GOP Threatens Labor Law Fight in Senate
In Washington the Taft-Hartley repeal bill advances toward Senate action as eight Democrats on the Labor Committee push a February 10 deadline for hearings and aim to replace Taft-Hartley with an improved Wagner Act in one package. Republicans insist they will be heard on the Senate floor if sidelined, while Pepper and other Democrats contend the plan keeps faith with the campaign promise to repeal Taft-Hartley.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Frida
Taft
Ohio
Yall
Pepper Dfla
Labor
Ohieat
Uys
National Labor Relations Board
Matt Hartley
Truman
Pepper
Foreign Officers Ordered to Leave Threatened City
The Chinese foreign ministry announced a southward move of the government, possibly to Canton, as Nanking evacuations hasten. Communist talks offer in Peiping were linked to the Yangtze River standoff and a peace delegation acceptability, with eight Mao points and a broad list of names cited.
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Associated Press
Chinese Foreign Office
World Eombassies
Canton
Peiping
Foreign Office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nanking
RED Radio
Yangtze River
North China
Li Tsung-jen
Peng Shao-hsien
Peng
Red
Kuomintang
Mao Tze-lung
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Surveys in Eight Nations to Guide Global Assistance
Washington officials said eight nations are under economic surveys to guide a Truman era plan for aiding underdeveloped areas. The plan could seek about 1 billion dollars from Congress to fund loans via the Export-Import Bank, backed by private and World Bank funds if needed. Countries include Turkey Peru India Colombia Haiti Brazil Iran and Liberia under various World Bank and UN groups.
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Associated Press
Washington— Administration
Congress
Truman
World Bank
Turkey
Peru
India
Colombia
United Nations
Haiti
Brazil
Iran
Liberia
Mr. Truman
State Department
U. S
Life Magazine Libel Suit Seeks 275000 Damages
Sydney Hart Anderson of Montgomery County sues Time Inc American News Company and Richard O Connor for libel and invasion of privacy over a Life Magazine article titled Annie's Curse written by O Connor. He seeks 275000 and a conspicuous retraction. Time offered to publish a letter in Life's letters column but the request was denied.
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Associated Press
MT. Sterling
Sydney Hart Anderson
Montgomery County
American News Company
Richard O'Connor
Tie
Life Magazine
O'Connor
Greenfield
Mass
H Annie
Anne Mitchell
John J. Alexander
Time, Inc
Anderson
Life
Weather Summary for Beckley and West Virginia
Cloudy and colder with occasional rain today and tonight. Wednesday stays cold with occasional rain. Yesterday's low close to normal. Precipitation in 24 hours ending early today about 0.01 inch. Greenbrier and New rivers forecast highs near normal. Outlook: warmer Thursday, colder Saturday, rain possible Wednesday Friday and again Sunday. Total precipitation near three quarters of an inch.
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Beckley
Sieveesee
Greenbrier
New
Belle- Point
W. Va
Land Tax Sales Not Guaranteed
The attorney general's office states buyers at tax sales take their chances on title validity. An auditor noted a properly entered parcel paid tax but sold to fund the state treasury. Assistant AG John C. Vance says caveat emp TOR applies fully to tax sales and the state makes no title warranty, with no remedy unless a refund statute exists.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Attorneys General
Edgar, B. Sims
Sims
John C. Vance
Boudreau Signs for Top Figure with Indians
Cleveland shortstop Boudreau signed a two year contract with the World Champion Indians. The deal places him among baseballs highest paid players with no attendance bonus. President Bill Veeck calls it one of the games highest salaries comparable to Feller and Ruth.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Low Boudreau
Indians
Bill Veeck
Bob Feller
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Confessed Thief Implicates Friend in Larceny Case
In Raleigh County Court one man pleaded guilty to two grand larceny charges after implicating Elmer Roberts of MacArthur. Judge W. Riffe scheduled February 4 for sentencing. Beckley man Lando Raynes testified Roberts aided car thefts near Beckley Hospital. Raynes, 22, already guilty and on parole, received a 10 year term.
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Raleigh County
Elmer Roberts
MacArthur
W. 4
Riffe
Lando Raynes
Beckley
Roberts
Raynes
State Penitentiary
Beckley Hospital
West Virginia lawmakers push health housing and forestry measures
Laws proposed in Charleston include free tuberculosis treatment at Pinecrest and other state sanitariums funded by companion bills from Senator Van Camp and Delegate Overton. Other bills authorize local option beer votes, liberalize teachers retirement, create a state censorship board for films, set up an auxiliary state forestry system, and offer voluntary judicial retirement.
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Pinecrest
van Camp
Tyler
Overton
R-Wond
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Department of Public
Pendleton
Shaffer
Tucker
Charleston
West Virginia
Ballard
R-Morroe
Kanawha County
Legislative Committee On Forestry
Senate
Bro Hughton Johnson
Mercer
House
W. EB. Flannery
D-Logan
Sucre
College of Agriculture
West Virginia University
State Forester
R Monroe
File
D-Naieigh
Love
Kanawha
Sinsel
R-Harrison
Rate Hearing Probes Chesapeake and Potomac West Virginia Costs
Mrs Eva Ella Ingram remains in custody after forfeiting a 1000 bond for failing to appear in Raleigh County Court. In Fayetteville Deputy Bowles returned her to the county jail. Chesapeake and Potomac officials faced questions on original cost of holdings as auditor Rector testified. Lanigan said his study shows a difference between as built value and ideal conditions for labor and materials.
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Eva Ella Ingram
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Isr
Fayetteville
W. F. Bowles
Fayette County
Charles Lon
G. Rector
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
Hieteriiemony
C. E. Nethken
Public Service Commission
Ot Rector
Ts West Virginia
Rector
Arthur L. Lanigan
Washington
C. and
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Lanigan
Israel to Renew UN Membership Bid
Israel plans to renew its bid for United Nations membership this week despite Rhodes deadlock. An Israeli spokesman cites growing recognition of Israel and says seven Security Council votes are achievable, paving the way for admission as the 59th UN member when the General Assembly convenes on April 5.
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Associated Press
Israel
United Nations
Rhodes
Security Council
U.N
General Assembly
Wheels Fail As Train Destroys New Car In Icy Crossings
Moline, Laurens Benson, 39, stepped into his two week old automobile for a spin when wheels locked. Passers by tried to help by pushing across icy ground and a railroad track but a Rock Island freight train struck the rear end, demolishing the car.
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Ay Deg
Perces
Rock Island
Bids Opened for Three Roads Projects in Fayette Wyoming
Bids on three projects totaling 525000 were to be opened by the Roads Commission today pending federal approval. One project calls for a concrete floor and steel railing on a bridge over the Shenandoah River at Bolivar to replace a flood washed span. The other two involve grading draining and one lane surfacing on 9.4 miles of the Backus Meadow Bridge road in Fayette and Summers Counties and 3.2 miles of the Herndon Basin road in Wyoming County.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Roads Commission
Federal Roads Administration
Shenandoah River
Bolivar
Jefferson County
Backus- Meadow Bridge
Fayette
Summers Counties
Herndon Basin
Wyoming Couny
Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall Dies of Heart Attack
The Rev. Dr Peter Marshall, 46, Senate chaplain, died of a heart attack at George Washington University Hospital after being stricken at home earlier. A Scottish-born pastor, he had been appointed to the Senate post in January 1947 by Republican Senators of the 80th Congress, succeeding Rev. Frederick Brown Harris amid partisan controversy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Peter Marshall
Senate
George Washington University Hospital
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Frederick Brown Harris
Cross-Eyed Outlook Helps Busy Driver and Florist
Eye doctor Dr. T. D. Murroughs cites 100 records to show some cross-eyed individuals can view two directions at once. He cites a bus driver who can see ahead and sidewise, aiding traffic, and a florist who inspects both aisle sides in one pass.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
T. D. Murroughs
Linton
Ind
New York
Murroughs
Eight Die In Berlin Airlift Crash Near Schoenberg
An RAF twin engine transport plane carrying evacuees crashed near Schoenberg in the Russian zone. The Russian news agency reported eight dead including two children and a British crew member, with 17 or 18 injured. Unofficial accounts from area Germans varied on counts. The crash is feared the worst in the seven month Berlin airlift as 24 passengers were en route from Berlin to Western Germany to escape the blockade.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Schoenberg
Germany
Beckley Man Given Six Months and Fine for Disturbance
John L Brand of East Beckley began a six month term in Raleigh County jail after creating a disturbance of the peace. Police reports say he was fined 11 dollars and three costs for the peace charge and given a six month sentence for illegally carrying a pistol at the time of his arrest.
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John L Brand
East Beckley
Raleigh
Brand
A. Scalise
Hay Lift Declared Successful For Nevada Livestock Relief
The U S Air Force staged a large scale hay lift to feed 180 000 Nevada stock marooned by snow. Seventeen C 82 planes from McChord Field dropped alfalfa hay to 10 000 sheep on three ranches within 200 miles. Stockmen hailed it a plumb good deal and plans grew for wider aerial drops to save eastern Nevada's livestock industry.
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Ely
Navy
U. S. Air Force
Nevada
Auppncal
Wist
McChord Field
Seattle
Fallon
Tri-County
George Swallow
United Stockmen's Association
Albert Fallon
Loyd Sorensen
Nevara
Trial on Besoco Maiming Began in Raleigh Court
Prosecutor Ned H Ragland opened that a witness saw Burke Hattle shoot at Junior Johnson during an incident at the Triangle Grill in Besero. Battle, a janitor at the Beseco company store, is charged with pistol and maiming after allegedly following Charley Jones and firing the fatal shot.
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Ned H Ragland
Burke Hattle
Besoco Negro
Junior Johnson
Battle
Raleigh County
Ragland
Ragland Sald
Charley Jones
Triangle Guill
Besero
Beseco
Jones
Bones
Johnson
J. S. Butts
Owner Is Dog's Best Friend in Emergency
Kansas City reports Robert E. Pineesen assisted after a dog was hit by a car. The animal had a six inch chest laceration and five broken ribs. Jackson, 28, transported the dog to Dr. Reds Pickett who stitched the wound and, using improvised methods, helped provide breathing support for four hours before surgery.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Robert — E.pineesen
Jackson
Eds Pickett
Jackso
German Pianist Gieseking Cancels U S Concert Tour
NEW YORK German pianist Walter Gieseking is seized by immigration agents and faces an exclusion hearing. His protested American concert tour has been canceled.
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Associated Press
New York
Walter Gieseking
Jy Tle
Paris
German pianist Gieseking cancels U S tour and leaves for Paris
Walter Gieseking faced protests over his wartime arts ties and was detained overnight before cancelling his Carnegie Hall recital. Immigration officers removed him as Jewish groups and others protested his admission and the Nazi-era performances. Police broke up scuffles as about 5000 spectators gathered outside the hall.
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U. S
Paris
Gieseking
Hitler
Germany
Carnegie Hall
Coal mine idles swell as fire boss dispute spreads
Nearly 5,000 miners in Raleigh and Fayette counties idle as New River Company Mines Oakwood Whipple and Garden Ground join stoppages over fire boss rules prohibiting section foremen from safety inspections. Closures grow beyond Raleigh area affecting Beckley region and other sites including Eccles Helen Stotesbury and Eastern Gas and Fuel operations. Nearby Brock Bartley Superior mines also shut down amid the dispute in Morgantown and McDowell County.
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Raleigh
Fayette County
Oakwood
Whipple
Garden Ground
New River Company
State Supreme Court
Eccles No. 5
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Beckley
Raleigh County
Eastern Gas and Fuel
Eccles, Helen and
Stotesbury
Arkwright and Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Brock
Morgantown
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
Bartley
Superior Coal and Coke Company
Superior
McDowell County
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Besoco
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