United States weighs fighter protection for Asian transport routes
The United States considers fighter planes to shield American transport planes near the Yugoslav border on the Austro Italian route while maintaining a ban on overflight of Yugoslav territory. The note demands release of two American fliers allegedly attacked in Yugoslavia and signals possible U.N. Security Council action if Yugoslavia does not comply within 48 hours.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Austria
Yugoslavia
Acheson
Herschel Johnson
U. N. Security Council
Belgrade
Princewick Man Fights Sentence Off to 10 Years
A petition for a writ of error on a one to one year sentence for perjury in a Raleigh County murder case was denied by Circuit Judge Ben H Ashworth. Justice remains free on a 2500 bond. Handley Richards admitted false testimony before a grand jury. Charges tied to false affidavits by Richards and Lucille Alexander of Mabecalt are pending. A separate report notes a strong earthquake near Weston College in Weston, Massachusetts, centered near Samana, Dominican Republic, with potential damage.
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Ben HH. Ashworth
Raleigh County
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W. A. Riffe
Handley Richards
Princewick
Richards
Lucille Alexander
Mabecalt
Associated Press
Weston
Mass
Samana
Dsy
Dominisean Republic
Weston College
British Fear Of Red War Hinders Jewish Immigration
Washington report says Soviet policy fears drive Britain's Palestine immigration blockage. Bartley Crum of the Anglo American Palestine Commission asserts Britain refuses to admit 100000 European Jews due to fear of war with Russia. He cites State Department actions as undermining U S policy since 1920 and accuses Loy Henderson of obstructing policy.
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Holy Land
Bartley Crum
Palestine Commission
England
Russia
Palestine
Crum
Foreign Office
Britain
State Department
U. S
Loy Hendersson
Middle Eastern
Loy Henderson
Henderson
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Congress
Truman
Hey
Jlo
Price Control Increases Hit Coal Orange Prices
Washington reports rising coal and orange costs under new price control rules. Meat ceilings will return near June 30 figures as OPA Chief Porter vows an anti black market drive and confirms a 30 cent per ton hard coal and coke rise and an 18 cent per ton Softcoal hike.
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OPA
Paul Porter
Softcom
Porter
Greeks Seek Parley Over Southern Albania At Peace Conference
Greek Premier Tsaldaris urged a pledge to award Northern Epirus to Greece at the peace talks and warned war still exists with Albania. He announced plans to propose an amendment to the Italian treaty preamble echoed by allies including Belgium and Brazil.
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China
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Netherlands
Kals
Ved
Sullivan Child Injured Toe Treated At Raleigh General
Eight year old Sullivan Strickland son of Mrs. Gertrude Strickland of Sullivan was treated at Raleigh General Hospital last night for an injury to his left big toe. He was admitted at 8 40 p m according to attendants.
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Sullivan
McKinley Strickland
Gertrude Strickland
Sullivand
Raleigh General Hospital
Street Scene Report From City Streets
An elderly woman on crutches stands on a city bus as young men and women sit nearby. Three men emerge from behind an overturned car in Prince Street lot, one pulling a bottle from a paper bag. A man and woman walk down Neville Street with footballs tucked under their arms.
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Prince Street
Baby Born in Philadelphia Store Captivates Shoppers
Ronald Paczynski, weighing 613 pounds born in Strawbridge and Clothier infirmary in downtown Philadelphia. His mother Mrs Hermina Paczynski surprised during a routine bill payment as Dr Rachel Williams noted the first birth in the store in 28 years. The store provides a full layette as a gift to its new little godchild.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Ronald Paczynski
Hermina Paczynski
Strawbridge and Clothiers Infirmary
Rachel Williams
Ronald
Eight Die in Aero-Jet Blast at Azusa California
Eight people were killed and 20 injured when a fire and explosion at Aero-Jet Engineering Corp. wrecked the plant. Navy authorities assumed control as cause remained undisclosed. The blast damaged nearby buildings and a fire engine, heard from 25 miles away.
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Associated Press
Azusa
Calif
Aero-Jet Engineering Corp
Navy
Wrigley Field
Los Angeles
Ieat
W. R. Fugitl
Donald Anderson
Asusa
Fireworks Wreck Roofs Injure Man Near Woodrow Wilson HS
Fire department battled a fireworks display that broke containment causing sparks to strike homes near Woodrow Wilson High School. One man, J W Engleby, injured in the right eye, was taken to Beckley Hospital. another home awning damaged at 200 Granville Avenue. Engleby works for Appalachian Power and missed work. Residents spent about an hour on rooftops brushing embers off.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Dry
Dush Daniel
Granville Avenue
J. W. Engleby
W. R. Fugill
College Avenue
Engleby
Appalachian Power Company
British Open Probe Into Soviet Zone War Material Reports
A Foreign Office spokesman said Britain might seek a four power inquiry into reports that war material was produced in the Soviet zone of Germany. He noted Britain would send aircraft radar equipment and radar experts to Sweden amid questions about rocket projectiles over Swedish territory.
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London
Foreign Office
Britain
Germany
Sweden
Stockholm
Man Gives Up in Dunlop Robbery
Sam Fain, 24, of Sprague, posted bond for a preliminary hearing in two weeks on a charge of breaking and entering the Dunlap Tire and Rubber Corporation on South Fayette Street. Police said he surrendered at headquarters about 7 this morning as officers investigated a jewelry theft from a desk with about $120 missing.
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Sam Fain
Sprague
Dunlap Tire and Ribber Corporation
South Fayette ‘Street
Fain
Settlement Seen In Lakes Strike
Detroit reports a tentative understanding reached between NMU negotiators and Standard Oil Co of Indiana ending an eight day Great Lakes shipping strike. Ratification voting to begin in Chicago with terms not public until membership approves. Violence in Duluth preceded break and President Truman intervention appeal.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Hope
Great Lakes
National Maritime Union
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Noel P. Fox
Chicago
Duluth
Minn
Truman
Permit Issued For Six Room Residence On Mercer Street
City building permit granted yesterday for a six room house on Mercer Street. McGraw received the permit with an estimated construction cost of 6000 dollars and a ten dollar permit fee.
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McGraw
Mercer Street
William P. Laren
Housing Non Residential Building Stash Expected Soon
Wyatt proposes sweeping limits on non residential construction to divert materials to veterans housing. He vows a tough month of steps to curb stores factories schools and public works and to finish thousands of started homes while boosting new dwellings. Roosevelt Jr calls for a November session to pass housing bills and restrict building materials to aid the housing program.
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Wilson W.wyatt
Wyatt
Veterans
Ihol
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Aneriou Veterans Committee
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Truman
Con- Ss
Wagner-Ellender-Taft
John D
Driver Fined In Truck Accident Near Harper Road
J. H. Burrows of Ashborn North Carolina pleaded guilty to a drunk driving charge after a tractor trailer overturned on Dry Hill Sclao road. Police said the 19,000 pounds of sheets and pillow cases bound for Chicago were lost in the crash. Burrows escaped injury despite the vehicle skidding 49 feet after hitting a soft dirt bank.
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J. H. Burrows
Ashborn
N.C
Chicago
Harper Road
Ito
Burrows
Raleigh
Palice
Dry Grass Fire In Vacant Lot Damages Nearby
A small blaze broke out this morning at 4:30 on a vacant lot behind Murphy Dry Cleaners on New Raleigh Road. Beckley firefighters arrived after a resident reported the fire. Fire officials believe the flames started from a discarded match or cigarette, causing light damage.
Ultimatum to Yugoslavia Faces UN Showdown
US demands Belgrade release amended prisoners after the Yugoslav shooting of unarmed US transport planes. The move tests UN authority, pitting Russia backed Yugoslavia against Western powers as the Security Council weighs emergency action and potential veto use. Oscar Lange may convene a special session if no reply within 48 hours. A 10 year old boy was kicked by a horse and hospitalized. further council items pending.
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U.N
Russia
Yusoslav
United States
Belgrade
Polio Vaccine Seen Possible At Johns Hopkins
John Hopkins Hospital researchers may develop a poliomyelitis vaccine with credit shared by a group of chimpanzees. Six initial chimps showed resistance to reinfection after exposure, though details are withheld until further studies resume.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Floward A. Slowe
Fast Gulf Mine Idle in Work Stoppage Protest
District 29 United Mine Workers officials investigate an idle day at East Gulf Mine of CTH Mead Coal Company. Wages and costs to miners, including jeans and powder, sparked the protest. officials say this is the first documented stoppage amid rising costs.
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East Gulf
CTH
Mead Coal Company
District 29
United Mine Workers of America
W. H. Thomason
George J. Titler
Y Oeld
Thomason
Gill
Saboteurs Strike British Passenger Ship Empire Rival
Saboteurs blew four holes eight feet long and three feet wide below the waterline of the British troopship Empire Rival near Haifa Bay shortly before midnight but failed to sink it. The attack followed British troop moves into Tel Aviv and four other towns in Palestine amid Jewish underground threats. The ship’s crew observed swimmers near the stern and fired. two explosions filled the hold with water but bulkheads held, and divers later found the vessel stabilized with no casualties among immigrants aboard. Curfew around Haifa harbor was imposed amid fears of another transport, the Heywood, being sabotaged, but Heywood returned to port for repairs after damage from earlier attempts.
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Ascred Press
Jerusalem
M—Swimming Sab
Cyprus
Haifa Harbor
Bamny
Pire Heywood
Cyprnus
Heywood
Port ‘V
Thomas Proposes Immediate partial Army Navy Merger
Senator Albert Thomas proposes a partial merger of Army and Navy functions under President Truman with a national defense council. He plans to send a letter to Truman and pushes for unified policy making with Congress, referencing failed merger legislation and support from Senator Revercomb.
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Associated Press
Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Truman
Army
Navy
Thomas
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Ras Ferli
Setor
R-W.va
Weather Summary From Beckley Area Reports
Generally fair and cooler Friday with scattered showers in the south portion. Temperatures yesterday reached 92. Last night’s low near 04. Precipitation in the 21 hours ending 8 a.m. today was light. Rivers Greenbrier and New River at Belle Point were low and clear.
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Tov
Beckley
Westerday
Greenbrier
New
Belle Point
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