New Labor Law and Housing Curbs Debated in Truman Welcome
In Washington a massive welcome home for President Truman accompanied talk of scrapping the Taft Hartley Act and writing a new labor law. Proposals include a welfare department, public housing, price controls, and broader social security. Officials foresee fiscal and defense tradeoffs as Congress readies action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
D-La
Tralic
Congress
Tobin
Hoston
Spence
D-Ky
Howe
Con- 2
D-Tex
Browns
Serville
Oscar Ewing
Joe America
Fllendtervnow
Ewing
Truman’s modesty tested as election surge sustains bid
The Associated Press reports President Truman travels to Washington amid cheering crowds after a hard fought campaign. He seeks no third term and aides say no retaliatory purges will follow the victory, aiming to preserve bipartisan foreign policy and strengthen the economy. Close allies like Treasury head John W. Snyder and Labor’s Maurice Tobin are expected to stay, while some officials including Secretary of State George Marshall may retire. Truman plans a Key West vacation after a brief White House stop.
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Truman
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Congress
Democratic Party
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Snyder
the Treasury
Maurice Tobin
Labor
Charles F. Brannan
Agriculture
James ¥. Forestal
Incrense
Robert A. Lovett
George Marshall
Key West
Fla
White House
Three Convicts Sent To State Prison From Raleigh County Jail
Sheriff C C Lewis sent three prisoners to State Prison at Moundsville. William B Weidensall receives a life sentence for three felonies, Randolph Perdue 1 to 10 years for grand larceny, and Ernest Worrell 3 to 18 years for murder with 1 to 5 more for assault with intent to kill. Handcuffed, they were guarded by state police and deputies after alleged jail break attempts.
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C. C. Lewis
Raleigh
Moundsville
William B. Weidensall
Randolph Perdue
Ernest Worrell
Lego Man Injured In 2 Car Collision
Emmett Hartley of Lego was injured in a foggy 5:45 a m two car crash at Meadon between Lego and Mead. Hartley, a passenger in Rev T W Hampton s vehicle, suffered a head injury after being thrown into the windshield. R H Fuller of Coal City, driver of the second car and Beckley Newspapers circulation staffer, said Hampton was blinded by the lights of two following cars. Hartley was treated and sent to Raleigh General Hospital.
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Emmett Hartley
Lego
Meadon
Mead
Hartley
T. W. Hampton
R. H. Fuller
Coal City
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Fuller
Hampton
Raleigh General Hospital
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Temperatures
Increasing cloudiness and wind spread across West Virginia as warmer conditions give way to showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight. Saturday brings further cloudiness and wind with a colder trend and likely morning rain. Beckley reports calm precipitation, rivers Greenbrier and New clear at Belle Point, Oak Hill High 5, Glade Creek 5.
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Greenbrier
New
Bellepoint
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
One Mills deputies appointed before oath in 66 days
Sheriff elect Okey Mills will not take office until January 1 when Raleigh County Court officially appoints deputies. Mason Farley of Odds, the vacancy from Oakey Meadows’s death, will serve as deputy in Slab Fork district. J P Hughes of Beckley and Clyde Oney of Killerney named notaries public, election officers pay set at 541.85 for two days.
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Raleigh County Court
Marty E. Anderson
C. C. Lewis
Mason Farley
Odd
Oakey Meadows
Princewick
Farley
Anderson
Slab Fork
Mills
J. P. Hughes
Beckley
Clyde Oney
Killerney
Western Strength Emphasis In Dulles UN Speech
In Paris United States envoy John Foster Dulles defended US policy against Soviet charges. He said disarmament was halted and strength increased for mutual benefit, dismissing Russian accusations as false. The US plans no apology for halting disarmament and will remain strong as it serves national interests. Parliament tone notes UNSCOB report on Greece and warns Western unity amid Greek civil conflict. The piece also mentions US troop reductions in Europe and Greece, plus a recount request in Marsh Fork District for a justice of the peace post.
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Paris
United States
Russia
U. S
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Dulles
Buttie
Republican Party
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Sepcial Commission On
Balkans
Unscob
Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Europe
U.S
Greece
U. N
John Adkins
Edwight
Ernest A. Large
Naoma
Justice of the Peace
Marsh Fork
Harry Anderson
American Dollar Revitalizes Three French Divisions
The United States is quietly restoring Western Europe’s military strength by secretly revitalizing three French divisions with American equipment valued at about 5.09 million dollars. The loans, likely approved by Truman, place the divisions on a war footing in the French zone of occupied Germany. Officials offered no formal confirmation, but a Frankfurt dispatch described the move as part of a broader Cold War effort to bolster Western Europe against Soviet pressure, with emphasis on Western Germany and the French zone.
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John M. Bightowrk
Washington
United States
Europe
Tong
Associated Press
Frankfurt
Andy
Occupied
Geroany
Sareen Y Dink “Sale
Truman
Lucius B. Clay
Clay
Norway
State and Defense Departments
Teuman
Germany
Western Gemany
Race issue looms as Dawson heads major committee
Washington reports a new Democratic House faces a race issue with Rep. William L. Dawson of Illinois slated to head a key committee. Dawson, a Georgia-born Chicago attorney, is the second-ranking Democrat on the Executive Expenditures Committee, while John W. McCormack of Massachusetts remains majority floor leader. The Ways and Means panel assigns committee posts, and Dawsons appointment marks a historic step for a Negro congressman in a leadership-linked role amid party priority on federal spending and civil rights measures.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Congress
William L. Dawson
Chicago
Dawson
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Clare E. Hoffman
Michigan
Federal Communications Com
Miltee
Ilinois
Truman
Rep
Adams
Powell
New York
Three Negroes Jailed For Robbery Charges
Three East Park residents Bill Anderson Jesse Anderson and Lawrence Morris are jailed on possessing stolen goods charges after a Beckley home robbery spree. Police recovered dresses jewelry a rifle a washing machine and other items identified by owners amid a month long probe.
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East Park
Beckley
Bill Anderson
Jesse Anderson
Lawrence Morris
Jess Anderson
Irene Davis
Prince ‘Street
E. C. Campbell
Sixth Street
G. D. Griffith
Robert
W. C. Kunkel
Miller Street
Kunkels
Powerline Drive
Herbert Alloy
Robbery Victims Identify Loot Items Recovered
Chief of Police A. Scalise announced that three more residents identified stolen goods tied to a robbery by three East Park suspects. Clyde Goodwin, Mrs. G. H. Graham, and Mrs. Leonora Phillips named items from their homes, including jewelry, a record player, and silverware, while radio sets and other items remain missing. He urged anyone who bought the goods to return them to the police station.
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A. Scalise
East Park
Scalise
Clyde Goodwin
Beaver Avenue
G. H. Graham
Wilson Street
Leonora Phillips
Temple Street
Democratic Landslide Hits Raleigh County in Local Elections
Unofficial returns from Raleigh County 108 precincts show Democrats winning most posts as Republicans narrowly survive. Justice of the peace and constable races in multiple districts favor Democrats, with several Republican contenders securing narrow margins in key spots. The county canvass is set for Monday as officials tally totals.
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Mnine Cowreys
Raleigh
Harry Fe, Anderson
MarshFork
Marshall Bailey
Montroal
Wilbur Wright
Arnett
James A. Massey
Naoma
Barnes A. Large
Tohn Adkins
Fdwisht
Omer Acord
Ira Whitlock
J. G. Farmer
Robert Co
Raleigh County
Billy M. Queen
Dorothy
Henry Ward
Ameagie
Slab Fork
Charles T. Burdiss
Coal City
J.K. Cole
Rhodell
Raymond E. Bonham
Killarney
W. A. Stump
Helen
Shady Spring
Thomas H. Wills
Beaver
J. H. McGhee
W. W. Hr
Retired Sawyer Dies at Daniels
Granville S. Houchins 83 of Daniels died about 5:30 p m Thursday at his daughter Mrs D M Lilly Daniels after a lengthy illness He was born at Flat Top May 3 1865 A lawyer by trade he lived in Beaver Daniels area and worked for Blue Jay Lumber Co Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Beaver Community Church Rev B L Jones officiating Burial in Tom Lilly I Cemetery Ghent Survivors include his daughter two sons Ross Houchins Blue Way and Dewey Houchins Baltimore Md and two stepdaughters Mrs Nona Gadd Mullens Mrs Mary Ellison Ellison Ridge The body will be taken to the zilly home at Daniels at 11 a m Saturday
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Tom Lilly I
Ghent
Ross Houchins
Blue Way
Dewey Houchins
Baltimore
Nona Gadd
Mullens
Mary Ellison
Ellison Ridge
Zilly
Daniels
Induction Set For 25 Draftees
Aubrey Smith announces 25 men to report for induction examinations at 8 p.m. November 9. Names include Kosco Oswald. J J Eckenrode Reckley. Eugene Whited Reckley. Ordie Stews bury MacArthur. Hershey Petley Dry Creek.
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Aubrey ©. Smith
Raleigh County Draft Board No. 18
John Mike Kosco
Oswald
John J. Eckenrode
Reckley
Eugene Leon Whited
Ordie Arthur Stewsbury
MacArthur
Hershey Car
Beaver
Harry L. Sturgill
Slab Fork
Wayne MecGulffen Heath
Beckley
Willard James Julius
Leevale
William Herold Darby
Dry Creek
Floyd McKinney
Lester
Lloyd Thomas
Edwight
Howard Smith
Heten
William F. Lundstrum
Milton Gilbert Aliff
Marfork
John Leswis Bennett
Pluto
Dewey Joseph Cox
Fast Beckley
Jennings L
Sweeney
Mt. Hope
Lawrence E. Meadows
Helen
Gerald Trent
Daniel
J. K. Harris
Coal City
Rumor Mill Churns Over Truman Cabinet Shakeups
Washington rumors swirl around Harold Ickes and other cabinet members ahead of potential Truman reshuffles. Reports say Ickes may be courted for a return, while Labor Secretary Tobin, Agriculture’s Brannan, and Defense’s Forrestal show campaign activity levels, with Snyder the Treasury chief the subject of ongoing speculation. A post election talk also hints at Republican victory parties and possible dismissals.
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