Foreign aid debate on Capitol Hill tied to domestic prices
On Capitol Hill, fresh calls to weigh foreign aid against rising home prices emerged as lawmakers debated a possible special session. Senators Lodge Byrd Bricker McGrath and Lucas urged full disclosure to congressional committees before any extra funds are requested, while the State Department pressed for urgent Italian assurances. President Truman sees no need for a special session, though Marshall signals it may be required.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
State Department
Italy
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Europe
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Brazil
Marshall
Marshall Charges UN to Save Greece From Neighbors
Secretary of State George C. Marshall urged the United Nations to act to protect Greece from Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria amid three Russian vetoes blocking Security Council action. He proposed a seven point program including a full time security committee and possible veto liberalization to allow action against aggressors.
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Associated Press
New York
Russia
George Co. Marshall
United Nations Today
Greece
Marshall
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Security Council
U. N. Assembly
United Nations
Assembly
United States
Justice seeks writ over Raleigh ballot theft case in Supreme Court
The West Virginia Supreme Court hears E. E. Justice of Princewick appealing a conviction for subornation of perjury in Raleigh County. Justice, sentenced to one to ten years, aided a false grand jury testimony about a murder linked to the 1946 death at a Princewick store. James Edward Simon, jailed after a separate trial, also seeks a new hearing with witnesses Thornhill and Lilly potential testimony.
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Raleigh’ County
James Edward Simon
State Supreme Court
E. E. Justice
Princewick
Raleigh County Court
Simon
Justice
Moundsville
Thornhill
William Henry Lilly
Raleigh
Lilly
State Road Commission
Logan
W. A. Riffe
Riffe
Ben H. Ashworth
Simon, Thornhill
H. E Dillon, Jr
Fayetteville
Supreme Court
C and O Aims to Take Virginian Rail Traffic
A Mullens Chamber of Commerce official cites Chesapeake and Ohio Railway plans to shift traffic from the Virginian to its lines and others. Fred Kingdon questioned Bowman at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Washington about C and O executives seeking seats on the New York Central board. Mullens officials, led by Mayor J E Orr and King Don, protest the move, fearing a large revenue loss to the Virginian and noting the existing traffic agreement with New York Central.
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Chamber” of Commerce Today
Robert Bowman
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway “Company
Virginian Railway
Fred T. Kingdon
Bowman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington,d. C
Robert Young
C. & O. Board
New York Central Railroad
J. E. Orr
King
Don
Virginian
New York Central
Deepwater
Dickinson
Chesapeake
Ohio
Orr
Nation's Housewives Protest Food Prices
Housewives nationwide protest rising food costs as Truman plans study upon return from South America. In New York Chicago and Washington officials consider meatless days to curb prices while St Louis officials seek probes into price fixing in dairy and meat. Boston mothers attend hearings on living costs as wheat corn and oats slide on margin change.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Aloys P. ‘Kaufmann
U.S
Boston
Chicago Board of Trade
La Guardia Slipping Toward Grave Condition
New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, 64, collapsed at home and remained in grave condition. Doctor George Baehr reported a deep stupor and critical status, with a recent pancreas operation and fast decline over the past week.
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Associated Press
New York
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York City
George’ Baehr
la Guardia
Floods near Tokyo claim thousands amid Tone River surge
The Tone River flood neared Tokyo as levee breaks and rising water endanger suburbs. Official tallies vary with 774 dead 158 injured and 2,017 missing across 20 prefectures, while two American soldiers die in a river washout near Ojim.
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Tokyo
Tone River
Tone
KYODO
First Division
Ojim
Soviet Delegate Cancels U N O Assembly Speech
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andre Vishinsky canceled his planned address at the United Nations Assembly amid expectations that Secretary of State Marshall would launch a strong critique of Soviet policies. Moscow signals confusion over timing as Washington withholds advance copies of the speech.
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Associated Press
New York
Andre Y. Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
U. S
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Massive Atlantic Hurricane Roars Ashore on Florida Coast
The 19 year record storm lashes the Florida East Coast from Delray Beach toward Miami and West Palm Beach. Coast Guard rescues hindered by mountainous seas as a 38 foot boat and three crew vanish then reappear off Miami. A private yacht with three aboard sends SOS. wind gusts reach 108 mph and thousands seek shelter in public buildings.
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Atlantic ‘Ocean
Florida
Delray Beach
Miami
West Palm Beach
Coast Guard
A. M. Bosworth
Richard Marshall
Frank Martin-Vague
Delray
Beach
Lake Okeechobee
Palm
Abaco Hurricane Repercussions Reach Florida
Mrs. Betty Willis telephoned her mother Mrs. Dora Elkins from Hollywood Florida to report she cannot return due to travel restrictions. She has been in Miami and Hollywood for three weeks visiting Mrs. George Hicks and was to depart yesterday with her hostess. She is staying temporarily at the Riverside Military Academy in Hollywood.
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Abaco Island
Betty Willis
Dora
Elkins
Johnstown Road
Hollywood
Fla
Willis
George. Hicks
Hollyawood
Miami
Beckley
Riverside
Military Academy At
Tucker Schools Closed by Polio
Tucker County schools were closed and public meetings banned in Black Fork district and St. George through October 1 to curb infantile paralysis. Elkins City Health Officer Charles L. Leonard said Randolph County gatherings ban would lift Monday unless many new polio cases are found.
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Associated Press
Parsons
Tucker County
Black Fork
St. George
Elkins City
Charles L. Leonard
Randolph County
Fire Conscious Drive Is Planned in Beckley
The Junior Chamber of Commerce schedules Fire Prevention Week events from October 5 to 11. A five man committee led by Warren Williams will organize programs with Fire Chief Bernard Martin. Plans include a Sunday parade and fire department demonstration and a day focused on reducing residential fire hazards. Members are Hulett C. Smith W Edwin Ratcliffe Boone Boggs Bill Houchins and Chief Martin. Barrett and Martin visit schools to arrange programs in city schools.
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Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
Warren Williams
Bernard Martin
Hulett C. Smith
W. Edwin Ratcliffe
Boone Boggs
Bill Houchins
Martin
William Barrett
The
Jaycees
Trieste Quiet After Four Days of Riots
Trieste in the Free Territory was calm after four days of rioting between Slavs and Italians. Three killed and nearly 100 injured as Yugoslav and Allied positions shifted. British General Airey proposed moving the Yugoslavs south to avoid bloodshed at the North border.
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Associated Press
Trieste
Free Territory of
T. 5. Airey
U. S
Dueno Castle
Lyle E. Lenhart
Evanston, Ill
William V.ochs
Beckley Chambers and Industrial Board Meet in Memorial Building
A Beckley Chamber of Commerce board session begins at 7 30 p m tomorrow in the Memorial building followed by a Beckley Industrial Corporation directors meeting. Reports from committees cover the clothing factory Grandview park site and other sessions where managing director Owen Rickard led Chamber representation.
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Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Industrial Corporation
Grandview Park
Owen Rickard
Chamber
Marshall outlines seven point U N program
The Associated Press reports Marshall’s blunt seven point plan to the United Nations. Greece blame against Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria. Palestine partition proposals. Korea independence via Assembly input. atomic energy control delays. arms regulation via Security Council. veto reform with a special committee. and a permanent security committee to monitor world troubles.
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Associated “Press
Marshall
United Nations
Greece
United States
Assembly
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Balkan
Ten U S Deaths in Red Areas Ranked by State Dept
Senator Wiley released a State Department compilation listing ten American deaths in Russian dominated areas since the war end. Assistant Secretary Armour notes four additional Americans were physically assaulted but not killed. The report, prepared at Wiley's request, includes a 1946 air crash near Lake Bled and incidents in Poland Hungary and the Soviet Union.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wiley
Wis
State Department
Norman Armour
Armour
Wisconsin
Lake Bled
Yugoslavia
Poland
Hungary
Cecil Staton Pleads To Reckless Driving Charge
Cecil Staton pleaded to a reckless driving charge before Magistrate Grant Taylor at Allen Junction. He paid a $25 fine and offered to cover about $500 in damages to the Grindstaff residence. John W. Bevins, 22, Mullens, was fined $10 and costs for driving without a license.
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Register
Mullens
Grant Taylor
Allen Junction
Cecil Ran
Staton
B. E. Grindstaff
John W. Blevins
R. M. Stovall
Marshall Urges UN Action to Break Russian Veto in Korea Push
In a bold UN address, Marshall urged immediate creation of a Greek border commission blocked by Russia in the Security Council and pushed the General Assembly to pursue Palestine and atomic energy controls. He framed it as an American diplomatic offensive to overcome Russian veto power and drive arms regulation planning.
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Atomic
Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
Marshall
Russia
Poland
America
U. N. Arms Commission
Security Council
Korea
Palestine
United Nations
General’ Assembly
State Paralysis Cases Rise in Week Across Counties
The State Health Department reports 17 new infantile paralysis cases for the week ended September 13, the highest weekly total this year. Randolph, Logan, and Nicholas Counties each report three cases. Boone two. Kanawha, McDowell, and Preston one each. Tucker County has none as bans on gatherings and school closures continue.
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Associated’ Press
Charleston
State Health, Department
Randolph
Tucker County
Logan
Nicholas
Boone County
Kanawha
McDowell
Preston
Striking Italians Stage Countrywide Demonstrations
About two million Italian workers already on strike prepared a countrywide protest next Saturday over the high cost of living. Leaders said hundreds of thousands would fill city squares as Rome papers called it a march of hunger and a prelude to revolution.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Giuseppe di Vittorio
Italian Confederation of Labor
Pietro Nenni
Socialist Party
di Vittorio
Region Church Loyalty Day Set
The Beckley Ministerial Association aims for a 6000 attendance at Sunday schools and churches across Beckley on October 25. The Woodrow Wilson and Stratton High School bands will parade at 8:00 a.m. playing hymns, with loudspeakers on cars touring residential areas to promote the rally. More than 40 churches were represented by 75 people at a planning meeting at Beckley Presbyterian Church.
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Beckley Ministerial Association
Woodrow Wilson and Stratton High School
Beckley Streets
Denham weighs five week appeal extension for Taft-Hartley affidavits
NLRB general counsel Robert Denham considered a five week extension for filing non Communist affidavits under Taft Hartley. Denham warned many cases could be dismissed next week without hearings if extension is denied. He noted AFL CIO officers must sign affidavits and that backlogged cases total about 5000.
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Associated ‘Press
Washington
Robert N. Denham
National
Denham
AFL
CIO
NLRB
Boston
San Francisco
Daniel Tobin
AFL Teamsters Union
Weather forecast calls for clear cool conditions today
Mostly clear and cool today and tonight with a gradual rise in temperatures. Thursday should bring mostly sunny skies, warmer conditions, and continued light winds.
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