Truman Tax Plans Face Fresh GOP Pressure At Capitol
President Truman pressed a tax rise as the only way to balance the budget, drawing GOP pushback led by Senator Millikin who urged spending cuts and possible excise tax reductions. House Democrat Priest signaled health insurance faces hurdles but backing other bills to boost medical personnel and a national science foundation.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Truman
Capitol
Millikin
Senate
Priest
Commerce Committee
National Science Foundation
America
Oceana Man Found Hanged In Barn Near Home
The body of 85 year old Guy Cook was found hanging from a barn rafter near his Oceana home. An inquest by Magistrate Roy Aliff ruled death a suicide by strangulation. Cook had moved to Oceana from Evans, Boone County about two years ago.
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Register
Oceana
Guy Cook
Roy Aliff
Cook
Alift
R. C. Hatfield
Stanley
John R. Cook
Argel
Mh iCozart
Dillard Gilmore
Alderson
McMillion
Gilbert Stewart
Aibert E. Drake
D. R. Lester
Evans Funeral Home
Boone County
Death Toll in Midnight Collision Mounts to 18
The Associated Press reports eighteen airmen died in a midnight collision of two bombers five miles up during a mock bombing raid. Three crewmen survived. One bomber burned on McDonald Island, the other shattered on Rindge Tract. Rescue was slowed by fog but upper skies were clear.
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Associated Press
Stockton
Calif
McDonald Island
Rindge
Rindge Tract
Sordid Child Murder Tale and West Point Prep
The report covers Theresa Koenig, a 19 year old Navy department employee, who killed her boyfriend in Berryville, alleging threats of dynamite. she faces manslaughter charges and bail set at $1,000. It also details Fred Stroble, 66, admitting to molesting and killing six year old Linda Joyce Glucoff in Los Angeles, with grisly claimed steps and motives, and notes five National Guard enlistees from West Virginia entering preliminary exams for West Point.
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Associated Press
Berryville
Navy’ Department
Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
Baker
Linda Joyce Glucoff
Stroble
Linda
William Simpson
West
Mexico
Central Police Station
Simpson
Slroble
Friendly Girl 7 Hurd and Body Thrown Into Canal
Seven year old Glenda Brisbois was abducted near her Burley Idaho home and murdered. An autopsy found the child criminally hurt and her body recovered from a canal eighteen hours after she was held against her will. Police traced leads and questioned two men but no arrest announced.
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Associated Press
Buuley
Idaho
Glenda Joyce Brisbois
Glenda
Little First Gradier
Cassin County
Vern McCulloch
Saul Clark
Utah
Charles Brisbois
Burley
San Diego
Calif
Sandra
Lee
Sixth Air Force Crash in 15 Days
Six B-29 crashes plague the Sixth Air Force in 15 days with 35 reported killed and 20 missing. A collapse during takeoff from Tampa left five dead as the search plane crash landed off Bermuda. Armistice Day disaster near Indianapolis killed 10. Stockton collision killed 18.
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Air Force
Tampa
Ifla
Bermuda
Atlantic Ocean
Indianapolis
Bor
Weekend weather turns snowy with below average temps
forecasters warn of cloudy cold conditions with snow today and tonight with lows around 25 to 30. Saturday remains chilly with more snow likely and a quarter inch of precipitation overall. Monday and Tuesday may see a warming trend then cooler by Wednesday with temperatures 3 to 4 degrees below normal.
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Beckley
al Il
Greendrier
Oak Hill
Comma Valuation in Will Sparks Legal Debate in Vancouver
Alfred Seigerstrom, manager of Thomson’s beer parlor, stands to gain 99 000 from a disputed comma in the $900 000 estate. A misread “1 000” versus “1 000 00” could alter a $1 000 legacy to 100 000, with Fireman Gilbert Campbell backing the unsigned copy that lists 100 000. Thomson died last December at 88, leaving a legal reading of cents lacking in the will.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
B. C
Alfred Seigerstrom
James Thomson
Seigerstrom
Thomson
Gilbert Campbell
Welfare Fund Called Slush Fund by Coal Attorney
Charleston attorney Robert G. Kelly told the Rotary Club that miners welfare payments amount to a slush fund controlled by union bosses. He argued eligibility is tied to union membership and that trustees lack transparency while warning of a nationwide wage structure and a closed shop. He cited disputes over pension principles and management questions within the fund.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Robert G. Kelly
Charleston Rotary Club
Uunion
Kelly
Senate
Josephine Roche
Fire Bride Wore Blue
Mrs. Carleton Hadley wore a Barkley Blue wool suit with rhinestone accents and a light slate blue ice blouse. Her accessories included white gloves, blue chiffon hat with veil, rhinestone purse, diamond watch, and a Norwegian silver blue fox jacket. For going away she wore a blue gray coat dress with bone buttons and midnight blue velvet collar, plus a gray felt hat with feather band.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Barkley
Nine Divorces Signed by Visiting Judge in Raleigh
Visiting Judge A J derame Dailey signed nine divorce orders in Raleigh County Circuit Court this morning. Cases include Donald E Boyd v Dorothy A Boyd, Faye Jackson Rogers v Carl Percy Rogers, Duffie Miller v Laura Canterbury Miller, Genevieve Curtis v William W Curtis, Rachelle Skeens v James Skeens, Kathleen Dempsey Johnson v Noah Johnson, Margaret Johnson Vanover v Robert Lester Vanover, Emilie Mazzella Pack v Vernon Franklin Pack, and Gladys Cecil v George Cecil.
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A. J. Derame Dailey
Raleigh Countty Circuit Court
Donald E. Boyd
Dorothy A Boyd
Faye Jackson Rogers
Carl Percy Rogers
Duffie Miller
Laura Canterbury Miller
Genevieve Curtis
William W. Curtiss
Rachelle Skeens
James Skeens
Kathleen Dempsey Johnson
Noah Johnson
Margaret Johnson Vanover
Robert Lester Vanover
Emilie Mazzella Pack
Vernon Franklin Pack
Gladys Cecil
George Cecil
Copton Linked To Spy Conspiracy Trial Ordered
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan ruled Judith Copton must stand trial with Russian engineer Valentin Gubichev on spy conspiracy charges. The judge denied Archibald Palmer’s bid to bar the trial as double jeopardy. Copton already faced a Washington conviction for passing official secrets to the Russians.
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Associated Press
New York
Sylvester J. Ryan
Judith Copton
Valentin Gubichev
Ryan
Archibald Palmer
Miss Copion
Washington
Dear Alben and Jane Married in St. Louis
Vice President Alben W Barkley and Mrs Carleton S Hadley wed at St Johns Methodist Church in St Louis in a restricted ceremony. The couple, aged 71 and 38, were joined by Bishop Ivan Holt as they became husband and wife. A small luncheon followed and plans for a short honeymoon were announced with possible stops in Key West and Paducah.
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LOUIS
Alben W. Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
Ivan Lee Holt
Missouri
Methodist Church
St. John’s Methodist Church
Alben
Jane
Holt
David M. Barkley
Inancah
Harkley
Key West
Fla
Truman
Barkley
Paducah
Changjon
Are Apt
Washington
Ansort
Hadley
Veep
Sevends
Rucker
Coal Total Soars In Union Fields
Union miners dug about 4,752,000 tons of soft coal last week after John S. Lewis ordered them back to work. The National Coal Association estimated weekly bituminous production at 7,100,000 tons for the week ended Nov. 12.
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Associated Press
Washington
John S. Lewis
National Coal Association
City Ducks Outwit Hunters In Open Season
New York reports ducks using waters within city limits as migratory flocks rest during the opening of the duck hunting season. Hunters complain the birds evade legal runs and mock city laws, with locals joking about legal “eagle” guidance.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Patteson and Partlow deny Jones resignation claim
Charleston reports a controversy over Attorney General Partlow's resignation. Partlow announced November 7 to become judge of the McDowell County Circuit Court, replacing Thomas H.S. Curd who died in a Charlottesville plane crash. Governor Patteson and Jones deny the pressure claim, stating Partlow was not forced out and that Partlow chose the judge post after a brief tenure as attorney general.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Ra J. Partlow
Partlow
Patteson
McDowell County
Thomas H.S. Curd
Charlottesville
C. E. Jones
United Mine Workers District 2
Beckley
William C. Marland
Jones
Circuit Cour
McDowell Couny
Truman Signals Use of Taft Hartley Act in Coal Dispute
President Truman, at a news conference, said he would invoke the Taft Hartley Act only if an emergency exists amid the coal strike, with Southern Coal Producers Association declaring a national emergency. Joseph K. Moody of the Kentucky firm warned Truman against delaying talks and anticipated a possible 84 day injunction if needed for public welfare.
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Washington
Truman
John
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Joseph K. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lexington
Moody
Mr. Truman
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