Attlee Backs Schuman Plan But Sees No UK Entry
Prime Minister Attlee praised the Schuman plan as a sketch of a great idea but said Britain is not ready to join. He outlined Labour policy aligning with European unity while Britain would not accept a high authority to dictate core policies. France and other nations push ahead with coal and steel pooling negotiations set for June 20.
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London
Attlee
Schuman
Britain
House of Commons
Labor Party
Paris
Washington
Unity of Europe
Council of Europe
France
Italy
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Rober Schuman
Winston Churchill
Herbert Morrison
United Kingdom
Mao cites south China troubles and three year path forward
Mao Tze-Tung reports to the Communist Party central committee on June 6, detailing 400,000 Nationalist guerrillas in the south, a land problem, weak industry and commerce, unemployment, and social instability. He blames American imperialism and calls for Red army cuts only if enough forces can liberate Formosa and Tibet, defend borders, and suppress guerrillas.
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San Francisco
China
Mao Tze-Tung
Chinese Communist Party
Mao
Peiping Radio
Associated Press
Red
Formosa
Tibet
SCPA Re-elects Joseph E. Moody President
Joseph E. Moody was reelected president of the Southern Coal Producers association. The board reaffirmed officers including Walter A. Thurmond as secretary and Laurence E. Tierney Jr. as treasurer. A new executive committee and finance committee were named with members from Pocahontas Fuel Co. New River Coal Co. Island Creek Coal Co. Harveyton Coal Co. and Anchor Coal Co. Ka nawha.
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Washington
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
The
Southern Association
Moody
Walter A. Thurmond
Laurence E. Tierney, Jr
M. L. Garvey
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Ebersole Gaines
New River Coal Co
Raymond Salvati
Island Creek Coal Co
Frank Medaris
Harveyton Coal Co
Tierney Frank Hornickel
Anchor Coal Co
Kanawha
W. Va
Medaris
Three Boys Indicted In Bank Robbery Near Trimble
A federal grand jury indicted two Trimble Tennessee youths on burglary charges for the April 4 Farmers Bank of Trimble robbery yielding $1,244.82. Lee Austin Wright 18 and Ed Baker Jr 18 face burglary counts while 13 year old Barnell Bell is charged with receiving and concealing $950. The trio is scheduled for federal court here.
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Memphis
GOPs Push New AmerasiaInquiry in Senate
Twenty one Republican senators demand a broad new inquiry into the justice department role in the Amerasia documents case. Senator Tydings pleads for patience as his subcommittee continues its current probe while Senator Capehart blocks action on the new resolution. The White House also orders speedier review of loyalty files on 81 pro Communist suspects. The 1945 Amerasia case involved 1700 government documents seized from Amerasia magazine and linked to multiple agencies.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Tydings
Amerasia
Chamber
Capehart
R-Ind
Lucas
D-Ill
Ferguson
R-Mich
GOP
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dings
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
FBI
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Amerasia Magazine
New York
Navy Department
Jobless Claims Rise in May Amid Mining Layoffs
Fairmont West Virginia June 13 Jobless claims filed at the state employment security department office here in May rose by about 1000 over April figures. Director David W. Kennedy cited industrial layoffs, principally in the mining sector, as the main cause.
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Fairmont
W. Va
State Employment Security Department
David W. Kennedy
Area Gals Land First In Race
Three women fliers led the 99s trans continental air race in Greenville South Carolina finishing first in the handicap event. Martha Ann Woodrum and Mary Ann Weatherby posted about 14 hours 40 minutes flight time arriving at 11 51 a m EST. Aileen Davis and Lenore McElroy followed with arrivals around 1 39 p m and 3 40 p m respectively.
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Greenville
S. C
Martha Ann Woodrum
Roanoke
Virginia
Mary Ann Weatherby
Peace Springs
Summers County
W. Va
Acros
Aileen Davis
Cleveland
Lenore McElroy
Ann Arbor
Mich
Charleston
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
New York World Telegram Sun Suspends Publication
The New York World-Telegram and Sun halted publication as mechanical workers refused to cross picket lines of striking CIO American Newspaper Guild members. It was the first major New York City paper of general circulation to stop printing. Federal mediators met with representatives but talks ended with both sides ready for a long strike. both sides said they would remain subject to mediator calls.
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New York
New York World-Telegram
Sun
New York City
World Telegram and
Dad Who Starved Baby Son Convicted Of Manslaughter
New York reports a 30-year-old father Guy Scielzo convicted of manslaughter for starving his three-year-old son to death. He also faces neglect charges regarding his four-year-old daughter Vincenza. his wife Mary pleads guilty to a similar manslaughter charge. The case drew intense statements comparing it to horror narratives. sentencing set for December 12.
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New York
Guy Scielzo
Vincenza
James G. Wallace
Scielzo
Mary
Light voter turnout in Bluefield Va municipal election
About 72 of 900 qualified voters turned out to reelect three councilmen and the town treasurer, all unopposed. Mayor J G W Gillespie received 66 votes, councilman Reese C Anderson 68, east ward candidate J Hudson Huffard 69, treasurer C P Painter 68.
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Bluefield
Virginia Side
J. G. W. Gillespie
Reese C. Anderson
West Ward
J. Hudson Huffard
East Ward
C. P. Painter
C. Wayland Newton
Evans Omar
Bill Osborne
P. E. Goodman
P. B. Linkous
Jack Metcalfe
Howard H. Gill
Pocahontas Elects Mayor and Councils in Tight Vote
In Pocahontas Virginia 149 of 274 voters cast ballots to reelect Mayor L B Crawford and eight councilmen. Adams replaces Julius Ellett, council terms are two years. Officials receiving 132 to 138 votes include Hammitt Peters Dennen Butt and Shumate. Judges were McGrill Dennen Hoffman.
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Pocahontas
Tazewell
L. B. Crawford
B. T. Graham
W. B. Heldreth
W. F. Shumate
Arles W. Butt
M. B. Hammitt
J. K. Peters
J.S. Dennen
G. E. Adams
Adams
Julius Ellett
Carl McGrill
C. A. Dennen
C. G. Hoffman
Three newcomers elected in Noxton Fred H King and two others
Noxton voters elected King Elms and Hamnet while defeating Breeding and Scott. With 83 percent turnout the town approved a 350000 dollar school bond issue by 457 to 130.
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Noxton
Fred H. King
Jack Elms
W.R. Hamnet
G. O. Breeding
George Scott
Pembroke Elects T P Smith Mayor and Council Members
Voters in Pembroke yesterday chose T P Smith as mayor with 110 ballots. On the town council, B A Garman 112 J J Miller 107 Harman C Snidow 98 Earl W Auvil 97 and Hayden W Williams 96 were elected. Challenger B H Snyder received 65 votes for mayor, while council contenders M E Barton 93 Newton L Walters 86 and B S Williams 86 were defeated.
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Pembroke
T. P. Smith
Smith
Giles County
B. A. Garman
J. J. Miller
Harman C. Snidow
Earl W. Auvil
Hayden W. Williams
B. H. Snyder
M. E. Barton
Newton L. Walters
B. S. Williams
Woodell Elected Mayor in Honaker Va Vote
W. W. Woodell won the Honaker mayoral race with 97 votes while six councilmen were chosen from nine candidates. Top council winners were P. F. Bacon 92, J. G. Alber 90, Robert D. Gent 89.
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Honaker
W. W. Woodell
P. F. Bacon
J. G. Alber
Robert D. Gent
Jesse
Forty Five Die As French Plane Crashes
Twenty one killed or missing after Air France Skymaster C-54 from Saigon to Paris crashes in the Persian Gulf near Bahrein. Six of 51 aboard survive. Henri Maux, a chief French aid conferee on Indochina, among the dead or missing. Rescue finds six saved and five boats, others believed trapped under wreckage. Manx, in talks on U S aid, was among those aboard.
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Paris
Indochina
Air France
Persian Gulf
Henri Maux
Saigon
Sinbad
Bahrein
Saudi Arabian
Manx
U. S
Pennsy Cops Nab 10 Milk Pickets
Pittsburgh reports ten milk strike pickets arrested as state and local authorities curb protests in a seven county western Pennsylvania area. Police patrols and posses aim to prevent violence amid a five day walkout that has halted dairy supplies for 2.3 million people.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Andrew J. Hadock
Washington
AFL Daily Workers Union
Greater
Rabies Cases Surge in West Virginia in 1950 First Five Months
Charleston reports state health department says rabies cases soar with 189 by May, far above any prior year. Measles rise adds 151 new cases to 5,490 for 1950, Fayette County contributing 116. mumps up to 40 and whooping cough to 46.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Health Department
Fayette County
House Approves Seven Months More Of Rent Control
The House voted 202 to 163 to extend federal rent controls seven months with local option for five more, sending the bill to the Senate where a conference may iron out differences. The measure would run controls to January 31, 1951, with localities able to extend to June 30, 1951. About 8 million rental units are covered. The vote followed six hours of debate.
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Senate
Washington
House
Acheson Denounces Soviet Policy as Intimidation
Secretary of State Acheson condemned Soviet intimidation by military strength and international communism. He urged four paths to counter pressure, ruling out isolationism, appeasement, and preventive war, and emphasized peaceful negotiation with allies to strengthen the free world.
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Dallas
Texas
Acheson
Russia
United States
Civil Federation of Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Soviet Union
Truman
Mother Of 8 Gets Probation In Southern District
A grand jury returned five indictments on the first day of the June term in the Southern District of West Virginia. Judge Ben Moore placed Corthia Mae Southern of Elgood on three years probation, saying prison would burden her eight child family. Her husband, Henry Armon Strong Southern, 38, was convicted earlier of forging and passing a government check. Southern was convicted of forging the check and had pleaded guilty to passing it.
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Southern District United States Court
Ben Moore
Corthia Mae Southern
Elgood
Henry Armonstrong Southern
Bluefield
A. S. Bailey
Saeger
Theodore Bailey
Pineville
F. H. Cline
Welch
H. E. Comer
Lindside
H. C. Farley
Princeton
S. Floyd Fuller
E. B. Humphrey
Mullens
W. A. Willer, Jr
Jackson F. Moses
John Kee Seeks Tenth Term in House
Rep. John Kee, Bluefield Democrat and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, files for renomination to his tenth term as fifth district congressman with no opposition in the August 1 primary. James R. Davis, Williamson insurance agent, seeks Republican nomination. Nicholas M. Homes, 27, a turkey raiser from New Organtown, also seeks GOP nomination to Congress from the second district.
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Charleston
W. Va
John Kee
Bluefield
House Foreign Affairs Committee
James R. Davis
Williamson
Nicholas M. Homes
Turkey
New Organtown
Congress
Harley O. Staggers
Keyser
Rent Roll Call Shows House Vote On Rent Control Bill
Washington report details June 13 vote on a rent control bill. Virginia and West Virginia representatives split along party lines with Democrats Burton Pugate Hardy for and Abbitt Robeson opposed. Paired against included Harrison Stanley Smith. West Virginia members Burnside Hedrick Ramsey Staggers voted for.
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Washington
Virginia
West Virginia
House
Soviet Plans Large Defense Budget for Current Year
The Soviet Union proposes a defense budget of 79.4 billion rubles, about 19.85 billion USD at official rates, presented by Finance Minister Ars eny G. Zverev in the Kremlin. President Truman seeks 13.545 billion USD in US defense funding for the new fiscal year. currency values and item definitions vary. Stalin, in uniform, attended the session as a Supreme Soviet member.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Arseny G. Zverev
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Truman
Congress
United States
Stalin
Bill to Regulate Soft Coal Industry Reported in House
Rep. Marsalis of Cole introduced a bill to regulate bituminous coal prices and competition, mirroring a Senate proposal by Sen Kilgore of West Virginia. The measure seeks maximum and minimum mine prices to curb overcapacity, labor unrest, and price instability threatening the industry. Marsalis praised broad support from operators, labor, and the public.
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Washington
Marsalis
D-Cole
Senate
Kilgore
D-Wva
Hnaarde
Congressional Record
Roduce
UMW Blames Foreign Oil for Coal Plant Closures
United Mine Workers district leader says 44 soft coal mines in western Pennsylvania shut down fully due to imported oil. He reports 37 mines operate half time, with over 3,000 unemployed and more than 5,000 half-time workers. District members number 27,500. Further talks will feature top UMW officials.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
John P. Busarello
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
John H. Owens
William J. Hynes
Oil Importers To Testify On Domestic Labor Effects
Washington June 13 Independent oil importers will be invited next month to appear before the house labor subcommittee investigating imports impact on domestic labor. Chairman Steed said the hearing follows claims by independent producers that imports are causing unemployment in the oil industry.
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Washington
House Labor
Steed
D-Okla
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