Pickets Ambush at Nonunion Mine Wounds Eleven in Morgantown
Eleven men are wounded in a shooting at a nonunion mine near Morgantown as pickets from the United Mine Workers confront mine owner Asa Proving and his workers. Sheriff Mike Gill reports arrests for displaying deadly weapons. one hospitalized, others free on bond.
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Mike Gill
Powell Corp
Harry Myers
Gill
United Mine Workers District 31
Asa A. Proving
Proving
Myera
Myers
Monongalia County
John Pushkarish
Mona
Woll
Provins
Nol
Jets Reinforce Red China with Jet Planes from Shanghai
Aboard an American freighter from Tientsin to Kobe on April 29, the New Chinese Communist Air Force reportedly fields jet planes with swept back wings and no propellers. Eight seen at most, total force unknown, pilots possibly trained in Manchuria or by Nationalists. The Oscars, single engined former Japanese fighters, also appear in Shanghai mid March.
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Lynn Cha
Tientsin
Kobe
Japan
Haa
Shanghai
Russia
Manchuria
Inside Today Apilisermenta and Cooking Notes
Fragmentary readable text notes a page section with references to Dorothy Dix and cooking content. The legible elements mention an editor’s view before publication and a titled column likely about daily interests or household topics. No clear event or person beyond Dorothy Dix.
U S to Open Truth Front In Cold War
President Truman declares a campaign of truth to counter Soviet deceit and distortion as the United States opens a new front in the cold war. He spoke to editors after meeting with UN Secretary General Trygve Lie and said the US aims only to defend freedom, not to wage war. Acheson to deliver major policy address to editors on Saturday.
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U. S
Trumian
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Trygve Lic
Europe
Stalin
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Acheson
State Department
Reds and Chiang clash over Hainan battle results
Reported heavy Communist casualties on day four of the Hainan Island fight. Red beach forces claimed they would wipe out opponents soon while communists said they broke through lines and captured the hamlet of Fookshan, 24 miles southwest of Holchow, the island capital, amid broadcasts attributed to Lin Piao and Mao Zedong.
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Formos
Hainan Island
Red Beach
Fookshan
Holchow
Fmang Ag
Red
San Francisco
Associated Press
Hainan
Lin Piao
Manchuria
Central China
Lin
Mao Tzeuhg
South China
Maniac Sought in Woman's Death in Nassau
Nassau police hunt a possible sex maniac as they probe the death of Bettie Ren x age 38, a former U S Justice Department employee and war crimes witness, whose nude battered body was found in an island well near a lonely forest spot last Tuesday. Police say a dark hotel waiter type man seen in the area is a key figure.
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Bahamas
INSJ
U. S. Justice Department
Bettie Renx
Washington, D. C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tokyo
Col
G. H. pRanve
Ren
Route cleared for 2 million in FHA loans in West Virginia
State FHA Director F Guy Ash said final commitments would be made for 24 applications totaling 978 700 in Kanawha County for new homes and for 280 300 for purchase of existing structures. The total FHA backed loans for West Virginia this year reached 7 800 700 with 582 rental units planned in Kanawha County.
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West Virginia
Kanawha County
F. Guy Ash
Kanawha
Congress
Fieid
Truman
Ash
FHA Reduces FHA Mortgage Interest Rate
The Federal Housing Administration cuts the top rate on new mortgages to 4 1 4 percent effective Monday after Congress passed expansion of the housing program. Senator Maybank says the move could save homeowners about 35 billion annually. The Veterans Administration is expected to maintain an even 4 percent rate.
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Federal Housing Administration
Truman
Sen
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Senate Banking Committee
Veterans Administration
Farouk Denounces U.S. Press Slurs on Romance Rumor
Egypt denounces the American press for a slander campaign over King Farouk and reports he plans to marry Narriman Sadek, 16, amid claims she was previously engaged to Zaki Heshan. Abdel Meguid Ramada cited U.N. sources noting interference in the Egyptian monarch’s private life.
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Farouk
U.S
Lake Success
INS
Today
Narriman Sadek
Abdel Meguid Ramada
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Cairo
Zaki Hasehan
U. N
Area Census Tally Shows Huge Economic Expansion
A long term rise in Kanawha County's economy is shown by the U S Bureau of the Census. Retail sales in 1948 reached 204 million dollars, wholesale sales 245.8 million, and service trade receipts 10.7 million. Employment totals rose modestly with 17 496 workers paid weekly in 1948. Charleston led with 11 575 retail employees and 141.7 million in sales, Dunbar reported 81 retailers and 4.8 million in sales.
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U. S. Bureau of the Census
Bureau
Washington
Kanawha County
Charleston
58 Selected For MH Drive
The Morris Harvey College Build Morris Harvey campaign continues with a Special Gifts Division led by Henderson L Peebles aiming to raise 750000. A W Cox praises public service and reports early promising donor responses as committee members work to reach the goal.
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Henderson L. Peebles
A. W. Cox
Jith
Cox
Morris Harvey
Mr. Peebles
W. W. Allen
J. Lawrence Baldwin
A. A. Barnes
Herbert P. Campbell
W. Gaston Caperton, Jr. M
BE. Carrico
Louis J. Cashdan
Robert L. Clutter
Samuel Cooper
George L. Coyle
Roger 5. Creel
Paul A. Davidson
Taz Galyean
W. B. Geary
John T. Gelder
Robert M. Giffen
Henry HB. Glass
Becca J. Garman
House GOP Stalls On Budget Paring
Washington April 20 Republicans made no headway in trimming the massive one package appropriations bill. An attempt to cut the State Department payroll by 10 percent failed 114 to 10. The State section of the 29 billion dollar bill was approved unchanged at 217 million 651 thousand. Justice Department faced no amendment with 144 million 230 thousand and 700 thousand in contract authority already reduced below the President's request. The House continues through the bill, next turning to Commerce Department as Truman budget experts and congressional tax analysts differ on the 12 month outlook.
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State
Justice Department
House Appropriations Committee
State Department
Truman
Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
Congress
Wwn
Senate hears firms aiding gambling under scrutiny
Washington April 20 The Senate Commerce sub committee heard that telephone and telegraph companies knowingly aid bookmakers in taking horse racing bets. Delaware official Cavanagh argued a national ring exists and urged measures to outlaw interstate racing information. Other officials offered mixed views on a national syndicate.
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Congress
Andrew J. Cavanagh
Delaware
Public Safety
Senate Commerce
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
FBI
Cavanaugh
Telegraph Company
Theman
James H. Shields
New York
William O'Brien
Kennedy Lawrence
Detroit
Nathaniel Goldstick
Capehart
Thomas d'Allesandre
Baltimore
Union Charges Fairness in C P Grievance Handling
A C and P Communications workers official asserts Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia did not observe fair grievance procedures. The claim came as a New Jersey arbitration board awarded a 25 cent weekly raise to 12,000 Bell operators, a ruling the union says may set a national pattern.
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Chesapeake and Fotomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Alex Blackman
Washington, D. C
CWA Division 9
New Jersey
Bell
Union
J R.B. Crigler
J. D. Shepherd
Huntington
Diesel collision injures forty in Roxbury yard crash
In Boston on April 20 a Providence-bound train rear-ended by a New Bedford-bound Diesel in Roxbury yards of the New Haven Railroad injured about forty people, 19 of them hospitalized, while roughly a thousand passengers on the two crowded trains were shaken up.
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New Haven
Lattimore Named Member of Red Cell in Budenz Testimony
Louis Budenz testified that Owen Lattimore was in a Communist cell infiltrated by Soviet agents aimed at steering U.S. Far East policy toward China. Brig. Gen. Elliott Thorpe said Lattimore is a loyal American and not an agent. Budenz promised a list of concealed Communists and said Lattimore was under Communist discipline while denying the espionage claim.
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INS
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Owen Lattimore
Eell
U. S. Far East
Elliott R. Thorpe
Douglas MacArthur
Senate
Lattimore
Communist Party
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Siders
Senate Committee
Sem. McCarthy
R-Wis
Institute of Pacific Relations
U.S
New York
Ciary
Thorpe
Army
Lattimote
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Hollywood
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Jy McCarthy
Louis Budenz
Soviet Union demands immediate Trieste government and troop withdrawal
Moscow broadcast says the Soviet Union handed a note to the United States Britain and France demanding a government for the free territory of Trieste and the removal of American and British troops and the so called illegal Anglo American naval base. The note accuses the Western powers of violating the Italian peace treaty by keeping foreign forces in Trieste. It specifies withdrawal of troops and elimination of the naval base as conditions for status change.
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Russia
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France
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Lindstrom Sues Ingrid Bergmann for Divorce Deserts Cruelty
Hollywood April 20 Dr Peter Lindstrom files for divorce against Ingrid Bergmann charging desertion and grievous cruelty The suit seeks approval of a prior out of court settlement giving joint custody of Pia and equal share of about 300000 in community property The filing omits references to Roberto Rossellini or a Chihuahua divorce order.
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Peter Lindstrom
Mit
Ngrid Bergmann
Lindtrom
Ingrid
Pia
Cult
Roberto Rossellini
Rome
Iain Chihuahua
Sleeping pills blamed for rising morphine addiction risks
A U S Public Health Service study led by Dr Harris Isbell warns that sleeping pills such as phenobarbital seconal and amytal can trigger serious addiction, with about 290 tons manufactured yearly. Addicts vary in response from mild to severe, and doctors fear personality and daily changes influence the danger.
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American College
Happy
U. S
Tion
Harris Isbell
Novelvision
U. S. Public Health Servicet
Lexington
United States
Phero
Maragon Accused of Receiving Pay For Government Influence
Government witnesses testified that John Maragon received 1269 dollars in 1946 for aiding a molasses company facing government scrutiny. They also said he sought a salvage contract for a Milwaukee firm with Major General Harry H Vaughan implicated, while defense claimed portions were political contributions and restitution for a lost coin.
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Washington
John Maragon
Maragon
Milwaukee
Harry H Vaughan
Truman
Molasses Company
Missouri
Maragone
Congressional
White House
Senate
Maragan
Agriculture Department
Pealessesy Co
Perth Amboy
Tre
West Side Bank Gains Federal Approval in West Charleston
State Banking Commissioner John H. Hoffman announced federal approval from the FDIC for a new West Charleston bank. The charter will be submitted after internal steps, with capital of 150000 dollars and 75000 dollars in surplus. Planning changes aim to create a business district on the West Side to ease Capital Street traffic.
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West Charleston
John H. Hoffman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Washington, D
FDIC
Hoffman
State Banking Department
Capital St
Rest Assured Ma Your Day May 14
A dispatch reports President Truman designated May 14 as Mother’s Day but earlier error claimed May 7. The White House issued a clarification on the designation.
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McCarthy Denounces Critics In Speech To Editors
Senator McCarthy ceny to editors that challenging communists and their allies makes him a revolting SOB. He warned vilification and falsehoods would follow and dismissed liberal columns as cheap commentary while defending his stance against alleged communist influence.
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Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
United States
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Red Louis Budenr
Senate
China
Lattimores
Russia
Charleston Skies Friday April 20 Forecast
The page shows a weather and sky chart with sunrise and sunset times, moon phase, and visible planets including Arcturus, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Venus. It notes first quarter approaching April 25 and provides temperature estimates around noon and early afternoon.
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