Steel Crisis Deepens as Truman Considers White House Talks
President Truman seeks a White House conference with industry leaders amid a steel mill seizure dispute. The Supreme Court is asked to rule on government authority and wage limits during the case, while industry lawyers warn of irreparable damage if wages rise. The administration urges steel workers to return to work as the Taft Hartley Act looms.
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Murray
White House
Supreme Court
U. S
David A. Pine
Truman
Pine
Req West
Strikes Threaten Living Standards
Denver reports a three day oil workers strike by 22 APL independent and CIO unions threatening gasoline shortages nationwide. Rationing began in Boston with pumps drying in Chicago Gary area and fuel deliveries halted in Toledo Ohio as talks falter.
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Denver
APL
Independent
CIO
Boston
Chicago-Gary
Toledo
Ohio
The
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Raleigh County May Act on Wharton Kopperston Road
A $238,717 highway contract let April 22 for the Wharton to Kopperston state road awaits U S Bureau of Roads approval and possible Raleigh County extension. Local protest seeks to stretch the project into Raleigh County Bolt and boost regional business. The D C Staples Construction Co of Summersville is to perform the work when funded.
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Boot
Wyoming
Raleigh
Wharton To
Kopperston
SRC
Register
Raleigh County
Bolt
General Chamber of Commerce
D. C. Staples Construction Company
Summersville
Aidder
U.S. Bureau of Roads
Marines Test Atomic Bomb Use in Korean Campaign
More than 2,000 marines endured an atomic bomb test at Camp Desert Rock Nevada. A low level burst decimated equipment within 900 yards of ground zero while combat units independently advanced showing the weapon as a battlefield asset. Generals Burger and Speck described damage patterns and the potential for future use under combat conditions.
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Camp Desert Rock
Nev
Ground Zero
Joseph C. Burger
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Edward L. Speck
Tuckerton
N. J
Speck
Korea
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Flat Top Woman Murdered in Mercer County
The slaying of a Flat Top woman, Mrs. Paul Fink, about 30, was reported to Mercer County officers before noon. Her husband claimed, said an employee, someone killed his wife and left the store. Police and the State Police occupied the Fink home around 1 pm. The husband, son of Walter Fink who was found shot dead on Oct. 15, 1951, is linked to prior court testimony. The Seaver Mortuary ambulance team and Thomas Seager assisted at the scene.
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Paul Fink
Mercer County
Sheriff's Office
Fink
Princeton
State Police
Walter Fink
Flat Top
Seaver Mortuary
George W. Seaver I
Henry Earl Farley
Thomas Seager
R. L. Tabscott
Idn H. Miller
Hershel Hall
Crouch
H. Crouch
Beckley
Oceana
Dewey Sargeant
Pineville
Lester
Jason
Bobby
Edgar
Beckiey
Crouchland
Sunset Memorial Park
Weather Outlook for West Virginia May 3 7
Vignette forecast notes scattered thundershowers in central and south portions this afternoon and tonight with fair conditions tonight and Saturday. Temperatures will be near normal in the north and slightly above in the south over the weekend, cooler north and south on Saturday, warming Monday and Tuesday with about one third inch of showers.
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West Virginia
West Wing
Oak Hill High
Pal Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier and
New
Bluestone Reservoir
School steel arrives for additions at two Raleigh schools
Steel has arrived for the new additions to Hollywood and Institute elementary schools. The Raleigh County Board of Education says the board's own maintenance crews will build both projects, listed for first consideration due to crowded conditions.
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Hollywood
Raleigh County Board of Education
Double Murder Probed In Wyoming Tavern Deaths
Wyoming County police probe the pistol deaths of tavern owner Oma St Clair and her boyfriend Ralph Crouch at a Lynco tavern. Investigators seek ballistic tests to link the weapon to both victims while detaining a witness. Autopsies show Crouch shot in the chest. St Clair killed by a bullet entering her left shoulder.
State Marine Murder Defense Opens Today
The defense begins its case in the first degree murder trial of Lois Angel in Newark Ohio. The 18 year old Huntington West Virginia Marine is charged with killing Ailen Drake 43 of Columbus. Harm on Cordray an 18 year old Mooresville Indiana Marine Corps companion testified Angel shot Drake on the night in March near Kirkersville.
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Newark
Lois Angel
Huntington
W. Va
Marine
Ailen Drake
Columbus
Angel
Marine Corps
Harmon Cordray
Mooresville
Ind
Drake
Kirkersville
Cordray
Derby Weather and Plane Crash Updates
A Pan American airliner crashed in a Brazilian jungle killing all 30 aboard. Rescue teams face rough terrain and cloud cover delaying recovery. In Louisville, Derby weather forecasts predict a 25 percent chance of showers with cooler air and potential late storms tonight and tomorrow.
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Belem
Brazil
Louisville
Richard Olney
S. Air Force
Theuerto Rica
Weatherman Today
O. K. Anderson
Tiver
Derby
Compromise Mine Safety Measure Moves Through Congress
Congressmen back a compromise mine safety bill to empower federal inspectors to shut dangerous mines, allow operator appeals to a three member review board, and impose fines up to two thousand dollars with six month prison terms for noncompliance. The measure aims to end the dispute between workers and operators over federal closure powers.
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House Labor
McConnell
R-Pay
Kelley
D-Pa
Tthe
United Mine Workers
Bureau of Mines
Board of Review
Senate
S. Court of Appeals
Telephone Strike Spreads Statewide In Ohio Valley
The Associated Press reports a nationwide wave of walkouts by CLO Communications Workers of America against the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co as pickets appear at Wheeling Parkersburg and Williamson offices and service is interrupted in several exchanges. The company seeks injunctions against illegal picketing while wage talks with Columbia Gas System workers pause. Eight CWA locals are involved with the strike beginning April 8 in Morgantown and Clarksburg.
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Associated Press
Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co
Morgantown
Fairmont
CLO Communications Workers of America
Wheeling, Parkersburg and Williamson
C. and P
Shinnston
C. and
Clarkesburg
Grafton
Philippi
Harrison County
J. Philip Clifford
CWA
C and P
Jesse Lanham
Charleston
Wheeling
Kersburg and Williamson
Clarksburg
Morgantown Exchange
CLO Oil Workers Union
Columbia Gas System
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Skinnston
Matt Kidd
Kidd
Exchange
Doddridge County
Charleston Natural Gas
Harry Drenner
Pure Oil Co
Kanawha Cowty
Elk Refining Co
E. T. Stramp
Beckley
FAI
Sta
George Chambers Promoted to Assistant General Manager
George B. Chambers is promoted to assistant general manager of Elk Refining Company, effective today. The Beckley mayor will oversee about 20 counties south of the Kanawha region, while keeping his Beckley office and residence.
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George B. Chambers
The
Elk Refining Company
Chambers
Beckley
West Virginia
Kanawha
Truman Praises Eisenhower as Allies Split on Defense Cut
President Truman said General Eisenhower is as fine a man as ever walked, drawing praise from GOP backers while Sen. Green urged a public stance on a proposed defense and foreign aid cut. Senator Carlson, noting his own views, sent a copy of his speech to Eisenhower in Paris. Also songwriter Max Conrad claimed a new nonstop light-plane record of 24 hours 34 minutes for the Los Angeles to New York run.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen. Morse
Oregon
Eisenhower
Sen. Green
Rhode Island
Eisenhowerr
Sen
Carlson
Kansas
Senate
Paris
Morse
New York
Max Conrad
Los Angeles
LaGuardia Field
Conrad
Mirror Lake
Minn
Attendance Drop Hits Raleigh County Schools
In Raleigh County schools including high and elementary levels attendance fell this week due to an outbreak of weasels, mumps, and chickenpox. Figures were not available today.
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Raleigh County
Sailor Bruce Hopping Challenges Navy Discipline
Sailor Bruce S. Hopping, a Maplewood, New Jersey lumber firm vice president, criticizes Navy indoctrination and personnel policies. Rear Adm. Francis C. Denebrink proposes a special court martial for him. Hopping says the system fuels inequality and wastes tax money. He has three prior clashes with Navy leadership.
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Pearl Harbor
Bruce S. Hopping
Navy
Naval Reservist
New Jersey
Francis C. Denebrink
Pacific Service Forces
Hopping
Bainbridge
Mad
Denebrink
Byrd Fiddles At Charleston Rally As Democrats Rally
Robert C. Byrd of Raleigh County drew applause with fiddle performances at a Kanawha County Democratic Club dinner in the State Capitol rotunda. Sen Kilgore and Gov. Patteson attended, with remarks touting Democratic strength and critiques of the Republican machine. The day included political stops in Parkersburg Clarkshoro and Logan with candidates Rush Hit Cyrus Rump and J Hornet Davis speaking on platforms and fiscal policy.
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Associated Press
Robert C. Byrd
Raleigh County
Charleston
Congress
Kanawha County
Women's Democratic Club
State Capitol
Kilgore
Wvax
William C. Marland
Wyoming County
Patteson
Marland
West Virginia
Okey
West
Parkersburg
Rush D. Hit
Gover
Republican Party
Clarkshoro
Cyrus 5
Logan
J. Hornet Davis
U. S. Senate
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School Steel
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