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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1948
Page
11
The House approves a housing bill 318 to 90 without public housing funding, touted as boosting homebuilding while critics call it socialistic. The measure forks toward the Senate Taft Eben der Wagner proposal, with White House veto potential and veteran housing priorities noted.
Congress failed to reach a compromise on foreign aid spending for the European recovery plan and related programs totaling over 6 billion dollars. The breakdown jeopardizes funding and could halt approval if adjournment proceeds. Senator Taft urged delaying adjournment if a satisfactory European aid amount cannot be agreed upon.
Roper Raines of Bowling Green says he will ask delegate Frank Beasley to introduce a bill when the general assembly meets. He seeks a state law prohibiting men from wearing coins from June 1 through August.
After a 163 year hunt science locates the bristle thick curlew nesting site near Mountain Valley Alaska. Dr Arthur A Allen of Cornell found the nest sending the discovery to Dr Gilbert Grosvenor of National Geographic Society. The curlew winters in the south seas and its cry recalls its name.
Washington in a tense session the Senate fought a filibuster over selective service while House and Senate conferees pressured to finalize draft, foreign aid, farm price, and housing bills. Taft predicted adjournment possible by tomorrow evening as leaders push to reconcile housing measures and the draft.
In Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania investigators sorted through charred remains of 43 victims from United Airlines Mainliner DC-6 wreckage. A makeshift morgue in Centralia held fragmented bodies identified so far, as relatives waited for clues to kin. Civil Aeronautics Board launched a four pronged inquiry with United Airlines Douglas Aircraft and the Airline Pilots Association.
Maj. Gen. Robert R. McClure, commander of the second army, will be the principal speaker at the West Virginia encampment of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Bluefield on Friday evening June 25. Sen. Chapman Revercomb announced arrangements and sided with possible attendance at the state meeting pending the Republican national convention. McClure, a World War II veteran, led the Bougainville campaign and later headed all ground forces in the China theater. He is a Rome, Georgia native and served as executive officer of the West Virginia military district in Charleston in 1939.
Staunton dispatch reports Augusta County Trial Justice Court Judge W Terrell Sheehan received a mailed note alleging a local crime wave. The letter warns of outlaws from Rockbridge and Augusta counties planning home robberies and thefts while residents work and sleep, calling for state patrol intervention.
Bluefield celebrated the dedication of its $523,000 municipal parking building with bands dignitaries and out of state guests. West Virginia University President Dr Irvin Stewart praised the project calling it democracy in action and urging continued civic problem solving.
International Harvester proposes an 11 cent hourly raise for 61,000 workers across 21 plants costing about 3 million dollars yearly. The offer is described as final on the wage figure by a company spokesman. CIO unions for farm equipment and metal workers could not comment. Negotiations continue with 11 plants affected.
Washington June 18 That distinctive naval cocked hat is being discarded in Secretary Sullivan s push to streamline future naval dress uniforms. Other items eliminated include top coat epaulets full dress trousers dress sword belt dress white trousers and boat cloak.
Philadelphia June 18 AP Supporters of Gov. Thomas Dewey won a 48 to 44 vote to seat a Georgia delegation, with Taft backers securing an eight vote Mississippi delegation. The move shifts delegate strength but no one yet nears the 548 needed for nomination.
The United States orders the 36th wing of jet fighters from the Panama Canal zone to move into the U S zone of Germany. The move doubles Europe’s fighter force as Soviet air power grows nearby. A B 29 bomber group arrives in Okinawa for a three month stay, under Lt Gen Curtis E Lemay and Col Henry R Spicer.
President Truman arrived in Washington returning from a 15 day 8000 mile rail journey to Los Angeles. He called the trip educational for himself and the country and greeted a crowd of cabinet members and officials at Union Terminal before heading to the White House for lunch. He planned to review more than 150 bills passed by Congress he denounced as among the worst in history.
A man identified as Charles William Burton of Little Rail road surrendered to Pulaski County Sheriff L R Summers saying he wished to go to jail He is wanted on five warrants for resisting arrest assault non support and breaking and entering Burton told officers cold mountain nights prompted his surrender.
A compromise to draft men for 21 months was reported reached in Congress but delayed by Senator Taylor of Idaho's filibuster. Inductions may start in 90 days, according to a newsman briefing from Rep. Short. The report cites a highly placed, unnamed legislator and references other political tension surrounding Henry Wallace's running mate.
The White House faces a fresh clash in the John L. Lewis soft coal battle as the Taft Hartley act machinery may be set in motion to curb the miners strike. Key figures include President Truman, Senator Bridges, Justice Goldsborough, Ezra Van Horn, and Cyrus S. Ching with ongoing negotiations and injunctions over welfare and pension funds.
Senator Glen L. Taylor led a one man filibuster over the draft bill, covering Henry A. Wallace boomerang tossing to surviving an atomic bomb. He mixed Wallace for President plugs with a chatty, slow talk aimed at a sparse Senate gallery.
In Louisville on June 18 a nearly new 1949 Ford two door custom sedan appeared as a used car just hours after new models went on sale. The price tag reached 3250 dollars, 1425 dollars above the original sale price. Owner Morris Brown of West Broadway Motors said Phillip Burnett agreed to sell for 2800 dollars, a deal covering the car radio heater and spotlight.
Washington reports thousands of veterans await dividend amounts and payment dates from the National Service Life Insurance fund. The VA expects to decide dividend calculations after applying a formula based on policy size duration and insured age, affecting over 20 million accounts.
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