United States Faces UN Battle as Vishinsky Attacks
At the United Nations, Russia's Andrei Vishinsky blasted U S policy in eight thousand words accusing a US conspiracy to wage war. Washington prepared to ignore the speech and push its overhauls of UN peace machinery while naming nine Americans as warmongers in a later debate.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Russia
United Nations Assembly
U.N
Soviet Union
Andrei Vishinsky
George C. Marshall
Vishinsky
U.N. Assembly
Truman
John Foster Dulles
Marshall
Tru
Brazil
United Nations
Dulles
Rep.Dorn
D-Sc
Oak Hill VFW Incorporation Reported
Oak Hill Post No. 3110 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Inc. is incorporated as a non profit patriotic organization. James P. Painter Jesse Garcia and Pares D. Claypool of Oak Hill are named directors.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Oak Hill Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc
James P. Painter
Jesse Garcia
Pares D. Claypool
All. of
Oak Ill
Foreign Owned Assets in U S Pass 1941 Peak
The Commerce Department says foreign owned assets in the United States reached 14.9 billion dollars by end of June, higher than the 12.74 billion figure in June 1941. Most assets are private stocks and bonds or real estate, with long term holdings not easily converted to cash.
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U.S. Pass
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Treasury
Commerce Department
Production Blamed for Economic Disease by Senators
Senator Ives argues under production drives global economic illness and high prices. He cites a Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing food and farm wholesale prices at historic highs while overall 900 commodities remain 5.9 percent below the 1920 record. Senator Thomas warns inflation may persist for years to fund government costs. Senator O Mahoney joins Ives and Thomas in stressing production as the key to global economic health.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ives
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Thomas
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
West Virginians Briefs Report Enrollments and Tragedy
Fairmont State College enrollment reaches a record 1030, up 132 from last year with more students expected before registration ends this week. Dr W P Bittinger reelected president of the West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association at the convention closing. Carl Elliott, 15, dies from a head injury in touch football during Riverside Junior High School PE class.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
Fairmont State College
Charleston
W. P. Bittinger
Summerleeé
West Virginia
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Morgantown
Carl Elliott
Riverside Junior
RAF Pilot Dies After Flying Request Over Bournemouth
A Canadian Flight Lt. B. Green, piloting a Spitfire, responded to a boy’s request for a victory roll during an RAF exhibition. The plane performed a maneuver near the beach and then dived into the sea, resulting in Green’s death.
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Associated Press
Bournemouth
Eng
B. #. Green
Sonny
Green
Fish Run Draws Decatur Residents For Hand Catch
In Decatur Illinois residents wade into the Sangamon River below the Lake Decatur Dam to hand gather fish. Catfish up to fifty pounds and carp and buffalo around twenty pounds are taken home in baskets as a lime flush from the dam allegedly reduces water oxygen, causing lethargy but not yet mass deaths.
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Sangamon River
Lake Decatur Dam
City and Conservation
Devastating Hurricane Strikes New Orleans Area
New Orleans endures a hurricane center move at 9 40 am CST wind up to 90 mph with widespread flooding. Acting Governor Verret orders disaster resources mobilized and Red Cross appeals for boats as lakefront areas flood. About 8 500 shelter in the Municipal Auditorium and 20 000 in 40 city schools.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Emile Verret
Lake Front
Red Cross
Municipal Auditorium
Southern Pacific Railway System
Pelican
Lake
Pontchartrain
Ocean
Gulf
Florida
Funeral Saturday for Prominent Beckley Woman
Mrs Hal Payne Campbell aged 71, Beckley resident for 45 years, died yesterday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Beckley Presbyterian Church with Rev J W Witherspoon officiating. burial in Wildwood Cemetery. She is survived by a son Dr J A Campbell of Roanoke. a brother C K Payne of Charleston. a sister Mrs Laura Payne Lewis of Charleston. and several nieces and nephews. She was active in the Beckley Presbyterian Church and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Her death followed a hip fracture on September 6 and a recent heart attack. The body will be moved to the church from Rose Funeral Home at 11 AM tomorrow.
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Hal Payne’ Campbell
Beckley
Beckley Presbyterian Church
J. W. Witherspoon
Wildwood ‘Cemetery
Rose Funeral Home
J A. Campbell
Roanoke
C. K. Payne
Charleston
Laura Payne Lewis
Campbell
E. M. Payne, Jr
Charles. Payne
Robert Campbell
M. .M. Ralston
E. E. Bibb, Sr
Marie Jordan
Beckley Firm to Erect New Clothing Factory
Beckley Industrial Corporation awards Wipperman Construction Company a $200000 contract to build a Beckley clothes factory. J E Short notes revised funding needs. stockholders meet Sept 25 in Memorial Building. Steel and sewer plans underway. city tax money ruled unavailable for sewer funding.
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Beckley
Wipperman Construction Company
J. E. Short
Beckley Industrial Corporation
Acme ‘Construction Company
Skelton
William P. Laren
Attorney General
Violence Flare in Mississippi Bus Strike Turned Violent
Four Southern Bus Co. buses were shot at in Hattiesburg as a 122 day strike escalated. An eight inch arm wound hit Robert E. Smith of Jackson while bullets damaged a bus window. Trainee aboard a Gulfport bound bus faced concealed weapon charges after an arrest.
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Associated Press
Hattiesburg
Miss
Southern Bus Co., Inc
Robert E. Smith
Jackson
States Highway Patrol
Gulfport
Highway Patrol
Here
Mississippi
Carter Coal Mines Shutdown Affects Cincinnati Smoke Fight
In Cincinnati the Coal Producers Committee for Smoke Abatement critiques the Carter Coal mines idle since June 1947. Three mines at Coalwood and Caretta employ about 2,200 workers and produce roughly 2.3 million tons of low volatile coal yearly. The idle mines impact steel coke needs and regional fuel supply amid upcoming regulatory considerations.
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Carter Coal Mines
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Coal Producers Committee
Carter
McDowell County
H. B. Lammers
St. Louis
Carter Coal Company
Coalwood
West Virginia
Black Diamond
U. S. Steel Company
Caretta
Welch
State Unemployment Compensation Department
Hedel Re-Elected As FM Director
E J Hedel manager of WCFC was re elected to the National FM Association board of directors at a New York City meeting. He was later chosen secretary for the coming year as over 400 broadcasters gathered for the FMA convention.
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Beckley
National FM Association
E. J. Hedel
WCFC
National Organization Representing
FM Broadcasters
New York City
Roosevelt Hotel
FMA
Hodel
National Association of Broadcasters
Atlantic City
Edwin H. Armstrong
Columbia University
Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Civic Orchestra
Stromberg-Carlson Company
American Federation of Musicians
Rochester Civic Symphony
NAB
NBC
ABC
CBS
Mutual
Continental
Musicians’ Union
Morgenthau Attacks Wallace on New Deal Spending
Former treasury secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. says Henry Wallace spent more money in 1934 to 1937 than Harry Hopkins and Harold Ickes. He recalls warning Wallace he was "getting away with murder" and criticizes Ickes for delaying decisions in public works.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry A. Wallace
Morgenthau
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Harry Hopkins
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Taft proposes price and wage level at 50 to 60 percent above 1939
Senator Taft outlined a plan to stabilize prices and wages at a new level about 50 to 60 percent above 1939, arguing that productivity must rise to support higher wages. He criticized Truman’s inflation policy and warned of possible union demonstrations if mobilized for action in 1948.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Taft
Ohio
Nation
Commonwealth Club
Truman
Senate
Los Angeles
Santa Cruz
Cannery to Close On Wednesdays
Claude Phillips, supervisor of the Wyoming County cannery, announces the center will discontinue operation on Wednesdays due to a slack period. It will stay open Tuesdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and may resume Wednesdays later if meat canning demand warrants.
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Register
Pineville
Claude Phillips
Wyoming County
Flood toll rises as Tokyo districts face new inundation threat
Tokyo reports warn that 50,000 more residents evacuate as weakened dikes and backwash threaten widespread flooding. Allied and U S sources place death tolls in the Kanto plain near 2,000 with thousands missing and hundreds injured as Naka River fears grow ahead of the high tide.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
U.S
First Cavalry
Kanto
Kyodo
Allied Headquarters’ Public Health and Welfare
Naka River
Naka
Tokyo Bay
Slate Pile Near School Protested
The Affinity PTA held its first meeting of the year to discuss dangers of a burning slate dump near the school and poor heating and water systems. James B. Deck, assistant superintendent of Raleigh County schools, spoke as officers were elected including Byron Udy as president and J M Jessup as vice president. The group will meet at 7 30 p m on the second Tuesday each month.
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Affinity
Affinity Parent-Teachers Association
James B. Deck
Raleigh County
Byron Udy
J. M. Jessup
W. M. Barnard
George Reid
B. B. Zeigler
Tom Wiseman
Ethel Hawkins
Jessup
Udy
J. E. Ashley
Little Flower Still Unconscious In Grave Illness Status
Fiorello H. La Guardia 64 lay gravely ill at home with pancreatic condition. Dr. George Baehr reported the former New York mayor and UNRRA director general in a deep sleep with no immediate change in pulse, temperature or respiration after an operation failed to restore health.
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Associated Press
New York
Fiorello H. la Guardia
George Baehr
UNRRA
New York City
la Guardia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Merchants Fear Food Costs Bring Bust Downturn
New York reports merchants fear high food prices will curb nonfood sales as households divert dollars to essentials. Manufacturers remain optimistic about production and sales though some warn of a possible boom bust. Wall Street and economists see risks from credit and rising prices.
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New York
Wall Street
Washington
District Governor Addresses Lions at Mullens Club
Charleston Lions District 29 W Governor Dudley Simms spoke at Mullens Ladies Night, noting 327000 members in 18 countries and promising focus on strengthening weaker clubs rather than adding new ones. He urged good fellowship and cited petty politics as destructive. President Ray Bowling sought volunteers to run the concessions for tonight’s Hinton Mullens game.
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Register
Mullens
Dudley Simms
Charleston
Lions District 29
Mullens Club
Lionism
Simms
Ray Bowling
Lions Club
Bowling
Virginia Weather: Warm Today with Clouds and Rain Likely
A fair and rather warm day followed by increasing clouds tonight. Saturday remains warm with rain possible in the South and West regions, and Saturday night forecast to bring rain.
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