Stalling Threats Revealed In U N Reds Juror Probe
Jurors probing U N Reds disclosed alleged stalling threats as Lane denies any attempt to impede the grand jury. Assistant foreman Charles J. Harsany testified while the Justice Department sought to review the presentment for legal order.
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U.N. Reds
Horsamy
Lane
Atty. Gen
MecGranery
Horsanoy
Cahil
House
Rep
Chelf
D-Ky
Justice Department
Harsany
U. N
State Department
U.N
Swank Hotels In Las Vegas Case Continues
Senate inquiry in Washington probes McCarran links to Las Vegas hotel and gaming figures amid accusations of anti trust restraint of trade. McCarran denies demanding Pike’s resignation while acknowledging familiarity with several operators. Amended complaint removes some California club defendants yet lists Flamingo Monte Carlo Desert Inn and others. Jury investigations into U N security roles and State Department handling face delays and secrecy.
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Leahy
Roberts
James Johnson
U. S. Amernee
Nevada
U. S
Miley Pike
Johnson
McCarran
Pike
the Sun
Las Vegas
California Club
The
Thunderbird Hotel
Tiarion B. Hicks
the Desert Inn
Golden Nugget
Flamingo Hotel
Monte Carlo Club
Frontier Club
Last Frontier Hotel
Bugsey Siegel
City Man's Mother Dies in Pittsburgh
Mrs. A L Rice aged 84 of Pittsburgh died after a brief illness. She was mother of M J Batusic of 113 Vine St Charleston W Va and grandmother of Robert S and Richard A Batusic of the same address. Service will be held Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
A. L. Rice
M. J. Batusic
Vine St
Charleston
W. Va
Robert S
Richard A. Batusic
Senator Mundt Eyes Continued Probe Into Communist Ties
Mundt said the subcommittee will seek renewed authority next month to expand investigations into Communist activities. Matusow testified about espionage links at the San Cristobal Valley Ranch near Taos New Mexico and potential liaison with the Mexican Embassy. Clinton Jencks and a Czech Communist secretary were named among ranch residents.
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Ifatusow
San Cristobal Valley
Taos
N. M
Los Alamos
Communist Party
United Nations
U. N
Stary
Matusow
New York
Cristobal Valley Ranch
Dons D
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Clinton Jencks
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smilter Workers
Jencks
FBI Ss
Mexican Communist Party
Mundt
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Internal Security Subcommittee
Asid Ha
Sayin
Woman’s attempted self harm and threats in prison case
A prison inmate is accused in a troubling incident where she attempted to strangle herself with a shawl, cut her left wrist, and threatened others. Police report blood evidence and capsules found in the wallet to be tested for narcotics.
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Fisher
Lamarrow
May Spreads Word of Freedom After Prison Release
Former atomic scientist Nuri May, released after serving his sentence in Canada, faces an uncertain future in Britain. Officials say he may travel freely but has little money, no job, and limited prospects. May, code named Alek, helped Soviet espionage during the war era and remains the sole Canadian prisoner still jailed.
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F. C. Ransley
Nuri May
May
Britain
Canada
Igor Gourenko
Ottawa
King’s College
London
Tresson
Russia
Sam Carr
The Weather Here and Across the Nation
Weather outlook summary notes regional conditions across the nation with day to day variations. Forecasts mention temperature trends precipitation chances and wind patterns for major cities and rural areas. Data suggests modest drying in some western regions and unsettled showers in the northeast.
Dr. Alfred L. Morris Dies Here Former Mental Hospital Chief
Dr. Alfred L. Morris 83 of Charleston Sumrete meraville died in a Charleston nursing home after an extended illness. He was superintendent of Spencer State Hospital from 193? to 1947 and retired from practice in 1947. A Louisville Medical College graduate he formerly practiced at Ansted and Jodie Fayette County. He was Mason Haytien Lodge 13 AF and AM Ansted four terms master and belonged to Scottish Rite Beni Kedren Shrine and was past district grand master of the state's eighth district. Surviving are his wife Beasie Morris of Charleston, one brother J EB Morris of Charleston, three sisters Virginia Rippeto Dixie and Effie Pearson St Albans. Service Wednesday 2 pm at Ansted Baptist Church with Rev. Guy Vaughn officiating. Burial Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Body remains at Thomas mortuary Ansted until hour before service. Hayden Lodge to provide graveside rites.
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Beasie Maran Morris
Charleston
J. EB. Morris
Virginia Rippeto
John Smith
Dixie
Effie Pearson
St. Albans
Ansted Baptist Church
Swith
Guy Vvaughn
Highlawn Mermorad Park
Oak HN
Thomas Mortuary
Ansted
Hayden Lodge
Charleston's First Shoemaker Dies at 75
ELKINS WV April 29 Special Fletcher W Scott 8 for 75 years a resident of Charleston died Sunday at the IOOF Home after a short illness He was the proprietor of Scott Shoe Repairing Co and the Bigsey Avenue Shoe Shop retiring in 1930 He belonged to Odd Fellows Dramatic Order Knights of Knorrssen and Knights of Pythias Ledges He moved to Elkins last year Surviving are one son W G Scott of Charleston four sisters Mrs Jessie Hug Mrs Hazel Dailey of Covington Ky Mrs Maggie Stanley of Charleston and Mrs Mary Johnson of East Bank Graveside rites will be held Tuesday at 230 pm at the IOOF Cemetery
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Elkins
Der
Fletcher W. Scott
Charleston
IOOF
Scott
Scott Shoe Repairing: Co
Bigsey Avenue
Odd Fellows
Knights of Knornssen
Knights of
Mrs Emma Billups 94 Dies in Lewisburg
Mrs Emma Billups widow of Fernando Billups of Huntington died at 94 in Lewisburg at a daughter’s home. Survived by two other Huntington daughters Anzo Mitchell and Galdie Plymale. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Huntington with burial at Woodmere Cemetery. Body to be transported by Wallace and Wallace mortuary to Huntington Tuesday.
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Lewisburg
Emma Billups
Fernando Billups
Huntington
J. M. Perdur
Anzo Mitchell
Galdie Plymale
Woodmere
Wallace and Wallace Mortuary
Lewisbuirg
Mrs Emma Brooks 85 Dies in Lewisburg
Mrs Emma Brooks age 85 formerly of Richmond Va died at her daughter's home in Lewisburg. Surviving daughters are Mrs William D Kelley and Mrs William Ine of Bluefield and son O R Brooks of Tampa Fla. Service and burial set for Wednesday in Richmond with body to be transported there Tuesday by Wallace and Wallace mortuary.
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Emma Brooks
Lewisburg
Emme Francis Brooks
Richmond
William D. Kelley
Wiliam Ine
Bluefield
O. R. Brooks
Tampa
Fla
Buriel
Wallace and Wallace
East German export controls tighten under Kiefer guidance
Alexander F. Kiefer, chief of the State Department's Eastern economic relations division in Bonn, reports few violations of export regulations in 1952 and details border guard actions. Over 32 months, 199 shipments were held, with 48 deemed legally exportable. He notes earlier German ignorance and evasion, now improving, while some West German firms remain resistant and are blacklisted, affecting aid and contracts.
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Alexander F. Kiefer
State Department
Bonn
Kiefer
U.S
Soviet Bloc
United States
U. S
Mrs Kyle 50 Dies While Visiting South Carolina
Mrs Mary Kyle a South Charleston West Virginia English teacher at South Charleston Junior High for seven years died of a heart attack Monday morning while visiting relatives in Myrtle Beach South Carolina The body will arrive at Snodgrass mortuary in South Charleston Tuesday morning She attended Bethel Baptist Church of South Charleston
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Myrtle Beach
S. C
Dee
Mary Kyle
Ohio Av
South Charleston
W. Va
Kyle
John A. Wyle
Byrd Urges Budget Balance Before Tax Cuts
Senator Byrd argues to balance the federal budget before any tax reductions. He urges administration action to restore sound government financing, saying budget retrenchment can cover two years and allow a tax cut in the second year. He plans to publish a study on unspent balances and budget requests to show Congress how it has lost control.
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Byrd
Congress
Dollars to Reds Continued From Farci vation
Col Ismael D. Lapas, chief of the Military Intelligence Service, said investigators have not yet determined the full total of American dollar credits to The People's Government in Peiping. He noted the flow from Manila to Feiping was large and confirmed arrests and seizures in Saturday raids, including a Chinese furniture dealer in Manila identified as secretary-general of the Chinese bureau believed to head the Communist underground in the Philippines. Twenty Chinese firms in Manila's Chinatown were sealed to prevent looting while owners were seized in the roundup.
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Farci
Ismael D. Lapas
Miliary
Credita Sant
Peiping
Manila
Feiping
Philippines
Chinatown
Labor Fronters J Continue Korean War Era Strikes
McCarran reported subcommittee evidence showing union leadership planned walkouts to reduce metal production for the Korean War. In Denver, union officials called for a Senate probe of the McCarran report and accused him of trying to wreck the union as he did the United Nations, tying to a broader probe of Communist employees at the U N.
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McCarran
Subcommittee
Denver
Senate
United Nations
U. N
Ex City Woman Dies in Virginia
Staunton Virginia December 29 special service for Mrs Hannah Miller disease previously of Charleston West Virginia who died yesterday after several months illness will be held Tuesday Born in England she came to the United States as a child She married Vincent A Miller of Mt Carbon West Virginia in 1891 Former member of Christ Church Methodist in Charleston and past worthy matron of Chapter 88 Order of the Eastern Star Survived by son Vernon A Miller of Charleston daughter Evelyn Miler Little of Staunton two sisters Mrs Charles F Ray of Somerset Pa and Mrs Arthur Will of Berkeley California five grandchildren The service will be led by Rev Harry G Balthis pastor of Central Methodist Church Hamrick Funeral Home will conduct burial at Thorpe Cemetery
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Staunton
Hannah Miller
Charleston
W. Va
Vernon
A. Miller
Evelyn Miler Little
Staunston
Charles F. iRay
Somerset
Arthur Will
Berkley
Cal
Harry G. Balthis
Central Methodist Church
Hamrick
Thorprose
Kavard
London
Der
Edwatea
New-Wonsall Marih
Donald Goshorn
Hubert i
James E. Martin
Platin
Spring
Beck
Tan
Mepiereien Oropase
Prime Blameston
Churchill
Mac Dugha
Chereg
Migdsalena Lane
Culloden
Royal Air Force
Etand Moll
Cincinnati
Offete Oteens
Coor and
Welles
Ashford
Curry Mortuary
Alam Creek
Jesterany
Its
Comet
Tanig
Ing
Mary Sllen
Avro Delta
MT Storey
Madeline Glishrist
Union
Frink
James Ch
Mt. Fressant
Duncan
Ths Church
Broyles Mortuary Ab Union
Gpige
Girentiog
Ion
Otive
Griffithsville
Cora Yeager Walden
Lincoln County
J. H. Walden
Church of Christ of
Nell Thomas
Margaret Monday
West Hamlin
Mary Walden
Hamlin
Joe
Griffithville
William
George Walden
Bernie Yeager
Charles ‘Yeager
Homer Yeager
Freeman Yeager
Ide Miles
Lottie Felty
Fittsburgh
Leota White
Huntington
Rhoda Stowers
Mattie Wilkerson
Bella Thompson
Bluefield
Nora Stowers
Sweatland
Griffithsville Church of Christ
Fiavel K. Smith
Burlai
Griffith Cemetery
Harry and
Arthur Roberts
Russell Miles
Bernie Brumfield
Bob Eyler
Paul Spurlock
Koontz Morrialy
Walter Powers Dies In Virginia at Age 66
Walter Powers 66, a former Welch West Virginia resident and Lewis Furniture Co sales manager, died in Pulaski Virginia. He co owned a Radford furniture store and was a World War One veteran and past commander of American Legion Post Eight. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Pulaski, Va
Walter Pow
Welch
W. Va
Lewis Furniture Co
Radford
Clarence Peters Dies Working in Pit near Peytona
Clarence Peters of Peytona Boone County died of a heart attack while at work in a mine at the foot of Drandy Mountain near here. He was 00 years old and survived by his wife Gay Peters, seven daughters, two sisters, five grandchildren, and other relatives. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at his home with burial in Morgan Branch Cemetery. funeral by Hunter and Hunter Mortuary of Madison.
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Feytona
Arnal
Drandy Mountain
Clarence Peters
Peylonk
Boone County
Gay Peters
Robert
Billy Peters
Dorothy
Goldie
Phyllis
Virginia
Gladys Sue
Macy Lou Peters
Alice Cantles
Oley
Lote Griffith
Pertona
Little Dilard
Charleston
Peytona
Morgan Branch Cemetery
Hunter
Madison Wall Offici
John Joseph Eith 73 Ex-Contractor Dies
John Joseph Eith 73 former contractor of 818 Seventh Ave died Sunday in St Francis Hospital Survived by wife Mary Jenkins Eith one daylighter Mrs Earl Helmick of Charleston two sisters Mrs Joe Temple of Charleston and Mrs Pauline Griler of Wheeling Service 9 pm tomorrow at St Anthony Church Rev Fr Cuthbert officiating Burial Sunset Memorial Park Body at Degnan Kittinger mortuary
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John Joseph Eith
St. Francis Hospital
Mary Jenkins Eith
Earl Helmick
Charleston
Joe Temple
Pauline Griler
Wheeling
St. Anthony Church
Cuthbert
Sunset Memorial ‘Park
Degnan-Kittinger Mortuary
Truman denounces influence in government decisions
President Truman defends the integrity of U S government bodies in a speech on page one, warning that public rights depend on decisions made on merit, not private inducements. He argues influence and intimidation distort justice and pervert government toward private ends, regardless of bribery.
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United States
Russia Leading in Plane Race and Far East Talks
Report notes Soviet advances in jet development as US figures like Paul Hoffman John J McCloy Milton Ratz and Robert Cutler discuss Europe Asia and the Middle East after a conference Hoffman says Eisenhower held up well and Churchill plans to press for full British consultation before any new Orient moves. Churchill departs for New York aboard the Queen Mary to discuss Korea strategy with Eisenhower.
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Russia
Vandenberg
Paul G. Hoffman
Ford Foundation
Struman
John J. McCloy
U. S
Britain
Far East
London
Churchill
Eisenhower
United States
New York
Whitehall
Downing Street
Free World
Korea
Park Board Discussion Reaffirms Budget Steps
The county court and non-partisan park commission clashed over budget and personnel changes. Acting Supt Mendel was set for possible release while Asst Supt Knight earned broad support. New Court members urged caution, aiming to tie up loose ends and review staff after consulting with the court on future park development.
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Hrare Bartlett
Anderson
M. A. Mendel
Frank A. Knight
Knight
Sunday Daily Mail
Cavenger
M. M. Alexander
Commission
Alexander
Kelly
Experts Hope Christmas Death Toll Prompts Safer Driving
The National Safety Council urged safer driving during the New Year holiday after a high Christmas death list. Last year 789 fatalities set a record, but 1952 Christmas deaths fell to 740 while post holiday totals nearly matched 1936 levels.
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National Safety Council
Council
Mrs Walden Dies At Griffithsville
Griffithsville obituary notes Mrs Cora Yeager Walden 77 widow of Dr J H Walden, dies at home. Survives three daughters and three sons, plus siblings and many grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday at Griffithsville Church of Christ with burial in Griffith cemetery. pallbearers listed.
Mother Kills Son and Then Takes Own Life in Switchback
McDowell County Coroner J. A. Bennett reports a mother Ida H. Horton 32 shot her 18 year old son Leon Horton as he slept and then killed herself in Switchback. Constable Wint McNeil says the father John L Horton offered no motive. the family had visited relatives yesterday. The Horton couple left behind a daughter and two other sons.
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McDowell County
J. A. Bennett
Ida H. Horton
Leon
Wint McNeil
Bramwell
John L. Horton
Horton
Webster Springs Man Dies of Heart Attack at 34
Ray Jameson Woodzell a Webster Springs merchant and WWI veteran died of a heart attack at his home Monday. He owned the Cash Store and belonged to Addison Lodge 116 AF and AM and the Webster County Red and Gun Club. Surviving wife Lan na, mother Martha Dodzill Woodzell, sons Robert and Jack, brother S. R. Woodzell Jr. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Dodd and Hurt mortuary chapel. Burial Miller Cemetery. Body to residence Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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Webster Springs
Ray Jameson Woodzell
Woodzell
Addison Lodge 116
Webster County
Red and Gun Club
Lanna Woodzell
Martha Dodzill Woodzell
Robert
Washington, D. C
Jack
Baltimore
Firecracker Incident Lands Man in Court in Logan
In Logan on December 284 Waillace Abbott faced charges for discharging a firecracker unlawfully in public. The device misfired landing on a police car and caused an explosion prompting Mayor Litz McGuire to impose fifteen dollars and costs after today’s hearing.
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Llegal
Logan
Longness Is Fatal To Joseph Adkins 89
Joseph P. Adkins, 89, retired miner, died at Charleston General Hospital after a long illness. Survived by wife Edne, son John of Mansfield, two daughters, six half-brothers, five half-sisters, 11 grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Service at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hunter and Hunter mortuary chapel Madison with Rev. Hugh Doty officiating. Burial in Madison Memorial Park. Body to remain at mortuary until service.
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Ottawa
Speelad
Joseph P. Adkins
Hoone County
Charleston General Hospital
Edne
John
Mansfield
Carl Russell
Sharples
Tony Zemo
Beltimore
Hunter and Hunter Mortuary
Madison
Hugh Doty
Madison Memorial Park
Snowy North Korea front quiets as pilots stay grounded
Snow flurries and overcast skies slowed actions along a 155 mile front Monday after dawn fighting on Sniper Ridge. Communist mortars fired heavily in the afternoon while Chinese guns slackened at night. Allied warplanes probed the lines. Sabre jets patrolled with no contacts reported.
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Sabre
Korea
Accidents Blamed Continued From Page One
Miller, a lumberman, went hunting in the morning. He failed to return by midafternoon prompting his wife Ruth Miller to alert neighbors. Two neighbors traced his tracks in light snow and found his body about 500 yards from his home. Cpl Frank H Tribett of the State Police said Miller was fatally wounded in the stomach and that ground marks showed he used his 20 gauge shotgun as a prop to steady himself before stepping down a ledge.
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Miller
William Yost
Otis Cooper
Frank H. Tribett
Millar
Ruth Miller
Mercer County judges sworn into office in Princeton
Coroner reports the death of Judge Chaley by hanging near Logan after his retirement. Two Mercer County circuit court judges and a coroner announced the new appointments, replacing the late retired Judge Easley.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Miner
Logan
Dee
Pete
Chuley
Morton Wagner
Fountain Side
Toroner R
Bruce Harris
D. BM. Easley
Walter Ross Sworn In To Replace Wagner In West Virginia Court
Walter Vergil Ross of Bluefield was sworn in to replace Wagner, appointed by Governor Patteson for the remaining term.
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Wagner
Jeri Court i
Walter Vergil Ross
Bluefield
Patteson
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Fix
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Seattle
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