Steelman Authorized To Plug Weak Spots
President Truman designates John R. Steelman to direct government spending to regions with the highest unemployment. Steelman will coordinate efforts across 20 departments to channel procurement and direct spending, focusing on cities with idle workers, while avoiding new emergency appropriations. He aims for gradual gains with a small staff increase and daily reporting from agencies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Han
Trumnan
National Security Resources
Department of Commerce
Labor Department
Frat Iman
Stein
Nan
Jin
Steel Board Convenes For Initial Session
The three member steel fact finding board under President Truman met in Washington to plan hearings on postwar wage raises and pension plans. Carroll R. Daugherty leads, with David L. Cule and Samuel I. Rosenman as the other members. Arthur Goldberg said the CIO United Steelworkers are ready to proceed using available data. The union has postponed a strike to Sept. 14 at the President’s request.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Steel Fact-Finding Board
John G. Steelman
White House
Arthur Goldberg
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
MR. Truman
Carroll R. Daugherty
Northwestern University
Twn
David L. Cule
Paterson
XN. J
Samuel I. Rosenman
New York City
Mob Takes Over in Florida as National Guard Moves In
Tension eased after an armed mob tried to take two Negro prisoners from a jail in Groveland, triggering National Guard intervention. Troops patrolled briefly before leaving as Ku Klux Klan pamphlets were tossed from cars. residents reported 100 marchers indicating a tense, racially charged scene.
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Associated Press
Groveland
Fla
National Guard
Florida
Nereop
Ku Klux Klan
W. W. McCall
Tavares
McCall
Butl
Fellows
Wellsburg
Fire scare at Rex Theater prompts patrons to flee
Wheeling patrons at the Rex Theater fled to the street after a cry of fire during an usher's light change for a child. Acting Manager D S Hemp pill reassured customers there was no real danger and they returned to their seats.
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Rex Theater
D. S. Hemppill
Barcelona Bomb Kills One in City Square
Two bombs exploded in Barcelona last night injuring nine people in Plaza de Cataluna. A man died and two women were in critical condition. A separate pair of time bombs was found and removed at the city’s largest hotel before causing damage.
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Associated Press
Barcelona
Spain
Plaza de Catelona
Plaza de Cateluna
Violets of West Virginia Described by Davis Couple
Morgantown based Dr Hannibal A Davis head of the mathematics department at West Virginia University and his wife have published a booklet The Violets of West Virginia with 28 pen and ink sketches by their daughter Elizabeth Davis Swiger The Davises have grown thousands of violets at their home in Morgantown.
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The
Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Hannibal A. Davis
Davis
Elizabeth Davis Swiger
University
Weather Forecast for Virginia Today and Tuesday
Virginia warmer with showers today and clearing tonight. Tuesday will be warm with scattered showers in the afternoon.
Phone rate hearing may finish today in Beckley
The Public Service Commission holds the final hearing on Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company petition for a third postwar rate increase. Attorneys for both sides hope testimony can be concluded today as proceedings resume after a recess.
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Associated Press
Charles Ron
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Firemen Respond to Midnight Bean Pot Fire
Beckley Fire Department on duty around the clock answered a call to A. C. Downs at 237 South Heber Street. Fire Chief Bernard Marlin and crew started to the scene but were told to stand down when the caller explained it was only a pot of beans.
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Beckley
A. C. Downs
South Heber Street
Cilef
Bernard Marlin
Martin
Tads
Mabscott Man Held For Breaking and Entering
Leonard Cline of Mabscott faces two charges of breaking and entering and awaits the October term of the Raleigh County Grand Jury. He posted a $1000 bond before Magistrate T. N. Thurman via Tacille Sizemore. One charge involves breaking into W. M. Horton and Son Hardware and Grocery at Crab Orchard.
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Leonard Cline
Mabscott
Raleigh County
T. N. ‘Thurman
Tacille Sizemore
Landswan
Thurman
W. M. Horton and Son Hardware and Grocery
Crab Orchard
Priests Support Beran Defying Prague Government
In Czechoslovakia priests defied the communist regime by reading a resolution declaring loyalty to church authorities and the Vatican. They denounced government actions, condemned Catholic Action as schismatic, and claimed signatures were obtained by fraud. The statement, read in Prague churches including St. Vitus Cathedral, signaled broad clerical support for Archbishop Beran amid church state tensions.
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Associated Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
iCzechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Vatican
Escapee Sought Near Akron After Prison Break
Police hunt for Eddie Archer, 22, larceny convict, in a wooded area near Barberton during a dwindling search for the last of 44 inmates who escaped from Moundsville. Deputies, police, and locals joined the effort. a detective briefly spotted the man before he fled again.
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Associated Press _ ARRON
Moundsville
OVC
CATA
Eddie Archer
Barberton
Frank Fallon
Eddie Starcher
Starcher
$108 Million Air Bill Error Discovered
Washington reports economy minded senators found a $108 million error in the air bill after clerks from the Senate Appropriations Committee cut military spending by $1.118 billion from the House total. Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma led the effort, announcing an initial $1.01 billion cut based on clerk calculations, with the extra $108 million uncovered after reviewing Army Navy and Air Force line items.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Senate
Virginia Men Charged With Drunk Driving in Pulaski
James Wright and Julius Fray of Pulaski were arrested yesterday in Killarney on drunk driving and permitting unlawful driving charges. They appeared for arraignment and were scheduled to appear before Magistrate Charles Bundiss early today. Constable R. E. Honhara made the arrest.
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Virginia
James Wright
Julius Fray
Pulaski
Killarney
Charles T. Bundiss
St ‘Sophia
R. E. Honhara
Deficit Spending May Become Election Issue
Republicans press Truman on operating the government and budget deficits as a 1950 issue. Senator Brewster says voters will remember Truman’s stance against cutting spending and favoring pump priming. Democratic leaders counter and challenge GOP framing while Byrd and George criticize red ink spending.
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Iiresa
Washington
Truman
Brewster
R-Me
Wast Brewster
NicGrath
Ritvile
Island
Jeffferson-Jackson
Pensacola
Fla
George
Georgia
Byrd
Virginia
Council of Economic Advisers
Truman Aide Pressed In Army Contract Probe
Washington investigation into Army contract handling widens with two generals suspended and demands from Rep Shafer that President Truman’s military aide Harry Vaughan be sidelined. Senate hearings planned. officials say Vaughan linked to five percent contracts and immunity claims. Fields named Feldman Waitt and Vaughan under scrutiny.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Inspector General
Secretary of the Army
Gordon Gray
Herman Feldman
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Corps
Senate
Gray
Shafer
R-Mich
Harry H. Vaughan
iWhite
House
House ArmedServices Committee
Snafer
Vaughan
Feldman
Wailth Ile
Tne
New York Heralds Tribune
Hoey
D-Nc
Feldsman
Waitt
Army
Shafer Sam
White House
Wayne Man Surrenders On Murder Charge In Stabbing Case
Sid Kitts, 59, of near Genoa in Wayne County, surrendered to state authorities and was arraigned on a murder charge for the fatal stabbing of 42-year-old Arvin Watts at a Genoa barbecue stand. Watts died Friday night. Kitts has been jailed in Wayne County. The second item notes state aid grants in June totaling 1,423,460.91, a 2.4 percent rise from May according to Director Robert F. Roth.
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Wayne
Associated Press
Huntington
Sid Kitts
Genoa
Wayne County
Arvin Watts
Kitts
Watts
Charleston
State Public Assistance Department
Robert F. Roth
Bug in Bloomer Girl Halts Dallas Show
In Dallas last night a bug disrupted the second act of Bloomer Girl. Star Nanette Fabray broke into hysterics when the insect landed in her costume and the performance was halted. Director Charles R. Meeker Jr. noted Fabray fears insects due to a childhood locust swarm, and sprayed costumes with DDT for open air performances.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Nanette Fabray
Charles R. Meeker, Jr
State Fair Casino
Miss Fabray
Cicero Falls
Liquor Now Legal In Kansas Sales Start Tomorrow
Kansas approves repeal of prohibition after 70 years, licenses issued for over 260 stores to sell 3.2 beer and intoxicants. State officials warn it may take days for stores to open while public drinking remains barred and liquor will be sold only at licensed outlets. The move ends a long dry era and marks a shift in state policy.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Associated’ Press
London
United States
Berlin
Britain
Royal Air Force
Iran
Far East
Malaya
Hong Kong
Military Measure In House Today
The House moved toward granting Secretary Johnson expanded power over the armed forces in a bill to reorganize the military budget and accounting practices. Rep Vinson said the House measure will be merged with the Senate bill later, with conferences likely. A presidential plan to reorganize the armed forces by executive order looms if Congress delays action.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Johnson
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Congress
Spur Line to Open New Coalfield in West Virginia
The Monongahela Railway plans an 8.43 mile spur from Grant Town to the Sugar Run area to serve Jamison Coal and Coke Company holdings. Ferguson and Edmonson Company and Talbott Myers Company won the contract at an estimated cost of 750000 dollars, with work starting within 10 days and completion expected next January.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Fairview
Howard M. McClinlic
Ferguson and Edmonson Company
Talbott Myers Company
Winchester
Monongahela
Grant Town
Sugar Run
Maxwell Hill Man Held for Auto Theft
Tol Bika of Maxwell Hill faces auto theft charges in Raleigh County Jail after police arrest last night. They accuse him of stealing a 1949 Dodge coupe from Lyle Bo Wilks on Woodlawn Avenue at 145 am.
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Maxwell Hill
Tol Bika
Raleigh County
Lyle Bo Wilks
Woodlawn Avenue
Jan Bika
Summerlee Man Fined After Car Struck Building
James H. Green of Summerlee was fined $50 and costs today by Magistrate C. T. Burdiss at Coal City on a charge of driving while drunk. Green was arrested after his automobile struck the Veccillo and Grogan Construction Company building on Mabscott Crab Orchard Road.
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Summerlee
James H. Green
C. T. Burdiss
Coal
City
Buriiss
Green
Veccillo and Grogan Construction Company
Mabscott-Crab Orchard Road
Atomic Parley Cancelled Today
Washington The Senate House Atomic Committee called off a meeting to receive a report on the hush hush Blair House conference. No reason given for the cancellation. aides said a statement likely later. The session aimed to review security evidence in charges of mismanagement by the Atomic Energy Commission, with Chairman McMahon expected to brief on any findings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate House Atomic Committee
Blair House
Gan A. m. Committee
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic’ Energy Commission
McMahon
D-Conn
Huntington Gunman Makes Haul of $260
Clark Adkins, 40, owner of a downtown dairy bar in Huntington, reported a night robbery outside his establishment. He told police a bandit about five feet ten inches tall and 150 pounds pressed a pistol into his stomach and demanded $260 after he locked up.
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Associated Press Huntington
Clark Adkins
Clark
Robinson to Swing at Robeson's Pitch in Hearing
AP reports baseball star Jackie Robinson faces another U S House Un American Activities Committee hearing over loyalty amid tensions with Paul Robeson. Robinson pledged loyalty to country and criticized Robeson as not speaking for all Negroes while Robeson defended Black progress and a broader fight for rights.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jackie Robinson
Paul Robeson
Russia
House Un-American Activities Committee
Brooklyn Dodger
Rter
Robinson
Robeson
Marx
Un-American Activities Committee
Robeson labeled a "Black Stalin" by witness Manning Johnson
Manning Johnson testified he spent ten years in the Communist Party and identified Robeson as a Communist. He described Robeson as wanting to be a "Black Stalin."
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Manning Johnson
Communist Party
Robeson
Stalin
Van A Bittner in Critical Condition at Mercy Hospital
Van A Bittner 64 year old international vice president of the CIO United Steelworkers is reported in critical condition by Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh. A noted labor figure and ally of CLO President Philip Murray he led CIO southern organizing efforts before illness. He previously led UMW District 17 in Charleston West Virginia and later opposed John L Lewis after leaving the union.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Mercy Hospital
van A. Bittner
CIO
United Steelworkers
Bittner
CLO
Philip Murray
Atlanta Ga
New York
Qiitelals
United Mine Workers
UMW
Charleston
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Red drive and price hikes rock Central China fronts
Dispatches report Nationalist setbacks as Communist forces move toward Changsha. Panic spreads in Canton with 21 civilian planes chartered to move equipment. Shanghai rice prices surge over 30 percent. the yuan weakens while wages depend on rice costs. Red divisions reportedly seize Scang Yangize port and threaten Western Kiangsi while Paocni falls to counterattacks.
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Associated Press
Canton
China
Hong Kong
Defense Ministry
Shanghai
Changsha
Hunan
Scang
jYangize
Paocni
Shensi
Sunghai
Kiangsi
Hanan
Kyangtung
Cancer victims aided by newest technique charting enzyme inhibitors
The University of California reports a new test by Dr. Pei M. West and Jessamine Hilliard to evaluate cancer treatment within 24 hours. The procedure tracks the ratio of tumor related enzyme inhibitors in blood to monitor progression and detect relapse, promising quicker updates on patient status and treatment effectiveness.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
University of California
Las Stout
Felices Inc
Birmingham
Ubebo
Bbc Pane
Pei M. West
Jessamine Hilliard
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