Churchill Urges Nations to Form European Council
Winston Churchill called for immediate creation of a European assembly as a first step toward a European council free of past jealousies. He urged a 22 nation forum to press governments to form a new Europe with a united voice under a world organization with regional councils including the Soviet Union the council of Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Delegates from Marshall Plan nations and exiled leaders attended the Congress of Europe sessions led by Churchill as honorary chairman.
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Associated Press
Hague
Netherlands
Winston Churchill
European Assembly
Council of Europe
Churchill
Europe
World Organization
World Organization of the Future
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Empire
Commonwealth
Western Hemisphere
Britain
West
Congress of Europe
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Finland
Saar Valley
Germany
Spain
Zurich
Switzerland
Deadline Set on Absentee Ballots in Raleigh County
Absentee ballots must be received today in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office, while mailed ballots may arrive any time before the May election day deadline. Circuit Clerk Van Hunter and deputies will work to rush late ballots, with the office open until 5 p.m. and staff at the post office on election day.
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Raleigh County
van Hunter
Hunter
Steelman
Farley
Johnston
Cleveland
Washington
Truman
Bere A Lee Ae
Telephone Workers to Hear CIO Official
A CIO official will address telephone workers in Charleston at 9 p.m. tonight at a Methodist church parish hall. The meeting comes amid threats of a nationwide strike set to begin at 6 a.m. local time next Tuesday. W. Singleton notes the Office of Defense Transportation had been alerted, while Anna L. Clay leads the West Virginia Union of Telephone Workers. Rain fails to halt the fete.
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Truman
W. Singleton
Charleston
Office of Defense
CIO
Heber Street
Anna L. Clay
West Virginna
Auto Workers Move Toward May 12 Chrysler Strike
The CIO United Auto Workers quit bargaining with Chrysler Corp and set a May 12 strike deadline. Mediators push talks to avert the walkout as wage demands and a Bonine Tripps law dispute complicate the plan.
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Auto Workers
Chrysler
Associated Press
Detroit
Cio-United
Chrysler Corp
UAW
House Panel Probes FCC Over Red Network Claims
Washington The House Un American Activities Committee will probe the Federal Communications Commission after Rep Herbert seeks inquiry into possible Communist ties tied to five radio permits issued to Edward Lamb of Releio Lamb denies Communist links and FCC chair Cow finds no evidence of Communist affiliation The committee will delay public action pending an anti Communist bill passage.
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Associated Press
Washington
House ‘un-American Activities Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Rep
Herbert
D-La
FCC
Edward Lamb
Releio
House
Lamb
Communist Party In
America
Wayne Cow
un-American Activities Committee
Publc
Fifty-Two High School Bands Parade in Huntington WV
Rain did not deter the 12th annual West Virginia high school band festival. Sixty bands and 4,000 musicians entered Huntington with Morgantown and Magnolia high schools among standout groups as showers briefly paused. Indoor housing and registration were arranged amid the overflow crowd.
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Associated Press
Huntington—Il
West Virginia
Morgantown
Magnolia High
New Marhinsville
Shela
Huntington Central
East
Marshall Housing Uit
City Armory
Court House
Street Scene in Whitesville Ends with Traffic Check
Grinning spectators watch as a nervous license applicant parks under state trooper supervision. Beckley officer berates a man for double parking on Prince Street during a quick liquor store run.
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Whitesville
Beckley
Prince Street
Man Accused of Robbing Dwelling Faces Court
Fred Hedrick of Wickham was held on a $500 bond for a May 12 court appearance on grand larceny charges. Police say he entered Elvira Striess’s dwelling on April 21 and stole clothing, toiletries, papers, and personal items valued at $150. He was arrested yesterday and shown before Magistrate J P Meadows. Hedrick asked to postpone his appearance.
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Fred Hedrick
Wickham
J. P. Meadows
Hedrick
Elvira Striess
Meadows
Greeks Execute 213 in One Week
Eighteen more people convicted of murder were reported executed at Aegina Prison near Athens. Nineteen were executed there yesterday. Thirteen more at Athens and thirteen at Salonika yesterday raise total executions to 213 this week. British Ambassador Norton asked for details. Tsaldaris and Sophoulis say no protest. Cabinet reshuffle underway with Liberal ministers named. Populist picks undecided.
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Athens
Persson
Aegina
Salonika
Clifford Norton
Constantine Tsaldaris
Police Find Body In Bed With Bullet Wound in Head
James W Alexander of Marianna is jailed in Wyoming County on murder charges after police found his wife Ethel dead in bed with a bullet wound. The couple’s daughter Patty witnessed the scene as neighbors described Alexander’s drinking and a mysterious sleeping pill incident. Funeral arrangements are pending at Roberson Foglesong Funeral Home.
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Register
Tineville
James W. Alexander
Marianna
Wyoming County
Ethel Alexander
Paul Goode
al Cook
Marianna Club
Husban
E. M. Wilkinson
Pineville
Sheriff Goode
Alexander
Stamp House
Ward Wylie
Patty Alexander
Pineville High School
Goode
Alexanders
Pinevile
Lynch, Ky
John Lewis
Roberson- Foglesong
Mull Jens
Lions Club effort fails to reinstate Oceana principal
In Pineville Wyoming County board of education releases its teachers list naming Landon Cox as Oceaniana High School principal and R E Kuhn as maintenance superintendent after a committee backed Kuhn. The Kopperstan Lions Club backed Kuhn but the board appointed Blankenship as principal of Glor Rogers Hiber and kept Kuhn in maintenance.
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Register
Pineville
Kopperstan Lions Club
R. E. Kuhn
Oceana High School
Wyoming County
Wyoming County Board of Education
Kuhn
Lawrence Blankenship
Blankenship
Vannana
Rogers Hiber Schoots
W. A. Miller
Oqeveana High School
Landon Cox
Glenn Rogers
R. D. Bailey
C. C. Fisher
Ivanhoe
Out
Baileyville
Herndon
Glen Rogers
Oceana
Schoo
Bin
genUomon
Air Arm Plans to Buy 2427 New Warplanes
The Air Force aims to order 2427 warplanes as Congress and President Truman consider a major expansion. The Senate approved an $3.23 billion airpower package bolstering 70-group peacetime air force capacity, with emphasis on bombers fighters and support aircraft.
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Air Arm
Washington
Truman
Senate
Air Force
Senate House
Uisnlelys
Ys7
Aireu
Bridges
Leo Allen
Russia
Truman Consults Cabinet as Rail Strike Looms
President Truman discussed the railroad crisis with his cabinet while Steelman met with leaders of the firemen and engineers unions to avert a walkout set for next Tuesday. Attorney General Clark said seizure power under 1916 law remains an option, with orders prepared, though officials prefer negotiated settlement.
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UAW
Chrysler
California
Indiana
Matthews
Associated Pres Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Brotherhoods
Steelman
Clark
W. T. Favley
The
Association of American Railroads
Solicitor General’s Office
Supreme Court
United States
Brotherhood
David B. Robertson
Firemen and Engineers
Alvanley Johnston
Locomotive Engineers
Alfred J. Glover
Switch Men's Union
Near Complete Rail Tieup Seen If Strike Starts
Chicago reports a near complete tieup of the U S railroad system likely if a strike by 190000 engineers firemen and switchmen begins next Tuesday. Carriers prepare with layoff notices to non striking workers and passenger risk warnings while some lines may run supervision staffed trains.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Unigas
Wllnvis Central
Louisville and Nashville
Jewish Forces Seize Villages in North Palestine
Jewish Agency's militia Haganah claims capture of Sejera and Arab El Edha near Nazareth and Tiberias, with casualties on both sides. They also report driving back Arab forces near Mishmar HaEmek as British mandate ends and partition plans falter.
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Associated Press
Haifa
Palestine
Great Britain
Holy Land
United Nations
Shas
Jewish Agency
Haganah
Is Men
Nazareth
Christ
Sea of Galilee
Safad
Sejera
Arab el Edha
Seiera
Tiberias
Imagantah
Arab el Etha
Jebel Et Tur
Mount Tabor
Hagemah
Mishmar Haenek
Mishmar Haemek
Mount Carmel
Chamber Officials Endorse $1000 Gift For Wilson High Field
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce backs a $1000 gift for Woodrow Wilson High School baseball field. The decision on fundraising and final action rests with the chamber board after outlining field needs and local group contributions.
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Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Phillies
Daniel
C.G. Peregoy
Aman
City, Recreation’ Board
Hantherft
Peregoy
Dire Sectors
Petition to Improve Road From Marfork to Mines
Whitesville area residents submit a petition to the Slate Road Commission seeking improvements to the three mile road from Marfork to the Marfork mines. About 150 miners and local services rely on the route, which floods during heavy rains and is described as impassable in places.
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Peter Statt
Whitesville
Marfork
Slate Road Commission
Omar Elkins
Atyane Tine
Norman Rumberg
Béetme
United Mine Workers
Dorothy
Othas Chamber, of Commerce
Elkins
Beckley
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
C.csecivas
Bam
Bellepoint
Norssel
Weather forecast notes cloudy windy cooler with showers
Weather updates show cloudy and windy today with showers mainly in the morning. Tonight remains cooler with fair skies expected by Saturday, bringing cooler but drier conditions.
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Raleigh County Court
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Dupage County
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