Fugitives in police uniforms recaptured after DC jail break
Two death row inmates Joseph D Medley and Earl McFarland escaped from the District of Columbia Jail wearing guards uniforms. After overpowering keepers they fled by rope from a three story cell block and commandeered a car with Maryland plates. Medley, a 44 year old killer, and McFarland, 24, were sought nationwide as authorities blocked exits and pressed patrols. Medley had been slated for execution but appeals delayed it.
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Specs Press
Washington
Pollice
Joseph D. Medley
District of Columbia
Associated Press
Joseph D. Medtey
Earl McFarland
Ædilia
George Tittle
Maryland
H. €. Davis
Medley
Davis
Oscar C. Sanderlin
McFarland
Michigan State Penitentiary
Nancy Boyer
Guadalcanal
Dorothy Berrum
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
125 Pairs Of Quail Arrive Here Today
Arkansas quail totaling 125 pairs arrived for Raleigh County Rod and Gun Club distribution. Purchased at 812.50 total, the birds will be released in county sections. H. B. Snead urges inquiries and bring boxes for pickup.
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H. B. Snead
Raleigh County
Limit Street
Rod and Gun Club
Mattress Workers To Vote On Unionization At Graham Factory
Sixty employees at the Graham Mattress Factory in Bluefield Virginia will vote on unionization tomorrow. Luke Brett regional director of United Construction Workers District 29 United Mine Workers announced the vote supervised by the National Labor Relations Board.
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Graham Mattress Factory
Bluefield
Luke Brett
United Construction Workers
District 29
United Mine Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Street Scene at Bus Stop in Beckley
A vivid street scene shows a pretty girl chasing a pigeon while awaiting a city bus on Fayette. Two elderly Black men lean at the station as one remarks on the sun, and twin boys in matching outfits peer through a bus window toward uptown Beckley.
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Fayette
New Uptown
Beckley
Ford to partially idle plants as steel shortage hits reconversion
Ford Motor Co will suspend operations from tonight through April 10 due to steel shortages. About 18,000 Detroit area production workers and 16,500 in branch plants elsewhere will be laid off. The company had resumed output a month earlier after supplier labor issues and cites rolling mills not at high output as the cause.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford Company
M. L. Brickker
Mercer Officials To Return Confessed Slayer To Princeton
Mercer County W Va officials are due to bring Billy Gordon 20 of Columbia S C to Princeton W Va on a murder extradition. Gordon allegedly shot Mrs Josephine Carr 38 at her Bluefield cabin and stole war bonds cash and jewelry then fled. He signed a statement claiming he shot Mrs Carr after an argument and said he was AWOL from the Charleston Naval Base.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Mercer County
W. Va
Billy Gordon
Columbia
Josephine Carr
Bluefield
Diem Merz
Gordon
Merz
Carr
A.W.O.L
U.S. Naval
Charleston
S. C
Princeton
Mercer
Draft Board Men To Be Honored In Beckley Ceremonies
More than 250 uncompensated Selective Service board employees from 12 southern West Virginia counties will attend a Beckley ceremony April 12 at 2 30 p.m. where Gov Clarence Meadows will deliver the keynote. The event forms part of a state wide program honoring over 400 volunteers from 30 draft boards, with similar ceremonies in Charleston, Wheeling and Clarksburg. Local honorees include Beckley Board 1 members John P Bonner J S Butts and H T Gibson from Board 1 and A Caperton from Slab Fork F H Lynch of Blue Jay and C C Lewis of Daniels from Board 3.
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Selective Service Boards
West Virginia
Beckley
Clarence W. Meadows
Carleton C. Pierce
Selective Service
Charleston
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Pierce
Memorial Building
John P. Bonner
J. S. Butts
H. T. Gibson
Andr. Austin Caperton
Slab Fork
F. H. Lynch
Blue Jay
C. C. Lewis
Daniels
Army Day Plans Set for Beckley Parade and Talks
Plans are complete for Beckley Army Day activities this Saturday with a 2 PM morning program led by Mayor W A Burke and a 8 PM Memorial Building address by Senator Harley M Kilgore. Rev James W Witherspoon gives the invocation and Roy Lee Harmon reads a poem dedicated to the Army before a Star Spangled Banner performance by a Monday Music Club sextet.
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Beckley
Glenn R. Webb
American Legion
W. A. Burke
County Court House
Harley M. Kilgore
Memorial Building
James W. Witherspoon
Beckley Ministerial Association
Burke
Roy Lee Harmon
West Virginia
Monday Music Club
R. A. Shackleford
Inez Caffee
D. D. Daniel
Bereaved Mother Seeks Baby Daughter Man Believed Dead
A distressed mother seeks her 19 month old daughter Martha Elaine believed dead by her husband Otto H Schnadel who left a Huntington sanitarium last night after an estranged marriage and a divorce suit. Authorities say Schnadel and his wife, once Vancouver based, were visiting the child when he departed without explanation or plans. Police have no confirmed leads on the child’s whereabouts as families await word.
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Pinecrest Sanitary
Rom| Ium
Otto H. Schnadel
Huntington
Hewes
Schnadel
Portland
Ore
Vancouver
Associated Press
Huntington Police
Martha Elaine
Rein
Beckley Sanitarium
March
OPA Act Amendment Moves To De Control
The House Banking Committee approved a bill by 20 to 3 to remove price controls in various fields as supply meets demand. The Associated Press reports the measure aims to balance market forces and awaits a crucial vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
O.P.A
House Banking Committee
Truman Seeks Safe Coal Talks Amid Miner Strike
President Truman cites Snyder report to warn a prolonged coal mine strike could derail gains from reconversion. With 400000 soft coal miners on strike, Special Conciliator Fuller weighs action as United Mine Workers demands health and welfare funds before resuming talks on safety, wages, and hours.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Aly. Triman
John S. Lewis
Paul W. Fuller
Tall
Fuller
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Producers’ Committee
U.M.W
Labor
Schwellenbach
Two Slight Earth Shocks Reported Near Fordham University
New York records two slight earthquakes detected by Fordham University seismograph. Father Joseph J. Lynch notes the 4:09 and 4:16 a.m. events were not related to the Pacific tidal-disturbance. Disturbance origin remains undetermined.
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Associated Press
New York
Fordham University
Joseph J. Lynch
Father Lynch
FE. S. T
U S Production Reaches All-Time High Says Truman
President Truman announced that civilian production is higher than ever in the nation’s history both in war and peace and continues to rise. He noted unemployment near three million, lower than six months ago, and private wages near prewar levels as wage contracts in basic industries signal sustained output.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Bowles May Order Price Check On Cotton Clothing
Washington officials say Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles may order Secretary of Agriculture Anderson to approve a regulation aimed at curbing rising cotton clothing prices. The plan, drafted by OPA, would require higher down payments on cotton sold for later delivery to curb speculation. Some cotton-state senators oppose, arguing approval by Anderson is required under the price control act.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chester Bowles
Anderson
Bowles
O.P.A
Weather forecast for West Virginia turns showery
Cleudly to night followed by showers Thursday. Mild Thursday, cooler afternoon. Yesterday's high and last night’s low not specified. Noon today reading unavailable. Precipitation in the 24 hours ending noon today none.
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West Virginia
Iran Offers Temporary Shelve Of Iran Case
The United Nations Security Council debated shelving the Iranian case temporarily if Russia guarantees unconditional troop withdrawal from Iran by May 6. Russia said withdrawals would occur within a month and a half, not tied to oil talks or other negotiations, and Iran sought a friendly peaceful settlement. Ambassador Ala read Iran’s letter stating no hostile intent, while Gromyko’s reply asserted troop evacuation is independent of other negotiations.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
New York
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Council
Andre! Gromyko
Tyan
Hussein Ala
London
Trajan
Alajat
Ahmed Qavam
Andrei Gromyko
Quo Tai-Chi
China
Gromyko
Trainin
Ala
Moscow
Azerbaijan
Trygve Lie
Counscil
Only Veterans To Build Homes
Latest CPA rulings from Charleston via Collis Amon state only ex service people may build houses. There is no $10,000 limit now. expenditures must be reasonable and value must be delivered. New commercial building cannot proceed without permission, and state CPA office in Charleston cannot accept applications yet as it is not organized.
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Civilian Production Administration
Charleston
Collis Amon
Beckley
Amon
CPA
Debris From Tidal Wave Fatalities Surges Toward 176
Seven more bodies were recovered as volunteers continued searches in Hilo after the seismic wave disaster. The toll rose toward 176 as relief efforts mobilized 6,000 fresh diapers and large food stocks for the devastated area. Government and military officials coordinated aid while concerns about contagion influenced handling of remains.
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Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Honolulu
Hilo
Aleutians
Hawaii
California
Peru
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