Huge Throng Attends West Virginia Young GOP Meet Here
Hundreds of Republicans from across the state attended Bluefield for the ninth annual West Virginia Young Republican League convention opening. Notables included GOP gubernatorial candidate Herbert B. Boreman and California Senator William Knowland, who is set to speak at the banquet. Activities yesterday featured committee meetings, tours, and receptions. today includes a welcome by Mayor A Harry West, candidate presentations, and a 2 pm business session with officer elections followed by a public banquet and closing remarks by Senator Revercomb introducing Knowland.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Young Republican League
Herbert 8. Boreman
Parkersburg
GOP
William Knowland
California
Pocahontas Show
W. E H. Ballard
Welch
Towne Club
West Virginian Hotel
A. Harry West
H. Rdwi
Revercomb
Knowland
Constitution and
Young Republican League of
West Virginian
Louis D. Meisel
Fairmont
R. E. Carson
Charleston
A. L. Reed
Newburg
Dayton
Presidential Nod Or Nothing Says Dewey
Boston June 4 Governor Dewey said he would not accept the vice presidential nomination if offered. He planned to campaign on the Republican Congress record and argued war danger had lessened over the year, crediting Republicans with pressuring firmer stands against Soviet expansion.
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New York
Leshi
Dewey
Republican Congress
Immigration Chief Seeks Refugee Bill Support
Huntington W Va June 4 Watson B Seers chief of the U S immigration and naturalization service urged Congress to pass either refugee bills before adjournment. TheChap Revercomb plan backed by Senate approval would admit 200000 displaced persons over two years. A second bill by Rep Frank Fellows would admit 200000 displaced persons 15000 refugees now here and 14000 orphans in two years.
Jewish immigration delays Palestine cease fire plan
Lake Success N Y June 4 United Nations Security Council struggles over cease fire in Palestine as Jewish immigration bottleneck stalls progress El Khouri postpones a special session Bernadotte urges a formal response with his appeal set for Monday and the Syrian delegate notes no rush to meet The mediator has been traveling between Tel Aviv and regional capitals amid the Holy Land fighting
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Lake Success
N. Y
Aree Folke
el Khouri
Syria
Operator killed by moving saw in Greenbrier County
Lewisburg West Virginia June 4 Fred Oliver Camp a 53 year old sawmill operator fell into a moving saw on a farm near Mortuary attendants said Camp was operating a portable sawmill for the West Virginia agriculture experiment station when the accident occurred.
Phone Strike Threat Fades In New York
The threat of a nationwide long distance telephone workers strike ended as AT T and CIO American Union of Telephone Workers signed a 21 month contract with federal mediators. The deal includes fringe concessions, wage reopeners, and a maintenance of dues clause under Taft Hartley, with ratification by about 25 000 members across 42 states.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
CIO American Union of Telephone Workers
Unon
U S Defeated In Real Estate Suit
Washington June 4 The government failed to prove an antitrust conspiracy by the National Association of Real Estate Boards and the Washington Real Estate Board Justice Edward M Curran directed verdicts saying an agreement to regulate brokers commissions is not a restraint of trade and that commissions are charges for service not tied to real estate sales The case was part of a 1943 indictment and a civil suit will proceed seeking an injunction against the alleged price fixing
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Washington
National Association Real Estate Boards
Washington Real Estate Board
Edward M. Curran
Federal District Court
Actaon
Washington Board
National Association
Justice Department
Curran
District of Columbia
Gold Star Mothers Name New President
Mrs. Eleanor Boyd of Long Beach Calif was elected president of the American Gold Star Mothers at the 11th annual convention. The group adopted resolutions urging Congress to legislate pensions for Gold Star Mothers and to raise allotments for dependent children of deceased veterans.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Eleanor Boyd
Long Beach
Calif
American Gold Star Mother's
Congress
Drowned City Yields Bodies Of Inhabitants
Portland reports Vanport, home to 18,700, yielded its first bodies as salvage workers recovered two. The Columbia River rose to a higher crest upstream, threatening lower river areas. Five bridges were washed out in Idaho and a truck driver died.
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Portland
Ore
Vanport
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
Columbia
Idaho
SS Benefits Get Congress Okay
Congress approved and sent to President Truman legislation boosting Social Security payments by 1.846 billion annually for 3.5 million needy aged, blind, and dependent children. The plan raises maximums to 50 dollars for aged and blind per recipient and 27 for the first dependent child, with three-fourths of early sums from the federal government and state matching. A further House action would extend the federal old age insurance program to about 3.5 million more workers.
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Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Colorado
House Rules Committee
Truman Probers Draw Maritime Union Wrath
Four CIO maritime unions threaten a strike after June 15 and condemn President Truman for creating a fact finding board to study the dispute. They insist their just demands be met and urge government bargaining in good faith. The unions include National Maritime, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen, National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, and American Radio Association with about 150,000 seamen on the coasts.
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New York
CIO
Truman
National Martime Union
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
American Radio Association
East
Gulf
West
Jews Fight Egyptian Navy Near Tel Aviv in Palestine War
Israeli communique reports four Egyptian naval vessels approached Tel Aviv and were driven off after three hours of combat. Jewish planes bombed ships, one corvette and two landing craft were involved. One Israeli plane did not return. Civilian casualties in Jerusalem as mortar bombs hit Christian stations on Via Dolorosa. priests protest to the United Nations.
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Cairo
Tel Aviv
James M. Long
Associated Press
Caesarea
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Holy Land
Jenin
Amman
Isdud
Old City of Jerusalem
Latin Patriarchate
Jerusalem
Flood Threat Elevates Dikes Across Northwest Region
Portland and Vancouver brace as the mighty Columbia rises toward a new crest. Forecaster Elmer Fisher warns the level may exceed prior records, with 30.5 feet at Portland and 30.8 at Vancouver. Dikes are treated as critical while Vanport, Woodland, and other communities face ongoing flood impacts. Emergency crews toil to reinforce barriers as thousands of acres of farmland flood and bridges vanish under rising waters. Names of missing include 11 children and two adults, with more toll updates awaited.
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Ore
Columbia
Elmer Fisher
Vancouver
Wash
Montana
Canada
Roaring
Fraser River
Clatskanie
Longview
Indaho
Lemhi
Vanport
Red Cross
Effie Dawson
Army Engineers
Yugoslavs Free Regime of Tito
Four fugitives hijacked a Yugoslav Douglas civil aircraft at Belgrade and forced it to Bari, landing 28 passengers and crew as they claimed to flee the Tito dictatorship. Passengers included Pascilla Manolic. suspects Anti Pascov and Dragutin Sporer. Two women among the four hijackers were held at a refugee camp near Bari.
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Bari
Italy
Belgrade
Sarajevo
Ansa
Pascilla Manolic
Hercegovina
Anti Pascov
Dragutin Sporer
Spomenka Tomoric
Padua
Alexandra Petrovic
Yugoslavia
Alberobello
Centenarian Offers To Teach Newsmen To Slide Bannisters
Dunmore Pennsylvania on June 4 Miss Florence Dolph 101 shows the Times editor how she slides down bannisters saying she would teach him the technique If he visits She slides astride the banister not sidesaddle and continues to enjoy birthdays holidays and garden walks while receiving congratulatory messages
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Dunmore
Florence Dolph
London
England
Times
the Times
Dolph
Miss Dolph
Soft Coal Talks To Be Resumed
Washington reports Judge Goldsborough ordered John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers association. Talks set for Monday, with Moody leading the southern group. The injunction also blocks strikes over miners pensions, while Denham cites Taft-Hartley rules.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Goldsborough
Cicero
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Cosel Producers Association
Levis
Southern Association
Joseph E. Moody
Moody
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
NLRB
Labor
Truman Opens West Campaign Swing In Chicago Speech
President Truman urged Congress to curb communism by boosting Americans’ abundance through new laws on housing education security jobs and fair wages. Speaking at Chicago Stadium amid a westward tour he attacked Congress for inflation and for backing “the men who have all the money” while advocating draft law universal military training and immigration bills for Europe’s displaced refugees. He predicted a Democratic Congress and noted the speech marked the 100th anniversary of Swedish settlement in the Midwest.
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Truman
Congress
America
West
Washington
White House
Gary
Ind
Communist Party
Europe
Tennessee Pastor and Girl Vanish After Conviction
Lenoir City Tennessee sheriff reports Rev J H Whaley and 16 year old Geraldine Hale disappeared after Whaley, recently convicted on a morals charge, was seen boarding a Knoxville bound bus. Geraldine left a note saying she would not be back until her mind is settled and would send a telegram Sunday.
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Lenoir City
Tenn
London County
Henry McDonald
Geraldine Hale
J.H. Whaley
Geraldine
Detroit
McDonald
Frank Goodin
Goodin
Otto Hale
Tennessee
Whaley
West Broadway Baptist Church
London
Earthquake Kills 800 in Lihwa Village China
A registered message from Kangting reports more than 800 people killed by an earthquake in the remote Lihwa village, May 25. Lihwa lies about 375 miles west of Chungking in Sikang province, with details arriving at Chungking today.
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Nanking
Lihwa
Chungking
Sikang
Kangting
Death Recommended For Slayer Of Cop
A Philadelphia jury of nine women and three men found David Almeida guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of a patrolman and recommended the death penalty. Deliberations lasted one hour and two minutes before the verdict. Defense counsel asked for time to prepare a motion for a new trial and sentencing was deferred. The judge noted Almeida is a man of violence and antisocial instincts.
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Philadelphia
David Almeida
Thomas Minnick
Vincent Carroll
Minnick
Almedia
New Orleans
House OKs Slashed Global Aid Program
Washington June 4 AP The House passed a foreign aid bill slashed 26.7 percent from the president’s request totaling 5.98 billion for 15 months. No record vote. backed by a Republican Democratic coalition. Secretary Marshall condemned the cut, saying it would leave Europe on relief dole. The bill would fund economic aid to Europe and Asia at 4.0 billion, with smaller allocations for Trieste, Greece, Turkey, China, and occupied areas under army supervision, while Japan Korea and Ryukyus aid shifts to the general fund.
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House Tonight
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Rep
Dirksen
R-I
Marshall
Europe
Enemic Cooperation Administration
Asia
Sam
Trieste
Greece
Turkey
China
International Children’s Emergency Fund
House
Japan
Korea
Ryukyus
ECA
Pacific
Rep. Taber
Traber
Taber
Senate
Sandenberg
R-Mich
Princess Elizabeth to Expect Royal Baby
London reports that Princess Elizabeth is pregnant with her first child. The palace said she will not undertake public engagements after June, with October or November birth speculation. The birth would mark Britain’s first direct succession since Princess Margaret and the first grandchild for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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Elizabeth
Royal Household
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Duchess of Edinburgh
Prince Philip
Britain
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Margaret
George
Mary
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G. A. Lesho
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