Soviet Trend Casts Shadow Over Meeting
Paris June 28 The Moscow supplied stance in the aid to Europe talks left French and British officials pessimistic as Molotov joined Bevin and Bidault for a long session. Russian aims were seen as delaying Washington’s Marshall plan by pushing for immediate billions and widening EU committees to push political rifts over Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
U. 8
Marshall
U. S
Europe
Washington
United States
Germany
Ruhr
Cultists Convicted for Handling Poisonous Snake in Faith Ceremony
Jonesville Va June 28 Two Holiness faith healing cult members Macil Thom pson and Frances Delp were convicted in Lee county trial justice court of handling a five foot copperhead during a cult ceremony at Stone Creek last week. Each received 15 day jail terms and $50 fines and pledged to appeal as state police interrupted the service and seized the snake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesville
Holiness Faith Healing Cult
Lee County
Virginia
George Gridlin
Cridlin
Lee Circuit
Thompson
Bees Interrupt Naval Reserve Plane Warmups
In Olathe Kansas on June 28 bees swarmed five fighter planes during a mass warmup for the peacetime reserve anniversary. Maintenance workers used carbon dioxide to chase them away but the bees returned after landings and takeoffs. In Jalice, Idaho the town deployed a new radio equipped car to aid patrols moving from taxi calls to quicker responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kas
Naval Air Reserve
Yowata, Oka
Jalice
Douglas Chandler Convicted of Treason for Nazi Radio Work
In Boston a federal jury found Douglas Chandler guilty on ten counts of treason for selling his voice to Nazi broadcasts from Berlin. The former American writer, described as tall and gray haired, used the alias Paul Revere and recorded anti Roosevelt messages. He faces a possible death sentence or imprisonment with fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Chandler
Paul Revere
Boston
Francis J. W. Ford
Baltimore
Chandler
James S. Allen
William D. Chappell
Laurette
Patricia
Berlin
United States
Roosevelt
Congress Heads Into Final Month
Washington June 28 Congress nears the seventh and final month of the current session with major domestic proposals pending. Key actions include Taft Hartley labor bill relief bills and military and economic measures while restraint remains on others. The agenda features rent control extensions welfare and national policy shifts with leadership moves in the presidential line of succession and unification of the Army and Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
United States
International Refugee Organization
State Department
Army
Navy
House
Western Hemisphere
Europe
St. Lawrence Waterway
Truman
Republican High Command
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Minister Sentenced To Prison Term
Milwaukee June 28 Dr John Lewis a 73 year old minister was sentenced to one to five years at hard labor in Waupun for arson in a fire at Calvary Presbyterian church Jan 25 The 150000 blaze occurred at the church he served for 12 years A stay until Sept 15 was granted pending appeal and he posted 5000 bond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
John Lewis
Waupun State Prison
Lewis
Calvary Presbyterian Church
House of Worship
Herbert J. Steffes
AFL Unions Advised Not Sign Contracts With No-Strike Clause
AFL counsel Joseph Padway said after a conference with about 100 AFL attorneys that unions should avoid wage contracts containing no-strike clauses. He also announced plans to violate the Taft Hartley act's prohibition on political expenditures to test the law in court and to oppose Taft and Hartley in elections. He urged publishing records of Taft and Hartley in union media and campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Washington
Joseph Padway
Padway
Taft
Ohio
Rep. Hartley
RNJ
Taft- Hartley
Dallas Child Found Slain In Bed
Five-year old Mary Lane McCarter was found dead in a blood stained bed on a second story sleeping porch. A .38 caliber bullet was recovered from her body after removal to Parkland hospital. Det Captain Will Fritz called it murder. The mother discovered the body and had two other children nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Mary Lane McCarter
Will Fritz
Parkland Hospital
Charlie Phillips
Mary Lane
Beauford
Prohibition Party Nominates Watson for President
The Prohibition Party, meeting in Winona Lake Indiana on June 28, again named Claude A Watson of Los Angeles as its presidential candidate. His running mate will be Dale H Learn of East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania a real estate man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Ind
Prohibition Party
Claude A. Watson
Los Angeles
United States
Watson
Dale H. Learn
East Stroudsburg
Gentlemen thieves loot Allentown home for 175000
In Allentown Pennsylvania a group of four men robbed a west end home of about 175000 including 133000 in non negotiable bonds held in a safe. They bound the residents including a 15 year old boy and cut telephone lines before fleeing in a car with New York plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
West End
Louis Wiener
Wiener
Temple Bethel
Harry Neff
Bernard Salitsky
Buddy Wiener
Coal industry starved for fuel as miners take 10 day vacation
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a nation wide coal supply cut amid a 10 day paid holiday for about 500,000 miners led by the United Mine Workers. Federal estimates show a 31 day reserve as steelmakers cut output and railroads face curtailments in Tennessee and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
AFL United Mine
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
U. S. Steel Corp
Pittsburgh - Youngstown
Cumberland River Floods Pineville and Harlan
Severe flash floods sent the Cumberland River over its banks at Pineville Kentucky and caused more than half a million dollars in damage. Water blocked the Pineville business district and cut town traffic. In Harlan 5.2 inches of rain fell in seven hours with heavy damage and road slides. No deaths reported as crest moved downstream tonight and traffic remained halted for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Cumberland River
Kentucky
Harlan
Harlan-Pineville
WAA Charged With Deception in Disposal Reports
A Washington report says the War Assets Administration faced charges of misrepresentation and deception in disposal reports. A subcommittee urged civilian leadership, removal of military officials, and submission of evidence to justice and IRS for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
War Assets Administration
WAA
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Truman
Robert M. Littlejohn
Ruling Limits Mercer County Airport Bond Issue
The attorney general limits Mercer county bonds to 600000 for a 1100000 proposed issue, pending state supreme court review. The county court, after public call, set Roscoe Pendelton to handle the case, with potential fiscal support from current levies and federal aid considerations. The tax commission previously noted excess of the tax limit and warned that bonds above 600000 require substantial county levy contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Ira J. Partlow
Mercer County Court
State Supreme Court
Partlow
Supreme Court of Appeals
Roscoe Pendelton
Supreme Court
Office of the
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Mercer County J
Raleigh Woman Receives Consecutive Prison Terms
Mrs. Virgie Harper of Glen White pled guilty to two counts related to the slaying of her husband I H Harper. She received five to 18 years for second degree murder and two to 20 years for first degree arson, to be served consecutively in Raleigh county circuit court.
U S Says Bomb Stockpile Could Wipe Out Large Cities
Chancellor Hutchins of the University of Chicago claims the U S stockpile of new bombs is large enough to destroy every large city on earth. He warns of potential annihilation within three years and urges world disarmament and a world parliament to secure peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
U. S
Hutchins
Common Cause
Holiday Shuts Down State Mines in 10 Day Break
West Virginia and Virginia coal fields pause as 100,000 United Mine Workers begin a 10 day holiday. All 127 tipple mines on the Norfolk and Western system idle except scattered wagon and strip mines. Roanoke reports potential layoffs for 975 railroad workers. Norton Virginia reports all 39 mines idle. Maintenance crews may operate. future return date unclear as government operation ends Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
Norfolk and Western
The
Virginian Railways
Roanoke
Nashville, Tenn
Southern
Louisville and Nashville
Knoxville
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Bluefield
Tipple
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norton
Virginia Coal Operators Association
Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Trolley Era In Manhattan Ends
Joan Leslie of Hollywood spills ginger ale on a Diesel bus ending Manhattan trolley era. Borough President Hugo Rogers aids photo session beside an old trolley and an 1877 horse car. 1200 spectators watch as the horse car driver’s taped mustache falls off. Horses react playfully. event ends without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joan Leslie
Hollywood
Manhattan
Hugo Rogers
Take Off Rule Tightened After LaGuardia Crash
Washington reports that President Truman's air safety board issued a new take-off formula aimed at preventing crashes like the LaGuardia Field accident on May 29. The rule tightens load limits based on wind, runway length, slope, temperature, and air conditions, with four engine planes most affected. it could cut payload and cut airline revenue but is deemed worthwhile. CAB and Civil Administration plan rapid implementation within four to five days once tables reach airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Air Safety Board
LaGuardia Field
N. Y
James M. Landis
Special Board
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Civil Administration
White House
Leesburg Va
Leesburg
Landis
R L Longworth Dies Suddenly In Bluefield Studio
Robert J L Longworth circulation manager for The Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Sunset News died suddenly about 3 30 PM Saturday in a WHIS radio studio while listening to a recording he had just made for a potential song titled My Gal He collapsed without warning and was pronounced dead by Dr E M Tanner The cause was not officially released but heart attack or blood clot is suspected Born May 27 1889 in New River Virginia he was 58 and highly regarded across southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia where the newspapers circulated He had recently undergone dental work and left St Luke s hospital against medical advice prior to his death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert JL. Longworth
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
WHIS
Mr. Longworth
Gal
Longworth
E. M. Tanner
Bluefield Sanitarium
St. Luke’s Hospital
Virginia
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
West Virginia
New River
J. H
Annie B. Longworth
Graham College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bluestone Traction Company
Graham
Craine Contest Company
Craine! Company
Chi
Airman Loses Shirt in Marshfield Plane Crash
L W Whitmer of Columbus Ohio, a pilot, was giving two Marshfield residents a ride when engine trouble forced a landing in a farm yard. The aircraft undershot a fence and a board ripped through the fuselage, tearing off Whitmer's shirt. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Wis
L. W. Whitmer
Columbus
Whitmer
Settlement hopes rise as coal talks under way
Washington reports two major coal firms United States Steel and Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal back a move to meet John L. Lewis's wage demands in full to avert a nationwide strike. The United Mine Workers begin a ten day vacation while negotiations continue toward a contract through April 1, 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Steel and Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine
Lewis
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
George M. Humphrey
Pittsburgh
Fairless
Humphrey
Fairless-Humphrey
Labor Department
Schwellenbach
Mississippi Surges Toward High Mark
The Mississippi River rose toward a 103 year high as floodwaters overran railroad yards and riverfront warehouses. Officials in Illinois and Missouri fought to shore dikes from Venice to East St. Louis while hundreds evacuated daily. damage tops $100 million and 33,657 homeless across four states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Illinois
Venice
Granite City
Cape
Chester
Harry F. Wahlgren
U. S
Mississippi
Nebraska
Iowa
Alton
East St. Louis
North St. Louis
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Foreign Ministers Council
Molotov
Kremlin
Bevin
Bidault
Irmen
Newport
Cttacks
Department of the Interior
Raleigh
Universal Brotherhood
Holiday
Robert L. Longworth
R. L. Longworth
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