House Okays Automatic Control Plan
The House approved an alarm clock style auto price wage control plan to take effect if living costs rise five percent from June 15. President Truman condemned it as inviting inflation and pressed for authority to roll back prices within a May 24 to June 24 window. The Senate committee is also considering automatic controls as lawmakers weigh inflation risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Rep. McKinnon
D - Calif
Congress
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate
Leon Keyserling
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Keyserling
Acheson
Johnson
White House
Franco Spain
Spain
Gas Firm Seeks Fast Ruling on Bluefield Gas Service
Bluefield Gas Co seeks a speedy decision from the public utility commission on supplying Bluefield West Virginia with natural gas. LeRoy Katz, counsel for the company, asked the hearing panel to waive an examiner's intermediate ruling and to issue a swift verdict. Katz warned of potential pipe material shortages and urged an early decision to avoid service disruption as winter appliances switch to natural gas. Ned Shott of the company testified that Bluefield customers face possible gas loss if natural gas is not approved, while current customers wait hoping for cheaper gas.
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The
Power Commission
Bluefield Gas Co
Bluefield
W. Va.Va
LeRoy Katz
Bluefield Company
Washington
Commission
Katz
Ned Shott
Shott
Truman Backing Acheson Johnson And Hutchinson
President Truman reaffirmed support for Acheson and Defense Secretary Marshall as long as he serves, urging faith in Korea policy and endorsing the administration’s team amid criticism from opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Atcheson
Johnson and
Hutchinson
Washington
Dean Acheson
Defense
Louis Tahnenn
Eill Dew Im Tha Schinat
Britain plans three year defense program with US aid
Britain unveiled a 9.52 billion dollar three year defense plan to bolster Western defense against the Soviet Union, seeking substantial U.S. financial help and offering to supply free British made military equipment to NATO partners. Prime Minister Attlee said the program would lift defense spending to about 10 percent of national income, dependent on U.S. assistance. The plan, to be debated in Parliament, would slow postwar recovery but aims to defend the free world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Russia
United States
U.S
Attlee
U. S
Lewis Douglas
United Kingdom
Free World
Atlantic
U.N. Council Rejects Russian Move on China and Korea
In a heated session the Security Council voted 8 to 1 to substitute the U.S. motion for the Russian item, keeping Korean aggression under discussion and seeking to confine the war to Korea. The council did not agenda the Chinese question. Malik decried the process as illegal. Austin condemned repeated Soviet charges as the session ended with no compromise on seating Communist China.
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United States
Britain
France
China
Norway
Cuba
Ecuador
Egypt
India
Yugoslavia
Republic of Korea
Malik
U. N
Warren R. Austin
Jakob A. Malik
Security Council
Soviet Union
Yanks Penetrate Deep Behind Enemy Lines in Korea
A tank led U S battalion dashed 22 miles behind enemy lines near Chinju in a deep reconnaissance in force. They captured documents maps and Russian equipment then re formed to defend a command post against a counterattack amid heavy fire. Two U S tanks were hit by Russian 75 mm guns with light American losses reported.
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U. S
Korea
U.S
Chinju
Masan
Pusan
Yongdok
Bluefield Coal Show to Highlight Special Edition
The Daily Telegraph and Sunset News publish a special edition for the Bluefield Coal Show opening on Wednesday August 16. Up to 50 000 attendees are expected as the four day exhibit showcases mining progress and Pocahontas field developments with extensive photos and art.
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The
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Bluefield
Tazewell
Pocahontas
Carper Alleges Self Defense in Princeton Murder Trial
Irvin Isaac Carper testified in Mercer county court that he shot Frazier Harless on the Princeton police station steps to prevent an abduction and his wife’s alleged affair. He said Harless acted as if drawing a weapon, prompting the fatal shooting amid the trial’s second day.
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Carper
Princeton
Irvin Isaac Carper
Frazier Harless
Mercer County Criminal Court
Harless
Mictagin
F Morton Wagner
Walter G. Burton
American Service Company
Bluefield
Mercer Street
Court House
Memorial Hospital
Stray Bullet Hits Local Man's Auto
A stray .22 rifle bullet shattered a windshield on a Glendale avenue drive by Mr and Mrs Woodrow Neal of Virginia avenue. Police traced the shot to boys shooting rats in the Stovall dump area and the youths agreed to pay for a new windshield after a severe lecture.
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Bluefield
Woodrow Neal
Virginia Avenue
Glendale Avenue
Neal
Neals
Lewis Perdue
Lewis Cook
L. H. Lilly
R. C. Lambert
Stovall
Lightning Sets Bed In Hotel Ablaze
A thunderstorm in Newport News Virginia on August 3 caused flooding in city and county areas and knocked out power in parts of Warwick and Elizabeth counties. Lightning struck at least 12 structures and trees and lit a bed on fire in a Warwick hotel room, quickly extinguished. Rainfall reached 1.96 inches, the third highest of the year.
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Newport News
Warwick County
Elizabeth County
Warwick
Polio Cripples Wytheville Families As 111 Cases Hit Town
Wytheville Virginia battles infantile paralysis as 111 polio victims, many children, fill hospitals and homes. A home care plan trains parents with nurses and therapists to reduce hospital stays and speed recovery. Families like the Taylors bear the hardest hit with several children affected.
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Wytheville
Virginia Public Health
March of Dimes
National Foundation For
Wythe County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Howard Taylor
Charles Sherman Taylor
Howard Ray
Donnie Taylor
Allen
Jo Ann
Bonnie
Cookie
Reds Repulsed In Drive Aimed At U S Base
U S 25th division rushed from the north to reinforce the southern front near Pusan as North Korean forces pressed along the Naktong line. Marine and army reinforcements advanced with tanks and flamethrowers while air power joined the fight against the Reds.
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U. S. Base
Tokyo
Pusar
Korea
U.S
U. S
25Th
Eighth Army
24Th
Seoul
Pusan
First Cavalry
Taegu
Naktong
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
First Marine Division
Second Infantry Division
Masan
Chungam
Chinju
13 New Polio Cases In W Va Last Week
West Virginia reported 13 new infantile paralysis cases last week, up from the prior week but far below the 24 cases from the same period a year ago. The year to date reached 65, with Raleigh Cabell Kanawha Clay Fayette Marshall and Wyoming counties affected. The health department also logged 47 whooping cough cases across eight counties including Mineral and Brooke.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Health Department
Raleigh
Cabell
Kanawha
Clay, Fayette
Marshall
Wyoming
Mineral
Brooke
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Stanley Kancewski
Alfred “Tiny” Arias
Miami
Fla
Vvietwerk
Rep. Priest
Tennessee
Far East
W. Averell Harriman
Lauris Norstad
Frank E. Lowe
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
U.N. Council
Austin
Don Whl
Pfc
James Cannon
Medford
Mass
24Th Division
Cannon
Reds
Kochang
Richard Stroud
New Orleans
John Adams
Falls Church
Walter Bray
Hackensack
N. J
Dwight Condrey
Atlanta, Ga
Donnie
Frank Archer
Archer
Robert Archer
Patsy Ann Archer
Billy
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