Truman Urges Eight Point Plan With Education Health Aid
President Truman urged Congress in Los Angeles to act now on price controls housing social security expansion a health program restored Labor Department education a farm plan with price supports and a waterway flood canal program He faulted Taft Ellender Wagner housing efforts and warned Congress to wake up and act amid party tensions at a Cocoanut Grove event with Red Skelton opening remarks.
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Los Angeles
Truman
Congress
Washington
Labor Department
Wolcett
R-Mich
House Banking Committees
Leo Allen
R-Iu
House Rules Committee
Wolcott
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
Rules
United States
Banking
Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Casin
Press Club
Greater
Red Skelton
Truman Plea Hit As Bureaucratic
President Truman urged Congress to enact price control housing and other bills. Rep Halleck replied that the President seeks bureaucratic destroyers of production while Sen Taft called the record of constructive legislation satisfactory. Both GOP leaders spoke from Washington as Congress nears adjournment.
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Associated Prem
Truman
Congress
Rep
Halleck
R-Ind
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Los Angeles
Washington
Plase
Lucas Cites Role In Hunger Battle
Senator Scott Lucas told the American Plant Food Council convention in White Sulphur Springs that manufacturers and distributors must bear a major burden in the fight against world hunger. Council leaders urged soil conservation and nationwide effort, with about 400 attending as sessions continued.
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White Sulphur Springs
Scott W. Lucas
Ill
Robert E. Yoder
Yoder
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Ten Disabled Miners Ride West for Walk and Work Again
Ten former coal miners from southern West Virginia, paralyzed from the waist down, left Charleston for California to learn to walk and work again. They travel to Vallejo near Berkeley for treatment financed by the United Mine Workers Health and Welfare Fund. Leaders include Luther Conley of Whitman’s Creek and Thacker Courts of Hamlin, both seeking renewed mobility and independence.
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Nell Boggs
Charleston
California
West Virginia
Vallejo
Berkeley
Cal
United Mine Workers’ Health and Welfare Fund
Luther Conley
Whitman's Creek
Logan County
Jurists Bar Port Strike Injunctions Ban Walkout On Coasts
New York June 14. Federal judges on the east gulf west coast and Great Lakes issued three injunctions against a threatened nationwide maritime strike, triggering an 80 day cooling off period under Taft Hartley. CIO NMU leaders directed members to obey the injunctions as Curran and a left wing NY port agent publicly clashed over the stance.
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Lakes
New York
East
Gulf
West Coast
Great Lakes
CIO National Maritime Union
Curran
Joseph Curran
NMU
Rlight
Pig Seamen’s Union
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How Fat Is A Bond Holder In Kanawha County
Kanawha County workers in the valley’s plants, often needing peak physical and mental condition, are frequent buyers and holders of United States Savings Bonds. Series E bonds pay $4 for every $3 at maturity, and can be cashed any time after six days from purchase.
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Kanawhs
Kanawha Valley
United States Savings
Plump
Kate
U.S
Truce Holds as Parley Nears in Holy Land
Cairo reports quiet fronts across Palestine on the first peaceful day in six and a half months. Israel says it complies with four week armistice terms while food convoy disputes spark friction over checks at Bab el Wad. Bernadotte eyes Rhodes talks as Arab leaders plan stance for forthcoming negotiations.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Truce Commission
Holy City
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Bab el Wad
Bernadotte
Rhodes
Tel Aviv
Israel
Bernadette
No-Man’s Land
Frans Jordan
Arab Legion
Suleiman
Old City
United States
Galilee
Jewish Agency
Yel Aviv
Supreme Court expands right to counsel in criminal cases
The Supreme Court rule extends the right to a lawyer when a defendant cannot defend himself adequately, voiding convictions without counsel. The 5-4 decision broadens prior limits tied to possible death penalties and frees Donald Wade, then 18, from a five year burglary sentence. It also overturns orders affecting military life insurance policy payments and denies review for ten leaders of the Joint Anti Fascist Refugee Committee in contempt of Congress cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Donald Wade
Palm Beach
Fle
High Court
Justice Department
Edward K. Barsky
Joint
Refugee Committee
Congress
Yanks in Korea Fired Upon From Red Zone
In Korea a party of three American civilians and two Koreans inspecting irrigation near the 38th parallel was fired on by forces across the Russian occupation boundary. Their Korean interpreter was wounded. Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge demanded an apology from the Russians, who had not replied by press time.
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Seoul
U. S
38Th Parallel
Karl S. Smith
Huntington
W. Va
John R. Hodge
Congress Approves Draft Plan Amid Veto Override
The House rules committee cleared the social security draft bill for floor debate, breaking a five week deadlock. Leaders predict a midweek passage, with a 19 to 25 year old conscription for two years and a 90 day waiting period before inductions. The Senate panel meanwhile approved $6.13 billion in foreign aid for next year, trimming administration requests by about $408 million, funding ECA Europe aid, Japan and Korea relief, aid to China, and other programs while capping a cut to the International Children's Emergency Fund.
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Washington
INS
House Rules Committee
House
Rules Committee
Martin
R-Mass
Halleck
R-Ind
Senate
Sruman
Sen
Tydings
D-Md
Wadsworth
Herter
H-Mass
Rizley
R-Okla
Harness
Cox
D-Ga
Smith
Rep
Brown
Ohio
Taft
Clark
Run
Senate Appropriations Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
Japan
Korea
ECA
China
International Children’s Emergency Fund
International Refugee Organization
Trieste
Senate Action Nest
Bridges
R.N.H
Channer
Senate Committee
International Children's Emergency Fund
May Call 1 000 in State Every Month Draft
Adj Gen Charles R Fox said Congress may approve drafting 19 to 25 year olds this week. About 1,000 West Virginians may be drafted in the first year, with boards ready to act within 7 to 10 days after federal notice. Boards to include at least one county resident, and two of three members have accepted appointments.
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Gracen Nashby
Chapmanville
Logan County
West Virginia
Hudson Coal Co
C. & G. Railway
Lewis Jeffrey
Slagle
Congress
West
Washington
Fox
Gen. Fox
Retirement Pay Increase Voted by House
Washington reports the House approved a bill to raise retirement pay for Army and Air Force personnel and extend benefits to reservists. It allows 20 years of service and age 60 retirement for reservists, with pay at 2.5 percent of the highest active duty base pay per year. Regulars retire at the highest permanent rank, a change from wartime temporary rank practice.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
White House
Yanyang Air Force
Navy
Many Speeders Observed During Boulevard Rush
Traffic patrol notes heavy speeding on Kanawha Blvd during 5 p.m. homeward rush. On a recent afternoon 37 cars exceeded 30 mph along the river front drive, with five trucks using the boulevard as a throughway. Violations clustered in residential east and west sides, while midtown congestion slowed speeds. Drivers also clogged Pennsylvania Avenue by ignoring red lights, and other infractions included improper lane use and parking in no parking zones along the westbound curb.
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Kanawha Blvd
Pennsylvania Av
Elk River Bridge
Pennsylvania
Genera
Senate votes limited trade pact revival
The Senate approved a one year revival of the reciprocal trade agreement program by a 70 to 18 vote. The measure lets the President pursue tariff cutting pacts after the Federal Tariff Commission reports on safe reductions, with a 30 day presidential justification to Congress. An amendment by Sen. Ives requires the commission to finish hearings and report within four months.
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Washington
Senate
U. S
Federal Tariff Commission
Congress
Lynching Bill Cleared For Senate Vote In Civil Rights push
Washington June 14 The anti lynching bill in Truman civil rights program clears committee 10 to 3 for possible Senate calendar action though anti lynching sentiment in the South threatens to kill it. Senator Eastland vows to fight it while Ferguson GOP leader notes priority status. The measure makes lynching a federal felony with up to 10600 fine and 20 years, plus civil suit authority.
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Senate
Washington
Truman
Eastland
Miss
Bill Eastland
Republican Policy Committee
Sen. Ferguson
R.-Mich
GOP
Disabled Vets and Kin Gain $160 Million in Bills
Washington reports two measures aim to raise annual disability and survivor pension payments by about $161 million. House approval clears the way to Senate action. conference may adjust terms. The larger bill would raise widow and child allowances, boost child stipends, and increase dependent parent payments, with specifics laid out for varying family setups.
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House
Senate
Veterans’ Administration
Congress Overrides Truman Veto On Social Security Bills
Congress overrode President Truman's veto on a social security bill, excluding many semi independent workers from old age insurance while boosting benefits for the aged, blind, and dependent children by 184 million dollars yearly. The House and Senate votes surpassed the two thirds threshold, and a separate Reed bill would extend old age insurance to state and municipal workers and some nonprofit employees, but exclude farm workers, self employed, and household workers.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Tony
Rep
Reed
R-Ny
Navy Plans 265000 Ton Carrier Approved
The Senate appropriations committee backed Navy funding totaling 3.812 billion dollars for the next fiscal year, including a 265000 ton super carrier. The panel provided 6 million dollars to begin work on the new ship, with adjustments favoring Navy spending over House limits. Also included is 8 million dollars to start oil exploration at Elk Hills in California.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy
Committee
House
Elk Hills
No. 1
California
Jingling the News Pay Date
A humorous verse notes that single men face higher costs without a wife and jokes about marriage as a remedy. The cartoonish couplet, credited to Stay Arnold and dated circa 1948, reflects postwar social satire on taxation and marriage.
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Kober
Qdillen
Lucas
Hunger
Conley
Island Creek Coal Co
Mr. Conley
Patricia Wills
Carl Wills
East Bank
Gazette
Jurists
Barnadotte
Red Zone
Arnold
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