House Fight Over Revised CPA Bill Set For Tuesday
A looming fall manpower shortage worries economists as Census data show 56 74 million employed in June nearing the sixty million jobs mark cited by Henry A Wallace as full employment Experts link pinch to construction demand backs services growth and factory hiring while War Mobilization analysts split on severity U S Employment Service notes veterans absorption remains high with nearly 10 million discharged servicemen employed through June See FALL page 3
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Washington
Ecoes
Villian Producion Adm
Serie
Henry A. Wallace
CPA
Office of ‘War Mobilization and Reconversion
U. S. Employment Service
Munitions Probe Hearings Pin On May Aid
Washington July 15 A munitions agent testified he asked Rep May for business help six or eight times but could not confirm May visited his office. The Senate War Investigating Committee probes wartime deals with the Eric Yasin Batavia metal firms in the Illinois munitions combine.
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Washington
Joseph Freeman
Rep
May
D-Ky
Freeman
Senate ‘War Investigating Committee
Mead
D-N. Y
House Military Committee
War Department
Munitions Combine
Combine
Eric Yasin
Batavia Metal Products Companies
Congressman May
Price control revival sparks Truman veto hint
Washington July 15 The White House lines up against a House driven price control revival bill as President Truman declares it could not be any worse and signals a possible second veto unless administration demands are met by a joint committee. The test vote is set for tomorrow on whether to reimpose controls on meat dairy soybeans grain tobacco and petroleum, with exemptions shaping the battle in both chambers.
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OPA
House
Truman
Senate
Farmers Observe Safety Week in West Virginia
West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Service director J. O. Knapp urges farmers to observe Farm Safety Week, citing that falls cause 39 percent of agricultural deaths and that overall farm accidents raise hunger and suffering. He stresses safe habits, housekeeping, and strict adherence to safety rules on farms.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
J. O. Knapp
West Virginiay University Agricultural Extension Service
Knapp
United States
National Safety Council
Road To Utopia and We Are Funny At Local Theatres
The Grafton Sentinel invites Osborne Lucas to attend tonight’s presentations. Road To Utopia features Bing Crosby Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour at the Strand Theatre. We Are Funny stars Jark Y Rudy Vallee and Ozzie at the Dixie Theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Osborne Lucas Blueville
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Strand Theatre
Jark Y
Rudy Vallee
Ozzie
Dixie Theatre
Farmers urged to bypass eastern food markets
Farmers in nine eastern states were urged by the Food Producers Council to bypass wholesale markets in New York Newark and Philadelphia. Council president Philip C. Turner said Baltimore and other eastern markets would not be bypassed though the six day week is regular. He noted the five day week in the three cities causes heavy losses for perishable produce each weekend.
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Baltimore
New York
Newark
Philadelphia
Food Producers Council
Philip C. Turner
Turner
Troops Prepare Invasion Exercise For October
Tokyo reports American forces plan October drills to practice an invasion of Japan without live fire. The mock assault follows last year’s coronet preparations and aims to test landing sequences and coordination rather than combat.
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Tokyo
Construction Hits New High in South Baltimore
Southern construction totaled 143.844 million in June, lifting the six month total to 907.848 million for 1946. Private building rose to 230.524 million in six months, with 68 percent of private building this year for residential work.
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Baltimore
West Virginia Merit Jobs Examinations Planned
Charleston reports the state merit system will hold examinations soon for qualified applicants seeking positions as visitors and child welfare workers with the department of public assistance. Supervisor T H Coates announced. Jackson's Mill notes sixty WV teachers enrolled in a two week conservation training school sponsored by multiple educational institutions and agencies. Beckley notes the West Virginia medical society coverage.
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Charleston
Department of Public Assistance
T. H. Coates
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Test Of Political Power In Montana Democratic Primary
In Montana a Democratic primary test centers on the influence of a letter from President Truman backing Senator Burton K. Wheeler. Wheeler faces Lief Erickson with James Roosevelt and labor groups supporting him. The Senate campaign committee plans hearings with New York and Montana witnesses to probe allegations of unfair propaganda from both sides.
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Montana
Washington
Truman
James Roosevelt
Burton K. Wheeler
Wheeler
Senate
Lief Erickson
James Roose
West
Erickson
Mihailovic and 23 co-defendants face firing squad
Belgrade July 15 Gen Draja Mihailovic former Chetnik leader and 10 of his 23 co defendants were convicted today by a Yugoslav military court on charges of collaborating with the Germans and sentenced to die by firing squad. Prison sentences up to 18 months were imposed on others. Two defendants were tried in absentia.
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Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Mihailovic
Redoslav Rade Radich
Bratislav Chetnik
Milos Gilsch
Chetnik
Oskar Pavelich
Zagreb
Drago Yovanovich
Tanasje Tasa Dinich
Milan Nedic
Velibor Yonich
Nedic
Peter Zhivkovich
Mihilovic
Five-Nation Bid Full of Dynamite in UN Candidacy
Five nations filed applications for United Nations membership by the July 15 deadline for consideration at the September general assembly. Anania, Siam, outer Mongolia, Afghanistan, and Transjordan are the applicants. The Security Council had set July 15 end, with August review for Sept. 3 recommendation.
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New York
United Nations
General Assembly
Alania
Siam
Council
Security Council
West Virginia Sheriffs Plan Annual Convention in Charleston
Cabell County Sheriff D. L. Freutel vice president of the association announced plans for the West Virginia State Sheriffs’ Assn annual convention to be held in Charleston.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Two Rail Mishaps Injure 26 Near Lewistown
Two train wrecks on separate routes injure 26 in Pennsylvania. The Broadway Limited derailed near Lewiston, burning and piling coal. 23 injured. A Red Arrow collision with the Clevelander near Tipton injuries 3. No fatalities. Detours reroute traffic via Bald Eagle branch to reconnect main line.
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Lewistown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewiston
Here
Tipton
Broaday Limited
Bald Eagle
Harrisburg
Russia likely to wait for loan until next year
The Kremlin reportedly seeks about 1 billion dollars from the United States but will likely wait until at least next year. Talks would hinge on broader trade relations with the Balkans and Soviet sphere areas, with any loan routed through the Export-Import Bank, not the Britain loan.
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Washington
Russia
Congress
Britain
Kremlin
United States
Moscow
Balkans
Atomic violence considered great at Bikini tests
On KwaJalein July 15 an officer said Bikini blast violence was greater than first pictured. He reported animals on the secret Burles ship appeared healthy with normal blood counts one day and died the next. When asked about U S studies, he questioned what animals.
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Kwajalein
Bikini
Burleson
United States
Byrnes to address nation on Europe peace progress
Secretary of State Byrnes drafted a radio address for President Truman after a four power foreign ministers conference in Paris. He plans to speak at 9 p.m. EST on Mutual and ABC networks. Officials seek a new assessment of Western and Soviet cooperation and a possible follow up foreign ministers meeting later in the summer.
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Washington
Byrnes
Truman
Europe
Paris
Mutual
ABC
Russia
Brynes
Fourth of World Faces Starvation
Secretary Wallace told a White House gathering that fully one fourth of the world’s population is at starvation level and it may take another year or two before enough food is available to end the fear of death by starvation.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Wallace
White House
Flares in Manchuria stall peace talks in heat
Nanking dispatch July 15 reports fighting flares in Manchuria as summer heat hinders negotiations. AP correspondent Tom Masterson notes Communist strikes on a railroad south of Tientsin and new attacks near Tsingtao and Tsinan. American Marines are in Tientsin and Tsingtao. searches for missing Americans continue.
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Manchuria
China
Nanking
Manchufie
North China
Associated Press
Tom Masterson
Peiping
Tientsin
Hopei
Tsingtao
Tsinan
Shangtung
Tient
Tygart Dam gets $30,000 of funds
West Virginia will receive about 7 million dollars in rivers work for the year ending June 30, 1947. Army engineers allotments favor flood control including 4 million for Bluestone reservoir on New River near Hinton and flood protection at Parkersburg. National total 308,845,250 with 42,253,750 for new work and 967,871,500 for maintenance. Flood control totals 194,315,000.
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West Virginia
Army Engineers
Bluestone
New River
Hinton
Parkersburg
Alloomt
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