War Plants Given Priority in Hiring Needed Workers
The Labor Department announces a national manpower program privileging war plants as 1. expansion of labor can support Truman goals of 36 million defense expenditures and 3,000,000 under arms. 2. full mobilization could force civilian industry to lose 6,600,000 workers. Director Robert C. Goodwin warns manpower may become a major problem and outlines potential nine month expansion to 5,600,000 with 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 more drawn from unemployed. 3,600,000 yet to join include women and youths.
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Associated Press
Washington
Labor Department
Truman
Robert C. Goodwin
Wayne University
Detroit
ITE
Counry
Allied and Red reports clash over Inchon and Korea landings
Allied and Red broadcasts claimed an Allied amphibious landing near Seoul was launched and repulsed, with Pyongyang claiming multiple ships sunk. U S Navy said attacks by British and American ships and carrier planes hit Incheon and coastal areas from dawn to dusk over two days, while AP reporters found no independent confirmation of an actual landing.
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Tokyo
Korea
Seoul
U. S. Navy
Associated Press
Red
Pyongwang
Pyongyang
Inchon
Cartier
Perimter
U. S
Sea of Japan
Red Held
Pohang
United Nations
Harbor J
U. N
Walton H. Walker
Inchan
Japan
Okinawa
Damage suit dismissed in Raleigh County court
In the $25 000 case William Rider versus Churchill D Williams the plaintiff a minor was non suited when an 11 year old girl failed to qualify as an eye witness under the rule that children under 14 cannot testify. The session also listed Helen Dobson versus Royal Crown Bulldog Company Beckles with jury impanelment planned for 3 pm and related docket changes.
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William Rider
Churchill D. Williams
Raleigh
Ben H. Ashworth
Willian Rider
Helen Rider
Maple Fork
Helen Dobson
Royal Crown Bulldog Company
Beckles
Willa Allen
L. E. Wood
Velmer Lilly
Vittorio Dei Mora
M. Thomas Griffith
William Reed
New Conservation Officer Appointed in District Six
Webster County officer Herence H. Meador transfers to District Six Beckley while Lom McTraw to replace him as county conservation officer. Meador moves after Charl S. Rare resigns. Rare enrolls at the University of Massachusetts to study wildlife management.
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Lom McTraw
Herence H. Meador
Webster County
District Six
Beckley
Meador
Hervdo Milo
Creat Bey
Charl S. Rare
Wao
University of Massachusetts
Weather and mine strike report from Kanawha County
Yesterday's high around 72 with light precipitation and today forecast showers. Rivers near Bellapoints and Greenfaker remain muddy, Bluestone Reservoir at normal level and murky. Four Wyatt Coal Company mines in Cabin Creek area closed due to pay dispute with two miners held unpaid.
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AK Ile
Glade Creek
Bellapaints
Greenfaker
Bluestone
Associated Press
Charleston
Wyatt Coal Company
Cabinreek
Kanawha County
Navy Says Three Destroyers Damaged in Inchon Bombardment
The Navy reports three U S destroyers suffered superficial damage during the Inchon bombardment, with navy officials calling American casualties light. North Korean broadcasts claimed six ships damaged. Washington says no troop ships were involved and no landings occurred.
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Associated Press
Washington—T
United States
Inchon
Navy
Far East
Yellow Sea
Korea
Last GAR Commander Dies at Age of 101
Theodore A. Penland, who joined the army at 16 and was elected Grand Army of the Republic commander at the 1948 encampment, died aged 101. The final convention was held in 1949 with six of sixteen veterans in attendance.
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GAR
Vancouver, Nash
Grand Army of the Republic
Theodore A. Penland
Penland
Tne
West Virginia urged to draft a new constitution
West Virginia University political science associate professor Dr Albert L Sturm argues for a rewritten constitution to fit modern social order. He notes the 1872 document needs major tailoring and calls for reorganizing to make it clear and useful, with a unified budget and strengthened executive and judiciary.
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The
Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Albert L. Sturm
Bureau of Government Research
de, Sturm
Cis
Sturm
Committee
National Municipal League
Mahy
West Virginia
Military Funerals Set for 33 Killed On Troop Train
33 National Guardsmen of the 109th Field Artillery Battalion died in a troop train wreck near Coshocton Ohio. A funeral train carrying the bodies arrived in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania for full military honors. Maj. Gen. Weber reported 28 families seek full military burials and a 33 gun salute will be fired at the station. The 28th Division carried out a 200 man escort and prayers were read for Catholic Protestant and Jewish faiths.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre
National
Army
109Th Field Artillery
28Th Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spirit of
Pittsburgh
28Th Division Society
Pittsburg
Norman E. Kelly
TRA
Wilkes- Barre
Kingston Armory
Frank A. Weber
Pennsylvania
Thcir
Work on Route 16 To Start Monday
Acme Construction Co will start blacktopping Route 16 on Monday using asphaltic concrete. The road will be widened to about 22 feet from Crab Orchard to the top of Tams Mourne, a six mile stretch. Completion is expected in two to three weeks.
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Stari Route 16
Acme Constriction Company
B. F. Whitney
Acme
Crab Orchard
Tams Mourne
Whitney
Negro valet for three presidents dies in Jersey City
Bash Craft, longtime valet and assistant steward to Presidents McKinley Roosevelt and Taft, dies at TP Cran New Jersey native. He held patents on gas heaters. Death from heart attack. He once offered to donate the life Communism vs Democracy with Paul Robeson in 1949 but Robeson declined.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
Bash Craft
McKinles
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Cran
Washington
Iafe
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Beer for Frontline GI's at Korea Front
General MacArthur approves free beer for combat troops at the front in Korea, funded by Post Exchange profits. Rear echelon soldiers may buy their own. controversy grows over whether beer should be allowed in wartime service amid WCTU opposition and calls for congressional action to outlaw alcohol for military personnel.
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Associated Press
Denver
Korea
D. Leigh Colvin
WCTU
Congressional
Colvin
Congress
Army
United States Brewers’ Foundation
Kemperance Union
MacArthur
Washington
William A. Boiderlinden
Western ministers seek quick steps on German end to war and police needs
The United States Britain and France press rapid moves to end the war with West Germany and boost police strength to counter internal subversion. They debate forming a unified Western defense as Schuman Acheson and Bevin private talks extend into a third day with more rounds likely next weekend. The talks yield to NAT Council sessions after regional security issues take priority.
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United States
Britain
France
Germany
Robert Schuman
Far East
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Police Solve Mystery Of Missing Suitcases
City police traced a theft to Ralph Green after two suitcases vanished from the home of Katherine Moore in Beckley. Green, arrested around 4:30 am, faces charges of drunkenness and trespassing with possession of stolen property added. officers recovered the suitcases at City Hall within 30 minutes.
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Ralph Green
Possum Creek
Lewis Transfer Company
Green
Raleigh County
City Hall
Katherine Moore
Fayetteville
Beckley
Miss Moore
Gunmen Steal Payroll. Two Messengers Shot and Injured
Three gunmen attacked a payroll crew, shot two messengers, and escaped with about $23,000. Investigators found bloodstains at the scene as the trio fled, leaving a chaotic crime in progress. The incident disrupted the payroll delivery and raised questions about the motive and suspects.
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Veged Press
Poe
Perelets
Tor Tee
Parley Over Glassware Pay Ends in Deadlock
Two day talks between the American Flint Glass Workers Union and the Glassware Manufacturers Association failed to break the stalemate over wages. A spokesman said sessions had been scheduled to resume.
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The
Natural As
Pe Furner
AFL Amercan Flint Glass Workers Union
Lewis and UMW Sued Over Attorneys Fees
John L. Lewis and fellow United Mine Workers welfare fund trustees face a $56,000 attorney fee suit from their former lawyer William I. Burke. The action in Washington targets the trustees and the fund’s management and seeks recovery of legal costs. Burke alleges improper billing and breach of contract in the dispute.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
iWilliam I. B. Burke
Chinese Communist General Hsiao Chungii Dies in Korea
The Chinese Defense Ministry reports General Hsiao Chungii fatally wounded during a raid on the North Korean front. Described as a combat general and former garrison commander, he was taken to Peiping where he died. The ministry did not specify his mission in Korea.
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Taepel
China
Cent
Hsiao Chung- ii
Man Tre-ting
Peiping
Hsiao
Korea
Paroled War Conspirator Andrew May Granted Freedom
Former U S representative Andrew Jackson May of Kentucky, convicted of accepting a bribe and taking part in a conspiracy related to World War I I contracts, is granted parole. He will be released Monday from Ashland federal prison due to age health and an good institutional record.
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Associated Press
Washington
Andrew Jackson May
D-Ky
George G. Killinger
Federal Parole Board
Ashland
Federal Correctional Institution
Killinger
May
Prestonburg
House
Aélien
Garsson Brothers
Henry and
Murray
Garssons
May’s
Danbury, Conn
Ashland Institution
Hatchet Wielder Sought by Police
Police said Mrs. Virginia Cottrell fled to a bathroom as her husband Doyle Cottrell, 41, lay fatally wounded by a hatchet in the floor. He was struck three times. a third blow embedded the blade in his skull. Mrs. Cottrell and witness Mike Marcello were detained as material witnesses. The incident occurred at the Cottrell home in Wheeling.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Virginial Cottrell
Doyle Cottrell
Ohio Valley General Hospital
W. Robert Kennedy
Ohio County
Thomas O'Brien
Kennedy
Preventive War Speech Praised a Senate Group
Gen J Law ton Collins urged an aggressive stance in Korea as he spoke to reporters before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Senator Russell praised Secretary Matthews for advocating readiness to pay any price for peace. The State Department criticized Matthews speech as not cleared by the White House.
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Associated Press
Washington
J. Lawton Collins
United Nations
Korea
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
D-Ga
U.S
State Department
Matthews
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate approves three year extension for synthetic fuels program
The Senate sent to President Truman a bill extending the synthetic liquid fuels program for three years authorizing 25 million dollars for research through 1953 and a Morgantown West Virginia Bureau of Mines station. The measure totals 60 million already spent since 1944. The bill is only an authorization, not an appropriation, pending further action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Truman
Bureau of Mines
Morgantown
W. Va
Martin
R-Pa
Morkantown
Beckley Woman Hurt In Motor Accident
Mrs. Rosie Pound of 237 Grove Avenue suffered head lacerations in a late night motor accident. She rode in a Dodge truck driven by Lathan Mayhew of South Fayette Street. Pound was treated at Beckley Hospital and released. Truck damage was about $50.
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Beckley
Rosie Pound
Grove Avenue
Lathan Mayhew
S. Fayette Street
Jolson Arrives in Asia to Sing for Troops
Al Jolson arrives in Tokyo by plane at his own expense to perform for GIs in Japan and Korea. The USO entertainer is the first major actor to appear before American troops in the region.
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al Jolson
Japan
Korea
Associated Press
Tokyo
Gy's
Jolson
University of Washington halts nude student photos
UW officials canceled further work on a somatotype body study after nude photographs of entering students were taken during exams. About 300 negatives will be destroyed as parents protested and the administration blamed a misunderstanding.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Ivaté
University of Washington
University
Constitution Laboratory
Columbia University Medical School
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