Debate on Social Security expansion in Senate today
In Washington the Senate began debate on a revised Social Security bill that would broaden coverage to nearly 10 million more people and boost benefits about 90 percent. Senator Walter George noted the plan eases state burdens and aligns with administration goals, though farmers and some professionals would still be excluded.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Walter George
Georgia
George
BA Agape
Senators Seek Inquiry Into Handling Of Case
Washington reports a congressional inquiry into the ear department's management of the 1945 Athermila secret documents case. Republican penator Homer drafted the resolution urging a Senate committee investigation as part of a broader look at charges of communism in government.
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Washington
Ear Department
Penatory
Homer
Gapetort
Indiana
Benate ‘Tudtetars
Amerasia
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizens and Birth Announcements
Hospital attendants report two arrivals at the City hospital in Grafton. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Darnell of Route 2 on June 11 at 3 30 p m, weighing seven pounds fourteen and a half ounces. Another daughter born to Mr and Mrs Jack Kincaid of Route 2 on June 3, weighing seven pounds thirteen ounces and named Nancy Lou. Mrs Kincaid is the former Clard Louise Felton. Mr Kincaid studies at Ohio State University in Columbus.
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City, Hospital
Nancy Lou
Kincaid
Clard Louise’ Felton
Ohio State’ University
Columbus
Ohio
Windstorm Damages Homes and Crops in Alice ND
Violent windstorms struck eastern North Dakota, converging on Alice and sweeping southeast across the state. Roofs torn from houses, buildings toppled, power lines cut, and flux crops described as a total loss. High winds and rain also affected Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois with a reported 75 million hour gust in Madison Wisconsin.
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Alice
North Dakota
Main Street
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Madison
Three Men Seek Damages Over Three Car Crash
Three individuals from Mercer county allege state highway negligence after a February crash involving Richard H. Spicer of Jenkin Jones and Charles Wright of Kimball follow Spicer's sudden stop for a road slide hole. Wright seeks five thousand dollars for injuries. his wife ten thousand dollars for damages. Keystone Hardware asks four hundred ninety dollars for truck damage.
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Charleston
Mercer County
Court of Claims
Richard H. Spicer
Jenkin Jones
McDowell County
Charles Wright
Kimball
Spicer
Keystone Hardware Company
Keyston Wright
Road Commission
Girls Receive Aid
Two West Virginia girls were awarded 250 scholarships by the West Virginia Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for outstanding high school economic work. Thressa Chapman of Huntington will attend Marshall College and Jean Wimer of Elkins will enroll at West Virginia University.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West Virginia Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Thressa Chapman
Huntington
Jean: Wimer
Elkins
Chapman
Marshall College
Wimer
West Virginia University
Milk Dumped As Pittsburgh Area Dairy Strike Spreads
Milk is dumped or fed to hogs in seven Pittsburgh area counties amid dairy strikes. State police guard highways after armed pickets force dumps. Governor Duff compares acts to criminals. In Greensburg a posse may be organized. Nine dairies promise strike-ending talks. three bootlegging defendants fined for selling milk above legal price.
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Pittsburgh
Washington, D. C
James Duff
Washington
Congress
Twenty Ninth Planes Remain In Women Pilots Derby
In a cross country race from San Diego to Greenville twenty nine planes stay in the event with others dropping out but accounted for. Arleen Davis of Cleveland leads in distance overnight in Atlanta Georgia and is favored to win though the winner will be decided by elapsed time, not first to Greenville.
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San Diego
California
Greenville
South Carolina
Arleen Davis
Cleveland
Atlanta
Georgia
Arleen
Measure To Aid Distress Areas Introduced Today
Washington report states a bill by Representative Daniel Flood would give distress areas a five percent bidding advantage on all federal contracts including military. The Labor Department would determine labor surplus regions, aiming to boost employment in the anthracite region and similar zones.
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Congress
Daniel Flood
Pennsylvania
Representative Flood
House
Labor Department
Bureau of Unemployment Security
Helicopter Crash Kills Three in Southampton Test Flight
A large three-motor experimental helicopter crashed during a test flight in Southampton. The craft, touted as the world’s biggest, carried 24 passengers and was designed to lift passengers, freight and spray crops. The pilot and two passengers died. the machine burned as fire crews arrived.
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Southampton
England
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Workmen Strike On Point Pleasant Flood Wall Project
About seventy four workmen led by 18 year old truck drivers quit the Maxon construction crew from Dayton Ohio over a demanded wage increase. The Point Pleasant flood wall project, a four million dollar job, aims for completion in December.
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Point Pleasant
Pleasant
Maxon Construction Company
Dayton
Ohio
Swiss Government Warns Housewives Readiness Plan
Swiss government warns households to stock 20 pounds of foodstuffs per family member as part of economic preparedness. Officials emphasize plans are precautionary and not an indication of imminent war.
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Switzerland
Prominent Mason Charles Hedges Dies in Pittsburgh
Charles Augustus Hedges, aged 62, a veteran 33rd degree Mason and owner of G. A. Hedges Wholesale Confectionary on Pittsburgh's North Side, died yesterday. A native of Bethany West Virginia he moved to Pittsburgh in 1887 and was among the nation's oldest in his rank.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Augustus Hedges
G. A. Hedges
Hedges
Bethany
West Virginia
Remington Pleads Innocent In Grand Jury Perjury Case
William Remington, a resigned government economist, pleaded innocent in federal court New York to a perjury indictment for denying Communist ties before a grand jury. Judge John Clancy set July 5 as trial date and bail at 5000 dollars with two days to raise it. Bondmen refused bail citing loyalty questions. Remington faced up to five years in prison and a 2000 dollar fine.
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New York
William Remington
Remington
John Clancy
Clancy
Commerce Department
Wiley
Five Local Girls Attend Rhodendron Girls State at Jacksons Mill
Five Grafton girls attend Rhodendron Girls State at Jacksons Mill this week to learn democratic government by running a miniature state. Sponsored by local organizations, the attendees include Geraldine Dougherty, Maxine Smith, Carolyn Anderson, Dorothy Blackman, and Ruth Poling. Mrs Lawrence Smith will speak. The event runs from Sunday June 11 to Saturday. Accompanied by Mr and Mrs George D Vogel, Mrs Foley, and several parents.
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Grafton
Rhodendron
Jackson's Mill
Richard L. Foley
Unit No. 12
American Legion Auxiliary
Geraldine Dougherty
St. Augustine's School
Loyal Order of Moose
Maxine Smith
Flemington
Taylor County
Carolyn Anderson
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Dorothy Blackman
40 and 8 Society
Ruth Poling
Business Girls Club
West
Virginia
Lawrence Smith
Wisconsin
Jackson’s Mill
George D. Vogel
Foley
Eight Enlist During May in Army and Air Force
Light young men enlisted in the Army and Air Force this past month as reported by Sgt. Donaldson the local recruiting sergeant. Billy Parsons and Carmen McKinney from Grafton Harry Maier and Jack West from Tunnelton Samuel Pisino and Joseph Serback from Brownton Charles Murphy from Philipp and Clarence Johnson from Grafton will receive basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky. They may then receive school assignments or be assigned to a unit for duty. Openings remain for men aged 17 to 34 with or without prior service.
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Army
Air Force
Donaldson
Billy Parsons
Carmen McKinney
Grafton
Harry Maier
Jack West
Tunnelton
West Virginia
Samuel Pisino
Joseph Serback
Brownton
Charles Murphy
Philipp
Clarence Johnson
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Randolph County Votes on Tygarts Valley Soil Conservation
Randolph County voters weigh inclusion of additional sections in the Tygarts Valley Soil Conservation district today in Beverly and Dailey. If approved, only two magisterial districts will be outside the program as all other West Virginia counties are already included.
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Elkins (P
Randolph County
Beverly
Dailey
Tygarts Valley
New York World Telegram Sun Strike Hits City Paper
Printers and stereetypers refuse to cross CIO line at New York World Telegram and Sun plant. Management warns editions may be impossible today. Nearly 400 editorial and business staff seek a 10 percent wage raise plus benefits while talks end in stalemate after three months.
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CIO American Newspaper Guild
New York World Telegram and
Sun
World+ Telegram
New York Sun
A. F. of L
CIO
World Telegram and Sun
Air France C54 crashes off Saudi Arabia with 50 aboard
Paris reports an Air France four engine C54 carrying 50 persons from Indochina crashed in the Persian Gulf north of Bahrain. Five passengers and three crew saved, 37 passengers and five crew unaccounted. Survivors taken to Bahrain. Plane en route Saigon Paris, crash near eastern Saudi coast. Authorities say most aboard likely French nationals with one displaced person. Rescue continues. U S Air Force bases may join.
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Paris
Air France
Indochina
Persian Gulf
Gulf
Bahrein Islind
Saudi Arabia
Jean Sladek
Saigon
Disputch
Calcutta
Bahrein
Air Line
Karachi
Pakistan
Cairo
Egypt
United States Air Force
Dhahran
Bandi Arabia
Homes Files for Congress in Second District Race
A Morgantown fundraiser, 27-year-old Nicholas M. Homes, filed for the Republican congressional nomination in the Second District, challenging incumbent Democrat Harley O. Staggers of Keyser who is expected to seek re election. In Chicago, Anastas Calendar advertised a method to predetermine baby gender for a fee. Calendar was fined five dollars and costs for distributing cards in Lincoln Park and the cards were destroyed. The Russian born promoter claimed a potion trick tied to a royal bloodline tale.
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Charleston
Morgantown
Nicholas M. Homes
Harley O. Staggers
Keyser
Chicago
Anastas Calendar
Calendar
Lincoln Park
Eugénie Hoilaut
Nicholas II
Russia
Charleston Men Appeal Death Sentences
Two Charleston men Bailey and Painter appeal to the state supreme court from death sentences. Bailey, 35, seeks relief for the third time in a week over the electric chair for the robbery slaying of storekeeper Rozina Fabio. Painter, 30, faces execution for the stomping death of Edward C. O'Brien, a soft drink salesman. Burdette, initially part of the O'Brien case, has an appeal possible in September. attorneys argue intoxication and lack of premeditation. The court also weighs a dispute over a $1.7 million estate office building project between Charleston and the state.
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Charleston
State Supreme ‘Court
Robert Ballard Bailey
C. Painter
Bailey
State
Moundsville
Edward C. O’brien
O'Brien
Harry Atlee Burdette
The
Supreme Court Today
City of
Circuit Court
Julian F. Bouchelle
Deer Back Pay Demand From Huntington Man
Robert P. Roten seeks 251 dollars from the state claiming a Conservation Officer seized his deer after a legal shot during last deer season. Roten was acquitted of charges in Pocahontas County. the deer was said to be promised to a school. He also seeks travel reimbursements for the shoot.
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Charleston
Huntington
Robert P. Roten
R. H. Holderby
Roten
Pocahontas County
Large Kanawha County Moonshine Stills Seized
State troopers and federal agents raided a Blue Creek area house, capturing two of the largest moonshine stills in Kanawha county. Police arrested one suspect and confiscated 18 gallons of moonshine, 700 gallons of mash, and 24 fermenters each 50 gallons capacity. Stills were found in a heavily wooded, 40 mile-from-town location noted as a full operation.
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Qharleston
Kanawha County
Blue Creek
Tex
Webb
Ina
Tured
Sherman
President Truman Receives New Lincoln Convertible
Detroit Ford Motor company says it delivered the last of 10 specially designed Lincoln cars to the White House. The seven passenger convertible has cherry red and black leather trim and special steps on each rear fender for Secret Service guards. The cars are leased to the government under a Ford contract.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ite House
Truman
Ford Company
Pire
Morgantown University Aims to Improve State Streams
Morgantown West Vil gings University joins efforts to improve state streams. Professor B G Anderson of the biology department describes a method using a small crustacean to measure poison in the Shenandoah river. Further tests plan to refine water quality management and reduce industrial pollution.
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Morgantown
West Vilgings University
B. G. Anderson
Biology
Shenandoah River
Anderton
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