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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1947

Page

2

Nagy Reported Enroute to U S From Geneva

Swiss newspapers said Ferenc Nagy former Hungarian premier left Geneva by plane for New York and was expected at La Guardia. Reports in Washington and New York suggested Nagy started his flight to the United States with his wife and two children. State Department visas for Nagy and his family were issued, but officials would not confirm Nagy plans.

Geneva ANS Ferenc Nagy New York la Guardia Tomor Washington Nagy United States la Guardia Field N.Y Ragy TWA State Department Sisted

Government to Trim Agency Budgets in War Bill

House committee slashes funds across agencies including VA by over a billion, warning efficiency must improve and admin costs cut. Major cuts target Budget Bureau, VA personnel, Civil Service, and highway programs while GI bill and new VA hospitals keep funding.

Prem Pagody White House Budget Bureau Veterans Administration War Assets Administration I Atomic Energy Commission Army and Navy Pension Fund Civil Service Commission Federal Communications Commission Eis Amit Saur Sania Federal Works Agency I National Advisory Committee For Aeronautica

Budget Confusion Marks Commission Financing Critique

A report cites a New Year spending plan including 74.14 million for stip payments and 102 million redirected from ship construction. references $73.2 million dropped from the budget and returns to the Treasury. The committee criticizes the commission for muddled finances and a policy of confusion, calling its budget estimates typical of poor fiscal management.

Stip Wader Construction Treasury Commission Avithin

Renick to Speak At Elks Flag Day Celebration

Fay ette county attorney and state judge advocate of the American Legion Myron B Renick will be the principal speaker at Charleston Elks Shrine Mosque Flag Day event Sunday at 2 15 p m. A parade from Quarrier Street to the Shrine will precede ceremonies led by the Elks parade team with Boy Scout color guard and John Brawley Post Drum and Bugle corps. National Anthem opens with SB Mitchell Craige at the organ. Exalted Ruler W W Hardbarger presides and Major Harry Ward will give the invocation before Henry V Diefenbach introduces the speaker.

Myron B Renick Fayette County American Legion Charleston Elks Shrine Mosque Elks Quarrier St Shrine Ipe Elks Chaimspion Crill Boy Scouts John Brawley Post American Legion Mem SB Mitchell Craige Paul Saylor Ww. J.hardbarger

Russia warns on arms talks linked to broader crisis

Russia urged that disarmament progress follow the December 14 UN resolution linking arms and troop reductions, threatening potential obstacles to implementing the assembly plan. Gromyko clashed over a rigid Soviet draft while the US and Britain argued the issues lie apart. In other news, Trygve Lie named Wilder Foote to a UN information post, and Lauritz Melchior and wife Maria Anna became US citizens in Los Angeles.

Hodgson Gronyko Russia United States Britain Gromyko Hils Human Rights Committee Vladimir Koretsky U. N Trygve Lie Wilder Foote U. S U.N U. N. Eee U. N. Balkans Cormimissirm Melchiors Los Angeles H— Laurity Melchior Metropolitan Operetanor Maria Anna Denmark Beverly Hills The Metropolitan Ilm Maria Hacker

West Virginia Education Bulletin Highlights Young Poets

The States Education Department monthly issue titled The Young Poet spotlights high school poetry. Foreword by W W Trent praises creative writing and explains only a selection could be published. Stonewall Jackson student Tracy Wolfe designed the cover. Judges included Stuart Armstrong Katherine Wehler and La Nelle Agee.

West Virginia Education Bulletin State Education Department W. W. Trent Genevieve Starcher Tracy H. Wolfe Stonewall Jackson High School Stuart P. Armstrong Katherine Wehler Marshall College la Nelle Agee Welch Kainawha County Stuart P. Axmetrong

Flags and battle banners span West Virginia history

A museum exhibit traces early American flag design from colonial choices to the 13 stripes and varying stars, noting Vermont and Kentucky additions, the 1790s 13 stripes rule, and later regimental colors. It highlights Confederate and Union flags tied to West Virginia units, battle streamers, and plaques detailing campaigns from Moorefield to Gettysburg.

England New England Incyclopedia Britannica St. George Marysachusetts South Carolina New York Rhode Island Washington Cambridge Mass Indepen Denice Congress John Paul Jones Vermont Kenntucky West Virginia Pearl Harbor Jefferson Davis Hollywood Richmond Robert Carr South Hills William &. MacCorkle 150Th Infantry West Virginia National Guard Canal Zone Panama 201St West Virginia Infantry Alaska 13Th Hurricane Bridge Lynthburg Kernstown Bereyville Opecuor Cedar Creek Fisher’s Hill Cloyd Mountain Lynchbourg Carter's Farm Winchester Opequon Fisher's Hil Bth West Virginia Cavary Allegheny McDowell Franklin Cross Keys Ceedar Mountain Rappahannock Station White Sulphur Springs Waterloo Bridge Bull Run Rocky Gap Droop Mountain Dublin Depot Moorefield Beverly Alkali Sand Hill Lillian Springs Wth W Miss Mission Ridge Tean New Market Piedmont New Hope Staubton Lynchbute Gneckers Ford Betty Ville W. V2 Cedar Mountain Freeman Ford Swpkur Springs Charleston Cloyd’s Mountain New River Bridge Lynchburg Hall Secretary of State Nassau Coal Co Vivian McDowell Country Edgar ¥. Clausen New Canaan Pas Uzal Martz Pottsville Roland C Luther Bluefield

Murray Predicts Maritime Strike Looms Over Contracts

CIO President Philip Murray warned at a Washington news conference that a maritime union walkout is likely when contracts expire Sunday night. He cited ship owners' bargaining reluctance amid the Taft Hartley bill and urged continuation of current contracts to avoid harming the U S merchant marine and U S foreign commitments.

Washington CIO Philip Murray Uhere DY Murray

Commissioner Revokes State Beer Licenses in West Virginia

Beer Commissioner Fred B. Watkins announced revocation of retail licenses for five West Virginia dealers following hearings on violations. AMVETS Post No. 10 Morgantown license revoked effective June 9, plus four more revocations effective June 20: Talbert A. DeHaven Airport Club Martinsburg Joseph N. Byerly Town Tavern Pool Room Terra Alta D R Vornecs The Airport Inn Martinsburg John O Rafferty Sportsmans Grill Parkat's Bute.

Fred B. Watkins West Virginia Amvets Post No. 10 Morgantown Talbert A. DeHaven Airport Clube Martinsburg Joseph N. Byerly Town Tavern Terra Alta D. R. Vornecs Airport Inn John O. Rafferty Sportsmans Grill

Doctors Link Social Stress to Delayed Recovery

Psychiatrists at a medical school report that chronic disease ulcers and thyroid patients show higher rates of social climbers and strainers. They note foreign born and foreign parentage patients reflect culture-change stress. The study suggests frustrated individuals recover slowly and seek invalidism, with dependent and hysterical women driving the pattern.

Party Pacts Ease In Czech Slovak Coalition Tensions

A recent leaders meeting of Czech and Slovak ruling parties exposed conflicts among the Communists Czech Socialists Social Democrats Peoples Party Slovak Democrats and Slovak Communists. Accusations flew about sheltering Tiso allies and Soviet ambitions for Slovakia. A special commission will probe leaders in Slovak Democrat and Slovak Communist groups, and parties will pursue a rotating Czech Slovak arrangement in the new constitution.

Hovak Democratic Party Czechoslovakia Social Democrats Peoples Patty Slovak Democrats Slovsk Slovakia Tiso Sloves Democrats Soviet Union Banska Bystrica

Labor Bill Sparks Political Clash In City Debate

O'Dwyer defends running city without Congress input while others frame labor bill as nonpartisan. Gullined outlines worker organizing rights and union shop transparency. Harvey cites labor barons opposing corrective legislation. Federal attorneys warn John J. Lewis could trigger broader mine shutdowns during prevacation period beginning June 27.

Symernved O'Dwyer New York Congress of United States Harley Congress Vetolt Schow!cay John J. Lewis United Mine Workers Ldo

Rhododendron Bloom Misses State Birthday Celebration

A. A. Wood of the Monongahela National Forest reports the rhododendron will bloom late, missing the state's June 20 birthday anniversary. Officials expect bloom to begin June 28 at 9,000 feet and peak July 1 to 15, with higher elevations flowering into August.

A. A. Wood Elkins Monongahela National Forest Wood

Miners Dispute Tests Use of Emergency Powers

The debate centers on whether stoppages due to abnormally dangerous conditions qualify as strikes and permit injunctions under national emergency powers. Rayburn opposed the bill, citing similar points. Lewis used a six day mourning period after the Centralia disaster to pace stay-out-of-unsafe-mines actions. Negotiations with operators have collapsed though may resume after Truman acts on Taft-Hartley. The government plans to return soft coal pits to private owners July 1 as federal control ends. A strike threatens July 7 without a contract. The UMW Journal notes the 17 days from presidential action deadline to July 7, about the normal negotiating period, with clarified positions aiding future talks.

Truman Rep. Rayburn Texas Lewis Centralia J Courts United Mine Workers Jour Eal

Aid Said Needed To Keep Streams Pure

Washington June 13 Any stream pollution control law without federal assistance would be ineffective and fail. Alfred Lefeber Cincinnati consulting engineer testified before the House public works committee citing exhausted municipalities and financing sewerage improvements as difficult. Jesse V Sullivan secretary of the West Virginia Coal Assort opposed expansion of federal bureaucracy over daily life.

Washington Alfred Lefeber Cincine Inati Testif House Public Works Committee Lefebar Jesse V. Sullivan Charleston West Virginia Coal Assort

Curley Seeks Supreme Court Review of Conviction

Mayor James M Curley of Boston appealed to the Supreme Court to reconsider its June 2 denial for review of his mail fraud conspiracy conviction and six to 18 month sentence. He was hospitalized at Cohasset, Mass, due to a serious diabetic condition while he awaits summer home treatment.

Curley Washington James M. Curley Boston Today Supreme Court Cohasset Hospital Scituate Mass the Engineers, Inc

Rites Get Discussed In Ku Klux Klan Dissolution Case

Assistant Attorney General Claude Shaw testified the Klan was chartered in Georgia on July 1, 1916 and warned that profits from membership and regalia sales were used to fund officers. Belser argued dissolution would shock widows and orphans and hurricane and flood victims, noting the group dissolved as a patron organization in 1944 but kept the charter to deter misuse of the name.

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Bevin Supports World Parliament and Press Cautions

Bevin urged urgent rehabilitation of Europe and backed a world parliament directly elected as the best path to avoid war. He spoke with reporters, praising world press coverage of Indian independence talks and urging a clearer separation of facts from opinion in reporting.

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St Louis Slowed (Continued From Page) Strike Actions Reach Hospitals

The Conciliation Service assigned Communasioners Nicholas Fille and Anthony E Johnson at the St Louis office to pursue settlement steps amid the strike. Some hospitals curtailed services due to absenteeism, and St Louis County Hospital asked the union to permit limited bus service for workers to reach their jobs during the stoppage.

St. Louis Paget UB. 3 Nicholas Fille Anthony E. Johnson St Louis County

Chiang Declares Fight to Finish in Sinkiang Tibet Revolt

June 13 dispatches report Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ordering Sinkiang to defend the border to the last man against alleged reinforcements from Outer Mongolia. Fighting persists near Lhasa with turmoil in Tibet and broader tension as Soviet planes reportedly bomb positions. an embassy note notes Ambassador Petrov may return to Moscow by month end.

Anking Chiang Kai-shek Sinkiang China Mongolian People’s Republic Mongolia A. A. Petrov Moscow Tibet Chungking

Court Seeks Bar on Wallace Speech at Watergate Arena

The American Anti-Communist Association petitioned a federal district court to restrain Secretary Krug from allowing former Vice President Henry A. Wallace to speak at the Watergate Amphitheater. The group claims Wallace’s sponsoring body Wallace’s planned remarks incite riot and that the Southern Conference for Human Welfare is listed as a Communist front. Arguments on the motion set for Monday. West Virginia State College offers a short home nursing course with Charleston Red Cross cooperation from June 15 to June 23 for busy homemakers.

Wallace Washington Southern |Conference For Human Welfare House Committee On un-American Activities Keny United States Home Economics Department of West Virginia State Fenssne Charleston 1American Red Cross Jean C. Conner The American Red Cross

CIO UAW Local 242 Leaders Tied to War Supply Plot

Testimony at hearings links Christoffel and Buse, leaders of CIO UAW Local 242 at Ajlis Chelmers, to a plan to disrupt war supplies to Britain. Witnesses allege Communist ties and that Christoffel ordered a strike. The sub committee chair Kersten led hearings in Milwaukee and reported to the Justice Department. The report claims conclusive evidence Christoffer Littl lied about his bath testimony and hints at Buse's false statements, with limited corroboration.

CIO Wis A|lis Chalmers Company Britain Christoffel Cio-Uaw Ajlis Chelmers Buse Alis-Chalmers Juouls Budens Communist Party Councils Fordham University Kersten Milwaukee Justice Department Criminal Division Hartley FBI Christoffer Littland Toya

Birth Announcements From Local Families

Mrs Carl McLaughtis and Mr McLaughtis announce a baby born on Day 30 at Water Bre Tran. Mr and Mrs Jon Pinnegan report a daughter born June 13 at 307 Bath St. Mr and Mrs Amme North Charleston reveal a daughter born June 11. Mr and Mrs Arthur Sus mand Buckley announce a birth in Malden on June 3.

Mtr Carl McLaughtis Jon Pinnegan Bath St Amme North

Open Door urged by retired justice to accept refugees

Open Door advocate Owen J Roberts told Washington America has an immoral duty to lead by taking in 400000 European refugees and endorsed a House bill allowing 100000 entrants annually for four years. Support came from William Green and Rev William Mulloy. Charles Bebcock opposed citing unemployment and housing.

Acke Owen J. Roberts Supreme Court Washington America Owens House Judiciary U. S William Green AFD William T. Mulloy Fional Catholic Rural Life Conference Charles E. Bebcock Order of United American Mechanics

Vandenberg’s call for study of resources meets mixed Senate support

Senators from both parties weighed Vandenberg’s proposal urging a national inventory of American resources before further foreign commitments. O'Mahoney praised the idea for boosting peace productivity, while Fulbright warned against lending Europe money without European federation, and others urged domestic economic soundness first.

America Vandenberg Dollave O'Mahoney D.-Wyo Taft R-Obin Cain Wesh Fulbright D.-Ars Bernard M.baruch Europe Bushfield Kem R.morr

Epistle Speaker to Address Army Chaplain Experiences

Rev. T Hudnall Harvey rector of St Matthew s Episcopal church will speak on Experiences of An Army Chaplain at the Young Adult group meeting of Christ seeds anddst church tomorrow evening.

T. Hudnall Harvey St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Christ Seeds Anddst

Advisers Voted on Voice of America Oversight

The House backed creating an advisory council for Voice of America oversight with up to six members from journalism radio labor and other fields and advanced measures to tighten reciprocity in student exchanges. The vote was 145 to 1 and debate continued as officials sought funds for a 34 million program. Ball urged factual news overseas broadcasting as the best propaganda for the free enterprise system.

Ashington Rouse Late Ww Congress Rell State Department Ond Veterans Affairs Hawee Rep Sklecte R-Wis Matsfled D.mont Rees William Benton Senate House Mundt S.D Ball R-Mian Benton America Ewa

Solons Agree Continued Eves Ss Rent Control Bill

As the bill became law rent controls would be removed on new housing hotels and accommodation rents for 225 dollars or more a month in newly rented dwellings and remodeled houses State laws govern eviction proceedings AR construction controls scrapped except those on recreational buildings such as bowling alleys and theaters

Eves Ss

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