Auto Workers Invited To Talk Pension Plan
Federal labor conciliators seek clues to a steel settlement as Ford joins talks on an employer paid pension plan aligned with presidential board recommendations. Steel firms prepare for a possible strike while unions press for higher health coverage and pension terms as government mediation continues.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Philip Murray
CLO
Thursine
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
TSO Auto
Steel
Ford
Presidential Steel Board
Auto
Walter Reuther
Aing
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Murray
Ching
Stephens
Methodist Clergy Gather For West Virginia Conference Opening
About 1,000 Methodist ministers and laymen from 1,700 churches are gathering in Charleston for the West Virginia Methodist Conference opening. Governor Patteson and Mayor Andrews will welcome delegates, with memorial service and Holy Communion in Municipal Auditorium. Bishop Lloyd Wicks will preside and deliver addresses alongside Bishops McConnell and Drynam among others. The annual lay banquet is set for Christ Church and speakers include Dr. Roy L. Smith and Dr. Gaither Warfield.
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Preas
Charleston
West Virginia
Patteson
R. Carl Andrews
Municipal Auditorium
Lloyd Wicks
Pittsburgh
Francis J. McConnell
Roy L. Smith
Nickerson
Kan
The
Christian Advocate
G. Bromley Drynam
New York
Gaither P. Warfield
Methodist Overseas Relief Committee
John K. Benton
School of Religion
Vanderbilt University
Benton
Christ Church
Money Measures Top Agenda as House Convenes
The House returns from a month’s recess with no major bills planned this week though a $20 billion appropriation package for the military, Interior, and foreign aid agencies tops the agenda. An arms aid bill may follow as leaders discuss priorities with President Truman amid labor and industry changes.
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Washington — House
House
Sos
Interior Department
Foreign Economic Recovery Program
Senate
Truman
West Virginia Weather Report Fragments
Incomplete OCR style report from Greenbrier and nearby areas notes yesterday's high and low temperatures at Oak Hill and Lade Creek. States unclear lines, today and prior night figures unreadable. unable to determine exact conditions or proper place names.
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St Detlepotat
Greenbrier
New Normal
Clear Oak Hill
Man Dies by Electrocution in Hotel Room
Police say a man died in a hotel room from an self inflicted electric shock. The hotel manager found the body two days after death, with wet towels and wires connected to wall sockets. The deceased was tentatively identified as William Paytor, age 35, with a partial address linked to a New York embarkation area.
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Jersey City
N. J
Hotel Plaza
William Paytor
Taylor
Alert of
New York
Annexation and City Manager Charter Talk in Special Election
Beckley council learned annexation votes cannot be added to the regular election due to legal deadlines and a separate charter proposal. Petitions with over 4,000 names were reviewed while a plan exists to combine a future city manager charter vote with annexation, pending next week’s meeting. The act pending inspection of petitions at City Hall for proponents and opponents before any special election decision. Washington updates include President Truman seeking a six day steel strike truce and urging separate wage and pension negotiations under federal mediation. No immediate agreement yet from unions or companies, with reviews and possible future talks planned.
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Calloway Heights
Sprague
Harper Road
Junior and Aenier Chambers of Commerce
W. H. Fite
W. &. Barrett
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas F. Stafford
Stafford
City Hall
Chamber
Beckley
Associated Presa Tashington
Truman
CIO Steelworkers
Cyrus Ching
Trinan
Philip Aturray
Steelworkers
Ching
Pittsburgh
Steel
White House
Mr. Truman
Lewis Believed Ready to Talk Wage Terms in Resort Parley
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS John L Lewis prepared to push wage talks with Northern and Western coal operators after UBSU miners withheld royalties to the health and welfare fund. UMW said no bargaining with Southern owners until payments resume, while Northern and Western groups continue royalties. The fund has dwindled below 14 million dollars from over 150 million since 1946. George H. Love accused Lewis of misusing welfare funds, not Southern default.
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Lewis
Harold W. Ward
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Miners’ Health and Welfare Fund
UMW
John Owen
Bluefield
Sothern
Northern
United States Steel Corp
United Mine Workers
Misees' Welfare and Retirement Fund
Northern and Western
Owen
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation’ Coal Company
Welfare Fund
Southern
Collapse of Bluefield Conference Predicted
The Southern soft coal wage conference nears collapse over past due payments to the miners welfare and pension fund. Union and operator negotiators plan to reconvene at 1 p m as a union ultimatum bars bargaining on terms. Union leader John Owens says talks focus on when payments will be made, with royalties and overdue tonnage payments at issue. Only two companies named as refusing to pay Island Creek Coal and Pond Creek Pocahontas in Southern West Virginia.
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Associated Press
Miners’ Welfare and Pension Fund
United Wine Workers
UMW
John Owens
Owens
Southern Coal Producers Association
SCPA
Joseph E.moody
Qwens
UNHON
Island Creek Coal Company
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
West Virginia
Coal Dust Alleged to Devalue Bragg Home in Jury Trial
Mr and Mrs Henry Bragg accuse Glade Fuel Company of causing coal dust that dirties washing pollutes water and soils gardens from a ramp 85 feet from their Beaver Street home The Brags seek 35000 in damages while defendant's attorney argues wind direction and ramp use limit impact Over a dozen witnesses testified in Circu it Court the case originally named several defendants but Glade was found to be sole ramp owner
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Henry Bragg
Gircuil Court
Beaver
Ned H. Ragland
Glade Fuel Company
Shady Spring District
Bragg
Ragland
K. Douglas Bowers
A. G. Wilcox
Wilcox Coal Company
W. and B. Coal Company
Wilcox Industries, Inc
Glade
Richard Dix Dies Of Heart Ailment
Richard Dix famed for 1218 motion pictures and the Outdoorsman persona died at 54 in a Hollywood hospital after a chronic heart ailment. Dr. George O. Berg, present at his deathbed, said Dix remained fighting to the end with moments of improvement and collapse, smiling as he passed away at 10 10.
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Richard Dix
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Dix
Hollywood
George O. Berg
Fayette Man Replaced On Board of Health
Edgar B. Moore of Clarksburg was appointed by Governor Patteson to the state Board of Health for a six year term ending June 30 1955 He will serve as the pharmacist member from the Third Congressional District Moore succeeds E O Wiseman of Fayetteville who resigned to take a state pharmacy board post.
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Associated Wess
Charleston
Edgar
Moore
Clarksburg
Patteson
State Board of Health
E. O. Wiseman
Fayetteville
State Pharmacy Board
Crisis Near in Labour Government Faces Union Revolt
Britain’s Labour government confronts a political crisis as trade unions threaten to revolt against devaluation driven price rises. The Trades Union Congress warns the cabinet, while France, Portugal, Belgium, and others follow with currency cuts.
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London
Britain
Belgium
Portugal
Prance
Italy
Holland
General Council
Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
Ondhe Tuc Council
United Wd
Stafford Cripps
Alllee
Morey
TUC
TCC
Fle
Maurice Petsche Cam
France
Cripps Ras
Pelsche
Fire at Raleigh Motor Sales Extinguished Before Arrival
Beckley fire crews answered a 7 55 morning call to Raleigh Motor Sales on Route 21 but found company workers already extinguished the flames.
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Beckley
Raleigh Motor Sales
Iwo Mercer Felons Escape From State Penitentiary Mine
In MOUNDSVILLE two Mercer County inmates Monte Jones 29 and Roscoe Jones 35 escaped from the State penitentiary mine last night. Officials say they walked away after dark. Deputy Warden A E Winter noted both were serving short terms on burglary charges.
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Y Che
Associated Press
Moundsville
Monte Jones
Roscoe Jones
Mercer County
Virginians Denounce Mine Strike Injustice Claim
The Virginian Coal Operators Association, led by George Esser, denounces the United Mine Workers strike as unjustified in Virginia. They say the district met contract terms, followed John L Lewis’s edict, and have paid welfare and pension funds. operations have been idle only due to the strike.
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Associated Press
Noron
United Mine Workers
Virginian Coal Operators Association
George Esser
Virginia
Esser
John Ly ‘Lewis
Welfare and Pension Fund
Mabscott Man Waives On Groceries Charge
Mabscott resident H R Lilly waived arraignment on a false pretense charge in Mabscott. Magistrate J P Mellows presided as Lilly faced a warrant from W P Parrott alleging he obtained $4240 in groceries under false pretense. Lilly was released on a $30 bond.
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Mabscott
H.R. Lilly
J.P
Fie
W. P. Parrott
Lilly
Robeson hecklers charged by jury after concert riot
A police chief's son and five others faced indictments in White Plains linked to violence after Paul Robeson's Sept 4 concert. Lillis Jr., 25, was charged with malicious mischief for hurling a stone through a car window. four others faced felonious mischief for overturning a parked car. Robert Lent, 29, was charged with carrying concealed weapons. Also notes a separate Truman nomination of Selden Chapin as ambassador to the Netherlands.
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Associated Press
White Plains
Paul Robeson
Joseph A. Lillis, Jr
Ehief
Peekskill
N. Y
Lillis
Robert Lent
Prisoner Killed in Escape From State Road Camp Truck
Glenville prison break leaves Clyde Waybright dead from rifle wound. Vernon Harden and Harvey Curtis injured, both recaptured, while Gerald Knight and Harvey Curtis escaped. four prisoners confined at Rosdale state prison road camp transported to work when truck break occurred. Deputy Warden Winter to investigate. no inquest for Waybright.
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Glenville
State Road
Gilmer County
Drexell Frame
Sawa
Clyde NX
Waybright
Mineral County
Moundsville
Vernon Harden
Berkeley County
Harden
Harvey Cutis
Logan County
Gerald Knight
Roane County
Rosedale State Prison
Hare
H. H. Cottle
Frame
H. H. Boggs
Justice ‘the Peace
W. G. Self
Sloan May Pass Up Mayor Race
Beckley Republicans plan a 7 p.m. caucus at Attorney Fletcher Mann's office to consider mayoral candidates after H A Shean, originally the front runner, was advised by his physician to abstain. The caucus will also review candidates for recorder and city council as they prepare for the Friday night GOP convention.
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Beckley Republicans
Fletcher Mann
G. Berk Lynch
Eily Gop Cushman
H. A. Shean
Lynch
Recorder
Republian
Brida
Policeman L H Powell Injured After Roadblock Incident
State police corporal Cpl. L. H. Powell of the Moundsville detachment was in a Glendale hospital today listed in possibly serious condition after being severely beaten while attempting to arrest a suspect. Powell and fellow officers had set a roadblock in South Moundsville around six this morning. two residents found him badly hurt as he tried to rise from the roadway. Authorities said he remained unable to be questioned about the injuries.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
Glendale
Cpl
L. H. Powell
South Moundsville
Powell
South Mounds
Sine
Martinsville
20000 Moslems Join China Reds
The Associated Press reports 20000 Moslem troops in Ningxia Province deserted the Nationalists and joined the Communists. Led by Ma Hung-kwei, who commands about 80000 men, the revolt follows word that 100000 Nationalist troops in Suiyuan also joined the Reds. Private dispatches say a strong Communist force advances toward Ningxia from Inner Mongolia.
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Associated Press
Canton
Ningsia
Sen
Ma Hung-kwei
Chengking
Chiang Kai-shek
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Inland Steel Corporation
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Seer
Eure
Fayette
Board of
Robeson Hecklers
Chapin
Truman Today
Selden Chapin
State Department
Netherlands
Herman Baruch
Sloan
Cincinnati
Aight Gan
St. Louis
Brooklyn
WCFC
China Reds
W. Va
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