Foes Swamped In One Sided Security Vote
The Senate approved the North Atlantic treaty by a large margin to back President Truman in seeking Congress approval for more than a billion dollars in arms for Europe. The deal safeguards Western Europe against Soviet attack and commits member nations to mutual defense, with a vote of 62 to 13 and opposition largely centered on plans to reserve U.S. obligations regarding atomic weapons and war powers.
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Communist Party influence on Ohio West Virginia coal miners
Former miner Anthony Krehmarek testified that the Communist party had strong influence among Ohio and West Virginia coal workers around the 1946 strike. He said miners supported John L. Lewis while some criticized his leadership on radio broadcasts. He noted miners funded broadcasts and remained loyal to Lewis despite local disagreements. The judge pressed for details on votes and broader effects.
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Associated Press
New York
Ohio
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Anthony Krehmarek
Cleveland
U Lewis
Krehmarek
Medina
Cleveland Board of Education
Tourists Spend More Per Visit in West Virginia This Year
West Virginia tourism reports show average vacation parties spent 104.14 dollars during their stay, up from 99.10 last year, while total stay length dropped from 4.95 to 3.8 days. Daily per party expenditure rose to 22.55 from 20.40, with 676 people across 200 parties from 32 states surveyed.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Viteginia
Robert W. Alckinner
Industrial and Publicity Comission
West Virginia
McKinnon
First Capital FM Station on the Air in Charleston
WENA-FAT began FM broadcasts in Charleston at 97.5 megacycles with about 3 600 watts. Manager James T. Quith of WKNA said the outlet would run 24 hours daily carrying WKNA programs and content from the American Broadcasting Cont.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Wena-Fat
James T. Quith
WKNA
American Broadcasting
Murphy Interred At Harbor Beach
MARBLE BEACH Mich The remains of Justice Frank Murphy were brought home to Harbor Beach for Roman Catholic rites at Our Lady of Lake Haro Church Father Hanes J Marvin conducted the service. Secretary of Labor Maurice Hobbins represented President Truman as Supreme Court justices Fred Vinson and Hugo Black attended along with Michigan congressmen Arthur Vandenberg and Stromer Ferguson and Harbor Beach residents.
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Associated Press
Marbor Beach
Mich
U. S. Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Little Lane Huron
Murphy
Our Lady of Lake Haro
Hanes J. Marvin
Harbor Beach
Maurice HiPobin
Truman
Supreme Court
Fred Vinson
Hugo Black
Michigan
Arthur EH Vandenberg
Stromer Ferguson
Coal Industry Hearing Opens Senate Banking Probe
The Senate Banking Committee begins an inquiry into labor union practices with coal industry officials leading off testimony. Senator Robertson of Virginia signals possible legislation to curb labor monopolies if evidence supports it as the panel examines labor management aspects of the coal industry and contemplates a chief coordinator to negotiate with United Mine Workers leader J. Lewis.
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Associated Press
Senate Banking Committees
Robertson
D-Va
Sane Northern
Jet L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Weather and economic hearing notes in Virginia and West Virginia
Weather outlook calls for cooler humid conditions over the weekend then warmer early next week with near normal temperatures and a chance of thundershowers. Rivers at Bellepoint show Greenbrier and New River levels rising. prices and monopoly concerns surface as a congressional committee enlarges its probe into concentration of economic power and its effect on small business and consumers. Witness list includes Harry B. Moses and George S. Love with 27 witnesses invited for hearings through August 2.
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Bellepoint
Greenbrier
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Harry B. Moses
H.C. Frick Coke
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George S. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Love
Norther and Western Coal Producers
Churchill Primed For Second Blast At Labour Party
Winston Churchill fresh from clashing with Ernest Bevin prepares a major policy speech for Wolverhampton to energize the Conservative opposition ahead of the 1950 election. He seeks to rally support while Bevin plans a brief Evian rest before attending the Strasbourg meeting.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Labor
Tomor Tow
Wolverhampton
Churchill
United States
Bevin
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Germany
Evian
Council of Europe
Strasbourg
Defeat sinks Brannan farm subsidy plan in House
The House voted 239 to 170 to kill a trial run of the Brannan farm subsidy plan for crops and wool while backing 90 percent parity price supports for another year. Senate leaders planned to press the issue, hoping to turn the tide in the chamber. some farmers warn of a year end stalemate that could push the matter into the 194? campaign.
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House
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Agriculture Brannan
Repi Gore
D-Tent
Rayburn
Texas
Brannan
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Arreres Thomas
Thomas
Ford Workers Vote on Strike At Ford Motor Co
Detroit reports that 75,000 Michigan Ford employees face a secret ballot on a walkout to back wage demands including $100 a month pensions. A UAW poll showed 17 to 1 in favor, following a 24 day speed-up strike that shut Ford plants in May.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Michigan
Labor Mediation Board
Ford
Beckley Receives 8464 In Liquor Sales Tax
Beckley will receive 8464.91 from the state treasurer for municipal liquor sales taxes collected April through June. Checks totaling 206697.55 were sent yesterday. Treasurer R E Talbott said the revenue comes from a local law allowing a percent levy on liquor sold. Other cities receiving payments included Bluefield 8214.00 Charleston 24157.64 Clarksburg 8076.20 Logan 6945.04 Moundsville 1447.88 Williamson 4261.14 Welch 3340.03 and Grafton 1634.59.
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Beckley
R. E. Talbott
Talbott
Bluefield
Charleston
Clarksburg
Logan
Moundsville
Williamson
Welch
Grafton
Senate votes to extend 52-20 unemployment program
The Senate Labor Committee unanimously votes to extend the 52-20 unemployment benefit program for one year. President Truman urged continuation. About 400,000 veterans receive up to 20 dollars weekly for 52 weeks. A House bill remains in committee, with Rep. Rattikin calling it sit down money.
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Associated Press
Senate
Truman
House
von Hinne
House Veterans Committee
Rati‘kin
D-Miss
Huntington Faces State Show Cause Over Sewer Upgrade
Huntington, W Va The State Water Commission ordered Huntington to show cause for delays in a million dollar sewer modernization project to divert sewage from the Ohio and Guyandot river systems. Mayor W W Payne will attend a hearing set for August 1 as engineers warn the project is blocked by petitions from 214 objectors. A city council vote Monday could trigger a public referendum on the service charge financing plan.
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Associated Press
Huntington
State Water Commission Today
Ohio
Guyandolie
W. W. Payne
Payne
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Whitney
PSC Weighs Evidence In Phone Rate Case
The Public Service Commission examined extensive testimony to decide if Cheepeaka and Potomac Telephone Co should receive another rate increase. Hearings concluded after six months of formal sessions totaling twenty nine days, as the firm seeks a third rate rise since the war.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Cheepeaka and Potomac Telephone Company
Dewey forms business survey panel in New York
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey named a seven member committee to study New York state’s business recession. The panel will report soon on economic conditions and may recommend steps to head off further decline. Dewey stressed continuous watchfulness and denied an emergency.
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Associated Press
N.Y
Thomas EK
Dewey
New York State
Hoe
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Alealy
Ex-Shady High Principal T. F. Bartlett Dies at 33
T. F. Bartlett former principal of Shady Spring High School died at 9 40 a.m. today at his sister’s Detroit home after a six month illness. He was 33. Bartlett led Shady Spring from 1937 until spring resignation for ill health and taught 26 years. Survived by wife Jessica and daughter Elizabeth of Glen Morgan. Funeral plans pending arrival of the body.
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Shady Spring High School
Elizabeth Gaunt
Detroit
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Shady Spring School
Fred Roberts
Shady Spring
Powellton
Fayette County
Glen Morgan
Indiana University
Bloomington
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Jessica B. Bartlett
Elizabeth Aon Bartlett
Bell Plea Refused By Labor Board
The National Labor Relations Board rejected Bell Telephone system challenges to bargaining rights at the Communications Workers of America after the union joined the CIO. Bell argued the union’s CIO affiliation voided its contract and bargaining status, but the NLRB upheld the union’s representation.
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National Labor Relations Board
Bell Telephone System
Communications Workers of America
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CIO
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Bell System
NLRB
Despondent Man Takes Own Life After Job Loss
A 28 year old man identified as Summers, unemployed, shot himself with a two gauge shotgun in his sister’s back yard in Sissonville. State Trooper J A Murphy said Summers had been despondent since being laid off four months ago.
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Associated Press
Ogden
Utah
Mac Wade
Shirley Gretzinger
Wade
Gretainger
Riverdale
Lee Rogers
Miss Rogers
Miss Gretzinger
Rees
Two City Patrolmen Injured as Car Hits Pole on Fayette St
A police cruiser struck a telephone pole on South Fayette Street at about 3 am injuring two officers. Officer Oscar Bowers suffered a dislocation and facial cuts while Patrolman Tom Cumbow received injuries. Bowers was taken to Beckley hospital in satisfactory condition. Cumbow was treated and dismissed. Witness Joe Campbell reported Cumbow was driving. Campbell denied drinking and praised Cumbow’s conduct.
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Millard Tyree
Cardinal Spellman criticizes Mrs Roosevelt over school aid clash
NEW YORK Cardinal Spellman attacks Mrs Roosevelt over federal aid to parochial and private schools. He accuses her of anti Catholic bias while defending aid as a key issue before Congress. Roosevelt’s column My Day cited in the dispute. Nils Roosevelt spokes a Hyde Park comment pending reply.
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Hyde Park
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Tuckwiller Dies in Chicago
Slater Tuckwiller 61, Lewisburg, West Virginia businessman, died last night three hours after arriving in Chicago by plane to enter Presbyterian Hospital. A coroner’s physician will reexamine the body to determine the cause of death. Tuckwiller was accompanied by a brother. survivors include his widow and brothers Ross A H Tuckwiller of Lewisburg, a State Board of Education member, and former state Senator Frank Tuckwiller.
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Lewisburg
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Chicago
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State Board of Education
Frank Tuckwilier
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