U.S. P Considered Plan On Palestine Trusteeship
The United States proposed a draft plan for Palestine including a Jerusalem trusteeship and governance model, while the Assembly’s 58-nation committee began debating the Palestine issue and immigration limits. Burma expected to back Arab aims in the partition dispute. In Washington, John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers were fined for contempt of a court stop-strike order, with totals around 2.42 million dollars.
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Miners Walkout Pushes After Lewis Contempt Verdict
In a wave of soft coal strikes across at least eight states miners pressed action after Judge Goldsborough found John L. Lewis and the UMW in criminal and civil contempt. Districts in West Virginia Pennsylvania and Alabama joined the walkouts threatening wider idleness unless the court’s sentence is lenient.
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Italy elections tilt toward Christian Democrats amid possible two houses control
Early returns from Italy's senatorial districts show the Christian Democrats with about 47.4 percent of Senate votes and a lead over the Communist Popular Front. Chamber results from 4,478 sections place the CD ahead but with rising anti-Communist support. Reports note violence, bombings, and regional strongholds as Italy inches toward one party dominance after fascism.
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Christian Democrat Party
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Taft forecasts passage of housing bill amid talks with McCarthy
Senator Taft predicts Senate passage of the Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill by nightfall as differences with Senator McCarthy seem to narrow. The measure extends federal loan insurance authority through next March, adding 2 billion dollars in insured loans and expanding terms for low cost housing and rental investments while addressing slum clearance. Taft would accept two of four McCarthy amendments and consider a third with modification, including aid for paralyzed veterans and housing occupancy rules, while seeking priority for the lowest income families and limiting welfare entitlements.
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Washington
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Taft
Ohio
McCarthy
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Frenzied Street Scene Echoes Gabriel Trumpet Moment
A crowded seed counter at Beckley store bursts with activity after a sudden blast from an automobile horn. A pedestrian, reacting to the noise, exclaims that the sound resembled Gabriel's trumpet, capturing a vivid street moment in the urban crowd.
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Costa Rican Rebel Leader Ratifies Peace Accord
Rebel chief Jose Figueres approves a government cease fire and a settlement plan in Costa Rica's civil war. Vice President Santos Leon Herrera to preside briefly, while Miguel Brenes named war minister to disarm government forces. Front reports heavy fighting near San Jose as talks proceed.
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Costa Rica
Jose Figueres
San Jose
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Figueres
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Rene Picado Michalski
Santos Leon Herrera
Labor
Miguel Brenes
Brenes
Escaza
Santa Ana
Manuel Mora
U.S. State Department
Nicaragua
U. S
Nathaniel P. Davis
Managua
Congress
Olilio Ulate Blanco
Wate
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Community Concert Association Sets 900 Membership Goal
The Community Concert Association launches its 1948 drive with a goal of 900 memberships to be sold this week at Woodrow Wilson High School auditorium. A kickoff dinner at Kanawha Terrace drew 40 officers and workers to aid canvassing, with Beckley Hotel as campaign headquarters and Dr. Ritchie Ware as president among officers.
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J. E. McKenzie
Illinoisan to Deliver GOP Keynote Address
Governor Dwight J. Green of Illinois will deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. The 31 member arrangements committee named Green temporary chairman. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts was nominated permanent chairman as the convention opens June 2.
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Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Arabs Attack Food Convoy En Route to Jerusalem
Arab raiders struck a Tel Aviv to Jerusalem convoy carrying Jewish Agency leaders including David Ben Gurion. Most travelers reportedly reached relusateh with over 100 food trucks, while the rear guard was sacked and six armed cars were lost. Food supplies aimed at Passover, starting Friday night, were targeted amid calls for Arab-held access to the Wailing Wall.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Moses
Egypt
Jewish Agency
Doctor Sought In Wife's Death
Prosecutor Richard Sparsons said a murder charge should be filed today against Dr. W Richard Stevens in the death of his wife. Dr Stevens is a Bartley Ale Dowell County physician and son of the founder of the Stevens Clinic Hospital here.
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Associated Press
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Richard Sparsons
W. Richard Stevens
Stevens
Bartley, Ale- Dowell County
Imine
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Britain to Receive Largest Share of U.S. Aid
Washington reports Britain is slated to receive 1.324 billion dollars of the 5.9 billion European Recovery Program aid. France Italy the Netherlands and U S British Zones of Western Germany follow with several hundred million each as planners map purchases of grain cotton petroleum and tobacco.
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Netherlands
U. S
Germany
Three Fourths of New River Winding Gulf Mines Idle
Miners in the Heckley area stayed off the job to protest government punishment of John L. Lewis, idling about 75 percent of mines in the Winding Gulf and New River districts. Officials reported around 6,500 idle miners and 3,500 working across the region amid unclear causes.
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Fayette County
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Monongalia County
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Heckley
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Winding Gut
Hal Scott
Winding Gulf Association
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Red Jacket Coal Corporation
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Virginian Railway
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Weather Summary for Virginia and Nearby Areas
The bulletin notes partly cloudy and windy conditions with warm daytime and tonight plus scattered showers this afternoon or night. Wednesday brings more cloudiness and cooler winds. Reports show high river levels and mud in Greenbrier at Bellepoint, with Oak Hill High recording a low last night and a warm early morning.
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