Yanks Force Out Russian Repatration Mission in Austria
American soldiers dragged a Russian chauffeur from his car and escorted three Russians from the Ameri can zone near Salzburg after a midnight deadline. The group, led by Col. Alexander Smirnov, was driven to the Soviet border and handed over to officials. Washington disclosed a letter noting the mission’s purpose had long since been fulfilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzburg
Austria
U. S
Col
Alexander Smirnov
Cheesemakers Inn
U.S. Army
G. E. Hartel
Hartel
Leutenant
Vasiliy Elistratov
Col. Smirnov
Vasiliy Pyorarov
Enns River
Germany
Washington
State Department
Walter J. Donnelly
Marshall Still In Far East
General Marshall spent Sunday in Tokyo preparing official papers for a potential major development in Korea. He held three days of high level talks with military commanders in Korea and Tokyo, with no clear timetable for the trip and continued discussions at the U S embassy and Ridgway’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Marshall
Korea
U. S
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Dai Ichi
Far East
Truman Radio Talk Set For Thursday Night
President Truman plans a 9 30 p m Thursday nationwide radio and television address to explain the nation faces great danger from inflation and to urge stronger economic controls. Aides say he fears lack of congressional and public support for his proposals. The White House announced the broadcast across all networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Margaret Truman Attends Lady Astor Garden Party
Margaret Truman joined about 2,000 guests at a garden party hosted by Lord and Lady Astor at Cliveden House in London. Queen Elizabeth was the guest of honor at the mansion overlooking the Thames in Maidenhead.
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London
Margaret Truman
Cliveden House
Lord
Lady Astor
Queen Elizabeth
Astor's
Th.u
Ronceverte Flood Drenches Business District After Heavy Rain
A flash flood hit Ronceverte West Virginia driving water three to four feet deep through main streets and flooding 30 to 40 businesses. Mayor C W Shankland estimated losses around 100000 while no injuries were reported and emergency crews, Red Cross and WRON radio advised safety measures.
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Ronceverte
W. Va
Fairlea
Here
U. S. Rt. 219
Shankland
John Bethel
Greenbrier
WRON
American Red Cross
Rt. 219
Montgomery Hollow
Frankford Road
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Edgar Avenue
Edear Avenue
First National Bank
AWOL British Diplomats Elude Police Dragnets
London reports reveal two AWOL British diplomats Burgess and Maclean fleeing across Europe in a major manhunt. Authorities trace leads from France to Italy and Prague while Roma police and Istanbul monitors investigate reports of sightings and coded telegrams from unknown senders.
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London
France
Italy
Rome
el Tempo
Burgess
Florence
Ventimiglia
Istanbul
Bucharest
Donald D. Maclean
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Paris
MacLean
Pigalle
West Virginia State Bar forms rules committee
Arch M. Cantrell announces a new West Virginia State Bar standing committee on rules of civil procedure. Members include Thomas B. Jackson and Hillis Townsend of Charleston as chair and vice chair, with Joseph M. Sanders of Bluefield and others from Parkersburg Charleston Martinsburg Beckley Clarksburg Wheeling and Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia Stave Bar
Arch M. Cantrall
Thomas B. Jackson
Hillis Townsend
Charleston
William Bruce Hoff
Parkersburg
Joseph M. Sanders
Bluefield
W. Bryan Spillers
Charles C. Wise, Jr
A. G
District VFW Meets Today In Bluefield
The 9th district Veterans of Foreign Wars meet in Bluefield at 2 p m to elect district officers. Local post 3856 hosts with the auxiliary present. Commander Bob Buskirk of Metewan leads the district and Nellie Stubblefield heads the auxiliary. Members are urged to attend at the post home on Bland Street. refreshments will be served.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bluefield
VFW
Bob Buskirk
Metewan
West Virginia
Nellie Stubblefield
VPFW
Post
Bland Street
Price War In Weekend Lull At S Klein Store
New York June 9 crowds gathered at S Klein as price cuts for watches and clothing drew about 35,000 shoppers before noon. Police and guards worked the throng while Macy’s and Gimbels saw normal Saturday traffic. Klein credited truthful ads and long standing sales for the turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
S. Klein's
Macy's
Gimbel’s
Klein
Philip Harris
Reds Retreat Under Fierce Allied Bombardment in Korea
Allied forces bombed the iron triangle near Chorwon and Kumhwa as Chinese Reds abandoned twin strongholds. U S bombers dropped 50 tons of fragmentation bombs while napalm scarred assembly areas. Frontline reports show Reds retreating along secondary roads toward Kumsong and Pyongyang, with Allied artillery blocking key routes.
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Tokyo
Iron Triangle
Kumsong
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
Chorwon
Pyongeang
Jumsong
Fisherman reels in unusual 40 pound catfish catch
Cover Tenn June 9 story describes Roe Austin and his son Frank finding a 40 pound catfish hooked by two eels that had baited lines overnight on the Cumberland river bank. The eels escaped the catfish’s gills but remained connected, delivering a rare catch.
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Cover
Tenn
Roe Austin
Cumberland
Frank
Austin
Butcher Shop Queues Signal Meat Shortage Reaches U S Towns
A nationwide spot check shows beef supplies tight as price controls blamed by packers and officials. Cattle sales at stockyards hit a three year low with cities like Minneapolis and Kansas City hard hit. Some chains in Chicago report beef shortfalls while others maintain full packs. Forecasters expect possible July rebound even as pork demand rises.
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Chicago
U.S
Office of Price Stabilization
Congress
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Luciano Exiled Vice Mogul Faces Smuggling Charges
Rome reports Luciano the exiled New York vice boss is charged with smuggling 57000 and an automobile from the United States. A fine near 300000 awaits payment. failure to pay means arrest is possible. He has eluded police at his Naples hotel and other haunts amid claims of influence with racketeers.
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Rome
Charles
Lucky” Luciano
U. S
United States
Luciano
Estes Kefauver
Crime Investigating Committee
Naples
Italy
Kefauver
U.S
Eurlier
America
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Sicily
Probe Of Jet Crashes Pushed
Air Force and FBI experts probed the multijet disaster near Richmond Indiana to determine if sabotage weather mechanical trouble or human error caused eight F 84 thunderjets to crash during a 71 plane formation three pilots died two injured three unhurt Investigations weighed fuel quality potential sabotage and fuel exhaustion as possible factors while witnesses debated weather and in flight explosions previous reports noted clouded skies and proximity to Wright Patterson base without confirming a single cause
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Richmond
Ind
API— Air Force
FBI
Indiana - Ohio
Indiana
Earl Smith
Dayton
Ohio
Selfridge Field
Mt. Clemens
Smith
Dixie Presbyterians Pick Charleston for 1952 General Assembly
The Presbyterian church in the U S selected the First Presbyterian church in Charleston West Virginia for its 1952 general assembly. It will be the first time in 30 years the southern branch has met there.
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Orlando, Fla
Presbyterian Church
U. S&s
First Presbyterian Church
Charleston
W. Va
Iran Oil Nationalization Poker Game Shapes Up as Talks Drag
Iran plays a high stakes oil nationalization game as a three member parliamentary committee travels to Abadan to take over the British owned industry. Observers doubt Iran can run the oil alone while officials promise talks with AIOC delegates and a better solution amidst tense protests and heat.
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Tehran
Iran
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company
Abadan
Herbert Morrison
AIOC
London
U. S
Ber
Persian Gulf
Mocsadech
Nutter Elected President of West Virginia Public Accountants
Carl Nutter a Charleston attorney was chosen president of the West Virginia public accountants association at the closing session of its spring meeting in Huntington. Emerson Starling of Parkersburg joined the board. Starling was named to the directors. Other officers include Vanney Owens Bluefield first vice president J Phil Cramer Parkersburg second vice president William R Wortham Huntington secretary and E B Wood Oak Hill treasurer.
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Huntington
W. Va
Carl Nutter
Charleston
West Virginia Public Accountants’ Association
Nutter
Emerson Starling
Parkersburg
Starling
Bluefield
Vanney Owens
J. Phil
Acheson Clashes With MacArthur In Senate Hearings
Secretary of State Acheson testified for a long day on the firing of General MacArthur and the Far East policy, denying efforts to force a Red alliance with Chiang Kai-Shek. He said the United States would cooperate with any China lobby inquiry and rejected accusations of dictatorial state department powers in military strategy. Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer is named as next witness.
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Wonsan
East Coast
Pyoneyang
Korea
William M. Hoge
Ninth Corps
Washington
Acheson
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
GOP
State Department
U. S
Bridges
Cain
Rashin
Albert Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
China
MacArthur
Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek
Marshall
New York
Chiang
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Knowland
Chiane
Capitol Hill
Far Pacific
Truman
Congress
Far East
China Lobby
McMahon
Dconn
R-Nh
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Yanks Boot Russ
Red Repatriation Mission
C. W. Shankland
Red Radio
Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Russia
Rennes
Virginia
Melinda Marling
Moscow
Joseph M. Sanderson State Bar Group
District Vfw
North Korea
Parallel 38
Navy
George A. Kernan
New Orleans
Hare
Secretary of
Defense
George Marshall
Matthew B. Ridaway
Manchuria
Eighth Army
Formosa
Red China
Carter
Rock Bottom
Philadelphia
J. C. Deindorfer
Philadelphia Retail Meat Dealers Association
Pittsburgh
Denver
Los Angeles
Vice Mogul
Dixie Presbyterians
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ahwaz
Khuzistan
Shanseidin Amir Alaie
Mossadezh
Hussein Maki
Accountants’ Group
Mac
Reds
Serge
Russell
D-Ga
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