Coal miners ordered back to work nationwide strike ends
John L. Lewis ordered 80,000 hard coal miners and 22,000 soft coal diggers west of the Mississippi to return Monday. The telegram said the strike began September 19 ends for these districts though thousands remain idle in other regions.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Iuer
Addy
Lile Lemey Rain
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
Washington
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Bluefield
Marines invade Boston mock assault turns deadly
Morris Fineberg, 56, a Boston Post photographer, was killed by shrapnel during a Marine Corps League demonstration at a Boston bathing beach. Four others, including three naval officers, were injured as about 1,500 Marines landed to secure the beach. Police officials criticized the stunt as dangerous and poorly planned.
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Associated Press
Boston
W Morris Fineberg
Boston Post
Fineberg
A . James L. Callahan
Boston Globe
Thomas F. Sullivan
Pelici
Dent
Sullivan
Law Challenged as Labor Demands Grow in Pension Bill
Democratic leaders predict House passage of a broadened government pension plan amid labor pressure. Ford Motor Co agreed to an independent plan. workers and employers share costs. Rules committee bars amendments, while some GOP members push for debate on disability insurance separately.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ford Motor Company
House
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McCormack
Massachusetts
CSE
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R-Neb
Grain
Daughton
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Congress
House Rules Committee
Rayburn
Rules Committee
Pickets Begrudgingly Obey Kanawha Court Injunction
Pickets stayed away from non union coal mines in the Tuppers Creek area as a Kanawha County circuit court injunction barred assembly. About 20 carloads appeared briefly but police said they only toured the area and departed. The West Virginia Coal Association put non union diggers at about 16 600, with Elk River Coal and Lumber at Widen contributing 600 workers.
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Tuppers Creek
Kanawha County
West Virginia
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United Mine Workers
Elk River
Probers Name Scientist X as Weinberg in Perjury Case
The House Un-American Activities Committee identified Joseph W. Weinberg, a University of Minnesota professor, as Scientist X and urged the Justice Department to prosecute him for perjury. The panel cited denials of Communist ties and knowledge of Steve Nelson and his secretary Bernadette Doyle, dating to late 1948, with details from intelligence reports and security officers.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Joseph W. Weinberg
University of Minnesota
Justice Department
Weinberg
Communist Party
Young Communist League
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Bernadette Doyle
Radiation Laboratory
University of California
Scientist X
Flames Kill Two Burn Four in Elkins
ELKINS A house fire in a seven room frame home killed two children Roger Daniels age two and Clifford Daniels age three and badly burned two others Eddie six and Donnie five. Their mother Mrs Maynard Daniels was reported in critical condition. Fire officials said an explosion in the kitchen sparked the blaze around 8 am and water supply was limited delaying efforts.
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Associated Press
Elkins
Maynard Daniels
Daniels
Roger Daniels
Clifford Daniels
Roger
Clifford
Eddie
Donnie
Burley Isner
Gremen
Isner
Weather outlook for West Virginia Oct 1 5
West Virginia extended forecast calls for warmer weekend with Saturday and Sunday warmer, then cooler by Tuesday and Wednesday with near normal temperatures. Showers likely Monday totaling about a quarter to half inch. Precipitation recorded 0.12 inches.
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Wheeling Police Chief Faces Open Rebellion Over Schedule
Police Chief W Robert Kennedy enacts a new schedule affecting about 70 percent of the 8 man Wheeling force triggering a Flrational Order of Police meeting. The group votes to pressure City Manager W W Hunter and threatens to “get good and sick” if the schedule is not rescinded. Kennedy says the Fraternal Order of Police is mistaken to think it can run the department.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Abe
Tocal
Fraternal Order of Petite
WW. N. Hunter
Public Service
Order of Police
Mayor Confined By Sudden Illness At Park Avenue Home
Mayor Grover C. Hedricks is confined to his Park Avenue home after a sudden illness. Officials report he will remain there for the next few days as weather records show rainfall and temperature highs and lows yesterday.
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Grover C
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Park Ave
Hed- Sam
Secersevers Abrick
Man tosses boy from Huntington building then dies
An apparently deranged man tipped a young boy from the 14 story West Virginia Building in Huntington. Both fell to the Fourth Avenue sidewalk. the man died on impact while the child, injured severely, was taken to Memorial Hospital where death was recorded.
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Associated Press Huntington
West Virginia
Huntington
Peirce
C. A. Halton
Fourth Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Test Tube Babies For Spouses Only
Pope Pius XI declares artificial insemination permissible only to fulfill natural work when spouses unite to generate a new life. The Vatican stresses sperm donation outside marriage is a sin and a child produced with an unmarried donor is illegitimate.
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Fourth International Congress of
Truman urges full Fair Deal push to 1950s campaigns
President Truman challenged Capitol Hill to enact the entire Fair Deal program or face a 1950 and 1952 victory for his platform. At a Jackson County dinner honoring William Boyle Jr., he pledged to fight for a national income rise to 360 billion dollars and a family income of 4 000 dollars per year, warned against isolationism, and praised Vice President Barkley while noting a potential marriage in the Barkley circle. Approximately 9,000 attended the Kansas City event, with 3,000 dining supporters.
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Congress
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Hattle
Carleton Hadley
St. Louis
Washington
Missouri
Cabinet Assured Of Pay Increase In Senate Action
The Senate approved a bill to raise cabinet members from 15000 to 22500 a year by a 52 to 1 vote, sending it to the House. The move, supported by 37 Democrats, aims to better compete with industry for top executives and prompts pending talks to reconcile differences with a parallel House bill. The session also advanced a $160 million plan to raise wages for 500000 postal workers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Itp
Lucas
Fanny's Hearing Resumed On Rail Passenger Service
Charleston A P U llie Service Commission resumed hearings today on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad petition to discontinue a Beckley area passenger train. Previous sessions heard Beckley businessmen bankers and mine operators oppose the cut saying the two car train is needed. C&O reported the service earned 40 cents per mile while operating it cost 1.55 dollars more than revenue.
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Associated Press
Charleston
P. mi
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Beckley
Jailer Injured, Bowles and McComas Cover Shifts
Jailer A J Bowling is confined to his home after a fall that injured his ribs on Wednesday. During his absence jailers W F Bowles and R C McComas staff alternate eight hour shifts.
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W. F. Bowles
R. C. McComas
Tokyo Rose Convicted Reluctant Jury Says Judge Forced Guilty Verdict
A six and six federal jury found Iva Toguri D Aquino known as Tokyo Rose guilty of treason on one count for a 1944 Radio Tokyo broadcast. The jurors deliberated four days before delivering the verdict amid surprise and pleas for appeal. Sentencing set for October 6 with possible penalties ranging from five years and fines to death, though the government did not seek the death penalty.
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Associated Press
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Leyte Gulf
Pacific
Iya
Los Angeles
John Mann
Tokys Rose
Radio Tokyo
Kenkichi Oki
Oephans
Tom Dewolfe
UAW Sets Pension Talks Following Ford Pact
The UAW pushes pension concessions after Ford agrees to cover all retirement costs except worker Social Security, securing a $100 monthly pension at 65 for those with 300 years of service. Chrysler then becomes the next target as Reuther signals talks will start soon, while GM faces no immediate reopening due to its escalator clause expiring next year.
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UAW
Chrysler Corp
Walter P. Reuther
Chrysler
General Motors Corp
Navy declines to aid ships held in Chinese port
Adm. Lewis Denfeld refused a request from Isbrandizen Line to use U S naval forces to free three American merchant ships held at Shanghai by Nationalist gunboats. The company pressed for escorts as Nationalist officers boarded the vessels for inspection along the Yangtze.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lewis Denfeld
United States
Shanghai
Denfeld
Isbrandizen Line
New York
State) Department
U. S
Yangtze
Mediators Join Steel Meeting Amid Impending Strike
Federal mediators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service met with Big Steel and the CIO as a nationwide steel strike loomed at midnight. Philip Murray’s United Steelworkers staged wildcat walkouts coast to coast while talks continued, signaling cautious optimism yet mounting pressure.
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Big Steel
J the Cio
Gulf
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediations and Conciliation Service
Peter Seitz
Absentee Ballot Deadline Near for City Election
Five absentee ballots have been marked to date in the City Recorder William P. Laren's office. Ballots may be marked by anyone out of state on election day, until 5 p m this afternoon in the recorder's office.
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City Recorder
William P. Laren
Recorder's
Surface on Slope Hill Protested by Property Owners
In Ras teigh County Circuit Court Judge George Ballard opened testimony in a test case brought by 14 Slope Hill Road property owners against Mabscott over a street paving project. The suit questions constitutional use of a state law allowing a town to deem paving a necessity and charge owners. Witnesses described routes to Beckley and the impact of the underpass on trucks, with testimony continuing.
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Rasteigh County
George L. Ball
Slope Hill Road
Mabscott
H. Crouch
Mabsvatt
Beckley
Fletcher Mann
Ballard
Chester Dye
Prosperity
Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc
Idabscott
Chestnut Street
Whitestick “Street
Oakwood
State Road Commission
Clinton Dew
Dew
Valley Drive
Borrowed Time? Man Survives Heart Stop During Operation
Hillard Hern, 48, of Omar in Loran County, was in fair condition after a surgeon revived him by massaging the heart after it stopped during an operation. The doctor made an incision in the chest and continued until the heart beat again. Three men remained in Raleigh County Jail: Jessie Willis of Crab Orchard for speeding, R. Rutledge of Edwight for forfeiture, and William Gregory of Georgia for drunken driving.
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Hillard Hern
Omar
Loran County
Kocal
Raleigh
Jessie Glen Willis
Crab Orchard
Mason Farley
Rutledge
Edwight
W. Ro Wright
William Gregory
Georgia
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