Bearden Delivers Shutout as Indians Edge Braves
Gene Bearden pitched five hits over seven innings plus relief to blank the Boston Braves 2-0 at Municipal Stadium Cleveland leads the World Series 2-1. Joe Gordon, Ken Keltner, and Bob Feller contributed in the scoring parade while Mike McCormick limited Indians to earlier hits.
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Alvee
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Kellher
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Voiselle
Mast
Raskinson
Lunky
Connie Ryan
Ryan
Charlie
Red) Barrett
Gurden
Mikel McCormick
Lewis Endorses Dewey and Demands Election Holiday
John L. Lewis indirectly endorsed Republican Thomas E. Dewey and urged a holiday so miners could vote on Nov 2. The United Mine Workers adopted a resolution in Cincinnati calling for Taft Hartley repeal and for a nearly full mining shutdown on election day with maintenance exceptions.
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Dewey
Associated Press
Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
Thomas E. Newey
Matthew M. Neely
United States Senate
West Virginka
Unstead
John S. Cooper
R-Ky
Truman
West Virginia Delinquent Lands Policy At Issue In Court
Circuit Judge Jake Fisher ruled WV delinquent land sales unconstitutional citing a contract clause and a WV Virginia compact. The state plans appeal to the Supreme Court as about 50 000 acres bought at sheriff sales remain subject to the 1947 law challenges.
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Associated Press
Partlaw
Fisa
Charleston
Supreme Court
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Atare
Jake Fisher
Sutton
Thomas H. S. Curd
Ira J. Partlawdis
Welch
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Braxton
Gilmer
Clay
Webster
Blunt U S Language Targets Soviet Aims in Propaganda War
Washington officials abandon soft diplomacy as Lovett reports Paris orders to debunk Moscow energy talks and Saltzman states Soviet aim is world domination through communism. He warns coercion and double dealing may be used while U S pursues victory with patience and spiritual fortitude despite risks of war.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Robert A. Lovett
Paris
Marshall
Durham
N. A
Charles E. Saltzman
University of New Hampshire
Saltzman
State Department
Triscoty Ee
GE Convicted Of Conspiracy In Antitrust Case
NEW YORK The General Electric Co was convicted today of conspiring between 1927 and 1940 to monopolize trade in hard metal compositions and products The 1941 indictment charged Sherman Act violations The corporate defendants face potential fines up to 25000 each and individuals face similar fines and possible five year imprisonment each
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New York
General Electric Co
Union Leaders Hear A Bomb Ultimatum
The Atomic Energy Commission demanded CIO United Electrical Workers leaders prove loyalty or face ouster from A-bomb plants. AEC warned union heads must submit non Communist oaths and obtain FBI loyalty clearances for workers. Lilienthal said U S officers must be cleared or further security steps may follow.
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AEC
David Lilienthal
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Albért Fitzgerald
Lilienthal
Pork Prices Dip At City Markets
Meat prices eased across Beckley retail shops with pork leading declines. Some stores have already enacted lower prices while others will implement them Monday. pork chops dropped from 85 to 69 cents and pork center cuts from 1.22 to 1.12 per pound, veal and beef mostly steady or slightly down.
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Beckley
Peck Chops
Neal
Politician Murdered On Busy Randolph Street
William John Granata a 42 year old Republican politician and Illinois Industrial Commission member was hacked to death on Randolph Street near City Hall and the County Building in Chicago. Two blows by a heavy sharp instrument killed him. police reported no witnesses and motive remained a mystery.
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Chicago
William John Granata
Randolph Street
Granta
Hminois Industrial Commission
Jobs for Handicapped Persons Sought Here
Beckley offices of the West Virginia Employment Service report 65 to 70 physically handicapped workers on file and four placements already made during a national Employ the Physically Handicapped Week campaign. Veterans Administration rep Charles L Rolfe urged local businesses to provide jobs, as Miss Ethel Freyer outlines a 15 test aptitude battery to match workers with suitable roles from 50 fields.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Ethel Freyer
Charleston
The
Employment Service
Raleigh County
Freyer
Rolfe
Chamber Favors City Extension and Beckley Mabscott Merger
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce backs extending city limits and merging Beckley with Mabscott. The junior chamber will promote the consolidation to Mabscott residents and consider Calloway Heights annexation. The merger promises improved fire police services lower taxes better sewage and streets.
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Calloway Heights
Mabscoll
William Laren
Stafford
Chamber
Mabscott
Chamber Director Bound for National Convention in Philadelphia
Beckley Chamber of Commerce managing director Arthur Candy will attend a four day convention of the National Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives in Philadelphia at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel. About 2 000 people are expected to attend with events from Sunday through Wednesday. Candy plans to return to Beckley on Thursday.
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Candy
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia
National Association of Chamber, of Commerce
Z Ile
Benjamin Franklin Hotel
Cundy
Flat Top Man Held for Drunk Driving Charge
Mack C Lilly of Flat Top was arrested by state police yesterday on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was jailed awaiting a hearing before the magistrate.
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Mack C. Lilly
Flat Top
Argentina Asks Reds to Remove Berlin Blockade
The U N Security Council chairmen met with Russia's Andrei Vishinsky to push a compromise on the Berlin blockade. Six neutral nations backed a three month truce plan, while Russia insisted the matter lies with the foreign ministers and not the UN. Russian air maneuvers over Berlin continue as U S and Britain supply the city.
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Berlin
Associated Press
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Juan Bramagta
H. ¥. Evalt
U. N. Assembly
Trygxe Lie
U. N
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Security Council
Wich
U. S
Britain
Demos to Speak In City Today
Three members of a Youth Caravan of the Young Democratic Club of West Virginia will speak at 5 p.m. today on the Main Street corner of the Raleigh County Court House opposite the Raleigh County Bank. The speakers will discuss campaign issues of the November 2 general election from a youth perspective. They will be introduced by A. J. Sparacino, president of the Raleigh County Young Men's Democratic Club. The lineup includes Miss Almirea Albott of Fayette County an attorney and ex marine. Also appearing are Mrs. Robert Harlelden of Wood County a housewife and mother who served three years as a volunteer nurses aide, and Curtis Wilson of Upshur County a young businessman and World War II veteran.
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Young Democratic Club of
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Raleigh County Court House
Raleigh County Bank
A. J. Sparacino
Raleigh County
Young Men‘s Democratic Club
Almirea Albott
Fayette County
Robert Harlelden
Wood County
Curtis Wilson
Upshur County
French Troops Drive Out Strikers At Micheville Mills
French troops entered the Micheville steel mills in Nancy and ousted strikers occupying the buildings. About 10 strikers were injured in the confrontation, the first major violence since a new strike wave began with a 935,000 worker walkout. The mobilized force included 300 mobile guards and 200 regular army troops. The government ordered coke oven operators back to work as fourteen ovens were requisitioned to prevent shutdowns.
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Associated Press
Nancy
France
Michevile
Juin
Atlantic Fleet Exercises Planned Across North Atlantic
About 65 ships and 30 aircraft squadrons from the Atlantic fleet will conduct tactical exercises in the northwestern Atlantic next month to study fleet operations in cold weather. Joint maneuvers in Hawaii begin today through Sunday, featuring Task Force 38 led by carriers Princeton and Tarawa in a simulated attack on Oahu with 21,000 personnel involved.
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Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
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Donald B. Duncan
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Norfolk Area
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Canada
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Labrador
Norway Egypt and Cuba join Security Council
Cuba Egypt and Norway were elected to two year terms on the United Nations Security Council starting January 1. Norway and Cuba won on the first ballot. Egypt secured the seat after four ballots with 36 votes for Turkey and 44 for Norway. Egypt will serve a second term, first earned in 1946.
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London
Mabscott Sailor Held for Desertion
Robert Lloyd Stephens of Mabscott is jailed in Raleigh County awaiting naval authorities after arrest by Mabscott Deputy Sheriff Trenton Stover and an FBI agent on desertion charges.
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Mabscott
Raleigh
Stephens
Trenton Stover
FBI
Stassen Campaigns in West Virginia for GOP Electors
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen campaigned in Huntington on the second day, rallying for West Virginia eight electoral votes. Democrats Counter with planned appearances by M. O. Neely, Pattesen, Barkley, and other officials across Fairmont Parsons Oak Hill Clarksburg Gassaway and Bluefield as the race for the governorship and Senate seat heats up.
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Associated Press
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Huntington
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Thomas EB. Dewes
Earl Warren
California
M. OM. Neely
Fairmont
Sen
Revercomb
Parsons and Okey
Pattesen
Dewey urges joint action to solve housing shortage
Dewey told a Matoaka audience the 80th Congress never serves the common people and urged federal, state, and local cooperation. He said housing relief requires action by industry, labor, capital, and all levels of government, with federal aid on a realistic basis. President Truman countered by campaigning in Albany and criticizing Republicans for prosperity.
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Matoaka
Republica Party
Associated Press
Thomas F. Dewey
Hocday
Dewey
Truman
New York
Beckley Chamber Refuses To Drop Grandview Park Plan
Beckley Chamber President Phill A. McDaniel says the current administration will not drop the Grandview park project despite a campaign to strip adjoining land. Chamber member Charles Hedel noted the 20 year road to Grandview park arose from a campaign pledge, with 840 acres near the park under consideration for acquisition to prevent land stripping. Governor Meadows and Conservation Director C. H. McClintle visited the park for road dedication, prompting continued efforts led by George Bright to secure the land, with plans to confer with Meadows.
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Chamber of Commerce
Grandview
Phill A. McDaniel
Uo McDaniel
Charles Hedel
Chamber
Grandview Park
Governor Meadows
Conservation Commission
C. H. McClintle
West Virginia To Publish Travel Trade Bulletin
The Industrial and Publicity Commission announced it will publish a Travel Trade Bulletin for West Virginians who interact with tourists. Acting Director Robert W. McKinnon said it will circulate to supply current information on all phases of the travel industry to related individuals and organizations. State Fire Marshal A Harper urged forming more farm ice fighting units to cut losses, noting national losses reached 164 million dollars last year.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Industrial and Publicity Commission
A. Haper
Bead vee Ends Death Fast After Police Visit
John A Bead vee a 59 year old retired contractor who sought religious motives began a death fast to restore virtue but stopped after police warned it illegal He weighed 159 pounds at the start and 145 pounds yesterday and ate his first meal following the police intervention.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John A. Beadvee
Bender
Republicans Open Campaign Center in City
Republicans opened a campaign center located on MecCreery Street opposite the May Office Building. Floyd Sayre, GOP executive committee chairman, announced the headquarters would occupy the former Smith's Grocery and Meat Market on South Fayette Street but delays caused a move to the current site. Smith's Grocery opened yesterday in the old Western Union quarters, and People's Shoe Shop plans to expand into the vacant Smith's space as Western Union relocates across the street.
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MecCreery Street
May
Floyd Sayre
GOP
Smith's Grocery
South Fayette Street
Western Union
People's Shoe Shop
Beckley Man Jailed and Fined for Moonshine and DWI
Beckley resident Harry Holbrook was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Magistrate J F Meadows on charges of possessing moonshine whisky. He also paid a $5 fine for driving while intoxicated after Beckley police arrested him.
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J. F. Meadows
Beckley City
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