Red Tag On Conference Ties In to Communist Allegations
The House Committee on Un American Activities tagged the Southern Conference for Human Welfare as a potentially devious communist front. The report links figures like Henry Wallace Melvyn Douglas Dorothy Parker and Paul Robeson to the group and cites biographers and critics as having questioned its affiliations. Dr Clark Foreman denounces the report as a rehash and says hearings will follow with an announced investigation of un Americanism including the Ku Klux Klan.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
House
Henry A. Wallace
Melvyn Douglas
Marshall Field
Harold L. Ickes
Joseph E. Davies
Dorothy Parker
Paul Robeson
Clark Foreman
Wallace
Henry Wallace
Truman
Zero Mostel
American Youth For Democracy
Young Communist League
Robert Ware Straus
Office of Emergency Management
Ruth McKenney
The
Daily Worker
New Masses
Morris R
Samuel Rodman
Metropolitan Broadcasting Co
Gifford Pinchot
Women’s International Democratic Federation
Paris
American Anti-Communist Association
Federal District Court
Atomic Control Meeting Is Urged
The New Commonwealth society led by Winston Churchill asks Prime Minister Attlee to arrange an early high level meeting with President Truman and Marshal Stalin to authorize a time bound plan for atomic controls. The group urges a decisive conference to resolve key differences in UN atomic discussions.
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London
New Commonwealth Society
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Truman
Stalin
Atlee
United Nations Atomic Commission
Society
Security Council
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Mashal Stalin
Governor Schedules Special Session To Address Municipal Taxes
West Virginia Governor Meadows announces a June 23 special session focused on legalizing municipal gross sales taxes. He cites a court ruling distinguishing license and gross sales taxes and says the move will resolve legal doubt and affect city revenues, with minimal staff impact.
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Charleston
W. Va
Meadows
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Wheeling
Ivan J. Partlow
C. H. Koontz
Bluefield
Skelton
West ‘Virginia
Former Premier Nagy Arrives In U S
Former Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy arrives at La Guardia from Geneva, met by Aladar Szegedy Maszak and Laszlo Medayesy at the international marine base. Nagy’s son Ference Nagy Jr. served as attache in the Hungarian legation.
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New York
Fertenc Nagy
Hungary
la Guardia Field
Geneva
Switzerland
International Marine Base
Aladar Szegedy- Maszak
Nagy
Washington
Laszlo Medayesy
Ference Nagy
Legation 7
Revercomb Attacks Truman Aid Policy In Flag Day Talk
U S Senator Revercomb of West Virginia criticized U S foreign aid policy in a Wheeling Elks Lodge speech. He warned the nation faces greater risk of conflict and urged reliance on American strength while pursuing peace. He cited Greece, Turkey aid and United Nations institutions as part of the disputed approach.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U. S
Revercomb
R-Wva
America
United Nations
United States of America
Bevercomb
United States
Turkey
Greece
Russia
United Nations Forum
Two Hold-Up Youths Get Prison Terms
In Charleston on June 14 two Chicago youths Francis Brassell aged 16 and James Stewart Neuman aged 17 were sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to robbing a Charleston restaurant at pistol point in February. A third boy, 5, was not returned from Chicago. The trio netted $77.80. Brassell was arrested in Charleston and Neuman in Chicago.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chicago
Francis Brassell
James Stewart Neuman
Cyrus Hall
Brassell
Neuman
Death raises toll of La Guardia field crash
Mack Gordon a 57 year old Cleveland executive died in a New York hospital today raising to 43 the number of people killed in the United Airlines DC-4 crash at La Guardia field on May 29. Gordon's wife was injured but in good condition.
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New York
Mack Gordon
Cleveland
New York Hospital
United Airlines
la Guardia Field
Gordon
Police Set Trap For Extortionist in Detroit Case
Detroit police arrested 31 year old George Bruce Coapman who confessed to trying to extort 8000 dollars from Marie Schweitzer widow of his friend. Coapman was captured in a staged trap at Mt Olivet cemetery after notes directing payment were sent from Indiana and elsewhere. Schweitzer’s 19 year old son Richard has been missing since May 23 with no clues.
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Detroit
Joseph Krug
George Bruce Coapman
Marie Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Richard
Coapman
Mt. Olivet
Betsy Ross Weds On Flag Day in Philadelphia
Betsy Ross of Lansford Pennsylvania married Paul Fischer of Baltimore at the Drexel Institute area with a Benjamin Franklin hotel reception nearby. The ceremony occurred on Flag Day and echoes the Betsy Foss story of stitching the first American flag.
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Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Miss Ross
Lansford
Paul Fischer
Baltimore
Drexel Institute of Technology
Benjamin Franklin
Betsy Foss
U S May Send New Protest Note To Russia
Budapest June 15 AP An American informant says the State Department may issue a new protest note to Russia over alleged unilateral actions by Soviet elements of the Allied Control Commission for Hungary. Officials say the move reverses a policy of conciliation with the Russians. Dezso Sulyok, leader of the Freedom party, plans a Szeged rally to test communist response to charges Hungary is a gagged police state. He invites American and British reporters to Szeged near the Yugoslav border amid calls for international supervision of elections slated for September.
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Budapest
State Department
Russia
Allied Control Commission
Hungary
Commission
Dezso Sulyok
Freedom Party
Szeged
Sulyok
Istvan Ries
Artist Husband Of Fatally Injured Society Woman Is Held
The French artist husband of Peggy Refoule, fatally injured Atlanta society figure, was arrested on a sodomy charge amid a month-long mystery. He was interviewed twice by lie detector about the case. police found his truthfulness limited to denying love for his wife. Refoule waived preliminary hearing and was held on $19,000 bond as further questioning of others involved continued.
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Atlanta
Peggy Refoule
Paul
Fulton County
Neal Ellis
Refoule
Ellis
Demands Publication of Molotov Ribbentrop Papers
Senator Ferguson calls for speedy public release of Nazi foreign policy records including Molotov and Ribbentrop exchanges from 1937 to 1941. He says the public must have the facts and notes the United States and Britain agreed to publish the documents with France joining.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
State Department Today
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
United States
Britain
France
State Department
Foreign Office
Firemen Forget To Bring Fire Trucks
Angels Camp California June 14 The entire volunteer fire department twenty men rushed to Charles Kendalls blazing house trailer but the trailer was a total loss Fire Chief James Twisselman said the trucks had been moved to an auxiliary building last week Each volunteer looked into the former garage and assumed others had taken the vehicles
Case closed in Mrs Walker death in Bluefield
Physicians at Bluefield sanitarium reported the embalmed body hindered autopsy findings leading Police Chief Arnold Porterfield to close the case. James Neumann, 39, ex sailor from Fort Wayne, was detained then released as Bluefield and Mercer county officers did not obtain him for questioning. Police planned to interview Neumann if possible.
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Judy Walker
Bluefield Sanitarium
Arnold Porterfield
Walker
Bluefield
Alma
James Neumann
Fort Wayne
Ind
Neumann
Mercer County
Indiana
Porterfield
Neuman
Truman Denounces Red Regimes and Signs Peace Treaties
President Truman denounces communist governments in Hungary Romania and Bulgaria as oppressive while praising Italy under non communist rule as its people rebuild democracy. He signs peace treaties with Italy and the three Balkan states but notes unhappy terms and urges UN facilitated changes. He regrets Balkan regimes ignored popular will and oppressed their peoples.
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Washington
Truman
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Italy
Balkan
Senate
United States
Wreckage of Missing Power Plane Found Near St Albans
A two passenger plane missing since 3:30 a m Friday was found wrecked a few miles south of St Albans in Kanawha County. Pilot Theodore Ted Filkosky 23 of St Albans was dead and Frank Murray 21 also of St Albans was seriously injured. Murray recalled shouting for help and believes he was unconscious for about two hours before discovery.
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Charleston
W. Va
St. Albans
Kanawha County
Theodore
Ted) Filkosky
St. Francis Hospital
Frank Murray
Bert Tormey
Bartlett Funeral Home
Pilkosky
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces
Tormey
Murray
Parental Authority Sends Striking Student Back To Ditch Dig
Mullens West Virginia June 14 Parental authority has ordered a striking high school student back to ditch work and principal Charles W Stewart warned four others may be replaced if they fail to return Monday The group calling itself We Dig Ditches Local 556 sought pay from 60 to 90 cents an hour during the Mullens High School athletic field project Luther Updyke among those identified was sent back to work while others swam Stewart said wage rates were set at project start and only the county school board can change them
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Mullens
W. Va
Charles W Stewart
Mullens High School
Stewart
Luther Updyke
Wyonne County
Fathers in Broken Arrow threaten strike over breakfast demands
In Broken Arrow Oklahoma on Father's Day eve twenty fathers adopted a resolution listing demands such as late-night home returns without explanations, equal speaking rights, no need to fund their own gifts, preserving telephone privacy, and respectful forms of address. editor Cal Tinney of the Broken Arrow Ledger backed the action.
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Broken Arrow
Okla
Cal Tinney
Broken Arrow Ledger
Four Killed In Yacht Explosion In Montreal
Four people died when a private yacht exploded while passing a canal lock in the south central district of Montreal. Owner Alexis Nihon, president of a Montreal hardware company, survived with his wife and Albert Therrien. two women and two children were among the dead.
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Montreal
Alexis Nihon
D. Demontigny
Taboie
Claudette Nihon
Carroll Nihon
Nihon
Albert Therrien
Curran Predicts Work Stoppage In Maritime Dispute
Joseph Curran, head of the CIO National Maritime Union, said he and his delegation were invited out of a conference with shipowners and predicted a work stoppage at midnight. He called it a lockout and said no contract would be in effect after June 15 while five CIO unions are in a standoff with operators over wages and negotiations.
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New York
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
Curran
NMU
American Merchant Marine Institute
Marine Engineers
Hes
CIO
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Labor Department
Former Area Resident Dies in Capital Airlines Crash
Miss Minnie Etta Harman former resident of Tazewell and national Red Cross executive linked to Washington DC headquarters died in the Capital Airlines crash in Virginia Friday. She hailed from a prominent Tazewell family. her father J. N. Harman was a longtime real estate and coal operator and former church pastor.
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Minnie Etta Harman
Tazewell
American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Capital Airlines
Virginia
Miss Harman
J. N. Harman
Bland County
Ife
Harman
Virginia Republicans close policy meet in Mountain Lake
The Virginia GOP wrapped a two day statewide policy conference adopting the slogan Make Virginia a two party state in nineteen hundred and forty eight The policy committee will reconvene in Roanoke July 11 to finish the platform and central committee meets July 12 to ratify it Leaders including Floyd Landreth Ted Dalton Ralph Lincoln Robey Thompson Walter Johnson and Curtis Dozier discussed education health taxation and governance within a proposed platform urging a constitutional convention and reforms to current state laws The party reported a year round office in Richmond and grassroots expansion through maps and organizational growth
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Mountain Lake
Virginia
Roanoke
Robert H. Woods
Earisburg
State Central Committee
General Assembly
Floyd Landreth
Galax
Ted Dalton
Radford
Ralph L. Lincoln
Marion
Commonwealth
Robey Thompson
Abingdon
First District
Walter Johnson
Heathsville
Curtis Dozier
Richmond
Arty
Earl Lutz
France Opens Inquiry on Marshall Plan Cooperation
Paris reports France asked Russia about discussing the U S plan to fund a European recovery. Meanwhile British Foreign Secretary Bevin is due in Paris to confer on the Marshall plan for Europe’s postwar recovery.
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Paris
France
U. S
Marshall
Russia
Ernest Bevin
United States
Europe
No Car Tae Extension Is Planned By State
Charleston West Virginia executive secretary Don Mc Claugherty of the road commission announced 65 000 new license tags issued as of June 15 and no extension of the use for 1946 47 automobile plates this year. The new tags go into effect June 20 while the old plates become void at midnight June 30. The commission again issues a single plate in the fiscal year ending June 30 and about 365 000 application blanks have been mailed to West Virginia car owners.
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Charleston
W. Va
Don McClaugherty
The
Road Commission
McClaugherty
West Virginia
50 Die in Capital Airlines Crash on Mountian Slope
Searchers reach the rugged mountainside and confirm all 50 aboard died in the Capital Airlines crash near Washington National airport. Red Cross officials say death was likely instant. The wreckage lies in a rain swept area with bodies recovered from a steep slope and a burnt cabin. Government aviation leaders schedule discussions on safety measures following the disaster.
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Leesburg
Capital Airlines
Des Moines River Flood Rises As Eddyville Flee Again
Des Moines area floodwaters rise at half a foot per hour with crest projections near 20 to 20.5 feet tomorrow. Eddyville residents abandon their town for a second time while Tracy reports a 26 foot crest and Townsville braces for further impacts. Red Cross says 7,000 to 10,000 Towans homeless or displaced tonight.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Eddyville
Tracy
Rollo H. McCall
Red Cross
St. Louis
Hever
Ippl Ukuk
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Washington National
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James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
White House
John Steelman
Stone
Vienna
Red Cross Disaster Relief Service
Julian Brooks
Alexandria
L. T. Easley
Iowa
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