Bevin Signals Independent British Action on Russia
At Bournemouth Bevin wins labor support for a policy to act without Soviet accord if needed to speed peace in Europe. He opposes immediate immigration of 100000 Jews to Palestine and rejects sanctions on Franco Spain. Labor backs his foreign policy. 2.678 million vs 468 thousand vote.
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Bournemouth
England
Ernest Bevin
Labor Party
Britain
Russia
Bevin
Palestine
Spain
United States
New York
America
Husky
Communist Party
Admiral Boone Inspects Camps in Western Pennsylvania
Navy medical officer Rear Admiral Joel T. Boone led a federal coal mines administration delegation on a living conditions inspection of soft coal mining communities in western Pennsylvania. They toured mines housing sanitation, visited a dispensary, spoke with miners and wives, and assessed kitchens and bathrooms. The group planned deeper regional checks to press for higher health standards and noted both good and poor conditions.
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Pittsburgh
Navy
Joel T. Boone
Medical Corps
Washington
Pennsylvania
Pennsylais
Admiral Boone
St. Clair
Schuylkill County
Admiral
National Coal Mining Co
Muse
Canonsburg
Remai' Fon
Harry Lang
H. C. Frick Coal Company
U. S. Steel
Charles T. Dickeman
Steve Smith
Herusband
Serra
Adm
Boone
Aese Cee
OPA Promises Meat Shortage Remedy in West Virginia Counties
Senator Revercomb announced that the OPA would adjust slaughter quotas to relieve a meat shortage in southern West Virginia counties Logan Raleigh Mingo and Mingo. An OPA representative调查 found inadequate meat supply and Revercomb pressed for action noting no good reason for food shortages.
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Washington
Revercomb
W. Va
Snate
OPA
Adlee
Paul A. Porter
West Virginia
Logan
Raleigh
Mingo
Ship Operators Face Government Efforts in Looming Strike
Washington reports the government moves to end a potential strike on its terms one day after wide CIO seamen and dock workers meetings. A deadline of midnight Friday looms as authorities envision a managed settlement while operators claim they have done everything to avert action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wape-Boar Lane
CIO
Ma Agnennees & 3
Ae Ames
Two Bluefielders Killed in Streamliner Wreck
Two Bluefield railroad workers, Grover C. Nap Roberts and another man, died in a streamliner wreck yesterday afternoon at 3 30. Two others, Mrs C R Walker of Parkway and Miles Foland WHIS radio announcer, were slightly injured. The crash occurred amid ongoing congressional action on extending OPA price controls and social security changes.
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Bluefield Railroad
Grover C
Nap” Roberts
Obituary notes for two Virginia railroad workers
The report details the deaths of two Norfolk and Western railway employees. Robert C. Roberts a longtime fireman promoted to engineer in 1926, and Curtis Lawson a former fireman and active union member who served in World War I. Both men had deep ties to Bluefield and Virginia communities, with family survivors listed. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Wis
Ay Viley
Roberts
Norfolk and Western Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ernest H. Johnson
Mulberry Street
Bluefield
Lawson
Wise County
Virginia
Coeburn
Norfolk and Western Company
Pocahontas
Williamson
Buefield
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Otf Presbyterian
Coe
Mercer Lodge
A. M
Royal Arch Masons
Nannie Lawson
Union Street
Russian Planes Stage Target Practice Over American Airfield
Russian fighter planes conducted two target practice runs over the American airfield at Tulin near Vienna. A fighter dived on the radio tower and fired at a red flag while U S soldiers watched. No damage was reported, and Soviet officials promised immediate action to halt the incursions.
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Vienna
Tulin
Mark W. Clark
U. S
Josef Kurisov
Ivan Enter Osha
Tion Tulin
Big Sandy Canal Project Defended by Army Engineer
Col. Peter Faringa told the Senate Commerce Committee that the Big Sandy river navigation plan for Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia would be costly but justified as a feeder to the Mississippi system. He cited an estimated coal movement saving of 80 to a ton plus 51 cents saved on Ohio River shipments.
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Washington
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Peter Faringa
Senate Commerce Committee
Ohio River
T. Saunders
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Big Sandy
Levisa
Faringa
Bankhead Dies Aged 72 End of Alabama Democrats Senate Era
Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama, 72, died at a Naval hospital in Bethesda Maryland after a stroke. A longtime supporter of farm policy he served in the Senate since 1930 and helped push the Bankhead cotton act and related New Deal measures. The Senate recessed after the death.
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Senate
Bankhead
House
Bankhead Wineei
King Defies Republic as Rome Braces for Riots
In Rome and across Italy heavy police and troops protect key sites after monarchists clash with republicans. King Umberto II resists bowing to the republic amid reports of injuries and planned demonstrations. Naples quiet despite seven killed in earlier violence. Taranto reports injuries in clashes.
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Rome
Umberto II
Piazza del Popolo
Carabinieri
Naples
Interior
Giuseppe Romita
Taronto
Ina No Capitame U
Umberto
Electrical Storm Strikes Bluefield Floods Roads. Power Outages Reported
A sharp electrical storm struck Bluefield causing widespread outages in South Bluefield for about 45 minutes. Rainfall from 11:40 a.m. to 7 p.m. totaled 1.56 inches, flooding streets and basements and slightly damaging a tree limb near Trinity Methodist Church.
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O. C. Keeney
Keeney
South Bluefield
Appalachain Electric Power Company
Bland Street
Stadium Drive
Cumberland Road
Prederick Street
Power Company
Federal
West V Hotel
Convention Anti Machine Groups to Name Candidates
Heathsville Virginia June 12 Walter Johnson chairman of the Republican executive committee for the first district proposes to the state committee that instead of nominating by convention a candidate to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Glass all anti machine groups be invited to a joint convention to name an independent candidate Johnson will make the proposal at a state executive committee meeting in Roanoke Saturday He believes Virginians oppose machine rule and that uniting anti machine and Republican forces could create a path to liberation from machine rule A Democratic meeting in Richmond June 24 will consider nominating a candidate for the same unexpired term in the state for the Democrats.
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Heathsville
Walter Johnson
Republican Executive Commie
Republican State Executive Committee
Glass
Johnson
Republican Party
Roanoke
Poe
State Central Committee
Richmond
Liquor Ration Rules Set as Stores Reopen June 17
West Virginia liquor stores will resume sales June 17 with a six week ration system. The commission sets two fifths or four pints of blended whiskey or a fifth or two pints of premium brands per period, with gin added to the list as a new option. Ration cards 1 2 3 4 valid through July 27, registration ends Saturday, and unregistered shoppers cannot buy until July 15.
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Charleston
W. Va
West
Bond
Commission
A. K.can
OPA Authorizes Bread Cost Hike
Washington authorities announce a bread price increase of one cent per loaf under new price policy standards. Government economists estimate the total yearly effect of recent food item increases at about 485 million dollars, averaging 3.45 dollars per person.
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Washington
OPA
Two Bluefield crewmen killed in Powhatan Arrow wreck
The eastbound Norfolk and Western Powhatan Arrow crashed near Powhatan 18 miles west of Bluefield at 3 20 PM killing engineer G C Nap Roberts 55 Mulberry Street and fireman Beecher Lawson 50 136 Union Street instantly. Eleven injured were treated in Welch Bluefield or Huntington hospitals with two still hospitalized last night. Cause undetermined as wreck officials investigate and wrecking crews recover the fireman’s body.
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Norfolk and Western
Reatman
Bluefield
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Grover C
Nap) Roberts
Beecher Lawson
Phites
Te Tate
Powhatan
G. C
Mulberry Street
Union Street
Roberts
Lawson
S. M. Ling
Roanoke
Bluefield Sanitarium
C. J. Washington
Portsmouth
Desort
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Northfork
L. Dodson
Eccles
W. A
Police Rules Clarified at City Civil Service Meeting
Members of the local police union and Elliott plus Attorney Katz attended a meeting in the city directors room to clarify the police civil service act. The Fraternal Order of Police seeks a committee with the police civil service commission the mayor city manager and a police representative to establish laws, pay, and procedures before the next budget. The group plans to meet within ten days to make recommendations prior to July 1 budget enactment.
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Eheres Order of Police
Elliott
Police Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Act
Jerome H. Katz
Order of Police
Police Civil Service Act
Jerome Katz
Police Civil Service
Police Civi Service Commission
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John H. Bankhead
Harry
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Bethesda
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