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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1946
Page
21
Government report shows 1946 wheat crop at about 1.026 billion bushels, 225 million short of domestic and foreign needs. Plans call for conservation and dark bread measures over the coming year. Spring wheat may improve. winter wheat moving to market gradually. Oats and corn outputs near record lows for livestock feed. fruit and potato crops high, truck crops damaged by rains.
Feuchtenberger and Cole Baking announce closures across Bluefield Williamson Grundy Pikesville Paintsville and Ashland due to inability to obtain flour. The batch breads serve about 500000 people in mining regions of West Virginia Virginia Kentucky.
A divided supreme court, 4-3, refused to intervene in congressional district boundaries, urging citizens to seek change at the ballot. The term ends with other rulings, including upholding a Sherman Act monopoly verdict against R J Reynolds, Liggett Meyers, and American Tobacco.
The 800 car parking building planned for Bluefield faces delay after the CPA denied permission citing material shortages. City Manager Emory P. Mitchell said the application will be resubmitted and a parking committee will meet to secure federal authorization. The project cost 400000 and would occupy Scott Street and Edwardse Terrace to ease downtown congestion.
The Supreme Court, in a 4 to 3 ruling, upholds the first degree serious case conviction of a Black man for the 1944 murder of Catherine Cooper Reardon, a 37 year old assistant librarian at Washington Cathedral. Reardon's body was found March 2 in a steam pipe tunnel beneath the cathedral. Fisher’s execution date was set for October 26 but postponed for appeal. Justice Reed delivered the decision.
Bangkok reports the body of 20 year old King Ananda Mahidol resting in the Hall of Kings amid a government declared year of mourning. The youth, found dead in the palace, was to have a Buddhist rite, his remains to be kept in a golden urn for about 100 days before cremation. A 46 caliber automatic pistol is said to be the weapon in the official accident narrative.
Indictment charges Gen. Draja Mihailovic with treason and collaboration in Belgrade as prosecutors detail 1943 British orders to liquidate communists and 1944 meetings with a German commander. An American officer, Col. Robert H. McDowell, is named as attending talks at Mihailovic headquarters.
Federal conciliators and Congress pressed for peace as CIO seamen and dock workers faced a Friday midnight strike. The labor department floated a plan to pay higher rates for overtime after a 44 hour at sea threshold, instead of shortening the 56 hour week. Union leaders demanded a cut to 56 hours or less, while hearings chaired by Rep A B Keiley opened to probe the proposal. President Truman warned the maritime crisis could affect his stance on a strike-control bill.
United Mine Workers local 5771 at Stotesbury asks President Truman and Krug to supply "energy building" foods for coal miners. They report shortages of lard, meat, butter, bread and fat back bacon amid a nine-hour six-day work week under the government union wage contract.
Virginia communities vote for new municipal officers with four of six towns in Tazewell County holding elections. Richlands Pocahontas and Cedar Bluff list full slates while Bluefield sees three councilmen and a town treasurer chosen. In Giles County Pearisyurz Narrows Rich Creek and Glen Lyn name new officers.
Washington June 10 John W. Snyder won praise from two Republican senators and the unanimous endorsement of the senate finance committee for the post of secretary of the treasury. The retiring treasurer spent little time before the committee as Senators Hawkes and Donnell offered cautious support amid Democratic criticisms of Snyder.
Witnesses said a light emitting ghost rocket passed over Helsinki Sunday in a northerly direction. The object flew at 900 to 1200 feet with a smoke trail, marking the first observed in Finland though similar reports have appeared recently.
Justice Robert H. Jackson accused Justice Hugo Black of press attacks and hinted at a war over facts in the Jewell Ridge Coal case. He cited a Washington Star column, criticized Black’s influence on the panel, and noted Black’s former partner was involved in related litigation.
The Supreme Court refused on June 11 a rehearing of the Jewell Ridge coal case involving Virgin ia miners and United Mine Workers. The 5 to 4 decision from May 7 1945 held portal to portal pay. Justice Jackson wrote a dissent joined by Stone Roberts and Frankfurter.
The Canfield hotel fire in Dubuque Iowa raised the death toll to 17 as searchers recovered another unidentified body on the fourth floor. Fire officials said four bodies are unidentified, with more possible remains among the rubble of the 200 room hotel. Mrs William Canfield 73 died today from severe burns, the co owner and husband of the slain victim has already been recovered.
Senate approves a reform package to streamline Congress, add aides, raise pay to 15000 a year, and create 15 major committees. The measure allows pensions, requires lobbyist registration, bans special investigations, and limits committee memberships while adding staff and open record voting. The bill heads to the House with uncertain fate.
Washington June 10 The White House signals President Truman plans to veto the Case labor disputes bill with a veto message to Congress. Predictions say the message will be sent, though the exact text remains private, as lawmakers anticipate votes on overriding the veto.
James Holtzclaw 23, a Kentucky World War II veteran, held to Bland county murder of Byron F. Ramsey 27. Ramsey shot near Hollybrook after a highway dispute. Wade Faulkner escaped injury. Holtzclaw released on $5000 bond pending grand jury hearing when Bland county circuit court convenes July 13.
Two robbers boarded a suburban bus at a downtown terminal in Chicago and slugged guard Clinton Claybourn of Bluebird System Inc. They escaped with over $1,000 from a mail pouch as a gunshot shattered a window. Claybourn was struck on the head but not fatally injured.
Washington reports temporary safety authority assigned to bureau of mines inspectors in government held soft coal mines. Authority lasts until federal mine safety code issue. Administration allows appeals against recommendations potentially affecting operations. A drafting committee linked to United Mine Workers and coal industry officials oversees code development.
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