UN condemns Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in Balkans dispute
The United Nations political committee voted 47 to 0 to condemn Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia for aiding Greek guerrillas. The move marks the strongest action by a UN body in the Balkans dispute. The bloc had tried to stall as Greece postponed execution of 10 seamen.
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Associated Press
Paris
United Nations
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
U.N. Assembly
Balkans
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Assembly
Defrauding U.S. Charge Against Rep J Parnell Thomas
Rep J Parnell Thomas was indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiring to pad his congressional payroll with fictitious employees. Helen Campbell, his former secretary, faced the same charges. The indictment alleges Miss Campbell, her niece Myra Midkiff and maid Annette Aline were listed on the payroll and paid monthly checks funneled to Thomas, with income tax returns filed in Midkiff’s name to conceal the fraud.
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Associated Press
Washengton
J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
Misa Campbell
Myra Midkiff
Miss Campbell
Annette Aunor
United States
Executions Delayed at UN Plea by Greek Government
Paris report says Greece postponed 10 seamen executions after a plea from UN General Assembly president Dr Herbert Evatt. Greek justice ministry announced the delay linking it to Balkan peace talks with Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria. The men were convicted of political activities and raising funds for communist forces led by Markos Vallades.
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Associated Press
Paris
U. N. General Assembly
Assembly
Paul
Themastoktes Sophoulis Fyat
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Sophoulis
U.N
Athens
Ministry of Justice
Markos Vallades
Reveguerrillas
Eight Violent Deaths Occur Over Week End
West Virginia weekend violence claim eight lives with four shot and four from other causes. Victims include Curtis Whitt and his brother Thomas in a gunfight near Panther, plus Ruby Mae Green age seven from Bergeo. Anne Larken Heldreth dies when a car overturns after a tire bursts. others cited. Interstate reporting notes state-wide fatalities and police statements.
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Associated Press
Nee
Charleston
Curtis Whitt
Thomas
Panther
McDowell County
Cleve Hylton
Matt Justice
Justice
Benny
T Hylton
Sallie Mae Wright
Glen Jean
Oak Hill
Ruby Mae Green
Olen i G. Green
Bergeo
Webster I County
Kone Anne Larken Heldreth
Shinnston
Newark O
Noones Avon
Eleanor
Roosevelt
Truman
Meir
House
Senate
10 Hour Honeymoon Ends as Prisoner Dies in Chair
BELLEFONTE Pa David P Taranow 23 was married in a prison ceremony last Friday to Stella Noto and died in the electric chair early today after a 10 hour honeymoon in custody. The slaying victim Francis J Devon was killed July 9 1947 and Taranow was convicted of the holdup shooting.
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Bellefonte
David P. Taranow
Taranow
Cenjl
Pennsylvania
Ibride
Stella Noto
Brooklyn
N. Y
Den
Broadmeacons Prison
Media
Devon
Owners Reclaim Stolen Property in East Park Case
Chief A Scalise announced most stolen items from East Park homes have been recovered and returned. Three Black residents Bill Anderson Jess Anderson and Lawrence Morris are held on possession charges after much property was found at Jess Andersons home. Police expect arrests to curb robberies as residents identified items valued around 3000 dollars. Some unclaimed items include bedspreads clothing and unknown pieces while several watches radios and rings remain unrecovered.
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East Park
A.scalise
Bill Anderson
Jess Anderson
Lawrence Morris
Thio
Scalise
George
Edmonds
Negro
James Ford
G. D.grifith
Beaver Avenue
Leonora W. Phillips
Temple Street
James Monroe
Hywas
Moris
Salvation Army Brigadier Longino to Vis it Beckley Meeting
Brigadier James Longino of Richmond Virginia will visit Beckley for the Salvation Army advisory board quarterly meeting at El Chico Cafe at 12 15 p m He will inspect local work and hear a quarterly report from commanding officer Captain Roy Tones indicating Virginia and Southern West Virginia citadels oversight
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James Longino
Richmond
Salvation Army
Beckley
el Chico
Longino
Virginia
West Virginia
Roy Tones
Chitterlings Burn Firemen Called
Beckley firemen answered two alarms this morning to extinguish flames from overheated stovepipes. At 9 15 a.m. firefighters found a burned pot of chitterlings at John Howard’s home on New Raleigh Road. Damages were about 50 dollars. A second alarm occurred at Charlie Griffith’s home on South Fayette Street where a pot of burned chitterlings on the stove was found. A neighbor reported the smoke and alerted authorities.
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Beckley Fire Department
Ames
John Howard
New Raleigh Road
Bernard Martin
Charlie Griffith
South Fayette Street
Brown
Supreme Court to Hear Eisler Contempt Appeal
The Supreme Court agreed to consider Gerhard Eisler appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction. Eisler, labeled the United States No 2 Communist by the House Un American Activities Committee, refused to be sworn in February 1947. He faced a one year jail term and a $1000 fine in U S District Court.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Gerhard Eisler
Congress
House Committee On UN
U. S
Supreme Court to rule on Taft Hartley non Communist affidavits
The CIO American Communications Association challenges the Taft Hartley act provision requiring union officials to file non Communist affidavits to use NLRB machinery. A New York special district court had upheld the rule 2 to 1. The suit targets Charles T. Douds who refused to place the union on a ballot at a Press Wireless certification election.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court Today
National Labor Relations Board
CIO American Communications Association
U. S
New York
CIO
Charles T. Douds
The
Labor Board
Douds
Press Wireless, Inc
Negre Arrested on Gaming Charge in Beckley
Mrs Lonnie Ray Negro of Seventh Street East Beckley will appear in Beckley Police Court on a charge of operating a gambling establishment. A five cent slot machine was confiscated yesterday by city police.
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Lonnie Ray Negro
Seventh Street
East Beckley
Ipr
Beckley
Auto theft charge for Fast Beckleyan James Sims
James Sims, a Black resident of Fast Beckley, waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate G O Mills on auto theft charges. He was returned to jail to await grand jury action after being arrested by State Police yesterday for allegedly stealing a car from Stover Nash Motor Company.
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James Sims
Fast Beckley
G. O .Mills
Sims
Stover Nash Motor Company
U S Likely Won’t Back British UN Plan On Palestine
An authoritative U S delegate said the United States probably will not back a British plan ordering Israeli forces to withdraw from newly won positions in northern Palestine. No final decision has been made, and support for a blanket extension of Negev order principles is unlikely.
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Paris
United States
Palestine
Survey shows Congress cool on price control repeal
Washington report notes the new Congress may resist standby price controls while backing the Marshall Plan and farm price supports. AAP survey of 27 senators and 236 representatives reveals mixed views on Taft Hartley repeal, foreign aid, and executive power to fix prices, with Republicans and Democrats split on key issues and several lawmakers urging revisions to welfare and labor laws.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Truman
Bist Congress
House
Economic Cooperation Administration
Greece
Turkey
William Lemke
R-Nd
Thomas E. Dewey
Roland
Dewey
Lemke
Michener
R-Mich
Dulles Receives OK From Truman From Paris to Truman Cable
Dulles said President Truman encouraged him to stay on as American delegate to the United Nations Assembly. A cable from Truman thanked him for his message and praised the work of the delegation, seemingly easing rumors he might leave. Dulles has served since the 1944 San Francisco conference and faced Soviet criticism amid U.S. elections.
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Associated Prove
Paris
Stohn Foster Dunlose
Truman
United Nations Assembly
Dulles
Tan Lappy
Duttes
United States
San Francisco
Thomas E. Dewey
U. S
Sheriff delays arrests after reading riot act
In Columbus Sheriff Ralph J. Paul warned 30 striking CIO Smelters workers to disperse at the American Zinc Oxide plant or face arrest, then backed off pending a court order. The union, led by Haymond Dennis, said they would stand their ground with arrests and jail waiting. Deputies prepared tear gas and rifles as the sheriff reassessed.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ralph J. Paul
Te Company
CIO Smelters Workers Union
Haymond Dennis
Cleveland
Paul
Sidney Lilly Dies From Wreck Injury
Sidney Lilly aged 44 of Crow died at 9 a m from injuries after his light truck collided with a southbound tractor trailer at We Junction on Crow road U S 19 21 14 Raleigh County logs it as the county s 19th highway death this year Lilly suffered a severed spinal cord state police say Lilly veered into the side of the larger truck and the truck was demolished body taken to Calfee Funeral Home survivors include his mother Rolla Lilly of Baltimore five sisters and two brothers live in Ohio New Jersey and West Virginia
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Sidney Lilly
Crow
Crow Road
Raleigh
Lilly
Calfee i Funeral Home
Wint Lilly
Rolla
Baltimore
Stanley Kudlick
Bolt
Cecil Vogt
Hugh Blake
Pax
Opal Bennett
Frank Valant
Newark
N. J
Boaz
Canton, O
Oscar
Daniels
Hearing set on disorderly charge for Virginia Breeden
Virginia Breeden of Beaver faces a disorderly conduct charge and will have a Police Court hearing Wednesday morning. City Police say she was arrested after a quarrel with another girl over a boyfriend near McCreery Street.
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Virginia Breeden
Beaver
McCreery Street
Challenged Votes at Pinecrest Objected by Court
Challenged ballots of Pinecrest Sanitarium patients are being counted this afternoon where voters were legally registered. The Raleigh County Court acting as canvassers ruled that a person disabled by tuberculosis and on state aid is not a pauper. John Adkins withdrew his recount request for justice of the peace in Marsh Fork District after Ernest Large gained votes. Large leads Adkins by 44 unofficial votes. Massey holds a 193 vote majority over Large for the first office. About 28 of 30 Pinecrest precinct ballots were cast by patients, cited as reason for challenges under state constitutional ban on pauper voting.
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
Harry E. Anderson
Raleigh
Isiuing
John Adkins
Justice of the Peace
Marsh Fork
Ernest A. Large
Large
Adkins
John Massey
Pinecrest
George W. Ballard
Joe B. Ashworth
GOP
Meyers Conviction Upheld by 2 1 Margin
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Maj. Gen. Bennett E Meyers suborning perjury in a wartime Air Force contracts probe The ruling split 2 1 with Judge E Barrett Prettyman dissenting Meyers previously jailed after a district court sentence for subornation to perjury related to Aviation Electric Corporation tests and a Senate investigation detailing alleged false testimony by LaMarre about Meyers financial ties and company funds.
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Associated Press
Washington
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Meyers
U.S. District Court
Arch
Air Force
Aviation Electric Corporation
Dayton
Ohio
Interior H. LaMarre B
LaMarre
Wilbur K. Miller
James M. Proctor
Court of Appeal
E. Barrett Prettyman
Miller
District Court
Seale
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