Senate expected to free meat from price controls vote debated
OPA supporters concede the Senate will likely vote to exempt meat and poultry from price controls in a test amendment by Senator Wherry. Barkley predicts a close result while Murdock says votes favor decontrol. debate centers on whether lifting controls could widen with additional items to follow.
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OPA
Senate
Jack Bell
Washington
Barkley
Wherry
R.-Neb
Kentuckyian
Murdock
Chicago
Jack Kranis
National Meat Industry Council
Swift and Armour Companies
Bold Robbery In Baltimore July Fourth
Baltimore July Fourth robbery by four men left 13 Century Athletic Club members robbed near police HQ. Four assailants used pistols and improvised machine weapon, stripping patrons including removing trousers, according to a police report signed by Inspector Forrest and released by Police Commissioner Atkinson. Lou Fisher, club president, testified to the incident.
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Baltimore
Gay
Century Athletic Club
Hamilton R. Atkinson
William J. Forrest
Lou Fisher
Fisher
Barron Reappointed to State Board of Public Welfare
Mrs Kate R Barron of London Bridge Norfolk County was reappointed by Governor Tuck to the State Board of Public Welfare for a four year term beginning July 9 in Richmond Virginia She will serve alongside other board members as the public welfare body for the state
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Kate Barron
Tuck Richmond
Kate R. Barron
London Bridge
Norfolk County
Tuck
State Board of Public Welfare
Dickerson Co. Offices Declared Vacant After 1943 Election Contests
In Dickenson County Virginia Judge J L Cantwell Jr ruled all four offices from the 1943 general election were vacant due to fraud and illegal practices. The affected posts include circuit court clerk, commonwealth attorney, treasurer, sheriff, and several supervisors. Republican challengers had filed the suits, which were consolidated for evidence. The ruling cites widespread absentee ballot violations and other failures to follow state election laws.
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Clintwood
Dickenson County
J. L. Cantwell, Jr
Bristol
Commonwealth
Kenady
Ervinton
Dickinson
Cantwell
Governor Tuck Eyes Prices Across Virginia
Governor Tuck said reports of rent hikes do not yet justify a special session to consider price control measures. He noted Congress is pursuing price controls and will monitor Virginia conditions. He cited milk subsidies removal as a problem with dairymen threatening to curtail production unless better prices are secured, and he will coordinate with the State Milk Commission.
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Richmond
Tuck
Congress
Virginia
State Milk Commission
Forrestal in Peiping aims for Tokyo visit
Navy Secretary Forrestal arrived from Peiping and will call on Chiang Kai-Shek in Shanghai. He will dine with Admiral Charles Cooke Jr., Seventh Fleet commander, and is scheduled to fly to Tokyo tomorrow.
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Shanghai
Navy
Forrestal
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
Charles Cooke, Jr
Seventh Fleet
Tokyo
Belgian Government of Van Acker Resigns
Brussels reports Premier Achille Van Acker’s government resigns after a stormy Senate debate over the Justice Ministry’s stance toward economic collaborators. The move follows tensions between the government and its critics.
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van Acker
Brussels
Achille van Acker
Senate
Ministry of Justice
Truman Approves Compromise Plan For Terminal Pay
Senator C Johnson says President Truman approves a plan to pay 2.75 billion in terminal pay to about 14 million World War II veterans. Cash for sums under 50 dollars and five year bonds in 25 dollar denominations for larger amounts will reduce inflation risk and equalize pay between enlisted personnel and officers.
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Truman
Washington
C. Johnson
D-Cole
Colorado
Budget Bureau
Johnson
Nations Seek U.N. Membership Amid Global Tensions
New York reports that Albania Siam Outer Mongolia Afghanistan Transjordan seek U.N. entry. Conflicts loom over Albania with Yugoslav and Soviet ties, while Siam faces French opposition amid Indochina disputes. Siam seeks Security Council arbitration on frontier issues. U.S. Britain China and India back full hearing and Siam’s bid.
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New York
Security Council
Refrom
King
Council
General Assembly
Transjordan
Alabania
Siam
Mongolian People’s Republic
Outer Mongolia
Afghanistan
Russia
Albania
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Britain
Enver Hoxha
Marshal Tito
China
India
Palestine
British- American Inquiry Committee
U. N
Japan
Hiroshima
Health Service In Washington Grants Cancer Research Funds
Public Health Service approved nearly 50 000 for eight universities to finance cancer research. The allocations include University of Virginia in Charlottesville for 18 550 dollars, George Washington University in Washington DC for 4 600 dollars, and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore Maryland for 7 700 dollars.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
George Washington University
D. C
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Trial of Wood 53 Hospital Attendant Continued
Staunton Virginia July 9 Trial of John William Wood 53 one of three Western State Hospital attendants charged with murder in patient Albert W Shiflett death has been moved from July 11 to the September term of Staunton Corporation Court. Herbert Lee Bentch has already been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and received a two year sentence.
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Staunton
John William Wood
Western State Hospital
Albert W. Shiflett
Staunton Corporation Court
Herbert Lee Bentch
Wanted Farmhand by Month with Furnished Quarters
Help needed as farmhand for immediate start living quarters provided by H E Shirley Stephen son Virginia Call 3085 after 7 pm. Employment Ad notice from local column listing available position and contact details.
Cream Producers to Close Early Summer Hours
In Stephens City Virginia the Blue Valley Cream Station will close at 12 p m Wednesday during July and August with extended Saturday night hours until 8 30. C M Russell notified patrons and listed owner Ritenour as related contact. The entry mentions auto parts and accessories and a nearby Stephens City Garage with a July 15 opening date.
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Stephens City
Cerca
Ritenour
General ein battery + ie
Phens City
Blue Valley Cream Station
C. M. Russell
Furniture Workers Union Moves Against Communists
A split within the United Furniture Workers of America prompts a bid to sever Communist influence. Leader George Bucher says 23,400 members seek independence from what they call a Communist wing and will press CIO President Philip Murray to act.
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Washington
Furniture ‘Workers’ Union
CIO
United Furniture Workers of America
George Bucher
Philadelphia
Philip Murray
Muster
New York
Ufwa International
Morris Muster
Bucher
UFWA
Murray
Communist Party
Big Cio
Steelworkers
Atlantic City
McDonald
Steel Union
David J. McDonald
United Auto Workers
UAW
Rep. Landis
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Indiana Furniture Workers
Landis
Non Poisonous Germ Killer Promises Broad Medical Use
A new non-poisonous germ killer called furacin compounds with nitrofurans was presented by Dr. John G. Downing and Dr. Millard C. Hanson. It shown potential against tuberculosis dysentery diphtheria syphilis gonorrhea and related infections in lab tests. Further tests must determine effective human doses and possible adverse reactions before internal medicine use is certain.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
John G. Downing
Millard C. Hanson
Boston
Eaton Laboratories
Norwich N. Y
Virginia student manslaughter charge reduced in court
The murder warrant against Edward H. Dougan Jr. of White Plains New York was reduced to manslaughter in police court in Charlottesville Virginia after a recommendation by Commonwealth's Attorney L W Wood.
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Charlottesville
Edward H. Dougan, Jr
White Plains N. Y
University of Virginia
Commonwealth
L. W. Wood
Broughton Named Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks
Charles E. Broughton editor of the Sheboygan Press was elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at the first postwar national convention. He succeeds Wade H. Kepner as leader of about 800,000 Elks and 1,500 lodges. Broughton has long civic and charitable ties including founding Camp K C for needy children and cofounding the Wisconsin Elks Crippled Children's Commission. He urged lodges to expand educational and child welfare programs and summer camps for undernourished children.
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New York
Charles E. Broughton
Sheboygan
Wis
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Broughton
Order
Board of
Grand Trustees
Wade H. Kepner
Wheeling
W. Va
Elks
Temperature Forecast Keeps Highs Above Normal This Week
The advance forecast shows temperatures staying above normal for five days with possible thundershowers late in the week. The day’s high reached 88 degrees, after yesterday’s 91 and a low near 70 last night.
Automobile Dealers to Meet in Richmond July 15
A special meeting of Virginia automobile dealers called by Walter J. Wilkins of Norfolk will gather at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond on July 15 to discuss changes in O P A regulations and to pledge support to hold the price line against inflation.
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Automobile Dealers of Virginia
Walter J. Wilkins
Norfolk
Automotive Trade Association of Virginia
John Marshall Hotel
Richmond
Senators Invite Patterson To Explain E Award To Er ie Basin Firm
The Senate War Investigating Committee heard testimony about gifts tied to war contracts including six pens and pencil sets and two cigarette lighters from Erie Basin Metal Products. Campaigns over the Army Navy E award and related pressure from Washington were discussed as Patterson was summoned to explain the action and related manpower ceiling moves.
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Patterson
Washington
Erie Basin — Products Company
Comn
Senate
Carl Moline
George H. Knutson
War Department Price Adjustment Board
Knutson
War Department
Erie Basin Company
Erie
Chicago Ordnance Office
Cabinet
House Military Committee
Senate Committee
May
Mead
D-Ny
George Meader
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Murray
Henry Garsson
Campbell
L. H. Campbell, Jr
Army Ordnance
Garssons
Foreign Ministers Council Turns To German Question
The Paris meeting ends a four day deadlock over peace conference invitations. France gains power to send invites while Russia seeks stronger procedural rules. Britain and the United States back reducing rigid German zonal boundaries and unifying Germany economically.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Russia
Reich
Luxembourg Palace
U. S
Britain
United States
France
Hungary
Romania
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Potsdam
Governor Tuck Seeks Funds for Hospital Takeover
Governor Tuck said Virginia has not decided on immediate state funds to operate Woodrow Wilson General Hospital, but plans to take over the 6 million former army plant this month. The site could host health uses for 15 years or revert to the federal government, with funds possibly needed later.
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Richmond
Tuck
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
War Assets Administration
Commonwealth
Georgia Gubernatorial Primary Energizes Mass Registration
Atlanta reports a surge in interest as Georgia prepares for the July 17 Democratic primary. About 1,000,000 residents registered to vote, including an unprecedented Negro vote in the Deep South for the first time. Teenagers also registered in large numbers, amid the recall of Governor Ellis Arnall’s 18 year old voting age reform.
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Atlanta
Deep South
Georgia
Solid South
Ellis Arnall
Gene Talmadge
E. D.rivers
Arnall
James V. Carmichael
Republican Asks For Passage Of British Loan
Rep. Eaton of New Jersey urges immediate approval of a 3.75 billion dollar British loan. He argues joint U S Britain leadership depends on the loan to rebuild Britain and foster world trade and credit as the four day House debate begins.
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Washington
Eaton
New Jersey
House Foreign Affairs Committee
America
Britain
House
Bunker Hill
Jesse Sumner
R Ild
Illinois Woman Loses Her Nylons Looking For Steak
AURORA IL July 9 Mrs Geraldine Wepmace finished washing three pairs of nylons then heard a rumor there was steak at her butcher. She hung the nylons to dry and went to the shop. On return she found the nylons stolen by a thief.
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Aurora
Geraldine Wepmace
Judge Grants Divorce After Axe Attacks
In Phoenix on July 9 Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dudley W Windes granted a divorce to a man seeking separation from his wife on grounds of physical cruelty. The man testified she had struck him five times in the head with an axe claiming a violent assault.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Maricopa County
Dudley W. Windes
Bank Provides Mourner’s Bench For OPA Death
In Russell Kas a bank lobby features a mourner's bench with tear-drop pan and thick towels for those overwhelmed by the passing of OPA. A bank official says it is available but has not yet been used.
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Russell
Kas
Russell — Bank
OPA
UNRRA Shanghai Employees Call Supplies Wasted
More than 250 of 400 UNRRA staff in Shanghai emailed Director General LaGuardia alleging relief supplies in China are wasted deteriorating and being stolen while the starving remain in need They accuse the Chinese government of inadequacy in funding for CNRRA and call for leadership changes.
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Shanghai
UNRRA
LaGuardia
China
Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
CNRRA
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