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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1949
Page
2
Washington reports Senator McMahon announced recovery of most of the missing Chicago uranium-235, with a small portion still missing. He criticized alleged negligence and tied the finding to the antiexplosive energy inquiry led by the Senate committee, amid tensions with Dr. Lilienthal and others.
A baby girl was struck by a train in Rock County and is critically injured. Police and emergency responders arrived at the scene near the tracks around 6 PM. The investigation is ongoing to determine how the accident occurred and if any warnings or crossings factors contributed.
The House passed a compromise bill easing refugee limits and admitting 339000 displaced persons by June 30 1951. It requires arrivals to be noncommunist and to have been in a displaced persons camp by Jan 1 1949, preserves some quotas and adds political refugees, veterans, and resettlement rules while preserving country quotas.
Lee Scott, 18, charged with the murder of Dana Marie Weaver, 16, in Roanoke provides a preliminary hearing in juvenile and domestic relations court. The battered body was found in the kitchen parish house of Christ Episcopal Church the morning after her death.
The United States urged a four power plan to govern all Berlin free from Allied occupation meddling. It called for a city-wide election under four power control and a permanent Berlin city government with limited occupation costs, aiming to solidify postwar governance.
The Air Force reports 18 000 feet as the optimal altitude for mules in tests at Strato chamber and Camp Carson. Col James M Callicutt notes most animals thrived there while tests reached higher extremes with no oxygen. An average mule carried at 30 feet during some trials.
Large crowd greets John L Lewis as the United Mine Workers and Southern Coal Producers Association begin 1949 wage negotiations in Bluefield. Lewis accuses the SCPA of acting as a holding company and signals possible court challenges while the union presses for fair terms under Taft Hartley law.
Chicago FBI chief R. McSwain faced a contempt finding for defying a court order to reveal office papers during Roger Touhy prosecution. He was jailed for about three hours before a higher court stayed the action and released him on appeal.
Washington reports the government relaxes an eight year old prohibition on editorializing by radio stations. The FCC allows outlets to present controversial views with the condition that the public has a reasonable opportunity to hear opposing perspectives from community interests. Licensees must decide the best format to serve public interest.
A Hampshire county man told the conservation commission he caught a nim e inch brook trout without a line or hook. The trout was swallowed by a two foot blacksnake which the man killed with a chub.
Dr J C Townsend chief of the industrial hygiene division of the USA public health service spoke at a state conference on atmospheric pollution sponsored by the state health officers conference and the West Virginia health association. About persons attended. R Lioms of Morgantown was elected president of the public health association. Ammette King was reelected treasurer. Townsend distinguished two pollution types smoke and industrial contaminants noting simple smoke abatement works in many cities while contaminants require varied local solutions. The Donora case illustrated trapping of pollutants by a stagnant air layer. State health commissioner N H Dyer said funds would rise to 1.24 per person next year to support basic health services. John D Porterfield urged training centers and a recruiting program for public health workers. The two day conference adjourns tomorrow.
Local notices recount a death event linked to Willie McGee with unclear phrasing and fragmented text suggesting a third time occurrence.
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