U N Leader Orders Truce Appeal to Reds
U S officials in Washington held Sunday talks with Western allies to assess Moscow's proposed truce bid. Ambassador Kirk in Moscow may seek clarification from the Soviet Foreign Office. Europe weighed the Malik proposal with skepticism and caution amid Korea war tensions.
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State Department
U. N
Washington
U. S
Alan Kirk
Moscow
Malik
Peiping
Russia
Dean Rusk
Malikey
Sen. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Truman
Tullahoma
Tenn
Europe
London
Britain
Red China
North Korea
Korea
Lights Go Out On Boulevard Fatal Crash In Nitro
A power outage traced to a burned wire in the 900 block of Kanawha Blvd shut lights along the boulevard last night. Mrs. Bercha Lee Cain 54 of Nitro died after her car struck a gasoline pump at a Red House service station and burst into flames. Her husband Lawrence Cain survived with burns. 19 year old Frank Wilkinson of Nitro and companions had minor injuries. Cain was a Plymouth Grade School worker and member of St Pauls Church. Surviving family includes two daughters and three siblings. Burial at Fred Cooke Mortuary in Nitro.
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Kanawha Blvd
Burns
Appalachian Powerj Auto
Putnam Co
Investi
Bercha Lee Cain
Nitro
City Electrician
Lawrence
Putnam County
Plymouth
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Red House
Cain
Frank Wilkinson
Wilkinson
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Woman
Christian Service
Hildreth Smith
June Lee Portz
Charleston
Homer Warner
Dunbar
Dillard
Macombe
Ill
Howard
Shenadoah
Iowa
Ella Ransom
Poca
Ethyl Little
Eleanor
Annie Atkinson
Fred Cooke Mortuary
Nites
Youth Injured In Traffic Mishap At Lee And Capitol
Sam Elliott aged 16 son of Granville Elliott of 4701 Kanawha Avenue was hurt in a late night auto collision at the Lee and Capitol Street intersection. His 1951 sedan and a 1950 coupe driven by Mrs Hazel Burton collided under a stop light. Elliott was taken by Cunningham ambulance to a hospital with non serious injuries. Mrs Burton and her passengers were uninjured. Police continue the investigation.
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Sam Elliott
Granville H. Elliott
Kanawha Av
Lee and
Capitol Sts
Elliott
Hazel Burton
Brooks St
Cunningham
Boy Dies After Car Crash Near Swiss
David Earl Sanford three died in a Montgomery hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a car last Thursday. He was visiting his grandfather Lester Sanford in Swiss Nicholas County with his parents J D Sanford of Los Angeles. Funeral at Amwell Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 p.m. with burial in Eng of the Trail Cemetery Clintonville, Nickel Mortuary Rainelle directing. Body to be taken to Swiss home Monday at 4 p.m.
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David Earl Sanford
Montgomery
J. d. Sanford
Los Angeles
Cal
Lester Sanford
Swiss
Nicholas’ County
Amwell Baptist Church
Joe E. Smith
Burisi
Clintonville
Nickel Mortuary
Rainelle
Woody Rogers
Kansas Floods Roar Through State From Storms
Severe weather battered Kansas with tornado force winds and record floods. Independence saw uprooted trees and power loss while Fort Scott endured the worst storm in its history. The Kansas River and tributaries swelled, flooding crops and forcing evacuations across towns.
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U.S
Kansas
Fort Scott
LeCompton Andy
Lawrence
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
Texas
New England
Charleston
Rhee Names Two Aides To Head Korea Defense
President Synaman Rhee announced Maj. Gen. Kim IL Whan as vice minister of defense and Maj. Gen. Lee Chong Chan as commander in chief of Republic of Korea forces in Pusan Korea with no further details released.
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Rhee
Korea
Pusan
Jine 24
Synaman Rhee
Kim IL Whan
Lee Chong Chan
Republic of Korea
Julian Van Buren Dies at 66 in South Charleston
Julian Van Buren, 66, of 108 Third Ave., a life long resident of South Charleston, died in a local hospital yesterday. He was the son of the late J B and Julia Van Buren. Surviving are two brothers Egbert and Harry, two sisters Bessie Van Baron and Mrs W H Swann, and a nephew Harry Conner. The body is at Snodgrass Morawary.
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Julian van Buren
South Charleston
J. B
Julia van Buren
Egbert
Harry
Bessie van
W. H. Swann
Bartow
Fla
Harry Conner
Snodgrass Mor
Hughart
Otis W
Detroit
Charleston
Hula Conway Hughart
Otis
Bonnie
Patricka
Peggy
Fred L Hughart
W. C. Carte
Trilby Hughart
Howard
Earl Cobb
Dickinson
Ghealer
Donald
Lesfie
Columbus
Conningham Mortuary Chapel
Pat Berry
Buvin
Hughart Cemetery
Pallbenrera
Howard Guest
Joe Hager
Clean Conway
Carl Cort
Clyde Cart
Baxtod Patton
Livingstone
Navy to stage show of flag in Persian Gulf area
The United States Navy will deploy a division of destroyers in the Persian Gulf as a routine redeployment. Vessels Kennedy Fiske Rush and Hawkins, returning from Korea, will travel home by the Gulf route amid the Iran British oil nationalization dispute.
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U.S. Navy
Washington
United States
Persian Gulf
Iran
Navy Today
Singapore
Kennedy
Fiske
Rush
Hawkins
Navy
Miner Drowns At Price Hill On Local Dispatch
A miner from Dun Glen Fayette County drowned. his wife Margaret and mother Mrs Anna Lepto of Mit Hope survive. The body will lie in state at Tyree Mortuary Oak Hill. Nearby, shopkeeper Robert Weld reports a flock of 118 dead birds found near a clean plate glass window after an incident on his pane.
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ZNP
Price Hill
Dun Glen
Fayette County
Margaret
Mra
Anna Lepto
Mit
Hope
Tyree, Mortuary
Oak Hill
Santa Barbara
Cal
Robert Weld
Weld
Taps Sound For First War Victim
The community honored Shadrick, the first American killed in Korea to be brought home for burial. A horse-drawn caisson carried his casket as soldiers stood at attention, bugler played Taps, and pallbearers lowered the flag on his grave beside Pvt. Ottavio Grosso. Post Commander Locke and Chaplain Thompson led the funeral at the American Legion Post 32 Cemetery.
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Contimweg Bom
Beckley
American Legion
Shadrick
Korea
Pvt
Ottavio Grosso
Kenneth A. Locke
J. A. Thompson
George Gunter
Parents at Military Funeral for Kenneth Shadrick
Beckley June 24 Parents mourn solemnly at the military funeral of Kenneth Shadrick 19 first U S ground soldier killed in Korea The 43 minute ceremony featured honors as his parents recall his last thoughts and fear for peace Martinsburg June 24 Requiem mass scheduled for Edward Lloyd McDonald 45 Baltimore and Ohio railroad telegrapher who died after a fall and fractured hip Local notes report a fisheries official claim of 13 022 miles of trout streams and 2 314 trout lakes open to the public
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Beckley
Theodore Shadrick
Kenneth
U. S
Korea
Lucille
Mace
Shadrick
Theodore
Korenay
Martinsburg
Edward Lloyd McDonald
Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad
Faw Paw
McDonald
Duffield
Here
Catncade
Obituaries From Hurricane and Nearby Areas
Obituary notices recount the deaths of Elaie Beech 31 of Hurricane died Saturday in Beckley after a long illness with services set at Chestnut Knob Baptist Church near Milton. Also noted are Chelsea Flowers vestry age three died Saturday in a Charleston hospital. Additional obituaries list a five month old infant and other local residents with funeral arrangements through Cunningham Mortuary and Marmet Cemetery services.
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Beech
Elaie
Beckley
Bernice
Chestnut Knob Baptist Church
Milton
Elmer Theker
Jenkins Cemetery
Allen
Hurricane
Kuenand
Paul Beech
Von
Eugene
Sharon
Nathan Cremeans
Joh
Raymond Cremeans
Charles Cremeans
Wif
Garnet Cragg
Barboursville
Derry
aSah Creek
Biareh
J. F. Ownes
Marmet Cemetery
Cunningham Mortuary
Pearl Frye
Marmet
Wilson McClung Dies in Nicholas at 98
Wilson McClung 98 of Carl Nicholas County died at home after a long illness. A retired farmer and 76 year member of Liberty Methodist Church. Survived by daughters Nannie Whitlock and Geneva Amick and five sons. Service Tuesday at Mountain Baptist Church with burial in End of the Trail Cemetery. Body to home Monday.
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Carl
Spreish
Wilson McClung
Nicholas County
Liberty Methodist Church
Nannie Whitlock
Geneva Amick
Louisa
N. E
Washington
DB. C
DB. C. L. N. and Robert of Quintwood, D. C. of Marietta, O
B.A
Mountain Baptist Church
Rev
R. S. McClung
Obituary for World War I veteran in St. George’s Church
The deceased, a clothing salesman and World War I veteran, belonged to the DAV and St. George's Syrian Orthodox Church of Charleston. Survived by two sisters Rachel and Helen Shalhoup of Syria and two brothers Saleem of Syria and Mike of Grundy, Va. Service at 2 p.m. today in St. George's Church with Rev. Raphael Huskon of Fleigling Buyial. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park under Bertin Mortuary. The body is at the church.
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Flowers
Charies Vestry
John Flowers
Frame St
Charleston
Alao
John, Jr
Roy
James
T. A. Army
Koreas
Doy Dumtap
Huntington
Georgia
Batty
Mary
Helen
Janet
Wanda Dunlap
Virgie, Cooper
Cunningham
Binet Ant
Cunningham Mortuary
Warl G. Hissin
Dating
Cunningham Memorial Park
Wan
DAV
St. George's Syrian Orthodox Church
Rachel
Helen Shalhoup
Syria
Saleem
Mike
Grundy
St. George's Church
Raphael Huskon
Fleigling
Buyial
Sunset Memorial Park
Bertin
Escaped military ambulance speeds toward New York
A military air transport ambulance, carrying restrained detainees, escaped from a base near Philadelphia and fled via the Bronx Whitestone Bridge at around 2 p.m. EST. Guards halted traffic as the vehicle sped away with a credentialed patient in a blue pajama set and a man claimed to be in control of the vehicle.
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Westover Field
Mass
Philadelphia
Bronx- Whitestone Bridge
Long Island
Bronx
Melvin B
Ante Wentchester
Coutts, Am
Pson
Boston
Morton
Hess
Phil
Pelham Manor
Anwel
Aarkus
Ogee Ee
Petes Boebe
Morgan
Ted Leonard
Air Force Police
Charleston
Kenneth
St Walter
Acme
Carrie
Albans Naval Hospital
Queens
Higheos
Isinal Destinati - Geel
Tyler Mountain
Wal Sleter
Sledge Coates
Pryor Mortuary
Hast Bank
Two Hills Taken By Chinese Reds In Bitter Fight
Frontline reports describe heavy combat across northwest Korea as 27 MIGS engaged U S F-8 Sabres in MIG Alley. Chinese forces reportedly seized ridges south of Pyongyang while Allied troops retreated from hill positions near Kum Song and Kumhwa.
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U. S
Korea
Pyonggyang
38Th Parallel
Red Triangle
Kumbwa
Maas
Kumsong
Kumhwa
Chorwon-Sibyon Road
Mrs Schoenbaum Dies of Automobile Injuries
Mrs. Goldie Masinter Schoenbaum of Charleston West Virginia died in a La Plata Maryland hospital from injuries after a collision on Maryland Route 301. Her husband Amil Schoenbaum, improving in a Richmond hospital, is part owner of Charleston recreation venues. Survivors include three sons, a brother, three grandsons and a granddaughter. The body will reach Simpson Mortuary in Charleston.
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LA Plata
Goldie Masinter Schoenbaum
Bradford St
Charleston
W. Va
Amil Schoenbaum
New York
Maryland
Schoenbaum
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Newport News
Sol Masinter
Sarasota
Fla
Simpson Mortuary
Federal crimes panel targets gambling profits with taxes
The crime committee proposes federal taxes on gambling profits and bans deductions for expenses in illegal gambling. It cites measures to curb organized gambling and notes revenue estimates around 400 million. USAF license plate 6139 seen moving toward New England near Port Chester.
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Ketanyer
Senate Finance Committee
Kefauver
Senate
USAF
Port Chester
New England
Weather snapshot across states shows heat with scattered storms
Monday forecasts across Charleston Virginia Maryland and Tennessee call for partly cloudy skies hot conditions with scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and night. Highs near 90s mid 90s and a few areas with cooler moments inland. Winds up to 20 mph from the southwest.
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Jenesh
Charleston
Virginia
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Mona High
Wah
BO Boom
Revised Motor Code Seen Bringing in Extra Cash
Uonunusa From Frege 31 dealers and the licensing of dealers and wreckers. The staggering method for is suance of plates will save the state an estimated 125,000 annually after the first year. It calls for distribu tion of permanent plates to pas senger car owners. To the plates will be attached small metal tags showing the year of registration and the date of expiration Much of the seasonal rush will be avoided by the staggered method, and customers will be af forded better service, officials be lieve. Dealers will furnish temporary plates to purchasers for 20-day pe riods. The temporary plates, to be issued for a fee of $1 each, will be destroyed immediately upon receipt of permanent ones from the Der eriment of Motor Vehicles. The registration fee schedule for trucks starts at $17.50 for declared gross weights of 4,000 pounds or less. Here is the remainder of the scale: 4,001 to 8,000-$20 4,001 to 16(Wo
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Uonunusa
Frege
Beckley Mourns Policeman Cummings at 42
Beckley West Virginia remembers State Police Set Robert T. Cummings who died at home after an illness of two months. Cummings a Charleston native and Charleston High School graduate served five years with Company B South Charleston detachment and is survived by his wife Sally Colin Cummings and two children Richard and Jo Ann. The funeral was planned at Cunningham Mortuary Charleston.
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Yalta
Hurley
Russell
Sen
Wherry
Rneb
Senate
Truman Folley
Dayton
Beckley
Robert T. Cummings
Taft
Ohio
West Virginia
Indianapolis
Arthur
Truman
South Charleston
Fairmont
Morgantown
Wheeling
Cummings
Charleston
Charleston High School
Sally
Colin Cummings
Camp Creek
Boone County
Richard
Ann
Cunningham Mortuary
MacArthur Probe Spawns Debate on Far East Policy
Georgia Senator and Sen. Taft weigh the significance of the MacArthur removal testimony to Far East policy. They suggest the record could be cited to support or attack admin actions, including Yalta’s impact on China and support for Chinese Nationalists. Republicans may push for swift action to end the Korean war.
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Tagat
Aken
Sen
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Georgia
Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
Yalta
China
State Department
Orient
MacArthur
Ching
Manchuria
Formosa
Dan O Grogan Dies In Huntington At 77
Dan O Grogan 77 of 523 Sixth Ave St Albans died yesterday in Huntington hospital. A lifelong St Albans resident he was a retired painter and paper hanger and served 14 years as fire chief when the first fire truck was purchased. He belonged to First Baptist Church Men’s Bible Class. Services set for 2 30 p m at home with Rev J E Myers and Rev Max Morgan officiating. Burial Teays Hill Cemetery Bartlett Mortuary of St Albans in charge. Survived by wife Roma M Grogan and one brother N E Grogan Spokane Wash.
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Dan O. Grogan
St. Albans
Huntington Hospital
First Baptist Church
J. E. Myers
Max Morgan
Teays Hill Cemetery
Bartlett Mortuary
Roma M. Grogan
N. E. Grogan
Spokane
Wash
West German Resistance to Communists Grows in Allied Zone
West Germany shows limited Communist reach with 14 members in the federal Parliament and small gains in British and French zones. Allies bolster Bonn Government to build Western defense divisions as labor endures price-wage strains and nationalist groups gain minor traction.
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West Germany
Bonn
One Year of War: From Foxholes to a War-Weary Army
The piece recalls a year of conflict with soldiers describing grit and endurance. It notes the gas, fear, and determination to prove bravery for comrades and the unit as a whole. Tents rise and fires burn as positions shrink and youthful soldiers grow older in the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Company
Batalion
Pusan
Inchon
Inflation, defense output blamed on controls bill
The Association of State Chambers of Commerce urged following Truman era guidance to curb inflation and avoid shortages. It cited government scare tactics and listed examples such as 63 million can openers, 4.8 million belt sets for 1951, and 6 million pounds of margarine bought in January, contrasting with cheaper surplus butter sales to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assoc
State Chambers of Commerce
Sam
Association
Truman
Korea
Agriculture Department
Italy
Banks to share FDIC net income after year end
The FDIC will divide net assessment income at year end with 40 percent added to capital funds and the remainder distributed to insured banks on a pro rata basis. Net income is calculated by deducting expenses and insurance provisions from total assessments due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FDIC
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Pred Lawson
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Virgie McCoy
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N. J
Aline Hudson
Dorothy Page
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
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Colling Mortuary
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Carl Morris
Helariig
Barat Wil
Shalhoup
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Togan Diet Bavarday
Velgrans Chub
Chorwon
Gaming
Burton
Caine
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Denver
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