Mayor Praises Column on Baseball Effort in Charleston
Mayor Covenhaver praised a Frank A. Knight page one editorial in The Gazette acknowledging his role in securing Charleston's Toledo American Association franchise. Speaking at the Daniel Boone Hotel before the Lions Club, he noted Knight's heartfelt column and anticipated future criticism.
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Frank A. Knight
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Daniel Boone Hotel
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Daily Mail
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Civic Club
Charleston
Toledo
American Association
Senate kills rider barring envoy to Vatican
The Senate voted to remove a provision that would have blocked appointing an ambassador to the Vatican without Senate approval. The move, recommended by the Appropriations Committee, occurred as part of a bill funding State, Commerce and Justice for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The issue, tied to Gen. Mark Clark’s anticipated papal state appointment, sparked Protestant church concerns over church and state separation.
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Senate
Truman
Gen
Mark Clark
Papal State
U. S
Clark
Withdrawal, Tokyo command, and Vatican rider on bill
Clark asked his name be withdrawn and then became Allied supreme commander in Tokyo. A Vatican provision was written into the House bill to stop sending an envoy during recess. Sen. McCarran said the rider was removed by the Senate Appropriations Committee as religion should not be injected into the measure.
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Truman
Congress
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Senate Appropriations Committee
Deferment Rules Broadened For Farm Workers And Apprentices
President Truman issued an executive order expanding draft deferments for farm workers and industrial apprentices in essential trades to ensure skilled civilian manpower. The order excludes permanent exemptions, aims for an orderly flow of machinists and mechanics, and applies only to apprentices in established programs. It does not curb voluntary enlistment or affect the right to join the armed forces.
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Marine Corps
St Albans Teen-age Driving ROAD-E-O Planned
Plans are complete for the First Annual Teen-age Driving ROAD-E-O in St. Albans on Saturday June 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Sixth Ave and Fourth St. Cash prizes of 25, 10, and 5 dollars will go to top winners. the winner advances to the State ROAD-E-O with an expenses paid trip to Washington, DC. Judges include local officials and state troopers. entries due by 12:45 p.m. the day of the event.
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Walt Hansen
St Albans Jaycee Public Welfare Committee
The
Jaycees
St Albans
Washington, D. C
Kanawha Valley
Dunbar
Nitro
Jack Erdmann
Lester Groves
C. BE
Norris
H. V.wilson
Charleston Trucking Assoc
R. J. Wright
W. 8. Webb
South Charleston
Hudson Mooney
Allies End Air Maneuver In Europe After Four Days
Allied air forces in Western Europe conclude a four day exercise named Exercise June primer. RAF Flying Training Command and US Strategic Air Command conducted heavy sweeps across Western Germany France Belgium and Holland. Radar directed fighters made numerous interceptions of the invaders.
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Fontainebleau
Pratce
Royal Air Force Flying Training Command
U. S
Aix
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
St Albans Advertiser Blues Prize Awards Headline
Mayor G. L. Funk to present awards with certificates and prize money for the contest. Readily available blanks at qgwel's Drug Store Blossom ery Bar Terrace Power or the St Albans Advertiser office and at Mr Mooney's residence. Broadcast of the ceremony planned on radio WKINA.
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Blossomery Bar
Terrace Power
St. Albans
Loveless Lottery Indictment Dropped in Court
Melvin Loveless of Sir Dryden Street faced an indictment for operating a numbers lottery. The motion to dismiss was granted in Intermediate Court after prosecutors stated insufficient evidence. Loveless was arrested in November during a raid on the Loveless Hotel, described by police as a top numbers racketeer. Steven Foster, famed South songs composer, was born in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.
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Lottery
Melvin Loveless
Sir Dryden St
Willem J. Thompson
Steven Foster
Lawrenceville, Pa
Collazo Receives Aug 1 Execution Date in Truman Slaying Case
U S District Judge F Dickinson Letts set August 1 for the electric chair for Oscar Collazo the Puerto Rican revolutionary who killed a White House guard during the November 1 1930 attack on President Truman. Collazo showed no emotion as the date was announced and his lawyer Leo A Rover said friends seek a last appeal to the President.
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Oscar Collazo
White House
Truman
U.S
F. Dickinson Letts
Collazo
Leo A. Rover
Rover
New York
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