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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1948
Page
13
U S military officials report Fukui city and surrounding Fukui prefecture suffer 3 155 deaths and 7 520 serious injuries after Monday quake and fires. Relief teams from America and Japan search ruins as Tokyo sends medicines and vaccines to aid victims.
In Kingwood West Virginia on June 29 twelve roving pickets faced fines totaling 75 dollars plus costs for conspiracy to inflict harm on non union mine operator Raymond Hartman and employee A T Tichnell. One defendant Daniel Trackovich paid 70 dollars plus faces suspended jail terms.
The Bluefield chamber of commerce nominates fourteen candidates to elect seven directors for a two year term. Owen Rickard announces the ballot will be mailed today with a July 12 noon deadline. Seven outgoing directors and three associate directors will be replaced or added.
Farm prices rose two percent from mid May to mid June led by higher meat prices. Prices paid by farmers for family living and production costs increased modestly while meat animal prices climbed eight percent due to fewer animals available for marketing.
Washington June 29 A White House negotiator John R Steelman brought union and management together for a four hour joint session the first since May 8 indicating renewed hope for a railroad labor dispute settlement An optimistic note was struck but Steelman refused to promise an agreement and said they would try again tomorrow Union leaders including Alvanley Johnston D B Robertson and A J Glover attended with locomotive engin eers firemen enginemen and switchmen unions seeking higher pay than the standard 12 cent hourly increase.
Two large Klaverns in Georgia break from the invisible empire to form Original Southern Kans Inc with Alton E. Pate named grand wizard. Georgia Klans head Dr. Samuel Green says Manchester and Columbus groups joined, while Pate acts as front man for Pearson Jack Johnson. Green calls revolt Bolshevik Klans unable to run things.
A federal special statutory court today upheld the constitutionality of Taft-Hartley Act section 9-H denying NLRB use to a union whose officials fail to file a non communist affidavit. The ruling passed by a two to one vote in New York.
June 29 Berlin news reports Soviet Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky expressed hope that the land blockade could end in weeks as food stores hold. He warned of air corridor breaches and said the western highway would stay closed to curb currency flight. U.N. intervention was urged by Berlin officials while U.S. and French spokesmen favored direct talks before U.N. action.
The government announced a four cent per pound mail subsidy on relief parcels to 11 countries starting July 6 to boost private shipments of food and clothing. Britain Denmark Italy and Ireland signed aid pacts with the United States as part of the Marshall plan totaling five billion dollars, with ratification required soon or aid shipments face shutdown.
Belgrade reports show Yugoslavia’s Communist Party sharply rebutting Cominform charges. The 10 000 word reply defends independence and calls for direct talks with Russia while denying provocations toward nationalism. Greek border reports note shells and possible Soviet movement near Belgrade amid the dispute.
Cleveland June 29 The president of the Association of American Railroads said railroads may post a record 10 billion dollars in gross revenues this year. He noted that net income will likely be lower than 20 years ago as expenses rose faster than rates. Farley cited operating costs now 3.25 billion higher than in 1939, while revenue from rates remains about 3 billion annually.
George Boyd a Virginia side colored resident remains in extremely critical condition after a knife and axe fight early Sunday. He suffered chest and arm wounds and a brain concussion and is unconscious at Bluefield sanitarium. Henry Williamson a colored man was released on 2500 bond after being charged with assault causing bodily injuries.
A CIO strike involving 35 000 International Harvester employees led to nine farm equipment plants closing under walkout pressure from the United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers union. Wage timing disputes and broader labor actions shaped a tense national scene as other sectors faced legal and regulatory actions.
West Virginia’s eight day heat wave with highs near 95 in Clarksburg and 94 in Logan County was expected to taper today. Forecasters warned relief would be brief with temperatures rising again by week’s end as showers and scattered thunderstorms move through Wednesday and drier, cooler air enters Thursday.
Leon Henderson of Americans for Democratic Action says rising sentiment favors Eisenhower for the Democratic nomination and expects a possible Truman withdrawal. He predicts Douglas or Eisenhower could enter, with Truman supporters claiming strong pledged votes while ADA pursues an open convention in Philadelphia July 12.
Oregon Illinois records report the discovery of an 18 year old telephone operator Mary Jane Reed shot once in the head, found in a Silica company pit. The previous day Stanley Skridla 28 was found dead with four slug wounds in a lover's lane case. Both victims connected by same .32 caliber pistol. Decomposition prevented rape determination, though leg scratches indicate dragging.
The Edson Mustache Surveying Corp reports that if Thomas E. Dewey is elected, he would introduce the first presidential mustache at the White House since Taft. It notes past presidents with various whiskers and predicts possible reemergence, with a teaser to read the November 3 paper for more.
Gov Thomas E Dewey called the Berlin blockade a grave situation but said it must not be seen as leading to war. He planned a full length conference with John Foster Dulles and discussed matters with Gov Earl Warren during a brief campaign stop at his Pawling farm.
A press dispatch said two guerrilla brigades severed a main Greek army supply link between Ioannina and Preveza Tonight American road workers fled in fear The attack cut all communications between Athens and Ioannina except via Corfu The road feeds three divisions including the ninth northeast of Konitsa the eighth near Ioannina and the 10th east of Ioannina
In Peoria Illinois on June 29 a 12 year old boy climbed a fence to feed bears at Glen Oak park. The 250 pound black bears Tuffy and Babe attacked, with Tuffy biting off the boy's left arm. Surgeons at St Francis hospital amputated the arm above the shoulder and fire crews used hoses to recover the severed limb.
The United Mine Workers District 31 near Preston County West Virginia is charged by NLRB general counsel Robert N. Denham with forcing 445 miners underground to press union cards and with mass picketing and beatings during the spring coal strike. Four coal companies lodged the charges. an NLRB examiner will hear Aug 10 in Kingwood WV.
H W Shields longtime Pocahontas Land vice president fires after over forty years with the Norfolk and Western Railway system. Thomas H Clagett named general manager with William R Graham elevated to general manager and James M Godwin to assistant general manager and chief engineer.
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