Price and Wage Controls Near End as Woods Resigns
President Truman may end price and wage controls by executive order before Jan 3. Price Stabilizer Tighe Woods resigns effective Nov 30 after criticizing Congress for special interest amendments. Maybank says a forthcoming order could abolish controls. Woods later discusses rolling back beef ceilings and suspending clothing controls.
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William C. Warn
Washington
Truman
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Charleston
Tighe E. Woods
Congress
Woods
White House
Air war boosts Allied pressure on Reds in Korea
In Korea the Fifth Air Force reports 1,250 Communist trucks knocked out in 10 days as B 26s hunt on new targets. Lt. Gen. Barcus says Reds use back roads heavily and aims to raise the cost of supplies, while fighters chase MiGs at an 8 to 1 or 10 to 1 ratio. In New York the UN rejects India's Korea prisoners plan but backers push to have the resolution top the Political Committee agenda despite Soviet opposition.
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Seoul
Korea
Glenn O. Barcus
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Barcus
United Nations
Soviet Union
India
General Assembly
Panmunjom
60 Nation
Andrei
Plain Man William Green Buried In Home Town
William Green, 82, longtime AFL president and labor leader, was buried in Coshocton Ohio after dying Friday of a heart attack. The Rev John H Shanley called him a plain man who rose from coal pits to national prominence while remaining grounded in humble roots.
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Coshocton
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Ohio
John H. Shanley
First Baptist Church
Green
West Virginia Weather Outlook With Rain and Thunderstorms
Windy milder with rain and possible thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Low temperatures near 50 tonight turning cooler by Wednesday. Extended West Virginia forecast shows temperatures near normal through Sunday with a mix of rain and snow late in the week totaling about one inch. Stock market climbs to year high led by AP average of 60 stocks at 111.10.
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W. VA
West Virginia
Beckley
Tam
Gak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Bluestone Reservoir
New York
Associated Press
Korea Rejects UN Peace Truce Plans
South Korea rejects any truce arranged by the United Nations. President Syngman Rhee's foreign minister says Korea's future is its own business and not subject to external decision.
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United Nations
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Menon plan rejected as unsatisfactory by Vishinsky
Vishinsky denounced India's plan for ending the Korea stalemate as unacceptable and urged a U N backed cease fire with a peace conference. Acheson praised the broad aims but noted U S Britain split over details while Eden offered revisions.
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Y. Vishinsky
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
U. S
Dean Acheson
Menon
United States
Vishinsky
Anthony Eden
Acheson
Britain
Temperatures Tumble In Several Sections
Wintry weather hit the Southwest with sub freezing cold and snow. Near zero readings appeared in parts of Arizona and New Mexico while Snow and rain pelted the Rocky Mountains and mid continent. Snow continued through the night at Amarillo and Roswell with several inches falling.
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Associated Press
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Rocky Mountains
Mid-Continent
Montana
Winslow
Ariz
Zuni Pueblo
N. M
Tucson
Amarillo
Tex
Roswell
Tucumcari
Upper
Michigan Peninsula
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Taft Names Three For Unfilled Cabinet Posts
Senator Robert Taft of Ohio says he submitted recommendations to President-elect Eisenhower for three unfilled cabinet posts. He did not disclose names at a Columbus news conference. Taft suggested Harry Byrd for Treasury and Arthur Summerfield for Post Office, while praising Ezra Taft Benson for Agriculture.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican Senate Policy Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio Farm Bureau Convention
Gen
Eisenhower
Commerce
Arthur Summerfield
Republican National Committee
Post Office Department
Cabinret
Sen
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Secretary of Agriculture
Wife Not Sorry Sergeant Charged With Aiding Reds
S Sgt Giuseppe Cascio a nine year Air Force veteran was charged with conspiring to sell secret information on the Republics top jet in Korea. He allegedly obtained data from Sgt John P Jones of Manchester Mass and both were arrested Sept 21. Jones judged insane and sent home. Cascio faces possible life imprisonment if convicted. His Tucson wife May Mathew Stanhope denounced any treachery and described their broken marriage.
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Guiseppe Cascio
U.S. Air Force
America
Korea
Air Force
Cascio
49Th Air Base
John P. Jones
Manchester
Mass
Jones
Far East Air Forces
U. S
Tucson
Ariz
Mathew Stanhope
Whiteville
N. C
Stanhope
Retired Farmer Matthew Adams Dies in Mullens
Matthew Adams 82 retired farmer died at his Still Run home at 10 30 today. He leaves wife Anna a son Harrison of Wyco two daughters Lake and Stella at home two brothers Aaron of Wyoming Harry of Kopperston and sister Rosa Adams of Mullens. Body is at Robertson and Foglestong Mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
Indictment Sought Replacing Dismissal in Brennan Case
A federal judge dismissed an indictment charging Ray Brennan of the Chicago Sun-Times with posing as a government official to obtain secret testimony for Senate crime investigators. The government asked a grand jury to return a new indictment.
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Washington
Ray Brennan
Chicago Sun-Times
Senate
Eisenhower weighs Thanksgiving stay for Korea trip
President-elect Eisenhower moves toward a possible Thanksgiving departure for Korea as Gen. Clark arrives in Seoul to coordinate preparations. New appointments include Ezra Taft Benson as agriculture secretary and Sherman Adams as White House assistant.
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Senate
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Utah
White House
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Mark Clark
U. N
Far East
Seoul
Korea
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Protest Walkout Over Widen Mine Probe Hearings
Attorneys for labor and management quit the Widen Mine investigation after a partisan clash over William Blizzard's role. Blizzard defended his ex officio status while urging recognition of the struck company’s appointment. The hearing continued with a new replacement on the panel and testimony from state officials.
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Phil Mangelsdore
Charleston
Widen
Labor
William Blizzard
John Ray
Howard R. Klostermeyer
Charles J. F. Sattler
W. E. Burchett
Klostermeyer
Ray
Employees League of Widen
Burchett
Sattler
State Yorkmen's Compensation
Curtis B. Trent Jr
Barchett
Names of State Heroes Will Be Used on Turnpike
The West Virginia Turnpike will name main structures along 83 miles for state war heroes. Bridges over the Kanawha and Bluestone and a Paint Creek Cabin Creek tunnel were proposed with hero names. Veterans groups will suggest names. route alignment was tweaked for real estate and coal operation concerns. Construction in Mercer County paused during a court ruling on two lane plans, and is set to resume this week.
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Kanawha
Bluestone
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
New Jersey Turnpike
Turnpike Commission
Pax
Maynor
Princeton
Commission
Ben Moore
Mercer County
Road Death In Court
The defendant in a Raleigh County Circuit Court trial over the highway death of seven year old David Moran of Beckley is expected to testify this afternoon. Max 5S. Carpenter of Beckley drove the car that struck the boy on Valley Drive last February and is sued by Jose Perez Moran as administrator of the boy’s estate.
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David Moran
Beckley
Raleigh
Carpenter
Valley Drive
Jose Perez Moran
Court To Study Pinecrest Votes
Canvassers for Raleigh County held a general election review in Raleigh County with all challenged ballots counted except Precinct 40 Pinecrest. A 98 vote from that precinct remains under study while questions about out of county patients voting are discussed. Governor elect William C. Marland leads Rush D. Holt as ballots are reviewed and Republican attorneys Bailard and Fourner attend the session.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh
Pinecrest
Hosida
William C. Marland
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Patteson Seeks Florida to Return Raleigh County Fugitives
Gov. Okey Patteson requested Florida authorities to surrender Wilson Jarrell 42 and Leola Jarrell his daughter for a July 1952 shooting incident in Whitesville. Raleigh County officials aim to extradite the fugitives from Dade City Pasco County Florida after they fled the state to avoid prosecution.
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Florida
Raleigh County
Wilson Jarrell
Leola Jarrell
Clear Fork
H. G. Gibbs
Jarrells
William Compton
Whitesville
Charleston
Ginns
Ned
H. ‘Ragland
Beleish
Compton
Gides
Simons Probation Status Uncertain as Judge Considers Return
Lionel C. Simons remains in limbo as Judge Harry L. McCreery weighs a possible return to Cleveland. Simons, under two years probation for a pistol killing, faces an Ohio assault charge and a requested hold order from Ohio authorities. Probation officer Mrs. Trail says the court may revoke probation or let Ohio pursue the charge, with a decision expected this afternoon.
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Cleveland, C
Simons
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Ohio
Harry L. McCreek
Albert “Crip’’ Shorter
Beckley
W. J. Trail
First Jet Ace Returns to War by Own Request
America's first jet ace Major James Jabara returns to combat in Korea at his own request. He will report to Camp Stoneman California on January 6 for assignment to the Far East Air Force after completing 63 missions and six MIG kills in Korea during 1951.
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Korea
Air Training Command
Supreme Court Reviews Diesel Locomotive Use in West Virginia Mines
The Pond Creek Pocahontas Co. and National Mine Service Co. ask the Supreme Court to overturn a Kanawha Circuit ruling that diesel motive power is absolutely banned in West Virginia mines. Arch J. Alexander cited an 1951 attorney general opinion enforcing the prohibition, yet the firms argue the law may be arbitrary if diesel could be harmless.
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Supreme Court
Kanawha County
Pond Creek Pocahontas Co
National Mine Service Co
West Virginia
Arch J. Alexander
State Mines
Pond Creek Pocahontas
McDowell County
Alexander
National Mine Service
Mabscott
Beckley
Pond Creek Pocahontas J
Kanawha Circuit
Tams Miner Injured In Mine Accident
Withrow of Tams employed by Gulf Smokeless Coal Company sustained an arm injury in a mine accident around 10 a.m. today. He was moved to Beckley Hospital by Williams Funeral Home ambulance.
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Trap. Withrow
Tams
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Beckley Hospital
Williams Funeral Home
Local Murals Show Raleigh County Scenes at Airport
Murals similar to those in Kanawha County are being installed in the Raleigh County Memorial Airport administration building. The Raleigh County scenes include Grandview, Flat Top Lake, and the City of Beckley.
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Kanawha Airport
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Raleigh County
Virginia
Grandview
Flat Top Lake
City of
Beckley
Memorial Airport
Monetary Elizabethan Era Arrives With New Coins
Britain plans to issue 500 million coins in 1943 bearing Mary Gillick’s portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The changeover from George VI ends with 1952’s coins, with the new design used from farthing to half crown across the empire and dominions.
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Britain
Elizabeth II
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Ceylon
Southern Rhodesia
Mary Gillick
Chelsea
Ernest Gillick
Royal Mint
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