Farm Leaders Confident In GOP Platform on Cooperatives
Philadelphia June 18 farm leaders voiced confidence the GOP platform will not seek to end federal income tax exemptions for rural cooperatives. They urged platform subcommittees to address tax equality, while opposing a call to repeal exemptions. Strong lines came from the national Grange and farm groups who argue coops support the movement and condemn removing tax relief.
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Philadelphia
National Associated Businessmen
GOP
National Grange
Farm Bureau Federation
National Council For Farmer Cooperatives
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Alberts. Goss
The
Grange
Farmer Cooperative
Goss
Ancher Nelson
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Truman
Highway Aid Plan Favored by Solons and Revercomb
Sen. Chapman Revercomb announced a conference agreement approving $450 million a year in federal highway aid for 1950 and 1951, with funding split 45 percent primary rural, 30 percent secondary, and 25 percent urban roads. West Virginia would receive about $4.78 million annually.
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Washington
Chapman Revercomb
R-Wva
Revercomb
Senate
House
Congress
Public Roads Administration
West Virginia
Brady named to Cabell court by governor in June
Huntington West Virginia June 18 The appointment by Governor Meadows of James Brady Barboursville merchant and member of the house of delegates as a member of the Cabell county court was announced today He will fill the unexpired term of the late T Henry Nash.
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Huntington
W. Va
Meadows
James Brady
Barboursville
House of Delegates
Cabell County
T. Henry Nash
Bluefield College Graduates Diplomas At Ceremony
Commencement at Bluefield College featured Dean R. B. Pinchbeck of the University of Richmond delivering the address on liberal education. Diplomas were presented by Dr. Charles L. Harman with James E. McCoy assisting, and a program of music, prayers, and speeches followed by medals and honors awards for top students including Richard George and John F. Stephen.
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Bluefield College
R. B. Pinchbeck
University of Richmond
Charles L. Harman
James E. McCoy
Chopin
Marvin Williams
God of Our Fathers
Herman H. Mauch
Calvary Baptist Church
Frank Stowers
Effinger
Dr. Harman
George Allen Thompson
Richard George
H. K. Jarreil
God Is Ever
de Rose
Dean C. W. Owen
Wendell G. Davis
College Avenue Baptist Church
June Davidson
Nancy Ruddell
Marcella Winn
Clarence Ashby
Crockett Brewster
Donald Reynolds
Carrisonourg
George Mace
Sresaman Jana
George ‘Uy
Gillespie, Jr
West Granau
Awaraen Vy Voce
Wass Chace G. Claucer
Siuelela
Marvin L. Hill
Martinsville
Lorrene C. Tatum
State streams show spotty conditions ahead of 1948 season
Charleston West Virginia June 18 The conservation commission reports spotty stream conditions statewide on the eve of bass frog and other non game seasons. Several counties report improving waters while others note high muddy rivers and isolated clear stretches. Trout season remains open through July 15 with others starting tonight and tomorrow depending on species.
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Charleston
W. Va
The
Conservation Commission
Monroe
Greenbrier
Pendleton
Mineral
Hampshire
Morgan
Berkeley
Jefferson
Fayette
Montongalia
Wetzel
Ohio
Brooke
Barbour
Tucker, Upshur
Randolph, Webster, Nicholas
Boone
Wayne
Preston
Taylor
Marshall
Tyler
Prince
Fayette County
Gauley
Nicholas County
Guyan
Elk River
South Fork
South Branch
Capon River
Hardy County
Yale Swimmer Betters World Record Times
Yale ace Allen Stack, Yale’s 1948 swimming captain, again lowers national marks in AAU sanctioned practice meets. He clocked 2:27.86 for 200 meters and 2:38.5 for 220 yards, beating Kiefer records from 1937. Stack, from Hingham, Mass., is a top Olympic hopeful ahead of Detroit trials next month. Tomorrow he aims to erase the 400 meter backstroke record in a 50 yard pool.
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New Haven
Conn
Allen Stack
Yale
Stack
San Francisco
Adolph Kiefer
Lake Shore
A. C
Chicago
Hingham
Mass
Detroit
Kiefer Deesever
Coral Gables
Maritime Opponents Ordered To Parley
New York June 18 judge John W Clancy ordered both sides in the east and gulf coast maritime dispute to resume bargaining at once. He kept in effect a 10 day restraining order preventing a union strike until next Thursday and will rule later on extending it through the 80 day Taft Hartley cooling off period. Seven unions had threatened a nationwide shutdown after contract expiry June 15, but walkout was halted by government injunctions obtained last week. Seamen picketed the federal court as arguments were heard.
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New York
John W. Clancy
East
Gulf Coast
San Francisco
Cleveland
Federal Court
Seaman
Clancy
U S Sees 7.5 Billion Dollar Foreign Aid For 1948
The Commerce Department estimates U S will provide 7.5 billion dollars in aid to foreign nations in 1948. This exceeds the 6 billion annual postwar grants from 1945-1947. Gifts may exceed 70 percent of this year’s aid, with loans and credits totaling 10 billion since the war ended, Europe receiving 8.3 billion and 7.8 billion to 16 European recovery program nations.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Department
Europe
New Law Lets States Ease Aid To Blind Persons
Washington reports the Senate adopted legislation permitting states operating approved aid to the blind programs to liberalize their income disregards. States may, but need not, ignore the first 40 dollars of monthly personal service income of a blind recipient in determining need for assistance, changing the existing rule that all other income be counted.
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Washington
Senate
Trinity Men’s Club Hosts SA Couple Major Garthwaite
Major Garthwaite of the Salvation Army and his wife entertained Trinity Methodist church men’s club members at Welch last night. Miss June Goodloe performed songs on the ukulele, Henry Fortune sang with Mrs. Fortune at the piano, and R. M. Murphy led the meeting, the final summer session before programs resume in September.
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Willis Garthwaite
Salvation Army
Welch
Trinity Methodist Church
Major Garthwaite
June Goodloe
Miss Goodloe
Henry Fortune
Fortune
R. M. Murphy
Reds Step Up Squeeze Play
Russians tell German authorities that all rail and road traffic into eastern Germany has been halted at midnight to block flight of worthless marks from western Germany. German border police say the ban affects travel into the Russian zone only, lasting until currency reform in western Germany is completed.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Geman
Wiesbaden
Gerstungen
Kassel
Helmstedt
Berlin
Marienborn
West
Hof
Congress weighs foreign aid and housing measures
Senate and House confer on foreign aid lasting 12 to 15 months and a permanent farm price program. A compromise bill would admit up to 205,000 homeless Europeans to the United States over the next two years if qualified. Rep Fellows says the result is the best attainable amid curbs.
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Senate-House
Senate
House
U. S
Rep Fellows
Rme
Truman Handed—Trustee Dispute Over Miner Welfare Fund
Van Horn blocked efforts to solve differences at trustee meetings. He filed suit in federal court to bar Lewis and Bridges from enforcing a Friday night resolution to activate the 1947 welfare fund. Lewis says the 1946 fund, once 26 million, will run out by June 30, risking payments to 146,000 crippled and destitute miners and their families within two weeks.
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van Horn
Federal District Court
Lewis and Bridges
Lewis
Aluminum Strike Postponed For Week
Pittsburgh June 18 Philip Murray president of the CIO and United Steelworkers of America said the 18 330 Aluminum Company of America workers strike called for Sunday midnight has been postponed for one week at the request of Cyrus S Ching director of the U S department of conciliation and mediation Negotiations between the steelworkers union and ALCOA aimed at a new contract will resume Monday
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Aluminum Company of America
Murray
Cyrus S. Ching
U. S. Department of Conciliation and Mediation
Steelworkers Union
ALCOA
U S War Dead Leave United Kingdom From Cardiff
In Cardiff Wales on June 18 a ceremony marked the departure of nearly 45 000 United States World War II dead to be buried on American soil. The Lawrence Victory will transport the first repatriated bodies to New York due June 26 and homeward burials will follow.
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Cardiff
Wales
United States
United Kingdom
U.S
Lawrence Victory
New York
Vandenberg Rails Against Truman Vacation on TV
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan sharply criticized President Truman for a self serving political vacation while the government should be on the job in Washington. In a Time Life NBC broadcast from the foreign relations committee room he praised Congress for its record on international relations and said it has worked for stability security and liberty with self help and mutual aid. He made no reference to a possible presidential bid at the Philadelphia convention.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
Congress
Senate
Congress On International Relations
America
Philadelphia
Filibuster Debate on Draft Bill Moves Through Congress
In a sparsely filled senate chamber a draft bill debate continued with most senators working on other business. The measure proposes registration for 18 to 30, various exemptions, and potential drafts for ages 19 to 25, with start dates tied to mobilization and volunteer programs. House and senate versions differ on exemptions, volunteer enlistment, deferments, and reserve terms, while the vote split in West Virginia’s delegation saw Hedrick Kee Rohrbough for passage and Ellis Love Snyder against.
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Senate
House
Armed Services
U. S
Washington
West Virginia
Hedrick and
Kee
Rohrbough
Ellis, Love
Snyder
Revival To Begin At Pine Grove Church
A two weeks revival starts at Pine Grove Church of Christ Sunday evening at 8. Prof. J Spencer Holland of Johnson Bible College in Timberland Heights Tenn will be the evangelist. Rufus H Peer pastor of the church recently graduated from Johnson Bible College with a BA this spring. A stiff shock absorber causes an automobile to pull to one side.
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Pine Grove Church
Deaths and Funerals In Bluefield and nearby towns
Funeral notices from Bluefield and Tazewell counties report services for Mrs. Sarah Katherine Etter, Mollie Peery, Mrs. Minta Dye, and others. Burials planned in Maple Cemetery and Wilburn Valley, with families naming survivors including children and siblings. Alerts include awaiting relatives at sea and pending arrangements for Frank B. Taylor and others.
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Estill M. Steele
Eggleston
Buford
U.S. Navy
Galla Susan Wills
Lorin Wills
Rich Creek
Bluefield Sanitarium
H. M. King
Fairview Cemetery
Narrows
Injured Dogs Cause Tennis Forfeitures
London, June 18. Injured players forced two semifinals to be defaulted at the London Lawn Tennis Championships. Gardnar Mulloy and John Bromwich retired with foot injuries, paving the way for Bob Falkenburg and Eric Sturgess to reach the final. Bromwich seeded second, Mulloy third, both ahead of Wimbledon next week. Falkenburg to meet Sturgess, while in the women’s division Doris Hart of Miami reaches the final against Margaret Osborne Du Pont of Wilmington, with Du Pont and Louise Brough to face Mary Arnold Prentiss and Shirley Fry in doubles. Hart upset Brough 6-4 8-10 6-1.
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Gardnar Mulloy
John Bromwich
Bob Falkenburg
Eric Sturgess
Bromwich
Mulloy
Miami
Fla
Doris Hart
Margaret Osborne DuPont
Wilmington
Del
DuPont
Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Calif
Mary Arnold Prentiss
Los Angeles
Shirley Fry
Akron
Ohio
Miss Hart
Miss Brough
United States
Mine Foreman Killed At Wayne Operation
A rock fall at a Wayne county coal mine near East Lynn killed Clarence Richardson and injured Delbert Vanhouse and Oscar Harvey. Richardson, 42, was crushed. Vanhouse, 28, sustained back and other injuries and was listed in serious condition at Huntington Hospital. Harvey, 35, was treated and released for a shoulder injury. The accident occurred about one mile from the mine opening at a Jamies Fry operation employing about 20 men.
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East Lynn
W. Va
Wayne County
Clarence Richardson
Delbert Vanhouse
Huntington
Oscar Harvey
Genoa
Booton Funeral Home
Richardson
Vanhouse
Jamies Fry
UN Strives For Holy Land Peace in Rhodes Journey
UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte arrives at his Rhodes peace base after talks in Cairo and Tel Aviv. Arab and Jewish consultants will help craft a peace plan, with delegations expected to Rhodes Monday. He foresees no immediate top-level talks and notes the cease-fire holds amid possible incidents. Jewish mobilization continues and a UN convoy reaches Jerusalem with wheat. A repair crew finishes the Latrun highway to permit food deliveries after 128 days of siege.
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Cairo
Folke Bernadotte
Rhodes
Palestine
U. N
Tel Aviv
Agean Island
Eyef
United Nations
Riggs And Budge Reach Pro Net Final in Doubles
Defending champions Bobby Riggs and Don Budge advance to the final at the National Professional Tennis case West Side club, seeded No. 1, to face Pack Kramer and Francisco Segura. They beat Mickey Gornto and Robert Stubbs in the quarters and then toppled Danny Pails and Pierre Pellizza to secure the final.
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Bobby Riggs
Altadena
Calif
Don Budge
Hollywood
West Side
Oda
Riggs
Budge
Pack Kramer
Los Angeles
Francisco
Pancho) Segura
Ecuador
Budge and Riggs
Mickey Gornto
Fort Laudersdale
Fla
Robert Stubbs
Scarsdale
N. C
Gornto
Kramer
Segura
Carl Earn
Bob Harman
Frank Kovacs
Oakland
Welby van Horn
Germantown
Snake Discourages All Kitchen Work
Lynchburg reports Mrs. J N Gordon on Leesvilla road has refused to open a built in kitchen cabinet after spotting a large snake in the kitchen. Neighbors witnessed the snake vanish into the cabinet and plans to dismantle the cabinet when help arrives. Charleston reports Marshall county bicyclist death raises June toll to ten and year total to 160, compared with 164 last year.
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Lynchburg, Va
J. N. Gordon
Leesvilla Road
Charleston
W. Va
Marshall County
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
City and Coalfield Gabardine Suits Arrive at Shaman's
Shaman's at 406 Princeton Ave unveils City and Coalfield men gabardine suits. Available in single and double breasted styles for men seeking new dress options.
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Shaman’s
Princeton, Ave
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