Rival Unions Clash in Riot at Zinc Plant Riot
In Fairmont City Illinois, about 300 striking workers from American Zinc Co clashed with rival Mine Mill and Smelters groups. Two men Joseph Petroski and Epmenio Rodrigues were shot. six others beaten as order was restored by State police and deputies. Several leaders from both unions were arrested or wounded, with ties to the local strike committee.
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Fairmont City
American Zinc Co
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Ciq
Progressive Metal Workers’ Council
Joseph Petroski
Epmenio Rodrigues
Petroski
Rodriguez
Joseph and
Angelo Verdu
Metal Workers’ Council
Palwer Ryan
Ryar
Joseph Verdu
Angela Verdu
Arthur J. Wylie
Thej
Sheriff's Deputies
Wylie
Ryan
East St. Louis
Tage
Lewis Denounces T H Repeal Fees
Washington June 18 John L. Lewis denounced Senate plans to repeal the Taft Hartley act and urged wiping out the anti strike injunction from national labor law as the chamber prepares to vote on emergency strike control. He criticized Democratic senators for breaking their pledge to repeal the act and signaled a new labor bill with a provision for control amid looming votes on various plans from Truman to Taft.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Senate
United Mine Workers
Truman
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Lewis
Sunday Features in The State Newspaper
A sample of morning features from The State Newspaper highlights, including articles on local history, career guidance, amateur photography results, and lifestyle items across multiple pages. The note mentions various topics and page references, underscoring the broad inside sections available.
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West
Chariester
the Gazette
The
Charleston Gazette
Stark Returns After 18 Hour Overdue Flight Fuss
State Aeronautics Director Stark, missing since a Friday flight from Paducah to Charleston, landed safely at Kanawha Way Airport after weather delays. He described the public excitement as undue and said he would have walked home if he had known.
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State Board of Aero-nautics
Paducah
Charleston
Huberley Golly
Stark
Kanawhi Way
Shirk
Sewsgien
BR. m
Hartford
Navy Reserve Training Center Commissioned in Charleston
Navy Secretary Francis Patrick Matthews presided at the commissioning of a new Naval Reserve Training Center in Charleston. He urged a strong capable Navy as crowds of over 29 witnessed the ceremony in sultry heat. Rear Admiral R. O. Davis pledged support for the site in the 60th naval district. Matthews praised the Navy’s role in national defense.
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Naval Reserve
South Charleston
Naval Ordnance Pignt
Navy
Francis Patrick Matthews
U. S. Navy
R. O. Davis
60Th Naval District
Norfolk, Va
Matthews
USO
Boys Town
Neb
John
Sullivax
Iti
Iit
U. S
Adm
Davis
Charleston
Nimning
Hth
West Virggini
Maryland
North Carolina
West Virginia
Huntington
Kanawha Airport
Moon
Brannan Plan Seen Producing Fatter Pork Says Opponent
Secretary Brannan’s hog production subsidy plan is attacked as causing fatter pork at similar or higher costs. Mark Pickell of the Corn Belt Livestock Feeders Assoc. testifies that parity subsidies could raise fat content and not lower meat prices, while adding billions to the tax base.
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Washingson
Jone
Brannan
Mark W. Fickell
Corn Belt Livestock Feeders Assoc
Chicago
Senate Agriculture
Pickell
McMahon seeks curb on atomic spending by veto powers
Congress will be asked to authorize the joint atomic committee to curb spending by the Atomic Energy Commission on projects costing 1 million dollars or more. The bill would require prior committee approval for each large project, amid an ongoing inquiry into alleged mismanagement at the AEC led by Senator Hickenlooper and chairman David Lilienthal. The panel plans to resume its investigation Monday and may adjust the proposed $2 million threshold.
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Washington
Congress
Merday
McMahon
Joint
Congressional Atomic Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
AEC
McMahortel
Congressional Committee
Hickenlooper
H.tows
Thhe Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Rep. Durham
Truman
Ousted Reds Jailed As Trotsky Spies
Budapest reports arrests of former Foreign Minister Laszlo Rajk and Tibor Szoenyi plus 23 associates suspected of spying for an unidentified foreign power. High government officials reportedly among those detained. Rajk’s arrest provoked worker unrest amid cabinet changes and party expulsions.
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Burapest
Interior Ministry
Laszlo Rajky Oy
Tibor Szoenyi
Belgrade
Glassain Rajk
Renjk
Earlieth
Conmu
Party
Communnist
Swovuyi J
Rajk
Ray
North-South Pigskin Pageant Parade Preview Varsities
Announcement of the Second Annual North-South Pigskin Pageant set for August 18. Parade will include 19 beauty queens 19 sponsoring newspapers local business floats marching bands and car cavalcade. Plaques donated by the North-South Association reward artistic entries with The Diamond West Side Boost Club honored for a bill-billy band entry.
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Kanawha Boulevard
Red Cross
West Side Boast Club
Department of the
Fn Iitutre
Czech Prelate Declares Resistance to Reds in Prague
Archbishop Josef Beraiced defies the Czechoslovak Communist regime vowing to fight church state restrictions even if force is used. He plans to preach from Strahov Monastery after a police raid on his Prague palace, signaling a damaging church state stand and possible reprisals. Vatican circles fear a pattern seen in Hungary and Yugoslavia as tensions rise.
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Prague
Josef
Czechoslovakia
Strabow Monast
Ca Ithalies
H Is Palace
Yiet
Vatican
Czech
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Textbook Quiz Provokes Probers In Congress
Angry members criticized a textbook review inquiry as unnecessary meddling. Rep McSweeney led by Ohio and Wooster college were cited as targets in a probe intended to root out alleged Communist influence. The panel said it does not seek to censor academic freedom and no formal decision was made.
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Rep McSwertier
Ohio
Yangom
Webster College
Wooster
Wooster and Teee 70 Other Colleges and Univers
Edoration
Ida
McSweeney
Wood
Tyra
Soap Box Derby Returns to Boys Race Revival
The Soap Box Derby, revived for boys, brings changes to restore a youth focus. Rules tighten with 250 pound weight limit, no joer tots, spray painting banned, and steering wheel diameter set at eight inches. Entry deadline is tomorrow, Chevrolet dealers assist, parents must approve and countersign forms. Edits and contact details provided at McMillion Motors and Rhodes-Walker Chevrolet showrooms.
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Scheoly
Chevrolet
Sompete
H. T. Baker
McMfillion Motors, Inc
Clyde Blankenship
Rhodes-Walker Chevrolet Co
Baker
Blankenship
Ceilor
Six Dead, Twenty Missing in Petersburg Flood
Severe rains caused renewed flood danger in the Shenandoah Potomac valley. At least six people died and about 20 remained missing as Potomac and Shenandoah crests were forecast in North Virginia and West Virginia. Victims include two boys and multiple Petersburg residents, with Moorefield bracing for another three foot rise.
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Petersburg
Panhandle
Shenandoah-Potomac Valley
Potomac
Shenandoah
North Virginia
West Virginia
Winston
Beckwith
Moorefield
John Gaither
Cumberland
Scott Redmond
Nata Walker
Gaithers
Cpl
Br. Hurst
Here
Police clash in Paris as Reds and Gaullists clash
In Paris on the ninth anniversary of the French resistance, police and republican guards clashed with Communists and Gaullists after rival demonstrations. Three Gaullists were arrested, one armed, as guards intervened near the Place Denfert and Montparnasse station. A brief scuffle also occurred near Place de la Sorbonne with further arrests.
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Paris
Gst
Pisce Denforta
Montparc Narse
Place de la Sorbonne
Pease
Israel says Arabs ambushed patrol near Jerusalem
Israeli authorities report an army patrol was ambushed by Arabs northeast of Jerusalem in the Judean hills. One Israeli soldier was killed and two wounded as clashes, part of a rising trend, continued in the disputed area.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Judean
Congress to Probe U.S. Minesweeping Aid to Reds
Senate and House probes began into reports of British and American minesweeping in Shanghai harbor aiding the Communist regime. Senator McKellar announced a next week inquiry to determine if a U S naval vessel participated, with a British ship noted. House committee members planned to question State Department officials for more details.
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Washington
Senate
House
Shanghai
China
Sen. McKelar
Senate Appropriations Committee
McKellar
Foreign Ab Fats
State Department
United States
Uney
Housing Fees Deny Charges in Truman Real Estate Row
Real estate boards and home builders rejected President Truman's housing bill charges, arguing that federal housing authority personnel push legislation at taxpayers’ expense. T. H. Maenner of Cineha Nebraska cited evidence challenging the administration's cost estimates and stressed the sector’s growth and the bill’s potential impact on the economy.
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Washington
Trumanimede
Oid
T. HK. Maenner
Cineha
Neb
National Assoc. of Real Estate Boards
NAREB
National Assoc. of Home Builders
Federal
Legal Housing Authority
Congress
Administration
Tragic drowning at Coal River party in St Albans
Marilynne Gayle Steadman, 20, of 230 B Street, a secretary for an insurance agency in Charleston, drowned after a swimming party at Coal River near Lower Falls. Virginia Isaac, 19, and Janet Thompson, 19, both of St Albans, were pulled downstream. Isaac and Thompson escaped, while searchers recovered Steadman's body around 12:30 p.m. Junior Davis, 25, of St Albans, rescued Isaac.
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Coal River
Tom Midhiff
51. Albans
Marilynne Gayle
Steadman
Charleston
Virginia Isaac
St. Albans
Janet Thomps
Fifth Ay
Davis
Isaac
Thompson
Miss
Ford rejects UAW demands in postwar wage talks
Ford Motor Co dismissed the UAW-CIO request for higher pay and costs, proposing a 12 month freeze on general economic demands and maintenance of current wages, calling the plan a stabilization pattern. UAW President Walter Reuther termed the proposal unsound and unacceptable, while Ford offered a path to reopen the contract if living costs rise sharply by year end.
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Retroit
Ford Jadar ¢ Co
Uaw-Cio
United Auto Workers
UAW
Welter Reuther
Hos
Tae Ford
Ford
Weather and astronomy notes from Charleston forecast page
The Charleston forecast lists sunrise and moon phases with Venus Jupiter and Mars in view, plus a warm humid weekend with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms. Regional temperatures show little change, with partly to mostly cloudy skies across west, south, and northeast zones.
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Aviadne
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
A.m
West Virginia
Uennessie
Hom Sabates
A. Maver
Vilne
al Western Penneyivanlo Rath
Gas Water Quell Rioting Miners in Windber Town
In Windber a clash between miners and locals led police to deploy tear gas and a fire hose. Police Chief James Quinn called the crowd rioters and said state police and deputy sheriffs reinforced the five-man force. A 20-year-old coal miner was jailed on a disorderly conduct charge after a brawl, with further trouble anticipated.
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Windber
James Quinn
Sheri, Ies
Quinn
Wday
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the State Newspaper
Owensboro, Ky
Reds
Trotsky
Johnstown
Cumberlande
McCoole
Pkevier
Romney
Moorefielde
Patersburg
W. VA
Harrisonburg
Virginia
A A Xian
Pennsylvania
Washingtons
Police Club
U.S
Cee
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