Navy secretary Forrestal backs Truman military merger plans
Navy Secretary Forrestal informs President Truman of his full cooperation to implement the army navy program. In a White House released letter he supports the president’s objectives as attainable and notes willingness of himself and Admiral Nimitz to cooperate. Patterson also endorses Truman’s unification recommendations. See NAVY page 3.
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Navy
Forrestal
Truman
Lee ‘Ruman
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Forréstal
Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
Patterson
Suspicion King Ananda Murders Rumors Spark Probe
Bangkok June 26 A board of 18 physicians largely supports the theory that youthful King Ananda Mahidol was murdered by an assassin. The 20 year old monarch was found dead June 9 with official reports claiming accidental self-inflicted gunshot. Rumors of suicide over a failing romance or royal backlash prompted a formal commission to reexamine the body conducting X rays and tests after removal from Dusit Hall.
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Ananda Mahidol
Switzerland
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Dusit Hall
Theatre Ticket Offers Grafton Viewers Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Carl Shaw to attend tonight’s presentation Since You Went Away starring Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten at the Strand. Cornered with Dick Powell plays at the Dixie Theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Carl Shaw
Boyd Street
Claudette Colbert
Jennifer Jones
Joseph Cotten
Strandatre
Ick Powell
Dixie Theatre
Hungary Issues 100 Trillion Pengo Note in Circulation
In Budapest on June 26 a 100 trillion pengo banknote entered circulation amid inflation. The note’s prewar value would be 20 trillion dollars, now only about 20 cents for coffee and cake. Financial analysts doubt the government’s claim that a new currency issue on August 1 will stabilize the economy.
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Budapest
Wherry to Fight OPA Compromise Bill in Senate
Senator Wherry and Republican leaders push to block the compromise OPA extension as the House rejected a similar bid 265 to 105. Senator Lucas warned the Senate may still approve the measure despite broad dislike, while Wherry opposes the conference committee's removal of a clause lifting meat price controls.
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Francis J. Kelly
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Wheery
Two Taylor County Roads To Get Surface Treatment
Charleston June 26 The Road Commission awarded surface treatment contracts in eight counties and announced federal approval of bids on two major projects. Smith and Price of Huntington won 630,141 for relocating six miles of U S 60 in Putnam County. Vecellio and Grogan of Beckley won 847,388.50 for grading draining and surfacing 10.5 miles of State Route 16 between Welch and Pineville. Other low bidders include Osborro Construction for Hepzibah and Valley Falls and Pruntytown Lost Run roads.
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Smith and Price Construction Company
Huntington
Putnam County
Vecellio and
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Beckley
Welch
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Taylor
Hepzibah
Valley Falls
Pruntytown
Lost Run
Osboro Construction Company
Clarksburg
North Dakota Republican Nomination Race Narrows
In Fargo North Dakota 700 precincts report U S Senator William Langer trailing Bradston as they contend for the Republican senatorial nomination. Milton R Young leads with 31 903 votes while Bill Lanier and Gerald Nye also seek the seat. Nye concedes as Young appears to win.
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N. D
U. S
William Langer
J.B. Bridston
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
Bill Lanier
Milton R. Young
Bradston
Langer
Nye
Young
Lanier
Byrnes Feeling Better On Trieste Developments
Paris dispatch reports unconfirmed claims that Molotov expected a Moscow phone call that could shift Trieste in peace talks. Byrnes was said to be encouraged by private talks, with Molotov demanding Trieste move from Italy to Yugoslavia. No basis for the Paris rumors known.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Trieste
Byrnes
Molotov
Italy
Yugoslavia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Sally's Getting ridgeport Woman wi hat Publicity acts cohecy th Heronny Again As Of Old
A Harrison county woman Mrs Vernon J Blondel and her three children aged 4 to 10 sail July 6 from Port Hamilton to Munich to join husband Lt Col Vernon Blondel at Bavarian government HQ. Sally Rand faces indecent exposure charges as police waited.
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Clarksburg
Harrison County
Port Hamilton
Germany
Vernon J. Blondel
Jessie Martin
Bridgeport
Susan
John
James
Munich
San Francisco
Sally Rand
Truman May Be Vindictive Toward Senators Who Fought Pauley
Washington June 26 A coolness between President Truman and senators who opposed Edwin C. Pauley as under secretary of the navy is reported. Some senators say the White House welcomed their stand less after the clash. A letter to Senator Tobey is said to harshly blame Tobey and Harold Ickes for later White House resistance to high type federal appointees.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Edwin C. Pauley
Capitol Hill
Tobey
R.N.H
Pauley
Harold L. Ickes
White House
New Hampshire
Ickes
Stalin regime reshuffles Crimean Tatar and Chechen regions
The Soviet authorities disclosed that Crimean and Chechen inus states, once autonomous republics, have been liquidated and absorbed as provinces of Russia. The re settlements reach the Grozny Mozdok oil fields area as part of the broader wartime resettlement effort during the German invasion.
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Grozny
Mozdok
Caucasus
Russia
Soviet Union
Draft extension compromise nears law with $50 million at stake
Washington, June 26. With more than $50,000,000 at stake, the draft extension compromise and its companion pay increase measure cleared final congressional hurdles. The nine month extension of compulsory service beyond June 30 concerns fathers 19 to 45, while no draft of men over 26 is indicated. Key provisions: 18 month service limit, no further inductions of fathers, and a possible release for fathers now in service after August 1. The army and navy await final action.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
White House
Army
Navy
Police chase lead in Degnan kidnap slaying case
Chicago police planned to fly to Phoenix to question Richard Russell Thomas, a former Chicago nurse jailed on a sex charge, about the January 7 kidnapping and murder of six year old Suzanne Degnan. Chief Walter Storms noted discrepancies in Thomas statements as investigators, who have questioned over 2,000 people in 600 inquiries, pursue leads.
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Phoenix
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Phonix
Suzanne Degnan
Walter Storms
Richard Russell Thomas
Storms
Thomas
Degnan
Railroad Clerks Meeting In Grafton On June 26
The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks invites all railroad workers to a June 26 meeting at the Court House in Grafton at 8:00 PM to discuss the Railroad Retirement Act and amendments. E P Bickford, field representative of the Railroad Retirement Board, will answer questions. Public invited.
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Grafton
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
E. P. Bickford
Railroad Retirement Board
CPA action halts four local projects in Grafton
A Civilian Production Adminstration visit led to two building projects being discontinued and two contracted projects postponed in Grafton. Harman Brothers contractors will lay off 25 workers this week due to reduced construction activity. Five major projects were untouched as they began before March 26, while others such as the Blueville concrete and lumber building by William Delaney were halted.
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Civilian Production Administration
Harman Brothers Contractors
CPA
Chanel
Wonder Drink Company
Brinkman
Lloyd Stinver
Blueville
William Delaney
West Virginia teachers gain retirements and continuations
Charleston reports the state teacher retirement board approved adding 115 teachers to pension rolls and allowed 56 others from West Virginia University Potomac State College and 13 county boards to remain in service beyond retirement age 65. The retained instructors include C H Amblar George P Boomsliter F E Clark and others at WVU Potomac State and Monongalia County schools with names listed.
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State Teacher Retirement Board
West Virginia University
Potomac State School
County Boards of Education
C. H. Amblar
George P. Boomsliter
F. E. Clark
George H. Colebanik
Ia. J. Dadisman
A. L. Darby
G. 8. Dodds
A. A Hall
TL. Harris
L. B. Hill
T. C. Mellvaine
F. A. Molby
S. Morris
T. F. Price
J. H. Rietz
W. P. Shortridge
Madison Stathers
Bird Turner
J. E. Winter
John A. Aldrich
W. D
Initiation To Open Big VFW Convention
Overseas veterans into Blenner hhasset Post No. 1212 will open to night the victory encampment of the West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars. Registration began yesterday and was reported as heavy by convention Chairman Emmet C Jeffery. An attendance of 6,000 is expected. State VFW and national officials will submit reports at opening business sessions tomorrow. A parade and election of officers will close the convention Saturday.
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Blennerhhasset
West Virginia
Another New Deal agency fights to live another year
Washington June 26 The Solid Fuels Administration for War seeks 3 million dollars to stay afloat for a year as coal shortages from a spring strike strain supplies. Deputy administrator Dan H Wheeler testified the 2.95 million needed would restore wartime strength and fund allocations to prevent panic buying and lawsuits over equitable distribution.
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Solid Fuels Administration
Cou‘gies
House Appropriations Committee
Dan. H. Wheeler
Catch Valenti Indicted In Pittsburgh Killing
Frank Valenti a 35 year old ex convict was indicted in the double slaying of Frank Evans and Pred Garrow and arrested today at a Pittsburgh gas station Homicide Lieutenant Connors detained him as he used a station telephone Valenti reportedly said he was calling the district attorney to give himself up and had a slip with phone numbers in his hand.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Valenti
Frank Evans
Pred Garrow
Peter A. Connors
Valenti
Connors
Artemas C. Leslie
Nine Killed In Missouri Pacific Crossing Crash
Nine people were killed and 12 seriously injured when a Missouri Pacific passenger train hit a truckload of Latin American agricultural workers near Harlingen, Texas. The wreck scattered the truck and victims for 150 feet. three injured were in critical condition. All occupants of the truck were injured. Authorities said the injured lay along the rails for about 30 minutes before rescue.
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Missouri Pacific
Expected Improvement In Mine Cars Fails To Develop
Fairmont reported ongoing mine car shortages affecting coal operations in northern West Virginia. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad could place 1,250 cars today from 3,200 requested, while yesterday's loadings totaled 1,473. Monongahela Railway loaded 1,199 cars but placed 719 today, about half of requests, with officials predicting no relief tomorrow.
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Virginia
District Solid Fuels Administration
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Monongahela
Investigate Attempt to Kill Racing News Head in Chicago
The June report notes Al Capone, once public enemy No 1, tied to Chicago underworld, and James W. Ragen, head of a national racing news service, facing alleged mob pressure after a failed assassination attempt. State’s Attorney Touhy cites a wage statement implying Capone remnants still influence gambling and vice in Chicago.
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al Capone
James W. Ragen
Scarface
Alcatraz
Wiliam J. Touhy
Ragen
Touhy
Cavens
Capones
Racing
al ‘Capone
Jeweler Admits Paternity In Suit For Children
In Los Angeles Maurice Yaeche Albuquerque a 40 year old former Paris jeweler admits he is the father of two children born out of wedlock to Mrs Ferida Hayat 36 He cites paternity in a counter suit asking custody and control while claiming support since birth and that Hayat resided with him and his wife until recently in a pact she signed relinquishing all claims to the children.
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Maurice Yaeche Albuquerque
Paris
Ferida Hayat
Albuquerque
Fret
Cecilia
Hayat
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