Europe Urges Rapid Armament Aid for Atlantic Pact Members
European states pressed for quick U S arms support to defend the North Atlantic pact. Acheson said Washington could back a program aiding Britain France Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg Denmark Norway and Italy but a final figure awaits presidential review. Official estimates suggest about 1.25 billion for Western Europe plus further funds for non European states, totaling near 2.61 billion.
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United States
Sion
Congress
Ig Coun
State Department
Unitedretary
Acheson
Britain
France
Belgium
North Atlantic
Luxembourg
Italy
Denmark
Elfic
Fight Looms Over Financing Plan
President Truman faces a coming clash with Congress over funding arms for Western Europe. He may seek more than the 15.9 billion proposed for national defense, while Republicans and some Democrats urge restraint or tax hikes. Senate leaders warn of deficit spending if extra funds are approved. Myers remains optimistic funds will be found.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Hemay
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Chicago
Myers
Pennsylvania
Allies plan ending military rule in Western Germany
The United States Britain and France announced a plan to end Allied military control in Western Germany once a German Federal Republic is formed. Occupation forces would shift to civilian control under a high commission with a new occupation statute and three power oversight.
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Germany
Associated Dress
United States
Britain
France
Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Bonn
German Republic
Ruhr
London
MIT Professor Named Key Man In Boston Reds
The government witness in the Communist conspiracy trial identified Dirk Struik of MIT as a leader in a Boston area Communist professional group. Philbrick testified Struik directed studies favoring overthrow of the U.S. government and a working class dictatorship and linked him to the Samuel Adams School in Boston and the Jefferson School of Social Studies in New York on the attorney general's subversive list.
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Associated Press
New York
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Boston
Herbert A. Philbrick
Dirk Struik
Philbrick
Struik
County to Advertise Airport Bids After Levy Failure
Davis says construction begins June first as bids reopen on part of the Penman memorial airport. County seeks funds after January bids fell short of under 100000, with half from federal sources. CAA and regional officials preview tentative bid dates for April 25 to May 17, expecting lower offers than before.
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Davis
Ali
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Raleigh County
Penman
Labor
Robert L. Davis
London
Harry Anderson
Jack Nuckols
H. G. Farmer
E. Fletcher Ingall
Region One
CAA
George Pride
West Virginia Aeronautics Commission
Charleston
J. E. Pillow
West Virginia Caa
Fies
Bank bonds and cash recovered in Crowe case
FBI recovered about 690000 in negotiable bonds hidden in the attic of Richard Crowe's Staten Island home and the rest of the stolen funds remain unaccounted. Crowe, former assistant manager at National City Bank's Broadway branch, led agents to the cache after consulting his attorney. The case heads to a grand jury as authorities tally cash found with his arrest and earlier locations.
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Associated Press
New York
Richard Crowe
National City Bank
la Biz
Crowe
FBI
Staten Island
Daytona Beach
Fla
Polio Drive in Raleigh County Surpasses Goal
Raleigh County forwarded 6411.99 to the National Foundation and retains a similar amount for local polio work. The county exceeded its 14000 goal in the March off January drive. An extra 585.25 from a January Memorial Building radio stage show will return to the local chapter.
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Raleigh County
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
W. A. Burke
Jauary
Memorial Building
National Foundation
Burke
Bonded Ex Constable Held on U S Charge
Huntington former constable Switzer Bias is held on a $2,000 bond after conviction of aiding a plot to rob a state liquor store and facing auto theft charges. Assistant U S Attorney Philip Baer said Bias was pledged as collateral for the federal bond.
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Prese Huntington
Switzer
Helpng
U. S
Philip
Baer
Gideon District
Two Day Meeting Begins for West Virginia Teachers Association
Registration opens at 7:30 p m at the Beckley Hotel for the West Virginia Classroom Teachers Association spring conference. Committees meet at 8:30 p m. Saturday sessions at Woodrow Wilson High School at 9 18 a m and 1 30 p m with a 6 30 p m Anniversary Banquet at the Masonic Hall Howe Street featuring Miss Ethel Keyser as toastmaster.
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Beckley Hotel
West Virginia
Classroom Teachers Association
Woodrow Wilson High School
Moundsville Slot Machine Racket Probed by State Police
Governor Pat Patteson announced a state police inquiry into an alleged slot machine racket in Moundsville. He said he referred the matter to State Police Superintendent Y. E. Surchell after a letter from H. Clay Dunaway of the Marshall County Ministerial Association.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
Pateson
H. Clay Dunaway
Marshall County Ministerial Association
Patteson
Y. E. Surchell
Five Men Sentenced In Raleigh County Penitentiary Case
Judge W A Riffe sentenced Robert Davis 58 of East Gulf to five to 18 years for second degree murder in the Will Paschal killing on South Fayette Street. Four men received one to ten years. two others to county jail. James Simms and Burley Simms faced grand larceny and petty larceny charges.
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W.A. Riffe
Raleigh County
Couer
Robert Davis
East Gulf
State
Davis
Will Paschal
East of Bohruare
BN Weeffe
Paschal
Siam
South Fayette Street
James Simms
East Beckley
Burley Simms
Burley
Nathaniel Reynolds
East Park
Lare Acord
Eisenhower optimistic as parley opens with joint chiefs
General Dwight D. Eisenhower meets with the joint chiefs of staff at Key West to discuss end to inter service rivalry. Omar Bradley Louis Denfeld Hoyt Vandenberg accompany him as the group plans three to four day talks while Eisenhower recovers from a stomach ailment. He expresses confidence in the Army Navy and Air Force and urges optimism in solving world problems.
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Associated Press
Key West
Dwight
Eisenhower
Joint’ Chiefs of Staff
Armed Forces
Omar Bradley
Army
Louis FE. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Washington
C. C. Adell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Masked Men Rob Mercer Station
Two masked men robbed a Mercer service station early today cutting the telephone line. The car used in the armed robbery was stolen from a local dealer and found abandoned. Alfred Hambrick 18 was on duty alone in the station at the time.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Arnold Porterfield
Alfred Hambrick
Dad's Attitude Shifts Sentence in Judge Riffe Case
Judge W A Riffe notes unusual fathering concern over punishment in Stanly Banks case. Banks 18 of Avett pleaded guilty to petty larceny from Lucky Inn Arnett owned by Mrs Peay Cooper. Court gave six months jail but sentenced him to four due to father's stance.
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W. A Riffe
Raleigh
Stanley Banks
Avett
Riffe
Banks
Arnett
Peay] Cooper
Two Tats Believed Aboard Crewless Schooner at Sea
Ships and planes hunted for a drifting schooner off the South Carolina coast after reports that a family of four may be aboard. A Coast Guard search began at dawn with multiple cutters involved while officials sought to verify the vessel and anticipate any rescue.
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Tne
Associated Press
New York
South Carolina
CRLAW
Winarailised
Shelf Wits
Ton. S.C
Coast Guard
Donald
Bahamas
Parrrot
Parrot
Wilmington
N. C
Robert Ruley
Ruley
Lazarus the headless rooster in court dispute over $2500
Lazarus alias Butch the headless rooster remains alive and in a pet hospital amid a legal dispute. Martha Green, who bought the bird alive sans head, seeks $2500 from the SPCA and the hospital, while Justice Moffat orders Dr. Alan Ross to appear and justify keeping the rooster alive or potential execution. The SPCA says it acted under a court order and the bird may be used for research.
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Lazarus
Los Angeles
Martha Green
Lake
Associated Press
Los. Angeles
Butch
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
SPCA
Stanley Moffatt
ISPCA
Alan Ross
Massive 70 Million Superliner To Sail 1952
The United States will build a 48,000 ton 980 foot superliner at Newport News with a $70 million price tag. Construction starts immediately and the ship should sail in summer 1952, carrying about 2,000 passengers. The federal government will contribute $42 million toward construction with the remaining $28 million from United States Lines and related sources.
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Associated Press
Washington
Britain
W. W. Smith
Maritime Commission
United States
United States Lines
Erne Eore
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Newport News Shipbuilding
SS ‘Dry Dock Co
Newport News
Joachim Pemper
Clay
Georg Preuss
Dauchau
Postmasters Convene In Parkersburg May 19 21
The West Virginia chapter of the National Association of Postmasters will meet in Parkersburg May 19 21 with Postmaster Fred Galnep announcing the event. Glenn Fowler of Harrisville state president and Leo Holsberry of Rainelle secretary treasurer are preparing the program.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
National Association of Postmasters
Fred Galnep
Glenn Fowler
Harrisville
Leo Holsberry
Rainelle
Two Men Sentenced on Felony Charges in Raleigh County
Two men pleaded guilty in Raleigh County Criminal Court and received sentences of ten years in the State Penitentiary at Zroundsville. Earl Heath of Ghent, 19, was convicted of auto theft and grand larceny tied to a grand jury indictment, and James Kenneth Morris, 21, of Baltimore, Md., admitted breaking into the Lillyleaf Feed Company and stealing merchandise. Morris has prior auto larceny and drunk driving charges from 1943 and 1944.
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Raleigh County
Zroundsville
W. A. Riffe
Earl Heath
Ghent
Oscar. Bowers
Your Roark
UFHER
James Kenneth Morris
Baltimore
Pemberton
Lillyleeaid
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pikevill
Hydesville
Ald
Coal production far below 1948 levels, week report
National Coal Association estimates last week’s bituminous coal production at about 9.66 million tons, versus 11.79 million the prior year when miners were on strike. Year-to-date production shows a shortfall of roughly 16.23 million tons versus the same period last year.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Coal Association
Former Pinecrest Patients In Kingwood Involved in Incident
Ray mond McComas 28 of Huntington was convicted by Magistrate W. Pritt of Kingwood on charges connected to brandishing a deadly weapon. He and Helen Ruth Cline, both former Pinecrest patients, visited Hopemont Sanitarium and later argued with McComas allegedly drawing a pistol. McComas and accomplice Woodrow Miller faced various penalties. McComas remained jailed.
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Pinecrest
Raymond McComas
Huntington
W. Pritt
Kingwood
Helen Ruth Cline
Hopemont Sanitarium
H. E. Parks H
McComas
Miss Cline
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Hopemont
Sanitagium
Cline
Aridtner
Pation
Parks
Comas
Miller
Jon
Pritt
Focal Sanitarium
He. H. Edwards
Memorial Dedication At Monsanto Plant In Texas City
The Monsanto Chemical Company dedicated its new 26 million dollar plant in Texas City today. A 60 foot granite obelisk memorial honors 145 employees who died in the April 1947 waterfront disaster. At the base, the inscription recalls that while the physical plant and men are gone, their contributions live on in production.
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Associated Press
Texas City
Tex
Monsanto Chemical Company
H. K. Eckert
Monsanto Board
Edgar At. Queeney
Monsanto
Hijacked Pyramid Party Nets About $1000
An intruder halted a Pyramid Club gathering in Huntington and escaped with roughly $1,000 as about 10 attendees fled in panic. The basement party in a vacant house with a for sale sign drew onlookers, while authorities consider anti lottery laws and potential warrants.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Herald-Dispatch
Cabell County
Edward Greene
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