Lewis Presses Pension Royalty Fight With Coal Operators
John E. Lewis travels from White Sulphur Springs to press Southern coal owners on a 20 cent pension royalty. He seeks a 6 hour day with pay cut to 5 and urges a 10 cent royalty increase to fund $1 monthly pensions for 60 year old miners and families. Meetings with Northern Western and Southern groups run Sept. 21 and Sept. 20 respectively as talks stall.
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Harold W. Ward
John E
Lewis
Washington
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Welfare Fund
Styles Bridges
R-Mid
Bebdges
Exra van Horn
Bridges
United Mine Workers’ Union
UMW
South
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
Murray Orders Parley to Set Steers Policy
President Philip Murray of the United Steelworkers ordered the wage policy committee to meet in Pittsburgh at 9 a m on Wednesday September 21. Union officials declined to discuss the order as contract talks resume with about 57 steel companies over workers funding social insurance and pension programs.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CLO
United Steelworkers Today
Murray
Steel wage row deepens as strike deadline looms
United States Steel Corporation rejects the presiding fact finding board’s wage increase plan and insists on company financed insurance and pensions. Union leaders vow actions if talks fail while Jones & Laughlin supports bargaining per board recommendations. Weather: West Virginia five day outlook shows scattered showers, warm weekend, cooler Tuesday.
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United States Steel Corporation
U. S Steel
Murray
America
Benjamin F. Fairless
U.S. Steel
Truman
Fairless
U. S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Ward Social Insurance
American Private details torture by Russians in East Berlin detention
Private John J. Sienkiewicz of Baltimore, held by Soviet forces since November 5, 1947, described beatings and torture during 10 months of captivity in East Berlin. He said Polish DP status and spy rumors aided harsh interrogation, including cold water immersion, beatings, naked room confinement, and repeated transfers between guards and prisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
East Berlin
John J. Sienkiewicz
Baltimore
Sienkiewicz
Oranienburg
Sinkiewicz
Non-Suit Taken in Hearing On Burned Furniture
In Raleigh two circuit courts heard cases. W Walter Smith vs Letcher Thompson paused due to absence of a court reporter. case continued. Wallace Shumate vs Wilson Lee Canady executor for E S Cooper estate ended in non-suit as plaintiff failed to prove possession of burned furniture. new suit planned for tomorrow.
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Raleigh Coun
W. Walter Smith
Letcher Thompson
J. W. Maxwell
le Lo Scherer
Walt
George L. Ballard
Wallace Shumate
Wilson Lee Canady
E S. Cooper
Shumat
Caper Transfer and Storage Company
Joseph Luchini
Luchini
New Game Warden Named in County
Charles Bare of Beard Pocahontas County will take over duties as Raleigh County Conservation Officer Monday. W M Rutherford district conservation officer announced Bare was named to replace Donald J Warden who resigned January 1. Rutherford said he will meet Bare in Beckley Monday to discuss the game protector duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bare
Beard
Pocahontas County
Raleigh County
W. M. Rutherford
Leay
Bare
The
Conservation Commission
Donald J. Warden
Jane 1
Rutherford
Beckley
Prominent Wheeling Surgeon Dr Russell Bailey Dies
Dr Russell Brooks Bailey a 51 year old Wheeling surgeon and president elect of the West Virginia State Medical Association died of a heart attack. He had served as staff surgeon at the Wheeling Clinic since 1927 and held several leadership roles with state medical groups. He was a director of the American Cancer Society and chaired multiple state health organizations.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Russell Brooks Bailey
West Virginia State Medical Association
Bailey
Wheeling Clinic
American Cancer Society
State Health Board
West Virginia Cancer Society
West Virginia University Alumni Association
West Virginia Briefs: Polio Death, Accident, Building Plans
Ailbert Bailey infant son of Mr and Mrs Albert Bailey died after polio in Marion County. Everett Gay 34 of Valley Head died when a car left U S Route 218 and hit a tree near Elkins. Architect Cass Gilbert Jr to present plans for a new Charleston office building with bids likely opened late October.
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Fatrmont
Ailbert L. Bailey
Albert G. Bailey
Marion County
Elkins
Everett Gay
Valley Head
Randolph County
Charleston
Cass Gilbert, Jr
Gainer
Oak Hill Cop Shoots Marine in Car Theft
Private Mervin Vernon of the US Marine Corps is hospitalized at Oak Hill Hospital after a gunshot wound to the left abdomen. Police say night patrolman Howard Gucas fired after Vernon resisted arrest and attempted to flee in a car owned by Mrs. R L Lipscomb of Montgomery. Vernon's condition is listed as satisfactory.
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Oak Hill
Register
Oak Mill
Mervin Vernon
United States Marine Corps
Oak Hill Hospital
William Bellew
Vernon
Way Wheen Gre Marine
Howard Gucas
G. O. Martin
R. L. Lipscomb
Montgomery
Truman Nominates Sherman Minton for Supreme Court
Senate action on President Truman's surprise nomination of Sherman Minton to the Supreme Court will delay as the judiciary committee plans to follow the routine three week course. Minton, former Indiana senator and New Dealer, serves on the Chicago circuit court of appeals and was named to fill the vacancy caused by Justice Wiley Rutledge's death last Saturday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Truman
Sherman Minton
Supreme Court
McCarran
D-New
Judiciary Committee
Minton
Indiana
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Wiley Rutledge
Virginian Closes Princeton Shops
Virginian Railway cuts 600 to 700 jobs at Princeton shops due to coal haulage decline causing a three day week in mines. Officials expect possible reopening when mines return to five day operation. shops handle locomotive and heavy railcar repairs.
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Register
Princeton
Reckless Bicycling Ruled Not Forbidding Law
Huntington City Court dismissed a reckless driving charge against a young bicyclist noting no city ordinance prohibits non motorized vehicles from disregarding traffic signals. Judge Baker ruled the term meter before vehicle would be needed to apply to bicycles or horse drawn wagons.
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Lhemsaudimien Reed
Huntington
Tom T. Baker
Joe Coleman
Baker
Hesai
Roscommon County man marks 100th birthday
Santa Maria California reports Mike Cunningham of Roscommon County Ireland celebrated his 100th birthday. He quips about longevity saying he never refused a drink and reflects on a long life in the press feature.
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Gover Press Y
Santa Maria
Calif
Mike Cunningham
Roscommon County
Ireland
Fanny Not Dead Yet in Fight Over Beckley Train Service
G Lynch reports to the Beckley Chamber of Commerce that Fanny the train between Beckley and Prince is under threat from Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. A September 30 hearing will consider a stay of execution to allow more witnesses.
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Fanny
G. ‘Berk Lynch
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Charleston
Board of Directors
Lynch
Chamber
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Beckley
Prince
Kerrie
Peet
Harper Road
Erea Wi Sprague
Sprague
Study of Motor Laws Scheduled
A 12 member committee named by Governor Patteson will study West Virginia motor vehicle laws. Created after the Commission on Interstate Cooperation report, the panel will review the uniform vehicle code approved at the Washington highway conference. It will report to the governor with proposed legislation for the 1951 Legislature.
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Pross
Charleston
Patteson
West Virginia
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Palleson
Washington
Ile
New Trade Pacts With 10 Nations Being Prepared
Washington reports ten nations as Denmark Finland Italy Greece Sweden Dominican Republic Waiti Liberia Uruguay and Nicaragua will seek approval of reciprocal trade agreements under Truman power. Senate extends program to 1951 after opposing peril point amendment, 62 to 19.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
U.S
Annecy
France
Denmark
Finland
Italy
Greece
Sweden
Dominican Republic
Waiti
Liberia
Uruguay
Nicaragua
State Department
U. S
Senate
Corde Hull
House
Chamber
Millikin
R-Cola
Lucas
Ilinois
Ferguson
R-Mich
Europe
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
O'Mahoney
Dwye
Elmer Thomas
D- Okla
City Manager Plan Approved In Convention
Democratic Mayorality nominee W A Burke refused to take a definite stand on the party platform read at the memorial building convention. Burke, nominated for mayor, said he hadn t read the entire program and wants to study it before comment. The platform calls for free garbage disposal funded with fire and police budgets, a traffic and parking study, a full time city manager, street and fire protection improvements, and warding to better represent Negro residents. Other nominations were made for city recorder and council seats, with several contested moves and one defeat over nominating Rev S A Abram for council.
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W. A. Burke
Memorial
Oo Burke
the Post
The
Register
Burke
Ashe
Pervon
Valley Drive Toabscott
A. K. Minter
William P. Larew
City Recorder
William Fife
James H. Rowland
Rev. S. A. Abram
Abram
Anthony Sparacino
Clint Howard
State Liquor Commission
Howard
Clarence Bibb
J. D. Freeman
Elmer Davis
Beckley
Bibb
Beckley Hardware Company
Freeman
Sparacine
Rajk Pleads Guilty in Plot Against Hungarian Gov
Former interior and foreign minister Laszlo Rajk admitted to all charges in a plot to overthrow the communist government. He testified about involvement with Yugoslav officials to assassinate Hungarian leaders and turn Hungary into a Yugoslav colony amid tight security at the trial site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Budapest
Hungary
Laszlo Rai
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Rajk
Hungarian Metal Workers Union
Hia
pRask
Communist Party
Gyorgy Palfty
Six State Policemen Transferred in Company D
State police Captain L A Tay lor announced transfers affecting three corporals and three troopers in Company D based at Beckley. Cpl T W Harrison shifts Rainelle to Hinton, Cpl C A Thompson Beckley to Rainelle, Cpl W E Webb Travetteville to Beckley, and Troopers J D Baisden Fayetteville to Montgomery, H D Gibbs Beckley to Fayetteville, E R Turner Hinton to Beckley. Webb played football for Mabscott and Woodrow Wilson High School two years ago.
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Cpl
T. W. Harrison
Rainelle
Hinton
Cp. C. A. Thompson
Beckley
W. E. Webb
Travetteville
Webb
Mabscott
Woodrow Wilson High School
J. D Baisden
Fayetteville
Montgomery
H. D. Gibbs
E. R. Turner
Hinvton
Capital Minister Sued for $10,000
A 17-year-old South Charleston high school student in a Church of God quartet became the center of a legal dispute as his parents filed a $10,000 alienation of affections suit against Rev. Hillery Rice. The couple allege the preacher and his wife influenced the boy to leave home after claims of parental beating.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Church of God
Oral C. Witthrow
W. E. Withrow
South Charleston
Hillery €. Rice
Church of Good
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Virginian
Thomas F. Stafford
Kida
L. A. Tayor
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Rica
Itoday
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
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