Republican attack on Truman housing bill escalates
Washington Republicans pressed a major assault on President Truman's housing bill as Democrats remained confident of victory by nightfall. The GOP warned the administration proposal would let costs reach 12 000 to 15 000 dollars per dwelling in publicly owned housing with subsidized rents and Rep Wallack of Indiana proposed an amendment to cap the average to 8 465 dollars.
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Washington
Truman
GOP
Rep. Wallack
R-Ind
Slaying of Local Cheerleader Shocks Floyd County
State Police questioned 18-year-old Richard Funk of Carrollton Michigan, held on vagrancy charges in Floyd County jail. Muriel Baldridge, 17, was found dead near her home along the Big Sandy river. coroner called it the most fiendish crime in the county, but said Baldridge was not raped.
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Prestonsburg
S. W. Craft
Richard Funk
Carrollton
Michigan
Floyd County
Craft
Funk
Muriel Baldridge
Big Sandy River
Brady Shepherd
Muriel
Kintor
Congressional inquiry opens on Alabama night rider violence
Rep. Byrne launches a probe into hooded lawlessness amid a Truman civil rights debate. He warns hearings will be modest and not sensational, despite southern fears of congressional intervention.
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Washington
Rep. Byrne
D-Ny
Heavy rainstorm kills up to 35 near Kagoshima City
Kyodo News Agency reported 25 to 35 people killed and about 1000 houses destroyed or damaged by a heavy rainstorm around Kagoshima City in southeastern Kyushu. Ten died when rain soaked cliffs tumbled onto pedestrians. no police or government workers were injured. The area had been hit by a typhoon last week.
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Tokyo
Kagoshima
Kyushu
Kyodo
Dick Haymes Divorced and Dru Weigh Plans for News
Actress Joanne Dru was granted a divorce on grounds of extreme mental cruelty and hinted at a potential marriage to actor John Ireland. Dick Haymes contemplated a new marriage to Nora Edington Flynn as Dru’s divorce proceeds meanwhile in Reno Nevada. In Shanghai, Nationalist bombers struck the Chapei district killing at least two and injuring over 100 as rescue teams pulled wounded from rubble.
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Reno, Nev
Joanne Dru
Dick Haymes
Haymes
Nora Eddington Flynn
Nevada
Errol Flynn
Miss Dru
John Ireland
Shanghai
Chapei
Lungwha
AFL Leader Seeks Three Day Week For Miners
Jol L. Lewis pressed a plan to limit miners’ work week to three days hoping to bridge talks with bituminous operators. Operators across northern and western regions rejected the idea, fearing anti trust exposure. Lewis hinted at finding a legal path to enforce the cut while United Mine Workers lawyers argued it could be done without breaking the law.
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Jol L. Lewis
Lewis
Iis
Faust
United Mine Workers
Asio
Mayor of Grafton to Be Elected at Friday Meeting
Grafton city council meets at 10 a.m. Friday July 1 to swear in new councilmen Dorsey G Bolyard and Lindsay T Mahaffey and organize for the next fiscal year. They will elect a mayor assistants, appoint a city manager clerk attorney and police judge. Retiring members William A Murray and H Dent Wiles attended their last meeting Tuesday night. Russell See MAYOR Pag. 2
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Grafton
Dorsey
G. Bolyard
Lindsay T. Mahaffey
William A. Murray
H. Dent Wiles
Russell
Pag
Revival Conducted by Italian Minister in Pennsylvania
Brother Roscoe George an Italian pastor from Pennsylvania conducts a revival at 28 Latrobe Street with his wife and three children. He is described as a capable speaker with experience. Bishop G W Helmick pastor of the church invites the public to attend. Services are nightly at 8 p.m.
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Roscoe George
Pennsylvania
Latrobe Street
G. W. Helmick
Expect Decision On Legislative Session July 11
Charleston report notes a decision on a proposed special legislative session should be available at or after a July 11 committee meeting led by House Speaker W. E. Flannery. A joint government and finance and interstate cooperation session will review cities finances and revenue sources after West Virginia League of Municipalities urged action following a court ruling cutting cities liquor profits. Governor Patteson referred the matter to the committees for study.
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Charleston
House
W. E. Flannery
Flanbery
West Virginia League of Municipalities
Supreme Court
Patteson
Train derailment injures three in Georgia near Eastman
A Kansas City to Jacksonville train derailed near Eastman Georgia at 3 15 a m injuring three crewmen none of the passengers appeared to be seriously burned The 10 car Southern Railroad consist included three passenger coaches and two other cars and ran from Kansas City to Jacksonville with the derailment at Godwinsville near Fastman about 60 miles south of Macon
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Atlanta
Eastman
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Godwinsville
Fastman
Macon
South
Board Of Trade Sends Nuzum To Plead Hospital Case
The Taylor County Board of Trade sent executive secretary R. Nuzum to Washington to testify before a congressional committee at 10 a.m. about federal aid for Grafton City hospital. He will argue the community acted and seek Hill Burton act funding for maintenance and operation to ease the local crisis.
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Board of Trade
Nuzum
Taylor County Board of Trade
R. Nuzum
Washington
Grafton
Tourine
Robert L. Ramsey
Nunn
Extensive Damage From Heavy Rains Across Maryland West Virginia
Heavy rains caused scattered damage in Maryland and West Virginia last night and triggered a minor repeat flood in Petersburg West Virginia. Cumberland Maryland saw up to 2.42 inches of rain flooding basements knocking out telephones and damaging streets. In Petersburg about seven inches of water affected the southern section with less impact than recent flash floods.
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Charleston
Maryland
West Virginia
Petersburg
W. Va
Cumberland
Lias Attorney Denies Bribe Attempt in 1944 Probe
William G. Lias personal attorney denied that Lias attempted to bribe a federal agent to halt an alcohol tax case. Testimony by agent Barton W. Pairo described an implied bribe during a 1944 discussion, with Lias accused of defrauding the government of over 1 million dollars from 1942 to 1946 through liquor payments.
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Fairmont
William G. Lias
Wheeling
Carl Galbraith
Barton W. Pairo
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Baltimore
Pairo
Lias
Liss
Automatic Cigarette Sales Corp
Boss Secretary Relations Declared Delicate Men Speak
A Chicago gathering of 1000 white collar men, at the National Secretaries Association convention, offered points on boss secretary relations. Advice includes be compatible but not too compatible, be diplomatic when the boss's wife calls, keep business pills straight, avoid baby talk, and dress with decorum.
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Chicago
National Secretaries Association
Britain Faces Showdown Over European Trade Plans
Paris reports Britain to meet with the seven member OREC committee and later the 19 nations of OEEC to press for a unified approach to postwar European trade. Talks follow Brussels talks among Britain France and Belgium as negotiators weigh bilateral versus multilateral trade, with potential move to free trade if economies recover.
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Paris
Britain
Europe
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OREC
France
Belgium
Brussels
Stafford Cripps
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
Western Europe
Continue Efforts To Convict Man Of Raping Child
MOUNDSVILLE West Virginia. The trial of Lonnie Linerman 26 a Roberts Ridge farmer accused of statutory rape of a seven year old girl began after his May 2 arrest. A state witness Charles Cain described seeing Hinerman with the girl earlier and drinking a bottle of beer. Defense argued intoxication influenced his actions while the prosecutor said the man denied war nerves after arrest. The trial opened amid an overflow crowd in the courthouse.
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Moundsville
Toonvict
Lonnie Linerman
Hinerman
Roberts Ridge
Charles Cain
Lane
Theses
Tim
J. J. Chase
AFL Urges Senate to Kill Labor Bill Amid Taft Hartley Change
The AFL urged Senator Lucas to defeat the administration labor bill now amended to include Taft Hartley act powers. William Green criticized the Senate action adding national emergency injunction authority as unacceptable and urged a swift end to the labor debate. Arthur Goldberg warned the Taft Hartley act could stay through the 1950 elections. Taft’s provision passed 50 to 40.
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Washington
AFL
APL
William Green
Lucas
Illinois
Democratic Teader
Senate
Erday
Arthur Goldberg
CSO
Green
Taft
Ohio
City Of Grafton Signs Garbage Contract Today
The City of Grafton awarded its municipal garbage contract to Fred J. Williams and J. H. Layton for one year beginning July 1. The deal totals 14 000 dollars plus 1 000 for a crematory site east of the city along the railroad. L. P. Morgan previously held the contract. The new schedule lists routes on Monday to Wednesday across Main Street West Boyd West Washington and related streets.
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Grafton
Fred J. Williams
J. H. Layton
L. P. Morgan
Curtis D. Decker
Main Street
Bridge Street
Corporation Line
Fetterman
West Boyd Street
Leonard Street
Corporation
West Washington Street
St. John
West Boyd
West Main
Francis Street
Leonar
Clarksburg Moves Toward First Municipal Tax
Clarksburg headed today toward its first municipal gross sales tax. Businessmen at an informal meeting with city council last night indicated they would not oppose the tax and urged the ordinance follow the state tax law in coverage. Representatives of the Retail Trade Association, Retail Growers' Association, and wholesalers supported the move.
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Clarksburg
Reail Trade
Murder Charge Against Athlete Begins In Roanoke Court
In Roanoke Virginia the state opens a first degree murder case against 16 year old athlete Lee Scott based on a police admission that Dana Marie Weaver died at his hands. The defense claims manslaughter at worst due to a pitiful fight between children, with motive not sex but a quarrel after she insulted his former boyfriend. Scott reportedly gave a detailed account under truth serum.
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Roanok
Dana Marie Weaver
Lee Scott
Commonwealth
C. E. Cuddy
Hasting
Dana Marie
Scott
T. Warren Messick
Messick
Daha Marie
Christ Episcopal Church
4 000 Union Men March On Mine
About 4,000 United Mine Workers from west Kentucky marched to East Diamond coal mine in Hopkins County. Sheriff Ras Gilliland requested the workers leave company property. they refused. The mine closed at the sheriff and mine operator's request, with no violence reported.
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Madisonville
East Diamond
Hopkins
Ras Gilliland
United Mine
West Kentucky
Gilliland
UMW
Jess Loveless
Harmony Grove Baptist to hold cemetery cleanup days
Mrs. Paul Klepfel announced a two day cleanup event at Harmony Grove Baptist church and cemetery on Friday and Saturday July 1 and 2. Volunteers are asked to bring scythes and necessary tools to assist in the work.
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Harmony Grove’ Baptist Church
Paul Klepfel
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