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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1946
Page
1
British troops searched Tel Aviv for members of the Woe armed gang accused of kidnapping five officers. Curfew will enforce at 5 a.m. amid rising violence across Palestine as 18 people die and many wounded in two days of clashes.
Pan American clipper America suffered a crash landing at an emergency field near Willimantic Connecticut after engine trouble on a London bound flight from New York. Passengers included actor Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. none injured. Pilot landed on three engines. wing fire reported. replacement Constellation to transport remaining passengers from LaGuardia.
At midnight an underground group attacked eight bridges along the Palestine Transjordian frontier. The assault included the Allenby Bridge and left rail bridges near Gaza impassable. One British soldier was killed and two additional soldiers along with seven Arabs were seriously wounded in a street clash.
Washington reports a proposed constitutional amendment to limit to three the number of supreme court justices named by a president. Eastland and Bridges push for reform amid public distrust. House and Senate discuss draft extension and atomic power oversight with Clark promoted to major general. Wiley denounces disposal of surplus war goods as a national disgrace.
In Norfolk the Cannonball passenger train derailed when a loose lead truck wheel caused the locomotive to leave the track. The accident damaged the roadbed but caused no injuries to the heavy passenger load. wreck crews and bridge repairs followed, with the engine later railed after 8:30 p.m. and service resuming.
Washington reports that senators faced a missing bean soup on their private restaurant menu for the first time in 40 years. The famous dish, made from pedigreed beans and Virginia ham, priced at 10 cents a cup and 15 cents for the large bowl, drew threats of law action from Senator Knute Nelson if not returned daily. Senators showed relief when the omission was corrected.
Storms swept the Midwest and East bringing heavy rain and a 48 mph gale in Baltimore and a 16 degree drop in Philadelphia. Lightning struck homes and utilities, a trolley, and a hospital but no injuries were reported. Rain belts stretch from Missouri to Pennsylvania as cooler air spills southward, with Minnesota Wisconsin and upper Michigan cooling into the 40s for several days.
M W Va June 18 1947 new district governors of the Lions club of West Virginia were announced. Virginia post and Anderson defeated Joe Werrenfeltz for the northern governorship. Bluefield will host the 1947 convention.
Senate remarks reveal a feud between Senators Byrd and Guffey over federal payroll cuts and Virginia state fiscal practices. Guffey accuses Byrd of advocating in Washington while Virginia faces payroll and tax pressures. Byrd dismisses the charge and promises a Senate response.
Shots fired at buses during a two month strike paralyzing eastern Kentucky travel. Sheriff Wiley Hall pursued a Conley Line run from Paintsville to Logan with no arrest. Passengers hid inside vehicles as a bullet struck the back seat of a relief driver amid hostilities.
President Truman won formal backing for a proposed army navy merger with a single defense secretary and cabinet level status for the top post. Secretary Patterson pledged War Department support and promised assistance, while Secretary Forrestal had not yet sent a confirming message.
Governor Meadows proclaimed Thursday June 20 as West Virginia 83rd birthday and urged citizens to observe with fitting programs and reflection on rights privileges and duties. He noted the state's growth since joining the Union and its leading mining and chemical industries.
Soviet and Western dispatches report alleged Soviet troop concentration in southeastern Germany. Tass states the claim is unfounded and issued an official denial.
In Michigan, GOP governor front runner Kim Sigler led with 46 391 votes as Vernon J Brown trailed 38 519 and Raymond J Kelly fared 25 490 while Detroit mayor Edward J Jeffries trailed. Democratic Murray D Van Wagoner led in the gubernatorial race with 18 070. William J Cody had 4 726. In Massachusetts, Gov Maurice Tobin faced Francis Harrigan for the Democratic line as John F Kennedy led a field of ten for the U S House nomination in the 11th district.
Huntington West Virginia June 18 farmers threaten to let crops spoil in the field unless prices improve Agricultural Agent W D Click said the slump comes from large crops and surplus produce in the area Beans and cabbage rot in market stalls as buyers are scarce The growing season was favorable and farmers had planted more than usual under government urging
Washington June 1 A spurt of molten metal could in years become America s defense rocket or armored space ship using vaporslagiline as fuel Chief ordnance Hughes says it may replace bullets and shells The weapon would launch a rocket guided by radar or space aiming to the target It would spit a jet of molten metal at 25000 feet per second, far faster than bullets and V 2 rockets The danger is molten metal could pierce armor and even stop an atomic rocket, signaling a radical but distant advance in warfare
In New York Russia vetoed a nine vote plan to refer the Spanish question to the UN General Assembly. The Evatt Johnson plan would have had the assembly decide Franco Spain by September. The council also adjourned after failing to approve a separate motion from Poland.
City officials discussed a 100 unit housing project with utilities to install lines free of charge while the water and gas firms balked. The sanitary commission remained noncommittal on sewage lines. Residents from lower Frederick urged cost clarity for paving. total street costs near 20 000 for one street, part of an 17 street project.
Price controls debate rises as Wilson Wyatt warns a breakdown could wreck housing aid and Dean Acheson warns grain control changes threaten famine relief exports. Senate and House conferees plan to meet to finalize the OPA measure amid differing bills and stalled provisions on butter livestock and dairy products.
The Louis Conn boxing match is scheduled to be broadcast from East York with telecast set to start at 9 oclock Bluefield time. The event highlights a heavyweight confrontation drawing local attention and media coverage in the region.
Margaret Loughry, 26, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by a Barbour county circuit court jury after a one hour and twenty five minute deliberation. The case concerned the death of six year old Wesley Leroy Loughry at the family home near Independence last May 1. Loughry faces a possible one to five year sentence.
Bread supply in greater Bluefield drops to less than 25 percent of normal after Feuchtenberger and Cole Baking plants shut due to flour shortages. L. D. Feuchtenberger Jr and Paul Cole say only two carloads or no flour have promises, leaving southern West Virginia and three Virginia counties limited to meager deliveries.
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