Truman cites U. N. role in adjusting Italy peace terms
President Truman signs peace treaties with Italy and the Balkan states voicing hope the United Nations can modify harsh treaty provisions as Italians seek a representative democracy. He condemns communist regimes in Hungary Romania and Bulgaria for oppressing their people and urges freer governments in the Balkans as the war ends.
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Washington
Truman
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Italy
Balkan
Senate
U.N
Staly
United States
United Nations
Yalta
Balkans
American plan to issue new note to Russia
A U S informant says the State Department may send another note to the Soviet Union protesting alleged unilateral actions by Soviet elements of the Allied Control Commission for Hungary. The note seeks specific examples of misuse and denial of American rights, signaling a policy reversal as Washington previously cooperated with the Russians.
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Budapest
State Department
Russia
Allied Control Commission
Hungary
Dezso Sulyok
Freedom Party
Bis
Szeged
Yurgoslav
Istvan Ales
Sulyok
J. Svirdlov
Governor summons special session on gross sales taxation
Gov Meadows calls a one day special session for June 23 in Charleston to authorize cities to levy gross sales taxes amid ongoing legal questions. The move follows a State Supreme Court ruling limiting tax power without charter provisions and aims to amend existing law with minimal changes.
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Huntington and Williamson
Ira J. Partlow
C. Hy Jontz
W.va
Meadows
Breadows
Charleston
Itv
Red tag on Southern Welfare group sparks Cold War scrutiny
The House committee on un American activities labeled the Southern Conference for Human Welfare a Communist front. The official report cites well known names linked to the group including Henry A Wallace Melvyn Douglas Mrs Marsha Field Harold L Ickes Joseph E Davies Dorothy Parker and Paul Robeson. Committee chair J Parnell Thomas and members Mundt McDowell Nixon Vail Weed Rankin Peterson Bonner signed the document. The report notes some members were misled into joining and others deny any Communist ties. Wallace is to speak Monday under conference auspices as observers are planned.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
House
Henry A. Wallace
Melvyn Douglas
Marshell Field
Harold L. Ickes
Joseph E. Davies
Dorothy Parker
Paul Robeson
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Mundt
R-Sd
McDowell
R-Pa
Nixon
R-Cal
Vail
Weed
D-Ga
Rankin
Dmiss
J. Hardin Peterson
D-Fla
Bonner
D-Nc
Feri
Wallace
Plesse
Fire Department Rescues Kitten Amid Night Alarm
A Bearden fire crew responded to a strange alert in a dark night near a window. They searched trees and removed a kitten found creating a disturbance while police were notified and the scene quieted with the kitten given to nearby Sea Bright residents.
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Rearden
Rumeon
Mearden
Sea Bright
Bearden
Airliner crashes on West Virginia mountain killing 40
Rescue teams found the burned wreckage of a CapAir DC-4 on a rugged mountainside near Leesburg Virginia after a last night crash. All 40 aboard died instantly, officials said, as the plane skidded up the slope in heavy rain. Red Cross workers and Civil Aeronautics Board officials rushed to the scene.
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Arrow
Capital Airlines
West Virginia
Charles Town
Chicago
Washington
Leesburg
Capi Airlines
Thountainside
Golden Stone
Red Cross
Washlington
Terry Karn
Associated Press
Pir
Truman, Landis Center
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York
Truman
White House
Sme
Stone
Cene
Stane
Vienna
Red Cross Disaster Relief Service
Page & Col
Peace-Keeping Efforts Stall at United Nations T:
The article reports stalled peacekeeping talks as East West disputes cloud UN deliberations on atomic controls arms reduction and a global police force. It cites Warren R. Austin and Yugoslav criticisms of American member Ethridge amid Balkan and Palestine inquiry tensions.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
United Nations
U.S. del
Warren R. Austin
Boston
Palestine
U.N. Holy Land Inquiry Commission
Nvertheless
Palestine Commission
Jerusalem
Arab Higher Committee For Palestine
Trygve Lie
Yugozlav
Mark F. Ethridge
Commission
Ethridge
Bulgaria
Albania
Yugoslavia
Page & Col
Futures War Weapons Discussed By Gen Kenney at MIT
Gen George C Kenney head of the Strategic Air Force warned MIT graduates that sound and light wave weapons could disrupt nervous systems and control weather. He cited a super dog whistle as a potential future weapon and suggested research while noting risks of countermeasures.
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Cambridge
Mass
George C. Kenney
Strategic Air Force
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kenney
Curran blasts union lockout amid looming maritime strike
Joseph Curran of the CIO National Maritime Union claims shipowners locked out NMU after refusing wage talks. He warns a midnight June 15 work stoppage across 200000 maritime workers while engineers delay action awaiting a new West Coast agreement. Curran blames operators for stalling negotiations and vows NMU readiness to strike.
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New York
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
Curran
NMU
American Merchant Marine Institute
CIO
Marine Engineers Beneficial Assoc
Labor Department
Hotel Manager Set for Court in Slaying Case
Fay Dallas Oliver 47, manager of the Charleston hotel on Summers St, is to be arraigned in an intermediate court on a murder charge. John Morrison 35, shipping supervisor at Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co Charleston plant, died of chest and hip wounds after a March 15 shooting on Court St near Dryden. Oliver was taken into custody March 15. Morrison was found unconscious and died en route to hospital.
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Fay Dallas Oliver
Charleston
Summers St
Tomore
John 8. Morison
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co
Oliver
Pallee
Morrison
Court St
Dryden
Airplane Crash At St Albans Fatal to Pilot
A Piper Cub plane missing since 3 29 pm Friday was found wrecked near St Albans with pilot Theodore Fijkasky 23 dead and passenger Frank Murray 23 seriously injured. Murray conscious with multiple injuries was taken to St Francis Hospital. Police report Bert Tormey said Murray recalled little of the crash and was in shock. Fijkasky served as a pilot with the RCAF and RAF.
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St. Albans
Theodore “Ted” Fijkasky
Frank Murray
Fifth Av
Murray
St. Francis Hospital
Bartlett
Bert Tormey
Tormey
Filkosky
RCAF
RAF
Charlie Bryant
Shady
Yacht Explosion Kills Four Off Montreal Holiday
A yacht explosion in Montreal killed four people, including two women and two children, while the vessel, owned by Alexis Nihon, passed through a canal rock in the south central district. Injured were Nihon and his wife along with Albert Thertien, all suffering shocks and burns.
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Montreal
Alexis Nihon
Canal
D. Dersontigny
Laboie
Claudette Nihon
Darrell Nihon
Nihon
Albert Thertien
Scoutmaster Ernest Mondron Named Kanawha County Typical Dad
Ernest J Mondron of South Charleston father of three was chosen Kanawha county typical dad in a Gazette sponsored contest aired on WCHS. Scouts and family praised his 26 years in scouting and his work with Troop 95 while he works at Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp.
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Kanawha County
Ernest J. Mondroun
South Charleston
Baling
Frankenberger’s
Ernie
Jim
Bob
Mondron
The
Gazette
WCHS
Ernest J. Mondron
Ohio St
the Gazette
AML Hss
Roy Mills
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Scout Heads
Mondrai
Kenawha County
Ernie, Jr
Bob Mondron
Senator seeks public release of Molotov Ribbentrop papers
Senator Ferguson urged the State Department to publish the hush Molotov Ribbentrop papers so the public may have the facts about Nazi foreign policy from 1937 to 1941. He noted the U S and Britain plan joint publication, with France to participate, but no date is set.
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Washington
Ferguson
R.-Mich
State Department
Russia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
United States
Britain
France
Foreign Office
Ball
Minn
Senate
F. H. Russell
Department
Ribbentrop
Molotov
Marshall
Dean Acheson
Hitler
Poland
GOP vows counter attack if Truman vetoes tax cut
Republican leaders say they will blast President Truman if he vetoes the tax reduction bill. Taft accuses Truman of blocking economy and favors bigger spending, signaling a heated clash ahead of the 1948 campaign.
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Truman
Washington
Iian
White House
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Kansas City
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
County Buys Prefabricated Port Structure for Kanawha Airport
County court president Carl C. Calvert reports a 40 by 161 foot prefabricated steel building with 10 foot ceiling purchased from Parkersburg Bank and Reef Co. for use as temporary airport administration. Cost about 10000 dollars erected and due to be ready mid month for airline ticket and baggage offices and concession booths.
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Kanawha
Carl C. Calvert
Parkersburg Hig and Reef Co
Calvert
Flood Threat Grows as Des Moines River Rises
Des Moines Iowa faces renewed flood danger as the Des Moines river climbs toward 20 to 20.8 feet. Officials reinforce defenses with sandbags and supplies while Navy patrols aid last minute evacuations. The previous peak reached 20.24 feet with about 10,000 people displaced.
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Otiumwa
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Owas
Water Boy Thes President Visits Niagara Falls
A quirky newspaper note mentions an event with a water boy and the president visiting Niagara Falls. Stan Arnold is cited in a playful caption about ongoing honeymoon terms.
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Water Boy
Hay
Niagara Falls
Stan Arnold
Toy the
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