Move Toward Federal Control of Utilities Faces House
The Interior Department appropriation bill advances a $336 million program to expand federal power via reclamation projects. Republicans decry the move as a step to federalize utilities, arguing it could price private firms out of business. The committee approved the power program while trimming overall construction funds and shifting large sums to the reclamation bureau and other agencies.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Interior Department
Appropriations Committee
Jensen Brown
Jensen
Loi
Congress
Department
Reclamation Bureau
National Park Service
Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Son of Indicted Man Arrested in Murder Probe
Billy Bearfield, 22, of Pettry Bottom in Coal River area, was arrested Sunday by Whitesville State Police in connection with the murder of his older brother Orville, February 12. He was transferred to Beckley. their father Jesse Bearfield faces murder charges as the case unfolds.
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Raleigh
Billy Bearfield
Pettry Bottom
Coal River Area
Orville
Whitesville
State Police
Beckley
Co. N. Otto
Jesse Bearfield
Bearfield
Billy
Hubert Lee
Junior Chamber To Fete Athletes In Beckley
Lee Patton head basketball coach at West Virginia University will be the principal speaker at a Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet on Friday April 8 at El Chico Cafe. The event honors the Beckley College basketball team Woodrow Wilson High School Beckley Junior High school and Woodrow Wilson state champion wrestling team. Tickets on sale at the Sports Center and area stores limited to 115 seats for Jaycees and the public. Jurors report Monday Raleigh County court jurors to report at 9 a m Judge W A Riffe announced.
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Lee Patton
West Virginia University
Winter weather brings snow to Western regions and heat to the Southwest
The Western states see light snow in the Central Rockies Nebraska and Kansas while mild conditions persist from the Southern plains to the Gulf states. Highs reach 92 degrees at Presidio Texas yesterday as Cheyenne records over 4 inches of snow in a late storm.
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Texas
Register Star
Chicago
Central
Rockies
Nebhraska
Kansas
Cheyenne
Wyo
Meas
Southern Plains
Seaboard
Gulf States
Mercury
Presidio
Tex
West Virginia Refunds Hit Record $23.5 Million Status
Roy Yoke of the District Internal Revenue Collector reports West Virginia has authorized $23.5 million in tax refunds to about 440,000 people, a new record, with totals rising toward $25 million for about 465,000 by that week’s end. Checks are mailed from Columbus and expected to arrive by April 15.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
Simul
West Virginia
Internal Revenue
Roy Yoke
Yoke
Columbus
West
Dems Oppose Rent Aid Clause Stirring Senate Debate
Senate and House leaders move a 13 month rent control extension with debates over a fair income provision. Foes fear the compromise could derail the measure while backers push to keep federal rent controls in place as the European recovery program bills advance.
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Associated Press
Washington—Administration
Senate
House
Truman
Kicas
Meliroad
Cormack
Mass
Senate Trade Action On
Congress
Senate House Committee
Senate Debates Second Marshal Plan Year Rent Controls Loom
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee favored keeping the plan as is while the House prepares a 5.38 billion foreign aid bill. Wherry urged trimming the bill arguing 940 million for Britain is too high, while Kem proposed halting U.S. dollars to any country expanding its basic industries. Jenner attacked foreign policy as risking economic ruin. Lucas suggested the Senate session could extend late as debate continues. Installment terms for foreign goods shift and auto downpayment reduces to 15 percent.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Wherry R-Neb
Senate
Britain
Economic Cooperation “Administration
Great Britain
Senator Kem
Rmo
U. S
Jenner
R-Ind
United States
Lucas (Ui
Man Posts Bond On Entry Charge At Mabscott
John P. White posted $2000 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing before Magistrate J. P. Meacows on a charge of burglarizing Raleigh Hardware Company Mabscott March Arrested by State Police C C McGraw White held for grand jury Store had no items stolen Three others before the magistrate were fined for traffic violations George Hughes fined 50 dollars and costs for drunken driving on Route 16 Crab Orchard Two officers on Route 16 Crab Orchard fined 10 dollars each Deputy Sheriff J Buckland Ferraro found guilty of permitting an unlicensed person to operate a motor vehicle Franklin B Alderson fined for improper registration plates
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John P. White
J. P. Meacows
Raleigh Hardware Company
Mabscott
C. C. McGraw
White
Lfor
George Hughes
D. W. Dilly
Crab Orchard
Jimmy Ferraro
J. Buckland
Franklin B. Alderson
McGraw
IFRB Eases Stock Purchases With Lower Margin Rules
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board reduced stock margin requirements to 50 percent from 75 percent, part of easing credit as inflation fears ease. The move follows a string of reports showing improving employment, production, prices, and loans, marking a shift since 1945.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Train Robbery Hearing Scheduled in Fairmont
George L. Ashton and Lu Man Ramsdell face armed robbery charges in Federal court for the Baltimore and Ohio Ambassador train holdup near Marlinspurg on March 9. They were indicted by the Federal grand jury here for stopping the train and robbing more than 100 passengers and crew.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
George L. Ashton
Jesse James
Baltimore and Ohio
Ashton
Skip
Ramsdell
B. And’s
Marlinspurg
Gun Battle Reported Near Italian Border
Rome reports from Astra via the Istrian Committee of National Liberation claim Yugoslav army troops and guerrillas clashed near the Italian border in Ironavina Yugoslavia about 15 miles northeast of Gorizia. AP cautions Trieste is rumor prone and warns no confirmation exists.
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Ws Nsgo Ciadrien
Rome
Asla
Istrian Committee of National Liberation
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Tito
International Information” Bureau
Kremlin
Soviet Russia
Céminform
Istrian Committee
Italy
Astra
Ironavina
Gorizia
Tempo
Monte Banta
Goriza
Two American Soldiers Sentenced in Czechoslovakia Spy Case
Alexander Jones and Clarence Hill were sentenced to 10 and 12 years respectively after a secret trial in Czechoslovakia for spying. Both had been arrested after crossing the border in December and were reportedly absent without leave from U S units. Czechoslovak authorities said they were on a secret mission, with U S embassy officials to decide on possible steps.
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Associated
Alexander Jones
Hun‘ter
Clarence Hill
Clarence R. Hill
Jackson, Mill
George R. Jones
Owensboro Ky
U. S
Powerful Cruiser Roanoke Joins U S Fleet In Philadelphia
The U S S Roanoke, a 17 000 ton light cruiser with 33 knot speed, will be commissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Base. Built at a cost of 30 million dollars over four years, she is sister to the U S S Worcester and features 12 six inch guns, 10 three inch rapid fire mounts and six twin 20mm guns.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
United States
U.S.S. Roanoke
Philadelphia Naval Base
U.S.S. Worcester
Roanoke
Ella Ann Wenebry
Rollins College
Confessed Killer Denied Release in Wisconsin Murder Case
Milton Babich remained jailed on a first degree murder charge for the death of Patricia Bimmingham after two bond denials. Circuit Judge Daniel Sullivan rejected the defense bid to free the 19 year old student, citing a confession and likelihood of guilty verdict. District Attorney William McCauley opposed release pending the April pre trial hearing, noting Babich killed the 16 year old West Allis High School student and disposed of the body in the Milwaukee River.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Daniel Sullivan
Arthur W. Richert
William McCauley
Babich
Patricia Bimmlingham
West Allis High School
Milwaukee River
Kathleen
McCauley
Rail Crews Back in Action as Mines Reopen
Rail crews rushed to coal fields as mines resumed operation after a two week stoppage. United Mine Workers East of the Mississippi affirmed the restart, with some 70,000 railroaders idled previously expected back by next week. Major lines like Norfolk and Western and Virginian Railway reported full mine activity amid a short week for soft coal miners observed as John Mitchell Day on April 1.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mississippi River
Lewis
Ichict
Cdal
Hattach
Chesapeake and Ohio
Mies
Norfolk and West
Jetn
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Virginian Railway
John Mitchell
UMW
Pickets Rally Over World Peace Conference Plans
Delegates to a world peace conference tour faced protests in Newark as Catholic War Veterans and other groups announced pickets. The Newark event, sponsored by the New Jersey Council of Arts Sciences and Professions, follows a New York session labeled by the State Department as propaganda. Delegates plan a nation-wide tour to collect signatures for a peace petition to present to President Truman on Memorial Day.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
New Jersey Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions
Russia
New York
U. S. State Department
Catholic War Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New Jersey Council
Ntional
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Detroit
Louis
Los Angeles
Action Committee
Trumate
United Nations
McQuade Named Head of West Virginia AP Study Committee
A. J. Needy McQuade, editor of the Beckley Raleigh Register, is appointed chair of the West Virginia Associated Press Continuing Study Committee, succeeding Robert L. Jamison who resigned. Dallas Higbee of the Gazette joins as committee member. next meeting set for Clarksburg in April. McQuade has 20 years in West Virginia newspapers and a stint with the Rocky Mountain News in Denver after military service.
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Associated Press
WELCH
A. J. (Néedy) McQuade
Telegraph
Beckley Raleigh Register
West Virginia
Associated Press Continuing ‘Study Committee
McQuade
Robert L. Jamison
The
Charleston Gazette
W. R. Keyser
Welch Daily News
Enaeernals
State
AP Asseciaion
Keyser
Dallas
Beckley
Rocky, Mountain News
Denver
Eisenhower Begins Rest in Florida at Key West
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower arrives at Boca Chita Naval Air Station aboard The Independence for rest and recuperation. He walks with Maj Gen Howard Snyder, declining to comment, as he recovers from stomach inflammation ahead of a Joint Chiefs conference in Key West.
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Key West
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ciy
United States
Howard Snyder
Europe
Boca Chita Naval Air Station
Truman
Independence
General Snyder
Eisenhower
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taft urges price tapering to avert economic crash
Senator Taft says a gradual tapering in prices may shield the country from a future economic crash and criticizes President Truman's proposals for standby price controls. He notes a fifth straight drop in the cost of living and predicts profits will fall as competition rises, with consumer buying likely to rebound as prices ease.
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Tess
Taft
Ohio
Senate-House Economic Committee
Truman
Tarlo Ie Gann
Ay Buree
OCU
O' Mahoney
D-Wye
Lafe
Ohioan
Bureau of Labor’ Statistics
Iti
Kaiser-Frazer Cuts Car Prices and Elevates Edgar Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer Corp slashed its car prices by 198 to 333 dollars across models in a bid to reach a broader mass market and offer the lowest priced big cars. Edgar F Kaiser is named president, replacing Joseph Frazer who becomes vice chairman as the autoMaker shifts leadership amid rival price cuts by GM and Ford.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Kaiser-Frazer
K-F
Edgar F. Kaiser
Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser
Joseph W. Frazer
Auto
General Motors
Ford
Italy Seeks Pact and Colonial Trusteeship at UN Talks
Italy seeks North Atlantic defense pact and quick trusteeship control over its three former African colonies. Count Carlo Sforza arrives in Washington to meet Secretary Acheson ahead of the April 4 signing while the United Nations plans to decide colony futures at the April session. The United States weighs trusteeship for Somaliland while remaining undecided on Eritrea and Tripolitania.
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Vapcote
Carlo Sforza
Acheson
United States
Sforza
Ipacl
Italy
Africa
United Nations Assembly
New York
Eritrea
Tripolitania
Dean Husk
Somaliland
Larceny Charged in Cabell Theft Case
Clarence H. Thompson 44 faces arraignment on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing about 15 000 from an elderly woman at a Huntington movie theater. Police recovered roughly 2800 at his Kimball rooming house. 26-year-old woman held as material witness. Mrs Otto Wilson and husband seek 12000 damages. loot included 10 000 cash and 4000 in U S savings bonds.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Clarence H. Thompson
Waman
Ot “Thompson
Kimball
McDowell County
Thompson
Azey T. Bryant
Otto Wilson
Kirmball
Huntingston
U.S
Wilson
MacArthur airman among seven rescued from Arctic crash
Samuel G C Gilly of MacArthur West Virginia was one of seven airmen saved after a cargo plane crash on Fillesmere Island in the Arctic. A ski-equipped Greenland plane carried out the rescue on Sunday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Samuel GC. Gilly
MacArthur, W. Va
Fillesmere Island
Arctic
Air Force
Greenland
Bryson Attends Conference in Philadelphia for Superintendents
Raleigh County Superintendent DO. W. Bryson travels to Philadelphia for one of three regional superintendents conferences. The four day meeting ends Thursday with officials from multiple sections of the country attending.
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