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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1947
Page
2
In this 1947 feature Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen explains hypotension can occur in healthy people or disease. He notes low blood pressure may cause dizziness on rising, fatigue, and breathlessness, yet many live long with it. Rest and balanced lifestyle, sleep eight hours, nutritious diet, daily walk, and mental hygiene help.
The Soviet Union resisted a European wide economic program and urged focusing on credits and goods delivery. Russian statement warned against any all embracing plan while noting rehabilitation could proceed with US aid or without it. Talks among Bevin Molotov Bidault proceeded as officials hoped for cordial exchanges despite skepticism.
Scientists urge Americans to recognize failures of past hopes for a stable world order amid a divided world. They insist on a general security framework with economic and cultural cooperation, backing Acheson proposals and Marshall plan while noting Russian terms are unworkable. They stress abolishing atomic war as the essential goal.
The AFL and union lawyers debate defying the Taft Hartley Act to file officers affidavits and strike clauses. They warn 390,000 members in live music unions suffer income loss as 2,000 work forces respond. The NLRB will be swamped by elections, while Green calls a July strategy conference with AFL international officers.
Democratic senators involved in drafting the compromise criticize the 15 percent rental rise allowance while some support the measure. Senator Taylor alone says it should be vetoed. Sparkman calls it better than nothing as doubts linger on another bill. The draft allows rent boosts to existing ceilings up to 18 percent if a landlord and tenant sign before December 31 for the coming year. It sets advisory boards in about 600 rental areas to guide ceiling changes. the rent administrator would have 40 days to act. Controls begin on new housing, hotels, recently rented dwellings and remodeled homes, with eviction rules aligned to state laws.
A devastating tornado left residents cut off for hours as rain and floodwaters overwhelmed storm sewers. Emergency crews from Petersburg aided John Randolph Hospital with power while wind ripped frame buildings and toppled a metal cross on St James church. A garage vanished with no trace remains.
President Truman urged democracy as a superior system amid fear and prejudice. He called for equal rights, a decent home, education, healthcare, fair trials, and public participation, pledging full aid to implement civil rights measures. The address highlighted a 15 member advisory panel, Guam and American Samoa rights, and an international draft of a rights charter. Eleanor Roosevelt followed, urging action against lynching and a global duties to foster brotherhood, while Senator Moyse linked democracy to Christian ideals and rejected lynching law.
Dean Halliday explains Endive as a lettuce substitute usable in salads or cooked greens. It is vitamin rich, with space needs 12 to 14 inches apart, and blanching is required near maturity to remove bitterness. Methods include tying heads with raffia or wrapping with wooden boxes to blanch, with rain complications noted.
An obituary page records services and survivors for several residents. Rebecca Bourne of Nicup Calhouty County dies at home leaving widower Melding Beurne deceased 1938. services at Beech Grove Baptist Nicup with burial Boone cemetery. other notices mention Cerrie Bowden of Ronceverte age 68, Koweta Brower Eskdale, and Parsons Vignea Edwina Parsons, with multiple children and siblings noted.
Howard G Fast 63 of 1911 Grant St died last night in a local hospital after a two weeks illness He was born March 15 1884 in Braxton county and lived in Charleston He was active in civic and church affairs a member of Humphrey Memorial church and formerly attended St Marks Methodist He worked as a hose salesman for Thomas Field and Co Survived by widow Selina Reed Fast daughter Mrs Harold Allen four sons Robert Lee Dwight Vivian and Rev Jennings Post a sister Mrs C H Fox Frametown two brothers Harry A Fast Penny Farms Fla and Herman O Fast Charleston The body remains at Scales mortuary awaiting arrangements
Researchers urge continued treatment of problem drinkers as disease sufferers rather than criminals. Medical and psychological advances support hospitals over jail and rehabilitation over exhortation. They call for model laws, health jurisdiction, and better facilities. John F. Medbury dies at Laguna Beach home at 54 from heart ailment.
Reports from San Diego indicate the Thistle broke up on a desolate island with no crew injuries. Fishermen blamed a Gulf of Tehuantepec cyclone at sea for driving the vessel ashore. Clipperton is ringed by coral reefs with few fresh water sources and is sighted by a Normandie fishing cruise en route to the Galapagos.
Emile Cote of Blystic Connecticut became separated from the fishing vessel Black Hawk 75 miles southeast of Block Island. He rowed 25 miles to Nantucket lightship through fog and sighted safety. He rested after reaching the white vessel as Black Hawk planned to pick him up and resume fishing.
Widespread flooding swamped more than a million acres from Louisiana to Illinois as Mississippi and Missouri rivers crest, closing roads and detouring traffic between St Louis and Kansas City. Crests near Hermann and Wahlgren warned of rivers staying out of banks for days while Ottumwa faced repeated high water despite mild mayoral note.
The body of Marine Co. Forrest Let Bob Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rogers of Valley Fork, killed at Stington China on May 23, arrived at Hardman and Herdman mortuary in Clay. He leaves two half sisters Frances and Betty Lou. Military service will be held at 1d 4 am tomorrow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Wallback by Rev Edward Bunt. Interment will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The body was moved to the parents’ residence where it will remain until funeral.
VA candidates swirl around Maj. Gen. Paul Hawley and other senior officers as the agency, with a 7.0 billion dollar budget, eyes postwar benefit peak. Possible names include Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughn, Lewis Hershey, William Baisey, Monk Lewis, and Alexander Vandegrift, among others. Projections show veterans benefits climbing to 43 percent of the population within five years, with unemployment allowances ending two years after the war and education aid fading after nine to ten years.
United Nations considering a border commission to monitor the troubled Greek frontier as debate grows over Soviet veto use. American, British and Australian officials say Russia faces world opinion backlash if it vetoes and future incidents force Security Council action. An Australian official notes Russia might veto the border inquiry report, which would blame Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania for frontier disturbances, prompting renewed talks on a border patrol plan.
Negotiations continue this week covering the northern and western fields representing 75 percent of the industry while southern operators seek a separate deal. Lewis seeks 13.03 for an eight hour day versus 12.85 for a nine hour day, with a contract through April 1, 1949. Leaders Fairless and Humphrey advised that an offer must meet Lewis proposals. Additional UMW demands include welfare fund increase to ten cents a ton, more overtime pay and six paid holidays.
Funeral services are planned at Gilbert Presbyterian Church for D. H. Nall a 53 year old Mingo county resident who died from an accidental fall Friday night He was active in civic affairs and owned an automobile business in Mingo county Surviving are his widow Mildred Wall his mother Mrs A J Nall three sisters Mrs Lee Anderson Pine Grove Ky Dir J S Mills Shiver Ky and Mrs A J Ericius of Dorchester Mass and a brother George Nall of Pine Grove Ky Interment will be in Ridge Lawn Cemetery Huntington Chambers Mortuary of Matewan will handle arrangements
The text argues for public ownership to fix railroad inadequacies and discriminatory practices and criticizes private ownership for failing to modernize and meet power needs. It denounces atomic energy distrust by private hands and condemns current foreign policy aligned with rebuilding dictatorships and colonial aims, urging reversal of the Truman Doctrine.
The Global Clipper landed in San Francisco after a Hawaii to Honolulu leg. Passengers, including editors and publishers, described the journey as an extraordinary experience. Onboard were Barry Farr and other leaders from major newspapers and publications across the United States.
Weather widened hot and stormy across the East and South as gusty winds hit Wisconsin and Minnesota. A hailstorm damaged crops near Scottsbluff Nebraska while a tornado struck Hopewell Virginia. Humidity rose to 96 percent with 82 degree heat drawing crowds to beaches in New York.
A United Nations relief official warns hunger and economic collapse threaten Europe and the Far East after WWII. He cites a 563 million dollar deficit to prevent collapses, urges recovery on UNRRA foundations, and notes $1 billion spent on rehabilitating UNRRA economies, with funds for supplies, agriculture, medical aid, and distribution. He reports 7 million displaced people aided, persistent tuberculosis, and rising hunger-related diseases.
Caples announces new "green book" curriculum to 3,200 instructors in the one and two teacher schools. County meetings before term open will explain subject matter and experimental schools may be set up in fall to illustrate training methods. The plan stems from two years of study by county and state leaders and teachers. The aim is to move rural pupils toward community life with integrated units and a community theme, despite the challenge of correlating current material to the new program.
Tax receipts show growth from income taxes up $600 million over the prior year while liquor and cigarette levies rise. Corporate excess profits tax revenue falls by over $3.3 billion after repeal, but ship and surplus property sales add about $1.8 billion, keeping total revenue near last year’s peak. At wartime start, Europe and Asia boasted far more cotton spindles than the United States.
In a chaotic square clash, fistfights broke out as De Gasperi addressed the crowd from a royal palace balcony. Leftists booed and jeered while he condemned Communist and Socialist partisan intolerance. Police fired tear gas as clashes spread, dispersing the Christian Democrats amid acrid fumes.
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