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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1950
Page
1
Japanese voters weigh the impact of a government backed by occupation authorities as communists face a concluding campaign setback. Police banned outdoor protests through election day with 27 600 officers deployed in Tokyo.
The Air Force will stage top secret air defense exercises during the first two weeks of June involving MATS and the strategic and continental air commands. Bases listed include Selfridge Michigan Davis-Monthan Arizona Fairfield-Suison California and Westover Massachusetts. Civil Air Patrol to launch Operation SARcap training across the U S Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico in a unified rescue effort.
Overcast plans for a Sunday outing are advised as The Gazette promises a relaxed day of rest with entertainment. The paper touts extras on pages 2 and 3 including Infantry eyes parting at Kanawha Airport and tips from Mary Chilton on new books.
A Senate commerce subcommittee prepares to release a study arguing gamblers never give the suckers a break. The report backs a McFarland Gambling Committee bill to curb bookmaking by halting interstate transmission of track information including scratches jockey changes weights and betting odds before post time.
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XD called for a united effort to achieve equitable distribution of resources to avert a cold war turning hot. He urged employers and workers to ditch blinkers and address unemployment, warning Socialism as sole beneficiary and urging a coalition of decent people worldwide.
West Virginia University accepted a 517 acre coal land gift worth about 200 000 from Fred G Wood a 1905 graduate for a student loan fund for needy miners. The land in Raleigh and Wyoming counties may be leased not sold for 50 years with revenues supporting loans and coal development research.
A Ways and Means Committee member reports President Truman will veto any excise tax cuts that reduce net federal revenue. The committee seeks to offset losses with higher corporate taxes as the bill could cost about 760 million annually. Truman proposed raising the corporate rate from 34 to 42 percent to gain roughly 659 million yearly.
Detroit reports that Norman Thomas lost leadership at the Socialist Party convention as the 27th national gathering rejected his plan to focus funds on local elections and education. Delegates favored Darlington Hoopes for the presidential nomination and urged stronger party-wide political activity. Thomas had warned that presidential races were breaking the party, and he would not run again.
Alex Ross a 27 year old farmer from Butlerville Indiana a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge received a one year sentence for jewel theft but the judge suspended it citing his wartime service and multiple frustrations in the case. The judge called it one of the most unusual cases he had heard and noted Ross had been promoted from private to first lieutenant for his initiative in the Battle of the Bulge.
The Diamond Department Store donated 40000 to Morris Harvey College building fund, the largest gift in the college’s 750000 campaign. W B Geary, Diamond president and trustee chair, hailed the support and said the community gains from the new building under construction. Dr Douglas Southall Freeman’s graduation speech praised the college as a unique opportunity and spiritual center for the valley.
Senator Wherry accuses President Truman and Secretary Acheson of divergent statements on Cold War danger. He says the president's claim that peace is nearer conflicts with Acheson’s warning that more arms funding will be needed to defend Western Europe against communism. He urges the two to align their messaging.
Paris dispatch notes a Communist front petition to outlaw the atom bomb has gained European headway, seen as propaganda with potential to influence parliaments though unlikely to spark immediate action. Observers warn of its dangerous implications and note large unsigned support claimed by Soviet-backed papers.
Navy scientist Dr. Leven A. Terzian warned that widespread use of the so called wonder drugs such as penicillin may create a new disease risk. He cited experiments with mosquitoes and sulfa drugs suggesting some treatments could increase susceptibility to malaria and other infections in some individuals. The findings touch on natural immunity and its mechanism across people.
Paris reports France Italy Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg West Germany announce in two weeks talks to pool coal and steel resources as a step toward peace. Britain declines to join now but may later participate. The plan creates a new high authority binding participating governments. In Galveston Texas heavy rainfall floods the island with extensive damage but no deaths.
Coroner rules murder and death by own action in the deaths of Alvin Bailey and Gertrude Klein Bailey after a note claimed I killed Gertie by accident. Bailey, a former Marine, lived with Klein Bailey near Birmingham and had a marriage record in Mississippi but no divorce found.
On Mauna Loa eruption in its third day, Coast Guard craft rescued people trapped between lava rivers reaching the sea along Kona coast. Upper Hookena village destroyed. about 15 homes wiped out. 86 refugee families reported with many villages partially destroyed. No casualties reported yet.
A car struck a tractor-trailer at 87th Street and U S 40 in South Melden early yesterday. Robert L. Smith, 38, of Gordon Boone County, was identified by Charleston General Hospital as the seriously injured driver. The truck, operated by Bell Lines Inc., had damage to its cab and was driven onto an embankment. Smith’s condition was listed critical with suspected skull fracture, chest trauma and leg injury.
In Louisa Kentucky on June 3 Grandma now 83 and Shorty age 21 celebrate a wedding anniversary. They recall their Lawrence County courthouse ceremony four years ago that shocked locals as a May December union. They live on a log cabin porch and say they are happy but long for privacy.
Belgrade Yugoslavia June 3 a clear break in diplomatic relations with Eastern European neighbors looms as Tito defies the Soviet Cominform by recalling Yugoslav ambassadors from Warsaw and Tirana amid border incidents and insults.
Senate GOP leader Taft accused the administration of suppressing the Amerasia magazine case following the Jaffee indictment. He urged a complete probe by the Tydings committee and called for a temperate approach in the loyalty inquiry with no leaks and a unified Republican stance.
Indianapolis June 3 Rep Andrew Jacobs said he will seek a subpoena to compel John L Lewis to testify before a labor subcommittee. He wants to question the mine union leader about the last coal strike and union operations. Jacobs also announced candidacy for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination to be decided at the state convention on June 27.
Sumner T. Pike, acting chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, warned the House-Len ate Committee that halving fees for private firms managing Oak Ridge Tennessee and Los Alamos New Mexico operations endangers the U S atomic program. He said a House amendment cutting transportation fees and management fees could stall expanded fissionable material production and the hydrogen bomb program. Pike testified in April, noting most work centers at Oak Ridge with some at Hanford and stressing communities would suffer without these operations.
The California Bear from Orient trades with the Pacific Far East Lines arrives without skipper Capt. William Muntray after Chinese Communist authorities seize him for questioning following a collision with the Chinese ship Sinan. Fred H. Gravett says lifeboats were cut, 87 rescued, and Muntray kept at Astor House in Tientsin during investigations.
The forecast notes visible planets in the night sky for Charleston on Sunday June 4, with Mercury and Neptune near the horizon before dawn. It lists planetary positions from Leo to Aquarius moving into Aries, and mentions expected overnight temperatures around 68 degrees with early morning conditions.
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