Day by day Berlin blockade talks continue in Washington
State department official said there will be other meetings on the Berlin blockade situation. American Ambassador Jessup and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Malik discussed the matter with Department Press Officer Michael J. Mc Dermott. Mc Dermott added no final decision had been reached yet.
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Washington
State Department
Berlin
Hetv
Philip Cessup
Jacob A Malik
Department
Michael J. McDermott
Jessup
Dean Rusk
Charles E. Bohren
Acheson
Wels
McDermott
Webb
Maryland
Plans For Outing Of Miners' Children In WV
Virgil M. Beckett announces the annual outing for the children of miners of the Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. Four two week periods are set for June July and August at Camp Thomas E Lightfoot near Hinton West Virginia. Negro employed communities will send their children to Camp Washington Carver near Beckley WV August 14 to 27.
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Pittsburgh
Virgil M. Beckett
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
West Vir
Sia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Hinton
West Virginia
Washington Carver
Beckley
St Johns students protest Spanish midshipmen visit
A small group of St Johns College undergraduates staged a brief picket at the Naval Academy main gate yesterday protesting the visit of Spanish midshipmen. City and academy police lined the gate as eight protesters stood for about two hours. President John S. Kieffer said the action represented only the students and that student opinion overall seems to disapprove.
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Annapolis
St. John’s College
Naval Academy
Naval Academy Yard
John S. Kieffer
St. John’s
May Go To Europe
Senator Baldwin says the armed services sub committee may travel to Europe to question German witnesses about the malmedy massacre. He notes there are important witnesses in Germany and elsewhere who should be brought to testify if the committee does not go there.
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Washington
Malmedy
Europe
Baldwin
R -Conn
Armed Services
Germany
Railways Plan 30 Freight Trains Daily to Berlin
West German railways say they can run 30 freight trains a day to Berlin if blockade ends and deliver 20 trainloads of coal to the city within 24 hours. Traffic plans are complete to the last detail though no food or coal trains are ready at Hanover or Brunswick marshalling yards near the Soviet frontier.
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Hamburg
Germany
Berlin
Hannover
Brunswick
Plane Disappears Over Berlin to West Germany
A four engine British airlift plane with four crew aboard vanished today on a Berlin to West Germany flight. Airlift liaison officers report the ship overdue and silent nine minutes after takeoff, with no radio contact since.
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Berlin
West Germany
Re interment plan for Harold Clovis service change
In service changes for Harold Clovis, the Nazarene church will hold an 11 am re interment service with not a regular worship. T J Boshell announces Sunday School will run at the usual hour.
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Harold Clovis
Nazarene
T. J. Boshell
Walter L Curry Sentenced 1 To 5 Years In Moundsville
Walter L Curry of Graf ton Fairmont road received a one to five year sentence for the unlawful shooting of Charles R Weaver on July 20. Judge W Merle Watkins overruled defense objections and suspended the term until September 19 to allow a writ of error petition to the State Supreme Court. Curry posted a $5 000 cash bond and was released pending Supreme Court action. He was found guilty by a jury last week of firing a pistol from his car into a group of youths on Wickwire road.
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Walter L. Curry
Grafton-Fairmont Road
W. Merle Watkins
Moundsville
Charles R. Weaver
W. P. Samples
Watkins
State Supreme Court
Curry
Supreme Court
Wickwire
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Worried Democrats Buckle To Job Of Saving Labor Bill
Washington Democrats faced a tough task to salvage their labor bill in the House after a heavy setback. They planned to rally votes against a Republican and Southern Democrat supported substitute, with a truce reached to resume debate Tuesday and Monday set for other business.
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Washington
House
Lesinki
D-Mich
Labor Committee
Wood
D-Ga
Halleck
R-Ind
See
Jury Will Visit Beheading Scene in Newberry Case
In Bland County Virginia the jury in Ralph A. Newberry’s murder trial will tour the farm home of Katheryn Newberry. Judge Sexton granted the visit after the commonwealth’s motion. Prosecution finished testimony the fifth trial day. The defense to begin its case today at the Newberry farm near Mechanicsburg. A statement Ralph Newberry allegedly gave officers January 12 linked to the decapitated body found on a mountain side. Samuel Newberry, also indicted, has no trial date set.
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Bland
Katheryn Newbery
Ralph A. Newberry
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Commonwealth
Bland County
Newberry
Mechanicsburg
Ralph Newberry
Ralph
Samuel
Winchester Apple Blossom Festival Winds Down
Winchester recovers from the two day carnival air as the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival ends. State police depart after managing large crowds while festival officials clean up. Queen Shenandoah XXII, Miss Margaret Thors, attends a grand ball and crowns Bob Hope grand marshal of the parade before Hope departs, to the festival’s delight and chatter.
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Alben Barkley
Margaret ‘Thors
Winchester
Iceland
U. S
Virginia
Harry Byrd
International
Winchhester
DSC
Shenandoah XXII
Miss Margaret, Thors
Shenandoah
City Armory
Bob Hope
Hope
National guidance experts set for Gratton High conference
Two nationally known figures in vocational guidance will headline an all day conference at Gratton High. G Harry A Jager of the U S Office of Education will open with Broadening the Base of the Educational Structure. Maryland official R Floyd Cromwell follows on administration counselor and teacher roles in guidance services. Also presenting is Richard L Beard from Marshall College Huntington.
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Gratton Tigh School
Fyday
Harry A. Jager
Occupational Information and Guidance Service
U. S. Office of Education
R. Floyd Cromwell
Guidance Services
Maryland
R. V. Rohrbough
Taylor County Schools
Richard L. Beard
Marshall College
Huntington
Double Slaying Suspect Questioned By West Virginia Police
Cleveland police expected to question Charles Brown, 20, who confessed to the Lovers Lane slaying near Beckley W Va on November 4 1947. Victims E Ray Bailey 50 and Nellie Mae Rand 39 were killed in a parked car outside the Black Night Country Club. Fingerprint comparison planned as Brown’s guardians dispute his account.
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Cleveland
West Virginia
Beckley
W. Va
Charles Brown
E. Ray Bailey
Nellie Mae Rand
Black Night Country Club
Brown
Two Men Held For Burglary In Latrobe Street Case
Warrants charging Adair Kennedy and Emerald E Kennedy with breaking and entering the Roberts Farmers Supply on Latrobe Street were served at Taylor County jail. Hearings before Magistrate Ona C Jefferys are set for early next week. Police say apprehension may help solve several local burglaries plaguing the city in recent months. Adair Kennedy was picked up this week after a prior county sentence.
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Roberts Famers
Latrobe Street
Adair Kennedy
Emerald E
Jim) Kennedy
Taylor County
Denver Thompson Retires After 50 Years With Railroad
Denver Thompson a Baltimore and Ohio engineer who ran the first diesel locomotive on the Monongah division and set a Grafton to Parkersburg record retires tomorrow after a 50 year career. He never had an accident or injury to his crew and began as a trackman in 1898 before advancing from fireman to engineer and later to passenger service. He served on the Simpson section and worked in Grafton shops before 1905 promotion. He is noted for a 44 year running record without incident.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Parkersburg
Perry Denver Thompson
Third Street
National Limited
Papal
Thompson
Simpson
Yabet
Fights GOP Drive To Cut Expenses Five Percent
Administration fights back against a Republican led push to cut five percent from operating expenses. Senators Ferguson and McKellar clash over post office and treasury funding while White House talks with Truman influence the budget battle. The dispute centers on department operating funds amid broader social security and state payments.
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Washington
Myers
Pennsylvania
Federal
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Department
Treasury Post Office
McKellar
D-Tenn
Hayden
D-Ariz
Russell
Dga
White House
Truman
Thomas Resigns As GOP Chairman In Marion County
Irl E Thomas, chairman of the Marion County Republican Executive Committee since 1940, resigns due to health and business pressures. He sent letters to Lawrence E Pearson, vice chairman, and John L McIntire, president of the Marion County Young Republican League.
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Fairmont
Irl E. Thomas
Marion County Republican Executive Committee
Lawrence E.pearson
John L. McIntire
Marion County Young Republican League
Preview of New Monongahela Power Plant at Willow
Sentinel editor Eldora M. Bolyard and 125 others attended a press preview of Monongahela Power Co. new ultra modern 12 million dollar generating station at Willow below St Marys. Officials said the plant will supply unlimited power for the community, easing past fears of a power shortage that left Christ mas Street lighting dark in Grafton two years ago. The tour included a luncheon and inspection, with a May 5 dedication planned.
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Monongahela Power Company
Uultray
St. Mary's
Grafton
Power Company
Monongahela Power, Company
Dor
Ton iMigs Eldora M. Bolyard
Sentinel
Taylor County Board of Trade
Jack R. Nugum
Radio Rersonnel
Fairmont Moves to Legalize Daylight Saving Time
Fairmont will seek to legalize daylight saving time in a court action on Monday after a previous city board vote, blocked by a temporary restraining order. City Attorney L. E. Johnson said he would ask the order be set aside, with Fairmont and parts of the county likely to adopt if successful, amid a week of divided time schedules.
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Fairmont
Harrison County
L. E. Johnson
British MPs Held in Russian Sector Released by Soviets
Three British military policemen detained for 24 hours in the Russian sector, during an inquiry into a raid by communist police on a city owned farm on the British Soviet sector border, were released by Soviet authorities amid a British protest.
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Berlin
Delegate Holt Warns Tax Revenues Fail To Fund Expenditures
IN BUCKHANNON Del Rush D Holt says the state's current tax revenues will not sustain the rate of expenditures approved at the recent legislature session. He blames those demanding more spending and those who remained quiet while it continued.
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Buckhannon
Del
Rush D. Holt
Lewis
UMW Chief Proposes June 6 Start for Talks at Bluefield WV
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, writes Joseph E. Moody urging separate negotiations with Southern Coal Producers Assoc. to begin June 6 in Bluefield West Virginia. Contract expires June 30 with other districts following suit. press and public to be admitted to conferences. Bluefield near Pocahontas fields and McDowell County noted for coal output.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers
United Mine Workers
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
W. Va
Moody
Noti
Lewis
Mercer County
West Virginia
Pocahontas
McDowell County
Red Spearheads Nearing Hangchow
Communist columns moved within 23 miles of Hangchow as reports said Hangchow employees were ordered to leave and militia took over police duties. The Shanghai garrison claimed progress toward Teching and noted nationalist withdrawals, while artillery fire was heard and the city remained quiet.
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Shanghai
Hangchow
Tha
Si Wang Pao
Teching
Hongchow
Garison
Wukang
king-Shanghai-Hangchow
Federal funds earmarked for Raleigh Memorial airport land
Charleston reports the federal government provides 8407.15 to aid land purchase for Raleigh Memorial airport near Beckley. State sites director Hubert H. Stark says this covers one quarter of the cost, with the remaining amount to be paid by the county court.
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Charleston
Raleigh Memorial
Beckley
Hubert H. Stark
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