Wage Spiral Follows Coal Contract Wage Hike
Hartley warns the wage rise won by John L Lewis may trigger a wage price spiral unless other unions follow. Nourse cautions against premature conclusions as the council studies the contract. Senator Flanders says public pressure may counter the terms while officials weigh legal action.
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Lewis
Congress
Flanders
R-Vi
Senate House Committee On the Economic Report
Nourse
Truman
Coal
State Revenues Continue Climb
The Associated Press reports Charleston noting state funds exceed the record surplus for capital improvements. General fund receipts reach $60,760,261 and cash balance $33,227,524 as of June 30, with $30,358,906 unencumbered to cover $5,685,596 of unspent surplus and keep a $5,042,559 balance. Liquor profits rose to $8,654,453. gross sales taxes to $25,125,200. consumer sales tax to $19,084,579, while beer taxes and licenses fell 3.6 percent to $1,493,553.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Denzil L. Gainer
Gainer
Kanawha Coal Field Slow Return To Production After Pact
The Kanawha Coal Operators Association reports no mines back in production yet after the wage settlement with the United Mine Workers. Local unions were told of the contract yesterday, but operators say workers have not officially been notified. Northern West Virginia fields reopened earlier with 20,000 to 25,000 miners, while about 12,000 remain in the Kanawha field amid a midweek settlement citation.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Kanawha Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers District 17
Washington
UMW
Southern
Kanawha Association
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Kanawha
Special Session Possible for Marshall Plan Aid
President Truman said a special Congress session could be called this fall to advance the European recovery Marshall plan but he sees no current need. He will assess Paris Conference results before deciding. He plans a White House meeting with party leaders to discuss displaced persons and seeks new legislation to admit substantial numbers from occupied zones. Poland’s Paris no show is blamed on Moscow while Czechoslovakia’s attendance is noted with concern.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
Paris
House
Senate
White House
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Russia
Moscow
Former Actress Sheila Mannering Slain in New York Apartment
Police questioned 70 people after the nude strangling of former actress Sheila Mannering, 49, whose body was found yesterday in her West Fifty Seventh Street apartment. An autopsy indicated a prior intimate relation with a man. motive remains undetermined. A neighbor described a short bald man who visited regularly. Mannering was registered as Bessle K True with First National Pictures from 1924 to 1941.
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Associated Press
New York
West Fifty- Seventh Street
Sheila Mannering
Salem Youth Selected for National Speaking Contest
Edwin Neil Casey of Salem was chosen at a state contest to represent West Virginia in a Methodist church youth public speaking contest in Pittsburgh on July 20. The selection was announced by The Associated Press.
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Uckmannon
Edwin Neil Casey
Salém
Weat
Virginia
Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
Associated Preag Wr
Miners Accept New Coal Contract in Beckley Area
A majority of Beckley miners report back to work under a new union scale contract discussed at District 49 headquarters with President George J. Titler. Officials say most independent operators have signed, with several agreeing individually, while crews form at 50 to 80 percent of mines. Some miners praise the deal as best yet, joking operators may face the Supreme Court over the willign and able clause amid Taft-Hartley concerns. District resolutions on contract terms will follow.
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Beckley
District 49
George J. Titler
Tiller
UMW
Supreme Court
Bigger A Bombs Not Practical Says Scientist
Washington War Department physicist Dr. R E Lapp said bombs could potentially be more than twice as powerful as Nagasaki but practical limits exist. He noted higher yields would be uneconomical due to scarce plutonium and that an ultimate feasible size may cap destructive power once subcritical masses are brought together to release energy.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Nagasaki
R. E. Lapp
Department
Research and Development Division
Lapp
Wedemeyer May Get China Post
U S observers speculate Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer could replace Dr J Leighton Stuart as ambassador to China after Walton Butterworth was called to Washington for consultations with Secretary of State Marshall. Wedemeyer had been slated to replace Maj Gen Patrick J Hurley previously but was not chosen amid China talks. Since then peace talks failed and war worsened as the U S offered rifles to Chiang Kai Shek's government.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
J. Leighton Stuart
U. S
China
Washington
Walton Butterworth
Marshall
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Stuart
Wedemeyer
Patrick J. Hurley
Reds
America
Chiang
Hungary Rejects Paris Conference Invitation
Hungary joins Bulgaria Romania Yugoslavia and Poland in boycotting the European Economic Conference as most Soviet sphere states decline the British French invitation to Paris. Albania Finland and Albania's stance remain uncertain with Molotov opposing three power talks.
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Associated Press
Paris
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Yugoslavia
Poland
Finland
Albania
A Bomb Security To Be Tightened In Senate Action
Chairman Hickemlooper of Iowa said the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee aims to double its staff studying A bomb secrecy. He noted disclosure of secret papers at Los Alamos does not change the plan. The panel now has three security experts and may seek six if its $225,000 budget is approved.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hickemlooper
Iowa
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Strongs Teeth For UN Opposed By Two Senators
Washington senators George and Hickenlooper condemned a 22 member push for placing peace enforcement in the UN charter as premature and risky. Hickenlooper warned it would mark the UN as failed without time for atomic control talks. Hatch supported strengthening the UN. The proposals aim to rally nations if Russia blocks broader accords.
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Washington
George
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Congress
United States
United Nations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. N
Higkenlooper
Senate
House Atomic Enery Committee
U.N
Premaurely
International Organization
Hatch
N. M
Truman
House
Russia
Elizabeth Betrothal Weds Royal Convenience This Fall
London reports Princess Elizabeth engaged to Lt Philip Mountbatten. Crowd in rain outside Buckingham Palace watches as the pair prepare a Westminster Abbey ceremony. Speculation says autumn wedding with austere pomp due to economic times. Mountbatten, formerly Prince of Greece, will become British.
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London
Princess Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Ilybet
Westminster Abbey
London Daily Graphic
Times
Daily Worker
Greece
Naoma Man Dies After Car Burns
Three vehicle crashes in the area caused one death and multiple injuries. Boyd Pettry, 31, of Naoma, died at Beckley Hospital from burns after his car overturned and caught fire Tuesday near Naoma. Three Cabin Creek men William Mobley, Milam, and Arnold Coley were seriously injured when their car hit a bridge abutment and were taken to a Charleston hospital. About 500 dollars in damage reported on a three car collision on U S Route 19 21 near State Route 4L last night at 8 30. Mildred Dunkley, 18, of Piney View, involved in a separate crash, information continuing on Story No. 3.
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Naoma
Beckley Hospital
Armstrong Funeral
Whitesville
William Mobley
William Milam
Arnold Coley
Cabin Creek
Charleston
Senate panel backs tax cut plan despite veto threat
Senator Barkley said President Truman will veto the Republican bill to cut income taxes of 4 billion dollars annually starting January one. He noted Truman remains opposed and would veto when the measure reaches the Senate floor. House supported the earlier veto as expected, while Senate action was set amid a rushed timetable before adjournment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Barkley
White House
Truman
Senate
Vruman
Senate Finance Committee
Lucas
D-111
Connally
D-Tex
Parksley
Chamber
Senrate Finance Committee
House
House Receives Military Unification Measure
Washington Senate approved plan to unify army navy and air forces under a civilian Secretary of National Security. House Expenditures Subcommittee discussed terms of its own bill while leaders expect close alignment with the Senate measure. Majority Leader Halleck stressed unification must pass before adjournment. Senate endorsement followed broad support and a shorter debate than the World War era merger proposal. Chairman Gurney cited waste reduction from consolidation.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air
National Security
House
GOP
Hoffman
R-Michl
Senate
Halleck
Ind
Truman
Congress
Gurney
Armed Services Committee
Saucer-Shaped Device Found In California Geranium Bed
In North Hollywood a 30 inch saucer shaped mechanical object resembling a chicken brooder top was found in a geranium bed at Russell Long s home. Fire Chief Newcombe joked it looked unable to fly. FBI said it would be turned over to military authorities. The object had a radio tube, wires, exhaust pipes and a cadet wing.
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Associated Press
North Hollywood
Calif
Russell Long
Fire Battalion
Wallace E. Newcombe
van Nuys
Marine Chairman Raps Russian Oil Shipment
Washington sought to block oil shipments to Russia as House Merchant Marine Chair Weichel blasted Commerce for granting licenses to three Soviet bound tankers. Undersecretary Foster argued such exports are normal and necessary to avoid market disruption while maintaining quotas aligned to U.S. requirements. Weichel said there is apparently nothing we can do.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weichel
Ohio
House Merchant Marine Committee
Russia
Commerce Department
William C. Foster
Foster
Lost Man Found In New York City
Nashville Tenn State Safety Commissioner Lynn Bomar announced John T Hurn was located in New York City ending a week long search in Nickajack cave at Shellmound Tenn The disappearance in the cavern was a hoax from beginning to end and Horn was driven to Birmingham by car July 1 then boarded a train for New York the next day.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Lynn Bomar
John T
J Hurn
Nickajack Cave
Shellmound
New York City
Hurn
Bomar
John Horn
State Highway Patrol
Red Cross
National Guard
Boy Scouts
Horn
Nickajack
Birmingham
Mobile
New York
Used Car Dealers to Receive Licenses Under 1947 Law
The Artostated Press reports Harleton motor vehicle commission chair Don McClaugherty estimates about 800 used car dealer licenses will be issued for the first time this year under the 1947 legislature. Dealers’ plates carry a “D” designation with a “U-C” marking and smaller letters appended.
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Harleston—Motor Vehicle Cormlasiiane
Don McClaugherty
Truman backs Missouri Valley Authority plan amid flood control push
President Truman endorsed legislation to establish a Missouri Valley Authority modeled after the Tennessee Valley Authority. He supported a comprehensive flood control program for the Midwest, stating continued backing for a Missouri Valley Authority on the Mississippi River.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Missouri Valley
Midwest
Mississippi River
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Newsboy Dies As Crowd Watches Subway Accident
In New York an 11-year-old newsboy named Anthony Manno was killed after clinging to the side of a subway coach for seven blocks. Police say passengers could have stopped the train by pulling the emergency cord, but none did. The boy was crushed between the coach and a station structure when the doors closed after he grabbed the doorway center post.
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Associated Press
New York
Anthony Manno
Weather Summary for Virginia and Nearby Rivers
Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms today tonight and Friday. Somewhat warmer Friday. Beckley yesterday's high 74 and last night's low 52. Noon today 72. 24 hour precipitation ending at noon today 0.09 inch. Rivers Greenbrier and New at Belle Point low and clear.
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Greenbrier
New
Belles Point
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