Senate Nears Showdown On Marshall Plan Aid
President Truman voiced confidence for a peaceful coming year and downplayed Cold War fears. He said defense spending should fall, argued Marshall Plan aid is cheaper than war, and noted no message for Stalin in talks with Trygve Lie. He also denied inviting Senator Glen Taylor to ride the presidential train through Idaho and backed California gubernatorial hopefuls.
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Truman
Millard Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Russia
Marshall
Europe
Moscow
U.N. Gec
Trygve Lie
Lie
Stalin
Glen Taylor
Idaho
California
Last Day Of Debate Before Voting Starts
The Senate nears a showdown on a $3.25 billion Marshall Plan aid bill in unrestricted debate. Taft aims to trim $500 million with Ives’s amendment, while Connally predicts rejection of cuts. overall Marshall Plan aid passes nine billion total with Britain $2.5 billion, France $2 billion, Italy $1 billion.
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Senate
Ohio
Robert Taft
New York
Irving Ives
Taft
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Group
Marshall Plan Administration
France
Great Britain
Italy
Neighborly Row Ends In Court
A neighborly dispute over a right of way will go to trial in a justice of the peace court on May 12 at 3 30 p.m. Frank Maxwell of Rosemont secured a peace warrant against neighbor Gordon Burnell from Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys. Burnell was ordered to $200 bond awaiting the hearing. Maxwell alleges Burnell threatened his life with a gun after an evening dispute over parking a truck at a large property site.
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Maxwell
Burnell
Burneys
Death by own action ends Hiram Staunton Brown career
Colonel Hiram Staunton Brown a wealthy theater man and banker was found dead in the pantry at Godlington manor on Maryland's eastern shore. Police say death by own action and the 67 year old had used a .45 pistol he kept from World War I. Brown had risen from an office boy to a banking giant and was under a doctor’s care for a nervous condition with homes in Maryland and Rye New York.
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Charleston
Hiram Staunton Brown
Godlington Manor
Maryland
Brown
Rye
New York
Swank
Westchester County
Skeleton Found in Morenane Ireland Hints Ancient Burial
A workman uncovered a skeleton in Morenane Ireland believed to be over 5,500 years old. Experts think the burial chamber dates to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, suggesting ancient habitation at the site.
Senate Cold War clash fuels Capitol firework display
The Senate probes the State Department continued behind closed doors with public fireworks ignited by Senator McCarthy's charges about Owen Lattimore. Deputy Under-Secretary John Peurifoy denied truth to the claim, sparking a rules-row led by Senator Wherry and a tense overtime session as Democrats pressed for a yes or no answer.
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Senate
State Department
Capitol Hill
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Scott Luegs
Illinois
McCarthy
Owen Lattimore
John Peurifoy
Kenneth Wherry
Wherry
Alben Barkley
Lucas
Matthew Neely
West Virginia
Draft extension and tax cut votes in House committees
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously backed a two year extension of the draft and sent the measure for immediate action. Separately the Ways and Means Committee rejected cutting federal taxes on whiskey or beer, opposing a proposal to reduce the liquor tax from nine dollars to seven fifty per gallon as part of a broader excise tax reduction plan.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Ways and Means
McCarthy Stirs New Charges On Subversives Link to Amerasia
Washington senator McCarthy renewed charges alleging subversive activity tied to Amerasia magazine. He claimed a witness, Frank Bielaski, formerly with wartime security offices, testified that individuals connected with the bloc admitted atomic secrets to Russia in 1945. Page 7.
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McCarthy
Amerasia Magazine
Senate
Russia
Frank Bielaski
Office of Strategic
Are You One Of The Few Are You One Of The Few
The article urges newspaper readers to pay their carrier promptly on collection day. It emphasizes that timely payments support a reliable, energetic route, ensuring speedy daily delivery and satisfying readers who want their paper on time.
Indictments Follow Mine Violence at Island Creek Mines
Charleston reports several indictments arising from violence at three Mingo county Island Creek coal company mines during the week. A felony charge names Charles Varney Arnold Gilman and Dempsey Mount for maiming Ernest Estep superintendent of Mine 26. Varney appears in multiple misdemeanor indictments alongside John B. Reed United Mine Workers local president. Foreman Emmett Keadle notes no conspiracy and no Red Man act basis.
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Charleston
Mingo County
Island Creek Coal Company
Charles Varney
Arnold Gilman
Dempsey Mount
Ernest Estep
Varney
John B. Reed
United Mine Worker
Rockhouse Creek
Emmett Keadle
MacArthur Answers Russian Protest On Okinawa Bases
In Tokyo General Douglas MacArthur rebuked Soviet military leader Lt. Gen Kuznin Derevyanko for provocative impertinence and rejected demands to explain reconstruction of former Japanese air and naval bases. He stated the United States alone controls Okinawa and that base details are for installation commanders.
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Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Kuznin Derevyanko
United States
Okinawa
Flower Display By Taylor County Garden Club Saturday
The Taylor County Garden club will present a day long display of garden flowers potted plants and wild flowers on Saturday May 6 in the building beside Costolo s electric shop formerly Hef Un s Style Shop The event is arranged by Miss G Minette Watkins chair with Miss Barbara Cather Mrs James Welch and Mrs A M Campbell The club formed last year now has twenty five active members and several associates Officers elected include Miss Elizabeth Cather president Mrs Victor Willhide vice president secretary Mrs Edgar M Poe and treasurer Lloyd Sayre The club plans to plant a flow see FLOWER pare
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Taylor County Garden Club
Costolo
Hef‘Un
G. Minette Watkins
Barbara Cather
James Welch
A. M. Campbell
Elizabeth Cather
Victor Willhide
Edgar M. Poe
Lloyd Sayre
Taxi Firm Operator Wins Temporary Injunction in Charleston
Roy Mundy, operator of three Charleston taxi firms, obtained a Kanawha circuit court order prohibiting AFL International Teamsters members from interfering with limousine service to Kanawha airport. The union members had reportedly targeted Mundy’s taxis with picketing and threats to drivers and their families. A further hearing was set for 2 p.m. today.
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Charleston
AFL International Teamsters Union
Kanawha
Roy Mundy
Chrysler Strike Ends After 100 Day Walkout
The Chrysler strike began with 35 telephone operators at the Fairmont exchange walkout amid a resumed Charleston conference toward a new contract. Chrysler and CIO United Auto Workers reached a settlement in Detroit, with expected return to work for about 9,000 strikers and 50,000 supplier workers. The 99 day stoppage cost nearly $1.43 billion in lost sales and wages, with a pension and insurance package worth ten cents an hour.
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Charleston
CIO Communications Workers Union
Washington
Chrysler
Detroit
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United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chryssee Chrysler
Board of Trade to Hear Data on Low Cost Housing
The Taylor County Board of Trade will hear Gene Karen of Fairmont explain the Federal Housing Act and how Grafton may share in low cost housing projects with federal aid. The meeting at 8 p.m. in the trade board offices will include reports on local projects underway.
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Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trade
Gene Karen
Fairmont
Upper
Monongahela Valley Association
Karen
Trade Board
Paul E. Malone
Explosion destroys gas plant at Mount Gay
An early morning explosion and fire at the Esso gas plant near Logan Mount Gay destroyed a 900 gallon truck and badly damaged a 5500 gallon tanker. No serious injuries were reported though windows were blown out for 500 yards. Manager James Rice narrowly escaped injury with a minor cut and damages are estimated at 25000 dollars.
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Logan
Charles Hylton
The
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James Rice
Rice
Mrs Stephen Waters Heads Taylor County Young Democrats
Mrs Stephen Waters was elected president of the Taylor County Young Democratic club at a re organization meeting at the Taylor County courthouse. Paul Bartlett of Pruntytown was named vice president and Mrs H E Richardson Jr was elected secretary treasurer. Jack R Nuzum said he would seek re election to the House of Delegates. W D Sergent explored a possible run, but no firm commitment was made. Glenn Sapp suggested he may file for County Court membership.
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Stephen Waters
Taylor County
Young Democratic Club
Glenn Sapp
Taylor County Court House
Paul Bartlett
Pruntytown
H. E. Richardson, Jr
Jack R. Nuzum
House of Delegates
W. D. Sergent
City Police List One Arrest Last Night
City officers listed one arrest last night Roy Smallwood of Grafton charged with intoxication and loitering. He also faced a charge of getting a cab home without money for payment. In municipal court he was fined ten dollars plus costs on three charges and released after arranging payment.
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Roy Smallwood
Grafton
Mr. Smallwood
Smallwood
Two Kiwanians Headed to Miami Convention
Two local Kiwanians, Joseph L. Evans and Jasper Kalo, plan to attend the Kiwanis International convention in Miami starting Sunday, May 7. Evans reports speakers include Louis A. Johnson, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Trygve Lie. The pair will depart Grafton tomorrow, with Mrs Kalo accompanying for a few days.
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Joseph L. Evans
Jasper Kalo
United States
Kiwanis International
Miami
Mr. Evans
Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Eddie Rickenbacker
United Nations
Tryeve Lie
Grafton
Kaly
Two Men Held for Questioning by Narcotic Agents
Two men picked up by officers in Kenoya near Huntington are held in Parkersburg for questioning by federal narcotics agents. They admitted taking part in the theft of 15 grains of morphine from a Vienna drug store near Parkersburg last Thursday. Identified as Noble Stanley and Nelson Stricklen of Blue Creek.
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Huntington
Parkersburg
Vienna
Gerald Sinnett
Noble Stanley
Nelson Stricklen
Blue Creek
New Hearing Called In Trial Of Clarksburg Policeman
In Clarksburg a new hearing is ordered for Policeman Robert Fawley after errors in the first trial. Fawley, convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of fellow Officer Chester Shack, was sentenced to one year in Harrison County Jail. He will be retried for Shack’s death from August 15th.
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Clarksburg
Robert Fawley
Harrison County
Homer Strasnider
Fawley
Chester Shack
Aged Local Man Dies On Main Street
A 75 year old resident, Albert Birochik of Grafton, collapsed on Main Street in front of Singer Sewing Machine HQ at 9:46 p.m. He died en route to medical help. Birochik, born in Czechoslovakia, resided with Mrs. Roy Poling on Washington Street.
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Singer Sewing Machine
Albert Birochik
Czechoslovakia
Roy Poling
Washington Street
Main
Birochik
Il Riese
Grafton Elks Plan Broad Community Projects and Support
The Grafton Lodge 308 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks outlined several programs at a recent meeting. About 5500 will fund baseball uniforms and trips for the Central West Virginia Baseball League team, take the Grafton Senior High band to Wheeling for the State Elks Convention parade, and provide banners for trains and coach cars. A $25 sponsorship is pledged for a Taylor County girl to attend Girls State this summer, with the recipient to be named later.
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Benetoil
Hiks
Sionkolt
Grafton
Co. BE
Shakey
Ball Club
Central’ West Virginia
Lodge
Wheeling
Elks
Fee Calbnre and
Ohio Railroad
Taylor County
The
Band Festival In Full Swing In Huntington
Huntington hosts the 18th annual state high school band festival with 58 bands entered. The event opens this evening and continues today tomorrow and Saturday with horns and drums filling the air in a bustling statewide competition.
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Huntington
West Virginia
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