Democrats Trim Housing Vote Promises Over Pass
Washington June 21 Democratic House majority votes 147 to 0 informally to back a trimmed version of Truman housing plan. Public housing units fall from 1,050,000 to 810,000 in six years, reducing annual subsidies from 400 million to 208 million. Senate already approved similar cuts. Leader McCormack requested the informal tally. party unity noted though 106 members abstained or were absent.
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Suppliers Blamed For Buying Slump In 1949 Survey
The Commerce Department reports businessmen sharply cut back on purchases, aiding the downturn, while consumer buying remained firm through May. The Fed had similar findings, noting sentiment and inventory reductions across manufacturing to retail. The June Current Business survey signals a slow recovery unless prices edge downward to stimulate demand.
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German Prisoners Beat Red Stooges in Camp Fight
German POWs returning from Russia clashed with alleged Communists among them at Moschendorf camp. A bloody brawl broke out during turnover of 357 former prisoners to authorities. One man beaten severely needed hospital care. another doctor fled as transport arrived.
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Wealthy Hostess Nominated as Third Woman Diplomat
Washington reports Mrs Perle Mesta, famed hostess and widow of George A. Mesta, nominated to be minister to Luxembourg. A prominent Democrat, she shifted from the Republican camp after backing Willkie and has served as a national convention delegate. Senate approval awaited amid prior US female diplomats.
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U.S
J. Sorden Harriman
Norway
Ruth Sryan Owen Rubde
Denmark
Dia
Senate
Georgia Neese Clark
United States
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George A. Mesta
Pittsburgh
Johnson Targets Navy Critics In $80 Million Carrier Plan
Defense Secretary Johnson attacked Navy partisans and Russia in a graduation speech and announced an 80 million dollar program to expand Essex-type carriers from seven to nine. He urged a large Army to deter Soviet aggression and cited Truman's approval for Navy funding.
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Princess Astrid Sinks After Channel Mine Collision
Five Belgian seamen die in the Prin Princess Astrid disaster near Calais after striking a mine in the English Channel. The 415 passengers face peril as the ship sinks. Twenty injured, six total seamen hurt by steam. crew trapped in the engine room. Passengers rescued by other channel ships, women and children saved first, many aboard life boats off the French coast.
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Typhoon Cuts Across Japan Death Toll 106
Tokyo reports 106 dead and 563 missing as typhoon lashes Japan. Storm center moved north over the Sea of Japan after hitting Kyushu with 93 mile per hour winds and heavy rain. Thousands displaced, communications disrupted, Osaka and Honshu flooded, and 4,000 farms flooded as the storm moves toward northern Honshu.
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Navy ends 24 hour hunt for mystery submarine near Banana River
Navy planes and ships scoured 5000 square miles off the New Banana river missile testing range near Canaveral for a reported submarine sighting. Comdr R C Knowles led a 14 hour aerial search but found no submarine. Coast Guard alerted Navy after the Canaveral light station reported the sighting last Sunday morning.
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Senate Panel Advances Minimum Wage Boost
A Senate labor subcommittee voted to raise the federal minimum wage from 40 to 74 cents an hour and rejected adding 5,000,000 workers under the wage hour law. Chairman Pepper said 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 workers might gain if the wage rises 25 cents as recommended.
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Princess Cecilie Marries American in German Castle Honeymoon
Hohenzollern princess Cecilie, granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm, wed Amarillo interior decorator Clyde Harris in a castle ceremony near Hechingen Germany. The couple, both 31, plan a Texas home and a secret German honeymoon refuge. Crown Prince Wilhelm gave away the bride, dispelling rumors about titles.
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Czech Premier Threatens Archbishop Beran Action
Prague dispatch reports Czech Communist government warned of legal action against Archbishop Beran for alleged efforts to wreck peace and disrupt the economy. Premier Antonin Zapotocky pledged to curb violations of the Catholic hierarchy and hinted at arrest or other measures if Beran did not back down, linking the move to a broader church state clash akin to Mindszenty in Hungary.
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Lucas blocks early adjournment to push Truman program
Senator Lucas, Democratic leader, said Congress will stay in session until key items in President Truman's agenda are enacted. He cited essential measures including the North Atlantic Treaty, extension of the reciprocal trade act, and a 75 cent minimum wage. The Taft-Hartley repeal remains unsettled as Senate work paused on routine business.
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Coplan Admits Side Romance Amid Espionage Probe
In Washington on June 21 Judith Coplan admitted to spending intimate time with a man she said was in Philadelphia and Baltimore hotels while under investigation for espionage. Prosecutor John M. Kelley Jr. described the man as "Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Shapiro" and a Justice Department employee in its criminal division. Coplan angrily denied the accusations and questioned why the allegations were pressed before her mother.
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Justice Department
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Raging Husband Kills Wife and Other Man
In Birmingham Alabama on June 2 a 38 year old man shot and killed his wife Viola Colbert and Hart Hardie, wounding four others and two unidentified people. Police jailed Oscar Lee Colbert in connection with the slayings, with jealousy cited as a motive.
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Fee Launches 3 Sided Probe
Washington report says a three pronged investigation was ordered after allegations that a lieutenant colonel aided a government contract. James Y Hunt reportedly accepted a $1 400 fee from Paul Grindle president of Framington furniture factory. Grindle claims Hunt wielded influence in Washington.
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Soap Box Derby to Race Route 60 New course announced
The Gazette and Chevrolet division of General Motors will co sponsor the 12th annual Soap Box Derby. The race will move to a new course on Route 60 in South Charleston with a quarter mile track along Midland Trail and in front of Carbide and Garden Chemicals Corp. Officials expect the change to enhance safety and capitalize on nearby facilities.
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New Bid to Settle Berlin Rail Troop Made by Russian
Amid a month long Berlin railway strike, Major General Pavel Kvashnin denounced punishing workers who walk off as alliance talks resume after the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Part hin. An allied spokesman says the walkout could become a basis to end the stoppage crippling inter zone rail shipments and West Berlin's elevated drains since May 21. The strikers’ union scoffs at Ayashnin's statements while Moscow hails a Four Power accord as the page line suggests.
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Green Says Reds Softened Policy In Trial Testimony
Gilbert Green of Chicago testified that the Communist Party ended its poley of working for a workers revolutionary government more than a decade ago. He said the party quit using two publications in 1937 to support revolutionary aims. The defendants, national committee members, face charges of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the government.
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Traffic enforcement urged on all streets amid gridlock risk
Police demand strict policing of all streets not just those affected by the new One Way plan. Yesterday a two way Hale Street between Virginia and Kanawha was nearly blocked by a truck nose and an illegally parked car opposite. Similar double parking on Bic Fort and St between Virginia and Quarrier hindered movement with no officer in sight.
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Panhandle flood cleanups and death toll rise
Volunteers mop up flood wreckage in the Panhandle as Shenandoah and Potomac valleys report about eighty deaths and several missing. Damages may top millions. Red Cross sends 100000 to the mood area. Bodies of cattle complicate recovery.
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Million Expended To Purify River
Two Kaniawha valley industries reported yesterday they have spent nearly $1,000,000 in the last two years to reduce stream pollution. State Water Commission praised the reports as satisfactory and promised continued efforts on behalf of Carbide and Tarbon Chemicals Institute, and the American Viscose plant at Nitro. Atwood, superintendent at the Institute plant, described the program as advancing purification.
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City pool ban triggers St Louis Park riot injuring youths
In St Louis Park Minnesota a new order letting whites and Negroes swim together sparked a race clash. Police rushed 160 officers as crowds of 4000 to 5000 gathered. Eleven injured, including Rolland Erbar, 20, stabbed and in critical condition. The riot involved about 269 white and local Negro youths.
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West Accord Is Approved By President
President Truman blamed Russia for the failure of the Big Four conference to settle the German question but said the path to peace in Europe remains open. He praised Western powers for cooperation while noting no big gains on Germany and reaffirmed support for the dual currency in Germany and austrian peace steps. Acheson will brief the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a closed session.
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Allies See Tito veering to West
Western diplomats in Paris predicted Tito will soften Greece relations, reducing aid to Greek rebels while allowing wounded to seek hospitalization in Yugoslavia. They doubt any immediate public understanding with Athens but expect a friendlier Yugoslavia toward Greece in coming months.
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Weather and sky events for Charleston on Wednesday
The Charleston forecast notes a partly cloudy, warm day with scattered showers Wednesday. Sunrise and sunset details are unclear but include visible planets Venus Saturn Jupiter Mars nearby in the sky. Temperature hints show highs around 85 and lows near 70. The western regions may stay dry longer while showers drift east.
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