GOP plans anti inflation program oppose Truman proposals
In Washington the Republican leadership outlined an anti inflation program likely to include tighter bank credit, a housing bill re enacting Title VI, higher depreciation for rental property, and yield insurance for large rental properties. The plan, discussed by Wolcott Taft Halleck and others, aims for action before the next session.
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Washington
Congressionel
Republican High Command
Truman
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Senate
House
Martin
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Halleck
Indiana
Walcott
Congress
Capitol
Vandenberg Fails to Curb Dixie Filibuster
In Washington on August 2, Senator Vandenberg refused to rule a debate curb legal, allowing Dixie Senators to continue their filibuster against the anti poll tax bill. The motion to limit debate failed, and Wherry’s cloture plan never reached a vote, as the presiding officer cited Senate rules.
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Washington
Dixie
Sen
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Senate
Wherry
R-Neb
Truman
Hi Aeatt
Oorry
Willie Willis Reflects on Temptation and Memory
A reflective note shows Willie Willis admitting internal struggle with behavior. He describes efforts to avoid wrong actions, yet sometimes forgets to act until consequences arise. The passage reads as a personal confession of self-control and timing.
Red Fifth Column Claim Shocks Senate Hearings
Louis Budenz, ex Communist editor, testifies before a Senate subcommittee that a "considerable" number of Reds have infiltrated the U S government. He says thousands may serve Moscow, pledging allegiance to Soviet Russia in wartime. The witness adds the party seeks world domination and calls it a Soviet fifth column.
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Louis F. Budenz
Homer Ferguson
KyMich
Senate
Communist Party of the
United States
Soviet Russia
Huchens
Irving Ives
R-Ny
Edward Thye
R-Minn
Ferguson
Washington
U. S
Louis Budenz
Russia
Budenz
Moscow
Bentley
Budens
Elizabeth T. Bentley
White House
Guard Called In Ohio Strike
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert ordered the Ohio National Guard to move in at the Univis Lens Co plant to restore order amid strike disorders. Company officials planned to reopen the plant next morning. He accused CIO leaders of a plan to breach good faith in an extended labor dispute as hearings continued.
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Univis
Dayton
Thomas J. Herbert Inte
Ohio Nations Guard
Univis Lens Co
Acena
CIO. Eeetree
Tesa
Fennes Ama
Stuke
Vassar
Golos
Jacob _Golos
Misa Bentley
America
Budenz
Communist Party Control Commission
Hut Goles
Budens
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Washington
Charleston Patrolman Injured in Downtown Arrest
Patrolman Dan Prowse, veteran Charleston traffic officer, was stabbed and injured while arresting Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kidd for fighting on a downtown street. Kidds were booked on drunk and assault charges as officers pursued the struggle near the Arcade Ridg area. Prowse sustained a stab wound and hand injuries with his badge torn during the scuffle.
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Dan Prowse
Charleston
Officera
Lawrence Kidd
Wertz Av
Prowse
Virginia
Summers Sts
Harme
Ine
Kidd
Dayton Strikers Reject Settlement as Pickets Mass at Plant
Gov. Herbert warns of jail for defying court orders as unions call for mass pickets at the plant entrance at 6:30 a.m. Officials and pickets face contempt. A union split leaves only a minority ready to ratify a management agreement amid ongoing violence and a failed strike settlement.
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Herbert
Dayton
Tomark
Common Pleas
Paul T. iKlipp
Louis Lohrey
Ben Smith
Univis
Adjt
Chester W
Berlin currency freeze sparks early talks with bankers
Western diplomats in Moscow persuaded American authorities to consider loans to Berlin firms hurt by the Soviet freeze on Western Berlin accounts. In a tense split, Soviet backed police in the Red sector arrest Western officers as Stumm replaces Markgraf, with both sides claiming lawful control amid the city’s divided police leadership.
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Berlin
Stalin
Moscow
Johannes Stumm
Stumm
Paul Markgraf
Markgraf
U. S. Air Force
New Jury Panel Called for Steed Murder Trial
Fayetteville August 2 jury selection delayed in the murder trial of Lemuel Steed 28 of Boomer for the shooting and robbery of Loren McClung owner of drug stores in Kanawha and Fayette counties. State police tied to the crime. 100 prospective jurors drawn last Saturday. defense objected to judge absence.
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James H. Herring
Gazetta
Fayetteville
Fayette County
R. J. Thrift, Jr
Lemuel Thomas Steed
Steed
Loren Robert McClung
Kanawha
Fayette
Cannellon Hollow
Nearto
C. S. Maxwell
Frank Love
Willam Laird, III
Thrift
Citizens Group to Tackle Traffic Tangle Thursday
Charleston's traffic snarl will be tackled by a citizen advisory committee created by Mayor Andrews. Chairman Charles E. Hodges announced a noon meeting Thursday at the Daniel Boone hotel to outline the project and assign responsibility. The panel will work under a traffic consultant from a major center to craft an overall plan.
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Charleston
Andrews
Charles E. Hodges
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Boone Hotel
City Council
Yale
Northwestern
Hodges
B. L Gentry
The
Gentry Furniture Co
George S. Herscher
McJunkin Suppy Co
G. F. Groff
Merchants Dispatch, Inc
P. J. Beattle, Jr
Fred W. Smith Co
Volney Andrews
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Donald C. Berger
Andy
Parkersburg
Ball Park Contract Awarded to Kuhn Construction Co
City council unanimously awarded the ball park contract to Kuhn Construction Co of Charleston after revisions cut costs. Mayor Andrews and Councilman-at-large John A. Shanklin led changes including using old bleachers to save about $30,000, bringing the bid to $232,533 and leaving $4,783 in reserve. The Citizens Advisory committee approved the plan and urged immediate construction.
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Kuhn Mason Crickard
Andrews
Rocco J. Germanatat
Kuhn Construction Co
Charleston
Sapte Teemeters
John A. Shanklin
Ball Park
Kuhn Co
Shanklin
Mr. Shanklin
City Hall
A Construction Co
R. E. Woodall
Charles A. Haviland
Virgil F. Frixxell
wWing—Watt Powel
William Grady
Gazette
Council
Citizens Advisory Committee
Fred Fleig
Cincinnati Reds
Fleig
Kuhn Concéro
Citizens’ Committee
Kuhn
Grandstan
Pagan Col
U S and Soviet Clash Over Arms Cuts at UN Meeting
The United States accuses Russia of obstructing UN arms reduction talks while Moscow says the U S and Britain sabotaged the program. Frederick H Osborn and Jakob Malik clashed at the UN Commission for Conventional Armaments as the panel set to meet again next Monday.
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Lake Success
United States
Russia
United Nations
Britain
Frederick H. Osborn
Jakob A. Malik
U.N. Commission
U. S
Malik
Osborn
Russians Plan Danube Sphere and Texas Meat Boycott
In Dallas a campaign led by Mrs. R. D. Vaughn urges August boycotts of high meat prices with grocers promising to close meat counters in Orange and other Texas cities. Corpus Christi and Atlanta reports mirror such activity while nationwide meat sales fall 30 to 50 percent. Simultaneously at Belgrade, Vishinsky pushes for Danube river control by the Communist bloc with a straight majority vote for decisions, dismissing western haggling.
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Texas
Dallas
R. D. Vaughn
Dallas Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Dallas 4
Doycett.a
Orange
Tex
L. A. Bext
Bury King
Corpus Christi
Atlanta
Vishinsky
Red Bros
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Danube
Central Europe
Andrei Vishinsky
Army Float Featured in Pigskin Pageant Parade
The U S Army recruiting service joins Bohnerts Flowers Esso Diamond Department Store and Coca Cola in sponsoring floats for the North South Pigskin Pageant parade Thursday night Aug 19 through downtown Charleston. Five floats vie for best designed float plaques with runner up recognition from North South Football Game Inc. The pageant previews halftime sights for the North South game sponsored by The Gazette and other state papers to offset Laidley Field seating limits.
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United States Army Recruiting Service
Bohnert's
Flowera
Esso
Diamond Department Store
Coca Colan
Charleston
The
Gazette
Laidley Field
Page & Col
Western envoys meet Stalin in Kremlin Berlin talk
U S Britain and France posted smiling after a two hour twenty five minute Kremlin session with Premier Stalin. Officials planned dispatches to Washington London and Paris as hopes rose for easing East West tensions in Berlin and Europe. The meeting was the longest Kremlin encounter for foreign representatives and no details were released.
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Moscow
U. S
Britain
France
Kremlin
Stalin
Berlin
Europe
V. M. Molotov
Walter Bedell Smith
Yven Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Smith
Washington
London
Paris
Roberts
Chatalg
Neau
Molotov
Hel Velatan
Planes Grounded After Sea Crash
Air France grounded all sea planes of the Latecoere 631 type after the missing 173 ton six engine airliner vanished over the South Atlantic with 52 aboard. Bad weather hampered rescue efforts as officials noted only a mechanical defect could explain the disappearance and weather favored search attempts. The pilot held 1,800,000 flight miles and the aircraft used Wright engines.
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Paris
Air France
South Atlantic
Port Etienne
Mauritania
West Africa
Martinique
French West Indies
France
Jingling the News Remember
A fragmentary note cites a quotation about strategy and past experience attributed to Slan Arnold, mentioning a committee and a mass week event. The text is incomplete but suggests a political or organizational discussion referencing Ike and an upcoming schedule.
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Ike
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