Nations See Optimism on Paris Marshall Plan Talks
In London on June 25 the Marshall Plan drew favorable reactions from Romania Czechoslovakia Bo land Hungary and Bulgaria as Moscow agreed to discuss with Britain and France in Paris. Pravda warned against American interference and Maurice Thorez questioned Western aims. A British source said officials felt encouraged by European responses and Russia’s attendance as William L. Clayton and Lewis W. Douglas dined with Prime Minister Attlee and advisers at Downing Street.
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Russia
London
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Boland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Britain
France
Paris
Moscow
Pravda
United States
Maurice Thorez
Europe
William L. Clayton
U.S
Lewis W. Douglas
Atlee
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Downing
Byrd backs tax cut plan amid Democratic support
Washington reports strong Democratic support for reenacting the $4 billion tax slashing bill with a Jan 1 effective date. Senator Byrd says tax relief can pass over a veto if spending is capped and expenditures cut, while Senator George backs the new measure and predict limited opposition. House leaders expect possible veto override as Speaker Martin notes the House could overturn a second veto.
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Clayton
Pravda
Washington
Sen
Byrd
D.-Va
Virginian
Truman
George
D.-Ga
Knutson
Ri-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
R.mass
Johnson
D.cato
Hartley Seeks Teeth in Act as Coal Walkouts Grow
Pittsburgh report shows idled soft coal miners rising above 217000 with 61000 of Pennsylvanias 100000 bituminous miners idle. Anthracite and state shortages trigger steel cutbacks while union leaders push for stronger labor law.
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Hartley
Congress
Taft says no chance of price controls despite shortage fears
Farm leader Edward A. O Neal warned Congress that a meat shortage could trigger a price spiral and wage increases. Senator Taft dismissed the idea of reimposing price ceilings, suggesting export controls as a potential remedy while Hoffman urged restraint in price and wage hikes.
Eastern Bloc leaders weigh postwar cooperation and plans
The newspapers in Bucharest Prague Sofia and Budapest report cautious praise for reconciliation and participation in European reconstruction. Foreign ministers and officials discuss the Marshall plan and regional cooperation while noting possible blocs in Europe could fade if agreements are reached.
Officials Probe Traffic Trouble
City officials including Mayor Carl Andrews and state and federal representatives met to discuss making Washington and Lee Streets one way to reduce congestion. No decision was reached and another meeting was not scheduled. improvements on U and Rt 60 in Charleston were also discussed.
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Washington and Lee Sts
Carl Andrews
Andrews
E. L
Worthington
Charleston
Linge Pert
Worthton
Au 5
Harry L. Campbell
John J. H. Preston
Planning Commission
Walter Crichton
Federal Road Bureau
Willie Willis Seeks Summer Job Opportunity
Willie Willis plans to secure summer employment as a remedy for idle time and avoid temptation. He notes that boredom leads to poor choices and aims to stay productive through work.
Train Derailment Kills Three Near Shiloh Ohio
Three people died and at least two were badly burned when a Big Four passenger train bound for St. Louis derailed after an open switch near Shiloh Ohio, 20 miles NW of Mansfield. Two unidentified men were hospitalized severely burned, likely train personnel. Five cars derailed as officials investigated the wreck.
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Shelby
St. Louis
Shiloh
State Highway Patrol
Shelby Memorial Hospital
Highway Patrol
Mansfield
Solon Attacks Lewis Over Mutinous Labor Stand
Rep Hartley of New Jersey calls John L Lewis rebellious and mutinous as coal industry faces a strike. He warns the Taft Hartley act will be strengthened if necessary and says government wartime powers should not be reinstated. Hartley cites 217000 United Mine Workers aboard strike potential and criticizes organized labor for resisting government authority.
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Washington
Hartley
R-Nj
John L. Lewis
House Tabor Committee
Lewis
United Mine
Heatley
Howard Smith
D-Va
Senate
Mine Workers ‘Union
Congress
United States
Little White House Becomes State Memorial Shrine
The Little White House at Warm Springs Georgia is deeded to the state as a national shrine. A new Franklin D Roosevelt Peace Tower will rise on a nearby mountain top funded by public subscriptions. About 1800 dignitaries including ambassadors attend dedication in misty conditions.
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White House
William D. Hassett
Roosevelt
Homer Cummings
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Wilson
Fred Vinson
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
Hugo Black
Basil O'Connor
Warm Springs Foundation
Roosevelt Law
Little White House
Franklin Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Washington Monument
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Washington
FDR
Nikolai Novikey
Masked Youths Greet Probers in Tel Aviv Visit
U N investigators in Tel Aviv amid clashes with masked youths. Irgun banners proclaim opposition to British rule. A kidnapping attempt targets a liaison staffer while police uncover explosives near the Salvia hotel area as a grenade later detonates nearby.
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U.N
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
U. N
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Palestine
Committee
Palestine Government
Salvia
U. N. Committee
Shipyard blast kills five and traps nine in Mobile
Five shipyard workers were killed when an explosion aboard the Waukesha at Waterman yards released carbon dioxide. Nine more workers, eight Black men and one white man, were overcome and evacuated by gas mask crews. the cause of the blast was not immediately clear.
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Mobile. Ala
Yume Zo—ori
Waukesha
Waterman Steamship Corp
Tommy Phillins
Sam Manuel
Sam Fox
Dupree Bryant
Emer Ruffin
Mobile
Dan Sirmon Vot
Mobile Fire Department
Boxing Champion Robinson Fights Fatal Blow in Title Bout
Jimmy Doyle of Los Angeles died after the welterweight title fight with Ray Robinson in Cleveland. Doyle passed 17 hours after a eighth round knockdown from a left hook, the first fatality in a modern title bout. Coroner and city officials sought charges and full contest report as doctors fought to save him.
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Cleveland
Jimmy Doyle
Los Angeles
Ray
Sugar) Robinson
Samuel R. Gerber
Robinson
Thomas A. Burke
Andrew Putka
Cleveland Boxing Commission
Installment Curbs Held Bar to Dip in Credit
Washington June 20 Urging Congress to extend for one year the current controls over installment buying Marriner S Eccles federal reserve chairman warned that over expansion of credit could trigger a very painful recession within two years If such a downturn occurs there will be real difficulty He cited two aims to curb easy credit by restricting purchases of autos refrigerators stoves washing machines and similar goods and to keep prices from rising through competition rather than lenient payment terms.
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Washington
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve
Sen
Congress
Bereles
Prince Hamid Reza Pahlavi Plays Hooky in Paris
In Paris 15 year old Prince Hamid Reza Pahlavi of Iran was found by officials at Orly awaiting return to his U S school. Iranian legation guards said he will fly back to America in four or five days. He carried $1 000 and a passport and had reportedly left Middletown Rhode Island en route to Tehran.
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Paris
Hamid-Reza Pahlevi
Iran
United States
Orly
America
Mahmoud Salehi
Hamid Reza
Switzerland
Syria
New York
Tehran
Eisenhower Urges Hemispheric Arms Plan for Lakes Area
General Eisenhower warned a new war could strike the industrial Great Lakes and called for rapid coordination of western hemisphere defenses. He urged Canadian American military teamwork, with top generals backing arms and missions to other Americas. The Navy outlined plans to loan warships from surplus to update neighbor fleets if legislation passes.
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Hemisphere
Washington
Eisenhower
Great Lakes
Americas
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Army
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Navy
Juror Attacked in Overell Trial. Jury to Be Sequestered
In Santa Ana on June 25 a woman juror in the Overell murder case reported an assault to police. Officials indicated the jury would be locked up for the trial’s remainder, likely about two months more. Avon Putnam, 29, of Newport Beach, said a man slapped her from behind at her Balboa Island apartment.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Overell
H. Mulvey
Attorney General's Office
Avon Putnam
Newport Beach
France faces confidence vote amid coal strike and protests
Premier Paul Ramadier seeks a national assembly vote of confidence as a 200000 strong coal miners strike disrupts France. Production losses total 85000 tons of coal with risks to steel mills while auto workers banks and stores also strike.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
National Assembly
Robert LaCoste
Ramadier
Assembly
West Virginia Coal Miners Stage Vacation Start Amid Labor Bill Debate
Nearly half of West Virginia's 100000 coal miners were idle Tuesday as they began a "head start" vacation or protested the Taft Hartley bill. Field counts show 44800 idle with notable outages in Williamson Kanawha Winding Gulf New River Northern panhandle and Logan. Production losses reach hundreds of thousands of tons with 40 Kanawha mines closed and 50000 ton loss estimated.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Sinois
Alabama
Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
Utah
Uniontown
Butch Dennis
W. Rouser
Alabama Mining Institute
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Young
Associated Preas
Eheir
Williamson Field
Kanawha Field
Gall
New River
Pocahontay
Logah
Northern Panhandle
Willamson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Kanawha
Assoc
Kanawha Weld
Gulf
Beckley
Oliver Denied Another Trial In Manslaughter Case
Oliver, a 46 year old Charleston hotel manager, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of John Morrison. Prosecutor Taylor seeks life imprisonment under habitual criminal provisions, with sentencing postponed to Saturday.
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Fay Dallas Oliver
Charleston
John B. Morrison
Kanawha City
Libbey toWens-Ford Glass Co
Frank L. Taylor
Oliver
Cyrus W Hall
Sam D. Lepinsky
Morrison
Taylor
Minnesota
Illinois
John McBride
John R. McBride
Soap Box Derby to Be Held on Little Tyler Mountain Course
The All West Virginia Soap Box Derby plans move to Little Tyler Mountain near Charleston with a new Derby Downs site on Coonskin Mountain off the Kanawha Airport road. A derby board meeting is set for Saturday to organize a five mile test course and permanent committee structure.
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West Virginia
Couch
Coonskin Hallow
Little Tyler
Kanawha
West
Wye
Knight
Derby Downs
Charleston
Jent Derby Downs
Frank Knight
Gazette
Akron
Coonskin Knight
Srea
B. M. Higginbotham
Derby Board
G. H. Sears
Carbide
Caybon
Little Tyler Mountain
County Gazette
Bethlehem Strike To Hit 40,000 East Coast Workers
A planned midnight strike will affect about 40 000 Bethlehem Steel shipyard workers across nine east coast yards including Brooklyn Island Hoboken Quincy East Boston Sparrows Point and Baltimore The walkout follows failed talks with CIO Marine and Shipbuilding Workers and demands for higher pay more holidays and vacation time to offset costs
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Co
Shing Jvards
John Green
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
West
AFL
Green
James M. Larkin
Bethlehem
Brooklyn
Aan Island
Hoboken
Quincy
Mass
Boston
Massy
Baltimore
Sparows Point
Voters Favor Dewey in Wisconsin 1948 Polls
Wisconsin voters show support for Dewey in the 1948 election as Stassen supporters rally behind their candidate. TheGacettoy note reflects local sentiment and campaign dynamics in the state during the wartime era.
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Wisconsin
Dewey
Stassen
Tom
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