Britain’s Churchill Defends Atom Bomb Policy in Commons
In a Commons debate Churchill stated Britain has the atom bomb and won wide support for his foreign policy. He denied secret Washington agreements with President Truman and defended unchanged China policy while rebuking pacifist Labour figures.
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Winston Churchill
Commons Tonight
Britain
House
Labor Party
U. S. Congress
Washington
Truman
China
Churchill
Labor
Scret
Korea
United Nations
Laborite
Aneurin Bevan
U. S
Charter Change Group Forms Bluefield Charter Commission
The initial meeting of Bluefield's newly formed Charter Commission elected Harold Porterfield as chairman and Mrs. Eleanor Shupe as official secretary. The 11-member panel reviewed outdated charter provisions, discussed possible redistricting, compensation revised since 1921, and potential taxation changes while planning monthly meetings.
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Bluefield
Charter Commission
Harold Porterfield
Eleanor Shupe
Paul Hudgins
W. L. Kell
Jerome Katz
T. Courtney Tanner
Hudgins
Walter V. Ross
W. R. Graham
A. Harry West
G. L. Stacy
A. L. Polk
Harold Porteren Dal Ramage
C. Abnervis
E. R. Bishop
J. S. Redmond
Bishop
Shupe
Katz
City Planning Commission
Burgess Sr dies in St Louis after long illness
Arthur E. Burgess Sr 66 retired Bluefield newspaperman died in a St Louis hospital following a long illness his death from a heart attack He had worked for Bluefield papers since 1926 and led advertising at several papers He was born August 31 1885 in Elizabeth City NC and later lived in Huntington Seattle and Richmond He leaves a wife a daughter Mrs Conner two sons Thompson Burgess Arthur Burgess Jr and three daughters Funeral services were incomplete with burial planned in Richmond
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Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
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N. C
Twin City Advance
Princeton
Baltimore Post
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Elizabeth City
Trinity College
Duke University
ATO
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Conner
Thompson Burgess
Huntington
Seattle
Wash
Phillip S. Perdue
Chester
W. Va
Harry Brown
Richmond
Arthur Jr
Associated Press
Senator Cain
Washington
Business Men Face Scrutiny On Deductions
Revenue Commissioner John B. Dunlap announced a crackdown on excessive and unreasonable business expense deductions such as lavish travel and entertainment. He urged full substantiation and warned against disguising living expenses, executive allowances, and other deductions. The article also notes a push to tax big gambling winnings, with 10,000 gamblers already registered under the new federal gambling tax law.
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Washington
John B. Dunlap
Revenue Bureau
The
Rayburns Ban On TV Protested
Republicans protest Speaker Rayburns ban on radio TV and newsreel coverage of House committee meetings. Rayburn defends ruling, limited to reporters and still photographers. Senate hearings unaffected. Welde questions politics behind timing amid Michigan senatorial race talk involving Potter and Moody.
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Rayburn
Texas Democrat
House
Senate
Rep. Welde
R-Ijl
Welde
Detroit
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
Michigan
Potter
Moody
D-Mich
Balky Witnesses Slow Red Probe in Michigan
Detroit Feb 26 balky witnesses stalled the House Un American Activities Committee during a non televised hearing on communism in Michigan. Five of seven men refused to answer most questions and more than one witness faced sharp rebukes as debate over televising the hearings intensified. Raphael W Haskell an auto factory worker and University of Michigan graduate refused to answer while claiming constitutional rights. The hearing banned radio and television provoking a Congressional row over coverage.
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Detroit
House UN- American Activities Committee
Michigan
Raphael W. Haskell
Auto Factory
University of Michigan
Haskell
Potter
Congress
Korean Twilight War At Low Ebb
Allied and Communist troops clung to fox holes as UN planes waited for a break in overcast skies to resume aerial operations in Korea. The twilight war reached a low ebb along the 155 mile front since late November with the Eighth Army reporting no major contacts and only patrols in the center.
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Seoul
United Nations
Korea
Eighth Army
Kefauver Says Budget Has Hidden Waste Water
Senator Estes Kefauver told a Perry audience that the Truman budget contains a lot of water. He urged squeezing out the waste and getting to bedrock, as he camps for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Straw Vote Shows Republicans Leading Democrats in Early Poll
More than half of voters in the Daily Telegraph straw poll favored Republican candidates. Taft leads with 461 votes, MacArthur 202, Truman 142, Eisenhower 111, Warren 43, Stassen 29, Kefauver 27, Byrd 3, Stevenson 2, Vinson 1. Of 1,021 ballots by noon, 403 were from Democrats though Democratic registration is usually two to one Republican. Democratic totals across all Democratic candidates ran 175.
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MacArthur
Truman
Eisenhower
Warren
Stassen
Kefauver
Byrd
Stevenson
Vinson
Daily Telegraph
Dudley Dies in Bluefield at 55 Mortician, Masons Mourn
Charles Hugh Dudley 55 a prominent Bluefield mortician and Mercer Funeral Home stockholder died at his Virginia Avenue home after a two year illness. He had long been active in Masonic circles and retired two years ago due to health. He underwent surgery a year ago.
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Charles Hugh Dudley
Bluefield
Virginia Avenue
Mercer Funeral Home
Dudley
Kentucky Basketball Stars Plead Guilty in Fix Scandal
Three former Kentucky All-Americans Beard Groza and Barnstable pleaded guilty to conspiring with gamblers to fix an NCAA Invitation Tournament game against Loyola Chicago. Judge Streit postponed sentence to March 28. the charge carries up to three years in state prison. The broader inquiry cites 32 players from seven colleges, with several already jailed or indicted.
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University of Kentucky
Dale Barnstable
Ralph Beard
Alex Groza
New York City
Saul S Streit
Loyola of Chicago
Madison Square Garden
Loyola
Kentucky
Villanova
Illinois
Oklahoma A
Vincent A. G. O’connor
Walter Hirsch
James Line
Bill Spivey
Spivey
Hirsch
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Fire destroys Jimmie's Restaurant and Commercial Hotel
Local firemen fought a blaze that started in an electric fryer at Jimmie's Restaurant near 4 p.m. and endangered ten or more downtown blocks in Princeton Avenue. The restaurant and adjoining Commercial Hotel suffered heavy damage, with estimates reaching $75,000 or more. The hotel lobby and furnishings were damaged, guests evacuated, and one man escaped by leaping from a second floor window. Fire crews from Bluefield Virginia and Giles County assisted but were not needed as the fire raged for about an hour. Insurance coverage is likely, with restaurant losses detailed at about $40,000 for the kitchen and $22,000 for dining areas and ceilings. The hotel, run by Dayton-Chambers, leases from the Rantis Spanos estate, declined to estimate damages.
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Princeton Avenue
Jimmy Rantis
Louis Spanos
E. L. McClure
George Manis
Jimmie's
Bluefield
Manis
McClure
Merclure
W. W. King
King
Giles County
Center Theatre
Corvin
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Jimmie’s Grille
Center Theater
Dayton-Chambers Chain
Rantis - Spanos Estate
Florida delegates split on Taft as Eisenhower backers emerge
Twelve of Florida’s Republican delegates chosen by the GOP Executive Committee on Monday said they favor Senator Taft for President. Only one clearly backed Dwight Eisenhower. Four declined to state, one was unreachable, and one declined questioning. The 18 delegates go to Chicago uninstructed.
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Fla
GOP
Sen
Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Chicago
Taft Domination in Straw Ballot Surprises MacArthur Support
Taft leads straw poll with more than twice the votes of rival General MacArthur, who has stated he will not run. MacArthur’s declared preference for Taft and mixed public backing create a close alignment in sentiment, with some supporters for either candidate. The scene shows unexpected strength for MacArthur despite his non candidacy.
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Douglas A. MacArthur
Taft
MacArthur
Air Age Bad Man Spans Continent In Airliner After California Bank Hold-Up
New York dispatch details John Richard Bayless, 36, an ex convict educated in Alcatraz who represented himself at a California bank robbery arraignment. He rode a Trans World Airlines flight coast to coast, captured near LaGuardia 15 hours after the Hollywood theft, with FBI tracking his getaway. Bayless, held on $100,000 bail for federal extradition, faced potential federal prison terms for bank robbery.
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New York
Alcatraz
la Guardia Field
Hollywood
Calif
FBI
Bayless
Bank of America
Edward
Scheidt
Trans-World Airlines
la Guardia
Gilbert R. Fox
Hollywood Boulevard
John R. Bennett
Dayton
Donald C. Cook Named Chairman of SEC
President Truman designated Donald C. Cook as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He has served as a member since 1949. Cook succeeds Harry A. McDonald, appointed administrator of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Truman
Donald C. Cook
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cook
Harry A. McDonald
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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