Acheson Signals Korea Policy Aims at Peace
Secretary of State Acheson said United Nations Allies agreed on a political objective in Korea. He noted military moves reflect that decision as the 8th Army finishes the pursuit phase against Chinese Reds, with debate on speed and depth of advance beyond the 36th parallel and potential armistice at the 38th parallel.
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Washington
Achegon
United Nations
Korea
James A. van
Eel Flest
28Th
Acheson
Bevin
United States
38Th Parallel
Tokyo
West Virginia Methodist Conference Opens Session
More than 800 ministers and laymen registered for the five day WV Methodist gathering at the Municipal Auditorium. Rep. Brooks Hays urged Christian foundations for world peace, arguing that defense needs must be guided by Christian ideals. Reports noted low pastors salaries, with 159 ministers and families living on 1600 last year and 92 earning between 1500 and 2000.
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Rep. Hays
Arkansas
Municipal Auditorium
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Lloyd C. Wicke
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Little Rock
Hays
Ross S. McClung
Beckley
Giant C-97 Falls. Nine Airmen Die in Crash
A 60 passenger Air Force Strato freighter crashed near San Antonio killing nine airmen. The C-97 knocked down a utility pole, damaged a filling station and a tavern, then exploded. The civilian casualty was Sophie Zennex, 68, burned near her car. Many details follow on page 4.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ear Jackson
Jenn
New Boston
Kelly Air Force Base
Grey Eagle Tavern
Sophie Zennex
Louis Guana
Richard Alva
Allied Prongs Squeeze Reds At Key Cities
Allied armored prongs pressed toward Chorwon and Kumwha key points in North Korea as UN forces gained one to two miles in central mountain corridors. Communists offered stiff resistance on eastern and western flanks while Rearguards yielded slightly on the central front.
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Allied
Tokyo
Ghorwon
Kumwha
North Korea
Chorwon and Kumwha
United Nations
Eighth Army
Avar
Robert Bunson
Chorwon
Yonchon
Realtors Oppose Two Mile Sector For Slum Project
Charleston Board of Realtors yesterday formed a three member committee to study the proposed 500 unit housing project in Kanawha Two Mile area. After a round table at the Ruffner Hotel members opposed the site while Mayor Copenhaver criticized it as not a slum clearance area. Sen Kilgore urged local citizens to study the project and civic groups to examine it closely.
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Charleston
the Gazette
Sen. Kilgore
D-Wva2
C P Reveals Pay Increase Offer
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co offered a wage rise for about 3600 non supervisory employees in the state during bargaining with the Communication Workers Union. VP and GM C H Johnson said the raise would affect entry and top scales, with details to be continued on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C. H. Johnson
Communication Workers Union
Charlestan
U S Air Force mission out of Salzburg disputed
Vienna June 6 U S officials say Russia refused a U S demand to withdraw the repatriation mission from Salzburg by Friday while an American commander insisted the mission would be escorted out of the zone on the deadline The Russian protest note said Moscow cannot agree to the American demand though the U S high commissioner had announced the mission would wind down its activities last Friday An unofficial circle said the mission is suspected of being a Soviet spy center
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U.S
Salzburg
Marvin Stone
Vienna
INS
Russia
U. S
5. L. Irwin
Smooth Talking Chiseler Fleeces Aged Couple Here
A man posing as a weary traveler sought lodging from an elderly Charleston couple. He claimed to be with seven field workers and promised to return for a group meal. The man ate and slept there, then disappeared with $9 cash and the promise of more money.
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Dewey Williams
Charleston
Cohen Gets Draw In Punchless Bout
Los Angeles June 6 Mickey Cohen boxer turned gambler faced a tense scene at his income tax evasion trial with a revenue agent in a Federal Building corridor no blows were exchanged meanwhile two Eastern gamblers testified to betting deals totaling about 100000 dollars Cohen and his wife Lavonne are charged with evading about 155123 dollars for 1946 to 1949 further testimony continued on page 1 column 5
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Lavonne
Luke Smith
New York
Ately
Hawany
Ayer
Smith
Page & Col
Johnston Asks Tough Policy To Hold Line on Pay Boosts
Chicago dispatch reports spotty beef shortages spreading across the country as slaughtering shuts down in several cities. Officials call the halt a sitdown strike aimed at pressuring Congress to lift meat price controls. Cattle receipts at 42 markets were far below normal, signaling possible nationwide scarcity by next week.
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Johnston
Chicago
Office of Price Stabilization
Michael Howlett
Office of
Price Stabilization
Congress
OPA
Pittsburgh
James H. Wallace, Jr
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Cleveland
Denver
Omaha
Wwa
Kaw
Sioux City
St. Louis
St. Paul
Seattle
Armour and Co
Richardson Quits Subversives Panel
Richard Richardson resigned as chairman of the Subversive Activities Control Board citing urgent medical surgery. President Truman accepted the resignation effective June 30 with regret. The panel, created under the McCarran Act, oversees foreign dominated groups. hearings consider forcing Communist Party registration.
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Washington
Seth W. Richardson
Subversive Activities Control Board
White House
Truman
McCarran Ac
Justice Department
Communist Party
McGrath
Richardson
Snowstorm Paralyzes Southern Alberta With 14 Inch Dump
Calgary and surrounding areas faced a historic June blizzard as 14 inches of wet snow halted telegraph and telephone lines. Roads became mud and travel snarled, with utilities and southern rad networks knocked out for hours.
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Calgary
Alla
Alberta
Beef Supplies Short Shock Hits Packers In Chicago
A Gazette survey reports beef shortages worsening over three weeks as OPS price ceilings bite. Armour Wilson packing houses halted Chicago beer departments and buyers speak of 40 to 50 percent of normal supply. Swift and Co. warns 73 percent below normal. only nine cattle bought in Cleveland this week amid government constraints.
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Charleston
Office of Price Stabilization
the Gazette
Wilson and Armour
Chicago
Frank Nelson
Armour and Co
Swift and Co
E. L. Jenkins
Branca
Jenkins
Cleveland
Ohio City
Truman to Seek 7 Billion Military Base Expansion
President Truman plans a historic 7 billion dollar military construction program to expand bases worldwide. The proposal, to be presented to Congress later this month, covers Army Air Force Navy and Marine needs and could rise to 8 billion. Details remain secret but staff briefings indicate multi year work starting with 4.5 billion in the 1951 defense budget.
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Truman
Congress
Washington
Congressional
America
Rep. Vinson
House
Armed Services Committee
White House
Clay Jury Fails To Indict Miner
The Clay County grand jury did not indict George Burnett Hudson, 37, of Spread Park, for the March shooting of Joe Arnold, 29, of Kingwood, in an alleged union dispute. Two of Arnold’s companions were wounded. one miner from Kingwood testified the clash began when Kingwood miners tried to move Clay County miners from a car near Hudson’s home.
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Clay
Clay County
Freston County
George Burnett Hudson
Spread Park
Hudson
Joe Arnold
Kingwood
Arnold
J Hhudson
Cloyd Uphold
The
Gazette
Fudgen
Hitler Henchmen Hang for Crimes Against Humanity
Seven German war criminals were hanged by the United States Army at Landsberg prison early today for murders of thousands. The executed included three generals two colonels and two junior officers of the SS Elite Guard. The last mercy appeals were rejected by the U S Supreme Court. Oswald Pohl and Otto Ohlendorf were among those executed.
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Landssok
United States Army
Hitler
Landsberg
United States Supreme Court
Oswald Pohl
Warsaw Ghetto
Otto Ohlendorf
Governor Names Andrews to Post On Police Board
Governor Patteson named former Mayor R. Carl Andrews to a four year term on the Charleston Police Civil Service Commission created by the 1937 Legislature. Andrews replaces A W Cox who did not seek reappointment due to civic duties and church work. The panel includes Sam Lopinsky and Ben Venable and regulates police appointments and removals in cities over 5,000 population.
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Andrews
Patteson
R. Carl Andrews
Charleston Police Civil Service
Camerodina
Ala Nan Andrews
A. W. Cox
Cox
Sélving
Morris Harvey Board of Trustees
Church
Coxnad
Charleston
Weather
Fraternel Order of Police
Chamber of Commerce
Sam D. Lopinsky
FOP
Ben W. Venable
Charleston Chamber, of Commerce
Eisenhower recalls Normandy D Day visit and warns Reds
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower returns to Normandy on D Day plus seven. He tells a Bayeux crowd the free world will rally to defend liberty if Western civilization is threatened. He places a wreath at Mile Zero and urges that the France campaign remain sacred to freedom.
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Bayeux
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
Ste. Mere Eglise
U. S
Hitjler
Europe
Hall
Policy tough on wages with limited productivity bonuses
Washington dispatch reports Economic Stabilization Chief Eric Johnston endorses a strong hold-the-line wage policy while allowing modest productivity bonuses if no price increases accompany them. He opposed raising the 10 percent wage cap and noted the Wage Stabilization Board approved a four cent hourly raise for 350,000 General Motors workers, with similar auto industry actions contingent on avoiding price hikes. GM also announced a six day plant shutdown July 23 to Aug 6 to prevent mass layoffs amid material restrictions.
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Labor
Washington
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
General Motors
Ford and
Packard Motor Companies
Detroit
Reds Block Probe In MP's Slaying
The United States charged that Soviet authorities blocked an effective probe into the March 4 shooting in Vienna that killed American GI Cpl Paul J Gresens of Rochester New York. Ambassadors delivered a protest note in Moscow demanding punishment for the slayers and compensation for Gresens family. The incident, marked as the Vienna occupation's most serious event, followed a patrol confrontation between US and Soviet forces in the international district.
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Washington
United States
Vienna
State Department
Cpl
Paul J. Gresens
Rochester
N. Y
International
Moscow
Alaa G. Kirk
Berlin
Gresens
Jack Morgan
Keokuk
Iowa
796Th
International District
Prayer for Peace Recited by Church Leader at Service
The bulletin invokes Solomon’s line about enemies at peace and prays that nations today beat swords into plowshares. Reverend Harry R. Wilson of Afinister Sicily Street Aetithodist Church leads the 30 Second Prayer for Peace, urging calm and harmony worldwide.
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Jehovah
Solomon
Aimer
Harry R. Wilson
Afinister
Sicily
Stree Aetithodist Church
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