Five Down Five to Go Officers Capture Pittsburgh Escapee
James Milk, 25, one of ten convicts who fled the Western Pennsylvania State Penitentiary, was arrested in Charleston after entering the Western Union office on Hale Street. He admitted the escape plan with fellow fugitives and named accomplices led by Virgil Toney, with authorities widening the manhunt into the Kanawha Valley. Milk, serving 10 to 20 years for armed robbery, described the farm home hold and withdrawal prior to capture, as police pursued the remaining fugitives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Cill
the Gazette
Western Pennsylvania State Penitentiary
Western Union Telegraph Office
James Milk
Warnegie
Milk
Rea. Pa
Andrew Lee White
John Gagich
Gagich
Emil Lerby
Marlene
John, Jr
White
Kanawha Valley
Virgil Toney
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Mik
Carnegie
Charleston
Carson
R. J. Weight
Hale St
Tomy Young
George Settle
Hitch
Western Union
Gazette News
Tommy Young
Lew Raines
Convicts Hold Family Prisoners Two Days
Five escaped convicts held a Washington County family captive for two days and fled in two stolen cars toward the Ohio border. The group, led by Virgil Toney, kept the Lerby household restrained and cut telephone lines after taking the family hostage with a stolen 38 caliber revolver. The Lerbys reported the men were armed and behaved politely during their captivity as state police pursued leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
INS
Washington County
Ohio
Rea. Pa
Emil Lerhby
Western Penitentiary
Singleton
Sheaffer
Lerby
Lerbys
Shaeffer
New Big Carrier In Navy Budget
Secretary Lovett said the Defense Department budget will include funding to start construction of a third super aircraft carrier for the Navy. He noted that only JCS advice is needed, not formal approval, as work continues on the Forrestal and keel laying for a second carrier, the Saratoga, this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lovett
Defense Department
Navy
Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Joint Chiefs
Forrestal
Saratoga
Nunan Indicted in Tax Case Linking Former Revenue Chief
Joseph D. Nunan Jr. and aide Daniel A. Bolich were indicted in Brooklyn on income tax evasion charges for 1945 1950. Nunan, ex head of the Internal Revenue Bureau, faces up to 25 years and $25,000 fines on five counts. Bolich was charged in the same probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Internal Revenue Bureau
Nunan
Daniel A. Bolich
House Subcommittee
House
Brooklyn Grand Jury
Bolich
Reuther Likely Captures CIO Presidency Amid Rift
Atlantic City December 2 The CIO races near a resolution as Walter Reuther 45 years old chief of the auto workers wins broad backing for the presidency. Allan Haywood and David McDonald press a final fight with a long battle for a full time president and a constitutional change to require full time service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Dev
CIO
Walter Reuther
Reuther
CIO Auto Workers Union
Allan
Haywood
Keuther
David J. McDonald
CIO Steelworkers
Uilon
McDonald
Joseph A. Beirne
Communication Workers
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Calcuses
Quik
Page and Co 15
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West Defeats Soviet Move in UN Cease-Fire Vote
In the UN Political Committee the Western bloc blocked an immediate cease-fire proposal backed only by the Soviet bloc five. Forty-one nations including the United States and Britain opposed. Twelve abstained, with notable holdouts Afghanistan Argentina Burma Egypt India Indonesia Iran Iraq Lebanon Pakistan Saudi Arabia and Syria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Russia
U. N
Umimiltee
United States
Britain
Franangel
China
Afghanistan
Argentina
Burma
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Pakistan
Syria
Snowstorms halt travel and trigger air of danger nationwide
Snow and slush crippled travel across Illinois to the Atlantic Coast and from Washington to New England. Weather hazards and icy roads contributed to 13 deaths as seven inches of snow fell in spots, with heavy snow in the Rockies and Sierra Nevada regions and near zero visibility on some highways. In California a high school boy faced murder charges in his girlfriend’s death as snow bands moved eastward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Illinois
Atlantic Coast
Wash- Reno
Wev
u—Remosington
D. C
New England
L. R. Greeson
Tracy
Calif
Greeson
Pat Chavez Alvillar
Spokane
Wash
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Idaho
Pacific Coast
Page & Cot
Army Doctor Balks At Anti Red Oath Trial Charged
1st Lt. Sheppard Carl Thiermen Brooklyn army doctor faces court martial for refusing to state if he joined Communist front groups. He denied membership when commissioned but refused to answer about subversive organizations citing constitutional rights. Thierman served in Korea and helped POW health at Koje Island before assignment to Fort Devens Mass. The case moves to determine if a general court martial is warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Insi
Amy Grought
Sheppard Carl Thiermen
Brooklyn
Thierman
Fort Devens
Mass
Communist Party
Korea
Senate
Sub-Committee On Internal Security
Koje Island
United Nations
Tag The Car Contest Promises Bethlehem Car Prize
Ram on Hood Buck in Pot announces a $1 guess contest to win a car valued over $2,500. Participants must identify the car, estimate Salvation Army Gift Basket proceeds by December 20, and mail a completed coupon with a one dollar donation to Charleston West Virginia. Early postmark wins ties. winner announced during the 14th annual Gazette WCHS Gift Basket program at midnight December 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Rift With Taft Eyed Anxiously By Republicans
George M. Humphrey, named to head the Treasury, urged avoiding a rift with Sen. Taft and urged good relations with labor. Taft had called Durkin’s Labor secretary pick incredible, while Durkin, an AFL Democrat, supported Stevenson. Humphrey noted he hopes no rift develops with Taft or anyone else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George M. Humphrey
Eisenhower
Gary
Adlai Stevenson
Durkin
Ohio
Humphrey
Cleveland
Taft
Jaber
Hower
Paul Stockhammer
Cticus
Sen
Stockhammer
Humparey
Hisenhower
Amily
Sinclair Weeks
Boston
Red Pilots Morale Lagging Hints From Vandenberg
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg indicated the United States is providing a jet air fleet to the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa and that the U WN may extend the air war beyond Korea if needed. He praised gains in Norway Sweden Turkey and South Korea and said Communist pilots in Korea show morale declines. He noted extending the air war would require larger back-up forces to the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
U. S
Formosa
U. WN
Korea
Air Force
Norway
Sweden
Turkey
South Korea
Vandenberg
Far East
Page & Col
Jurors Attack Reds in Office and United Nations
A federal grand jury charged that dangerously disloyal Americans infiltrated the United Nations under State Department cover. It accused the department of blocking inquiries while noting U N archivist Irving Schiller’s testimony and position on communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
DU. N
New York
United Nations
U. S
International Organization
Europe
Irving P. Schiller
Senate
Schiller
Four convicts die after drinking paint thinner at Kilby Prison
In Alabama on December 2 four inmates died and seven more were seriously ill after consuming paint thinner mixed with orange juice. Survivors included one man listed as doubtful. prison officials said six others would recover. Among the deceased were Troy Blackstock and his brother Thomas Roy Blackstock, both linked to a past Southwest Alabama crime wave. Calvin C. Roper is also named among the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
J. M. Mel Cullough
Troy Blackstock
Alabama
Mississippi
Leakesville
Miss
Troy
Thomas Roy
Ialso
I. Calvin C. Roper
Anniversary of the Atom War Threat Slows Progress
Robert Maynard discusses six and a half years after Hiroshima how atomic energy, born as a potential peace tool, has largely funded military aims. He argues peaceful research has lagged, while war incentives dominate funding and policy, delaying benefits for public health and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Maynard Iitohina
University of Chicago
Yale Law School
Ford Foundation
Devel
Taft condemns Ike pick Durkin for Labor secretary role
Senator Robert A. Taft blasted the decision to appoint Martin P. Durkin a Democratic Labor Secretary nominee as an incredible appointment. He charged Durkin’s stance against Taft-Hartley and noted Durkin’s AFL union leadership backing Gov. Stevenson. Taft warned that the choice leaves Democrats who supported Eisenhower without cabinet representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Taft
Gen. Eisenhower
Martin P. Durkin
Labor
Eisenhower
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Senate
GOP
Ike
Durkin
Stevenson
Kepunlii
Ohioan
Ics
White House
Cincinnati
Herbert Brownell
Tru- Inam Democrat, Who Fought Gen. Eisenhower
Taft-Hartley Pfc
Gov. Stevenson
AFL Plumbers and Pipefitters Union
AFL
Adlai Stevenson
Taft-Hirtley
Cop Shot to Death At Georgia Tech
A gun battle near the Georgia Tech campus killed Patrolman W M Tex Richards and wounded two other officers. An occupant, Homer Mervin Spruill, 50, was critically injured as police pursued suspects in a barricaded house. Georgia Tech students and nearby high school pupils watched as police battled gunmen, with several officers lightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Dev
Georgia Tech
W.M. Tex Richards
Glenn Red Collins
John Herring
Richards
Spruill
Page & Col
Christmas Lighting Parley Set Tonight in Charleston
Tonight at 7 in the Kanawha County Board of Education offices at Quarrier and Elizabeth display managers from Charleston stores will present Christmas lighting ideas for home interiors and exteriors. The final session runs to 9 with entry information for the Gazette-Charleston Electrical League's sixth annual Christmas Lighting Contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha County Board of Education
Quarrier and Elizabeth
Charleston
Gazette-Charleston Electrical League
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Omles
Considine Radio-Tv
Dorothy Dik
Murray
John Maston Travis
Jacksonville
Tex
American Medical Association
Denver
Colo
Travis
American Academy of General Practice
Chamber of Commerce
UP Telephara
Page & Co
Chrismas Sas
Lieutenant Balks
Treasury
Hiroshima
Robert M. Hutchins
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