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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1948
Page
2
UMW pushes to secure a work sharing contract as the main objective amid labor tensions. The article outlines union aims and context for Raleigh Beckley readers and notes related local labor discussions.
John L. Lewis outlined a share the work plan for lean years to about 3000 United Mine Workers delegates in Cincinnati. He said a small trial is under way in anthracite and warned that without national leadership in the bituminous field the pact may fail. He stressed self preservation for workers and investors and warned of possible three day work weeks if conditions worsen. He cited past union growth after the 1920s and noted slackening demand in both anthracite and bituminous regions.
A Raleigh County Republican Executive Committee dinner at El Chico Cafe drew a capacity crowd of local workers and candidates. Guests included Irene Wandine, D. W. Stubblefield, Hubert Kelly, and D. L. Salisbury birthday celebrant. Floyd Ma Sayre listed attendees and Mrs. Eugene Scott presented a corsage to Stubblefield. Floral decorations featured fall arrangements and pink and yellow roses at the speakers’ table.
Circle No. 7 of the Methodist Temple led by Mrs. B H L El Hsun will host a rummage sale tomorrow in the Burleson Building after a planning session yesterday. Mrs. Ellison led devotionals and scripture while Mrs. A B Carney won a prize. nine members and three visitors attended at Mrs. H G Mager’s Church Street home. Circle No. 5 gathered at Mrs. T F Bartlett’s Glen Morgan home with Mrs. A J Hedrick as co host. Mrs. George Bright spoke on The Good Shepherd and a luncheon for November was planned after business led by Mrs. R B E Presley. One new member Mrs S C Turner joined along with three visitors and twelve regulars.
Tonight at 7 30 oclock the Beaver Lions sponsor a merchants fair and carnival at Shady Spring High School. Seventeen Beaver merchants display goods and a Shady Spring High School queen will be crowned by Lions vice president Mason Anderson. Proceeds benefit the Eye Sight Improvement Fund and football field lights, with additional features including a hillbilly show and dance.
Huntington Rep. Ellis argues the European Recovery Plan drains West Virginia counties. He cites an analysis showing a per capita cost totaling 245,563,863 and warns the aid could ruin state government for years under current administration.
Detroit prosecutors plan to ask Recorders Court for a warrant against Carl Bolton 39 a former UAW CIO local vice president for attempted assassination of Walter P Reuther. The request follows the April 20 shotgun attack on Reuther at his home with him badly wounded but alive.
Welch McDowell county court was told the state capitation tax funds account of former county assessor L. H. Hardin was short by $40,434. Hardin killed himself September 17. County Clerk Don S. Renner presented a State Tax Commissioner’s report demanding that Hardin’s estate or the bond surety compensate the shortage.
The Associated Press reports Tokyo Rose claimed an American and an Australian POWs wrote scripts for her programs. She testified before Federal Commissioner Francis Fox as her treason trial continues with a weeklong delay while a federal grand jury deliberates. She maintained the government knows prisoners who broadcast and could testify.
The Workmen's Compensation Commission reported September industrial accidents killed 38 people in September, with 29 deaths in coal mining. The total fatalities matched September 1947, while August had 51. Accidents injured 6 004 others. 93 widows and 43 children under 16 affected. A Princeton union spokesman warned street department workers will not return without a signed collective bargaining agreement.
Col. F. Guy Ash and Major Verne Whitman of the West Virginia National Guard will travel to Elgin Air Force Base Florida to observe large scale airborne operations. About 9000 soldiers and 500 aircraft from the Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps will participate beginning Monday and run through Wednesday.
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