Heat wave ends as cool air moves in Eastern half
The first spring heat wave breaks across the eastern half of the nation as a mass of cool air nears from the west. Violent storms flare in West Texas and Oklahoma panhandle with fatalities and injuries near Sundown. Cold front pushes heat south and east, turning highs from 90s to near 50s in days.
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Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas
Sundown
Tex
Lubbock
Midwest
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
New York
U.S
Gulf States
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
Chicago
Korea's Rhee seeks U.S. backing against Red threat
President Syngman Rhee in Washington warned that Korea fights a communist menace not of its own making. He pressed whether America stands ready to confront the Red danger, noting Japan's defeat left Korea divided by Russian American agreement.
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Seoul
Korea
Washington
Moscow
Syngman Rhee
America
Republic of Korea
Japan
Heads For Showdown In Senate over spending cut
Senator Ferguson predicts a showdown early next week as Democrats press for another vote on a 2.4 trillion labor security bill. Green says he will move to reconvene the action while Byrd warns Congress may need up to 10 billion in new taxes if economies aren’t achieved.
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Washington
Spe Ding
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Green
D-Ri
Byrd
D-Wva
Congress
Sundown Tornado Death Toll Rises in Texas Panhandle
Residents scoured debris as a Sundown tornado leveled three residential blocks near Lubbock. Two confirmed dead Rev. Bil M. Scott 22 and daughter Pamela 4, four injured, with conflicting reports raising deaths to five and two missing. The storm spanned 60 miles around Sundown and was part of a wider outbreak that plagued the Texas Panhandle, flooding fields and hindering rescue.
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Lubbock
Tex
Sundown
Little Oil Field
Bil M. Scott
Pamela
C. C. Prim
Brownfield
Texas Governor's Office
I Red Cross
Panhandle
Staggers to address Clarksburg Moose lodge candidates
Representative Stag gers of DeW VA will speak at the Clarksburg Moose lodge Sunday night to initiate four classes of candidates, with details on the meeting and upcoming rites.
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Clarksburg
Staggers
Dew VA
Moose Lodge
Grafton Fetes Mother's Day Origin In 1908
Grafton West Virginia marks Mother's Day with a service at Andrews Church, honoring Miss Anna M. Jarvis who inspired the day. The first observance was in 1908, with corsages for the oldest and youngest mother and the she who brings the most children. The service, led by Bishop Wicke, includes songs and special music, and will be broadcast worldwide.
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Christedom
Grafton
Anna M. Jarvis
Andrews Methodist Elurch
West Virginia
USA
Andrews Church
Miss Jarvis
West Chester
Pennsylvania
Lloyd C. Wicke
Pittsburgh
Methodist Church
Anna Reeves Jarvis
Webster
Grafton Engineer Plans Fishing Trip After Retirement
GRAFTON West Virginia April 4 Engineer Percy D Thomson 67 retires after 50 years with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and 44 years as an engineer without an accident or crew injury He holds a speed record for a Grafton Parkersburg run at two hours ten minutes and says he may be the first West Virginian to pilot a diesel locomotive He also operated the B and O s Cincinnatian on its maiden run
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Grafton
Perry D. Thomson
Parkersburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B. and C
Verack ‘Cincinnatian
Trade Board Seeks Federal Aid For Grafton City Hospital
Taylor County Board of Trade, with Congressman Ramsey aid, seeks federal help for Grafton City Hospital unable to pay interest to the RFC. Ramsey says no current federal program fits. he supports Deane bill for hospital aid and plans hearings. Local committee members Nuzum Mays Lockard Williamson will testify in Washington.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Grafton City Hospital
Jack R. Nuzam
Trade Board
Robert Li. Ramsey
Ramsey
R. F.C
The
Representative Deane
North Carolina
Deane
Washington
Mr. Nuzum
Clyde Mays
Boar& C
W. T. Lockard
A. J. Williamson
Mysterious Camper Sought By Police
City police investigate a wooded area near Fetterman Hill south of Route 50 east of the sub station after a man was found camping in a tent near Pascal Stevens residence and then vanished. Children and Stevens saw him briefly. officers conduct nightly checks but have not located him. The observer was described as stocky, wearing dark clothing.
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Daniel Boone
Fetterman Hill
Pascal Stevens
Stevens
Garden Club Wins Ritter Cup at Bluefield Convention
The East River Mountain Garden Club of Bluefield received the Ritter Cup, WV Garden Club's top annual award. Mrs. TM. M. Payne Jr. of Beckley presented the cup during the closing business session of the 19th Annual State Convention.
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Bluefield
East River Mountain Garden Club
West Virginia Garden Club
M. Payne, Jr
Beckley
Boat Races To Be Big Attraction Here On May 30 Weekend
At least 69 contenders are expected here for the May 29 boat races at Tygart Lake, centerpiece of Memorial Day weekend activities in Grafton. C H Casner and Ira Poe outlined the schedule with inboard races for 105 hp and under, 13 hp and under, and unlimited horsepower, followed by outboard events for various displacements. Motors must be service type with limited modifications.
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Tygart Lake
Grafton
C. H. Casner
Tygart Lase Development Corporation
Ira Poe
Germany Rejects Red Pleas for Halting New State
In Bonn Western Germany rejected communist pleas to stop forming a new state. Leaders completed most steps of a west German constitution and set final adoption for tomorrow, the fourth anniversary of Germanys surrender in World War I, with an interim government to run until July. The convention raced to beat a midnight deadline to lift the Berlin blockade under the New York accord. Western powers want a single West German government if a Soviet zone union occurs with western zones.
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Bonn
Germany
New York
Russia
Britain, France and U.S. to hold Paris pre talks on Germany
London said Britain France and the United States will hold preliminary talks in Paris before the Big Four foreign ministers meeting on Germany set for May 23. Dr Philip Jessup arrives to join senior representatives with discussions likely to build on prior Washington agreements and aims to start fresh on a German settlement.
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London
Foreign Office
Britain
France
United States
Paris
Russia
Germany
Philip Jessup
U. S
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Dean Acheson
Washington
Excellent Chance For New Version Of Defeated Bill
Rep. Sims says within a month the House may pass a new version of the compromise bill. The draft could include plant seizure and injunctive powers in national emergency disputes, expanding beyond the earlier injunction-only proposal. Senate Republicans push a seizure-or-injunction provision with hopes of Democratic support and a Democratic co sponsor. Sims notes possible union democracy safeguards to shield members from arbitrary union leader actions.
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Washington
Sims
D-Sc
House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Donnell
Smith
GOP
House Labor Committee
U S and Britain Open Blast on Reds
Washington reports the United States and Britain initiate a peacetime radio war against Russia by firing 61 transmitters to broadcast Russian language programs toward Moscow. Assistant Secretary of State George Y. Allen says Voice of America will announce Russia’s deliberate interference, likened to Nazi wartime jamming. The Soviet jamming began April 24, ahead of Berlin blockade negotiations.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Moscow
George Y. Allen
State Department
Voice of America
Berlin
Memorial Day Address by McClure At National Cemetery
Major General Robert B. McClure will speak on National Security at Memorial Day ceremonies in the state’s National Cemetery on May 30. The 10:30 a.m. address follows a 9:15 a.m. parade through business streets and West Grafton. Nine bands including the Second U. S. Army 50 piece band from Fort Meade will participate, with 15 fire departments attending. The Second Army band performs at 1:30 p.m. on the Grafton Senior High School athletic field, weather permitting. General McClure’s career spans World Wars, Hawaiian Division service, and commands from infantry battalion to major general. See NATIONAL Page 5.
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Second Army
Fort George C. Meade
Maryland
National Cemetery
Ollow
West Grafton
Unis
Second U. S. Army
Fort Meade
Grafton
General McClure
United States Naval Academy
M.cure
France
United States
McClure
25Th
Hawaii
Island
Pearl Harbor
35Th Infantry
Two Mile Parade To Climax Festival In Huntington
Huntington dispatch describes a two mile parade leading 58 West Virginia high school bands in the state band festival finale. Grafton is twelfth in the line of march as five thousand youth musicians prepare for a day of marching amid forecasts of scattered showers and hoped-for fair weather at Fairfield Stadium.
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Auntington
West Virginia
Little Gauley Bridge
Grafton
Fairfield Stadium
Huntington
Mayor Orville Hubbard Proposes Ford Walkout Peace Meet
Dearborn mayor Orville L Hubbard calls a Thursday meeting of Ford executives and ten UAW officials to end the 65 thousand worker walkout amid plant shutdowns at Rouge and Lincoln Mercury. No response from Ford or the union as strike enters its third day with supplier plants beginning to feel the impact.
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Detroit
Ford
Dearborn
Orville L. Hubbard
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Ol0
Great Rouge
Rouge
Mike Donnelly
UAW
Hubbard
Uawcio
Ford Motor Co
Michigan
Ferro Machine
Cleveland
St. Louis
Metuchen
N.j.j
Los Angeles
Minneapoolis-St. Paul
Iron Mountain Mich
Murrray ,Corp
Merida
Memorial Day Committee Seeks Funds for Grafton Parade
Grafton’s Memorial Day committee mobilizes nine marching divisions, thirteen fire departments, school children, veterans groups, and civic clubs for a May 30 parade led by a 50 piece Army band. With state aid delayed, local and business contributions are sought to cover this year’s large program and guaranteed publicity nationwide.
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American Legion
V.F.W
Grafton
Second Army
United States
Associated Press
E. N. Locke
West Washington Street
Grafton G. A
Murdered man found in river shocks Southboro
Attention shifted to Southboro Massachusetts in the search for clues in Joseph Tomcich of Cheswick Pennsylvania found in the Ohio River with a bullet wound. Police say the body bears no powder burns and label it murder. His wife Mary is missing and detectives seek her information to solve the case.
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Whesling
Southboro
Mass
Joseph Tomcich
Cheswick
Tomcich
Mary
Ohio River
W. R. Kennedy
Tomeich
Tomich
Kennedy
Joseph
Wellsburg
W. Va
Aged Man Brutally Beaten in King’s Creek Area
Wayne county authorities report the beating of 69 year old John Caldwell in rural King’s Creek. Two 16 year old suspects confessed a robbery plot, one struck Caldwell with an iron shoe last and poured kerosene when the body was burned. A neighbor, Walter Queen, helped pull the body from flames as a house burned. The pair split $1,377 from the robbery before arrest. Murder charges expected against the youths and Walter Copley.
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Wayne
Wayne County
J. Floyd Harrison
John Caldwell
Caldwell
Kdill
King's Creek
Harison
Cal
Calhim
Walter
Harrison
Ironton
Ohio
Walter Copley
Gopley
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