Coal Shutdown Clears West Virginia Mines For Week
West Virginia coal mines shut down for a full week except for essential maintenance crews. About 110,000 miners would pause shifts as United Mine Workers President John L Lewis ordered a stabilization period. Rail and mine operators prepared layoff notices across the state, with many shops and trains idle ahead of the five-day pre vacation window.
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Skeletorn
West Virgginia
United
John L.J. Lewis
Bluefield
Norfolk
Western
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
Pogahontas
Assoc
Monongane County
Zeadery
Adolph Facifico
DMW District
Ohio
West Virginia
Forthern Panhandle
Belsize, O
Defiant Circular Prompts Arrest Of Czech Priest
Prague report states Archbishop Josef Beran signed a defiant clerical letter after the arrest of Antonin Mandl, secretary of the Catholic Action group. Authorities say over 200 priests are in prison with more arrests daily as church-state conflict widens. The government bans Catholic branding in state groups and tightens church activity.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Ducrees
Catholic Action
Antonin Mandl
Church
Olomouc
Central Catholic Charity
Istier
Voice of Broadway Debuts In Gazette Sunday Edition
Dorothy Kilgallen launches Voice of Broadway on page 6 in The Gazette. Her Gotham gossip joins other features as the paper touts largest Sunday circulation in West Virginia and previews pages 9 15 23 with new career insights and geriatrics notes amid broad coverage.
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Dorothy Kilgallen
Voice of Broadway
Dorothy
Gotham
Siate O. O. McIntyre
the Gazette
Gazette
West Virginia
Old Sweet Springs
U. S. Naval Reserve
Patty Smith
Truman Warns Against Cutting European Aid in U S
President Truman urged Congress to resist slashing European recovery aid and to press ahead with the Atlantic pact military assistance and reciprocal trade expansion. He warned cuts could halt recovery, threaten freedom, and emphasized the need to meet Cold War challenges with firm aid to Western democracies.
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Little Rock
Truman
Congress
United States
Europe
War Memorial Park
Washington
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
Truaren
Sen- Toft
Ohio
Ark
McKear
Senate Appropriations
McKellar
Appropriations Committee
House
le Sen
Taft
ECA
Phenefite
Tate
Tydings
Mad
Strike Ends At Westvaco After Citywide Labor Tension
Union craftsmen and contractors relaxed yesterday as Charleston’s lengthy building strike concluded with two AFL groups unresolved. Teamsters and glaziers eyed pay talks with employers while truck drivers and dealers reportedly moved toward conference diplomacy in a bid to end disruptions. A special Local 175 meeting was scheduled for Monday at 7 am to discuss remaining issues.
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Charleston
AFL
Teamsters
Union Deslers
Glaziers
Westyarcn Chemical
Glass Comtract Corp
South
Hooded Riders Strike Twice In Birmingham
A Birmingham cafe was attacked by a mixed group of armed men in 16 cars shouting racist threats. Witnesses said the incident followed earlier intimidation at a home five miles from the city. Union and company officials said talks remained amicable with a tentative agreement reached and subject to ratification.
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Jonetl
Rbed
Tukther
Jim
Eugh McDonal
Birmingham
Widman
Mooney
Widman Ad Wood
Cornell
Edmund E
Condon accuses FBI of dime-novel wiretap evidence
National Bureau of Standards director Edward Condon says the FBI obtained details about his wife Emily Condon from a courtroom wiretap. He claims the FBI learned the information through a telephone tap linked to the Judith Coplon spy trial. The case references Morten Kent, Georgi Dimitrov Sotirey, and Bulgarian or Russian intelligence. Kent was found dead in the Potomac with a gunshot wound. coroner A Magruder MacDonald ruled suicide.
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Washington
Edward UV
Condor
National Bureau of Standards
FBI
Judith Coplon
Emily! Condon
Emily
Condon
Morten Kent
New York
Georgi Dimitrov Sotirey
States Department
Multigraph Corp
Montyrz
Potomac
A. Magruder MacDonald
Cave Kent
ECA Aid Approved For 32 Projects
The Economic Cooperation Administration announced approvals for technical assistance projects in Marshall Plan countries. It earmarked 2,457,684 dollars to fund these projects, with two aligning to Truman’s point-out program for developing backward areas. The program brings Western European engineers to the United States to study American production methods.
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Washington
UNS
Economic Cooperation Administration
Truman
Europe
United States
House Group to Probe Textbooks at Universities
Chairman Wood of the House American Activities Committee said the panel has asked more than 100 leading universities for lists of their textbooks and related materials as part of a probe into university texts and activities.
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House Group
Washington
ONSI
Wood
D.-Ga
House of An Aerican Activities Committee
Reformed Youth and Hitch-Hikes
James A. Win recounts Riley, superintendent of the Pruntytown Industrial School for Boys, reflecting on the mirror of a boy’s eyes. He recalls fear at first glance from youths like Jerne, noting the challenge of guiding roughly 200 residents on the school grounds one day last week.
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James A. Win
Riley
Jesse E. Riley
Iadustrial School For
Pruntytown
Aout Jerne
Charleston
Unfit to Live With Jerry Returns to Pruntytown Institution
The juvenile bureau recounts Jerry, a bright boy whose behavior led to confinement after being deemed unfit to live with society. Sgt. Frank B. Riddle notes the pattern of delinquency among Riley's custody youths as they shuffle between custody and reform, with Jerry's case reflecting broader issues in juvenile care and public schooling.
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Fuley
Ij Belingualicy
Jerry
Frank B. Riddle
Isotope Probe to Resume Inquiry on Medical Isotope Shipments
Washington June 11 The Senate Investigating Committee chaired by Senator McMahon announced a sweeping new probe into shipments of medical radioisotopes alleged to have gone to foreign powers for weapons research. Senator Hickenlooper criticized the panel for keeping security aspects of the inquiry in closed session.
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Tropes Lowan
MecMuhon
Turaly
Senators Split Over Taft Hartley Injunction Power
Washington senators divide on striking provisions of the Taft Hartley law with Morse and Ives debating labor law shifts while Aiken doubts a split may yield a party compromise. The fight centers on the 80 day injunctions to curb strikes threatening health or safety as Truman favors a Wagner act style bill with a 30 day cooling off period. Page 1 continuation noted.
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Washington
Jane
Sen
Morse
Ives
R-Ny
Aiken
Truman
White House
Aien
Senate
West Awaits Results Of Vishinsky's Call
Paris on June 11 Western and Soviet diplomats resumed talks after Andrei Vishinsky hosted a dinner with Acheson and top advisers. The Big Four deadlock over Germany persisted as ministers took a day’s recess, with discussions shifting to possible German arrangements and a future treaty.
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Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Deah Acheson
Germany
Vishinsky
Seawaltin
Rus Acheson
Philip ©. Jessup
Robert Murphy
Charles E. Bohlen
Acheson
I Acheson
Robert Sehwim
Ernest Bevin
Weyay
Visainsky
Berlin
Coplon Defense Cites Contact In Espionage Trial
Defense attorney argues contact notes in Coplon espionage case amid FBI sheet disclosures. Mortan E Kent, 48, Harvard graduate and federal employee, reportedly died by suicide in Washington after canoeing alone, coroner ruling death by self-inflicted wound. Kent previously worked for State and Labor Departments and the Board of Economic Warfare, with FBI data from informants noted by code numbers.
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Morton BE
Kent
Crevy Chase
State Department
Potomac River
Washington District
Ington
June Kwas
Tre Long
FSI
Coplon
YEBI
Mortan E. Kent
Harvard
Treae
Contac
Bing
Fin Intelligence Service
Washington
Hont
Psiemaec
A. Magruder McDonald
FBI
Archibald Palmer
State and
Labor Departments
Board of Economic Warfare
Myr
Cities to Seek Extra Session Over Liquor Profits Loss
The West Virginia League of Municipalities urges Governor Patteson to call a special legislative session to review four proposals to restore city finances after a Supreme Court ruling voided liquor profit distributions. About 160 mayors and officials endorsed the move and elected Golden Underwood Parkersburg mayor as new league president. The four proposals include expanding city taxing powers and raising the liquor sales tax.
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Huntington
West Virginia League of Municipalities
League
Okey L. Patteson
Carlton
Wetch
Parkersburg
Supreme Court
Golden Underwood
Welch
Tim
Bath Joba
State
Taft predicts House action on housing bill soon
Washington June 11 Senate Republican leader Taft of Ohio predicted House action within two weeks on the Senate passed housing bill. He said the House Rules Committee would report it Monday or it would reach the floor in a week to 10 days under new rules. The bill calls for construction of 81000 low cost dwellings in six years and the House version would total 1200000 units over seven years.
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Taft
Washington
Senate
Oia
House
House Rules Committee
Man Survives Heart Massage After Two Near Deaths
Baltimore June 11 A 54-year-old patient James W Stancel entered Maryland General Hospital for a hornig operation. His heart and respiration stopped for 20 and nine minutes respectively during surgery before Dr Gastagna massaged the heart reviving him twice.
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Baltimore
James W. Stancel
Maryland
Bas-Pilal
Hornig
Joseph v. Ceslagan
Slangek
Berlin Union Votes to End Ban and Open Trade Talks
Berlin reports say the anti Communist rail union UGQ will accept peace terms and lift the 22 day economic stranglehold. Western guarantees and a Western backed settlement promise rail traffic to resume and unlock 150000 tons of supplies. Representatives of the four occupation powers drafted a broad all Germany trade pact as Berlin settlement moves progress.
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Berlin
Jeaders
UGQ
Germany
Council of Forever Ministers
Paris
Galway
Howley
Sages
West Berlin
Kaho
Chinese Fighting Slowed by Floods
Floods in Hansu Kiangsi and Sukien provinces disrupt rail and road travel delaying Communist advance toward Canton. Reports estimate 7.2 million troops massed in North China ready to push south once the rice supply improves. Government comment is unavailable on guerrilla control in Kwangtung.
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Canton
China
Hansu
Kiangsi
Sukien
Changsha
Hengyang
Chuchow
Footh
Kanchow
Mesi
Kwangtung
Night Sky Outlook and Weekend Weather Notes
The chart lists positions of the Big Dipper Venus Jupiter and stars in Gemini with planetary alignments and moon phase. Regional forecasts show warm humid conditions with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms Sunday across Kentucky Tennessee Western Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and surrounding areas.
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Venus
Gemini
Jupiter
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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