Senate panel backs automatic price controls and jail for hoarders
Washington Aug 2 The senate banking committee voted for automatic price and wage controls with rationing if living costs rise to a fixed point. A year in jail and fines up to 10000 were authorized to punish hoarders and speculators. The move followed administration pressure and the push for standby powers for President Truman.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
White House
Senate
House Bill Would Outlaw Communists
Washington reports two new bills to outlaw the Communist party and to require Communist registration as foreign agents. Rep Cox of Georgia introduced the measures as a Mundt Nixon curbing bill move proceeds toward floor action. Violators would face ten years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Washington
Communist Party
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Ethiopian Peasants Revolt Over Taxes In Gojjam
Cairo reports say armed Ethiopian peasants fought troops in Gojjam, eastern Ethiopia, over taxes. Casualties occurred on both sides as the unrest challenged Emperor Haile Selassie’s regime. soldiers were dispatched to quell the rebellion and restore control amid ongoing tension.
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Cairo
Egypt
Armed Pleasants
Gojjam
Haile Selassse
Korean Officers Kill Themselves To Avoid Capture
An American intelligence officer said no Red Korean officers above second lieutenant were captured. He reported 17 prisoners yesterday with about four second lieutenants and five to ten noncoms. many conscripts had minimal training. Captured tank crews fear land mines and aircraft rockets. officers fear planes and executions. Prisoners, averaging 22, range 16 to 30, and many were conscripts drafted early this year.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Religious Leaders Condemn Aggression in Korea War
Jewish, Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders issued a joint statement from New York calling aggression the greatest menace to world peace. They denounced the Stockholm appeal as a spurious peace petition and urged support of a five point program. The appeal came from the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the Synagogue Council of America.
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New York
Korea
Stockholm
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Nation Catholic Welfare Conference
Synagogue Council of America
Truman News Conference Set For 3 P.M. Tomorrow
President Truman will hold his weekly news conference at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Officials announced the brief session in Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Corporation profits reach record highs amid tax-cut debates
An AP compilation shows 450 firms earning 1.625 billion in Q2 1950, up 43 percent from 1949. First half profits total 2.865 billion, 24 percent higher. Auto sector leads with 540 million in H2, led by GM's 485 million. President Truman seeks higher taxes to fund Korea war, Congress discusses excess profits tax.
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Associated Press
Truman
Korea
General Motors
Gas service at Bluefield hangs on cheaper natural gas
A Washington hearing heard Bluefield Virginia West Virginia gas users face loss of service without natural gas. Ned Shott of Bluefield Gas said the company keeps customers hopeful for cheaper gas and could build a 14 mile pipeline from Princeton in about 30 days if approval is granted. Amere Gas Utilities seeks authority to sell natural gas to Bluefield Gas, with Atlantic Seaboard and Columbia Gas System backing. Frank B. McMullin estimated annual costs would drop from 138 924 to 86 202 once natural gas arrives. Other witnesses outlined financing and the Amere R J Ryder, Charleston VP, explained the gas sale agreement.
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Washington
Bluefield
Virginia
West Virginia
Ned Shott
W. Va
Bluefield Gas Company
Power Commission
Shott
Princeton
Commission
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Charleston
Amere
Atlantic Seaboard Corporation
Columbia Gas System Inc
Charles M. Love
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Frank B. McMullin
New York
E. B. Horner
Lynchburg
R. J. Ryder. Charleston
Welch To Have New Bus Station
Welch West Virginia August 3 Special Purchase of the Strickler and Warren properties for use as a bus terminal announced by Jack Craft president of Consolidated bus lines. The terminal will cost an estimated 500000 with bridges and street connections to create a 225 plus foot frontage and space for 30 buses. The plan aims to handle 100 to 125 buses daily and route traffic to avoid congested streets while expanding access from Gary Coalwood and western points through Strickler property and from Bluefield and eastern points through Elkhorn Street. Craft calls it the largest realty deal in Welch history and a fix for traffic problems.
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Welch
W. Va
Strickler and Warren
Jack Craft
Consolidated Bus Lines
Elkhorn Creek
McDowell Street
Tug River
Riverside Drive
Craft
Pineville
Twin Branch
Wyoming
McDowell
Gary
Coalwood
Western Points
Strickler
Bluefield
Eastern Points
Elkhorn Street
Malik Rules History Must Wait In Error
In Lake Success on August 2 the UN Security Council adjourned as Sir Gladwyn Jebb sought the floor for a point of order over historical accuracy. President Jakob Malik asked if the matter was urgent, then banged the gavel to adjourn amid laughter.
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Jakob A. Malik
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Council
China
Lake Success
N. Y
E. Zinchenko
House May Eye Rent Control Bill
Rep Spence of Kentucky said a new rent control bill will likely be considered this session. He noted that additional controls may be necessary and that he chairs the banking committee handling such legislation. Reports also say President Truman may seek blanket powers to restore rent controls where needed.
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Mr. Truman
Spencer
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Chamber
Commerce Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
House
White House
Spence
Washington
Congress
Banking
Truman
Moto rider killed in collision near Ripley
William K. Shatto, 16, of Ripley was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car on a secondary road one mile west of Ripley. The car overturned. the driver sustained minor injuries, name not immediately learned.
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Ripley
W. Va
William K. Shatto
US rejects Red China deal in Korea case
American chief delegate Warren R. Austin sharply rejects linking Red China’s seating with the Korean war settlement. He insists end of North Korean aggression must not depend on any other issue. The security council adjourned without action as the U.S. and allies push for aggression to top priority.
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North Korea
Republic of Korea
U.N
Soviet Union
China
Austin
Sir Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Jean Chauvel
France
Arne Sunde
Norway
Antonio Quevedo
Ecuador
Alberto I. Alvarez
Cuba
United Nations
Korea
United States
Artillery Training Site Change in West Virginia Units
South Charleston W V Aug 2 479th field artillery battalion will start two weeks of field training at Fort Knox Ky instead of Fort Campbell Ky due to capacity. Batteries are in Charleston Huntington and Bluefield. Reeves says 100th airborne division moves as planned. Reserve and national guard officers in captain and lieutenant grades now eligible for active duty regardless of branch. Age limits raised to 41 for lieutenants and 45 for captains. Vacancies open for majors and lieutenant colonels in the medical corps.
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South Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
479Th Field Artillery
Army Reserve
Fort Knox
Fort Campbell
A. R. Reeves
West Virginia Military District
100Th Airborne Division
479Th
Charleston
Huntington
Bluefield
Military District
National Guard
Reeves
Medical Corps
Freak Railroad Mishap Kills Six In Peru
Six people were killed and 11 injured in a freak railroad accident on a steep grade between Machu Picchu ruins and Cuzco in Peru. The locomotive could not pull the entire train uphill and the engineer ordered two cars, a passenger car and a baggage car, to be detached.
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Lima
Peru
Machupicchu
Cuzco
Carper on Trial for Life in Princeton Love Triangle Slaying
Mercer county court hears murder case tied to a love triangle on Princeton streets. Irvin Carper, 36, stands trial for the slaying of Frazier Harless, who was with Carper’s wife when he was shot near the Princeton police headquarters. Defense claims self defense and abduction by Harless. prosecution notes eyewitness gunfire and a confession.
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Carper
Princeton
Mercer County
Irvin Isaac Carper
Harless
Etta Carper
Walter G. Burton
Police Department
Charleston
State Police Criminal Identification Bureau
TV Sets And Freezers Hit By Proposed Tax
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee voted to impose a 10 percent tax on television sets and home freezers. The move would raise about 42 million dollars from TVs and 8 million from freezers annually as part of President Truman's emergency tax plan to fund the arms program. The panel did not address higher income taxes but scrapped a separate excise cuts bill, a formality after the excise measure’s death was anticipated.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Mercer County Airport Wins Backed by Clear Vote
Unofficial county results show Mercer county voting for the airport bond by 6,652 to 3,802, surpassing the 60 percent threshold by 3.05 percent and signaling a second airport approval in four years. Unofficial tallies also determine nominees for the non partisan board of education and the eight way delegates race with names from Princeton Athens and Bluefield. The official canvass is set for Monday in Princeton and some vote double counting confusion is to be reconciled.
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Board of Education
Mercer County
Princeton
C. Ed. Jones
D. J. Sexton
Freeman
L. C. Thornton
Athens
John C. Crockett
L. Fred Snead
Crockett
Jones
Sexton
Snead
Thornton
Court House
House of Delegates
E. H. Red Martin
O. H. Ballard
G. Taylor Johnston
Bluefield
W. McKay Fanning
Harry V. Atkins
Charles K. Harman
Guy Leedy
Truman Foe Claims Missouri Nomination
The campaign manager for former U S Rep Thomas C Hennings Jr of St Louis claimed the Missouri Democratic senate nomination over President Truman's pick State Senator Emery W Allison. The vote total from 4 586 of 4 676 precincts gave Hennings 178 967 and Allison 174 217. President Truman had cast a mail ballot and gave no comment.
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Associated Press
U. S
Thomas C. Hennings,Jr
St. Louis
Missouri
Democratic Senate
Truman
Emery W. Allison
Hennings
Allison
Yankees Halt Red Drive In Bloody Fight
American forces halted a major Korean War Red drive from Pusan to Chinju as U N troops withdrew to funnel reinforcements to the front. Marines and army units clashed along the western and northern sectors near Pusan and Chinju with heavy casualties and shifting frontline positions.
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Yankees
Tokyo
Naktong River
United Nations
U. N
U. S
Pisan
Korea
Pusan
Kumchon
Faezu
Casital
MacArthur
Chinju
Okinawa
Chinju- Pusan
Hal Boyle
Sangmun
Wonbung
King
Virginia Fugitives Captured In West Virginia
Two Virginia prison camp escapees were captured near Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Joe Nathan Mitchell 18 of Portsmouth Virginia and Melvin Junior Copeland 25 of Raleigh North Carolina, both convicted of armed robbery auto theft and larceny, were held in Morgan County jail awaiting Virginia authorities.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Virginia
Charles S. Burke
Burke
Joe Nathan Mitchell
Portsmouth
Melvin Junior Copeland
Raleigh
N. C
No. 22
Berryville
Morgan County
Lawrence Mitchael
Sprucksville Hollow
Charles Town
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D-Ark
Pulbright
Senator Capehart
R-Ind
Capehart
Senate Committee
Sistant
United Kingdom
Warren R. Austin
Truman News
Pipeline Authority
Malik
Republic
U. S. Marines
C. M. Robertson
San Francisco
Charles
Oakland
Calif
Cpl. Robertson
California
Marine Corps
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