House Appropriations Committee Faces Major Budget Vote
Washington report on the push to cut 35 billion from Truman's 37.5 billion budget for 1948 with the Agriculture Department supply bill under debate. Rep Dirksen warns of trouble over amendments restoring funds for soil conservation, school lunch, and other programs as parties split on the cut. President Truman backs a new housing agency plan to replace NHA, arguing for private sector housing while maintaining federal facilitation.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Agriculture Department
Rep
Dirksen
R., Ml
Tru
Congress
Housing and Home ‘Finance Agency
Cruemin
National Housing Agency
NHA
Somoza Forces Oust Nicaragua President In Bloodless Coup
In Nicaragua a coup led by Gen. Anastasio Somoza ousted President Leonard Arguello after a midnight warning to leave the country. Arguello is said detained in the palace with about 30 loyal officers under arrest. Censorship limited details while reports of Somoza's return to power emerged and U.S. sources noted survivors from a crashed B 17. Pan Am said travel remained normal.
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Associated Press
Panama
Nicaragua
Mamagua
Anastasio Somoza
Leonard Arguello
Somoza
Arguelol
Arguello
National Guard
So-3neza
Managua
U. S. Army
Pan-American Airways
Washington Souces
Attlee Defends Bevin Policies at Labour Conference
Prime Minister Clement Attlee defended Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin's policies at the Labour Party conference in Margate. He said Britain seeks world peace and collaboration with all, rejected accusations of subservience to Washington, and backed UN support. He blamed private ownership for coal mine neglect and noted nationalization began January 1.
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Associated Press
Margate
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Attlee
Bevin
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
Tour Boys Will Meet Tomorrow
An organization meeting for the 200 boys participating in the Boys' Tour of Washington and Virginia in June will be held at Beckley Junior High School auditorium at 10 30 a m Wednesday. All boys must attend to be assigned to trains and leaders, according to M A Johnson of the Rotary committee in charge.
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Washington
Virginia
Beckley
M. A. Johnson
Rotary Committee
Our
Child Dies Under Wheels of Truck in Coal City
Two year old Darrell Wayne Martin died when he fell from his father's coal truck in a private parking area off the highway at Caleman's in Coal City. State police said the death will not be counted in West Virginia highway fatalities. The infant survived by parents and three siblings.
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Darrell
Wayne Martin
Coal City
West Virginia
Set
A. Scalise
Beckley
State Police
Scalise
Week Martin, Jr
Stove
Raleigh County
Charlie Griffith
South Kanawha Street
Martin
Paul Eugene
Ronald Glen
Judith Carol
Business Slump Will Not Prompt Slash in Prices
The Federal Reserve Board said a recession, even if it occurs, need not trigger immediate price cuts. It warned that profits rather than wages would feel the first effects, noting firms hold significant liquidity that could delay price reductions and other readjustments during a downturn.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Reserve Board
Board
May Bulletin
State X Ray Unit Opens Clinic Here
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association and Raleigh County Health Department sponsor a three day x ray clinic in Memorial Building offices. A mobile unit from the state health department offers free chest x rays. Officials urge those with suspected tuberculosis contacts or a history of disease to report for screening.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
Raleigh County Health Department
Memorial Building
State Department of Health
Sugar shortage easing with new rationing changes
The Agriculture Department announced easing of household sugar limits. Spare stamp No 12 may be used for 10 pounds immediately, a new 10 pound stamp will be valid by August 1, and consumers may receive more than the 3 pounds previously allotted. The plan preserves the 35 pounds per 1947 act.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Million Paid for Falling Rock Land Transfer
Kanawha County records show Sea Tex Oil Company Inc of New York purchased 32 400 acres near Falling Rock north of Charleston. Revenue stamps indicate payment exceeding 1 million dollars for the land and associated oil and gas leases in Kanawha and Jackson counties.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Kanawha County
Seatex Oil Company, Inc
New York
Falling Rock
Here
Kanawha
Jackson Counties
Demos Lose Round in Tax Debate as Republicans Push cuts
Democrats failed to delay Senate action on a tax-cut measure backed by Republicans. Senator McClellan proposed extending the community property formula to all states, arguing for broader rate reductions. Chairman Millikin warned the plan would cost about 750 million dollars in addition to four billion provided, as Republicans kept their bloc intact with a 48 to 44 vote to forego the delay.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
McClellan
Ark
Millikin
Colo
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
George
Morse
Oregon
Wilson
Iowa
Cooper Denounces Propaganda as Tool of Dictators
Kent Cooper urged international news exchange through free presses rather than government propaganda. Speaking at Northwestern University, he warned a State Department news distribution plan risks revived old world practices and claimed honest American reporting best projects the nation abroad. He emphasized free media over coercive influence to thwart Communism and win genuine international friendship.
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Associated Press
Chicago
International-amily
Kent Cooper
Cooper
Medilla School of Journalism
Northwestern University
State Department
Congress
America
United States
Soviet Charges Spark UN Debate on Press Freedom
In Lake Success the 12 nation sub commission on Freedom of Information and the Press opened with Soviet charges that unnamed reporters and columnists seek sensationalism for personal gain. Lomakin urged to curb what he called machine-gunners and heroes. The issue gained spotlight as Palestine commission consisting of five members from Australia, Guatemala, Iran, Peru and Yugoslavia moved slowly after yesterday's opening session.
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Associated Press
Russia
United Nations
Commission On Freedom of Information
L Aom
Y. M. Lomakin
TUR
U. N
General Assembly
Commission On Palestine
Australia
Guatemala
Iran
Peru
Yugoslavia
Pan
Famed Marine Leader Carlson Dies in Portland Hospital
Brig. Gen. Frans F. Carlson 51, famed leader of Carlson's Raiders in the Pacific war, dies at 6:30 a.m. in Portland. He quit high school at 16 to join the Army, served in two world wars, earned 21 decorations, and retired as a brigadier general in the Marine Corps.
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Passochilca Press
Portland
Ore
Frans F. Carlson
Carlson
Raiders
Manring Corps
Carlsson
iVhey
Saipan
Tarawa
Marine Corps
Sidney
N. Y
16 Year Old Confesses 4 Murders in Michigan to Toledo Officer
A slender 16 year old high school student confessed to the slayings of four children near Lapeer Michigan and was arrested near Toledo after a motorist turned him in. Police say the youth said he shot the four victims around 3 p.m. Monday but offered no reason. The bodies were found at a flower-covered gravel pit nine miles northeast of Toledo.
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Associead von Toledo
Oliver Terpenning
Tmlay City
Mich
Art Bartkowiak
Toledo
Erie
Dom“eogky
Michigan
Tessie Mathews
Lapeer
Forem
Erpenning
Suertef
Michigan State Police Laboratory
East Lansing
Terpenning
Barbara
Gladys
Janet
Stanley
William Smith
Here
Bombs In Baskets Blows Up Ramieh Station
An official report states four men in police disguises planted bombs in baskets aboard a passenger train. They arrived at Ramieh railway station, a wooden building on the Jerusalem to Jaffa line, and detonated the explosives blowing up the station with no reported casualties.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Ramieh
Jaffa
Maid Dies of Heart Failure in Beckley Home
Annie Elliott a Black maid at $8. Miller's North Kanawha street residence died of heart failure around 8:30 this morning. Police Chief Dee Hedrick and coroner W. W. Hume along with Dr Robert Winstan examined the body. Miller reportedly found the maid on the floor after informing her he would be away late. The deceased was the daughter of H. T. Tucker of East Beckley and resided at the Miller home.
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Annie Elliott
M. Miller
Kanawha Street
Dee Hedrick
W. W. Hume
Robert Winstan
Miller
H. T. Tucker
East Beckley
Permits Issued On New Buildings Amid Stolen Projector
The city recorder issued building permits to Johnnie Barone for a South Kanawha Street store, Lonnie Gunter Jr for a four-room frame on Lincoln Street, B G and Mildred Hughes for a five-room frame on South Fayette Street, Donald F. Jodson for a garage apartment on Northwestern Avenue, and Herman Smith for a five-room limestone block building on South Kanawha Street. A thief stole a $500 sound motion picture projector from King Photo Supply on Neville Street, the only one of its kind in Beckley, entry gained by breaking a back window. Maytag Company nearby reported no other items touched.
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The
City Recorder's Office
Johnnie Barone
Kanawha Street
Lonnie
Gunter, Jr
Lincoln Street
B.G
Mildred Hughes
South Fayette Street
Donald F. Jodson
Northwestern Avenue
Herman Smith
South
King Photo Supply Company
Neville Street
J Projector
Beckley
Rand
Maytag
King
Civil suit over $7500 damage heads to jury
A circuit court jury is expected to begin deliberations today in the $7500 damage suit Grady v. Scarbrough v Leonard Kincaid. Grady claims personal injuries and auto damage from a March 29 1946 collision on the Amengle Doroth road. He says his car suffered $300 damage and back injury. Witnesses include Chrl French Colcord garage operator Albert Estep and his son from Ameagle.
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Grady
Wincaid
Chrl French
Colcord Gar
Albert Estep
Ameagle
Esteps
Huntington man elected West Virginia Elks head
A. E. Kallmer of Huntington was chosen to be the new president of the West Virginia Elks Association at its 39th annual state convention. He will succeed Richard McCreary of Wellsburg as the lodge prepares for a grand ball and conclusion of the three day meeting. J. A. Case of Sistersville was elected president of the state Past Exalted Rulers Association, succeeding Lawrence E. Pruett of Beckley, with William Cook of Princeton as vice president and Phil Cramer of Parkersburg as treasurer.
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Associated Press
Huntington
A. E. Kallmerter
West Virginia Elks Association
Kallmerter
Huntington Lodge
Richard McCreary
Wellsburg
J. A. Case
Sistersville
State Past Exalted Rulers Association
Lawrence E. Pruett
Beckley
William Cook
Princeton
Phil Cramer
Parkersburg
Hoover Seeks $725 Million Relief Fund for Occupied Areas
The Associated Press reports Herbert Hoover seeks a $725 million relief fund to aid Germany, Korea, and Japan. The House Appropriations Committee questions the plan and demands evidence before approving further U.S. aid abroad.
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Hoover
Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Russia
House Appropriations Committee
R.S.T
Epe
Taber
N. Y
Albert Engel
Mich
United States
Germany
Korea
Japan
War Department
Hoover lays out four point plan on postwar economies
Hoover in New York released a letter to Taber accusing the Soviet Union of delaying Axis nations rehabilitation and proposing a four point program to reshape German and Japanese economies. He urges abandoning removal of industrial plants, calling for a Japan peace conference, destroying industry levels in Germany and Japan, and restoring only shipping and essential industry under a temporary German government plan.
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Lagel
Hoover
New York
Taber
Soviet Union
Calla
Japan
Abdudon
Germany
Republicans Split Over Farm Aid and Budget Cuts
Chairman Hope accuses lawmakers of infringing on farm policy while Hull and Aiken oppose using federal funds for Greek aid. Senator Aiken warns cuts will push the GOP off the map as Pace notes Democratic gains depend on GOP defections. Cannon urges targeting Western and Midwestern farmers who aided GOP control. Major cuts total 383. ational and soil support programs face reductions.
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Hope
House Agriculture Committee
Rep
Hull
Wis
Aiken
Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Group
Pace
Rep. Cannon
GOP
Congress
Mass Nazi Camp Executions Reported by Allied Powers
The Associated Press reports Landsberg Germany saw 22 Mauthausen camp operators hanged with 27 more to follow in the largest Allied war crimes execution yet. More than 700000 victims cited. executions occurred as a U S firing squad also killed two Polish displaced persons.
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Associated Press
Landsberg
Germany
Mauthausen
NSS
Linz
Landsbers
Adolph Hitler
U. S. Army
U. S
Huntington Trio In Murder Charge
Chief Azel T. Bryant said warrants would be sought today charging three men with murder after James J. Slayton died from a skull fracture following an alley beating near his home. The death followed an argument linked to a neighbor’s daughter being pushed away from a phonograph in Stavton’s home.
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Bryant
Slayton
F. X. Schuller
Stavton
Weather Treasury: cloudy with mild temps today
Considerable cloudiness and moderate temperatures prevail today. Tonight will be clear and cooler. Wednesday should be fair with slightly lighter winds.
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Brooklyn
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