Navy Sees Nazi Missile Boost From Reds Rail You Mention
Navy weapons expert Capt. J. L. Sides told Congress Russia likely has guided missiles able to target bombers above 40 000 feet and that German anti aircraft tech fell into Soviet hands after the war He said 1945 equipment is obsolete and noted a revolution in air defenses could be near The hearing also touched on the B 36 bomber and defense policy amid a steel strike affecting coal towns and miners in Raleigh County and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Congress
Russia
J. HL. Sides
U. S
Sides
Germany
Naval
House
Armed Services Committee
Cmdr
Eugene Tatom
Tatom
Hiroshima
Tatum
Committee
Washington National
Air Force
Defense Johnson
Navy Air Force
Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chiefs of Staff of
Army, Navy and
Vinson
D-Ga
Air Symington
Norfolk
Eccles
John L
Fayette County
Raleigh County
Foresters Hear Talks on Water Status in Nation
At the 69th American Forestry Association convention in Wheeling officials and landowners heard four authorities discuss growing water shortages amid population rise. Gov James Duff of Pennsylvania and Rep Robert Secrest of Ohio were set to speak on conservation. former Gov Ralph Carr's paper was read.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
America
American Forestry Association
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Robert Secrest
Ohio
Ralph Carr
Colorado
Tennessee Valley Authority
George R. Phillips
E. N. Munns
U. S. Forest Service
East
West
L. A. Danse
General Motors Corporation
Phillips
Truman Appeals For Farm Bill Conference Push
President Truman summoned Democratic congressional leaders to the White House for an hour long talk on the farm bill. Leaders left silent as differences between Truman and Senate leadership threatened passage. Presidential secretary Charles G Ross said no agreement was reached and the president urged a bill he can sign.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
White House
Mr. Truman
Senate
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Extended West Virginia weather forecast for Oct 12 16
The outlook calls for cooler conditions midweek with daytime highs around normal and a warming trend by Saturday. Expect showers Wednesday and Sunday totaling three to five tenths inch. Temperatures will average three to five degrees above normal across Beckley Oak Hill Greenbrier and Glade Creek areas.
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W. Va
Beckley
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New Normal
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Iseeressise
Operators Plan To Resume Coal Talks In Charleston
In Charleston plans were announced to resume contract negotiations between the Southern Coal Producers Association and the United Mine Workers. The SCPA luncheon aimed to brief bargainers after a Bluefield meeting on October 5 and a Washington mediation session led by Cyrus Ching. Concurrent talks with Northern and Western producers will occur at White Sulphur Springs with UMW leaders including John L. Lewis and John Owens. The SCPA delegation is led by Joseph Moody with members from West Virginia Kentucky and Ohio. The UMW has slowed operations since June when Lewis ordered a three day week and later a no-day week after welfare payments were suspended.
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Associated Press
Charleston
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
SCPA
Walter BR. Thurmond
UMW
Bluefield
John L. Lewis
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Washington
Ching
Umwscpa
White Sulphur Springs
Lewis
John Owens
William Blizzard
George Titler
Abe Wales
Kentucky
Sam Caddy
William Minton
Virginia
Ray Thomason
UMW _ international
Joseph Moody
J. E. McCauley
Mt. Hope
M. L. Garvey
H. A. McCallister
Logan
F. M. Medaris
Hazard
Walter Crichton
Frank Hornickel
Cleveland, C
J. J. Ardigo
Williamson
Laurence E. Tierney
Harry Homan
Pikeville
Thurmond
UNION
Twin Steel Coal Strike Mediation On Ching Agenda
The government conciliation service under Cyrus Ching plans separate talks with CIO United Steel workers leaders and industry leaders as it mediates the steel and coal strikes. Ching previously secured a return to bargaining by John L. Lewis and coal operators, while Philip Murray faces renewed talks amid a 11 day walkout marked by pension and insurance demands.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
U.S
Cyrus Ching
CIO
United Steelworkers
Ching
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Steel Industry
Philip Murray
Murray
Youngstown
Ohio
Kilgore Held For Assault on Cops
Robert M Kilgore a Columbia law student and son of Senator Harlen Kilgore was arrested in his Brooklyn apartment after an argument with Police. He was taken to Kings County Hospital for observation and slated for transfer to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for treatment. His wife Shirley 24 was arrested but charges were dismissed.
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Robert Kilgore
Associated Press
New York
Robert M. Kilgore
Harley M. Kilgore
D-Wva
Kings County Hospital
Rudolph Halley
Kilgore
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Brooklyn
Hicks Street
Vincent Fuchs
Shirley
Halley
Columbia University
Beckley
Drive on DP Bill Opens in Senate
Senator Ferguson leads push in Senate Judiciary Committee to discharge subcommittee and advance a displaced persons bill already passed by the House. Democratic whip Myers predicts committee action and swift Senate floor consideration after farm bill. The measure would liberalize DP laws to admit more Europeans.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Myers
Pennsylvania
House
Europe
Top Court Upholds Lottery Conviction
The state Supreme Court upheld the Greater Huntington Theater Corporation’s conviction on lottery charges linked to its giveaway days. Judge Fred L. Fox authored a 15 page unanimous opinion. A $1,000 fine was imposed in Cabell County Common Pleas Court.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Greater Huntington Theater Corporation
Fred L. Fox
Corporation
Cabell County
Vaughan Gloats Over Unethical Maneuvers
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, an aide to President Truman, boasts of being unethical and notes he only needs to please Truman and Mrs Vaughan. He claims to have suggested actions for others and invites readers to draw their own conclusions from his remarks.
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Vaughan
Associated Press
Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Army
State Completes Case in Murder Of Hansel Crist
The state rested its case in the Raleigh County Criminal Court murder trial of Rupert L. Ross as defense witnesses followed. Neighbors testified Crist was "dangerous, turbulent" while the manager of the Silver Slipper said Crist caused a quarrel after ordering whisky, with Ross escorting him from the premises.
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Hansel Crist
Rupert L. Ross
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Bradley
Criminal
Ross
Mount Hope Road
William H. Simmons
Simmons’ Yard
Walter Hampton
Crist
Hampton
Dorsey Tyree
Tyree
Baptists Gather as West Virginia Convention Opens
Dr A S Kelley speaks at the 84th West Virginia Baptist Convention in Beckley urging forward soul winning under Christ's Challenge to Advance. About 650 Baptists attend as committees form, minutes from 1844 Lewisburg meeting are presented for framing, Isamu Chiba of Japan to speak at 8 25 p m.
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A. S. Kelley
West Virginia Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Russia
Arthur Hanks
Huntington
Lewisburg, Va
Conservative Baptist To Attack Modernism In WV Convention
The conservative Baptist faction from Chicago speaker Dr Chester F. Tulga will address the West Virginia Baptist Convention in Charleston at 9:15 p.m. tonight and again tomorrow at the Memorial Building. Rev J C Jennings says Tulga will challenge modernism and the Federal Council of Churches. The three day session opened at First Baptist Church with about 650 representatives. Rev Jennings notes the split between Conservative Baptist and the Northern Convention.
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West Virginia Baptist Convention
Chicago
Baptist Church
J. C. Jennings
Chester FE. Tulga
Memorial Building
First Baptist Church
Jennings
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Dr. Tulga
W. B. Harvey
Prosperity Baptist Church
Harvey
Tulga
Baptist Convention
Federal Council of Churches
Federal Council
West Virginia
Conservative Baptist Fellowship
Beckley
Mount Tabor
Northern Baptist Convention
Northern Convention
Regular Baptists
Northern Baptists
Latters
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Top Woman Commie Hangs Self in Cell
Seoul police report Kim Myung Shin a 42 year old leading female Communist in Southern Korea hanged herself in a jail cell. She was arrested in Seoul three days earlier and moved to Pupyang ten miles west. She was found dead with clothing tied around her throat.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Kim Myung Shin
Korea
Kim Tai Sun
Pupyang
Kim
Norway's Labor wins big in election gains over Communists
Oslo reports a Labor majority likely as party seats rise to about 80 in the 150-member Storting, while Communists fall to four. Prime Minister Gerhard Hansen says voters endorse the Atlantic Pact and Labor will pursue its platform with cautious steps toward socializing banks and insurers only after a new election.
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Oslo
Norway
Einar Gerhardsen
Labor
Storting
Bracke Ts
Conservatives
Liberals
Agrarians
Christian Democrats
Gerhardsen
Communist Party
Halvard M. Lange
Gergardsen
Labor Party
Jury Blames Death On Dentist Drug
A coroner's jury in Ashland ruled that six year old Janet Pauline Haney died due to the administration of the drug Demerol while under anesthesia in Dr. Kenneth B. Hood's office. The child fell ill from infected teeth and died en route to a hospital. the dentist denied giving a dangerous drug and cited poison released from infected teeth as the cause.
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Ashland
Janet Pauline Haney
Kenneth B. Hood
J. Fred Miller
C. B. Daniels
E. W. Jarred
Catlettsburg
F. ©. Hodges
Huntington
Two Coal Firms Given Charters
On the eve of mine walkout talks two coal firms received state charters. R. and M. Sewell Coal Company of Lookout Fayette County with $25,000 capital. incorporators Ralph McCormick Stallings W J McCormick Logan and H H Roskey Holden. Holly-Whitlock Coal Company of Long Branch Fayette County capital $15,000. incorporators J C Holly Long Branch and J C Whitlock and B P Whitlock Oak Hill.
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Charleston
R. & M. Sewell Coal Company
Lookout
Fayette County
Ralph McCormick
Stallings
W. J. Mc Cormick
Logan
H. H. Roskey
Holden
Holly-Whitlock Coal Company
Long Branch
J. C. Holly
J. C. Whitlock
B. P. Whitlock
Oak Hill
Three Men Held For Auto Theft
Dorsey and Charles West of White Oak and Billie Trail of Shady Spring were scheduled for a preliminary hearing today after State Police arrested them for auto theft including stealing a Massey truck and breaking and entering Club Brazil. Bobby Kincaid of Beaver faced assault and battery charges after a police arrest. Paul Webb of Marsh Fork Distr. failed to appear. contempt found and ten days jail.
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Dorsey
Charles West
White Oak
Billie Trail
Shady Spring
T. M. Thurman
J. O. Massey
Brazil
Bobby Kincaid
Beaver
W. W. Brammer
Kincaid
Raleigh County
Paul Webb
Marsh Fork
W. A. Riffe
Shim
Walkout Blamed On Heat Wave at Westinghouse Lamp Plant
FAIRMONT The lamp plant of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation was shut down today after a walkout blamed by union officials on the heat wave. About 400 employees were off duty as the day shift began leaving the plant yesterday with temperatures around 85 degrees. Business Manager William Pars er of Local 627, UE CIO, said the heat inside the factory became unbearable.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
William Parser
United Electrical Workers, Cio
Lights Fail Dinner After Tour Of Texas Power Plant
About 300 to 400 guests from South Texas gathered at Bayview for a Central Power and Light Company dinner after touring the La Palma power plant near San Benito. Officials noted more than four million dollars had been spent to boost Rio Grande Valley power, and the facility was said to meet emergencies. Just as dinner began, a blackout struck and executives searched with flashlights for the fuse box while guests continued by candlelight.
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Associated Press
Harlingen
Tex
South Texas
Bayview
Central Power and Light Company
la Palma
San Benito
Rio Grande Valley
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