Mufti Heads New High Arab Group
The Arab League directed rival Arab factions in Palestine to reconcile and unite under an executive committee led by Jerusalem’s Grand Mufti Taj Amin Effendi al Husseini. After a five day session, the Palestine Higher Committee and the Higher Front were dissolved and replaced by the new leadership.
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Associated Press
Bluedan
Syria
Palestine
Arab League
Mufti
Taj Amin Effendi al Husseini
Deadly crash injures many as train derails near Bluefield
Eyewitnesses in a town watched the wreck when the Arrow maiden trip failed. Two Navy corpsmen arrived first at the scene and reported the engineer and fireman dead. Among the wounded were Mrs. Raymond Hibner of Huntington and others in Bluefield Ashland and Roanoke, with several listed by name.
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Arrow
Northfork
Bluefield
Navy
Jacok Sizemore
Cereda
W. Va
Richard Bownard
Raymond Hibner
Huntington
Jeanette Hibner
C. R. Walker
Elie Frazer
H. Davis
Ashland
Fred H. Gold
Camp Meade
Mad
C. J. Washington
Portsmouth
S. M. Ling
Roanoke
Myles Foland, Jr
James L. Dodson
Eccles
Costas Manas
Columbus
Trial recounts Tojo case and Pearl Harbor trigger
Allied prosecutors open with treaties Japan allegedly violated in a war empire drive. Defense objects to maps but tribunal accepts them. Keenan seeks more evidence from the United States as the trial likely spans two months.
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Tojo
William Webb
Alan Mansfield
Australia
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Joseph B. Keenan
United States
Oil salvage from weathered tank bottom settles
Oil containing up to 17 percent microcrystalline wax par affin a high melting point has been salvaged from weathered tank bottom settlings using processes developed in government laboratories.
Council Eyes September Vote on UN Break Relations Plan
Progress reported on a compromise plan delaying any UN break with General Franco. The proposal would let the assembly decide when to urge or compel action in September, or to act if relations are not severed. Debates on the issue had been postponed twice as delegates jockeyed for position.
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United Nations
Francisco Franco
Shipmen wage hikes eyed in federal board report
Government owned vessels and ship operators clash over a tentative settlement plan. Proposals include a 17.50 monthly wage increase for seamen with overtime starting after 48 hours, a 56 hour work week, and a 20 percent raise minus one cent per hour for Pacific coast tongshoremen, echoed by a federal fact finding board last month. Meanwhile Miss Betty Jo Hipes of Whipple was taken to Kanawha Valley Hospital for infantile paralysis treatment.
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Whipple
Betty Jo Hipes
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Charleston
8. D. Hipes
OPA Grants Hike For Restaurants
Washington OPA opened the way for higher restaurant prices while partially following a Senate Banking Committee recommendation. The agency issued an order allowing new menu prices to reflect higher costs from price ceilings on food items.
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Washington
O.P.A
Senate Banking Committee
Millison threatens suicide as police urge entry during crisis
Police Edwin Birrell and James L. Thrift attempted to persuade Millison for 30 minutes from an eighth floor window after blood was seen dripping from a higher level. The incident followed a disputed royal succession in Italy and a flight toward Pisa amid political turmoil, with Umberto contested by the republic movement and the cabinet granting De Gasperi expanded powers. Meanwhile cub scouting training for new packs was planned by Guy Amato in Clover church basement.
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Jrepair
Edwin Birrell
James L. Thrift
Birrell
Thrift
Millison
Fire Department
Rome
Umberto
Supreme Court
Pisa
San Rossore
de Gasperi
Halian
Umberta
Ricardo Lombardi
Naples
Taranto
Supreme Court of Cassation
House of Savoy
Marianna
Guy Amato
Beckley
Boy Scouts
Clover Church
Ey incident ends with Millison's death
Firemen attempted to place nets beneath the Ey when Millison attacked them by dropping a chair and leaping from it. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police found a bloody razor blade in the room and reported slash marks on Milli son’s wrists.
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Millison
Fayette Residents Seek Gas and Water Deals at City Hall
Oak Hill area residents from Pea Ridge Salem Hilltop and Greentown plan a July 2 meeting at city hall with local gas and water company officials. Representatives include A A Argabright N W Shorter Mrs R L Munins C C Skaggs Jack Burgess J L Elkins Miss Dorothy Harris Miss Ira Smith Thompson Owen Rickard Fayette Chamber secretary and J H Miller county farm agent assist in coordinating the effort to obtain utility services.
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Register
Walter Oak
Help for the hard of hearing offered at Cohen Drug Co
An advertisement invites men and women with hearing loss to try Ourine Ear Drops in a simple syringe test. If hearing does not improve, customers receive a money back guarantee. The offer urges readers to ask about the product at Cohen Drug Co.
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Cohen Drug Co
Sophia woman dies. mother also passes in Waynesville double rite
Mrs. Lucille Marie Smith 32 dies at her Sophia home about four hours after her mother Mrs. George Queen dies in Waynesville North Carolina. Funeral services for the Sophia woman will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Sophia Methodist Church with Rev Kennedy officiating. The body will then be taken to Waynesville for a double rite for both women. Survivors include her father George Queen of Waynesville her husband Roy Smith of Sophia and four children Kermit Thomas Norma and
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Lucille Marie Smith
Sophia
George Queen
Waynesville
N. C
Sophia Methodist Church
Kennedy
Roy Smith
Kermit, Thomas
Norma
Rabies Epidemic Prompts Trapper Deployment in West Virginia
An epidemic of rabies among central West Virginia foxes prompts measures. Several people attacked, and livestock may be endangered. Conservation Commission will send two trappers, Doy Rollyson and H. E. Hefner, to Harrison County to set snares and teach trapping. Johnson and state veterinarian Dr. T. C. Green urge farmers and sportsmen to pen dogs and keep them from woods while the outbreak continues, calling it a serious problem.
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West Virginia
Frank Johnson
The
Conservation Commission
Harrison County
Doy Rollyson
H. E. Hefner
Johnson
T. C. Green
Coal Industry Expected to Prosper Through Travel Comfort
Bowman predicts a long period of prosperity for the coal industry driven by shipments and production. C O officials assert that offering convenience, courtesy, luxury, and speed at reasonable rates will retain passenger patronage. He will speak at the West Virginia Mining Institute mid year meeting in Huntington with Wind ing Gulf and New River operators attending and C R Bourland of New River Company Mt Hope also slated to speak.
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Bowman
West Virginia Mining Institute
Huntington
New River
C. R. Bourland
New River Company
Mt. Hope
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