Truman And Landon Talk Over Problems In Kansas City
Alf Landon after a presidential conference with President Truman in Kansas City said both parties could unite behind a practical foreign policy. He noted dissatisfaction with the farm program and a practical flood control plan while stressing the need to close ranks behind Truman in critical periods. Landon discussed the food problem as a state of mind tied to freight cars machinery and the OPA, and said he had not read Truman’s Kansas City speech.
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Kansas City
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Truman
London
Landon
OPA
Mr. Truman
Tazewell County Man Drowns In Lake
Robert Brown a 22 year old resident of Thompson Valley drowned Wednesday while swimming in a pond formed on a tributary to the Clinch river east of Tazewell Va. His body was recovered Thursday after a search led by J W Harris. Funeral services were held at Pleasant Hill church with burial in the church cemetery. He is survived by his father and several siblings.
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Tazewell
Robert Brown
Clinch River
Clear Fork Road
Brown
Thompson Valley
Jim Brown
Association Estimates Soft Coal Production
The National Coal Association reports weekly bituminous production for the week ended June 23 at 11,740,000 tons, near the 11,870,000 tons a year earlier. For the year to June 23 total is 285,460,000 tons, down from 307,761,000 tons in 1944.
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Washington
National Coal Association
Bond Rally At Princeton Airport Aims To Boost E Bonds
Big bond rally at Princeton Municipal airport Sunday features bond sales from 1 to 6 pm and demonstrations in flight. R. S. Alba will give free flights for $100+ bonds, while Mercer county students receive aerobatic instruction broadcast to attendees. County progress shows a shortfall of about $400 000 toward the $1 453 000 quota.
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Greer Garson
Princeton Municipal
E. E. Bailey
Princeton War Bond Committee
Clyde Stevens
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Mercer County
Stevens
R. S
Sandy” Alba
Bluefield Sportsman
Alba
Princeton
Bluefield
Welch
Bramwell
Tazewell
War Finance Committee
Youth Convicted In Strangulation Slaying
John Woody Henderson 18 a former sailor was found guilty of second degree murder in the strangulation death of his girlfriend Velma Lutes 17 near Moundsville West Virginia. The jury deliberated about two and a half hours and the judge withheld sentence pending a motion to set aside the verdict with sentencing later.
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Moundsville
W. Va
John “Woody” Henderson
Marshall County
Lloyd Arnold
Defense Council
J. K. Chase
Velma Lutes
Henderson
GOP Senator Seeks Early Action On United Nations Charter
Republican leaders push for quick floor consideration of the UN charter as Taft urges hearings to focus on the treaty by July 9. Vandenberg signals support, while critics seek to limit Stettinius's powers on the Security Council in the ratification debate.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Bretton Woods
House
Vandenberg
United States
San Francisco
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Truman
Security Council
Barkley Seeks Senate Ratification With Reservations
Democratic leader Barkley of Kentucky proposes that no reservations be made when the senate ratifies the charter and that such issues be addressed in later legislation. He argued the house must share in fixing the delegate's authority, and the senate can’t unilaterally decide it during ratification. Vandenberg urged senate approval following Connally's earlier appeal as he backs the accord he helped craft.
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Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
House
Vandenberg
Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Michigan
Coal Problems Discussed by Four State Delegations
Washington June 29 four producing state congressmen met with coal mine operators from West Virginia Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee to seek solutions to manpower equipment and supply issues. Rep Flannagan was named to chair a smaller group to confer with government officials and a meeting is planned for Monday. They argued further production losses from OPA pricing and wage controls and said 1944 profits were disproportionately high elsewhere, squeezing the coal industry.
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Washington
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Rep
Flannagan
Cossmen
OPA
WLB
Director
City Festive Fourth Preparations Honor WWII Hero Spurrier
Bluefield gears up for a July Fourth Heroes' day with a parade, ceremony, and dance honoring World War II veterans, especially Staff Sgt. Junior J. Spurrier. Signs of progress include floats under Mercer garage, store-front decorations for 150 merchants, and a Municipal Stadium setup as Lt Col. Frank A. Hunter prepares to represent the Army at the celebration.
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Bluefield
Junior J. Spurrier
Spurrier
Mercer
Municipal Stadium
West Virginian
Army
Frank A. Hunter
Colonel Hunter
Old Sol Records Heat Peak in Bluefield
Weather records show Bluefield reaching 90 degrees at 3:15 PM and staying near the mark for 45 minutes. Official 8 PM reading reported 80 degrees as O C Keeney filed the daily climate notes from South Bluefield.
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Bluefield
George
Cture
O. C. Keeney
South Bluefield
Keeney
West Virginia Heat Persists Across State With High Readings
Charleston records 98 degrees with a 8 degree rise from 1 to 5 pm as heat waves continue across West Virginia. Fairmont hits 90, Huntington 95, while agriculture official F Waldo Craig notes gardens growing dry. An officer involved in POW camp administration discusses wartime service and chain of command in West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Mercury
Fairmont
Huntington
F. Waldo Craig
State Agriculture Department
Craig
Community plans July 4 gift for War Hero Spurrier
The town plans a substantial present for Junior Spurrier, its No. 1 war hero, on July 4. The gift will be a war bond funded by contributions from individuals and organizations. Send checks to F. M. Archer, P. O. Box 409.
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Junior Spurrier
F. M. Archer
P. O
Three Crash Fliers Snatched From Valley Of Shangri La
Hollandia New Guinea June 28 delayed A WAC corporal and two army airmen rescued today from a glider aloft by a low flying transport plane near the hidden valley of Shangri La They had been missing since May 13 when their plane crashed on the slopes above the mountainside tribe rescue included medics parachutists and paratroopers Crowds watched as the fragile plane Fan Less Faggot returned the trio to Hollandia 47 days after the initial crash
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Hollandia
New Guinea
WAC
Shangri-La
Margaret Hastings
Oswego
N. Y
John B. McCollum
Kenneth W. Decker
Kelso
Was
Vis
Oranje
Cheeyedas
Miss Hastings
McCollom
Big Plants On Borneo Afire
The Balikpapan oil refining complex on Borneo’s southeast coast was engulfed in flames after airmen dropped 281 tons of bombs. Gen. MacArthur reported 130-plus Liberator and Mitchell bombers attacked Thursday, facing light to moderate ground fire as Fort Balikpapan and adjacent airfields burned from prior raids totaling over 2,300 tons. Allied aircraft also hit Kindari and Makassar airfields while light naval units swept the Borneo coast at night.
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Manila
Balikpapan
Borneo
Far Eastern Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Kenney
13Th
Royal Australian Air Force
Kindari
Makassar
Celebes
Makassar Straits
MacArthur
Superfort
Tokyo
Sasebo
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Japan
U. S
Aleutians
Queen Elizabeth Returns Home with 14860 Troops
The Queen Elizabeth docked in New York harbor to a wild welcome for 14860 soldiers and sailors. Wives and mothers waved from ferryboats as Princess Juliana and Senators Russell and Maybank sailed aboard, along with Lt(jg) Philippe Henri De Gaulle, the general's son, set to study naval aviation.
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New York
New York Harbor
Juliana
Netherlands
Richard Russell
Burnet R. Maybank
Charles de Gaulle
Philippe Henri de Gaulle
Pacific
Virginia GOP Maps Program for Gubernatorial Campaign
Roanoke Virginia June 29 The Republican program committee completed the final draft of the party platform for the forthcoming gubernatorial campaign and met to study it before submission to the state convention tomorrow at Hotel Roanoke. The platform includes welfare health labor taxation courts and judiciary education and election laws. The draft suggested abolishing the poll tax and repealing absentee voter laws with exceptions. fixing voting hours. aligning state election years with federal ones. electing many officials by general election. and keeping judiciary appointments out of politics.
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Roanoke
Republican Program Committee
Montain Lake
Supreme Court of Appeals
State Corporation Commission
Circuit Court and Corporation Court
Commonwealth
State Industrial Commission
Youth Is Charged With Theft Of Horses
Baltimore June 29 A 17 year old youth was brought before U S Commissioner James K Cullen by FBI agents on charges of stealing a government owned horse yesterday The warrant cites a one day mare with government tag 1967 as the stolen property and the case was opened today.
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Baltimore
U. S
James K. Cullen
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Succession Bill Advances in Congress to Set Line of Presidential Succession
The House approved a presidential succession bill urged by President Truman to place Speaker Sam Rayburn next in line for the presidency. It removes the secretary of state from the line and would let the president pro tempore of the Senate or cabinet members act temporarily if needed. The measure now heads to the Senate amid expected resistance.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
House
Truman
Senate
Germany
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
White House
Safety Measures at Area Mines In West Virginia
Federal inspectors urged stronger safety practices at six West Virginia coal mines in a June 29 report. The Edmer Coal No. 2 mine near Northfork employs 26 and yields 115 tons daily, while Vera Pocahontas No. 3 at Landgraff has 97 workers and 97 tons daily, and No. 4 at Landgraff runs 35 workers and about 200 tons daily. Recommendations include posted diagrams, improved air coursing, smoking ban, increased first aid training, better air ventilation, safety posts, fewer stumbling hazards, stricter timbering, a split ventilation system, gas tests monthly, and faster track-relaying program extension.
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Washington
West Virginia
Edmer Coal Company
Northfork
McDowell County
Vera Pocahontas Coal Company
Landgraff
A. R. Evans
Edmer
J. L. Gilley
Vera Pocahontas No. 3
Devers Replaces Stilwell as Army Ground Forces Commander
General Jacob L. Devers will command the army ground forces, taking over from General Joseph W. Stilwell. Stilwell has assumed command of the 10th Army on Okinawa, succeeding Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, who was killed in action.
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Washington
Jacob L. Devers
Joseph W. Stilwell
War Department
Stilwell
10Th Army
Okinawa
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Swing band member held for hearing in Baltimore
Thomas A. Smith, 25, of Macon Georgia, one of four band members arrested on conspiracy to violate the selective service act, was ordered removed to Baltimore for a hearing.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas A. Smith
Macon
Baltimore
Resistance On Isle Is Lacking
Guam report says American patrols occupied all of little home island with no resistance. Nimitz announced invasion push extends 50 miles westward with possible airstrip sites and small port facilities as Tokyo radio claims heavy fighting while fleet communique notes no enemy troops encountered.
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Guam
Home Island
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo Radio
Kume
Foremosa
Kyushu
Kerama Islands
Okinawa
Russell County Man Held in Slaying Bound for Grand Jury
Leo Miller of Swords Creek Russell County is charged with murder in the May 25 shooting death of Mrs. Opie Johnson at a Holston Mountain filling station. He was bound to the Washington County circuit court grand jury after a preliminary hearing and ordered held without bond. A special grand jury will meet next Monday to consider cases. Witnesses described Miller as a frequent visitor to the station and reported gun and arranged travel near the scene.
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Abingdon
Leo Miller
Swords Creek
Russell County
Opie Johnson
Holston Mountain
Washington County Circuit Court
E. H. Moore
Miller
Alice McCracken
Mileler
Johnson
A. W. Dye
Dye
Tick
Pee Eee
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