Truman Signals Refusal To Use Taft Hartley In Steel Fight
Washington June 12 President Truman indicated he will not invoke the Taft Hartley Act to end the steel strike but would not reveal his full position. Senate plans to seize control faltered as members warned he may force a special session after conventions. Senators Case and Maybank predicted seizure authority. amendments seeking industry takeover were withdrawn. House Banking Committee defeated a seizure powers amendment. coalition coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats formed.
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Truman
Traman
Senate
Congress
Sens. Case
R SC
Maybank
Dssc
Case
Framan
White House
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Sen. Morse
Rat
House
Banking Committee
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Eisenhower says partition of Germany went against his advice
In New York on June 12 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower told 100 Republican delegates that the decision to partition Germany and cut Berlin off from Russian territory was taken against his advice. He cited other counsels he offered and noted he did not participate in Potsdam or Yalta decisions.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Berlin
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Matthew Ridgy
Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Europe
Far East
Potsdam
Robert 4. Taft
United Nations
Soo
Fatt
China
Dougray Macarthur
Ohin
pita-Biesenhower
Pencil Ink Ballots Spark federal recount challenge
Attorneys denounced pencil ink ballot marks found in Precinct 23 Dry Branch School during the county court recount of the Democratic primary. About 30 ballots showed ink added after pencil voting, with inked Xs placed on voters’ unfinished selections. The officials continued recounting through precincts 19 and 23 amid claims of flagrant violations.
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Charles R. Armentront
the Gazette
Dry Branch School
Cabin Creek
Atty
W. C. Haythe
Dallas
Ilso
William G. Day
John M. Stick
Crown Hill
Sidney Goad
Edward Hiserman
Goad
Fou
VEW Convention Opens at Daniel Boone Hotel
West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars opened their 31st annual encampment at the Daniel Boone Hotel. A 2 p.m. panel on veterans aides featured T. H. McGowran and Hillary Hooks as delegates were announced by William H. Ansel Jr and Lyell B. Clay. National officers Wyman H. Chadwick and Merton Tire were introduced. The session adjourned at 4 30 for an open house and was to resume on page 7.
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West Virginia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Daniel Boone Hotel
T. H. McGowran
Veterans’ Affairs
Hillary Hooks
Veterans’ Administration Office
Huntington
William H. Ansel, Jr
Lyell B. Clay
Charleston
Ansel
Gov
Patteson
Young Democrats
Clarksburg
Clay
Copenhaver
Freder G. Riggs
Weston
Dewartime
Wyman H. Chadwick
Silver Spring
Merton 5. Tire of
Mitchell
S. D
VFW
The Skillet Club Opens For Men Only Dining
The Skillet Club presided by Frank Kohler invites men to join a kitchen oriented club. It promotes simple, well prepared dishes and social gatherings. The notice appears in today’s Inside Today open for business section.
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Frank Kohler
Colwan
Emenis
Guumersta
Parsons
Dorothy Dix
Editoriaia
Toledo Debates Move of Mud Hens to Charleston
Special to The Gazette reports the Toledo Mud Hens club failed to secure relocation to Charleston. A $40,000 outright gift and attendance guarantees for three seasons were rejected as Toledo owner Danny Menendez held out for $50,000. League directors, after a five hour session, advised no closings and noted Charleston’s delegation offered guarantees and $46,000 total, but still could not clinch.
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the Gazette
Toledo
Charleston
American Association
Toledo Mud Hens
Fernoon
Danny Menendez
Focal
George Engle
Atlantic Greyhound Co
Menendez
Eudranteed
Allies Clear 2 Compounds at Koje Island Prison Camp
Allied forces move 2,700 officers and 650 NCOs from Compound 6 at Koje Island to smaller quarters in a valley amid stern discipline. A second group of 200 suspects from Compound 80 also shifts enclosure nearby as North Korean officers sing while marching to trucks. Brig Gen Haydon Boatner receives a North Korean flag exchange amid burned Red flags earlier.
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Ote Island
Korea
Giowo
Koje
Haydon L. Boatner
Marine Prisoners Riot in Camp Pendleton
Marine prisoners rioted in the main stockade at Camp Pendleton California on Tuesday night with about 30 of 200 inmates taking part. They chanted for more cigarettes and demanded ice cream. The demonstration ended in about half an hour with no serious injuries reported.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
P—Marine
Lers
Top Boat Speeds Expected at Race
Al Bauer of the American Power Boat Assoc says the sixth annual All-West Vitinia Boat Racing Championships will showcase record speeds as inboard hydroplanes and outboard boats compete. The Gazette sponsors the Charleston event with the Charleston Boat Club, drawing top boats from Pittsburg and new designs and motors from the off season. Drivers will face a real test as early season competition heats up on Sunday.
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Vitinia
al Bauer
American Power Boat Assoc
The
Gazette
Charleston Boat Club
Bauer
Charleston
Pittsbergh
Jocal Water
Senate Extends Price Wage Rent Controls Eight Months
The Senate voted 58 to 1 to extend price wage and rent controls to March 1 next year and keep stand by real estate and consumer credit curbs to June 1953. A Taft Hartley injunction rider to end the steel strike was attached. The bill goes to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Sen
Byrd
House Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Military Outlay Voted by House
The House authorized a world wide military base expansion costing 2 758 318 000 with a 332 to 7 vote. The measure funds 1 180 418 000 in the continental United States 214 555 000 for overseas installations and 1 363 345 000 for secret projects across 273 total named undertakings. Money is subject to later appropriation and the North Atlantic Treaty airfields 250 million share was dropped by committee.
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Washington
House
Senate
Continental
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
Kilday
D-Tex
North Atlantic Treaty
Armed Services Committee
Poochie Bites Owner Teeth In Berkeley Wonder
Berkeley report says Jack Hamilton, Albany American Legion chaplain, woke to find his teeth chewed by his dog Poochie while he slept. Hamilton kept the damaged teeth on his nightstand as he recounted the incident today.
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Berkeley
Calif
Jack Hamilton
Hamilton
Larmilton
American Legion
Albany
Robbers seize control of Emerson Hotel in West 75th Street heist
Three gunmen blitzed the 16 story Hotel Emerson in Manhattan at 4 a.m. taking over the lobby switchboard elevator and desk for about three hours. They robbed about 25 guests of cash jewelry and smokes not a shot fired. Victims forced to lie on the floor while staff and patrons complied.
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New York
Emerson
West 75Th Street
Bilests
Emergon
Ickly
Martin Henry
Gator Hillard Jackson
Frank Curran
Curran
Tody Mallory
Institute Plant Awaits Order On Shutdown
No order postponing closing of the government owned Institute rubber plant has been received. Plant engineer Anthony Vittone said RFC staff experts are conducting a survey of plant facilities pledged by RFC. An order to cease production by July 1 prompted protests from local officials and workers, with about 400 of 550 employees sending messages to Senator Kilgore.
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Institute
B. F. Goodrich Chemical Co
Anthony Vittone
RFC
Viltone
Ng Reconstruction Finance Corp
McDonald
RFC Synthetic Rubber Division
Goodrich Company
Charleston
Sen. Kilgore
Reconstruction Finance Corp
W. Vu
Voice of America banned in Korea over anti-Rhee editorials
The Korean government halted Voice of America broadcasts on Radio Korea after VOA segments attacked President Syngman Rhee and martial law in South Korea. A U S embassy official said VOA broadcasts were suspended Wednesday night and protests would come from Washington. State Department said Korean language feeds are being made from transmitters in Japan and the Philippines.
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Pusan
Korea
Voice of Ameri
Syngman Rhee
Voice of America
Rhee
W U. S
Radio Korea
Washington
State Department
Japan
Philippines
ROK
Truman
United Nations
Soviet Zone Extends Berlin Border Crackdown
Berlin dispatch says Soviet and East German authorities extended frontier security around West Berlin from May 26. Deputy Premier Walter Ulbricht ordered the People's Police to tighten controls as Allied sectors face intensified roadblocks gunplay and kidnappings in reprisal for West Germany's peace treaty.
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Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Moscow
People's Police
West Germany
Newsmen Open Summer Outing Sessions Today
West Virginia Newspaper Council and affiliated groups begin a three day Summer Outing with about 150 attendees. President Frank A Knight cites 162 as the headcount for the event. The tour includes visits to True Temper Corp Gravely Plow and Cultivate Co and an Institute synthetic rubber plant, followed by a five hour Kanawha River cruise aboard an Amherst Barge Lines boat with dinner served onboard.
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Frank A. Knight
West Virginia
Associated Press
Daniel Boone
Newsmen
Kelly Axe
True Temper Corp
Gravely Plow
Cultivate! Co
Dunbar
Institute Synthetic Rubber
Amherst
Taft Backers Accuse Convention Plotters Of Rigged Mics
New York June 12 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge accused Taft forces of planning a “rough house” at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Lodge, Eisenhower campaign manager, warned microphones could be sabotaged to block Eisenhower speakers. He named Walter Hallanan as pro Taft chairman and cited rumors of denying Eisenhower access at the podium.
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New York
Henry Cebot Lodge
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Massachusetts
Dwight BD. Eisenhower
Taft
Lode
Lodge
Hallanan
Eisenhower
Evans Likely Choice to Head West Virginia Young Democrats
Clarksburg June 12 Democratic gathering draws 300 delegates as Evans of Huntington appears front runner for the state Young Democrats presidency. Only other name mentioned is Curtie S. Wilson of Buckhannon with rumors that Wilson is a strategic blocker. Additional details promised on page 10.
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Evans
Young Democrats
Harry G. Hoffmann
the Gazette
Clarksburg
Charles BE
Huntington
Wilson
Curtie S. Wilson
Buekhuanon
Wilesons
Work farms urged to aid offenders in county plan
Judge William J. Thompson urged county or regional work farms for serious offenders in a Ruffner Hotel address. He said jail confinement without work harms inmates and society, proposing medium security prisons like Hutsonsville for long-term misdemanants and noting broader state practice in large states. Six residents escaped injury as fire burned a West Side garage home. L H Lucy Young burned severely and was taken to hospital.
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Nawha
the Charles
Ruffner Hotel
Hutsonsville
L. H
Lucy) Young
Young
Stajts Hospital
Richard Long
Long, Jonson and
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