Mountaineers March Today State Guardsmen Begin 2 Week Field Training
West Virginia National Guardsmen from 40 units in 26 cities will leave today for Camp Pickett Virginia for two weeks of field training. About 3,500 guardsmen including 500 from Charleston will travel by convoy air train and load to the maneuver site. An advance detachment heads for TM55 school left Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Charles R. Fox will command the training force with 21 officers and 371 enlisted men in the group.
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West Virginia National Guardsmen
Camp Pickett
Charleston
Virginia
William F. Watts
Beckley
Pickett
Camelles
Charles R. Fox
Training plans for National Guard units across multiple towns
Officials announced a two week training period for Guardsmen with units from Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Fairmont and more. The plan includes field bivouacs in Waynesboro Appomattox and Lexington with Lt. Col. Earl Moreland and Maj. Wilson Morris leading key units. Davis Cup marksmanship finals run Friday and Governor’s Day review Saturday.
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Marland
201St
Fairmont
Kingwood
Keyser
Leonard T. Gerow
Martinsburg
Oak Hill
Welch
Hinton
Richwood
Bluefield
Princeton
Beckley
Waynesboro
Mineral
Appomattox
Lexington
Charles E. Wright
Charleston
Kenneth P. Gilson
468Th Field Artillery
Earl P. Moreland
Huntington
George P. Black
Parkersburg
Wilson H. Morris
William Z. Grubbs
Army
Jack W. Blair
Charleston, Plains
State National Guard
Joseph Ballengee
Company A
Montgomery
Okey LI
Parley to Weigh McCarthy Rose at Milwaukeee Convention
Vice President Richard Nixon arriving for Whittier College commencement declined to comment on Sen Joseph McCarthy factions. He said the issue would be debated at the Republican state convention in Milwaukee later this month. He added the California primary results would be a liability to the Democratic party. Roosevelt and Condon were nominated in the 26th and 6th districts respectively. Condon denied associations with Communists.
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Los Angeles
Richard Nixon
Whittier College
Joseth McCarthy
Washington
Milwaukee
Nixon
California
James Roosevelt
Robert L. Condon
Roosevelt
Condon
Nevada
India Plans Pullout Of Troops in Tibet
NEW DELHI India plans to withdraw troops from Tibet within three months in accord with a recent India China agreement. Three platoons of Indian troops have been stationed at Gyantse and Yatung for escort duty in the Himalayan realm of the Dalai Lama, now under Chinese occupation.
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New Delhi
India
Tibet
Gyantse
Yatung
Dalai Lama
Red China
Billy Graham departs London after singing sendoff
13000 singing fans gathered as Billy Graham left London for Sweden on a Tilbury crossing. The Southern Baptist evangelist, wrapping a Britain crusade, led the crowd in God Be With You til We Meet Again before boarding for the first leg of a continental tour. Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini reportedly plan a Germany shoot next August, Bergman to star in a Zweig story adaptation.
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London
Billy Graham
Sweden
Britain
God
Graham
Rakam
Tilbury
Ingrid Reich
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
Germany
Italy
Miss Bergman
Stefan Zweig
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150Th Infantry
Fred S. Hartman
Charles A. Zinn
Robert C. Dawson
Howard R. Lambert
McCarthy Rose
Raymond D. West
New York Life Insurances Co
Ion
Sarah M. Pereira
Dept. of
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Lee St
G. T. Porterfield
Franklin Finance
NEW Loan Plan
Franklin Finance Company
Franklin Finance CO
Kanawha Hotel
the Waldorf
N. Y. City
Father
Arrow
Dad
Orlon
Penney’s — Street Floor
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Capitol Street
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