Conservatism Gains Broad Victory in Japan Parliament
Final returns show 33 of 1942 Tojo Diet re elected and 40 former members returning. Conservatives clinch a broad majority as Liberals fall short. Coalition expected in the 468-seat House with Liberals 116, Progressives 86, Social Democrats 78, independents 72 and minor parties 39. Voting averaged 72.3 percent.
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Ty Russell Baines
Associated Press
Tokyo
House of Representatives
Liberal
Hidteki—Tojo
Liberals
Progressives
Social Democrats
Communists
Chuzo Mitsuchi
Dewey Short Seeks School Board Post
Baileysville resident Dewey Short filed as a candidate for the nonpartisan Wyoming County board of education seat. The announcement stated Short is seeking election to the local school board.
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Dewey Short
Register
Pineville
Baileysville
Board of Education
Wyoming County
Truman faces navy over unification policy clash
President Truman signaled cautious support for merger but warned Congress to act first. Navy leaders and Forrestal remained silent as tensions surfaced at Navy Headquarters and in public remarks by Vice Admiral Bellinger echoed the push for a strong untrammeled Navy. The White House stance drew comparisons to past Interior Department conflicts and left high command unsettled about the merger timetable and military-Administration conflict.
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Navy
War Departments
Truman
Navy Department
Navy Headquarters
Forrestal
High Command
White House
Navy High Command
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Edwin W. Pauley
Cleveland
Adm
P. N. L. Bellinger
General Board
Bellinger
Senate
Congress
Navy discharge for J E Williams Jr after Normandy service
J E Williams Jr son of Mr and Mrs J E Williams Campbell Court received discharge after over two years in the navy. He served aboard an LST during the invasion of Normandy making 52 trips across the English Channel to land troops in the original invasion. He wears the European Mediterranean theater ribbon.
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J. E. Williams, Jr
J. E. Williams
Campbell Court
Williams
Normandy
English Channel
Truman to push federal anti poll tax stance at Hyde Park remarks
President Truman reaffirmed support for federal anti poll tax measures at a White House news conference, signaling no change in policy and backing state action alongside federal law. He read a prepared statement emphasizing continued advocacy for federal legislation and noted several states had abandoned such levies.
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Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
White House
Capitol Hill
Congress
Pepper
D-Fla
P.U.P.C
Frunian
Chicago
Hoey
D.N.C
F.E.P.C
Senate
Truman Dedicates Roosevelt Estate as National Shrine
UN leaders join President Truman in Hyde Park to dedicate Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Hudson River estate as a national historic site. The ceremony includes an eight minute address, presentation of the house and 33 acres, and radio broadcasts nationwide. The Roosevelts had deeded the property to the government and Congress accepted it as a shrine.
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Family of Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Estate
of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Allan Fisher
Associated Press
Hyde Park
N. Y
United Nations
Truman
Green Acres
Hudson River
Mr. Truman
Roosevelt
United Nations Security Council
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Congress
Washington
Department of Interior
N.B.C
C.B.S
A.B.C
M.B.S
E.S.T
George A. Palmer
Department of the Interior
Religious influence cited in juvenile court study
Mrs Williams notes 85 to 95 percent of juvenile offenders have not attended church services and most come from homes broken by divorce separation or death. Revs Nabrit and Wingham serve on the committee with Dr Cook. Colorado shows a topography range of over five miles between its lowest and highest points.
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Colorado
Doughton urges action to balance budget and curb inflation
Doughton praises the President's calls to avoid unnecessary expenditures but insists deeds are needed. He urges congressional and public cooperation to balance the budget and cut taxes, and says achieving supply from coal, steel, and autos could curb inflation quickly.
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Doughton
Truman
Iif
Congress
John L. Lewis
Amendments would raise costs and inflate prices, Porter says
Porter warns that House Banking Committee amendments to the bill would cost consumers about 2 billion dollars in one year and hit inflation efforts. If enacted, they would lift the annual clothing bill by about 1.2 billion and transfer at least 425 million from American car buyers to dealers. He argues the moves restore a wartime 3 percent tax and harm low income households.
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House Banking Committee
House
Senate
Porter
English Mines Face Different Pressures Than American Ops
Spindler noted during a trip that English coal was selling at $9 a ton. He described mining conditions as more feasible in England, with coal produced under methods like the long wall system where about 25 percent of workers are involved in back filling to prevent subsidence, a practice not common in America due to gas and oil competition.
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America
Spindler
Trial testimony in Perkins death case continues
Ivan Grose 17 of Lillybrook testifies about his movements on September 10 the day Perkins was killed. He describes time lines from 6 15 p m to 10 20 p m and places he visited including Beckley Palace theater and the Mounts home. Prosecutor Mann outlines that evidence will show Justice coerced perjury and sought to obtain false testimony while defense emphasizes police proximity near Justice Store.
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Grose
Perkins
Beckley
Palace Theater
North
Kanawha Street
Carl Mounts
Richard McVey
Lego
Mc- Vey
Baltimore
Clendenin
Merchant Marine
Mc-Vey
Mounts
McVey
Raleigh County
Fletcher WW. Mann
Mann
Hanley Richards
Richards
Justice
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
West Virginia
Thornhill
Princewick
Jusice
Thorntill
Bert Rich
Rice
James Duval
R. A. Harper
Draper Lewis
N. L. Lilly
W. E. Palmer
Oscar R. Rakes
Ben Richmond
W. C. Rutherford
Burk Stover
H. M. Tolbert
Sam Ward
P. Donahue
Veterans housing aid rules and wartime eligibility
The article outlines housing aid rules for veterans and families in wartime, detailing categories for homes for farmers workers armed forces widows and disaster repairs. It notes eligibility limits such as sale price caps and rent thresholds and references prior construction status as a factor.
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Armed Forces
Merchant Marine
U. S
C.P.A
Secretary Schwellenbach Eyes Restarting Coal Talks
Secretary Schwellenbach says he believes John L. Lewis and mine operators can resume contract talks but only when issues narrow. He will hold informal separate meetings as spade work and aims to set a basis for joint negotiations by early next week as 400,000 miners remain idle and coal supplies dwindle since the strike began April 1.
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John L. Lewis
Schwellenbach
House Split May Prolong Fight On Draft Extension
The House opens a heated three way clash on extending or suspending the wartime draft as it considers extending until February 15, 1947 with caps on forces and ages. Proposals include banning inductions before dates and raising the draft age. a stalled Easter recess looms with Senate action anticipated.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
House Military Committee
Congress
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Mullens youths jailed after Virginia burglary trial
Kenneth Lee Wilson and Clifford Agnor of Mullens were sentenced in the 28th circuit court at the Isle of Wight to the Richmond Public Welfare Board's House of Correction. They pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the L. E. Bracy store in Windsor Va on February 8 and denied ties to a separate Arnett W Va auto theft. They said they acted due to hunger while visiting Wilsons sister in Portsmouth Va.
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Mullens
Register
Richmond Public Welfare Board
House of Correction
Isle of Wight
Kenneth Lee Wilson
Clifford Agnor
Windsor
Virginia
Wilson
Agnor
L. E. Bracy
Arnett
W. Va
Agner
Wison
Portsmouth
Unemployment Claims On Coal Foremen Strike Case
In 1944 Raleigh County case, Eunice W. Copen and Andrew S. Unherwood lead a test suit over unemployment benefits for miners and foremen idle during a coal wage dispute. Affects payments for workers idle in prior strikes and shapes decisions as district offices process claims.
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Eigh County
Unemployment Compensation Appeal Board
Eunice W. Copen
Andrew S. Unherwood
C. H. Mead Coal Company
Raleigh County
Willetts
Marriage License Issued to Crouse and Toler in Wyoming County
Phillip Crouse 19 of Lorado and Athleen Toler 22 of Kopperston received a marriage license from the Wyoming County Clerk, records show.
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Pineville
Phillip Crouse
Lorado
Athleen Toler
Kopperston
Wyoming County
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