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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1949
Page
7
Washington report says Housing Expeditor Tighe Woods predicts further reductions in federal rent controls across parts of the nation. He notes a budget slash will shrink staff from 5,600 to 3,000, forcing workload cuts and possible decontrol of many areas within weeks.
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire promised a detailed accounting next month of his 35000 dollar annual pay as a trustee for the United Mine Workers Pension Fund. He told a reporter the request was aimed at political embarrassment and said much of the funds paid went to independent actuarial and legal advisers.
The Communist capture of Tayu 170 miles northeast clears a route toward Kukong and Canton. Civilians flee Kukong as U S and British officials announce the embassy will move to Hong Kong while Canton remains under threat.
Dr. Vincent J. Schaefer outlined studies on weather control at a UN conference proposing cloud seeding to induce rain or snow and potentially dissipate storms. He warned storms from cumulus clouds can cause damage but could be managed with dry ice or silver iodide seeding and even flying patrols to avert icing and fog.
Chilean government moved three army regiments into Santiago after violent protests tied to a bus fare hike. Police and unions report deaths and 300 injuries over two days as Congress grants emergency powers to suppress assembly and censor media.
Pittsburgh report says Haywood Cooper of Harpers Ferry and Alfon Fultz of Lewisburg were arraigned on illegal train riding charges after B and Q railroad police captured them in Glenwood Yards. Both claimed penitentiary sentences and were held for West Virginia authorities.
Jack Cabe of North Carolina was turned over by Raleigh County authorities to officers from North Carolina today to answer an attempted rape charge. Cabe was arrested in Mount Hope and lodged in Raleigh County Jail. The Glendale Airport near Moundsville reopened for flight training with licenses issued to Aeronautics Director Hubert H. Stark and airfield manager Joe R. Higgins.
Henry A Wallace condemned the arms aid program as undermining both U.S. and European security and economy. He told Senate committees that Truman Acheson and military leaders support for the policy echoes prior failures in Greece Turkey China. He warned it ignores domestic needs and risks triggering war.
Finland, under pressure from a Soviet backed campaign, calls out troops after a lumber town riot in Kemi. Maj. Gen. Arne Blick reports one death and nine injuries as police clash with 1,500 strikers. Union leaders contest actions and warn of widespread walkouts within days.
A British European Airways Dakota crashed near Oldham while approaching Manchester in bad weather. Ten of the 32 aboard are reported dead. Witnesses heard a thud and explosion as the airliner broke up on the misty moorland above Dow Valley thirteen miles northeast of Manchester.
The Senate approved Attorney General Tom C. Clark as the eighth Democrat on the Supreme Court by 73 to 8 after a tense session. McGrath, selected to replace Clark in the Senate, delayed retirement likely until next week while Edward L. Leahy may be named to fill McGrath’s seat. The debate included harsh criticism of Clark and calls for testimony, with Taft labeling the judiciary committee’s action arbitrary and outrageous.
The Associated Press reports 55 American servicemen escaped drowning when their transport plane ditched in St George s Bay near Harmon Field Newfoundland. The flight from Avores to Westover Field Massachusetts was to refuel at Hammond Field. All crew reached shore with no missing service members.
Washington reports the U S population is rising by about 200000 people each month and may reach 150 million by November The Census Bureau estimates 149 215 000 residents on July and 38 437 000 families in April versus 32 166 000 in 1940.
A WCTU leader told the Philadelphia convention Americans spend about 1 004 566 per hour on alcoholic drinks based on 8 760 hours per year and the 8 800 000 spent last year per Commerce data. She said the money could fund 100 homes and cited costs from drink related crime and social ills.
In Lisbon Portugal former King Carol of Romania and Elena Lupescu wed in a private religious ceremony at the ex monarch's Estoril villa officials said The ceremony was officiated by Rev Hartiman Ivinoviteh of the Romanian Greek Orthodox Church in Paris and attended only by close royal household members and a few friends The couple had a stated long romance that had faced family objections and political upheavals since their Rio de Janeiro civil ceremony in July 1947
Hearward Lee Shamblin a 27 year old Charleston bakery truck driver died in a Madison hospital from highway accident injuries. State Trooper S E Tribbett reported Shamblin's truck overturned after striking an embankment and he was thrown and pinned beneath the vehicle.
The Federal Communications Commission will refuse licenses or renewals for stations that run prize giveaways based on luck. Effective Oct 1, the rule targets programs where prizes depend wholly or partly on chance and meet conditions such as requiring listeners, correct answers, or participation in a broadcast. Commissioner Frieda Hennock dissented from the plan.
Chicago health leaders echo Journal of the American Medical Association and the National Conference on Recommended Practices for the Control of Poliomyelitis. They say schools should not close or delay opening except for specific reasons, and places of recreation need not close though child attendance should be discouraged. Quarantine is not proven effective and infection vectors remain uncertain.
Mary Lou Barnes a 19 year old sophomore at Ohio State University returned to class after medical treatment for poliomyelitis. Doctors report she improved after one injection of a drug though the role of the drug remains unproven. AMA and National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis offer cautious views on drug impact. In separate news, a strong earthquake in Eastern Turkey killed fifty people and injured 62 to 73 across Singol Erzurum and Erzincan provinces with high livestock losses.
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