Thornhill on trial amid bribery and ballot room claim
Former Raleigh County prosecuting attorney Thornhill stands trial in Logan on a bribery case with co defendants James Simon and William Lilly. Evidence links ballots moved to Room 311 at the President Hotel, booked under John NeSmith, as the case unfolds with jury verdicts looming.
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Thornhill
Raleigh County
Logan
James Edward Simon
Janjstor
Raleigh County Court House
William Henry Lilly
State Roads Commission
Simon
Lilly
Thornyhill
Thorneile
U.S
West Virginia Young Democratic Club
President Hotel
John NeSmith
Death to Peron shocks Argentina amid political unrest
President Juan D. Peron faces rising domestic opposition after his efforts to mend ties with the United States. A voice shouted death to Peron during a nationwide broadcast, amid the resignation of Federal Police Chief Velazco, seen as backed by Peron and linked to nationalist factions. Eva Peron accompanies him at a farewell event as she heads to Europe.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
United States
Peron
Juan Filomeno Velazco
Velazco
Eva Duarte Peron
Europe
Argument Over Anderson Quege Sparks Reported Dispute
A note references a quarrel about which Anderson was quege, directing readers to Story No. 9 on Page 5 for full details. The brief hints at a named individual and an ongoing debate within the publication.
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Anderson
Quege
U S Drafts Sharp Note to Russia on Hungary
The State Department has drafted a strong note accusing Soviet authorities in Hungary of aiding the ouster of Premier Ferenc Nagy and violating Yalta terms. It proposes a joint U S Soviet British inquiry and warns of bringing the case to the United Nations if satisfied not reached. The note weighs whether to take the matter to the UN Security Council or General Assembly.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
State Department
Russia
United Nations
United States
Hungary
Ferenc Nagy
Soviet Union
Security Council
U. N. General Assembly
New York
Doctor Announces New Flu Vaccine at Philadelphia Meeting
Dr Wendell M Staffley of the Rockefeller Institute and Nobel laureate Dr Stanley disclosed a highly purified influenza vaccine. They claimed it avoids adverse reactions and is available to manufacturers without charge. Experts estimate the next epidemic may occur in 1948.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Wendell M. Staffley
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Princeton
N. J
Stanley
American Chemical Society
Minister's Testimony Links Boy to Murder Case
Rev James S Allen testified his 16 year old son Stuart altered behavior over two years and once identified as Waldo Lydecker from the film Laura. The youth faces first degree murder charges in the beating and mutilation of John A Frank sexton of Christ Episcopal Church. The defense praised the boy as Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The body was found in the church undercroft on April 2.
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Associated Press
ST. Joseph
James S. Allen
Stuart
Waldo Lydecker
Laura
Allen
Robert A. Brown, Jr
Doctor Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
John A. Frank
Christ Episcopal Church
Frank
Nisei Held On Treason Charge in Los Angeles
A Japanese American man, Tomoya Kawakita, 25, of Calexico California, is held without bail on treason charges in Los Angeles. An ex-GI prisoner helped trap him, and Kawakita is ordered held for a federal grand jury with indictment by June 11. The case centers on alleged wartime activities as a foreman at a camp on Honshu. He faces up to death if convicted.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Honshu Island
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tomoya Kawakita
Calexico
Calif
U.S
David B. Head
Kawakita
U. S
James M. Carter
Ocyama
Honshu
Police Seek Unidentified Man After Affinity Pocketbook Snatch
Mrs. Margaret Udy of Affinity says a gunpoint snatching yesterday by a heavyset man 23 or 24 took her pocketbook containing $4 while she walked to a Buena Park store. William J. Bruce followed, noted the suspect’s car license, and Trooper C. C. McGraw reported the empty pocketbook later found in the woods by the FBI.
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Margaret Udy
Affinity
William J. Bruce
Buena Park
Calif
Kawakila
Los An
Geles
Nisei
Uay
Kaw-Kida
Bruce
C. C. McGraw
FBI Latar
Budget slashes pass halfway mark amid Dem criticisms
The House moved about two thirds through President Truman's 1948 budget, cutting $6 billion from the request as Republicans pushed a smaller War Department military bill. Democrats call the effort a failure while noting a $280 million error and a late boost for airplane purchases.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Truman
War Department
Pravda Urges Defeat of Rightist Isms in Europe
Pravda calls on European workers to unite against rightist and bourgeois parties. The article by Boriz Ponomaryev notes communist and social democratic gains, proposes a bloc of anti fascist parties to win elections and form coalitions. It cites cooperation in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Hungary and current labor governments in Britain and Norway.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Pravda
Europe
Boriz Ponomaryev
Communist Party Organ
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Britain
Norway
Campbell Soup Strike Averted After Wage Pact
Philadelphia report says 9,000 Campbell Soup workers avoided a strike with a 14.7 cent an hour wage increase after 32 meetings among the CIO union the Food Tobacco and Allied Workers and Campbell Soup Company. Federal conciliator Peter J. Manno called it one of the most difficult disputes. The deal came just before midnight, sparing plants in Chicago and Camden New Jersey and protecting farmers from tomato losses worth millions.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Campbell ‘Soup Company
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural and Allied Workers
CIO
Peter J. Manno
U.S. Conciliation Service
Chicago
Camden
N. J
Taft predicts labor bill passage by nightfall
Senator Taft said final congressional approval of the union curbing labor bill is expected by nightfall and he maintained the bill would become law even if President Truman vetoes it. The House previously passed the compromise bill 320 to 79 as Pepper Murray and Barkley planned to push further changes from the Senate conference committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Senate
HOUSE
Pepper
D- Fla
Murray
D-Mont
Barkley
D-Ky
Florida
Conference Committee
Bombs by Mail to Britons Increase Across Week
Scotland Yard reported nine new letter bombs found in malls bringing the total to around twenty since early this week. The parcels are linked to the Turin origin with the Palestine Stern Gang claiming European dispatches. Churchill was not confirmed among recipients. Bevin and Eden were previously named as targets. None exploded.
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Associated Press
London
Scotland
Yared
Tlis
Turin
Italy
Jerusalem
Stern Gang
Palestine Jewish Underground Group
Scotland Yard
Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Anthony Eden
Huntington
AFL
West Virginia engineers plan statewide sewage works meeting
Charleston hosts a June 20 meeting of about 60 engineers plant operators city officials and industrial representatives to propose forming the West Virginia Sewage Works and Industrial Wastes Association Health Commissioner N H Dyer announced.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia Sewage Works and Industrial Wastes Association
N. H. Dyer
Truman Delays Tax Cut Decision For WWI Reunion Trip
President Truman postponed a final ruling on the four million dollar Republican backed income tax cut bill. He flew from Washington aboard the Sacred Cow to Kansas City for a World War I veterans reunion with the 25th Division and planned memorial ceremonies. He will hear cabinet and administration views on the tax bill during the trip.
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Associated
Washington
Truman
Air Today
Kansas City
National
Koe
Truman Wile
France
129Th Field Artillery
White House
Normandy D Day Cost in Blood Told by AP
On the Normandy D Day anniversary Cherbourg scenes honor fallen soldiers. The piece cites 90 000 American casualties in the Cherbourg campaign and 28 462 American graves in Normandy. It notes divisions 29th Fourth 82nd and 101st suffered heavy losses with thousands killed or wounded during the campaign.
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Associated Press
Cherbourg
Normandy
Cherbourg Peninsula
U. S
Maryland
United States 29Th Infantry Division
Theodore Roosevelt
Utah Beach
82Nd Airborne
D-Day
101St Airborne
Omaha Beach
Igraves
European resentment slows U S push for recovery plan
The United States faces growing European resentment toward perceived American dictation as officials weighing a new economic recovery program for Europe seek to bolster aid with a credible plan. Secretary of State Marshall and other top officials are urged to craft a program before additional funds are released.
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John M. Highlower
Washington
United States
Europe
State Marshall
Marshall
Harvard University
U S Considers Three Avenues Over Hungarian Crisis
United States officials discuss three paths in the Hungarian matter including United Nations Security Council action where the US veto applies, the UN General Assembly in New York, or the UN Commission on Hungary. Advocates say airing the case in the assembly avoids a veto and allows broader discussion while Europe faces economic strain and slow recovery after V E Day.
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United States
Security Council
UN. Fiarahome Committee
U. N
U. N. General Assembly
New York
Forrestal Warns of Long Hard Era for U S Navy
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal told Naval Academy graduates that the United States must solve political, economic and security problems to avoid another war. He called the country the principal stabilizing force in a world after six years of fighting and predicted years ahead would be more troubled than any generation since the Civil War. He cited economic stagnation in Germany and Japan draining U S resources.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Forrestal
United States
Naval Academy
Ceremany
Japan
Children's Day Program Planned at First Christian Church
The church will observe Children's Day on Sunday June 8 with the annual program replacing the sermon. An attendance and offering goal was reported met for nursery through junior Sunday school classes. Police search for a stolen table radio from Robert Sanders' home at 802 Scott Avenue on June 3 after a break-in while the family was away.
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First Christian Church
Robert L. Sanders
Scott Avenue
Dee Hedrick
Sanders
Hertek
Weather Outlook for Beckley and Surrounding Areas
Warmer and more humid with fair conditions today through Saturday. Scattered thundershowers likely in the mountains. Beckley yesterday’s high 84, low 45. Today’s high around 70 with no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 am.
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Appropriations Committee
Pravada
Isms
Campbell Soup
iThief
Beecher F. Wiley
Beaver
T Heing
West
Richmond
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Clarksburg
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Clarksburg Glass Company
FT. Wayne
Ind
James T. Neumann
Fort Wayne
Bluefield
W. Va
Judy Walker
Alfred Figel
Kenneth Kurtz
Weston
Mary Helen Bruffy
Webster Springs
Aci
Rep. Snyder
R-Wva
Department of Peace
Bowie
Paris
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Lake
United Fusions
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