Theater Manager Threatened Over Election Duties
Kanawha County stories report that Theater Manager W E Gus Lindberg alleges Police Chief Bernard Simms warned him to avoid reporting as a Republican counting clerk in Precinct 111. Lindberg says the chief pressured him with threats of reprisals if he served May 14, with a questioning by the county prosecutor’s investigator already underway.
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Charles R. Armentrout
the Gazette
Charleston
The
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Ninth Ward
Fruth School
Bernard Simms
Polig
W.E
Gus) Lindberg
Simms
Lindberg
Kanawha County
Simon
China Herret
John
Toughy) Goshorn
Eisenhower and Taft clash over Texas vote theft
The report depicts Sen. Robert Taft demanding fair handling of Texas convention delegates while Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower condemns Taft's camp for a ruthless steal. President Truman denies backing any candidate as Taft seeks early nomination and Eisenhower plans a Texas Denison visit.
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Associated Press
Robert A. Taft
Dwight Hisenhower
Texas
Lone Star
Dallas
White House
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Joseph Short
Raft
Washington
Taft
War Carried Into 3d Year War Carried Into 3d Year
In Tokyo on June 21 GNS reports the Korean conflict enters a new year with no decisive outcome from either shooting or diplomacy Yet both sides show substantial military gains after two years of fighting China emerges as a major ground and air power and an international coalition forms to defend freedom in Korea The piece highlights global stakes and the willingness of the free world to endure losses to support Korea
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Howard Handleman
Tokyo
Korea
China
Sunday Specials and Political Proposals in West Virginia
A newspaper feature discusses proposed laws to abolish flower funds kickbacks and political contributions by officials to curb machine politics. It references Rep. Ramsay and columnist Frank A. Knight’s replies, plus a milk industry feature by Wallace E. Knight and various sections including politics, murder story, National Guard photo spread, and other community notices.
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Today
Frank A. Knight
Robert L. Ramsay
D.W. Vai
Ramsay
Knight
Kanawha Valley
Wallace E. Knight
West Virginia
Allies Brace For Chinese Drive On Korean Hills
Allied forces on the Western Front faced anticipated Red assaults on T-Bone and Pork Chop Hills after a six hour battle Saturday that yielded about 865 casualties. Late Saturday night Chinese bombardment near Chorwon intensified, described as the largest front clash since November.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Chorwon
Milo Farnell
U. S
Little
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Farnell
Brazil prison break ends with mass recapture and deaths
Police fought a blazing gun battle as 22 of nearly 300 convicts were recaptured after escaping Anchieta Island prison. 15 guards and civilians were killed. a prison doctor and a radio operator died of wounds. One convict was killed and another wounded near Ubatuba. The breakout began with prisoners seizing weapons, marching toward the mainland and terrorizing towns including Ubatuba, San Vicente, and Caraguatatuba. Federal troops, Air Force, and Navy pursued the fugitives. the largest group, about 260, headed toward Pavati. The island held 400 prisoners and the revolt freed all inmates willing to flee.
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Brazil
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Ubatuba
San Vicente
Caraguatuba
Pavati
Fhve
Anchieta Island
Sadi Ferreira
Oswaldo Silva
Dangier Guimaraes
South Charleston to repeal tax and seek higher levy
South Charleston City Council repealed its gross sales tax Friday night with June 20 as the effective date and set a Friday special session to discuss a new ordinance. Officials say the proposed hike would double current levies and fund probable salary raises for some city employees. The old ordinance had been estimated to raise about $50,000 in the 1951-52 municipal budget.
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South Charleston
Fifth Annual Pigskin Pageant West Virginia Gazette
West Virginia’s largest public service pageant returns August 14 in Kanawha Valley. The event salutes players coaches and beauty queens and offers float prizes in three classes Community Commercial and Non-commercial. Winners from Dunbar South Charleston Kroger Shrader Studios Nu Phi Mu Sorority and Naval Reserve are noted among past champions. Interested float entrants should contact W S Chilton 17 Gazette promoter.
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West Virginia
W. E. Chilton, III
Kanawha Valley
Chilton
Dunbar and
South Charleston
Kroger and Shrader Studios
Nu Phi Mu Sorority
Naval Reserve
Gazette
W. 5 Chilton
Gazette Promotion
Man-Akers
Freak Accident Drives Wire Into Tot s Lung
In Atlanta on June 21 a one year old girl named Miriam was struck by a wire coat hanger hurled from a power mower as it cut grass. The wire pierced her neck and entered the chest deflating one lung. She was treated at Grady Hospital and later reported to be doing well.
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Atlanta
Harry Scindelhower
Miriam
Grady Hospital
Mystery Teeth Discovered Amid Smog Shrouding Molar Case
Report notes smoke blanketing a location linked to a person named Wolfs Hagen Imany on June 2. Among scattered items found in a classified column was a single set of false teeth with a cigar clenched, suggesting a puzzling clue in a local mystery.
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Wolfshagen
Imany
Wale de Landesitung
Defense steel plans face weeklong restart push
A high administration official said some essential defense steel production could resume within a week in mills fitted for high alloy steel for tanks and bullets. The wage dispute worsened idle payrolls as a 80 day Taft Hartley seizure option lingered.
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Washington
Ai High Administration
Aunie Ben
Steel Suike
Creel Chosen as West Virginia Republican Chairman
West Virginia Republicans elected Creel unanimously as state party chairman at a Ruffner Hotel meeting urging unity for a hard fought campaign. The event featured GOP candidates Bush Halt for governor and Chapman Revercombe for U.S. Senate, who urged Democrats to back the GOP ticket to restore democracy.
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Harry G. Hoffmann
Gaeetle
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GOF
Penger Isles Reo Tep Sucet
Creel
House of Delegates
Huntington
Ruffner Hotel
Chapman Revercomen
Bush D. Halt
U.S
Halt
Sullivan Charges Stevenson Deal in Democratic fight
CHICAGO June 21 Sen Istes Kefauver campaign manager alleged opponents seek to deadlock the Democratic National Convention and name Adlai Stevenson as nominee with Richard Russell as vice president. Sullivan described a conspiracy in a smoke filled room and urged that Kefauver wins the nomination through state campaigns. He warned backers of Stevenson and Russell conferred to block Kefauver.
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Istes Kefauver
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Hlinois
Gael Sullivan
Richard Russell
Georgia
Sullivan
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Illinois
Sen
Page & Col
McCarran Seizure Ban Move Aims For Senate Vote
Senate action centers on a constitutional amendment to bar the President from seizing private property without specific congressional consent. Senator McCarran moves to set the measure as the first order when the Senate resumes, despite counsel from Lyndon Johnson to back off.
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Washington
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Page & Col
Human Crane Lifts Car Pinning Boy
A stranger in Savannah lifts the front wheel of a car to free a 3 year old boy pinned beneath it. Donald Beaudron was knocked from the vehicle near Fr Streven, the car left the wheel resting on the child’s head neck and shoulders. The man returned to spectators before being identified. The boy was reported in fair condition at Savannah hospital.
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Savannah
Donald Beaudron
Fr. Streven
Beaudron
Savannah Hospital
Charlestown City Grants Free Park Rent For Season
The Charlestine City Council unanimously approves rent free use of Watt Powell Park for the rest of the season as part of a move to attract the American Association baseball team. Directors meet in Chicago to discuss transferring the club here by next Friday amid strong fan support and a $43,550 fundraising surge surpassing the owner’s requested $3,000.
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James A. Hilt
Wilt Weller
the Gazette
Watt Powell Park
Jeffsalty Arn Studie
Triple “A
Asseciasion
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Charleston
Joes
All Charleston
Danny Mellendez
Swedes Demand Russia Clarify Baltic Rescue Incident
In Stockholm on June 22 Sweden pressed Russia for an answer over whether Soviet aircraft shot down a missing Swedish Air Force Douglas plane after it vanished in the Baltic June 13 with eight crew. A Swedish note said wreckage showed the Douglas was shot, while a Catalina search plane was shot down near Dagö island. seven rescued, two wounded. Russia denied Swedish protests, claiming Stockholm fired first and that the Catalina was near Soviet airspace.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Baltic Sea
Adloscow
Baltic
Dagoe
Recount Returns Mrs Boggess to Democratic Committee Post
Recount results in Charleston Ward Two show Mrs Boggess winning the Democratic committee post by a slim margin after county officials verified votes in multiple precincts. The canvass adjusted totals for several offices, with Mrs Boggess declared winner over Mrs Mary Wallace Frazier while other races saw minor shifts during the extended recount process.
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Charleston
Mark Boggers
Democratic Committees
Waran
Boggess
Mary Wallace
Frazier
Edward W. Hiserman
J. Blackburn Watts
Friday Waitz
Beeind
Stonewall Jackson High School
Something in the Wind Moscow Maneuvers Examined
William L. Ryan analyzes a week of Cold War incidents to suggest Moscow plans may be calculated and restrained. He highlights East German tightening, Sweden tensions, wartime lendlease talks, UN Security Council summons, and a cautious Kremlin posture before any bold moves.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Joseph Stalin
Europe
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East Germany
Sweden
Soviet Union
Washington
Russia
United Nations Security Council
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