Senate Keeps Tax Provision In Bonus Bill
The West Virginia Senate moved the $90 million veterans bonus bill toward passage after attaching a consumer sales tax provision that could send the measure back to the House. Debate featured Sen. Allen defending the amendment while Sens. Neer and McKinley backed it. Senator Jones proposed a per veteran $500 supplement from surplus funds, but his amendment was defeated.
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State Senate
House
Sen
Allen
D.-Pocahontas
Veterans Affairs Committee
RicNeer
D-Summers
McKinley
Jones
J-B Mason
Bean
D.-Hardy
Johnston
D.-Mercer
Accn
Objectiona
Ames
D.kanawha
Tne
Mason County
Board of Public Works
Sen. Winters
D.cabell
Eddy
Tee
Hoe
Senate
Sen. Hardesty
D-Marlon
Veterans Committee
West Virginia Mental Health Study Bill Referred to Finance
A resolution by Del. Young to form a legislative committee to study mental illness care and funding was sent to the House Finance Committee. The measure, seeking 350000 for the survey group, was moved to finance after floor discussion. Young stressed the study aims to guide future legislature with scientific and expert advice, not delay urgent improvements.
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West Virginia
House of Delegates
del. Young
Brooke
File
Raleigh
Young
Howse Finance Committee
Fire at Sears Roebuck store in Huntington causes $130,000 damage
Firemen battled a three hour blaze at the Sears Roebuck in downtown Huntington, origin undetermined. Flames burst through the roof, forcing evacuations of two adjacent buildings and disrupting Western Union traffic for two hours. No cause cited, inspector had found no hazards. News not confirmed of an explosion.
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Sears Roebuck and Co
Huntington
Battle
Huntingting
Western Union Traffic
Hoy Fritz
the Telegraph Co
David Winters
Sears, Roebuck
House Adopts Bill to Raise Compensation
The House passed its workmen's compensation bill without a dissenting vote and a Senate committee added changes. Both measures boost benefits, extend coverage to occupational disease, and curb attorney fees in proceedings. Widows would receive up to 50 dollars monthly under House terms, while Senate proposals set 42 dollars. Disability payments rise to 315 25 weekly in the House plan but to 12 22 in the Senate version. Senate committee accepted earlier House changes as well. Speaker Flannery urged passage, noting workers earning 75 dollars weekly now receive 25 while funding costs rise with wages and living costs. Dell Davis and Byrd spoke in support.
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House
Senate
Flannery D
Purchase Reforms Contained in Bill
A bill introduced in the House by Del Ballard reforms state purchasing law, creating a fixed salary for the purchasing director at $7,000 annually and granting defined department authority, replacing the current at-will pay of $6,000. The measure aims to implement joint committee recommendations from the 1947 Legislature on state spending.
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Joint Legislative Committee On Government and Finance
House
del. Ballard
Monroe
Pension Passage Seen by House Leader Martin
Washington February 23 Republican Leader Martin predicted the House will pass Rep Rankins veterans pension bill despite critics warnings of a stag gering cost to the nation The measures fate depends on House and Senate moves as administrators push it to calendar amid opposition and cost estimates running up to billions over decades The AVC estimated 750 billion over years prompting warnings of a crushing burden on future taxpayers
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Senate Group
Washington
Senate Banking
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Martin
Mass
House
Rankin Veterans
Republican Policy Committee
Rep
Rankin
D. Misa
Inc
Congress
House Rules Committee
Truman
American Veterans Committee
AVC
Rules Committee
Committee Yanks Air Bill Teeth in Part
The House judiciary committee debated removing the penalty clause from the rewritten air pollution bill while keeping court action for compliance. Amendments by Dels. Mason and Peters were postponed to the next meeting. Readiness to empower a state air pollution director to seek injunctions and install abatement equipment without prescribing methods was discussed. The creation of a new health division was made optional for after Sept. 1, 1948.
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House Judiciary Committee
Dels
Mason- D-Kanawha
Peters
Hisswhainwauas
Air Pollution Control Authority
State Department of Health
Department of Health
Sally Claims Loyalty Under Threat in Trial
Washington February 23 The Axis Sally Mildred Gillars testified in her treason trial that fear for her life compelled her to sign a written oath of allegiance to Germany the day after Pearl Harbor She said the oath was demanded after she "went to pieces" when Japan bombed Hawaii She defended herself claiming she criticized the Japanese and would never aid the Nazi cause Even a forged American passport was offered as bait to lure her into the German spy network She described how a German espionage official questioned her knowledge of Dayton Ohio and stated she would face danger if she refused to cooperate The defense noted she would go to the stand for the first time to refute government charges of betraying the United States
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Washington
INS
Sally
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Mildred E. Gillars
Hawaii
Miss Gillars
Hitler
Nazionatre
Maj. Genner
Wright
Dayton
Ohio
German Broadcasting Co
Americam
Berne
Johannes Schmidt-Hansen
Sender Brem
Senate Labored Fight Over Taft Hartley Repeal
Industry leaders warn Truman plan to replace Taft Hartley would shake labor relations this spring and hinder the Marshall Plan. NAACP refuses to testify saying the move is a mere token. Senate Labor Committee plans executive session Friday as Republicans push to preserve key parts of the existing act. Moody of Southern Coal Producers warns of economic strain and limited concessions for unions in 1949.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Thomas
Utah
Truman
Sen
Morse
R-Ore
NAACP
Edgar Brown
National Negro Council
American Federation of Labor Unions
Ets . L
Joseph FE. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Assoc
William J. During
Precision Castings Co
Syracuse
N.Y
Taft-Hartley
Communist Party
Sireet
Rank
Prominen le Moody
Congress
Moody
John L. Lewis
Churchman Criticizes Truman Language Riles White House
Washington dispatch reports a church leader protesting President Truman's use of a slur while defending a White House aide's acceptance of an Argentine medal. Maj. Gen. Vaughan received a Mexican Military Merit first class decoration, shared with Gen. Spaatz and Gen. Devers. The Aztec Eagle honor went to 16 Americans including Sumner Welles, William O'Dwyer, and Nelson Rockefeller.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Vaughan
Rafael de la Colina
Truman
Carl J A Spaatz
U. S. Air Force
Jacob L. Devers
Sumner Welles
William O'Dwyer
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Carl McIntyre
International Council of Christian Church
Haunted by mentally ill children at Huntington State Hospital
Mrs. Roda D. Campbell recalls visiting the Huntington State Hospital wards. She describes a crippled eight year old who cannot talk or hear well and sits alone, a nearly blind three year old led by an older boy, and a nine year old sobbing Mama as attendants say it is nothing unusual. She laments chronic underfunding of mental hospitals and decries praise of administrators while care remains below minimum standards.
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Roda D. Campbell
Community Welfare Council of
Huntington
Huntington State Hospital
Edward F. Reaser
Girl tossed into river by 10 year old boy stoned in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg Pa a 10 year old boy hurled a brick striking Shard Zimmerman of Harrisburg then pushed her into the swollen Susquehanna. Police say the boy fled while Zimmerman crawled to shore and was later cared for in hospital. Police chief Oscar Blough provided details.
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Sharol Zimmerman
Harrisburg
Oscar L. Blough
Susquehanna River
Jean Kutzer
Blough
W. Kiingler
Fort Hunter
Klingler
Arab States Move Toward Middle East Armistice Signing
Rhodes reports Israel and Egypt accepted armistice terms and will sign tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. local time. Arab states including Iraq and Trans-Jordan joined the process with Egypt seeking a two week extension for Negev troop withdrawals. Bunche praised for driving talks while observers note Rabat demilitarization zones and broader peace prospects across the region.
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Rhodes
Israel
Egypt
Holy Land
Iraq
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
Syria
Lebanon
Trans-Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Buncha
Funche
Transe- Jordan
Mohamed Ibrahim Seif Eddin
Cairo
Negev Desert
Walter Eyton
Foreign Office
Rassen
Bunche
Negev
Wallace urges US to bargain with Russia for peace said
Wallace testified before the House foreign affairs committee urging the United States to bargain with Russia to seek peace while condemning the Marshall Plan and the North Atlantic defense alliance as a mad course toward bankruptcy and war. He faced sharp questioning as lawmakers debated ERP and UN links.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Mo. Ibew
Western
Europe
Wallace
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ribbot Mann
Jackson
R-Cal
Kubla Khan
Bloom
D-Ny
United Nations
Committee
Senate
Bulgars Protests Over U S Treason Charges Rile State Dept
The United States denounced Bulgaria's charges that 15 Protestant pastors conspired with U S officials in espionage and treason as unfounded and malicious. Washington called Sofia action blunt and terroristic while seeking access for American observers to the pastors trial and signaling possible steps under the Bulgarian peace treaty. The protest, delivered by Sidney E. O'Donoghue, followed Sofia's swift rejection of the American denouncement and mirrored U S concerns over Cardinal Mindszenty in Hungary.
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State Department
Washington
INS
Bulgaria
Sofia
U. S
U.S
Selden Chapin
Hungary
Carolinal Mindszenty
Cardinal Mindszenty
Truman
Foreign Office
d’Affsires
Sidney E. O'Donoghue
Trade winds lift U S industry as tools rise and prices fall
Washington February 23 The nation saw rising machine tool orders and a big gain in Bell System earnings while stock prices sag after an early rally. Metals firms cut prices by about 1.15 to 1.20, but Treasury Secretary Snyder projected waves of business hesitancy would not derail a trend toward continued prosperity.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
Snyder
National Press Club
National Machine Tool ‘Builders Assoc
Pittsburgh
Follawsbee Steel Corp
City Traffic Recommendations to Be Made to Advisory Panel
Robert E Mitchell city traffic engineer will present recommended controls for downtown Philadelphia at a luncheon meeting of the Citizens' Traffic Advisory committee. The plan draws on a November traffic count and January parking survey, with subcommittee reports added. The session, delayed from last week, will occur in the Daniel Boone hotel in Charleston.
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Citizens’ Traffic Advisory Committee
Robert E Mitchell
Philadelphia
Mitchell
Daniel Boone Hotel
Mittchell
Charleston
American writer Anna Louise Strong Deported from Russia
GANDER Newfoundland February 23 Anna Louise Strong the American newspaperwoman deported from Russia on spy charges is lodged at Gander tonight en route to New York by plane from Paris. She said I have no comment until I digest all the news and the comments on me.
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Gander
Newfoundland
Anna Louise Strong
Russia
New York
Paris
Broscow
America
Miss Strong
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