Red Cross to Map Fight On Disease Spread at Oxford Conference
Red Cross leaders from about 60 nations will meet in Oxford in July for a conference to draft comprehensive disease-control measures in a wartime world. Ba nk O'Connor chairs the American delegation guiding a 20 nation health advisory panel on epidemic relief and highway first aid standardization.
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Red Cross
Tondon
Oxford
League of Red Cross Societies
Bank O'Connor
American Red Cross
League
Geneva
Windsor Castle
Sinus and Catarah Sufferer Fume Incident
Readable fragments describe a health issue involving sinus and catarah sufferers and a related fume incident. Details are sparse and no clear persons or organizations are identified in the accessible text.
Veterans Social Security Credit Proposed in Senate
Finance committee recommends a World War II service credit for veterans set at 100 dollars per month retroactive to the war start and lasting three years after enactment. Surviving dependents of deceased veterans and those who die within three years would gain social security benefits, with costs borne by the federal government.
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Washington
Senate
Raleigh Wyoming OPA Offices To Be United
District OPA Director Grover Smith announced the consolidation of the Wyoming county OPA office with the Raleigh office in Beckley. The change, effective June 30, follows low Pineville activity and affects personnel disposition not announced. Veterans panels are being set up, with Beckley and Bluefield offices leading the effort.
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Wyoming County
OBA
Raleigh
Beckley
District Opa
Grover Smith
Smith
Pineville
Bluefield
OPA
Beckley VA Office to Expand with New Services
Beckley VA contact unit to grow with rehabilitation and advisory services and facilities for out patients. Expansion includes larger quarters and new staff, said Joan W. Walton head of the Beckley VA office. Out patients are those sent back to VA hospitals for recurring treatments.
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Beckley VA
Beckley
Joan W. Walton
Beckley Veterans Administration
Walton
Union feud in Ohio over Communist influence at UE Local 801
Dayton reports allege state Senator Kermit Kirkendall and UE Local 7 01 official attempted to recruit for the Communist party. Ralph E. Moses resigns as UE Local 801 president and, with Ben Cromwell, is suspended amid charges of communist domination. Acting President Henry Stevens announces suspensions and a board resolution condemning Communism. New York HQ declines to comment.
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Dayton
CIO
Communist Party
Gio-United Electricial Workers
Lem Markland
District 7
Kermit J. Kirkendall
Ralph E. Moses
Kirkendall
Markland
Albert A. Horstman
State Democratic Central Committee
Moses
Ben R. Cromwell
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Moses Tinday
Ther
4OL
Communist ‘Party
Henry Stevens
Cromwell
New York
UK International
Stevens
Youthful Thieves Target Detective Chief’s Home
G T Swain head of a detective agency at 210 Roane St reported two boys broke into his home Tuesday night and stole a glass hank containing 120 dollars in dimes saved for five years. Swain caught the youths. they confessed. Their juvenile court hearings are set for June 28. Swain recovered the full 120 dollars.
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G. T. Swain
Roane St
West Fork Hearing Set On West Virginia Reservoirs
A public hearing will be held today at 1 30 p m in the Harrison county courthouse to hear residents of Clarksburg Weston Jane Lew Lost Creek Salem and Wallace on flood control via multiple use reservoirs for the West Fork river and its tributaries. Col W E Lorence notes the discussion covers several proposed reservoirs not just a single dam. Attention will focus on the Buckhannon river tributary and data for possible uses.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
West Fork River
Pittsburgh
U. S. Army
Harrison County Court House
W. E. Lorence
Weston
Jane Lew
Lost Creek
Salem
Wallace
Harrison
Lewis
Col. Lorence
West Fork
West Milford
Buckhannon River
Cabell Police Settle Wait Ends In Pay Dispute
Huntington June 6 The effort to settle a dispute over 11 587 58 dollars allegedly overpaid 14 Huntington policemen failed to materialize after days of conferences. State auditor Mirth H Kuhl reported no conclusions reached as city officials and Prosecutor Edward H Green wrestled with repayment terms and possible court action remained open.
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Huntington
Mirth H. Kuhl
State Tax Commission
Kuhl
Charleston
Edward H. Green
Green
Buhl
Vacationers Fill Cabins In West Virginia Parks
West Virginia parks opened June 1 and report high occupancy with many guests occupying cabins. King of Siam Ananda Mehidol will tour the United States, visiting Washington to meet President Truman on June 19, after a three day stay. Beginning June 15 cabin occupancy will be limited to one week to increase availability for more visitors as Powell, head of the parks division, surveys recreational facilities during his visit.
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West Virginia
King of Siam
United States
Cne
Washington
Watt Powell
Ananda Mehidol
Siam
Powell
Conservativee
Commission
New York
Britain
Heig
Switzerland
Lower Rates Considered for Mining Town Electrity
The public service commission studied possible rate relief for mining towns with electric power sold by coal companies. A proposed rule would bar utilities from charging retail prices higher than surrounding utility customers, unless mining or industrial customers supply energy to company camps or villages.
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Public Service Commission
Earle H. Morris
Sitce
PSC
Kint
Proposed utility regulation revision impacts wholesale and retail rates
The text notes a rule revision by the commission, setting wholesale sale rates no higher than retail utility rates and describing power purchases for company operations and some for employees’ homes. It marks the first major regulatory overhaul since 1927.
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Commission
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