Four New Coal Mines Planned for Beckley Area
The Virginian Railway will serve four new coal mines in the Beckley area with two spur lines. Bowyer Creek operations above Whitby in Raleigh County and a Wyco site in Wyoming County outline stripping and deep mining plans. The Burma mine near Whitby, HCM Coal Company, Standard Fire Creek, and West Gulf Coal Company projects target up to 15 million tons for Maben and 5 million tons for Wyco areas, with crews of about 100 per site.
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Beckley
Virginian Railway
Bowyer Creek
Whitby
Raleigh
West Gulf Coal Company
Wyco
Wyoming County
Bowyer- Creek
Burma
Beckley Smokeless ‘Coal Company
HCM Coal’ Company
Standard Fire Creek Fuel Company
Juliette Coal Company
Beckley Smokeless
Bowyers Creek
Sterling Smokeless Coal Company
Maben
Allen Creek
Wyce
William Snyder, Jr
Mount Hope
Pocahontas
St. Louis, Mo
Kentucky
Beckley Smokeless Coal Company
Hcm—Coal Company
Harry Mead
Mullens Smokeless Fuel Company
Pocahontas No. 4
Truman Forms New Unified Defense Command
The United States activated its unified defense system today after President Truman issued radioed orders. James V. Forrestal was sworn in as secretary of defense, bringing the new organization into formal existence at 12:01 AM.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Rio de Janeiro
James’ Forrestal
Charles G. Ross
Russia
United Nations
Soviet Union
Balkans
United States
Forrestal
Defense Organization
George’ Co
Warshall
Eleanor ‘Roosevelt
United Nations “General
Flushing
N.Y
Oswaldo’ Arapha
Brazil
Navy coxswain Birchfield joins supply run to Point Barrow
Woodrow W. Birchfield coxswain in the US Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Birchfield of Beckley, served aboard the attack cargo ship USS Muliphen. He participated in the Navy’s annual resupply expedition to Point Barrow at Alaska’s northern tip to support development camps turned over to civilian contractors last year.
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Woodrow W. Birchfield
USN
W. M. Birchfield
Beckley
Muliphen
Navy
Point Barrow
Alaska
Government Hints Grain Trade Restraints
Washington sparks debate as House Agriculture Chair Hope calls for curbs on speculative grain trading to curb inflation. Cabinet food committee may set a lower export ceiling due to a smaller corn crop, with projected supply caps at 400 million bushels versus 975 million exported last year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Hill
Hope
R-Kas
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Truman
Patent ‘Agriculture Committee
House
Anderson
Cabinet ‘Food Committee
Ihiefly
Cabinet
Gandhi predicts Hindu Muslim civil war in India
Mohandas K Gandhi warned in New Delhi that if Pakistan and India do not admit fault for Punjab and Delhi violence the two dominions face inevitable war. He urged confession to end a period of communal rioting over Hindu Sikh and Muslim mistreatment in Punjab and Delhi. The Statesman reported mass Hindu and Sikh exodus from Karachi amid fears of reprisals, with over 25,000 leaving in a week.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
Mohandas
K. Gandhi
Pakistan
India
Punjab
Delhi
Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Statesman
Karachi
Rail Chief Charges C&O N Y C Tie Up Threatens Virginian
Virginian Railway President Beale told ICC that a Chesapeake and Ohio New York Central tie up would bottle up his line and leave it at the mercy of rivals. He argued the interlocking directorate aims to unify the two systems later and would harm Virginia routes and through traffic coordination. Meadows supported the plan, saying an alliance would benefit industry in West Virginia and the state.
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Associated Press
Walington
F. D. Beale
Virginian Railway Company
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central Railroad
Beale
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert R. Young
Robert J. Bowman
New York Central Board
Clarence W. Meadows
West Virginia
Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
New York Central System
Young
NYC
ICC Examiner
Mellon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Virginian
Virginia
Norfolk
Norfolk and Western
New York Central
Virginian Railway
Pearson Libel Suit Set For January 1948 Term
Circuit Judge D H Rodgers continued the trial of a $100000 libel suit brought by Drew Pearson, newspaper columnist and radio commentator, to the January 1948 term at Charles Town upon defense counsel request. Attorneys for R J Funkhouser and the Blakeley Coronetes are involved.
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Associated Press
Charles Town
D. H. Rodgers
Drew Pearson
R. J. Funkhouser
Blakeley Coronetes
Doctor Scores Hospital Births At State Medical Meeting
Dr Joseph A Ritter of Philadelphia told the Pennsylvania Medical Society in Pittsburgh that more births at home may curb diarrheal epidemics in hospitals and reduce infant mortality. He warned that rising infectious diarrhea in newborns could shift views on hospital versus home deliveries.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Joseph A. Ritter
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Ritter
Watch Murder Trial Nears End
The California case against Louise Overell and George Collum nears completion in Santa Ana. Both defendants deny murdering Louise's parents and plan to rest their case after four witnesses for Collum and one for Overell.
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Associated Press
Santa. Ana
Calif
Walter S. Overell
Old Southern Custom Said To Help Beat High Costs
The Agriculture Department suggested a simple way to counter rising living costs by adopting a Southern habit of eating leafy greens and pot liquor. A bulletin calls greens and the pot liquor a rich, inexpensive source of minerals and vitamins, noting the practice preserves soluble nutrients.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture “Department
Department
Detroit Workers Start Price War Through Co Op
About 180000 Michigan auto workers join a CIO UAW backed cooperative to fight rising food costs. Forty large UAW locals contribute 1 per member to pay working capital for mass buy of groceries and other goods. Walter P. Reuther calls it an emergency program with a 10-man committee to coordinate purchases and expand with more locals.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Michigan
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Walter’ P
Unit&s
Reuther
Hotel Guests Walk Out As Bellevue Stratford Strike Looms
About 900 guests at the 18 story Bellevue Stratford Hotel kept orderly routines by making beds and dusting as 700 hotel workers strike. Union leaders claim management tried to break the union by firing longtime staff, with the walkout reported yesterday.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Bellevue Stratford
Bennett E. Tousley
CSO
La Guardia Unconscious After Major Operation
Fiorello H. La Guardia, 64, lay unconscious and gravely ill at his home after an operation on June 18. Mayor O'Dwyer urged the city to pray for the former 12 year mayor as doctors reported his condition slightly worse following a late Tuesday collapse.
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Associated Press
New York
Fiorello H. la Guardia
William O’dwyer
la Guardia
George Baehr
O’dwyer
Vishinsky to Speak at UN Session Amid Cold War Tensions
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky set to deliver opening policy speech to the United Nations Assembly as Moscow prepares a rebuttal to Secretary Marshall’s attack. U.N. leaders await Russia’s response to the American plan for a veto-free security committee, amid speculation on Soviet participation.
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Associated Press
New York
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Marshall
Vishinsky
U.N
Kuzma V. Kiselev
U. N
U. N. Assembly
General Assembly
U. S
United States
Security Council
All Day Teacher Institute Planned at Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County teachers will attend an all day reading institute Friday September 26 at Woodrow Wilson High School. Dr Nell Murphy of Penn State College will be the principal speaker. Schools will be closed per board calendar provisions.
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Raleigh County
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregoy
Raleigh County Teachers Association
Nell Murphy
Penn State College
West Virginia Tax Revenue from July Sales and Gasoline Taxes
State Tax Commissioner C H Koontz reports July business sales tax collections in West Virginia totaled 1775715 21 and gasoline excise tax receipts reached 1354711 71. An Attorney General opinion states state prison made goods may not be sold but the board of control can legally sell, per related story.
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Associated Press
Charleston
C. H. Koontz
West Virginia
Attorney. General’s Office
Board of Control
Initial Losses Light in Giant Eastern Storm
The tropical storm hit the Florida Gulf coast, moving northwest toward Apalachicola and Pensacola with 100 mph winds. It left at least two dead, thousands in shelters, and millions in property damage as it tracked along the coast from Miami to Palm Beach.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fla
Gulf
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
U. S. Weather Bureau
St. Marks
Apalachicola
Here
Mobile
St. Georges
Dog Islands
Apalachee Bay
South Florida
Fort Myers
Tampa
Gold Coast
Miami
Palm Beach
West Palm Beach-Everglades
Key West
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Tokyo Floods Kill Hundreds as Typhoon Ravages Japan
Tokyo delivery of disaster matches the scale of last year’s earthquake with floods across five districts and landslides piling new hazards. American troops rescue refugees by boat while planes drop food to those unreachable by water, as Mount Akagi slips trigger fatalities and injuries across Gam ma prefecture.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Air Force
Japan
First Cavalry Division
First Cavalry
Kumagaya
Kyodo News Agency
Yomiuri
Akagi
Gamma Prefecture
Tako
Jamison Indicted In Jones Murder Case
Fayetteville report says Cecil Jamison was indicted by the Fayette County Grand Jury for the August killing of Jesse Jones. Foreman B. J. Amick led the panel. The report also notes an indictment against Robert Lee Richardson for an alleged September 8 attempted murder of Ethel Conley on the Oak Hill Fayetteville road.
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Register
Fayetteville
Cecil Jamison
Jesse Jones
Fayette County
B. J. Amick
Robert Lee Richardson
Ethel Conley
Conley
Oak Hill- Fayetteville
Richardson
Senator Flanders Warns Against Appeasement By Industry
Senator Flanders declares if industry mimics John L. Lewis appeasement, government controls on wages prices and profits will be imposed. He labels recent wage settlements with Lewis a calamity and warns against price hikes fueling inflation, urging moderation in industry and labor.
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Associated. Press
Washington
Flanders
R-Vi
John L. Lewis
New England
Lewis
U. S. Steel Corporation
Virginia Weather Report Highlights Warm Day Ahead
Sunny and slightly warmer today in Virginia with clear skies. Tonight will be clear and a bit warmer, with Friday expected to be fair and warm. Beckley records yesterday’s high at 80 and low at 65. noon today reached 78 with no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending noon today.
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Beckley
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St. Louis
W. J. Shearon
Central City
C.E. Pratt
James V. Forrestal
Beckley Sailor
Agriculture Department
C&o
N.Y.C
Meadows
ICC
Pearson
Otto Jacobs
Louise
Gollum
Anthony D’elia
F.H. la Guardia
West
Lake Okeechobee
Sebring
Red Cross
Jacksonville
Coast
Carter Company
Welch
Carter Coal Company
Layne H. Ford
Hillis Townsend
Fred Gilbert
Ford
Jamison
Jones
The
United
Northern
Second Economic Institute of the United States Chamber of Commerce
Senate House
U. S. Steel
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