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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1949
Page
1
President Truman asserts no national crisis exists in employment or business while detailing current economic indicators. He cites steady job gains, rising production, and resilient markets in a broad briefing for reporters.
Fire gutted the north wing of Warner Hall in Gloucester as firefighters from Gloucester and West Point battled the blaze for four hours. The center of the wing, part of the original 1740 structure built for Mildred Warner, George Washington's grandmother, was saved with brick walls left standing according to the Gloucester Chronicle.
Henry Wadleigh testified in a federal courtroom that he stole state department documents starting March 1936 and shared them with Soviet agents. He described himself as a Communist sympathizer who worked with red agents from the moment he entered the state department and acknowledged giving at least one document to a courier for a prewar contact. He also claimed cooperation with Alger Hiss and other government officials in a high profile espionage case.
Virginia State Bar adjusts its calendar with the bar year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. The court reappoints two state bar council members for three year terms and designates terms for other officers including Senator deem and Jonah E Proffitt with specified start dates and locations.
David E. Lilienthal denounces a Nation's Business article Is The A-Bomb Secure as inaccurate reckless and dangerous and says FBI will review possible security violations He notes passages asserting stockpile details and warns of leaks impairing national security. Rep Price calls for full investigation and Lilienthal says Hoover will be consulted.
The Senate added a non Communist oath requirement for both union and company leaders to the Truman labor bill. The move, approved by voice vote, expands Taft Hartley features to four. Debate on handling national emergency strikes followed, with plans including court injunctions and separate actions for each strike.
Virginia's population grew 17.2 per 1 000 in 1948. Births totaled 81 566 and deaths 28 909, a net gain of 52 657. The 1948 death rate stood at 9.4 per 1 000, slightly lower than 1947. Richmond report from the health department's vital statistics bureau.
In Rockport Missouri on June 16 a dispute over who would conduct a marriage led to a fist fight injuring Rev. Ellis J. Hough, with Rev. Kenneth J. Bressler fined $25 for common assault. A third minister then performed the ceremony as Hough vows civil action for injuries.
Ruth Steinhagen, 19, a Chicago typist, is held on 25000 cash bond after shooting Eddie Waitkus of the Phillies with a .22 rifle at the Edgewater Beach hotel. Judge orders a mental evaluation to explain her urge to kill. Waitkus fights for life with a fifty fifty chance of survival.
A coal operators' spokesman tests the constitutional basis of a bill by Rep. Price to impose penalties on mines that stay open despite unsafe conditions. James W. Haley of the National Coal Association argues the measure is unconstitutional citing interstate commerce. The hearing before House labor subcommittee continues tomorrow with questions from Reps. Perkins and Bailey.
Alpena Michigan June 16 William A Comstock 71 former governor of Michigan 1933 34 died tonight at Alpena General Hospital after suffering a stroke May 24 during vacation He had been hospitalized since then A Democrat Comstock unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1926 28 and 30 and won in 1932 amid a Democratic landslide He declared an eight day banking holiday in 1933 closing 580 banks beginning the national bank holiday Born to wealth he built and lost three fortunes.
Bland street police report two men used a decoy ploy yesterday afternoon to steal a 22 caliber bolt action rifle from the O K furniture store. J A Stevenson says one distracted him at 3 15 while the other fled with the rifle. One suspect is described as light complexioned 25 to 30. The pair was later seen in the Hub restaurant trying to sell the rifle.
June 16 report on US Steel and CIO United Steelworkers bargaining over pensions. Philip Murray rejects the company's stance, saying negotiations will continue tomorrow. Contracts run to April 30, 1950 and are reopenable only on pay and insurance benefits.
In Roanoke Virginia on June 16 M E Lisic 38 paid a 12.50 fine for a misdemeanor then faced a grand jury. Detective Captain Frank Webb said Lisic raised the money to pay the fine by cashing a forged check and admitted it was forged.
Coal operators and unions move to negotiate limits on pensions and royalties amid a threatened industry-wide showdown led by John AL Lewis. Regional groups in Pittsburgh and Norton plan joint committees as talks aim at a new wage scale and possible cuts in welfare funds, with Moses named as head of operator negotiators and others waiting to join.
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