War Procurement Probe Set to Begin Monday in Chicago Group
Washington June 28 The defense investig ating committee will start a public inquiry into war profits Monday. Hearings will examine operations of Chicago area firms such as Erie Basin Metal Products Elgin Batavia Metal Products Batavia Interstate Machinery Chicago and about 78 million in related contracts. The panel aims to assess how government funds were spent amid wartime urgency and possible waste and fraud.
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Washington
Mead
D-Ny
Senate
Chicago
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Elgin, Il
Batavia Metal Products, Inc
Batavia
Interstate Mechinery Company
Campaign school teaches techniques to woo votes
National Citizens PAC hosts a four day classroom program on political campaigning with ballad singers from New York and a session on dealing with Congress. Evelyn Brand of Congressional Research warns of a growing pro fascist movement affecting 30 300 000 people and predicts a weak next Congress.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
National Citizens Pac
New York
Congress
NOPAC
Evelyn “Brand
Congressional Research
Friends Democracy
Nc-Pac
Brand
One More Tomorrow or City for Conquest At Two Theatres
The Grafton Sentinel invites Henry N. Trimble of High Street to tonight's showings at the Strand and Dixie theatres. It presents One More Tomorrow starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan Mor fan and City For Conquest starring James Cagney and Ann Sheridan.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Henry N. Trimble
Ann Sheridan
Dennis Morfan
Strand Theatre
James Cagney
Dixie Theatre
Grass whistle mishap lands child in Pittsburgh hospital
In Fairmont Billy Bitonti six year old son of Mr and Mrs John Bitonti of Edgemont was persuaded to blow on a blade of grass. The blade slipped and lodged in his lung causing a dangerous cough. Doctors could not locate the grass and he was taken to Pittsburgh for X rays and surgery after a local eye ear hospital visit. He is recovering at home.
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Fairmont
Billy Bitonti
John Bitonti
Edgemont
Pittsburgh
Foreign Ministers Open Bid To Close Peace Treaties
Paris June 28 The big four foreign ministers convened for a late session to draft skeleton peace pacts with Italy Bulgaria Romania Hungary and Finland ahead of a 21 nation peace conference in Paris next month. Trieste and reparations navies borders and Balkan commerce dominated talks while Finnish treaty shows little disagreement.
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Ay Louis Nevin
Paris
Dodecanese
Italy
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Trieste
Danube
Fear Rent Rise On Passage Of New OPA Bill
Nervous about what may happen to rents as the modified price control extension bill moves through Congress. OPA officials warn rents could rise if the measure becomes law, while landlords push for 15 percent increases upon controls ending. Ivan D. Caron says tenants need not sign leases with such clauses unless already in existing contracts. Re: passage, experts decline to estimate the exact rise. See FEAR RENT pase 2.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
OPA
Ivan D. Caron
Carson
Tennant
May keep cabins open Charleston announces Parks Chief
Charleston June 28 Cabins at state parks may be rented and occupied through Thanksgiving and recreational facilities may remain open beyond Labor Day if fall reservations justify it Watt Powell announced in a state parks update.
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Charleston
Watt Powell
Five workers killed in Philadelphia pier collapse on river
June 28 report states a 150 foot double-deck pier collapsed into the Delaware River. Seven survivors were pulled from 20 feet of water as debris and waves tossed workers. Five were unaccounted for while eight others were treated at the scene. William Turnbull recalled a crack minutes before the fall.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Pier 70 South
William Turnbull
Investigation of a self described killer continues in Chicago
In Phoenix on June 28 the Chicago Police pursued the story told by Richard R. Thomas the 42 year old singing poet who claimed to have killed Suzanne Degnan in Chicago last January After a 13 hour session officers questioned him on all aspects of the case Assistant District Attorney Edward F Healy said statements would await results of checks begun in Chicago Healy declined to offer an opinion Police Commissioner John Prendergast said the talks did not look good nor look bad Lt John Olson later said investigators would be in a position today to say more See INVESTIGATION page 2
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Phoenix
Ariz
Chicago
Richard R. Thomas
Suzanne Degnan
Edward F. Healy
Healy
John Prendergast
John Olson
Olson
Captain Warder To Visit Home Here Next Week
Captain Frederick Warder and family plan to arrive in Grafton from New London, Connecticut, over the July 4th weekend to spend a few days at his Maple Avenue home. He has been commanding the Naval Submarine School at New London and will go to San Diego to command submarine squadron three as senior submarine officer on the Pacific coast. His mother, Mrs. Hugh Warder, will join from Lancaster, New York, to be with him during the visit.
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Frederick Warder
Grafton
New London
Hugh Warder
Maple Avenue
Thomas G. Warder
Lancaster
N. Y
AP Shortage Survey Reveals Odd Scarcity Spots Across Nation
AP reports from major cities show uneven supply of staples like bread butter and beef. Consumers encounter scarce items in some states while readily available in others with shortages also touching suits and shirts. The piece notes distribution quirks shape where basics exist and where they don’t.
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New York
Kansas City
Boston
Louisiana
Associated Press
Truman Pledges Support to Baruch
President Truman pledges his full support to Bernard Baruch as the United Nations atomic energy commission begins detailed discussions in New York. The message to the U.S. delegate expresses confidence in American participation for world peace and human welfare.
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Max Harrelson
New York
Truman
Bernard Baruch
United States
United Nations Atomic Commission
Atomic Energy Commission
Mississippi election nears amid clashes over black voting
Mississippi braces for its first major poll since the Supreme Court affirmed Negroes can vote in primaries. Theodore Bilbo denounces Black voting as white supremacy fights, while registration reports show only a fraction of the Black population registered. One violent incident is reported in Rankin County as a Black student claims flogging for attempting to register.
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Kris Kreeger Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
U. S. Supreme Court
Theodore G. Bilbo
Sénate
Bilbo
Justice Department
Etoy Fletcher
Jackson College
Rankin County
Fletcher
Snake Cultists to Demonstrations Under Police Noses
Richmond Va June 28 The snake cultists of southwest Virginia who handle snakes for religious rites will perform under state highways police supervision this summer Governor Tuck ordered state police to monitor gatherings after reports Lee County sects plan to resume meetings He said he does not aim to interfere with faith but safety concerns prevail over public snake handling displays.
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Richmond
Virginia
Tuck
Lee County
Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention enters second day
The West Virginia VFW convention at Parkersburg enters its second day with nearly 1,000 delegates registered. Morning sessions featured Melvyn Linton and Denny E. Cain reports while Charles B. Jennings and regional director W. H. Chadwick spoke. They were joined by J. Buhl Shahan and others as Harley Kilgore Chapman Revercomb and national commander Joseph Stack were slated to appear in the afternoon.
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Parkersburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
West Virginia Department
Department Service
Melvyn Linton
Denny E. Cain
Charles’ B. Jennings
National Council
VFW
W. H. Chadwick
J. Buhl Shahan
Harley M. Kilgore
Chapman Revercomb
Ellis
Randolph and
Neely
John B. Easton
State Industrial Union Council
Roy Yokes
Joseph M. Stack
Pittsburgh
Communists Attack Police In Greece Leave Nine Killed
In a clash between about 75 Communists and police near Pharasalos and Lamia a long battle ended with nine policemen dead and three militants fatally wounded. A separate clash in eastern Thrace near the Turkish border left two officers killed.
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Athens
Pharasalos
Lamia
Ministry of Public Order
Thrace
Claims Durants Can Beat Any Charges On Jewels
FRANKFURT reports Col J W Durant and his WAC captain wife will deny guilt in the theft of 9151,500,000 Hesse family jewels. Their lawyer Capt Glenn V Brumbaugh said a legal defense will be offered to any charge. The trial is set to begin next month.
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Frankfurt
J. W. Durant
WAC
Glenn V. Brumbaugh
Cambria
Los Angeles
Washington
Durants
CITY'S WATER LOW QUE TO SPECIAL B&O ASSISTANCE
Baltimore and Ohio railroad water supply strain after treating plant failure. City officials urge conservation as city provides 500000 plus gallons since yesterday for domestic use only while B&O pumps take over locomotive and terminal needs. Reservoirs on South side and near the river supply the B&O system.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
John Knotts
Ger
John's Steet
Latrobe Street
Manhunt Ends Career of Isle Terrorizer Geo Jackson
Isle of Wight June 28 A 13 day manhunt with British paratroopers bloodhounds and police armed with machineguns ended with the capture of Geo Jackson a 24 year old former commando who escaped from Parkhurst prison and had terrorized the region for nearly two weeks He reportedly broke from his cell and climbed the wall before fleeing along a road and being caught by searchers at last light
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Isle of Wight
Geo. Jackson
Parkhurst
Jackson
Taylor County Receives $936 in State Funds
CHARLESTON June 28 Payment of $238 913 54 was made to 42 of the state's 65 yesterday in final settlement of state aid for the 1946 46 fish year budget direct Clarence.
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Charleston
Movers tell Truman it’s all or nothing on bill
Ky leader said after a House conference that the majority was unanimous in telling President Truman that the current bill before the Senate is all or nothing. Barkley, Burns, McCormick, and McKellar said no simple resolution extending OPA powers could win Congress if the compromise bill is vetoed. Only three senators were present when the Senate convened.
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Jack
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Truman
Prospects Fair for Opening of Fishing Season in Charleston
Charleston reports fair conditions for the season opening at midnight with some muddy areas and clear streams in Upshur Little Kanawha and Middle Fork. County game protectors note good trout prospects, bass and other varieties becoming legal catches for the next two seasons.
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Charleston
The
Conservation Commission
le Ohey
Thie Son
Pontinnee
Tay
Upshur
Little Kian
Middle Park
Notamial and Clear
Buckhannon River
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Warder
Peter Rauschenplat
Huntington
Peter
Rauschenplats
Barugh
U. S
Atom
Greece
B&o
Isle
Taylor County
Prospects Fairag
Graton Bentine
Bork
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