GOP Campaign Reins Grabbed On Pennsylvania Victory
Republican leaders seized momentum after winning the 26th Pennsylvania district special election. Senator Wherry of Nebraska declared the win shows no room for personal compromises in next year’s fight to control Congress. He urged Republicans to attack Democratic policy to win.
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Washington
Truman
Pennsylvania
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Congress
Wherry
Senate
Baltimore Rampage Ends in Death of Ex Soldier
Charles Burke, 31, lay hospitalized with a stab wound after confronting Lawrence Moyer, 24, a Purple Heart veteran who had terrorized a block in south Baltimore. Moyer was killed by police fire after nearly wrecking a neighbor's home. Relatives said he had head injuries from World War II and suffered seizures, sometimes not knowing what he did.
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Baltimore
Charles Burke
Burke
Lawrence Moyer
Moyer
Prison Break at Mokpo Sees Heavy Casualties
In Mokpo, at least 28 prisoners and 19 guards were reported dead after a breakout by 430 inmates from work farms. A clash with police, army, and navy near Mokpo left many dead or wounded. The escape occurred while inmates were being moved to prison.
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Seoul
Mokpo
Here
Coal Truck Victim Donna Saunders Dies at Seven
In Lisbon a seven year old girl, Donna Marie Saunders, died after being struck by a coal truck while attempting to board a school bus. She had undergone amputation of her left leg earlier due to infection and suffered a fractured skull that doctors could not mend.
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Lisbon
Donna Marie Saunders
Donna
Nurse testifies she posed nude for professor in case
Ann B. Pierce, 35, testified in Columbia general sessions that she posed nude for Russell B. Maxey, 45, a University of South Carolina engineering professor, who is on trial for burglary with intent to murder and for assault and battery with intent to kill. She said Maxey called her his kept woman. conviction could yield life imprisonment.
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Columbia
8. C. UP
Ann B. Pierce
General Sessions Court
Russell B. Maxey
Maxey
University of South Carolina
No Strike Likely in Coal Regions Says Industry Spokesmen
Spokesmen for West Virginia coal industry in Wheeling stated there is little indication of a strike by mine workers against northern and western operators. They noted regular welfare fund payments since the union agreement expired, while non payment has caused a dispute with United Mine Workers during wage talks at Bluefield.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
United’ Mine Workers
Bluefield
Wilbur Z. Hall Pleads Guilty In Malicious Assault Case
Wilbur Z Hall, indicted by the April grand jury on a malicious assault charge, withdrew a former not guilty plea and entered a guilty plea at Taylor County Circuit Court arraignment. Sentence deferred to a later date. Hall beat Cork Weaver. Other defendants, including Clarence C Lake and Emerald Kennedy, faced not guilty pleas with trials set for October 4. Weaver released on $1,000 bond. report notes more pleas and docket items.
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Wilburn Hall
Taylor County
W. Merle Bailey
Hall
Cork" Weaver
Clarence C. Lake
Emerald Kennedy
Jim Kennedy
Roberts
Charles R. Weaver
Weaver
Prince Charming Was A Convict- But Love Is Love
Peggy Peter, 22, a Baltimore receptionist, fell for William J. Lansbury, 24, a convict assigned at San Quentin. Lansbury, released on parole after 21 months for burglary, faces a Baltimore trial for forging $875 in checks. The court proceeding occurred before Judge Robert France.
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Baltimore
Peggy Peterson
San Quentin Prison
California
William J. Lansbury
Lansbury
San Quentin
Robert
France
Attorne
Vishinsky to push new Big Four meeting at UN
Moscow reports Foreign Minister Vishinsky will lead the Soviet delegation at the United Nations in New York next week and press for an early formal meeting of the Big Four Council of foreign ministers. With Acheson Bevin and Schuman present, officials expect a push to formalize the next council session. Berlin blockade issues aside, questions remain on German unity independence for Austria and peace treaty authorship.
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Moscow
Andrei
Vishinsky
U. N. Assembly
New York
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
U.S
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Paris
Germany
U. N
Berlin
Austria
Chicago Judge Appointed To Supreme Court
President Truman names Sherman Minton of the U S Circuit Court at Chicago to the Supreme Court. Walter Lindley of the U S Court for the eastern district of Illinois will replace Minton on the appellate court. Casper Platte becomes Lindley’s successor on the Illinois bench. Minton, 58, fills the vacancy caused by Justice Wiley Rutledge’s death. He is a Democrat and Protestant who served in the Senate from 1935 to 1941.
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Washington
Truman
Sherman Minton
U. S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Supreme Court
Walter C. Lindley
U. S. Court
District of
Tinois
Minton
Casper Platte
Illinois
Lindley
Wiley Rutledge
Senate
Mr. Truman
98 Employees Quit Work Protesting Dismissal of Stewards
Ninety eight workers at the Sylvania Electric Products Plant in Huntington quit in protest of the dismissal of two union stewards cited by the Navy for security reasons. The company lifted the walkout bodies and the plant’s manager said Garland Lacey declined to order a return. About 500 employees remained on the job at the plant under Army and Navy contracts.
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Huntington
Sylvania Electric Products
Navy
Leonard Mollett
CIO United Electrical Workers Union
Norris Watson
Herbert A Enlers
Garland Lacey
Suit to End A and P Nationwide Chain
Attorney General J Howard McGrath filed a federal suit in New York to break up the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. The action seeks to separate manufacturing and processing from buying and selling, and to split seven retail divisions into independent chains. The case follows a prior Danville Illinois conviction and $175,000 in fines.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Federal District Court
New York City
A. and P Company
Danville
Ilinois
U. S. Court of Appeals
Chicago
New York
A and P
Justice Department
Atlantic Commission Company
A. and P
New Western Blocs Heat Up Cold War Strategy Talks
Washington reports new hard line against communism in Europe and the Far East as three power talks widen. Acheson Bevin and Schuman discuss a German state, possible Russian treaty, Yugoslav split, and Far East barriers. Schuman warns of serious communist advances and urges quick solutions.
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Washington
Europe
Far East
Hey
Acheson
Bevin
Robert Schuman
Russia
Yugoslavia
China
Schuman
New York
France
U.N. General Assembly
Balkan
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Maurice Petsche
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Averell Harriman
Two Polio Victims in County Prompt Fund Drive Appeal
In recent weeks Taylor County reported two polio victims and the local infantile paralysis chapter, led by John Sayre Jr., appeals for wider support in the national emergency fund drive. Only five dollars has been turned in locally. $163 has been used for the first case, Lee Allen Green, with another nine-year-old, Richard Currence, treated at Morris Memorial. A Mayo Clinic case formerly consumed over $1,000 from the chapter, and about $400 remains in local funds. The national foundation has $500 available for emergencies, urging further contributions. Mrs. Albert Lansbury made the first local donation.
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Taylor
Jecale
John Sayre, Jr
Sayre
Richard Currence
Otho Currence
Wendel
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Lee Allen Green
Claude Lee Green
Simpson
Grafton
Lio
Mayo Clinic
National Foundation For
Albert Lansbury
Robley Street
Lewis Seeks Bank Backing to Enforce Coal Royalties
In Washington John L Lewis renewed the claim that Cleveland Trust can force Island Creek Coal to continue welfare fund royalties to miners. He argued the bank controls Island Creek via Holden Estate trusteeship and a one third stock stake, despite Freiberger saying the bank lacks controlling interest.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Cleveland Trust Company
West Virginia
I. F. Freiberger
Cleveland Trust Board
Lewis
Island Creek Coal Company
James D. Francis
United Mine Workers
Francis
Freiberger
Cleveland Trust
Holden
Truman Sees Hope for Steel Settlement
President Truman expressed hope negotiations in the steel dispute would move toward settlement. He commented after U S Steel refused to accept the Presidential Fact finding Board formula without bargaining. The action raises the possibility of a strike when the truce ends September 25 at the CIO Steel Workers chief Philip Murray’s insistence on nonbinding findings.
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Washington
Truman
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
CIO Steel Workers
Nationwide Steel Strike Possibility Looms September 25
Pittsburgh report on a potential nationwide steel strike set for September 25. CIO United Steelworkers president Philip Murray pressed U S Steel president Benjamin Fairless to bargain before accepting the presidential fact finding board's peace formula. Fairless signaled willingness to resume talks but opposed bearing the full cost of a pension plan as proposed by the board.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Murray
Benjamin F. Fairless
U.S. Steel
Fairless
Jean
Steel
Allery
248 Polio Cases Reported in West Virginia This Year
West Virginia State Health Department reports 248 polio cases through September 10, up from 108 in the prior year. Week ending September 10 added 27 cases, with Cabell County accounting for ten, Greenbrier four, Fayette three, Harrison two, and single cases in Boone Jefferson Kanawha Logan Monongalia Ohio Webster counties.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Health Department
Cabell County
Greenbrier
Fayette
Harrison
Boone, Jefferson, Kanawha
Lo 8An
Monongalia
Ohio
Boone and Webster
Belle DuPont Plant To Vote On Union Representation
About 3,000 production maintenance and construction workers at the Belle Dupont Plant will vote October 13 on choosing the CIO Gas Coke and Chemical Workers Union as their collective bargaining agent. The NLRB election was announced by CIO Regional Director Elwood Swisher and Belle Front Superintendent F A Otto. A 1948 vote also favored no union after a 12 day violence marked strike left workers unrepresented.
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Charleston
Belle Dupont
CIO Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Union
NLRB
Elwood Swisher
CIO Union
F. A. Otto
Belle Front
CIO
Two Drunk Cases Heard in Municipal Court
Two intoxication defendants faced municipal court today Manuel McFarlin Gratton received 10 days in jail or a 10 dollar fine and John Murphy of Kentucky was ordered out of town after failing to pay a 10 dollar fine plus costs
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Manuel McFarlin
Gratton
John Murphy
Kentucky
Freshmen Invade WVU Campus As Term Opens
Freshmen arrived on the West Virginia University campus as the term opened with registration for the class of 1953 scheduled for Monday. They met with faculty advisors and prepared for orientation events while upperclassmen begin registration midweek. Officials anticipate total enrollment near 6,400.
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WVU
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Seven Divorce Cases Set For Court Today
Seven divorce cases were scheduled to come before Taylor County Circuit Court today and at least one more tomorrow, as learned from Circuit Clerk W Merie Bailey’s office.
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Taylor County
W.merie Bailey
State Board releases funds for seven institutions upgrades
Charleston reports the Board of Public Works approved over 100000 for planning new buildings and improvements at seven state institutions including Hopemont Denmar Weston Berkeley Springs Industrial School for Boys Lakin Spencer and St Marys. Additional 65000 went to the Conservation Commission for three projects and 3068 to West Virginia University for grain storage bins at the Ohio Valley experiment station near Point Pleasant.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
The
Conservation Commission
West Virginia University
Ohio Valley Experiment Station
Point Pleasant
Hopemont Sanitarium
Denmar State Hospital
Weston State Hospital
Berkeley Springs
Industrial School For
Lakin
Spencer State Hospital
West Virginia Training School
St. Marys
Petersburg
Holly River
Carnifex Ferry
Mrs Burl Mason Named President of Band Boosters
Mrs Burl Mason a progressive local civic leader was named president of the Band Booster s club succeeding Howard Court ney at the club s annual reorganization meeting this week. Mrs Paul Warden named vice president and Mrs Charles Tsner secretary. Arlie Leonard chosen treasurer. Progress at the annual summer beach camp was the principal discussion. Leonard authorized to write Camp Caesar to explore next year s camp possibilities. Snack bar at the high school discussed with band to run it first six weeks and donate proceeds to the band. About 25 members attended meeting and met new principal Melvin Mackey.
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C. Burl Mason
Howard Courtney
Paul Warden
Charles Tsner
Arlie Leonard
Arlie E. Leonard
Caesar
Melvin Mackey
Planning Medical School Surveys in West Virginia
State Sen Don J Eddy announced that Dr Herman W Weiskotten dean of Syracuse University College of Medicine and AMA council chair has accepted an invitation to lead an independent survey into the desirability of a four year medical and dental school in West Virginia. Dr Alan Gregg of the Rockefeller Foundation is the second expert invited but out of the country and unavailable until November.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Don J. Eddy
Dmonongalla
Herman W. Weiskotten
Syracuse University College of Medicine
American Medical Association
Council On Medical Education and Hospitals
Weiskotten
Alan Gregg
Rockefeller Foundation
Eddy
Gregg
Dr. Moser Spends Wednesdays Here
Dr. C. Moser, Taylor County health physician, spends Wednesdays in Grafton at the local health department headquarters in the West Grafton school. He is also Preston County health physician and will visit Grafton on Wednesdays weekly.
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C. ¥. Moser
Taylor County
Grafton
Health Department
West Grafton School
Moser
Preston County
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A. & P. Company
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Lee Lewis
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