Britain May Cut Armed Forces to Meet Winter Crisis
London reports authoritative sources say Britain could reduce army navy and air force and use part of its 640 million pound reserve as an emergency measure until US loan funds or a Marshall plan aid program becomes effective. Field Marshal Montgomery returns to advise on reductions as production urgency grows and markets wobble.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General’ Staff
Labor
United States
U. S
Europe
Congress
London Stock Exchange
Financial Times
Brest Explosion Kills 11 and Injures 422 at Port
Officials report 11 dead and 422 hurt after a nitrate explosion and fire aboard the Norwegian liner Ocean Liberty near Brest France. The blast damaged seafront buildings, a gas system, a gasoline store, and disrupted electric and communications services.
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Associated Press
Brest
France
Liberty
Marine
Landerneau
Ponchalet Hospital
Two Hanged For Kansas Murders
Two former carnival workers Cecil Tate of Jacksonville Texas and George Gumtow of Battle Creek Michigan were hanged at the Kansas state prison for the murder of W W McClellan and his son Arnold after a May robbery in Calista. The men, who were 22 and 21, remained composed and refused last statements to Warden Hudspeth.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Kas
Kansas State Prison
Cecil Tate
Jacksonville
Tex
George Gumtow
Battle Creek
Mich
W. W. McClellan
Arnold
Robert Hudspeth
McClellans
Calista
Wheeling Steel Announces Broad Price Hike
Wheeling Steel Corporation raises prices by 86 to 10 dollars per ton on its products citing higher labor costs and rising raw material costs. The company says the increases are effective immediately.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Federal Spending Near Truman Estimate Despite Cuts
Administration budget experts say federal spending this fiscal year will stay close to President Truman's 37.5 billion forecast and may exceed it by June 30 due to foreign aid appropriations not in the original budget. House figures from Taber and Gore spark new cost-cutting rounds as they publish rival tallies and trim already approved funds.
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Congress
Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
Sparkplug
Rep
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D-Tenn
Treasury
Heat Wave Tops 100 In Corn States Across Regions
A heat wave battered major corn producing states with 14 states posting 100 plus temperatures and four cities reporting 111. Cooler Pacific air moved into Montana and the Western Dakotas while Midwest states Iowa Illinois and nearby areas were forecast to see highs in the mid to upper 90s.
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Great Plains
Pacific
Montana
Dakotas
Chicago
Mercury
Iowa
Ilinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
WV educators add Strasser Ashbrook to driver education
Morgantown reports the addition of Dr. Marland K. Strasser and W. D. Ashbrook to WVU and Marshall College driver education faculty next month as announced by Director Don W. Eicher. Other items note retirement applications, livestock shipments, slot machine seizures in Fairmont, and budget planning by county and municipal bodies.
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Morgantown
Marland K. Strasser
Center For Safety Education
New York City
W. D. Ashbrook
Fairmont State College
West Virginia University
Marshall College
Don W. Eicher
State Man Held On Murder Count
Baltimore police arrested Ray William Ridenour 32 of Martinsburg West Virginia in connection with the death near Hagerstown Maryland of Charles Taylor alias Charles Terzien. Taylor's body was found along the Williamsport Pike six miles south of Hagerstown in Washington County. State's Attorney Martin Ingram said he apparently was shot and tossed from his car. Investigators said a key to a baggage was found in Ridenour's new suit.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Ray William Ridenour
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hagerstown
Charles Taylor
Charles Terzien
Taylor
Williamsport
Pike
Washington’ County
Martin Ingram
Ben
Lifers Escape From Moundsville Prison
Warden M E Ketchum reports two lifers from West Virginia State Penitentiary escaped using a hack saw to cut through cell bars. John Valykeo of Brooke County and Stanley Sheftie of Hancock County are at large, a general alarm has been sent to state police for recapture.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
M. E. Ketchum
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Ketchum
John Valykeo
Brooke County
Stanley Sheftie
Hancock County
Fisherman downs spray plane with beer can over Carter Lake
A fisherman near Carter Lake hurled a beer can at a DDT spraying plane, causing the pilot Larry Anderson of Kansas City to land at Omaha Municipal. Repairs to the propeller took about five hours, according to H A Herschfield of Aerial Crop Service.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Carter
Dutch Army reports sabotage in oil fields during Java Sumatra conflict
Dutch military communiques say Republican sabotage hit oil fields across Java and Sumatra with fires at Peosapo wells and damage to docks near Tegal. They report 50 killed 86 wounded and nine missing since July 20, while Indonesian commander Soedirman claims Dutch losses near 9000 and 763 Dutch soldiers surrendered.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Netherlands
Soedirman
Tegal
Cheribon
Jogjakarta
Pekalongan
Peosapo
Standard Oil
Insurance Case Continues Here
Mrs. Cora Lane of Glen Daniel fights service life insurance beneficiary rights for her son Marvin Lane Jr. The defense presents Perc y Jarrell and Virgil Adams who testify Marvin lived at his parents home prior to service. Mrs Lane protests payment to his aunt Nora Dorsey of Glen Daniel claiming she and her husband supported him and that he always called their residence home.
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Cora Lane
Glen Daniel
Percy Jarrell
Virgil Adams
Marvin Lane, Jr
Adams
Sundial
Lane
Nora Evelyn Dorsey
Two Helen Mines Idle Over Start Time Grievance
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates says Helen No 9 and No 11 mines are idle as workers protest a 7:15 start time, down from 7:45, without consent. George J Titler of United Mine Workers reports the grievance and notes contract rules require mutual agreement on start times.
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Helen
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
George J. Titler
District 29
United Mine Workers
Helen No. 9
Glen” White
Helen No. 11
Helen No.9
Titler
Postcards Sent by Dying Columbus Industrialist
Friends received final postcards from Julius F. Stone a 91-year-old Columbus industrialist who died last Friday in Santa Monica California. The cards bore a candle image and verse bidding farewell with a note that he prepared them before his death to be mailed on that day.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Julius F. Stone
Santa Monica
Calif
A. Gay
Alli
Stone
Foremen Lose Welfare Benefits Under New Taft Hartley Order
District 29 mine foremen and other supervisory workers are notified of the dissolution of their union under Taft Hartley. The move bars them from United Mine Workers welfare and retirement funds and from rank and file locals. Frank Saunders, UCTSE rep, and John McAlpine in Pittsburgh announced the action this week.
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George J. Titler
United Mine Workers
Tony
Titler
UMW
Frank Saunders
UCTSE
John McAlpine
Pittsburgh
Kaiser testifies of smear campaign on wartime cargo plane contracts
Henry J. Kaiser told the Senate War Investigating Committee a smear campaign targets him over his wartime cargo aircraft contract. He denied pressuring Washington officials and said top officials previously rejected his offer before a wartime fleet was planned. The hearing covers about 40 million dollars in Kaiser and Howard Hughes contracts with no planes in service.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Roosevelt
Navy
Senate War Investigating Committee
White House
Kaiser
Howard Hughes
Associated Presa
Senate
Ferguson
Pepper
D-Fla
Hitler
Co. Pepper
Kaiser-Hughes
Armed Services
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
British hang 3 Jews in Acre prison in Palestine
British military announces the execution of Meir, Nakar, Yacoub Weiss and Absalom Habib between 4 and 5 am after a May 4 prison break freed 251 inmates and wounded 16. An underground source says Irgun Zvai Leumi members were among the condemned for opposing British rule.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Meir
Nakar
Yacoub Weiss
Absalom
Habib
Acre
Palestine
Irgun -Zvai Leumi
Clifford
Martin
Mervin
Cost Of Living Probe Promised
Senator McCarthy announced a joint Senate-House investigation to examine the high cost of housing. He said hearings would span all regions, focusing on prefab homes, material costs, building codes, and alleged labor resistance. He cited a $6,000 prefab home plan and a disagreement over labor time estimates.
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Associated Press
Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Senate-House
Congress
Joint Committee
Wisconsin
Truman Plans Return From Missouri After Mother's Funeral
President Truman prepared to fly from Grandview Missouri at 11 a m for Washington following his mother Martha Ellen Truman 94 burial in Forest Hill cemetery Kansas City beside her husband John A Truman. The President showed marked fatigue and grief as family and neighbors attended a simple service with no eulogy.
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Martha Ellen Truman
Harry
Truman
Grandview
International
Associated Press
White House
Missouri
Washington
Congress
Forest Hill Cemetery
Kansas City
John A. Truman
Welbern Bowman
Weather Forecast Summary for Beckley Area
Clear and cool tonight with with mostly sunny and slightly warmer conditions this afternoon. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and warmer. Yesterday's high reached 17 with last night’s low 58. Noon today shows no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending at noon.
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Beckley
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