Price Control Revival Faces Senate House Rift
Washington reports the OPA revival bill stalled as a Senate House conference committee found no common ground. The CIO urged a national buyers strike and new wage increases while conservatives defeated revival of the Taft industrial pricing amendment. The CIO warned living costs jumped sharply since OPA ended, calling for a labor-management conference to press for wage boosts.
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D-Ky
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Justice Lawyers File Error Writ in Raleigh Circuit Court
Attorneys for E. E. Justice seek a writ of error and supersedeas to retry in Raleigh County Circuit Court after Justice was sentenced to up to ten years for subordination of perjury and false swearing. A 60-day stay of execution remains, with the petition to be argued in open court Wednesday. Justice induced Handley Richards to falsely accuse Marvin Grose and Richard McVey in the J. T. Perkins killing at Justice's store in Prince Wick. Bond set at $2,000. Crouse and Thornhill Jr. lead the appeal preparations.
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Circuit Clerk’s Office
Raleigh County
Manning
Clay Cruise
Lewis Chevrolet Increases Stock Across Capital Rise
The Lewis Chevrolet Company received authorization to raise its capital from 100000 to 150009 dollars and to issue 1500 shares. The increase, approved by the Secretary of State, follows a recent stockholders meeting. T. Roy Ragland, president, filed the certifi cate of authorization with the county clerk.
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Lewis Chevrolet Company
T. Roy Ragland
William S. O'Brien
Street Scene Describes Busy Shopper and Careful Baby in Car
A man carries a baby and pushes a buggy loaded with pecorine magazines along a street scene while an elderly woman struggles to load grocery baskets into the trunk of a coupe. Her husband sits in the front seat, waiting on Prince Street.
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Prince
Kilgore Race May Align CIO and AFL Across USW Split
U.S. Senator Harley M. Kilgore, a New Deal Democrat, seeks a second term and may see CIO and AFL supporters align against each other in West Virginia. The AFL-United Mine Workers has not endorsed a senatorial candidate in the August 6 primary, while Kilgore is the sole major candidate with public CIO endorsement. Sources speculate Kilgore could run with CIO backing in November, while UMW might back former Republican Thomas B. Sweeney, depending on primaries. The UMW claims 200,000 voting strength and drafted a broad slate, though not public. Relations with Kilgore have cooled since his 1940 run.
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Associated Press
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Harley M. Kilgore
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West Virginia
United Mine Workers
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Wheeling
Sweeney
UMW
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Claude R. Hill
Oak Hill
Shahan
Washington
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Ae Ry
Mine Workers Demand Portal Pay At Dupont
United Mine Workers District 50 served notice on the Belle plant of Dupont for portal-to-portal pay retroactive ten years. A union spokesman claimed the total would reach hundreds of thousands of dollars, citing a Supreme Court ruling as authority. Regional Director William Blizzard said workers spent 10 to 45 minutes before and after shifts, in and out and preparing for work after punching the clock. Dupont had no immediate comment.
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United Mine Workers District 17
Supreme Court of the United States
Steve Anderson
Mt. ‘Clemens
Blizzard
Due Pont
Talmadge Wins Georgia Primary by County Unit Votes
The Associated Press reports that Gene Talmadge won a majority of Georgia’s county unit votes in the Democratic primary, carried by rural counties under the 1917 system, while James V. Carmichael led in total votes but did not secure the county units. The result hinges on the county unit method, which magnifies rural influence and ties to restoring white supremacy in primary access.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Red - Gall
Gene Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
James V. Carmichael
Savannah
South
U. S. Supreme Court
Canning Center Extends Hours to Four Days Weekly
Mrs J A Collier said the Shady Spring Canning Center will operate four days a week to meet demand from local housewives. The schedule lists Monday 10 am to 8 pm, Tuesday 10 am to 6 pm, Thursday 1 pm to 9 pm, and Friday 10 am to 6 pm, with enforcement of hours and no canning outside designated times. A large volume canned berries, apple sauce, peaches, beets, beans, peas, and carrots yesterday, and apple butter requires an appointment on Monday.
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Shady Spring
J. A. Collier
Meat Prices Begin To Crack Under Weeklong Embargo
A burst gas explosion in Onset Massachusetts killed nine and injured 25 as four two story buildings collapsed. Separately amid price pressure CIO UAW called for a nationwide embargo on meat purchases to curb rising costs. Retail meat sales slowed nationwide while livestock prices fell sharply in major markets. Industry leaders predicted price stabilization with increased supplies in 30 days.
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CIO United Aiuto
Huniva
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
San Francisco
EF. F. Forbes
Western State Meat Packers Association
George Dressler
National Association of Retail Meat Deathers
Chicago
Ex-Marine McFarland Executed for Rape Murder
Ex-Marine Earl McFarland died in the electric chair at 10:05 a.m. after his clemency appeals were denied. The 25-year-old Guadalcanal veteran was convicted of the rape and murder of 18-year-old Dorothy Berrum, a government worker from Chippewa Falls, Wis. Chief Justice Vinson rejected an 11th hour stay. McFarland had previously escaped prison for 12 days from the District of Columbia jail. In Tokyo, Yale-educated GI engineer and two Kyota Imperial professors announced a method to boost gasoline engine efficiency using revised injectors to improve fuel atomization and power. The researchers were Vai D Ancona of New York and Professors Fujio Hago and Shuinichi Oshigashi of Kyote Imperial University.
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Washington
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Vinson
Tokyo
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D'Ancona
New York
Fujio Hago
Shuinichi Oshigashi
Kyote Imperial Uniiversity
Slaughter Calls More Challenge to Truman Endorsement
Missouri congresswoman Slaughter, seeking a third term in the 5th district, attacked President Truman’s renomination endorsement as a chance for a showdown on the future of the Democratic party. She warned Truman is a prisoner of the Political Action Committee and urged voters to judge candidates free from executive branch influence after Truman backed Enos Axtell in the primary.
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Kansas City
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County AAA Groups Meet On Farm Plans
Raleigh county AAA Farm Committee meeting at Farm Bureau offices on Prince Street discusses 1947 farm practices. Attendees include Edward Kinsley vice chairman Glen Scott regular member and Wade Robinson state AAA field man. The group will make formal recommendations to the state committee.
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Union Purge Charge Denied At Aberdeen
The Army denied union busting charges after firing five civilian employees at Aberdeen Proving Ground amid claims the dismissals target Local 230 of the CIO Public Workers of America. Abram Flaxer called it a union busting device while UPWA members labeled it an organizational drive.
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Aberdeen. Md
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Harry Snectar
Plans for Stalingrad's peak economy and vast rebuilding
Soviet planners foresee Stalingrad reaching peak economic power in about 15 to 20 years as the city, rebuilt along a Greek marble grandeur, expands to about 590 000 to 600 000 residents. Major boulevards will frame the Volga landscape with a defense museum and a 240 foot tall white column beacon.
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Volga
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May questioned as war committee subpoenas May appearance
Washington reports that the Senate War Investigating Committee subpoenaed Rep. Andrew J. May amid evidence he interceded for Erie Basin Batavia Metal Products and allied firms that secured about 78 to 79 million dollars in war contracts. Sabath admitted limited pinochle games with company reps but denied any contract influence. Barkley and McCormack denied involvement while a secretary noted calls between the Washington office and the lawmakers.
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Washington
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Kentucky
May
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Bastavia Metal Products Company
Allied
Mead
D.-N.y
Senate
Rep
Sabath
D-Ih
Midwest Munitions Combine
Senate War Investigating Committee
Murray Garsson
Joseph F. Freeman
Batavia Metal Products Company
House
Combine
Barkley
Erie-Batavia
Rep. McCormack
Mass
Handholders
Freeman
Samuel Dickstein
New York
Jean Bates
Barkley, McCormack, Sabath
Bright Fishing Prospects Seen In West Virginia
West Virginia conservation commission reports strong fishing prospects this weekend as most of 26 nesting counties show good streams. Greenbrier County bass streams in top condition. West Fork River in Harrison County muddied while county creeks are clear. Wetzel and Wood counties forecast poor, with muddy to milky water. Other 24 counties show streams in good shape.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Conservation Commssion
Greenbrier
West Fork
Harrison County
Wetzel
Wood
Weather outlook with warm weekend and chances of showers
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers tonight and over the next five days. Temperatures will run above normal with a half to three quarters of an inch of total precipitation. Weather notes mention warm Saturday and Tuesday, with gradual clearing in rivers and lingering muddy conditions near Belle.
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