UMW AFL Fight Seen As Lewis Releases Edict
John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers announce jurisdiction over all construction around coal mines. Operators fear a Lewis AFL clash, while UMW says move covers work previously done by 1,500 to 2,000 members and may enable welfare benefits. AFL vows to keep building.
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Lewis
Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
Herbert Rivers
AFL Building and Construction Trades Department
John
District 50
AFL Building Trades Unions
More Sacrifices Work and Taxes In Store for U S
Washington report quotes mobilization chief W Stuart Symington promising longer hours and higher taxes for Americans as the nation girds for a big rearmament push. Agriculture official Ralph S Trigg says no current need for farm price controls, but warns all bets could be off if world conditions worsen. Symington and administration stress continued national mobilization against Soviet threats and Korea.
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Washington
W. Stuart Symington
Agriculture Department
Ralph S. Trigg
Atlantic City
N. J
Trigg
Symington
National Security Resources Board
Truman
U. S. News and World Report
Korea
West Virginia extended five day forecast October 18 to 22
Weather outlook for West Virginia shows generally fair conditions with little rainfall. Temperatures to average above normal with North around 55 and South about 56 degrees. Oak Hill records highs near 65 and lows around 42 to 45, Glade Creek seeing similar patterns. Rivers at Bellepoint, Greenbrier, and New stay normal and clear. Bluestone Reservoir remains at normal stage and clear.
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West Virginia
Oak Hill
Tam
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Tougher Far Eastern Plan Set by Truman MacArthur
Wake Island talks between President Truman and General MacArthur strengthen U S Far East forces with additional divisions and naval air power to deter renewed Communist advances in Asia The plan preserves three U S divisions in the Orient and shifts security duties to South Korea while stressing Formosa and Indochina policy.
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MacArthur
Associated Press
Tokyo
Far East
Wake Island
U. S. Eighth Army
Japan
Asia
United States
Orient
Korea
Europe
Indochina
Formosa
Truman applauds MacArthur at Wake Island meeting
Scenes from Wake Island show President Truman presenting Gen. Douglas MacArthur with two medals, including a fourth Oak Leaf Cluster for the Distinguished Service Medal and a Civilian Medal of Merit. Truman hails MacArthur as "one of America's great soldier statesmen" as Gen. Omar Bradley looks on.
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Truman
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
America
Omar Bradley
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
International
Nefarious Crime Charge Against Dewey in Hanley Pay-Off
New York campaign erupts as Democrats charge Gov Thomas E Dewey was nominated for a third term after a pay-off to Lt Gov Joe R Hanley. A letter released by Hanley says he would clear 90 days of financial obligations if nominated to the Senate.
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Associated Press
Lbany
N. Y
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Joe R. Hanley
Hanley
United States Senate
Walter A. Lynch
Dewey
Senate
Joe
W. Kingsland Macy
Suffolk County
Saratoga Springs
Macy
Democratic State Committee
New York City
Herbert Lehman
Batavia
Lynch
Wall Street
U. S. Senate
State Board of Regents
Marines Reduce Reserve Totals
Washington reports the Marine Corps cut its target for volunteer reserve officers to be called to active duty. Enlisted reservists with four or more dependents may apply for discharge immediately, as the law allows a family allowance only for three dependents. The changes exclude Army overseas troops and those inducted with Organized Reserve or National Guard units.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marine Corps
Army
Navy
Marines
Corps
Organized Reserve Corps
National Guard
Fayette Suit Seeks $100,000 from SRC
The Court of Claims was asked to award $100,000 to D. L. McKinney for the loss of his son Loraine’s left hand and left eye. The 14-year-old was injured March 30 by a dynamite stick taken from road construction near Beckwith Fayette County. The suit alleges negligence in allowing easy access to dynamite by children.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Court of Claims Today
State Road Commission
D. L. McKinney
Loraine
Road Commission
Beckwith
Fayette County
Judge Paid For Raleigh County Special Court Service
Ned H. Ragland prosecuting attorney to be paid 60 dollars for four days as special judge of Raleigh County Circuit Court from September 14 to 18 in a vacation order signed by Judge R J Thrift Jr Ragland served in the case Helen Dobson versus Royal Crown Bottling Company
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Ned H. Ragland
Raleigh County
R. J. Thrift, Jr
Ragland
Helen Dobson
Royal Crown Bottling Company
London Dakota crash kills 28 of 29 aboard
A British European Airways twin-engined Dakota crashed in a London suburb after takeoff for Glasgow. Of 29 on board, 28 were killed and one adult survived. The aircraft reportedly caught fire, struck a house, and burned completely. a survivor was hospitalized.
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Associated Press
London
British European Airways
Glasgow
Beckleyan Appeals To Supreme Court
Mrs. Ann Hall of Beckley sought Supreme Court relief from a Raleigh Circuit Court ruling dismissing her suit for separate maintenance against her husband Mont Hall. She testified they have been separated since November 1948 and their child resides with her.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Ann Hall
Beckley
Supreme Court Today
Raleigh
Mont Hall
First Forest Fires Of Season Reported
F O Frazier district six forester reported four minor fires Monday as the first of the season and warned there may be more unless woodsmen are cautious. He urged hunters to avoid causing new blazes. Fires occurred in Summers and McDowell counties with small outbreaks in Wyoming County near the railroad and at Indian Mills.
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F. O. Frazier
District Six
Frazier
Wyoming
McDowell
Norfolk and Western
Indian Mills
Summers County
Bluestone Reservoir
Truman to Deliver Non-Partisan Foreign Policy Speech
President Truman shields aides from Democrats at the Fairmount Hotel after arriving on The Independence from Honolulu. He plans a major policy address at 8:30 p.m. in San Francisco, aiming to press Soviet Russia to seek peaceful terms and open dialogue.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Truman
Lemaine
General MacArthur
Soviet Russia
Fairmount Hotel
Honolulu
Opera House
United Nations
West Virginia bids set for 6 million road bonds
Charleston reports the state will open bids October 24 on 6 million dollars in secondary road bonds to be repaid at 400 thousand dollars yearly for 15 years, raising total sales to 21 million from the 50 million authorized since 1948. Also in Charleston, Ronald Keith Colby, 33, a chemical plant worker, is held on a 7 thousand dollar bond for allegedly setting fire to his car after two hit and runs. In Clarksburg, a theft just as a squirrel shunting season opens sees eight rifles, 41,500 rounds, and six rifle scopes stolen from a wholesale hardware firm. Three daughters of Mr and Mrs George Workman lose three children to infantile paralysis at Marmet Hospital. West Virginia college enrollments dip nearly 3,000, with male declines and female steady. military need cited. Wayne County buys 50 voting booths for 12.50 each from Cabell County as voting machines reduce booth needs.
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Charleston
Ronald Keith Colby
J. W. Flowers
Clarksburg
JM. F. Jordan
Arm Amputation After Hunting Accident In Beckley
A 14 year old Glen Rogers was shot during squirrel hunting on Saturday and had his right arm amputated at Beckley Hospital after receiving three pints of blood. The blood type needed is B-3 Rh positive. Ralph Cox of Dunns Mercer County was also admitted to Raleigh General Hospital for a hunting accident, condition not serious. Details are sparse.
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Glen Rogers
Beckley
Edgar Greer
John Greer
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh General Hospital
Ralph Cox
Dunns
Mercer County
Two McDowell Men Face Life Sentences
William D. Clark aged 26 and Stanford Allen, Welch hospital orderly, pleaded guilty to murder and rape respectively. Clark admitted shooting James S. Gravely on Kyle street, while Allen confessed to raping a young white woman at gunpoint on Tom's Mountain Road near Welch.
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McDowell
Associated Press
WELCH
William D. Clark
James S. Gravely
Kyle
Stanford Allen
Tom's Mountain
Increase in Parcel Post Rates Sought
Postmaster General Donaldson asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a prompt 25 percent average hike in parcel post rates for fourth class matter. The proposal covers parcels catalogs books and bound printed matter. He estimates the rise would produce about 105 million dollars in annual revenue and render the service self sustaining.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donaldson
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Newsprint Prices Hiked by Abitibi in Toronto
Abitibi Power and Paper Co Ltd announced a $10 per ton increase in the price of standard newsprint effective November 1. The move affects publishers and printers in the Toronto area as they adjust budgets and sourcing for paper needs.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Abitibi Power and Paper Company, Ltd
Allies press toward Pyongyang nearing fall of Pyongyang
AP dispatches from Tokyo relay rapid Allied advance as U N forces push toward Pyongyang from multiple routes. South Korean and American units drive within 12 to 30 miles of the capital, with air power hammering rail and road networks north of Pyongyang. Reports say Red resistance dissolves as prisoners are captured and supply lines strain under the advancing columns.
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Belman Morinap
Tokyo
Pyongyang
Inchon
United Nations
U. S. First Cavalry
Republic of Korea
ROK
Red
Don Whitehead
Hal Boyle
Boyle
Pyonevane
Suan
Sangwon
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Sohung
Sariwon
ROK Corps
Korea
Hamhung
Hungnam
U. N
Sinmak
Far East Air Force Combat Cargo Command
Plea Entered in First Degree Murder Case
Walter Lucas of East Park pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Raleigh County Criminal Court for the July 29 bludgeon slaying of his common-law wife Owell Thomas. Sentencing postponed indefinitely by Judge W A Riffe. Other pleas included assault and battery nolled, petty larceny plea, and various remands and dismissals.
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Walter Lucas
East Park
Raleigh County
Owell Thomas
W. A. Riffe
Lucas
Odell Blackstock
Monroe Blackstock
Riffe
Andrew Jackson Whittaker
James Harmon
Albert Houseknecht
Robert A. Garland
Ernest Mullins
U.N. Proposes Civilian Leader for Korea Reconstruction
The United States urges the United Nations to appoint a supreme civilian agent general to oversee Korea's economic rehabilitation, potentially to be chaired by Gen. MacArthur. The plan creates a Korea Rehabilitation Agency independent of other UN commissions, with reports to the General Assembly and authority limited to economic rebuilding.
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Associated Press
Lake
United States Today
United Nations
Korea
U. N
Gen. MacArthur
U. S
Korean Rehabilitation Agency
U. N. General Assembly
General Assembly
Lee Lie
Lie
Skunks Can Bite Too in Parkersburg
Two Parkersburg residents, including a seven year old boy, were bitten by a skunk the same day. Richard McCoy was bitten on the hand and treated after the incident. Mrs. R. H. Smith was bitten on the ankle and received hospital care. The same skunk may have caused both bites. The boy also received spray treatment but ran indoors afterward, filling rooms with odor.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
Richard McCoy
R. H. Smith
Richard
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