Indians Aim To Bring Home World Series Victory
Cleveland manager Billy Southworth reshuffles the lineup for Game 3 hoping to boost the offense as Gene Bearden faces Vern Bickford. The Indians, after beating Boston 4 1 yesterday, lead the series 2 0 and seek a possible crowd record, with 39 633 announced attendance in the second game.
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Jack Hand
Cleveland
Billy Southworth
Indians
Southpan
Bearden
Boston Braves
Braves Field
Becton
Gene Bearden
Boston Red Sox
Vern Bickford
Warren Spahn
Bob Lemon
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankee Stadium
al Gionfriddo
Joe DiMarzio
Earl Torgeson
Frank McCormick
Bruce Conaiser
Mike McCormick
Marv Rickert
Jeff Heath
Heath
Southworth
Phil Masi
Bob Kennedy
Judnich
Bickford
Ross Luu
Boudreauvns
Lemon
Boudreau
Joe Gordon
Larry Doby
Boston
Gordon
Torgeson
Bob Elliott
Tribe
Bobby Feller
Bill Stewart
National League
Feller
Torgy
Bat- Grea
Bill Grieve
Dale Mitchell
Spahn
Mitchell
Barrett
Braves
Salkeld
Callosingle
Gatjway Heights
Torgenson
Beckley
Jeff Beckley
Elliott
Ger
Stafford
Chamber
Alvin Dark
Dark
Jim Hegan
Runscott
Callaway Heights
Chamber Favors City Extension Merger Drive
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce directed its extension committee to work with the junior chamber to promote a merger of Beckley and Mabscott municipalities. Chairman Thomas Stafford said the junior chamber planned a campaign to inform Mabscott residents of the benefits.
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Chamber
Beckley
Thomas
Stafford
Mabscott
Argentina Seeks Berlin Blockade Resolution Through UN
The UN Security Council chairman met with Russia’s Andrei Visninsky to push a compromise on the Berlin blockade as Evatt and Lie pursue a three month truce. Russia maintains the disputes lie with the foreign ministers council and vetoes any resolution. Large scale air maneuvers over Berlin persist as U S and Britain supply the city through air corridors.
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Associated Press
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Andrei Visninsky
Berlin
Juan Braruglia
H. ¥. Evatt
U. N. Assembly
Tryzve Lie
U. N
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Security Council
U. S
Britain
September Industrial Toll Falls In State Wide Fatalities
Charleston reports 38 industrial fatalities in September per the Workmen's Compensation Commission. August saw 38 coal mining deaths. total September deaths match September 1947 at 38. Forty six accidents injured 6,004 others. 29 coal mining deaths. 23 widows and 43 children under 16.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Commission Actuary Oo
Weather notes from Beckles region with cloudy skies
Weather report shows yesterday's high around 65 and low near 53 with 7 percent precipitation in the last 24 hours. Rivers Greenbrier and Gladys Creek are muddy. Oak Hill and Dam area recorded 67 and 52 respectively with light rainfall totals.
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Greenbrier
Elen
Bellepoint
Oak Hill
Creeres
Glad
Bam
U S Adopts Firm Red Policy Pork Paces Price Dip
Washington reports a hardened stance toward the Soviet Union with officials pledging no more soft diplomacy and declaring world domination tactics. In Oak Hill a fire at the Armory supplies room burned government property as an investigation is launched with FBI involvement and theft suspicions.
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U.S
Anon
Robrey
Oak Hill
Register
Oak Mil
Glen Kincaid
Mankin Home
Mankin
Kincaid
Sam Cale
Virginian Railway
Jobs and fair in Beackley for handicapped workers
The Beaver Lions Merchants Fair at Shady Spring High School opens at 7 30 tonight with seventeen Beaver merchants and a queen crowned by Lions official Mason Anderson. Half the carnival proceeds go to the Eye sight Improvement Fund and half to football lights. a hillbilly show and dance revue are also on the program. Beclley area employers are sought to place 65 70 physically handicapped workers with applications on file at the Beckley office of the West Virginia Employment Service.
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Beaver Lions
Shady Spring High School
Beaver Merchants
Shady Spring Hiigh School
Mason Anderson
Lions Club
Eyesight Improvement Fund
Lions
Beckley
West Virginia
Ethel Freyer
Charleston
The
Employment Service
Raleigh County Vocaional School
Frewer
Rolfe
Beckley Man Jailed and Fined in Moonshine Case
Harry Holbrook of Beckley was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Magistrate J. P. Meadows on possessing moonshine whisky. He also paid 5 dollars on a driving while intoxicated charge after Beckley City Police arrested him.
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Harry Holbrook
Beckley
J. P. Meadows
Atlantic Fleet Exercises Set for Next Month
Norfolk dispatch reports the Atlantic fleet will stage tactical exercises in the north western Atlantic next month. About five ships and 30 aircraft squadrons will participate to gather data on fleet operations under cold weather conditions.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Atlantic
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Navy Cold War Exercises Begin in Hawaiian Waters
The task force led by the carriers Princeton and Tarawa starts a multiweek exercise in Hawaii, with long range aircraft intercepts and a simulated attack on Osh. Vice Admiral Donald B. Duncan commands, Missouri as flagship, involving about 31,000 Navy and Marine personnel. The drill extends from Nov 1 to Nov 23 with operations ranging 100 to 500 miles off the US and Canada east coast and into Davis Strait areas.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Ercises
Adm
Donald B. Duncan
Missouri
Norfolk Area
United States
Canada
Davis Strait
Greenland
Labrador
Lew endorsement prompts miners’ holiday proposal
The Associated Press report notes Cincinnati’s Tebe K. Lew endorsed Republican presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey and urged a holiday for miners to welcome Nov. 2. A special committee reviewed Lew’s criticism of President Truman and stated the other major party candidate has not altered statements affecting the United Mine Workers of America and its members.
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PresCINCINNATI _ Tebe
K. Lewis
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley Chamber Defends Grandview Park Plan
Beckley Chamber of Commerce President Phill A McDaniel says the group will not drop the Grandview park project. A campaign to block land adjacent to the state park prompted the remark as supporters note the paved road to Grandview park has been a chamber goal for two years. The group aims to acquire 810 acres near the park. Governor Meadows and Conservation Commission Director C H McClintic were at the park for the road dedication. George Bright urges continued efforts and plans to seek talks with Governor Meadows.
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Chamber of Commerce
Grandview
Phill A. McDaniel
McDanks
Charles Hode
Chamber
Grandview Park
Governor Meadows
Conservation Commission
C. H. McClintic
McDaniel
George Bright
Pack Committee
Thornquest Rites Set for Saturday
Funeral arrangements are set for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Thornquest 75 of Mabscott. Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Maple Fork Church with Rev. L A Garten officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Fork Cemetery. The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to the daughter’s home in Mount Hope Route 1 at 2 p.m. today.
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Register
Oak Hill
Maple Fork
Sarah Elizabeth Thornquest
Mabscott
Beckley Hospital
L. A. Garten
Alex Davis
Marple Fork
Tyree
Fast Changes in Man's Ideas About Virtue
John A. Bender, 58, a retired contractor turned religious motiver, ends his death fast after police visit. He began last Sunday to restore virtue’s dignity and ate again after police warned that starving himself was illegal. He weighed 156 pounds at the start and 145 pounds yesterday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John A. Bender
Bender
Campaign Trails in West Virginia Salvo of Speeches
Republican efforts push into Huntington with two Stassen addresses backing Dewey Warren ticket as Democrats mount statewide outreach. Neely in Fairmont, Pallesen in Oak Hill, Barkley slated for rallies in Huntington and Clarksburg. Neely touts tax cuts since 1933, Pallesen urges funds for Public Assistance, Stassen criticizes GOP record while Truman targets Dewey in New York.
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FRESS
West Virginia
Huntington
Odax
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Thomas O 'Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Icket
M.M. Neely
Fairmont
Sen
Revercomb
Af Parsons
Okey I. Pallesen
Mercer-Fayette Bar Association
Oak Hill
Cabell County
Democratic Executive Committee
Barkley
Department of Public Assistance
Matoaka
Republican Party
Congress
Truman
Thomas F. Dewey
Truman Campaigns in New Jersey as Dewey Tours New York
President Truman spoke in New Jersey while Republican rival Dewey attended a New York City housing project ground breaking named for Alfred Smith. Ickes urged Dewey to state his positions on lands and public power, and Wallace labeled both parties as enemies during the presidential campaign.
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New York
Truman
Albay
Buffalo
GOP
Dewey
Albany
New York City
Alfred F. Smith
Smith
Merbert Hoover
MR. Truman
Hoover
New Jersey
Jersey City
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Ideland
Henry Wallace
Meat prices drop in West Virginia but doubts persist
The Associated Press reports that sirloin steak fell to around 51 cents a pound in Charleston Huntington and Wheeling, with pork chops down 5 to 26 cents and various beef cuts 6 to 12 cents. Bacon prices eased by two cents in Wheeling as merchants foresee further declines vs cautious packing house outlook.
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Beckley
Wheeling
Beckley Steel
Charleston
West Virginia
Huntingtom
Huntington
Teachers Offer to Turn Miners in Salary Deal
Seven Blythe Township teachers quit Monday after the district slowed salary payments since March. They proposed mining to boost revenue for school salaries, leveraging district mine lands in Pennsylvania's anthracite region. The school board favored the idea while Gov Duff was asked to help resolve the financial impasse.
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Associated Press
Pottsville
Blythe Township
Pennsylvania
Township School Board
James H. Duff
Travel Trade Bulletin planned for West Virginia tourism
The Industrial Land Publicity Commission announced it will publish a Travel Trade Bulletin for West Virginians dealing with tourists to share current information on all travel industry phases. Fire officials urge more farm firefighting units after losses hit 184088 dollars last year. In Morgantown two miners died after a machine piece broke loose in Pursgrove No 8 mine. victims were 43 year old Fred Richardson and 60 year old Alex Beltay.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Industrial Land Publicity Commission
West
C. A. Raper
Nalion
Morgantown
Pursgrove No
Fred Richardson
Alex Beltay
Beagle Field Trials To Begin Saturday
The Mountain State Beagle Club will hold its first licensed field trials at a Wallingford farm near Princeton starting Saturday from 8 p m until Tuesday. Entry fee is 5 with 30 percent awarded as prizes. Dr John H O Dell of Beckley is secretary and the club’s Princeton headquarters are at the Virginian Hotel.
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Beagle
Mh Register
Princeton
Mountain State Beagle Club
Wallingford Farm
Route 219
John H. O'Dell
Beckley
Club
Virginian Hotel
Mabscott Sailor Held for Desertion
Mabscott resident Robert Lloyd Stephens was jailed in Raleigh County awaiting naval authorities after a Mabscott deputy sheriff and an FBI agent arrested him on desertion charges. Australian air force readiness stated by Air Marshal George Jones in Bourne.
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Robert Lloyd Stephens
Mabscott
Raleigh ‘County
Stephens
Trenton Stover
FBI
Aussie
Associated Press
MEI
Bourne
Australia
George Jones
Royal Australian Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Coal union chief warns of lean years plan at UMW convention
John L. Lewis outlined a job stabilization strategy for hard times to 13,000 United Mine Workers delegates in Cincinnati. He said the plan could limit weekly work and be used if conditions worsen, stressing self preservation for workers and investors. He noted signs of reduced demand and potential price-cutting, and referenced Truman’s criticism of his recent strikes.
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Harold W. Ward
Associated Press
Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United i Mine Workers Convention
UMW
United Mine Workers
Gerd
Imart
Eask
Truman
Union
Thomas BE. Dewey
Union Leaders Hear A Bomb Ultimatum
Washington government demands CIO United Electrical Workers disprove charges of Communist influence and obtain FBI loyalty clearances. If not cleared, U E officers face ouster from atomic plants as AEC considers further actions to protect security.
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Associated Press
Washington
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
Union of Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic
U. E
ABC
David Lilienthal
FBI
Albert Fitzgerald
Lilienthal
U. S
AEC
Demos to Speak in City Today at Raleigh Court House
Three members of a Youth Caravan of the Young Democratic Club of West Virginia will speak at 5 p m today on Main Street at the Raleigh County Court House opposite the Raleigh County Bank. They will discuss campaign issues for the November 2 general election from a youth perspective. Introduced by A J Sparacino, president, speakers include Almirea Abbott of Fayette County an attorney and ex marine. Mrs Robert Hartelden of Wood County a housewife and wartime volunteer nurse aide. and Curtis Wilson of Upshur County a young World War II era businessman.
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Young Democratic “Clule
West Virginia
Raleigh County Court House
Raleigh County
A. J. Sparacino
Young Men's Democratic Club
MissAlmirea Abbott
Fayette County
Mra
Robert Hartelden
Wood County
Curtis Wilson
Upshur County
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Reds
Soviet Union
Robert A. Lavett
Paris
Marshall
Durham
N. H
Charles E. Waltzman
University of New Hampshire
Saltzman
State Department
John R. Fox
National Guard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
F Beckley
Beckley Chamber
Thornquest
Matthew M. Neely
United States Senate
John §. Doeper
R-Ky
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