Widen Pair Held In $1,000 Bonds Third Dismissed
Pleas of not guilty were entered yesterday by two of three Clay county residents indicted for intimidating U S probation officers and impeding justice as the Government dropped charges against the third. Tony George and Mrs. Mary Crockshanks of Widen faced Nov 20 trials set by Federal Judge Ben Moore after being brought to Charleston by U S Marshal McGinnis. The court dismissed indictments against Howard McCune, deemed a mistaken identity. George, already under state sentence for a county injunction violation, and Mrs. Crooksnanks were released on $1,000 bond. Probation Officers Easley and Cook had reported to Judge Moore.
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Clay County
U. S
Tony George
Mary Crocksharks
Widen
Ben Mrare
Charleston
U.S
William H. McGinnis
Feders
Lower Meat Prices Promised by Woods in St Paul
U S price director James W. Woods told St Paul housewives that meat prices would be rolled back within two weeks if the industry reneges. He warned the government could force a drop within 10 days to two weeks and criticized packers for not opening books amid high prices. Woods spoke during the inauguration of a local price advisory board.
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Woods
U. S
ST. Paul
Minn
Consene Woods
St Paul
Reds halt probe into killing near Panmunjom
United Nations Command charged that two Communist bullets killed a U S Navy medical corpsman on neutral Panmunjom soil. Red investigators, led by Chang Chim Sen, broke off inquiry after Allies refused to produce the body. Marine witness Jesse W Condon described the shooting as unprovoked.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
U. S. Navy
Panmunjom
U. N
Panmunjom-Munsan
Cat
Chang Chim Sen
Marine Ford
Jesse W. Condon
Newport
R. 1
Chang
Government raises coal price ceilings amid wage hikes
The government authorizes higher ceiling prices for bituminous coal up to 75 cents per ton and for Pennsylvania anthracite up to 135 dollars per ton to cover increased labor costs. If John L. Lewis wins the full 190 per day wage, further coal ceiling increases may be needed, with hearings set for Monday on an appeal.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Office of Price Stabilization
Wage Stabilization Board
OPS
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
Harry Moses
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Authorities to Act in Clay State Troopers Strike Crises
Gov Lester and Lt Gov Patteson urged swift action to restore peace in Widen mining town. Proclamation empowers state troopers to enlist Clay County sheriff and local officers. A three man committee to investigate the Widen strike was named with Charles F. Sattler as chair. Atty Gen. Fox and Burchett also named. ex officio members include J G Bradley and William Blizzard. Meanwhile, reports show strikers returning to work as state highway Rt 1 1 remains contested. officials say law enforcement hands are constrained.
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Lester
Patteson
Widen
W. E. Burchett
Clay County
Charles J. F. Sattler
John G. Fox
Burchett
J. G. Bradley
Elk River Coal and Lumber Co
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers Dist
Gene George
George
Rt. Il
Pattesor
Ee Es
Regain of Sniper Ridge by ROK Forces on Central Front
On the Central Korean Front Saturday November 4 South Korean infantry fought through the night and regained the crest of Sniper Ridge at dawn after a bloody clash. Reports say communists bombarded the ridge with heavy fire while air support struggled. ROK troops had earlier lost the summit but launched a renewed assault as artillery and air power pounded enemy positions.
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Seoul
Korea
Republic of Korea
Pinpoint Hill
John Handolph
Randolph
Plane Prop Slays Farm Worker In Two at Wright
On November 14 a farm worker named Lewis Guidry about 42 was killed when an airplane propeller sliced from the top of his head to his belt as the lime-loading craft prepared for takeoff on the Robert Trahan farm near Wright in Vermilion Parish. The pilot was Chester Taylor, about 40, of Take Charles.
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Mabbeville
Maxie J. Landry
Vermilion Parish
Landry
Lewis Guidry
Robert Trahan
Wright
Louisiana
Chester Taylor
Take Charles
Germans Accuse U S of Red Text in West Germany
Bonn authorities report a 38 year old ex journalist Arthur Peters and wife revealed a U S backed project financing a Communist world history text. The High Commission produced two pages showing editors’ pro Communist anti democratic and anti Catholic biases. Reports say 9200 copies were distributed to American sponsored venues and public readings across West Germany.
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Bonn
Germany
Wn! al
Atrio Peters
Peters
Sion
U. S
Comianda
Mission
West Germany
Bumallen
Bevorst
Typhoon Death Toll and Damage Across Formosa
A Pacific typhoon battered Formosa with 115 mph winds, killing 67 soldiers, injuring about 530, and destroying nearly 1,000 homes and military installations including Tsoying base. Torrential rains disrupted rail traffic while relations and relief efforts mobilized as heavy damage reported.
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Formosa
Taipeh
Pacific
U. S
Formossval
Tsoying
Defense Ministry
Sung Ta
Nine in Family Killed by Fire in Massachusetts Home
A millworker family in Westport Massachusetts suffered nine deaths in a double floor fire that started in a kitchen trash box. The mother Mary Autette 44 and eight of her ten children Genevieve 17 Natalie 14 Shirley 13 Madelin Eleanor 9 Veronica 7 Francis 3 Geraldine 4 died. Aladdin Audette 47 the father and Daniel 20 and a married daughter Dolores Massa 21 survived. State Fire Marshal George E Killion said the blaze began in a wooden rubbish box. flames confined to the kitchen pantry and part of an outside wall. Neighbors and motorists failed to rescue the occupants as smoke and heat raced to the second floor where the nine slept in night clothes. Genevieve wore a dress and lay with an open book. Last rites were given to the mother and children as the women were removed.
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Westport
Mass
Fall River
Mary Autelte
Genevieve
Natalie
Shirley
Madelin
Eleanor
Veronica
Francis
Geraldine
Aladdin Audette
Daniel
Dolores Massa
George E. Killion
Audette
Mayors Tackle Finance Problems at WV Municipalities Meet
West Virginia League of Municipalities officials gather at the Kanawha Hotel for their 17th annual conference to review an agenda aimed at shaping finance policy for the 1953 Legislature. League President Wilbert Miner of Moundsville presides over proceedings as city leaders prepare recommendations.
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Don Seagle
the Gazette
West Virginia League of Municipalities
Kanawha
League
Wilbert Miner
Plasor
Moundsville
Industrialists See Prosperity Through Mid-53
Industrialists foresee prosperity through the first half of 1953 and beyond with prices stable or slightly lower. The Business Advisory Council, reporting to the secretary of commerce, turned a post election session into an economic seminar. Robert T. Stevens summarized member views, noting steady employment and no expected price rises, despite anticipated price ceiling changes.
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Sha Island
Business Advisory Council
Commierce
Robert T. Stevens
J. P. Stevens and Company
New York
Congress
Bright Stevens
Lord Giveth Authorities Seek Theft at Charleston Church
James H. West of 3203 Staun ton Av reported to police yesterday that a man stole his incense from a Charleston church during a service.
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Lord
James H. West
Staunton Av
Hal Saneqne
Charleston
Eisenhower says Dewey declines cabinet post
President elect says Gov Dewey emphatically reaffirmed he is not available for a cabinet position while agreeing to be available for consultation and emergency or temporary work. Dewey, at a policy conference in Augusta, said there is no possibility he would accept a cabinet post.
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Augusta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New Republican
Eisenhower
Dewey
New York
Avery
Korea
Republican Party
Knowland Seeks Post as GOP Senate Leader
Knowland of California became the first avowed candidate for the Republican Senate leadership as the new GOP Congress prepares to meet in January. He requires Sen Bridges of New Hampshire to step aside, while Bridges backs avoiding a rough fight. Other candidates named include Saltonstall Dirksen Capehart Ferguson and Hickenlooper. Knowland expects Eisenhower to not meddle in the process and says a leader need not be an Eisenhower supporter. Bridges echoed similar views. The Californian has backed Truman era policy in the Far East and opposes forced repatriation of Korean War prisoners.
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Washiuusuer
Knowland
California
Sen. Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Krowland
Earl Warren
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Dirksen
Illinois
Capehart
Indiana
Perguson
Michigan
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hisenhower
GOP
Court To Seal Vault For General Election Supplies
The County Court decided to seal the vault housing general election supplies at each canvass close. The court requires the county clerk Paul E. B. Wehrle to open the vault only in the presence of a court member, ending his request to access it any time to tabulate district returns.
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Tha
Paul EB. Wehrle
Wehrle
Katyn Atrocity Coverup Ties U S Russia Ties
Washington November 14 former army intelligence chief testified he stamped top secret on a Katyn massacre report to protect US relations with Russia during World War I. He warned leakage could trigger worldwide repercussions, while the probe questions whether American officials hid Russian guilt to aid the postwar Red regime narrative.
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Washington
Army Intelligence
Katyn m
Russia
Clayton Bissell
Congressional
Russiana
Katyn J Forest
John H. van Viet, Jr
Bissell
United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
Species House Committee
Howsver
Poland
Davis Elected President of West Virginia Judicial Association
State judges gathered for an all day session and chose Kanawha Common Pleas Court Judge Staige Davis as the new president of the West Virginia Judicial Association. The retiring president Circuit Judge Lewis H. Miller urged judges to have a probation officer of their own choice. circuit Judge Max Deberry was named association secretary and PF Marion Wagner Bluefield was elected treasurer.
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Staige Davis
Kanawha Common Pleas Court
West Virginia Judicial Assoc
Davis
Lewis H. Miller
Ripley
Max Deberry
Harrisville
Marion Wagner
Bluefield
Miller
Secrecy Surrounds Lodge's Motion in Transition
Secretary Lodge, 39, Massachusetts, will work largely in secret during the transition to President-elect Eisenhower. His duties focus on State and Defense, with emphasis on Korea and the upcoming White House meeting. He is to confer at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Lovett on Monday, ahead of Ike’s talks with Truman.
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Washington
War
Henry Cabot Lodge
Eizenhowers
Truman
Massachusetts
Ike
Odge
Eisenhower
Defense
Pentagon
Defense Bec
Lavett
White House
Hisenhower
Lodge Pigase
State plan would shift school aid among counties
Two legislative interim committees unveil a draft formula changing foundation aid to schools. The plan would shift funds, with 65 percent for three counties Chin Hancock and Cabell and 71 percent for nine counties including McDowell Logan Raleigh Mercer Monongalia Mingo Boone Lincoln and Wood. County amounts vary yearly but indicate substantial gains for some and losses for others under the new system, as measured against the 1952-58 foundation program. The report, by the Joint Committee on Government and Finance and the Commission on Interstate Cooperation, notes shifts reflect changing factors in the new formula.
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John G. Morgan
the Gazette
Chin
Hancock
Cabell
McDowell
Logan
Raleigh
Mercer
Monongalis
Mingo
Boone
Lincoln
Wood
Kanawha
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
R. L. Johns
University of Florida
de. J. P. Brawner
West Virginia University
Willig W. Chambers
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Mary Crookshanks
Administration of Justice
Roks
The
Gazette
Norfolk
Ruchamkin
Texas Company
Atantic
Cape Seary
Pvt
Otis Hicks
Paris Hicks
Jane Lew
W. ‘Va
Philadelphia
278Th Infantry
Ft. Devens
Tennessee National Guard
Tne Ruchumkin
Virginia Beach
O'Hare
Fremont
Narvisk
Naval Base
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Richard Kidney
Staten Island
Kidney
Ash
Atyn
Red
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