Battalion Reunion Honors Wolverton in Kansas City
In Kansas City a group of 50 veterans of the 506th paratroops gathered beneath a moonlit Liberty Memorial shaft to honor Lt. Col. Robert L. Wolverton. The reunion recalled his wartime rallying words to his third battalion before Normandy and his death hours later at Berchtesgaden, keeping a promise for a reunion next year.
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Kansas City
Liberty Memorial
Normandy
506Th
Robert L. Wolverton
Omaha
Wolverton
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
John Allison
Stockton
Calif
James W. Bradley
Los Angeles
Bob Morrow
Uniontown
Kathleen Wolverton
Elk
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando Seen as Italy Republic Candidate
Rome June 6 Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, a grizzled veteran at 70, leads in speculation as a compromise figure for Italy’s new Republic as end of the Monarchy nears. Observers note clashes between industrial north favoring the Republic and south backing the Savoy House. Communists led by Palmiro Togliatti oppose Orlando, vowing not to collaborate with him despite his National Democratic union running.
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George E. Bria
Rome
Vittorio Emanuelerlando
Menion
Italy
Mont Hy
Orlando
Versailles
House of Savoy
Palmiro Togtto
Borate
National Democratic Union
Theatre listings tease upcoming Strand and Theatre shows
The Grafton Sentinel advertises performances featuring William Summers at 400 Bluemont Street along with films Johnny in the Clouds starring Michael Redgrave John Mills and Rosamund John at the Strand Theatre and Dr Terrors House of Horrors and Hawaiian Buckaroo starring Smith Ballew at the Theatre in a clipped cinema program.
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Grafton Sentinel
William Summers
Bluemont Street
Johnny In
Oil Men Meet in Fairmont Tonight to Form Group
Sixty one men from Marion and Taylor counties will gather in Fairmont tonight with Francis Skeets Farley, executive secretary of the West Virginia Petroleum Association, to organize a permanent body. Automobile dealers and others in the petroleum industry are invited to attend.
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Fairmont
Marion
Taylor Counties
Francis (Skeets) Farley
West Virginia Petroleum Association
One Killed In Union Pacific Collision At Hot Lake
A Union Pacific eastbound passenger train failed to take a siding at Hot Lake, Oregon, and collided head-on with the westbound streamliner City of Portland. Brakeman Ned Unger of Pendleton was killed, 50 injured lightly, including Rev. J. Ward of St. Louis, with doctors dispatched to the scene. The crash occurred at 3:08 am Pacific time between switches, as the Idahoan waited on the main line.
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Grande
Ore
Union Pacific
Hot Lake
Here
City of
Portland
Chicago
Ned Unger
Pendleton
J. Ward
St. Louis
Union Pacific Streamliner
Naval Hospital Patient Picked Up in City
J. E. B. Martin, a patient who ran away from St. Elizabeth hospital in Washington DC, was captured by city police Monday night and held in the county jail awaiting Navy personnel to return him to the hospital. He said he left Sunday at 8 PM and had walked most of the way here. his home is Mt. Ray California. In West Liberty, Carl F Bonar, 59, longtime teacher and West Liberty State College faculty member since 1929, died yesterday.
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J. EB. Martin
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Washington, D. C
Naval Hospital
Mt. Ray
Calif
West Liberty
Carl F. Bonar
West Liberty State College
Cease-Fire Order Against Chinese Civil War Sets 15 Day Truce
Washington reports a 15 day cease fire to halt civil war in China. Also notes a likely price hike for shoes and anticipated increases in alloy steel and housing nails and window screens as steel prices rise. A veteran convention in Fairmont June 14 is announced with T H McGovran as sponsor.
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China
Principal Questions To Be Settled In Time
Chiang Kai-Shek orders a 15 day cease fire in Manchuria effective Friday June 7 as he seeks a permanent settlement with the Communists. He requires detailed terms to end hostilities and vows no change in sovereignty under the Sino Soviet treaty.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Peng Hsueh-Pei
Communist Party
Chiang
Investigations Underway Into La Salle Hotel Fire
Chicago officials opened formal investigations into the La Salle hotel fire as families identified 53 of 58 victims. Five bodies remained unidentified including a torso, with Louis Marco of Chicago tentatively identified among the dead. The disaster sent shock through the Loop hotel and citywide vigil efforts continued.
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Chicago
la Salle Hotel
Louis Marco
Loop Hotel
Yester
Remembering D-Day Two Years On In Normandy Tributes
G K Hodenfield reports from Treviers France on June 6 as Normandy marks the second anniversary of the Allied invasion. Observances honor the 82nd airborne at Saint Mere Eglise and British Canadian forces at Bayeux Caen with quiet dignity amid hedgerow country.
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G. K. Hodenfield
82Nd Airborne Division
Bayeux
Caen
Normandy
Whitney Will Address Labor Rally In Wheeling
A. F. Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will address a labor rally in Wheeling on June 23 K B Maxwell announced today Maxwell district manager said 65 union affiliates of railroad brotherhoods CIO and AFL have been invited to attend
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Wheeling
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
K. B. Maxwell
Maxwell
CIO
Afl
May Compromise Daft Age at 19
The Senate and House clash over resuming the teen age draft with Senate backing continued use of teens while the House opposes. The Senate approved a bill to keep wartime draft provisions in force until next May by 69 to 8, setting up a conference with the House on a key teenage clause.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Senate
Tong
Senate-House
Glass worker's body found in Ohio River near St. Mary's
Reece Workman 78, a Bellaire, Ohio glass worker missing since May 30, was found today in the Ohio river near St. Mary's. Coroner Clyde Hardesty of Belmont County said an investigation is underway to determine if foul play was involved.
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ST. Mary's
Reece Workman
Bellaire
Ohio River
Clyde Hardesty
Belmont County
Workman
Ohio River Polluted By Diluted Sewage, Expert Warns
Wheeling water expert Arthur R. Todd declares the Ohio River is heavily polluted with organic and industrial waste, no longer fit for public water supply. He notes one million waste sources daily and outlines mix-with-well-water plans, plus methods like super-chlorination and chlorine dioxide to treat the water before final processing.
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Charleston
Ohio River
Wheeling
Arthur R. Todd
West Virginia Engineer
Ohio
Todd
Wheeling Municipal Water Department
Weirton
Miners May Get Lower Power Rates
Charleston June 6 A rule proposed to the Public Service Commission could reduce electrical rates for residents in company owned towns. The plan targets coal companies buying wholesale current and reselling it at higher retail prices than the serving utility. PSC chief engineer Earle H. Morris said the magnitude and reach of cuts are unclear since mining firms aren’t PSCregulated and do not file rate schedules. The practice of reselling power at higher consumer rates in some communities is noted, with more details expected on page 4.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Government of Electric Utilities
Earle H. Morris
Sur- See
Hunt Army Deserter In Indian Club Murder
A 17 year old Army deserter from Fort Belvoir is sought by police in the Indian war club killing of Don B. Glendening. The victim was found slain in his bed with a blood stained scene and a war club on the floor. Police inspector Robert I Barret said the youth has been AWOL since February 16.
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Washington
Fort Belvoir
Don B. Glendening
Robert 8. Barret
Glendening
OPA Bill Moves Out of Committee Amidst Protests
The Senate Banking Committee approved a revised price control extension bill amid protests and prepared to send it to the Senate floor next week. Chairman Wagner denounced the changes, while Majority Leader Barkley signaled reporting the measure without endorsing amendments or the bill's overall scope.
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OPA
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Barkley
Banking Committee
Chamber
Wagner
House
Chester Bowles
Mrs Loughry Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Charge
Margarite Loughry arraigned in Barbour County circuit court on a murder charge linked to the death of her six year old son Wesley Leroy. Prosecutor William T. George says she had admitted beating the boy severely twice the day he died. A separate item from Pittsburgh reports Louise Whited, 19, wife of a soldier in Italy, killed when a car door opened and struck an iron pole last night.
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Philippi
Margarite Loughry
Barbour County
Wesley Leroy
William T. George
Pittsburgh
Louise Whited
Italy
Truman picks Austin for UN Security Council post
President Truman names Warren R. Austin as the American representative on the United States Security Council. Officials hope the choice will reassure Russians and influence their attitude. The emergency strike control bill advances as House Rules considers its path after Senate action on the draft section.
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Washington
Truman
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Jack Bell
Warren R. Austin
United States Security Council
AFL Seafarers Strike Ahead of CIO Maritime Action
AFL Seafarers announce a 100 percent work stoppage across New York ports and other coasts with 15 ships contacted, as unions plan simultaneous meetings. Congress moves to avert a CIO driven June 16 shipping strike, with hearings set to probe employer and union tensions.
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Max Hall
New York
AFL
Jack Dwyer
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Seafarers International Union
Washington
CIO
Atlantic
Gus
Pacific
Hawaiian
House Labor Committee
A. B. Kelly
D.-Pa
Kelley
Security Council Set for Showdown Over Franco Spain
United Nations Security Council to meet after a 15 day pause to decide on a subcommittee report labeling Franco Spain as a potential threat to peace. Russia and the Western powers may veto unless the report is amended, hoping to pressure Madrid while maintaining UN diplomatic action.
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New York
Russia
United Nations
Security Council
Spain
U.N
Madrid
Francisco ‘Franch'ba
Britain
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Harriet Hilliard
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