House approves peacetime military budget record
The House voted 271 to 1 to approve a 16.0 billion dollar peacetime military budget for fiscal year 1950. Navy air force gains and budget disputes sparked clashes as lawmakers debated allocations for Army Navy and Air Force.
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Navy
Naval Air Arm
Cannon
Russia
Moscow
Marcantonio
Al-N
Ren. Mahon
D.tex
Mahon
Ren. Taber
Taber
Ren. Cole
Appropriations Committee
Armed Services Committee
Army
Trumen
Busia
United
Untold Loss Shocks Northwest In 11:54 A M Earthquake
A powerful Pacific Northwest quake at 11 54 a m PST causes seven deaths and many injuries across Washington and Oregon. Buildings crack and bricks fall as two unoccupied houses tumble into Puget Sound near Fox Island. Rail traffic halts between Portland and Seattle for two hours. The quake is felt from Olympia to British Columbia and northern Idaho with widespread damage and multiple casualties.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Puget Sound
Fox Island
Tacoma
Wash
Coast Guard
Portland
Ore
Northwest
Olympia
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Idaho
Alfred Welander
Konrad Sorensen
Cosmopolis
Percival Bisson
Ag Workman
Felling Oriestt
IC. W. West
Marvin Kregman
Jack Roller
Castle Rock
Centralia
Mark Kuveric
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Ceilings Set On Spending Of Aid Fund
Washington April 13 Senate and House conferees set a 35 5800000000 ceiling on next year s European Recovery Program as Marshall Plan chief Paul G Hoffman said actual funds might be cut if price drops save cash The agreement provides 1 1500000000 for the Economic Cooperation Administration through June 30 this year and 34 2800000000 to carry the Marshall plan through June 30 1950
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Senate
House
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Pact Nations Plotting War Says Gromyko at UN
In a long speech at the United Nations General Assembly Andrei Gromyko accused the North Atlantic pact nations of isolating Russia and plotting aggressive atomic measures. U S delegate Warren Austin promised a floor reply while Assembly President Evatt limited further speakers for the session.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
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Soviet Union
United Nations General Assembly
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Warren R. Austin
United States
Austin
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U. S
Gromyko
Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Security Council
North Atlantic
House Unit Okays Hike in DP Quota
A House immigration subcommittee endorsed an administration backed plan to admit 400000 displaced persons into the United States on July 1 1943 raising eligibility from 205100 to 300000 and allowing 60900 more. The bill also grants entry to DPs from Iron Curtain countries including Poland and Hungary and extends the current expiry to 1952.
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Subcommittee
Walter
D-Pa
House Judiciary Committee
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GOP
Europe
Asia
Ceci A
Poland
Hun
Shanghai
Polis
Great Britain
Baltic States
FBI Says Reds Behind Strikes in Conspiracy Trial
An FBI agent quoted Carl Winter, Michigan Communist party director, claiming the party was behind strikes in 1945 and 1946. Testimony linked a 1946 Detroit meeting to the statement. Prosecution ties this to a 1945 conspiracy to violence and overthrow, with Meyer detailing party aims and Marxist Leninist principles.
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FBI
Fred Cook
Carl Winter
Michigan
Detroit
Communist Party
Roosevelt
Frank S. Meyer
Woodstock
Meyer
Britain Charges Soviet Breach of 20 Year Alliance
London accuses Russia of violating Potsdam accord clauses and notes a proposed conditional Berlin blockade lift via Polish diplomats. Officials in Berlin Washington dispute the claim with no confirmation. Col. Lucius Clay says no evidence of a lifting of the blockade.
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Russia
Potsdam
Berlin
Germany
Frankfurt
Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Terms Accepted By Nationalists Warned By Red Radio
Nanking reports strong indication that government peace delegates accepted stiff Communist terms that would surrender Nationalist China. The Communist radio says formal peace negotiations have begun after 12 days of informal talks. The eight terms include army reorganization under Red control and removal of reactionaries from the government. A planned trial for government leaders as war criminals remains the main point under dispute.
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Peiong
China
Communist Radio
Mao Tze-Tung
Li Tsung-Jen
Israel and Syria Sign Cease-Fire Accord
Damascus reports an official Syrian statement that Israel and Syria signed a cease-fire agreement in Palestine as part of armistice talks. Israel has arms treaties with Egypt Lebanon and Trans-Jordan. Negotiations for a full armistice proceed in a cordial atmosphere ahead of the April 21 draft proposals.
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Syria
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U. N. Security Council
World Honors Kathy Fiscus in Lament for Infant Victim
Thousands attended the Alhambra funeral for Kathy Fiscus the two year old who died after a 230 foot well plunge. The service in Alhambra featured music prayers and flowers with Rev Bertrand Crist delivering the eulogy and praising the child’s beauty and kindness.
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Albambra
Cal
Kathy Fiscus
San Marino
Alhambra
Kathy
Bertrand Crist
Crist
West Germany to retain 159 plants, ease wartime bans
The United States Britain and France announced steps to revive West Germany by lifting or relaxing restrictions on shipbuilding and other industries. They said 159 plants marked for removal as reparations will be kept to boost Germanys productive capacity. Acheson appealed for acceptance of a limited self government and greater German latitude in trade and foreign relations.
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United States
Britain
France
Western
Germany
Soviet Russia
Acheson
Nazis Hear Sentences Today in Nuremberg War Crimes Trial
In Nuremberg Germany the American court finished reading verdicts for 19 former German officials. Sentences will be passed tomorrow. The prosecution sought the death penalty. Six were convicted and seven acquitted on slave labor charges. Twelve were convicted and two acquitted on membership in Nazi organizations. One count was dropped.
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Mernberg
Germany
West Virginia Gazette Wart Ads Highlight Bargain Listings
The Gazette Wart Ads showcases bargain classified items and reader ads with quick sales. Listings include a pony, a fireproof safe, a used Remington typewriter, tires, and other items with low prices and fast buyer interest. The page targets daily shoppers of the Gazette Wart Ads.
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Remington
Truman Urges New Columbia Valley Authority Plan
President Truman urged Congress to create the Columbia Valley Administration to advance atomic energy power irrigation and flood control in the Northwest. The plan would take over Grand Coulee and Bonneville projects and consolidate Bureau of Reclamation Bonneville Power Administration and Army Engineers duties.
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Kefauver D-Tenal
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Columbia Valley Administration
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington State
Bonneville
Oregon
Bureau of Reclamation
Bonneville Power Administration
Army Engineers
Columbia Administration
PSC Delays Chesapeake and Potomac Phone Rate Hike
The Public Service Commission postponed a third round rate increase for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co until Oct 14. Hearings were interrupted as the six month suspension extends. Company witnesses discussed costs while executives from Western Electric and AT&T explained advertising and royalty expenses.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C. E. Nethken Im
T. G. Restor
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Asst
John Co
Einerman
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John W. Myers
New York
General Price Management
Western Electric
Myers
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Real Unification Aims to Save Billions in Pentagon
Air Secretary Symington told Congress in testimony released today that real unification and business like operation could save the military billions. He cited workers contributing from earnings to support the Pentagon and urged structural and managerial efficiency to cut costs. The remarks followed Hoover task force criticisms of military spending.
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Washington
INS
Symington
Congress
Senate Armed Services
Seat Installations Begin at Ball Park
Work on Watt Powell baseball park started with anchor holes drilled by seat installation experts. AFL Laborers helped with bricklayers and carpenters as crews prepare for a planned April 27 opening. Jack Meyers hopes more laborers join to handle steel seats while crews push ahead.
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Watt Powell Baseball Park
APL
AFL Laborers Union
Jack Meyers
Charleston Baseball Club
Meyers
Jack
Tanker Collision In Delaware Bay Sparks Fire
A collision in Delaware Bay near Marcus Hook at 2 40 am caused a fire that burned for hours. The 217 60 ton Pennsylvania Sun suffered a 90 foot bow hole, and the 7 607 ton freighter American Attorney had a 16 foot deck rip. No deaths. W alter Roberts of Sharon Hill was knocked overboard and rescued for medical check. Officials cited navigation error as likely cause amid fog and radar use.
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Delaware Bay
Pennsylvania Sun
San Oil Company
American Attorney
Walier Roberts
Sharon Hill
Pat Lookout
Crozier Hospital
Chester
Philadelphia
Sun Oil
Greatest Story Nears Climax in Gazette Lent Serial
The Gazette announces Fulton Oursler's The Greatest Story Ever Told will publish its Crucifixion chapter without installments during Lent. The descent from Calvary appears in order on Saturday, with the Ascension on Easter Sunday.
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Gazette
Fulton Oursler
Barter Theater Brings Hamlet To City Today
Barter Theater presents Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Robert Breen and Leo Chalzel in two showings at 2 and 8 30 p m today in the Charleston high school auditorium The Gazette sponsors tickets 80 cents matinee and 75 cents 1 25 and 1 75 for evening reservations by phoning The Gazette Breen ANTA veteran and former Hamlet actor appears with a long list of stage and theater achievements Chalzel recently on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh cast as Feloni This entry continues on Page 26 Col 2
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Barter Theater
Robert Breen
Leo Chalzel
Charleston High School
The
Gazette
Breen
American National Theater and Academy
New York
Charles Laughton
Skipper Next
John Garfield
Barter
Robert Porterfield
ANTA
Hamlet
John Barrymore
Leo Chaizel
Eugene O'Neill
Feloni
Follansbee Bank Robbed by Nervy Trio
Three jittery bandits robbed the Bank of Follansbee of about $5,000 after riving a black Ford reported stolen. One man dropped his gun and another struck the cashier. They fled toward the Pennsylvania line in Army jacketed outfits, leaving a machine abandoned near Wellsburg.
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Bank of Follansbee
Wellsburs
Follanskee
Wheeling
Pennsylvania Line
Radio Voices Mock the Stars in Field of Impressions
Bob Hope lampoons radio actors and their versatility in a Gazette column. John Brown stars on My Friend Irma and Life of Riley, while Mel Blanc voices multiple characters. The piece highlights the range of voices across shows and notes fan mail to Mel Blanc from Griffith Park Zoo.
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John Brown
Irma
Gillis
Digger Odell
Riley
John
Gravel Gertie
Mr. Peevy
Sam Spade
Mel Blane
Jack Benny
Bugs Bunny
Mel
Griffith Park Zoo
Andy Averback
Mr. Hope
Averback
the Gazette
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