Lee Defies Sawyer Returns to Work in Loyalty Clash
Washington May 29 Michael Lee a $10 000 a year ecommerce official challenged a move to fire him after secretary of commerce Sawyer ordered resignation Lee appeared for work while Sawyer was away pending ouster charges against Lee and Remington the two officials under congressional fire over security issues Remington planned to appear before a New York grand jury Wednesday and both men deny Communist ties Undergraduate veteran Remington vows to fight on while Lee seeks interview with Sawyer.
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Washington
Michael Lee
Congress
Lee
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Department
William W. Remington
Commerce
Remington
New York
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Department Loyalty Board
Hiself
Civil Service Commission
Commerce Department
Naval Intelligence
Va Desperado Trio Sentenced in Abingdon
Three men, George W. Able, Tyler Hodges Jr, and Amos Nuckolls, received a total of 75 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple armed robberies and related felonies in a week-long crime spree. Judge Sexton ordered consecutive terms for Able and Hodges, with leniency for 19-year-old Nuckolls. The men fled a Halifax prison camp April 1, then attacked Roscoe Mutter and others near Abingdon and Damascus, committing robberies totaling over $400 plus vehicles.
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Abingdon
Vincent L. Sexton
George W. Able
Tyler Hodges, Jr
Amos Nuckolls
Roscoe Mutter
Damascus Town
Oakie McCourt
Pistol Point
Oakie Cougar
Dean Blevins
Damascus
Sexton
Able and
Hodges
Nucholls
O. G. Bailey
Nuckolls
Avole
Mutter
Able
Halifax County
McCourt and Cauger
Banned Miner Returns To UMW
Lloyd H. Sidener announced he won his dispute with the United Mine Workers and will regain his Buckheart mine job. The union rescinded a $50,000 fine tied to his back to work activism during the soft coal strike and set a June 20 hearing on unfair labor practices. Sidener seeks reinstatement as local union president and back pay and says he will return only if these conditions are met.
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Canton
Lloyd H. Sidener
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Buckheart
U.M.W
Sidener
Washington
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Enos B. Campbell
Campbell
UMW
Berserk Veteran Subdued After Tear Gas Entry
Four Birmingham police forced entry into a tear gas filled cottage to subdue World War II veteran Hudson Shumate after relatives reported he menaced his wife and child with a pistol and threatened suicide. Shumate fired at his father and refused to come out. officers used tear gas and bound him with sheets before hospital transport.
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Birmingham
Ala
Menay
Toay
Hudson Shumate
Shumate
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Weary Postman Hides 3,000 Letters At Home
Miami postal inspectors uncover Rollie B Veal a 46 year old postman who after 25 years on the job concealed about 3000 undelivered letters mags and circulars in a home closet beginning May 11. The letters stacked three feet high reveal a decline in his route duties in a downtown Negro section.
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Miami
Fla
Rollie B. Vear
Footsore
Rollie Veal
Veal
Big Red Spy Roundup Seen in Allied Powers Plan
Ottawa reports signs of a large scale British Canadian and American offensive against Communist spies. London sources name a Canadian among suspects in an atomic spy ring linked to Klaus Fuchs. FBI agent Harry Gold admits dealings with Fuchs as arrests and indictments are forecast in Britain Canada and the United States.
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Ottawa
Canada
London
News Service
Russia
Fuchs
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
FBI
Gold
Reynolds News
Sunday Empire News
Canadian Royal Mounted Police
Scotland Yard
Tennessee Guards Move In At Morristown Strike
Three hundred Tennessee National Guardsmen with field gear and live ammunition moved into Morristown to quell violent disorders tied to a strike at the American Enka rayon plant. Gov. Gordon Browning authorized militia deployment after sheriff Robert Medlin requested urgent help as outbreaks continued. Two cars were overturned near the picket line, and two early morning dynamite explosions damaged a worker’s garage and a front yard.
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Morristown
Tenn
Tennessee National
Medlin
Thief Steals Tuxedo Jacket and Trousers in Richmond
Richmond, May 29. C. H. Fields reported to police that a tuxedo jacket and gray striped trousers were stolen from his home. In an odd turn the thief left behind a blue serge suit, revealing a curious misjudgment of proper attire.
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Richmond
C. H. Fields
Fields
Film Writers Lose In Court Washington May 29
Film writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo lost in a bid for supreme court review of contempt convictions for refusing to say if they were Communists. If the decision stands the government may seek penalties of a year in jail and $1000 fines. eight other Hollywood writers agreed to district court trial without a jury.
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Washington
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
Supreme Court
Congress
Lawson
Trumbo
District Court
House UN- American Activities Committee
Hollywood
U. S. Court of Appeals
High Court
Lawson-Trumbo
Ring Lardner Jr
Albert Maitz
Alvah Bessie
Samuel Ornitz
Herbert Biberman
Edward Dmytryk
Adrian Scott
Lester Cole
Berlin Whitsuntide Show Ends with Bloodless Victory Claim
Western leaders hailed a bloodless victory over Communist boasts in Berlin while warning of ongoing East West tensions. Mayor Ernst Reuter and others cautioned that dictatorship remains a threat as 500000 youths gathered and staged performances, with refugees and deserters seeking asylum in the west.
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Berlin
U. S
John J. McCloy
Maxwell D. Taylor
West Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Reuter
Kurt Schumacher
Western
Germany
Schumacher
Stalin
Westelmn
Taylor
Whitsunday
RIAS
Soviet Zone
West
East Berlin
Supreme Court Orders Welch Council To Place Dems On Ballot
Charleston May 29 The supreme court ordered Welch West Virginia to list six Democrats on the June 6 municipal ballot after the council had refused. The case centers on party nomination procedures and tax payment rules for candidates, with dispute over which group is the legitimate Welch Democrats.
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Supreme Court
Welch Council
Charleston
W. Va
Welch
State House
Fred L. Fox
Frank C. Haymond
L. E. Rogers
Democrat
Council
Democrat Party
Col Lemuel Q Stoopnagle Dies At Boston Hospital
Boston May 29 Chase Taylor 52 known to radio and screen as Colonel Lemuel Q Stoopnagle died today at Lahey clinic after a cardiac condition. He had been in Norwalk hospital for heart ailment and had recently worked in Puerto Rico on Duffy's Tavern scripts. Taylor created the Storm born character with Budd Hulick in 1935 and appeared on CBS NBC networks and Town Hall Tonight.
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Boston
Chase Taylor
Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle
New England
Lahey Clinic
Puerto Rico
Norwalk
Conn
Col Stoopnagle
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Taylor
WMAK
Buffalo
N. Y
CBS
Budd Mhulick
NBC Red
NBC Blue
Minute Men
Taylor-Hulick
Hulick
Safe Crackers Loot Local Firm in Early Morning Break In
A safe cracking job at the Blue field Lincoln-Mercury garage on Cherry street and Stadium drive netted 299.41 in cash. Roy Helmandollar reported the robbery at 2 05 a m. Sgt. Charles Fox Lt. Leon B. French and Patrolman Ted Land investigated. Intruders knocked off the combination dial and opened the safe after breaking a rear window. Two other thefts were reported: a 1948 Dodge truck stolen May 23 belonging to Robert Neece of Fairmount street and a set of parking lights stolen from a truck in front of Thelma's hotel on Wayne street between Saturday and yesterday.
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Bluefield
Cherry Street
Stadium Drive
Roy Helmandollar
Charles Fox
Leon B. French
Ted Land
Henry Call, Sr
Robert Neece
Fairmount Street
Call
Thelma
Wayne Street
N. C. Fitzsimmons
Genoa Avenue
Lilly Reunion Called Off In West Virginia
Beckley May 29 The Lilly reunion annual gathering for kinfolk from across the country is canceled this year due to the illness of president A A Lilly of Charleston and other officers’ unavailability The first Lilly clan meeting was in 1930 and 16 events followed drawing 30 000 to 60 000 attendees with Flat Top mountain often hosting the two day August gatherings The association reelected all officers including A A Lilly at a meeting yesterday
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Beckley
W. Va
W. P. Lilly
Reunion Association
A. A
Abe) Lilly
Charleston
Lilly
Flat Top Mountain
Association
A. A. Lilly
No Serious Damage In Hawaiian Earthquake
A moderate strong earthquake struck the island of Hawaii with no serious damage reported. Volcanologist R Y Finch of the Hawaii Volcano Observatory said the shake likely originated beneath Mauna Loa and it dislodged seismographic equipment at three observatories. Earth and rocks around Halemaumau crater were shaken loose and tumbled into the pit.
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Hilo
Hawaii
R. Y. Finch
Hawaii Volcano Observatory
Mauna Loa
Hawaiian Islands
Doamant Halemaumau
Death of Bluefield Leader M Deyerle at 73
M Deyerle Oscar Mortomore Deyerle 73 prominent Bluefield citizen died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a two week illness. Born October 13 1877 in Cloverdale Virginia he held key roles in coal and civic groups including Flat Top Fuel Company Turley Gap Coal and Coke Smokeless Coal Operators and Bluefield Country Club. Funeral today at 4 pm from his home 108 Oakhurst Avenue with burial in Monte Vista Cemetery.
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Oscar Mortomore Deyerle
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mr. Deyerle
Cloverdale
Botetourt County
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Sally Heslip Deyerle
National Business College
Roanoke
Tom's Creek Coal Company
Coeburn
Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Company
Flat Top Fuel Company
Pocahontas
New River Fields
William H. Thomas
Deverle
Turkey Gap
Clover Club
Christ Episcopal Church
Elise Ellis Davis
T. N. Davis
Lynchburg
Thomas Lee Deverle
Minnie M. Deyerle
J. M. B. Lewis
O. M. Deyerle
William Minor Deyerle
Richmond
John Minor Botts Lewis
Christina Stuart Lewis
Elizabeth Leigh Deyerle
Dulany Ellis Deyerle
Thomas Davis Deyerle
Oakhurst Avenue
Frank Rowley
James E. Mann
Gilbert Meem
Robert Hoge
Harry Waugh
J. M. B. Lewis, III
Strother Hoge
R. R. Stuart, Jr
E. P. Kinney
R. B. Hudson
A D. Feuchtenberger, Jr
J. D. McCue, Jr
Census Re Check Will Be Made Here In Bluefield
Bluefield officials agreed to a week long spot check after a conference with district census leaders and chamber of commerce to verify the 1950 count which showed a gain of 691. The effort aims to locate any missed residents and ensure proper boundary handling.
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Bluefield
Yerkey
Harry Holmes
Eddie Steele
Chamber of Commerce
Dodd Mortensen
Chamber
W. L. Thornton
Beaver Pond
Mercer County
Bluefeld
Holmes
Steele
Alpes
Washington
1390 GI Insurance Workers Lose Jobs
The Veterans Administration plans to discharge 1390 employees who worked on mailing GI insurance refunds. A 30 day notice will be given by Wednesday. Refunding of 2.84 billion dollars began January 16.
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Washington
The
Veterans Administration
Wedensday
U. S. May Train Jet Pilots in Britain
The Air Force may open a fighter training program at British Isles bases by sending a squadron of 25 jets next fall. About 3,000 Allied armed forces members will train in the U.S. by year’s end. The plan envisions rotating squadrons with possible use of Republic F-84 Thunderjets for bomber escort and base defense.
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Washington
Air Force
British Isles
Defense Department
United States
Kingdom
England
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Unter den Linden
Hitler
U.S
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Klaus Fuchs
Commie
Col. Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle
Boston Hospital
Mutual
Vaughn Monroe
NBC
Adam
Lawrence Lamar
Lincoln-Mercury
Hawaiian
M. Deyerle
Census Office
Princeton
Leslie Gadd
City Recorder
Gadd
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