Day Heads To Work As Durochers Seek Quiet
Laraine Day begins work on a new motion picture while Leo Durocher prepares to depart for Florida Cuba and the Dodgers training camp. Day had just obtained a California divorce from J Ray Hendricks and faced a show cause hearing to determine if that decree should be set aside. The judge noted California law may bar cohabitation for 12 months even if the interlocutory decree remains valid.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Laraine Day
Leo Durocher
Florida
Cuba
Brooklyn Dodgers
Miss Day
California
Durocher
Brooklyn Baseball Club
George A. Dockweiler
J. Ray Hendricks
Dockweiler
State Department Probe Favored by House Committee
Republicans on the House Committee on Un American Activities discussed using the State Department as a starting point to root out Communists in government. Chairman J Parnell Thomas signaled first business would be something else, with a potential reshaping under a new secretary and the indictment of Aldo Marzani prompting scrutiny of 3,000 transferred employees.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
State Department
J. Parnell Thomas
R-N.j
Thomas
George ‘C. Marshall
Aldo Marzani
Marzani
Department
Office of Strategic Services
Showdown Likely on Soviet Stand to Small Nations
London reports a likely clash as Australia and allies press for full participation by smaller nations in drafting German and Austrian peace treaties. Col Hodgson may refuse to present views without equal voice. Gousey of Russia opposes. Eighteen nations invited. US France Britain willing to include smaller nations in all talks.
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Associated Press
London
Australia
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
Deputies Council
Col
W. R. Hodgson
Brazil
Canada
Feodor T. Gousey
Russia
United States
France
Britain
Gousev
Moscow
Rental Parley Planned Here
A January 28 conference in Beckley gathers veterans housing experts builders realtors financing institutions and material dealers to explore new and remodeled rental housing for ex servicemen. FHA Charleston staff discuss rapid rental unit expansion under National Housing Agency program while local builders favor owner occupied homes citing limited veteran demand for rentals and noting FHA financed sale homes with rents similar to purchases.
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Beckley
Federal Housing Administration
Charleston
National Housing Agency
Washington
Lacy Trump
F. Cook
Homeseekers Land and Building Company
Trump
RONS Chapter Adopts By-Laws in Beckley
Reserve Officers of the Naval Services in Beckley adopt a constitution and by-laws for a local chapter. They plan a February 1 meeting to elect officers and to contact naval coast guard and marine reserve officers in the Beckley area. Members signaled to join include Darrel Lowe Herbert Ash Dennis J Leary N Joe Rahall J W Walters Hulett C Smith Charles Ross Jr Rabert Shirey Thomas F Stafford and W K Boyle.
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Naval Services
American Region Club
Naval
Coast Guard
Marine Reserve
Beckley
Darrel Lowe
Herbert Ash
Dennis J Leary
N. Joe Rahall
J. W. Walters
Hulett C. Smith
Charles Ross, Jr
Rabret Shirey
Thomas F. Stafford
W. K. Boyle
Weather outlook for West Virginia with warmer trend
Increasing cloudiness and warmer today across West Virginia. Tonight remains cloudy and not as cold. Friday brings further cloudiness and warmer temperatures. Beckley yesterday’s high and last night’s low are noted with today’s noon reading around 40. Trace precipitation reported in the past 24 hours ending at noon.
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West Virginia
Beckley
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Vickers
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Hansburger
Calif
Alice Dean Devine
Earl Shelton
Shelton
John Edward Coon
Alice Dean Toj
Tittle
Alica Dean
California State Patrol
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Millard L. Fore
M. W. Lincecum
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Giles
VFW
Leo
Rons Chapter
Mountaineer Insurance Agency. Inc
Ratetech Cutaty Evite Buidling Theatre
Hod Mibalows
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