McDowell County Bus Service To Resume Wednesday
George Richardson Jr. announced Consolidated Bus Lines will restart part of its McDowell county operations Wednesday morning with full service expected by Thursday. The company cites police cooperation and public convenience, though union Local 1050 opposes reemployment of striking drivers and United Construction Workers demand broad reinstatement terms.
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George Richardson, Jr
Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc
McDowell County
Richardson
Agen
Cies
Circuit Court of
United Construction Workers
West Virginia
Death claims Dr Vermillion a Mercer county pioneer
Dr James Vermillion 76 of Princeton died Sunday at home after a long career as a general practitioner and later an eye ear nose and throat specialist. Survived by wife Blanche Perkins married 1911 and three brothers and a sister. He volunteered for World War I and practiced with Dr Ben Bird in Princeton before time in New York. Funeral at First Baptist Princeton with 50 year Masonic service badge noted. Interment Rest Haven. Born Athens July 16 1872 and educated Concord College Athens and Maryland Medical College.
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James Reason Vermillion
Princeton
Mercer County
Vermillion
Blanche Perkins
Elbert Vermillion
Welch
Uriah Vermillion
Athens
Levy Vermillion
R. M. French
Beckley
Ben Bird
New York
Princeton Rotary Club
West Virginia Medical Society
Mercer County Medical Society
First Baptist Church
Princeton Lodge
A. F
A. M
Royal Arch
Bluefield
Beni Kedem Shrine
Jim
Fredeking-Seaver Funeral Home
Denver Davis
Resthaven
Medical Association
Masonic Order
Stephen Trinkle Vermillion
Rhoda Vermillion
Concord College
Medical College of Maryland
Chrysler Joins Trend In Auto Price Hikes
Detroit reports Chrysler and other automakers raising retail prices after new wage contracts. Plymouth increases from 90 to 95 dollars, Dodge from 90 to 125, Chrysler from 105 to 115, DeSoto from 100 to 110, with Ford hikes of 75 to 125 and others up five to seven percent due to higher manufacturing costs.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Corporation
Plymouth
Dodge
Chrysler
Ford
Hudson
Packard
Nash
Studebaker
Nitro Glycerin Plant Blows Up in California Blast
Pinole California June 21 The Hercules Powder Company nitroglycerin plant exploded with undetermined cause flattening the plant and breaking windows three miles away. Two men are believed dead and three others disappeared after walking away dazed. The blast shook Contra Costa county and damaged nearby facilities.
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Pinole
Calif
Hercules Powder Company
Contra Costa County
Hercules
Kenvil
N. J
Draft Age Men Rush to Enlist in National Guard
National Guard headquarters reported a surge of draft age men seeking to enlist as Congress passed a draft bill. Exemption from the draft applies to those who join before President Truman signs. Officials expect official enlistment figures to rise and note heightened activity across states. The Guard’s current enrollment is about 250,000 with a June 30 1948 goal of 271,000 and a 1949 goal of 341,000.
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Washington
National
Congress
Truman
Guard
National Guard
Army Department
White House
Jewish factions clash over ship off Tel Aviv coast
An Israeli communique reports an armed clash between Haganah and Irgun near Natanya after a boat carrying Irgun arms landed. The beached craft prompted censorship for 24 hours. Irgun broadcast claimed casualties and warned of a blood battle if attacks continue. UN observers were dispatched to the landing site.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Haganah
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Palestine
Natanya
United Nations
Los Angeles Police Collect $30,000 Traffic Fine
Police receive a $30,000 traffic fine but will return it. Harold D. Simpson in Shanghai sent funds as 39,000 local dollars claiming U.S. money cannot be sent from China. Warrant officer Pete Zook notes the money cannot be accepted here and will be sent back.
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Los Angeles
Harold D. Simpson
Shanghai
Pete Zook
Simpson
U.S.A
U. S
China
Zook
Coal Operators Hope for Quick Pact With Fact Finding Board
Soft coal operators told President Truman's three man fact finding board a new contract with John S Lewis could be hammered out in 48 hours if both sides will. Operator spokesman Charles ONeill said Lewis would not discuss a new contract. The miners seek release of the nearly 45 million dollar welfare and pension fund before talks. Lewis was absent for the opening hearing with the panel. Judge Goldsborough may rule on an injunction against payments to pensions. The board has until Wednesday night to report to Truman.
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Washington
Truman
John S. Lewis
Charles O’neill
Lewis
United Mine Workers
O’neill
David L. Cole
Paterson
N. J
T. Alan Goldsborough
Ezra van Horn
Senator Bridges
Welfare Fund
Goldsborough
Cole
Mr. Truman
U S Denounces Chinese Charges In Tokyo Note
A U S spokesman called Chinese claims that the United States seeks a war machine or economic giant in Japan an absurd falsification. William Sebald, chief of MacArthur’s diplomatic section, sent the denial to the U S consulate in Shanghai in a 1600 word note noting anti American and anti Japanese sentiment in China amid student protests and editorials.
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Tokyo
U.S
America
Japan
Associated Press
U. S
Shanghai
William Sebald
MacArthur
China
Sebald
Nanking
Leighton Stuart
Miner Jobless Pay Boost Is Sought
Richmond Virg June 21 The state corporation commission heard and took under advisement an application of insurance companies for an increase of 15 cents per 100 in the rates on workmen s compensation insurance in Virginia s coal fields There was no opposition to the application
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Reds Accept Bid For Berlin Talks
The Russians accepted a British proposal for four power talks on currency reform in Berlin. Gen Sir Brian Robertson told Russia they had no rights beyond the western occupying powers. US Gen Lucius Clay suspended freight train movements to Berlin to avoid inspection and will increase air deliveries. British planes into Berlin were boosted to bypass the Russian blockade as Berlin faces economic paralysis from the currency reform.
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Berlin
Brian Robertson
United States
Britain
France
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Russia
Sokolovsky
Sir Brain Robertson
Robertson
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Marienborn
Frankfurt
Clay
U. S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
Runnig
Hallanan Might Secure GOP Vice Presidential Nod
West Virginia political figure Walter S. Hallanan drew interest as a possible running mate at the Republican convention in Philadelphia. Delegates noted Hallanan as a strong organizer and potential Dewey ally, with West Virginia sentiment split mainly between Dewey and Taft and Stassen holding a single vote.
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Philadelphia
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Hallanan
Dewey
Taft
Stassen
West
Residential Building Measure Promotes Housing Financing
Washington reports a housing bill passed by Congress in its closing hours aims to boost residential building. The government can buy mortgages guaranteed by the Veterans Administration and FHA to prevent lender overload, and the FHA may insure up to 95 percent of loans for non profit veterans cooperative housing projects. It does not revive the wartime Title VI mortgage insurance.
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Washington
Congress
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Veterans Administration
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Veterans’ Cooperative
U S Breakfast Is Hit And Run Affair
Atlantic City June 21 The National Association of Retail Grocers says a survey shows American breakfasts are a hit and run affair with fruit juice coffee and rolls common. Housewives plan meals carefully and balanced while newlyweds eat from cans after marriage.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Association of Retail Grocers
Middle South
Supreme Court Upholds CIO In Politics Case
The Supreme Court ruled that the Taft Hartley act does not forbid political partisanship in newspapers funded by labor unions. It also upheld the act’s financial disclosure requirement for unions and avoided ruling on non communist affidavits. The CIO endorsement of Edward Garmatz aimed to test the law. Philip Murray led the CIO and faced potential penalties if convicted.
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CIO
Washington
Union Treasuries
Secretary of Labor
Black
Douglas
National Labor Relations Board
High Court
CIO News
Edward Garmatz
Baltimore
Congress
Garmatz
Philip Murray
Murray
Labor Organization
Europe m ilitary parley hints in Washington and London
Washington officials hint a new round of talks between the United States and Western European union members is under study. Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg have formed a union planning broad economic military and political cooperation toward a possible United States of Europe.
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Washington
United States
Western European Union
European Organization
London
Europe
State Department
Michael McDermott
Associated Press
U. S
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States of Europe
Who Is Exempt and Who Must Serve In Congress Draft
Washington June 21 (4) Answers list draft scope under peacetime bill. Up to 606,882 men aged 19 to 25 may be drafted for 21 months. first call likely September. Registration may start after signing. exemptions include Pearl Harbor veterans and certain ministers. Deferrals rise for high school seniors, college students, those with dependents, essential workers, ROTC, and specific Navy/Army reserves paths.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Airforce
Truman
Pearl
National Guard
GOPs Jubilant At Convention In Philadelphia
At the Philadelphia convention hall on June 21 delegates and thousands of spectators cheered as Republicans hailed a potential victory and debated a presidential candidate among Dewey Taft Stassen or others while drafting a platform including government built housing for the poor.
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Philadelphia
Destiny” Convention
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A Taft
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
GOP Platform Favors Housing and Foreign Policy Clash
The GOP platform committee overruled a subcommittee to call for a government built low rent housing program. A foreign plank on UN veto elimination and international peacekeeping faced a showdown. Lodge described the platform as the most international yet, with civil rights and agriculture debates also unresolved.
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Philadelphia
Henry Cabot Lodge
GOP
Lodge
Republican Party
Republican National Convention Day Two Schedule in Philadelphia
Morning session begins at 10 a m with temporary chairman Gov Dwight H Green of Illinois. Speakers include Senator Wherry Rep Frances Bolton Senator Baldwin and Magistrate Hobson Reynolds. Reports on credentials rules and order of business and election of permanent chairman. Evening program at 8 p m features permanent chairman House Speaker Martin Hoover and Rep Katharine St George.
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Dewey
Georgia
Taft
Vandenberg
Rmich
Michigan
Kim Sigler
Destiny
America
Warren
California
Martin
Massachusetts
Carroll Reece
Green
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Dwight Green
Edward Martin
Philadelphia
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Wherry
Neb
Frances Bolton
Ohio
Baldwin
Rconn
Hobson Reynolds
House
Rmass
Hoover
Katharine St. George
R-N. Y
Jerusalem's UN Mayor Returns To America
Jerusalem's UN mayor Harold Evans, a Philadelphia Quaker, plans to administer the Holy City only if a settlement is near. He will await Count Folke Bernadotte's mediation efforts and the four week truce, telephoned from Lake Success. Evans will be in New York Sunday to follow developments.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Jerusalem
United States
Palestine
Harold Evans
Philadelphia
Holy City
U. N
Evans
New York
Folke
Bernadotte
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Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
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