Young GOPs To Open State Meeting Here
The West Virginia Young Republicans will hold a two day state meeting in Bluefield June 4 5 highlighted by two U S senators a gubernatorial candidate and other party leaders Registration opens at noon Friday at the West Virginian hotel A Friday night party at Club 52 follows with a floor show dance and midnight supper Saturday features a 10 a m keynote by Herbert S Boreman and a 6 30 p m banquet with Senator William Knowland of California as main speaker A tour to the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine tea at Welch and other events are planned for more than 700 delegates and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Young Republicans
Bluefield
United States
West Virginian Hotel
Club 52
Bramwell Road
Herbert S. Boreman
William Knowland
California
Chapman Revercomb
Walter S. Hallanan
Boreman
Pocahontas Exhibition Mine
Pocahontas
W.H
Colonel) Ballard
Welch
Towne Club
Cecil M. Underwood
Sistersville
Young Republican League
W. Hare
Ohe Arrangements Committee
State Senate
Tyler County
Senate
Wood County
West Virginia University
Revercomb
Charleston
Young Republican League of West V
United States Senate
U. S
Pocahontas Exhibition
Virginia
W. H. Ballard
W. Va
Jim Shott
A. Harry West
West Virginia Young Republicans
GM Won’t Raise Auto Prices In Immediate Move
Detroit May 29 General Motors said no immediate price rise for its cars as wage talks with CIO United Auto Workers yield an 11 cent hourly increase for 225,000 workers. President C E Wilson said all cost elements are studied to maintain policy while prices on new passenger models may shift later this year. Chrysler granted 13 cent raises to end a 75,000 worker strike, potentially pressuring car prices. Ford prepares wage talks with DAW CIO within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors Corp
C. E. Wilson
Wilson
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Ford Motor Co
DAW -Cio
General Motors
Nation Enjoys Strike Respite During Holiday Pause
The United States faced a Memorial Day break with no major strikes. Chrysler reached a 13 cent wage settlement ending a 17 day walkout by 75,000 CIO UAW workers, while other labor actions stalled or paused. Rath packing deal settled at Waterloo Louisiana. unsettled railroad and operating brotherhood disputes lingered, White House seeking a solution with a new conference set. GE and CIO United Electrical Workers to resume talks affecting 125,000 workers next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chrysler
Cio-United Auto
CIO Packinghouse
Wilson and Company
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
White House
General Electrics
Cio-United Electrical Workers
Jefferson Republican Drops Sunday Edition
Rawson West Virginia May 29 The Jefferson Republican will suspend Sunday publication after June 6 due to rising costs newsprint shortages and delivery problems The Thursday edition will continue as the bulk of the paper The paper began three and a half years ago and has issued Sunday editions since May 1 1947 with special editions for Hagerstown Martinsburg and Winchester
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawson
W. Va
R. J. Funkhouser
The
Jefferson Republican
Funkhouser
Funk~houser
Hagerstown
Winchester
Martinsburg
Wallace denounces Mundt Nixon anti Red bill in Senate hearing
Henry A. Wallace and Norman Thomas told the Senate judiciary committee that the Mundt Nixon anti communism bill would curb free speech and free assembly. Wallace warned it could outlaw his third party and grant the attorney general dictatorial power over organizations. He drew a contrast with Nazi power to illustrate potential dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
United States Congress
Russia
Wallace
Norman Thomas
Senate Judiciary Committee
U. S
Thomas
Henry Wallace
Sre
Wiley
Witler
Mihai to Wed Anne Report Triggers Royal Rumors
Copenhagen reports Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma and former King Mihai of Romania plan a June 5 Greek Orthodox ceremony in Athens. The couple’s families declined comment while travel plans show departures from Denmark to Rome and Athens, with entourage in Lausanne also declining confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Anne
Bourbon- Parma
Mihai
Romania
Athens
Rome
Lausanne
Switzerland
Italy
Senate GOPs Near Accord On Trade Bill
Senate Republicans near a one-year extension of the reciprocal trade program without veto strings. Senator McGrath of Rhode Island warned the extension is unsatisfactory, while Democrats hint President Truman may veto a one-year measure to boost his political position. The article notes divisions over extending the program and potential impacts on the European recovery effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McGrath
D-Ri
Rhode Island
Truman
Congressional
House
State Department
Tariff Commission
Senate Finance Committee
Calls to curb Voice of America entertainment features
House Investigations chairman Rep Chenoweth urged cutting music and humorous sketches from Voice of America broadcasts to foreign nations. He argued the program should deliver facts and news, not entertainment, and he pledged to expand probes to broadcasts to Russia and other Iron Curtain countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Voice of America
House
United States
Chenoweth
R-Colp
Voice
South America
National Broadcasting Company
Colorado
Russia
Soviet Bloc
Rene Borgia
Delegates Scoff At Arab Statement At UN Session
In Lake Success on May 29 delegates mocked King Abdullah’s assertion that Jerusalem’s holy places are safe. A telegram from Transjordan’s ruler was read to the Security Council, prompting a derisive laugh as council chairman Alexandre Parodi cautioned the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Abdullah
United Nations
Jerusalem
Trans- Jordan
Security Council
Faris Fe] Khoury
Syria
Council
Alexandre Parodi
Masons Hold 2 State Meet Highlights Bluefield Banquet
About 400 Masons from southern West Virginia and western Virginia attended the 16th Masonic district meeting at the Bluefield Masonic Temple. The event opened at 2 30 PM with the grand masters of West Virginia and Virginia greeting each other. Special teams demonstrated ritual work after a banquet served by the Ladies of the White Shrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Masonic District
Bluefield
Masonic Temple
Federal Street
Temple
Masonic Blue Lodge
Western Virginia
Robert T. Waters
C. V. Foland
Vv ‘Masons
Charles H. Troxell
Fairmont
Masons of
Charles E. Webber
Salem
Virginia
John R. Martin
Lester M. Carper
H. M. Underwood
Bluefield Lodge No
Dudley E. Cruise
Mercer Lodge
B. E. Wassom
L. M. Carper
B. F. Gravely
UN council seeks four week cease fire in Palestine
The Security Council urged a four week halt in the Jewish Arab conflict to renew UN mediation. France’s Alexandre Parodi announced approval of an amended British resolution after votes on paragraphs as the council again rejected Russian American demands for force. The vote on that course stood 5 to 0 with six abstentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Security Council
Palestine
United Nations
Council
Alexandre Parodi
France
South Africa to Decide on UN Membership
Pretoria reports indicate South Africa's nationalist government may withdraw from the United Nations. The party that defeated Smuts has long urged leaving the UN over its stance on India and racial discrimination claims against South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Pretoria
Union of South Africa
United Nations
Jan’ Christiaan Smuts
U. N
World Organization
Queson
India
U.N. General Assembly
Two Men Injured In Grafton Plane Crash
Two men were critically injured when a small two seat plane crashed in fog near Grafton nine miles south. They were rushed to Grafton city hospital. Troopers said the aircraft likely became lost in dusk fog, hitting a hill on the Thomas Bailey farm along US route 250, about 11 miles from Bridgeport’s Tri County airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
W. Va
Grafton City
W. D. Sergent
Thomas Bailey
Philpps
Tri-County
Bridgeport
High Court Eyes Wage Hour Row
Washington reports the Supreme Court will decide a wage hour dispute over overtime for longshoremen. Stevedores claim overtime should be one and a half times the regular rate, while employers pay one and a half times the daytime rate for all overtime. A ruling could affect back pay claims and broader industry practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Tevendores
William R. McComb
U.S
Broughton Leads In Carolina Democratic Senate Primary
Raleigh May 29 Former Governor J M Broughton led early in the North Carolina Democratic primary to choose a United States senator over incumbent William B Umstead as results began to come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
J. M. Broughton
William B. Umstead
United States
U S Memorial Day Tribute and Peace Prayers
The United States marks Memorial Day with prayers for peace as President Truman proclaims a nationwide hour of prayer at 8 p m and visits Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath. He will address the nation from the amphitheater in Williamsburg and be broadcast nationwide. Heavy holiday travel and closing of federal and state offices, banks, and schools accompany the observance, with the Indianapolis 500 motor race Monday as a highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
Truman
Arlington ‘National Cemetery
Naval Academy
Union (Railroad
Washington
Ohio Coal Men End Meeting in Wyom ing county
Retail coal dealers from Ohio, about 400 strong, closed their 17th annual conference with morning elections and an afternoon and evening at the Red Wheel camp in Wyom ing county. Incumbent officers were re elected, new board members named, and speakers urged greater production and service oriented selling. A Norfolk and Western Railway train carried attendees to the outdoor barbecue at Algoma Coal and Coke Co. Seated delegates toured Pocahontas mines and attended a banquet at the West Virginian hotel earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye State
Ohio Coal Conference
Red Wheel Camp
Wyoming County
J.S. Davis, Jr
Dayton
Don P. Miller
Westerville, C
America
Haake
General Motors Corporation
Park Ridge
Europe
Jack Lacy
Lacy Sales Institute
Lacy
Bluefield
Bluefield Country Club
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Pocahontas Field
Pocahontas
West Virginian Hotel
Dame May Whitty Dies In Hollywood
Dame May Whitty, 82, renowned British character actress, died at her Hollywood home. Her daughter Margaret Webster, a Broadway producer director and actress, was by her side. Her husband Ben Webster died in February 1947. She held the title Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dame May Whitty
Margaret Webster
May
Ben Webster
Hayer
T G George
Arabs Battle For All Jerusalem Seige Intensifies
May 29 dispatches report Arab troops pressing to seize Jerusalem as Jewish forces try to break four highway blockades. Israeli air strikes hit Jenin Nablus and Ramallah while Arab and Trans-Jordan units push from Majdal to Isdud, threatening the city’s southern approaches and Latrun Bab El Wad corridor. Civilian and military casualties rise as the siege tightens and churches suffer damage amid heavy shelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciaro
Jerusalem
Holy City
Tel Aviv
Majdal
Isdud
Jaffa
Israel
U. N
Jenin
Nablus
Ramallah
Palestine
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Old City
Holy Sepulchre
Christendom
Saint Helena
Saint Saviour’s
New Gate
Arab Legion
Caphurest
Latrun-Bab el Wad
Judean Hills
Arab League
Bab el Wad
Latrun
Peace
Northwest Flood Peril Mounting
Rising flood waters create regional disaster in the Pacific Northwest as Washington declares emergency. National Guardsmen aid in dike repair and refugee assistance while rail lines and highways wash out. Flooding spreads from Canada through the Columbia River basin into Oregon, with thousands displaced and damages estimated in the tens of millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Red Cross
Washington
North Idaho
Parhandle
Fraser River
British Columbia
Columbia River
Canada
Oregon
Portland
Col O. E. Walsh
Army District
Also Mentioned on This Page
Young Gops
Republican Meet
Leroy Katz
Mercer County
Ya’s
Myron R. Rennick
Fayetteville
Senator Knowland
University of California
Oakland
Calif
Warren
Hiram W. Johnson
Probers
LIN
Grand Lodge
Borum E. Wassom
Preeman
Lacy Shields
Williamson
Bluefield Lodge
A. F
A. M
D. E. Cruise
Raleigh Tabor
Harman Lodge
Evans
Masons
Virginias
Holy Land
UN Council
Ohio
Coal Men
Egypt
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!