Senate approves milikin vandenberg trade act revision
The Senate Finance Committee voted 8 to 5 to extend the foreign trade agreements act one year with a milder revision than the House. A Millikin Vandenberg compromise requires the president to notify Congress within 30 days of ignoring tariff commission recommendations. Democrats fear it guts the reciprocal trade program while Republicans back the balance of powers. The act expires Saturday amid dispute over longer extensions.
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Senate Finance Committee
House
Vandenberg
Mich
Millikin
Colo
Congress
Tarif Commission
Taft
Ohio
Tariff Commission
Senate weighs draft revival amid heated debate
The Senate moved into a long session with a draft revival under discussion. Proposals would allow 18 to 33 year olds to be put into a two year draft, with eligibility for citizenship after five years of service. Critics warn the plan risks arming the nation with a de facto foreign legion while opponents challenge linkage to selective service policies. News from Washington by Donald Sanders.
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Foreign Legion
Man Gurney
R.S.D
Figured Services Committee
Gurney
Donald Sanders
Washington
Senate
Blican
House
Money whispers in love market says Boyle
New York columnist Hal Boyle notes a new social pattern where women seek husbands with large bank accounts rather than tall dark and handsome. A suburban blonde with one divorce and two children leads a trend of many offers as men compete on wealth rather than appearance.
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New York
Cupid
Stock Exchange
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Alta
Boyles
Boys State Governor Campaign Is Lively
Jacksons Mill June 8 Jim Brown of Welch and David Hermansdorfer of seoper oppose each other in a lively campaign for governor of the 11th Mountaineer Boys State The governor and other state and district officers will be chosen tonight Brown was an easy winner over five others on the Nationalist ticket in last night’s primary Hermansdorfer led a field with Wendell L Shay of Power For other offices with Nationalist candidates first tonight’s ballot includes Charles Henderson of Charleston against Bill Lohr of Wellsburg for secretary of state
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Welch
David “Hermansdorfer
Seoper
Mountaineer Boys State
Brown
Hermansdorfer
Wendell L. Shay
Power
Charles Henderson
Charleston
Bill Lohr
Wellsburg
Prisoners shot by guards during escape attempt
William Chittum a 17 year old former inmate at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys is one of three youths wounded during an escape attempt at the Rosedale prison camp in Gilmer county. Oliver Burnwell and Frederick Gatewood also sustained injuries. Gatewood, from Raleigh county, was treated for chest and knee wounds and was unconscious for a time. Chittum, from Taylor county, had a hip wound and had been sentenced for grand larceny to 1 to 10 years at the Moundsville penitentiary.
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West Virginia
Frederick Gatewood
Raleigh
Glenville
Gatewood
Chittum
John J. Hussion
Yates Avenue
Roy Adkins
Sannee
House Committee Would Cut AEC And Veterans Administration
The House appropriations panel proposed cash cuts of about nine percent for the Atomic Energy Commission and seven percent for the Veterans Administration in a $5.79 billion budget to fund six agencies for the new fiscal year. The panel urged restraint on GI Bill training and called for practical spending approaches, detailing reductions for the AEC, VA, Maritime Commission, and Housing Expeditor with specific cash and contract authority figures.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
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House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Hon Colony
Maritime Commission
Office of Housing
House Committee
Trade Directors To Meet Tomorrow Night
A special meeting of the board of directors of the Taylor County Board of Trade has been called for tomorrow night at 8 30 p m all the trade board offices Charles N Prickitt executive secretary said the meeting would be very important and urged all members to be in attendance.
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Trade Board
Charles ‘N. Prickitt
Baby suffocated in bedclothes at Princeton
A June report from a Pennsylvania physician states a two month old baby was found dead in bed in Princeton and likely suffocated by heavy bedclothing. The infant was the son of Mr and Mrs Billy Parks.
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Billy 8
Parks
Park Commission Inspects Grounds at Memorial Park
Members of the Park Commission visited Taylor County War Memorial Park to plan spring clean-up. They ordered the area mowed and cleared as weather permits and noted arrangements with a Millerville sawmill for lumber sale settlements, with further details to follow.
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Woody ‘Squires
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Stores Closing Wednesday Afternoons In Grafton
The Taylor County Board of Trade announces that starting tomorrow most business houses in Grafton will close on Wednesday afternoons during June July and August. The practice aims to give workers a weekly half day off while not all stores will participate. Signed by trade promotion committee members and listing Heflin's Style Shop Roberts Main Street J C Penney Cole's Shoe Repair and McLee as closing sites.
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Trade Promotion Committee
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Claude 8. Ebert
Kenneth Laschse
Charles Casner
Fred Jackson
George Coulson
G. R. Coughlin
Jack Bailey
Ted Nelson
Marion Skages
Heflin’s Style Shop
Roberts Main Street
J. C. Penney Company
Cole's Shoe Repair
Mc- Lee
James Hagan resigns Pitt athletic director amid muddled athletics
Pittsburgh June 8 James Whitey Hagan resigns as athletic director of the University of Pittsburgh as trustees meet to review a committee report on the universitys muddied athletic situation They expected to act on a move to dismiss Hagan who had ordered the firing of coach Walter Mike Milligan
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Mike” Milligan
West Virginia Weather Forecast Extended June 9 13
Forecast calls for temperatures near to a bit below normal. Cool midweek with warming Thursday through Saturday. Expected precipitation totals range up to three quarters of an inch in the north and about a half inch in the south.
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Austin Girl 16 Still Missing From Home
Rhoda Evelyn Austin, 15, daughter of W. C. and Hazel Austin of 515 Walnut street Grafton, has been missing ten days. Police in two states seek a man known as Lucky Walker and a woman identified as Mrs Ollie Lewis as suspects in her disappearance after they were seen in a car near her home before noon May 28. Her parents fear for her safety as she may be with the pair and say she attended Grafton Junior High earlier that day.
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Lucky” Walker
Ollie Lewis
Citible
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Mrcand
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Grafton Junior High School
Austin
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maryland
Americans to send 21 officers as truce observers to Palestine
Washington announces that twenty one American military officers will depart immediately to serve as truce observers in Palestine, with seven navy officers flying today and seven army and seven air force officers drawn from the European theater. The move follows a request from Count Bernadotte, the UN mediator, seeking a four week term and aiming to facilitate a peace accord between Arabs and Jews.
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Five Injured In Freak Pennsy Rail Accident
Five passengers in a Pennsylvania railroad sleeping car were injured in a freak crash at Union Station when two cars uncoupled and hit the engine of the Spirit of St. Louis. Seventeen travelers were trapped inside the Pullman as firemen police and railroad workers freed them. two serious injuries reported. Charles W. Donker and Johnson, 45, of J were among those injured.
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Five Win Pilot Licenses In University's Program
Morgantown June 8 Five West Virginia University students earned private pilot licenses after completing on air and ground courses. Howard Fowley and Billie Rousseau of Morgantown Donald H Roby of Peterstown Grover Holt Jr of Sharples Logan county and Thomas Booth of Stone Ky qualified. The university began flight activities before the war and has operated without a mishap.
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Howard Fowley
Billie Rousseau
Donald H. Roby
Peteraburs
Grover €. Holt, Jr
Sharples
Logan County
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Stone
Edwards Kames Alleged Attackers In Fairmont Incident
Lyle R Edwards, wounded in a Saturday melee in Fairmont, named Clarence L Hall and Von B Tucker as his alleged attackers. Hall, 55, noted Fairmont businessman and State Literary veteran, and Tucker, 38, Monongahela Power right of way agent, were bound over to the grand jury on $500 personal recognizance each. Edwards, son of Mire, sustained a slash to the hip and a stab wound in the abdomen. Police said the assault happened after he pulled his car into Morse street between the two residences on Bellview avenue.
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Aim) Edwards
Grafton
Fairmont General Hospital
Fairmont
Reay
Clarence’l. Hall
State Literélature
von B. Tucker
Monongahea Power Company
Edwards
Mire
Justice of the Peace
Marion County
Edwards Passe
Hillcrest Country Club Explodes in Fire Disaster
A blast at Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles caused the clubhouse roof to blow off and a fire to gut the building. The incident left multiple people injured and hospitalised, including staff seated in the dining area and the men’s grill. Fire response was intensive but costs were estimated at about $178,000.
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GOAL OPS DELAY DISCUSSION ON CONTRACT OFFER
Harold W reports GOAL OPS asks for a 24 hour delay to discuss a possible contract offer to John Lewis. At their request the cancellations cut the workday to 1 pm and affect the scheduling of talks at the hotel venue.
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Bate
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Atto
Taft Seeks Midwest Backing For Fourth Ballot Victory
The report suggests Taft is counting on regional support to push through on about the fourth ballot. An adjacent note mentions a theatre presentation invitation and local attendance details, with SHAFFER 43310 and WwW Main referenced in passing.
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