Senate Racket Busters Marked Progress in Probe
Senate crime investigators disclosed a St. Louis gambling firm, C. J. Rich and Co., running a $500000-a-day mail order and telegraph bookie operation on horse and baseball bets. Kefauver named the firm and said records are with investigators.
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Senate
Washington
St. Louis
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Crime Investigating Committee
C. J. Rich and Co
Post Office
Clifton C. Garner
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
U. S
James V. Bennett
American Bar Association
Lausche
Fight Planned Against Phony Tax Measure
Washington House Republicans map strategy over a proposed excise tax cut critics call a phony relief plan. The measure would slash taxes on luxuries by about 1.01 billion dollars, offset by higher corporate taxes, with debate over spending cuts and revenue impact.
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Associated Press
Washington House
Martin
Massachusetts
Rep
Kean
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
Doughton
D-Nc
Citizenship promised to hand picked aliens for Army enlistment
Congress approved a measure offering citizenship after five years of service to 2,500 foreigners who enlist in the U S Army. A Senate bill would raise this to 10,000 with no time limit. Critics feared spies for or against the United States, while supporters argued the need for foreign language and terrain knowledge. The plan requires serving in established units and hand picked non Communist volunteers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
U. S
House
Senate
Truman
Vinson
Armed Services Committee
United States
Foreign Legion
Army
Draft Act Kept Alive by Stopgap 15 Day Extension
Washington report on the 1948 Selective Service Act extension. Congress approved a 15 day stopgap extension to midnight with Truman to sign. Senate backed a three year draft law extension after a key compromise while House and Senate differences linger. The president’s authority to order inductions remains limited. Republican senators pressed for tighter drafting restrictions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
Action on Coffee Measure Sought
Washington D C Rep Burnside predicts coffee could reach one dollar per pound if production is not boosted. He will seek an early hearing for a bill to spur Southeast Asian production to increase the world crop and challenge Brazil. He notes rising consumption and falling output portend higher prices. Coffee now sells about 75 to 80 cents retail.
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Associated Press
Washington
Rep
Burnside
D-Wva
Southeast Asia
Brazil
Weather Forecast for West Virginia June 23 to 28
Extended forecast shows temperatures about four degrees above normal with warm southern counties and brief cooling in the north on Saturday and Monday. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms through Tuesday, rainfall total about one third to one half inch. Rivers above normal stage and clear in Greenbrier, Bluestone Reservoir above normal and muddy.
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W. Va
Beckley
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Distress Noted Here Pilot Not Injured In Capital Crash
West Virginia Air National Guard First Lt. James Greene, 27, Huntington, walked away uninjured after an emergency landing at Kanawha Airport. His two seater trainer overshot the runway, hitting the instrument shelter and suffering damage to the left wing tip, landing gear, and tail. Greene said he ran out of gas after a 2 hour 15 minute routine flight in the Charleston area. Colonel Kemp McLaughlin said the pilot reported distress over Beckley Mt. Hope Airport before landing in Charleston. he later said the National Guard plane pilot had not been in the Beckley area.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia Air National Guard
Kanawha
James Greene
Huntington
Kemp McLaughlin
Beckley-Mt. Hope
National Guard
McLaughlin
Beckley
Ban on Firetrap Strands Students in New York
Six hundred college students were stranded in New York after the Coast Guard declared the chartered liner Svalbard a firetrap and halted its Europe sailing. The 6800 ton ship, owned by Norway, had been hired for 200000 by the National Student Association led by Robert Kelly of St Peter’s College. Inspectors cited narrow stairways, unsafe bunks, and no automatic fire alarm as the issues forcing the ban.
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Associated Press
New York
Coast Guard
Europe
Svalbard
United States
National Student Association
Robert Kelly
St. Peter's College
Jersey City
N. J
Rotterdam
Helen Bryan
Sarah Lawrence College
NSA
Pemberton Resident Charged with Assault
Clyde Taylor of Pemberton waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate J P Meadows on felonious assault against Max Lilly of Midway last night. Taylor was released on $500 bond. Julia Richmond of Midway swore out the warrant. Deputy Sheriff Isaac Buckland made the arrest.
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Clyde Taylor
Pemberton
J. P. Meadows
Max Lilly
Midway
Julia Richmond
Lilly
Isaac Bucksland
Defendant Denies Theft and Sale of Stolen Vehicle
In Raleigh County Court James Cecil Young denied taking part in a Woodlawn Avenue theft and driving the car for a Fayette County sale. He claimed Chambers, who pleaded guilty earlier, framed him and said he did not know of the theft until three days later. Chambers testified they pushed the car, drove to Oak Hill, and sold it for cash and a questionable $200 check.
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James Cecil Young
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Jay Chambers
Woodlawn Avenue
Young
Chambers
Fayette County
Oak Hill
Beckley
Raleigh
Roy Barney
Cool Ridge
B. B. Herron
W. A. Riffe
Crashboat Rescues Eight Fliers After Guam Crash
Eight men of a 11 man B-29 crew were saved by a crashboat 140 miles off Guam Far East Air Force headquarters said. Three others are missing. one was seen while trying to reach a lifeboat. The missing crew members are sought as Navy units push an air and sea hunt toward the area. The B 29 was from Guam’s 19th Bomb Wing and was returning from a practice mission to Okinawa when contact was lost yesterday afternoon. The Guam to Okinawa leg is about 1 100 miles.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Guam
Far East Air Force Headquarters
NAVY
Okinawa
Reds Told to Foment Unrest in Europe
East German politburo orders purge of Titoists and stepped up underground activity to create unrest across Europe. Reports from Rome Paris and Berlin tie this to post election jitters after North Rhine Westphalia vot e results showing 5.5 percent for communists.
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Europe
Pres
Berlin
Politburo
France
Italy
Moscow
Rome
Paris
Yugoslavia
North Rhine - Westphalia
Socialist Threatgrounds France in Crucial Vote
France faces a pivotal moment as the Socialist Party threatens to topple Premier Georges Bidault's government over wage demands. The Socialists pledge to vote against confidence if unsatisfied, while coal-steel talks in Western Europe proceed. Their backing comes from France's large state workforce.
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Paris
France
Socialist Party
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
West Europe
Assembly
Tommowet Bidault
A Bit Painful
A San Francisco taxicab driver Nicholas Rasberry, 44, told police he shot himself in a despondent moment over a love affair. He described a bullet hole in his head after the self inflicted wound. The incident led to ambulance transport and hospital treatment.
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San Francisco
Nicholas Rasberry
Rasberry
Married 26 Years Seeks Annulment in ABC of Court
Roland Clendening, married in Wheeling West Virginia twenty six years ago, sues for annulment after his wife Alice left after eight days claiming marriage to escape her parents. He pursued contact for years, heard rumors of divorce, but could not verify them. On April 11 she wrote that she had neither divorced nor annulled the marriage.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Roland Clendening
Wheeling
W. Va
Alice
Alice Clendening
Lightning kills fleeing convict at Florida church ruin
In Florida, a lightning bolt killed convict Angelo Massina as he fled across a field near Winter Haven, crippling his escape and injuring another inmate. The bolt damaged a church, burned the Christian Science Church, and struck a nearby baseball game at the Naval Air Station, knocking down eight players and an umpire, with several players revived by artificial respiration.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Angelo Massina
Winter Haven
M. L. Fletcher
Bartow State Road
Fletcher
Massina
Robert W. McKay
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Charles Webb
Christian Science Church
Lausche Praises Truman and Acheson at Governors Luncheon
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche praised President Truman and Secretary of State Acheson after a Democratic Governors luncheon. Truman rejected Lausche's Ohio Senate tossup view between Taft and Ferguson, urging election of real Democrats to the House and Senate. Lausche called the President pleasant and delightful.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Truman
State Acheson
Lausche
Robert A. Taft
Joseph T Ferguson
Senate
House of Representatives
Taft
Ferguson
Liquor spending falls to 1944 low in 1949
The Commerce Department reports Americans spent less on liquor in 1949 than since 1944, totaling about $8.55 billion, a drop of $250 million from 1948 and $1.09 billion below 1947. Per capita spending averaged $57.50 for all, $90 for those over 21, with hard liquor and beer declines driving the reduction.
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Commerce Department
Department
Arms for Foreign Nations disputed in Senate drive
Washington officials pressed a United States Senate plan to fund and place modern weapons on Europe’s defense frontier excluding atomic bombs. Senator Connally led the $1.2225 billion foreign arms program into its second year amid Republican opposition over three key points including unilateral arms transfers, credit sales to allies, and Marshall Plan funds for military use.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
America
Europe
Connally
Texas
Truman
United States
U. S
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Alabama Youth Wins National Miles Title By Robert Retzlaff
In Asbury Park New Jersey 14 year old Robert Retzlaff of Montgomery Alabama won the national boys marbles championship defeating Freddie Cunningham of Huntington West Virginia in the final He had qualified for today’s final without preliminaries Two weeks earlier he captured the Southern regional title Kay Allen 13 of Greensboro North Carolina won the girls title yesterday.
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Lin Associated
Asbury Park
N. J
Robert Retzlaff
Montgomery
Ala
Retzlaff
Freddie Cunningham
Huntington
W. Va
Kay Allen
Greensboro
N. C
Four Die in Crash of Attack Plane
BEDFORD Virginia four men died when a Navy experimental AJ-1 attack plane crashed near Bedford during its first transcontinental test flight from Edwards AFB California to Patuxent Maryland. The jet assisted craft fell into brush and trees. a Defense Department spokesman confirmed four aboard.
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Associated Press
Bedford
Navy
Edwards Air Force Base
Cailf
Patuxent
Department of Defense
Coal Tonnage Report Reflects 1949 Strike Impact
The Associated Press reports the National Coal Association estimates bituminous production for the week ended June 17 at 10,510,000 tons, far above last year’s 2,190,000 when miners were idle due to John L. Lewis and a strike. The week ended June 10 registered 10,790,000 tons.
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Asoviated
Washington
National Coal Association
John L. Lewis
Johnson Links U S Security to Far East Position
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson said American security depends on how the United States maintains its position in the Far East. He and Gen. Omar N. Bradley traveled through the Pacific gathering facts to shape policy toward Japan and ensure U S security and world peace. They planned a brief Anchorage stopover before Washington, after meeting MacArthur and key Pacific commanders. They visited the Philippines, Japan and Okinawa during the trip.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Louis Johnson
United States
America
Far East
Johnson
Defense
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Armed Forces
Department of Defense
Bradley
Anchorage
Alaska
Washington
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Pacific
Western
Philippines
Okinawa
Strikes May Hit Auto Industry
Detroit reports two potential auto industry strikes as CIO United Auto Workers threaten a 30,000 Briggs Manufacturing workers walkout at 10 a.m. Monday and authorize 10,000 at Hudson Motor Car Company. No date set. disputes center on matching General Motors contract terms. A Briggs strike could force 13,000 Chrysler workers to face layoffs for lack of Briggs car bodies. Packard would be affected as well.
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Associated Press
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Hudson Motor Car Company
Briggs and Hudson
UMW
General Motors Corporation
Briggs
Chrysler
Packard
Stalin Receives Chair and Mattress From U S
A Chicago mattress firm sent a mattress to Joseph Stalin to ease tensions as part of a summer home furnishing show. A local Chicago company advertised a lounge chair and ottoman for the Russian leader with a cablegram noting the items priced at 889, prompting speculation on ruble value.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph Stalin
Marshall
America
Gabrielson Says Nation Approves McCarthy Tactics
Atlantic City audience hears Republican National Chairman Guy Gabrielson claim Americans back Senator McCarthy’s objectives. He notes strong nationwide support and that voters care little for McCarthy's methods while launching the party’s 1950 campaign plan behind closed doors. Governor Driscoll's warning is noted but not endorsed.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Guy Gabrielson
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Gabrielson
Maine
Florida
McCarthy
State Department
GOP
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Lake Group Seeks Permit for 38 Foot Dam
The Flat Top Lake Association of Beckley asked the Public Service Commission for authority to build a 38 foot earthen dam forming a 225 acre lake at the forks of Glade Creek in Ghent about 10 miles south of Beckley. Attorney C T Ross urged the commission to ensure normal downstream flow for cottages below the site, noting that approval is required for dams over 10 feet high for safety.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Flat Top Lake Association, Inc
Beckley
Public Service Commission Today
George B. Chambers
Association
Glade Creek
Ghent
C. T. Ross
Commission
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Continental Press Service
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Wayne Coy
Communications Commission
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Kurt Kannenberg
Acheson
Alabama
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Stalin
U.S
Nation
Lake Group
Cincinnati
WCFC
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