Western Powers Seek UN Security Council Action on Berlin Crisis
The United States at the UN reaffirmed that the Security Council should find a Berlin crisis solution. A spokesman noted Western powers pledge cooperation with Council President Bramuella and warned Soviet actions hinder the local government, urging unity with the October 25 1948 resolution.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
United Nations
Security Council
Berlin
VA N
Council
Juan A. Bramuella
Herbert V.) Evatt
Trygve
Lie
Shere
Oakwood Bridge Closure Near South Oakwood
South Oakwood Avenue is closed from Ellison Avenue to City Avenue as Chesa peake and Ohio Railway workmen dismantle a wooden overhead bridge. Crews will replace it with a similar wooden span on State Route 16, with a steel option once negotiations concluded. expected three weeks until use. Mayor G. C. Hedrick notes long talks between Beckley and the railroad ended with the new bridge plan.
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South Oakwood Avenue
Ellison Avenue
City Avenue
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
G. C. Hedrick
South Oakwood
Hedrick
Beckley
Food for School Lunches Increases With Federal Aid
Mrs. Mary M. Scott Raleigh County school lunch supervisor says federal aid has boosted hot lunch supplies this year with record shipments. Last week the district received 246 fifty-pound bags of cabbage 450 cases of canned tomatoes 126 cases of cheese and 178 one hundred pound bags of potatoes for distribution to schools.
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Mary M. Scott
Raleigh County
Weather and European talks color wrapped news brief
Weather notes show yesterday and last night temperatures with cloudy, cold today and clearing tonight in Greenbrier Oak Hill and Glade Creek areas. In Brussels, Britain says a Western European parliament is not yet feasible, talks postponed to Friday amid five power discussions on unity, defense and parliaments as Europe eyes economic cooperation first. Virginia forecast calls for slight warmth midweek, then cooling to Sunday with rain late Wed or Thu and again Sat, total rainfall around half an inch.
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Associated Press
Paris
Britain
Brussels
Brittain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Brussels Alliance
United States
Canada
Europe
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Dulles
State Marshall
China Aid Set at 5 Billion Dollars in China Help Plan
A senior official estimated it would cost the United States about 5 billion dollars to try to save China from the Communists. The plan combines military and economic aid, aiming to support Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalists and stabilize the currency while countering hoarding and black market activity. The debate centers on timing, budget, and whether significant aid can be approved in the current climate.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Truman
Marshal
White House
Asia
Europe
Charles G. Ross
Marshall
Chiang
D. iWorth Clark
Congressional
FRE
State Department
Four Men to Face Assault Hearings Monday
Four men charged with felonious assault will have hearings before Magistrate G. O. Mills on Monday. Zeno Sparks of Wind ing Gulf Kelsie Farley of Shady Spring James Gunther of Daniel and James T. Lilly of Shady Spring were arrested after Virgil Lewis Jr accused them of assault at the Pagoda drive-in. Police also charged Sparks with drunken driving and operating without a permit, Gunther with a hit and run, Farley and Lilly with drunkenness. Farley forfeited bond and Lilly paid fines after pleading guilty. Sparks and Gunther were to be tried in police court Friday and a peace warrant was sworn out against Sparks yesterday.
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Zeno Sparks
Winding Gulf
Kelsie Farley
Shady Spring
Ne Gunther
Daniel
James T. Lilly
Virgil Lewis, Jr
Sprague
Pagoda Drive- In
J. P. Meadows
Sparks
Gunther
Farley
Lilly
Pucilty
Breen and Pilot Found After 24 Hour Missing Flight
Singer Bobby Breen and pilot Kenneth Thompson were missing for about 24 hours before being found at the Northwestern Hotel in Glidden Wisconsin. Sheriff William Sands arranged a search from Hayward and said Breen offered no explanation for the ordeal. Thompson claimed he did not know a search was underway and noted they had tried to move their plane from a farmer’s field but failed.
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Associated Press
Glidden
Wis
Bobby Breen
Nou
Sale Case
William Sands
Breen
Motior
Kenneth Thompson
Sands
Hayward Wise
Miles
Thompson
Tr Bby
Waukesha
Hayward
THE
Milwaukee Sentinel
Mary Sheridan
Northwestern Hotel
Postmaster nominations face Senate vote after Democrats win control
Congress poised to confirm about 23 West Virginia postmaster nominees defeated earlier this year. President Truman sent 1,373 nominations to the Senate this session. 523 confirmed, 20 withdrawn, 840 not confirmed. West Virginia names listed include Page, Meredith, Copeland, Hess, Williams, Rog ers, Maschal, Callison, Hammond, Harbert, King, Morrison, Nemeth, Lester, Graham, Swecker, Bambrick, Vance and others.
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Washington Service
Washington
Congress
Senate
West Virginia
Truman
West
Osage
Eulan N. Lester
Panther
Marietta Walkler
Peach Creek
Marie N. Fox Prenter
Josephine G. Bryant Raysal
May H. White
Roderfield
Jane
Graham
Thurmond
Troy A. Swecker
Valley Head
Walter §. Bambrick
Weirton
Mary L. Vance
Whitmans
Seal Sales Reach $107 On First Day In Raleigh County
Raleigh County tuberculosiss and Health Association opened the Christmas Seal Sale with a $107 total on day one. Chair Roy I. Smith said early returns show county residents responding by mail while the county quota stands at $12,000 for 1949. Funds will buy a new x ray machine to process 300 monthly chest pictures and aid tuberculosis control. Unrelated note reports S Shroyer of Beckley College discussing junior college integration into public schools at a Raleigh County High School Principals meeting.
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Raleigh County
Roy I. Smith
Frances Coleman
Shroyer
D. K. Shroyer
Beckley College
Raleigh County High School Principals Association
el Chico
Tot Killer Eludes Missouri Police
A former mental patient, William Morris Pollard, 25, of Cincinnati, eluded Missouri police in a murder case. The FBI joined the hunt after a coroner's inquest linked 21 month old Joseph Nichols to a fatal internal hemorrhage following a sexual assault. The baby’s body was found in a hotel room dresser drawer days after Pollard checked out. Pollard was described as a mental patient in Cincinnati between 1941 and 1945. authorities fear flight across state lines.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Missouri Police
William Morris Pollard
Cincinnati
Pollard
Joseph Nichols
Betty Nichols
Huntington
W. Va
Chillicothe
D. C
FBI
Cja
Tragedies Prevail In West Va News
West Virginia items report a former Glenville mayor Alvin L. Cattells 80 died after two heart attacks at his home. Spurgeon Lee Johnson 47 dies in an accidental shooting by son Spurgeon Roy Johnson 26. John Finney 23 faces murder charge in Keystone stabbing. George Brown 56 jailed for slaying Wheeling club owner Spero Petrakis with mercy sought for the killer. Forger Don Kite denied probation after a decade of crimes. Monty Willis 32 pleads guilty to first degree murder, mercy sought. Merlin Maze Jr and Helen Burns Maze die in a Grafton crash. Miriam H Wilson named top female official at White Sulphur automobile dealers group. Rail hearings set for Dec 6 on discontinuing Charleston Point Pleasant trains.
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Associated Press
Glenville
Alvin L. Cattells
Charleston
Frank J. Taylor
Mercy
Monty, Willis
Spring Mill
Miriam H. Wilson
West Virginia Association
Richard D. Chiltum
Parkersburg
Arthur E. Walker
Morgantown
Board Discusses Building Funds With Advisory Group Tonight
The Raleigh County Board of Education will meet its advisory committee tonight to explore legal steps to spend nearly 1,000,000 in a building fund. The board seeks to reallocate funds from 1941 and 1944 special levies for 26 projects, aiming to fund 16 urgent ones while a $732,000 bond issue depends on 1949 legislature action. Advisory members include Hl. T. Gibson, H. A. Swan, E. F. Bibb, Dr. F. J. Moore, Minor L. Scott, C. F. Shumate, J. S. Bulls, and Charles W. Connor.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Supreme Court
Hl. T. Gibson
H. A. Swan
E. F. Bibb
F. J. Moore
Minor L. Scott
C. F. Shumate
J .S. Bulls
Charles W. Connor
Portal Pay Law Upheld by Court
The Supreme Court upheld a central portion of the Portal to Portal Pay Act of 1947, affirming the good faith defense for employers accused of wage hour violations. The ruling shields firms that acted in good faith or relied on government agency interpretations when denying portal to portal pay for prework activities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supremes
Korea seeks US aid to keep troops in Korea
President Syngman Rhee urged new assurances that American troops will not depart while the Communist threat lasts. He pressed for more arms as fears grow of a Communist move from the north. Rhee asked the U N to decide withdrawal terms and urged a continued US military presence to defend South Korea.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
U. S
Korean Republic
China
Korea
United Nations
United States
Russia
Asia
Rhee
beiKorea
Torain Andr
Red
Jacmies
Pollution Hearing On Elkins Tygatt River Pollution
Charleston reports the city of Elkins faces the Slate Water Commission to justify stopping pollution of the Ty gatt River as a critical stream problem each summer due to daily untreated sewage discharge. The order followed city inaction despite talks with commission and health officials.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Elkins
Slate Water Commission
Tygatt River
Commission
Kenneth 5. Watson
Health Department
Australia Asks Enforcement of Partition Plan
The Associated Press reports Australia urged enforcement of the 1947 U N partition plan for Palestine. Australia drafted a General Assembly resolution to form a conciliation commission to push direct Arab Jewish boundary talks. Hood urged Security Council acceptance of Israel’s future membership and a call for both sides to end antagonism and honor U N guidance. Egypt hinted Arab states may walk out if Israel is admitted.
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Associated Press
Paris
Australia
General Assembly
Commis
Sion
John DB. Ll. Hood
Security Council
U. N
Israel
Assembly
Hood
Palestine
United Nations
Assembly of the United Nations
Egypt
No.12
U.N
Adly Andravus Bey
Two Escape Death In Fayette Crash Near Lane's Lunch
Two men narrowly escaped death when their cars collided head on at Route 21 in Fayette near Lane's Lunch. Sam Sluzas of Oak Hill, southbound, remains semi conscious at Oak Hill Hospital with a severe head injury. Harry Adams of Huntington, driver of the opposite car, rests comfortably with a back injury. Police have not yet questioned the injured drivers. Trooper H D Gibbs reports Adams’s car was demolished.
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Register
OAK. Hill
Lane
Route 21
Sam Sluzas
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital
Harry Adams
Huntington
H. D. Gibbs
Adams
Kansas City Renames Fifteenth Street to Truman Road
Kansas City will rename its busiest East West street Fifteenth Street to Truman Road in honor of President Truman. The change takes effect January 20, the date of the President’s inauguration. The idea originated in February 1946 but was pigeonholed until reconsideration after Truman’s surprise re election last November.
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Kansas City
Truman
Associated Press
Presiden
Fifteenth
United States Army says it crushed Czech spy ring in Germany
In Frankfurt the U S Army announced the capture of about 20 people tied to a Czech intelligence ring. The group, largely from Sudeten German backgrounds, gathered data on U S troops and installations in the U S zone of Germany with some arrests near Munich and in the British zone. The ring also collected information on Sudeten Germans Czech refugees and Bavarian political parties. The arrests followed documentary evidence submitted to Czech intelligence officers.
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Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
America
Sudentenland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Munich
Fire damages house. losses exceed $10,000 with no insurance
Fire at a frame house, caused by a bed lamp short circuit, destroyed contents valued over $3,000 for the Noon family and left no insurance. Mrs. Mills estimates $10,000 in damage to the property. Beckley Fire Department not summoned. owners away at the time.
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Sophia
John Mills
Tom Noon
State Forest Council meeting in Lewisburg today
Charles Hodel of Beckley attends the West Virginia Forest Council education committee in Lewisburg. The committee plans to discuss proposed legislation to encourage reforestation and forestry management in the state.
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State Forest Council
Charles Hodel
Beckley
West Virginia Forest Council
Lewisburg
AFL Approves Policy Full of Tough Words
Cincinnati AFL leaders endorsed far reaching domestic and international policies at their 67th convention. The executive council stays to finalize details after a unanimous reelection of 15 members. The league will fund a 700000 educational campaign and be permanent for 14 months until 1950 primaries. President William Green urged repeal of Taft Hartley and restoration of the Wagner Act. Foreign policy called for a defensive alliance, cutting trade with Russia, a United States of Europe, and use of United Nations machinery to settle Soviet disputes. It opposed missions to Moscow and supported equal national rights for operations in peace.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
AFL
Executive Council
William Green
Hobbs
Lea
Russia
Berlin
United States of Europe
Moscow
CIO Told to Seek Fair Labor Law
Portland delegates at the CIO convention applaud Philip Murray while he attacks the Communists and leftists. Senator Morse urges the CIO to back a new labor law balancing unions and industry, commending the leadership’s stance against extreme leftist ideas as Murray reiterates strikes against the Communist party and Marshall plan opponents. The debate sparks uproar as Murray’s allies and critics clash.
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Associated Press
Portland
Obe
CIO
Philip Murray
Wayne ‘Morse
Oregon Republican
Morse
Murray
Communist Party
Henry Wallace
Marshall’ Plan
Walter Reuther
James
Carney
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Paul B. Swiger
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Russell R. Paynter
John Finney
Stella H. Calhoun
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Calhoun
McDowell County
David A. McKee
George Brown
Spero Petrakis
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Petrakis
Charles G. Baker
Don C. Kite
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Grafton
Merlin A. Maze, Jr
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