Holt Warns Coal Leaders Socialist Threat to America
Former U S Senator Rush Holt told West Virginia coal executives that socialism will encroach through federal restrictions and taxes. He ridiculed a 30 cent per ton coal tax and criticized federal spending while urging spiritual strength and industry growth to meet defense demands.
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Holt
America
U- 8
Rush D. Holt
Weston
W. Va
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
Charles W. Connor
Defense Solid Fuels
U. S
Connor
West Virginia
C. R. Bourland
Mt Hope
Appalachian Auditorium
Institute
Pete's Grill
Don Eddie
Hallanan Sees Gadd Defeating Socialism in West Virginia
Republican national committeeman Walter S. Hallanan predicts a reversal in West Virginia fifth district, arguing the Democratic plurality will yield to Cyrus H. Gadd for Congress. He blames New Deal policies for socialism and war and notes coal industry harm from reciprocal trade treaties. He cites reversals in Charleston and nearby districts as precedent.
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Charleston
Seperemionel
Relcan
Cyrus H. Gadd
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Hallanan
Congress
Fifth Congressional District
United States
Nurse Survives 13 Days Lost in Great Smoky Mountains
Evangeline Lorimer, 21, a nurse from Cincinnati, recounts wandering the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for 13 days after vanishing June 8. She survived on mountain water and two sour huckleberries, losing 18 pounds, and was found near a ranger’s cabin ten miles from her camp. Her father Evangelist W. H. Lorimer praised prayer as a factor while park officials deemed her only half lost.
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Sevierville
Tenn
Evangeline Lorimer
Smoky Mountain
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Bunker Hill
Evangelist W. H. Lorimer
Cades Cove
Cincinnati
Seattle
Robert White
Jewish Hospital
Two Elderly Congressmen Stage Bloody Fist Fight
Washington reports two veteran lawmakers clashed in a House corridor as Rep. Clarence Cannon and Rep. John Phillips exchanged blows over conferee appointments. Cannon claimed self defense after Phillips attacked, while Phillips described the wound as a mere scratch amid ongoing dispute.
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Washington
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Appropriations Committee
John Phillips
Calif
Phillips
House
Cannon
Independent Offices
John Taber
Airliner Missing With 40 Aboard Over Dakar Area
Pan American Constellation bound for New York vanished with 40 aboard after last contact near Roberts Field Liberia. The four engine craft disappeared in drizzly weather around 2:45 am while en route from Johannesburg via Accra and Dakar. Searchers including Liberian and American fliers combed jungled terrain.
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Dakar
French West Africa
New York
Equator
Johannesburg
South Africa
Roberts Field
Monrovia
Liberia
Accra
Gold Coast
Russians Accused Of Egging Iran Over Oil Dispute
The State Department accused Russia of exploiting the British Iranian oil dispute to push Iran behind the Iron Curtain. It said the Soviet Union, long Iran’s northern neighbor and rival, is using the situation through the Communist controlled Tudeh party to benefit themselves.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Iran
Soviet Union
Ben
Ridgway Backed Chiang Forces for Formosa Invasion
Gen. Matthew Ridgway told a Senate inquiry that he and Gen. MacArthur urged an immediate invasion of Red China by Nationalist forces from Formosa. He favored armed action, a naval blockade, and bombing bases in Manchuria, a plan linked to Truman’s dismissal of MacArthur. Barr and Wiley testified on Korean war dynamics and Formosa policy.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Douglas MacArthur
Red China
Formosa
China
Manchuria
Truman
Gen. MacArthur
Ridgway
Korea
Gen
MacArthur
Far St
Knowland
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Wiley
R-Wis
38Th Parallel
Yalu River
Senate Inquiry Committee
Timony
David G. Barr
Barr
U. S. 7Th Division
Armored Center
Fort Knox
7Th Fleet
Fined For Employing Children In Sawmill
Harley Wood of Herndon Wyoming County was fined 80 dollars for employing four underage children in his sawmill. Investigators said Wood fled to Raleigh after arrests were sought over multiple complaints that he kept his four stepchildren aged 10 to 13 in poverty and made them work.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harley Wood
Herndon
Wyoming County
Charles Sattler
Wood
Raleigh
Sattler
Textile Workers Vote To End Nitro Strike
In Nitro West Virginia on June 22 an official of the CIO Textile Workers Union of America said local members voted to end a week long walkout that had idled about 1,200 employees at the Americ Viscose plant.
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Nitro
W. Va
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Americ Viscose Corporation
Lemonade awaits tourists in Bluefield area heat wave
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce offered free lemonade to visitors and locals as a 90 degree threshold approached. About 100 gallons were dispensed yesterday from Mills Food Market, Central Pharmacy, Jim mie's, Doughboy Cafe, and New Graham Pharmacy with Elite Beaver high school students greeting arrivals on Bland Street and paper cups supplied by Virginia Candy and Supply.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
Bland St
Paul Chryssikos
Mills Food Market
Central Pharmacy
Federal St
Jimmie’s
Princeton Ave
Doughboy Cafe
Eugene Thompson Guilty Death Penalty Decreed
Pearisburg Va June 23 Eugene Thompson found guilty of first degree murder and a death sentence recommended by the Giles County circuit court jury after deliberating about an hour and a half. Thompson testified of mental blackouts and insulin shock. doctors linked thyroid and diabetic conditions to instability. State contends he killed Sarver in cold blood following threats and alleged affair.
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Pearisburg
Eugene Thompson
Giles County
O.S. Henderson
Thompson
Sarver
John L. Hurt
Roanoke
Guinea Mountain
W. C. Caudill
Governor To Pick Medical School Site
Governor Paterson plans to announce West Virginia four year medical and dental school location within days choosing from Huntington Morgantown and Charleston Beckley eliminated. He cites private letters and city reports as background for his decision with July first deadline and reasons to be explained.
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Beckley
Charleston
W. Va
Patteson
West Virginia
Huntington
Morgantown
Rosalind Funk
Ohio River
State University
Governor Warren Subpoenaed to Testify in Washington
Miami June 22 Senate crime probers subpoenaed Gov. Fuller Warren to appear in Washington on July 9 to disclose what he knows about Florida crime and whether gamblers funded his election.
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Miami
Fla
Senate
Fuller Warren
Washington
Florida
Coal output tops ten million tons in week
Washington reports the National Coal Association estimated week ended June 16 bituminous production at 10,300,000 tons, up from 9,925,000 the prior week. The year ago week in 1950 showed 10,364,000 tons.
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Washington
The
National Coal Association
N W El Eliminates Noisy Coal Unloading Shaker
Norfolk and Western Railway plans a $660000 coal unloading wharf across from the passenger station to end the night time noise from the old shaker at Mercer street bridge. The new facility will load 2000 tons daily, with no need for night operation, and aims to complete by January 1.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Mercer Street Bridge
T. L. Brown
Brown
Senate Opens Hearings Next Week On Bill
The House approved a record breaking 7.2 billion tax increase raising individual taxes by 12 percent. The bill, the largest single revenue measure to date, moves to the Senate with hearings planned by the finance committee. Final passage votes were 233 to 180 with partisan splits described.
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Senate
Washington
House
Congress
Finance Committee
Garmatz
Maryland
Tax Writing Ways and Means
Ways and Means
British Authorities Balk At Channel Swimming Tots
British immigration barred entry for Miami family after protests over five year old Bubba Tongay and four year old Kathy planned to swim the English Channel. They landed under technical custody and faced questions before being reserved seats on a New York bound plane.
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Russell Tongay
Miami
Fla
Britain
London
Tongay
New York
America
Chuter Ede
Kathy
Bubba
Bubb
Cowboy
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West Virginia Mining Institute
Jess Sullivan
West Virginia Coal Association
Dean Spindler
West Virginia University School of Mines
W. E. E. Koeppler
Pocahontas Operators Association of
Mt. Hope
Rush Holt
Defense Solid Fuels Administration
Arch Alexander
Daily Telegraph Polito
Gadd
New Deal
Core
Taber
Conerence Committee
Eugene Cox
D-Ga
Adolph Sabatha
D-Nl
Ivory
Ivory Coast
Republic of Liberia
C of C
John R. Morris
Clarence B
Jack) Sarver
Gueina Mountain
N&w
Rep
Coughton
D-Nc
Bubba Tongay
Taniaht
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