Billion Bushel Wheat Crop To Tax Railroads
The world faces a vast Texas harvest as the largest wheat crop on record is expected to start in Texas and move north through Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska by mid July. Railroads plan to move 777 cars daily to western lines, with Rock Island predicting 87,000 grain carloads by August 23, and about 200 hopper cars with top covers. Officials estimate May 1 totals at 1,025,789,000 bushels, with strong demand and high prices pushing earlier shipments.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Association of American Railroads
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Agricultural Department
Rioting Students Clash With Police Across China Crisis
Six thousand students clashed with police as they tried to reach the People's Political Council meeting hall in Nanking. An estimated 15 students and several policemen were injured as demonstrations spread in Shanghai, Nanking, Peiping, and other cities amid food shortages and civil war fears. Chiang Kai Shek urged a political solution while the council weighs plans to end hostilities, though it has no enforcement power. Civil order units used fire hoses and batons to disperse rioters who demanded peace and higher living allowances.
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Associated Press
Nanking
People’s Political Council
Shanghai
Peiping
Chiang Kai~Shek
Communist Party
Thei
Gromyko Demands Immediate Atomic Weapons Prohibition
At a dinner of the American Russian Institute in New York, Andrei Gromyko urged UN action to outlaw atomic weapons and argued for international control limited to peaceful energy development. He warned that a supposed US monopoly could shift to other nations as weapons evolve and called for effective, nonintrusive inspection without domestic interference.
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Associated Press
New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Ussr
United Nations Security Council
Gromyko
United States
Russia
American Russian Institute
United Nations
Five Plunge To Death in Storm at Windsor Ontario
Five airmen die when a twin engined C-45 Army transport crashes in a rain soaked wheat field near Windsor during a severe electrical storm. The crew from Wright Field Ohio bound for Selfridge Field Michigan was minutes from a final destination. Debris and two parachutes were scattered over a wide area.
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Associated Press
Windsor
Ont
Army Air Force
Here
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Selfridge Field
Mich
Virginia Action In 2 Counties First Such Move
The State Corporation Commission seized Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone assets in Accomack and Northampton counties at 6 am today as Eastern Shore traffic workers went on strike. The move, first under the public utility Labor Relations Act, kept service uninterrupted with all 77 traffic workers reporting for 6 and 7 am shifts. Union president Margaret Weiss said further action was undecided amid pay raise talks. the company offered $3, the union sought $4.
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Associated Press
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of
Virginia
Accomack
Northhampton
Public Utility
H. Lester Hooker
Fred A. Sanders
SCC
Hooker
Commonwealth
Maryland Telephone Traffic Union
MKS
Margaret Weiss
Former Prisoner In Court Martial
Navy reveals Cmdr Edward N. Little on trial for maltreatment of prisoners in a Japanese camp. He led armed forces held there under orders and faces charges including conduct unbecoming an officer. Tokyo witnesses recount a bread theft punishment leading to a guardhouse torture and a prisoner dying.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Cmdr
Edward N. Little
Little
Tokyo
Isao Fukuhara
Omuta
E.N. Little
Fukuhara
William H. Knight
Warsaw
N. Y
Knight
Newburyport Drops Plan for 10 Percent Price Cut
Newburyport, Mass. stores have largely abandoned the 10 percent price cutting program a month after its start. Merchants cite lack of supplier cooperation and stress that a broad cut cannot be sustained until prices move from maker to consumer.
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Associated Press
Newburyport
Mass
Seaport
Gunmen In Bad Guess Two Dead In Beckley Bar Shootout
Beckley police officer William Trail faces a salary freeze after April 1 until he returns to work or retires. Trail, a 1936 recruit and twice chief, sought pension access tied to his March illness and ongoing heart condition. Meanwhile two gunmen were killed and two officers wounded in a bar and grill gunfight at Gilmartin's Bar and Grill.
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William J. Trail
Beckley
Arthur B. Koontz
Trail
Cleveland Clinic
William P. Laren
Recorder
Trai
Police Pension
New York
Philip Fitzpatrick
Beth David’ Hospital
Patrolinsir Geoge
Gilmartin’s
1708
Third Avenue
Charleston Weighs Expansion Of City Limits
Charleston City Council sent a plan to expand the corporate limits to include about 5000 residents of North Charleston for annexation. Citizens committee leader D E Karr reported 90 percent support for improved police and fire protection and services, the proposal requiring rezoning and redistricting if approved.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Municipal Planning Commission
North
D. E. Karr
Citizens’ Committee
Karr
New Tax Proposed On Insurance Companies
A municipal license tax on insurance agencies in Franklin was proposed by the City Council to fund local improvements, ranging from 5 dollars for fire insurers to 15 dollars for life insurers. Ruth Johnson and John King of Amigo were fined 5 dollars and costs each after a drunkenness and assault arrest by Constable E. W. Mason, following a fight in an Amigo business establishment involving Henry Carnell.
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Franklin
Ruth. Johnson
John King
J. P. Meadows
E. W. Mason
Henry Carnnell
Amigo
Toning Group To Seek Plot Plans For Permits
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a motion asking the council to require plot plans before permits. Violations of the city zoning rules were noted in several buildings, with potential $500 fines. Fasten Lilly of Wet Wash Laundry sought a permit for a Sunrise and Neville corner laundromat with 32 Bendix machines.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Fasteh Earnest Lilly
Wet Wash
Sunrise Avenue
Neville Street
Lilly
J. K. Edmundson
E. M. Tutwiler
Bendix
Total Eclipse Of Sun Reported
A total solar eclipse occurred at Bocaiuva Brazil with observers from a large American scientific group. The event began at 8 22 36 a m and reached totality at 9 44 48 with totality lasting about three minutes forty seconds before partial visibility returned until 11 03 36. Times are EST offset and subject to confirmation. Weather concealed viewing at Avrasa 275 miles away. The northern hemisphere did not see the eclipse.
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Associated Press
Bocajuva
Brazil
Avrasa
Bocaiuva
Greece backs UN vigil over Balkans amid border row
Lake Success scene as Greece pledges full cooperation with a United Nations interim border commission to monitor the troubled Balkans while Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia challenge the investigators authority. The security council debated a Soviet resolution to curb the commission and limit its life. The U S and Britain oppose the move, keeping the same member nations as the parent council.
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Assouod Press Lake Success
N. Y
Creece
United Nations Interim Border Commission
Balkans
Albania
Bulgaria
Perera
Security Council
Balkan
Yuro-slavia
United States
Britain
Salonika
Athens
Bettermrren
Geneva
Council For Action
Fire Damage Reaches 1.81 Million Mark in April
Fires caused 257 518 damage to West Virginia properties in April with year to date damage totaling 1 840 995 according to Fire Marshal Robert H Kidd The report notes higher totals through April 1946 and cites a separate driving with improper license case involving William P Harper fined ten dollars and costs after a magistrate hearing and a Sunday arrest by state trooper R L Tabsco tt
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Robert H. Kidd
William P. Harper
J. P Meadows
Harper
R. L. Tabscott
Improved Farming Methods Offset Trek Of Workers To City Jobs
Farm workers have declined as farms consolidate and machines replace hands. Better farming methods and larger machinery let bigger farms outperform many small, labor intensive ones. Figures from the Agriculture Department show farm workers dropping from 12,052,000 in 1910-14 to about 10,012,000 in 1946 as population rose, while cultivated land increased from 310 to 346 million acres and average farm size grew. Cash receipts rose from 11.22 billion in 1924 to 23.9 billion in 1946, reflecting higher output per farm.
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James Marlow
Washington
Agriculture Department
0. S
U.S
Naval Reserve Meet Tonight in Beckley Court House
Naval Reserve unit planned tonight at 7 30 in the Beckley Circuit Court room with Lt Cdr Robert Lafi in charge of the Kleston Naval recruiting station. About 900 million of 23 9 billion cash receipts in 1946 came from government subsidies. A group of 110 officers and men will form the unit to give veterans a chance to earn money in their spare time and stay current on naval facilities and science. Youths 17 26 with no military service eligible to join the reserve. A group of 90 former Navy enlisted men and 10 officers from Beckley show interest in organizing. Members will receive base pay for drills and may take training cruises with full pay. Navy recruiters will be at the court house tomorrow until noon to accept V-68 enlistments. Beckley Reserve Office cooperates with Navy officials in organizing the local unit.
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Beckley
Naval Reserve
Cdr
Robert Lafi
Kleston
Volunteer Reserve
Navy
Court House
V-68
Beckley Chapter
Reserve Offic
Naval Service
Mrs Truman’s Illness Worsens in Grandview
President Truman reports his gravely ill mother Mrs Marlita B Truman slightly better after a poor night but still weak. The 94 year old remains at the family home in rural Jackson County as the president plans a brief visit and walks near the bungalow. He has abandoned hopes for an immediate return to Washington while she fights for survival amid weakening health.
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Associated Press
Grandview
Mqo
Truman
Kansas City
Marlita EB. Truman
Washington
Jackson County
Muehlebach
Tax Measure on Senate Agenda and Debate
Washington reports the tax cut bill moving to the Senate floor with Democrats seeking to delay final action to June 10 to gain Republican votes. Republicans warn of a possible surplus split between tax cuts and debt reduction while discussions hinge on absentee senators and the timing of major appropriations bills.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Tve
Wwere
Science Foundation
Congress
Millikin
Colo
Senate Finance Committee
Jenathy
Brady Spates Elkins Funeral Rites Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for A Spates Brady, former member of the Central sheet Commis ser hos yoda Inchiquor SonrOL, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church in Elkins. He died Sunday in Keyfal.
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Associated Press
Elkins
Davis Memorial Presbyterian
A. Spates Brady
Board of
Central Sheet
Hos
Policy Group Talks Tie Up Coal Output Contracts
John L Lewis and mine operators representing 75 percent of the nation s soft coal output resume contract talks. Dinner terms and timing remain unresolved as a policy committee and UMW officials weigh a private national pact versus separate deals with Southern producers. The conflict traces back to a government seizure of mines and a working deadline of June 30 as Congress debates labor legislation and a no contract no work stance looms.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Coal Mines Administration
Ils
Southern Coal Producers Association
Southern
UMW
Congress
Health and Welfare Fund
Interior
Supreme Court
Jaycees Propose Beckley Playground Olympics Plan
Beckley Junior Chamber appoints a committee to work with Recreation Director Paul Ven mari to set up a Beckley Playground Olympics with awards. Penny McManus named chair. John Smith Bob Hatcher and Stanley Huffman on the panel.
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Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Paul Venmari
Penny McManus
John ©. Smith
Bob i Hatcher
Stanley Huffman
State Road Commission
Beckley
Jaycee’s Safety Committee
Red Cross
Charleston
Clarksburg
Hulitt Smith
Jaycees
Wheeling Woman Killed In Wreck
A Wheeling woman identified as Mildred Schreibbe, 36, killed in a crash near Big Wheeling Creek. The autoer passenger Ellis Lemoyne Wilson, 20, of Mr. Measant, and driver were in the vehicle when the wreck occurred. State Trooper A Upsetler identified the deceased.
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Wheeling
Associated Press
Ellis Lemoyne Wilson
Mr. Measant
Big Wheeling Creek
A. ©. Upsetler
Mildred Schreibbe
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