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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1952
Page
7
Fort Lee Virginia trains GI and WAC recruits in close order drill and marching as daily regime. Men endure extensive combat lessons while women face a lighter field program though both groups study weapons, tactics, and basic military procedures amid a busy eight week basic training schedule.
A two pronged strike hit at least 11 Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co exchanges with a picket scuffle in Clarksburg causing two arrests. Walkouts began in Fairmont Morgantown and spread to Clarksburg Elkins Buckhannon Grafton and Weston as Western Electric and AC P workers picketed sites nationwide. Police guarded exchanges as supervisory staff operated amid disrupted service. Lt. Carl James said two pickets Stella Welks and S W Crawford were jailed after resisting escort of supervisory employees into the exchange. In Manchester a USAF fighter crashed. Lt. William Lammons parachuted to safety after engine trouble.
State police hunt two men who abducted a Charleston cab driver at Marmet after picking him up with two passengers. The taxi was wrecked near the Harper Overpass as officers pursue the assailants. Earl Rock of Charleston’s City Cab Co. identified the suspects.
In Beckley a car wreck occurred at 4 15 am after a robbery chase. One suspect was ejected and treated for broken ribs at Beckley Hospital while the other fled toward Charleston. Police noted the vehicle left the road near Harper High and rolled three times before overturning.
One hundred twenty two Lele fo cross union picket line in front of the C and P office. Fifty seven official and supervisory personnel with perhaps some operators were on duty at the Woodlawn Avenue building on Prince Street. Manager Theodore Robinson Jr. said the 57 included employees in all phases of work. Police reported quiet and orderly conditions with no obvious signs of the strike and no major service refusals reported.
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio scored a sweeping win in the Illinois Republican Primary. He defeated Harold E. Stassen and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, capturing about 48 of 50 delegates, his strongest delegate surge this year. A potential Eisenhower-favoring duo of delegates may still loom in Down State Illinois.
The Senate Banking Committee recessed its review of a bill to extend wage and price controls as Chairman Maybank warns against rushing it amid the steel dispute. In Bolivia an army police and civilian revolt toppled the military government in the tin mining nation. Oklahoma City and nearby areas shuddered as a quake struck around 10 20 am according to weather officials at Tinker Air Force Base.
In Pittsburgh AP reports the steel industry largely idle as a midnight strike ends with a lock-out mood. Major firms seek court relief against the seizure while operations are gradually planned, with U S Steel and Republic Steel among those delaying reopenings.
Otha Robertson operator of a Beckley taxi stand had a six month jail term suspended after paying a $300 fine and court costs. He was arrested March 1 in a raid on the taxi stand on South Fayette Street after pleading no contest April 3 to attempting to commit a felony. Judge Barry L. McCreery sentenced six months but suspended on payment. Others, including Robert Lawrence Len Hodge and Carlos Ravi Workman, received prison terms for related charges.
In Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery jailed Amos Brown and Jasper Richards at noon after revoking suspended sentences for a numbers lottery case. They must serve until fines of 15 and 10 dollars paid in full. Other defendants face trial on 1300 dollars in fines. total paid so far 160 dollars.
Totals to date show Democrat and Republican candidates ahead in multiple races. Governorship figures include Green 92 Hedrick 142 Kump 134 Marland 329 Shafer 156 while Copenhaver 27 Holt 25 Maxwell 42 Mantzing 2 appear for the Republican side. Congressional results list Byrd 500 Caste 44 Eckard Hatcher 24 Ragland 153 Wilkinson 3 with LaFollette 96Orth 14 among Republicans.
In Charleston Kanawha County high schools will skip the 1952 band festival in protest of a rule barring bands with a superior rating from entering. Director Robert G Williams says removing bands undermines the festival spirit. Stonewall Jackson, South Charleston and Charleston high school bands would be among those affected.
President Roosevelt’s seizure of the steel mills halts the steel strike threat, prompting a pause in coal orders and a shift to shorter work weeks for several mines. Spokesmen report suspensions across Eastern Gas and Associates, Russish Smokeless Fuel, and Shady Spring developments with some mines facing three day weeks if the stoppage endures. Railroads ease tension as revenue fears lessen, while others await court outcomes on the seizure order.
Beckley chamber delegation pressed Road Commissioner Ray Cavendish in Charleston for a reconnaissance study of the Bolt-Pond Fork road linking Raleigh Boone and Wyoming counties. He cited funds limits in the secondary road bond but said a preliminary survey with traffic and cost estimates would be undertaken and that reclassifying the route as primary could unlock funds. Cavendish also pledged quicker work on Wharton to Kopperston and considered Beaver Adams Creek as a potential direct Hin ton link, with further review in a later session. Delegation: G C Hidrick Leslie Gates E E Bibb G A Bentley Charles Hodel.
Authorities in Charleston say 8 year old Larry Wilson was found hanged near the city yesterday. Police report two days earlier he threatened to hang himself after alleging bullying by other boys. The death is listed as either death by own action or accidental strangulation.
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