Senate Vote Tests Rent Control Bill With 44 to 25 Result
The Senate rejected a bid to shelve the rent control bill by a 44 to 25 vote. The measure would extend federal rent controls through December and allow local option extensions for six more months. Senator Cain of Washington warned he may resume a filibuster if a timely final passage vote isn’t assured.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Banking Committee
Wherry
Cain
R-Wash
Connecticut Republicans face pivotal two seat Senate bid
Connecticut Republicans aim to capture two Senate seats in a pivotal two day convention shaping the party lineup for November. Potential opponents include Bowles, McMahon, Benton, and Talbot, with Bush viewed as the likely foe for Benton. In New York, Dewey’s term question clouds GOP strategy while Roosevelt Jr faces grafting into a possible governor run.
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Associated Press
Connecticut
Senate
Chester Bowles
GOP
Bowles
John Davis Lodge
Westport
Conn
J. Kenneth Bradley
Brien McMahon
William Benton
Joseph E. Talbot
Naugatuck
House
McMahon
Prescott S. Bush
Greenwich
United Service Organizations
Benton
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Lehman
D-Libny
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
D-Lib-Ny
Roosevelts
James Roosevelt
California
Strike in Huntington Halts Major Building Projects
In Huntington 2500 to 3000 building trades workers walk out amid stalled negotiations. The AFL council ordered a citywide strike, with picket lines forming and plans to spread to Logan and surrounding areas. Memorial Field House and multiple school modernization projects face work stoppages, along with 75 to 100 homes and various commercial remodels. The union seeks 10 to 12 cent hourly increases for certain crews. other groups have agreed. The contract expired May 3 and no further talks are planned.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Huntington Building and Construction Trades Council
AFL
W. E. Reed
Logan
New Memorial Field House
AFL Council
General Contractors Association of Huntington
Contractors Association
John L. Conner
U. S. Conciliation Service
Truman Warns on Soviet War Prep Spurs Defense Push
President Truman linked Soviet war prep to global aggression, prompting Congress to boost military spending and approve a $1.2225 billion European defense program. Some Republicans questioned whether focus on foreign threats shields McCarthy era at home, while party leaders urged secrecy in certain military projects.
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WUPR
Wnherry
Nebraska
Brewster
Maine
St. Louis
Wherry
Senate
Truman
McCarthy
GOP
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Hill
Congress
Tydings
D-Md
Armed Services Committee
Weather Report For Virginia Spots Rivers And Greenbrier
At 11 am today city readings show Oak Hill 65 with high 70 and low 43 misreadings. Glade Creek reports 69 high with 33 low. Bellepoint area Rivers in Greenbrier notes above normal and muddy conditions while surrounding areas trend near normal with clear skies.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Sean Rivers
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Burial Rites Today for Mrs. Vandenberg
Funeral services for Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg wife of Michigan's senior senator will be held today at Foundary Methodist Church. The Rev Frederick Brown Harris Senate chaplain will conduct the service after her death Saturday following a long illness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Foundary Methodist Church
Frederick Brown Harris
Senate
Death by own action shocks Texas League game
At Buffalo Stadium in Houston a 50 year old laundryman, Stanford B. Twente, shot himself during a Texas League baseball game as Don Stephens prepared to pitch for Houston. The incident, witnessed by TV viewers and in-stadium spectators, led to a quick inquest verdict of death by own action.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Stanford B.twente
Dick Gottlieb
Buffalo Stadium
Twente
Justice of the Peace
Tom Maes
Maes
George Chapman
Don Stephens
Tulsa
Gottlieb
Lee Bennett
Bennett
Laundry Workers Switch to CIO Pickets at Richmond Cleaners
CIO represented workers at Richmond Cleaners and Laundry crossed a UCW picket line this morning to work. Plant operation continued with a reduced force. full staffing expected Tuesday morning. New CIO contract of June 8 adds five cents an hour, one week paid vacation, three holidays, and hospital plan. UCW opposed a clause restricting pick up and delivery at residences, arguing fair practices.
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United Construction Workers Union
Richmond Cleaners and Laundry
CIO
UCW
James Williams
Marie Johnson
Violet Lilly
Alma Howard
Richmond Cleaners and
Jess P. Richmond
Richmond
Raleigh
Sidney Box
Fourth Holy Year Saint Canonized
Pope Pius XII canonized Vincenzo Maria Strambi, the Italian bishop of Macerata and Tolentino, as the fourth saint of the 1950 Holy Year. He praised Strambi as an exemplar for churchmen persecuted by communism after Strambi refused to swear allegiance to Napoleon in 1807 during occupation of his diocese.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Pius XII
Vincenzo Maria Strambi
Macerata
Tolentino
Bow and Arrow Civilization Guard Their Military Secrets
Smithsonian ethnologist Dr. Kalervo Oberg reported two Brazilian tribes in the Amazon, the Nambiguara and Terena, contacted by whites for the first time. The tribes guard their military secrets, hide bows and arrows on strangers, and sustain a rich primitive culture with feather headdresses, body painting, and ritual worship while remaining highly isolated.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kalervo Oberg
Smithsonian Institution
Amazon Jungles
Dr. Oberg
Amazon
Smithsonian
Steel and Auto Stocks Rise To Four Year High
In New York steel and automobile issues led a modest market advance, lifting the barometer to a new four year high and near a peak since 1932. Shares of U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Youngstown Sheet General Motors Chrysler Studebaker U S Rubber Santa Fe N Y Central Southern Pacific Canadian Pacific Standard Oil Gulf Oil Allied Chemical Dow Chemical du Pont and Emerson Radio gained. Government bonds held steady in over the counter dealings.
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U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
U. S. Rubber
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Atomic Strikers Get Wage Hike
In Oak Ridge Tennessee an AFL official reports a 13 cent hourly wage increase for 700 borers and hodcarriers who walked out on atomic construction. An arbitration board in Washington granted the raise effective today, with both company and union pledged to abide. The workers sought raises from 95 cents to 1.25 dollars an hour after a May 22 strike that halted work on two plants costing 227 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Oak Ridge
Tenn
AFL
Washington
Fred Stratton
Stratton
Aaron Horvitz
Arbitration Board
Presidential Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
Lynco Lumber Company Granted State Charter Today
Charleston reports Lynco Lumber Company, a Lynco Wyoming county lumber producer, received a state charter today. The firm is capitalized at 10000 by G. E. Minns R. H. Breeden and Burl Thornsbury all of Lynco.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Lynco Lumber Company
Lynco
Wyoming County
G. E. Minns
R. H. Breeden
Burl Thornsbury
Grand Jury Presents Charges in 59 Cases
The Raleigh County Criminal Court grand jury began deliberations at 10 15 a m on 59 charges presented by Prosecuting Attorney Ned H Ragland. Judge W A Rifle appointed J Frank Vaughn and O J Smith as special commissioners to replace those who failed to report. Foreman L S Philpott presided as the panel selected several Beckley and Sandstone residents among jurors and alternates.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Ned H. Ragland
W. A. Rifle
J. Frank Vaughn
O. J. Smith
Beckley
L. S. Philpott
R. E. Turner
Granville Bennett
R. A. Godfrey
Paul Stanley
W. L. Forster, Jr
J. G. Lilly
G. L. Hash
Carlton Cook
Dorothy
R. A. Washington
East Gulf
Grant Logan
Odd
Hampton Thomas
Sophia
W. H. Dean
Calloway Heights
D. C. Stanley
Eccles
Freeland Agee
Fireco
R. M. Meador
Sandstone
Philpott
Riffe
Western Writer Seeks Asylum In Commie Zone
Berlin dispatch reports Reuters correspondent John Peet requesting asylum from East Germany citing American warmongering. He presented a five page denunciation against the United States and Britain, and said he aims to work in the German Democratic Republic. East German officials hosted about 200 attendees. only two Western reporters attended.
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Commie Zone
Berlin
John Peet
Reuters News Agency
Today
Peet
Gerhart Fisler
Reuters
London
German Democratic Republic
Eisler
United States
Britain
Spain
Communist Party
John
Dr. Sander May Be Reinstated
In Wolfeboro New Hampshire the state medical board expects to reinstate Dr Hermann N Sander a Candia physician whose license was revoked last April after he was acquitted of murder in a cancer patient’s death. Board president Dr Paul Dye said reinstatement could occur within days after he applies, with applications due by June 19.
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Associated Press
Wolfeboro
N. H
New Hampshire
Two Men Injured In Fayette Brawls
Oak Hill police report two Fayette County men injured in separate early Sunday incidents. Percy Fruits 26 of Minden was stabbed by pistol fire and treated for chest and abdomen wounds at Oak Hill Hospital. Lewis Shawkey 25 of Fayetteville suffered a fractured skull in a Harlem Heights fight at an entertainment venue near Oak Hill.
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Register
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Oak Hill Hospital
Pearly Elmore
Percy Fruits
Minden
Elmore
Dunloop
Glen Jean
Mr. Hope
Lewis Shawkey
Fayetteville
Harlem Heights
Hungarian Lutheran diocese names cooperative bishop
In Budapest the Hungarian Lutheran Church appoints Rev. Laszlo Dezsery, 36, the new bishop of the nation’s largest Lutheran diocese. He succeeds Lajos Ordass, who was released after nearly 20 months of a two year currency speculation sentence. Dezsery previously urged conciliation with the communist government and warned Lutherans against resisting the socialist revolution.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Hungary
Lutheran Church
Laszlo Dezsery
Lajos Ordass
Ordass
Lutheran World Federation
U. S
Federation
Dezsery
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Car Damage Suit Ready for Jury
Dennis Meadows sues Motors Insurance Corporation in Raleigh County Circuit Court over a fire destroying his auto on January 22, 1950 at Blue Jay. Car valued by five Beckley dealers at 200 to 250 dollars. Judge Ben H. Ashworth signs orders for Universal CILT Credit Corporation to recover 348.86 from Telford and Lillie Belle Johnson. Ethel V. Ballenger awarded custody of two children and 50 dollars monthly support from Elmer H. Ballenger during divorce proceedings. Shrewsbury vs. Meadows II dismissed.
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Dennis Meadows
Motors Insurance Corporation
Raleigh County
Blue Jay
Beckley
Ben H. Ashworth
Universal C.il.t Credit Corporation
Telford
Lillie Belle Johnson
Ethel V. Ballenger
Elmer H. Ballenger
Acy
Aldie Shrewsbury
Walter M. Meadows, Jr
Power Workers Reject New Bid At Power Plant
POWER WORKERS REJECT NEW BID. About 800 workers idle as 200 laborers walk out at the Philip Sporn Power Plant, halting construction on a $66,000,000 project. Huntington Local 521 and Plumbers and Fitters Union officials say picket lines remain, with no direct dispute with management. The rejection followed a meeting called by M. Fancher of Charleston, a union representative. Fancher could not be reached for comment.
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Associated Press
Point Pleasant
Philip Sporn
Huntington
Plumbers and Fitters Union
M. Fancher
Charleston
Fancher
H. E. Duncan
Two Men Jailed on Strip Count Near Glade Creek
State police report Thomas Hampton and Robert Haley of MacArthur were arrested near Glade Creek last night for grand larceny while attempting to strip a car. John Mankin of Beckley faced reckless driving. Russell Mahoney of East Beckley jailed for trespassing. Leonard Burke of Stamford jailed for unlawful wounding. Fred Plumley of Beaver and David Dickerson of Beckley arrested for fighting.
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Thomas Hampton
Robert Haley
MacArthur
Glade Creek
John Mankin
Beckley
Russell Mahoney
East Beckley
Leonard Burke
Stamford
Fred Plumley
Beaver
David Dickerson
Black Hand Society Entered Crime Probe
Senate crime investigators pursue evidence that the Sicilian Black Hand Society known as the Mafia is responsible for major crimes in the United States. The panel, led by Kefauver, seeks immigration and citizenship records to link suspects with the organization, which has long been tied to narcotics and gambling activities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Black Hand Society
United States
Senate Special Crime Investigating Group
Kefauver
D-Tenn
U. S
H. J. Anslinger
Sicily
New Orleans
General Sessions Court
New York
Col
Garland Williams
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Williams
Frank Costello
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Costello
Joseph
Pip-the-Blind
Gajliano
Charles
Little Bullet
Albero
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