Probers Challenge Subpoenas Over Lattimore Case
Senator McCarthy urged Senate investigators to subpoena Earl Browder Freder ick Vanderbilt Field and Jack Stachel to counter Budenz sworn testimony about Lattimore. Field and Browder denied connections while Stachel, ill, was unavailable. inquiry continues behind closed doors with other state department loyalty issues raised.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Senate
Louis Budenz
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Field
Budenz
Russia
Army
Johns Hopkins University
Mbammshutlin Lanai
Vpuvnc
Nealing
NeAl Weak
State Department
Browder
Communist Party
United States
New York
Mr. Lattimore
Stachel
Nesses
Elliott R. Thorpe
Thorpe
Douglas MacArthur
American Society of Newspaper
Acheson
Russians Reject U S Demand in Plane Incident
In a Moscow note to U S Ambassador Kirk, Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky rejected U S compensation claims over an April 8 air incident. The note says the aircraft was a four engine B 29 Flying Fortress, not an unarmed Navy Privateer, and that it fired first, refusing to land. The Soviets refuse examination of the U S demands and pledge no recurrence.
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Associated Press
London
Russia Today
U.S
Baltic
Ussr
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Andrei Vishinsky
U. S
Soviet Union
America
Soviet Monitor
Lepaya
Latvia
Czechs Ordered To Close Chicago Consulate Office
Washington ordered Czechoslovakia to shut its Chicago consulate general by May 1 in retaliation for U S actions in Bratislava and to recall the Prague press attaché. The note warned of serious consequences in bilateral relations and reviewed Czech establishments in the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Today
Czechoslovakia
Chicago
U. S. Information Service
Bratislava
State Department
USIS
Joseph C. Kolarek
Prague
U. S
Weather forecast shows temperatures near normal this week
Rising temperatures Sunday through Wednesday approach normal levels with scattered light showers on Sunday and Tuesday or Wednesday. Precipitation totals range from 0.2 to 0.4 inches. Beckley reports a high of 39 and a low of 32 today with 0.33 inches of rain so far. Oak Hill Granite area and Glade Creek show similar cool readings and light showers. River readings at Bellepoint and Greenbrier and New rivers reflect typical seasonal norms.
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Ceveres
Oak Hill High
Soder
Iene
Eersiere
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Norma
Tages
Cinar
Rival Invasion Battle for Hainan Dominates News
Amid conflicting dispatches from Taipei and Hong Kong, Nationalist and Communist forces fought for Hainan for a fifth day. Reports cite Reds advancing inland, claims of morale boosts, and calls of significant future victories. Prisoner tallies and troop movements vary across outlets.
Freezing Cold Winds Sweep Across Central States
Cold spell grips the Midwest with a low of 18 at Calumet Michigan and subfreezing readings from Michigan to Minnesota. Snow flurries in the Great Lakes as light rain falls in the Mid Atlantic. Flood areas in North Dakota and Western Minnesota see warming efforts. 3,000 homeless and 109 road and rail washouts reported. President Truman allocates funds for flood relief.
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Central
North Atlantic
South
Dakotas
South Atlantic
New England
Chattanooga
Tenn
Rome
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Carolinas
Midwest
Calumet
Mich
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Great Lakes
North Dakota
Truman
Italians Predict Invasion by Reds
Rome based Ari agency cites confidential reports from clandestine U S resistance groups and predicts Russia plans to invade Western Europe. Tito would ally with Moscow as Yugoslavia's regime remains on the Moscow blacklist. Invasion would push Anglo American forces from Atlantic bases into Italy in 1950, the agency says.
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Associated Press
Rome
Ari
Russia
Europe
Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Italy
Strike Threatsloom Rail and Ship Crews Averted Accords
A 4,000 deck officers strike that could idle 300,000 maritime workers on Atlantic and Gulf coasts was averted with government mediation. Rail and telephone labor disputes loom, as CWA seeks 15 cent hourly wage hikes and rail unions push for safety staffing, with arbitration rulings and prep for potential Wednesday walkouts across major lines.
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Washington
Atlantic
Gulf
AFL
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
Railway Mediation Board
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
Bell Phone System
Russia Demands Troops Leave Trieste Free Territory Now
Moscow protests the presence of 10,000 Allied troops in Trieste and asks that the Adriatic region be organized as a UN supervised free territory. It accuses the U S Britain and France of violating the Italian peace treaty and calls for the liquidation of what it terms an illegal Anglo American naval base. The note was delivered by Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to U S Britain and France. American officials say troops may remain until Trieste is established and blame delays on the Soviet side over a governor.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
United States
Britain
Trieste
Adriatic
France
United Nations
U. S
Andrei Gromyko
Tass
Europe
Washington
U.S
Organization of the Free Territory
Fast Time Starts April 30 for 50 Millions in U. S.
About 50 million Americans will move clocks ahead one hour on April 30 as daylight saving time begins, while roughly 90 million in rural areas, mostly in the South, Midwest and Far West, will largely ignore the change. Urban centers in the East and large cities will adopt daylight time, with radio networks broadcasting on the new schedule.
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Associated Press
New York
South
Midwest
Far West
United States
Train collision injures 19 in New Haven wreck
In a driving rain last night two heavily loaded New Haven Railroad trains rear ended near Boston. Nineteen people were taken to nearby hospitals with cuts and bruises but were released after treatment.
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Associated Press
Boston
New Haven
Extended Rent Controls Sought by Truman
President Truman urged Congress to extend rent controls for one year beyond June 30. He warned that ending controls would hurt millions of tenants in a seller’s market and that housing demand requires continued protection. He also called for fair landlord increases and a policy balancing obliging tenants and owners.
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Associated Presse
Washington
Truman
Congress
Census 75 Per Cent Finished Amid Counting Delays
The Census Director said the 1950 count is over 75 percent complete with about 115 million people already recorded. Officials note progress is faster than 1940, though some areas lag and may continue into next month as workers focus on “clean up” calls and push to complete every household.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roy V. Peel
Peel
Widow jailed for murder of Stanaford man
Mrs Goldie Garrett, a Raleigh County widow, is jailed by state police for the murder of John H Shorter, 43, of Stanaford. Police say Shorter was found dead at his home around 4 am with a wine bottle nearby. Garrett says the shooting was accidental after a dispute over keeping a loaded weapon. she claims Shorter advanced with a shotgun and the gun discharged near his chest.
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Goldie Garrett
Raleigh
John H. Shorter
Stanaford
John
Garrett
East Beckley
Shorter
Pineville Robbers Busy Three Places Robbed
Three Pineville businesses reported overnight robberies totaling about 13 dollars. The largest loss was at Pineville Trade School, where coins were taken from the electrical shop and director Claude Phillips said a skeleton key opened his office. WWYO Grill saw two cartons of cigars, pennies, and candy stolen. Pineville Pure Oil Station lost cigarets, candy, and tax money. Local sheriff’s deputies assist in the investigation.
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Register
Pineville
Claude Phillips
James Gibson
John Miller
Wwyo Grill
Margaret Bazzie
James Manning
Beckley Newspapers
Paul McGhee
Eleven Wounded In Morgantown Mine Affray
In Morgantown a mine affray wounded 11 people including John Pushkarish 66 of Mona. Owner Asa Provins and eight workers faced weapons charges. all but two workers posted $500 bond. One hospitalized with a head wound. dispute over pickets and alleged ambush framed the incident.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
John Pushkarish
Mona
Monongalia County
Powell Corporation
Asa A. Provins
Highway PO's Trip Schedule Is Announced
The regular schedule for the Highway Postoffice between Charleston and Fayetteville, effective Tuesday, was released by District Superintendent B. E. Curry of Grafton. A dry run of the vehicle is planned Saturday with federal, state and local officials joining for its inaugural run. Sawuvina it in Mandaw casi wat fal.
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Charleston
Fayetteville
B. E. Curry
Grafton
Mandaw
State FHA Fund Is Fluid Again
President Truman signed the Federal Housing Act enabling final commitments in West Virginia for 280 processed applications. Raleigh County 17 loans for 138,400 dollars. Fayette County 3 loans for 18 dollars. FHA backed 4,043,900 dollars in new rental units in Kanawha County. State office built backlogs to 2,006,000 and 4,043,900. Home building and buying loans in 1949 reached 7,690,700 dollars versus 6,438,500 dollars in 1948.
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Truman
West Virginia
FHA
F. Guy Ash
Charleston
Raleigh County
Fayette County
Kanawha County
Ash
Divorce Granted After Unusual Grounds In Detroit
Patricia J Stephens filed for divorce from Robert Stephens after three years of marriage. The decree was granted uncontested following her testimony that her husband once kissed the dog, patted her on the head, and then walked out the door.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Patricia J. Stephens
Robert
Revised Airport Plans Approved In Parley Today
The Raleigh County Court and Airport Advisory Committee approved revised Memorial Airport plans to improve the administration area at no extra cost. Revisions include a larger loading apron, park extension, and relocation of the administration building to improve runway vision from the control tower.
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Raleigh County Court and Airport Advisory Committee
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Melvin B. Borgeson
Robert L. Davis
Borgeson
CAA
New York
Davis
Beckley Woman Seeks $5,000 In Damages In Court
Willa Allen of Beckley files in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office for $5,000 damages against L. E. Wood and Robert Wood of MacArthur. She alleges she was struck down about six months ago at the Church and Fayette streets intersection by a truck driven by Robert Wood and owned by L. E. Wood.
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Willa Allen
Beckley
Raleigh County
L. E. Wood
Robert Wood
MacArthur
Church and
Fayette Streets
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