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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
8
The luxury air liner carrying at least 11 government officials and seven crew was found on a Mindanao mountainside. All aboard believed dead after incorrect maps showed Mt Katanglad lower than its true height, hindering rescue efforts. An American B 17 will fly in to assess helicopter search feasibility.
President Truman signed the 400 million dollar Greek Turkish aid bill in a simple Midwestern ceremony. He said the measure furthers peace and United Nations aims by aiding Greece and Turkey to maintain independence and order against outside aggression. Ambassadors will negotiate fund use, with an administrator to be appointed soon.
Washington reports Senate and House conferees sought compromise on a labor bill. Taft says a former Communist in union leadership should not be barred for life, while the House backs banning anyone who ever belonged to the Communist party. Both bills cap initiation fees. House proposes 25 dollars as the limit.
Circuit Judge Ben H. Ashworth appointed a five member commission to partition property in lawsuits by J. K. Cunningham and Carrie A. Cunningham against Nancy Luizzo Frank Luizzo and heirs and James Lilly against the same defendants. The court found the Cunninghams hold three fourths and Luizzo or heirs one fourth. The Lilly case received the same partition decree. Other cases were dismissed after settlements and compromises in the Rahall Motors dispute and No. 2 Bus Line matter.
Western Union urged Congress to repeal the 25 percent telegram tax calling it a competitive yoke and describing it as slow strangulation. President Joseph L. Eagan said 1946 was the companys most difficult year in 90 years and the tax could cost $43 million this year. He testified before the House Ways and Means Committee amid tax reform talks. Clarence Berry of Lawton suffered a fractured right arm in a Greenwood Coal mine accident and was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital in satisfactory condition.
Fair and cool today and tonight. Increasing cloudiness and warmer Friday with scattered showers at night. Beckley area report shows last night low around changes and 0.34 inch precipitation in the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today.
Irma Sutphin Huettner, circuit court reporter, will receive a $100 monthly salary starting June, per an order entered Wednesday by Judge Ben H. Ashworth. Other orders dismissed cases involving Consoli dated Bus Lines and Grace Crawford against James Crawford and Beckley National Bank. Additional dismissals followed reconcilation efforts in the Della Dillon infant case and several actions by Clay S. Crouse against Beckley Newspapers Corporation.
Five big railroad unions move to bargain under the Railway Labor Act delaying any strike for six months. A B Whitney says unions will start negotiations from scratch to reach a settlement or breakdown by Nov. 1. The plan echoes the position of Alvanley Johnson and other allied unions.
Thousands of worshippers in light rain gathered outside the Cathedral of the Assumption to honor Archbishop Michael J. Curley. The 67 year old prelate led the archdioceses of Washington and Baltimore with about 450,000 Catholics under his spiritual rule. Only a few officials and most of the clergy attended the private procession inside as 18 bishops from across the country joined Most Rev John J Swint of Wheeling among them.
The Comptroller General ruled that employees who strike against the government forfeit not only their jobs but also any undelivered pay for work done before the strike. In a VA case involving three union carpenters at the Waco Texas center, Warren said the VA could terminate payroll and withhold wages on checks covering work before the strike.
Atlantic City N J United Steelworkers President Philip Murray ordered a five year ban on strikes to ensure uninterrupted production in the steel industry and stabilize the economy. In a letter approved by the CIO union board Murray urged strict contract adherence and adherence to grievance procedures including arbitration. He credited a 15 cent hourly wage increase as earning respect for the union from members and the public.
President Truman announced the nomination of former Democratic Representative Emmet ONeal of Kentucky as ambassador to the Philippines. He would succeed Paul V. McNutt, the first ambassador to the new republic, with Senate action expected soon.
Grandview Missouri President Truman said there was no perceptible change in his 94 year old mother's condition. He spoke to reporters in Kansas City before leaving with his wife for Mrs Martha E Truman's bed at rural Grandview. The President showed visible strain as he faced the Greek Turkish aid bill signing and hoped for her recovery.
The 30 member board of directors of West Virginians Inc will meet Friday night in Parkersburg for the annual election of officers. Morgantown relinquished its rights as the parent chapter and officers will be chosen under a new plan. A membership drive by laws and the meeting chaired by K W McCartney of Morgantown will be discussed.
William S. Hows er, recently named ambassador to Uruguay, died in his sleep at his Bryan Texas home. He was found by a family member who went to wake him and was to depart for New Orleans to sail for Montevideo to begin his post. He had served in diplomacy for many years.
Rep McDowell reports a House committee uncovered a ring smuggling Communists from Mexico into the United States. He links deep rooted Communism in Hollywood and the movies and says immigration from the border is the concern, not general immigration. The subcommittee toured California with investigators to pursue tips and leads.
East of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers railroads gain roughly ten percent in basic passenger fares with five days notice. The Interstate Commerce Commission approved higher coach and sleeper rates to cover 1946 costs, raising one way coach to 2.4 cents per mile and minimum ticket price to 11 cents.
The 1947 convention of the West Virginia Department of the Reserve Officers Association will be held in Charleston on Friday with several hundred former army men expected in attendance, announced State President J. Lipscomb.
A spectacular explosion and fire swept Eastport Maine last night roaring along a quarter mile of waterfront. It damaged about twenty buildings including the physi cal plant of a major sardine packing concern. Official estimates place the damage near one million dollars as flames spread through multiple factories warehouses and boats.
Firefighters battled a blaze at Boggess Radiator Shop after gasoline spilled from a car being serviced ignited. Minor damage occurred to the vehicle. Owner Elmer Boggess received treatment for phosgene gas released by carbon tetrachloride used to extract the flames.
Farm Agent H. B. Thomas warned farmers and gardeners that flea beetles are damaging tomato plants in Raleigh County. He advised light dusting or spraying using arsenic-containing dust and regular DDT dust to control the beetles and protect potato vines.
Labour leaders at Margate conference fault opponents for leftist anti US moves while insisting Britain seeks to prevent war. Booklet argues Anglo American understanding keeps peace and that the United States fears Russia more than Britain fears either power.
In Pittsburgh the United Electrical Workers urged lawmakers to oppose a bill denying unemployment compensation to strikers. The House passed the measure and sent it to the Senate as unions warn it harms workers and aids employers. A separate bill banning strikes by teachers and public workers drew sharp questions from a Democratic lawmaker.
The Grand Army of the Republic will muster barely a platoon on May 30 as only 97 Civil War veterans remain on the Veterans Administration pension rolls on May 7, a drop of 58 since Memorial Day last year. The government pays blue-clad veterans $75 to $100 monthly. no such benefits are provided to Confederate veterans, though some Southern states offer monthly aid. Estimates suggest fewer than 80 Confederate survivors remain.
Aimee dee Obici founder and president of Planters Nut and Chocolate Co. in Suffolk Virginia known as the Peanut King died in Wilkes-Barre at age 89. He immigrated to the United States at eleven and built a fruit and peanut business before starting Planters. He formerly owned the Suffolk News Herald and served as stockholder and director of the Ballot Hotel in Suffolk.
Defense witness former congressman Andrew May returns to the stand in Washington to finish denying government claims he took 55000 in wartime bribes. The 72 year old Kentucky Democrat, ill with heart trouble, pressed the jury on efforts to aid Garsson defendants and Batavia Metal Products. He said he sought to promote the war effort and help Garsson firms bid on Army ordnance contracts after officers labeled the Garssons a bunch of kikes.
Mrs. Fannie Ruth Fleming 47 formerly of Mabscott died Thursday morning at her sister Mrs. R M Calloway's home 225 Central Avenue after two years of illness. She was born in 1900 to Tate Floyd and Bessie Floyd and married Willard Fleming in 1919. Survived by husband mother one daughter Mrs Charles McCutchen two sons Howard and Ralph Fleming one grandson Lonnie Bryant sister and three brothers. Funeral at Calvary Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
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