Voters Select Governors in Key Democratic and GOP Primaries
Voters in Alabama New Jersey and other states chose nominees as CIO PAC backed figures contend for governor seats. James E. Folsom led Alabama Democrats with Handy Ellis in a runoff while Alfred E. Driscoll led New Jersey Republicans. Other primaries narrowed several statewide offices with mixed results nationwide.
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Associated Press
James E
Big Jim) Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
Handy Ellis
Niceholder
Ellis
Sidney
CIO
Pred A. Hartley, Jr
House Uition
Therr Democratic
OPA
New Jersey
Walter A. Schaefer
Cio-Pac
Luther Patrick
Ton
Alfred E. Driscoll
Harold G. Hoffman
G. Hansen
Jersey City
Alexander Smith
George F. Brunner
Voters Select City Officials In West Virginia Elections
West Virginians voted at scattered locations in municipal elections. In Morgantown Democrat Robb Furman lost to Republican David H. Courtney and four Republicans were reelected including Mayor Robert Bowie Arch Tuning R S Bailey and Charles B Stark. Hamlin saw write in candidates win every office with J B Stevens elected mayor over Marshal N Johnson. Westover voters chose L N Miller as first mayor. consolidation with Riverside becomes effective July 1. Tyler County favored a 75000 dollar school levy for Paden City area. 1662 in favor 156 against from 16 of 19 precincts. W W Alexander elected mayor of Nitro.
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Associated Press
West
Hamlin
J. B. Stevens
Marshal N. Johnson
E. G. Elkins
FP. C. Wright
L. D. Mullins
L. N. Miller
Westover
Riverside
Eugene Arnett
Tyler County
Paden City
Tyler
W. W. Alexander
Nitro
Llyog M
Senate Votes To Draft Teenagers After July First
The Senate approved higher pay for enlisted men and authorized drafting teenagers after July 1 to boost voluntary enlistments. Privates would rise from 50 to 74 dollars monthly, and sergeants from 78 to 100, with Marine and Navy pay similarly raised. The plan omits commissions raises and smaller ranks, pending House action.
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Senate
Washington
Lafollette
Wis
Johnson
D-Colo
House
J O. Gurney
Health survey of coal fields led by Vice Admiral Boone
Vice Admiral Joel T. Boone began a preliminary inspection of eastern Kentucky coal regions to study health and working conditions. He traveled from Ashland to Williamson with navy escorts and officials from Koppers Coal Co and Inland Steel Corp, amid a broader tour of Floyd County mines.
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Boone
Ashland
Joel T. Boone
Kentucky
Navy
Washington
Huntington
W. Va
Williamson
SUNIL
White House
Floyd County
Bureau of Mines
Revenue Raiser Plan Shelved By City Board
City board deliberations yielded no action on a proposed fire protection fee ordinance seen as a revenue measure for the new fiscal year. City officials and the mayor argued the city could do without the levy, expecting sales tax growth to cover needs. The meeting closed quickly after a confidential session, with inspection of streets scheduled for the second paving phase and a city license transfer approved.
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Luther G. Scott
T. Tanner
T. L. Brown
A. Harry West
E. Pee
Elmer Barton Ig
Prank Bond
Riley-West Legion Post
Bond
Riley-West
Virginia
Amos
Toll In Turkey Earthquake Mounts
The Turkish Red Cross reports at least 1,300 dead from dawn Friday quake in eastern Turkey with totals possibly reaching thousands. In three communities alone 1,339 deaths listed: Karkova 756, Varto 323, Ustukan 260. Full toll expected days to determine.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Turkish Red Cross
Karkova
Varto
Ustukan
Red Cross
Karliova
Mus
Zrzerum
Western Union Plans Rate Increases for One Year
Western Union will raise message rates by 10 percent for a year and revise several classes including full rate and night letters. The company must file revised schedules with the commission and provide 30 days notice before the changes take effect. The commission orders a full investigation of Western Union's rate structure and related services.
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Western Union
Commission
Longra
New Senator Burch Presides Over Senate
Virginia politics report that Senator Victor Burch presided over the Senate for the first time at the invitation of Senator McKellar. Burch was appointed last Friday to replace the late Senator Carter Glass who died earlier in the week.
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Virginia
Thomas G. H
Senate
Victor Burch
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Burch
Carter Glass
Uncertain Future for OPA Hinges on Price Margin Debate
Washington faces a shaky path for extending OPA beyond June as an 8 to 8 Senate vote blocks Taft backed limits on ceilings. The Walcott amendment seeks current cost plus a reasonable profit for producers and distributors, while Fulbright would enforce historical price presets in discount driven industries.
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Washington
OPA
Taft
Rohio
Wagner
D-Ny
House
Carter Glass
Bankhead
D-Ala
Barkley
Senate
Capehart
R-Ind
Fulbright S A
Fulbright
Eugene Meyer Named Head of World Bank
Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post and former RFC chairman, was elected the World Bank’s first president. The selection, announced at Bretton Woods, follows U.S. backing from President Truman and aims to promote reconstruction, development, and global trade.
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Washington
World Bank Today
Eugene Meyer
Washington Post
RFC
Meyer
Hhow
United States
Emilio Col P
Ar Er
International Bank’ For Reconstruction and Development
White House
Truman
U.S
Camille Gutt
Belgium
International Monetary Fund
Bretton Woods
N. H
Savannah
State To Improve Route 20 Detour
The West Virginia road commission announced a detour project in Summers county to bypass the closed State Route 20 between Hinton and Pipestem due to the Blue Stone dam construction. The move, ordered by the U S Army New River project, aims to restore a short link between Athens Hinton Princeton and Bluefield by improving a secondary highway.
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Summers County
Hinton
Pipestem
U. S. Army
Athens
Princeton
Bluefield
Leatherwood
Bread shortage seen easing as new wheat comes in
The Millers National Federation said the U S bread shortage should ease in two to three weeks as a stronger than expected winter wheat crop arrives in Texas and Oklahoma. A plan to dip into foreign relief wheat stocks could help relief areas. full effects depend on mills receiving wheat and bakers getting flour.
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Chicago
Millers National Federation
Texas
Oklahoma
Cf Lture
Steen
Solon Attacks Supreme Court Ruling on Interstate Buses
Representative McGehee of Mississippi denounces the Supreme Court decision on interstate bus cases. He accuses several justices of mediocrity and bias, claims they should have been impeached, and warns the ruling could provoke trouble and bloodshed.
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Washington
Rep. McGehee
D-Miss
Supreme Court
Congress
McGehee
House
Court Hears Action On Strip Mine Rights
In Charleston West Virginia the supreme court heard a certified action from Brooke Circuit challenging sub surface mining without surface rights consent. The case involves West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Company seeking to determine rights of Isabelle Strong and others under a deed amid state policy questions on strip mining.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Brooke Circuit
West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Company
Isabelle Strong
House backs away from Big Sandy canalization plan
The House rejected an 82.3 million program for Big Sandy navigation in Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia. Supporters argued rail and coal interests face a fight against progress while opponents said the project is economically unsound and unnecessary given existing rail service and other river projects.
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Washington
House
Big Sandy
Tri-State
Kentucky
West Atdebe
Dondero
R-Mich
May
D-Ky
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Big Sandy Valley
Robertson
D-Va
Randolph
D-Wva
Flannagan
Sandy
Midwest
Virginia
Veginia
Bailey
West Virginia
Army Engineers
West Fork
Monongahela River
Progress Seen In Hard Coal Talks In New York
Definite progress reported at AFL United Mine Workers and anthracite negotiation session. Scale committees will meet again to review proposals and counter offers as talks move beyond generalities. Miners and operators pursue concrete terms for the 75 000 idle Pennsylvania workers.
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New York
John L. Lewis
AFL
United Mine Workers
Anthracite
Sensis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
John O'Leary
Washington
Ment
Boylan
All Coast Guard Discharges Halt for Washington Strike
Coast Guard discharges halted as talks continue with government conciliators over potential maritime strike set for June 15. Edger L. Warren says CIO national maritime union has receded from its 40 hour week demand, while ship operators cite 56 hour at sea and need for study before any change.
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Washington
Coast Guard
U. S
Edger L. Warren
CIO National Maritime Union
Warren
Facsimile Message Reaches Train in Capital Limited Event
About 150 travelers from Baltimore to Washington aboard the Capital Limited witnessed the first radio facsimile transmission to a moving train. The message bore Margaret Truman’s handwriting echoing Morse’s 1844 telegraph message What hath God wrought as Postmaster General Hannegan initiated the broadcast from Washington. The ceremony occurred in the capital room with the Press Wireless Inc and Bendix Aviation involved.
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Washington
Altimore
Margaret Truman
Samuel F. B. Morse
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Robert E. Hannegan
Ee and Press Wireless, Inc
Bendix Aviation Corpora
Nimitz To Speak At Navy Commencement
Annapolis Md June 4 Fleet Adm Chester W Nimitz will deliver the commencement address and Adm William F Halsey will administer the oath of office at graduation exercises of the U S naval academy 812 midshipmen form the largest peacetime class 790 to receive commissions including 35 marine corps second lieutenants 43 supply corps ensigns and the rest in other naval commissions a six day week of parades dances athletic events and concerts concludes the event
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Annapolis
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
William F. Halsey
U. S. Naval Academy
Marine Corps
Supply Corps
Bakers End Sessions Here at West Virginia Convention
Ralph P. Gaylord of General Mills told West Virginia Bakers Association that government wheat distribution policy is unsound. He argued it substitutes supply and demand with policy, noting bread provides up to half of caloric intake for the poor. The convention closed with officer elections and a Bluefield Country Club banquet.
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Ralph P. Gaylord
West Virginia Bakers Association
Bakers and Allied
General Mills, Inc
Gaylord
Bluefield Country Club
White Sulphur
Greenbrier
Dovel Refuses Six Names for Virginia Board Post
Luray Virginia June 4 I R Dovel state Republican chairman informs Governor Tuck he will not supply six names for consideration to fill a three member bipartisan state board of elections The endorsed nominee Robert M Woods of Pearisburg is praised as a staunch Republican and ready to serve If the governor ignores the recommendation the letter suggests a Democrat would be preferable to a weak Republican The Virginia Republican committee plans a Roanoke meeting June 14 15 to set timing and basis for a candidate for the U S Senate to fill the late Carter Glass term
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Luray
I. R. Dovel
Tuck
Robert M. Woods
Pearisburg
Woods
Dovel
Republican Party
State Board of Elections
Republican Party of
Virginia
Nan
State Republican Committee
Roanoke
United States Senate
Carter Glass
Coal price rise eyed at 35 cents a ton
An OPA official said the proposed average coal price increase would be 35 cents per ton based on six day mining costs. Talks with operators and John L. Lewis center on mining resumed operations, stand by costs, and a forthcoming price order after price conference with district representatives.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Economic Stabilization
John L. Lewis
UMW Seeks Probe Into West Virginia Mine Closings
United Mine Workers plans to ask Interior Secretary Krug to investigate idle northern West Virginia mines that failed to reopen this week. About 130 workers were affected at Clean Coal Woodsale and Olett Wellsburg pits, as repairs and equipment delays hinder reopenings. Production overall remained near normal despite rain disruptions in strip mines.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Krug
West Virginia
Adolph Pacifico
UMW
Panhandle
Clean Coal Company
Woodsdale
Follawsbee Run
Olett Coal Company
Kanawha Coal Operators Association
Logan County
H. Mee — —Pany
East Beckley
Franklin Ross Scholl
Solid Fuels Administration
Washington
Soft Coal
Medea
Autos Sell Above Ceiling At Auction
Three 1946 Packard sedans sold for well over OPA ceiling prices at a Bloomington judicial auction held to settle the estate of former Packard dealer Charles Perry. Kenneth Limmer of the Peoria district OPA said such sales index potential price movements if controls were removed. James Farney bought two Luxeceiling priced cars at 1 and 3,500 with another sedan selling to Wayne C. Wood River for 3,650.
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Bloomington
Ill
OPA
Kenneth A. Lemimer
Peoria
Charles ©. Perry
Packard
James Farney
Wayne C. Wood River
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Roosevelt
China
GOP
Thomas J. Mabry
William J. Barker
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U. 8
Allen Ree
Eeemation Service
Department of the Interior
Tm & Ocal
St. Clair
World Bank
Financier
Milla
Solon
Nimitz
State Bakers
Board Post
Ioe
Sean Pum
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