Home Team Receives Rousing Welcome on Arrival
The arriving squad, led by bands from Stonewall Jackson High and Little League, was greeted by thousands as they rode through Charleston in a celebratory parade to the Daniel Boone Hotel. Mayor and organizers hailed the team as honored guests despite a Toledo injunction delaying home games at Swayne Field.
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Virginia
Summers
Washington Sts
Daniel Boone Hotel
Knight
Copenhaver
al Carey
Stonewall Jackson High School
Little League
American Association
Charleston
Dent Bruce Dudley
Louisville
Tal
Louiseville
Hollie Hemsley
Menendez
James Karas
James Long
Toledo
Ote O Warren, Beckley Contractor, Dies at 60
Ote Oline Warren 60 prominent Beckley building contractor died today in Beckley Hospital after a heart attack and illnesses. He was president and general manager of Warren Construction Co. Surviving include wife Ollie McGraw son E L Warren four daughters and several siblings. Funeral services will be at First Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Beckley
Ote Oline Warren
Beckley Hospital
Jewg Llness
Warren Construction Co
Florida
Warren
Crickmer
Charles Warren
Nancy Kincaid Warren
First Baptist Church
Ollie McGraw
E. L. Warren
Kent, O
Madeline Siyapich
Nina Bussard
Atwater
Geraldine Stone
Cuyahoga Falls
Pengy Warren
Russel
Layland
D. W. McCallister
C.C. Rubueh
C. N. Collison
Danese
Alvin J. Cook
Glenn W. Webb
Sunset Memorial Park
Quesenberry and Webb
Big Three Ministers Seek Closer Coordination Over Korea and German Elections
Western ministers along with Eden Schuman and Acheson pressed for closer liaison on Korean War decisions and sought to widen talks beyond German elections. Acheson apologized to Britain for delaying notice of air raids and prepared for four power talks while aiming at Moscow.
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Korea
Southeast Asia
Schoman
Eden
U. N
Acheson
U.S
Russia
Washington
Far East
Truce Talks Shifts as UN Refuses Forced POW Return
Panmunjom talks stall as UN negotiators rebuff coercive POW repatriation. North Korean and Chinese media report threats of renewed fighting while prisoners on Koje Island undergo screening. Nam Il appears enraged as talks show little progress.
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Peiping
Tokyo
United States
Xorez
Yalu
Panmunjom
Alan Winnington
Lonion Daily Worker
U.N
U. N
Red
United Nations
Nam
Harrison
Koje Island
North Korea
Red China
Williamson Dentist L. E. B. Lawson Died
Williamson dentist and retiree L. E. B. Lawson died last night from a cerebral hemorrhage. He practiced in Williamson and had retired two years earlier.
Conferees Push to Save Curbs as House Opposes
Conferees act to save price and wage controls as the House opposes broader lifting. Key debates center on extending or ending the Defense Production Act, with bills proposing limited extensions and abolition of the Wage Stabilization Board. Senate and House diverge on wage and price controls and late September deadlines. President Truman's stance on Taft Hartley measures and a steel strike injunction remains uncertain.
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Wolcott
Congress
Rep
Talle
Iowa
Truman
Maybank
Senate
Spence
House
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Mrs. Cora Ellison Dies in St. Albans
Mrs. Cora Belle Ellison aged 68 died at her daughter’s home in St. Albans. Survived by daughter Bernice Nicholas and sons Everett Davis Creek and James St. Albans. brothers Arthur Shrewsbury Joseph St. Albans Everett Lively. sisters Mae Westi Dolllé Fayne. Service at Assembly of God Church 212 Main St. burial in Freeh Cemetery.
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Cora Belle Ellison
Chester Hensley
Curtis St. St. Albans
Assembly of God Church
St. Albans
Bernice Nicholas
Everett
Davis Creek
James
St Albans
Arthur Lively
Shrewsbury
Joseph Lively
Everett Lively
Mae Westi
Dolllé Fayne
Assembly of God
Main St
Roy Mallory
J. E. Myers
Bartlett Mortuary
Freeh Cemetery
House Votes to Fund Military Construction and Agencies
The House advances 11 major money bills for the new fiscal year to begin in Congress. Only one such bill, financing Treasury and Post Office, has reached the White House. Most measures sit in Senate House conference committees with a midnight Monday deadline to authorize about 80 billion dollars in spending as old fiscal year ends.
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Treasury
Whites House
Senate
House
Congress
Youth Hitchhiker Injured In Crash Near Chesapeake
A Danville youth, Donald Adams aged six teen, thumbed a ride with a driver who fled the scene after veering off the road six miles from Chesapeake. Adams suffered a dislocated elbow and will need surgery at Bofarsky Memorial Hospital. He is the son of L H E Adams of Danville.
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Boone County
Donald Adams
Danville
Chesapeake
Bofarsky Memorial Hospital
Young Adams
L. H E. Adams
The Weather Here and Across the Nation
Portable weather bulletin summarizing national conditions with forecasts for rain and sun. Mentions local trends and regional temperature ranges, noting potential storms in the west and mild readings in the east. Provides brief guidance for travelers and farmers.
Taft Sees Truman Run Debate as Democrats Court Stevenson
Senator Robert A Taft predicted Democrats will push President Truman to run again while challenging Dwight D Eisenhower for the Republican nomination. He charged Eisenhower criticizes broadly but lacks detail and warned of a tough Taft campaign if Truman seeks the ballot. Other figures like Kefauver Russell Hartman and Stevenson were noted as party contenders amid convention chatter in Denver and Dallas.
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Robert A. Taft
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ohioga
Sen All Sanke
Charlottesville
Ohio
Eisenhouwer
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
Fisenhower
Denver
Richard Ruscell
Georgia
Bétes Kefauver
Russell
Hartiman
Stevenson
Sen
Kefauver
Dallas
Tex
Democratic Party
U. S
Eisenhower
Republican
Sen. Taft
Huntington Man Dies Of Wounds From Gun
Huntington June 27 William T Rose 27 of Miller Q former Huntington city employee died in a hospital from eight gunshot wounds to the stomach Magistrate Frank Miller said he would issue a manslaughter warrant for Rose's wife Jessie Willey Rose 25 The magistrate quoted deputies saying Mrs Rose shot her husband in self defense after he began beating her She was at his bedside when he died
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Huntington
William T. Rose
Miller
Huntington City
Frank Miller
Jathalia
Rose
Jessie Willey Rose
Sheriff's Deputies
Steel strike drags as recall limited and Ford suspends plants
The union and industry negotiations stall with a partial recall of maintenance workers at midnight while most employees wait. U S Steel ships 700 tons of shell billets to Braddock for defense as Ford plans to close all assembly plants and three of four Lincoln Mercury plants after Monday due to steel shortages. The six major producers include U S Steel Republic Bethlehem Jones and Laughlin Inland and National.
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Pittsburgh Steel
Monessen
Allenport
Worcester Mass
Akron
U. S. Steel Corp
Republic Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Jones and Laughlin Steel
Inland Steel
National Steel
Murray
U. S. Steel
Union
Defense
Edgar Thomas
Braddock
Ford
Motor Company of
Detroit
Ford Assembly
Weather Outlook for West Virginia Briefly Mixed
The forecast notes only a slim chance the mass will move southward to bring rainfall. Friday highs ranged from the 90s in Huntington and Martinsburg to the mid 90s in Parkersburg and Charleston with Morgantown and Wheeling also affected. Normal five day temperatures run around 73 to 74 degrees with precipitation expected to average a quarter to one inch.
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Great Lakes
U.S
Huntington
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Charleston
Morgantown
Wheeling St
Stone Seid
Veteran Kanawha teacher Bertha Balser dies at 49
Bertha Balser a long time English teacher at Du Pont High School in Charleston died Thursday night at Charleston General Hospital from a heart ailment. She was 49 and had 29 years in education. She was active in Mt Juliet Methodist Church and local civic groups. Survived by husband John H Balser and several siblings, service is at Mt Juliet Church with burial at Montgomery Memorial Park London in the coming day.
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Kanawha County
Charleston General Hospital
du Pont High School
Balser
John H. Balser
Kanawha St. Belle
New River State College
West Virginia Tech
West Virginia University
Mt. Juliet Methodist Church
Cincinnati
Vesta
Aliff
Pax
Alice Janney
Jack
Johnnie Janney
Luther Kirk
Davin
Fidler and Frame Mortuary
Belle
Mt. Juliet
H. Logan
KL D, Baxter
Foster L. Jones
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Godbey Funeral Tomorrow for Charleston Native
Cecil Godbey 41 former Charleston resident dies in Cincinnati hospital after a two week illness. Funeral at 2 p m tomorrow in Bartlett mortuary chapel with Rev. Earl Hissom. Survivors include his wife Edith two daughters Charlotte and Patricia Shelton of Rainelle, parents Mr. and Mrs. W R Godbey and brother Luther.
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Charleston
Cincinnati
Bartlett Mortary Chapel
Earl Hissom
Godbey
White Motor Co
Baptist, Church
American Federation’ of Labor
Edith
Geushiers
Charlotte
Patricia Shelton
Rainelle
W. R
Mrs J E Devise rites set for Sunday in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Mrs. J E Devise will be held Sunday at 2 50 p m at Oak Hill Baptist Church conducted by Rev Peter Vroom Burial will follow at Highlawn Memorial Park under Thomas mortuary direction Mrs Devise 71 of Oak Hill died Thursday at Oak Hill Hospital She was a member of Southern Cross Chapter UDC and Oak Hill Baptist Church Born May 5 1881 in Red Star Fayette County Surviving are her husband J S Devise daughters Mrs D G Buckland Oak Hill Mrs J C Miller Wyoming County and Mrs J E Huffman Beckley and three sons James Charlton Heights Howard Marmet Lloyd Madison Body will be taken to home at 6 30 p m Saturday and to the church one hour before service
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J. E. Devise
Baptist Church
Peter Vroom
Highlawn Memorial Park
Thomas
Devise
Oak Hill Hospital
Southern Cross Chapter
UDC
Fayette County
J. 5
D. G. Buckland
Dell
Myrtle Maxine
Geughler
Harold O'Dell
Bentree
Nicholas County
Dinda
Tommy
Dale
Dace
Kish
Wyatt Prite
Wise
Ida Bupest
Withur Carender
Burin
Ty B.C. Hooper
Mnantgomery
Bentree Cemetery
T P.m
Parsons
Michael—a
Mra
James FF. Parsons
Dunbar
Charleston
Spibyl
Stephen Rey
Sinter
Hollie P. Bargons
Dubar
Martin
Quincy
Bartlett and Whitington
Dunbar Scragg
Mary Ann
Ille Taday
Mellingsgt Church
Marm
James Adis
B&g
Hed Howse
Banawan Vali Hospital
Willam Simmets
L. Blumsy
Charlesty
Raymond
Roy L
James B
Tee Sisters
Ewse Plum
Okto and Mes
Olle Withrow
Cunningham
Moritary
Deri G, Hissom
Mrs Agnes I Brown Dies at Fayette Home
Agnes I Brown 77 of Kincaid Fayette County died at home after illness. She was born in Laurel Creek Nicholas County and a member of Kincaid Methodist Church. Survivors include six daughters Esth er Darnell Mia Effie Smith Edith Rinehart Alice Brown Stella Linkous Elvira Brown. four sons Ted H Brown Eugene Arnett Cole Ralph in U S Army at Ft Campbell Ky. 16 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Body at Hooper mortuary Montgomery.
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Kincaid
Agnes I. Brown
Fayette County
Laurel Creek
Nicholas County
Brown
Kincaid Methodist Church
Esther E. Darnell
Mia
Effie Smith
Charleston
Edith Rinehart
Sophia
Alice ‘Brown
Middletown
Stella Linkous
Chicago
Elvira Brown
Ted H. Brown
Eugene
Huntington
Arnett
Denver
Cole
Ralph
U. Ss. Army
Ft Campbell
B. C. Hooper Mortuary
Montgomery, Ee
Race Revolt Leaders Rally in South Africa
The article reports Cachalia claiming 10,000 non whites Indians and mixed blood have volunteered to be arrested and serve up to 30 days for race law violations. He predicts 2a-900 volunteers in six months to fill jails as the campaign aims to spread nationwide. Leaders deny violence. police and demonstrators remain tense but reportedly calm.
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Cachalia
South Africa
Bandela
Avondale Man Found Dead in Private Coal Mine
The body of John V. Alenzano, about 50, was found yesterday in a small private coal mine he operated near Jaeger. Funeral home attendants said he was killed in a state fall.
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Avondale
John V. Alenzano
Jaeger
Charleston Senators Win Move to Open Season Here
A legal settlement permits the Charleston Senators to begin their season at Watt Powell Park through July 2 while a permanent injunction hearing is set for July 14. Mayor John T. Copenhaver and manager Rollie Hemsley welcomed the news as Charleston officials pledge strong support amid ownership disputes with Toledo’s Swayne Field Co.
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Bell Cow
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Gazette
Old Town
Charleston
Amercan Association
Watt Powell Park
Rollie Hemsley
Charleston Club
Rollie
Danny Menendez
St. Louis
Daniel Boone
Louiisville
Stan Rojek
Pittsburgh
Stan
Iy al KE
Reuben
Toledo Realter
Swayne Field
Pall Park
Detroit ‘Tigers
O’connor
Menendez
Chamber of Commerce
Thelub
Mud Hens
Menenger
Heigsin
John T. Copenhayer
Harry Wallace
Tocal Baseball Field
Chicago
American Association Board ‘of Directors
Yecetve
Charleston Senators
Toleca
Obituary notices from a West Virginia paper
A long obituary column lists numerous deaths with brief biographical notes. It mentions Elva Ailey and others dying in Fayette and Kanawha areas, detailing survivors, funeral homes, and burial sites at Garten Cemetery, Wallace and Lace Mortuary, and Marmet Cemetery among others.
P. J. Armstrong Hurt in Ohio Crash Near Clarington
Paul J. Armstrong 44 executive director of the Davis Child Shelter in Charleston West Virginia was critically injured in a collision on Ohio State Route 7 near Clarington Ohio. He suffered a fractured skull and multiple injuries after his car collided with a truck driven by Keith Tyler of Springfield Ohio. Armstrong was on his way to Akron for a family reunion and was reported in critical condition with charges expected for driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Davis Child Shelter
Charleston
W. Va
Paul J. Armstrong
Ohio State Rt. 7
Here
Wetzel County
New Martinsville
W. V
A. R. Sain
Ohio State Highway Patrol
West
Armstrong
Sain
Akron
Sales Tax Okayed At South Charleston
South Charleston city council approved a new gross sales tax ordinance unanimously. Officials said the levy will roughly double the revenue from gross sales taxes, replacing a prior ordinance that had yielded about twenty percent of the state maximum.
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Charleston
South Charleston
Woman Hurt in Car Mishap on Bridge
Mrs Harold Spencer of 1407 Bridge Rd suffered minor bruises when a car rammed the rear of her vehicle driven by her husband Harold Spencer. An attendant said the collision occurred while the Spencers waited atop Phirick Street bridge for traffic to clear a prior wreck on the South Side. Mrs Spencer was admitted to Staais Hospital and held overnight for observation.
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Harold Spencer
Bridge Ro
Cunningham Mortuary
Spencer
Phirick St
Staais Hospital
Deportation Hearing for Dumas on Communist Party Ties
The 1930 Detroit case against Dumas for Communist Party ties continued before INS Hearing Officer H. E. McNeal. Dumas did not testify on advice of counsel. Immigration Agent Joseph Sureck plans to present more evidence at an indefinite date.
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Guy Man Continuer
Communist Party
Detroit
Dumas
Youths Drowned After Rescue Attempt at Marmet Fire Scene
Two youths could not swim and died after being pulled from the water near Marmet where Marmet Volunteer Firemen spent almost two hours. Burne boy survived by mother Altha Tate and grandmother Minnie Dennett. body at Preston mortuary. Hill boy survived by parents Lee and (Mrs) Hill, four brothers James Will Robert Zobn, one sister Sarah Cooper of Chesapeake. body at Harden and Harden mortuary.
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Marmet
Burne
Altha Tate
Minnie Dennett
Preston Mortuary
Young Hill
Lee Hill
James
Will
Robert
Zobn
Sarah Cooper
Chreapeake
Harden and Hardens Mortuary
Immigration Veto Debate Roils Congress and Public Notice
A heated debate over immigration measures pits Congressman Lehman against proponent True man with charges of misrepresentation. Senators argue the bill serves national defense, while critics warn it would reduce immigration to a trickle. In other items, funeral notices from Malden and Charleston list services and burial plans for several residents.
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McCarran
Trueman
Justice Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Lehman
Hul Cemetery
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