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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1949
Page
1
Chaired by Vinson and ranking member Short, lawmakers vow no whitewash as they press for a $50,000 appropriation. The exchange highlights partisan tension and committee focus on national defense matters amid unclear details.
Rep. Hugo Sims Jr. of South Carolina aged 27, the youngest member of Congress, announced with mumps. An aide noted Sims, a father of three, initially doubted the diagnosis but facial swelling confirmed it.
A detachment of 200 Bolivian troops fought 2,000 strikers at the Patino Huanuni tin mines southeast of La Paz. U S citizen Superintendent Howard Keller was held captive as miners demanded the government return 26 deported union leaders. The clash escalated into a siege with at least 14 killed and 25 wounded, while foreign evacuees fled the area.
West Germany plans a July 17 election to form its first postwar government. CDU leader Mayer and Social Democratic rivals said July 17 appears the most likely date, with Bonn as the electoral center and campaign preparations underway.
Wheeling West Virginia council imposes a ban on late hour entertainment end times beyond half an hour after nine in the evening. The ordinance restricts operating hours for night spots and gaming activities as a pre Sunday enforcement measure.
The AP reports deflationary winds hitting markets as New York stock prices drop to about $4 a share and bonds fall to $8 per $1,000. Wheat, oats, rye slide across Chicago and Kansas City while wholesale butter hits a postwar low. The piece cites broader economic weakness, rising unemployment, and shrinking demand as the backdrop to the market declines.
Reports say Chinese communist troops push south and threaten Changsha from the north and east. Reinforcements pour in toward the railway from Hankow to Canton as Hankow caputred forces resume a southward advance. The Red threat grows amid claimed captures of Keng and Puchi near Hankow.
Senator Hickenlooper to question Atomic Chief David Lilienthal in a face-to-face session at 9 a m, as the Senate-House atomic energy committee seeks a full, fair report on charges of mismanagement and missing uranium. The clash follows Lilienthal’s accusation of un American smear tactics and demands for a complete hearing timeline of three weeks to possibly longer.
Senators move to add a personal background check requirement to an appropriation bill funding the Atomic Energy Commission education programs. Senator O Mahoney chairs the subcommittee overseeing over a billion dollars for the next year. The looming probe follows a report that a Communist admitted holds an AEC fellowship and current rules require checks only for those with access to secret information.
Police appeal for public help in solving the Easley bridge murder of Clyde B. Hale. They seek six missing links including the crime car and location, the missing shirt, a two inch green chevron sport coat, the man who rode with Hale from Bristol, witnesses in Bluefield, and a sighting of a car on the Easley bridge about 1 am May 24. Two suspects have been held and questioned.
Attorney General Tom Clark ordered a grand jury investigation into reports of attempts to tamper with witnesses who testified against Harry Bridges head of the International Longshoremen's Association. Bridges, Australian born, was indicted on perjury and fraud charges over a 1945 naturalization statement claiming he had never been a Communist. Two other longshoremen officials were indicted for false statements in naturalization.
Hamlet North Carolina May 31 AP motorized posses hunted for three Negro men after Patrolman Rex Howell was shot and Diggs and Ruth fled in an automobile. Howell left a whispered note saying he arrested Diggs on a murder charge. Police traced the car toward Rockingham then found it abandoned in town with two occupants.
The Senate approved by voice vote a bill to grant home rule to the District of Columbia. It would create a council manager government with 11 members nine elected locally, replacing the existing presidentially appointed commissioners. an Eastland amendment calling for a district referendum on racial segregation practices was defeated 4 to 27.
Joyce Lee Hughes, 15, a Birmingham high school student, died after drinking so called atomic cocktails to treat Hodgkin’s disease. She had traveled to Knoxville twice, including a mid April visit to the University of Tennessee hospital clinic, where she showed some improvement before deteriorating.
Medics report a supposed remedy for arthritis from a major manufacturer. The Folio text describes Compound EF as curing various forms of arthritis, claiming improvement in young and old patients when the treatment was administered, with no longer the relief fading after stopping.
Reported near Johnstown an anticipated conference aims to advance a wage parley between Southern Coal Producers and the United Mine Workers. A high level committee and company representatives are expected to attend at the planned session.
Speech described by Gates mentions fearful actions by veterans and calls for aid. Fragmentary text indicates a wartime or political context with warnings and calls for support. No clear names or dates are recoverable within the legible content.
Television audience views a Caesarean birth in natural color on a closed circuit demonstration. The event, at the American Medical Association convention in Atlantic City, featured Smith, Kine, and French with We university and Comme casting System, Inc. supplying gear.
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