Jones Could Be Key Witness in Hughes Kaiser Plane Contract
Senate War Investigating subcommittee plans hearings on the 40 million wartime plane contract awarded to Howard Hughes and Henry Kaiser. Jesse Jones may be called to testify if documentary evidence from Roosevelt era records is found, with Ferguson guiding the inquiry and noting White House pressure allegedly shaped the deal.
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Jesse Jones
Star Witness
Hughes-Kaiser
Associated’ Press
Washington
White House
Howard Hughes
Henry J. Kaiser
Roosevelt
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Jones
Hughes
Kaiser
Henry A. Wallace
Ferguson Committee
Army
Navy
Defense
Pure Oil Strike Ends at Cabin Creek Plant Near Charleston
Charleston reports the Pure Oil refinery at Cabin Creek near here ends a 117 day strike. Howard S. West announces most maintenance and other workers return by Monday with full production weeks away. A related stoppage affects Dawes field and Toledo refinery with a 14 and 18 cent raise under a new contract lasting to Oct 1, 1948.
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Charleston
Pure ‘Oil Company
West
Dawes
Toledo
Smith’s Bluff
Texas
Pure Oil Company
Child Dies Under Tombstone in Kalamazoo Cemetery
Two year-old Nancy Pendowski of Texas Corners died when a four foot tombstone fell and trapped her as she and her father Edward Pendowski visited a Kalamazoo cemetery. Coroner Horace R. Cobb ruled suffocation from the weight of the stone.
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Associated Press
Kalamazoo
Mich
Nancy Pendowski
Texas Corners
Edward
Horace R. Cobb
Nancy
Cottage Going West Is Sought by Detroit Man
Julius Z Papp of Detroit seeks help locating his 12 by 21 foot cottage moved from Berea Road and last seen on a truck heading west on Detroit Avenue near West 117th Street. He bought it for 1500 dollars and planned to add room or rent it. Two men reportedly dragged it away last night.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Detroit Avenue
West 117Th Street
Papp
Berea Road
117Th Street
Mine Blast Kills 27 in Illinois Coal Mine
In southern Illinois a massive explosion at the Old Ben No. 4 mine traps about 200 workers 500 feet underground. Rescue teams recover 27 bodies, many burned, as search continues for possible survivors. one additional seriously burned miner dies in hospital. Harold L. Walker notes fire may have followed the blast. cause undetermined.
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7Rd Press
Frankfort
Southern Illinois
Old Ben Coal Company
Harold L. Walker
Ilinois
Army Navy Unification and Wool Price Extension Move Ahead
The 80th Congress moved toward final action on two major laws. The Army Navy unification bill would create a Secretary of Defense, keep marine corps and navy air arm identity, and establish a National Defense Council. Wool price support would be extended to end of next year after a vetoed tariff quota bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
White’ House
Senate
House
Army
Marine Corps
Navy Air Arm
Secretary of Defense
Secretaries of War and Navy
Air Corps
National Defense Council
Truman
Stamp Vending Machine Ready for Post Offices
Rochester report says Commercial Controls Corp announced a stamp vending machine to reduce rush hour lines. Charles R. Ogsbury noted a $675,000 initial contract from the Postoffice Department for machines that issue stamps in various denominations at postoffice prices. Machines will be placed in large city post office lobbies vending sets of stamps at stated values.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Commercial Controls Corp
Charles R. Ogsbury
Postoffice Department
Funeral services set for Walter Hershey in Hugheston mine tragedy
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Walter Earl Hershey a 32 year old who was electrocuted accidentally at the Hugheston mine of the Kelley s Creek Colliery Company. Frances Adeline Kennedy who was born in Charleston more than 98 years ago died after a week's illness at a daughter s home in Charleston. Cited events include a spelling contest at Clarksburg, a hospital survey by Major John Newdorp, Harrison county assessments rising to 132211980, Clarence Gilliam of Jenkin Jones Va killed in a truck crash, and a PSC decision rejecting three Huntington taxicab applications.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Walter Earl Hershey
Hugheston
Kelley’s Creek
Frances Adeline Kennedy
Moyer Brothers Bid Low for Wheeling Naval Armory
Norfolk based Fifth Naval District reports Moyer Brothers of Altoona Pennsylvania submitted the lowest bid of 164000 dollars for the construction of a naval re armory at Wheeling West Virginia.
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Norfolk
Fifth Naval District
Moyer Brothers
Altoona
Wheeling
Grandmothers Seek Air Record Across Two Oceans
Two Scottish grandmothers aged 88 and 84 arrived at LaGuardia completing the first leg of a 16,000 mile air journey toward San Francisco and then New Zealand. Officials of British Overseas Airways expect them to set a record by crossing both oceans, a feat not done by octogenarians before. Their families chose New Zealand after stories from New Zealand soldiers stationed in Scotland 29 years ago.
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Associated Press
New York
la Guardia Field
San Francisco
Pacific
New Zealand
British Overseas Airways
Clara’ MacKenzie
Helen Stoddart
Atlantic
Scotland
Guerrillas Attack Grevena as Greek Forces Hold Line
A Greek War Ministry briefing said government troops repelled a major guerrilla assault on Grevena near the Albanian border. The attack involved 1,200 to 1,500 fighters with heavy weapons and prompted reinforcements as reports of a 24 hour artillery and air bombardment emerged from multiple fronts.
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Associated Press
Athens
War Ministry
Grevena
Pindus Mountain
Mount Grarmmos
Konitsa
Mount Grammos
Larissa
West
Lamia
United Nations
Ioan
Nina
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
House Committee Personnel Listed
House Speaker John Amos announced members for Government and Finance and Forestry study committees. Appointees include J. Horner Davis II, Julian Hanbarger, Sherman Ballard, R. L. McCulty, Clarence Hall, William McCoy, Frank Knight, George Geneke, and Edgar White. Amos and Vickers serve on both committees with Meadows naming an advisory forestry panel.
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Charleston
Senate
Arnold Vickers
House
John Amos
J. Horner Davis, II
Kanawha
Julian C. Hanbarger
McDowell
Sherman Ballard
Monroe
R. L. McCulty
Roane
Clarence L. Hall
Marion
William McCoy
Pendleton
Frank A. Knight
George F. Geneke
Ohio
Edgar S. White
Harrison
Amos and
Vickers
Meadows
Train Telephones to Link Washington and New York Trains
The Pennsylvania and Ohio railroads announce a joint early U S experiment placing telephones on two Washington to New York trains. Passengers can call home or office while aboard using radio links to Bell stations. Service starts August 15 on the Congressional Limited and the Royal Blue.
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Associated ‘Press
Pheeadelphia
niHr and
Ohio Railroads
U.S
Washington
New York
Bell Telephone
Pennsylvania
Plane and truck crash at Moron airport kills four
A collision between an airliner returning from a test flight and a truck at Moron airport yesterday killed four men and injured five. Both vehicles and the plane burned after the impact.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Moron
Whale meat added to British sausages next week
Britain to start using whale meat in sausages as announced by the Food Ministry. The move aims to address food shortages, with production set to begin in the coming week across approved facilities.
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London
Britain
Food Ministry
Beckley man's ghost status blocks veteran benefits
L H Swaim of Beckley remains officially dead in War Department records despite being alive and employed as a manufacturer's representative for three clothing firms. He says he was reported missing and killed in World War I after capture near Hampsberg, Germany, and continues to fight for change.
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L. H. Swaim
Beckley
Veterans Organizations
The
War Department
Swaim
Raleigh County Bank
Washington
Army Air Corps
Vichy
France
Hampsberg
Germany
Confession Clears Second Car Arson Case
State Police report William Jones of Glen Daniel confessed to setting a 1937 Desoto on fire on July 13 in Glen Daniel to collect insurance. Jones is jailed in Raleigh County on $1308 bond after waiving preliminary hearing. Also charged is his brother in law Robert Jordan for aiding the theft, and Ardee Jones remains jailed on arson and automobile theft charges.
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William Jones
Glen Daniel
Jones
Raleigh
G. ©. Mills
C. C. McGraw
Ardee Jones
Hackensack
N.J
Robert Jordan
Garden Grounds
New Jersey
Raleigh County
Beckley
McGraw
House Committee Approves Military Training Plan
Funeral services for George Cas sis Courey of Beckley will be held Sunday at First Christian Church after a heart attack near Hinton. The body lies at the Caffee Funeral Home and burial is in Sunset Memorial Park. Also, the House Armed Services Committee approved a universal military training bill 20 to 0, outlining six months of basic training for all qualified American males after age 18 with deferments for high school students.
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George Cassis Courey
Anne Street
Hinton
First Christian Church
Beckley
Courey
Greenbrier
A. H. Wilson
Ralph Husson
Charleston
Ritchie Ware
Sunset Memorial Park
Associated Press
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Walter G. Andrews
Congress
House
Truman
National Guard
ROTC
Unrestricted Installment Buying Narrowly Appears Likely
Washington reports a move toward unrestricted installment buying by November 1 as President Truman may lift price controls sooner. A House vote on compromising credit curb limits sent the bill to the Senate, with White House action anticipated by tomorrow night. The Federal Reserve Board foresees Truman removing restraints unless Congress enacts a peace time authorization, ending wartime limits on down payments and installment terms for autos radios and refrigerators.Confusion at a White House briefing followed a question about promises to end the controls.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
House
Senate
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Refugee ship Return to Zion near Palestine with 400 aboard
Haganah reports the refugee vessel Return to Zion, carrying 400 illegal immigrants, is close to Palestine waters as British destroyers pursue. Officials say Britain plans martial law to curb escalating violence in which at least ten people were killed and seventy five wounded in nine days. Security measures are expected to tighten across Jewish quarters.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Haganah
Holy Land
Fire Boss Killed by Falling Slate at Helen Mine
The Smokeless Coal area reports its fifth fatality since the new soft coal contract began. John Ballard, 32, of Sophia, a fire boss, died at 4 a.m. after being struck by falling slate while riding a motor during an early morning inspection at Helen No. 11. Previous incidents include two workers crushed by a rock loader at Helen No. 11 last Saturday and another accidental death at Stamford mine the prior Friday.
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John Ballard
Sophia
Ballard
Helen No. 11
Stamford
New River Company
East Gulf
C. H. Mead- Coal Company
Mabscott Youth Kicked By Horse
An 11 year old Mabscott boy, Earl T. Claypole, son of Mrs. Maxine Claypole, suffered a fractured skull and facial cuts when a horse kicked him yesterday. He was treated at Raleigh General Hospital and sent home to recover. Also treated at Beckley Hospital were Nora Agee for a right ankle injury from a home fall and Keith Acord, infant son of Harless Acord, for a finger injury from an axe incident.
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Earl T. Claypole
Maxine Claypole
Mabscott
Earl
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Hospital
Nora Agee
Fireco
Freeland Agee
Lillybrook Coal Company
Lillybrook
Keith Acord
Harless Acord
Bolt
Keith
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eccles
GOP Wins Battle Loses War In All Night Senate Session
In a tense 18 hour 12 minute session the Senate recessed at 5 12 a m East as Republicans conceded defeat on the Kem investigation into Attorney General Clark's handling of Kansas City vote fraud charges. The party won a procedural vote but failed to secure a full inquiry and agreed to pause the matter to proceed with an appropriation bill funding Greek Turkish aid and foreign relief.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Clark
Kansas City
Congress
GOP
Howes
Kemn
R-Mo
Wherry
Neb
Japan
Korea
Germany
Huntington Man Heads Osteopaths
Dr. Robert B. Thomas of Huntington West Virginia became the 50th president of the American Osteopathic Association as the 51st annual convention closed. He succeeds Dr. John P. Wood of Birmingham Michigan and was named president elect at the 1946 New York meeting. Inauguration featured his acceptance speech praising progress in the profession.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert B. Thomas
Huntington
W. Va
American Osteopathic Association
Thomas
John P. Wood
Birmingham
Mich
United States
Canada
New York
Virginia Weather Forecast Says Warmer With Clearing Rivers
Mostly clear and warmer today into tonight in Virginia with Saturday cloudier yet warm. Beckley yesterday hit 81 degrees. overnight low around 50. Noon reading today 79 with no precipitation in the last 24 hours. Greenbrier and New rivers at Belle Point are clearing.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
New
Bellepoint
Episcopal Marriages Of Divorced Persons Protested by Bishop
Bishop Manning protests divorces affecting Episcopal clergy as valid remarriages spark fears of eroding church standards. The two dioceses involved are Michigan and Lexington, with marriages tied to Elliott Roosevelt’s first wife and Detroit cathedral dean. Canon Sparks confirms the unions and names the diocesan leaders who approved them.
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Associated Press
New York
William T. Manning
Living Church
Elliott Roosevelt
Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Kirk B O’ferrall
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Detroit
Manning
Michigan
Lexington
Thomas A. Sparks
St. John the Divine
Benedict Henry Hanson
Baltimore
Dean O'Ferrall
Isabelle W. Morrill
William Robert Moody
Curtain Winsor
Frank W. Creighton
Elizabeth Donner
Church of the Good Shepherd
Willliam H. Donner
Palm Beach
Fla
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Harrison County
A. Leeman Knight
Pocahontas, Va
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Jenkin Jones
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Horsepen Mountain
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C. E. Nethken
Public Service Commission
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Isreek
Batavia
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Medan
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Semarang
East Indies
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Tjikampek
Bandoeng
House Committee
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WD Records
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R. R. Smiley
General Adjustment Bureau
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Bluefield Produce and Provision Company
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