Last Active Coal Industry Looks To Washington For Intervention
The 59 minute talks between United Mine Workers negotiators and Southern Coal Producers' Association ended with no progress and a recess until next Tuesday. UMW secretary treasurer John Owens cited the absence of the chief negotiator as a reason, while Moody of the producers framed it as an impasse. The White House said Truman planned no action today as the industry, facing a Christmas in coal areas, awaits possible government intervention. The Southerners reported an ultimatum seeking a 7 hour day wage increase and larger welfare fund contributions. royalty of 20 cents per ton funds the miners welfare fund.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
John Owens
UMW
Joseph E. Moony
Producers’ Association
Moody
Owens
Washington
White House
Truman
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Japanese Cabinet Plans U S Visit To Study Democracy
The Japanese cabinet will visit the United States next February to study democratic government policies legislative structure and procedure and economic conditions Rep Burnside of West Virginia reported in Parkersburg after conferences abroad in the Far East.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
United States
Rep
Burnside
D-Wva
Far East
Japan
Truman Blind to Strikes
Washington reports President Truman has no today plan for intervention in coal or steel strikes. Press Secretary Ross said no immediate action was anticipated, and he would only speak for today. A request from the American Retail Coal Association for immediate steps was not commented on.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
American Retail Coal Association
Rival Attorneys Give Versions of Murder Off Maplewood Lane
A Raleigh County jury heard conflicting accounts in the Rufus Young murder case in Beckley. The state says Young hid inside a home and stabbed Harry Winston after pursuing him, while the defense claims Winston attacked Young during a dispute and Young acted in self defense. Witness Irene Sydnor testified, and court recessed to hear student observers from Trap Hill High School.
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Maplewood Lane
Raleigh County
Young
Ned H. Ragland
Winston
Ragland
J. S. Butts
J. Q. ‘Hutchinson
Irene Sydnor
Andl Winston
Jany
Sydnor
Dynamite Blows Up Strip Mine Steam Shovel in Coupon
Violence erupts in Pennsylvania's coal fields as a large steam shovel at Henry Kenner's Coupon surface mine is dynamited. No injuries reported, authorities investigate the blast and assess damage to the equipment and site.
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Associated Press
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Henry Kenner
Coupon
CIO Leaders Vow to Quell Revolt at Convention
The CIO nation faces internal strife as leftist unions like United Electrical Workers and others clash with policy, amid a push to oust anti Communist factions. Philip Murray plans a New York rally trip while preparing a slate to manage committees and discipline.
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iBy
Associated Press
Cleveland
CIO
Philip Murray
CIO United Electrical Union
New York
Julius Emspak
Tracsurer
CIA
United Electrical Workers
United Public Workers, Office and Professional Workers
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Fur and Leather Workers
American Communications Association
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
Abram Fraser
James Durkin
Steel Leader Believes Compromise Possible
Industry reader suggestions that a steel strike compromise is possible encouraged government officials to day in their efforts to settle the dispute.
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Norman Walker
Waliington
Officials push for steel pension talks as strikes drag on
Officials see chance to restart company union negotiations on pension financing. U S Steel directors report nine months earnings of 133 million, while coal and steel strikes show no sign of ending. Government moves curb coal transport as thousands of workers face idle time amid shortages. Cyrus Ching returns to push talks with U S Steel and Bethlehem executives without progress.
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Wnion
Irving
Olds
U. S. Steel Corp
New York
U. S. Steel
Sinikjing Cio Steelworkers
U.S. Steel
Inet
Ior
Dayere
Cyrus
Ching
Bethlehem Steel Corp
J. M. Larkin
John Morse
Bethlehem
White House
Fruman
Chaarleston
West Virginia
Associated Press
Draftees Discharge Plan Sparks Senate Debate on Draft
Senator Edwin G. Johnson argues Army discharges for 24 000 draftees and 6 000 21 month enlistees expose the peacetime draft law as unnecessary. Secretary Gray says discharges prove restraint and urges keeping the law ready, while Johnson predicts Congress will reject an extension. Senator Elbert Thomas backs extension if requested.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edwin G. Johnson
D-Cotp
Fle
Johnson
Johson
Congress
Thomas
Senate Military Affairs
Pearl Harbor
UN Faces Two Major Problems at Assembly
United Nations diplomats push to end the Greek Balkan conflict and decide the fate of Madagascar’s former colonies. Secret talks among the United States Argentina France and Ethiopia aim to settle a deadlock in the Political Committee over Greece and the civil war’s death sentences. Colombia proposed suspending political executions, but immediate action seems unlikely.
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Associated Press
United Nations
U. S
Argentina
France
Ethiopia
Maly
Greece
Colombia
U.N
All Nations
Knife Wielding Girls Try Theft and Kidnapping
Four knife wielding high school girls attempted theft and kidnapping in Chicago while claiming they sought a car ride after hockey practice. They forced Mrs. Dorothy Hurley into her car, brandished a three inch blade, and ordered her to drive west before fleeing. police captured them and held ages of 15 and 16.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Walter Healy
Dorothy Hurley
Healey
Acheson Denies Red Charges Against U S Embassy Staff
Secretary of State Acheson called the spy charges against U S embassy workers in Prague obviously trumped up and said the United States has agreed to withdraw two diplomats. A third American, Samuels Mergyn, remains imprisoned as Prague seeks to place a non-diplomatic requester inside the building to see him amid preparations for a formal protest.
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Associated Press
Washington
Acheson
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Prague
United States
John G.hoyn
Isaac Patch
Samuels Imergyn
State Department
Pinto
Meryn
Tito U S Spy Linked by Reds
MOSCOW The Soviet Literary Gazette claims Tito is seen in Belgrade with an American spy singer Zinka Kuntz. It says she married a Yugoslav general and became a dictator of fashions for ministers and generals wives. The piece accuses Tito of stolen wealth and looming wrath of the people.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Tito
Belgrade
Zinka Kuntz
Nich
New York
Yugoslavia
Uy Tito
V. Stoyanovich
Siiss
Winston Churchill
Iron Age Clam Steel Strike Reaches Homes
The Iron Age reports a four week steel strike reaching every American home, office and factory. It warns the strike threatens Cold War success and may be declared a national emergency with 5,600,000 tons of steel already lost. Reopenings depend on replacing scarce components and inventories, with auto plants borrowing steel to continue. Leaders fear further union disruption if CIO Steelworkers chief Philip Murray is defeated.
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Associated Press
New York
Iron Age
America
National Metalworking Weekly
Tran Age
Lems
iSome
Sail
Philip Murray
CIO Steelworkers’ Union
Murray
Paratrooper Saves Mate During Air Demonstration
An airborne mishap at Eglin Air Force Base ended with a paratrooper grabbing a fellow jumper’s shroud as his chute collapsed. The incident occurred at about 1,000 feet during a ground demonstration witnessed by top military officers. Both jumpers from the 2nd Airborne Division escaped unharmed.
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Eglin Aer Force Base
Fla
Secretary of the Army
Gordon Gray
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Navy
Air Force
Sei
Marvin 0. Smith
Huntsville
Ala
PEC
Charis A. Dye
Akron
Q. Heapred
Wye
Smith
Dye
2Nd
Aicerne Wivision
250000 ee Issue OK'd Sewer Project
Gily Connell oversaw a council meeting where up to 250000 dollars was approved for a sewer bond issue and a 100000 dollar loan offer from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for a parking building. No action on the loan, lot purchase on Prince Street, and a sewer extension project plan were discussed with Mayor Hedrick noting no strings on the loan.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
HEC
Grover C. Hedrick
Hedrick
Council
ET Hedrick
NEC
Prince Street
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Charles A. Hinsch and Company
Cincinnati
Hinsch Company
West Virginia
New Raleigh Road
Fayette Street
Hine
Johnsttown Road
M. J. Meadows
Whitestick Creek
Negra
Whittestick
Piney River
State Health Department
Texans Still Using Banned Textbooks In Civics Class
Houston high school seniors still use the civics textbook American Government despite a school board ban targeting one paragraph. Attorney Werlein and a board member consider temporary use. The disputed passage labels some taxes and social programs as socialism and communism, written in a 1947 edition. Mrs. Magruder argues her husband is not a Communist and condemns the move as a witch hunt.
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assoCiated Prece
Houston
Texas
Houston School Board
Ewing Werleio
United States
Werlein
Werkein
Plane crash kills four at Port Deposit Maryland
Four people died when a private plane plunged from an overcast sky and struck a hill near Port Deposit Maryland. Victims include Hy Li Slaus a wealthy horseman and Straus president of the American Totalizator Company. Other aboard were A J Johnson Baltimore general manager Wally Mayer Palm Beach pilot and Delon RK Osborne Palm Beach co pilot. A second terse report notes London a Ritz Hotel fall by Peter Beatty son of a famed admiral and Marshall Field heir after learning he was going blind.
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Port Deposit
Hy Li Slaus
American Totalizator Company
Straus
A. J. Johnson
Baltimore
Wally Mayer
Palm Beach
Fla
Delon RK. Osbourne
Flunges
Associated Press
London
Peter Beatty
Chicago
Prince Marshall Field, Sr
Ritz
Ife
Pay Boost Bill Signed Raises Minimum Wage to 75 Cents
President Truman signed legislation boosting the Federal minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour, effective in 90 days. The change is estimated to raise pay for up to 1.5 million workers earning under 75 cents, with total wage costs around 300 million dollars annually. About half the increase is expected in the South and Southwest, while coverage was narrowed by Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
Willian R. McComb
House
Senate
European self help demand to speed up Marshall Plan recovery
Washington. Paul Hoffman heads for Europe with an ultimatum urging Marshall Plan nations to accelerate recovery or risk cuts. Officials say Hoffman has ready proposals calling for more self-help and firmer resolve to lift Europe, while Secretary of State Acheson joined a closed door briefing before Paris meetings with Marshall Plan delegates next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Europe
Hoffman
Western
Achedon
Paris
WVU Receives Funds For Heart Research Grant
Morgantown A federal grant of 31000 for studies of heart function at high altitudes has been awarded to West Virginia University. Dean Edward J. Van Liere of the School of Medicine said the Federal Security Agency award will advance fundamental research in the field, made on the recommendation of the National Advisory Heart Council.
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Nue Associated
Tae Morgantown
West Virginia University
Edward J. van Liere
School of Medicine
Federal Security Agency
National Advisory Heart Council
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