Uranium Shipments to Russia Revealed in Hearings
Rep. McDowell testified to the House committee that the United States shipped significant amounts of uranium to the Soviet Union during the 1940s including 2700 pounds of compounds in 1943 and 1300 pounds in 1947, with metal sent in 1945. He said Russia sought the material for medical and atomic research, and alleged pressure influenced policy.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Rep
McDowell
R-Pa
House
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Truman
Non- American Activities Committee
S. W. Shattuck Chemical Co
Denver
Great Falls
Mont
Moscow
Canadian
Radium and Uranium Corporation
Col
A. N. Kotikov
Pennsylvania
Fayette Jury Convicts Steed in First Degree Murder
Fayetteville West Virginia August 6. Lemuel Thomas Steed 28 year old boomer Negro found guilty of first degree murder in the July 1 shooting of Loren R McCliung at his drug store. Jury of 11 white men and one Negro deliberated 19 minutes. Death penalty mandatory as no mercy recommendation. Steed admitted shooting McClung saying accident during a robbery attempt. He claimed gun fired when car lurched, killing McClung who was driving with right temple injured. Steed jailed without bail pending motion for new trial scheduled for 1 pm Monday.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Lemuel Thomas Steed
Loren R. McCliung
Smithers
William Laird II
Robert J. Thrift
Steed
Fayette County
McClung
McChung
Greek Rebel Regime Flees To Albania
The provisional government of Markos Vafiades reportedly fled into Albania as Greek troops closed with a 30 mile arc of fire around the last rebel stronghold in Greece.
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Albania
Athens
Markos Vafiades
Crump Dynasty Defeated in Tennessee Election
In Nashville the E. H. Crump political machine of Memphis suffered a stunning defeat as final ballots tallied from violent-era elections. The bi partisan good government league in Polk crushed the Crump allied factions, unseating the longtime Polk organization led by former Sheriff Burch Biggs in most races. Crump’s choices for U S senator and governor, including incumbent Jim McCord, were decisively beaten, signaling a major political reversal.
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Nashville
Tenn
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Tennessee
Good Government League
Polk
Burch Biggs
Biggs
Crump
U. S
Jim McCord
Shelby County
Reds Scream At Air Supply Lines
Berlin dispatch reports the Soviet news agency accusing Britain and the United States of 62 flight violations from July 31 to Aug 4 over Soviet zones near Berlin. It notes plans to force down planes over unauthorized areas and mentions currency talks failing, with western loans issued to pay wages as Berlin struggles to meet weekend expenditures.
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Berlin
Germany
ANB
Bank of Issue
Heads For Marriage in Iron Chain Worry
Tulsa aeronautics student Larry Flaugher, 24, heads to Michigan to marry Lucille Hemminger, 19, with an 18 pound iron chain locked on his ankle. Fellow students padlocked the chain before his American Airlines flight to Grand Rapids via Chicago seeking a locksmith to spare the bridal journey.
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Tulsa
Okla
Larry Flaugher
Michigan
Flaugher
Lucille Hemminger
Edmore
Mich
American Airlines
Grand Rapids
Lucille
Chicago
Action Promised In GI Housing Building For Vets
Washington Aug. 8 The Justice Department pledged more action on GI housing complaints amid a 30,000 backlog across Housing Expediter Veterans Administration and Justice. A two day conference praised funds enabling 300 new investigators to join field work and urged prosecutors to push pending veterans housing cases to quick grand jury review and early civil hearings.
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Washington
Justice Department
Veterans Administration and Justice
U. S
Congress
Clark
Four Polio Cases Reported in Raleigh County
Beckley West Virginia August 6 four polio cases were reported in Raleigh County by Mrs Carl Price secretary of the local chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis One child was stricken last Friday two on Saturday and an adult yesterday Names given include James Preston Crutchfield 10 of Slab Fork Mrs Albert Law 21 Beckley at Marmet hospital Jackie Sweeney 9 Ghent and Rose Marie Rader 2 years 6 months East Beckley at Perils Memorial hospital Milton All victims are under care in local hospitals
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Beckley
W. Va
Carl Price
Raleigh County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
James Preston Crutchfield
Slab Fork
Albert Law
Marmet Hospital
Jackie Sweeney
Ghent
Rose
Night school pays off for mother of four in Pittsburgh
Virginia Geary, 32, earned a bachelor of science from Duquesne University after 13 years of night study between child care and housekeeping. Her husband Martin, a lawyer, supported her as she returned to class after the birth of their four children.
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Pittsburgh
Virginia Geary
Duquesne University
Kevin
Mark
Martin Geary
Election Strife Draws Troops in Tennessee Notes
National guardsmen with bayonets rolled into Benton Tennessee to quell election strife that left two dead and five wounded. Gunplay followed ambush shootings tied to a county general election dispute pitting the Polk County Good Government League against former Sheriff Butch Biggs and his Democratic organization.
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Benton
Tenn
Tennessee
Jim McCord
Copperhill
Polk County Good Government League
Butch E. Biggs
Biggs
H. E. Barclay
GGL
Justice of Peace
The
League
Brewer
Earnest Loudermilk
Wayne Kimsey
Chester Goode
Hardy (Cobby) Loudermilk
Loudermilk
Nine-year-old boy found after all night hike near Philo
Lad nine, missing since yesterday, wandered from home in Philo Ohio wearing only his birth suit. Exposed in a corn field a mile and a half from home he was rescued by a minister and brought to Bethesda hospital in Zanesville after volunteers searched through the night as Laddie the dog led a follow‑up party to the wire fence where he was trapped.
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Zanesville
Jerry Lee Huffman
Bethesda Hospital
Philo
Here
Jerry
Laddie
Roy Robb
Dan
Charles Wickham
B. C. Kries
West Envoys Await Berlin Talks Progress
West's envoys plan further meetings with Russian officials as four power talks on Berlin continue. U S Ambassador Bedell Smith, French envoy Yves Chataigneau, and British envoy Frank Roberts met Molotov for three hours. No final agreement yet, but discussions proceed with optimism and likely into next week.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Stalin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Kremlin
Charges Against UMW May Be Dropped
Washington reports that a failure to bargain charge by the Southern Coal Producers Association against John L. Lewis’ miners may be dropped if a signed bargaining agreement is obtained. Lewis refused to deal with Joseph A. Moody, Moody’s charges sent to the NLRB led to a court injunction to bargain, NLRB hearings postponed to Oct. 12 at the union’s request.
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Washington
Southern Coal Producers Association
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Joseph A. Moody
Moody
NLRB
NBC Clamps Down On Give Away Programs
New York Aug 6 NBC announced it would accept no new give away type programs pending FCC action on proposed rules for radio contests. The FCC said the rules would guide whether prize programs violate the act’s lottery ban. NBC welcomed FCC move toward definite standards and said uncertainties have troubled the industry since enactment.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Federal Radio Commission
FCC
NBC
Phone Workers Break Parley With Company
Charleston W V Aug 6 The CIO West Virginia union of telephone workers broke off wage talks with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co The union demands a 30 cent hourly wage increase to offset rising living costs J D Shepherd president and state CIO Director John B Easton said starting wages for plant craftsmen are 87 15 cents an hour and 185 for those with eight and a half years of experience
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Charleston
W. Va
CIO
West Virginia Union of Telephone Workers
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
J. D. Shepherd
Telephone Union
John B. Easton
Shepherd
Slate Fall Kills Five Miners Near Welch West Virginia
AP reporting from Capels near Welch details a slate roof collapse at the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal mine killing five miners and injuring eight others. E L Chatfield announced no company fault after investigation. 390 workers employed, with 126 on the late shift.
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Herb Little
Welch
E. L. Chatfield
Chatfield
New River
Pocahontas
Warren to Make Speech in Virginia by Warren
California Governor Earl Warren the Republican vice presidential nominee will deliver a major campaign speech in Virginia Curtis M Dozer Jr Richland National committeeman announced tonight The Virginia GOP leaders cheered as they met the state central committee Dewey has promised a Virginia appearance Time and place to be fixed by Republican National headquarters
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Norfolk
California
Earl Warren
Virginia
Curtis M. Dozer, Jr
Richland
The
Old Dominion
GOP
Republican, State Central Committee
New York
Thomas ©. Dewey
Republican
Dozier
Bandit Beats Robs Filling Station Attendant
In Clarksburg West Virginia on August 6 a masked bandit beat and robbed Bud Poling a 65 year old filling station attendant Police Chief E F Amsler said Poling was forced at gun point to the rear of the station and was beaten unconscious with a revolver butt He was taken to a local hospital for X ray tests
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Bud Poling
E. F. Amsler
Amsler
Poling
Clarksnd
Food Prices to Rise as Buying Power Fuels Demand
Washington reports the agriculture department warns food prices may climb in coming months led by meats and livestock. Record consumer buying power and a drop in livestock output push costs higher, with consumption staying above pre war norms but below this year's levels. Prospects for 1948 crops brighten the outlook for next year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Bus Crash Near Sissonville Injures 22
A Parkersburg bound Atlantic Greyhound bus left the highway near Sissonville, overturned into a ditch, injuring 22. Driver Alvin Craig of Charleston was hospitalized with a broken leg and other injuries while victims were treated at Mountain State, Charleston General, St Francis, Kanawha Valley, and Staats hospitals. Local residents described a curve mishap as the bus veered off the road.
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Charleston
W. Va
Parkersburg
Here
Mountain State Hospital
Charleston General
St. Francis
Kanawha Valley
Staats
Frank Westfall
Ollie Balleu
Albert Ville
Ala
Ernestine Moffatt
Cleveland, O
Stanley Saft
Brooklyn
N. Y
Miss West Virginia Beauty Contest Launched In Moundsville
Miss West Virginia festivities begin with a dinner featuring Miss America 1947 Barbara Joe Walker Hum mel in Moundsville. Ten contestants rehearse for the talent portion ahead of tomorrow’s pageant final to select a successor to Miss Joe Estep. A $2000 scholarship funds the winner who will represent West Virginia in Miss America.
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West Virginia
Moundsville
W. Va
Joe Estep
Wheeling
Atlantic City
Barbara Joe Walker Hummel
Pittsburgh
Mounasville
Billie Lee Tabor
Bluefield
Morrow
Rosey Rowswell
Senate Passes GOP Housing Bill Amid Anti-inflation Push
The Senate backed a housing bill excluding slum clearance and low rent subsidies, part of a broader Republican plan to curb inflation. Taft signaling a stabilizing economy, McCarthy’s compromise edged out the Taft Ellender Wagner framework after a heated 48 to 36 vote. House action expected tomorrow as Congress ends its session.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Mr. Truman
Senate
House
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Banking Committee
Tobey
RWN. H
Banking Committee
Taft
Dewey Faces Setback as Lawmakers Reject Amendment
Washington August 6 The Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey received his first Capitol Hill "no" when a senate subcommittee tied 2 2 and refused to liberalize the displaced persons bill at this special session. Senator Revercomb chairing the judiciary subcommittee said the bill is not discriminatory and should be examined at hearings next year. The DP law would admit 205000 European war refugees in the next two years, with a disputed date for entry into camps raised by critics including President Truman. An amendment to move the date to April 21, 1947 was rejected. Revercomb denied claims that Dewey or Earl Warren threatened pressure to gain the amendment.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Capitol Hill
Senate
Senator Revercomb
R-Wva
Dewey
Revercomb
Judiciary
D. P
United States
Truman
Earl Warren
California
West Virginia
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Fayette Jury
Mystic River
Massa
Chusetts
Robert F. Bradford
Boston
State House
Crump Dynasty
Tennessee Demo Politico
Raleigh
Tennessee County
Lad
West
Molotov
London
Europe
Foreign Ministers Council
State Department
George Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Austria
UMW
Fred Cooper
E. E. Mullens
Alex Flourney
Haywood Saunders
Emmett Pompey
George Arnold
Mc. Kinley Broadnax
Charles N. Hall
Robert Jenkins
John White
Roosevelt Chambers
Welch Hospital
J. Smith
John Hansford
State Mines Department
David Lee
Walter White
John Zelesky
C. E. Jones
Pocahontas-Tug River
Ralph Mulkey
Capels
Warren
Bandit
G.O.P
White House
Champaign
Ohio
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