Farouk Grants Asylum to Mufti Haj Amin in Cairo Palace
Egypt's foreign minister announced asylum for Haj Amin al Husseini the Mufti of Jerusalem in King Farouk's palace in Cairo He arrived at the Abdin Palace signed the royal visitor book and said he has taken refuge in the palace The move follows his disappearance from France weeks ago amid Arab and Jewish unrest in the Holy Land and mounting British pressure in exile since 1937
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Max Boyd
Associated Press
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Egypt
Nile Kingdom
Maj Amin al Husseini
Jerusalem
France
Farouk
Taya
Haj Amin
Hitler
Palestine
Mufli
Lufli Pasha
Abdin Palace
Yanis
Middle East
Holy Land
Anglo-Dutch-Jap Ring Smashed In East Indies Theft
A British official said special agents recovered a six million dollar stash of gold currency and diamonds from an East Indies theft. The ring tied to British Dutch and Japanese nationals was smashed in Batavia and arrests of officers were reported. Multiple conspirators were expected to be named as investigations continue.
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Stanley Swinton
Associated Press
Singapore
Hesse
East Todies
Batavia
Java
London Daily Mail
Carla Wolff
United Kingdom
Area Boy Scouts To Hold Camporee
This report notes the Appalachian Council of the Boy Scouts of America will stage the first Camporee at Camp Wilderness near Daniels on July 1 to 3. Rev. J B Dryfield of Marianna serves as director with Field Executive Guy Amato describing the event as a Scouts demo.
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Appalachian Council of the
Camp Wilderness
Dan 7Iels
J. B. Dryfield
Marianna
Advancement Council of the District
Guy Amato
The
Register
Amato
Dryfield
Amata
Local rents being quickly adjusted in Raleigh County
Harold G. Lambert of the Raleigh County Rent Control Board reported 7 380 county farmers registered their property. Rent violations in Beckley decreased as landlords settled with tenants without rent control contact. Only one informal complaint arose in three days of landlord statements. End of Blue Ridge Bus Strike may be near as Blue Ridge workers vote to return under conditions.
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Harold G. Lambert
Raleigh County Rent Control Board
County Faimlares
Beckley
Lambert
Rent Control Office
Blue Ridge
Associated Preza
Washington
Blue Ridge Bus Line
Street Scene Chaos Near Beckley Avenue
A street scene ends in surprise as a hearse stops on Beckley Avenue drawing onlookers who witness men in a glinting rear door and a handbag emptying incident near Neville Street service station. A man leaps from a car to inspect tires as he runs over and bursts an air hose. Nearby, Mullens a well known local businessman, walks with a dog to a public fountain on Guyandotte Avenue.
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Neville Street
Mullens
Guyandotle Avenue
Plan for world atomic control divides U N arms talks
United Nations Atomic Energy Control Commission members weighed a Russian scheme to outlaw atomic weapons and require immediate destruction within three months of ratification. The plan contrasts sharply with Bernard Baruch's U S conditions for pooling atomic know-how, proposing two international committees and harsh sanctions for violations.
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Charles A. Grumich
Associated Press
New York
United Nations Atomic Energy Control Commission
United States
U. S
Bernard M. Baruch
Norfolk St Louis Highway Proposed as U S Route 460
Federal designation would link Norfolk Virginia to St Louis Missouri via Lynchburg Roanoke Bluefield Pikeville Louisville Evansville Mount Vernon and across the Missouri River. Virginia West Virginia Kentucky Indiana Illinois Missouri highway officials approved the plan for submission to the American Association of Highway Officials.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Norfolk
St. Louis
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
J. Taylor Frazier
Bluefield Automobile Club
Frazier
American Association of Highway Officials
T. H. Cutler
Bluefield Club
Louisville
U. S
New 1946 47 Auto Tags Become Legal Today
The Associated Press reports that West Virginia authorizes the 1946 47 automobile license tags today. Use of the new tags becomes mandatory on July 1 with no grace period. The road commission allows either the old or new tags until July 1.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Road Commission
Latin American Aid Looms In U.S. Food Crisis
Washington reports Latin American nations will supply at least 800000 tons of additional food for the pre harvest emergency. Hoover announced the International Emergency Food Council will take over famine relief duties from the Combined Food Board and allocate supplies through 1947. Argentina is poised to provide a large share of exports during May through August amid regional shortages.
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Martin Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Latin- America
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Truman
Argentina
Combined Food Board
International Emergency Food Council
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Australia
Belgium
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China
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France
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Turkey
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Great Britain
Canada
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Internation
Columbia
Venezula
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Mexico
Ecuador
Peru
Raleigh County Officials Review School Finances
Raleigh County school officials will meet with the State Board of School Finance in the Department of Education offices to study next year's budget and fund allocation. The advisory session aims to outline expenditures for a nine month school year and prepare local budgets. Further regional meetings follow in Romney Clarksburg and Wheel ing after Charlesto n’s session.
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Raleigh County
State Board of School Finance
Department of Education
County Court House
W. W. Trent
Iso
D. W. Bryson
State Finance Board
Brief Rites Set For White Infant
Brief rites will be conducted at 3 o'clock this afternoon at a Ma Ben cemetery for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. White of Amigo who died shortly after birth in a local hospital. Surviving are the parents three brothers the paternal grandfather Alva White of Bluefield and the maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Osborne of Virginia.
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Maben
E. J. White
Amigo
Tenn
Charles Keith
Larry Lee
Alva White
Bluefield
A. C. Osborne
Virginia
Pelevision Raises Ringside Buzz From TV Viewers
New York crowd watches Joe Louis vs Billy Conn via NBC television with about 100000 viewers. TV viewers in Rockefeller Center studios enjoy a closer, clearer view than ringside, while NBC rejects fake ropes and offers free programs.
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Howard Cowan
Associated Press
New York
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis-Billy Conn
National Broadcasting Co
Kave Af Conn
Washington
Philadelphia
Schenectady
Jukebox Sige
NBSC
NBC
N.B.C
Absentees Delay Raleigh County Murder Trial
The trial of Ray Clowney Lilly for murder was continued to the next Criminal Court term by Judge W A Riffe after several key witnesses failed to appear. Lilly allegedly killed his father in law J W Bradford in Odd following a dispute between Bradford and Lillys wife.
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Ray Clowney Lilly
Odd
Raleigh County
W. A. Riffe
Wiliam A. Thornhill, Jr
Lilly
J. W. Bradford
Trial Of Roberts Suit Against Newspaper Firm Postponed
U S District Judge Ben Moore granted a postponement requested by William Thomas Roberts former Beckley police chief. The $100 000 malice suit against Beckley Newspapers Corporation will continue until next January. The case stemmed from newspaper criticism that led to Roberts dismissal and civil service loss. The federal grand jury returned 20 indictments after completing its deliberations yesterday.
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Roberts
Associated Pres
Bluefield
Ben Moore
U.S. District Court
William Thomas Roberts
Beckley
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley Force
Federal Grand Jury
Viscose Plants Face CIO Walkout Tonight
Negotiations for a new contract between American Viscose Corporation and CIO Textiles Workers Union reach a showdown as midnight nears and the old agreement expires. Union leaders say talks yielded no progress, while company officials warn workers may stop work across East Coast plants.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
American Viscose Corporation
Reading Rayon
Ue CG. I. O.‘Textile Workers Union
Fred A. Kraffl
Wesley Cooke
Cooke
Meadville
Marcus Hock
Lewistown
Appraisal Asked Of Pyle Property
The City of Beckley filed an amended petition in county court to appoint appraisal commissioners in a condemnation suit against Roy E. and Ruth C. Pyles for Barwood Street property. The city seeks to widen Barwood Street and sidewalk between Woodlawn Avenue and Heber Street, with 390 square feet in dispute. City Recorder William Laren noted a right of way has been secured on all Barwood Street properties except the Pyles parcel.
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City of
City Recorder
William Laren
Barwood Street
Pyles
Huntington Man Charged in Wife’s Fatal Shooting
Paul Ward, 37, was charged with murder after his 19 year old wife Anna Ward was shot three times at their Huntington home. Coroner reports she died in bed as Ward’s statement claims he acted after a knife threat. Ward’s six year old son was present. a six month old son also survives.
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Associated Press
Huntington — Manistrate
E.M. Midkiff
Paul Ward
Mursider
F. X. Schutter
Anna Ward
Edward H. Greene
Ward
Jat. Jn
Moore Signals Debate On Vinson Chief Justice Vote
Senator Moore of Oklahoma signaled a possible floor debate today as the Senate prepares to confirm Fred M. Vinson as the 13th chief justice. Democratic leaders expect overwhelming approval with bi partisan support, though Moore may address the Judiciary Committee stance. The committee approved Vinson's nomination. McCarran noted near unanimity aside from one member. The aim is harmony on a court described as openly divided, following Justice Jackson's public remarks about Justice Black.
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McCarran
D-Nev
Senate
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo L. Black
Black
Trap Hill Upping Priority for Lester Maben Road Link
Trap Hill District road committee places top priority on the mile and a third Lester Maben road segment. A Slap Fork panel backs five miles linking Lester to Mullens via Soulsville and Maben. A three mile stretch near Maben Wyoming County may get State Road Commission approval as a secondary road with Federal aid. Additional projects include Clays Branch drainage and resurfacing, Maple Meadow farm to market road, and connections from forks to Lester and Belt Road.
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Trap Hill
Lester-Maben
H. J. Oram
Lester Good Roads Committee
O Day
Olam
Lester
Miullens
Soulseville
Mahen
Wyoming County
State Road Commission
Federal Public Roads Administration
District Road Committee
Clays Branch
Maple Meadow Farm
Forks
School House
School
Progress Reported in Conciliatory Air at Foreign Ministers Meet
A Paris dispatch says the Foreign Ministers Council agreed to evacuate British and American troops from Mali and Russian troops from Bulgaria within 90 days after their peace treaties take effect. The group also adopted a Soviet counter proposal for an Allied Treaty Inspection Commission in Rome to supervise treaty terms. Discussion on the French Mali frontier and on Trieste and reparations continued amid small economic questions.
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Vie Associated Press
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Maly
Bulgaria
Britain
Russia
United States
France
Italy
Rome
Trieste
Hearing Docketed In Route 3 Suit
City of Beckley files a condemnation suit against Addie Rhodes to acquire property for widening Route 3 at Third Avenue and Second Street. A court hearing is set. minutes from February 22 indicate the State Road Commission tied road work to rights of way from adjacent properties including the Standard Brands Building.
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Beckley
Addie Rhodes
Third Avenue
Second Street
Bill File
City Council I
Rhodes
City of Beckley
C. A. Alten
State Road Commission
Standard Brands
Second Avenue
Beaver Avenue
South Fayette Street
Henry Powell
Model Log Cabin Becomes Playhouse After Disappearance
The log cabin replica of Gen Alfred Beckleys first home on the County Courthouse grounds vanished after being given to Boyd Hutchinson. Clerk Harry Anderson said it became an eyesore and was offered to several residents before Hutchinson accepted it. Deputy Tom Lewis suspects it is now a playhouse for Hutchinson's daughter. the CCC-built cabin dated to Beckley’s 1938 centennial celebration.
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Alfred Becksley
Harry Anderson
Register
Boyd Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Tom Lewis
CCC
Frank Halstead
Beck-ley
Weather outlook for West Virginia with scattered thundershowers
West Virginia forecast calls for scattered thundershowers and warm afternoon temperatures then showers ending Friday afternoon. Partial clearing and cooler conditions expected tonight. Yesterday’s high reached 80 and overnight low near 22. Precipitation 0.23 inch in the 24 hours ending noon today.
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West Virginia
Army Researchers Predict Weapons to Dwarf World War II
Maj. Gen. Aldren H. Waitt told the House Appropriations Committee that chemical and biological weapons under development could surpass World War II violence. He urged war be stopped, noting peacetime uses from cancer research to glaucoma drugs while detailing planned arsenals and research sites.
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Washington
Army
War Department
House
Waitt
Sam
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CWS
Edgewood
Denver
Colo
Huntsville
Ala
Pine Bluff
Ark
Camp Detriex
Dugway
Utah
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