Loyalty File Subpoena Demands Action Against UMW Boss
Rep Chauncey Reed calls for new federal court action against John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers over a Canton Ohio local president Sidener who was fined 50000 and blacklisted for obeying a back to work order Reed suggests invoking civil rights law to correct the alleged wrong Sidener asserts Lewis ordered miners to ignore the federal injunction while secretly signaling when to return to work Lewis did not comment
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Washington
Chauncey W. Reed
R-Ifl
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
McGrath
Lloyd H. Sidener
Canton
UMW
Department of Justice
Sidener
Reed
U. S
Lewis
Last AP Writer To Leave Prague
The Czechoslovak government ordered expulsion of the last American AP correspondent Nathan Polowetzky with credentials expiring March 31 and a April 8 departure deadline. Deputy press chief Bedrich Runge cited unobjective reporting as the reason. Other Western correspondents faces action still to be decided this week.
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Associated Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nathan Polowetzky
Polowetzky
Richard Kasischke
Bedrich Runge
Foreign Ministry
Dana Adams Schmidt
New York Times
Repr - Agence France Press
John R. Higgins
United Press
Murder Hearing Set for Monday in Raleigh County
Raleigh County Criminal Court hears that jurors are excused until 9 a.m. Monday when testimony begins in State vs Estil Hall for the fatal shooting of his wife on March 18. Judge W A Riffe also ruled on sentences for Robert Teet and Paul Stowers after guilty pleas.
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Raleigh County
Affinity
Teet
Petis Larcely
Davis
Ben Hi. Ashworth
Okey Mills
Robert Lee French
R. L
French
Emerson French
R. L. French and Sons
Feud Between Teen Carriers Ends in Fatal Shooting
The Russellville Arkansas case reports a feud between rival teen newspaper carriers ending in a fatal shooting. Pat Bowers, 14, fired a shotgun from close range at Wayne Vethren, 15, as they met after school on a residential street. Vethren died the following morning.
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Associated Press
Russellville
Ark
Guy Hickman
Pat Bowers
Wayne Vethren
Young Vothren
Local River Levels Appear High and Murky
Observations show the Virginia area rivers including Greenbrier and Bellepaint near Oak Mill and Glade Creek at about four feet above normal, muddy and murky water in the latest readings. Low temperatures and overnight conditions cited as factors affecting flow.
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Oak Mill
Glade Creek
Greenbrier
Burglars Loot Basshardt’s Vehicle Near Prairieville Cemetery
Police traced the theft to a break in at Dixon. They recovered 19 burial gowns suits and blankets belonging to Basshardt, a Ft. Wayne funeral supplies salesman. Stolen items were left near a Prairieville cemetery.
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Tomobile
Prairieville
Basshardt
Ft. Wayne
Senators to Hear Plans for Checking Communism
Secretary of State Acheson and Ambassador Jessup will brief the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Far Eastern policy. Topics include limited economic aid for non communist states, Jessup’s findings from Asia, a Western powers meeting in London, and an early peace treaty with or without Russian participation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Acheson
Philip Jessup
Asia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jessup
London
Japan
Senate subpoenas demand loyalty records from Acheson McGrath
Senate officers served the first of three subpoenas demanding loyalty records from Secretary of State Acheson and Attorney General McGrath, with a Feb deadline set by the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee. President Truman previously barred such records, citing long standing precedents and public interest.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Truman
Senate Committee
Joseph Duke
Harry B. Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Capitol
Duke
State Acheson
McGrath
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
State Department
Congress
Tylings
D-Md
McCarthy
Secret Service Warns of Rising Counterfeiting Across U S
U S Secret Service chief Baughman testified before a Senate subcommittee that counterfeiting has risen over three years. He cited Mexican suspects in Chicago distributing fake $10 notes and a hitchhiker who unknowingly spent them, with losses totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secret Service
U. S. Secret Service
Senate
Baughman
Mexico
Chicago
Texas
eTye
Middle West
Ares
New York
United States
Treasury
Cub Scout Lesson Aids Shock Victim Lightning Sparks Tragedy
In Pittsburgh West End a 19 year old Henry Lepublier climbed a 20 foot high substation frame and touched a 11 000 volt live wire causing a fatal shock. Fellow Cub Scout Ayre Connors 18 acted quickly to smother flames and aid the victim using lessons from their club. Henry was taken to Allegheny General Hospital with third degree burns.
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bLe Associated
ETESE
Pittsburgh
Vuquesne Light Company
West End
Ilenry Lepublier
Henry
Ayre
Hone J’ S Connors
Ann Allegheny General Hospital
Elephant Executed For Killing Boy at Circus
Dolly the circus elephant was executed with cyanide in Sarasota Florida for killing five year old Edward Schooley who was feeding her peanuts. The burial followed the animal's death in the pit after the lethal dose was administered.
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Boy
Associated Press
Sarasota
Fla
Dolly
Bawn
Edward Schooley
Sam
Ishe
Sabotage Angle Discounted In Embassy Plane Crash
AIR FORCE safety chief leads probe into the U S embassy plane disaster near Ramsayville Ontario. Survivor SGT Gwynne Long says passengers refused bailout as engine fire spread. Victims include Alan Harrington son of U S Minister to Ottawa. Preliminary reports dismiss sabotage rumors amid clear weather.
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Associated Press
Ramsayville
Ont
I. S. Air Force
U.S
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Victor E. Bertrandias
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gwynne
Long
Vanney
N.C
Here
Alan C. Harrington
Julian Harrington
Ottawa
Sgt. Long
Medical School Discussed Today in Charleston
A special legislative committee planned to meet with Dr. Kerman Weiskotten and Dr. Wilburt G. Davison to study the need for a four year medical school in the state. The survey aims to resolve whether such a school should be established with West Virginia University.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Senate
W. Broughton Johnston
Kerman Weiskotten
Wilburt G. Davison
Syracuse
Duke
Weiskotten
Davison
West Virginia ‘University
Pinecrest Project Among Early Bids in State Plan
West Virginia boards authorize bids for Pinecrest Sanitarium and other projects. Funds total 894,370.43, including an employee dormitory at Pinecrest, with Weston State Hospital ward and library projects also funded. Additional bids planned for Huntington and Spencer hospitals, Lakin and Glenville facilities, West Virginia Tech, and Marshall College renovations.
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West
Fairmont State College
Colored School For Deaf and Blind
Lakin
Reymann Memorial Farm
West Virginia University
Lost River State Park
Lukin State Hospital
Huntington State Hospital
Spencer State Hospital
Denmar Sanitarium
Employes
Lakin State Hospital
Glenville State College
West Virginia Tech
Marshall College
Estate Board of Education
Relief Payments Will be Reduced
Charleston reports Governor Patteson announcing relief payments will drop about 22 percent starting Saturday due to increased caseloads. He said the cuts are temporary and will be restored July 1, 1950 when the new appropriations are available, noting no special legislative session is planned.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Patteson
Department of Public Assistance
Hallanan Denies Oil Tax Loophole Allegations
Walter S. Hallanan of Charleston West Virginia chairman of the National Petroleum Council told the Western Petroleum Refiners Association annual meeting in San Antonio that reports of loopholes and oil shortages are baseless. He said the oil industry pays taxes at a higher rate than the average industry and warned that anti oil protests aim to push government control.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Walter S. Hallanan
Charleston
W. Va
National Petroleum Council
Western Petroleum Refiners Association
Slight Earthquake Shakes Long Island Coast
A minor quake shook the Long Island north shore and Southern Connecticut at 319:43:06 a.m. The event, called a re settlement quake by Fordham University seismologist Father Joseph Lynch, was detected 10 miles east of New York where slight quakes have been recorded before.
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Associated Press
New York
Long Island
North Shore
Connecticut
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
University Ceismograph
Lynch
Divorce Charged In Girl's Murder
Bedford Va authorities charged divorcee and former taxi driver Mrs Darsha Louise Fulton with murder in the death of Alice Marie Taylor. An autopsy pointed to Fulton and an abortion attempt at a Bedford County site led to arrests of two companions, Woodson Tuck and Christine Jones, as accessory and witness. The body was found last Friday off a mountain road near Blacksburg about 65 miles west of Bedford.
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bBy
Associated Press
Bedford
Alice Marie Taylor
Darsha Louise Futton
Roanoke
Bedford County Commonwealth
Lambeth
Fulton
Wood
Tuck
Sory
Christine Jones
Becket County Court to Decide on Negro Recreation Park Plan
The Negro Advisory Committee urged Raleigh County Court to buy the Fitzpatrick site for a Negro recreation park. Engineer Dennis Leary estimated a 40 by 120 foot pool at 19 000 dollars, or 34 000 dollars with installation and equipment, with potential savings if built by the county. The group endorsed a full park complex and a rejuvenated building, with cost estimates around 43 000 dollars and 31 000 dollars available by June, plus 27 500 dollars for land.
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Raleigh
Fitzpatrick
Jack A. Nuckols
Dennis Leary
Leary
State Health Department
Beckley
James Hi.Rowland
Nuckols and Leary
Harry Anderson
West Vinion Negro Park
Jginia
Corey O. Mitchell
A. D
Petersburg
Parkerburg
Wheeling
Fikins
Morgantown
Huntinngton
Charleston
Building Strikes May Hit Two Areas
Construction work in the Kanawha Valley and Parkersburg may halt this weekend if wage demands are not settled. A Charleston AFL Carpenters Union spokesman says a 12.4 cent an hour rise is requested after the current contract ends Friday. In Parkersburg, Ear Hall of the Parkersburg Contractors Association notes wage hikes from 12 to 40 cents an hour are sought as many building trades contracts expired Friday. Joseph Eades of Carpenters Local 1207 says members deserve a raise for not pushing last year.
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Associated Press
Kainawha Valley
Parkersburg
AFL Carpenters Union
Charleston
Ear Hall
Partersburg Constractors Association
Buildings Trade Council
Joseph Eades
Carpenters Local 1207
Lit
Wives as Hard-Pressed Caregivers For Aging Men
Dr. George Lawton told a Marshall College forum that by 1980 the nation will see over two million more elderly women than men. He said older men become anti social while wives act as “husband sitters,” focusing on status and companionship rather than new social activities. He urged periodic medical and psychological exams after age 35 for both genders.
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Untington
New York
Marshall College Forum
George Lawton
Lawton
Met
Medival Pomp Marks Final Rites for Boy King
Thailand bade farewell to boy king Ananda with a grand medieval funeral procession that drew more than half a million mourners. The royal urn was carried to a cremation monument as the pageant ended with plans for a night cremation attended by the royal family and officials.
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Associated Press
Hangkok
Thailand
Ananda
I Phumiphon
Paulmiphon
Wtisson
Piruaieilon
Welch Negroes File as Democratic Delegates Candidates
Welch candidates Ganaway and Mrs Elizabeth Drewry, both from North Fork, filed as Democratic nominees for the House of Delegates in McDowell County. Ganaway is a North Fork constable and Drewry, a North Fork schoolteacher, previously ran unsuccessfully in the prior primary.
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Welch
Associated Press
Welch -- Altomont
Ganaway
Elizabeth Drewry
I House of Delegates
Mac- Dowell County
North Fork
Drewry
Harlem Club Loses iState Beer Permit
Huntington club Harlem Social Club had its retail beer license revoked by Beer Commissioner Burton Crow after a hearing on charges including slot machines on the premises and illegal liquor use. The action, effective at midnight in April, followed a raid that led to the arrest of A. A. Fothergill, a former Marshall College instructor, on January 29.
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Harlem
Associated Press
Charleston
Harlem Social Club
Huntington
Burton Crow
Crow
A. A. Fothergill
Marshall College
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