Lewis signals Indiana coal peace talks to end strike
Associated Press reports John L Lewis told Indiana Governor Henry Schricker the United Mine Workers are ready to negotiate a prompt peace pact with Indiana coal operators alone if needed. He urged rationing for emergency needs while talks focus on a single state.
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Associated Press
Washington
John
Lewis
Indiana
United Mine Workers
Henry K. Selivicker
Corts
Fidiana
United Mine Workers of America
Chicago
UMW
CIO
Philip Murray Jewis
Settlement in Steel Near as Talks Resume in Cleveland
Negotiations to end the Jones & Laughlin strike resumed with a settlement believed near. Exploratory talks began between Republic Steel and the CIO Steelworkers while CIO President Philip Murray conferred with Jones & Laughlin officials.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Jones & Laughlin
Republic Steel Corp
CIO
Philip Murray
Jones and Laughlin
William F. Donovan
Eugene Magee
Republic
I. W.abel
Canton
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
Ben Moreell
Victor Lawrence
Moreell
Lawrence
Hotel
Bethlehem Steel
Macray
Bids Set to Open on Gauley Bridge Road Project
Charleston reports bids will be opened November 15 for a Falls View parkway section on U S Route 60 near Gauley Bridge. The work covers nine tenths of a mile to widen to four lanes with embankment by the Gauley River, and a bridge section to be built later. Total project cost is about 2,753,000 and spans two years.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Road Commission
Gauley Bridge
Kanawha River
Gauley River
Falls View Parkway
Glen Ferris
Mine Opens With Court Sanction
One Orchard Coal and Co mine near here resumes operations after a temporary injunction against the United Mine Workers Local 2118. A second Orchard mine will reopen later this week. Judge Lewis H. Miller barred picketing and intimidation to allow fuel supply to Lakin Industrial School and farm. About 40 workers are employed.
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Associated Press
Point Pleasant
Orchard Coal& Co
Near Here
United Mine Workers
Mason County
Lewis H. Miller
Lakin
Weather Summary for Beckley and Area
Yesterday high and low readings not fully readable. Reports indicate muddy rivers at Greenbrier and Bellepoint with normal levels. Oak Hill shows high yesterday and rainfall last night. Glade Creek also indicates yesterday’s high and low readings with unsettled conditions.
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Beckley
Bellepoin
Greenbrier
Oak Hill
Glade
Coal Parley May Reopen Today
BLUEFIELD Snail paced Southern coal contract talks to reopen today at 3 p.m. after a week of delay. The deadlocked parley between the United Mine Workers and the Southern Coal Producers Association had been scheduled to resume yesterday but Owens failed to appear. Wheeling Steel reports nine month profits of 8.28 million dollars on 42.64 million sales.
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Lewis
Bethlehen
Steel Corp
Chicago
Illinois
Inois
Mareau
Uwinois
Bethlehem
Hazlinois
Associated Press
Bluefield
Southern
Todey
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
John L. Lewis
UMW
John Owens
Owens
iWheeling Steel
Associated Press Wheeling
Wheeling — Steel Corporation Today
Jeomparal
Greek sailors perch 50 feet up yardarm to avoid deportation
Three Greek sailors and a fourth missing mate stay aloft on a freighter in Baltimore as Immigration Service orders deportation. Crew supply them with food and whiskey while officials say they are not bona fide sailors and intend to jump ship for asylum in the United States.
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Baltemore
United States
U.S. Immigration Service
Greek Maritime Union
OENO
Immigration Service
Aristocratis
Greece
Join P. Ryan
The
New Naval Chief Sherman Replaces Denfeld at Navy
Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman becomes top Navy officer replacing Admiral Louis E. Denfeld after a policy row. Sherman and Denfeld met with Secretary Matthews at the Pentagon as officials noted a possible shift toward unified armed services. Sherman, 33, the youngest chief, has long backed unification and promises Navy loyalty and cooperation amid lingering resentment over Denfeld’s dismissal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Navy
Sherman
Louis E. Denfeld
Denfeld
Navy Matthews
Pentagon
Matthews
Navy Operations
Astral
Jold
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Lunchtime Thefts Admitted by Pair
South Charleston police say two Dunbar men Richard Carlton Berlin 37 and Ralph Anderson Coffman 21 confessed to lunchtime robberies. They faced charges for about 700 dollars taken from Local Loan and Finance on September 27 and Berlin admitted robbing a Chesapeake and Potomac Telelphone office for 443.18 dollars and the Valley Drive-In Theater cash 90 dollars last month.
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Associated Press
South Charleston
Harold A. Master
Richard Carlton Berlin
Ralph Anderson Coffman
Dunbar
Master
Berlin
Chesapeake
Potomac Telephone Company
Valley Drive-In
CIO Alters Constitution and Boots Reds at CIO Convention
At Cleveland the CIO convention amended the constitution to bar Communists from top offices and authorize expulsion of Communist unions. Per capita dues rise from eight to ten cents, adding about a million dollars for organizing. The United Electrical Workers and Farm Equipment Workers face expulsion after a merger not recognized by CIO.
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Harold Ward
Cleveland
CIO
Executive Board
Treasury
Walter P. Reuther
Resolutions Committee
United Electrical Workers
Farm Equipment Workers
Wnions
Elo
CIQ
Philip Murray
James B. Carey
Reuther
Harry Bridges
Abram Fraser
United Public Workers
James Durkin
Office and Professional Workers
Te Communist Party
United States of Indonesia Formed by Dutch-Indonesian Pact
The Hague reports a Dutch Indonesian agreement ending colonial rule and forming a federal republic named the United States of Indonesia. The pact creates a 70 million people union linked to the Dutch crown, with limited mutual cooperation and a plan to withdraw Dutch troops within six months if feasible. Queen Juliana to proclaim sovereignty after ratification, by December 30.
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Associated Press
Hague
Netherlands
Holland
East Indies
United States of Indonesia
United Nations
Indonesia
Netherlands - Indonesian Union
Inydonesia
Juliana
Amsterdam
United States of
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Ex Mabscott couple dies in double tragedy
A former Mabscott woman Virginia Helen Allen 38 was shot dead by her husband who killed himself at her Oakdale Farms home Monday night. The couple separated two weeks earlier and a note from Allen expressed sorrow. Joint funeral services for Virginia Allen and her 13 year old son Fred Buren Allen will be held in Norfolk Virginia. Police say Allen carried a shotgun to the home after a visit attempt earlier in the day. Virginia was a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate and worked in Washington DC before marriage. Surviving family includes her mother and several siblings. The husband a Lynnhaven native had lived in Beckley about 16 years and worked at Beckley Hospital before Navy service.
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Fred Buren Allen
Virginia Helen Allen
Norfolk
Allens
Mapscout
J. M. Ratliff
Norfolk County
Allen
Oakdale Farms
Frank L. Fadeley
Fadeley
Woodhrow Wilson High School
Washington, D. C
Beckley
Frances Underwood
Mariscoll
Grace Surbaugh
Lynhaven
Columbus
Ohio
Beckley Hospital
Navy
Steel strike halts Maryland license plate production
The Associated Press reports Maryland motorists face plate shortages as a steel strike delays deliveries to the state penitentiary where plates are made. Commissioner Arthur Brice says no new plates will be issued in 1950 and only small tags will be attached to existing plates.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Maryland
Arthur IL Brice
Penitentiary
Brice
Ex-Wacs and Waves Older Than Male GIs
VA report shows average age of female veterans in GI bill programs higher than male peers. Survey of Navy data lists women at about 20 years old versus men at 26.6, suggesting wartime training ages and higher minimums for women influenced the gap.
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Associated Press
Washington
Veterans Administration
Bears
Navy
Six Die in Cincinnati Fire at Elm Street Apartment
Fire swept a three story Elm Street building injuring seven and trapping five residents. Five died from burns while one perished leaping from a window. another unidentified man remained among the injured. Most victims were in rooms reached by fast moving flames.
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Pas
Cincinnati
Elm Street
Harry McNay
Allaches
General Hospital
Charles Mean
Woman Arrested In Kidnap Probe
Webster Springs police sought the parents of a 15 month old boy after arresting 30 year old Pearl Slitman who claimed the child was given to her in Asheville North Carolina by the mother who was reportedly intoxicated. The sheriff said he cannot identify the mother and noted a prior similar kidnapping arrest two years ago that ended with the child returned.
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Webster Springs
Sherrif Ova Carpenter
Pearl Slitman
Asheville
N. C
Mather
Act of
Ashville
Carpenter
Con Man Engel Convicted In Love Swindle Case
Sigmund Engel, a 74 year old con man known as the lover of 1 001 women, was found guilty by a Criminal Court jury of swindling Mrs Reseda Corrigan, a 39 year old Chicago widow, out of 8700. The judge doubled bail to 7500 and scheduled a new trial motion for November 9.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sigmund
San
Engel
Reseda Corriigan
George M. Fisher
55 Deaths Set Record In Washington Crash
Washington is stunned as 55 people die in a midair collision between an Eastern Airlines DC-4 and a Bolivian V-38 fighter over the Potomac shuttle route. The Civil Aeronautics Board will hold hearings. an Eastern probe and a Bolivian pilot’s status are under review. One Bolivian survivor was rescued with injuries. bodies and wreckage line the riverbank.
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Washington
Associated Press
Eastern Airlines
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Board
National
New York
New Orleans
Bolivia
Eric Rios -Bridoux
Bridoux
United States
Potomac
Bossian
Port Deposit
Air
New Jersey
Verdict on Paving Controversy Near in Circuit Court
In Mabscott West Virginia the Mabscott Town Council faces a suit over paving Slope Mill Road under a certificate of necessity. Plaintiffs contend the council failed to prove need while defense argues the council acts within legislative policy and that the suit questions state and local tax law. The case proceeds as Special Judge George L Ballard weighs the arguments in Raleigh County Circuit Court.
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George L. Ballard
Raleigh County
Mabscott-Slope Hill
Ballard
Howond
Mabscott
Slope Mill Road
Carl C. Sanders
Mabscott ‘Town
Beckley
Fletcher Mann
Mann
Ctty
Parkersburg
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Weirton Steel Sets World Steel Output Record
Weirton Steel reported a October output of 200,379 tons of ingots, claiming a world record for steel production by 12 stationary open hearth furnaces in a single month, while the rest of the basic steel industry paused due to a nationwide strike.
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Associated Prete
Weirton
Weirton Steel
National Steel Corp
Ruling on C P Rate Hike Expected Soon
West Virginia residents may see higher telephone bills as the Public Service Commission weighs Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. requests for a third rate increase. A PSC source said a prompt decision is planned but did not specify the nature of the ruling.
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San Assouialou
Charleston
West Virginia
Public’ Service Commission
Chesapeake
Potomac Telephone Company
Commission
Diss
Typhoon Damage High In Cebu City
Manila reports a powerful typhoon wrecked or damaged 63 percent of homes in Cebu City, population 140 000, with winds up to 100 mph. Damage unofficially exceeds 10 million dollars in Cebu City and nearby towns. Structures were unroofed as the storm moved past Negros and Panay toward Palawan. Captain Thomas McDonough of Philippines Airlines observed widespread destruction.
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Associated Press
Manila
Red Cross
Cebu City
Cebu Island
Philippines
Negros Island
Panay
Puerto Princesa
Palauan
South China Sea
Mindoro Island
Thomas McDonough
Jersey City
N. J
Philippines Airlines
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