Living Costs Rise to New Peak Amid Price Controls Debate
Washington reports the cost of living index reached a record high of 178.4 in mid December as prices climb across major groups. Officials debate wage flexibility and price freezes with ESA and DiSalle weighing policy moves while Ching signals cautious rounds of bargaining and possible rollback measures.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statishment
Economic — Stabilization Agency
Esas
Rc Johnston
Marriner Eccles
Reserve Board
Fori
Senate House
Mittee
Ching
Flanders
R-Vp
Cyrus S. Ching
ESA
Peiping Signals Move Toward Seven-Power Conference
Asian Arab bloc signals to Indian ambassador that Peiping would back a seven-power conference on Korea and China without a Korea cease-fire. Rau reports Beijing open to holding talks outside China, possibly in New Delhi, while U N debate centers on labeling China an aggressor.
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Associated Press
Peiping
United Nations
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Korea
United States
Rau
China
New Delhi
U.N
U. N
Warren Austin
Russia
Nehru
Influenza Epidemic Reaches Crest Across Europe
Millions suffer as a worldwide influenza wave peaks with Britain hardest hit and deaths rising. Belgium Germany Denmark and Sweden see declines while Poland Czechoslovakia Spain face rising cases. Hospitals crowded doctors overworked and vaccines limited amid uncertain immunization progress.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
United Kingdom
Belgium
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Spain
England
Britain
Scandinavia
Full Withdrawal Believed Under Way Among Reds
A United Nations armored patrol re entered Hoengsong on the central Korean front but found no Chinese Reds. Speculation grew that enemy forces had quietly pulled out of central and western sectors as UN patrols met only light resistance elsewhere. Hoengsang lies near Wonju and Paralle 38 with no major clashes reported near Seoul.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Hoengsong
United Nations
Hoengsang
U.N
Tom Stone
Wonju
Yoju
Seoul
West Virginia plans 120 mile super highway west of Beckley
A proposed 100 million dollar north south super highway would run from Fairplain to the Princeton area. Engineers say the route would bypass Beckley near Marmet and cross U S 21 119 and 460 while linking with improvements to U S 21. The plan aims to ease northbound traffic on U S 21 and U S 34 and could shorten trips to Beckley. No construction dates or financing announcements have been made and bonds may be issued.
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West Virginia
Fairplain
Jackson
West Virginia Turnpike Commis
Beckler-Charleston
Beckley
Princeton
Moundsville
Bluefield
Fayettepeer Poilie
Ni York
Anid
Marmet Jane
Prince‘ton
St. Albans
Ohio
Elk
Kanawha
Commission
West Virginia teachers seek 9.2 million salary boost
Lawmakers consider a 9.2 million annual pay raise for teachers to extend pay periods to ten months and lift starting salaries from 1800 to 2400 dollars. The plan, backed by the West Virginia Education Association, ties funding to state sources after federal aid fell through.
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Associated Press
Charleston
House
Blankfeeship
Wyoming
Whitt
McDowell
Senate
McKown
Wayne
West Virginia Education Association
Tipure
Blankenship
Murder Trial Opens in Raleigh County Court
Levi Kidwell of Birchton testified he heard the shot that killed Garfield Davis in the Ida Edwards case. Ira D. Edwards faces a shotgun slaying charge. Dorothy Edwards’ separate trial will follow.
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Levi Kidwell
Birchton
Garfield
Dorothy Edwards
Davis
Kidwell
Ira D. Edwards
Raleigh County
Ciwarus
Ned K. Ragland
Edwards
Rarland Kidwell
Tra Edwards
Garfield Davis
Defense Department to Ease Military Entry Standards
Washington Assistant Secretary of Defense Anna Rosenberg said the Defense Department will lower physical and mental qualification requirements for military service as far as security allows. Officials emphasize the move aims to expand recruitment while maintaining safety and efficiency.
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Associated Press
Washington
Seer of
Anna Rosenberg
Sed Inday
Defense Department
Farmers Take Larger Share as Food Prices Rise
Washington reports the farmer now earns about 51 cents of every food dollar, up from prewar levels, with meat and livestock showing the highest farmer share at 63 cents. The "family market basket" cost rose to about 694 dollars by early this month from 644 before the Korean War, though still beneath the 1948 peak.
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OYLID
Martinap
Washington
Agriculture Department
Korea
Jf Tan
Bank Robbery Gunmen Sentenced In Boon County
Noble Wine and Anderson, both 23 from Mount Morrisville, were sentenced to 10 to 25 years for an attempted hold up of Whitesville State Bank. Boone County Circuit Court Judge Ben H. Ashworth imposed the term after guilty pleas. State Police pursued the pair as they fled a roadblock and wrecked attempting to escape.
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Pennsylvania
Whitesville
Ben H. Ashworth
Boone County
Ian
Noble Wine
Anderson
Mount Morrisville
Say
Pri
Herr Mullins
Boone Petit T
Gien Canal
Jc. C. McGraine
D. ¥. Lilly
Beckley
Montay
Grand Siure
Oan
Anant
Beckley Woman Sues Joe Louis Over Alleged Hotel Assault
Odessa Calloway of New York 25 daughter of Beckley residents filed a Supreme Court damage suit against Joe Louis alleging he assaulted her in the Majestic Hotel Cleveland after a golf event last July. She claimed great physical and mental pain and injuries with no further details. Calloway previously lived in Beckley and has worked in New York stores for about 13 years, with a past relation rumor cited by locals.
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Beckley
Joe Louis
Chin
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Odessa Calloway
New York
E. C. Jackson
G Street
Calloway
Majestic
Louis
Mass Calloway
Beckleyan
Miss Calloway
Fire Clears Escape Route for 14 Miners in Sullivan Indiana
An underground fire trapped 14 miners at Pandora Mine in Sullivan Indiana. The blaze burned long enough to open an escape route by accident, allowing all 14 to escape without casualties. A trapped miner recounts how the group found a path to the main shaft and reached safety.
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Associated Press
Sullivan
Ind
Enat
Iors
Jailed Gambler Faces $2 Million Tax Bill
Frank Erickson, inmate at Rikers Island serving two years on 59 counts of bookmaking and conspiracy, owes about $2 million in income tax for 1937 through 1948. A government lien on his assets in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens was issued to ensure collection, with a $30,000 fine accompanying the action.
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Associated Press
New York
Frank Es
Erickson
Rikers Island Penitentiary
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
House panel weighs delaying youth draft to 1910 pool end
The House Armed Services Committee muses delaying the 18 year old draft until the 1910-26 manpower pool is used. Assistant Secretary Anna Rosenberg testifies for reduction to 18 and 27 month service. UMST plan seeks universal service and a reserve pool of trained personnel. Omar Bradley, GEN Hershey, and others testify as Vinson hints at amendments to meet admin goals. Ralph McDonald opposes drafting 11 year olds and suggests lowering acceptance standards.
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iBy
Associated Press
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Anna Rosenberg
Capitol Hill
UMST
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lewis Hershey
Vinson
D-Ga
Ralph W. McDonald
National Education Association
Air raid drill teaches kindness and calm at Baltimore school
Students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary staged an air raid drill guided by Dr. Charles W. Sylvester of Baltimore's Civil Defense Committee. Children used cushions for protection, lined up in hallways, and knelt with heads covered. Parents volunteered cooperation. drills adapt to classroom needs.
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Baltimor
Johnny
Eatin
Johoane
Thomas Tefferson
Charles W. Sylvester
Civil Defense Committee
Baltimore
Measure Gives Mine and Section Foremen Rights
Senator Love of Kanawha introduces a bill to let qualified mine and section foremen serve as firebosses in West Virginia mines. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling that the practice was illegal under state mining law and would impose new costs on the coal industry. Love argues foremen can safely replace separate firebosses, aiding competitiveness for small independent producers.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Senate
Love
D-Kanawha
Supreme Court
Kanawha
Lam
Lave
Thur
Beckley Man Blamed in Death on Route 24
State Trooper says R. W. Henderson of Harper Road will be charged with manslaughter in the highway death of Allen Allen, a Fayetteville area man killed two miles south of Oak Hill on Route 24. Henderson’s car was damaged and towed. Allen’s funeral arrangements were reported.
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R. W. Henderson
Harper Road
C. C. McCallister
Fayetteville
John Wesley al
Oak Hill
Allen
Henderson
T J
Faretteville
Collins Funeral Home
Weather notes from Virginia with snow flurries
Snow flurries and colder tonight in Virginia with cloudy conditions. GLADE CREEK and Bellepoint areas show mixed readings and normal stages in Greenbrier Bluestone Reservoir, with no major changes reported for Rivers and surrounding locales.
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Salosagefell
Bellepaint
Greenbrier
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