AFL Orders Mass Picketing on Manhattan Waterfront
Mass picketing of New York harbor and other ports was called by AFL leaders to tie up all vessels manned by unions allied with the CIA committee for maritime unity. Paul Hall said the action would spread to Staten Island docks and beyond if Harry Bridges does not withdraw his boycott of AFL manned ships on the West Coast. Shipping spokesmen warned the inter union dispute could paralyze American shipping if it continues.
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Manhattan
Pieré
Boston
Ballimoré
AFL
CIA Committee For
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Greater New York
Staten Island
Harry Bridges
West Coast
CIO
CMU
Airlines Stop Use Of Constellations
The Civil Aeronautics Administration grounded Constellation airliners for 80 days after a fatal Reading Pennsylvania crash. BOAC suspended Atlantic flights. one Constellation with 27 aboard was diverted to Gander. Pan American and others eyed substitute planes while Transcontinental and Western Air kept Skymasters in service.
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Washington
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CAA
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Reading Pa
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New York
Gander
Newfoundland
London
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Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc
Pan-American World Airways
Senate debates postwar price controls and OPA revival
The House may resolve the OPA standoff by July 20 with a plan to bar future price controls on meat poultry milk petroleum cottonseed soybeans and their products. Senate leaders push amendments to test ballots and preserve decontrol trends while exploring a full revival of OPA as of June 30 with a complete substitute option.
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Senate
Tatt
Russell
D-Ga
Reed
R-Kan
Barkeley
Wagner
D-N. Y
Pep_per
D-Fla
OPA
Snow costs mount for road maintenance across state
The Road Commission spent 604 432 dollars to remove ice and snow from highways last winter, a figure topped only by 1844 45 when the job cost 844 thousand. Maintenance Engineer Ray Cavendish endorsed the Steelman report noting the year’s total and a 141 746 spend in District Four covering Doddridge to Taylor counties. The report calls a balanced budget highly desirable to sustain operations.
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Road Commission
Ray Mr. Truman
Doddridge
Marion
Harriton
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor Counties
Mrs Della Riddick Dies in Beckley
Mrs. Della Riddick, 57, died this morning of a heart ailment at her home in Be rman apartments Neville Street She is survived by her husband C W Riddick and seven children and seven stepchildren Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 pm at the Besaco Methodist church with Rev Leroy Fraley presiding Burial will be in Sunset Park The body was taken to the Weston home in Besaco yesterday at 6 pm
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Della Riddick
Berman Apartments
Neville Street
C. W. Riddick
Robert Weston
Besoco
Ray Shrewsbury
Roy Shrewsbury
Hazel Day
Rachel Shrewsbury
Beckley
Lewis Wilson
Glen Daniel
Bésaco
Besaco Methodist Church
Leroy Fraléy
Sunset Park
Byrnes outlines German peace terms and zonal policy
Byrnes supports reviving peaceful German industries but warns against prolonged mass occupation. He urges immediate explanation of peace terms to Germans and maintenance of Allied controls for a time to avoid defeating postwar aims. He criticizes continued interzonal costs and inflation from a single extended German zone.
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Molotov
Byrnes
Gergermany
Germany
Price Fluctuations Reported On Ham and Smoked Meats
Market notes show smoked ham rising from 39 to 38 cents and other items moving to 42 cents from 29 cents. The speaker mentions attempting a solution and plans a possible ten percent increase in his own costs, signaling ongoing price adjustments.
Northern counties embrace 150th choice for new combat team
At a June 7 meeting in Fairmont officers linked to the old 201st approved forming a new combat team led by the 156th Infantry Regiment. It will include the 468th Field Artillery Battalion with 105 mm howitzers and the 193rd Engineer Combat Company, with supporting units the 724th Tank Destroyer Battalion, the 197th Tank Battalion, the 1092nd Engineer Combat Battalion, and the 9664th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company, plus an air unit with P47s. Unit location will depend on city altitudes and space. plans to be refined at the State Guard camp June 21–27 at Camp Dawson with broader surveys afterward.
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Fairmont
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197Th Tank Battallion
1092Nd Engineer Combat Battalion
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249Th Army Ground Forces Bann
State Guard
Camp Dawson
Kingwood
Préston County
Evatt Pushes Veto Revision Amid Assembly Deadlock
Evatt urged a General Assembly action to revise the veto on atomic matters at a September meeting. The change requires a two thirds vote with all five permanent powers, leaving Russia able to counter Evatt’s push. Gromyko’s stance on Australia’s program remains unrevealed, and Australia will rotate the chairmanship to Brazil after this week.
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General Assembly
Russia
Gromyko
Atomic Commission
Australia
Brazil
Civic Clubs Asked To Help Veterans In Beckley Week
Beckley civic clubs join Governor Meadows Opportunity Week to aid veterans in finding jobs. VA representative Robert H. Burton spoke to Kiwanis at Beckley Hotel and Training Officer John E. Cooper will address the Rotary Club. Walton reports nine veterans placed this week and 49 signed up or in process.
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Clarence W. Meadows
Robert H. Burton
Veterans Administration
Kiwanis Club
Beckley Hotel
John E. Cooper
Beckley Rotary Club
John W
Drafted to meet military needs will include most men
The speaker said virtually every eligible man will be drafted and no one is exempt by law. He warned that the only male undergraduates over 19 remaining in colleges will be war veterans, fathers, farmers, or students in medicine dentistry veterinary medicine or theology.
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May
Gatsson Companies
County To Retain Charleston Man For Trial On Fraud
James T. Ferrell, 38, of Charleston, charged with defrauding elty business firms, will be held in Raleigh County Jail until the October criminal term. He waived preliminary hearing after taking a $30 deposit from a South Oakwood Street business on orders he could not fill. Authorities seek similar offenses in Charleston Huntington Fairmont and Richwood and he is wanted in Floyd Maddox case for $16.70 in Dunbar. Grand jury sessions in other towns are set for fall.
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Charléston
Elty
Raléign County
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Oakwood Street
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Fairmont
Richwood
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Férrell
Floyd Maddox
Dunbar
Board named to review non residential permits
A new advisory board in Buckley, named by the Charleston Civilian Production Administration office, will advise on non residential building permitting. The six members include Charles E. Byus, Phil A. McDaniel, W. R. Fugitt, Lamuel Thompson, and others from local companies. Similar boards were formed in Clarksburg and Huntington as part of a state wide effort to manage construction during housing shortages. Goodykoontz elected president of Bluefield Chamber of Commerce board.
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Charles E. Byus
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Br. Bepper Bottling Company
W. R. Fugitt
Chamber of Commerce
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Quality Lumber and Supply Company
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Huntigton
Panhandle
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Clyillan Production Administration Officé
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Bluedléla Chamber of Contritrcé
B.A Goodykoontz
Road Commission Seeks Federal Aid for Grandivdw Road
B K Worthington, state road commissioner, submitted the Grandivdw road to the Public Roads Administration for federal aid under a secondary program. The State Road Commission plans to let a contract for grading drainage and partial completion of the unfinished section. Worthington says the project would be lengthy without federal support and aims to secure available disaster relief funds if possible.
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State Road Commisssioner
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