Mitchell Seeks May Before War Investigating Committee
Washington July 6 Senator Mitchell demands that Rep Andrew J May chair of the House Military Committee be called before the Senate War Investigating Committee after testimony that a munitions combine paid 48634 to a lumber firm linked to May of Prestonsburg Ky A man purporting to represent the Elite Basin Metal Products company allegedly offered a bribe and claimed “principal” backers wanted to fund Mitchell’s campaign with 5000, claiming the inquiry was a persecution and unfair.
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Washington
Mitchell
D.-Wash
Andrew J. May
D.-Ky
House Military Committee
Senate
Prestonsburg
Elrie Basin Metal Products Company
Combine
Farouk
Egypt
Eite
Mitch Page 2
Kilgore predicts workable OPA bill next week amid reaction
In Clarksburg July 6 Senator Kilgore warned that another filibuster could delay action but a workable OPA bill would emerge. He said minor price rises were possible while no runaway inflation would occur. Charleston and Fairmont businessmen pledged cooperation to keep markets stable as prices at Spencer livestock market showed a slow rise beyond former OPA ceilings with calves at 20 a hundredweight and hogs at 60 cwt.
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Clarksburg
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
D-W. Va
Congress
Kilgore
Charleston
Fairmont
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Spencer
Spiral Staircase or No Time For Comedy at Strand Theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Martha Jean Jackson Webster Pike to tonight's double feature at the Strand Theatre featuring The Spiral Staircase with Dorothy McGuire George Brent and Ethel Barrymore and No Time For Comedy with James Stewart Rosalind Russell along with Bad Man starring Smith W at the same venue.
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The
Grafton . Sentinel
Martha Jean Jackson Webster Pike
Dorothy McGuire
George Brent
Ethel Barrymore
Strand Theatre
James Stewart
Rosalind Russell
Pana
Smith W
Theatre
Federal officials call here about car situation
Federal officials surveyed the Monongah division over coal car distribution as 1100 hopper cars were loaded by strip miners yesterday while deep mines idle for a three day vacation. Supt Morrison said miners in Taylor county planned to resume Monday and noted the absence of comments from the visiting officials.
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Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
R. A. J. Morrison
Taylor County
Supt. Morrison
J. H. Giehner
Naval Reserve
N. Kellogg
Morto
Wesker
Ised
Washington, D. C
Steelman Suggested for New OPA Boss Role
In Washington, July 6, Marvin L. Arrowsmith reports that if Congress reshapes price controls John R. Steelman, already conversion director and presidential labor adviser, could become economic stabilizer. Chester Bowles, who quit as chief of the Office of Economic Stabilization, urged Truman to merge the agency with the Office of War Mobilization and Reconstruction, giving Steelman active control over prices and wages.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Congress
John R. Steelman
Alwady
Chester Bowles
Office of Economic Stabilization
Truman
Office of War Mobilization
Four Men Burned In Barge Explosion Today
Marcus Hook Pennsylvania July 6 At least four men were burned today in an explosion and fire on a loaded gasoline barge anchored at Sun Oil company dock in the Delaware river The barge owned by Graham Oil Transport Co of Glass Wynne Pennsylvania had all aboard jump into the river and were rescued by company employees Officials could not confirm any fatalities as of now
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Marcus Hook
Sun Oil Company
Delaware River
Graham Oil Transport Co
Gladwynne
Peace talks narrowing gaps say Tass reporter
Moscow dispatch notes major stumbling blocks eliminated and progress at Paris ministers conference. Molotov’s firm stance against conflicting proposals cited while U S and Britain pressed for conference before finalizing peace treaties amid tensions over Italian reparations and the Italian peace treaty.
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Rembert James
Moscow
Friends of Peace
Paris
Tass
Balkan
V. M. Molotov
Sharp upsweep in prices after CPA lapse shocks markets
New York July 6 A survey shows a sharp upswing in wholesale commodity prices after price controls lapsed. Flour in Minneapolis leaped from 3.34 to 4.80 per hundred pounds. Chicago cattle rose to a record 22.50, then 22.25 as receipts flooded in. Hog prices jumped to 18.50 before easing to 16.00 amid higher slaughter. Cotton vaulted over 91 cents before retreating as OPA was removed. See sharp Page 3.
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Minneapolis
Chicago
New York
Ceremony Tomorrow in Rome for Cabrini Canonization
A crowd of about 40,000 Catholics from Rome and worldwide is expected at St. Peter's Basilica tomorrow for the canonization of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, Americas first saint.
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Rome
St. Peter's Basilica
Xavier Cabrini
America
Tiust
Atomic test fleet would have wiped out if in combat
Aboard the U S S Appalachian General Roger M commanding officer of task force said the July 1 atomic test fleet of 30 combat ships 30 support ships and 13 targets would have seen 16 ships eliminated from combat and 25 to 30 damaged to lighter degrees. Eleven ships suffered boiler damage from blast rushing down stacks in the first seconds.
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Louis Spilman
Waynesboro
Virginian
Associated Press
U.S.S. Appalachian
Navy
Sane
Roger M
Joint Task Force 1
New York reunion ends long separation for Norah Carpenter
Norah Rose Carpenter arrives in Elmhurst Queens after a two year separation joining William Red Thompson and their three living children and a late infant brother who died shortly after birth. Thompson, a former GI, had divorced his first wife during the period.
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New York
Elmhurst
Queens
Norah
Rose Carpenter
William
Thompson
Heanor &Shire
England
Pittsburgh
Michael
Meat Exemption Drive Targets Price Controls
Senate critics press to strip meat from OPA controls as Taft and Wherry push a meat exemption in the revival bill. Senator George of Georgia backs the move citing black market fears and a meat shortage. Barkley faces a test vote as recess looms and opposition lines up on amendments.
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Jack
Bell Washington
OPA
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
New Life
George
Georgia
Senate
Barkley
Banking Committee
Shingleton Dies Suddenly at Grafton Home
Arthur Ellis Shingleton, a retired B&O telegraph operator and longtime Grafton resident, died suddenly at 2 30 p m yesterday at his West Main Street home. He was 62, married to Ida Mae Divens in 1906, and survived by three children Clifton H Shingleton Louise Moore and Mar Bee A E Ton 4. He belonged to First Presbyterian Knights of Pythias B Vets and the Order of Railway Telegraphers.
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Arthur Ellis Shingleton
Grafton
West Main Street
Shingleton
Mr. Shingleton
Ids Mae Divens
Eatons
Clifton H. ‘Shingleton
Louise ‘Moore
Mar- Bee A. E. Ton
State Holiday Death Toll Hits Eight in West Virginia
West Virginia notes eight holiday weekend deaths with no traffic fatalities. Four drowned, two killed by trains, two burned. The latest victims include William McCoole, 24, of Paw Paw Morgan County, struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train, and Buddy Amick, 14, of Carl Nicholas County, drowned in the Greenbrier River near Fort Spring.
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Charleston
West Virginia
William McCoole
Paw Paw Morgan County
Buddy Amick
Carl Nicholas
Greenbrier River
Fort, Spring
Greenbrier County
National Guard Gets Rebuilt for Peacetime
Adjutant General Charles R. Fox announced a rebuilt National Guard to proceed as speedily as possible under a wartime plan. The revised force includes an infantry combat team, a field artillery battalion, smaller units, and a combat air squadron, expanding beyond the prewar 150th and 201st regiments which had 157 officers and 2,228 men in 1941. The air squadron may be based at Charleston’s new airport. details appeared on National Page 4.
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Charles R. Fox
War Department
National Guard Bureau
PAC Squabbles Over Huntington Postmaster
The Cabell Political Action Committee voted to send a letter to the U S Civil Service Commission asking that the eligibility list for Huntington postmastership be studied. Six applicants sought the job to replace the late Gerry Dingess, but only two, acting postmaster Fred Lunsford and former sheriff Harvey Taylor, have been certified.
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Huntington
Daly
Cabell Political Action Committee
U.8
Civil Service Commission
Gerry Dingess
Fred Lunsford
Eheriff Harvey Taylor
Double Baby Born to Japanese Couple Today
Tokyo report describes the birth of a girl with two faces and two bodies joined above the hips and four legs. The Nagano prefecture farmer parents are described as normal, and the birth is noted as the second of its kind known, the first having occurred in Germany.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Nagano
Germany
Russia blocks calling of peace conference again
Paris July 6 British and American officials blocked a Soviet push to set procedural rules for a general European peace conference this summer. The 21 nation meeting slated for July 29 faces invitations being curbed to 17 nations. U S policy aims to avoid a veto by big powers and push for a forum without Molotov dictating terms.
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Joseph Dynan
Paris
Foreign Ministers’ Council
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Russia
Molotov
Council
Waitress Dies After Shot In Neck In Parkersburg
Irene Frances McConnell a 40 year old waitress in Parkersburg died at a local hospital from a neck wound received in a shooting early today. Police Chief C W Hulbert announced the arrest of a suspect in the case. McConnell walked from the house to a taxi that took her to the hospital.
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Parkersburg
Irene Frances McConnell
C. W. Hulbert
Connell
Hyl
United Nations atomic conferees face long prep before control
The United Nations atomic conference delegates hope to finish the first phase by next week but it is clear world atomic control will require extended, painstaking preliminary work. An authoritative source says only a very optimistic council could act in time for the General Assembly meeting here.
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Charles A. Grumich
New York
United Nations Atomic
Unity Council
General Assembly
Death toll climbs in Poland pogrom to 38
Investigators blamed a bewildered youth for the outbreak described as Poland's bloodiest pogrom, with at least 38 killed and 50 wounded. The incident followed a period of rising tensions and violence linked to a brutal rioting spree. Authorities urge calm as they pursue leads.
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Laey Allen
Poland
Illinois Weaponry Inquiry Reveals $48,634 Payment to May
Senate War Investigating Committee testimony shows an Illinois munition combine paid 48 634 to Andrew J May and that May cashed a 3 168 47 check made out to the Cumberland Lumber company. The cashing occurred at the First National Bank of Prestonsburg Kentucky as part of broader probe into war contracts and misappropriations.
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Washington
Senate
Lumber Company
Andrew ‘J. May
J. ‘May
Prestonsburg
Drew
Jackson May
Army Ordnance
Combine
Edward Schaffer
Birle Basin Metal Products Co
Cumberland Lumber Company
Erie
Schaffer
Pany
Henry Garagon Ae
Cameron. Co
Cumberland
Erie Company
Cumberland N Ber Company
A. J. May
First National Bank of
Prentonsburg
Mead
D-N
Arten Parker Big Double Bill at Grafton Theatre
Arten Parker headlines a big double bill at Grafton Theatre featuring live acts and a second act to follow. Local patrons are invited to enjoy a night of entertainment with diverse performances in a single program.
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Big Double
Grafton ‘Theatre
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