Taft Attacks Truman Policy as 1948 Bid Rumors Grow
Columbus Ohio July 31 Senator Taft accuses President Truman of being dominated by CIO principles and warns only a Republican victory in 1948 can secure domestic and foreign policy. He endorses GOP support, praises Congress, and calls for cautious Marshall Plan loans tied to goods while opposing New Deal spending and centralization.
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Columbus
Taft
Rohio
Truman
CIO
Germany
Europe
Ohio Republican State Committee
GOP
Congress
Rece
Ohio
Republican Congress
United States
Democratic Party
Truman appoints NLRB members and general counsel
President Truman named Abe Murdock and J Copeland Gray to temporary NLRB posts and designated Robert Denham as general counsel. The three will serve as recess appointees until January. Murdock, Gray and Denham navigate a five member board under Taft Hartley, effective August 22.
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Washington
Truman
Abe Murdock
J. Copeland Gray
Enlarged National Relations Board
Robert Denham
NLRB
Congress
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Murdock
Utah
Gray
Buffalo
N. Y
Denham
Paul M. Herzog
John M. Houston
James J. Reynolds Jr
Charles G. Ross
Wace
Dominican Invasion Fear Report Alleges Cuban-Bound Expedition
Dominican embassy says three ships left Cuba destined for the Dominican Republic. An expedition of two landing barges and one Corvette armed with cannons and machine guns is said to carry 3,000 men recruited from Cuba and other nations to overthrow President Rafael Trujillo.
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Cuba
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Fall Winter Meat Price Drop Seen
The agriculture department says meat prices may fall in fall and winter depending on consumer demand and incomes. Output could rise as slaughter hogs and cattle marketing increases, with grass fed beef supplies later, while high moisture corn could raise winter feeding costs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Storm Strikes Huntington Area Causes Fires and Outages
A line of thunder squalls hit Huntington West Virginia around 4 p.m. Friday bringing heavy rain hail the size of two walnuts and lightning. The storm disrupted telephone and electric service and caused at least six fires within thirty minutes. The Huntington Logan long distance line was knocked out between here and Salt Rock, isolating two cities for over four hours.
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Huntington
W. Va
R. Roach
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Huntington-Logan
Here
Salt Rock
British Reply To Hangings Sparks Tel Aviv Violence
In Jerusalem on July 31 ap reports say the hangings of two British sergeants by Irgun triggered a severe British response and public safety violence in Tel Aviv. Armored cars fired on buses injuring several. fatalities number five. Haganah warned of further clashes across the Holy Land amid fears of new abductions.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Clifford Martin
Mervin Paice
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Natacya
Holy Land
Haganah
Jewish National Defense Army
Irgun
Stern
Elizabeth Mountbatten Set to Wed November 20 1947
Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten announce plans to marry at Westminster Abbey on November 20 1947 at 11 30 am. King George VI gives formal consent after Privy Council ritual. Mountbatten renounced Greek title to become British. engagement confirmed July 10.
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London
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Royal Navy
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Privy Council
Westminster Abby
Mountbatten
Prince Philip
Greece
Corfu
England
Adm
Viscount Mountbatten
India
Balmoral
Scotland
Philip
Wiltshire
Eight B-29s Fly From Tokyo to Washington Stop
Eight Texas based B 29 Superfortresses completed a Tokyo to Washington hop landing at Anchorage Alaska after a long 3500 mile flight. Lieut Horace Nichols led one ship to Elmendorf Field arriving after a spruce mountain brush then Adak's plane returned following fuel transfer trouble. Captain W J Webster of Fort Worth raised a Texas flag after landing.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Tokyo
Washington
Adak Island
Aleutian Chain
Horace Nichols
Ardmore
Okla
Elmendorf Field
Aska
Nichols
Adak
John Upton
Panama City
Fla
Upton
North Pacific
Japan
W. J. Webster
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Coal Production Lights New Mark in West Virginia
West Virginia miners press toward a new 1947 coal output record as wage gains and higher prices push production. The state chamber of commerce reports first half 1947 gains of 24 million tons, with potential annual output near 175 million tons, and notes gas output rising 18.9 percent to 19 billion cubic feet by mid year.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Abandoned Wife Acts As Baby Sitter in Chicago
In Chicago on July 31 a deserted wife who found an apartment for her husband and his new wife and babysat for his family refused to press bigamy charges. The husband Beloit Searmone, 26, was sentenced to a year in the House of Correction after the charge was reduced to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The wife Suzanna Majrome, 40, said she still loved him.
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Chicago
House of Correction
Suzanna Majrome
Beloitt Searcmne
Sayng
Miners Plan Labor Day Celebration in Bluefield
District 29 of the United Mine Workers plans a Labor Day event in Bluefield likely featuring John L. Lewis. The celebration would be Sept 1 at Bowen Field with Bluefield Grays vs Welch Miners baseball, contingent on stadium availability and game switches.
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Bluefield
Lewis
District 29
United Mine Workers of America
John JL. Lewis
Mine War Union
Bluefi
Bowen
Miners Union
A. Harry West
Emory P. Mitchell
C. L. Lewis
Alex Mahood
W. C. Snyder
Bluefield Stud
Bowenfiel
Bluefield Blue Grays
Welch Miners
Blue Grays
McDowell
Bowen Field
Welch Club
Welch
Bowen ‘Eld
Beckley
Tenry Sargent
Mercer County Board of Education
Sagamore
Earl Stamper
Safety Council No
Pocahontas
Tug River
Robert Ross
Hemphill
Mine Union
John Lewis
Sargent
Stamper
West
West Virginia
Virginia
U N action to stop hostilities demanded amid Indonesia dispute
At Lake Success Australia urged the Security Council to halt fighting in Indonesia, while the Netherlands argued the UN lacked jurisdiction. The session saw Greece charging aggression against Albania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria, and the council adjourned without decisions.
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Australia
Security Council
Indonesia
Netherlands
United Nations
United States
Greece
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Russia
Balkan
U.N
Balkans
U.S
Herschel V. Johnson
Council
Oscar Lange
Lange
Andrei A. Gromyko
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Washington
van Kleffens
Truman
U. N
Hague
Holland
Woman Tries Hold Up Bank in Fort Smith
A 21 year old Eureka Springs woman June Ashby was arrested after an attempted holdup at City National Bank in Fort Smith Arkansas. She admitted the unsuccessful robbery and was found armed with a loaded .32 caliber revolver. The incident occurred around 1 15 p m in the city’s business district.
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Fort Smith
Ark
City National Bank
June Ashby
Eureka Springs
Harold Gaessler
Bill Steele
Ashby
Vote Probers To Set Up Headquarters
Huntington officials say Senate rules committee investigators will establish a headquarters here to probe the Kilgore Sweeney senatorial contest across 12 West Virginia counties starting about August 19. Staff will cover isolated counties first to reduce winter travel, with populous counties like Cabell and Kanawha examined later. Senator Harley M. Kilgore, a Beckley Democrat, was certified winner by just over 3,000 votes.
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Huntington
W. Va
Huntington Advertiser
Senate Rules Committee
Kilgore- Sweeney
West Virginia
Cabell
Kanawha
Harley M. Kilgore Beckley
Tom Sweeney
Wheeling
Ford offers to ignore Taft Hartley damages suits
Ford Motor Company proposed to refrain from suing unions for damages arising from illegal strikes if the CIO UAW accepts four good faith conditions and an impartial umpire can judge compliance. Henry Ford II announced the plan after a New York meeting with CIO President Philip Murray amid looming strike threats at Ford plants.
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Ford
Thenion
Sor
New York
New York City
Murray
Ford Motor Company
Ford-Uaw
Murray Corp. of America Cio
Ford Boss Talks With CIO Chief Over UAW Strike Threat
Henry Ford II met in New York with CIO President Philip Murray amid a looming UAW strike risk. The CIO executive board planned a Saturday meeting on Ford UAW leaders proposal to strike 107,000 Ford workers to press contract demands. More than 41,000 Michigan auto workers were idle, and a Ford strike could be set for next week if approved.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford II
CIO
Philip Murray
Ford
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
New York
CIO Auto Workers’ Executive Board
Ford Uaw
Michigan
Former Senator Hawes of Missouri Dies at 78
Former Missouri senator Harry B. Hawes died at his Washington home at age 78 after a long illness. He was elected to the Senate in 1926 and did not seek reelection in 1932, resigning to give Bennett Champ Clark seniority. Hawes had previously served three terms in the House, first elected in 1920.
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Washington
Harry B. Hawes
Missouri
Hawes
Senate
Bennett Champ Clark
Clark
House
Wits Terres
St. Louis
Bethlehem Steel Chief Says Demand Can Be Met
Bethlehem Steel chairman Eugene G Grace told reporters the steel industry can meet normal demand and price hikes reflect rising labor costs. He noted his firm offered striking shipyard workers 12 cents more per hour, similar to settlements elsewhere, and warned shipments may be cut as car makers struggle to process the steel. Directors declared dividends of 1.50 and 1.75, with long term orders and yard business. Grace predicted most U S building ways will be idle by year end and new ships unlikely.
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New York
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Grace
Bethlehem
College President Resigns Under Fire
Dr. William Allison Shimer resigns as president of Marietta College amid a trustees demand tied to his marital affairs. Allan C. Hall announces acceptance of the resignation effective today. Shimer and his wife Doris Blair depart for Maywood New Jersey after a honeymoon in Canada. his prior marriage to Edith Richmond had ended in divorce for grounds of gross neglect.
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Marietta
William Allison Shimer
Marietta College
Allan C. Hall
Board of Trustees
Shimer
Doris Blair
Maywood
N. J
Miss Blair
Canada
Edith Richmond
Franklin County
Gross Negect
Dr. Shimer
Senate Subpoena Tests Hughes In Wartime Contract Probe
The Senate war investigating committee issues a subpoena for Howard Hughes to appear in Washington amid claims of a possible $2 million government payment for a flying boat. Hughes, in Los Angeles, calls the probe circus and cites a sex implication against Senator Brewster.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Howard Hughes
Los Angeles
Brewster
R-Me
Hughes
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ferguson
R-Mich
Thomas Slack
Slack
John Meyer
Meyer
Paris
Electrical Storm Strikes Bluefield Area Causing Disruptions
A brief severe electrical storm hit Bluefield and surrounding areas last night, knocking out power and telegraph lines over a wide region. Western Union circuits between Bluefield, Radford, and Vinton suffered heavy damage, while Appalachian Electric Power also reported line damage though service was largely restored. Fire crews responded to incidents on Mineral Street and Princeton Avenue as roof and refrigerator fire hazards were addressed.
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Blueas
Western Union
Bluefield
Radford
Vinton
Oakvale
Daily Telegraph
Virginia News
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Mineral Street
Airport Grounds
Thevar Grounds
M G. Albert
Princeton Avenue
Éilers
Welch
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