Two Methodist Churches Here Change Pastor
The 12th annual Methodist conference in Charleston announced transfers to West Virginia. Dr. C. G. Eastwood moves from Trinity Bluefield to Oak Hill. Rev. Winton R. Houck from Grace Bluefield becomes executive secretary of Pensions Funds, Inc. Rev. L. D. Roe of Princeton First Methodist shifts to Temple church Beckley.
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Bluefield
Princeton
West Virginia
Methodist Conference
Charleston
C. G. Eastwood
Trinity Methodist Church
Winton R. Houck
Grace Methodist
L. D. Roe
First Methodist Church
Beckley
Temple Methodist Church
Eastwood
Oak Hill
West Virginia Methodist ministers named for next year at state conference
The 12th annual West Virginia Methodist conference concluded in Charleston with Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke announcing ministerial appointments for Beckley Beckley district and Bluefield districts. The list includes numerous stations circuits and churches led by named clergy such as Wesley Pennington C D Hillman H N Boley Rexford Workman Ray W Wilson and O H Dorsey among others. The meeting stressed maturity in national and foreign policy and the need for growth in both individuals and nations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lloyd C. Wicke
United States
Far East
West Virginia
Bishop Wicke
Beckley
Ansted
Les Son
Ansted Circircuit
Wesley Pennington
Beaver-Blue Jay
Clinton Miller
C. D. Hillman
Bethel
H. N. Boley
Brushton
Rexford Workman
Earl
C. O. Cameron
East Beckley
Ray W. Wilson
Fayetteville
Rhenus
Marsh Fork
Emory McGraw
Tams-Amigo
Lee Richardson
Mr. Hope
F. E. Perry
Mullens-Wyce
O. H. Dorsey
Nallen
H. E. Shuck
Oak Hill
C. G. Eastwood
Oceana
Arnold D. Belcher
Pineville-Baileysville
L. A. Harford
Powellton
T. E. Rutledge
Scarboro
Albert Noe
Summersville Station
A. F. Gregory
Summersville
L. A. Dorsey
Van
Harry Mikels
Winding Gull
R. H. Kennedy
Winona
B. L. Moss
Asbury Educational Fund
A. D. Belcher
Berserk Laborer Slays Janitor in Manhattan Tenement
In Manhattan's east side, a quiet house wrecker identified as Mike Shramok, 56, killed janitor Harry Poluchena, 56, at 171 East Second Street. Shramok was wounded in a police gunfight, subdued after a duel with Officer Isaac Gillman. Detective Tekverk was shot in the leg but not fatal. Police seek motive as the case unfolds.
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New York
Manhattan East Side
Harry Poluchena
East Second Street
Mike Shramok
Stramok
Polychena
Isaac Gillman
William F. Tekverk
Poluchena
Gillman
Shramok
Explosions Strike Homes During Tennessee Plant Strike
In Morristown Tennessee two non striking Amer ican Enka workers had their homes hit by dynamite blasts during the CIO Textile Union walkout now in its 11th week. Eight people slept at Murry Bible home. no injuries. A second blast hit Hugh Bloomers yard near Bean Station with no injuries. Governor Browning ordered National Guardsmen earlier. patrols reinforced by thirty troopers. Plant employs about 700 workers in rayon tire fabrics.
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Morristown
Tenn
Enka Corp. Rayon
Robert Medlin
Murry Bible
Hugh Bloomer
Bean Station
Bible
CIO Textile Union
Medlin
Browning
Investigators Question Amerasia Chief in Senate Probe
Senate investigators prepare to question Amerasia editor Philip Jaffe amid the Amerasia documents case. The session may review Forrestal diary notes showing he urged President Truman be informed of the matter. Vardaman is pressed to explain his lack of mention of the diary.
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Washington
Senate
Amerasia
Philip Jaffe
Jaffe
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
James V. Forrestal
Justice Department
Forrestal
Truman
Navy
Senate Inquiry Committee
San Francisco
FBI
Brewster
Rme
James K. Vardaman
Senate Committee
Vardaman
Federal Reserve Board
Roanoke Flyer Leads In Transcontinental Race
Miss Martha Anne Woodrum of Roanoke led the Ninety-Nines fourth transcontinental air race, landing in El Paso amid bad weather after 3 hours 43 minutes in the air and averaging 170.5 mph. She appeared ahead of rivals from San Diego to Greenville as the field of 33 light planes progressed toward Odessa, Texas.
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Roanoke
Martha Anne Woodrum
el Paso
Tex
Woodrum
Odessa
San Diego
Calif
Greenville
S. C
Girl Escapes Death In 700 Foot Plunge Near Negro Mountain
West Jefferson North Carolina June 11 a 24 year old West Jefferson woman Annie Pruitt Wyrick fell from Outlook Rock on Negro Mountain nearly 700 feet. She was unconscious for about 45 minutes before rescuers reached her and she was taken to Ashe Memorial Hospital with painful cuts and bruises. No bones were broken.
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West Jefferson
N. C
Outlook Rock
Negro Mountain
Annie Pruitt Wyrick
Ashe Memorial Hospital
Peacetime Draft Faces Race to Avert Induction Deadline
Washington reports a looming June 24 deadline for the peacetime draft with Congress urged to act. Senator Tydings praises extension options while race and race integration amendments threaten Senate action and possible delays.
Revolutionary weapons could reshape Western defense plans
Washington reports military experts argue new war tech may let the West deter Russia with lower costs. They estimate Russia could field 175 divisions now, 300 within 60 days and 500 within months, plus a dominant air force and submarine jet, with atomic capability. Yet a Western strategic gap in Europe risks invasion if not filled before Russia builds stockpiles of A bombs.
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Washington
America
U. S
Russia
Western
Europe
Kremlin
Sportscaster Talks Man Down From Death Leap
Kansas City reporter recaps how Randall Jessee of WDAF TV used loud speakers to calm Joseph Washington a 36 year old man who climbed a 750 foot tower and threatened self harm. Firefighters assisted and Washington was taken into custody for investigation after descending.
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Kansas City
Joseph Washington
Washington
WDAF
Randall Jessee
Jessee
Bishop Strambi Canonized Defying Napoleon in Holy Year
Vatican announces the canonization of Vincenzo Maria Strambi bishop of Macerata and Tolentino who chose exile over swearing allegiance to Napoleon during occupation in 1807. He becomes the fourth saint named in the 1950 Holy Year as Pope Pius XII presides at St. Peter's Basilica.
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Vatican City
Napoleon
St. Peter’s Basilica
Pius XII
Vincenzo Maria Strambi
Macerata
Tolentino
Jolo Truck Driver Remains Unconscious
Clyde Scott a 24 year old Jolo truck driver remains unconscious at Grace hospital Welch West Virginia after a late afternoon accident when his truck ran out of control on the highway near Bradshaw signals officials.
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Welch
W. Va
Clyde Scott
Grace Hospital
Bradshaw
Senate OK On Rent Bill Is Forecast
Washington June 11 Senate approval of a rent control bill is forecast by administration circles as the issue looms into November elections. Opponents may rely on a banking committee maneuver and a possible filibuster by Cain. The measure would extend federal controls for six months from June 30 with local option for another six months.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Banking Committee
Cain
House
Lucas
Illinois
Pedestrian Killed Near Claypool Hill in Route 19 Crash
Richlands Virginia June 11 A 38 year old Wardell man Sleep Bascom Puckett died from injuries after being struck by a 1941 Chevrolet coupe driven by Ralph Herndon of Sword's Creek while walking with his wife along Route 19 about midnight Saturday. Buck McGhee a passenger suffered a punctured eye. Herndon faces manslaughter charges according to state trooper G H McAllister. Burial set at Pleasant Hill Methodist church with services Tuesday afternoon.
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Richlands
Bascom Puckett
Wardell
Mattie Williams Hospital
Route
Claypool Hill
G .H. McAllister
Puckett
Gladys
Ralph Herndon
Sword’s Creek
Buck McGhee
Topper McAllister
Herndon
Tazewell
Mr. Puckett
James
Susie Puckett
Tazewell County
Pounding Mill Quarry Corporation
W. A. White
Belfast
Pleasant Hill
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Gun and Ball Bat Wielded In Night Spot Brawl
Deputy Sheriff Pearley Elmore said a fight at an entertainment spot near Fayetteville left Percy Fruits 28 of Minden with three pistol wounds in the chest and abdomen and Lewis Shawkey 25 of Fayetteville with a fractured skull. Shawkey’s condition was not serious and police pursue the investigation.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Pearley Elmore
Percy Fruits
Minden
Lewis Shawkey
Shawkey
Gate City Mayor Serves as One-Man Fire Brigade
Gate City Virginia June 11 The mayor Mac Wallace rushed to the fire department after finding his five room home afire He turned in the alarm and rode back to his house to direct volunteers from the cab of a fire truck until the crew arrived He helped as a one man brigade while neighbors watched
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Gate City
Mac Wallace
Four Die And Four Saved After Night Of Horror In Boat
Four men died and four were saved after a cabin cruiser became trapped in the Allegheny River spillway. Survivors clung to the wreck as rescue crews from several craft, including a 100-foot river tug, battled the turbulent waters. The D.A.B. tug, later overturned and wrecked, belonged to Consumers Mining Company.
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Allegheny River Dam
Pittsburgh
D.A.B
Consumers Mining Company
Kreig
Oakmont Boat Club
McHugh
Poland East German frontier row sparks protest and warning
Taegliche Rundschau boosts the claim that Poland and East Germany fixed the Oder Neisse frontier as permanent. Western powers question the border in a German peace treaty, while 50,000 expelled Germans protest in Fulda. The report cites Potsdam versus Yalta and warns a delayed frontier could trigger war.
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Warsaw
Oder-Neisse River
Fulda
West German Republic
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Taegliche Rundschau
Oder- Neisse
United States
Yalta
U. S
Hitler
Second Trial Set In Double Slaying in Maryland
Thomas Alexander Edwards, a Glen Burnie sugar refinery worker, goes on trial again in Baltimore for the September 1948 murders of John Mahlan and Mary Kline, whose bodies were found in a secluded lovers’ lane near Annapolis. The first trial ended in a conviction overturned by the Maryland Court of Appeals over an improperly admitted police confession.
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Baltimore
Thomas Alexander Edwards
Glen Burnie
Maryland Court of Appeals
Edwards
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
John Mahlan
Mary Kline
Annapolis
Beckley Couple and Mother Hurt in Charleston Crash
Three Beckley residents were hospitalized in Charleston after a highway collision yesterday. Paul Edward Thrush, 37, his wife Kathleen Thrush, and Kathleen's mother Susan Gwinn, 62, were injured. Gwinn's condition is listed as serious. The car hit a house trailer being moved from an embankment near Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Beckley
Paul Edward Thrush
Kathleen Thrush
Susan Gwinn
Tokyo Raid Nips Red Propaganda
Police in Tokyo raid Waseda University with sixty officers seizing a Communist inspired open letter to General MacArthur and ban all special student meetings for the week. The rector says the action stifles students and compares it to prewar measures as searches continue at party offices and union HQs.
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Tokyo
Waseda University
General MacArthur
Yuichi Eshima
Students Autonomy Society
MacArthur
Japan
Russia
China
U. S
Communist Party
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