Textbook Probe Sparks Protests Over Red Propaganda
A House committee spot check into textbook contents draws educators to denounce an academic freedom threat. Cornell President Day warns of infiltration, while leaders from Yale Cornell Michigan and Harvard support teaching about totalitarian methods and caution against biased Communist propaganda.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Yale
Cornell
Michigan
Day
Ithica
N. Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
James B. Conant
Harvard
Deaths and funerals in the Bluefield area
Sherman W. Smith 54 of Crab Orchard dies at a niece's home in Wayneside near Narrows Virginia. Survived by father Marshall Smith 103 and several children, siblings, and a brother. Funeral at Crab Orchard church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Also listed are the deaths of Mrs. Fleetwood Minnick Childress 32 of Princeton Ath ens area and Mrs. Elizabeth Pennington 88 of Speedway and others, with services scheduled in Princeton, Beckley, and Narrows areas.
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Sherman W. Smith
M. R. Wood
Wayside
Narrows
Marshall Smith
Crab Orchard
Andrew Smith
Mullens
Helen Moye
LaFayette
Ind
Virginia Sekete
Affinity
Nora Hare
William Mullins
Beckley
Earl Tolbert
Lottie Maynor
Oceana
Ladd Smith
Wood
Sunset Memorial Park
Fleetwood Minnick Childress
Arlie Woodrow Childress
Bluefield Sanitarium
Childress
E. M. Minnick
Minnick
Princeton
Athens
Shirley Virginia
Ethel Juanita
Eleanor Arlene
Sheila Ann
Charles Dane
Arlie Wayne
Leister Goodson
W.M. Smith, Jr
Kimball
Basil Hall
Pemberton
Tony Black
Bill Wylie
Ben Waulk
Howe
Raymond Johnston
George Weiss
Ballard
Lee Linkous
Matoaka
Luther Harless
Rocky Gap
Earl Fox
Rhodell
Duard Minnick
Swords Creek
Ogden Minnick
Miller Minnick
Stevenson
Memorial Funeral Directory
Church of God
Straley Avenue
Tommy Williams
Resthaven Cemetery
Elizabeth Pennington
Ben Pennington
Rowan Memorial Home
J. H. Price
Speedway
Price
Dewey Cox
Fresno
Calif
Orson Lee Ross
Gary
Bertie Conner Poff
A. P. Poff
H. E. Stewart
C. C. Jones
Charles Stables
James Stumps
Norfolk
Riffe
Minnie Dunford
Alfred Dunford
Duhling
Memorial Hospital
Julia Blankenship
Dunford
Bland County
Virginia
Ray Dunford
Pearlsburg
Cartha Cabtree
Margaret Pizzini
Montcalm
Tim Mills
Ben Riggs
Steve Setter
Otha Blankenship
Charleston
Crabtree
Mercer Funeral Home
Charles Lewis
Big Vein
Tabernacle Cemetery
Ed Haynes
Claude
Junior Collins
Dewey Hess
Ernest Dillon
Bob Dunford
Herbert Fink
Benjamin F. Glover
Benjamin Franklin Glover
Bishop
Pocahontas Fuel Company
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Glover
UMWA
Tug River-Pocahontas
Masonic Lodge
IOOF
Methodist Church
Laura Alice Wright
Richard Haven
Bluefield
Cecil
Danvil
Irene
Betty June
Clyde Glover
Amonate
Chester
Alexander Methodist Church
George Fox
W. C. Lane
Clinch Valley Memorial
Richlands
Hurst Scottuneral
Nour
Coal Miners Open Week-Long Walkout Over Vacation Pay
Workers in the coal industry plan a one week strike over vacation pay of 100 dollars per man. Frank Harper of Liberty Pennsylvania says they will return next Monday if contracts are written by then. About 30,000 coal-hauling railroad workers face furloughs due to reduced business.
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Frank Harper
Liberty
Harper
Lewis
Mississippi
James H. Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
McArthur Letter Sparks East Asia Tensions and Golf Triumph
The article reports a Soviet accusation that Japanese police killed a worker during a May 30 labor protest in Tokyo. Occupation authorities say Communist led mobs forced entry into municipal hall to oppose new public security rules. Sam Snead, at 37, becomes the oldest winner of the PGA Championship.
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Far Eastern Commission
Tokyo
McArthur
Revyanko
Leter
Men’s Fashion Frenzy Heights Summer Trends For Men
New York fashion column urges men to embrace bold summer styles with criss cross trunks, bright sports shirts, loud patterns, and pajama wear in public. It extols sun filtering outfits and flamboyant accessories while promising to outshine women in the season’s bold trends.
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New York
Farm Group Seeks Hold On 1948 Votes
Des Moines reports midwestern Democratic leaders plan to propose changes to the Brannan farm program. Secretary Charles Brannan and other administration chiefs joined a two day conference with Democratic leaders from 16 states to discuss election gains.
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Des Moines
Truman
Farm Belt Party
Administration
Charles F. Brannan
Administration mulls resource analysis and mobilization role
Informants say the president plans continued analysis of resources to spot bottlenecks and draft swift mobilization plans while avoiding direct operating roles. His failed bid to appoint Mon Wallgren as NSRB chair tied to views on NSRB function.
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Mon Wallgren
Washington
NSRB
Sacred Union Contract Sparks Attacks on AT&T
CIO leader Philip Murray branded American Telephone and Telegraph the most vicious monopoly in America and vowed to challenge it. He spoke at a CIO telephone workers convention banquet, criticizing decertification petitions and supporting the CWA CIO merger into the United Communications Workers of America. AT&T officials declined to comment.
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Chicago
Philip Murray
CIO
American Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company
America
CIO Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
At&t
Walter S. Gifford
United States
Murray
Phone Workers
TWOC
CWA
United Communications Workers of America
New York
Bell System
NLRB
Cwa-Cio
Dunman family welcomes Linda Sue born in Ardmore
Dr and Mrs Lester Dunman of Ardmore Pa formerly of Gary announce the birth of their second daughter Linda Sue on May 27. She weighs six pounds eight ounces. The couple has two other children Lester Jr and Ann.
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Lester Dunman
Ardmore
Gary
Linda Sue
Davidson
N. C
Davidson College
Eugene
Thomas Montelli
John Sklepovich
Western Kentucky State College
Bowling Green
Emma Lois Barksdale
Mary Frances Hayduk
Fannie David
Marie Joan Mitchem
Joleen Taylor
Thorpe
Elaine Fry
Edith Davis
Filbert
Charleston
Rainbow Girls
David Lee Wood
Stanley Joseph Lustic
VPI
Blacksburg
V. Corder
Bluefield
Welch Hospital
Farl Ashworth
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Elsie Ketz
Mary Ann Ross
James G. Beach
Gordon Beach
Alma Jean Basham
Robert Billings
David W. Myers
Elbert Lewis McConnell
Wylie Hamilton
Omar Bedsaul
George A. O'Brien
Fred Foster
Marvin Mead
James Tolbert
Bov
Bov’'s State
Jackson's Mill
B. H. Barksdale
Jerry Honaker
Huntington
Camp Nelson Dodd
Brinkhaven
Marshall College
Christine Duckwall
Scaritt College
Nashville
Tenn
A. E. Duckwall
Scaritt
Duckwall
T. Flemming
Maurice
Ocala
Fla
Man hanged self in Lorain jail after escape claim
A 28 year old man identified as William Brooks and alias Jack Bryan hanged himself in a Lorain city jail cell after surrendering earlier and saying he was tired of running from the law. He said he had escaped from Moundsville penitentiary and was serving a five to eighteen year term for a 1948 killing in Rita West Virginia.
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Lorain
Ohio
Moundsville
W. Va
Paul Cleaver
William Brooks
Jack Bryan
National Tube Co
West Virginia
Rita
W.va
Brook
Coplon Figure Denies Report Amid Espionage Trial
Washington reports the central figure in the Coplon espionage case, Mrs Irina Aleksander, denied slanderous allegations and urged a full investigation. FBI Director Hoover declined comment. The trial notes links to Soviet consulate visits, connections with Eugene Kisseler and Paul Mikhailov, and a top Soviet atomic spy, Arthur Adams, missing since 1946.
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Washington
Steret
FBI
Judith Copion
Irina Aleksander
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
Edgar Hoover
Condon
Hoover
Associated Press
Great Neck
N. Y
Aleksander
Bashdar Aleksander
Yugoslavia
Bunche
U. N
Counci
New York
Eugene Kisseler
Comeul
Paul Mikhailov
PRI
Mikhailov
Red Army
Canada
Arthur Adams
House un-American Activities Committee
Adams
Moscow
Auto Crash Damages Cars On Russell Street
A 1941 Chrysler owned by E. C. Brook of Bluefield suffered extensive damage after a 1949 Dodge Station Wagon driven by Flord & Clair of Bluefield struck it on Russell Street. Brook’s car rolled into a fire hydrant near Princeton Avenue. St. Clair was charged with reckless driving.
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E. C. Brook
Bluefield
Dodse
Flord & Clair
Brook
Russell Street
Princeton Avenue
C. N. Wilson
St. Clair
Dog Poisoning Reported in Local District
Titus Shawver of Pulton Street reports his dog poisoned early morning and notes three other dogs poisoned nearby in the past week. Police consider the case a potential crime linked to dog poisonings in the area.
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Titus Shawver
Pultom Street
Durin
Drum and Bugle Corps to Practice Tonight
Buglers of the Beneficial American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps will practice at Beaver My School Annex this evening. Drummers report at o'clock.
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Drum Corps
Benefielt American Legion
Beaver My School
Paris aims to guard against Russian gains and seek freer Europe
Acheson travelled to Paris to urge protecting the free world and expanding influence west of the curtain. Officials seek to block Soviet concessions, roll back the division and pursue a live-and-let-live eastern western Europe drift. Truman signaled unity with negotiation but no grand settlement, portending a cooling Cold War phase with possible broader trade despite unresolved democracy versus Communism tensions.
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United States
Acheson
Paris
Free World
Germany
Russia
Truman
Little Rock
State Department
Europe
Voting Precincts Set For The Local May Election
Fragmentary OCR outlines voting precincts and candidate names for a local election. It mentions turnout expectations and a schedule for polls and beer sales in a period with unclear proper nouns and dates.
Elks Convention Ends With Lunch
The Elks convention closes after a day of state proceedings. Attendees cast closing remarks as officials wrap up sessions and prepare for departures.
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Edmund Evra Day
Cornell University
George F. Zook
American Council of Education
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Ralph West Robey
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Soviet Russia
U. S. Office of Education
Arlie W. Childress
Harve Ball
John Lilly
Dewey Pennington
Ernest Kessinger
Obie Keaton
Charles Pennington
Speedway Church
Clarence D. Ross
J. M. Weaver
Narrows, Va
Mrs
Bertie Poff
MacArthur Call
Sam Snead
Ralph Edwards Haynes
E. K. Haynes
Freeman
School of Medicine
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Dr. Haynes
Bramwell High School
E. S. Baker
Haynes
U. S. Navy
University of Richmond
U. S. Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Theta Kappa Psi National Medical Fraternity
Sigma Zeta
Alpha Omega Alpha
St. Luke's Hospital
Cincinnati General Hospital
Cincinnati
Lucy Haynes
Carlie Tabor
Ray Haynes
West Point
Paul Haynes
Guy Haynes
Bramwell
Flemming
Florida
Indiana
Illinois
Dick Carter
James Blair
Blair
University of West Virginia
Satterfield
J. J. Blair
Welch
Tom Mulkey
Miami
A. D. Mulkey
Anna Clemens
Kitchener
Ontario
Susie Albert
Stuart Moore
R. H. Moore
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Coplon
Gutenan
Greedy Carper
WVU
Pocahontas Fuel
Mandy Weetee
Waxtex
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