Violence at Enka strike wounds four at Morristown plant
Wounded include Victor McDaniel William McGinnis James McCamey and David Proffitt a striker. Police and highway patrols arrested 75 striking workers and officials from Local 1054 CIO Textile Workers. Governor Browning awaited full report before possible national guard action.
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Silas Switzer
W. H. Whited
John McCarthy
East Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Washington
Truman
National Guard
Victor McDaniel
William McGinnis
James McCamey
David Proffitt
McDaniel
McGinnis
McCamey
Proffitt
Joe 3. Dougherty
CIO Textile
American Federation of Labor Textile Union
Rail Shutdown Plans Are Laid
Chicago reports a wave of rail shutdowns as AFL switchmen threaten a Sunday strike on five western and midwestern lines. Denver and Rio Grande Western and Chicago Great Western announce full stoppages while Chicago Rock Island Pacific and Western Pacific previously threaten to halt all operations. A presidential fact finding board’s July 15 recommendations fuels the walkout threat affecting about 4,000 switchmen.
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Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Denver and Rio Grande Western
D & RG
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Switchmens Union of North America
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Great Northern
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Ohio Governor Scolded by Truman Over Taft Hint
President Truman rebuked Ohio Governor Frank Lausche for hinting at supporting Taft amid a split Democratic scene. Lausche and other Democratic governors met at White Sulphur Springs as Truman urged electing real Democrats to Congress.
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Frank J. Lausche
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Jumping Joe) Ferguson
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B 29 Overdue With 11 Airmen Missing Near Guam
The Air Force reports a B 29 with 11 crewmen is missing after contact was lost while returning from a practice bombing run to Okinawa. Search and rescue began from Guam where the aircraft was based with routine operations between Okinawa and Guam.
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Okinawa
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Pacific
Pastor Fired Over Santa Pagan Charge At Kansas Church
Baptist minister Rev Del A Fahsenfeld faces a court battle as Charlene Bouse testifies he said Santa Claus is paganistic and would not be kept at Christmas observances. A faction within the Argentine Baptist Church seeks to bar him from the pastorate for alleged doctrinal departures.
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Kansas City
Kas
Charlene Bouse
del A. Fahsenfeld
House Ways and Means Panel Approves Excise Tax Plan
The committee approved a bill slashing excise taxes by 1.01 billion dollars and raising levies on large corporations. The vote was 17 to 8 with 15 Democrats and 2 Republicans for the measure and 8 Republicans opposing.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Sesqui Paper May Be Sent To Friends
Order a copy of the Daily Telegraph Sunset News Sesquicentennial edition for your out of town friends. Just call 6171 and we will mail your order to any part of the country.
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Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Voters approve McDowell levy and bond issue
Welch West Virginia June 22 McDowell county voters approved a three year special levy and a $700 000 bond for a school building and improvement plan as 95 percent favored both proposals from 81 of 106 precincts. The plan totals about 2 000 000 for 36 projects with 250 000 from an expiring levy and state funds eligibility.
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Welch
W. Va
McDowell County
Federal official raises anti trust probe of racing news service
FCC Chairman Wayne Coy told the Kefauver committee a Cleveland based Continental Press Service may hold a monopoly in racing information to bookmakers and distributors. He suggested possible criminal anti trust violations and a law to bar interstate gambling data transmissions.
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Wayne Coy
Federal Communications Commission
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Continental Press Service
Cleveland
Continental
Coy
FCC
Senate Commerce
Justice Department
Weinbaum Indicted For Perjury and Fraud
Los Angeles June 22 The U S grand jury indicted Dr Sidney Weinbaum Caltech scientist on eight counts of perjury and fraud The government says he denied to an army review board that he was a member of the Communist party He is 52 and formerly tied to Caltech's jet propulsion laboratory
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U.S. Grand Jury
Sidney Weinbaum
California Institute of Technology
Weinbaum
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Army Review Board
Communist Party
NCA Official Urges Curbs On Oil Imports In New York
John D. Battle, executive vice president of the National Coal Association, urged restrictions on foreign oil and natural gas as coal substitutes at the New York State Solid Fuel Merchants convention in Buffalo. He warned continued oil imports could cost the bituminous coal industry up to 50 million tons annually and warned of mine closures unemployment and lower coal freight revenues. He pledged readiness to meet competition in U S markets against oil under American living standards.
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New York
The
National Coal Association Today
John D. Battle
Washington, D. C
New York State Solid Fuel Merchants Association
Canada
Battle
U. S
Senate investigator cites testimony on Jaffe case
Senate probe hears that John S Service disclosed secret military information to Jaffe Amerasia magazine. Service denies knowingly sharing such data and says conversations with Jaffe in 1945 were normal background briefings. FBI involvement and McCarthy claims are noted as part of the closed hearing.
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Senate
John S. Service
State Department
Jaffe
Amerasia Magazine
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FBI
Statler Hotel
McCarthy
Senate Inquiry Committee
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russell
D-Ga
Acheson Urges Live Let Live With Soviets At Harvard
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told Harvard alumni that progress with Russia hinges on Soviet leaders adopting a live and let live approach. He said no Western initiative or Communist dove will resolve mutual problems without such reforms, while affirming US willingness to meet at international conference tables. He praised Europe’s recovery and urged a clear purpose as a new period begins.
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Harvard Alumni Association
Europe
Harvard Yard
North Atlantic
Sanity issue raised in Samuel Newberry murder trial
Defense seeks to determine if Samuel L. Newberry is sane now and at the time of the killing of his sister in law Mary Kathryn Newberry. Judge Overrules commitment motion as jury deliberation on sanity proceeds. Ralph Newberry convicted last year and appeal pending.
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Bland
Samuel L. Newberry
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Newberry
Mary Katheryn Newberry
Ralph A Newberry
Samuel
Supreme Court of Appeals
Ralph Newberry
Emergency Powers Extended for Draft as Senate Backs Three-Year Renewal
The Senate approved a three year peacetime draft extension with limited presidential leeway for inductions in emergencies. The House had passed a two year renewal and a separate alien enlistment measure, while a race to avoid lapse and a conference committee await final wording.
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Washington
House
Congress
Russell
United States Army
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Cops Double as Medicos Deliver Two Babies
Police officers Ted Land and Roby Brown delivered two babies in separate late night shifts in Bluefield. The first birth on Ridge Street involved Minnie Davis, with Dr. Yost aiding after a call to the city health office. The second birth on Burton Street saw LeNor Fain delivered with ambulance transport to Bluefield Sanitarium.
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Ted Land
Roby Brown
Ted
Roby
Oakey Asbury
Land
Ridge Street
Set. Asbury
Yost
Okey
Brown
Asbury
Burton Street
Dr. Yost
John Yost
City Health
Mother
Bluefield Sanitarium
Minnie Davis
LeNor Fain
Bible School Student Defends Mom Muffins Moment
In Texarkana Arkansas on June 22 a vacation bible school party sparked by muffins. Pat and Paul Hodge attend the school with mother Mrs Harold sending iced muffins. Paul loudly claims he did not bake them, his mom did.
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Texarkana, Ark
Harold
Pat
Paul Hodge
Jesus
Cigarette Sparks Fire Damages 1938 Dodge on Wheeling Avenue
A lighted cigarette ignited a fire that damaged a 1938 Dodge sedan owned by Adis Ray of 516 Wheeling Avenue. The vehicle was parked and locked for about three hours before the blaze was noticed. Interior and top paint damage were estimated at $200 by Fire Chief E. L. McClure.
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Adis Ray
Wheeling Avenue
E. L.mcclure
Military Plane Falls In Flames Over Virginia Crash
A four engine military plane crashed near Bedford Virginia after catching fire in mid air eight miles south of Paterson mine rock quarry. Witnesses say four or five people died including Navy personnel. The plane last logged a stop at Patuxent Naval base Maryland and papers on victims indicated Navy affiliation. Civil Aeronautics Administration said area flights were accounted for, leaving only a military or unscheduled flight as possibilities.
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Patuxent Naval Base
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Paterson Mine
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Frank S. Mitchell
Charles D. Claytor
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