Drive To Cash GI Bonds May Halt Program
Washington AP reports members of the House armed services committee expect a drive to redeem GI terminal leave bonds to sidetrack universal military training legislation next year. Hearings on many bills to redeem bonds immediately are set to begin, with a final decision on hearings postponed to early next year.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Special Commission
House
Rep. Arends
Illinois
Arends
Wandering opossum interrupts power at Hazel-Atlas plant
A wandering opossum caused a brief power disruption in Clarksburg and surrounding areas after entering electrical equipment at the Hazel Atlas Glass plant around 9 p.m. The animal was electrocuted after crossing the phases of a circuit, triggering a short that knocked out service for a portion of the plant and nearby.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
Churchill not fully revealing war broadcast anecdote
The dean of Canterbury, the Very Rev Hewlett Johnson, told Colchester listeners that Churchill once joked during the famous Dunkirk broadcast that he would hit the enemy with beer bottles, claiming that was all they had. The remark came as part of an account asserting Churchill hid nothing in the message.
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Colchester
England
Winston Churchill
Dunkerque
Hewlett Johnson
Canterbury
Churchill
Cupid Leaves Two Broken Hearts On Piers
New York on June 21 a dramatic pier scene unfolds involving Michael Lonardo of New Haven waiting for Jeanette Smirnoff Provost. Dr Robert M Tirman Brooklyn ship doctor arrives claiming he will marry Provost. A separate incident in Naples leaves Linae C Cester to face Ellis Island after a cancelled ticket prompt. Romulus E Loven Jr Bronx is linked to her unreadable fate.
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New York
Cupid
Michael Lonardo
New Haven
Conn
Marine Falcon
Jeanette Smirnoff Provost
Paris
Lonardo
Jeanette
Robert M. Tirman
Brooklyn
Arnmry
Miss Provost
Ellis Island
Linae C. Cester
Marine
Naples
Romulus E. Loven, Jr
Bronx
N. Y
Italy
Loven
Legislature Convenes to Decide City Gross Sales Tax
West Virginia lawmakers meet in a special session to remove doubts about municipal gross sales taxes and authorize cities to impose levies on activities taxed by the state. Governor Meadows cites a grave emergency for municipal finances and calls for swift action possibly within two days.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Meadows
Mystery food parcels sent to the United States from abroad
The New York Times reports thousands of food parcels from the Mediterranean to the United States over six months, mainly from Greece. Authorities say the shipments, weighing 100 000 to 160 000 pounds and containing meat, target supposedly starving American relatives and friends.
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New York
New York Times
Mediterranean
United States
Custom House
Greece
the Times
America
Attlee Denounces Eastern Europe as Red Policies Clash
Barnsley England June 21 Prime Minister Attlee attacked totalitarian trends in Eastern Europe during a speech to Yorkshire coal miners. He argued human rights are denied in several countries and urged support for Britain's leadership in rebuilding European prosperity and democracy. Bevin also warned dictators will fail to suppress liberty. The Kremlin reply to a British French invitation for Marshall Plan talks remained unclear with a Monday deadline set.
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Barnsley
England
Attlee
Stalin
Yorkshire
Europe
Britain
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Kremlin
Marshall
Lack of Hotel Space Curtails Charleston Convention Business
Charleston West Virginia June 21 shortage of hotel space curtails the citys convention business. Only five conventions are planned for September and October with no others booked for the year. Daniel Boone hotel manager says no new bookings until a new addition is finished. Ruffner hotel will host only weekend meetings while Kanawha hotel accepts any time room is available. Some managers call conventions a headache yet acknowledge the broader business benefit.
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Charleston
W. Va
Roger Creel
Daniel Boone Hotel
Creel
Ruffner Hotel
Daniel Boone
E. P. Stroman
Kanawha
James Crouch
Gore Rites Set for West Virginia Governor Howard Gore
Funeral services will be held today in Clarksburg for Howard M. Gore 69 former governor and agriculture secretary. Dr S O Bond Salem College president will deliver the eulogy with Rev Porter Chartrand also officiating. Gore died Friday at St Marys hospital and thousands paid respects at the Davis Funeral home chapel.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
S. O. Bond
Salem College
Howard M. Gore
West Virginia
Gore
Public Service Commission
St. Mary's Hospital
Bond
Porter Chartrand
Baptist Church
Hepzibah
Gore Farm
Davis Funeral Home
Elkview Masonic Cemetery
West
Hartley accuses Truman of half truths on veto message
Rep. Hartley of New Jersey charges President Truman used misrepresentations and distortions in his Taft Hartley veto message and says the president did not author it. He questions who wrote the veto, cites 5 500 words, and notes the act’s feather bedding definition was dropped in conference.
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Washington
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
Truman
House Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Princeton
N. J
CIO
Labor Board
Orinal Hartley
Postal Rates To Stay Unchanged
Washington reports that House Republican leaders will keep current postal rates for another year and block a general rate increase. The three cent first class rate remains, while a full bill to raise rates faces delay in the rules committee.
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Washington
House
GOP
High Command
Rees
R.-Kans
House Post Office Committee
Congress
Rees’ Committee
Rules Committee
Post Office Committee
Servant Attacks Mary Roberts Rinehart in Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Maine June 21 police arrested Blas Reyes 65 a chef employed by novelist Mary Roberts Rinehart after an assault with a pistol and knives. Chief George E Abbott said the suspect who had been drinking pulled the trigger twice but the old ammunition failed. He was overpowered by two other employees and fled as Rinehart tried to call police. Chauffeur Theodore Falkenstrom suffered a hand cut while defending his employer.
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Bar Harbor
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Blas Reyes
George E. Abbott
Abbott
Reyes
Rinehart
West Coast Maritime Dispute Settled
Nathan P. Feinsinger announced a complete settlement of the West Coast maritime dispute that threatened a shipping tie up. The terms of the two recent agreements between employers and CIO marine cooks and radio operators were settled this morning, based on recent east coast agreements.
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San Francisco
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Labor Department
CIO Marine Cooks
Linguist Denied Enlistment by U S Army in Minneapolis
Minneapolis man Jan Kobelarczyk aged 28, veteran of underground movements in Yugoslavia and Poland and World War II, fluent in seven languages, was rejected for enlistment because he cannot speak English. Recruiters cited an iron clad rule requiring all recruits to speak and understand English. a waiver request to the War Department was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Jan Kobelarczyk
U. S
Italy
Kobelarczyk
Poland
War Department
Hungarian White Paper Accuses Nagy of Plots Against Regime
Budapest reports a government white paper detailing alleged Nagy plots and double dealings with Americans. It cites H F Arthur Schoenfeld and others, claims Nagy sought U S support and loans, and notes Nagy fled to Switzerland after resigning June 1. Acheson reportedly denied political implications.
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Budapest
Ferenc Nagy
Hungary
United States
Nagy
H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld
Switzerland
Couple 81 Plan Big Celebration for 56th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs J F Heil scher both 81 left Seattle in a 1921 Ford headed to Minneapolis to mark their 56th wedding anniversary with a large party in Minnehaha Park on July 27. They sent 35 000 invitations and expect many friends to join. Heilscher plans a leisurely pace of 25 miles per hour with his wife driving in the afternoons.
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Seattle
J. F. Heilscher
Minneapolis
Minnehaha Park
Henlscher
Yakima
Michigan Man Travels 2800 Miles In Horse Drawn Shanty
Richard E. Cook of Midland Michigan tours a 2800 mile round trip to Florida and back in a ramshackle horse drawn shanty on wheels pulled by Buck the 13 year old horse. He began last October with $35 and camped along the way cooking on a home made stove. Buck survived pneumonia and a roof blow off during storms and Cook plans similar trips next year with two horses.
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Michigan
East River Mountain
Florida
Richard E. Cook
Midland
Mich
James E. Martin
Bluefield
Cook
Buck
Virginia
Georgia
B- Shanty
Savannah
Siegel Slain In Hollywood Area Mansion Shooting
Beverly Hills detectives probe the murder of Benjamin Siegel known as Bugsy a Las Vegas club operator and gambling kingpin. A gunman fired through a mansion window as Siegel read a newspaper. associate Allen Smiley survived unharmed. Police explore motives tied to Siegel's varied enterprises and rivalries.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Nev
Bugsy
Siegel
Missing Woman, Kin of Former Secretary Discovered
Barbara Clement 24, second cousin of Henry L. Stimson, found at a Manhattan Park Plaza hotel after police traced her car from Cold Spring Harbor. She had been missing since Wednesday night after visiting Stimson’s home. her husband Lt. John F. Clement awaited her in the hotel room.
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New York
Barbara Clement
Henry L. Stimson
Manhattan
Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
Barbara
John F. Clement
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy N. Y
Johnsons will probate seals pets removal demand
Mrs. May E. Johnson's will was admitted to probate today. Executor Barry E. Harwit sought aid from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to fulfill one provision, which requires the destruction of Mrs. Johnson's 35 cats and one dog.
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Chan, N
May E. Johnson
Barry E. Harwit
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Raleigh Ballot Theft Term Given
Beckley West Virginia June 21 James Edward Simon drew a 1 10 year sentence in the state penitentiary for his alleged part in Beckley's ballot theft case. Judge W A Riffe said Simon forfeited all claim to consideration by repudiating an admission involving other defendants. He noted Thornhill and Lilly sought Simon's silence to defeat justice. Simon, 26 a former Raleigh county courthouse janitor, was convicted in March and his sentence delayed while the others were tried. Thornhill faces further trials next week on grand larceny and conspiracy counts. Simon had been summoned as a witness in Thornhill s first trial and is to appear as a prosecution witness next Wednesday.
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Beckley
W. Va
James Edward Simon
State Penitentiary
W. A. Riffe
Riffe
W. A
Red) Thornhill
Henry Lilly
Thornhill
Logan
Simon
Police Arrest 2 Snake Cultists at Stone Creek Demo
In St Charles Virginia on June 21 a man and an elderly woman were arrested by state police after a copperhead was produced during a faith healing sect demonstration at Stone Creek. Troopers seized and killed the snake, watching the meeting with 11 officers ready to act under the new January law banning poison snakes.
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St. Charles
Stone Creek
Benedict
Tennessee
Kentucky
Paul Dotson
Dotson
General Assembly
C. W. Woodson, Jr
Col. Woodson
British Communist Is Refused Visa
June 21 London British Communist Party leader Harry Pollitt said he was refused a visa to enter the United States by the American consulate in London. He planned to attend the American Communist Party convention as a fraternal delegate and will not appeal, citing the dollar curtain.
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London
Harry Pollitt
Communist Party
United States
American Cosulate
American Communist Party
State Department
Washington
Pollitt
Photographer misses assignment in chase after a monkey
Easton newspaper recounts a photographer arriving on assignment for an unusual event about a dog when a woman diverted him to chase a monkey from a chicken pen. He failed to photograph the event and later admitted no multi dog births were found.
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Easton
Easton Express
Longest Senate Session Sets Stage For Taft Hartley Vote
After 284 hours of marathon debate a Senate agreement for a Monday vote on the Taft Hartley labor bill was reached. Republicans predict a two thirds plus margin to override President Truman's veto, while opponents concede slim chances to block passage. Major participants include Taft, Hartley, Murray, Wagner, and Thomas.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Murray
Mont
Olin Johnston
8.C
Rep
Hartley
N.J
Taft
St. Louis
Wagner
N.Y
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Geneva
International Trade Organization
Thomas
Morse
Ore
Wherry
Neb
GOP
Chinese Fire On U S Salvage Ship
U S navy at Shanghai reports a group of men believed to be Chinese communists fired on the salvage ship Deliver during salvage of a landing craft near Taing Tao. No injuries reported. The looters fired on a 12 man relief party in yellow uniforms. The navy returned fire and resumed work.
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Shanghai
U.S. Navy
Tsingtao
Navy
Aia Anengree
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Sol Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
Ferenc Kappcs
Acheson
Bloom
Ferenc Nagy, Jr
Argy
Underworld
J. D. Alcorn
Allen Smiley
Smiley
Alcorn
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Miss Hill
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Charles Hill
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