Detroit Reconversion Brightens as GM GE Strikes End
The Associated Press reports an expected return to work for about 275,000 GM and GE employees after settlement of 113 day and two month strikes. Wage deals of 18 1/2 cents per hour with adjustments follow presidential board recommendations, easing the nation toward labor peace and faster production.
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Associated Press
General Motors
General Electric
G. M
G. E
Cc. I. O
Westinghouse Co
San Francisco
Washington
Schwellenbach
C. I. O. United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
Persians Accused of Aiming at Caucasus, Moscow Says
Izvestia accuses Iran of seeking to seize the Caucasus region in the early Soviet era and of harboring politicians who still favored imperialist designs against the USSR, as reported by Associated Press correspondent Eddie Gilmore in Moscow.
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Eddie Gilmore
Associated Press
Moscow
Iran
Izvestia
Soviet Union
A Alexeev
Russia
Caucasus
Soviet
Azerbaijan
Baku
Armenia
Yerevan
Trans-Caucasus
Baghdad
Ashkhabad
Lewis Seen Soft Pedaling Pay Increase Demand
John L. Lewis signals negotiable wage talks while stressing improved conditions for soft coal miners. Industry observers note a possible no-strike stance amid union push for a health and welfare fund and safer, better benefits, with a March 31 contract expiration looming.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
U.M.W
Health and Welfare Fund
Ex-State Senator Curtis Ends Life in Office Building
Charleston report states L. O. Curtis aged 67, former state senator, shot himself in a downtown Atlas Building washroom while employed as a clerk in United Fuel Gas Company. A note to Mrs Curtis and personal effects were found. health had been poor. Curtis served Roane County in the senate.
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Associated Press
Charleston
L. O. Curtis
Sam Rodoff
William Hammack
Curtis
Geological Department
United Fuel Gas Company
Atlas
Rodoff
Senate
Roane County
Street Scene Beckley Pulled Over for Post Office Parking
A Beckley street scene notes a policeman’s wife receives a ticket for overtime parking in front of the post office while teenage girls blow bubbles at Nevins Street shoppers creating minor commotion.
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Beckley
Nevins Street
Russians Moving Out Of Manchuria Capital City Now
Dispatches report Soviet withdrawal from Mukden to Changchun, with seven troop trains leaving Changchun as the Red Army retreat advances north toward Siberia. In Manchuria a three hour southern suburb battle was reported, and Mukden authorities seek economic cooperation while Communist forces move toward Fushun. A truce committee in Chungking discussed preventing further clashes as government and Communist leaders coordinate. Captain Arnold Moore of the State Police in Beckley retires April and will be replaced by Trooper C C McGraw after Moore’s 34 years of service.
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Associated Press
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Siberia
Manchuria
Red Army
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Chang Chi-Chung
Chou En-Lai
Alvin C. Fillem
General Marshall
Truman
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Fairmont
Marlinton
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Captain Moore
Orchard Avenue
C. C. McGraw
Jackson’s Mill
McGraw
Spanishburg
McGraws
Navy
Halibut Taken In Bay Off Virginia
The fish and wildlife service reported a 177-pound six-foot white halibut landed off Reefville Virginia in Chesapeake Bay. It marks an unusual southern sighting with no prior Chesapeake records. The Josephine D. brought the catch to Washington wharves and a seafood firm purchased it.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reefville
Chesapeake Bay
New York
Pacific
Josephine D
Sea Food Company
Capitol Hill's Ghost Will Become Dinner
Washington reports a possum found in the House Office Building after being lured from a paper stack by Neal Burnham, cashier of the stationery room. The creature had been roaming since Monday after escaping from a crate in the boiler room. How it arrived remains unknown.
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Associated Press
Washington
Neal Burnham
Capitol Hill
Minimum Pay Bill Faces Amending
Washington reports the 65 cent federal minimum wage bill faces farm bloc opposition in the Senate. President Truman backs immediate 65 cents and 75 cents later, but farm state Democrats and Republicans resist without changes. Ellender and Ball propose compromises lifting to 55 cents after 120 days and other farm price adjustments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Truman
Republic
Ellender
D-La
Ellender-Ball
Ball
R-Minn
Beckleyan Named In Princeton Motor Co
A charter is granted to the E. and W. Motor company of Princeton with capital stock of 25000 dollars. Incorporators include Clarence C. Elmore president and general manager J. E. Whitt of Princeton and Farres E. Rahall of Beckley. The firm will sell Kaiser Frazer automobiles.
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E. and W. Motor Company
Princeton
Kaiser-Frazier Automobiles
Clarence C. Elmore
J. E. Whitt
Farres E. Rahall
Beckley
Coke Employees Reject UCW Affiliation Here
Coca-Cola bottling workers at Raleigh plants rejected United Construction Workers as bargaining agent by 41 to 27. Ballots were cast from 74 eligible voters with 69 ballots counted and one voided. UCW sought to unite Mullens Beckley Mabscott and Raleigh Locals under Local 94.
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G. V. Ross
Raleigh
Coca-Cola
United Construction Workers
J. Kenneth Troffat
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
Arnold B. Clark, Sr
C. S. Cavendish, Jr
Beckley
Raleigh Distributing Com
Fire guts Salisbury Maryland stores in four hour blaze
A high wind fueled a fire in Salisbury Maryland destroying three stores and gutting two more. Total damage tops 300000 as electric circuits failed and smoke blanketed Main Street. Firemen from seven towns aided the effort.
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Associated Press
Salisbury
J. C. Penney Department
Style Center
E. G. Davis
Main Street
Ulman
Wrathan
Market Street
Landis Dennis
Salisbury Department
OPA Moves to Curb Cotton Prices Amid Textile Shortage
Washington reports an emergency OPA order to raise down payments on cotton futures aimed at curbing speculative bids and stabilizing textile prices. Senator Thomas warns the measure could doom the agency, while the Civilian Production Administration limits garments to a 30 day supply to release stocks. Rayon hosiery output is set to rise with 1.5 million pounds monthly fabric from yarn producers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Civilian Production Administration
Youth Breaks Arm In Fall From Tree
Harold Green, 11, of 817 North Kanawha Street, suffered a fractured right arm after falling from a tree he climbed yesterday afternoon on his way home from school. He was treated at Raleigh General Hospital.
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Harold Green
North
Kanawha St
Harold
J. H. Green
Raleigh General Hospital
Winding Gulf Child Cuts Hand On Glass
Five year old Lou Linda Clere daughter of Mr and Mrs John Clere of Winding Gulf was treated at Raleigh General Hospital for cuts to her right hand after she fell on a piece of glass last night and was released.
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Lou Linda Clere
John Clere
Winding Gulf
Raleigh General Hospital
Reuter Named General Manager at Williamson Daily News
Otto K. Reuter of Hinton is named general manager succeeding the late Hubert G. Clark. E. L. Sampson becomes editor and W. K. Garrett is named city editor replacing W. Frank Tolbert who resigns to join a new venture.
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Associated Press
Williamson
Williamson Daily News
Otto K. Reuter
Hinton
Reuter
Hinton Daily News
Hubert G. Clark
Williamson Daily
E. L. Sampson
W. K. Garrett
Garrett
W. Frank Tolbert
Associated
Britain Opposes Settlement Amid Soviet Iran Occupation
London reports Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin warned the Tehran government against any settlement with Russia under duress while Soviet troops remain in Iran. He said Britain has not decided to deploy troops again and asked whether negotiations for British troop return have begun. Bevin cited assurances from Stalin that Iran’s territorial integrity would be respected.
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Associated Press
London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Russia
Iran
Tehran
Bevin
House of Commons
Iraq
Stalin
English Papers Hit Stalin For Churchill Attack
British newspapers today assailed Generalissimo Stalin for his attack on Winston Churchill and urged a Big Three meeting soon to mend Russsia relations with the Allies. A Foreign Office spokesman said there likely would be no official comment on Stalin's remarks as Churchill has no government status. Official circles indicated the former prime minister would speak for himself in a New York City broadcast scheduled for tomorrow night.
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Associated Press
London
Stalin
Winston Churchill
Russia
Foreign Office
Churchill
New York City
Stalin Attacks Churchill Over World Rule and Quarrels
Stalin in Pravda interview accuses Churchill of sowing rifts among wartime Allies and aiming for world rule by English-speaking nations. He likens Churchill and allies to Hitler after Churchill’s Fulton speech on March 5 advocating American leadership.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Stalin
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Hitler
Pravda
Communist Party
Fulton
Red Army Advances Toward Turkish Border Amid Draft Push
A Tehran dispatch reports Soviet forces moving west from Tabriz toward the Turkish border under Marshal Ivan Bagramian as Washington pushes to extend the draft. The movement includes columns near Lake Urmia with tanks and fuel observed, signaling heightened Cold War tensions and potential shifts near Azerbaijan and Iran.
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Tehran
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Ivan Bagramian
Bagramian
Germany
Marand
Khoi
Lake Urmia
Miyanduab
Iraq
Mt. Ararat
Kars
Ardahan
Russia
Mianeh
Kazvin
Karaij
Karaj
Penicillin May Lose Punch Against Common Diseases
Dr Hans Molitor of Merck Institute warns penicillin may become largely useless in years due to rapidly spreading resistant germ strains. In gonorrhea alone more than 30 strains show resistance, cutting cure rates from near 100 percent to about 50 percent in some hospitals, with similar trends in other diseases.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science
Atlantic City
N. J
Hans Molitor
Merck Institute of Therapeutic Research
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Pharmacological Society
Molitor
Weather report for West Virginia with rain and mild trend
Occasional rain tonight and Friday with continued mild temperatures. Highs near 58 today and low around 49 tonight. Precipitation in the 24 hours ending at noon today reported as none.
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West Virginia
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