Truman Rules Out Moscow Trip and Keeps Washington Visit Open
President Truman said the United States will not resume four power talks on Germany until the Soviet Union lifts the Berlin blockade. He plans a White House meeting with Secretary of State Marshall and Harriman in November to review the world scene. He will not travel to Moscow or send an emissary to talk with Stalin and urged Hoover to continue the executive-branch organization commission. He pressed for repeal of Taft Hartley, civil rights laws, and expanded New Deal programs, but will not reconvene Congress for emergency aid to China.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
United States
Germany
Soviet Russia
Berlin
Marshall
ECA
Harriman
White House
Stalin
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Moscow
Justice Vinson
Dipartion Commission On Organization
Herbert Hoover
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Lewis Praises Pay Fee During Coal Company Dinner
John L. Lewis lauded a long time fee in contract talks at a Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co dinner. He cited the firm’s efforts to boost earnings for both the company and its workers as shaping America’s future stability. The group toured Consolidation properties in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, including Library Pa’s coal gasification plant and the Arkwright mine near Morgantown.
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John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Field Club
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Consolidation
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Morgantown
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Beckley Man Accused Of Piggy Bank Theft
Beckley resident charged after a piggy bank theft linked to a railroad accident case. In Fayette County a $10,000 estate recovery was set aside by the Supreme Court ordering a new trial for J H Foster and his injured wife following a Virginian Railway collision. Police arrested a suspect yesterday as the investigation continues.
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Fayette County
Page
Supreme Court
Foster
Beckley
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Reserve Groups To Be Activated
Three new organized reserve corps units will be activated at 7 30 p m Wednesday in Room 10 Memorial Building Major Carl C Dunham Beckley area said five new units are planned but three are ready for activation The 971 Engineer Combat Battalion under Lt Col Leonard Peterson the Medical Department of the First under Captain Harold E Harvey and the 388 Criminal Investigation Detachment under First Lieutenant Dee L Hedrick will receive activation orders A Dutch treat supper will be served during the evening
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Dee L. Hedrick
Armistice Ordered in Palestine by United Nations
The United Nations Security Council ordered Arabs and Jews to establish an immediate armistice in Palestine. The resolution, submitted by Canada with Belgium and France, urged direct negotiations and delineation of permanent lines to transition from truce to a lasting peace. The council abstained by Russia and the Soviet Ukraine, with several nations supporting the original text after a failed Syrian amendment.
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Russia
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Ukraine
Canada
Belgium
France
Syria
China
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Columbia
Britain
Argentina
Phillip
Jessup
Waterway canal plan hearings in Pittsburgh begin
Army engineers renew pursuit of the Lake Erie Ohio River canal with an estimated cost of 439000000. A three day hearing opens at Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall with about 20 witnesses for the project opposed by the Upper Ohio Valley Association which calls it costly and unnecessary. The canal would connect Beaver Pennsylvania to Ashtabula Ohio and Lake Erie, taking nine years to build and linking the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Queens Docked By Maritime Strike Hits Passenger Fleet
East Coast ports face tighter longshoremen strike as Queen Elizabeth and America are held in port. Canadian ports join blockades affecting Montreal and St John and potential spillover to Gulf and South Atlantic routes. Union leaders warn of broader action if owners reroute ships. Canada probes legality of the walkout and possible contract escape clauses.
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America
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Europe
Elizabeth
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Hampton Roads
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Montreal
St. John
New Brunswick
Joseph P. Ryan
South Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Canadian Labor Department
Ottawa
Beckley Man Named Raleigh County Court President
Jack Nuckels of Beckley was named president of the Raleigh County Court to succeed N G Farmer. The appointment by Farmer and J J Shrewsbury aims to rotate duties as illness will force Shrewsbury to miss meetings. Nuckels, 36, was among the youngest county commissioners in West Virginia two years ago.
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Beckley
Raleigh
N. G. Farmer
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Farmer
J. J. Shrewsbury
Nuckols
West Virginia
Court Rejects Recount Demand in Summers County Sheriff Race
The West Virginia Supreme Court refused to order a recount in the May 11 sheriff nomination contest. Judge Frank C. Haymond wrote that a recount request must follow an official declaration, which the Summers County board certified on May 17. Alderson, an unsuccessful Democratic candidate, filed May 22.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Summers County
Alderson
Summers Board
Frank C. Haymond
Board of Canvassers
Akierson
Two Constables Quit Posts in Slab Fork and Richmond Districts
R. E. Bonham of Killarney named constable for Slab Fork District to fill the unexpired term of W. Mason of Rhodes, who has resigned. No successor qualified in Richmond District after Charles F. Bragg resigned effective today amid pressure from Beckley police and the prosecutor, following an unsuccessful bid for justice of the peace in February.
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Slab Fork
Richmond
R. E. Bonham
Killarney
Slav Fork
W. Mason
Rhodes
Charles F. Bragg
Bragg
Beckley
Justice of the Peace
Prospector and wife reunite after decades apart in Florida
Otto Buchring, a 75 year old prospector, and his 73 year old wife Henrietta meet in Tampa after 40 years apart. They recall wandering from Nevada to Wyoming in search of gold and silver and discuss memory gaps from the Chicago factory accident and Henrietta's long search for Otto.
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Fla
Ollo Bwehring
West
Florida
Henrietta
Buchring
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Nevada
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Wyoming
Chicago
Holland
Thomas Johannsen
Otto
Otte
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Soviets Open Door for Talks on Berlin and Germany
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky signed Moscow's reply to a UN peace appeal, affirming trust and personal contact among leaders while urging consideration of Berlin and Germany. US Britain and France ministers met to draft a unified Western reply, kept secret, but aligned with not negotiating under Berlin blockade pressure.
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Britain
France
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Spy Queen Elizabeth Bentley Converts to Catholicism
Elizabeth Bentley once dubbed the Soviet spy queen was baptized in Washington by Rt. Rev. Fulton J. Sheen with godparents Louis Budenz and his wife Margaret. The hush baptism followed a disappearance tied to a $100,000 slander suit by William W. Remington, as Bentley pursued religious instruction at Hawthorne and in New York City.
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New York
Elizabeth T.’ Bentley
Washington, D. C
Fulton J. Sheen
Louis Budenz
Communist Daily Worker
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Margaret
Miss Bentley
un-American Activities Committee
Third Presbyterian Church
Rochester
N. Y
William W. Remington
Department of Commerce
Congressional
Hawthorne
New York City
Msgr
Sheen
President Truman Addresses AFL Convention Delegates
President Truman sends a message to AFL delegates at the 67th annual convention. The forenoon session includes the message and a report from the administrative committee on the AFL League for Political Action outlining activity for the next 14 months. The league aims for informational and educational work with possible no lobbying that period. Secretary Tobin tells delegates Congress will support a vigorous expanded labor department.
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Cinginnati
Truman
American Federation of Labor
Oday
AFL
League For Political Action
Maurice J.tobin
Jakor J
Red Surge Tests U S Navy in Pacific
The surge of Chinese Communist forces threatens U S Navy positions in the Western Pacific with Tsingtao as a focal point. Task Force 38, based there, faces choice to stay and defend the China HQ or relocate. Evacuations and safety warnings extend from Tsingtao to all of China as Beijing’s troops near the Yellow Sea port.
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Washington
United States Navy
Western Pacific
Tsingtao
Yellow Sea
China
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Orient
Peiping
North China
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Nanking
Tsingtag
Victory Claimed By Nationalists In China Battle
Nanking reports a major victory on the Suchow front as government media celebrate a rout of Communist forces. Other sources say control of Suchow is still contested and reports of Red capture are unconfirmed. The Kuomintang Daily News cites air reconnaissance indicating a Communist withdrawal north of Suchow.
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Nanking
Suchow
Sudan
Defense Ministry
Hollington Tong
Kuomintang Daily News
Levy Funds Must Go to Projects Voted by Voters
The North Carolina Supreme Court unanimously ruled that excess levy funds for school construction must be used for voter approved projects. The ruling reverses a Raleigh circuit decision that allowed the board to spend on selected projects, suggesting smaller scale completion of each approved project using the designated funds.
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Supreme Court
Raleigh Circuit
James R. Janell
Trap Hill
Schol Board
Frank C. Haymond
Haymond
Harriman Could Lead ECA or State Under Truman Plan
Washington speculation said W. Averell Harriman, head of Paris ECA, might become ECA administrator or even secretary of state after Truman’s inauguration. Officials noted Hoffman’s strong leadership at ECA and a Capitol Hill mood that favored Hoffman amid questions of change. Harriman was en route to Washington from Europe.
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Grafton Evening Sentinel Sold to Abey of Reading
The Grafton Evening Sentinel, a third generation daily, is sold by Publisher James F. Holt to Joseph A. Abey of Reading. Abey, circulation manager of the Eagle and Times at Reading and owner of Clifton Forge Review, is pathways to other ventures. Holt plans to practice law. The price was not announced. The paper has been in Holt family for three generations.
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Grafton Evening Sentinel
East
Joseph A. Abey
Reading
James F. Holt
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Clifton Forge
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Court to Seek Bids for Memorial Airport First Phase
Court will ask bids for the Memorial Airport first phase including clearing one runway approach, completing a 4400 foot concrete runway, and paving a taxiway and apron. Bids open December 14 subject to Civil Aeronautics Authority approval. Also, a hearing on Paint Creek residents request to set aside a 140 acre park purchase.
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Raleigh
Memorial
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Paint Creek
Coal Truck Sideswipes Vehicles in Beaver County
At about 5 p m yesterday a two ton coal truck driven by William Crawford of Coal Ridge sideswiped John J Okes of Beaver and struck a parked car owned by Willis Bailey of Beckley. The truck then clipped a utility pole and broke through a guard rail. No injuries were reported. Crawford faces a hearing Saturday morning for passing with an obstructed view.
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William Crawford
Coal Ridge
Lafe
Crawford
John J. Okes
Beaver
Okes
Willis O. Bailey
Beckiey
Jolly's Market
Auto Makers Warned To Police Industry
Rep Macy says auto makers must police their industry to curb unscrupulous dealers in Washington area deals. Testimony described a $500 tip to a salesman and trade-ins undervalued by hundreds. Raymond Kearney of The Kearney Company testified their firm takes in used cars for as little as possible and resells for as much as possible.
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Washington
Macy
Congress
House
Steemakers
William Marne
Ihe Kearney Company
Kearney
Pany
Raymond Kearney
Beckley Installs Two New Traffic Lights Await Timing
Beckley installs two new traffic signals at Third Avenue Neville Streets and Prince Street Oakwood Avenue but they will not operate until timing is recommended by the State Road Commission. A third light is ordered for Johnstown Road Kanawha Street with one of five-way intersections already using a light at Church Fayette New Raleigh Road Heber Second Streets. installation to follow.
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Oakwood Avenue
A. Scalise
Comte
Johnstown Road
Kanatvha Street
Church, Fayette
New Raleigh Road
Heber
Second Street
Scalise
Hedrick Reports No Contributions and 887 Campaign Spending
Democrat Dr E Hedrick of Beckley filed his campaign financial statement with the secretary of state showing zero contributions and expenditures of 887.39 for his successful bid for reelection to Congress from the Sixth District. The report was filed today.
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E. Ha Hedrick
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