Beckleyan Sees WV to Boost Hospital Building Funds
West Virginia congressman Hedrick predicts a hospital construction boom as the House considers restoring of 150 million dollars in federal aid under the Hill Burton Act. He notes rural areas will be hit hard without full funding and cites planned and projected state hospital projects with detailed costs and shares.
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Beckleyan
Frank Taylor
Washington Service
Washington
West Virginia
Rep
Hedrick
D-Wva
House
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Public Health Service
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Weirton General Hospital
Charleston
Charleston Memorial Hospital
South Charleston
Herbert J. Thomas Memorial
Denmar
Hopemount
Huntington State Hospital
Lakin State Hospital
Spencer State Hospital
Weston State Hospital
Congress
Loyalty Board Chairman Denies Communist Charge
Chairman Conrad E. Snow of the State Department loyalty board told a Senate subcommittee there are no Communists in the department. Snow said the board is unaware of any Communist presence, as McCarthy’s charge is investigated amid hearings. Lattimore is to testify tomorrow. Harriman said McCarthy’s Red baiting is aiding Communists and confusing allies during his Europe mission wrap.
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Associated Press
Washington
Conrad E. Snow
State Department
Loyalty Board
Snow
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
R-Wis
Loyalty Security Board
Aeci Area
Seth W. Richardson
Truman
Loyalty Review Board
Owen Lattimore
John Hopkins University
Boston
W. Averill Harriman
Europe
Wisconsin
Joseph McCarthy
Harriman
New York
Cardinal Mindszenty Death Rumor Unverified
Vatican radio says it cannot confirm or deny reports that Josef Cardinal Mindszenty died in a Hungarian prison. Unconfirmed claims cite Geneva broadcasts. the cardinal, sentenced to life in 1949 for treason, had not had clear health news since September 1949 visits by his mother and subsequent transfers and unverified reports of a throat operation.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Vatican Radio Today
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Geneva
Budapest
Vatican Radio
Slovakia
Weather sketch with cool spell and showers
Weather forecast notes cloudy cool today with showers turning to snow flurries. Colder tonight with low 25 to 30. Thursday partly cloudy and cool. Reports list yesterday's highs and lows for Beckley Oak Hill and Glade Creek, with rainfall amounts and river stage details for Rivers at Bellepoint and nearby stations.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Pia
Tess Duis
Bellepoint
McCarthy Ordered to Hand Over Files in Lattimore Inquiry
The Senate inquiry committee demanded that McCarthy surrender all information bearing on the investigation. He has pledged to review his files and select material deemed valuable. Members signaled the Lattimore data as a primary target of the inquiry.
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Lattimore
McCarthy
Senate Inquiry Committee
Crash of Helicopter Kills Two on Navy Carrier
A Navy helicopter toppled during a carrier landing at sea off Norfolk Virginia killing two sailors and injuring four. The Wright carrier at sea on training maneuvers out of Quonset Point Rhode Island was involved. Details were sketchy and the Navy announced the incident today.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Navy
Wright
Quonset, R. I
Forty nine lose licenses for road offenses
Forty nine persons convicted a second time of driving while intoxicated lost their drivers licenses for 10 years since January 1. Motor Vehicles Commissioner Don McClaughery said 17 of the cancellations occurred during March. During the month his office revoked 152 licenses for six months periods and suspended an additional 140.
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Assted Press
Charleston
Don McClaughery
State Tax Department reports sales tax drop in nine months
The State Tax Department announced a decline of nearly four million dollars in gross sales taxes for the first nine months of the fiscal year. Tax Commissioner C. H. Koontz cited receipts through March 31 at 22,997,232.16, down from 26,746,613.65 in the prior nine months. Last month’s collections reached 723,337.82 versus 591,697.99 in March 194.
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Charleston
State Tax Department
C. H. Koontz
Harold Lambert Files First for Raleigh County School Board
Harold Lambert a 38 year old Beaver resident is the first to seek nomination for the non partisan Raleigh County Board of Education in the August 1 primary election. He is president of the Beaver PTA and former Raleigh County Park Board chair. Lambert heads Lambert Lumber Corporation and has held editorial roles at several area papers. He attended Mount Hope High School Concord College WVU and the University of Alabama. He has led Beaver Lions Club and holds Elks Moose lodge memberships. He opened Beckley s Federal Rent Control Office.
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Harold Lambert
Beaver
Raleigh County Board of Education
Raleigh County
Beaver Parent-Teacher’s Association
Lambert
Raleigh County Park Board
Lambert Lumber Corporation
Beckley Newspaper Corporation
Oak Hill
Keyser
Fayetteville
Mount Hope High School
Concord College
West Virginia University
University of Alabama
Beaver Lions Club
Elks and Moose Lodges
Beckley
Mining Fatality Ratio is Lower in March
Charleston reports mining fatalities improved in March as coal industry operations resumed. Only 13 fatalities were charged to accidents versus 11 in idle February, with 25 industrial fatalities listed for March and 42 total for the month across 1949 figures. Non fatal accidents injured 2,892 people, down slightly from 2,957 prior month.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Workmen’s Compensation Department
O. P. Frame
Czechs Sentence Clergymen On Treason Spying Case
In Prague a court sentenced Dr. Jan Mastilak, a 39 year old Redemptorist monk and Moravian Theological Institute director, to life imprisonment for high treason and spying for the Vatican. His nine co defendants, all Catholic clergy, received two to 25 year terms for anti state activity treason or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
Jan Mastilak
Moravian Theological Institute
Pinecrest Bids Slated April 26
Charleston bids on new buildings at three state institutions will be opened by the Board of Control late this month. A dormitory for 53 persons at Lakin State Hospital opens April 25 with bids also for three staff residences. On April 26 bids for a Pinecrest Sanitarium employes dormitory reveal a 50‑person capacity. The board opens bids April 27 for an addition to the Den mar Sanitarium, a Negro tuberculosis institution, doubling its capacity.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Board of Control
Lakin State Hospital
Pinetfest Sanitarium
Denmar
New York Firm Leads $2 Million State Highway Bonds
A syndicate led by Halsey, Stuart and Company of New York purchased $2,000,000 in state road bonds at an average net interest rate of 1.5079 percent. The syndicate of seven firms includes the National Bank of Commerce at Charleston. Twenty-one syndicates bid, a record for this bond type in the state.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Halsey, Stuart and Company of
New York
National Bank of Commerce At
Treasury
Bridges Plans Supreme Court Appeal After Conviction
San Francisco longshore leader Harry Bridges and two aides face perjury convictions over Bridges naturalization hearing. The CIO union vows to appeal to the Supreme Court and fight possible deportation to Australia while prosecutors predict no reversal. Sentencing looms. seven years and fines up to 15000 USD possible.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CLO Longshore Union
Supreme Court
Bridges
Australia
Oosepnwononue
Donohue
Sydney
United States
National Labor Relations Board
Bank Robbery Suspect Cited In Airplane Getaway
Oklahoma bank robbery ends with crash near Okla City area. FBI charges Jim Robison 28 Enid after bank employees identified him from hospital bed. Authorities say a film-like getaway involved a Stanting pilot who crashed on a farm. found in the plane were $8788, two pistols, a rifle, a submachine gun, and a sack of ammunition.
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Associated Okarche
Oxiasing
Air Force
Paul Reed
First State Bank
Oklahoma City
FBI
L. W Morris
Jim Robison
Enid
Okla
Pisto
Robison
Guthrie
Rob Otthers
Reed
Confessed Killer Found Innocent in Town Off-Campus Death
Robert E. Bednasek was found innocent of strangling Margaret Anne Jackson in a University of Town off campus rooming house. The jury accepted the defense claim the death was a tragic accident, rejecting the state's first degree murder and death penalty theory after about 23 hours of deliberation. Sheriff Murphy said Bednasek awoke unaware of the verdict.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Robert EF. Bednasek
Yetty
Margaret Anne
Gee-Gee) Jackson
University of Town
Bednasek
A. Jd. Murphy
Charleston Attorney Heads Air Raid Corps
Charleston attorney Robert W. Lawson Jr. will head the civil air raid warning observer corps in West Virginia. He is named state supervisor as 2,760 volunteers join the effort. Adj. Gen. Charles R. Fox announces 136 observation posts in 32 northern counties next month.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Robert W. Lawson, Jr
West Virginia
Adj
Charles R. Fox
Civil Defense
Fox
Rooster in Glass Jug Stirs Protest
SCRANTON Pa A Nicholson Borough councilman Judson F Bush owner of a local feed store placed a rooster in a five gallon glass jug to advertise chicken feeds. The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says the act is cruel. Bush pleaded innocent to cruelty charges and was freed on 500 bail after a hearing.
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Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Judson F. Bush
Bush
Nicholson
Champions of Air Power to Get OK For Key Posts
Senator Tydings predicts early Senate approval of Thomas K. Finletter as secretary of air after his nomination at Key West. Finletter, a New York attorney, backs a 70 group Air Force and is seen as highly qualified. Pace is named secretary of the army, linking two air power advocates to top defense posts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Senate
Truman
Thomas K. Finletter
Air
Finletter
White House
Key West
Fla
Senate Armed Service Committee
University of North Carolina
Symington
Pace
Senate Armed Services Committee
Incumbents Win Mayor Posts in Two Cities
Golden S. Underwood of Parkersburg and A. V. Fitzwater of South Charleston won mayoral races. Underwood beat W. C. Cochran 4 611 to 4 024. Fitzwater won 2 984 to 2 346 over Democrat John S. Long. Parkersburg nonpartisan primary selected four councilmen: Casto Ball, C. C. Coffield, G. M. Alleman, Douglass Ayers. In South Charleston six Republicans won council seats. Democrats elected Louis Williams and H. B. Shumate. Willis Taylor, a Republican, became recorder with 2 731 votes to 2 572 for G. A. Brown.
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Associated Press
Golden
S. Underwood
Parkersburg
A. V. Fitzwater
South Charleston
Underwood
W. C. Cochran
Fitzwater
John S. Long
Casto Ball
C. C. Coffield
G. M. Alleman
Douglass Ayers
W. V. Tilton
Gaines Means
Jim Patton
H. S. (Hank) Painter
Clyde Walters
S. H. Mullens
Louis Williams
G. A. Brown
West Borneo Sultan Jailed for Plotting
Sultan Hamid II of West Borneo, a central cabinet member and state president, was jailed in Jakarta amid a new revolt in East Indonesia. The Makassar uprising in Celebes saw rebels seize the federal garrison in a swift coup.
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Jakarta
U.S
Sultan Hamid II
West Borneo
Makassar
Celebes
East Indonesia
Sultan Hamid
False Claims Of Cigarette Firms Blasted
The FTC ordered a crackdown on false advertising by major cigarette makers. R. J. Reynolds and P. Lorillard were directed to halt claims that Camels or Old Golds are superior in nicotine or throat irritants. Action may extend to Lucky Strike and Philip Morris. Pall Mall is under study. The agency cited FDA tests showing nicotine content varies and no brand is measurably superior.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
P. Lorillard Company
FTC
American Tobacco Company
Lucky Strike
Philip Morris, Ltd
Philip Morris Cigarettes
Pall Mall Cigarettes
American Cigarette and Cigar Company
Durham
Philip Morris
Reynolds Firm
Defense Budget Sparks Congressional Fight Over Air Force Gear
In Washington a heated battle over the administration's defense budget pits Rep Vinson and allies against Sec Johnson and House leaders. Vinson urges an extra 583 million for Air Force and Navy aircraft, warning air power may wither. Johnson orders a joint chiefs review as Eisenhower later backs adding 500 million to the budget.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
America
Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
Defense
Johnson
Mahon
D-Tex
House
Enhonammittas
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs
Europe
Air Force
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Winsor
Eisenhower
West Europe future hinges on Britain and France
AP report outlines a potential crisis in Western Europe unity over Germany's future. Key players Britain and France hold the decisive influence on German participation and broader European alliance, with the United States backing a united bloc. McCloy in London stresses fitting Germany into a united Europe, while Britain’s leadership role remains pivotal. Dismantling of German industry is near completion, expected by fall.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Western Europe
Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
London
John J. McCloy
State Department
McCloy
Europe
Jenner
Rind
Senate
Department
State's General Fund Decreases
Charleston state officials report the general fund balance fell by nearly five million dollars last month. Treasurer William M. Ansel Jr. gave a March balance of 27,051,488 and a February 28 total of 31,915,769. Transfers included 4,300,000 to the general school fund and 1,883,961 to the public assistance fund. March holdings show 17,578,488 in cash and 9,478,000 in short term securities.
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Associated Press
Charleston
William M. Ansel, Jr
General School
Public Assistance Fund
Ansel
Parking Order Changes On South Kanawh Street
Chief of Police Anthony Scalise announced a parking shift effective tomorrow morning. Parking will be allowed on the east side of South Kanawh Street between Johnstown Road and Church Street, instead of the west side.
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South Kanawh Street
Johnstown Road
Church Street
Polie
Anthony Scalise
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Pinecrest
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
American Federation of Labor
NLRB
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Philip Murray
Murray
U. S
Robert McMillan
George B. Harris
Stanting
Scranton
Sted Presse
Food and Drug Administration
Trade Commission
West Europe
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