Beaver Band Festival Opens With Parade Feature
Beaver high school band opened the second annual Region VIII festival at Ramsey auditorium. Twenty four bands compete for state contest spots May 5-7 in Huntington. Judges include Paul Yoder of Chicago, who praised West Virginia bands and the musicians’ spirit. The parade proceeds start at 2:30 p.m. with broadcasts and tape replays by WHIS.
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Dick Wellock
Beaver High Schoe
Ramsey Auditorium
Beaver
Huntington
Welock
Beaver Hi
Bob Wright
Bluefield
Billy Lilly
Princeton Hi
Bill Lilly
Mercer
Paul Yoder
Chicago
Yoder
Neil A. Kjos
West Vic
A. Harry West
City
Mercer Street
North
Bland Streets
WHIS
West Virginian
Arold Johnson
Blufield
Magic Valley
James L. Tarver
Lilly
Mrs. Lilly
Mercer Junior High
Harold Bennett
District Lions To Meet Tonight in Bluefield
District 29 W Lions International opens in Bluefield with 44 clubs expected, about 275 members and wives attending. International director Jules C. Ricker will speak at the banquet, with W Otis Bivens as toastmaster and a Beaver School A Cappella choir for entertainment.
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Lions International
Bluefield
Roy Browder
Lion's Group
Lions
West Virginia
West Virginian
Jules C. Ricker
Washington, D. C
W. Otis Bivens
Bluefield Club
W. A. Durkin
Lion's District
I. D. Jackson
Edwin I. Kingsley
Henry Fortune
Aelise French
James Elmer Brown
Paper Offers Reward For Wire Tappers In St Louis
The St Louis Star Times offers a 5000 dollar reward for information leading to conviction of anyone tapping its telephone lines. A page one note says persistent reports suggest race betting bookie interests listened in to its leads on gambling to tip off accomplices before police.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Star-Times
Nations Seek Arms in Hurry to Aid Eight European States
The United States faces an urgent appeal from eight Atlantic pact signers for military aid and funding to bolster a combined 2,000,000 personnel. Secretary Acheson said Congress will be asked to approve about 1.25 billion dollars after the Atlantic treaty ratification. Nations named Britain France The Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Norway Italy and Denmark report their immediate needs.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Acheson
Congress
Truman
Budget Bureau
Senate
America
Britain
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Norway
Italy
Denmark
Second Train Bandit Will Be Arraigned Soon
Fairmont West Virginia April 8 Federal Judge Harry E Watkins said Lyman Ramsdell one of two youths charged with holding up a passenger train near Martinsburg March 9 would likely be arraigned here in a week or so Ramsdell was moved from Washington to Marion county jail George Ashton twenty from Youngstown Ohio already faced sentencing after pleading guilty March 29 to two counts of halting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Ambassador robbery of about one thousand dollars Ashton and Ramsdell are from Youngstown Ramsdell was wounded resisting arrest in Washington and is hospital recuperating Judge Watkins has referred Ashtons sentencing pending probation investigation.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Harry E. Watkins
Lyman Ramsdell
Marinsburg
Ramsdell
Marion County
Washington
George Ashton
Damsdell
Ashton
Judge Watkins
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Detroit
Youngstown
O. Ramsdell
Watkins
Punch Board Seller Fined for Illegal Sale in Clarksburg
Nate Curry, a Clarksburg man, interrupted Sheriff Fitzhugh Reynolds and Deputy Truman Gore to sell Easter punch board chances. He admitted not recognizing them and was fined $100 plus costs for illegal possession of a punch board.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Nate Curry
Fitzhugh Reynolds
Truman Gore
Curry
Reynolds
Gore
Frances Flint
Conservatives Gain London Council Seats
April 4 London report notes the Conservative party overturned the Labour majority on the London County Council. Final counts show Conservatives and Labour 64 seats each and Liberal Sir Percy Harris with one seat. Communists lose representation. The 1946 council had 90 Labour, 30 Conservative, two Liberals and two Communists, with five new seats added since the last vote.
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London
London County
False Teeth Racket Stirs British Ire
In London the house of commons debated aliens receiving free dental care under the national health services act. Sir Waldron Smither claimed government leaflets invite visitors to Britain for free false teeth and other care. He questioned legality as he cited letters about spectacles and teeth being sold abroad.
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London
House of Commons
Waldron Smither
Britain
Waldron
Bridge Collapse Mystery Baffles Engineers In West Virginia
Morgantown April 8 West Virginia university engineering dean Dean R P Davis says the Bluestone bridge collapse leaves engineers baffled. Davis a bridge consultant to the state road commission inspected wreckage but cannot determine a cause. Road Commissioner Ray Cavendish notes plans followed standards and no definite factor identified.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Dean R. P. Davis
West Virginia University College of Engineering
Davis
State Road Commission
Hinton
Ray Cavendish
Forest L. McNeed
Cavendish
McNeer
Canadian Communist Sam Carr Sentenced to Six Years
Sam Carr, former organizer of Canadian Communists, was convicted of conspiring to provide a forged passport for a Russian agent and sentenced to six years in prison. His lawyer said an appeal would follow. Carr, 43, was captured by U.S. immigration in New York last January as part of the 1946 spy-ring disclosures track.
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Ottawa
Sam Carr
Joseph Sedgwick
Carr
U. S
New York
Canada
New York Taxi Strike Ends After Week of Walkout
A week long taxi drivers strike ended as Walter Brock, union regional director, ordered a return to service. Police estimated about 90 percent of New York’s roughly 11 000 cabs were back on the streets. Brock promised the union will seek recognition and file unfair labor practices with the state labor board.
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Walter Brock
Brock
State Labor Relations Board
United States
Lewis Is Scored By Head Of N W
Roanoke Virginia April 8 Six hundred key Norfolk and Western employes at a system wide conference were urged by N W President R H Smith to become business solicitors for the railroad. He noted coal traffic down 15 percent and other freight off somewhat. The address recalled postwar investment of 54 559 000 and planned 43 600 000 more in three years. He warned that mine stoppages cost three fourths of traffic and nearly a half million dollars daily in revenue and urged support for the railroad’s public welfare.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
N&w
R. H. Smith
O. M. Dawson
Western General Division
United Mine Workers
Germans Eager to Form New Nation
Bonn dispatch reports 45 million Germans outside the Russian zone ready to pursue nationhood under the three western occupying powers. The Washington settlement gives western Germany near full self government and a path to full OEEC participation. General Lucius Clay terms the accord a splendid settlement of Germany’s major problems.
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Bonn
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Washington
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OEEC
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Five N. and W. Workers Injured in Ohio Local Crash
Five Norfolk and Western railroad workers were injured when a small rail motor car jumped the track near Coal Grove Ohio on April 8. Twenty-one others escaped injury. Sol Williams and Crawford Fowler of Wayne West Virginia suffered leg fractures. Melindar Copley of Welch and Taylor Brannon with Ernest Wellman of Wayne West Virginia sustained cuts and bruises. All were taken to Ironton General Hospital.
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Coal Grove
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Lawrence County
Sol Williams
Crawford Fowler
Wayne, W. V
Melindar Copley
Welch
W. Va
Taylor Brannon
Ernest Wellman
Wayne
Ironton General Hospital
Eleven Germans Die As Gale Strikes Berlin
Berlin reports eleven deaths from a gale that swept across the city and northwestern Germany. Winds reached 75 miles per hour causing widespread damage to bomb damaged buildings and forcing residents to abandon their homes. Five deaths occurred in Berlin and six in the British zone including Kiel.
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Berlin
Germany
North Sea
Kiel
Senate Approves Europe Aid Authorization Amid Tight Vote
The Senate approved a 5.58 billion dollar program to spur European recovery over 15 months by a 70 to 7 vote. The bill is an authorization, not an appropriation, and now goes to the House which has already approved a similar measure.
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Washington
Senate
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Appropriations Committees
Death tale debunked as boy’s tale says death was imagination
Whitesburg Kentucky April report freed Mrs Amanda Ison and her three sons Ruben Bruce and Luther from murder charges after a boy Albert Ison 11 claimed his family killed Herman Ison at the Kingdom Come store last March 5. A Cincinnati call revealed the father was alive with daughter Goldie Hunter confirming his visit.
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Whitesburg
Albert Ison
Herman Combs
Amanda Ison
Goldie Hunter
Cincinnati
Herman Ison
Albert
Combs
Ruben
Bruce
Luther
Ison
Child Falls Into 14 Inch Water Pipe
Three and a half year old Kathy Fiscus fell into a vertical 14 inch water pipe in San Marino California. Police and fire units fought to reach her along the 120 foot length as rescuers used steam shovels bulldozers and augers. A midget climber was proposed but dismissed. Authorities feared she had slid past a bend in the pipe.
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San Marino
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Kathy
Lost Schooner Keewatin Found in West Indies Harbor
The coast guard reports the schooner Keewatin found at anchor in the British West Indies. It sailed from the Bahamas on April 1 and was unreported until now. A family of four aboard is alive and safe.
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West Indies
Norfolk
Coast Guard
British West Indies
Keewatin
Bahamas
Virginia
Orin M Dawson Dies in Roanoke
Funeral services for Orin M. Dawson 51 general superintendent of the western general division of the Norfolk and Western railway will be held Monday at 10 45 a m in Roanoke He died of a heart attack in Roanoke after arriving on train No 4 to attend a Better Service clubs meeting E G Otey attended the banquet and pallbearers include C H Tabor Ralph Payne H C Wyatt and others The Dawsons had no children He had a long career with the railroad beginning as a shopman in 1911 and rising through multiple posts in Roanoke Bluefield Radford Shenandoah and other divisions He was born in Richlands Co and attended Roanoke College and Emory and Henry College.
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Orin M. Dawson
Western General Division
Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
Mr. Dawson
R. A. Lapsley
First Presbyterian Church
Oakey’s Chapel
Norfolk and Western
Better Service Clubs of
Railway
Hotel Roanoke
E. G. Otey
First National Bank
C. H. Tabor
Ralph Payne
H. C. Wyatt
C. P. Blair
H. B. Smith
C. E. Lilley
S. E. Harvey
Dawson
Bluefield
Dawsons
Williamson
Radford
Piaski
Scioto
Shenandoah
Georgia Teacher Walkout Stalled
Georgia school teachers faced a stalled walkout as Governor Talmadge refused a special session to fund schools. State leaders urged teachers to stay on the job while districts like Polk Haralson and Chattooga remained closed with hundreds of staff and thousands of pupils idle.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
M. D. Collins
Collins
Talmadge
Harold Saxon
Georgia Education Association
Polk
Haralson
Chatooga
Coast Guard plane spots Kee watin crew safe near Allans Cay
The Coast Guard rescue plane reported spotting the missing schooner Kee watin anchored near Allans Cay in the Pensacola group 157 miles east northeast of Miami. Pilot Don Cobaugh said he saw one child and possibly a second near the ship's wheel, with adults sunning and no distress signs.
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Coast Guard
Keewatin
Pensacola Key
Donald Parrott
Salem
Mass
Miami
Navy
Air Force
Marine
Atlantic
Nassau
Bahamas
Swansboro
N. C
Coast
Parrot
Hadley Parrot
Baltimore
Fla
Lazy Jack
Allans Cay
Pensacola Group
Don Cobaugh
Cleveland
Cobaugh
Sidewalk Display Sparks Battle Over Cranford Storefronts
In Cranford New Jersey on April 8 a sidewalk display outside C Ernest Trubenbach's Feed and Seed drew clash with town leaders. After an ordinance banning sidewalk displays the owner used a rented air drill to remove the sidewalk and resume plant and seed sales.
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Cranford
N. J
C. Ernest Trubenbach
Trubenbach
UN Committee Seeks Newsmen Protection Worldwide
United Nations social committee adopted a principle to protect news correspondents in their work regardless of nationality. The decision, amid debate over foreign correspondents in their own country, was approved 22 to 17 with seven abstentions as it drafts a convention on gathering and international transmission of news.
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United Nations Assembly
Social Committee
Smelling Pictures Near for Soviet Film Industry
Soviet director Grigori Alexandrov told a Bucharest audience that the film industry will soon produce smelling pictures. He likened smellies to talkies and said audiences will see hear and smell scenes like looking through a window at sea breeze flowers and green pastures.
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Bucharest
Romania
Grigori Alexandrov
Production Cuts Hit Many Firms Across Industries in April
A wave of production cutbacks swept U.S. manufacturers as demand weakened and orders declined. GE trimmed conventional washing machine output by half, while Rochester’s Gonic Mill closed indefinitely. Other firms announced price cuts, layoffs, or halted expansions, though some small signs of demand revival emerged in vacuum cleaners and coffee makers.
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General Flectric
General Electric
German Military Controls To End
The United States Britain and France agreed to abolish military rule in the Western zones and replace military governors with civilian high commissioners. Occupation armies will remain for an indefi nite period as Germany moves toward a federal republic. The decision marks a key Cold War shift and aims to reintegrate Germany with Western nations while-East and West tensions may harden in the near term.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Soviet Bloc
Acheson
Europe
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William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Lewis
Ohio
New Europe
Ellender
Louisiana
Butler
Neb
Capehart
Ind
Jenner
Kem
Langer
Wherry
Fulbright
D-Ark
Cranford, N. J
UN Committee
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Gonic Manufacturing Company
Rochester
N. H
Symington-Gould Corp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Massachusetts
Gonic Milway
New England
Hoosac Mills
North Mass
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