Travel continues as Americans sail abroad despite hostilities
New York dispatch notes Americans press on with travel plans amid Korea hostilities. Steamship operators report no rise in cancellations for Europe bound trips and space remains tight as outbound voyages near capacity. Travel executives from American Express and American Export Lines say demand holds steady despite war. In Charleston, Pfc. John Peters of Point Pleasant drowns in a lake near Berlin, with the Army coordinating body shipment. Also a recipe notes peanut butter and honey toast as a breakfast option.
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Shipping and travel men recall wartime homeward rush
Shipping men and travel men with long experience recalled that in previous war scares, there was a quick reaction by Americans to get home as rapidly as possible. Nothing of that sort has indicat ed any war scare today.
Summer in Central Park Through a City Wanderer’s Eye
A narrator wanders Central Park on a hazy summer day, the city’s roar fading to a muffled backdrop. He describes park scenes from benches, sunlit grass, and pedestrians, then moves to the zoo where Bubbles the sea lion and pumas share the enclosure with wary, cage-bound animals, ending with a boy on Fifth Avenue planning his day. The piece contrasts urban energy with tranquil park moments and reflects on memory and youth.
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WVU Student Uncovers New History of McNeill’s Rangers
Simeon Miller Bright of Keyser researched for his master’s thesis at West Virginia University on McNeill’s Rangers. He argues the Confederate unit has not received due credit and presents findings from his study conducted for a graduate degree.
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Guerilla Leaders John McNeill and Son Targeted Federal Troops
In Hardy county leaders John McNeill and his 22-year-old son Jesse Cunningham McNeill led a ranger group famed for never missing a target. Bright notes each ranger claimed at least 40 men killed or captured, plus many horses cattle and wagons seized. Their three aims were to harass Federal troops disrupt the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and gather beef and other food for Confederates in the Shenandoah Valley. McNeill fell to a misfire from one of his own men as he called for his son.
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Nationalists urged to end naval and air actions
Nationalists told to halt sea and air activity against the Red mainland as the Seventh fleet protects. The Chinese Communist Naval strength remains limited with more than 20 ships, only five sea worthy. Nationalist enthusiasm for sending troops to Korea has cooled. MacArthur and Nationalist officials reportedly agree to keep forces home unless China’s Reds join Korea.
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Memorial fund urged to honor home trustees explain plan
Continued from page one report notes that a memorial may be established through gifts to the home. Trustees urge donations and provide contact, naming Mr. Ebert and other trustees. Dr. A Coleman Brown, former local pastor, is also a signatory to the effort.
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Used Car Prices Expected To Soar
Washington reports that used car prices are expected to rise as automakers face a surge of duplicate orders similar to postwar conditions. Analysts anticipate new car prices will stay largely unchanged while supply strains push used car values upward.
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West Virginia Volunteers See Long Civil War Service
Fox notes 22,535 West Virginians serve across armed forces after Lee’s surrender and the Cumberland raid where two Union generals were captured. Rangers historically rose to heights before quitting after Romney on May 8 1865.
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Maryland
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Appomattox
Protection Growth of Disputes From Truman Order
Issues from June 27 order raise questions on Formosa defense Nationalist blockade actions against Red China and ship presence with US warships. Nationalist Navy refutes reports of halting and searching merchant vessels, not firing, in or out of Chinese Communist ports amid rising Red-flag merchant shipping reported since President Truman.
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Native Grafton Man Traveling With Big Exhibit
W. C. Mac Meramung a native of Grafton and coal traffic representative for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad halted in Grafton en route to Duluth Minnesota to supervise the railroad traveling coal exhibit. The show tours major western and mid western cities and will visit Ohio State Fair after Duluth. The exhibit features smokeless heating equipment for bituminous coal and three hopper cars of high quality coal from Gunley field West Virginia. The coal portion includes Sewell Prorlass and Tioga team coal and is not sponsored by the Central West Virginia Coal Producers Association. Mr MacFarrins is stationed at Richwood with the railroad company.
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Draft plans authorize armed forces boost in Washington
A Washington notice states the draft has been authorized to raise the armed forces to strength. West Virginia reports its 36 draft boards are organized and ready to provide men if a call is issued, with further notes from Fox.
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