Plan Branded As Publicity Stunt by AFL
AFL leaders view John L. Lewis proposal to pool union funds for the CIO steel strike as a publicity stunt. William Green expected to reply with a cautious no, while Philip Murray endorses the idea of general union support, including a 2.5 million dollar weekly war chest.
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AFL
Associated Press
Washington
William Green
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
United Mine Workers
CLO
Green
Philip Murray
Murray
St. Michael
AFL Executive Council
UMW
Rebels end Greek civil war linked to UN probe
Communist led Greek guerrillas announced they stopped fighting near the Albanian border but will not disarm. Greek officials and U N observers say the radio message from Bucharest was timed with U N peace efforts as Moscow considers backdown amid tensions with Yugoslavia and Albania’s aid flow.
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Associated Press
Athens
United Nations
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Greece
U. S. Army
Bucharest
Romania
United Nations Special Commission On
Balkans
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
U. N. Commission
Marshal Tito
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Lake Success
N. Y
U. N
Assembly
Carlos P. Romulo
Brother's Murder Charged to Youth
Los Angeles police say 15-year-old Richard Manning Elliott shot his 10-year-old brother Robert Jame Elliott with a .32 caliber revolver after an accidental discharge. Richard is booked on suspicion of murder after telling police he shot to end his brother's suffering.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Police Today
Robert Jame Elliott
Richard Manning Elliott
Edward Ream
Robert
Richard
West Los Angeles Police
Lost Plane Hits Wires Five Dead Rivers California
Riverside Calif A B 26 light Air Force bomber apparently lost in fog crashed into high tension wires near Riverside last night killing five aboard Four bodies including one civilian were recovered from the wreckage The bomber was en route from Williams Air Force Base Arizona to Long Beach California when it struck 42000 volt wires The plane crashed 300 feet into a ravine and the wreckage was found after a power blackout search by power company crews discovered the scene at 930 p m PDT
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Associated Press
Riverside
Calif
Here
Williams Air Force Base
Arizona
Long Beach
Power Company
Foster Says Red Party Will Not Go Underground
New York, Communist National Chairman William Z Foster declares the party will remain an American working class political force despite the conviction of eleven top leaders for conspiracy to advocate overthrow. Foster, with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, says the party defends its legality and right to function, while the convicted leaders await sentencing and potential penalties up to ten years and $10,000 fines each.
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Associated Press
New York
Communist National
William Z. Foster
Foster
United States
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Communist National Committee
Federal House of Detention
Sam Fain Hurt In Road Wreck Near Mount Hope
Sam Fain, 26, of Glen Morgan, was slightly injured when a car owned by Fred Arnold of Sprague wrecked near Mount Hope. State police and Beckley Hospital reported Fain was treated and later discharged. Arnold said Fain took the vehicle without permission and could not recall the crash.
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Sam Fain
Glen Morgan
Fred Arnold
Sprague
Mount Hope
Fayetteville
Beckley
Fain
Beckley Hospital
Arnold
One Big Prison: Czechoslovakia arrests sweep
In Prague crowds hunt for relatives snatched by a government crackdown aimed at liquidating the middle class and nationalizing small business. At Pankrac Prison parents deliver food packs, only to have messages destroyed as arrests spread to churchmen and even top athletes.
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Pankrac
Prague
Msgr
Svec
St. Vitus
Czechoslovakia
Route planned for highway post office in 1950 by Rep Bailey
Mount Hope Mayor Bernard Rocke reported Rep Cleveland Bailey pledged action on a highway post office service from Charleston to Fayetteville via Whitesville and Beckley. The plan would run Charleston Marmet Racine Whitesville Lester Surveyor Mabscott Beckley Mount Hope Oak Hill Fayetteville and back. Bailey ordered a route survey and promised updates while Rocke urged use of funds from the C&O line to fund the service.
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Bailey
Register
Mount Hopk
Cleveland Bailey
D-Harrison
Mount Hope
Bernard Rocke
Charleston
Fayetteville
Whitesville
Beckley
Roure
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Oak Hill
C&o
Supreme Court
Rocke
Post Office Department
Marmet
Racine
Lester
Surveyor
Mabscott
Big Money Bills May Be Passed Within 48 Hours
Senate leaders pressed to approve two major defense and military funding bills within 48 hours. The foreign arms measure would fund Western Europe and allied states with about 1.3 billion dollars, plus aid to Greece, Turkey, Iran, the Philippines, Korea, and China area. The armed forces bill, stalled by House Senate disputes over Air Force funds, seeks funding for a larger Air Force and would be resolved by conferees meeting to iron out differences.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Congress
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Western
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Philippines
Korea
China
Senate House
House
Minister 3rd Hunting Victim in Two Days
Charleston reports the hunting toll rose to three with the finding of Rev. Anderson Mounts in Mingo County. The 48 year old pastor, missing since Saturday, was shot after wandering through rugged terrain. A search party recovered his body near a steep cliff after he had apparently walked miles.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Mingo County
Anderson Mounts
Baisden
Church of God
Tom Justice
Panther
McDowell County
Orlen Boatright
Big Chimney
Kanawha County
Robey Potter
Davy
Wilmore Hollow
U. S. Route 52
Welch
Kaeger
Joe Hatfield
Hatfield
Mounts
Mullens Man Hit In First Squirrel Hunt Accident
Mullens Luther Mullins fired at what he thought was a groundhog at about 8 30 a m today and seriously wounded fellow hunter Carl Compton 21 of Highland Avenue. Compton lost an eye from a direct shot and may have head injuries. Dr Roland P Sharp treated him at Mullens and he was later taken to Beckley Hospital.
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Register
Mullens
Luther Mullins
Mullens Hill
Wyoming County
Carl Compton
Highland Avenue
Roland P. Sharp
Compton
Beckley Hospital
Crazy Landlord Kills Tenant and Self in Alabama
In Birmingham a landlord killed a woman tenant and wounded her husband and infant, then fired on two ambulance workers before killing himself. Detectives traced the spree to a heated apartment dispute. Coroner Hilderbrand ruled murder death by own action with no inquest. Frank E Cheney, 53, a postal clerk, shot Hazel Green, 22, and injured Floyd Greer, 26, and David Greer, 11 months, before taking his life.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
J. L. Hilderbrand
Marcus Hancock
Frank E Cheney
Hazel Green
Floyd E. Greer
David Greer
Greer
Cheney
Plane birth aboard over Atlantic fascinates Shannon crowd
A four-pound boy was born midflight aboard an American Overseas Airlines Constellation 400 miles from Shannon Ireland. Mrs Darinka Parker, a former Nazi camp inmate, gave birth with doctor passenger aid as the plane sped toward Ireland. Sergeant James C Parker, awaiting news in Frankfurt, is expected to obtain permission to travel to Ireland.
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Associated Press
Shannon
Ireland
Atlantic Ocean
American Overseas Airlines
Constellation
Darinka Parker
Ennis
Frankfurt
James C. Parker
Rhein-Main
Hunting License Uptick Shown in Raleigh County
Figures from the Raleigh County Clerk show more licenses issued this year. Through October 12,044 state wide hunting and fishing licenses have been issued, versus 12,678 for all of last year. Three out-of-state licenses issued so far this year, seven last year. Clerk Harry Anderson expects a surge with deer and rabbit seasons.
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Raleigh
Harry Anderson
Singer Strike Ends With No Pay Change
Elizabeth New Jersey The 168 day old walkout at Singer Manufacturing Co ends. Between 2000 and 2500 of 7000 workers who walked out May 2 return today. Local 401 United Electrical Workers CIO voted to accept a new contract with no general wage increase and retention of the disputed incentive pay system.
Theft and Larceny Admitted Carter Hearing Delayed
In Raleigh County, Kermit Meadows pleaded guilty to auto theft and grand larceny after a jury was drawn. Earl Carter's liquor possession case at Village Club was continued to the January term. Farrish, the club waiter, was found guilty and faces 50 to 500 dollars in fines and up to a year in jail. Webb and Adkins received 10 days and 50 dollar fines for jail escape and moonshine, with lawyers assigned. Cross and Washington road violation charges were dismissed. Lula Green liquor charges and R. C. Meadows bad check charges were also nalled.
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Kermit Meadows
Raleigh County
Earl Carter
Daniel Lee Farrish
Carter
Farrish
Ned H. Ragland
Paul Webb
Bill Adkins
Webb
W. A. Riffe
J. M. Cross
Clinton R. Washington
Lula Green
R. C. Meadows
Daisy Mountain feud erupts in deadly Hatfield McCoy echoes
Daisy Tennessee reports recount a new Daisy Mountain feud flare with the Hatfield McCoy saga as another man dies and police names Raymond Bell and Ed Bell as murder suspects. Boots Parker is linked to the clash while trials for earlier killings end in acquittals and patrols surge on the mountain.
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Associated Press
DAISY
Wilam
Boots) Parker
Raymond Bell
Bell
Scott Swafford
Parker
Theodore
Pap) Parker
Kentucky
Samuel David Wilcox
Daisy Mountain
George Trussey
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Gus Hall
Cleveland
Carl Winters
Detroit
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Yee
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Republic of Czechoslovakia
Rochester
Linda Peters
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Stork
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Air Force
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Alderson
W. Va
Mary Jane Hinckley
Millville, N. J
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Hennessy
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Charles W. Magaha
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