UMW urged to lead safety drive in mines
Washington July 31 A Coal Mines Administrator says coal mines can hit top output without sacrificing safety. He urged the United Mine Workers to lead minor safety compliance and press for changes in long standing habits. Proposals include operators pursuing maximum safety, constant revision of the federal mine code, and expanded Bureau of Mines experimentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Haugland
Washington
N. H. Collisson
Coal Mines
Secretary of the Interior
Kiug
Collisson
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Bureau of Mines
Rent Control Office rejects further action to lift ceilings
The Federal Rent Control office will not lift rent ceilings in any of the 614 areas remaining under control. Policy now shifts to local advisory boards under the new rent law enacted last month, with central officials reserving power but deferring to local boards for decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene B. Nodson
Washington
Federal
Congress
Coasine
Frank R. Creedon
Grafton Theatres Present Three Tonight at Strand and Dixie
The theatre invites FRANK M REID of 15 Dorsey Street to tonight's program featuring Michigan Kid at the Strand with Jon Hall and Rita Johnson, plus Out California Way with Mona Hale and Adrian Booth, and The Last Crooked Mile as a double feature at the Dixie Theatre.
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Grafton
Frank M. Reid
Dorsey Street
Michigan
Kid
Jon Hall
Rita Johnson
Strand Theatre
California
Mon‘e Hale
Adrian Booth
Dixie Theatre
British condemn cold blooded murder by Irgun in Palestine
London reports the British government condemns what it calls a cold blooded and dastardly murder of two British army sergeants by the Irgun Zvai Leumi. Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones announces executions and the cabinet plans to send 4500 Jewish Exodus refugees to the British zone in Germany, and possibly elsewhere if they refuse to disembark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Smith
London
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Palestine Underground Organization
Arthur Creech Jones
Labor
Holy Land
Germany
Africa
Port-De-Boue
Palestine
Nude body found in basement after gunfight in Nevada
Virginia City described a bizarre Wild West style shootout ending with the suicide of Tony Harvey in a basement. Coroner Matilda Pollard ordered an inquiry next week as the nude body of Rose Schwartz Harvey, linked to Harvey, was found buried there. Sheriff Otto Tannehill identified the deceased, with the woman’s four month prior death date noted and Lorraine Harvey confirming through identification. The case involved Louis D. Barton, wounded in the abdomen, and connections to Salinas and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
Matilda Pollard
Otto Tennehll
Rose Schwartz Harvey
Salnes
Calif
Tony Harvey
H Harvey
Nevada
Louis D. Barton
Barton
New York Motor Car Company
Tannehill
Harvey
Discovery
Accuses 200 Rail Firms Of Unjust Rates In Wartime
Attorney General Clark filed a new complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission accusing more than 900 railroads of collecting unjust and unreasonable wartime rates on shipments of steel and aluminum landing mats. The action covers shipments moved from eastern points to Pacific Coast ports between January and June 1940 and involves thousands of carloads with the exact recovery amount not yet determinable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Justice Department
ICC
TCC
Kilgore Sweeney inquiry to begin August nineteenth
Investigators from the senate rules committee will start hearings into the Kilgore Sweeney senatorial election in 12 West Virginia counties about August 19 with Huntington as the inquiry headquarters. Staff will first visit more remote counties to reduce winter travel, with larger counties like Cabell and Kanawha saved for later. Senator Worley M. Kilgore is the subject of the inquiry.
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Huntington
W. Va
Senate Rules Committee
West Virginia
Cabbell
Kanawha
Logan
Wayne
McDowell
Monroe
Raleigh
Boone
Fayette
Mercer
Worley M. Kilgore
Storm Knocks Out Lights In Thornton Area
A noon thunderstorm darkened Thornton briefly and caused lighting outages across the town. Grafton reported brief power flickers as rain totaled 0.66 inches and the temperature reached 70 degrees, with yesterday’s high 87 and low 60.
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Storm
Thornton
Grafton
Hughes and Meyer to testify before UN inquiry
Washington July 31 Howard Hughes and John Meyer will testify together tomorrow in the Senate War Investigating Committee inquiry into Hughes wastime plane contracts. Senator Ferguson said the joint appearance will place the Hollywood magnate and the enterta in government officials aide under scrutiny. Testimony showed top military leaders refused a mass flying boat program in July 1942, yet contracts for three boats were later let with Hughes and Henry Kaiser. Undersecretary Lovell testified chiefs of staff deemed diverting materials to the program inadmissible as needed for fighting planes. Kaiser had urged a 500 cargo plane program. Former DPC officials tied to the Hughes cargo plane project testified. Roper, principal engineer for DPC, said the Hughes plan was the only one considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard Hughes
John Meyer
Hughes
Pione
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Senate War Investigating Committee
Henry J. Kaiser
Robert A. Lovell
Joint
Army-Navy) Chiefs of Staff
Kaser
Defense Plant Corporation
California
Lovett
J. J. H. Roper
DPC
Eesrad
Howard Page
Proctor Galls Special Meeting Announced for Volunteer Fire Dept
John L. Proctor, newly appointed fire chief of the re established volunteer fire department, calls a 7 30 p m meeting at the city fire station to organize the department. He will appoint officers and truck drivers and set future elections for president, secretary, and treasurer. Members listed include John Proctor, Ray Osborne, Earl Layman, Don Carrico, Albert Grow, William Ellers, Edward Sturms, Dana Barker, James Barcus, Elmer Behan, Ray See.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Proctor
Proctor
John Proctor
Ray Osborne
Earl Layman
Don Carrico
Albert Grow
William Ellers
Edward Sturms
Dana Barker
James Barcus
Elmer Behan
Ray See Proctor
Auto Workers Idled as Ford and Murray Strikes Ripple
In Detroit on July 31 nearly 34,000 autoworkers were idled by strikes and production cuts with hundreds more expected next week. Ford notified 22,000 employees to stay home due to a Murray Corp. of America parts shortage linked to a strike. Ford had already laid off 4,500 workers and Murray and 7,000 UAW-CIO members sought Taft Hartley Act protections against civil liability for work stoppages. Chrysler warned a 50 percent drop in Dodge truck production due to Murray frame shortages, triggering 1,300 more layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Murray Corp
America
Ford
Murray
Uaw-Cio
Chrysler Corp
Dodge
One Stop Flight Demonstrates Long Distance Air Power
TOKYO July 31 eight B-29 Superfortresses began a one stop flight to Washington for Air Force Day. The squadron planned a Alaska stop at Anchorage and aimed to reach Washington by noon tomorrow, covering about 7086 miles in roughly three hours. Brig Gen Roger M. Ramey urged crews to bring them home. An Andrews Field jet escort was to meet them near Martinsburg West Virginia at 11 38 am EST Friday and accompany them over Washington to the Pentagon and the Washington Monument.
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Tokyo
Washington
U. S
Air Force
Tomorro
Anchorage
Alaska
Wington
North Pacific
Canada
United States
Roger M. Ramey
Fort Worth
Tex
Eighth Air Force
Martinsburg
W. Va
Pentagon Building
Washington Monument
Truman Signs $502 Million War Dept Appropriation
President Truman signed a $502,123,912 appropriation bill for flood control, navigation and non military War Department activities. The measure, approved by the 80th Congress before the July 26 recess, provides $298,334,825 for flood control construction and maintenance and $116,718,700 for navigation improvements and maintenance for the year ending June 30.
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Waishington
Truman
War Department
Dutch Amun Malang Capture Reported By Dutch Army
Batavia Java July 31 Dutch army announced tonight the capture of fire scarred Malang former resort city key to east central Java. A Republican broadcast heard unofficially reported Indonesian troops re occupied Tangerang Serpong and Tjimene on a semicircle south and west of Batavia. Dutch called the claim nonsense and noted political action moving to annex Bangka and Billiton islands rich in tin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Swinton
Batavia
Java
Malang
Tangerang
Serpong
Tjimene
Netherlands
Bangka
Billiton
Heat Wave Hits Central U S With Triple Digits
New York July 31 The weather bureau forecasts a slight rise in temperatures with little rain to end the heat wave that baked the nation yesterday. Kansas City reached 107 while St. Louis 102 Fort Worth 102 Oklahoma City 100 Little Rock 100 and western towns like Blythe California 112 Phoenix 111 Reno 110 and other points exceeded 100.
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New York
Cwon
Kansas City
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Little Rock
Hanging bodies blown to bits in removal attempt
British sergeants Clifford Martin and Mervyn Paice were found hanged in a Natanya forest preserve. A booby trap exploded as troops began removing the bodies, wounding a bystander and a photographer. Irgun had claimed responsibility for the executions in retaliation for Irgunists convicted in a prison delivery. British officials in Jerusalem planned a strict crackdown on underground violence as Atlee briefed the cabinet in London.
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Edward Curtis
Jerusalem
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Natanya
Palestine
London
Attlee
Clifford Martin
Mervyn Paice
Taft For President Campaign Expected
Ohio Senator Robert A Taft moved smoothly toward a 1948 Republican bid as Senator John Bricker stepped aside on the eve of a Columbus rally seen as a Taft favorite son launch Bricker denied any running plans while forecasts pointed to a unified Taft endorsement at the Ohio GOP gathering expected around noon on the day of the event
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D. Harold Oliver
Columbus
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Taft
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Lightning blamed for 22 deaths in women's prison
Paris officials tentatively blamed a lightning flash for a fire that swept a third story room of a women's prison, killing 22 inmates. The blaze started after lightning struck a chimney of a former Army barracks, igniting acetone and celluloid materials used for cheap jewelry. One inmate survived but died later. about 380 women in the building were not burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Britain renews bid with U S to stave off crisis
Britain moves to cut imports from the United States as a dollar-saving measure while high level economic talks with US officials are arranged. Sir Stafford Cripps heads to Paris to meet William L. Clayton as Attlee’s government faces an austere plan.
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Jack Smith
London
Britain
United States
Board of Trade
Stafford Cripps
Paris
William L. Clayton
UL. S
America
Wild motorcycle chase ends in wreck. Fairmont man fined
A 23 year old Fairmont motorcyclist fled state police at about 10 30 last night reaching near 75 mph on Oak Grove road. He wrecked in a ditch on Lost Run hill after lights were turned off. He was arrested, charged with reckless driving and fined 50 dollars plus costs. City police issued a warning to riders within limits and will increase patrols.
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John William Mason
Fairmont
Oak Grove
W. D. Sergent
E. L. Duckworth
Mag
John Snider
Grafton-Clarksburg
Lost Run Hill
Joe Mask
Kirkendall murder trial expected verdict tonight
The Barbour county circuit court heard the case of Lawrence Kirkendall, 42, charged with first degree murder in the July 6 slaying of his divorced wife Susie Belle Kirkendall, 47. Sheriff Joe Forman said a verdict was anticipated this evening or possibly tonight and a special session could be called if the trial extends.
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Barbour County
Lawrence Kirkendall
Susie Belle Kirkendall
Joe Forman
Forman
Kirkendall
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