Truman orders seizure of railroads to avert nationwide strike
President Truman moved to seize the railroads to prevent a 6 am nationwide walkout by three railroad brotherhoods. White House announced seizure orders prepared to run the lines under government control, with courts to curb any potential defiance and to keep trains running if possible. The move follows weeks of deadlock over wages and operating rules as union leaders and management pressed for a settlement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
White House
JHE
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Vnlons
Demen
Joho RK. Steelman
Ross
Eben Ayers
Army
I Jottier
America
Tomorow
Italy Elects President on First Ballot Amid Communist Lead
Italian Republic president race begins with Enrico de Nicola leading Carlo Sforza on the first ballot in a joint session of Parliament. De Nicola 396 votes to Sforza 353, needing two thirds for election. Ballots expected to last hours amid Communist and anti Communist tension and possible abstentions.
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Associated Press
ROMFE
Enrico de Nicola
Popular Front
Carlo Sforza
Christian Democrats
de Nicola
Martin
Voite
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Street Scene Reports Alleyway Tension and Car Wreck Scene
A man on a street corner complains he is in danger as a candidate slows by and almost grabs his coat sleeve. A young couple watches a wrecked car still hooked to a tow truck on Beckley Street.
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Mullens
Beckley
Jews Fight to Reopen Vital Supply Highway
Jewish forces reported to be fighting to reopen the Arab blocked Jerusalem Tel Aviv highway crucial to 100,000 Jews in the city. Britain to cede mandate at midnight. talks in Jerusalem and Lake Success seek peace, with truce drafts and UN mediation underway.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Palestine
Great Britain
Holy Land
Holy City
Acre
Haifa
Galilee
Jhut
Nahariya
Alan Gordon Cunningham
Haganah
U.N
U.N. Assembly
Dixie States' Rights Demos Convene In Jackson
Dixie States' Rights Democrats gathered in Jackson Mississippi to map strategy for a revolt against national party leadership. They aimed to push a platform rewrite to drop civil rights programs and nominate a states' rights candidate. If unsuccessful, they planned a possible separate convention and faced legal hurdles across states.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Dixile
South
National
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Democratic Party
Truman
Auto Smashes Princewick Store
Harold Buskirk of Princewick escaped with minor scratches after his car crashed into Ira Cole’s store near Princewick Sunday. The vehicle was badly damaged and the front wall smashed in when a radius rod came loose. State Police cited Deputy Sheriff Oakey Meadows, who said no charges were filed and Buskirk and Cole agreed on damages.
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Harold Buskirk
Princewick
Ira Cole
Buskirk
Oakey Meadows
Cole
Funeral for West Virginia coal official John W. Smith
John W. Smith 59 a veteran coal executive died yesterday at 4 44 am in a local hospital after several months illness He led mines in Alpaca Mullens and Terry since 1917 and was associated with F M Lee C H Mead and his own Piney River and Black Eagle firms. He is survived by his widow three daughters three sons and three sisters with services at the Methodist Temple and Sunset Memorial Park Elks in charge.
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John W. Smith
West Virginia
Ilness
Methodist Temple
John
F. M. Lee
Alpaca
C. H. Mead
Glenn W. Stewart
Sunset Memorial Park
Elks Lodge
Latcas
J. P. Nowlin
J. L. Worrell
J. T. Brown
K. A. Gates
Floyd M. Sayre
RE. Nicks
S. Duckworth
Evelyn Malone
Glady Quesenberry
Beckley
Margaret Kent
Thomas
Robert N. Smith
Mullens
Carl W. Smith
Orange
Texas
John O
Buster" Smith
Clarence W. Smith
Georgia Dunlap
Princeton
Anna M. Smith
Hazel S. Ashley
Abntgomery
Pocahontas
Smith
Norfolk and Western
Crozier
Tie
Alpeca
Ingram Branch
Mead
Piney River Coal Company
Terry
Black Eagle Smokeless Coal Company
Black Eagle
Jones and
Train Wreck Kills Two Injures 200 Near Valley Forge
A Reading Company passenger train derailed near the George Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge Park. Two men died Bud Dummy 51 engineer and Howard R Jackson fireman both from Allentown Pennsylvania. The engine crew were trapped and coal buried the fireman under tons of coal.
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Valley Forge
Reading Company
George Washington Memorial Chapel
Bud Dummy
Howard R. Jackson
Allentown
Rail Walkout Threatens Food Prices and Jobs Nationwide
The threatened rail strike risks mass unemployment and fruit and vegetable losses as embargoes choke freight. New York officials warn against panic buying while California Texas and Florida growers report losses of millions daily. Bethlehem Steel warns of immediate layoffs and auto plants warn of shutdowns due to car storage limits.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William O'Dwyer
New York
California
Texas
Florida
Texas Citrus, Vegetable Shippers and Growers Association
G&fly
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lewis gives 60 day notice to end UMW hard coal contract
John L. Lewis informed hard coal operators of a 60 day notice to end the 1946 without termination date agreement and seek a new contract by July 10 1948. He called for wage conferences to begin May 20 and requested joint talks to cover wages hours practices and other industry matters with conferences to start May 20 unless an alternate date is agreed. The main coal mines lie in eastern Pennsylvania and no specific demands were announced.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
United Mine Workers
verHinl
New York City
Ralph [E. Taggard
Anthracite Operators Committee
United Mine Workers of America, International Union and Districts 1
Pennsylania
Voters to Name Hopefills Tuesday in Raleigh County
Raleigh County voters go to polls to nominate 98 Democratic and Republican candidates for seven national offices, 11 state posts, seven county positions, and three in each district. Polls open 6 38 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. with results expected by 6 30 a.m. next day amid a long ballot and statewide turnout forecasts.
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Raleigh County
West
Koreans Vote Under Tight Security in First Self Rule Election
Polls opened as authorities reported 73 deaths in weekend violence blamed on Communists. About 4 million eligible voters faced threats, with bombings at Taegu and Seoul and sabotage of rail, telephone lines, and a power grid as UN observers oversaw Korea's first popularly elected assembly amid a North-South tension flare.
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Associated Press
Seoul
South Korea
U. S
Taegu
Pusan
Korea
Apemnbitso
Pyongyang
North Korea
U. N
U.N
16 County School Building Meeting in Beckley
School superintendents from 16 counties meet in Beckley at 1 p m to discuss county building needs. The event is part of four statewide meetings sponsored by the State Department of Education and the State Association of School Superintendents to map needs and plan financing.
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Beckley
D. W. Bryson
Roday
State Department of Education
State Association of School Superintendents
West Virginia
Sin Elkins
Fairmont
Parkersburg
Sam Lambert
Cheplece
Ton
Wayne
Lincoln
Boone
McDowell County Educator Elected State Education President
George Bryson, son of Welch McDowell County schools superintendent, was elected president of the West Virginia State Education Association during a two day delegates assembly in Clarksburg. The meeting concluded Saturday with Bryson chosen to lead the statewide teachers group.
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McDowell
Associated Press
Charleston
George Bry
Welch
McDowell County
Education Association
Clarksburo
Weather Summary for Beckley Area Yesterday and Today
Yesterday's high was 16 degrees with a low of 16. No precipitation in the last 36 hours. Rivers: Greenbrier at Bellepoint high and muddy. New River at Bellepoint above normal and slightly muddy. Hite River above normal and muddy.
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Beckley
Bellepoint
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