Missing American Plane Believed Shot Down By Russians
Russia charged that a U S military plane opened fire on Soviet fighters over Latvia three days ago. Moscow said a Soviet plane returned fire and named the aircraft a Navy Privateer, while U S authorities in Wiesbaden said the missing plane may have been an unarmed Navy bomber with 10 crew. The incident prompted a Soviet protest to the U S ambassador.
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Associated Press
London
Russia
U.S
Latvia
U. S
Moscow
U.S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
Germany
Baltic
Air Force
Copenhagen
Denmark
Baltic Sea
Andrei Y. Vieshinsky
Alan Kirk
Lepaya
Ibis
Vishinsky
Wallic
Navy
Washington
United States
John K. Cannon
Europe
Supreme Court Fines Burnsville Officials On Contempt Charges
The West Virginia Supreme Court fined Burnsville Braxton County mayor J W Rogers recorder A W B McNemar and councilmen W C Hall Nay Crutchfield F L Delaney and O C Hawkins fifty dollars and costs each for contempt of a state order. A fifth councilman P S Moyers was dismissed. The ruling voided a March election, with the court asserting its power to enforce writs and decisions.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Burnsville
Braxton County
State Supreme Court
J. W. Rogers
A. W. B McNemar
W. C. Hall
Crutchfield
F. L. Delaney
O. C. Hawkins
P. S. Moyers
Supreme Court
Braxton
Jake Fisher
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
Circuit Court
TRE
Bar
Metal Mining Firms Advised to Retrench
James Boyd director of the U S Bureau of Mines told the mining industry to prepare for retrenchment as the Congress has closed doors on price support and production. He warned that high cost operators may go out of business while long term prospects are brighter due to rising population and per capita metal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
ST. Louis
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Boyd
Bist Congress
American Zinc Institute
Man Run Over By Own Auto Kills Retired Groceryman
Washington police say 52 year old Benjamins Tash was fatally injured when his car rolled on a steep street while he worked on the battery. The emergency brake failed, a wheel rolled over his chest, and he died two hours later.
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Associated Press
Washington
Benjamins ‘Tash
Tash
West Virginia Weather Forecast April 12 to 16
Weather outlook for West Virginia calls for below normal temperatures early in the period with a mix of mild to warmer conditions late week. Expect rain Friday and Saturday totaling about one third inch, with colder spells returning over the weekend.
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W. Va
Ules
Forgotten Gun Lure Ends In Pigeon Disaster In Belgium
Belgian pigeon fancier Konix began missing pigeons and planned a concealed gun trap to spring when a door opened. He forgot the mechanism and later counted the birds, leading to a fatal or tragic moment as graves were prepared in Glade Creek cemetery.
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Associated Press
Boorsem
Belgium
Konix
Talhsan Atatan
O.cassey
Gresnbrier
Actress Betty Furness's Husband Dies by Gunshot
New York radio producer Hugh Ernst aged 39 shot himself in a Westbury Hotel room amid divorce talks with Actress Betty Furness. He telephoned the New York Journal American with a threat to publish a story, then killed himself beside a shotgun. Two notes were found, one asking that Miss Furness be notified. The hotel staff notified Furness as police withheld other details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Hugh Ernst
Betty Furness
I Broadway
Levéat
Miss Furness
Ernst
New York Journal-American
Democrats Sidetrack Crime Gambling Fight in Senate
The Democratic Party, amid courtship of a merged inquiry, moved toward combining the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee probes into crime and gambling. Plans shifted as policy leaders weighed a single chairman and national counsel to direct the investigation, with mixed reactions from McCarran Kefauver and McFarland.
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Washington—Party
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Democratic Senate
Senate Commerce
Department of Justice
Judiciary and
Commerce
Lucas of
Ilinois
Taizas
McCarran
Dnew
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
D-Cole
Commerce Committee
Reds Surrender on Hainan After Prolonged Campaign
Nationalist dispatches report about 5,000 Communist guerrillas surrendering on Hainan over the past week. About 2,800 fighters gave up in six villages in Southern Hainan as Nationalists launched a three pronged drive and air-dropped leaflets offering life and reeducation.
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Tne
Associated Press
TAIPE
Hainan
China
Thailand Granted Aid as Red Foe
Bangkok Premier Piby Songgram announced United States military aid totaling 10 million dollars to Thailand threatened by communism. The aid follows February Bangkok talks and outlines U S support for Asian nations resisting the Communist tide.
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Associated Press
Angkok
United States
Thailand
Piby Songgram
Bangkok
Philip C. Jessup
U.S
Sunggram
Southeast Asia
China
Rent Rumor Denied By Area Director
Beckley area Rent Director Richard F. Bailey denied rumors that a reduced budget could end rent controls before the current rent law expires on June 3. He said as long as the law stands and housing is scarce, controls will be maintained in Mercer McDowell Logan Raleigh counties and the town of Bixe rheld Virginia. The office will enforce the law and urged tenants and landlords to use Bluefield office files while the law remains in effect. Hearings tentatively set for the week of April 24 on possible extension beyond June 30 Baitey said.
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Beckley Area
Richard FE. Bailey
Bailey
Mercer
McDowell
Logan
Raleigh
Bixerheld
Malley
Bluefield
Baitey
Dust Storm Brings Losses Across Wheat Belt
The third major dust storm of the year sweeps Kansas Oklahoma and surrounding states harming topsoil and raising fears of further damage as April winds persist. The Agriculture Department lowers the winter wheat forecast by 121 million bushels to 764 million amid dry conditions and a bug infestation.
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mid-America
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
New Mexico
Ft. Hays
Kas
A. F. Swanson
Highway Patrol
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Kentucky
Tennessee
Agriculture Department
Hays
Mystery Witness Budenz Subpoenaed For McCarthy Hearings
Louis Budenz former Daily Worker editor and now Catholic, named by Senator McCarthy as the mystery witness in hearings on alleged Soviet espionage involving Lattimore. The Senate foreign relations subcommittee ordered Budenz to appear next Monday with Lattimore invited to testify later. Also reports a fatal cafe shooting in Finleyville where Calvin Miller, 26, shot James Gilbert, 46, before taking his own life.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louis Bideng
Senator McCarthy
Senate
Owen
Barlimore
Ieee OS
Budenz
McCarthy
Lattimore
The
Daily Worker
Tydings
D-Md
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
Ene
eClatee
Finleyville
State
Jerome McCavitt
Calvin Miller
James Gilbert
Pittsburgh
W. R. Davis Elected Mayor of Elizabeth
W R. Davis won the Elizabeth mayoral race with 229 votes defeating Glenn Coe who had 24 and Leo F Meadows with 18 in the non partisan biennial election. Melvin Chatne Ray Shears and Frank Ruble were elected to the city council from six candidates.
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Associated Press
Elizabeth
W. R. Davis
Glenn Coe
Leo F. Meadows
Wirt County
Melvin Chatne
Ray Shears
Frank Ruble
Ex Judge to Probe Hollywood Morals
Former New York City family court judge Stephen Jackson will assist the Senate Commerce Committee as a technical consultant on problems tied to motion picture industry legislation. He will travel to Hollywood to gather on the spot information and has previously worked with the film industry production code office. Chairman Edwin C. Johnson proposed legislation to curb what he termed exploitation by movies of stars' morals.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stephen
Jackson
Childrens and Family Court
New York City
Senate Commerce Committee
Sollywood
Sackson
Hollywood
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Legislaon
U S Moves To Revoke Bridges Citizenship
The federal government seeks immediate revocation of Harry Bridges citizenship, which could lead to a federal hearing and possible deportation to Australia. Bridges, 48, a key figure in West Coast and Hawaii port strikes, was convicted of perjury at his 1945 naturalization hearing and sentenced to five years.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Harry’ ‘Bridges
Australia
C10
Bridges
George 8
Harris
United States
Harry Bridges
Mc. Bridges
Hawaii
Esat
Death at Airport Case Appealed in West Virginia Supreme Court
Kermit Webb administrator of the Webb estate appeals a Raleigh Circuit Court dismissal of a $10,000 suit over the April 10, 1949 death of Mrs. Cllie Louise Webb. The action targets airport operators Robert and Rebecca Sessler, Paul Neal, Howard Keatley, New River Co, and Edward Ray Lilly, with Lilly not covered by the dismissal.
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The
West Virginia Supreme
iCourt
Hizble
Iby
Kermit Webb
Cllie Louise Webb
Webb
Beckley-Mt. Hopes
Raleigh
Robert Sessler
Rebecca Sessler
Paul Neal
Howard Keatley
Beckley Flying School
New River Company
Edrward Ray Lilly
Debt per person in 1840 21 cents contrasts with modern levels
AP report discusses a Senate study on federal costs. It notes 1840 per capita debt at 21 cents vs 1698.06 today. It highlights Civil War peaks, World War II spikes, and quotes Washington and Roosevelt on fiscal policy, then questions taxpayer satisfaction.
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Arthur Edson
Washington
Senate Committee On Executive
Martin van Buren
World Almanac
Harrison
Widow testifies on Arnett slaying in Raleigh County court
In Raleigh County Criminal Court widow Aymer Wills narrates the events leading to the shooting by George Clay Elkins at the Arnett lunchroom on January 29. She describes the confrontation, blackout, and discovering her husband dead with a gunshot wound as state police trace Elkins to Coal River and Peach Tree before his surrender.
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Aymer Wills
Raleigh County Criminal Court
George Clay Elkins
Arnett
Garnett Wilfard
Elkinses
George ‘Elkins
Thor
Ter
Elkins
Coal i
C. N. Otto
Hanvé
Whitesville
Fleck
Peach ‘Tree
Wills
County Teachers Elect Officers
HW. E. Ash of Beckley is the new president of the Raleigh County Educational Association. Other officers include Miss Edythe Clay as vice president Mason Anerson as treasurer and Miss Mary Scott as secretary. Delegates and alternates to the West Virginia Education Association assembly were named, with Phares E. Reeder discussing the legislative program and Mrs. Oscar Williams reporting on a music educators meeting in St. Louis.
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HW. E. Ash
Westwood Drive
Beckley
Raleigh County Educational Association
Ash
Woodrow Wilson High School
Edythe Clay
Mason Anerson
Beaver
Mary Scott
Mabscott
Harvey Pauley
Eva Keyser
Brooks Adair
West Virginia Education Association
Clarksburg
Hume R. Vogt
Guy Rumsberg
John Saunders
Fred Roberts
Rath Tastrew
Theling Marlowe
Vergie Lilly
Hattie D. Christian
Louise Leary
State Association
Phares E. Reeder
St. Louis
Oscar Williams
Beckley Junior High School
Police raid Kingwood gambling clubs net two arrests
State police raided the Eagles Club in Kingwood and the Valley Club on State Route 7, detaining two club stewards on charges of possessing gambling equipment.
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Kingwood
Associated Press
Eagles Club
Valley Club
New Stomach Ulcer Treatment Reported
A new oral drug from G. D. Searle & Co researchers Custe and Robinson shows a novel approach to stomach ulcers. In early experimental stages, the Beta-diethylamineethyl derivative is prepared for controlled clinical tests and may also target intestinal spasms.
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John W. Custe
Richard A. Robinson
Ins
American Chemical Society
G. D. Searle & Co
Chicago
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