United States Pushes UN Balkans Probe Over Greek Tensions
In Lake Success on June 27, the United States asked the UN Security Council to authorize an 11 nation Balkan monitoring commission with full access to Greece Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria if peaceful efforts fail. Warren R. Austin warned of enforcement action to defend Greece and opposed Soviet vetoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
United States
Security Council
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Warren R. Austin
U.S
Greece
Austin
United Nations
U. N. Balkan
Council
Vermont
Commission
Balkans
U.N
Meadows Signs Four Acts Into Law In One Day
Governor Meadows signed four acts during a one day special session in Charleston. The measures authorize municipalities to levy gross sales taxes and call special charter elections, shift attorney in fact powers to the secretary of state for corporate tax suits, and fund the expenses of the session. All acts take effect immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Meadows
West Virginia
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Roberts Urges Universal Military Training in Congress
Former Supreme Court justice Owen J. Roberts told the House Armed Services Committee that universal military training is needed as a deterrent to war. He chairs the Citizens Emergency Committee for Universal Military Training and warned that delay risks a dangerous period and weakens world peace prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Grote
United Nations
Roberts
House Armed Services Committee
New Citizens Emergency Committee
Itme
Virginia to Name Nation’s First Woman Secretary of the Commonwealth
Governor Tuck announced personnel changes including M. W. Armistead’s resignation as secretary of the commonwealth effective July 15. Thelma Y. Gordon of Lynchburg will succeed him, becoming the first woman to hold the post, after serving as acting and assistant secretary since 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Commonwealth
Tuck
M. W. Armistead
ITI
Armistead
Times-World Corporation
Roanoke
Wll
the Commonwealth
Thelma Y. Gordon
Lynchburg
B. O. James
The
U. S. Sells Rifle Bullets To China
The United States sold China 130 million rifle bullets at cut rates and agreed to let the nationalist government buy aircraft or other military supplies from American firms. The Export Import Bank earmark for China of 500 million will lapse, with loans to China still possible for specific projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chaing
Lilly Acquitted In Ballot Thefts
Logan West Virginia June 27 William Henry Lilly was acquitted of charges of violating election laws in the theft of November election ballots from the Raleigh county courthouse by a jury that deliberated 45 minutes. Lilly testified he was in Hinton the morning the ballots were alleged to have been taken. The case was the last of three tied to the ballot theft and recount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
William Henry Lilly
Raleigh
Lilly
W. A. Thornhill
Hinton
W. A
Red) Thornhill
Raleigh County
James Edward
Courthouse Jaw
Thornhill
Simon
Senten
State
Doctor Peels Heart Like Tough Orange
Johnnie Bridges, a former Navy man from Alabama, underwent a rare surgery at Kennedy Veterans Hospital to treat constrictive pericarditis. The physician said the operation relieved the mechanical heart problem but Bridges must now combat tuberculosis that caused the condition. Bridges is improving and in good spirits, expressing courage about the risky procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Felix A. Hughes, Jr
Hughes
Johnnie Bridges
Bessemer
Ala
Bridge
Bridges
Kennedy Veterans’ Hospital
Johnny Bridges
Clergyman Convicted On Arson Charge
Milwaukee June 27 A Presbyterian clergyman Dr John Lewis aged 73 was convicted of arson in the January fire that destroyed a 150000 dollar church. The verdict came from a municipal court jury after a 12 year pastorate in the red brick church. He faces one to ten years in prison while his attorney vowed to seek a new trial or appeal to the supreme court. Mrs Lewis sobbed in court as their daughter supported her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
John Lewis
Harry V. Meissner
Supreme Court
Lewis
Henry Griggs
Knoxville
Ten Federal Men Fired For Disloyalty
Ten State Department employees were summarily dismissed as bad security risks in a crackdown on communism. The action follows a search for disloyal workers and affects jobs up to $8 000 a year. A separate report notes German-born Gerhart Eisler received a one year sentence and $1 000 for contempt of Congress, with bail set at $20 000. Italian-born Carl Aldo Mazzari was sentenced to one to three years for hiding communist ties in obtaining government work. Eugene Dennis, head of the U S communist party, plans to take the case to the Supreme Court. A jury also convicted 16 leaders of the joint anti fascist refugee committee for contempt of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Gerhart Eisler
Supreme Authority
Congress
Bailler
Carl Aldo Marzani
Dennis
House Committee
Eisler
Refugee Committee
FBI
Edward K. Barsky
New York
House un-American Activities Committee
Safety Campaign To Be Continued In Coal Mines
Safety Director C. E. Jones of United Mine Workers district 29 says the mine safety campaign will continue through July regardless of pit operations. Maintenance workers may keep the program alive even if miners do not resume work after July 7. He notes an 88 percent drop in lost time accidents in June in the New River field and that the campaign will extend to the Winding Gulf field on July 1 and the Greenbrier field on August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. Va
C. E. Jones
United Mine Workers District 29
Jones
New River Field
Winding Gulf
Greenbrier
16 Convicted On Contempt Counts
Howard Fast and 15 anti-fascist refugee committee executive board members were found guilty of contempt of congress for refusing to yield the organization records to the House Un American Activities Committee. Each faces up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard Fast
Joint
Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee
Congress
Federal District Court
House
UN American Activities Committee
Richmond B. Keech
Helen R. Bryan
Edward R. Barsky
New York
International Brigade
Ford UAW reach accord on pension plan and wage raise
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers announced a pension program and a seven cent per hour wage increase for about 110 000 production workers retroactive to May 31 1947. Additional five cent raises will go to 1 000 maintenance workers and to core makers and jobbing moulders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford Management
CIO
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Richard T. Leonard
Uaw-Cio
Ford
Ford Company
UAW
Navy Plans Buy Middle East Oil
Washington reports the Navy plans to purchase 3,000,000 barrels of Middle East oil amid shortages and a push for mandatory export curbs. Congressmen push a defense tied bill while the Navy cites a critical shortage requiring imports to the East Coast from the Persian Gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Middle East
Washington
Russia
Weichel
R.-Ohio
House Merchant Marine Committee
Congress
Brewster
R.-Me
Senate War Investigating Committee
John L. Sullivan
Persian Gulf
United States
Ralph E. Wilson
War- Navy Petroleum Board
War and Navy Departments
National Defense
Commerce Department
Convicted Justice of Peace Seeks Bail in West Virginia
Wayne Mathias a justice of the peace sentenced to one to 10 years after conviction for inspiring a breaking and entering of Logan County courthouse asked the West Virginia Supreme Court for bail. He had a 60 day stay of execution pending appeal and had been released on bond until July 1 under circuit judge C C Chambers rule. Bill Mauldin weds Natalie Evans in Harrison New York today in Mauldin second marriage and Evans first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Wayne Mathias
Logan ¢ County
Supreme Court
Mathias
Logan
C. C. Chambers
Bill Mauldin
Harrison
N. Y
William Henry
Bill) Mauldin
Natalie Sarah Evans
John Janson Evans
West Brooksville
Edgar L. Rossin
New York City
Mauldin
CIO Rejects Any Idea Of Protest Strike
The CIO leadership rejected a general protest strike against Taft Hartley and invited AFL and railroad leaders to join in court and electoral challenges. President Murray announced the board's decision to press unions to honor existing contracts while fighting political contributions in the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
AFL
Philip Murray
William Green
Murray
Lee Pressman
CIO Executive Board
Truman And Vinson Invited To Reunion
Charleston West Virginia June 27 President A A Lilly of the Lilly Reunion association said the president Truman had been invited to speak at the family annual gathering at Flat Top August 16 17 and there was a possiblity he would accept Chief Justice Vinson also was invited and considered certain to attend The chief justice and Lilly spoke on the same platform last year at the Vinson family assembly in Kentucky
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
A. A. Lilly
The
Lilly Reunion Association
Truman
Flat Top
Pred Vinson
Lilly
Vinson Family Assembly
Kentucky
Mousetraps Help Make Nuclear Fission Clear To Lawmakers
Washington reporters describe a joint congressional energy committee demonstration using 125 mousetraps and 251 corks to illustrate nuclear fission. A scientist showed an atom diagram, then triggered corks on traps to simulate neutron bombardment and chain reactions for lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Joint Committee
Commission
Hickenlooper
Paris Conference Secrecy Overshadows Allied Talks
Foreign ministers of France Britain and Russia met in Paris for nearly four hours in a secret session described as a last chance effort to unify Europe. Bevin noted Paris was hotter than London as talks extend to tomorrow, while Molotov faces questions on Soviet stance toward the Marshall Plan and U N framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Britain
Russia
Europe
Ernest Bevin
London
Bevin
V. M. Molotov
U. S
George C. Marshall
United Nations
U. N
Refugee Legislation Action Is Completed
The Senate finished action on a resolution approving U S participation in the international refugee organization. The measure, sent to the White House, authorizes a maximum contribution of 73.5 million dollars or about 45 percent of the total needed to aid Europe's homeless. Approval is expected to spur acceptance by 15 nations needed to establish the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
International Refugee Organization
White House
United States
Europe
Twister Hits South Dakota and Missouri Towns
A June 27 tornado damaged a Spearfish farm one mile north and left ten houses heavily damaged. Sioux Falls reports strong winds and widespread telephone outages reaching Aberdeen Watertown and Pierre. In Missouri Harviell saw twelve buildings damaged with two businesses unroofed and church roofs blown off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
8. D
South Dakota
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Aberdeen
Watertown
Pierre
Spearfish
S. D
Rapid City Journal
St. Onge
Harviell
Missouri
Christian Church
Commission Upholds Officer's Dismissal in Charleston
Charleston municipal civil service commission upholds the dismissal of Patrolman Curtis C. Williams of the Charleston police after he appeared intoxicated in uniform. Chief Harvey Rexroad had dismissed Williams, a decision sustains today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Curtis C. Williams
Harvey Rexroad
Municipal Civil Serviice Commission
Political Arguments Trigger Two Duels Near Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires on June 27 political disputes led to two pistol duels near the Tigre Delta. Minister of Justice Belisario Gache Piran and deputy Ernesto Palacio fired without harm and left without reconciliation. A second duel between Eduardo Colom and Ernest San Martino ended in a draw with no injuries. Duelling is illegal yet tolerated as a dispute remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Congress
Tigre Delta
Belisario Gache Piran
Justice and Public Instruction
Ernesto Palacio
Peronista
Eduardo Colom
Ernest San Martino
Area Miners To Start Vacations
Southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia coal mines halt operations as miners begin a 10 day vacation under the United Mine Workers contract with the government. About 11,000 Virginia miners join the stoppage with 5,800 Pocahontas field workers idle and 72 total idle mines as Taft Hartley influences linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
United Mine Workers
Afl-United Mine Workers
West Virginia coal mines shut down for 10 day vacation
In Charleston on June 27, about 100,000 West Virginia miners took a 10 day vacation, with three quarters of the state’s miners idle on the last workday. The Kanawha Coal Operators Association said mines were virtually 100 percent down as fuel shortages spread to the northern Panhandle steel industry. 12,000 Kanawha field workers received regular pay plus $100 vacation checks for those with a full year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krug
John L
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Panhandle
Kanawha Coal Operators Association
Kanwha
Presidential pardon sought for Curley mayor of Boston
The Justice Department announced a petition filed late today asking a presidential pardon for James M Curley mayor of Boston. He began a six to 18 month sentence for mail fraud yesterday after entering the federal correctional institution at Danbury Connecticut. He was convicted last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
James M. Curley
Boston
Curley
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Conn
Bituminous coal output in week ends June 21 hits 12.9 million tons
The National Coal Association reports that production for the week ended June 21 reached about 12.9 million tons, up from 12.875 million the prior week and 11.872 million in the same week of 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Coal Association
Mass Vacation Stuns Nation As Coal Miners Idle En Masse
Nearly 500000 coal miners begin a 10 day paid holiday amid protests over the Taft Hartley act. Output slashed by about half as strikes expand across 11 states. Some miners plan to return July 7 while others in Illinois Kentucky weigh work during the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Steel industry cuts deepen amid coal walkouts and holiday
U S Steel's Carnegie Illinois unit imposes drastic cutbacks amid coal shortages from walkouts and vacations. Pittsburgh district capacity slashed to 45 percent, Youngstown, Sharon and Republic Steel also reduce output. The walkouts threaten the steel and coal sectors as 250,000 UMW workers in 11 states quit, sparking fears of a broader fuel crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Steel Corp
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Sharon Steel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sov. Meadows
Doctor
Eugene Dennis
U.S. Communist Party
House Committee On un-American Activities
Barsky
House UN- American Activities Committee
Court Fight
Vinson
Bikini
Twister
Railroad
Pocahontas Coal Operators Association
Pocahontas Field
Operators Association
Pocahontas
Lake Superior
New River
Koppers
Carswell
Keystone
Asco
Navy Coal Mines Administration
Ilinois
Progressive Mine Workers
Ind
Progressive Union
UMW
John L. Lewis
Alabama
Pennsylvania
U. S. Senate
Union
Centralia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!