Senate stalls on U S crime inquiry after heated debate
Senate leaders delay action on a proposed 150000 nationwide crime inquiry as Democratic Leader Lucas of Illinois signals only brief debate may occur. Kefauver, the sponsor, says no firm timing while a Commerce subcommittee proceeds with hearings on banning cross state betting and gambling. Mayors D Alesandro Bowron and city officials are set to testify.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Commerce
McFarland
Dariz
Thomas D’alesandro
Baltimore
Fletcher Bowron
Los Angeles
William O’brien
New York City
Delesseps Morrison
New Orleans
Demand Closure Of Key Offices Saturday Noon
London reports Czechoslovakia ordered the explosion of Joseph C Kolarek director of the U S Information Services and demanded an immediate halt to USIS activities. Prague dispatches said six Czechoslovaks including a woman went on trial in Pankrac state court charged with belonging. The Czechoslovak news agency says most Roman Catholic monasteries will be taken over by the government for social and health purposes to ease housing shortages.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Joseph C. Kolarek
U. S. Information Services
USIS
Prague
Pankrac
Associated Press
Bratislava
Slovakia
Kolarek
Baltimore
State Department
U. S
Ellis O. Briggs
Foreign Ministry
Reds Reinforce Beachheads on Hainan Island
Taipei dispatch reports Chinese Reds landed reinforcements on Hainan Island and won two beachheads Monday. A civilian pilot said 5,000 more troops reached the northern beaches while Nationalists faced a hard to stop invasion, with several craft sunk and naval units claiming heavy enemy casualties. The situation drew high official alarm as Chiang Kai-shek called service chiefs to respond.
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Associated Press
Taipei
Formosa
Hainan Island
Hong Kong
Hainan
Chiang Kai-shek
South China
Adm
Kewi Yung-ching
Keni
Southeast Asia
Mail Curtailments Declared Minor In Beckley Area
Rural delivery mail service remains largely intact in Beckley, says postmaster J. T. Hollandsworth. Routes will consolidate and some residents may see afternoon mail. deliveries start at 9 a.m. Business section gets two daily runs, parcel post limited to one trip. First class and newspapers on schedule. third and fourth class must be at the post office by 8 a.m. to move the same day. Directory service curtailed. only perishables and insured items go through. Windows hours unchanged except money orders available until 5 p.m.
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J. T. Hollandsworth
Beckley
Hollandsworth
Directory
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Directory Department
UMW Board Backs Merger Plan for Labor Unity
The United Mine Workers executive board voted unanimously to join in creating an inter-union committee aimed at the eventual merger of all organized labor. Philip Murray of the CIO proposed the idea and will seek AFL and other unions’ cooperation on economic political and legislative issues. John L. Lewis skipped the meeting but favored approval. The AFL Council will consider Murray’s plan at its May 8 Philadelphia session.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
All Organized Labor
Philip Murray
CIO
AFL
Railroad Brotherhoods
Murray
John L. Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
Lewis
CIO News
Brotherhood of Railroad
William Green
Philadelphia
Set 621 Ate Ate a 45 Uso Cd Hae Eee Ewes
A fragmentary note describes a sequence labeled set 621 with items ate ate a 45 and references Uso and Eee Ewes in unclear context. Names and details are sparse, limiting a precise summary while preserving readable facts from the fragment.
Man With Plastic Face Returns Home After 49 Operations
Marion Hayes of Birmingham left Lawson Veterans Administration Hospital after a seven month stay with a new life like plastic face. The 55 year old underwent 49 operations over 17 years to remove cancer on his face. Replacement facial parts were attached with adhesive tape and he expects to adjust. Doctors believe all cancerous tissue was removed and Hayes is on the road to recovery.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Marion Hayes
Birmingham
Lawson Veterans Administration
Hayes
Lawson
Tumor Service
Four States Seek Marine After Brain Surgery Fails
Charles Hinkley a 25 year old former marine who underwent pre frontal lobotomy at Coral Gables Florida in October is now jailed in Massachusetts as a fugitive from a Kansas Veterans Administration Hospital. He faces pending charges in New York City and Florida while Topeka seeks his return.
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Associated Press News
Charles Hinkley
Kansas Veterans Administration
Hinkley
South Deerfield
Mass
Winter General Hospital
Topeka
Kas
New York City
Florida
Coral Gables
Fla
Irwin Perlmutter
Pruntytown vacation policy praised for full return
Seventy six boys from the Pruntytown Industrial School enjoyed Easter vacations at home and all returned on time. President Joe F. Burdett of the Board of Control noted a 100 percent return rate, the third straight since the policy began last Labor Day, with 110 of about 280 inmates qualifying and 78 securing transportation back to the facility.
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Pruntytown
Associated Press
Charleston
Burdett
Eight Thousand Awarded in Wyoming Breach Case
In Wyoming Circuit Court at Pineville the second trial of Mrs. India Cooper versus Pipeline Construction Company ended with an $8,000 verdict for Cooper. She sought $12,000 claiming a verbal meals-for-employment agreement. a prior $4,000 award was overturned by the Supreme Court for retrial. Other damages actions ended with no recovery for either party.
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Register
Pineville
India Cooper
Wyoming
Cooper
Supreme Court
Lee Hall
Favored Jet Bombers On Production Lines
Washington reports the Air Force prioritizes the B-47 Stratojet, with production beginning at Wichita. The faster jet bomber boosts interception resistance, though its official combat range is over 1,000 miles. Efforts include a four engine upgrade and in-group tanker refueling to extend reach. The service plans to equip all medium bomber groups with B-47s or B-50s, spending 303.6 million for Stratojets and 267.8 million for B-36s in the coming year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Air Force
Boeing Aircraft Company
Wichita
Felonious Shooting Charged to Man 70
A warrant was issued charging 70-year-old George W. Douglas with felonious shooting of his niece Helen Clark 32. Douglas and Clark remained in St Marys Hospital with Douglas in critical condition after two self inflicted gunshot wounds. Police said Douglas forced his way into Clark's bedroom and shot her, she escaped by leaping from a second story window sustaining a fractured ankle.
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Associated Press
Huntington
George W. Douglas
Douglas
Helen Clark
St. Mary's Hospital
Miss Clark
GOP Senators Demand Cross-Sectional Foreign Policy Input
Senate Republicans Bridges and Wherry pressed for broad access to international policy details. They urged the Truman Administration to share information with a cross section of GOP senators, including Taft, and said consultation should occur during policy formation and implementation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
Wherry
Nebraska
Truman
GOP
White House
State Acheson
Taft
Ohio
E Taft Ofyen
Eaton Still Tops With Jersey GOP
Newark New Jersey Charles A. Eaton a 62 year old Republican congressman and ranking GOP House spokesman on foreign affairs won renomination for a 14th term in the Fifth District primary. He coasted past two opponents as eight New Jersey GOP incumbents won renomination in district races amid a low key off year primary. Eaton will face Democrat Thomas Chabrak in November after winning both primaries and general elections in past years by comfortable margins.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Charles A. Eaton
GOP House
New Jersey
GOP
Eaton
Thomas Chabrak
Somebody's Got to Raise Hell on TB Vaccine Talk
Doctor Edward J. O'Brien of Detroit urged BCG vaccination as the only solution to tuberculosis before the American Association for Thoracic Surgery in Denver. He claimed 70 to 90 percent immunity and cited Japan's 88 percent TB death decline under compulsory vaccination, challenging Public Health Service views while opponents urged caution.
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Associated Press
Denver
Edward J. O’brien
Detroit
O’brien
BCG
American Association For Thoracic Surgery
U. S. Public Health Service
Robert J. Anderson
Public Health Service
Washington
Harry 43. Corper
National Jewish Hospital
Anderson
Corper
India
New York
Chicago
O'Brien
Cooper
Public
United States
Japan
General MacArthur
Prague spy ring linked to U S Embassy officials
The Czech news agency reports former army major Jaromir Nechansky admitted charges of high treason and spying. Prague alleged six former U S Embassy officials ran a spy ring, while U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson called the charges trumped up. The Prague embassy noted pressure on the USIS library and patrons warned away.
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U. S
Jaromir Nechansky
Berlin
Kolarek
Prague
Dean Acheson
Washington
USIS
Bombs Hit U.S. Legations in Damascus and Beirut
Bombs were thrown at U S legation compounds in Damascus and Beirut amid Arab Israeli tensions. A U S Marine guard was slightly wounded in Damascus and a blast shattered a switchboard in Beirut injuring a man from Bedford Virginia. Police offered no immediate arrests.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Syria
U. S. Legation
Beirut
U. S
James H. Keely
Legation
Elbert Cassell
Bedford
Damascus Legation
Lebanon
U.S
Britain
Israel
U S studies Cold War crash incident in Europe
The United States, through a formal note by Ambassador Alan G. Kirk, accuses Soviet fighters of shooting down an unarmed Navy Privateer over international waters in the Baltic. Washington demands prompt Soviet inquiry, regret, accountability, and indemnity, while Moscow counters with its own version.
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Associated Press
Washington
Europe
Vishinsky
Moscow
Alan G. Kirk
United States
Kirk
State Department
Russia
State and Defense Departments
White House
Baltic
Ment
Michael McDermott
Kremlin
Symington Outlines Cold War Defense Philosophy
In San Francisco W Stuart Symington secretary for the air defines the Cold War mindset stating Russia views war as inevitable and can strike any part of the United States with a surprise atomic attack. He argues the U S defense rests on readiness to launch a full retaliatory strike if attacked.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
W. Stuart Symington
Air
Russia
United States
U. S
Symington
Chamber of Commerce
$10 000 Suit Filed For Wreck Damages
A car truck collision at Glen Daniel on January 28 led to a $10,000 damage suit filed in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office by Ben F. Donnelly, former Beckley minister, against A. C. Coldiron, Mrs A. C. Coldiron and J. T. Farmer of Glen Daniel. The plaintiff alleges Farmer, son of Mrs Coldiron, drove the truck owned by the Coldirons, causing personal and property damages.
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Glen Daniel
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's Office
Ben F. Donnelly
Beckley
A. C. Coldiron
J. T. Farmer
Farmer
Students Use Voting Machines First Time
West Virginia voters get the first use of new voting machines in Cabell County today as Marshall College students elect a student body president four class presidents and student council representatives. Huntington juniors Dave Daugherty and Bill Blevins are candidates for student body president.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Marshall College
Cabell County
Dave Daugherty
Bill Blevins
Huntington
Smiths and Deaths A Bit Complicated
In Los Angeles Mrs Pauline Smith 75 of Covina Calif was admitted for treatment on March 14. On March 24 the younger Mrs Smith died and her husband Clarence was notified and buried her. An error later showed the buried woman was Edward Smith s wife. Clarence Smith died April 16 at General Hospital before correction could be made.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Pauline Smith
General Hospital
Covina
Calif
Edward Smith
Fund for Turnpike Planning Favored By State Board
The West Virginia State Planning Commission recommended a $100 000 loan to help fund planning for a new superhighway. The loan would go to the General Services Administration for final approval, with federal money conditional on favorable early survey results. An engineering firm already contracted will begin the study, with possible routes from Moundsville or Wheeling to Bluefield. The loan is non interest bearing and would be repaid in three years. Other approved loans include a Kanawha River bridge at Dunbar and sewage plants at Huntington Buckhannon Mullens.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Planning Commission
West Virginia
General Services Administration
Planning Commission
C. R. Orton
Orton
State Turnpike Commission
Turnpike Commission
Moundsville
Wheeling
Bluefield
Kanawha River
Dunbar
Huntington
Buckhannon
Mullens
Beckley Man Hurt Near Glen Rogers
Roy L. Herndon of 403 Neville Street is listed in good condition at Beckley Hospital after a highway collision on Glen Rogers Mountain. He was admitted about 10 30 a m Tuesday following a crash with a truck driven by Walter Daniels of Harper according to Mrs Herndon.
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Roy L. Herndon
Neville Street
Beckley Hospital
Herndon
Glen Rogers Mountain
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