Tax hike split fuels battle over veterans bonus proposal
A divided Senate Veterans Affairs Committee recommended funding the 1999 000,000 proposal by raising the sales tax from 2 to 3 percent. The panel reported the measure to the Senate amid hopes for a floor fight and debated paying methods, including a property tax or sales tax increase, with votes and procedural moves shaping the path to nearby House and calendar actions.
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Lee Garrett
Charleston
Senate
Veterans Affairs Committee
Truman Urges Tax Boost as Critics Worry Over Economy
President Truman defends prospects of continued prosperity while critics urge restraint. He seeks a 4 billion tax increase to avert red ink, as rail and auto sectors report slowdowns. Capitol Hill debates export controls and installment buying as economists warn actions could curb growth.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Capitol Hi
House
Senate
Merv ‘Truman
Rep
Eee
D.-Tex
Penitentiary Seeks New Cell Block And Better Staff
Warden Orel J. Skeen warns Moundsville State Penitentiary housing 1,300 inmates though designed for 900, highlighting crowding and risk of improper housing. He cites need for new facilities and competent personnel to rehabilitate offenders amid planned budget for improvements and educational programs.
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Thomas F. Stafford
Moundsville State Penitentiary
West Virginia
Orel J. Skeen
Penitennia
Baniste
State Institute
Pence Springs
Jongty
Pencewie Sap
Brier River
Mounds Jire
Yille
I-Lihe Board of Control
Board of Control
Moundsville
Sheen
Joseph Z. Terrell
West, Virginia
Public Health
West Virginia prison staffing and funding gaps highlighted
A review of 15 progressive U S penal institutions shows better pay and higher officer per inmate ratios than Moundsville. Warden Skeen complains of tight budgets though asks for half a million dollars to finish a cell block at Rouse and improve salaries to attract competent staff. Conditions across 24 state institutions reveal needs for plant and personnel upgrades, with higher external salaries pulling staff away.
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San Quentin
California
United States
Moundsville
West Virginia
Skeen
Board of Public Works
Mloundsville
West Virginia Board of Control
Pinecrest
Peace Springs Women's Prison
Huttonsville
East-West Trade Sought by Reds
Moscow reports emphasize expanding trade between Eastern and Western Europe. Pravda notes a Dutch Polish trade treaty doubles 1948 volumes and Geneva reports cover a 24 nation conference on East-West trade development. Diplomatic officials say Soviet proposals aim to modify export goods and move toward a tentative treaty.
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Reds
Associated Press
Moscow
Europe
Pravada Today
Geneva
Switerland
Conference of 24 Nations
Schenka
Truck and Retail Owners Back Taft-Hartley Bill
Trucking and retail store leaders urged Congress to keep Taft-Hartley to curb strikes that could cripple urban transport. Edgar S. Idol of American Trucking Associations praised the act for forcing unions to deal with employer-backed reps, citing New York City Local 807 and Local 207 events as examples of the act’s protections. A retail industry spokesman also supported Taft-Hartley amid organizing drives by CIO and AFL unions.
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Associated Press
Wasilington
Trucking Industry
Congress
Edgar S. Idol
American Trucking Associations
Senate Labor Committee
Teamsters
Stiul
Forsmerly
New York City
Local 807
CIO
AFL
Bill Tilden Jailed Again on Assault Case
Former tennis king Bill Tilden, now 56, is serving two one year sentences in county jail. He yesterday received another one year term on his guilty plea for molesting a 16 year old boy last January 28.
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Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Bill Tilden
Acheson Seeks Senate Hearing on North Atlantic Pact
Secretary of State Acheson urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to move quickly toward substantial agreement on the major political issues surrounding the North Atlantic Pact. He pressed for clear authorization and allied unity to advance the security framework.
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Aes
Washington
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations
North
Atlan
Michigan Student to Outeat a Hog in Derby
University of Michigan junior Paul H. Smith will attempt to outeat Broadview Perfect Lad in a Saturday contest. Both weigh about 165 pounds, with Smith aiming to match the hog bite for bite until the animal quits. The event caps a campus wave of gastronomical feats drawing criticism from Dr. Warren Forsythe of the health service.
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Associated Press
Ann Arbor
UICH
University of Michigan
Paul H. Smith
Broadview Perfect Lad
Sovith
Warren EB. Forsythe
University Health Service
Smitth
Forsythe
Negro Saved From Chair Fourteenth Time In Alabama
MONTGOMERY Alabama a 22 year old Negro Samuel Taylor was saved from the electric chair last night by a reprieve from Gov James E Folsom issued two hours before scheduled execution for raping a teenage white girl The convict was sentenced in Mobile circuit court on November 19 1946 for raping an 11 year old girl in a Mobile suburb This marks his fourteenth near execution and the governor offered no reason for the reprieve.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Samuel Taylor
Folsom
Mobile
Beckley Fire Truck Fails Pump Test in City Bid to Sell
West Virginia Inspection Bureau manager E Y King called Beckley Mayors effort to sell the fire truck seriously underpowered after tests showed 503 gallons per minute at 100 pounds and 187 gallons at 200 pounds. Chief Bernard Martin said it would not be used in Beckley until city council directs otherwise.
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Beckley
International Fire
G. C. Hedrick
West
King
Bernard Martin
Unnte
Foresters Map Fire Fight Plans In Kanawha District
Foresters from six counties meet at the district office to outline plans for the Spring fire season March 20 to May 20. Attending are H M Harr Beckley district forester Frank O Frazier Beckley district forest protector and protectors from Raleigh Kanawha Fayette Mercer Summers Monroe Ansted Oak Hill Fairdale Hernshaw Union Beckley.
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Kanawha
Monroe
Mercer
Raleigh
Fayette
H. M. Harr
Beckley
Frank O. Frazier
Weir
W. Covey
Fairdale
Jennings D. McCune
Truman Urges Economic Stability and Veteran Care
President Truman told a Veterans of Foreign Wars gathering that maintaining economic stability is crucial in world history. He emphasized veterans rehabilitation and dependents’ care as first priorities, while a $90 monthly pension bill for WWI and WWII veterans ages 65 advances in Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Iast
America
White House
Harry H. Vaughan
Congress
Poreign
House
Rankin
DiMiss
Area Forestry Group to Study Doane Report
The Forestry Commission of the Rural Community Development Council meets today in Kanawha District Forestry office to review Doane Agricultural report ideas and plan woodlot projects to boost farmers income. New members include J. I. Myers Princeton Ralph Kemper Fayette County Eugene Shreve Jewisburg and D. B. Bonebrake Bluefield.
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Forestry Commission of the
Rural Community Development l Council
Pan
Kanawha District
Doane Agricultural
Forestry Commission
Frank Halstead
A. B. Lyon
H. M. Harr
Health and Recreation Commission of the Council
Courth Youse
Hart
J. I. Myers
Princeton
Ralph Kemper
Fayette County
Eugene Shreve
Jewisburg
D. B. Bonebrake
Bluefield
Speeders Nabbed In Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard speed enforcement by State Trooper C. C. McChaw led to three arrests for speeding and one for driving while intoxicated. James Albert Surrett of Sophia faced a $50 fine plus costs and six month vehicle impoundment. one license suspended. Also charged were Alvert Rezzonico Beckley Oxcay Lee Debord Crab Orchard and Melvin F. Walls Sophia awaiting Magistrate Meadows’ arraignment.
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C. C. McChaw
James Albert Surrett
Sophia
J. P. Meadows
Alvert, Rezzonico
Beckley
Oxcay Lee Debord
Crab Orchard
Melvin F. Walls
Night Crash Believed Fatal in Argentina
The American embassy said eight persons are believed to have perished in a crash of a U S Army plane near Salta Argentina. A searching plane found the wreckage about 60 miles west of Salta in the mountains. Names aboard are being withheld until relatives are notified.
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Argentina
Associated Press
Aires
Salta
Sutta
Building Official Sees Ready Materials Labor for Housing Push
AFL building trades chief Richard J. Gray told a Senate banking subcommittee that enough labor and materials are now available to undertake the housing program the country needs. He urged features from both parties for a broad housing bill and noted private builders cannot meet demand.
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Tre Associated Preps Wastungion
AFL
America
Richard J. Gray
Senate
Ilan
Meo Culemevian
IC. Gray
Building and Construction Trades Department
Sparkman
D.-Ala
Gray
Grant
Sidebars on Life Sall Not the Champ By The Associated Press
Three month old Joanne Louise Allen survived a string of health crises including a pneumonia and a collapsed lung. Born in a hospital ambulance and delivered by her bus driver father, she faced thymus treatment and negative RH blood but now shows a good chance for recovery. Her mother calls her a game little fighter.
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Tne Associated Press
Pitesburgu
Joanne Louise Allen
Joanne
Rotary Clinic Serves 49 Tri County Children
Forty nine crippled children from Raleigh Wyoming and Summers Counties attended a Beckley Rotary sponsored clinic for crippled children in the Raleigh County Health Department. Three from each Wyoming and Summers and the rest from Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Wyoming
Summers
Beckley
Raleigh County Health Department
Department of Public Assistance
C. A. Smith
Lelia Trevilian
Catherine Henderson
State Department
Alice White
Raleigh General Hospital
BeachGegil
DPA
Health Department
George Watkins
Rotary
Strike at Southeast Veterans Hospital Construction Site
A wage dispute shuts down work on the new Veterans Hospital project at Mercer Street as the International Union AFL Local 453 and construction firm Jor, Fern Construction, fail to settle on a raise. About 150 workers affected. picket lines in place. talks at Charleston pending.
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Jor
Borer
AFL
Fern Construction Company
Guspie
Veterans Hospital
Jack Gillispie
Foryman
Charleston
Laborers Union
Gilquarters
Mercer Street
Jatwrers
Parks' Grandchild Dies in California
Mr and Mrs W C Parks of 604 South Oakwood Avenue report the death of their granddaughter Rebecca Sue Peg 16 months who died Wednesday of meningitis in Marysville California She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs P B Pugh The Pughs also have a daughter Virginia Ann 2 months Mrs Pugh is the former Miss Ewa Parks of Beckley.
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W. C. Parks
South
Oakwood Avenue
Rebecca Sue Peg
Marysville
Calif
P. B. Pugh
Pughs
Virginia Annn
Pugh
Ewa Parks
Beckley
Meadows Fined $100 For Slot Machines
Roy Meadows operator of the Silver Slipper on Route 1921 was fined $100 and costs by Magistrate Thurman for a slot machine charge this week. Two men, Joseph Crookshanks and Jamies Morris of Pemberton, waived preliminary hearing on charges of breaking and entering the Lilly Ice and Bottle Works at Pemberton. They were arrested by State Police and accused of stealing 16 cases of beer.
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Roy Meadows
Thurman
Thurjmanit
Lilly Ice
Pemberton
Joseph Crookshanks
Jamies Morris
Hollywood Home Wrecked by Bomb
Beverly Hills police report a bomb shattered the front room of Bruno H Hover, owner of Ciros night club. No one injured. Windows in nearby homes including those of James Roosevelt Carmen Miranda and Bruno Walter were broken. Hover and a houseboy slept in the rear when the blast occurred.
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Associated Press
Beverly Hills
Calif
Ciro
James Roosevelt
Carmen Miranda
Bruno Walter
H. D. Hover
Hover
Senator Pepper Versus Industry Spokesman Over Taft-Hartley
Senator Pepper assailed Ira Mosher in a Senate Labor Committee hearing accusing manufacturers of profiting while workers’ sons die in war. Mosher protested losing his temper as Pepper pressed the argument that war profits fall to the few who stay home.
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Associated Press
Pepper
Sons of Manufacturers
Ira Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate Labor Committee
Moster
West Virginia University Board Backs Morgantown Medical School
The WVU board of governors formally supports Morgantown as the site for a proposed four year school of medicine and dentistry. It urges careful study of impact on existing university functions and services and stresses that university activities should be centered in Morgantown unless convincing reasons argue otherwise.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Morgantown
Patteson
Council of the State Midiernor
William G
Eat Association
Thompson
Montgomery
ioHal
Board of Governors
Theuniversity
Weather outlook with rain and warming trend statewide
Fair and warmer today with increasing clouds and milder tonight. Occasional rain likely from Saturday south to Sunday and Tuesday. West Virginia forecast shows mild tomorrow into Monday, then cooler Tuesday with temperatures 3 to 4 degrees above normal and rainfall of about half to three quarters of an inch. Rivers near Bellepoint and Greenbrier rising about two feet and muddy, water clarity improving.
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West Virginia
Fai
Lola
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Looting of 8 Cars Reported Here
City Police investigated eight car entries last Wednesday night with no items stolen in most cases. J G Pimbreel of Huntington reported a broken into vehicle behind the President Hotel. John J Long of Cincinnati had a similar loss.
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J. G. Pimbreel
Huntington
President Hotel
John J. Long
Cincinnati
Carl Carle
Charleston
Wv. M. Downey
Clarkesburg
Kanawha Street
E. L. Wells
Roanoke
East Main Street
R. C. Richardson
Clyde Street
M. E. Ball
Bluefield
Raymond Gill
Bridgeport
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