Immediate U S Backing for Western Alliance Said Unlik
Western European powers must draft their own defense strategy against Russia. No final U S commitment to Europe’s military backing is expected soon, as officials say the United States needs precise plans from European nations on forces and deployment before any broad obligation. A Western European defense system under United Nations charter may be discussed by Congress, but risk of misinterpretation as a full commitment concerns some officials. The current policy aims to defend the Americas, strike back at aggressors, and mobilize substantial land forces quickly if war breaks out.
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Washington
Russia
Western
Europe
United States
Marshall
Vandenburg
R-Mich
Congress
United Nations
United, ‘Nations
Howess
Russians Rebuilding German Naval Yards
AP News reports Berlin notes the Soviet Union is reconstructing Wilhelmshaven as a northern base for Arctic routes. Molotovsk near Archangel is listed as the site, with dismantling of German facilities underway and Rostock serving reparations shipments. General Lucius D. Clay is mentioned alongside Allied occupation context.
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Berlin
Russias
Wilhelmshaven
White Sea
Arctic
Molotovsk
Archangel
North Sea
Soviet Union
Baltic
Black Seas
Pillau
Bay of Danzig
Koenigsberg
Scinicchau
England
Rostack
Lucius D. Clay
Armerican
Toughest Arab Stronghold Falls As Palestine Truce Talks Start
Trans-Jordan officials and allied Arab sources forecast a large invasion force to save Palestine before May 15 7. King Abdullah would be titular commander in chief with troops from Trans-Jordan Iraq Egypt Syria Lebanon under a supreme council. Arab states would supply most troops and air power, with Saudi Arabia contributing arms and money. Jewish force strength cited between 60 000 and 70 000 in Haganah plus smaller groups as potential.
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Abdullah
Iraq
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Palestine
Jewish Agency
Haganah
Reun Zvui Leumi
Stern
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Scientists open 23rd West Virginia Academy meeting
About 600 scientists gather at West Virginia Tech for the 23rd annual meeting with a science exhibit of 50 entries from state industries colleges and high schools. Dr K Lark Horovitz to deliver the principal address following a banquet as Jerusalem Egypt invasion news continues.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
West Virginia Academy of Science
West’ Virginia Tech
K. Lark Horovitz
American Associiation For the Advance of Science
Says One Drunk In Every Home Says One Drunk In Every Home
In Boston the Southern Baptist leader reports 8 percent of American homes have at least one drunk. Dr Lonie D Newton says 759000 become total alcoholics and 10000000 heavy drinkers, with one person in 81 percent of homes having a drinking record. The Methodist General Conference backs prohibition and urges beverage alcohol outlawing.
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Associated Press
Boston
Methodist General Conference
Southern Baptist
Lonie D. Newton
Southern Baptist Convention
United States
Red Veto Blocks U.N. Coup Probe
Russia's veto threat halted a Security Council probe into Moscow's role in the Czechoslovak coup. After nearly two hours of debate on avoiding a 24th Soviet veto, the council adjourned without a vote until next Thursday.
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Associated Press
Russia
Security Council
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Woman claims Hitler living in Liegnitz under new TPZ
Frau Dora Mai says she lived next door to Adolf Hitler on President Roosevelt Street in Liegnitz last year. She describes a triangular mustache and sideburns, claims Hitler poses as a schoolmaster or Polish lieutenant, and says he leads a new party named TPZ. American Military Government officials question the tale and consider Russia responsible for Liegnitz’s status.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Liegnitz
Roosevelt Strasse
Hitler
Eva Hraun
Four youths blast teacher's Brooklyn home in scare
Four teenagers, led by a 14-year-old, blasted the home of a Brooklyn high school math teacher with seven 22 caliber rifles warning not to fail them. A 12-year-old acted as the warning caller. The ringleader organized the attack to cheat an algebra exam. Police detained the youths, ages 14 to 16, on juvenile charges as the teacher, Margaret Joktet, kept teaching under guard.
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Associated Press
New York
Buntire Aller
Zeeshman
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Anthony Durso
Margaret Joktet
Durso
Chilly Weather Continues Here
People wore flannel as rain and cool winds persisted in Beckley and surrounding areas. Temperatures dipped to 42 degrees after days of unseasonably warm weather, with the forecast uncertain for the coming period.
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Beckley
Coram Becomes Raleigh County Part-Time Health Officer
Dr. J. M. Coram, Beckley physician, has begun his duties as Raleigh County’s part-time health officer. He will keep private practice while a full-time officer is sought. Coram lives on Raleigh Avenue and has held private practice since November 1944 after earlier service as county health officer and state health department employee.
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J. M. Coram
Beckley
Raleigh County
Coram
Raleigh Avenue
Edwight
State Health Department
West Virginia
Four Area Men Enlist in Navy
Four area men enlisted in the U S Navy for three years at Beckley recruiting station. They are Cecil Laont Gaines Rotan 18 of Fayetteville Lloyd Elmer Mann 25 of Ronceverte Norman Edward Wonaker 19 of Beckley and Edgar Eugene Scott 21 of Beckley.
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U. S. Navy
T. R. Sherman
Beckley
Cecil Laont Gaines Rotan
Fayetteville
Lloyd Elmer Mann
Ronceverte
Norman Edward Wonaker
Edgar Eugene Scott
Analysts See Drastic Drop in Meat Supply
Analysts report a sharp meat supply decline as cattle lots sit empty across the Midwest. The Associated Press notes the lack of feed grain and delayed fattening, with officials like H. J. Gramlich and Mark Pickell commenting on the blank Omaha stockyards and stalled feeders.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cattle on Feed Decline Cited as Cycle Downturn
A farm visit yielded a barren feedlot with no cattle seen, while Arthur Large of Rock Island Lines noted a substantial drop in cattle on feed. He framed it as a normal cyclical downturn driven by the 1947 corn crop and agricultural patterns, not alarming.
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Arthur Large
Rock Island Lines
Large
Railroads, Brotherhoods Seek Settlement With Mediators
Chicago report says three operating brotherhoods threaten a May strike over wage disputes. Representatives from the railroads and unions met today with federal mediators in a bid to avert a walkout and resolve the long standing bargaining conflict.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Rail unions prepare for May 11 strike across railroads
National Mediation Board chair Frank Douglass hopes for a settlement before the strike deadline as engineers firemen and switchmen union leaders in Cleveland demand more than 15 1 2 cents an hour. They seek a 1948 wage pattern based on cost of living with a 30 percent rise and a $3 daily minimum, rejecting arbitration offers.
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Frank Douglass
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Fave Brothers Hood
Alvanley Johnston
D. B. Robertson
Robertson
Johnston
Cleveland
Truman
Douglass
Brotherhoods
Pan American Nations End Conference Today in Bogota
The ninth Pan American Conference wraps up in Bogota with a 21 nation pact for Western Hemisphere peace and security. Delegates sign resolutions against international communism and colonialism, praising the conference as a major achievement despite a March disruption and deadly uprising.
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Associated Press
Bogota
Colombia
America
Simon Bolivar
Eduardo Zuleta
Angel
Co. Ee
American Red Cross
Six De Skirted Girls Suspended In North Bend
North Bend Oregon six high school seniors were suspended as the school board moved to end a 40 year old tradition in which senior girls pull the skirts of freshman girls during the lunch hour. Principal Herb Armstrong said the practice, known as de skirting, is the male counter part de pantsing but was not involved in this case. The board aims to end the hazing tradition, said Armstrong, noting North Bend may be unique in permitting such hazing.
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Associated Press
North Bend
Ore
Herb Armstrong
Armstrong
Rites Set for Metallon Woman Laura Beckelheimer Beasley Dies at 83
Laura Beckelheimer Beasley 83 of Metallon died at 1 30 pm Friday at her granddaughter Mrs George Lafferty’s home after several years illness Born June 8 1865 in Franklin County Virginia she is survived by daughter Annie Hyston of Metallon The Rev Mont Carr of Oak Hill will officiate
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Laura Beckelheimer Beasley
Melallon
George Lafferty
Metallon
Franklin County
Annie Hyston
Melalfon
Mont Carr
Oak Will
Regional Weather Summary and Temperatures Report
Fair with a cool trend and light frost potential tonight. Saturday turns partly cloudy and warmer with a chance of rain at night. Beckley area shows high about 50s and lows around 40s, with scattered rainfall totals near an inch elsewhere including Oak Hill and Glade Creek. Overall conditions: above normal rainfall and slightly muddy rivers expected.
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Lille
Beckley
Oak Hill High
Percres
Glade Creek
Bam
Loma
Rivera
UMW Chief Sets May 18 Date With Operators
John L. Lewis urged soft coal operators to meet May 18 at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington to negotiate a successor contract as the current agreement expires June 30. He sent notices dated April 30 to coal companies and associations, noting the session would follow the labor pact to end the agreement under the Taft Hartley law. No specifics on demands were announced.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Shoreham
UMW
Permits Granted for Two Homes
City Recorder issued two building permits yesterday totaling 8,000 dollars. Raymond C. Brooks received a permit for a five room block house on Northwestern Avenue costing 4,500 dollars. Thomas Brown was issued a permit to construct a four room frame house on Massie Street costing 3,500 dollars.
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Office of
City Recorder
Raymond C. Brooks
Nrthwestern Avenue
Thomas Brown
Massie Street
Supreme Court hears first Taft-Hartley case amid heated exchange
Angered Chief Justice Vinson ends CIO government hearing with a shouted time expired. Frankfurter pressed questions on constitutional challenges to the labor act ban on political spending by unions. CIO lawyer Pressman and assistant attorney General Climenko clashed as Vinson asserted control before returning to the next case. The incident followed Judge Moore of Charleston ruling the spending ban unconstitutional and dismissing indictments against CIO and president Murray, a decision later appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Associaicu
Washington
Vinson
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
CIO
Aspen
Frankfurt
Jeste Climenke
421 Clark
Pressman
Charlies J. Margrotth
Climenko
Ion
Truman
Jnse Tite Department
Ben Moore
Charleston
U. S
Moore
Philip Murray
Mureray
CIO News
Congress
Edward A. Garmatz
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