Housing and veteran pay bills missing from Senate agenda
In Washington the Associated Press reports that long range housing and terminal pay for veterans were omitted from the Senate schedule. Republican leaders plan to push a 4 billion dollar tax cut and delayed appropriations by Tuesday, then fast track 16 non-controversial measures. Taft said housing, Seaway, and minimum wage bills may still be approved if action is possible without long delays.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
GOP
St. Lawrence Seaway
Vacation and Strike Drag Coal Tonnage Down
The National Coal Association estimates bituminous coal production for the week ended July 5 at 1,940,000 tons due to vacation and strikes. Last week output was about 8,000,000 tons while the year earlier week in 1946 reached 6,667,000 tons. Normal weekly production this year runs around 12,000,000 tons.
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Associated
Press Washington
National Coal Association Today
Egypt files UN protest over British troops in Egypt
Egypt submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council against the continued British military presence on Egyptian soil. The document, delivered by Egyptian Ambassador Mahmoud Hassan Pasha to Izan Kerno, cites UN Charter Articles 35 and 37 and follows stalled negotiations with Britain on revising the 1936 Anglo Egyptian treaty.
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Associated Press Lake Success
Egypt
United Nations Security Council
Izan Kerno
United Nations
Mahmoud Hassan Psha
United States
BaFee Anne Hassan Pasha
U. N
Security Council
Cairo
Hassan Pasha
New York
Washington
Britain
Votes For Legion Areas Determined For State Convention
The American Legion in Clarksburg sets 638 voting delegates for its August state convention. Delegates are based on a July 3 state membership of 47,878 with one delegate per district plus one per 100 members. Huntington Post No. 16 will have 3 delegates and District 8 near Charleston will have 100 delegates, the largest district representation.
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Charleston
Flaces
The
American Legion
Clarksburg
C. A
Bud) Tesch
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Huntington Post No
Commerce Office Will Close Today in Charleston
The U S Department of Commerce West Virginia office in Charleston will close today. Manager O C Marsh said initial plans had set July 1, then were reversed, and a new notice ordered the office closed now. He argued West Virginia is the largest state without such representation while other sparsely populated states retain posts.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
West Virginia
O. C. Marsh
Marsh
Commerce Department
West Virginians News Briefs Snapshots
Funeral services will be held Sunday at New Martinsville for Mrs. William C. Flesher wife of the War Assets Administration sale division chief in Charleston and sister of Rep Kee D WV. She died at her Letart home yesterday of a heart ailment. Coroner reports a drowning in Kanawha River near Winifrede of 15-year old Marshall Browning, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Browning. Attorney Robert Emmett Guy, 72, Morgantown died from chronic asthma complications after long service in city government.
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Letart
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Albert Browning
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Morgantown
Robert Emmett Guy
CIO PAC Plans 1 Million Volunteer Voter Drive
The CIO-PAC vows a vigorous campaign financed by voluntary member contributions to register and mobilize 1,000,000 volunteers who will target blocks where they live. CIO unions including United Steel Workers and Auto Workers back a plan to qualify all members and families to vote in 1948, aiming to influence elections and push for repeal of Taft Hartley.
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Philip Murray
Taft-Hartey
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Jack Kroll
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CIO International
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Auto Workers
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Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Prince Philip of
Greece
Corn Shortage Could Lift Meat Prices by 1948
An Agriculture Department crop forecast warns of a sharp corn drop, risking about 10 percent less meat by early 1948 if demand stays strong. A 4.85 billion bushel corn crop would force cuts in meat production, while a 3.0 billion forecast could avert losses. Officials seek favorable weather to avoid reductions.
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Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Britons to Vote on Celebration of Princess Elizabeth Wedding
The Daily Express urged readers to vote yes or no on whether Princess Elizabeth's wedding should be a festive public event funded by the state or marked by austerity, appealing to Britons living in ragged housing and poverty.
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London
Daily Express
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Britain
One Dead Three Hurt From Crash
Howard A Perkins 40 year old son in law of the du Pont Company board chairman was killed when an amphibious cabin plane ran low on fuel and attempted an emergency landing in northeast Philadelphia. The plane returning from Monmouth Park race track struck a trolley wire and crashed injuring three others including the pilot on Mayfair street as hundreds watched.
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Philadelphia
Howard A. Perkins
du Pont Company
Perkins
Wilminngton
Del
Wilmington
Monmouth Park
Red Bank
N. J
Lammmot du Pont
The
Quaker City
Mayfair
Greek Army Drives Rebels Back Near Albanian Border
Greek Minister of War George Stratos said about 4,000 guerrillas seeking a communist government near the Albanian frontier were retreating under pressure. The army had cleared fortifications on Mount Grammos and pushed fighters toward Kastoria Konitsa area with aims to establish a KKE government.
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Associated Press
Athens
Guerrill ‘Jas
George Strafos
Mount Grammos
KKE
Kastoria
Konitsa
Albania
Promised On Fraud Charge Probed by House Panel
Chairman Michener said the House Judiciary Committee will promptly probe Comptroller General Warren's charge that at least 19 war contractors defrauded the government of more than $2 million in termination settlements. Warren alleged some officers and employees aided by contractors feathered their nests. He said a subcommittee review is likely.
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Washington
Michener
Mich
House Judiciary Committee
Lindsay Warren
Warren
Congress
Navy
Overcrowding Claimed as Ground for New Jersey Divorce
George P. Baldwin testified in chancery court he cannot live in a home with six adults, two children, six dogs and two cats, arguing overcrowding as the grounds for his divorce. A recommendation in favor of the divorce was granted.
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Associated Press
Camden
N. J
George P. Baldwin
Baldwin
Chancery Court
Five Girls Rescued From Chesapeake Bay Catboat
Five high school girls were rescued two miles off Thomas Point near Annapolis after their 18-foot catboat lost its rudder. Skippering was Pat Keen, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs M F Keen of Lothean Maryland. Aboard the freighter South Bend a pilot saw their shouts and dispatched a small boat to take them aboard where they showered and changed into dry clothes from their boat locker.
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Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
Pat Keen
M. F. Keen
Lothean
Thomas Point
South Bend
South Bent
New Secondary Roads Program Outlined for 1947 48
Road Commissioner E L Worthington told county supervisors the Road Commission targets at least 375 secondary road projects statewide in 1947 and 1948 with 77 contracts to June 24. He said projects will be spread across counties with completion planned during next construction season. United Fuel Gas seeks two propane plants in Charleston and Kenova costing about 791 723 each and delivering 20 million cubic feet daily.
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Charleston
Road Commission
E. L. Worthington
Worthington
Ite
Board of Public Works
T He United Fuel Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Kenova
Senate pivot on tax veto looms as votes split
In Washington Senator Lucas of Illinois says the Senate can sustain President Trusman’s veto on the 4 billion Income Tax Reduction Bill though a House override is possible. Senator Wherry of Nebraska predicts House votes to override. Senate fate uncertain amid party opposition and possible amendments. A sale ad and stray copy about a "Murdercycle" appear in the clipping.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Senate
Trusman
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White House
Wherry
Nebraska
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Weather outlook with showers and warmer Saturday
Partly cloudy today and Saturday with scattered afternoon showers in the mountains. Beckley reports yesterday’s high around 22 and last night’s low near seven. Precipitation in 24 hours ending noon today about 0.04 inch. Rivers Greenbrier and New at Belle point low and clear.
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Greenbrier
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Belles Point
Foes of UNIT complain over training bill in committee
Frederick J. Libby executive secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War said the House Armed Services Committee is trying to railroad a universal military training bill through Congress this session. He warned opponents feel unheard as the committee advances the measure.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Frederick J. Libby
National Council For Prevention of War
Congress
Russia pressures Finland and European conference lineup
Paris reports East West rift widens as Russia allies boycott a Marshall Plan conference in Paris. Fourteen nations accept invites, seven Soviet aligned decline, with Finland undecided after Helsinki talks. Prague says cabinet approved postponement.
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Paris
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Russia
Britain
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Soviet Union
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Prag
Klement Gottwald
Gottwald
Stalin
Hard Coal Miners Win New Higher Scale Contract
United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis announced new wage raises for hard coal miners affecting 75,000 workers. The deal mirrors soft coal gains with higher pay for the same hours, amid broader wage price inflation concerns discussed by the President's cabinet and the Nourse council.
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Washington
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United Mine Workers
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Truman
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Navy Recruiters to Visit County Courtroom on Fridays
Charles ton Naval Recruiting Station will have a recruiter in the County Courtroom every Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Chief Torpedoman T F Schmidt announced the change. Previously recruiters came to Beckley only biweekly.
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Charleston
T. F. Schmidt
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Half Of W. Va Miners Returning To Work
The back to work movement continued in the nations bituminous coal fields with full production not expected until Monday. Only 55 percent of the 400,000 AFL miners who received a $1.20 daily boost were at work yesterday. West Virginia, the largest producer, reported about half of its 100,000 miners on duty. Delayed contract ratification and lack of official notification in scattered areas slowed returns, while many miners work for operators outside unions and sign one-year contracts with UMW.
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John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
West Virginia
UMW
FDR Wanted to Lose in 1940, Farley Reports
James A. Farley quoted Franklin D Roosevelt confessing a desire to lose the 1940 election while urging family members to vote for him yet pray for defeat. The article notes Roosevelt’s July 26 1940 conference and his insistence on Henry A Wallace as running mate despite objections. Roosevelt carried 449 electoral votes to Willkie’s 82.
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Associated Press
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Collier's
Roosevelt
New Deal
Farley
Wendell Willkie
Henry A. Wallace
Elliott and Wranklin
Pineapple Union Workers Walk Out in Hawaii Strike
In Honolulu, 12 000 workers from the CTO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union walked off the job at midnight over a wage dispute as negotiations failed. Picket lines were planned at canneries and plantations while essential utilities were kept on at some sites. The strike targets harvest peak for a $65 million annual industry producing most of the world’s pineapple with crops in Koahu Maui Kauai Molokai and Lanai. The union sought 23 percent and then 10 cents, while companies offered a 10 cent raise.
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