Nations expected to invite six more to North Atlantic pact
Washington reports that seven nation talks on the North Atlantic security pact near inviting six more nations including Norway to join. Norway's border with the USSR is pivotal as Oslo, London and Washington push a Western alliance expansion with Iceland Ireland Portugal and Italy plus likely Denmark joining soon. The move aligns with responses to Soviet pressure and aims to broaden the Western bloc within ten days to two weeks.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
Seven Nation
North Atlantic
Norway
West
Russia
Ashea Enenonant
Sweden
Western League
Oslo
Norwags
United States
Atlantic’ League
Denmark
Iceland
Ireland
Portugal
Italy
Labor Parties Dominate Israel Assembly in 120 Seats
The AP reports Mapai led by Ben-Gurion secured 52,972 votes and 44 seats in the 120 member assembly. A religious bloc won 15 seats, the General Zionists seven, with Mapai the largest faction likely forming the new government and Weizmann returning as president. Boundary talks with Egypt and UN mediator Bunche persist amid pessimism.
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Associated Press
Tel Aviv
aAn
Japur Partes
Slorm
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Chesen
Weex
Triumat
Chahn Weizmann
Provisional Council of State
David Ben-Galion
Rhoms
Ralph Bunche
United Nations Palestine
Bunche
en-Gurion
Mapad
Mapai
General Zionists
Weizmann
Assembly
Stalin signals willingness to meet Truman on peace pact
Associated Press reports Stalin in Moscow expressed willingness to discuss a US Soviet peace pact with President Truman at a mutually agreeable venue. He also said Russia would discuss a joint declaration of peaceful aims and gradual disarmament, and noted readiness to meet. Washington cited no official approach for such a meeting. He indicated Berlin blockade could be lifted if two conditions are met: postpone western German state until four power talks, and lift the allied counter blockade.
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Truman
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State Department
Norway
Western Alliance
Security League
Foreign Office
Oslo
Associated Press
Moscow
Washington
Russia
Berlin
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
All Beckley Area Mines Operating Under Protest
Miners in the Beckley region resumed work today after walkouts amid a dispute over fire bossing methods. The UMW's T George J Tiller urged a return to duties under protest while operators seek to block stricter regulations, with UMW attorneys aiding the AG in court challenges. Members from Eccles Helen Statesbury Cranberry Sprague SkeHan and Stanaford filed for unemployment benefits claiming illegal entry without proper fire bossing.
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Beckley Area
Kanawha
T. George J. Tiller
District 29
United Mine Workers
State Supreme Court
State Department of Mines
Attorney General's Office
Titler
Eccles
Helen
Statesbury
Cranberry
Sprague
SkeHan
Stanaford
Planes and Ships Search for 15 Missing Fliers
London reports intensified search by ten ships and 35 aircraft from four nations around the Canary Islands for the 13 crewmen of a U S B 29 Superfortress missing in the Atlantic for over four days. U S Third Air Division headquarters remains hopeful of rescue, though three leads failed to locate the planes.
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Tye Associated Press
London
Canary Islands
Atlantic
U. S. Third Air Division
Building Permits Issued for Four Houses on Ninth Street
R Vanney and Herbert Stansbury received building permits from the City Recorder for four two room frame houses on Ninth Street. Each home costs 2000 dollars, with construction approved today.
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W. R. Vanney
Herbert Stansbury
City Recorder's Office
Ninth Street
Weather Summary for West Virginia Region
Snow and sleet today with some freezing rain tonight. Not as cold tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy with snow flurries. Snow depth 3 to 3 inches. Beckley temperatures show yesterday’s high and last night’s low. Precipitation in 24 hours ending at 9 am about 0.08 inch. Rivers Greenbrier and New at Bel Point several feet above worn and muddy. Oak Hill and Glade Creek reports with varying precipitation and high and low readings yesterday.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
New
Bel Point
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Teetas & Am
Aseas
Charles Hoffman Dies in Hospital
Charles Herbert Hoffman 36 of Morris Apartment Beckley died after a weeklong illness in a local hospital. Born in Nanticoke he was the son of Charles Raymond and Rose Mae Hoffman, graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School 1931, longtime Beckley resident and Radio Cab employee. Survived by mother and two sisters Margaret Lemon Beckley and Viola Jones Nanticoke. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Calfee Chapel with Rev W B Peck. burial Calfee Cemetery Mt. Tabor. body at Calfee Funeral Home until service.
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Charles Herbert Hoffman
Morris Apartment
McCreery Stret
Calfee Chapel
W. B. Peck
Calfee
Mt. Tabor
Hoffman
Nanticoke
Charles Raymond
Rose Mae Hoffman
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beck
Gruno Services Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for George Gruno 22 of Tams, killed by a bullet in a personal safety incident, will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Tams Community Church. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park with Sophia American Legion members handling graveside rites.
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George Gruno
Tams
Beckley Hospital
Tams Community Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Sophia American Legion
R V Henderson Dies in Hospital at 30
Robert Vern Henderson, 30, of Glen Daniel, died at 2 10 a m after a short illness. Born September 8 1918 in Glen Daniel, he was son of R C and Chessie Tabor Henderson. Survived by parents, a brother Troy of Glen Daniel, and a sister Mrs Edward M Newman of Welch. Remains to Calfee Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Robert Vern Henderson
Glen Daniel
R. C. and
Chessie Tabor Henderson
Raleigh Wyoming Mining Company
Glen Rogers
Troy Henderson
Glen
Daniel
Edward IM. Newman
Welch
Calfee Funeral
Slash in Truman Budget Demands Deemed Certain
Washington reports that Chairman Cannon asserts a definite ability to reduce President Truman's 41.858 billion budget though the amount and whether it avoids tax increases remain uncertain. Senator Taft calls for a 3 to 5 billion cut and warns on tax levels. Byrd plans a drive to trim spending.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Cannon
Appropriations
Truman
Byrd
D-Va
Eighth Child Born As 2 Die in Fire
Nine people slept in a Troy area farmhouse when a fire of unknown origin swept through. Nine-year-old Laverne Finnerty guided three brothers to safety through a ground floor window but could not save two siblings. Bodies of two children were recovered hours later as the mother, recently postpartum, lay in a hospital.
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Associated Press
Troy
Laverne Finnerty
Columbia Cross Roads
Gordon Finnerty
Laverne
Gordon
Parker
Marshall
Janet
Vels to Help Battle Landlords Evictions in Tulsa
The Associated Press reports landlords oppose rent controls and plan mass evictions. Federal prosecutors will study eviction notices for conspiracy, while housing expediter Tighe Wands threatens injunctions. The American Veterans Committee orders chapters to mobilize legal aid for veterans. Senator Patman warns mass landlord action could spur broader rent control.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Tom Clark
Tighe Wands
The
American Veterans ‘Committee
Erans Dcing
Cvncleer
Wallace J. Murphy
Tulsa Property Owners Association
Sen
Thomas
D-Okla
Patman
D-Tex
Congress
House Banking Committee
Food and Fuel Short in Nebraska Amid Severe Snow
Snowbound Nebraska cattle country faces fuel and fodder shortages as roads stay blocked and relief efforts race to move feed. Army officials warn planes cannot cover all needs while weather threats linger across the Midwest and South. Cattle losses mount in Nebraska Wyoming Nevada with billions in cattle at risk.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Wash
Ington
Chicago
Nebraska
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
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China
Ald
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Lewis A. Pick
Wyoming
Nevada
Barrage of New Bills Set for Legislature
The 49th Legislature faces a flood of proposed laws as committees ramp up activity after a weekend recess. The House Finance Committee and others plan early sessions and floor actions on revenue and other measures. Arrests of three youths for assault were reported as state police detailed the case and related investigations.
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Associated Press
Charleston
House Finance Committee
Associated Pressi Gg
Hamlin
Senate
H. D. Coyner
Coyner
House
Roosevelt
Branchland
Alalso
Prunytown
Salem
Huntington State Hospital
Charleston Driver Killed In Sledging Crash
Cléeg Burn em 22 died and four others injured when his car skidded on a slippery pavement and hit another vehicle early yesterday. Institute fire destroys a West Virginia school for the colored deaf and blind over the weekend. Morgantown WVU awards: Cecil B. Hichland Jr of Clarksburg named assistant professor of law. Robert B. Wooters of Clarksburg named engineering instructor.
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Charleston
Cléeg Burnem
Burnem
West Virginia Schools For the Colored Deaf and Blind
Unse Om
Morgantown
Cecil B. Hichland, Jr
Clarksburg
West Virginia University
Harvard Law School
WVU
Robert B. Wooters
WYU College of Engineerng
Police Hold Man Who Shot Priest
A 40-year-old man, Elmer Stanford, was wounded and captured after a 45-minute gun battle in Buckhannon West Virginia. He was charged with felonious assault for shooting Rev. Vincent J. Campbell who was struck in the leg. Police used tear gas and exchanged shots as dozens fired in the second-floor room. Stanford, a religious tract collector and would-be writer, reportedly told neighbors he did not like priests. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment.
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Associated Press
New York
Hirteen
Ciation of America
TAWE
Elmer Stanford
Stanford
Bellevue Hospital
Vincent J. Campbell
Several Injured In Road Wrecks In Shady Spring Area
Several injuries reported from highway accidents Sunday in Shady Spring MacArthur and Sophia. At MacArthur, seven people were treated and released after two cars head on collision near the old U Pine Inn on Route 19-2. Named injured include Virginia Buckland Atwilda Cox Cephas Penn Catherine Cox William Cox John Fox and Orval Bucklend. In Sophia two cars collided early yesterday morning with occupants given first aid and released. Damages to cars totaled about 150 dollars.
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Shady i Spring
MacArthur
Sophia Sunday
Virginia Buckland
Atwilda Cox
Cephas Penn
Catherine Cox
William Cox
Catherine
John Fox
Orval Bucklend
U-Pine Inn
Shady Spring
James Acord, Jr
Medrick Street
Mavis
Denny James
Cy C. Buskirk
Beaver
Sophia
Woth
Two Americans Drown In Tokyo Bay Reported
The bodies of Miles W. Vaughn aged 48 vice president for Asia at United Press and Maj. Thomas R. Haddock of the Army Dental Corps were brought to the U S Army 49th General Hospital today in Tokyo Bay.
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Bay of Tokyo
Associated Presse Prokyo
Miles W. Vaughn
United Press
Asia
Maj
Thomas R. Haddock
Army Dental Corps
U. S. Army 49Th General Hospital
No Action on Army Plan to Shift Germany Run Affairs
Washington no immediate traction was expected today on the Army renewed request that the State Department take over its administrative headaches in Germany. Secretary Royall, bound for Japan, traveled with President Truman to present a formal recommendation that civilians rather than soldiers should run occupied Germany as soon as possible.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Germany
Army
Royall
Japan
Truman
Bands Lead Commies Into Peiping No Signs of Hostility
The Associated Press reports about 15 000 to 20 000 Communist troops led by two bands entering Peiping through the northwestern gate from the summer palace. Spectators showed 210 signs of hostility and little outward emotion as the Reds, grim and sweating, prepared for a fateful historic moment. Under a Jan 22 peace agreement, Communists were to take over the city tomorrow via a joint Communist Nationalist committee rule. Nationalist troops have largely left, with a few remaining to aid local police.
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Associated Press
Peiving
Peiping
Summer Palace
Java
Genghis Khan
Fleeing to Canton rumor stirs Nationalist drama
Acting President Ii Tsung-jen arrived at Lunghwa airfield in Shanghai on an undisclosed mission to bolster peace talks with the Communists. Meanwhile Nanking stood divided and defenseless as Communist forces pressed near, amid a Red demand to arrest Chiang Kai-shek and other Kuomintang officials.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
II Tsung-jen
Lunghwa Airfield
Nanking
Kau ‘Chich-hou
Canton
Red Radio
Chiang Kai-shek
Woman Dies on Way to Hospital
Miss Ada Massey 26 of Glen Rogers died Saturday en route to a local hospital from her sister's Cranberry home. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Keyser Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mont Care officiating. Interment in Sunset Memorial Park. She was born at Glen Daniels, daughter of Bill and Corba Massey. Survived by five brothers Ralph Cecil Tom Fred Posey and four sisters Ruth Allen Nettie Gracie Frances Massey.
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Ada Massey
Glen Rogers
Cranberry
Keyser Funeral Home
Rev. Mont Care
Sunset Memorial Park
Bary
Glen Daniels
Bill
Corba Massey
Ralph
Cecil
Montroal
Tom
Fred
Charleston
Posey
Westey
Ruth Allen
Nettie Massey
Oswald
Gracie] Massey
Wesley
Frances Massey
City’s Sidewalk Plow in Operation
Old Man Winter last night brought rain snow and sleet to Beckley area with five inches of precipitation. Mayor G C Hiddrick tested a new hand operated gasoline driven sidewalk snowplow partially purchased by the city for downtown Beckley. City crews worked to remove snow as temperatures hovered between 22 and 34 degrees and buses from Bluefield ran slightly late over Flat Top. Wy Register Stall Wrnter OAK HILL Snowfall continues on Sewell Mountain with three inches of sleet and snow. Cinder crews on snow plows began Sunday afternoon and continued today along with other crews under a two inch blanket. Traffic remains cautious with no accidents reported.
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Becktley
G. C. Hiddrick
Beckley
Mercury
Bluefield
Wy Register
Wrnter
Oak Hill
Sewell Mountain
Fayette
State Road Commission
Automobile thefts reported in city and radio stolen from cars
City police report a 1947 Plymouth stolen from 11M Beverly Street Saturday night, owned by D. D. Landis of Pulaski. William Graham of Thall Street also reported a car radio taken in the same period. Also noted is a private plane collision with an airliner at 4,000 feet.
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Beverly Street
D. D. Landis
Pulaski
William Graham
Thall Street
East Beckleyan Held For Shooting Woman
Obie Jones of East Beckley is in Raleigh County Jail awaiting hearing on malicious wounding charges after allegedly shooting Pearl Matalee Vee early Sunday.
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Obie Jones
East Beckley
Raleigh
Pearl Matalee Vee
Benefits in Meat Slashes Delayed
The Associated Press reports that consumers have only partial benefits from lower livestock prices due to price lag at wholesale and retail levels. Retail meat prices remain higher than the wholesale cost, delaying the movement of meat into consumption channels and keeping consumer costs relatively high despite available beef supplies. The piece notes slower price adjustments since last summer and cites industry insider H. AM. Conway, in National Live Stock Producer. Also mentions Fleming New Day, president of the Evening Star, dying unexpectedly at age 75.
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Associated Press
Chicago
H. AM. Conway
National
SUN
Goiey
Tie Associated Press
Washington
Fleming Newday
Bald
Matthews
Star
Bill on Military Status Expected
The Associated Press reports a House committee plans to authorize more soldiers and planes than Truman proposed while opposing universal military training. Chairman Vinson says the Armed Services Committee will likely approve a bill for an 837,000 man Army and a 70‑group air force, with funding left to the Appropriations Committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Truman
Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Zoe Vinson
Air Force
Army
Appropriations
33 Passengers Unhurt In Emergency Landing
A Pan American World Airways Constellation suffered a midair collision with a small private Cessna 140 near Port Washington New York. The private plane crashed killing both occupants while the airliner made a controlled emergency landing at Mitchel Field with all 33 on board uninjured.
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Fierre Associated Press
New York
Long Island
Pan American World Airways
Constellation
Port Washington
George Kruth
Mitchel Fieldy
Monarch of the Skies
la Guardia Field
London
Knuth
Malcolm Wade
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