State Miners Get Pay For Vacation In West Virginia
West Virginia miners received a $100 vacation bonus on top of regular pay under the soft coal agreement. About 15 percent of workers, plus maintenance crews and strikers, will share a retroactive salary totaling roughly $3,000,000. Most funds have been distributed or will be in the coming days, boosting local commerce while shortages of meat, bread, and beans linger in mining towns.
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West Virginia
THC
Charleston
W.va
Atrend
School OF Commerce
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Taraligs
Seace Ohaing Jenalies
Phonesian
David Bakers
Lee Fina
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State Road Commission
Cael Iz
Siuta
Bagen
Fae State Dept. of Reheses Wol Eecepk
Nettigo Ea Sulub
Sax Riggs
Direetor
Tong Mest Cart Hibes
Depaemweny
Carl Wlere
Bist Drtient
Burt
Guard Reu
Caz
Biate Dept
Purenaces
Pui
Qiling
Sart Riggs
SAE Bt
Bocedl
TRE State Dept
Kansasansas City
A Bomb Victims Continued Weom Tn Arthur Heads Commission
A joint investigating commission of 10 medical officers and 10 enlisted men, led by Arthur, with Capt. Warren representing the Army, includes personnel from the Pathology Institute and Manhattan District. The four month study will report to Army leaders and to Groves as head of the Manhattan Project.
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Weom Tn Arthur
Sonata Warren
Pathology Institute
Manhattan
Army
Ons
bin "Gee
Leste R. Groves
Manhattan Project
Hoover Sees Guarded Optimism on Food Shortage Risk
President Hoover cautions against alarm over global food deficits while noting stockpiles and 30 day overseas reserves among major users. He rejects extreme pessimism, cites past harvests, and hopes for stable shipments and no military plunder next year.
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Carcely
Hoover
Mediterranean
India
China
South Africa
Argentine
Hel
Degnan kidnapping and murder grips city after grim discovery
The Degnan case stunned the nation as the six year old girl was abducted from her bed on January 7. A ransom note demanded twenty thousand dollars in cash. Her body parts were found in sewers, triggering a massive police dragnet and a citywide security shift.
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Patice Lo Phoenix
Richard Russell Thomas
Thomas
Degnon
Storms
Degnan
James E. Degnan
OPA
Deygnan
Starving Gap in Relief Seen Narrowing After Global Efforts
A speaker reports a dramatic shrink in the famine relief gap from 11 million tons to about 300,000 tons after travels through Europe Asia and the Americas. He credits Canada the United States Argentina and Australia with reducing overseas relief burdens by about 90 percent while urging continued drastic food regimes and sacrifice in deficit regions.
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Spon
Europe
Asia
South America
Canada
United States
Australia
House reverses UNRRA liquidation dates amid LaGuardia threat
The House voted 34 to 65 to halt the plan to liquidate UNRRA aid in Europe by December 21, 1946 and in the Far East by March 31, 1947. The reversal allows shipments through June 3. Chairman Cannon cited LaGuardia’s threat to resign if the earlier limits stood.
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Washington
F. H. Lr- Guardia
UNRRA
House Today
Europe
Far East
MNRBA
House
Cannon
Dmo
Appropriations Committee
LaGuardia
LeGuardia
Italians Protest at La Scala Over Paris Decision
Officials at La Scala confirmed Toscanini ordered the Paris concert canceled after a Paris decision. Toscanini aimed to host a Geneva benefit for the International Red Cross with proceeds going to the French Red Cross. The Paris agreement also annexed border changes granting Mount Cenis and nearby regions to France, affecting rail routes and border towns along the southeast frontier.
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Toscanini
Paris
France
Mount Cenis
Turin
Little Saint Bernard
Mont Blanc
Bardonnechia
Lareche
Tende-Briga
Hmaly
Veterans of Foreign Wars spar with new ex servicemen groups
National Commander Joseph M. Steck challenged the post Pearl Harbor groups to prove they meet veterans needs. He told about 3,000 at the West Virginia victory encampment in Parkersburg that the VFW remains strongest with WWI veterans and long experience. Other speakers urged lawmakers and veterans to push GI Bill rights and peace life reforms as the day ended with a memorial service and dance.
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Parkersburg
Joseph M. Steck
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pearl Harbor
America
West Virginia ‘Victory
VFW
Stark
Stack
Pittsburgh
F. Roy Yoke
J. Buhl Shahan
U. S
Nominsion
Shahan
Charles B. Jennings
Washington
National
VFW Council
Prances. Anderson
Bridgeport
Conn
U. 5
Revercomb
Kilgore
Charleston
Congress
Truman Clash Over Price Control Bill Sparks Senate Fight
Bowles warns veto would trigger widespread price rises and market turmoil as Congress debates the inflation bill. Leaders urge Truman to sign, with 37 Democrats, 9 Republicans and one Progressive for the measure and 19 Republicans against. The bill shifts farm and food price control, extends the act, and sets up a board to wind down controls, while OPA funds face cuts and debates over publicity funding unfold.
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Rowles
Barkley
Truman
White House
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Agriculture Department
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House
Barle
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Taber
Frederick C. Smith
Ohio
Lex
O'Daniel
D-Tex
10 Day Grace On Automobile Plates
The road commission granted a 10 day extension through July 10 for 1945 46 motor vehicle licenses, citing Sunday month end and mail delays. Don McClausterty said the Sunday break will slow work and mail for the 1946 47 laws. law enforcement will honor old licenses during the extension.
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Eutor
Don McClausterty
Commission
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Zene Oles
Probers Seek Out War Contract Cash and Profits
Probers investigate government advances to contractors and contract reforms affecting taxpayer funded war goods. A committee member declined to name individuals while noting a multi company combine allegedly netted near one million dollars in profits from early contracts. President Truman reportedly supported the inquiry and agreed to reveal departmental records.
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Truman
White House
Mead
Treasury
Atomic control debates veto and disarmament path
The U.S. rejects a veto for atomic weapons talks and pushes for stronger safeguards before disposal of bombs. Russia seeks broader treaty aims and favors halting all atomic development, while Poland leans Russian. Evatt leads a subcommittee to draft a framework and report back quickly as the commission meets at Henry Hudson hotel.
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Sevenlcity Council
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Poland
Security Council
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Dr . Evatt
Australia
Commissan
Tte
Eyatt
Evatt
Henry Huceon
U. N
Lake Success
Long Toad
150-Foot Pier Capsizes as River Dredging Swayed Debris
Waterfront workers report that a 150 foot pier near Capumuca was unsettled by dredging along the river bank north of the structure. Baugh and Sons Co and Delaware Chemical Works occupied the limber pier with timber pilings and railcars below. Survivors climbed from wreckage as waves and timbers swirled around. A woman worker, Mery Hatterson, was rescued from a tin shack as the structure collapsed. William Turnbull recalled a half inch crack in the flooring before the pier gave way and everyone fell through.
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Baugh and Sons Co
Fertilizer Manufacturers
Delaware Chemical Works
Mery Hatterson
William Turnbull
Senate unit plan blocks foremen union rights
A Senate measure proposed by Pegg aims to freeze the slats of supervisory employees and bar recognition of new foremen bargaining units for a year. Employers oppose unionization among supervisory workers, arguing they represent management in dealings with workers. The move conflicts with government actions at seized coal mines and an agreement with John L. Lewis and his union associates.
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Pegg
Bath
Ges
Ball
John L. Lewis
Andes
Fragmented obituary notices from Montgomery area
Obituary notices list several local residents with details of deaths, services, and burial arrangements. Names include Mrs Sheemgn Pir and others, with kin in Fayette county, Elk Twoetdila, Stallings, and Charleston areas. Services are set at Baptist and Church of Christ venues, with various funeral homes handling arrangements.
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Bragg
Leu Ewa
William H. Bragg
Elk
James L. Wood
Brose Dan
Wil Ba
Bartlett Mortuary
la Churee
Renee
Eugene
Eder Morris
Pasetin Couney
Yestery
Yatliehey
Ernest Tatts
Alt oFry
Hooper Mortuary
Montgomery
Jewish groups push eight point plan on postwar rights
The American Jewish conference with British Jewish boards and the World Jewish Congress submitted an eightpoint proposal to the United Nations council. It seeks to protect Jewish rights in former enemy states by abolishing discriminatory laws, prosecuting crimes against Jews, guaranteeing fundamental rights without discrimination, and preserving Jewish cultural identities in Romania and Hungary.
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France
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United Nations
American Jewish Conference
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World Jewish Congress
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Sttites
Romania
Hungary
Cass Lumber Employee Dies From Tree Fall
Cass Lumber employee Henry Neal Simmons aged 84 died after a tree fell on him while working for Moyer Lumber Co near Cass. He died in Ronceverte hospital Thursday night. Service at 2 p.m. tomorrow at his brother Charles’s home in Stoney Bottom. Burial in McLaughlin cemetery at Stoney with Wallies Funeral Home of Cass in charge. Survived by brother Pindy of Cass and sisters Beulah Barnsley Baltimore Maryland Lena McLaughlin Paw Paw and Billy Galford Cass.
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Moyer Lumber Co
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Henry Neal Simmons
Ronceverte
H. Blarkhurst
Charles
Stoney Bottom
McLaughlin Cemetery
Stoney Hote
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Wallace
Gavlder
Pinyd
Ot Cass
Beulah Barnsley
Baltimore
Lena McLaughlin
Paw Paw
Jbily Galford
U S Zone Faces CSU Challenge in German Vote
In U S Zone observers expect the rightwing Christian Social Union to win a fourth straight victory with farmers church groups and property owners backing it The three other major parties Social Democrats Communists and Liberal Democrats reportedly unite unofficially against CSU In Greater Helge leftists seal two nonaggression pacts CSU vs Social Democrats to control middle class voters amid U S influence and weak anti Communist trade unions Core elites remain largely indifferent to party programs under U S governance
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Economic picture shows modest gains across consumer goods
May output exceeded April in many sectors with radios, washing machines, refrigerators, sewing machines and automobiles rising. Despite coal and steel shortages, building activity improved with private construction near $693 million in May. Auto production inched up to 153,000, while refrigerators hit a new peak at 196,000 units, 37 percent above April.
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CPA
City Fireman Sheets Dies at Huntington
Huntington West Virginia papers report Death of City Fireman Harley B Sheets age 50 after 23 years service and World War veteran Ill for three months Family at 1409 Camden Dr Surviving wife two daughters Judith Ann and Charlotte and son Cuttin E Sheets four sisters and one brother Service at Bartlett Mortuary Chapel with burial Harvard Cemetery John Brawley Post No 20 American Legion to conduct graveside rites Body at mortuary
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Ce&rlestan City
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American Legion
Wilma T. Sheets
Jack McCune
Charlotte
N. C
Judith Ann
Cuttin E. Sheets
Charleston
C. C. Littom
Neliie Rhodes
Laura Parsons
Gay
Wallace Leggett
Buckhannon
C. G. Sheets
California
Bartlett Mortuary
John F. Elmore
Harvard
Atomic peace through timely action on veto clash
The text argues that cancellation timing and a veto clash can be overcome to enable atomic peace. It asserts Russia clinging to the veto does not block sharp measures against atomic abuse and says atomic compromise is possible without delay. The tone is editorial and forward looking about international diplomacy for nuclear restraint.
No Welcome come back from the wife of a property owner
A widow reflects on her husband’s shift toward communism and disdain for capitalists, insisting she cannot accept his political conversion. She questions pride in their heritage and contemplates living apart rather than changing her own allegiance.
Argentine Doctor Named New Ambassador to Washington
The Argentine government named Oscar Evanessivich, a Yugoslav descent nose and throat specialist and personal physician to President Juan Perón, as ambassador to the United States. Known for medical conventions in the U.S. and now making his first diplomatic post, Evanessivich is described as able and charming and faces a hot spot in Washington amid political appointing. The choice marks Perón’s first diplomatic posting for him and signals a unique cross between medical prestige and diplomacy.
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Easons
USA
Juan D. Peron
Washington
Oscar Evanessivich
Evanessivich
Unitedates
Physicians' and Surgeons
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Medical Assoc
Connecticut Divorce Case Leads to Public Notice
Classified notice from New London County court detailing a divorce and child custody case involving Catherine Beeldon of Croton, Connecticut and Anthony Sheldon of unknown location. Public notice instructs appearance and publication for legal proceedings, with rewards and lost items listed, including a wallet and a package, and contact details for return.
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Troneo
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