Government moves to curb beef shortage fears at stockyards
The government scans all beef buyers at major stockyards this week to see if black marketeers worsen a looming retail shortage. OPS seals and packers claim beef purchases are capped, while pork poultry and fish supplies are expected strong.
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Washington
INS
Office of Price Stabilization
Marvin Widwig
OPS Mput Enforcement
Swift
Armour
Cudahy
Wilson
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
OPS
Recession Warning From Senator Capehart on Deficit Policy
Senator Capehart warned that government deficit spending and loose credit could trigger a downturn in local business and regions as the defense program expands. He linked past 1920s over expansion and 1929 mood to current policy and noted regional setbacks before full defense impact is felt.
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Washington
INS
Senate Banking
Capehart
Truman to address nation on tighter controls via radio and TV
President Truman announced plans to urge passage of a new defense production act and faster action on the measure expiring June 30. He will speak from 10:30 p.m. EDT Thursday for 20 to 30 minutes, with nationwide radio and television coverage.
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Washington
Ins
Truman
White House
Congress
Big Take Seen On Gaming Tax in Budget Talk
Government officials press for a 10 percent wagering tax and tighter inflation controls to close loopholes. Congressional experts estimate 400 million dollars in annual tax from gambling receipts, with 50 percent voluntary compliance seen as achievable. The measure targets bookmakers, numbers runners, and other gamblers, while horse racing faces exemption.
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Mgrk Thurman
Johnston
Washington
George
House Taylor
Wage Board
Price Ways and Means Committee
DiSalle
Truman
Jeg
Russia
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Pain Mutual Horse
MacArthur Calls Acheson Testimony a Fantastical Lie
General MacArthur accuses Secretary Acheson of crafting a fantastical lie in Senate testimony and blasts Marshall’s 1946 China mission as a colossal blunder. Taft and Bridges press new charges as Acheson denies direct control over military strategy. The exchange follows Acheson’s testimony on MacArthur Wedemeyer and Spruance urging postwar policy.
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MacArthur
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Acheson
Marshall
Far East
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Taft
Ohio
Bridges
R- Nhn
Formosa
United Nations
China
State Department
U. S
Ser
Knowland
R-Cali
Gen. Wedemeyer
Adm
Spruance
Jina Serris
Col
Mountan flood douses Ronceverte business district
A heavy downpour caused a flash flood in Ronceverte West Virginia flooding the town’s business district with two to five feet of water within 15 minutes. No deaths were reported. More than 40 businesses in Montgomery Hollow and the highway area were submerged with extensive property damage.
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Ronceverte
Greenbrier Bounty
C. W. Shankland
Fairlea
A. S. Montgomery
Shankland
Montgomery Hollow
Montgomery
Lmiare Ikon
Edgar Av
U. S. Rt. 60
West Virginia
Beef lines may return as beefless menus appear
Chicago reports a dwindling beef supply with smaller cattle parades at stockyards. Butchers and restaurant operators foresee shortages growing later in June, prompting possible reintroduction of meat lines and beefless menus as consumers shift to pork.
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Chicago
U. S
Change and progress in a changing world across West Virginia
Sunday Specials highlights change as a constant in society and business. Firestone's quote underlines transformation driving growth at the Rubber firm while West Virginia towns like South Charleston evolve into major chemical centers.
Congressmen Promise Fast Action On Controls Law
The congressmen assured speed on the controls law but many of the President's tightening proposals were predicted to fail. Chairman Maybank of the Senate Banking Committee said several of Mr. Truman's plans would be dropped as a new law draft is prepared next week.
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D-S. C
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Sen
Chicago Youth Drowns in Kanawha River Near St Albans
A Chicago youth about 17 identified as Robert Lee drowned in the Kanawha River between South Charleston and St Albans. Police said he vanished while swimming near the bank around 3 p.m. and his body was recovered about 4:30 p.m. by the St. Albans Fire Department. He had worked two days at Wheel Auto Parts yard near St Albans.
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A&a
Robert Lee
Chicago
Kanawha
South Charleston
St. Albans
Lee
Park
Wheel Auto Parts
Junk Yard
Dave Linkenaager
Linkenauger
Sailor Dies After Car Accident Near Lewes
Seaman Robert Ray Smith 20 of Buckhannon West Virginia was hit by a second car after a wreck on Route 18 near Lewes while returning to Fort Miles. James F. Johnson 55 Lewes was jailed on $500 bail for leaving the scene.
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Okey Hamrick
Minerva
Ghia
Charles E. Bishop
Hillsdale
Mich
Smith
James F. Johnson
Lewes
Johnson
Sailor
Beebe Memorial Hospital
Negotiations Recessed Over 3 800 Chesapeake and Potomac Employees
Union and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co negotiations paused yesterday with no date set for resumption. The CIQ Communications Workers Union seeks a 16 percent wage boost with 24 disputed items remaining, including arbitration and seniority concerns.
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Potomac ‘Telephone Co
CIQ Communications Workers
Moendas
Miss Tune McDonald
Renson
No New Clues Found In Hant for Diplomats
London reports no solid lead on missing British diplomats Donald D. MacLean and Guy Burgess after a 15 day manhunt extending to Africa and behind the Communist Iron Curtain. Hoaxes and conflicting broadcasts prompted Foreign Office to cancel holidays as police widen the search.
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London
Africa
Amburg Radio
Donald D. MacLean
Guy Burgess
Prague
U.S
Hamburg
Istanbul
Reuters
Bucharest
Foreign Office
MacLean
Burgess
Russia
Far Ha
Presbyterian General Assembly Chooses Charleston Next Year
The 1952 general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States will be held in Charleston West Virginia. The invitation was extended by First Presbyterian Church elder Frank J. Taylor who noted seating for about 1200 and that it has been nearly 30 years since the assembly met in the Synod of West Virginia.
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Orlando
Fla
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States
Charleston
IW. Va
Presbyterian Assembly
First Presbyterian Church
Kanawha County
Frank J. Taylor
Awho
George J H. Vick
Taylor
Kanawha Presbytery
Synod of
West Virginia
Burglars Take Rifle Cash From Church Exhibit Room
Burglars entered a Buffalo Baptist church during an annual meeting and stole a rifle owned by an Alaskan missionary, at least $100 in cash and two cameras. The rifle was kept in an exhibit room and the cameras in a suitcase owned by Mrs B Myron Cedar halm of Chicago, wife of the Conservative Baptist Association of America director.
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Buffalo
B. Myron Cedar‘halm
Chicago
Baptist Assoc. of America
Prospect Avenue
Bishop Wicke Reads 507 Appointments as WV Conference Closes
The 13th annual West Virginia Methodist Conference ends this afternoon after Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke reads 507 ministerial appointments. He will deliver the final sermon at 10:45 in the Municipal Auditorium. Delegates vote to pursue a separate West Virginia area with a Charleston bishop’s residence, a move to be considered at the 1952 Harrisburg jurisdictional conference. The WV delegation will also push for stricter remarriage rules for divorced persons and designate St. Andrews Church Grafton as the Mother’s Day Church. Deacons and elders to be ordained at 2:30 include 26 deacons and 24 elders.
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Pearl M. Masterson
West Virginia
Lloyd C. Wicke
Municipal Auditorium
Charleston
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Erie
Wicke
San Francisco
St. Andrews
Grafton
Anna Jarvis
St. Mark's
Luciano Smuggling Case Tangles U S Italians in Rome Charge
Rome police charged Luciano with smuggling an automobile and $57 000 from the United States to Italy. The case cites a long criminal history and links to Kefauver investigations. Luciano allegedly left the U S to avoid pursuit and was later found in Cuba.
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Luciano
U.S
Italy
City Woman Stands On Rights Takes Round From Police
Mrs H S Dixie refused to move her legally parked car on Piedmont Road as a tractor trailer attempted to pass on a narrow street. Police debated action before determining it illegal to park with less than 10 feet clearance. Traffic halted over 15 minutes until a neighbor offered to move his car.
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Carte St
H. S. Dixie
Hansford St
Pro-Chiang Lobby Eyed As Illegal
President Truman orders all government agencies to cooperate with congressional inquiry into a reported Nationalist China lobby. Secretary Acheson says the State Department has gathered hearsay information suggesting some China group participants may not be acting within the law. The inquiry ties to Far Eastern policy and MacArthur’s dismissal.
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Washington
Truman
State Acheson
Acheson
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
State Department
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Sen. McMahon
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Major Korea Victory Seen
Allied forces pressed forward as Chinese units pulled back from the Chorwon Kuralwa Pyongyang area in central Korea. U S Eighth Army captured two ridges while Red opposition slackened and delaying forces remained behind. Lt Gen William M Hoge called the situation optimistic and excellent as tank patrols faced road craters and enemy fire.
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Tokyo
Chorwon-Kuralwa
U. S. Eighth Army
United Nations
Hoge
Brownlow
William M. Hoge
U. S. Ninth Corps
Vice Raiders Hit Triangle District Night Raids
City police struck eight spots just after midnight in Charleston's Triangle District. About 25 officers under Acting Chief Bernard Simms conducted raids across eight squads, part of a vice cleanup ordered by Mayor Copenhaver three weeks ago. Seven venues faced whisky sale charges, one for prostitution. arrests number not disclosed. Local police were assisted by a Huntington officer and two ex South Charleston policemen.
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Charleston
Triangle
Bernard Simms
Copenhaver
Simms
Huntington
South Charleston
Fother Establishment
FBI Agents Seek Sabotage Clues In Jet Crashes
Air Force security experts and FBI agents hunted for signs of sabotage in the wreckage of eight F-84 Thunderjets near Richmond Indiana. Three pilots were killed and two injured when the jets crashed during a thunderstorm. Guards patrolled the 25 mile southeastern area as investigators began examining the scene.
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Ind
Air Force
FBI
Ject
Indiana
Wild Man of Sizemores Pleads Insanity in Murder Trial
Orval Elijah Brown known as the Wild Man of Sizemores pleaded insanity today in the murder trial of Wil ford Reedy age 41. The defense called psychiatrist William B. Ross to testify and note Brown 43 had prior stays in mental institutions at least three times. Reedy was shot at his home last September following an argument.
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Orval Elijah Brown
Sizemores
Wilford Reedy
Charles‘ton
William B.rossman
Reedy
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