Near Zero Weather Pauses Philly Bell Strike Clash
In Philadelphia striking CIO Communications Workers clash with police for 45 minutes to stop Bell operators at a west Philadelphia exchange. Seven strikers arrested as workers reach the job with police aid. Separate Kanawha Valley exchanges in Charleston and surrounding towns face picketing, with some workers crossing lines to continue duties.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Bell
West Philadelphia
Trinity Padenne
CIO Communications Worker
The
Western Electric Company
Charleston
Kanawha
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
CIO Communications Workers of America
St. Albans
Nitro
Montgomery
C. H. Johnson
Johnson
CWA
C. and P
Bell System
Logan, Williamson
Parkersburg
Fairmont
Huntington
Western Electric
West Virginia
Army issues January draft call for 40000 draftees
Washington reports the Army will draft 40000 men in January, raising total draftees since Korea to 250000. September and October calls were 50000 each, November 70000, December 40000. Navy and Air Force rely on volunteers. Main reason for January cap is limited camp space. Most inductees by year end begin four months of basic training.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Today
Korea
Army
Navy
Air Force
Nimitz Says China Reds Fear Russia
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz says China has moved 300000 to 500000 troops into Manchuria to guard against Russia and secure coal and iron ore for steel making. He compares Manchuria to Europe’s Ruhr, stressing its strategic value to China and the need to improve living conditions.
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Ariz
Chester W. Nimitz
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Russia
Mao Tze-tung
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Europe
Asia
Mao
Soviet Union
Weather forecast for Virginia and West Virginia period
Extended forecast November 15 to 19 shows temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal with a warming trend into Thursday and colder weekend. Rain expected Friday and possibly Saturday totaling 0.25 to 0.5 inch. Oak Hill high yesterday 47, low last night 5. Glade Creek high 47, low 15. Rivers at Bellepoint Greenbrier and New show normal stages. Bluestone Reservoir normal and clear.
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Glade Creek
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Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Discord Disrupts Peace Parley in Sheffield
In Sheffield last night the world peace conference ended on a discordant note as Russian and American delegates clashed over viewpoints. The event will reopen Thursday in Warsaw after British immigration barred most foreign delegates. The Batory will pick up some conferees. Czech Airlines offers to carry more. In Warsaw carpenters prepared a new assembly hall for the gathering. Boris Polevoy, a Russian writer, objected to statements by two American delegates.
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Associated Press
Sheffield
Eng
Warsaw
Poland
Batory
Boris Polevoy
WAC Officers Commissions Open to College Grads
South Charleston report says permanent commissions as officers in the Women's Army Corps are offered to college graduates. Eligible applicants, aged 21 to 27, will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the WAC reserve and train next summer at Fort Lee, Virginia. Col. A R Reeves notes no Web& Point exists for WACs, requiring selection from civil life.
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South Charleston
Women’s Army Corps
Col
A. R. Reeves
West Virginia
Amere Gas Sued For Property Damage and Related Suit
Two lawsuits filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office seek a total of 68,500. Paul R. Hutchinson demands 20,000 from Amere Gas Utilities for damages after a gas explosion at his S Oakwood Avenue home. Bogie Equipment Co seeks 48,500 from N H Cis co of Lincoln Logs for missed payments on farm equipment.
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Raleigh County
Paul R. Hutchinson
Amere Gas Utilities Company
S. Oakwood Avenue
Bogie Equipment Company
N. H. Cisco
Lincoln Logs
Ben H. Ashworth
Edith Marie Adkins
Dickens
Lara Adkins
Beckley
Lincoln Mercury
C. L. Moomaw
Walter Hopkins
Clarence Ray Woodward
Sarah B. Toney
Toney Coal Company
Thomas Wilson
Murphy Store Election Fails to Elect RCIA Representative
The Beckley G C Murphy Company conducted a National Labor Relations Board supervised election yesterday to choose a majority for a collective bargaining representative. The Retail Clerks International Association failed to secure the required votes, leaving RCIA without recognition.
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Retail Clerks International Association
Beckley G. C. Murphy Company
National Labor Relations Board
Cincinnati
Miami Vice Jury Indicts Seven Firms and 53 Persons
A Dade County grand jury wrapped four months of work with a report on alleged gambling in Miami area. Seven corporations and 53 individuals including Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company were named. One unidentified winter visitor reportedly lost half a million dollars in a casino. The jury charged hotels in Miami Beach with renting rooms for gambling and accused Sheriff Jimmy Sullivan and seven deputies of corruption and partiality toward racketeers.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Dade
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Miami Beach
Dade County
Jimmy Sullivan
Woman receives five to eighteen year term for murder
Mrs Mary Obugene of Calloway Heights was sentenced to five to eighteen years for the shotgun murder of her husband Joseph Obugene. She pled guilty to second degree murder in Raleigh County Criminal Court and awaits possible probation decision. Two men, Harry Treadway and Harold Cave, received nine months jail terms with fines and probation motions taken under advisement.
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Mary Obugene
Calloway Heights
Raleigh County
J. Q. Hutchinson
Joseph Obugene
Harry Treadway
Harold Cave
Officials Inspect Penman Airport
J. H. Herendeen of the Civil Aeronautics Authority and H. B. Cox examined the Penman site with Raleigh County officials and airport committee members. They discussed future projects, plan readiness, and timing for advertising the next paving and turfing contract, plus temporary administration quarters.
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J. H. Herendeen
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Penman
H. B. Cox
West Virginia
Herendeen
Raleigh County Court and Airport Advisory Committee
CAA
Federal Tax Officials Linked to Gangsters
Sacramento report by the California Crime Commission ties federal tax officials to criminals and flags lavish criminals like Mickey Cohen. It cites Sam Termini’s cash-heavy income and gambling operations run for Emilio Georgetti, noting entanglements could impede tax-evasion prosecutions.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
California Crime Commission Today
California
Adm
William H. Standley
USN
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Washington
Sam Termini
San Mateo County
San Francisco
Termini
Emilio Georgetti
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Guides Locate Wreckage of Canadian Airliner in Alps
French guides find the shattered fuselage of a Canadian airliner near Mount l Obiou after a night crash in heavy rain and snow. The plane carried 58 people including Holy Year pilgrims, mostly Canadians, with seven crew. early reports said few, if any, would survive. Photos of Pope Pius XII and pilgrim writings were found nearby as searchers assessed the scene.
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France
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l’Obiou
Pius XII
Rome
Paris
Mount l’Obiou
Isere
18th Fatality In Month In West Virginia
Henry Miller 83 died yesterday from injuries after a traffic mishap at Ronceverte. Police report this is West Virginia s 18th highway fatality of the month and 316th this year.
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Charleston
Henry Miller
Ronceverte
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
West Virginia
Missing Boy Sought Across Thirteen States
Eddie Collins, six, vanished from Rife country school during recess. Police in 13 states search for two men in a maroon car. Eddie lived with Roy E Richwine Jr, co owner of a dirt speedway, as his mother Mary Collins is divorced. District Attorney William R Mark cautions on possible kidnapping. Charles Collins, the boy’s father, is believed to be in California.
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Eddie Collins
Mary Collins
Harrisburg
Eddie
Roy E. Richwine
Richwine
Rife Country School
William R. Mark
Mark
Charles Collins
California
Brassiere Brigade Convicted of Theft in Miami
A six man jury in Miami convicted three women from the so called brassiere brigade for smuggling coins from the Southern Bell Telephone Company counting room. Marie Orr 21 Betty Corrigan 23 and Billie Ruth McNabb 27 were found guilty after a 24 minute deliberation. Judge Ben C Willard set November 20 for sentencing. Attorneys said the trio would make full restitution to the company.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Marie Orr
Betty Corrigan
Billie Ruth McNabb
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Ben C. Willard
Cuts in Copper and Nickel Next on Defense Chart
The government plans further cuts in non military use of copper and nickel after a 35 percent aluminum reduction. Officials say booming civilian production consumes most metals, limiting arms progress. Aluminum exemptions for electric power are noted, with continued demand for future carve outs by several departments.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Interior Department
Defense Transport Administration
Agriculture Department
Venezuela closes borders after assassination of Chalbaud
Venezuela imposed a dusk to dawn curfew and closed borders after the assassination of acting president Lt. Col. Carlos Delgado Chalbaud. The three man junta that seized power in 1948 faced a surge of arrests as gunmen surrounded his car and six bullets struck him.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
Delgado
Bogota
Rafael Simon’ Urbina
Seige
New York
Simon
Washington
Perez Jimenez
Romulo Callegos
Mexico
Delgado Chalbaud
Beckleyan Critically Injured in Car Crash
Carl A. Lowe of 500 Temple Street was critically injured early today when his 1940 car left Hull Street and struck a concrete culvert. He was taken to Raleigh General Hospital with head and chest injuries after returning from a dance.
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Carl A. Lowe
Temple Street
Hull Street
Lowe
Raleigh General Hospital
Safety Education Urged as Factor in U S Survival
Safety experts told the Governor's Conference on Industrial Safety that over 80 percent of accidents arise from personal action and that individual education in accident prevention must be expanded. The committee urged safety training in small industries, revisions to codes, and college courses, with emphasis on national survival and defense production.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Committee On Education
William L. Connolly
Bureau of Labor Standards
U. S. Department of Labor
New Thyroid Treatment Uses Scintillation Counter
A scintillation counter offers a safer faster method to diagnose thyroid disease and thyroid cancer. Doctors at the Southern Medical Association meeting described its use with radioactive iodine tracers, potentially expanding hospital and research access to radioactive materials and improving thyroid diagnosis.
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Associated Press
St, Louis
Southern Medical Association
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