Cleaver Raid Nets Large Indian Chinese Smuggling Ring
Vancouver police and RCMP storm Market Alley in Chinatown to break a gunny rung of smugglers lottery operators and narcotics dealers. Sixteen officers captured five Chinese suspects with a sixth believed in the United States. A half ton safe and large haul including $47000 in Canadian currency and $1200 in U.S. gold coins were seized.
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B. C
City
Federal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
M. F. Antony
RCMP
Police Criminal Investigation Bureau
United States
Chinatown
Anthony
Canada
Chita
Juvenile Delinquency Seen as Major National Problem
Chicago June 22 Attorney General Tom C Clark described the juvenile problem as among the most vexing facing the nation. He cited wartime stresses as aggravating factors and urged long term plans alongside emergency measures. Clark noted progress by the AG panel and called for broader, representative action in Washington.
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Chicago
Tom C. Clark
America
Clark
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
Washington
State Trooper J R Wayt In Auto Mishap On Route 50
State Trooper J R Wayt was injured when his personal automobile was struck by a drunken driver on Route 50 near Thorn ton. The preceding night he was sideswiped in a state police cruiser on a curve near Pruntytown by a Grafton motorist. Donald Costolow of Tunnelton, driver of the car that hit Wayt, is held in Taylor county Jail on drunken driving charges. his companion Junior Knotts is also in custody.
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J. R. Wayt
Route 50
Thornton
Wayt
Pruntytown
Grafton
Greyhound
Donald Costolow
Tunnelton
Taylor County
Junior Knotts
Costolow
Gas Super Passes Clarksburg Leader In Clarksburg Death
Albert M. Bert Longstreth 61 southern district superintendent of Hope Natural Gas died in a Clarksburg hospital last night of a heart attack after an illness since Sunday. He was a long time company official and figure in regional gas operations.
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Clarksburg
Albert M
Bert) Longstreth
Southern
The
Hope Natural Gas Comany
Navy court martial to hear Rollins case next Tuesday
Annapolis Md June 22 A seven officer Navy general court martial will hear final arguments Tuesday in the case of Chief Steward Walter W Rollins a Virgin Islands negro charged with two sex offenses and with theft embezzlement gambling and misconduct Rollins a veteran of 27 years naval service has pleaded innocent to all charges The defense called four witnesses including John H G Poole senior civil engineer at the Naval Academy who testified he believed it impossible for a prosecution witness to have seen all he claimed to have observed while peering into Rollins room through an aperture Curtis Carter an enlisted man testified he had seen Rollins and Mrs Margaret A Sima blonde wife of a Naval Academy bandsman in Rollins room while Mrs Sima was partially disrobed and he had looked through the aperture
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Annapolis
Navy
Walter W. Rollins
Virgin Islands
Rollins
John H. G. Poole
Naval Academy
Tooeave
Curtis Carter
Margaret A. Sima
Sima
Pirates for sale rumor grinds on at Strand and Dixie theaters
Grafton Sentinel notes tonight's showings at Strand Theatre and Dixie Theatre while readers are urged to buy Pittsburgh Pirates merchandise. The item references Betty Hutton and Bary Fitzgerald in Stork Club and Marjorie Reynolds Brady and Jink Falkenburg in Meet Me on Broadway, with DAVID LOUGH invited to attend. The report echoes earlier Pittsburgh Post-Gazette chatter that efforts to buy the Pirates are under way.
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Betty Hutton
Bary Fitzgerald
Strand Theatre
Broadway
Marjorie Reynolds Brady
Jink Falkenburg
Dixie Theatre
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Today
Truman Faces New Labor Legislation Dilemma
The Senate rushes the Hobbs anti racketeering bill to Truman in a form identical to the House version. The White House ponders a veto, while supporters argue it targets union coercion and extortion across interstate commerce. The Case veto set a similar framework, safeguarding peaceful picketing.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hatch
D.-N.m
Lee Truman
Bowles Predicts More Meat After July 1
Washington居民 economic stabilizer Chester Bowles predicted more meat will be available after July 1 and that a bread shortage would ease considerably within 30 days. He spoke on ABC and noted meat prices depend on price ceilings and livestock feed. Bowles warned supplies may decline again by December due to tight grain stocks.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
ABC Network
Dig In Ruins For More Victims Of Hotel Blast
Dallas dispatch reports firemen and wrecking experts digging through rubble at the Baker hotel basement after a blast killed seven and injured 41. Investigators say cause remains undetermined as a major hotel disaster unfolds across the nation.
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Tex
Swank Baker Hotel
George M. Kintz
United States Bureau of Mines
C.N. Penn
Kintz
E. L. Mitchell
San Antonio
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Erst
Amoria
Second Killing in Dunbar Near Rubber Plant
Dunbar Kanawha County June 22 Louis August Baletto 24 year old ex serviceman was shot to death in an argument with two men on a Dunbar street near a cafe opposite the rubber plant Institute Cpl R T Cummings State Police said two suspects were arrested for questioning no charges filed and names not released Balletto died after being shot as the two men fled in a car near the Institute area
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Dunbar
Louis August Baletto
Exserviceman
Kanawha
Cpl
R. T. Cummings
Cummings
Balletto
Institute
Waives To Grand Jury In Triangle Shooting
Charleston June 22 Lewis F. Lee a four year old resident of Dunbar waived preliminary arraignment on charges of fatally shooting Mrs Wende Fouts DeFord 31 and Cecil Em ory James 40 mayor D L Salispury of Dunbar ex officio Justice of the peace said he had held Lee for action of the next Kanawha county grand jury Lee who suffered a bullet wound in the upper right arm in the shooting affray is now patient in the Kanawha county jail hospital He was taken yesterday from a Charleston hospital where he had been since the shooting occurred Sunday
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Charleston
Lewis F. Lee
Dunbar
Wende Fouts DeFord
Cecil Emory James
D. L. Salis
Pury
Fisbury
Kanawha County
Foxes trapped in rabies drive near Claresburg
Conservation Commission trappers caught 35 foxes in traps set to curb a rabies outbreak in the area and two additional animals were shot by farmers according to officials.
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Claresburg
Conservation Commission
Fitzgerald Named New FAO Executive In Geneva
Washington June 22 Dr D A Fitzgerald the government expert on international food problems has left agriculture to head a 20 nation campaign against famine as secretary general of the international emergency food council He will oversee a nine nation central committee and help draft plans for the world food crisis over the next eighteen months The council will present proposals to its members for fair distribution of food See FITZGERALD page 8 and CONGRESSIONAL page 3
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D. A. Fitzgerald
Agriculture Department
International Emergency Food Council
Fitzgerald Laste
Bes
Fitzgerald
RFC
General Accounting Office
GAO
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Case
R-S. D
Manasco
D.-Ala
House Expenditures Committee
Banking Committee
Congressional
Beacom's Air Line Merges With Globair
Beacom's Air Line merges with Globair to form Globair Inc. It links Pittsburgh with key Mountain State cities via new operations based at Benedum Airport near Clarksburg and Dayton offices. Joint executives J Patrick Beacom and William A Simms announce intra state service expansion.
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Fairmont
West, Virginia
Ohio
Pittsburgh
J. Patrick Beacom
William A. Simms
Dayton
Mid-Atlantic Airlines
Globair, Inc
Conserv Commission Reports 115 Convictions in May
The Conservation Commission announced 115 convictions from 170 May arrests for violations of state fish forestry and game laws. Fines and costs totaled 3759 dollars.
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Charleston
The
Conservation Commission
Jury Convicts Man of First Degree Murder
A jury convicts James A. Cook, 29, of Man, of first degree murder with mercy recommendations for the fatal January 28 shooting of Houston Clay, 23, at Switeer. Cook, a World War II veteran, claimed temporary insanity.
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Logan
Juhe
James A
Jack) Cook
Houston Clay
Switeer
Cook
County Court May Appoint One Poll Official On Own
Charleston June 22 A county court may appoint one of the three election board commissioners without regard to party executive committees recommendations. Attorney General Imm J Partlow said the court must accept qualified recommendations for poll clerks and two of the three commissioners, but can designate at least one commissioner from its own choice. The ruling covers both primary and general elections.
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Charleston
Imm J. Partlow
Edward H.greene
Cabell County
Partlow
EL Am
Forty one mines idle on B&O Monongahela division
Forty one mines were idle on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad's Monongahela division due to a hopper shortage yesterday. Officials expected unloadings of cars on the Great Lakes to relieve the situation. All pits served by the Monongahela railroad were operating.
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Fairmont
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Great Lakes
Defense Appropriations Reach Record Peacetime Total
Washington reports congressional determination to keep armed forces at record peacetime strength. Between house and senate more than 11 billion dollars approved for defense with 7 billion for the army, the largest peace time budget in War Department history, and substantial navy funding.
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Washington
Defense
House
Senate
War Department
Navy
Fresh Meat Supply Reaches All Time Low In History Of The United States
Martinsburg June 22 A circuit court jury awarded Kathleen Raines 5000 in her 10000 suit against attorney P C Faulkner for alleged unwanted kiss during a professional visit. The jury assigned 3000 in compensatory damages and 2000 in punitive damages. Faulkner admitted the visit but denied any kiss attempt.
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United States
Martinsburg
Kathleen Raines
P. C. Faulkner
Armour Co Slaughtering Declines Across Nation
The Associated Press reports freshmeat is scarce amid rationing with Armour Co not slaughtering a beef animal this week. Slaughtering by major producers is at historic lows, causing widespread shortages in fresh meat across many areas as the meat situation deteriorates.
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Armour Co
Associated Press
Big Four ministers tackle Trieste issue in Paris
Paris June 22 big four foreign ministers again tackled the Trieste problem as diplomats sought signs a solution had been reached. Byrnes reported by cable daily progress to the president from his Paris talks, while Mrs Truman sat at the White House desk when the trans Atlantic call came.
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Byrnes
Paris
White House
Trieste
Issiana
OPA price control extension talks loom in Washington
Senate and House conferees pace toward final agreement on price control extension. Senate leader Barkley cited many disputed points and secrecy pledges among negotiators as they push to finish the bill despite uncertain prospects.
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Washington
Senate
House
OPA
Barkley
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