Draft Wallace movement grows for California rally
Former vice president Henry Wallace signals a “Draft Henry Wallace for President” push as he urges Truman and Stalin to meet in Berlin to discuss peace. In Los Angeles, Robert Kenny announces a Fresno meeting July 19 to form a Wallace slate for the 1948 Democratic convention. Wallaces’ rally at Watergate draws 8 500 attendees and $8 000 in donations while praising a Berlin conference and the 1948 election.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry Wallace
Berlin
Wallace
Truman
California
Stalin
Robert W. Kenny
Los Angeles
Fresno
Calif
Kenny
Progressive Citizens of America
Watergate
Lincoln Memorial
Memorial Brdge
Offents
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
1948
House Opens Big Spending Bill With 1948 Funds
The House takes up the largest appropriation bill of the year worth 8.17 billion dollars for over 30 federal agencies. Democrats say the committee overstated savings while Republicans claim about 5 billion in total cuts from a 37.5 billion budget, though many amendments were unlikely.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Truman
GOP
Iowa Residents Eye The Levees Amid Flood Watch
Residents along the Mississippi river towns in Missouri and Illinois brace for record flood levels as Iowa floods recede. Army engineers bolster levees near Canton Quincy Hannibal and Alexandria while Coast Guard prepares rescue units for areas near Quincy Illinois and Keokuk Iowa. West Virginia Day closures close the Fayette Street employment service office Friday June 20 per N B Underwood.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
Mississippi River
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
U. S. Coast Guard
Quincy
Hunt Lima Lake
Indian Grove
Fabius
W. VA
West Virginia
Auto Strikes Cow On Mt Hope Road Near Prosperity Road
A car driven by Alvin L. Tucker of Price Hill struck a cow on U S Highway 1921 near the Prosperity road intersection last night per State Police. Damage to the car was about $300. The cow, owner undetermined, was killed due to injuries. No arrest was made.
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Alvin L. Tucker
Price Hill
Savino Forfeits Bond On Lottery Charge
Joe Savino, an employee of the Sportsman Grill, forfeited a $55 bond in police court for selling baseball tip tickets in a lottery case. Police Judge James Henderson noted the forfeiture after Savino failed to appear last night to answer the charge. an officer testified he found a bowl with a few tickets on a counter around 1 o clock yesterday afternoon.
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Joe Savino
Sportsman Grill
James Henderson
Savino
James Ray Morris
Ofcer
Ministers Plan Visit to Cabell Gambling Sites
Huntington mayor Doug las C. Tomkies said the city would cooperate and provide a police escort to ministers planning a personal probe of reports of commercial gambling in Huntington, following a tentative plan to visit suspected sites.
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Cabell
Associated Press
Huntington
Douglas C. Tomkies
Yale Professor Rebuts Proportion of Alcoholism Among Women
Yale physiologist E M Jellinek argues in Journal on Studies in Alcohol that drinking has not increased markedly overall since grandma days. He notes female chronic alcoholism fell from 1910 to 1945 and rose less than the male rate after the last prohibition era, despite more people drinking.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
E. M. Jellinck
Yale
Jellinek
Quarterly Journal On
Yaboday
Nazi Youth Not Absorbing The Democratic Way
Gen Lucius J Clay reported Germanys youth had not absorbed democratic principles since V E Day. He blamed weak German leadership and noted strides in democratization, urging revival of moral and spiritual forces. In the American zone 2,299,507 youths ages 10 to 18, only 890,416 in groups.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Lucius J. Clay
Germany
Clay
Reich
Commies Disrupt Hungarian Freedom Rally at Miskolc
In Miskolc a Szabad Sag party rally was interrupted by intruders who backed Communist leaders. Police fought rioters outside as the meeting adjourned with numerous injuries and arrests amid a tense clash near the Yugoslav border.
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Associated Press
Szeged
Hungary
Dezso Sulyok
Szabadsag (Freedom
Miskolc
Sulyok
National Assembly
Tisza
Stalin
Freedom Party
Tiny Donna Mae Randash Died After Short Life
Miles City Mont Tiny Donna Mae Randash smallest of Randash quadruplets died just before midnight last night at 65 hours old The three siblings remain in good health Parents Mrs Edward Randash and Dr Elna Howard note the smallest baby weighed one and one half pounds at birth Other twins Dorothy and Dolores weighed two pounds 15 ounces and Dean weighed three and one half pounds A nurse fed Donna Mae with an eye dropper for the first time yesterday and oxygen support had been used in attempts to save her life
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Associated Press
Miles City
Mont
Donna Mae Randash
Randash
Edward Randash
Baker, Mont
Elna Howard
Dorothy
Dolores
Dean
Donna Mae
Truman Says Program Would Prevent A War
President Truman told Princeton audiences universal training is a military necessity to deter totalitarian encroachment. He argued such training prevents war and supports free nations, urging stronger government leadership and higher civil service pay, while noting a presidential commission favors universal training and a public campus program for civilian workers.
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Associated Press
Princeton, N. J
Truman
Couny
Congress
Great Violinist Huberman Dies In Geneva
The Associated Press reports violinist Bronislaw Huberman, 64, a famed artist who played before emperors and served as court violinist to the Queen of Romania, died at his Nant Sur Corsier home after returning from a concert tour. Born near Warsaw in Poland, he began public appearances at seven and remained a leading figure in classical music despite political upheavals.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Bronislaw Huberman
United States
Nant Sur Corsier
Waly
Huberman
Franz Josef
Romania
Szestochowa
Poland
Warsaw
Johannes Brahms
Associated
E. I. Worthington
Public Roads Administration
U. S
Hurricane
Coal Mountain
Gilmer County
Worthington
Calhoun County
Latonia
Money Stolen Before Bank Deposit Reported
Mrs Mildred Humphrey of Maxwell Hill reported to city police yesterday that $72 was stolen before she could deposit it at a local bank. The money was carried in a small change purse on the counter near the teller's window and included three ten dollar bills and two one dollar bills.
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Mildred Humphrey
Maxwell Hill
Kilgore presses to end patent monopolies on federally funded research
Senator Kilgore of West Virginia says he will press to revise patent policy on federally financed research. He argues current rules let a few manufacturers profit from taxpayer funded discoveries, raising prices and restricting access. He plans to offer amendments to pending bills to curb patent monopolies and ensure results are available to all.
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Kilgore
Associated Press
Washington
D-W.va
Weston
Ja Heen
State MP Helps Save Two Lives
A state member of parliament aided a rescue that saved two lives in an incident involving military personnel. The effort, credited to the legislator, helped evacuate or protect two individuals identified as Winford M. Carr of Virginia and Ray Wanickzyk of Chicago.
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Japan
Army Arts
Winford M. Carr
Pfe
Ray- Wanickzyk
Chicago
Indictments Sought Over Huntington Fraternity Gang Attacks
Huntington prosecutors plan to seek indictments from the October Grand Jury in at least two cases involving Huntington Central High School fraternity members accused of beating students. One victim suffered severe eye injuries. another incurred about 4000 in medical costs from a severe head injury. Witnesses hesitated to talk, fearing further beatings. The attackers were linked to Sigma Mu, formed at the high school about 15 years ago and banned by authorities, though the charges allege actions by individuals not the fraternity as an organization. The fraternity reportedly counted sons of prominent local families among its about 40 members.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Huntington Central High School
Edward H. Greene
James Wilkerson
Wwere
Sigma Mu
Wilkerson
Rangs
Rhodes Land Appraised At One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
The Addie Rhodes property corner of Third Avenue and Second Street, needed for Route 3 widening in Beckley, was appraised at 1250 dollars. The city board of appraisers and City Attorney William H. File Jr. note a 19 1 2 foot by eight foot section. Mrs Rhodes or the city may reject the appraisal, with exceptions due within ten days. If disputed, the case goes to jury trial. appraisal to be presented to city council on June 24.
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Addie Rhodes
Third Avenue
Second Street
Beckley
William H. File, Jr
Board of Appraisers
G. A. Mohler, Sr
Joe L. Smith
B. McMillan
Howard Phipps
H. J. Crawford
Beckley Man Waives Hearing on Larceny Charge
Clarence Basham of Beckley waived a preliminary hearing on a grand larceny charge. Magistrate G O Mills set a $500 bond. Basham, employed at Modern Furniture Company, was arrested by city police for allegedly taking company furniture.
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Clarence Basham
Beckley
G. 0. Mills
Basham
Modern Furniture Company
Shipowners To Meet Union Officials Today
Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson arranged a meeting in New York to end a shipping tieup labeled a strike by owners and a lockout by unions. The stoppage has halted some East and Gulf port sailings, with the United States liner American possibly held at New York, and 601 NMU crew members called off. A 20 man mobilization committee was formed to rally CIO unions in support, while cooks and stewards seek new contracts and pay boosts for radio operators.
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Associated, Press
New York
John W. Gibson
East
Gulf Coast
United States
Europe
National Maritime Union
CIO
Paul Palazzi
NMU
CIO Wnions
American Federation of Labor Unions
Baltimore
National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
James A. Crain
Irv Dworth
Anchorage
Gibson
Ake
Labor Department
Nathan Feinsinger
U. S. Conciliation Service
Washington
American Communications] Association
CIC
Defense Changes In Murder Trial In Charleston Case
Fay D. Oliver, innocent of murder charge in slaying of John B. Morrison, argues a would be robber shot the shipping supervisor. Opening statements claim two shootings may have occurred morning of March 15. Witnesses place Morrison far from hotel after being shot and robbed, with about 48 dollars recovered. Authorities say Oliver described the killer as Morrison, undercutting his prior admission.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Fay D. Oliver
John B. ‘Morrison
Glass Company
Sam D. Lepinsky
Oliver
Morrison
Charleston Street
Air Safety Study Group Convenes
Five experts named by President Truman begin an air safety inquiry after 146 airline deaths since May. James M. Landis chairs the panel as it meets at 1 30 p m EST to map the investigation following the Capital Airlines DC 4 disaster with 40 fatalities in Virginia. The group will probe navigational aids use and pilot workload on four engined airliners.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
E.S.T
Capital Airlines
Virginia
Landes
Jury Denies Lad Damages for Hand Injuries
Shirley Wickline an 11 year old Mabscott youth sought 15000 from William Hopkins for the loss of two fingers and a thumb after a dynamite cap explosion in Mabscott elementary school. A Raleigh County circuit court jury ruled for Hopkins, finding no negligence in leaving the cap accessible to a child. The case, brought by L. Wickline, focused on alleged failure to secure dynamite materials.
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Shirley Wickline
Mabscott
William Hopkins
Raleigh County
Young Wickline
4. L. Wickline
Hopkins
Weather summary for Virginia and Beckley briefed
The report notes fair weather in Virginia with a warm Wednesday and partly cloudy skies tonight. Beckley recorded a high around 70 and a low near 50. A brief weather summary mentions no precipitation in the past 24 hours.
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Beckley
Bam
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