West Virginia coal strike spreads to rail and economy
West Virginia held in a coal strike as 115000 miners walk out over pay. Train crews face idle work as coal transport slows, with yard and shop workers warned of layoffs if the stoppage endures. Officials expect possible six month disruption and potential rail closures.
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Charleston
West
Virginia
Truman
Homer Simms
Rayford
Kanawha County
Taft-Hartley
United Mine
Norfolk and Workers
Western Railway
Bluefield
George J. Titler
UMW
District 29
Beckle
Kirkhutt
Princeton
Noli
E. B. Hossle
Virginian
Acme
Industry Urges Men To Return To Mines
Pittsburgh report on rising idle workers as United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis faces calls from Bituminous Coal Operators Association chief Harry M. Moses to urge miners back. WSB cut 140 cents from a 1.90 day raise. widespread idleness across West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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John Moody
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Harry M. Moses
Grundy
Buchanan County
Ishmael Fletcher
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Olk Aid Western Railway
West Virginia
Lewis
WSB Artian
West Virginia Feels Record Low Temperature Sweep
Becketly and surrounding areas registered new March low temperature records with Beckley at 7 am near 10 degrees and towns like Elkins Glade Creek Morgantown Huntington Parkersburg Martinsburg and Charleston dipping into single digits and teens. Meteorologist Leroy Stone noted a 1906 October record of 24 degrees broken in Martinsburg and forecast more cold air tonight though not as extreme.
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Mercury
Beckley
West Virginia
Veterans Hospital
Elkins
Glade Creek
Flat Top
Mercer-Raleigh
Charleston
Morgantown
Wheeling
Huntington Airport
Reading
Downtown
Parkersburg
Martinsburg
Leroy Stone
Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Huntington
Stone
W. Wa
Beckley High
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
New River
Bluestone
Greenbrier
Probers Clash With Mingo Clerk Over Records In W Va
Republican investigators led by Al Overton and Bernard Lamb failed to force county clerk Elmer Ferrell to reveal precinct records in Mingo County West Virginia Ferrell refused saying such records are not public and would require court action The probe followed claims of dead voters and fraud in the West Virginia First District primary investigations of Ramsay Mollohan yielded no irregularities per committee staff led by Boggs.
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Williamson U
Mingo
Elmer Ferrell
al Overton
Parkersburg
Republican State Executive Committee
Ferrell
Bernard Lamb
GOP National Committee
Overton
GOP State Committee
National Committee
Lamb
Wales
Washington
House
West Viema
Robert L. Ramsay
Robert H. Mollohan
Boggs
D-La
Ramsay
E. H. Hedrick
West Virginia
Boges
West Virginia Briefs From Huntington To Charleston
A string of West Virginia items reports a fatal apartment fire near Huntington that killed Thaxton and left William QO. Carper rescued but later died. a Columbus hospital award to Dr. Johnson as the first Negro to receive the top mental hospital honor. Holt’s TV question answer program on WSAZ to discuss his governor bid. a $64 108 motor service shop approved for the West Virginia Air National Guard at Kanawha Airport Charleston. a federal fraud jury in Huntington will hear an extortion case against former Huntington East student Larry Fudge plus 17 related indictments.
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Huntington
William QO. Carper
Carper
Thaxton
Columbus, C
Johnson
Lakin State Hospital
Lakin
W. Va
American Psychiatric Association
Hush D. Holt
Wsaz-Tv
Holt
Hot
Charleston
Charles R. Fox
West Virginia Air National Guard
Kanawha
Adjutant General
Kenhill Construction Co
Huntington East High School
U.S
Phillip A. Baer
Larry Paul Fudge
Carole Mae Kingsley
Autumn Gale Kingsley
Fudge
FBI
McCarthy Arrives For Beckley Stop Amid Kilgore Clash
Sen Joseph McCarthy Republican leader against communism was due at Memori al Airport at 1 pm today after a two hour delay. He planned a Beckley visit and a $25 plate dinner at White Oak Country Club and was expected to back Chapman Revercomb in the Senate race against Harley M Kilgore. Raleigh County Republicans circulated red pamphlets tying Kilgore to communism and editor William Bradford Huie of American Mercury was cited. Kilgore filed a $2 million libel suit against the Charleston Daily Mail over the magazine story. Revercomb joined welcoming delegates at the airport and said McCarthy would speak for the ticket amid the campaign on communism.
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Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Memorial Airport
Bowman Field
Louisville
McCarthy
Beckley
Oak Hill
White Oak Country Club
Chapman Revercomb
United States Senate
Harley M. Kilgore
Carthy
Sen. Kilgore
Kilgore
Raleigh County
Repubiicans
Harley Kilgore
and the
Reclora
William Bradford Huie
American Mercury
Charleston Daily Mail
Gerald Griffin
Washington
Baltimore Sun
Register
Federal payroll down in August drop
Washington report shows the executive branch civilian payroll decreasing by 12 681 positions in August according to Mission. The decline reflects staffing adjustments across federal agencies and departments.
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Washington
Tobin Attacks Holt Revercomb in West Virginia Charges
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin condemned Rush Holt and Chapman Revercomb as he campaigned in Logan. Holt accused the state administration over prison inmate policy as political football. Marland, Kilgore and Revercomb spoke in Delbarton Martinsburg and Charleston outlining campaign lines.
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Associated Press
Maurice J. Tobin
Logan
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Chapman Revercomb
Senate
Holt
Kingwood
William C. Marland
Delbarton
Mingo
Harley M. Kilgore
Revercomb
Kilgore
Martinsburg
Charleston
Tobin
Logan Circuit
Weather and political notes from West Virginia and beyond
The report outlines cold clear conditions tonight with a low around freezing and warmer trends later in the week. It recounts political exchanges in which Revercomb and Holt face off on aid to the needy, veterans measures, and state issues, noting court actions and turnpike debates amid wartime era rhetoric.
Strike Contempt Trial Set Thursday
A contempt of court hearing related to a West Virginia telephone strike last spring begins Thursday in Preston County. Judge Charles P. Wilhelm schedules the case of Robert Logan and nine others from Local 2004 Communications Workers of America to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for alleged violations of a Morgantown court injunction against illegal picketing at the Chesapeake and Potomac building.
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Kingwood
West Virginia
Charles P. Wilhelm
Preston County
Robert Logan
Intertica
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C. and P
Morgantown
Wilhelm
Charles, G. Baker
Monongalia County
George Ingram
Clyde Whetzel
John McBee
L. D. Kaufman
Joan Perry
Lois Bray
Robert Hiner
Russell Brand
Ralph Gibson
Escape convict seized in Chicago after wounding man
Police said Ian, an escaped convict from Moundsville West Virginia, was captured in Chicago after slashing Burton Mandel in an argument over a woman. Herbert Palmer, 29, is held for WV authorities. Palmer fled WV prison last July after serving 17 months of a 10 year robbery sentence.
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Chicago
Ian
Moundsville
W.va
Herbert Palmer
West Virginia
Burton Mandel
West Side
Palmer
Grammer Trial Ends After Defense Rests Abruptly
The defense in the Grammer case ends its presentation without calling George Edward Grammer to testify about his wife’s death. Prosecutors press for a first degree murder conviction as jurors are set to hear final arguments Thursday morning. Grammer, a 33 year old New York office manager, faced the charge amid questions raised by a UN secretary who testified yesterday about discussions of marriage.
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Baltimore
George Edward Grammer
New York
Montgomery Bridge Bid Opened For Kanawha River Project
The State Road Commission opened bids for nine projects including sub structure work for a new bridge across the Kanawha River at Montgomery. Nine low bids total about 2,210,000 dollars and await approval from the federal Bureau of Public Roads due to federal aid involvement.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Kanawha River
Montgomery
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Eelbyin Worbatiacs
Self-Defense Claimed In McKinster Killing
The defense launched a self-defense case for Harrison Wiseman charged with the slaying of Kenneth C. McKinster at the Pagoda last Aug. 16. Witnesses including Kermit Johnson and John Foster Jr. described the confrontation, with Johnson claiming McKinster menaced Wiseman with a broken bottle before the fatal blow. Foster and others testified to various details as the trial continued. The scene included emotional testimony from McKinster’s widow and Wiseman’s wife as jurors observed the proceedings.
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Harrison Wiseman
Piney
Foster
Amos Quesenberry
Beckley
Crab Orchard
Jo jAnn Brewster
Betty Rice
Miss Rice
Johnson
McKinster
Betty - Rice
Wiseman
Garnet Lowe
Jennings Bostic
Lowe
Pagoda
Wise
330 Miners Lose Jobs in Kentucky
In Hardy Kentucky Eastern Coal Co. shut Nos 1 and 31 mines permanently after producing 1200 tons of coal. The two pits once employed about 600 workers and produced up to 3000 tons daily. General Manager Fred P Kerry cited economic nonfeasibility following wage increases and a 21 percent cut by the Wage Stabilization Board. This marks the second and third Pike County mines to close this month, after Semiet Solvay Division of Allied Chemical and Dye Corp. sent Henry Clay mine home with 358 workers laid off.
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Hardy
Eastern Coal Co
Fred P Kerry
Kerr
Eastern Coal
Simly
Wage Stabilization Board
Eastern Mines
Pike County
Semiet Solvay
Allied, Chemical and Dye Corp
Henry Clay
U N Commander Calls Communists Criminals at Panmunjom
General William K. Harrison warned in Tokyo that he would classify the Reds among criminals and would not force prisoners to swap to accept communism. He criticized Communist tactics as falsehoods and said the U N Command stands ready to restart talks if the Communists offer constructive terms.
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Tokyo
William K. Flarrison
U. N
Pao
Orin
Fenmunjom
Reds
I ‘ Eee Gs
Indefi
Harrison
One New, Several Old Forest Fires Burning
The only new fire was on Little Branch in Wyoming County reported around 11 10 am by Carl Lucas district forest protector. Old fires remain active on Tommys Creek Allen Ridge Rush Run and Beech Run and others across Raleigh Fayette Mercer McDowell and Wyoming counties with investigations ongoing.
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Little Branch
Wyoming County
Carl Lucas
Lambert Knob
Burning Rock
Blankenship
Tommys Creek
Allen Ridge
Raleigh County
Rush Run
Fayette County
Camp Creek State Forest
Mercer County
Beech Run
North Fayette
Bishop
Keystone
McDowell County
Milam Creek
Reedy Branch
Newberry Branch
UN Assembly Prepares Korean War Debate Amid Gloom
The United Nations General Assembly moves toward a pivotal East West Korea wrangle after postponing other debate. Russia demands top priority for Korea while the U.S. offers to discuss amid the campaign. The U.N. may probe germ warfare charges, and Poland, Russia, and Czechoslovakia push a Korean armistice terms resolution.
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Osgood Caruthees
United Nations
N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
Korea
World Organization
Assembly
U.S
Russia
U.N. Assembly
Jacob A. Malik
Security Council
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Third Degree Described by Accused Man
Louis Edmond Blair, 37, Chester California, describes jail time as worse than a nightmare after being held six days on suspicion in the 7,128 dollar robbery and murder case near Chester. He says tests were inconclusive and he was freed on habeas corpus. He discusses alleged pressure, his alibi attempts, and plans to attend church with his wife.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Tinois
Europe
Eisenhower
Providence
R. J
Attleboro
Mass
McCarran
Congress
Providence J
ED Olsen
Robert W. Wells
Reno
Louis Edmond Blair
Chester
Calif
Blair
Jack Streeter
Streeter
John Belford
Paving And Snack Bar Bids Okayed
The Raleigh County Court awarded paving of White Stick Road in Park Heights No. 2 Addition to Bettina Construction Co with a bid of 9 348 dollars. The snack bar at Raleigh County Memorial Airport was leased to F B Henley of Whitby on a five year, 35 dollars per month contract with a negotiated flat price of 33 dollars for the first year.
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Raleigh
Jack A. Nuckols
Whitestick Road
Park Heights
Bettina Construction Co
Bettina
Vecellio
Grogan
Oscar Vecellio
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
F. B. Henley
Whitby
Nuckols
Henley
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