Democratic Leaders Press Truman On Price Bill Compromise
The Associated Press reports Democratic leaders urged President Truman to sign the compromise OPA price control bill, calling it his best or nothing. Barkley and House leaders pressed for a vote in the Senate as O'Daniel's long filibuster stretched past midnight.
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Beckley Wins Veterans Hospital Site Near Edgewood Drive
President Truman approves a 25 acre tract at Beckley Junction for a veterans hospital with 23 acres owned by Beaver Coal Corp and two by CC Goodwin. The site near Edgewood Drive and Junction Street includes water and sewer facilities and is close to Mabscott C&O station.
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Truman Arms Probe With Special Power
Washington reports good prospects for finishing the fiscal year with revenues above April forecasts while the deficit still nears 20 billion dollars. A sweeping senate inquiry into war profits gains White House backing as Truman approves authority to probe individual and corporate income taxes.
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Mrs. Quesenberry Dies Here Today
Dorothy Bazzarre Quesenberry 30 year old wife of Howard Quesenberry of 205 Elkins Street died this morning at 10 o clock from a cerebral hemorrhage. She became ill at home and died en route to a local hospital. She is survived by her husband a daughter Barbara Sue five and her parents Mr and Mrs T E Bazzarre of Skelton. The body will remain at Rose Funeral Home until arrangements are made.
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Expect Rent Increases Under New OPA Measure
The Associated Press reports nervous renters and OPA officials anticipate rent rises if the new measure becomes law. Landlords may insert 13 percent increase clauses. tenants can refuse if not in prior contracts. Officials warn increases likely regardless of bill passage, with fears if controls end entirely.
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Crippled Vet Seeks More Funds for Virginia Institutions
State Board of Control President J. Z. Terrell urged lawmakers to provide additional funds for prisons and mental institutions in West Virginia. He called inmates “the living lost” and criticized existing facilities as underfunded while veterans and Legion officials pressed for improvements. A separate note: Phelps Dodge announced an end to the long CIO miners strike in Arizona, with wage gains following the national pattern.
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Prive Street Morning Encounter With Stolen Bread and Falls
A tieless coatless man carries two pye of bread away from a store while a toper staggers toward a liquor store before ten. A well dressed woman bound for a church wedding pauses before Wyoming Hotel as hose sag and fall.
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Bread Reaches Bluefield As Plants Prepare Reopen
A bread famine ends as Feuchtenberger bakery reports flour in hand and plants to resume operations in Bluefield Williamson Pikeville Paintsville Ky and Grundy Va. Cole Baking plants stay closed while bread lines form. July weather delays noted by AP staff.
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Cannon Urges UNRRA News Vote Reversal After Slap at Russia
Representative Clarence Cannon denounced a House vote to deny funds for UNRRA news access as a direct insult to Russia. He urged reversing the decision as UNRRA funds totaling 464 million dollars faced scrutiny over press censorship in relief operations.
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Virginia snakes sect meetings face state police scrutiny
Governor Tuck ordered State police to monitor snake-handling cults in Lee County as they resume meetings this weekend following reports of renewed demonstrations in Southwest Virginia.
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Bilbo To Try Block Of Negro Vote Tuesday
Mississippi faces a major gubernatorial contest as Bilbo seeks to mobilize the black vote amid strict enforcement of Negro suffrage. Registration is limited, with estimates around five thousand registered out of more than a million Negro residents. The campaign unfolds as federal authorities pledge to enforce voting rights.
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Reds Push Two Thirds Vote On Atom Control
The Soviet Union demanded a two thirds vote rule for all questions before the new atomic energy commission as it met for its first session to lay groundwork for a permanent international control body. The move followed UN Security Council rules, with Gromyko reserved to raise the issue again at today’s closed meeting.
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Detroit Twister Damages Hundreds of Thousands, No Fatalities
A short lived but vicious tornado struck Detroit yesterday afternoon causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage. It crossed from Windsor into the northwest industrial district near downtown at 3 37 p m lasting three minutes. It damaged more than twenty buildings and many cars but caused no deaths and seven injuries. The tornado was less destructive than the June 17 twister which killed seven.
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University Students Appeal For Vote Rights
University student veterans challenged a county clerk's refusal to register them as voters in Monongalia County Morgantown They argued that residence is established by living in Morgantown with their families If the conference fails they will seek a circuit court order to compel registration The clerk cited directives from the secretary of state as the reason for denial
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Big Four Meet On Five Peace Treaties In Paris Session
Paris reports the Big Four foreign ministers convened to draft skeleton texts on peace treaties with Italy Bulgaria Romania Hungary and Finland as a step toward a 21 nation peace conference in Paris next month. They concentrate on Danube navigation Trieste and Balkan commerce with Molotov and Byrnes noting limited progress before the Friday deadline.
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Durants Deny Guilt Over Jewels Theft Trial Next Month
Col Z W Durant and his WAC wife deny guilt in connection with the theft of 1 510 000 in jewels. Their Los Angeles lawyer Capt Glenn Brumbaugh says a real defense will be offered to any charge. The couple are held in custody in Frankfurt after arrest in the United States.
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Girls Staters Choose Governor Candidates
Girls State campers settled on two ticket choices for governor with Pat Brothers of St Albans leading the Federalists and Aileen Weekly of Ravenswood heading the Nationalists. Other state offices were discussed at caucuses held yesterday at the American Legion Auxiliary Citizenship training plane. Ceremony tonight will feature winding candidates.
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Kilgore To Speak At VFW Meeting
Kilgore and Revercomb among top speakers at the West Virginia VFW victory encampment in Parkersburg. Nearly 1,000 delegates registered for the convention with leaders including Senators Kilgore and Revercomb and Representatives Ellis Randolph and Neely among attendees. The event features a parade band concert officer elections and adoption of a legislative program and selects the 147th encampment city. Five resolutions are approved including a model aviation club for West Virginia children and a $2300 grant to aid the Meade Falls Michigan center maintenance.
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Weather Outlook For West Virginia And Mid Atlantic
Regional forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions with scattered thundershowers today and tonight. The five day period through July 2 1946 shows cooler conditions on Sunday and Monday in the north and south portions with a rise in temperature by Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation expected generally under inch with rivers such as the Greenbrier and New above normal stages.
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