Russia joins Paris talks on European aid plan
London reports Russia will join Britain and France in preliminary discussions on U S aid to Europe under Marshall plan. Bevin indicated the Soviet acceptance, with talks to begin in Paris next Friday. British officials plan a strong team of experts and an observer presence may be proposed.
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France
Europe
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House of Commons
Tass
Moscow
U. S
George C. Marshall
Ivan Avalog
Georges Bidault
Rambouillet
Bidault
William L. Clayton
State business pulse strong in West Virginia 1947 gains
A Fifth Federal Reserve Bank report shows a brisk state economy with higher coal output, bank debits, department store sales, and construction. West Virginia coal production for January through April 1947 reached 54,384,000 tons vs 41,712,000 a year earlier. Bank deposits averaged 540 million dollars in late April, unchanged from March. Debit growth ranged 16 to 26 percent by city, and construction contracts climbed to 6.215 million in March and 15.128 million in the first three months. See STATE page 6.
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Richmond
West Virginia
Fifth Federal Reserve Bank
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Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Parkersburg
Dead and missing after flash floods and tornado
Nebraska toll rises to at least 16 dead and missing after flash floods and tornadoes. In Cambridge nine drowned, four missing. others drowned 60 miles away when a car hit a washout. Residents clung to roofs as 12 foot floodwaters surged from Medicine Creek and across the region. Boats and trucks evacuated 196 people from trees and rooftops amid widespread outages.
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Cambridge
Neb
Nebraska
Medicine Creek
Here
Burwell
North Loup
Broken Bow
Thomas Mitchell
Week Opens Warm with 78 Degree High Today
The week began with a warm spell as temperatures reached 78 degrees by noon. Forecasters expect this week to run hotter than last, with yesterday's high at 77 despite a strong wind. The overnight low dropped to 42.
Three Highway Fatalities Reported Over Weekend
Three West Virginia highway deaths were reported over the weekend, raising June total to 18 and yearly toll to 168. Victims include Roberta Adams, 9, on a secondary road in Mingo County and Gustav Adolph Saaf, 64, on State Route 20 in Harrison County. The third fatality is Hubert Perrine, 42, driver, killed near Wheeling.
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Seventy One Picked Up In Huntington Raids
Seventy-one people were scheduled for arraignment today on bonds after Huntington police raided three gambling establishments. Fifty-six were arrested in one location and most faced loitering charges.
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Huntington
Special Session Opens In Charleston To Review Municipal Taxes
The West Virginia special session opened at 12 07 pm with the House of Delegates and Senate meeting to validate municipal gross sales taxes. Governor Meadows planned extemporaneous remarks urging urgent action to legalize taxing authority. A proposal to cap rates at half the state level sparked debate, Bluefield singled out for potential impact.
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House of Delegates
Senate
Specia
John
Amos
Meadows
Cen Fe Tne
Supreme Court
Buefléla
Bluefield
New Police Chief Shot Down In Gangland Style
Mexicali dispatch reports Chief of Police Juan Menesen slain by gunfire while returning home. Calexico police say he had been probing narcotics traffic across the border. Curtain caused $1,000 fire damage at a Crescent Road home, firemen report.
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Mex
Juan Menesen
Calexico
Caif
Nick Finn
Menesen
Charleston
Crescent Road
Luther Walf
Ety
Deadly blizzards sweep nation amid floods and twisters
Associated Press reports violent weather across the United States claiming at least 18 lives. Nebraska suffered the most with 15 fatalities as 15 foot snow drifts blocked Beartooth Pass between Yellowstone and Red Lodge. Montana and Wyoming also faced deadly blizzard conditions trapping vacationers in light clothing and leaving 70 travelers stranded. Rescue teams recovered bodies from buried vehicles while skiers and patrols aided survivors. Park officials confirmed all people in the area accounted for and operations concluded.
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Associated Press
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Beartooth Pass
Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Red Lodge
Mont
Montana-Wyoming
Breat Mountain
Edmund Rogers
Narrowly Avert Another Texas City Disaster
Wilmington California June 23. A tanker explosion at the Los Angeles harbor killed two and left 12 missing with about 30 injured after a blast that sent flames and smoke miles out to sea. The 11 083 ton Markay carried 2 940 000 gallons of fuel when it blew up. Fire crews from Los Angeles and Long Beach fought the blaze for six hours. Investigators began work as Keystone Shipping Co faced questions of negligence.
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Texas City
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Ivestigators
Keystone Shpping Co
Phiadelphia
William Anderson
Keystone
Guilt Internal Feud Out in Open in Guild Speech
Sioux City reports President Milton Murray of the American Newspaper Guild accused internal dissension within the CIO union of a secret cabal led by Sam Eurback W A Copeland Gervase Love Dorothy Rockwell and William J Farson He warned against local unauthorised use of national resources during strikes and said Communism still has a foothold in New York and Los Angeles locals while urging a $100 a week minimum wage goal for next year
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Iowa
Milton Murray
American Newspaper Guild
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Sam Eurbank
W. A. Copeland
Gervase N. Love
Dorothy Rockwell
William J. Farson
Murray
Philadelphia Record
Los Angeles Herald-Express
New York
Los Angeles
Mischievous Bird Suspected In House Fire
Raymond Johnson of 573 West Main street reported a fire at his home yesterday at 11 30 am. Firefighters found a burning cigarette stub on a second story window sill outside the window. They attributed the blaze to a bird carrying the burning item to the sill. Johnson stood nearby as smoke issued from a window sill.
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West Main Street
Grafton
Johnson
Mrs Ruth Harr Tries Gas Asphyxiation Saturday Night
Mrs Ruth Harr 30 wife of Earnest Harr of 1120 West Main Street attempted suicide by gas fumes Saturday night. She was found in her bathroom, rushed by Bartlett ambulance to City Hospital near midnight, and is reported as much improved though still recuperating.
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Earnest Harr
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Harr
City Hospital
Bartlett
Ruth Page
Five year old in bureau drawer starts big police hunt
Five-year-old Joseph Eck chose a sleeping place in a bureau drawer prompting a major search by family and more than 100 policemen. His uncle Harry Cunningham later found him curled up in a sideboard drawer with table linens. The boy said he preferred not to sleep upstairs. The second item notes the Supreme Court ruling the Lea act, the anti Petrillo law, constitutional.
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Joseph Eck
Harry Cunningham
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Marshall urges arms standardization in Western Hemisphere
Secretary of State Marshall told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Western Hemisphere nations must standardize arms for security and well being. He warned the U.S. risks other countries supplying Latin America if it withholds aid, and estimated the program at about 10 million dollars annually.
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Marshall
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Canada
Eaton
RNJ
United Nations
Bloom
D-N.y
Lawrence Smith
R-Wis
State Department
Sayig
Taft Calls for Outstanding Men for New Labor Bd
The Senate authorized a strong labor board push after voting 68 to 25 to override President Truman's veto of the Taft Hartley act, with the House approving 331 to 85. The decision marks a decisive Republican victory and a pivotal moment in labor policy.
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Truman
House of Representatives
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Truman appeals to uphold veto of Taft-Hartley labor bill
President Truman strongly urges Democrats to sustain his veto of the Taft Hartley labor bill calling it dangerous legislation that would harm the country He releases a letter to Senate Democratic Leader Barkley affirming support to kill the measure as Senate action looms and some foes predict override prospects TRUMAN page 3
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Truman
Barkley
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White House
Taft
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O’conor
Ley
Taft Foresees Final Labor Bill Enactment Veto Clash
Senator Taft predicts the Fatt-Hartley labor bill faces a presidential veto before a two thirds Senate vote. Taft says the president must decide how to administer the act while supporters hope for enactment despite Truman's opposition. He emphasizes appointing capable NRLB members to oversee administration.
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Taft
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House
Senate
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Truman
Tiesserts
Woman nurse drives car into stopped truck on US 260
Mrs Helen Pritt Martin 50 a nurse at Tucker County hospital L Parsons drove a 1947 Tudor Ford into the rear of a 1939 Studebaker truck driven by Harry Lee Vangilder Route 3 a state trooper said the impact damaged the car about 300 while the truck had slight damage both Mrs Martin and her husband Lloyd Martin were uncharged by investigation but shaken victims of the crash near Boothesville road junction at 2 PM yesterday
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Helen Pritt Martin
Tucker County Hospital
Parsons
Harry Lee Vangilder
W. D. Saves
One Third Of Ordered Hoppers Are Available
Report from the Monongah division car distributor shows 1,085 of 3,250 ordered hopper cars ready for placement today. Thirty six mines idle while 9,095 cars were loaded last week. Daily loadings: Monday 2,404 Tuesday 1,020 Wednesday 1,302 Thursday 1,354 Friday 102 Saturday 1,233. Peanut butter offers high quality protein B vitamins and energy value.
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Monongah
Siegel Suspect Said To Be Double-Cross Target
Beverly Hills officer says gangster Siegel may have fallen victim to a double cross in a Vegas crime string. Police chief Anderson notes Siegel, 41, allegedly took part in underworld deals and was warned by associates. He adds he does not believe Siegel died in the Las Vegas incident.
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