Lillybrook Store Employees Win Wage Increases Under UCW Deal
About 50 Lillybrook Coal Company store workers will gain raises up to 37 percent under a two year contract with the United Construction Workers Union. Wages rise 15 to 31 cents per hour for a 40 hour week with time and a half after eight hours daily. The agreement includes a closed shop and union dues check offs starting after five days. One year of service earns a paid week of vacation, while two or more years earn two weeks. Contract effective April 1, negotiated by Sidney C. Box and How ard Knuckles. signed by Frank Enslow and J B Ailstock.
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Lillybrook Coal Company
United Construction Workers Union
Sidney C. Box
Box
Howard Knuckles
UCW
Frank Enslow
J. B. Ailstock
Russia faces meat shortage as war cuts cattle numbers
An informant says Russia now has more meat in cities but a cattle population far below normal due to the war. An estimated one third of Russia's cattle were butchered this winter, while UNRRA food shipments to the Donets Basin and Ukraine ended, forcing authorities to tap other sources.
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Russia
UNRRA
Donets
Ukraine
Witness Testimony Sparks Heated Debate in Committee
Frank Thomas challenged Johnston's testimony, saying he made naive statements. He cited claims about communists in Hollywood, lack of action to root them out, disdain for pastel color zealots, and praise for propaganda films against Hitler and Mussolini.
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Thomas
Johnston
Hollywood
Speech Focuses Mostly on Greek Problem Over Turkey
The speaker devoted nearly the entire address to the Greek problem, offering only a brief aside on Turkey. This emphasis highlights the issue seen as most pressing by the speaker and suggests limited attention to regional relations beyond Greece.
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Turkey
Two Named On School Building Advisory Group
E. E. Bibb Sr and Minor Scott were named to fill vacancies on the school board advisory building committee. They will attend their first meeting in the second week of April. The board renewed school bus liability insurance with Watts Insurance Co and approved a $16.50 bill. Two fire losses were turned to the insurer for settlement: Teel school furnace room loss of 14.76 and Hogan school loss of 26.60. Appalachian Electric Power Co was authorized to run power lines on property housing Upper White Oak School in Clear Fork District. A $300 bill by Clay S. Crouse for services in the Raleigh County Bank case was approved. the suit, started over unauthorized school fund payments, was settled in the board’s favor. The board denied a request to use a school bus to transport Clear Fork High School students to Huntington for a Marshall College one act play contest, citing board policy. They will allow bands from Mark Twain, Stace, and Byrd Prillerman High Schools to travel to the John L. Lewis Day celebration at Sophia if it does not conflict with the schedule. Considerations included checks on Mabscott Coal Co for coal delivery and a defective heater at Trap Hill High. no decision reached. A Governor Meadows letter praising teacher pay bill support was read. Whitesville store robbed. Home Credit Clothing Store broken into with a floor-drilling entry. Jewelry, suits, and shoes taken. value not yet computed. Investigators from Charleston could not identify suspects.
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E. E. Bibb
Minor Scott
Board of Education
Watts Insurance Company
Teel
Hogan
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Clear Fork
White Oak
Clay’s. Crouse
Raleigh County Bank
Clear Fork High School
Huntington
Marshall College
Mark Twain
Stace
Byrd Prillerman
John L. Lewis
Sophia
Mabscott Coal Company
Trap Hill High School
Meadows
Explosion Blamed For Coal Mine Disaster Near Centralia
Rescue teams race to reach No 5 mine of Centralia Coal Company where a blast injured many and left 111 men unaccounted. Chief electrician Fred Hellmeyer says blast likely from a shot charge improperly packed. 31 escaped, 27 bodies moved to a garage morgue.
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Fred Hellmeyer
Byrd Attacks House Action on Tax Cut Costs
Senator Byrd assailed the House plan as putting the cart before the horse and warned the proposed tax reduction would cause a nearly $6 billion revenue loss in the next fiscal year starting July 1. He noted the House has only approved a $100,000, Gao expense cut so far.
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Byrd
D-Va
House
Beckleyan Held For Truck Theft
W A Herbert of North Beckley is jailed in Raleigh County on charges of stealing and wrecking a truck owned by Fishers Flowers. Police say he took the truck from Beckley Esso Station and wrapped it around a pole on North Kanawha Street before being captured.
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W. A. Herbert
North Beckley
Raleigh County
Fishers Flowers
Herbert
Beckley
North Kanawha Street
Shook Windows High on Mt. Carmel After Distant Blast
A blast around 15 a.m. shook windows of tall Mt. Carmel buildings far from the waterfront. Haifa, terminal of the Iraq Petroleum Company’s 800 mile pipeline, transports oil from Kirkuk fields in northeastern Iraq.
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Mt. Carmel
Haifa
Iraq Petroleum Company
Kirkuk
Trac
Chicago Preacher To Speak At Mt Tabor
The Rev. Charles El Tulga from Chicago will preach at Mount Tabor Baptist Church on Sunday at 11 oclock. A meeting of ministers and deacons from Raleigh Fayette and Hopewell associations will follow at 2 pm. The visit was delayed from March 18 due to illness and relates to Jewish immigrant issues.
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Charles el Tulga
Baptist Fellowship of Northern Baptists
Chicago
Mount Tabor
Deac
Palestine
Sons of the
Baptist “Associations
Raleogh, Fayette and Hopewell
Tuga
Hail the gang’s all here blame in party
A speaker cites blame within his own party the Republican party. The text notes a row over leadership and unity. It references political tension alongside a statistic claiming New York State yields about 3.78109 billion quarts of milk annually.
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Republican Party
New York State
Council session nears showdown on Soviet withdrawals from Austria
In a tense council session foreign ministers pressed the reparations dispute as Soviet withdrawals of industrial equipment from Austria became a flashpoint. The debate centered on German reparations and the implications for postwar recovery and regional stability.
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Austria
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Edward Harvit
Chareston
Centralia Coal Company
Beckleyan
Mt. Tabor
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G.C. Murphy Co
Tony
Skelton
del Monte
Abc
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Home Optical Company
Neville Street
President Hotel
W. T. Grant
Onri Dally
Junior Deb
Donnybrook
Koppers
Oceana
Pemberton
Stotesbury
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