War prisoners nearing home stretch in Korean talks
The U N Command told the Communists it would resume stalled Korean truce talks but demanded progress on the prisoner exchange. A convoy with disabled American and British captives neared Kaesong near Panmunjom as the Allies outlined a plan involving Switzerland and a 60 day window to persuade holdouts. The UN warned talks would break off if full meetings could not proceed. 1st Lt Keith G McClain described the road as empty and silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Tuckman Munsan
U. N
Kaesong
Panmunjom
Switzerland
U.N
Death Toll In Factory Fire Near 30 In Chicago
The 18th victim’s body was removed and a 19th found as a large factory blaze at Haber Company electrical plant raged. Fire officials warned the toll could reach at least 30 while 15 more were missing among about 90 workers present.
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Chicago
Robert Ryan
Haber Company
Ryan
Loop
Wyoming Man Killed by Train at Lynco Junction
The body of 52 year old Lynco man Harry Carper was found on Virginian Railway tracks at Lynco Junction. Magistrate John R. Cook said the mangled body had been dragged about 30 feet by a work train after a likely hit around 9 30 p m Thursday. The body was discovered at 7 30 a m today by another train crew. Survived by his wife Ann Painter and several children. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Oceana
Lynco
Harry Carper
Lynco Junction
John R. Cook
Carper
Evans Funeral Home
Cook
Ann Painter
CPA Agriculture Office Swap Arranged by Court Order
The Department of Public Assistance will swap office space in the courthouse with the Agricultural Extension Service following a county court order. The move is planned for May 1, with Lon Browning, district CPA supervisor, noting no objection from DPA. Telephones for the child welfare department will still be answered from the district office on Prince Street when workers are out on calls.
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Department of Public Assistance
Court House
Agricultural Extension Service
Lon Browning
CPA
DPA
Prince St
Landscapers Chartered in Wheeling for Charleston Ohio Valley
Charleston Ohio Valley Landscape Inc of Wheeling was granted a state charter today with capitalization of $5,000. Incorporators are Nick Weinch Thomas J. Roth and Gilbert S. Bachmann all from Wheeling.
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Charleston
Ohio Valley Landscape Inc
Wheeling
Nick Weinch
Thomas J. Roth
Gilbert S. Bachmann
Weather outlook for West Virginia with showers and temperature shifts
Cloudy tonight with lows 35 to 44. Saturday cloudy with occasional rain and below normal temperatures by 2 to 5 degrees. Sunday milder in south, colder in north, Monday colder, Wednesday warmer with showers and possible snow in the north. Total precipitation estimated at 0.25 to 0.75 inch. Regional normals cited. Beckley Oak Hill Glade Creek readings listed with high and low temperatures. rivers and Bluestone Reservoir levels described.
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West Virginia
Seeeeereseers Os
C.scoscesereees
Oak Hill High
Cereee
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Norma
Bluestone Reservoir
McCarthy Announces 53 More Greek Ships Leave Reds
Senator McCarthy says Greek shipowners pledged 53 more ships to abstain from trade with Communist China and Soviet ports behind the Iron Curtain. The pledge follows a previous agreement covering 242 Greek vessels, with 295 ships still allowed to carry cargo to Communist ports in Europe.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Orient
McCarthy
Red China
Far East
Europe
Commissioner Warns of Unlicensed Insurance
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Hugh Mills warns that policies from unlicensed companies are not protected by the office. He notes inquiries about a Kansas City firm mailing auto accident insurance and says unlicensed providers offer no financial protection or official safeguards.
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Charleston
Hugh Mills
West
State Labor Dept Condemns 71 Weight Measuring Machines
Charleston state inspectors conducted 1,683 inspections in March checking 6,002 weighing and measuring devices. Commissioner Charles Sattler reported 71 machines were condemned and 12 confiscated. Inspectors also checked 1,072,070 packages and condemned 6,972 for short weight.
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Charleston
State Labor Department
Charles Sattler
Sattler
Oak Hill Store Robbery Probed
Oak Hill The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co s Main St store was robbed early today via a skylight after a glass pane was broken A basement door lock was broken to aid exit Charles Ferrell manager and Clyde Bowen Jr assistant manager reported the incident about 7 am Police from city and state units are investigating Ferrell noted no cash was immediately found though an inventory will determine any loss in foodstuffs
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Oak Hill
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co’s
Main St
Charles Ferrell
Clyde Bowen Jr
Ferrell
Killer Claims Father Trained Him For Crime
In Newark, Michael Monahan, a youth, confessed to a tavern double murder during a $53 Elizabeth holdup. Prosecutors say he carried out about 150 robberies on orders of his ex convict father Eugene Monahan, who reportedly beat him if he refused and let him keep only $2 from the loot.
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Newark
N. J
Union County
Russell Morss
Michael Monahan
Elizabeth
Eugene Monahan
Social Service Parley In Beckley WV District 8 Directors
Four county directors of social service workers of District 8 West Virginia Department of Public Assistance meet in Beckley to plan the monthly staff meeting agenda at 7. Participants include Raleigh County director Mrs Hattie Gregory Logan district Robert Dingess Boone E H Butts and Fayette director Mrs Olive Mills.
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Social Service Workers
District 8
West Virginia
Low Rent Housing Halt Ordered in Budget Cut
The House Appropriations Committee ordered a halt to the low rent housing program and slashed 1954 budgets for 23 federal agencies. The action would push the government out of mortgage and housing affairs by disposing of government held mortgages and refunding local housing bonds. The plan reduces Truman era requests by 61 percent and signals large personnel cuts across agencies.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Public Housing Administration
Tee
Treasury
Truman
Committee
Independent Offices
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
General Services Administration
Federal National Mortgage Association
White House
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Public Building Service
Housing and Home Finance Agency
National’’ Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
National Science Foundation
Yank Jet Pilots Down Five Migs
U S Sabre pilots shot down four MIGs and likely destroyed another as Allied bombers pounded Red positions on the Korean front. Capt Manuel J Fernandez Jr of Miami notched his 11th MIG. Ground fighting saw 7th Division troops defending key outposts as Chinese forces attacked near Chorwon, pursuing gains then pulling back amid counterattacks.
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Seoul
Manuel J. Fernandez Jr
Miami
Fla
U.S
Royal N. Baker
McKinney
Tex
U. S
Chorwon
American Knifed By Iranian Mob
In Tehran a U S Naval attaché driver was stabbed by about 20 men shouting anti American slogans. The attack occurred as the driver, en route to the attaché Eric Pollard of Oakland California, carried diplomatic plates. Police and off duty soldiers tried to intervene. Pollard and two other officials were heading to Shiraz to review Communist led attacks on Point Four offices. Mossadegh expressed regret and martial law was declared in Shiraz to restore order.
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Tehran
U U. S
Iran
Mohammed Mossedegh
Eric Pollard
Oakland
Calif
Pollard
U.S
Shiraz
U. S
Point Four
Mossadegh
Lou Henderson
William E. Warne
President Is Better But Remains In Bed
President Eisenhower, at his Augusta vacation headquarters, is feeling better after a food poisoning attack and no longer has a fever, according to Press Secretary James Hagerty and the President’s physician Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Howard Snyder
United Nations and Communists set liaison meeting on Sunday
The United Nations and Communist representatives agreed to hold a liaison meeting Sunday to discuss resuming the long-suspended Korean armistice talks.
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Munsan
United Nations
Repatriation Talks Face Slow Progress at Kaesong
U.N. and Allied forces report mixed moves in prisoner repatriation talks. A convoy of sick and wounded Americans and British prisoners was due in Kaesong, while a Red convoy stood 55 miles north. China’s Chou En-lai urged a neutral state to oversee those refusing immediate repatriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
Red China
Chou En-Lai
Chou
Panmunjom
Kaesong
Ike Talk Stirs Hope in West Europe After Speech
President Eisenhower's peace program stirred Western European hopes for East West relaxation. Moscow radio criticized the speech yet left room for maneuver. Liberal papers in London praised the call to cut armaments and use funds for global aid, while East German and East Berlin papers largely ignored it. West Berlin papers greeted the speech with front page coverage and editorials.
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Ike
West
Europe
Tom Ochiltree
London
Eisenhower
Western
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
Manchester Guardian
Stalin
America
London Star
East Germany
Berlin
West Berlin
Han nah Says Military Cuts Possible With No Loss Of Strength
Washington assistant secretary of defense John A. Hannah told editors that substantial military spending cuts can be made without sacrificing defense strength. He spoke for Secretary Wilson and Deputy Secretary Kyes, outlining plans to reexamine programs, apply business methods, and modify broad mobilization aims tied to Korea and potential World War III. He urged Congress to extend Selective Service and continue draft of medical officers beyond June 1955.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
John A. Hannah
Defense
Wilson
Roger Kyes
Hannah
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Hannnah
Tion
Korea
Office of Defense Mobilization
Truman
Congress
Ejisen‘hower
Eisenhower
Russia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Senate
House
Fagg
Van Fleet Ammo Shortage Claim Challenged by Ex Comrade
Lt. Gen. Williston B Palmer, once Van Fleet’s ally and Army chief of supplies, disputed the general’s assertion of long ammunition shortages in Korea. Palmer testified that shortages were brief or overstated and suggested ammunition may have been wasted in excessive firing. The Senate armed services subcommittee pressed on with hearings as Pal er diverged from Van Fleet’s view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Senats Armed Services
E. L. Ford
Army Ordnance
van Fleet
Williston B Palmer
Army
Palmer
U. S. 10Th Corps
U. S. Eighth Army
10Th Corps
Edward M. Almond
Pentagon
Special Services Chief Leaving Beckley VA Hospital
Miss Mildred Elkins will leave Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital to become chief of the recreation section at the new VA Hospital in Durham North Carolina starting Monday. Robert Timmell will replace her in Beckley after transfer from Denver with family joining in June. Dedication of the 500 bed Durham facility is planned for April 18 and 19. Elkins has chaired Beckley advisory committee for the volunteer service program and served in World War II as an Army personnel and was North Carolina state recreation director.
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Mildred Elkins
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
VA Hospital
Durham
N. C
Beckley Hospital
Robert Timmell
Denver
Colo
Beckley
Greensboro
Miss Elkins
North Carolina
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Pearl Foley
New York
North Korea
Pyongyang
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