City Council Approves $60,000 Street Paving Expansion
City council approves another $60,000 in street paving projects despite opposition from two veteran lawmakers who fear over expenditure without guaranteed funds. Bid requests will cover asphalt paving or resurfacing of 23 streets, part of Mayor Copenhaver's broader $350,000 program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Field
Copenhaver
Council
Standard Asphalt and Tar’ Co
Charleston
Greendale Dr
Latelle M. LaFollette, Jr
LaFoliette
Flo
Andrews
Field
Page & Col
Korean Vet Calls D Day Crisis Message at State Drive
Major Sgt Samuel Cobnson of St Albans told a Charleston assembly near the Federal building that the Defense Bond Drive launch marked D Day calling for bond purchases to aid veterans. The event featured the U S Air Force Drum and Bugle Corps and remarks by State Adj Gen Charles R Fox as officials urged support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
U. S
West Virginia
Samuel Cobnson
St. Albans
Korea
United Nations
Johnson
U. 8
Air Force
Jere
Washington
Glee! Club
Pie
Maurice Wilcox
Adj
Charles R. Fox
Tod
Senate shuns Truman judges and embarks on other nominations
Senate Judiciary Committee refuses to act on Truman's Illinois federal judge picks. The panel does not approve nor reject Drucker and Harrington, while Douglas accuses the president of personal objection to his choices. Foreign Relations panels will hold hearings on Jessep to the UN and Bowles to India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Illinois
Senate Judiciary Committee
Douglas D-H
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Philip Jessup
United Nations
Chester Bowles
India
Joseph G. Drucker
Cornelius J. Harrington
Senate
Douglas
Drucker
Harrington
Trumen
Crippled Farmer Held in Slaying
A 68 year old arthritis racked farmer on crutches was jailed on a murder charge after a man he said was forcing entry at his home was shot. George Burkhart 66 of Charleston faces a pending homicide case stemming from Quentin Whittington 27 of Sissonville dying after a shotgun blast at Burkhart’s Woltx Pen house on Sissonville Road. Whittington a retail coal dealer and World War II veteran died after the blast rupturing his spleen. Burkhart claimed Whittington and others threatened him earlier and pounded the door. He said he fired through the door after moving the gun from a chair arm to aim. Burial details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suns Bay
George Burkhart
RFD
Charleston
L. Dd
Wwennoth
A. V. Doddrill
Quentin Frederick Whittington
Sissonville
Burkhart
Wolt Pen
Whittington
Madeline
Ira Lee
Quentin Dale
Connie Lon
Homa
Lors Whittington
Bill
Lemuel Collett
William
City Judge Defends Independence From Outside Critics
Municipal Judge Joseph Thomas denounces external pressure and vows to decide cases in his court. Police have sought hearings for whisky and prostitution cases before local justices, drawing criticism from Mayor Copenhewer over perceived leniency. Thomas declares he will remain on the bench and decide all cases himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thomas
Justices of the Peace
Thomas
Copenhewer
Nomas
Allies Smash Enemy Column in Korean War Line
Allied artillery crushed a North Korean column along a mountain trail as UN infantry pressed hard on the eastern hills. American, Turkish, Ethiopian, and South Korean troops halted Reds’ charges and advanced along ridgelines in a nine day eastern battle described as among the war’s heaviest. Gen Ridgway and Gen Van Fleet conferred in Korea while the 12 ¼ hour online run drew attention. A separate report described a city smog with aldehyde-like odor blanketing areas near Belleta and North Charleston, affecting air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N
Highth Army
Korea
Yonchon
Kumawa
Matthew B. Ridgway
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Tokyo
Ridgway
AJ. H. Cassels
Gazette
State Health Department
Belleta Points
North Charleston
Kenawha
Fred Alley
H Bomb Plant Costs Billions As U S Pursues Bomb
Washington reports grim push to fund hydrogen bomb research with more than one billion dollars for a Savannah River plant in South Carolina. The project aims to supply materials for the H bomb, including tritium, with overall costs climbing toward several billions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Truman
South Carolina
Savannah River
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Savannah
Lea Szilard
Page & Col
Ridgway Signals Hope for Korea Armistice Talks
Gen Matthew Ridgway sent a tempered invitation to Communists to renew cease-fire talks at Panmunjom on the Kaesong line. He spoke while in Korea and did not visit the UN truce camp near the Imjin River, leaving the door open for further meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
ENS
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Red High Command
Ridgway
Kir: Il -Sung
Peng Teh- Yuai
Pan Mun Jom
Kaesong
Inoon
U. N
Imjin River
Riceway
Kae-'song
United Nations
Senate Votes Increase For Million Employes
The Senate approved a bill raising pay for over one million government workers. The package totals about 345 million dollars annually with increases from 200 to 800 dollars depending on grade. Foreign service officers are included under a McMahon amendment. Raises are retroactive to July 1, 1951, with final figures to be settled in conference with the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen. McMahon
House
Iran Accepts Oil Talks Ultimatum Despite Harriman Refusal
Iran's cabinet vows to proceed with Mossadegh's oil ultimatum to Britain, despite Harriman's refusal to deliver the note from Washington. Two weeks are set to resume talks or face expulsion of British technicians from the Anglo-Iranian oil works. Fatemi says Harriman's reply urged term modification and not outright rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Mossadegh
Britain
W. Averell Harriman
London
Harriman
Washington
Hossein Fatemi
Parliamentary
Sail Board
Abadan
Fateh
Page & Col
Steamer Tops Gas Buggy in Antique Chicago to New York Race
A 1913 Stanley steamer beat a 1921 Stoddard-Dayton gas buggy by about 31 minutes in a Chicago to New York antique race. Jack Brause, a former vice president of the Stanley Steamer Co., drove the steamer to victory near Yonkers after a weeklong dash from Chicago via Detroit and Cleveland. Rube De Launty piloted the rival buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yesteryear
Stanley
Plaza
New York City
Yonkers
N.Y
Windy City
Jack Brause
Stanley Steamer Co
Rube de Launty
Poughkeepsie
N. C
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Fugitive Caught After Gun Battle
An Ohio man, Ceskie Calvin Oliver, 18, of Blacklick, DC, was captured after a dawn gun battle with South Charleston police. He pleaded guilty to breaking and entering Spring Hill Hardware Co. and shooting with intent to kill. Oliver surrendered after officers fired at him as he fled the store, taking rifles and merchandise. He is held in Kanawha County Jail on a $5,000 bond. police also seek him on related Milton robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
South Charleston
Milton
Ceskie Calvin Oliver
Blacklick
Kanawha County
Vic
Fauilty
Spring Hill Hardware Co
Chestnut St
V. Filawates
Oliver
J. JL
King
Browder
Ex-Loan Chief Admits Treat Gifts From Lithofold
Frank Prince former loan operations chief for the AFCeld Senators testified before the Senate investigations subcommittee that he received gifts from American Lithofold Corp after aiding St. Louis printer secure loans totaling 645000. Gifts included ham turkey oranges perfume and a camera valued at about 193. Boyle is accused of using influence to aid American Libor borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Boyle denies the charges and may testify again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
Lithofold Company
Washington
Afceld
American Lithofold Corp
Fter
St. Louis
Senate
Frank Prince
Rep. Boykin
D-Ala
En. McCarthy
Rwis
William 3. Boyle Jr
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Boyle
Prinse
R. J. Elsmer
Green Raps Russia At AFL Convention
San Francisco September 17 William Green opened the 70th AFL convention denouncing Communist Russia and urging continued war in Korea. He touted the AFL as leading a global effort with 60 million workers in the ICFTU and rallied delegates with calls for strong anti Soviet action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William Green
SFL
Russia
Green
AFL
APL
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICFTU
Milan
Italy
Korea
Gator Captured After Breaking Arm of Child
Coral Gables Florida September 1 A pet alligator grew to nine feet and broke the arm of a nine year old boy while attempting to drag him into a rockpit. Wildlife officers lassoed the creature and carried it away to the Everglades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gator
Coral Gables
Fla
Everglades
Florida “Wildlife
Florida
Army Navy Air Force to Train in Desert Rock Nuclear Test
About 5,000 personnel from Army Navy and Air Force will conduct atomic warfare training at Frenchmans Flats Nevada in Exercise Desert Rock. Units will form a combat team with support troops drawn from six continental armies and withdraw to safety before detonation. The drill focuses on organizational and tactical training separate from Atomic Energy Commission tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Frenchman’s Flats
Nevada
United States
Desert Rock
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman Attacks Kremlin as Evil as Hitler on Constitution Day
President Truman denounced the Kremlin as a beast of prey on Constitution Day, claiming Soviet government is more evil than Hitler's and that any Kremlin agreement is not worth the paper it is written on. He spoke at a ceremony marking the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, calling Russians a jungle society where power shadows all. He also criticized Congress attacks on government employees as contemptible, referencing McCarthy era rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Trumanday
Kremlin
Russia
Stalin
Hitler
Truman
Library of Ca
Gengius Khan
U.S
Anoiber Lals
National Assoc. Or
Congress
Sen. McCarthy R-Wisi
Navy Lists 7 Lost In Bomber's Crash
The Navy announced that two men died five are missing and 15 injured after a jet aircraft crash and fire aboard the carrier Cartier off Korea. A twin jet Bansee failed to arrest properly, struck another jet, ignited a fire that damaged several aircraft, with no major ship damage. Names of the dead include Lt. John Kemp Keller and James William Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Cartier U. S. &. Essi
Korea
Ahe Navy
John Kemp Keller
Iris
John Evertt Keller
Arm Arbor
Mich
James William Stewart
ABC
Prayer for Peace Recited by Nazarene Community
A devotional note presents a 30 second prayer for peace led by Rev. Alfer Wroloes and parishioners of the Nazarene church in Valley Giore Clyreh area, seeking divine guidance and blessings. The text includes reverent phrases and requests for strength, protection, and redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfer Wroloes
Piastar
Vailey Giore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wnters
Laidley Field
Wilcox
U. S. Ai Force
Senators
Oe & Amusements
Pact Council
Ott Ike
Ottawa
North Atlantic
Dwight D. Hisenhower
North Atlantic Council
NATO
Rome
Eisenhower
Ths
Greece
Turkey
Paul Ely
France
Omar Brediey
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Emmanuel Shinwell
Georges Bidault
Shinwell
West
Jerry Gustafson
Parker Stratt
Thei Gator
Jerry Guertalson
Page
Mel
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!