Mine contract tense as vacation period nears in coal fields
John L. Lewis pressed general terms at three conferences to win a larger pay raise and shorter workday as the soft coal industry faces a July 5 start to a 10 day vacation. With contract expiry looming June 30, operators worry market conditions and Taft Hartley notice rules could trigger extended shutdowns into August.
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Harold W. Ward
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Southern, Coal Producers Association
U. S. Steel Corporation
Southern Association
United Mine Workrecs
Join Owens
J Blue
U. S. Steel
Bluefield
Assault Charged Woman Doctor in Criminal Court
The trial of Dr. Eva Lena Teter of Beaver opened in criminal court on an assault and battery charge. Indicted on a complaint by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Meador of Cool Ridge for allegedly slapping and refusing to treat their daughter Drema Jean during a throat painting incident. Other actions this morning included Guilty pleas for John A. Askew, John P. White, and Thomas Miller with Davie Coleman for various charges. A hung jury in the murder case of Slyvester Drafton led to a retrial scheduled for the next term.
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Eva Lena Teter
Beaver
John A. Askew
John P. White
Thomas Miller
Davie Coleman
Coleman
Miller
Slyvester Drafton
Jonben
Wilson Caldwell
Criminal Court
W. A. Riffe
A. D. Cook
Cunk
Riffe
Cook
Bach
Drafton
Weather Notes From Oak Hill and Glade Creek Detailing Readings
Fragmentary weather record shows yesterday's highs and lows for Oak Hill and Glade Creek. Incomplete data includes 9 a.m. readings and unclear numerals suggesting temperatures around the mid 70s to 80s with typos obscuring precise values.
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Mal
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Miners in IPistrict 29 Begin 10 Day Paid Vacation
About 50,000 miners in IPistrict 29 will take a 10 day paid vacation under the existing contract. Miners employed a full year will get $100 in pay envelopes this week. Those with shorter service receive one twelfth of 8.33 dollars for each calendar month employed. The vacation runs from June 25 through July 14, both days inclusive. Pay envelopes may be lighter due to fewer wages last week from a five day walkout period.
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Ipistrict
Larkin S. Philpol
UMW
Philpott
Brooklyn Man Hurt At Bus Terminal
Charley Banks of Brooklyn attempted to board a parked bus at the terminal but fell backward. He sustained a scalp laceration and was taken to Raleigh General Hospital by City Police. Hospital officials called his condition satisfactory.
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Charley Banks
Brooklyn
Raleigh General Hospital
Greece Premier Histokies So phouls Dies at 83
Athens expected death of Prime Minister Histokies So phouls at age 83 after illness. He had been ill and nearing death last fall, but his passing was unexpected.
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Associated Press
Athens
Histokies
Bus Wreck Injures 34 as Driver Claims Drowsiness
A Greyhound bus from New York to Washington left U S 48 near Baltimore at dawn injuring 34 people, including the driver Gerald Thibodeau, who said he became drowsy before the crash. Most injuries were minor, with ambulances and Hopkins Hospital treating victims. a few passengers were unconscious in the wreckage.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
U.S. 48
Gerald Philip ‘Thibadean
Philadelphia
William Dreyer
Baltimore County Police
Thibodeau
Johns Hopkins Hositals
William A. Pomerleau
Kennebunk
Ihe
Lions Open State Convention Today
CLARKSBURG The annual state convention of Lions opened with registration of the first of an expected 77,000 delegates and members. Reports from officers and committees and selection of next year’s convention site were scheduled at a business meeting today. A dinner and entertainment program were set for tonight. Tomorrow’s principal speakers include Jennings Randolph and Selwyn Dodge. Officers to be elected Saturday afternoon.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
Lions Cliles
Jennings Randolph
Capital Airlines
Selwyn A
Dodge
Detroit
Lions ‘Inter
National
Sprague Girl Tops Boy Champs To Capture Marble Tourney
Ruby Adkins a Sprague 12 year old girl won the county wide marble tournament defeating boys led by runner up Donald Gwynn as playground finals were held at Woodrow Wilson. Ruby earned a bicycle but chose a playsuit while the boys took prizes including a baseball glove and bat.
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Sprague Girl Tops
Charles FL
Stafford Register
Ruby Adkins
Deatheye
Sprague
Recreation Board
Ted Cook
Cook
Ruby
Dc. C. Adkins
Donald Gwynn
J. W. Gwynn
College Avenue
Donald
Institute
Iin
Beckley
Ocean City
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
Bobby Way
Sprague Playground
Emmett Foster
Lincoln Playground
Robert Allen
Morton Reeves
City Hall
Raleigh
Mabhle
Gwynn
Taft Caught Napping On Labor Amendment
Senate blocs unite to challenge Taft Hartley Act injunction power amid a shifting parliamentary scene Lucas of Illinois proposed a plant seizure amendment that Truman would back Taft reacted quickly and fought back early aides described a parallel 60 day injunction plan without seizure gaining priority before the Lucas amendment
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Taft
Labor
Washinglow
Senate
Une
Lucas
Minois
Senate Democrats
Truman
Rohio
Taet
ReRgeters
Holland
Fla
Two Phone Circuits Disrupted in County
Telephone circuits between Barnes and Hinton and Mutlens were reported out this morning. Workmen suspected the Hinton line broke near New River, possibly by a tree. The Maltens line was flooded with calls, causing some difficulty, says Manager A. F. White Jr.
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Barnes and Hinton
Mutlens
Hinton
New River
A. F. White, Jr
Horse Book Take Told in Trial
Federal court heard more testimony on William G. Lias gambling operations. Louis Kartsimas described the Market Street Club in Wheel and its horse book, detailing a July to August 1945 payoff of 183778.80 with 204396.50 in bets and 183778.80 in payoffs, suggesting a high payoff rate.
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Fress Fairmont
William G. Lias
Louis Kartsimas
Lias
Kartsimas
Market Street Club
Seven Run Afoul of Various Laws
Raleigh County jail reports new residents including Edward Shultz 32 of Pemberston for destruction of property and Robert Hunter on a bad check warrant awaiting arraignment. James P Meadows Mrs Gunten Walker of Shady Spring and three others were bound over for trial. Everett Date Graham William Burdette and Connie Lee Vaughan were committed on federal charges of violating the Dyer Act. Burnus Stanaford Adkins 21 of Kopperston was jailed on AWGL and Dyer Act violations. Willie Hodge 40, a blind Wheeling man, died after a fall at a basement stairway in Wheeling. West Virginia Nursing program at Weston State Hospital urged. WV Funeral Directors elect Altmeeyer of Wheeling as president with other officers named.
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Raleigh County
Yesterdass
Edward Shultz
Pemberston
Robert Hunter
William Woody
Mainstrah
James P. Meadows
Gunten Walker
Shady ‘Spring
Henry Vines
Toter
Everett Date Graham
William Burdette
Jeyes
Connie Lee Vaugin
Dorothy Nesbitt
Wheeling
Themas
Florence Crittenden
Burnus Stanaford Adkins
Elm Grove
Kopperston
Mark Trach
Ira Helton
West Virginia Briefs Deaths and Tax Figures
Mrs Lola M Heavener 5 died after three months illness she had served as executive secretary of the Harrison County Red Cross chapter for 14 years in Clarksburg Charleston tax figures show April sales and ax collections totaling 1884729 compared with 1821874 a year ago gasoline tax receipts for April reached 161183 compared with 1353434 last year
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Clarksburg
Lola M. Heavener
Harrison County Red Cross
Charleston
C. J. Koontz
Truck Drivers Told To Space Vehicles
Charleston State Police Superintendent W. E. Burchell urged truck drivers to keep large vehicles apart on highways to allow cars to pass. He noted drivers face difficulty passing two large trucks on winding hills and curved roads and said state law does not specify a required distance, though offenders may be punished under reckless driving statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
W. E. Burchell
Burchett
Explosion Threat Near Navy Center Sparks Three-Alarm Fire
A top secret naval building near the Anacostia Naval Base in Washington was the center of a three alarm fire that threatened nearby munition warehouses. Shore patrols with drawn revolvers kept police away as firefighters battled the flames with try to prevent a wider blast. The building, labeled Building 13, was described as gutted, with authorities offering no immediate damage estimates or cause.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Naval Research Magazine
Washington Times
Flerard
Anacosta Naval Base
Senators Irked By State Dept Arms Emphasis
In Washington senators resent the administration push for a 1.13 billion arms for Europe program arguing timing and emphasis risk linking the NATO pact to military aid. They fear treating the arms plan as crucial may galvanize opposition to the treaty and complicate approval in both chambers.
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State Dept
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
State Department
Truman
Congress
Acheson
United States
Russia
Two Men Face Possible Death Sentences in Rape Case
Charleston two African American men plead guilty to rape charges and await possible death sentences. Judge Cyrus W. Hall deferred verdict until July 6 after pleas from Louis Jeddison Ricks Jr. and Cleathus Hollinshed, both of Charleston. Police say the 19 year old White South Charleston woman was forced into a truck and assaulted in a remote area then a cemetery.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Cyrus W. Hall
Louis Jeddison Ricks, Jr
Cleathus Hollinshed
South Charleston
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Buddy) Beckwith
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Harvey
Meyer
Beckwith
Stahbhut
Iowa
E.M. Beckwith
Lions Open
Wheeling Club
Willie Hodge
R. Iz. Smith
Hodge
Weston State Hospital
State Nurses Association
West Virginia
Finneral Directors Association
John D. Altmeyer
C. ©. Phillips
Philippi
Dayle Fidler
Belle
Kanawha County
Edward Leavitt
Parkersburg
Stanley N. Vaughn
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