Four Beckley Restaurants Open After Meat Shortage Protest
Four Beckley eateries reopened after a three day closure over a meat shortage and price control protests. The Eatwell Central Cafe Neville Street Cafe and Beckley Cafe resumed operations this morning as crowds returned and service resumed.
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C. S. Perry
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Black Gangs To Confer on Wages in Labor Turmoil
Maritime labor tension escalates as 15000 CIO Marine Engineers threaten a nationwide strike over a 35 percent wage demand. Pacific Coast ship owners favor West Coast talks while Atlantic and Gulf groups meet Schwellenbach. Voting results show wide strike backing. final tallies due in Washington tomorrow. Restaurants seek OPA relief as Beckley shops plan reopenings amid price controls debate.
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Auditor Rejects 500 For Airport Project
The West Virginia State Auditor refuses a 1945 airport funds payment totaling 500. The Board of Acromiutics contends the allocation supports a state wide system of airports and plans to seek the supreme court’s ruling. Beckley, Fairmont, Harrison, Kanawha, Wood, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Ohio, Princeton and Roane counties are named in the allocations.
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Street Scene Prompts Hushed Town Gossip
A bystander mentions politicians and a liquor store robbery while a father praises his five year old son up a tree near a First Avenue home. A mother drinks a milkshake as children laugh in a dairy store booth, hinting at local tensions.
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Hospitals To Get More Meat Soon
SANTA FE New Mexico Paul Porter national director of OPA said an order is being prepared in Washington to make more meat available to hospitals and similar institutions nationwide. Porter at a regional OPA meeting said packers would be directed to supply the same amount of meat to hospitals as in the 1944 base period. Details were to be announced in Washington, perhaps today.
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Local Round Table To Be Held Monday
Scout Round Table for the San Diego district in Pineville will meet Monday September 30 as part of Appalachian Council activities. Scout Executive Guy Amato outlined the agenda including meetings schedule basic training courses district programs junior leader training and troop program planning aids. The Coal River district meeting follows Tuesday October 1 at Colcord.
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Power Strike Halts Pittsburgh Streetcar Service
Pittsburgh residents faced transportation chaos as a city power strike entered its third day. Streetcar operators walked out at 4 am amid threats of violence, prompting a court to dissolve an injunction. The Duquesne Light Company and street railway firm, both under National City, saw energy output drop to 60 percent in the metro area as unions rally in support and officials seek a negotiated end.
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Senator Ferguson calls for quick housing probe cleanups
Senator Ferguson of Michigan urged the Senate War Investigating Committee to drop other inquiries and focus on a thorough housing program review. He labeled the administration housing plan a fraud and pressed for rapid study of housing production, red tape cuts, and the return of surplus property, while hearings also scrutinized the Canal project and the Inter-American Highway.
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Earnest J. King
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Canada
Secretary of the Navy
Mitchell
Los Angeles
Youths Fined and Jailed for Shoplifting Jewelry
Marvin Tipton and Woodraw Harmon, youths from Winding Gull, are serving 30 day jail terms and fined 10 dollars plus costs on shoplifting charges. Police say they stole 2 dollars worth of costume jewelry from a W T Grant store.
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Woodraw Harmon
W. T. Grant
Peace Conference Meets Today To Speed Finn Treaty
Athens prepares for King George II return with a massive security crackdown as arms permits are suspended and routes sealed. British troops monitor Thesaly and Macedonia while a Greek royal welcome aims to stabilize the nation amid civil strife. In Paris, a plenary session of the peace conference weighs the Finnish treaty amid a push to speed talks and set speech limits with an Oct. 15 deadline.
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Hodge Removal Move Denied by House Subcommittee
The House Military subcommittee, after a Far Eastern trip, largely rejected chairman Sheridan s claim that the panel urged removing Lt Gen John R Hodge as Korea commander. Rep Short and Rep Aloway said no committee agreement or recommendation exists. They voiced surprise at Sheridan s remarks and defended the committee s stance.
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Arctic Air Hop Begins Tomorrow
Honolulu based colonel C. Ir vine, commander of a B 29 long distance record flight, set a tentative 11 a.m. Honolulu time start for the Arctic hop to Cairo, Egypt. Weather reports warn of poor conditions over do land and forecast delays up to 24 hours. Ir vine says the Arctic route may proceed if weather clears.
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400 Tons Of Nazi Papers Reveal on EE per Meveal
A State Department disclosure cites a German document claiming Japan tried to mediate a Russia pact with Germany in 1943. It outlines Hitler’s push to attack the Soviet Union, German aims to control Western Russia, and a three power pact context with Japan, Italy, and Germany.
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Unpatriotic UMW Official Attacks Army Meat Allocation
A United Mine Workers official condemned the Army plan to requisition one quarter of meat from federally inspected slaughterers. He said the move shows disorganization on the domestic front and urged removing the OPA and bureaucrats from town. The Army served priority papers to set aside 25 percent of output for services, with elections looming in 40 days and meat shortages mounting nationwide.
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Local Grocers Plan Meeting On Closings
Raleigh County association leaders plan a meeting this week to decide on a possible closure plan amid threats from Kinnaird and Daggarre. The group vows further meetings as the national grocers movement impacts many counties and warnings of bankruptcy surface.
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Four Thought Dead in Wreck Near Vicla ville Calif
A transcontinental Union Pacific train derailed three miles east of Vicla ville California. Initial reports said four persons were dead while Union Pacific offices had only learned that the engine and three cars, likely baggage or mail cars, were in the ditch and could not confirm additional fatalities.
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Trial Begins for Red Farm Chiefs
The prosecution accuses Soviet officers of aiding collective farm offenses and infecting harvests. Officials alleged mismanagement and orders from regional ministers led to farm charter disruptions. The case centers on charges tied to the Moscow region collective farming actions and their political context.
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Weather Summary for Beckley and Surrounding Areas
Clear conditions and cool temperatures forecast. Beckley reported yesterday’s high around 73 and a low near 46. No precipitation in the past 24 hours. Rivers Greenbrier and New River remain low and clear.
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