Barkley Doubts Senate Probe Into Amerasia Case
Vice President Barkley told the Senate probing public official misconduct tied to the Amerasia affair is improper for the Senate to initiate impeachment proceedings. He sent a GOP resolution to the Judiciary Committee, noting impeachment must start in the House. Closed hearings continue with Tydings leading the inquiry, cautioning about revealing sensitive wartime documents.
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Barkley
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Amerasia
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House of Representatives
Justice Department
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Knowland
California
GOP
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Rind
Senate Judiciary Committee
McCarran
D-Nev
Ferguson Midh
Senate Foreign Relations
Tydings
D-Md
Trydings
Senate Today
Impgiry
United States
Fuil
Ings
Knowlandull
Housing Project Slated in Dunbar
Dunbar City Council approved starting procedures for 120 housing units to be built as two family dwellings scattered through the city. A five member committee was appointed to seek federal aid and drag progress forward after earlier delays. The council also planned an access road to the city park, starting dirt and later gravel, and accepted a road deed along 25th Street between Dunbar and Myers Avenue with paving projected after July hearings.
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Sam Pignats
Fignato
D. L. Salisbury
Pignato
Salisbury
Isth
25Th St
Myers Av
Stalnaker
Horse-Betting Czar Pleads Guilty in Major Racket Case
New York June 19 41Ns Frank Erickson 54 known as the Hoodlum Empire bookie pleaded guilty to 3 counts of bookmaking and one count of conspiracy to violate New York gambling laws in a $12 3 million annual operation. Dist Atty Frank Hogan urged immediate jail for the financier whose plea caps a sweeping rackets probe. The sentence was set for next Monday as Erickson faced potential heavy punishment. A lawsuit by a recovered gambler against Erickson was hinted at by Hogan as possible.
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Bob Considine
New York
Frank’ Erickson
U.S
Erickson
New York State
Frank Hogan
Piea
Hogan
Nathan B. Perlman
Ferriman
Rent controls extended through mid-1951 by conference
A Senate House conference committee agreed to extend federal rent controls through mid-1951 for communities seeking them and for another six months nationwide. The House action is expected next, with President Truman anticipated to sign. The Dec 31 1950 termination date remains for non extending areas, while seven months were approved previously.
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House
Congress
Truman
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Cain
Tuen
Painter Granted Tribunal Appeal
Painter Fred Immer, 28, of Charleston, won a state supreme court appeal delaying his execution for the July 31 murder of Edward C. O'Brien on Summers Street. Immer and accomplice Harry Burdette, 27, were linked to stomping the victim to death. Burdette also won a postponement, three days before scheduled execution in Moundsville.
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Fred. Immer
State Supreme Court
Charleston
Edward C. O'Brien
Gazette
Kanawha County
Painter
Buddy
Harry Burdette
O’brien
Summers St
Burdette
Moundsville
Rupert Ballard Bailey
Ohio police slay kidnapper of two boys in Pa
Police in Steubenville Ohio and Mingo Junction shot and killed June Pacifico 32 of Cannonsburg Pennsylvania after a cordon pursued a suspect described as the kidnapper of two 16 year old boys from Cokesburg. The youths Nick Cuis and Joseph Colenchick were reported abducted and confined in an auto trunk before rescue.
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Steubenville
Mingo Junction
Cannonsburg
Cokesburg
Ohio
Pennsylvania
iJne Pacifico
Clarence Ebert
Nick Cusis
Joseph Colenchick
France Seeks Coal Steel Pact To Bind Six Nations
Paris reports a detailed plan by Foreign Minister Schuman to pool coal and steel costs and outputs of six nations for peace and prosperity. The aim is to abolish frontiers and produce 210 million tons of coal and 26 million tons of steel annually, with Britain kept informed. The conference opens with Schuman’s keynote address as leaders seek European solidarity and economic progress.
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Paris
France
Robert Schumann
Britain
Lnto
Europe
Schuman
Germany
Bismarck
Solons Seek To Hike Base Of Old Age Pay
Washington June 19 Senate Republicans and Democrats push to raise the Social Security wage base from 3000 to 3600 or 4200 a year. Senators Smith and Murray urge higher earnings for larger future retirement benefits. House already passed 3600. Senate Finance Committee baselines 3000. Voting on amendments set for tomorrow.
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Washington
H. Alexander Smith
R- M
Murray
D-Mont
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Congress moves to boost taxes on large corporations
House Ways and Means Committee advances a balanced tax bill raising corporate taxes for firms earning over 167,000 dollars to offset a 910 million dollar excise tax cut. The plan, approved 45–10, targets net incomes above 167k with a near 42 percent rate, while smaller firms under 25k pay a 21 percent rate. President Truman warns of veto risk if balancing is not kept.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Colin F. Stamm
Congressional
Anti-Red Arms Bill Approved by Senate Groups
Senate committees unanimously approved the 1.22 billion anti Communist arms aid bill and backed a House measure for an atomic age U S Navy. The panel endorsed arming North Atlantic Pact nations and Democratic allies without cutting the request. An armed services subcommittee also backed 330 million for ship construction including an atomic powered submarine and new cruisers with missiles.
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Washington
Armed Services
Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Truman
Armed Services Subcommittee
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
House
Hoffman Urges Peace Over War in Soviet Shadow
Marshal Plan administrator Pan Hoffman urged governors at a White Sulphur Springs confab to pursue peace not war. He warned against the inevitability of World War II and warned such a war would harm the nation, insisting the goal is to prevent World War III.
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Jack Bell
White Sulphur Springs
G. Hoffman
Free World
Russia
City Council debates anti Communist influence and local issues
A mass meeting at Charleston's council chamber featured criticism of the fifth column and calls for action to curb dissension. Howard E. Browne led a 5 point list demanding sanitation, garbage disposal, paving, lighting, traffic control, sidewalks, fire protection, and a voting precinct installation. The crowd urged addressing flies, mud, and sidewalks while the section cited a 1947 incorporation and a 4,400 population. Governor remarks stressed grass roots support for world peace and warned against fear of war, arguing peace is essential to counter Communist agitation.
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Howard E. Browne
Edgewood Dr
Browne
Arez
Charleston
Akes
Waver Andrew
Tokyo Peace Fever Spurs Parley Coverage
Tokyo reports show peace fever after U S Defense Secretary Johnson Gen Bradley and John Foster Dulles visit. Editors push for immediate peace treaty without Soviet participation and postwar bases in Japan while MacArthur reviews the issue with Dulles. Discussions focus on keeping bases, aid to Formosa, and submarine construction amid intelligence on Soviet power in Asia.
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Tokyo
Japan
U.S. Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
John Foster Dulles
State Department
United States
Johnson
Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Dulles
America
Asia
Russia
Asiatic
Indo- China
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shen
Forrest P. Shermar
Naval Operations
Reds crushed by Ruhr vote in Western Germany election
FRANKFURT June 18 final returns show the Communist Party crushed in North Rhine Westphalia by 5.5 percent of the vote. Two nationalist parties fared worse as Conservatives Christian Democrats led with 36.9 percent making Socialization of industry aims look futile. The Communist Party appears impotent as a political force for now.
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Germany
Communist Party
Rother
Christian Democrat
North Rhine-Wesphalia
Ested
Ruhr
Income Tax Comparison Under Committee Plan
A historical data style table compares present corporate taxes with those under the Ways and Means committee plan. It lists income brackets from 19,000 to 19,000,000 and shows annual taxes for present law and the proposed plan, highlighting substantial increases for larger corporations.
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Ways and Means Committee
Corporations Law Plan
Coonskin Groundwork Tied to Labor Support
AFL Laborers to begin drainage installation in Coonskin Park as part of Operation Coonskin. 16 Laborers Local 1343 to start work on over a mile of road today. June 27 and 28 will see heavy equipment and workers finish the road and related projects. The effort is backed by the Gazette and several WV trade groups and civic organizations. A Carter reports broad AFL backing for the park development plan.
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ATL
Operation Coonskin
Coonskin Park
The
Gazette
Associated Dentractors
W. Va
West Virginia Contractors' Assoc
Associated Equipment Dealers
Charleston Building Contractors’ Assoc
A. Carter
West Virginia
Maine Primary Duel Keeps Voting Light in 193
Early returns from Maine primaries show women leading in the first district Democratic contest. Luvia M. Cormer of Rumford led Adrian H. Scolten 71 to 44 in 15 precincts, while Robert Haley topped Ray Sisison 412 to 76. In the Democratic gubernatorial race Earl Grant led over Leland Currier. Second district results listed Maloney, Chiaravallii, and Fortunato among precincts reporting.
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Portland
Maine
Luvia M. Cormer
Rumsford
Adrian H. Scolten
Robert Haley R
Ray W. Sisison
Earl 5
Grant
Leland B. Currier
Tso
Currier
Laborites Mark Up Whopping Tax Vote
Britain’s Labor government with a slim eight seat majority won a 296 to 717 vote on a financial issue. The Conservative amendment aimed to prevent surtaxes was defeated as Labor secured the largest majority since the February election, following several narrow earlier ballots.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Two Students Die As Picnic Crash Kills Two
In Cumberland Maryland a large truck lost control while carrying picnickers and plunged down an 85 foot embankment killing two youths Jean McFarland and Raymond Meyers. Two others are critically injured and 25 more treated. Driver Francis Regis Mills 24 will face manslaughter charges as he lacks a valid license. Mills is hospitalized with head injuries.
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Cumberland
Francis Regis Mills
Syedreold
Jack Browning
Mills
Jean McFarlang
Raymond Meyers
Court to Decide In Building Row
The State Supreme Court agreed to hear a Charleston zoning dispute over a proposed six story office building at California Avenue and Washington Street. Aug 3 is set for arguments in the Kanawha Circuit Court case. Judge Juliah F. Bourdelle indicated he would seek an injunction and noted the Building Commission’s limited powers as defined by the Legislature.
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State Supreme Court
Charleston
Lang
Kanawha
California Av
Washington ‘Sr
Juliah F. Bouendile
Truman Seeks Funds to Speed Hydrogen Bomb Work
President Truman plans to ask Congress for 200 million dollars to accelerate hydrogen bomb development. The request, if approved, would likely fund construction at Oak Ridge Tennessee Los Alamos New Mexico and Hanford Washington for atomic research and related facilities. Truman also renominated Atomic Energy Commission members Sumner Pike David Lilienthal and Gordon Dean with Pike named for a new four year term and Dean for three years.
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Congress
House
Appro
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Los Alamos
N. Mi
Han
Ord
Wash
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Sumner T. Pike
Maine
David E. Lilienthal
Pike
Gordon Dean
California
Thomas Murray
New York
Three Houses Hit by Thunderstorm In City
A violent thunderstorm struck Charleston yesterday evening causing a spectacular electrical display. At least three houses were hit by lightning during the downpour. At 1305 Camden Dr 12114 Pennsylvania Ave and 502 Wyoming St residents reported the strikes. Elizabeth Lacy said the blast sent debris around the house while Bonnie Martin described a big flash and blast. No injuries were reported.
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Camden Dr
Pennsylvania
Wyoming St
Elizabeth Lacy
Camden
Bonnie Martin
Lacy
Bobby
Charleston Skies Tuesday Planetery Notes On Page 13
An OCR fragment references a sky chart on page 13 with mentions of sunrise sunset and celestial objects including Jupiter and Venus. The readable bits are garbled but indicate a brief astronomical note or map likely listing positions and times for celestial bodies. No clear event or outcome is established.
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Regulus
Dan Am
Venus
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