29 Jun 1947
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1947
Page
1
Industry faces sharp coal and steel cutbacks as 500000 miners nationwide begin a 10 day holiday. Steel firms slash operations, railroads feel the pinch, and private ownership resumes in soft coal pits. Return to owners tomorrow.
In Washington on June 28 officials doubt a Soviet sign off on Secretary Marshall’s European recovery plan. Molotov may accept or reject the proposal at Paris this weekend, but officials say the plan is flexible enough to work with or without Russia. Britain and France and the U.S. Congress hold veto power. Europe must draft a joint economic program to maximize resources, with Paris expected to lead.
Robert F Harrison of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce retail division announced retailers should close Thursday afternoon July 3 and reopen Monday July 7 to extend the July 4 holiday. The plan covers mercantile and service establishments that follow mercantile hours, excluding drug, food, restaurants, stations, and other non mercantile outlets. Local offices including the Road Commission will follow a similar long holiday plan.
State Road Commission announced open bids July 15 for State Rt. 14 improvements from 800 feet north of Piedmont Road to the airport road. Project funds come from state sources and include two 12 foot lanes, two eight foot parking lanes, and two five foot sidewalks to the airport junction. Curves are to be reduced and right of way will avoid most homes. only a couple of small buildings may move. Completion entails removing 135000 cubic yards of earth, eight percent grade, 12 degree curves, underpass planned near Washington Greenbrier street intersection, and a 1200 foot link to the old road. The airport road is nearing completion with base, surface, and guard rails in place.
Gov Meadows announced David Butler of Charleston as state insurance commissioner with a term to June 30, 1953. He also named a five member Aeronautics Commission including Robert G. Kelly Charleston Edward McKee Wheeling T Guy Reynolds Martinsburg and Hulett C Smith Beckley with ex officio Road Commissioner E L Worthington. Harlan Justice of Huntington will continue as deputy commissioner in the new setup.
Fay Dallas Oliver, 46, Charleston hotel manager, was sentenced to 10 years in a state penitentiary by Intermediate Judge Cyrus W. Hell after a June 17 conviction for voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of John B. Morrison, 34, of Libbey Owens Ford Glasg Co. The judge ordered five years on the manslaughter basis and five more under the habitual criminal act, to run consecutively. Bond set at 10,000 with a 60-day stay.
The All-West Virginia Soap Box Derby moved back to Cross Lanes where Donald Shamblin of Point Pleasant won the right to advance to the All-American Derby. The Derby board chose Cross Lanes after testing both courses, with B M Higginbotham gaining approval to lengthen the course to a quarter mile, shifting ramps and finish line for a longer home stretch.
A Marshall plan conference delegate said tonight that progress is being made and a general line of possible agreement has emerged. The session ran 5 to 7 30 p m with a dinner for Foreign Minister Bidault. No communique was released tonight, but an informant hinted a detailed statement may come Monday.
In Jerusalem and coastal cities three British Army personnel were killed and five wounded in Tel Aviv and Haifa as Jewish underground violence flared after lifting a troop ban. A cafe raid on Mount Carmel killed an officer and wounded two. a blood-stained taxi with weapons was found. Police labeled the incidents probable Stern gang retribution linked to a May 6 disappearance.
General Eisenhower told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that the War Department’s fiscal year 1948 needs estimate does not assume war but does not fully rule it out. He warned the U S Army lags behind Soviet forces in capability and is thinly deployed worldwide, urging $478 million more than House funding.
Captain James K. Davis USN commander of the Naval Ordnance Plant in South Charleston retired Friday after 35 years of service. A 1918 Naval Academy graduate, he assumed command July 1, 1946 and will enter private business in Tionesta, Pennsylvania. He received the Legion of Merit and retired as a rear admiral. Lieutenant Commander T. S. McCrory USN, executive officer, is placed in temporary command pending a permanent officer’s arrival.
Washington reports that United States Steel and Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company leaders met John L. Lewis to discuss meeting wage and hour demands, as 400,000 AFL UMW workers begin a 10 day vacation. A July 8 strike deadline looms without a settlement, with government officials seeking early talks next week.
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A special presidential board on air safety urged tighter federal controls on takeoffs and landings of four engined commercial airliners after three recent disasters killed 146 people. Civil Aeronautics Chief James M. Landis said the measures will slow operations and raise costs but improve safety. Recommendations include runway length wind reporting and aircraft loading limits, with possible non nonstop refueling stops to stay within safe weight.
The Army and Navy Bulletin says researchers at Edgewood Arsenal impregnate known gases with gamma rays in an atomic furnace to create gases a thousand times more powerful. The unofficial service journal notes tests at the Chemical Warfare Corps School Edgewood. The gases penetrate tissues, cause illness and death, and protection for Army personnel remains a problem.
Brig. Gen. William T. Clements and eight Marine officers escaped injury when their twin-engine R4D Navy transport struck a High octane hazard and veered at Clark Field near St Albans. The plane had landed there earlier for a Victory Medal ceremony. The mislanding occurred due to a map error. The aircraft will be dismantled for repairs at Cherry Point, N. C., with a Marine guard surrounding the site. A second R4D from Cherry Point later picked up Clements and party to return to Washington.
One year after Congress ended the OPA and ceilings were removed, prices are higher while availability improves somewhat. An AP survey notes higher costs across fats oils meat beverages and sweets, with some goods still scarce and stockpiles low. Former OPA administrator Paul Porter urges government buying program tenure tighter credit controls and renewed antitrust enforcement.
Washington June 27 AFL unions will be advised not to sign wage contracts with no strike clauses. AFL Counsel Joseph Padway said lawyers will urge unions to violate Taft Hartley act provisions on political expenditures to seek a constitutional test. He announced plans to campaign against Taft and Hartley supporters, urging members to defeat them and publicize their records.
In a late city affair, Curley Locks' last minute push fails as Boston's mayor struggles with mounting issues. The piece notes political strain and local controversy, highlighting tensions between leadership and public opinion in Boston.
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