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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1947

Page

2

Building Permits and Business Trust West Virginia

The Charleston Gazette notes March permits in Clarksburg and Huntington totaling 177 255 and 523 710 respectively. West Virginia building contracts rise 6 215 000 in March and 15 128 000 for the first quarter. Retail trade up in April while furniture sales fall. consumer resistance to low quality goods remains. Cash farm income up 62 percent in the first quarter year over year. government savings bond redemptions higher than sales. Overall district business shows strength despite leveling consumer expansion after wartime growth.

The Charleston Gazette Prom Pure i i Parkersburg West Virginia Clarksburg Huntington Virginia Bankt Charleston

Bell-Ans for Acid Indigestion 25C

An old ad describes Bell-ANS as fast relief for gas sour stomach and heartburn labelled as double money back. It touts quick comfort and mentions 25 cents price with reference to Bell-ANS for acid indigestion.

Big Powers Seen

Article discusses William S. Clayton en route to Geneva and American influence on corporate foreign policy. It notes partial failure of U N relief efforts and warns six European countries face weeks more near starv ation including Austria Hungary Greece Italy Poland and Yugoslavia.

William S. Clayton

Exports Threaten WC Outlaved Front Page Item

Administration officials urge Congress to extend export neutral authority over petroleum products beyond June 30 expiration. Rep Shafer predicts controls will soon be restored as shipments to the Russian Sierra face seasonal ice harbor delays.

Russian Sierra Congress Rep Shafer R.mieh House Armed Services Subcommittee

Truman Names Nonpartisan Economic Council Panel

President Truman announces a three committee setup headed by Dr. Edwin Nourse to study limits on U.S. aid abroad, the basis for such help, and total needs in Europe and Asia amid concerns over foreign shipments and meat prices. The 19 members include leaders from steel, banking, shipping, and academia, with hearings to follow on economic relations between foreign aid and the domestic economy.

Committee of 19 United States Krug Nourse Vandenberg R-Mich Asia Europe Charles G. Ross Truman Hoss Senate Marshall Russia White House Herbert Hoover Toss Hik and Bateheller Pittsburgh Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp Robert Earle Buchanan Graduate Iowa State College Ames Studebaker Corp South Bend Ind Calvin B. Hoover Duke University Durham N.C Robert Koenig Ayveghike Collieries Co Indianapolis Mind Edwin Nourse Broosings Institution John D. Clark Nebraska University Leon Keyseeling National Housing Authority Taft Rep. Wolcott H-Mich House Banking Committee Economics Paul Hoffman Committee For Economic Development Studebaker Motor Co South Bending Edward A. O'Neal American Farm Bureau Federation CIO Phil Murray Fowler W McCormick International Harvester Co Millard D. Brown Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ A John H. Williams Federal Reserve Bank of New York

German monopoly capital backs Hitler and the invasion

The article criticizes Goebbels and claims German monopoly capital supports Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union. It argues reactionary groups rise again in western zones with U S and British occupation and warns that dollar credit policy, aiding German armaments, continues under American reactionary elements contrary to American interests as shown by the Truman doctrine.

Goebbels Hitler Soviet Union U.S Germany

Nagy Says In exile plan unlikely amid Hungary debate

The Hungarian leader dismissed talk of forming a government in exile after a visit by Laszlo Jekely who denied plans for exile rule. Nagy called the claim premature and distanced himself, while Jekely condemned the White Paper as fabrication and asserted future events would decide any exile government.

Nagy United States Shannon Etre Laszlo Jekely Shief Jekely Valve New York LaGuardia Field Husgary Hungary Russia Dean Acheson Rep Bloom D-Ny House For Sign Affairs Committee Acheson-Nagy State Department

Senators Slated For Wagner Act Revisions Amid Debates

The Wagner Labor Relations Act faces major revisions with provisions banning the closed shop and secondary boycotts, plus rules on national paralysis strikes and union funds. Senate debates show ongoing calls to curb industry wide bargaining and questions about emergency injunctions.

Roosevelt Ball Taft Senate Hatch D-Nm Triman Seation

Tornado Roars Through CCaptured Prim Page 11

A tornado 33 miles west of Red Lodge Montana trapped workers as rescuers dug through 15 feet of snow. Three workers died after 27 hours of search. Floods threaten Midwest as 20 000 homes were left homeless and vast farmland soaked across Iowa Illinois Missouri. Weather maps show Leadville Colorado as the coldest spot at 92. Forecasts hint at a slow temperature rise amid scattered showers.

Red Lodge Mont Mississippi Iowa Timnois Missouri Leadville Galo Laramie Wye Butte Great Plains Kentucky South Carolina Georgia Texas New Mexico Arizona Chicago

Texas City Buries 63 Victims in Charred Cemetery Rows

The Texas City service mourns 63 victims in a two hour funeral at a small Catholic Lutheran and Hebrew service. 240 pallbearers help lower cypress caskets as relatives study simple markers bearing Mother Dad Carpenters Local Medrano Family. Vic Landig of Houston says only recognition of identifiable features remains for future identification. Only one body was intact.

Texas City Vic Landig Houston Texas City Body Commission

Tidewater Oil Promerage and Supreme Court Cases

Federal judge LuBuy ruled tidewater oil policy unconstitutional prompting a Justice Department appeal to the Supreme Court. The court may decide two cases on limits of magazine content and the exclusion of humble jurors, raised by New York union officials Fay and Bow er in extortion trials. Chief Justice Vinson nears vacation on anniversary of taking office, having written major opinions but with few dissents.

Su~ Fion Walter J. LuBuy Chicago Justice Department Supreme Court Joseph S. Fay James Bowe New York Vinson Harlan F. Stone John L. Lewis United Mine Workers

Ship Markey blows up at Shell dock in Los Angeles harbor

The 13,093 ton Keystone liner Markey exploded at a Shell Oil loading dock near Mormon Island in mid channel. Fires raged hours, ships burned, and authorities fought to prevent a major explosion as navy vessels aided fireboats. Four Shell workers missing, several crew unaccounted for, and damage estimated up to twelve million dollars.

Keystone Markey Shell Oil Co Ure Iclals Shell Oli Mormon Island Walter Shell Valone Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor Robertson Botany W. H. Wekerehant Co W. HK. Orwig Thhe United Towing Co Shell Dock Larry Fawcett Edsel Newton Ship News Long Beach Press-Telegram American President Lines Matson Lines Matson Maualei Texas Company M. B. Shove Texas City Los Angeles Long Beach

Housing unions press federal role in costy housing

Speaker Gwinn warns unions and collectivists push for more public housing to curb private builders. He cites rising wages and overtime, says hearings will start in Washington and tour New York Chicago and western cities. He argues government housing means party control and space allocation under one party.

Hapsburg Plot Reveals Royalists Aide Meetings 1945

The deposition cites a 1945 meeting with Captain King and another officer, tied to Bri service, amid Austrian royalist activity. It claims Hapsburg restoration aims in Hungary and Austria and notes directives involving Szugyi in 1944 to elude Russians and surrender to British, with Regent Horthy referenced.

Hapsburg Fae B Saunder Bri King Otto of Hapsburgs Hungary Austria Hungarian National Liberation Committee Szugyi Szuggi Regent Horthy

Fright escalates as exile Hrthy faces charges in Germany

The white paper salt and Adm. Nicholas Hrthy in exile in Germany frame a tense scene. Communist charges accuse Centrist Smallholders members of plotting to restore the Horthy regime during the past year, signaling looming political instability.

Nicholas Hrthy Germany Smallholders Party Horthy

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