United Electrical Workers Spark Rift With CIO
The United Electrical Workers announce withholding further dues to the CIO as a first step toward ouster. UE President Albert Fitzgerald accuses CIO leaders of riding, union busting and red-baiting hypocrisy. Delegates walk off convention floor as CIO faces possible removal of UK with 375,000 members.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
United Electrical Workers
CIO
Albert ‘J. ‘Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
U. S
Philip Murray
Murray
CLO
Lmployers
Bethlehem Steel Strike Ends to Open Steel Peace
Bethlehem steel workers end month-long strike as Bethlehem Steel Corp signs a pension and insurance agreement with CIO union leader Philip Murray. The pact covers 80 000 workers, guarantees employer-paid pensions, adds joint costs for insurance, and signals potential broader steel industry peace. Government mediators praise the settlement as paving voluntary bargaining and reducing wage-spike risks.
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Norman Walker
Slat Wrilee
Washington
Ovfmals
Hethlehem
Jaliver
Bethlehem
Murray
Cleveland
Cyrus S. Ching
Genence
U. S
Allegheny-Ludiuur Steel Corp
Tug
Truman
Steel
John L. Lewis
Striking Miners Union
Southern Coal
Ilvericks
W. Va
John Battle
National Cox V Association
Lewis
Ceva
Bolivian jet crashes near National Airport in Washington
A Bolivian test flight collided with an Eastern Airlines plane over Washington DC, crashing near the Potomac River. Reports list 25 bodies recovered with higher figures feared. 49 passengers on the DC-4 plus four crew. U S Rep George Bates aboard the Eastern plane. Pilot of the Bolivian craft identified as Rios Bridoux. Dr Robert W Chambers hospitalized in Beckley after Cleveland Clinic visit.
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Associated Press
Waslington
Eastern Airlines
Nationaly
Potomac River
Red Cross
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Rios Bridoux
Bolivia
CAA
National
New York
U. S
George J. Bates
Salem
Mass
Washington, D. C
Bridous
Randolph Field
Potomac
Fig
Washington
Atlanti
Charlotte
Raleigh
N. C
Chambers
Beckley Hospital
Robert W. Chambers
Hill Pack Drive
Cleveland Clinic
Court Pleas on Death Funds and Parking Rule
County Court accepted a petition to declare Hereford Blevins legally dead and denied a deputy sheriffs pay raise for uniforms. George L. Ballard appointed administrator for Inez Nelson estate after William Nelson pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Sheriff Mills asked court help enforcing parking rules in the courthouse area as adults complain. judge told Mills to continue control.
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Okey Mills
Court House
C. R. Harless
Hereford Blevins
Benjamin Franklin Turner
Inez Nelson
William Nelson
Nelson
Ballard
Mills
Cooperaion
Afills
Beckley Mail Slowed By Coal Strike Shortage
Beckley and nearby West Virginia cities face delayed mail service due to a coal strike. Reports from the Chesapeake and Ohio office in Hinton note reduced throughput and slower delivery as the disruption spreads beyond two mail routes.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Chesapeake Jasaya
Ohio
Hinton
Virginia weather and coal mail disruption in Beckley
Virginia fore cast calls for rain east portion today with low 35 to 40 tonight. Wednesday fair and milder. West Virginia factors include cooler days ahead and warmer weekend with possible showers. Postal service reports mail delays up to 12 hours. a truck will pick up first class mail from trains daily to ease backlog. Beckley Halloween vandalism mostly in East Beckley with windows broken at Sylvia School and nails scattered on South Kanawha Street.
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W. Va
Beckley
Fanny
Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hinton
Cincmnati
Fire damages Post Office Building after explosions
Fire and a series of explosions heavily damaged the $11,000,000 Post Office Department Building on Pennsylvania Avenue. The blaze remained confined to the eighth floor but caused smoke and water damage throughout the limestone structure. At least 12 people were injured.
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Fress
Wasiliington
Post Office Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
Strike threat rocks Italian cabinet crisis
The Italian cabinet faces turmoil as three moderate anti Communist Socialists resign, threatening to topple Premier Alcide De Gasperi's coalition. With the Socialists' exit, the majority of the government could collapse, forcing the premier and his ministers to resign under parliamentary rules.
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Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Associated Press
Rome
Corn Picker Severs 3rd Limb in Family
In New Castle Indiana Charles Rothrock 63 amputated his own right hand with a pocket knife after it was caught in a corn picker yesterday His wife Clara lost both legs in the same machine in 1942 She was pulled into the blades when her slacks caught in them Rothrock ran to a brother's home a quarter mile away and was taken to a hospital his condition not fully updated Her remark Lots of people have worse luck than we do was later quoted
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Pare Peace Ace
New Castle
Ind
Charles Rothrock
Rothrock
Clara
Halloween treats curb vandalism in Huntington
Dr. Weir Mackey hosted his annual Halloween treat attracting over 700 children to his residence. Mrs. Mackey served hot dogs, soft drinks, and condiments with 23 cases of drinks and 70 pounds of wieners. Since starting in 1947 the event has reduced roughhousing in the area and remains a neighborhood tradition.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Weir. Mackey
Senator Chavez Urges Spain Aid To Steel Western Europe
FRANKFURT Germany Senator Dennis Chavez and five Appropriations Committee colleagues urged U S military and economic aid to Spain to bolster Western Europe security. They noted Sweden Ireland and Malta as examples of nations helped while Spain was not and called for equal treatment amid large postwar aid.
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Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Spain
U.S
Europe
Chavez
Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S
Nce
Spas
Sweden
Ireland
Maly
Copenhagen
Thomas
D-Okln
Roberston
D-Vay
United States
Robertson
Baby born aboard again as air crew move infant to Frankfurt
Little Miodrag Parker, born aboard an AOA plane 19,000 feet over the Atlantic two weeks earlier, travels with his parents from Shannon Airport to Frankfurt aboard a second airliner. The mother Mrs James Parker of Alderson Virginia says the baby has gained weight and is adjusting to life on the move while the family awaits housing in Germany.
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Associated Press
Shannon
Ireland
Miodrag Parker
Miodrag
Atlantic
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Sgt
Parker
Virginia seizes union strip mine in Buchanan County
Richmond Va The State of Virginia seized a union strip coal mine in Buchanan County closed by a United Mine Workers strike. An executive order by Governor Tuck directed Adjutant General S Gardner WaIter to take possession of the Universal Construction Corporation property in Buchanan a large ship operation with a grading Sipple.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virgina
Buchanan County
United Mine Workers
Tuck
S. Gardner Wailer
Universal Construction Corporation
Buchanan
U S plans new Okinawa defense and housing program
Okinawa will host a comprehensive build up including quarters for troops and families, warehouses, repair shops, and hangars. General MacArthur oversees a two year project funded at 73 million dollars, first units ready in six months, to withstand frequent typhoons and solidify a long term U S presence on the island contested by several nations.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
United States
iChina
Okinawa Basa
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Western Pacific
Congress
U. S
U.S
Tts
China
Philippines
Japan
Farm Bill Signed Amid Change in Agricultural Policy
President Truman signed the compromise Farm Bill, marking a shift in agricultural policy for the coming production season. The act replaces the so called Aiken Law of the Republican Congress, which was discarded and not allowed to affect current farming programs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Roth Congress
Taft backs action on coal strike under Taft Hartley law
U S Senator Robert A Taft co author of the Taft Hartley labor law argues the coal strike has reached a point where health of the people is threatened and the President should use Taft Hartley provisions to force a return to work. He noted the law could authorize the President to obtain eight days of work if a federal court finds a national emergency.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio Republican
American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association
United States
Pensions May Provide Construction Loans
White Sulphur Springs A banker at the American Institute of Steel Construction says employee pension plans could become a new source of construction loans. President Karl J Schwarzt of Bowery Savings Bank notes funds depend on whether administered by government or private institutions. He cites $7.0 billion of potential investment capital and rising reserves in private insurers and savings institutions as support for building activity through lean periods. Congress has allocated $100 million to help states plan for a $4 billion backlog in public works as a hedge against downturns.
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Associated Press
Karl J. Sehwatsz
The
Bowery, Savings Bank
New York
American Institute of Steel
Ine
Schwarst
Congress
Masked thief robs Pittsburgh supermarket for $230
A man wearing a Halloween mask entered a Pittsburgh supermarket and robbed the cash register, firing a shot into the ceiling before escaping with $230. The clerk, Frank Catalho, was threatened but unharmed as the suspect fled.
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Mascctascu Pte
Pittsburgh
Frank Catalho
Catalho
Catatho
State Taxes Hit by Mine Shutdown in West Virginia
The Associated Press reports Charleston officials warn state tax collections will drop due to miners' strikes. Chamber of Commerce estimates direct and indirect effects reduce gross and consumer sales taxes by at least 2.06 million and coal production losses push shortfalls toward 170 million in value at mines. September bank activity also down from 1948, statewide average decline about 16.8 percent.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
S! Amt
State Chanter of Commerce
TNE Chamber
Chamber
Siles
Clmanthcs
Koonta
Keyser
Lewisburg
Point Pleasant
Weir
Fan
Wheeling
Raleigh County Teachers Seek Levy for Salaries
Raleigh County Teachers Association will submit a resolution to the Board for Education to place a school levy before voters in the current fiscal year. The measure calls for funds specifically for teachers salaries bus drivers and janitors while preserving the existing levy to avoid a $25 salary cut for teachers at year end.
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Raleigh County Teachers Association
Board For Education
Raymond V. Martin
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County
Board of
Education
J. L. Hornbeck
Belle Plant Uses Oil To Postpone Shutdown
Charlestown report states the duPont Chemical plant at Kelle is installing oil burners to heat boilers and stretch coal supplies. Manager Fred A. Ollo says operation can continue for two to three weeks under the temporary arrangement.
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Pmlad
Bethleuem
Bethlehen Steel Corp
Bethlehems Mills
Johnstown
Lackawanna
Bethlehem Steel
James George
Bethlehen
Itis
Tna
Corley
Ilve
Dellepoint
Greenbrier
Martin Levy
Federal Communications Commission
Pauld
Ievy
U. 5
Taft
County
Good Insurance Beckley Insurance Agency Incorporated
H. L. Sloan
E. L. Norrie Dial
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