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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1948
Page
7
President Truman summoned Democratic congressional leaders to the White House to review the message he will deliver to Congress. The group discussed anti inflation housing civil rights and other bills Truman is calling Congress back to consider.
President Truman is set to present anti inflation and civil rights bills to Congress as lawmakers carry reform proposals from earlier sessions. House and Senate both advance measures on lynching federal crime poll taxes and employment rights while housing bills diverge. Germany Berlin moves to curb rail traffic and Berlin officials dismiss Police President Markgraf amid Allied strategizing over the Soviet blockade and a possible big four conference.
Sixteen U S jets landed at Fuerstenfeldbruck in Germany to bolster air power with 75 more due to arrive. The Lockheed Shooting Star fighters completed a 5 01 mile crossing from Selfridge, Mich, at 450 mph, marking the first west east jet crossing of the Atlantic. Western allies prepared for Berlin talks while Russia showed new jet and bomber designs at its air show.
Paris reports Socialist deputies pressed Premier Andre Marie to include two Socialist leaders Leon Blum and Paul Ramadier in his cabinet, with Ramadier and Blum as key ministers. They approved the proposed cabinet 33 to 31 with eight abstentions, while pursuing further talks. Schuman was forced to resign last week, and Marie reportedly offered Interior, social affairs, public works, and commerce and industry portfolios.
Dr. C F McClintic state conservation commissioner said $46,000 would be needed to meet the price on land adjoining Grandview State Park but even then the commission cannot assure acquisition. He noted the state has only $4,000 and lacks an option on the land amid Ampolini and Sons plans to strip mine the Royal mine tract. The 800 acres near Turkey Spur, though funded by a Legislative Interim Committee pool, would require committee approval to release funds. Local groups including Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce and Garden Council of Berkley voiced support for stopping the strip mining and preserving Grandview park.
Belgrade Yugoslavia Vice Premier Eduard Kardelj outlined new Yugoslavia foreign policy aims centered on peace independence and anti imperialist cooperation with the Soviet Union and its allied democracies. The plan emphasizes UN based equality economic cooperation with all nations and support for peace movements national freedom and independence. Premier Marshal Tito meanwhile told former California Governor Culbert Olson that Yugoslavia is willing to trade with the United States with political ties as a condition. Olson said Tito granted a one hour interview on his strictly personal trip and would report back to President Truman.
Atlanta reports describe multiple unidentified objects over the weekend including wingless crafts with flame, aluminum balloons, and bright lights. Pilots from Eastern Airlines and witnesses in Ohio Georgia Washington report sightings of a mysterious airborne object moving westward at high altitude amid varied explanations.
Thomas Edward Woolwine twenty of Praise Pike County Kentucky waived preliminary hearing on a murder charge before Magistrate J P Meadows and was remanded to jail for the October grand jury. Kinney sixty imagined kinney shot during a struggle at Woolwine grandparents home near Coolridge. State Police said Kinney died at the scene. The two men reportedly went to the Glade Creek home for a visit and due to a scuffle Woolwine used a single barrel shotgun to fire point blank.
National Guard units from Beckley and Oak Hill depart Sunday for a two week encampment at Fort Knox Kentucky their first since 1949 Wayland Feamster signs form 32 to assume responsibility for gear Captain Eugene A Dance commander and Supply Sergeant Earl Carter observe Lieutenant C P Miller of Oak Hill unit checks first group leaving with First Sergeant Howard J Oatridge Oak Hill unit travels with Beckley group by bus and entrains at 10 am
Mrs. John H. Marcum reports a second theft in two years as a 1947 Plymouth owned car vanishes from South Kanawha street between 9 and 10 p.m. while she and a friend watched, police search for two youths described by A. L. Lovejoy. Philip Bsharah later discovers his car stolen around 10:30 p.m. near 113. FBI later recovers a previous theft. details show a neighbor witness and ongoing probe by local police and FBI.
F Eddie Sawyer, formerly Toronto Maple Leafs manager in the International Teager, was named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. The move marks a rare crossleague appointment as Sawyer takes command amid expectations of rebuilding the Phillies’ lineup.
SAKE SUCCESS Israeli and Arab charges of truce violations in Palestine go before the Security Council tomorrow for a hearing. The Council also is expected to vote on a Syrian resolution asking the International Court of Justice to rule on the status of Palestine after the British mandate ends May 15. Delegates opposed to the Syrian move call it another Arab attempt to defeat the U N partition plan and predict its defeat.
Wallace and the Progressive Party wrapped a raucous convention pledging joint responsibility with Russia to keep the peace. Senator Glen Taylor of Hawaii was named No. 2 on the ticket as the youth crowd cheered and warned against labeling dissent as red. The platform faced debate over foreign policy and opposition to endorsing any nation's foreign policy.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania a blind man carried his blind and crippled wife to safety as a fire destroyed their home. Mrs Paige woke to smoke and roused her husband. He guided her outside then returned to salvage clothes before reaching the neighbor for help. By then the house was fully engulfed.
The report notes humid and warm conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms early tonight followed by cooler, fair weather on Tuesday. Prediction includes lingering unsettled humidity and a return to drier conditions tomorrow.
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