Huge Throng Attends West Virginia Young Republican Meet
A massive turnout fills Bluefield for the ninth annual Young Republican League convention. GOP leaders Herbert Boreman and Senator Knowland arrive, with events including committee meetings tours a tea and a banquet. Today features a welcome, officer elections and a luncheon as the 1948 session winds down.
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Bluefield
California
Rev
Pocahontas Show
W. H. Ballard
Welch
Town Club
Towne Club
West Virginian
A. Harry West
Gerway
West
Constitution and
Young Republican League of
West Virginia
Louis D. Meisel
Fairmont
R. E. Carson
Charleston
A. L. Reed
Newburg
Dayton
Presidential Nod Or Nothing Says Dewey
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey declared he seeks the Republican presidential nomination only and would not accept the vice presidency if offered. He plans to campaign on the GOP Congress record and argued war danger has lessened versus a year ago while crediting Republicans for pressuring a firmer stance against Soviet expansion.
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New York
Dewey
Republican Congress
Immigration Chief Seeks Refugee Bill Before Adjournment
Huntington W V June 4 Immigation chief Watson B Miller urged Congress to pass one of two refugee bills before adjourning The Revercomb bill from Senree would admit 200000 displaced persons over two years The Fellows measure would admit 200000 displaced persons 15000 refugees now here and 14000 orphans in two years Both bills aim to expand displaced European intake during wartime and Miller spoke at a meeting of Post 16 American Legion outlining policy details.
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Huntington
W. Va
Watson B. Miller
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Congress
Miller
Post 16
American Legion
Legion
Senreeman Revercomb
Charleston
Senate
Frank Fellows
Maine
Jewish immigration delays peace plans in Palestine
Count Folke Bernadotte reports that Jewish immigration alone blocks a cease fire and asks UN Security Council for guidance. Faris El Khouri called a special meeting then cancelled it, postponing Bernadotte’s appeal to a regular 1:30 p.m. Monday session. The Syria delegate says no immediate meeting is needed.
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N. Y
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
U. N. Security Council
Faris el Khouri
Bernadotte
el Khouri
Syria
Aadotte
U. N
Holy Land
Tel ~ Wal
Operator killed by moving saw near Lewisburg West Virginia
Fred Oliver Camp a 53 year old Greenbrier county sawmill operator was killed when he fell onto a moving saw at a portable mill on a farm near Lewisburg. Mortuary attendants Shanklin said Camp operated the portable mill for the West Virginia Agriculture Experiment Station.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Fred Oliver Camp
Greenbrier County
Nere
Shanklin
Camp
West Virginia Agriculture Experiment Station
Phone Strike Threat Fades After 21 Month Pact
New York June 4 The threat of a nationwide long distance strike ended as AT and T and CIO American Union of Telephone Workers signed a 21 month contract with federal mediation. Wages fringe benefits and dues maintenance were settled while a wage reopening is provided. Ratification by 25000 members in 42 states is likely within 60 days. If approved the pact runs to March 2 1950. The old agreement expired May 8 and talks run to June 7 before possible presidential arbitration.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
CIO American Union of Telephone Workers
U S Real Estate Antitrust Fight It Ends in Acquittal
Justice Curran dismissed the government antitrust conspiracy case against the National Association of Real Estate Boards and the Washington Real Estate Board. The ruling found that fixes on broker commissions do not by themselves restrain trade and do not directly affect District of Columbia real estate sales. A civil suit seeking an injunction will proceed.
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Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Washington Real Estate Board
Edward M. Curran
Federal District Court
Washington Board
National Association
Justice Department
Curran
District of Columbia
Gold Star Mothers Name New President
Mrs. Eleanor Boyd of Long Beach California 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 increase allotments to dependents 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
Salvage workers recovered two bodies at Vanport as the drowned city yielded its first victims. The Vanport disaster left 18,700 residents homeless after last Sunday's flood. Upstream, Columbia River tributaries rose toward a crest at least a half foot higher, threatening lower river areas. Five bridges were washed out in Idaho and a truck driver was swept to his death.
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Ore
Vanport
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
Columbia
Idaho
Elmer Fisher
Vancouver
Wash
Montana
Canada
Fraser River
Clatskanie
Longview
Indaho
Lemhi
Red Cross
Effie Dawson
Army
SS Benefits Boost to 3.5 Million Under New Congress Bill
Congress approved a measure increasing annual social security payments by 184 million dollars to 3.5 million needy aged, blind, and dependent children. The bill sets higher monthly federal contributions and outlines 50‑50 state matching up to new maximums, with detailed rules for aged, blind, and child recipients. House rules committee also cleared a plan to extend federal old age insurance to about 3.5 million more workers in state and local governments and certain organizations.
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Washington
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 a fact finding board. A telegram says workers do not want to strike but demand government bargaining in good faith. Unions include the National Maritime Union ILWU National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards and American Radio Association representing 150000 seamen.
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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
Gulf
Jews Drive Off Egyptian Navy in Tel Aviv Skirmish
Israeli communique reports four Egyptian naval vessels approached Tel Aviv and were driven off by Jewish navy planes coastal guns and air support. The clash lasted about three hours marking the first naval engagement of the Palestine war with at least one Egyptian ship hit and one Jewish plane lost.
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Tel Aviv
James M. Long
Associated Press
Caesarea
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Holy Land
Jenin
Amman
Isdud
Old City of Jerusalem
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
Latin Patriarchate
Jerusalem
Floods Sweep Vast Northwest Dikes Reach Critical Level
The Columbia River rises again threatening dikes from Montana to the Fraser. Portland forecasters warn crest may exceed prior levels and many dikes remain critical. Vanport and Woodland have flooded. evacuations and red cross unlocated lists mark a widening disaster.
Yugoslav passengers forced flight to Bari by four fugitives
Four fugitives and two women were reported to have forced a Yugoslav pilot to fly to Bari Italy with 28 on board. A radio message warned the landing was for people fleeing Tito dictatorship. The plane departed Belgrade for Sarajevo with six crew and 22 passengers.
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Bari
Italy
Belgrade
Sarajevo
Ansa
Pascilla Manolic
Alberobello
Yugoslavia
Centenarian Offers To Teach Newsmen To Slide Bannisters
Dunmore Pennsylvania June 4 Miss Florence Dolph aged 101 offers to teach the London Times editor the art of bannister sliding She recalls sliding on her birthday and plans to demonstrate how she slides astride the banister She says she would also show him on holidays and enjoys the reactions of friends and reporters.
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Dunmore, Pa
Florence Dolph
London
England
Times
the Times
Dolph
Miss Dolph
Soft Coal Talks To Be Resumed After Judge's Injunction
Judge Goldsborough again blocks John L. Lewis as talks on a national soft coal contract resume Monday with the Southern Coe Producers association. Lewis is ordered to bargain through Moody's group, while the union faces possible contempt if it strikes.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Goldsborough
Cicero
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coe Producers Association
Southern Association
Joseph E. Moody
Moody
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
NLRB
Labor
Lord Acton
Catiline
Moody's Association
John& L. Lewis
House approves reduced global aid program
The House passed a foreign aid bill trimmed by 26.7 percent from the president’s request, totaling $5.99 billion for 15 months. The measure faces Senate action with supporters hoping for restoration, while critics argue funds are prudently limited.
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Washington
House
Truman
Rep
Dirksen
R-Ill
Marshal
Europe
Truman Begins Campaign Swing in Chicago
President Truman opened a westbound stumping tour with a Chicago speech urging Congress to pass laws promoting housing schooling security jobs and an anti inflation framework. He blamed Congress for high living costs called for universal military training and drafted a path to a Democratic Congress in November. He urged admitting displaced European refugees without crippling limits while condemning anti communist measures that miss the point.
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Truman
Congress
America
West
Washington
White House
Gary
Ind
Communist Party
Europe
Tennessee Pastor and Girl Vanish After Morals Conviction
Lenoir City sheriff Henry McDonald reports Rev. J. H. Whaley and 16 year old Geraldine Hale disappeared after Whaley, convicted last week on a morals charge for taking the girl to Detroit, boarded a Knoxville bound bus. Geraldine left a note for her grandparents and said she would be gone until her mind was settled, not returning to Tennessee. Whaley, former pastor of West Broadway Baptist Church, was sentenced to three to eight years and denied a new trial while free on appeal under Tennessee bond.
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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
State of
Earthquake Kills 800 in China Lihwa village report
A message from the remote mountain village of Lihwa says more than 800 people were killed in the May 25 earthquake. Lihwa lies 375 miles west of Chungking in Sikang province. the report was received today via Kangting.
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Nanking
Lihwa
Chungking
Sikang
Kangting
Death penalty urged in slaying of Philadelphia patrolman
A Philadelphia jury of nine women and three men found David Almeida guilty of first degree murder in the fatal shooting of a patrolman and recommended the death sentence. Defense counsel requested time to file a motion for a new trial, with sentence deferred. The judge noted Almeida’s prior armed robbery conviction in New Orleans.
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Philadelphia
David Almeida
Thomas Minnick
Vincent Carroll
Minnick
Minnick’s Motion Is Ready. Judge Carroll Said He Believed Almedia
New Orleans
Princess Elizabeth Expected to Deliver Royal Baby
Buckingham Palace announced Princess Elizabeth is expecting a child. The announcement notes she will undertake no public engagements after June, with October or early November as likely birth windows. If born, the child would be the first direct heir born since Princess Margaret and the royal event marks a first grandchild for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Royal Household
Princess Elizabeth
Duchess of Edinburgh
Prince Philip
Britain
Philip
Margaret
Eores
Mary
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