Senate to Probe Newsprint Prices and Bottlenecks
Senator Murray says no open newsprint market for small papers and warns prices will stay sky high unless Congress acts. He cites a 1939 FTC study showing Canadian private meetings set prices outside anti trust scrutiny and urges cooperation with Canada to curb monopolistic pressure on U S newspapers. Senator Wherry will lead the inquiry as committee chair.
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Associated Press
Washington
Murray
D-Mont
Congress
Senate
Small Business Committee
Wherry
R-Neb
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Canada
Antitrust Division
Justice Department
U. S
Blaze Threatens Besoco Tipple at Leccony Smokeless Fuel
A fire threatened the Besoco tipple of the Leccony Smokeless Fuel Co about 8 am when heated oil to treat stoker coal ignited. Mine crews used rock dust to suppress before Beckley fire department arrived. Believed caused by a heater short circuit. tank near tipple about 10 feet. Damage is slight.
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Leccony Smokeless Fuel Company
Besoco
Beckley
Police Urge Pedestrians To Exercise More Caution
State Police issued safety reminders for walkers across West Virginia highlighting dangers on open highways and city streets. They urged pedestrians to face traffic, walk on the left, cross after looking both ways, and avoid walking at night, stressing personal responsibility amid rising highway deaths.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Shadaclwiane
Road Act Called Commerce Snag
West Virginia lawmakers heard supporters of a bill to repeal the 1999 ban on double decker trucks call the act discriminatory and unfriendly. Highway users groups packed the House chamber and even staged a carrier outside the capitol to press for repeal before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
House Chamber
Capitol
House Judiciary Committee
Cal. M.S. Aldrich
State Highway Users Confer
Elizabeth Sattler Death Blamed On Road Accident
Charleston police and state investigators concluded Elizabeth Sattler died in a hit-and-run after lie detector tests cleared witnesses. The 28 year old daughter of West Virginia’s labor commissioner died en route to a hospital. several friends and associates were questioned and released.
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Elizabeth Sattler
Associated Press
Charleston
Pretty Elizabeth Sattler
West Virginia
L. B. Warren
The
Warren
Miss Sattler
Montgomery
W. Va
Pallas Athena
Ancient
Troy
the Palladium
Charles J. F. Sattler
United States
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Raleigh
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Dorothy
Carl Flem
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John Reed King
Will
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Willard
Bartlett Pears
Royal Ann Cherries
Boscal Coffee
Per
Ischino
W.va
R. G. Coen
Harold B. Cornwell
Camden
Delaware Township
Warren E
Pope Leo the Magnificent
France
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Rome
Moroline
Ea Sakae
Chenille
Hassocks
Lewis Furniture Company
Beckley’s
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Post Office
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