Ministers Reach Minor Clause On Trieste Dispute
Paris June 19 The foreign ministers conference agreed on a minor clause protecting Italian nationals and property in areas to be ceded chiefly to France and Yugoslavia. They plan frontier restifications for both nations while the Trieste issue remains central and unresolved, with talks to resume tomorrow.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Conference
Trieste
Europe
France
Yugoslavia
Italy
Higher Canned Goods Prices Forecast by OPA
The OPA forecast higher retail prices for part of the 1946 pack of canned fruits and vegetables. Wage increases for canners may raise costs, while some approved raises may have little retail impact. Prices for nonraised-wage canner products largely unchanged, with sugar cost adjustments and subsidy reductions potentially raising peas and other items by a few cents per can.
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Washington
OPA
Wage Stabilization Board
California
AOPA
West Virginia heat and subfreezing readings reported
Heat and subfreezing temperatures were logged across West Virginia last week. Average weekly temperature 70.6 degrees with Canaan Valley dipping to 30. highs reached 96 in Hinton and 95 in Kearneysville. Rainfall averaged 1.38 inches. Parkersburg received 4.02 inches while Madison had 0.14. Frost risk minimal as fruit crops show growth and late wheat cutting begins.
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sCharleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Ohio River
Cooperative Weather
Canaan Valley
Hinton
Kearneysville
Williamson
Charles
Huntington
Petersburg
Parkersburg
Madison
Morgan
Jefferson
Ohio
New Clues Found In Kidnap Slaying
Chicago reports discovery of hidden writing on the Suzanne Degnan ransom note. Detective Chief Walter Storms says hundreds of impressions including names and numbers were found on sheets above the note. FBI experts previously found no hidden writing. police remain optimistic.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Walter Storms
Storms
Chicago Daily News
Lance
FBI
Washington
San Hamel
Ing FBI
West Virginia to Celebrate 83rd State Anniversary
Governor Meadows signals modest pride in West Virginia’s 83rd statehood anniversary. State offices to close while special programs are planned. liquor stores remain open. Population growth from under 400000 to about 2000000 highlighted with remarks on industry and agriculture progress.
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Charleston
W. Va
Meadows
West Virginia
Disputes Slow Pace Of Court Martial Proceedings
Annapolis Md June 19 Controversies between defense and prosecution counsel and recapitulation of testimony slowed the navy general court martial of Chief Steward Walter W Rollins to a near standstill on the 13th day of the trial. Enlisted men Curtis Carter Aaron Wilson and Joseph James testified about Rollins conduct at the North Severn officers club with Carter's session held in secrecy.
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Annapolis
Navy
Walter W. Rollins
Virgin Islands
Curtis Carter
Aaron Wilson
Joseph James
Rollins
North Severn
Carter
Princeton Women Battle Over Loaf Of Bread
Two Princeton women fought over the last loaf of bread in a North Walker street grocery store. Hair pulling and angry words followed a dispute over possession amid widespread food shortages as shoppers await restocked supplies and federal help to meet domestic needs.
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Princeton
Walker Street
Marines Pledge To Keep Peace In Tsingtao
Brig. Gen. Walter T. Clement vowed peace and order in the Shantung port of Tsingtao while avoiding commitment to defend the city against large Chinese communist forces. The destroyer Estes, Seventh Fleet flagship, was to arrive soon as 20 naval families were to join their men in July, signaling an end to the Tsingtao crisis.
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Tsingtao
Shantung
China
U. S
Walter T. Clement
Estes
U. S. Seventh Fleet
General Breckenridge
Shanghai
Two Hospitals To Close War Service Records In West Virginia
Charleston reports the army will close war service records at Ashford and Baker general hospitals in White Sulphur Springs and Martinsburg by June 30. Col. Beck and Col. Cook praised the public for cooperation as patients finish departures and town officials seek to acquire property for potential return to rail ownership.
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Charleston
W. Va
Army
War Service
Ashford
Newton D. Baker
West Virginia
Clyde M. Beck
White Sulphur Springs
E. L. Cook
Baker
Martinsburg
Greenbrier
War Assets Administration
Gapcam
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Russia Rejects U S Veto Plan At UN Debate
At the United Nations atomic energy commission Russia rejects the U S proposal to abolish the veto on atomic matters and presents its own plan to place control under the Security Council and UN system. Gromyko argues any plan must fit Security Council principles while Baruch urges a veto free framework. Britain Cadogan signals cooperation but makes no veto stance. France has not stated its position.
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New York
Russia
United States
Security Council
United Nations
Andri A. Gromyko
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Commission
Gromyko
Ueattans
Bernard M. Baruch
Commission
Baruch
China
Great Britain
Alexander Cadogan
Prance
Price Ceilings On Potatoes Suspended
Washington reports price ceilings on potatoes were suspended by the OPA during the strike emergency effective through June 26 with a 60 day extension expected. Potatoes had been removed last fall then restored May 24 because of the rail strike and are now suspended again as the emergency period ends.
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Washington
OPA
Revercomb protests mine safety fund cut in Senate
U S senator Revercomb of West Virginia opposed cutting federal safety inspections for coal mines saying he would not sacrifice miners lives for economy. After protests by Revercomb and Kilgore the Senate restored funding to 45 mine inspectors.
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Washington
Sen
Revercomb
W. Va
Senate
Kilgore
Wy Va
Residents of Titmouse Drive Protest Name Change
Residents of Titmouse Drive in Mobile Alabama stage protests before the city commission asking for a street name change. They argue repeated spelling during mail delivery causes snickers though officials note Titmouse Drive lies in a federal housing project and is not within city control.
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Mobile
Ala
Titmouse Drive
City Commission
Conferees Black Out Details On OPA Bill Action
Washington dispatch reports conferees drafting the OPA bill agreed to withhold piecemeal details until final action. They aim to calm pressure from supporters and critics as price and rent controls are debated.
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Washington
OPA
Senate House Conference Committee
Commerce Wallace
Budget Director Smith Resigns for International Bank Post
Washington reports Budget Director Harold D. Smith resigns after supervising billions in federal spending since 1939 to become vice president of a new international bank. He will earn a taxfree 22 500 dollar salary versus a government pay about 10 000 dollars lower after taxes. Smith cited salary limits and family fixed charges, and Truman praised his sacrifice as a tragedy of public service.
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Washington
Harold D. Smith
Federal Service
Smith
International Bank
Eugene Meyer
Reappointments of Marshals Confirmed
The Senate confirmed three United States marshals today for Virginia and West Virginia. Robert L. Allworth will serve the eastern district of Virginia, John White Stuart the western district, and William Holis the southern district of West Virginia.
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Washington
Virginia
West Virginia
Senate
Robert L. Allworth
John White Stuart
William Holis
Motorist Slain By Hitch-Hiker Near Philadelphia Case
The FBI announced a 23 year old former soldier William Francis Harvey of Syracuse admitted stabbing C J Becker man of Leesburg Virginia on March 28 and burying the body near Fredericksburg. He confessed taking Becker man’s car to Philadelphia where he planned to see a girlfriend and then fled. Extradition proceedings were expected and Harvey said he had been employed as a meat cutter since discharge.
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Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Virginia
Pone
L. V. Boardman
FBI
Wiliam Francis Harvey
Syracuse
N. Y
Richmond
Boardman
Harvey
C. J. Beckerman
Leesburg
Fredericksburg
Beckerman
Camp Dix
N. J
Camp Eustis
Car Shortage Slows Upstate Coal Production in West Virginia
Coal output in northern West Virginia fell as railroad car shortages forced mine closures on the Monongah division of the B and O line. Only 1,200 cars available of 3,400 ordered halted 49 mines, while 60 mines closed yesterday and 1,300 cars were loaded. Monongahela railway area faced 40 percent of normal car supply, with some operations limited to a single early shift. Pocahontas operators reported 703,157 tons for the week ended June 15, up from last week and the year-ago period.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Monongahela Railway
Pocahontas Operators Association
Trial Of Damage Case Continued In Beckley
The Beckley case where ex police chief William Thomas Roberts seeks 100000 from Beckley Newspapers was continued to the January 1947 term. Only three civil cases remain on the docket while 20 indictments were returned. several defendants pleaded guilty and others are not yet in custody. Criminal cases listed include O Dell Kemp and Perdue Spencer tied to thefts and illegal possession with dates in June.
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Beckley Newpaper
William Thomas Roberts
Beckley
Beckley Newspapes Corporation
Beckey
Roberts
U. S. District Court
Ben Moore
Ollie T. O'Dell
McDowell County
John Em Kemp
Wyoming
Dail Meecner
Bluefield
Tacrael
Ingard
Perdue
Wade Cullen Burks
Nrewine County
Chateed
Perdue Spencer
Bluefield Furniture Company
Bidault Elected Head of France
Paris June 19 George Bidault leader of the conservative movement was elected provisional president of France by the constituent assembly with the communists abstaining Their stance signals possible entry to Bidaults cabinet and support for a two house legislature in the draft constitution for the fourth republic Bidault 46 a former Tory professor received 384 votes while communists withhold 150 votes to back a more conciliatory government Paris unrest followed a communist party headquarters attack as De Gaulle resistance anniversary events continued in the capital
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U. 8
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Constituent Assembly
France
Orrow
Trieste
Prtbom
Paris
George Bidault
Communist Party
Bidault
MRP
Comunists
de Gaulle
Vna
Gouin
London
Completion of B-36 Bomber Announced
Washington reports the six engine B-36 bomber completion by the army air forces. Initial flights are planned for late summer. The aircraft, with a 230 foot wingspan, 163 foot fuselage and six 3,000 horsepower Pratt Whitney engines, carries a 15 member crew in pressurized compartments.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
W. Stuart Symington
Mene
War For
Air
Flood Waters Block U S Route 33 119 in West Virginia
Flood waters from Brush Fork and Fink Run covered U S Route 33 119 between Weston and Glenville in West Virginia. The road was blocked by three to four feet of water after a heavy storm, flagmen were posted, and the level was expected to recede by midnight.
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Charleston
W. Va
Weston
Glenville
Road Commission
Toll Of Dead In Holy Land Jumps
British troops widen a Palestine manhunt after six British officers are reported missing and two Jews killed near the Lebanon border. Tel Aviv imposes a curfew as police and soldiers hunt suspects linked to Irgun and Haganah amid ongoing frontier clashes.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Kfar Giladi
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Seaton
H. B. Chadwick
Irgun
Chadwick
King David Hotel
Aviv
Israel
Sixth Aireborne Division
Hoover Sees Improved World Food Outlook From Latin American Aid
Former President Hoover reports a brighter world food outlook due to Latin American cooperation supplying 800000 extra tons of cereals and beans for the coming months. He notes potential further help from Argentina and plans a meeting with President Truman to discuss global food conditions as of June 1.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Argentina
Hoover
Truman
Piece Of Dental Plate Removed From Throat
George Glass a 46 year old Pennsylvania store manager swallowed a dental plate with two teeth and a metal hook while eating a sandwich. Doctors at Temple Hospital removed the piece using X rays and an esophagoscope.
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Philadelphia
George Glass
Temple Hospital
Glass
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