Mental Hospitals Funds in West Virginia Budget Debate
The West Virginia budget debate calls for $5,321,310 to run six mental institutions, with institutions seeking $6,007,880. The article urges restoring adequate funding, criticizing neglect and urging air conditioning of the Capitol as a needed upgrade while noting other line items for repairs and a Revolutionary War painting.
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Charles R. Armentrout Oe
West Virginia
Mena
Board of Public Works
Weston State Hospital
Weston
Huntington State
Spencer State
Lakin State
Meadows
Capitol
Point Pleasant
Lakin State Hospital
Legislators Open Hearings on Key Bills This Week
Legislators plan a busy week starting with hearings on two major issues. The House veterans affairs committee will hear a finance clause proposal for a $90 million state veterans bonus amendment. The bills would affect a 1950 vote on financing the bonus. Also tonight a joint House Senate health hearing will review admin bills to establish a four year medical school and hospital at Charleston and reorganize the State Health Department.
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49Th
West Virginia
House Committee On Veterans
House Committee
American Legion State Executive Committee
Don Wilson
House
Senate Health Committees
Charleston
State Medical Society
Willie Willis and Mary Friendship Highlighted
A fragment notes Willie Willis says Y could be good friends with Mary though family teasing suggests it isn’t worth pursuing. The piece hints at social dynamics and personal relationships within a community.
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Mary
Spellman Urges Red Purge In U S Mindszenty Case
Cardinal Spellman urges the United States to purge communism in homage to Cardinal Mindszenty. He defends Mindszenty against treason accusations, claims he faced torture, and warns of Communist conquest if America fails to resist. Spellman addresses a 3500 strong St Patrick's Cathedral mass urging vigilance and faith.
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Spellman
U. S
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
United States
Josef Cardinal Minceszenty
Cardinal Mindszenty
Spelman
Hungary
Cardinal Mindgenty
America
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Cardinal Spellman
Cation
Cardinal Mindszenty Prays Before Death Verdict
In Budapest on February 6 Cardinal Mindszenty prayed calmly from his personal Bible while awaiting a verdict from a Hungarian people's court that could doom him to the gallows.
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Budapest
INS
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hall of Justice
United States
Cardinal Mindszenty
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
U. S
Cardinal Spellman
Alro
J. Maradink
Combat
U S Asked to Rap Trial of Cardinal Mindszenty
Sen Bridges will introduce a resolution in Congress condemning the Mindszenty espionage trial as a travesty of justice and a violation of human rights. Secretary Acheson will publicly denounce the proceedings as anti religious persecution amid Hungarian political tensions.
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Washington
INS
Sen. Bridges
R-Nl
Congres
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
State Acheson
U. S
Patrice A. Or Boyle
Bridges
Roosevelt
Russia
GOP
Senate Appropriations Committee
Yalta
O'Boyle
Communist Party
Hungary
Rayburn Sees Revamp Passed by House This Week
House Speaker Rayburn predicts overwhelming passage of President Truman's government reorganization bill and the reciprocal trade extension by large majorities. Senate prospects for anti inflation and social security programs noted but civil rights faces procedural hurdles.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Truman
Sen. Myers
D-Pa
Senate
Nationalist China Refuses Conditional Peace Terms
In Nanking and Canton, Sun Fo declares the Nationalist government will not surrender unconditionally or hand war criminals to the Communists. Communist forces push toward the Yangtze with reports of a foothold on the river’s south bank west of Shanghai as Ting Chih-pan mobilizes marines, warships, and heavy artillery for a counterattack.
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Nanking
Yangtze
Sun
China
Shanghai
Kiangsu
Ting Chih-pan
Li Tsung-Jen
Sun Fo
Canton
Nanking-Shanghai
French Gifts Of Gratitude Arrive Today
The French gratitude train car arrives at 4 30 p m at the C and O station to be presented to Gov Patteson amid bands and cheers. The West Virginia Forty and Eight car carries gifts for state organizations. Col Drew Pearson and Monsieur Louis Cast lead the ceremony in Huntington with Dr Leonard Riggleman and Mayor Andrews present.
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West Virginia
Gov
Patteson
South Side Station
Gazette
Monsieur Louis Cast
Benson J. Lubin
Hartington
Forty and Eight Society
Herbert Bord
Woman’s Committee
State
Department
Education and War
Phans
Woman's Auxiliary
American Legion
Huntington
S. Grover Smith, Sr
Drew Pearson
Monsieur Cast
Bflrs
Boyd
Frank A.knight
Twain
France Presents Flame for Shrine
The Sacred Flame from Paris reaches Arlington as part of the Merci Train. French veterans and American Legion members escort the flame to ignite the tomb of the unknown soldier. Vice President Barkley and Senator Vandenberg praise the France U S friendship amid a formal ceremony at the Pennsylvania yard.
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Washington
INS
America
France
Paris
Arlington Cemetery
American Legion
U. S
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Barkley
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henri Bonnet
Norse Envoy Reaches U S For Pact Talk
Flying here today to participate in ceremonies at the C. and O. south side station the West Virginia car of the French Thank You train is greeted by Drew Pearson the Washington columnist and Louis Cast chairman of the French gratitude committee. They will travel from Richmond Va by special plane to welcome the envoy.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
South Side
West Virginia
Monsieur Louis Cast
Pearson
Richmond
Parley Slated With Aches on Norway West Tie
Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange arrived in Washington for talks on Norway joining the proposed North Atlantic alliance. A Moscow radio attack and a separate non aggression offer were reported as U S Senate hearings prepare a five billion dollar Marshall Plan extension and the North Atlantic pact draft advances to lawmakers.
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Russia
Oslo
West Washington
INS
Halvard Lange
Washington
Norway
Lange
Wilhelm de Bjorgensteine
Acheson
Moscow
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Senate
Denmark
Sweden
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Paul Hoffman
Sensts
House
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Expects Pact To Be Submitted As Treaty
Senators report White House assurances that the Atlantic security pact will be submitted to the Senate as a treaty within two months if possible. House participation is sought by Bloom and allies who want joint hearings on foreign spending and decisions on the defense alliance with European nations.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
State Department
House
White House
Bloom
D-Ny
Foreign Affairs Committee
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Two Die in Plane Crash Near Elkins Country Club
Two Elkins residents James Kelly the pilot and Emmett Cook were killed when a light plane crashed near the Elkins country club. State police cited the crash about 300 feet from a main highway and a CA A inspector said the craft left the traffic pattern and spun to the ground. The cause remains undetermined.
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Elkins
Elkins Country Club
James Kelly
Emmett Cook
Kelly
Matthew Kelly
Reds in East Reich face pressure amid Soviet economic woes
An American source in Berlin says Soviet occupation chiefs are seriously worried about Eastern Germany’s economy and pressuring Moscow for a face-saving solution. The informant, citing confidential reports, notes possible Soviet moves to lift the Berlin blockade and seek German reunion, while avoiding internal subversion.
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ENS
Berlin
INS
Germany
Kremlin
Stalin
Truman
West Germany
Britain accuses Reds of swindle over food in German zone
Berlin dispatch reports Britain charging Soviet occupation forces with looting and exploiting Eastern Germany. The British survey accuses Moscow of draining food supplies, exporting goods, and presenting aid as a public benefit while a Western blockade exposes the theft of machinery and economic sabotage. Ulbricht blames sabotage by agents tied to the American secret service for German reconstruction problems.
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Berlin
British Control Commission
Reda Pat
Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
British Information Service
Walter Ulbricht
Secret Service
Aes
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