Senate Considers McCarthy Bill On Union Security
The Senate Labor Committee opened hearings on a McCarthy crafted bill to study and propose changes to union security. It would treat closed shop and union shop rules differently from existing bargaining, and would allow plant elections to decide their fate under NLBR oversight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
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U.S
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Ohio
Congress
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National Labor Relations Board
May Returns to Washington to Face War Conspiracy Trial
Andrew J. May former chairman of the House Military Committee arrived in Washington from Prestonsburg Kentucky to answer charges of using influence in a wartime piracy scheme to defraud the government. He went to Alexandria Virginia with his lawyers for an arraignment and bond arrangements.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
May
Prestonsburg
Alexandria
Robert
Dr. K. M. Jarrell Dies at 65 in Raleigh County Home
Dr. K M Jarrell a longtime Raleigh County leader in medicine politics and business died at his North Kanawha home at 8 45 am after a heart condition and a cerebral hemorrhage. Family said he had been ill for years and worsened recently. He was born at Dorothy Raleigh County and active in Beckley civic life for 30 years. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Clarence W. Meadows
Raleigh County
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Kanawha
Jarrell
Keyser__Funeral Home
Beckley
Dorothy
Lilly Testifies In Trial For His Life
Ray Lilly 31 admitted fatally shooting his father in law J W Bradford in a murder case that could end with death penalty or life imprisonment. He described a confrontation over allegations of sexual abuse and a planned family talk as Bradford approached with a weapon.
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Odd
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Clarice Bradford Lilly
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Clarice
Ray
Street Scene On Main Street Fur Coat Catches Attention
A young woman walks up Main Street with a pocketbook and weekend bag while a price tag dangles from her fur coat sleeve. In Mullens a patrolman notes an empty whiskey bottle in a late model Dodge parked at an angle on Moran Avenue.
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Mullens
Moran Avenue
Senate Passes Two Bills as House Delays Recess
In Charleston the State Senate approved two minor measures and adjourned for a long weekend after a 15 minute session. A donor library fund bill and a circuit term change for the 24th and 2nd Circuits passed, while other terms await House action. A joint committee studies sheriff fees and salary shifts for digested feeding costs.
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State Senate
House
Senate
Wayne
Minigo
Marshall
Wetzel
Tyler
Russia defends big nations stake in peace talks
In London the Soviet deputy F T Gusev rejected small nations demand for equal say in drafting German and Austrian peace terms. Hodgson led the push for broader participation while French British and American deputies showed some openness but no decision was reached. Smaller nations remain invited but not guaranteed a seat at the table.
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London
Russia
Feodor T. Gusev
Australia
Moscow
Gousev
W. R. Hodgson
Italy
Gusev
Hodgson
Paris Rene
Erskine Rich
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Farley Hill School
Board reinstates Richmond at Farley Hill school
The Board of Education last Saturday reinstated Richmond after finding the district failed to give him the 10 day notice before dismissal on January 6 for incompetency and wilful neglect. Mrs Law will teach under emergency certificate the third through fifth grades, Mildred Price becomes principal and teaches first through third grades, while two one room schools Tom Meadows and Hotchkiss remain closed for lack of teachers.
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Beaver
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Hotchkiss
Deck
West Virginia Labor Unions Form Cooperative Legislative Council
State labor groups in West Virginia unite to form a Cooperative Legislative Council to push labor friendly measures. The body includes AFL CIO United Mine Workers and UCW affiliates and will analyze bills, promote favorable acts, oppose anti labor measures, and report voting records after adjournment.
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West Virginia
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Organized Labor
AFL
United Mine Workers District
Council
Board of Governors
Volney Andrews
State Federation of Labor, Titler
J. C. Lewis
James Leeber
Beckley
District 20
Luke Brett
United Construction Workers
Sidney C. Box
Hobart Calloway
UCW
Lego Man Held On Theft Charge
D. C. Hooper of Lego is jailed in Raleigh County awaiting preliminary hearing on breaking and entering charges at W. H. Caldwell home in Odd. Magistrate L K Cole in Rhodell said Hooper also faces a non‑support warrant. Evidence lists missing items including a shoulder of beef and a side of meat valued at 60 dollars a rifle worth 130 dollars a shotgun valued at 25 dollars and 5 dollars of home-grown chewing tobacco. No trace found at Hooper's Lego home.
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Nine year old Sally Darnall opposes West Virginia name change
In a letter to Governor Meadows nine year old Sally Darnall declares she will resist any plan to rename the state. She cites Daniel Boone and Ann Bailey and warns Virginians against dropping West Virginia to East Virginia. The governor replies expressing no support for the change and hopes to meet Sally, praising her frankness and affirming West Virginia as the state’s rich heritage.
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Sally Sb. Darnall
West Vireginia
Clarence W. Meadows
House of Delegates
Little Miss
Daniel Boone
Ann Bailey
West Virginia
Virginia
East Virginia
Meadows
Sally
Ana
Bus Driver and Stork Race To Lincoln Hospital
In New York a bus driver raced a stork to Lincoln Hospital delivering Mrs. Glenda Gumba a healthy boy. The couple fled their Bronx home on a bus urging speed as the stork closed in. An interne met them with the newborn aboard a stretcher.
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Associated Press
New York
Glenda Gumba
Lincoln Hospital
James Young
Book blasts Navy High Command in anti Admiral probe
House Expenditures Committee to probe free distribution of The Caen Anaint tha Admirale among members of Congress. Investigators seek whether War Department funds or guidance influenced the project and if it formed part of a propaganda effort to sway opinions on armed forces unification.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoffman
R-Mich
House Expenditures Committee
Congress
William Bradford Hule
Navy Department
Yong
Armed Forces Unification
Navy
Government moves on portal pay problem in Congress and courts
Justice Department asks to dismiss retroactive pay claims labeled trifles while urgency grows on Capitol Hill for fast legislative remedies. Supreme Court affirmed Mt. Clemens Pottery workers’ wages for time controlled by the employer, setting off a wave of related suits and a potential $4 billion exposure.
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R-Wis
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Frank A. Picard
Detroit
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Moose Lodge to Initiate 31 New Members
Beckley Moose Lodge No 1606 will induct 31 new members in a ceremony at 2 pm Sunday, announced secretary William D. Nace. Names listed include Harold W. Miller, Andy Sotak, Herman Bostick, Gene Lusk, Earl Godby, and others.
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Beckley Moose Lodge No. 1606
William D. Nace
Harold W. Miller
Andy Sotak
Herman Bostick
Gene Lusk
Earl Godby
B. L. Clarke
George Soter
J. G. Gulbin
Reginald Knight
Mike Rahall
T. A. McGuire
Roy L. Amburgey
Tra Amburg
West Virginia Sees Mild Weather With Approaching Rain
The region records mostly cloudy skies and continued mild temperatures today and tonight, with occasional rain expected Saturday. Yesterday’s high and last night’s low are not clearly stated, and no precipitation was recorded in the 24 hours ending at noon today.
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