Peron Regains Argentine Rule Amid Nationwide Strike
A 500000 strong general confederation of workers strike paralyzes Argentina. Rail traffic stops nationwide as Peron returns to power and hails the strike. Meanwhile Argentina’s high seas fleet moves from its base amid political upheaval. Berlin files sweeping Nazi indictment led by Hitler era leaders.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
General Confederation of Workers
Col
Juan Peron
Argentina
Puerto Belgrano
Adm
Hector Vernengo Lima
Peron
Hitler's Top Aides Indicted by International War Crimes Court
The 35,000 word indictment charges mass murder and crimes against millions as Allied prosecutors prepare to try Goering Hess Jodl and others in Nuremberg. It seeks to convict six German organizations and sets a broad warning that conspiracy to wage war is a crime against humanity. Proceedings are led by Maj. Gen. I T Nikitchenko with judges from the allied nations.
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Goering
Hess
Jodl
I. T. Nikeitchenko
Soviet Russia
Nuerneberg
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
24 Nazi Ex Leaders Face Nuernberg Trial
Berlin dispatch reports 24 defendants named in war crimes indictments for conspiracy, crime against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Key figures include Goering Ribbentrop Hess Keitel Jodl Doenitz Raeder Krupp and others. Hitler not indicted. Bormann at large. Allied prosecutors seek conviction of high command, cabinet, SS, SD, SA leadership. Looting and plunder across Europe cited with art, manuscripts, and books removed.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Reichmarshal
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rudolf Hess
Robert Ley
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Adlfred Jodl
Karl Doenitz
Hitler
Martin Bormann
Nuernberg
Elbe
Boremann
Nikitchenko
Robert H. Jackson
United States
S.S. Or
Schultzstaffel
S.D. Or
Secret Service
Sicherheitsdienst
S.A. Or
Strumabteilung
Storm Troopers
Nazi Party
High Seas
Nantes
Nancy
Marseilles
Raphaels
Vermeers
van Dycks
Rubens
Holbein
Rembrandt
Watteau
Boucher
Germany
France
Lamb
Van _ Dyck
Belgium
Kiev
Indonesia rejects Dutch colonial status in independence vow
Batavia officials report the Indonesian National council rebuked a Dutch partnership plan and warned bloodshed would erupt if the Netherlands tries to rule by force. Soekarno and Hatta press conference followed outbreaks with 15 deaths among Dutch and Indonesian Christians. Hatta decries any colonial status and vows continued fight for independence.
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Ralph Morton
Associated Press
Batavia
Java
Indonesian National Council
Netherlands
Mohamed Hatta
Hatta
Soekarno
Indonesia
Truman Support Seen For Draft
Washington insiders expect President Truman to ask Congress to draft all able bodied youths for a year of military training. They anticipate a plan aligned with General Marshall's suggestions, allowing training in science medicine and other skills, with expanded national guard and reserve programs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Truman
House Military Committee
Arthur H. Compton
J. R. Oppenheimer
Harold C. Urey
Leo Szilard
George Marshall
Army
Marshall
Senate Military Committee
National Guard
Widow To Testify In Own Defense In Wickham Case
Mrs Esther Wynn on trial for maiming her husband Roger Wynn at Wickham last April will testify this afternoon in criminal court. Defense argues self defense after he struck her. prosecutor says she killed while defenseless. Four men at Pioneer hotel charged with gambling pleaded guilty and fined $25 each. Morgan pled to attempting to break and enter, to be sentenced later. Cox to be tried October 23 for drunkenness assault and battery and obstructing an officer. Harris murder case reset for October 25.
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Esther Wynn
Roger Wynn
Wickham
W. A. Thornhil, Jr
Ned H. Ragland
W. A. Ritte
Rufus Boss Morgan
Thomas Cox
William Harris
Mines Reopen in New River District. More Ready Friday
Several mines in the New River district resumed operation this morning with foremen at work and no maintenance bans reported. Officials from the New River Coal Operators association and United Mine Workers district say crews may return as conditions allow, with some mines prepared to operate Friday and others awaiting workers.
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New River District
S. C. Higgins
New River Coal Operators Association
George Titler
District 29
United Mine Workers
The
Register
Hal Scott
Winding Gulf Operators Association
Higgins
Scott
Titler
Beckley
Allies Stamp Out Jap Narcotics Fortunes in Diamonds
Allied occupation forces in Tokyo seized huge hidden Japanese fortunes in diamonds and precious metals and banned narcotics plants to cripple illicit traffic. Hirohito palace destruction alleged to be by fire from burning outskirts, not Allied bombing. Guards moved $30 million in diamonds and gold bullion under heavy escort as mint shipments to Bank of Japan commenced.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Allied
Korea
Elliot R. Thorpe
Emperor Hirohito
Thorpe
Imperial
U. S. Army
Bank of Japan
Soviet Moves To Oust Franco From Tangier Control
Russia sought to bar Franco Spain from Tangier management and join a formal, multi nation Tangier control body. The Tangier commission includes eight nations and Spain despite Moscow’s earlier stance. Washington and London endorsed a plan allowing Spanish participation under a democratic regime after Franco’s replacement.
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Spain
Tangier
Washington
Russia
U.S. Asked Britain to Open Palestine to 100000 Jewish Refugees
President said the United States pressed Britain to admit 100,000 Jewish refugees to Palestine but Prime Minister Attlee resisted. He noted the issue remains under consideration with prior correspondence between governments. European relief would continue via UNRRA unless the U.S. takes full burden, in response to criticism from Congress members.
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Associated Press
Washington
Trumah
United States
Britain
Palestine
Attlee
London Council of Foreign Ministers
U.N.R.R.A
U.N.R.R. A
Congress
Europe
Manslaughter Charge Against Mrs Stevens Dismissed
In Bridgeport Connecticut Judge Ernest Inglis dismissed the manslaughter case against Imogene Dumas Stevens 24 wife of Major G Raisey Stevens II after Fairfield County state attorney Lorin W Willis said there is reasonable doubt about her guilt The coroner had found she was criminally responsible for the death of Albert Kovacs 19 at the New Canaan home The shooting was described as occurring in an aura of sex provocation beer and window smashing
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Bridgeport
Conn
Imogene Dumas Stevens
Canaan
Norfolk
Lorin W. Willis
Fairfield County
Texas
G. Raisey Stevens II
Oklahoma
Albert Kovacs
Charles Milton
New Canaan
Ernest A. Inglis
Stevens
Truman Happy As Miners Return From Soft Coal Strike
President Truman said he was very happy that John L. Lewis called off the soft coal strikes, calling the action in the public interest. UMW spokesman echoed the sentiment while speculation grows Lewis will press for unionization of supervisory clerical and technical staff when negotiations resume.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U.M.W
947 Acre Tract In Shady Spring Sub-Divided
Lilly Land company buys about 947.41 acres in Shady Spring district from the Phillips heirs and plans to subdivide into truck farms of 1.5 to 25 acres. The land runs 12 000 feet along Route 1921 from Cherry Tree Glade to Cool Range, with about 600 acres on the right side to be developed first. Public sale is expected in about three weeks.
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Shady Spring
Lilly Land Company
Phillips
Cherry Tree Glade
Cool Rnge
Beckley
Methodists Buy Morgan Residence in Beckley Exchange
The Beckley Methodist district swapped two homes with Mrs. Thomas Morgan. The church gave Mrs. Morgan the district parsonage at 121 Beckley Avenue and cash, while her Granville Avenue home at 211 becomes the new local parsonage. The church also disclosed a $6,500 payment to Mrs. Morgan.
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Beckley
Methodist Church
Thomas Morgan
Rowland Aspinall
Beckley Methodist District
Aspinall
Morgan
Beckley Avenue
Granville Avenue
F. Cooper
Church
Boards 1 3 Send 24 For Induction
A group of 24 registrants from selective service boards Nos. 1 and 3 were sent to Huntington for final induction examinations. From board 1 the inductees include Bernard L. Gilkeson Fred L Ferris Paul L. Lilly James H. Biggs Jack K. Reed Richard T. Holland Floyd L. Shuck Jr. Thurman E. Ray Kenneth M. Windsor A. J. Perkins Willie L. Farrow Cecil A. Johnson Harold Dickerson James R. King Joseph L. Cox. From board 3 the names listed are Donald Little Cline Shrews berry Roby Louis Ayers Terence Collins Bernard Burliss Shrews berry Phillip Jerome West John Earl Massie Charles Edward Lilly.
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Selective Service Boards
Huntington
Bernard L. Gilkeson
Fred L Ferris
Paul L. Lilly
James H. Biggs
Jack K. Reed
Richard T. Holland
Floyd L. Shuck Jr
Thurman E. Ray
Kenneth M. Windsor
A. J. Perkins
Willie L. Farrow
Cecil A. Johnson
Harold Dickerson
James R
Policy Directive on German Occupation Shows US Hard Line
A new policy directive received by Gen. Eisenhower reveals the United States has spoken tougher than its actions in Germany. It compared with the Potsdam declaration and Truman orders, guiding Allied control in Berlin, with aims to pressure German defeat, curb living standards, and push industrial disarmament while coordinating with Britain Russia and France.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Truman
Attlee
Stalin
Eisenhower
Europe
Clarksburg Named Site for New Veterans Hospital
President approves 19 new veterans hospitals and 15 additions to existing facilities. Clarksburg West Virginia will host a general medical and surgery hospital, with a tuberculosis hospital planned for Baltimore. Construction funds for the current year seek 15 276 beds. 29 100 bed program deferred to next fiscal year beginning July 1 1946.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
General Medical and Surgery
Clarksburg
W. Va
Baltimore
Beckley’s
Oak Hill
W. R. Fugitt
Chamber of Commerce
Phill McDaniel
Chamber
Weather West Virginia Fair and not so cool tonight
Fair and not so cool tonight. Friday fair and rather warm. Temperatures around 73 to 40s. Rainfall in 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today none. Rivers Greenbrier and New at Belle Point low and clear.
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West Virginia
Semper
Greenbrier
New
Belle Point
Strike Hits Michigan Power Plants In Wage Dispute
The C I O organized walkout at Consumers Power facilities began in Michigan with 2000000 people affected. Six thousand state troops and 400 state police were placed on standby as power largely continued. Gov Kelly urged workers to stay on the job but strikers defied the plea.
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Consumers Power Company
State Utility Workers Council
Michigan
Detroit
Trial of Mrs Amos Set for October 30
Judge John W Hereford set October 30 for the murder trial of Mrs Elizabeth Amos 34. Officers charged her with the slaying of her husband Pearl Martin Amos 42 with a shotgun and burying his body in a hillside grave on their farm at Hurricane.
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Associated Press
Winfield
John W. Hereford
Putnam County
Elizabeth Amos
Pearl Martin Amos
Hurricane
Firemen Extinguish Truck Auto Blazes
Beckley fire department answered two calls yesterday to extinguish blazes in a 1936 Chevrolet coupe owned by Jimmy Fleshman on Park Street and a Lewis Furniture Company truck parked at 102 Beckley Avenue. The coupe fire, due to shorts in wiring, caused about 20 dollars in damage while the truck blaze, likely from a cigarette, burned a mattress and packing blankets with slight damage.
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Beckley
Park Street
Jimmy Fleshman
W. H. Weidensall
Garland Allen
Lewis Furniture Company
Beckley Avenue
Fred Lurber
Michigan utility strike cuts power to millions
A 30 cent per hour wage dispute triggers a statewide walkout by CIO State Utility Workers Council members, halting power to over two million residents and hundreds of factories in 57 of Michigan's 83 counties. Muskegon and Saginaw area plants reduce output while essential services receive priority.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Saginaw
Saginaw Valley
C.i.0.’S
State Utility Workers Council
Detroit
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Harold W. Ward
Holyland
U.S
Nately
Imogene Stevens
Michigan Power Workers
Amos
Cal
Muskegon
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