European Aid Set Up Draft Agreed Upon
The 16 nation European economic conference approved a steering committee and five nation executive board to draft continental reconstruction under the Marshall plan. Aimed to survey resources and dollar needs by September 1, the plan awaits Congress submission until January. Spain not invited.
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Paris
European Economic Conference
Marshall Plan
Europe
Marshall
Salt Lake City
Congress
Paul-Henri Spaak
Heaven
United States
Russia
Spaak
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Jance
Greece
Iceland
Eire
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Spain
Missing Girl 14 Found Slain in Maryland River Millrace
Catonsville Maryland July 15 14 year old Anne Ryan missing since Saturday night was found dead today in a Patapsco river millrace. Medical examiner said no surface sign of foul play. Bicycle found yesterday upstream. Body identified by mother and taken for autopsy.
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Catonsville
Anne Ryan
Patapsco
Cella
George Kiesler
Tor River
William Ryan
Baltimore City
Siegel's Girl Friend Treated In Hospital
Monte Carlo authorities said Virginia Hill, friend of Benjamin Siegel, was treated for several hours for an ailment and released. Parisian Libere claimed she was hospitalized for sleeping pills overdose before returning to a hotel.
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Siegel
Monaco
Monte Carlo Hospital
Virginia Hill
Benjamin
Bugsy) Siegel
California
Paris
Parisian Libere
Miss Hill
Spinster leaves $1000 for care of pet dog Benny
Miss Mary M. Bowles died July 10 and probate of her will in Louisville assigns $1000 for Benny the dog, $300 to her elderly mother, and the bulk of $13,400 estate to Conrad J. Schaaf who is named as her closest known friend.
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Louisville
Mary M. Bowles
Benny
Glasgow
Conrad J. Schaaf
Bluefield Plans Stadium Expansion With School Board
The Mercer county board of education and Bluefield city will provide 30,000 over six years to finish 10,000 concrete seats at the municipal stadium. The board pays 3,000 annually and each participating school 2,000 yearly, with post-six-year use fees set at 2,000. Project cost about 94,000. 80,000 already secured. 50,000 city funding anticipated.
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Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield
Board of Education
Beaver
Municipal Stadium
Morgantown
Huntington
Dick Smith
Washington and Lee University
W.v.u.-W&l
Charleston
Cap'n Dick
Governors back Marshall Plan amid isolationism talk
Utah Governor Maw moves to draft a formal endorsement as 43 governors meet to vote on Secretary Marshall's European aid program. Thurmond urges universal military training and mobilization while others like Warren and Lane voice strong bipartisan support for the plan.
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Salt Lake City
Marshall
Europe
Herbert B. Maw
Utah
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
United States
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Break At Pump Station Cuts City Water Supply
A breakdown at the Ada Pumping station of the West Virginia Water service company will leave Bluefield short of water this morning officials said at midnight Repairs are expected to be completed soon and the normal supply of water available by noon The high points in the city will be without water for several hours this morning
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Ada
West Virginia Water Service Company
Bluefield
Police and Firemen Press for Higher Pay at Bluefield Board Meeting
Attorneys for Bluefield police and firemen appeared with union officials at a city board session to urge a substantial wage increase when the new budget is prepared. Police Chief Arnold G. Porterfield supported raises and a longevity plan, saying higher pay would attract qualified applicants and ease staffing shortages. The board will consider the proposals and forward recommendations to the city manager. The Elliott-Williams land dispute was discussed as the parcel near Montvale Addition shifts toward no man’s land status with protests over its use as a park.
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Walter W. Ross
Jerome Katz
Bluefield
City Board of Directors
Arnold G. Porterfield
Elliott-Williams
Montvale Addition Inc
W. T. Williams
View Avenue
No Man's Land
Elliott
Williams
Nimitz Hospitalized For Leg Treatment
The navy says Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 62 entered Bethesda naval hospital for treatment of an inflammation in his right leg. His condition is not serious and he is expected to be discharged in about a week.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Operations
Chester W. Nimitz
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Woman's Death Probed in Tennessee
The body of Gertrude Sams, 46, of Dandridge, was found in First Creek near the Tennessee river. Her husband H. D. Sams and two Black individuals Bessie McCoy and Henry Pollard are held for questioning. Sams claims his wife jumped from a porch into the creek after he entered a Negroes' house to wash away blood from a Sunday automobile crash.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Gertrude Sams
Dandridge
First Creek
Tennessee River
Carl Bunch
H. D. Sams
Bessie McCoy
Henry Pollard
Bunch
Sams
Republican Tax Cut Fate Shapes 1948 Campaign
Republican leaders concede their 4 billion dollar income tax cut bill is likely dead as the White House vows a Truman veto. House Speaker Martin and Ways and Means Chair Knutson say tax relief would be pushed into the 1948 campaign with little chance of new passage, barring unforeseen developments. The plan would mainly apply the community property rule across states, shifting when reductions take effect.
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Washington
White House
Senate
House
Martin
Mass
Knutson
Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Ex-WAC Awaiting Ruling On Plea In High Profile Case
Ex War Captain Kathleen Nash Durant, held at a federal reformatory, seeks habeas corpus relief from a Army court martial five year sentence. Judge Ben Moore will rule after briefing, likely in 20 days. Durant and Col Jack Durant were convicted in the Hesse crown jewels theft in Germany worth 1.5 million. Durant’s attorney argues the service discharge invalidates Army jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Kathleen Nash Durant
Ben Moore
Stripped Boy Found Dead in Nebraska Barn
The stripped and battered body of eight year old Charles Mulholland was found near a barn in Lincoln Nebraska. County Sheriff Myles away expressed belief the boy was strangled by a sex maniac.
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Boy
Lincoln
Nebr
Charles Mulholland
Myles Away
Business leaders downplay inflation fears before Congress
Washington July 15 two business leaders told Congress Americans can face the future with confidence. George M. Humphrey Pittsburgh head of the largest coal company said the new wage contract will stabilize the economy and slow inflation more than any industry compromise. Earl Bunting president of the National Association of Manufacturers noted prices remain high but have risen less than wages recently and the price level has flattened. Robert E. Wood Sears Roebuck & Co. chairman predicted no low mood in 1947 or 1948. Bunting warned against war relief loans that could disrupt the economy and cited government farm purchases as driving up living costs for consumers. Humphrey urged small operators not to absorb the price hike by holding precontract prices, while larger producers should avoid pressuring them to raise prices.
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Washington
Congress
Joint
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
George M. Humphrey
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Earl Bunting
National Association of Manufacturers
Robert E. Wood
Sears Roebuck & Co
Bunting
Humphrey
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
M. A. Hanna Steel Corp
Truman
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
San Francisco Man Pleads Guilty to 32 Felonies
Swart, Frank Avilez, 24, known as the black glove person, pleaded guilty to 32 felonies including robbery and burglary in a case involving reported incidents and attempted crimes. Avilez, married at 17, was represented by a public defender and taken to jail for action by the superior court. Police accuse him of ravishing seven women, terrorizing and robbing others.
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San Francisco
Swart
Frank Avilez
Avilez
Senator Bilbo Hospitalized In Mississippi Visit
A. B. Friend says Senator Theo Bilbo of Mississippi is hospitalized in Vicksburg. He reports Bilbo is getting along well, in good spirits, and enjoying himself while visiting his friend Dr. A. J. Podesta.
U S Presses UN on Greek Crisis to Preserve World Peace
The United States urged the United Nations Security Council to act swiftly on the Greece Albania border crisis. Deputy Delegate Herschel V. Johnson warned the situation could explode any day and pressed for a border watch commission and two special meetings. Britain Australia Syria Belgium and Brazil backed the US proposal.
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Lake Success
United States
United Nations Security Council
Greece
Herschel V. Johnson
Security Council
Johnson
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N
Britain
Australia
Syria
Belgium
Brazil
Columbia
Russia
Poland
China
France
Nesti Kerenxhi
WHIS FM Broadcast Debuts With Elizabethon Game
Whis FM in Bluefield aired its first FM broadcast from Bowen field covering the Elizabeth ton Blue-Gray game. Mel Barnett and Ted Taylor provided play by play. Next Blue-wray game set for July 20, with further July dates announced. Station to operate 12 hours daily, with 186,000 watt permit pending full installation.
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WHIS
Bluefield
Bowen Field
Elizabethton
Welcn
Bowenfield
Od Pulaski
Whis-Fm
Soviet Aid to Albania Seen Amid Hoxha Visit
In Moscow, Russia is believed drafting plans to provide economic aid to Albania while Soviet press hints European states may face gloom if they accept American help. Gen Enver Hoxha, Albania’s premier, arrived and praised Soviet support as proof of friendship and aid.
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Moscow
Russia
Albania
Enver Hoxha
Balkan
Hoxha
Greek Air-Borne Unit Halts Drive Near Ioannina
Greek army reinforcements halted a 2500-strong guerrilla offensive 19 miles north of Ioannina trapping the insurgents near Negradhes. War Minister Stratos said two brigades from the north and a third from the south halted the assault and dissipated the threat to Ioannina and its 20 000 residents. A showdown battle was anticipated soon in the Konitsa region.
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Athens
Ioannina
Greece
Albania
Negradhes
Janina
George Stratos
Toannina
Stratos
Konitsa
Bloodstained clothes of youth described at death trial
In Santa Ana California on July 15 a criminologist testified that George Bud Gollum 21 explained bloodstains on his clothing as from a nosebleed of Louise Overell co defendant. Sheriff Captain Tom McGaff said he found trousers a shirt and shoes in the back of Gollum's coupe on March 19 before Gollum and Louise Overell were arrested in the deaths of her parents financier and Mrs Walter E Overell.
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Santa Ana
Calif
George
Bud) Gollum
Gollum
Louise Overell
Tom McGaff
Orange County Sheriff's Staff
Revolutionary Printing Method Eliminates Linotypes and Stereotypes
John H. Perry Jr and Farwell W. Perry announce a new newspaper printing method using a magnesium engraving process. Pages are printed directly from a single lightweight sheet, with composition done by proportional spacing typewriters, reducing proofreading needs and enabling unlimited pictures at no extra cost.
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New York
John H. Perry, Jr
Farwell W. Perry
William J. Higgins Co
Perrys
Orige
United States outlines policy for a stable productive Germany
The United States releases a 6000 word directive updating occupation policy toward Germany. It calls for a stable productive Germany and a higher living standard as essential to European recovery and lasting peace. The plan supports German participation in European revival while maintaining full demilitarization and disarmament.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
U.S
War and Navy Departments
Joint Chiefs of It
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James F. Byrnes
Stuttgart
Clay
Eua
William KM
America
Moscow
Russia
Europe
Romanian Opposition Leaders Arrested Amid Flight Attempt
Several leading members of the National Peasant party were arrested at Tamaduai airport near Bucharest while trying to flee the country. Ion Mihalache, Nicholae Penescu, and Constan tin Gafnko were detained, as was party president Iuliu Maniu who is receiving treatment in a Bucharest sanitarium. The Internal Affairs Ministry cited charges of hatred against the regime and attempted escape ordered by Maniu.
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Bucharest
Romania
National Peasant Party
Tamadau
Ion Mihalache
Nicholae Penescu
Constantin Gafnko
Iuliu Maniu
Ministry of Internal Affairs
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Thomas C. Simmons
City and School Board
A. Harry West
Alex B. Mahood
Thurmond
Soviet Union
Warren
Earl Warren
William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
Ralph F. Gates
Indiana
Col
Nimitz
Wile A
WAC
Bilbo
Vicksburg Hospital
Way
UN Security Council
Vassili Dendramis
Epirian
Toannina New Safe
Ocala, Fla
Leesburg
Fla
Western Newspaper Union and Sons
Higgins Company
Byrnes
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