Senate Housing Bill Seen Dead After House Rules Hesitation
Washington June 15 The Taft-Blender-Wagner housing bill appears headed for shelving or major revision as House rules chairman Allen warns it has little chance of approval. The measure aimed to spur 15 million dwelling units in ten years faces opposition as socialistic and costly. Banking Chairman Wolcott estimates up to 30 billion dollars in cost, with discussion of a bill removing government financing for 300000 low rent dwellings and slum clearance. Formal action postponed. hearings likely tomorrow.
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Washington
Allen
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Babath
Bil
Babath Oa
Buchanan
D-Pa
Repubicans
Sem
Tate
Ohio
House Banking
Wolcott
R-Mich
Rules Committee
America
R-Ii
Banking Committee
Banking Group
Pat Alien
Rep
Spence
Kentucky
Aven
Rules
Sebath
Rep. Boggs
D-La
Javite
R-Ny
Powell
D-Ny
Folger
Halleck
R-Ind
Truman
Rep. Allen
R-Id
Congress
Death of C&P Official Harry L. Watson Jr
Harry L. Watson Jr., 47, district traffic manager for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., died at his Charleston home after a short illness. Born December 4, 1900 in Richmond, he was a Virginia Military Institute graduate of 1921. He leaves wife Ruth Morris Watson, two sons Harry Lee III and William Carter Watson, a step-daughter Nancy White of Charleston, and three sisters, with service through Simpson mortuary.
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Harry Lee Watson, Jr
Aichory Rd
South Hills
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Richmond
Harry Lee
Lucie Beach
Watson
Virginia Military Institute
Telephone Company
Charleston
Grace and Holy Trin
Episcopal Church of
Fillia Willis by Robert Quillen
A humorous Quillen column contends husbands are easy to boss as early influences shape behavior. It jokes that a mother’s bowing of a boy and a teacher’s dose set habits that persist into adulthood.
Truman Signals Tariff Plan After Trade Bill Vote
Congress sent President Truman a trade agreements bill he may veto. The House passed it by voice vote after Senate amendments. the Senate approved 88 to 10 amid protests it would hurt the foreign trade program. The act renews for one year the trade agreements program and limits the president’s tariff authority during investigations.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Federal Tariff Commission
Marshall
President Truman vetoes transfer of USES to a new agency
President Truman vetoed a Social Security money bill that would move the United States Employment Service from the Labor Department to the Federal Security Agency and provide supplemental appropriations of 975,914 for USES and related services for the upcoming fiscal year. He argued the transfer weakens Labor and constitutes substantive legislation improper in an appropriation bill.
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Washington
Truman
U. S. Employment Service
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Security Agency
USES
U. S. Public Health Service
House
Department of Labor
Congress
U.S. Conciliation Service
Department
Labor
United States Employment Service
Enire Department
Halifax Veteran Spends 18 Years Bedridden Helping Others
Walter Callow, totally paralyzed and blind, spends 18 years aiding others from Camp Hill veterans hospital. He runs two secretaries, handles 20 daily letters, and built a wheelchair coach traveling Nova Scotia to take veterans, seniors, and children to events. He organized a cigarette bank for troops and raised funds via real estate and card selling. Page 3.
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Halifax
Walter Callow
Callow
Camp Hill Veterans
Royal Flying Corps
Nova Scotia
Reds Accept Danube River Parley Plans
Washington reports Moscow accepts a July 30 conference with ten nations to lift Danube barriers for free shipping. Russia eases stance allowing Austrian nonvoting delegation. aims to revive eastern west trade while keeping bloc influence.
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Reds
Washington
Russia
Danube
Moscow
Europe
Austria
United States
Britain
France
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
State Department
Belgade
Danubian
Balkan
Norris Town Sold by TVA to Philadelphia Dealer
The Norris model town near the Tennessee Valley Authority dam, built 15 years ago, sold at public auction for 2 107 500 to Henry David Epstein, a 21 year old Philadelphia real estate dealer. Residents fear potential eviction, but Epstein promises home ownership and a planned giant model community. The Norris Citizens Development Corp had bid 1 9 million but was topped as bidding surged. Epstein’s final bid exceeded the second place offer by 2500 dollars.
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Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Henry David Epstein
Philadelphia
Epstein
United States
Richard Kilbourne
Norris Citizens’ Development Corp
B. W
E. V. Ferrell
UN Rejects Soviet Bid to Send Observers to Palestine
The United Nations Security Council, with nine abstentions led by the United States, rejected Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's proposal to deploy Soviet military observers in Palestine to supervise a four week truce. Ukraine supported the plan, while others abstained as Count Folke Bernadotte reported ceasefire progress and urged U.N. observers at ports to monitor immigrant shipments.
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U. N
Palestine Lake
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Soviet Ukraine
Andrei A. Gromyko
Holy Land
Il Mation Council
United States
Gromyko
Seez
United Nations
Council
Folke Bernadotte
Bernadotte
U.N
Syria
Ukraine
Bernadotte Reports UN Truce Aides Patrol Palestine Coast
United Nations truce observers patrol the Palestine coast in American supplied planes to monitor immigrant and supply ships. Four C47 aircraft and a small Beechcraft have arrived with more surface ships planned. Bernadotte denies asking Britain for ships while acknowledging possible help in principle. He arrived from Rhodes for talks with Arab leaders and Jewish authorities as four week truce efforts continue.
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Caro
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
U. N
United States
Bernadotte
British Foreign Office
Rhodes
Foreign Office
London
Middle East
Tel ‘Aviv
League
Hel
SEC Seeks Tucker Books Through Federal Court Action
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed in federal court to compel Tucker Corp to produce operating and financial records. Judge John P. Barnes set June 22 for show cause why records should not be produced in response to an SEC subpoena. Earlier six SEC experts were sent to Chicago to review the company’s books.
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SEC
Tucker Books
Federal Court
Chicago
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tucker Corporation
Ederal
John P. Barnes
House Opens Draft Debate Amid Expected Passage
The House advanced amendments to a draft bill with final passage expected tomorrow. Debates centered on civil rights provisions and military segregation. several amendments were defeated by wide margins. Senate action and a final conference will decide a compromise before presidential signing.
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House
Truman to Keep Pouring It On in Across Nation Tour
President Truman told southwestern voters in Albuquerque that he would keep pressuring Congress as his cross country tour sharpens the choice before the country. He said the people he represents face a clash with special interests and spoke from his car rear platform to an estimated eight thousand along the railroad tracks.
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Truman Thain
Kansas City
Truman
Zaw
Congress
Albuquerque
N. M
Boulevard Speeders Go Nowhere in a Hurry
Traffic reports from Kanawha Blvd show 28 speeders during the 5 p.m. rush but little progress as bottlenecks at Broad, MacFarland and Capitol streets create a long delay. Seven trucks were counted, with six driven on the river-front despite a city ban on trucks on the drive. Nine cars used the passing lane, six crossed lane markers, and three parked in No Parking zones worsening mid town congestion.
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Kanawha Blvd
Kanawha City Bridge
Broad St
Patrick St. Bridge
Court St
Special Bus Company
MacFarland St
Capitol St
Coal crisis sharpens as talks collapse in June
Washington reports a renewed coal dispute after talks between miners and operators broke down. Cyrus Ching of the Mediation and Conciliation Service set a Thursday meeting while union chief John L. Lewis says the anti bargain stance is designed to force submission under a Taft Hartley framework. The Southern Coal Producers Association walked out, leaving duties to bargain contested as UMW leadership plans a June 24 policy meeting.
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Washington
Cyrus
Ching
Mediation and Conciliation Service
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Assoc
Southern Group
Lewis
Welfare Fund Board
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel
George M. Humphrey
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
U. S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Bfoses
Love
O'Neil
Hary Moses
H. C. Frickoke Co
George Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation
Lewin
Moses
Mr. Love
Senate Restores ERPs Funds To 12 Month Basis
The Senate voted 64 to 15 to restore the foreign aid program to a 12 month spending basis, reversing a 15 month House plan. The total bill reaches 56,125,710,228, about 1 billion more than the House figure, with $5.055 billion for European recovery. Senator Bridges defended the allotment, noting the shorter period and prior reductions, while criticizing inflated subtotals and shifting figures.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Sen. Bridges
Bridges
Dewey Favored by GOP Governors in early survey
Seven of eleven Republican governors think Thomas E. Dewey will win the party nomination for president, according to an informal poll of 15 GOP executives at the National Governors Conference in New Castle. The group notes Dewey may improve his standing while predicting no first ballot victory and highlighting potential shifting support from Illinois and Pennsylvania.
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Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
New Castle
N. B
Christian Science Monitor
Associated Press
Sen. Wendenberg
Michigan
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dewey
New York
Philadelphia
Illinois
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Vandenberg
Duff
Radioactive Iodine for Cancer Offers Hope
Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss reported a new technique using radioactive iodine to treat cancer shows promise for cure. Developed with Sloan Kettering’s Dr Cornelius Rhoads, the method concentrates iodine 131 in target tissues, offering a non surgical option for deep seated lesions.
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Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Cornelius P. Rhoads
Sloan- Kettering Institute
Memorial Hospital
New York City
Senate
Commission
House
AEC
Do You Carry A Spare Tire
In Kanawha county many car owners keep a spare wheel and the article compares this to regular buying of United States Savings Bonds as a financial backup. It notes Series E bonds can be cashed after a short period and earn 33 1/3 percent interest, effectively paying $4 for every $8.
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Kanawha
United States
Sturly
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