Tornado Lashes Sanatorium in Jackson Mississippi
A tornado struck the Mississippi State Sanatorium for Tuberculars in Jackson early, injuring and concentrating about 73 patients. Two other tornadoes hit nearby areas, killing one and injuring several, with extensive damage to homes near Glen Allen and a Negro community near Sulva. Torrential rains caused flash floods as Pearl River rose. evacuees and responders worked amid damage to hospital wards and patient relocation.
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Jackson
Miss. Ia
Mississippi State
Sana
Henry Boswell
Mississippi
Sulva
Jtients
Rena
Louis Jones
Glen Allen
Pearl River
Absence of Women on Juries Faces Hearing Test Friday
The absence of women on Raleigh County juries will be tested at a 1:30 p.m. Friday hearing on Defense Attorney Thornhill's motion to quash the indictment charging Carolyn Dolly Goff with murder. The case raises whether women were excluded from the Grand Jury and petit jurors in the current term.
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Audrey Wo
Leigh County
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCrecery
W. A. Thornhill
Carolyn Dolly Goff
Miss Goff
Joe Rickman
Colcord
Naoma
MecCreery
Thornhill
West Virginia
Piece Goods Shop Expands Into Kozy Korner Space
Beckley firm Piece Goods Shop plans a major Beckley expansion by acquiring Kozy Korner’s adjoining 17 by 65 foot quarters. The project doubles floor space, adds a drapery department, a sit down counter, more display and cutting counters, and a glass front. Work to begin by May if Kozy Korner owners approve, with completion expected by June.
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Kozy Korner
Roland Hinckley
Piece Goods Shop, Inc
Beckley
Bluefield
Dudley L. Simms
Charleston
Hinkley
Piece Goods Shop
Percy Mullens
Kozy
Plead Guilty To Petit Larceny In Raleigh Court
Three Raleigh County men pleaded guilty to petit larceny before Judge Harry L. McCreery who set April 18 for sentencing. William Lewis Howard Harper and Danny Pittman were linked to a grand larceny charge involving a Montgomery Ward refund voucher for 234.75 tied to a television purchase and return.
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Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Montgomery ,Ward and Co
William Grover Lewis
Old Eccles Road
Howard Ozin Coleman
Harper Road
Danny Harvey Pittman
Beckley
Pittman
Lewis
Vouchier
Coleman
Three Persons Become American Citizens in Raleigh Court
In a brief ceremony at 10 a.m. in the Raleigh County Circuit Courtroom three individuals took the oath of allegiance. Eugienia Harbo-Blosky of Prosperity Nicola De Prete of Huffman Street and Jean Richardson of Midway were naturalized before Judge Norman Knapp on the bench.
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Raleigh County Circuit
United States
Eugienia Harbo- Bolosky
Prosperity
Nicola DePrete
Huffman St
Jean ‘Richardson
Midway
Norman Knapp
Police Nab Man For Kidnapping and Attempted Rape
State police arrested William Jarvis 22 of Cobb Station near Clendenin for kidnapping and attempted rape of a 11 year old girl near Leatherwood Elementary School in Kanawha County. He admitted burglaries from at least 30 incidents across seven counties and was held at Kanawha County Jail after a magistrate set bail.
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Charleston
Kanawha
William Jarvis
Cobb Station
Clendenin
Jarvis
Ira ‘Baxter
Grand Jury
Cerns
Polite Sdid
Ioré Ivan
H.R. Shields
Walton
Roane
Leatherwood Elementary School
Frame
Kanawha County
Here
Britain Revises Defense Program to Save 784 Million Dollars
London reports a sharply revised defense program aimed at saving about 784 million dollars in 1957 58. The plan includes a newly disclosed decision to withdraw Britain's troops from Libya and Korea. Date of withdrawal not given but expected soon by military sources.
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London
Britain
Libya
Korea
Beckley Skies Weather and Star View
The Sun sets at 6 50 p m and rises at 6 05 a m Friday. The Moon sets at 11 18 p m with First Quarter Sunday. Tonight Mars appears slightly above the Moon and Aldebaran lies a little below them. To the left is the constellation Orion.
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Mars
Aldebaran
Orin
Clean-Up Drive At Beckley High Schools In April Week
Beckley students from Woodrow Wilson and Stratton joined Clean-Up Week observances on April 1 15. High schools organized a full school sweep with mop buckets soap and water to brighten classrooms grounds and facilities. The Student Council sought co sponsorship with the Beckley Beautful Committee and the Fire Department for a national contest entry.
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Beckley
Woodrow Wilson
Stratton
WIHS
Beckley Beautiful Committee
Fire Department
State Officials Plan Solutions for West Virginia Bonus
West Virginia officials will meet in Washington Monday to fix a problem in issuing veteran bonuses. Certificates of service now list only total service dates, not domestic and foreign dates, complicating the 10 dollar per month domestic and 15 dollar per month foreign service payments. They aim to create a unified verification system with military representatives to avoid statewide staff needed at multiple record centers.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Washington
United States
Co. S. Collier Jr
Veterans Affairs
Gene Crutchfield
Collier
Frank Candy
Army Navy
Air Force Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Killed 25 Hurt In Railways Crash In Secaucus New Jersey
A Pennsylvania Rail Road passenger train collided with eight empty mail cars near Secaucus New Jersey injuring 23 passengers and killing the engineer Clair E Cochran 53 of Isling. The injured were taken to New York hospitals. The six car train had 136 passengers and ran from New York City to New Brunswick after exiting the Hudson River Tunnel at about 11 p.m.
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Secaucus
N. J
Pennsylvania Rail Road
Clair E. Cochran
Isling
New York
Hudson River Tunnel
New York City
New Brunswick
Postal Cutbacks Slated If Funds Not Appropriated
The Post Office Department warned sharp service cutbacks unless it receives 47 million dollars for the next three months. Even a 17 million allocation faces rough approval, with potential Saturday mail stoppages and post office closures if funding fails. Postmaster General Summerfield warned of drastic measures without assurances.
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Washington U
Post Office Department
House ‘Appropriations
Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Summerfield
Fairmont Man Admits Setting Mission Fire
Authorities held John H. Campbell, 34, of Fairmont, after he admitted starting a fire that destroyed the Salvation Army Mission in Norway, Marion County. The frame building valued at 10,000 dollars with 1,500 dollars in furnishings had been dedicated March 17 and carried only 1,000 dollars of insurance.
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Fairmont
John H. Campbell
Salvation Army
Norway
Marion County
Jurors Postpone Raleigh County Court Return to Monday
Judge Warry L. McCreery told jurors in Raleigh County Criminal Court not to report again until 9 a.m. Monday. He said Friday’s docket did not require jury service and that jurors would not be needed Friday morning.
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Warry L. McCreery
Raleigh County Criminal Court
McCreery
Canadian Envoy Norman CATRO-Herbert Death Sparks Uproar
Norman CATRO-Herbert Canadian ambassador to Egypt died by suicide from a tall building near his home. The embassy cited low spirits after public accusations tying him to communism. U S Senate subcommittee had claimed evidence of Communist ties in a March transcript. Canada denied the charges citing a 1951 health clearance.
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Catro — Herbert
Norman Canadian
Egypt
U. S. Senate
Canada
Norman
U.S. Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Robert Morris
Lester B. Pearson
West Virginia Sailor Charged In Shooting
Police charged Raymond R. Thompson of Ona West Virginia an engineman third class aboard the USS Rhodes with assault with a dangerous weapon. Thompson allegedly fired a .25 caliber pistol at fellow sailor Car MacDonald at Lucy Eames home injuring no one seriously. Inspector Ervin Crook reported the incident.
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Altsussuku
Mass
Raymond R. Thompson
Ona
W. Va
Rhodes
Ervin Crook
Thompson
MacDonald
Lucy Eames
Armichair Gardening Near
In Family Weekly next Sunday Jerry Klein reports Armchair Gardening is almost here. Scientists claim a luxurious lawn is possible without back-breaking oil of yesteryear and readers may gain a greener thumb with a green wallet.
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Family Weekly
Jerry Klein
Theurer Fined and Sentenced for Purchase Order
Former Huntington mayor George E. Theurer was fined 100 and given six months in prison for signing a purchase order outside the 1953 56 municipal budget. Special Judge George S. Wallace overruled a motion to set aside the verdict. Defense sought a stay pending appeal to Cabell County Circuit Court, with a 60 day stay granted.
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Huntington
George E
Chamber Memberships Reach 211 Milestone in Beckley
Beckley chamber of commerce membership rises to 211 as merchants report. Drive aims for 3000 members this year with ongoing outreach to local businesses and individuals.
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Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Hin
Town District Spelling Bees To Crown Winners Next Week
Beckley district prepares for 36 Division and 7 8 Division spell-offs at Raleigh County Vocational Building. Sylvia Mabscott and Fraser schools field Kenneth Fink Jane Armstrong Mary Ellen Moore Bobby Sparks Denny Shumate and Prosperity students compete for district titles and county Bee advancement.
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Beckley
Sylvia
Mabscott
Frasers
Raleigh County, Vocational
Cecil L. Miller
Sylvia Elementary
Kenneth Fink
Jane Armstrong
Kenneth
Sidney Fink
Foote St
Jane
Louis Armstrong
Bero Ave
Nora Bailey
Vogue
Denny
Shumate
Patis
Basil An
Sutphin
Laren Ave
Burt Martin
Male Purity Baking Co
Ajscott
Thelma Meador
Charged With His Run Wannie Maritz Amigo Jailed
A man identified as Wannie Maritz Amigo was jailed at 12:20 am by Constable Monty McCarr on a charge of hit and run. Weather reports predict showers tonight with a low around 43 and winds from east and west. Beckley reports a high yesterday and a low last night with temperatures around 7 am and noon today. River and reservoir levels are near normal with clear conditions.
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Wannie Maritz
Amigo
Con
Monty McCarr
Beckley High
OAK
Bellepoint
New
Medical expert backs Adams defense in morphine case
In London, Dr. John Bishon Harman testified he could not detect anything sinister in the drug regime given to 81 year old Edith Morrell. Harman, from St Thomas's Hospital, said combining morphine and heroin was not inherently dangerous, challenging the prosecution's narcotics expert Dr. Arthur Douthwaite who condemned the drug mixture in the Adams murder trial.
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London
John Bodkin Adams
Adams
John Bishon Harman
St. Thomas's Hospital
Arthur Douthwaite
Edith Alice “Morrell
Nervous Peace Enforced by Troops in Santiago
Troops in Santiago dispersed anti inflation demonstrators and looters with machinegun fire, killing at least four and rounding up hundreds in a two day outbreak. A large detachment routed about 150 looters atop a central hill before nightfall, following earlier clashes with demonstrators downtown.
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Santiago
Chile
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Imogene Shumate
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