06 May 1950
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1950
Page
1
The Baltic plane dispute with Russia stalemates as the United States accuses the Soviet Union of sole responsibility for the loss of the Navy Privateer and its 10 crew. Washington signals no immediate new steps, keeps door open to UN avenues, and cites uninvestigated Soviet claims.
Bluefield reported 87 degrees shortly after 12:30 p.m. with a 59-degree low and 83 by 5 p.m. The U S government forecast called for cooler conditions with an afternoon shower. Huntington reached 93, Charleston and Petersburg 91, Elkins 86, Morgantown 85.
Chrysler may delay reopening of 14 Detroit plants after a 100 day strike ends. CIO United Auto Workers blocked access for maintenance workers and truckers at two plants, risking Monday operations. Union ratification of the new contract expected tomorrow, with Dodge lines maintained as needed. Chrysler to pay vacation wages on May 12 to 89,000 strikers.
The Hillavaag, a 600 ton Norwegian vessel with a damaged propeller, drifts 90 miles off southwest Greenland. Seventy five miles? authorities report 36 aboard including members of Victor's Greenland expedition. no immediate danger, but towing is requested. Home port Bergen.
Senate Finance Committee trimmed most House boosts for federal grants to needy states as it nears final changes to a broad social security revamp. It also expanded old age and survivor coverage by about 8 million to nearly 10 million total, including farm workers and certain laborers, while reducing projected annual public assistance costs from 275 million to 45 million.
New York May 5 Demo cratic State Chairman Paul E. Fitzpatrick asked the American Broadcasting Company for equal air time to answer Governor Thomas E. Dewey's speech last night. An ABC spokesman said the request had not been received. Dewey accused the Truman administration of tolerating spies traitors and sex offenders in government service.
In Clarksburg West Virginia on May 5 a 74 year old woman identified as Mrs A Lloyd Holland died after leaping from a Stonewall Jackson Hotel fire escape. Coroner Dr Kenna Jackson ruled death self inflicted. Her husband, a heating contractor, waited in the lobby and said she had threatened suicide due to ill health. State Trooper M F Jordan said she jumped from an eighth floor corridor end and struck a lower roof, dying instantly.
The Senate approved a large foreign aid bill totaling 3.122 billion dollars after trimming the next Marshall plan by 250 million. The 60 to 8 vote followed three weeks of debate and coincided with House passage on March 31. The package funds European recovery, Korea, China area aid, Arab refugees, and the Point Four program, with further conference to reconcile differences.
In Marysville Montana Justice of the Peace John L. Sullivan presided without a proper court as three cattle ranchers argued in a heatless dance hall. Helena lawyers Ralph J. Anderson and Henry Loble wore topcoats and gloves along with jurors. The case moved to a cotton club bar courthouse. a pet deer sparked laughter. The jury awarded defendant Charles J. Hall $1,000 in a cross complaint against Eunice L. Morris and Marguerite Lindquist over joint ranching operations.
D L McElroy vice president Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal says foreign oil imports threaten coal prices and may push government control of the coal industry. He notes 72 cents of every dollar spent by coal firms goes to miners wages taxes and welfare funds and calls the individual miner the industrys greatest asset.
In La Junta Colorado on May 5 about 1000 sparrows and finches were electrocuted as power lines sagged onto wet roosting branches. Witnesses report a sudden quiet after chirping followed by thumping sounds as bodies fell.
President Truman asks Congress to adopt a wide program of assistance for small business featuring government insured loans up to 25000, new national investment companies, expanded RFC lending with relaxed collateral, a commerce department information clearing house, and shifted oversight for the program. The plan aims to spur growth and job creation for over 20 million workers.
The House trimmed 2.95 million dollars from the public housing budget as part of a broad 29 billion dollar government operations bill for next fiscal year. The maneuver left a 930 million shortfall from a target 1 billion cut. Debate over maritime training schools delayed full action with sections on maritime commission veterans affairs and river harbor programs to be tackled tomorrow. Defense funding slated for Monday with a final vote likely by midweek as Republicans draft a blanket amendment to curb funds and limit hires.
Signs emerged that the FBI may deepen its probe into the Klaus Fuchs atomic spy case as Britain grants limited access for questioning. The development could yield leads on Soviet spies in the United States while McCarthy readies new charges against the Truman administration and state department loyalty records.
A helicopter landed on the Washington Postal Department roof in a first demonstration. The three person craft weighed 2,250 pounds and could fly at 85 mph. Pilot A. R. Bridgford of Worcester, Massachusetts received a mail package during the event.
Welch high school band paused its parade to perform for patients at Huntington state hospital with John Livers directing. Elkins baton twirlers Joan Overstreet and George Phillips added fire to the square demonstration as Marshall College’s Kappa Alpha celebrated Old South Week nearby. Parade marshal Robert O Ellis hopes for a triumphant closer to the festival, aided by a lucky rabbit’s foot.
West Germany faces rising anti Communist sentiment as Moscow claims all German POWs were repatriated. Chancellor Adenauer cites 1.5 million missing. U.S. official adds hundreds of thousands still in Soviet camps. Western officials call the Tass claim unlikely.
Hurricanesized winds battered Kansas to Wisconsin with 88 mph gusts. At least three dead and scores injured as tornadoes, snow, rain and dust disrupted Des Moines Kansas City Duluth Superior Omaha and many towns. Over 250 Kansas City 911 calls and extensive property damage reported.
General Motors Corp reports a first quarter 1950 record with earnings of 212.39 million dollars or 4.76 a share. Vehicle sales reached 865 756 units, up six percent from the prior peak, while total sales hit 1.643 billion dollars. Taxes rose to 148.97 million and payrolls averaged 436 265 employees totaling 404 million.
Paris reports a firing squad executed four French traitors condemned as members of a Gestapo squad that arrested and tortured residents during the Nazi occupation. One man asked to be shot without a head wound so his eyes could aid a Paris hospital patient. a physician removed the eyes for use in a blind man’s operation.
The West Virginia turnpike commission hires the New York firm Howard Needles Tamman Bergendorf to study the feasibility of a proposed superhighway for the state.
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