Anti Truman Demos Cling To Eisenhower
A core of anti Truman Democrats pressed to nominate Dwight D Eisenhower despite his refusal to run. Delegates and party leaders debated a national draft while others predicted Truman on the first ballot. McGrath urged unity as Eisenhower backers mobilized in Philadelphia for a pre convention caucus.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Patty
Ington
Bolivar Mo
Eisenhower
Wiles
Roosevelt
California
Philadelphia
Senator Johnston
South Carolina
National Executive Committee
McGrath
Johnstonald
James Rooseselt
Jacob M. Arvey
Leonard
Manchester
Georgia
James S. Peters
Senator Russell
Alabama
Tuck
Virginia
G. Fred Switzer
Frank Hague
New Jersey
Johnston
Truuman
Buchanan Trial Date Approaches In Virginia Case
Virginia Attorney General J Lindsay Almond plans to seek a change of trial site for the mob case involving 178 miners charged under the anti-lynch law. The Buchanan circuit court in Grundy opens Monday with pretrial conference likely, as Almond asks Judge Frank W Smith to convene. Governor Tuck directed Almond to lead the prosecution, with special assistants A G Lively and F H Combs to aid in the long, drawn out case.
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Richmond
Virginia
Buchanan
J. Lindsay Almond
Frank W. Smith
Almond
Tuck
Buchanan County
A. G. Lively
Lebanon
F. H. Combs
Grundy
Czech Marchers Defy Red Chief in Prague Parade
In Prague on July 6 a crowd of about 40,000 cheered former president Eduard Benes as he led a Sokol congress parade. They rejected the communist successor Gottwald and shouted support for Yugoslavia Tito Russia Stalin and the United States. Small American flags appeared as marchers passed. Archers called for a republic anchored by Masaryk and Benes. Benes had recently relinquished the post after the coup and a new constitution.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
Stalin
United States
T. G. Masaryk
Benes
Kasaryk
Jan Masaryk
Socal
Huntington Doctor's Trial Opens in Murder Case
Testimony from the father and two sisters plus the deceased’s sweetheart framed the Huntington physician case. Dr William M Lewis, 61, faces murder and illegal operation charges over Mildred Ferguson’s death at a Huntington hospital. Julia Darling, 28, office assistant, is also indicted for murder abortion and related offenses and will be tried separately.
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Huntington
W. Va
Narrows
William M. Lewis
Mildred Ferguson
Edward H. Greene
Common Pleas
H Clay Worth
Ferguson
Julia Darling
Lewis
Bomb Like Blast Hits Big Seattle Plant in Ballard
A bomblike explosion rocked northwest Seattle's Ballard district after 5 pm at the Lyle Stanchflower Co vitamin plant. Two men were killed, one worker injured, and as many as four or more missing. Officials said 40 to 50 workers were nearby as windows shattered and the Ballard Bridge nearby was covered with glass after the blast released thousands of gallons of solvent.
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Bekuve
Vurya
Seattle
Ballard
Lyle Stanchflower Co
Alan Turer
Lake Washington Ship Canal
Translation Hurts Big Stock Dividend
William, executive secretary of the Petersburg community chest, received a dividend check of 24,750,000 dollars from stock bought in a Chinese company. The check was payable in currency valued at 17.81 in American money.
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Yonn William
Petersburg Community Chest
Lemonade heat wave draws crowds in Bluefield
Bluefield endured a 92 degree heat spike as the city’s chamber of commerce deployed free lemonade at 2 pm. Volunteers from local merchants and junior jaycee beauties served pedestrians at multiple spots near the West Virginian hotel and nearby stores. The event, started a decade ago, drew national interest with NBC and radio WHIS broadcasting live coverage about Nature’s Air Conditioned City and the cooling tradition amid the hot day.
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Chamber of Commerce
Blufield
Virginia
A. Harry West
Blue
George Egbert
Bluefield
Owen Rickard
Pete Bardaris
Pinnacle
Harry’ Goodykoonts
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Bus McNeer
New Graham Pharmacy
Jaycee
West Virginian
Billy Dooley
Phyllis Bird
First National Bank
Barbara Shrink
Marilyn Mustard
Libby Taylor
Betty Hypes
Norma Jean Barrett
Bluefield Marine Fired Upon By Arabs In Holy Land Battle
July 6 in AVIV Israel a heavy clash between Jewish and Arab troops blocked the highway between Tel Aviv and Haifa. Three American marines report being fired upon by Arabs including Bluefield West Virginia’s Charles Phalen and Jackson Mississippi’s Lewis Taylor both 19, pulling their trucks into a ditch and taking cover under fire with UN truce observers. An American newsreel cameraman William McClure said he was fired on by Arabs south of Halfa while trying to bypass the fighting.
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Ver Aviv
Israel
Tel Aviv
Haife
Holy Land
Charles Phalen
Bluefield
West
Virginia
Lewis Taylor
Jackson
Mississippi
United Nations
William McClure
Halfa
Moscow Rejects Tito Faction From Cominform Circle
Moscow rebuffs Yugoslav leaders over Tito defiance of Cominform and appeal to Stalin for aid. Tass and Moscow radio report Russia’s Communist party refused to send a delegation to Belgrade opening July 21 and kept Yugoslavia outside the communist fold for alleged Trotskyist deviations.
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London
Marshal Tito
Stalin
Russia
Communist Party
Belgrade
Tass
Moscow
Yugoslav Communist Party
Communist International Information Bureau
Cominform
Romania
Tito
Sito
Central Committee
Yugoslavia
Power Strike Threat Ends In Midwest
In St Louis on July 6, junior Electrical Company workers voted to accept a wage increase of nine to fifteen cents an hour and a company financed pension plan, ending a threatened strike that had been set for today. Local AFL Operating Engineers officials reported a four to one approval, after a six day postponement to allow more negotiations.
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St. Louis
Junion Electrical’ Company
AFL
Kindhearted Judge Aims To Please
Judge James R. Dun arrived early for Monday court in Alexandria on July 5 to prevent routine weekend arrests from leading to holiday jail time. The proactive move aimed to ease the holiday burden on police and the jailed.
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Alexandria
James R. Duncan
Powers Call On Reds To Lift Berlin Siege
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France urged the Soviet government to lift the Berlin blockade. They prepared parallel notes to Moscow while Marshall met Ambassador Panyushkin and coordinated steps to show resolve and speed in backing Western defense plans. A Paris dispatch cited a Moscow inspired plot to expel Western forces from Berlin with a plan involving public unrest and a Soviet move to protect occupation forces.
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Berlin
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
State Marshall
Marshall
Walter Reed
State Department
Moscow
Alexander 3. Panyushkin
Panyushkin
Charles E. Bohlen
Paris
Foreign Ministry
le Figaro
Central Committee
Communist Party
Quaid D'Orsay
London
Ilage
Iit
Parents Protest New School Methods in Suburb
About 40 parents from several county schools near Bethesda Maryland have formed to list 26 reasons why modern schooling misses the educational boat. They urge return to reading writing arithmetic spelling language civics and oppose experimental approaches. Leaders note many parents fear retaliation for speaking out and point to heavy notebook use and lack of textbooks.
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Arthur Edson
Duncan H. Brooks
Edwin W. Broome
John H
Namieg
Pat Eir
Hiser
40000 Captive Miners Idle in Strike Wave Across States
Pittsburgh July 6 Nearly a fourth of the nation s soft coal miners were idle as 40000 captive diggers protested lack of a contract and 46000 others stayed home. Steel output skid follows mass walkouts by commercial pits in Pennsylvania West Virginia Alabama Kentucky Colorado and Utah. The United Mine Workers faced non- communist affidavit issues. Taft Hartley constraints and union shop dispute limit participation in NBLE elections. Major steel firms like U S Steel Bethlehem Republic and Jones and Laughlin halted blast furnaces and ovens. Western Pennsylvania coal output dived to 20 of normal with daily loss pegged around 240000 tons. Anthracite miners meanwhile returned to work after vacation.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers Union
NLEB
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
Kentucky
Collorado
Utah
U. S. Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
Intend, Weirton, Wheeling
Geneva
Jones && Laughlin
American Rolling Mill Company
U. S. Steel Corp
Youngston
Aera
United Mine Workers
Mines Resume Work in Pocahontas Field After 10 Day Break
Pocahontas and Southwest Virginia mines largely returned to production after the 10 day miners’ vacation. Captive pits in McDowell county and several Norton area mines remained idle. Officials noted most UMW districts expected a gradual return to normal as carriers reported reduced loading but ongoing output.
30000 State Miners Idle In West Virginia
Charleston W V July 30 000 West Virginia soft coal miners returned to the diggings after a 10 day paid vacation with 50000 still idle Of the idle 25000 were not covered by the new wage agreement while 15000 worked in captive mines producing coal for parent industrial firms The steel companies objected to a union shop clause and refused to comply Some miners delayed return despite lucrative terms of a 1 day raise and higher health royalties Management and union sources expect fuller turnout tomorrow Only isolated sympathy strikes noted in western Pennsylvania while district leaders predicted 90 percent normal output for non captive mines and no sympathy strikes in the field
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Pocahontas
Bluefield
McDowell County
U.S. Coal and Coke Company
U. S. Steel
Gary
Olga Coal Company
Interbrake Steel
Coalwood
Caretta
Darr Smokeless Coal Company
Jones and Laughlin Steel
Twin Branch
Virginia
Virginia Coal Operators Association
Norton
William F. Minton
UMW District 28
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Jewell Ridge
Tazewell County
Jewell Valley
Buchanan County
Williamson
W. Va
Norfolk and Western Railway
West Virginia
Kentucky
Charleston
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
UMW
William Blizzard
George J. Titler
District 29
Beckley
Thisield
Weather May Damage to State's Hay Crop Report
The cooperative crop reporting service notes sub normal rainfall with frequent showers harming the hay crop already cut in West Virginia. Shower frequency delays cutting of remaining acreage, but current growth remains good, according to the weekly report issued from Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Holiday Death Toll Nears 600
The three day July weekend brought at least 571 violent deaths, poorest safety since 1941. Traffic 306, drowning 192, fireworks four and miscellaneous 69. The total trailed 1941 with 628 and 1935 with 596. Ned H Dearborn of the National Safety Council urged warning on highway hazards as newspapers and radio pressed authorities to curb deaths.
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Associated Tees
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Thas
Radio Hi Jinks Puzzle Huntington Listeners
Radio hi jinks puzzled Huntington listeners as WSAZ chief Ted Eland heard a Chicago telephone conversation during a network linked broadcast. Mrs. Edwin Fleming heard a shopper call a Huntington department store asking for the glove department. Officials deny background interference and sunspots, noting possible cable trouble.
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H Huntington
W. Va
Lise Teners
Huntington
Ted Eland
WSAZ
Chicago
Windy City
Edwin F. Fleming
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
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