Dien Bien Phu siege deepens as air drops sustain defense
American Dakota transports parachuted vast supplies into Dien Bien Phu as Vietminh forces tightened their ring around the fortress. Despite cloudy skies, air support continued while French defenders fought back, with two French outposts captured nearby. Senators Ferguson and Bridges said no decision to send troops to Indochina was being considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Ho Chi
Washington
Dulles
Ferguson
Michigan
Bridges
New Hampshire
Minh
Asia
Million Coal Terminus Planned for Pipe Line Near Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co announced plans to spend over 2 million dollars to build a northern terminus for a revolutionary 110 mile coal pipe line from Cadiz, Ohio to CEI near Eastlake. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co will own the line. The slurry coal will be sent at high pressure and later dried and treated for pollution at Eastlake, with substantial freight savings projected for CEI and the coal firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Eluminating Co
Cadiz
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Elmer L. Lindseth
CEI
Eastlake
Raymond P. Snow
Pittsburgh
Beckley Business Taxes Show Peak in 1952
City Recorder Emery J. Smith reports Beckley merchants’ gross sales tax returns over six years. 1952 marked the peak at 67,676,155.80 dollars, with 1953 and 1954 projections continuing above average. The first quarter of 1954 is incomplete as reports arrive. Tax categories cover manufacturing retail wholesale public utilities contractors loan companies amusements services rents and royalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Emery J. Smith
Smith
Mrs. Nettie Hoge Dies in North Carolina
News arrives of the death of Mrs. Nettie H. Hoge formerly of Beckley in Greensboro North Carolina where she died Sunday. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Greensboro with Dr. Claud B. Bowen and Dr. J Clyde Turner officiating. Burial will follow at 3 30 p.m. in Roanoke Virginia. She was born June 18 1869 in Christiansburg Virginia to Rebecca Deverle and Robert E. Hatcher. She married Beverly Lacy Hoge and moved to Beckley where he served as minister at the First Baptist Church. After his death on September 12 1924 she moved to Greensboro where she resided at 1406 W Market St. until her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie H. Hoge
Beckley
Greensboro
N. C
Roanoke
Hoge
Christiansburg
Rebecca Deverle
Robert E. Hatcher
Beverly Lacy Hoge
First Baptist Church
W. Market St
Claud B. Bowen
J. Clyde Turner
Raleigh
Stock Market Moves Narrow as Trading Closes Mixed
New York stocks showed uneven gains and losses in a tepid session. Risers included Bethlehem Steel United States Steel Goodrich Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward Philco Schenley American Telephone American Cyanamid Westinghouse American Tobacco Santa Fe Railroad Texas Company Pan American Airways. Fallen slightly were Youngstown Steel Chrysler Packard U S Rubber International Harvester Boeing United Aircraft Public Service Electric Kennecott Dow Chemical Du Pont New York Central Sinclair Oil and Eastern Airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Philco
Schenley
American Telephone
American Cyanamid
Westinghouse American Tobacco
Santa Fe Railroad
Texas Co
Pan Americans Airways
Youngstown Steel
Chrysler, Packard
U. S. Rubber
International Harvester
Boeing
United Aircraft
Public Service Electric
Kennecott
Dow Chemical
du Pont
New York Central
Sinclair Oil
Eastern Airlines
Clean-Up Plans Advance in Beckley for April Drive
The Beckley Raleigh County clean-up drive runs April 26 to May 8, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Elmer L. Davis and Sid Reese outlined plans at City Hall with trash dealers pledging support and Co. reps committing to expanded service and alert reporting.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Elmer L. Davis
Jaycee
Sid Reese
Davis
M&m Trash Co
Beckley Garbage Disposal Co
Daily Trash Disposal Co
North Beckley
East Park
East Beckley
J. B. Elliott
Reese
N. Cc. Lewis
George Moon
Archie Johnson
William Philmore
Rose Motley
J. Vanhook
Montelia McDaniel
Nolen Napper
J. W. Tweedy
East Beckley Drive
Elliott
Fire Losses Top $160,000 Mark
Beckley March fire damages exceed 160000 with partial report on Neville Street Bsharah George Building. The Amvets Club Bell Brothers Shoe Co and the Commercial Hotel building fire loss reported. March saw 13 calls including five grass fires one car fire four dwellings one restaurant one hotel and one theater. First aid unit handled ten calls including nine in city and eight heart attack victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Martin
Bsharah George
Neville St
Amvets Club
Bell Brothers Shoe Co
Martin
Beckley
West Virginia Weather Update and River Notes
West Virginia forecast shows fair nights with lows around 45 to 52 east and 50 to 58 west, and mostly fair warm days through Sunday with temperatures 4 to 8 degrees above normal. Showers and thunderstorms possible Thursday or Friday with scattered showers in northern areas Wednesday, totaling about a quarter inch. Beckley and Oak Hill highs in the low 80s yesterday with mild nights. rivers like Greenbrier above normal and muddy, Bluestone reservoir at normal stage with milky conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Beckley High
Togrf
Oak Hill
Weacas
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
National Rates Higher West Virginia Crime Loss in Urban Areas
FBI reports 1953 national major crimes rose 6 percent to 2,159,080 offenses with murder down 1.2 percent. West Virginia urban crime fell in four major classes while burglaries and larceny rose. Robbery and aggravated assault also dropped in WV. Arrests of youths and adults increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Maror
FBI
United States
Bureau
J. Edgar Hoover
Beckley pair accused of three robberies in Beckley area
Clyde Leisure and Robert Stanton of East Park were ordered held in Raleigh County Jail after being charged with three break ins. Police say the defendants stole items including a shotgun, duplicating machine, cigarets, candy, cigars, groceries, shoes, and coffee from Wipperman Construction Co Dillon's Market and Market Fair between April 9 and April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Park
Beckley
Raleigh County
T. N. Thurman
Clyde Leisure
Robert Stanton
Wipperman Construction Co
Dillon's Market
Valley Drive
Market Fair
Rts
Relatively Secure From Surprise Atomic Attack Declared
Secretary of Defense Wilson testified before a House subcommittee that the United States is relatively secure from a surprise atomic attack and more secure from a sustained aerial assault. He said Russia would lose many bombers and trained crews early in any air war, and that the U.S. remains militarily strong enough to deter aggression. He noted plans to bring more troops back from the Far East, with Korea reduced from two divisions to avoid over-commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
United States
Russia
America
House
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
Defense Department
Far East
Korea
South Korea
Pacific
Asst
John Hannah
Department of Defense
Draft Boards and Officials to Meet in May
Officials and employees of ten Selective Service Boards will hold a Beckley conference May 13 to seek uniform classifications. Col Charles H Grahl of the Philadelphia regional field office will address the Beckley gathering at the Armed Forces Examining Station on W Prince St. Similar draft problem conferences occur across the state that week with Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey addressing Clarksburg on May 10 and Parkersburg on May 11, and Col Grahl also speaking at Charleston May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Boards
Beckley
Charles H. Grahl
Philadelphia
Armed Forces
W. Prince St
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Col Grahl
Iowa
Charleston
Union and Operators Agree on Vacations
Major coal operator groups and the United Mine Workers Union have reached supplemental agreements providing the usual 10 day vacation and 100 dollars vacation pay for miners this year. Both sides indicate no need for new labor contract negotiations for some time, likely until after July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Nine New Fires In District Four Amid Contagion Of Blazes
Conservation crews battled three old forest fires in Raleigh County as District 4 offices in Beckley reported nine new fires. Notable outbreaks included a large blaze near Oswald and active flames at Sandstone Branch and Arnett. New fires spanned Mercer Black Oak Mountain Pan ther State Forest Wolfpen Branch Organ Cave Maxwelton and near State Flower School with one old fire at Turkey Ridge in Wyoming County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
District 4
Beckley
Oswald
Sandstone Branch
Arnett
Mercer County
Black Oak Mountain
McDowell County
Panther State Forest
Wolfpen Branch
Coalwood
Greenbrier
Organ Cave
Maxwelton
State Flower School
Turkey Ridge
Wyoming County
Roosevelt Plans Divorce Action
James Roosevelt, son of the late President, filed notice in Pasadena Superior Court to amend a separate maintenance suit to seek divorce on grounds of cruelty. He plans to petition on April 30 for leave to amend, with his wife Romelle likely to seek divorce as well. Democratic National Chairman Stephen Mitchell urged him to drop his bid for Congress in California's 26th District due to marital troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
James Roosevelt
Congress
Superior
Roosevelts
Romelle
Roosevelt
Stephen Mitchell
California
Nixon Denies Trial Balloon Talk On Indochina
New York Times reports Vice President Nixon did not intend to launch an interventionist policy at the American Newspaper Editors meeting in Washington. He asserted he did not brief others, warned only Eisenhower and Dulles define policy, and blamed attribution errors on reporters. Reston’s dispatch traces editors’ host role and Nixon’s motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
Nixon
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington
Indochina
Washington Dispatch
the Times
James
Reston
U.S
Eisenhower
Dulles
Inland Press Assn
Chicago
Convicted Solon Seeks Comeback In Jersey Voting
Former Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, jailed for pocketing payroll kickbacks, runs in New Jersey's 7th District on a pro McCarthy platform seeking the Republican nomination. He faces incumbent Rep. William B. Widnall as eight statewide party contests unfold. Thomas touts McCarthyite methods and pledges of "1,000 percent" support, framing a bold comeback amid referenda on bingo and raffles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
J. Parnell
Thomas
Congress
New Jersey
William B. Widnall
Widnall
Thomas-Widnall
Alfred D. Sieminski
Frank C. Osmers Jr
House
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin
McCarthys
Martin
Parnell Thomases
Bank Robbery Suspect Caught In Phoenix Flight Plan
The FBI reports Herman K. Rodig, 35, was captured at Sky Harbor Airport at midnight after a branch bank robbery in Phoenix yesterday worth 1 846 dollars. Gerald B. Norris, FBI Arizona chief, said Rodig was taken into custody while attempting to flee the city.
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Phoenix
Ariz
FBI
Herman K. Rodig
Gerald B. Norris
Arizona
Rodig
Sky Harbor
Age of Mutilated Infant Estimated at 3 Months
The age of the infant whose mutilated body was found Saturday near the Affinity slate dump is estimated at about three months, said Dr. J S Grewal the local pathologist. State Police report that other case details are still under investigation.
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Affinity Slate
J. S. Grewal
Byrd questions housing loan overrun at Glen Oaks Village
Senator Byrd of Virginia says a government housing office guaranteed 24 million dollars in loans for Glen Oaks Village in Queens, though the project cost 20 million. He cannot get an explanation, calling it evasion of the five million dollar loan limit and cites other cases of unconscionable windfalls under federal housing programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Glen Oaks Village
Queens County
New York
Road Chief Raps Survey Findings
Charleston road commissioner H K Griffith contends a full survey of the department would take over four months. He denounces a management study by Public Administration Service of Chicago as producing wholesale, impractical recommendations. Griffith spoke at Gov Marland’s press conference asserting the report’s recommendations mirror formats used in other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
H. K. Griffith
Gov
Marland
Griffith
Chicago
Recruiting Office Nears 1000 Enlistments For Month
The Beckley Recruiting Station aims for 1,000 enlistments by tomorrow with 999 currently processed from Charleston. The 1,000th enlistment, including male and female personnel, will earn an award for the recruit and the recruiter when enlisted on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Army
Air Force
Charleston
Child Found Safe After Night Lost In Franklin Orchard
Eight year old Shirley Sherman missing since Sunday in the Allegheny Mountain area found in an apple orchard about a mile from her grandparents home. She was located by Ed Dolly and taken to a clinic in Petersburg with only a few scratches and swollen feet. Authorities say she wandered from her grandparents near Mouth of Seneca and was found around 10 am. A large search involving state police sheriff deputies National Guardsmen and volunteers scoured the area in four shifts as cold turned mild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
W. Va
Shirley Sherman
Allegheny Mountain
Ed Dolly
Petersburg
Veach Townsend
Goldie Sherman
Rt. 1
Kingwood
Ollie Sites
Here
Seneca
National Guardsmen
Shirley
Eden
W. G. Cunningham
Morgan enters Second District race in Charleston
Albert M. Morgan of Morgantown formally entered the Second District Congressional contest in Charleston, creating a two way race for the Republican nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Albert M. Morgan
Morgantown
Actress Simone Silva Stirs Cannes Pose Scandal Abroad
Hollywood star Robert Mitchum and wife Mrs Mitchum arrived separately in New York after a Cannes encounter with Simone Silva. Mitchum declined photographers requests to pose with Silva. Silva had posed topless with another actor abroad, prompting Mrs Mitchum to object. Mitchum's return followed a brief bank stop in New York. his three children met him at the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Simone Silva
Robert Mitchum
Mitchum
New York
Miss Silva
Hal Pelter
Charlie Chaplin
Marilyn Monroe
Miss Silvia
Beckley Drivers Charged In Traffic Violations
Two Beckley residents were ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night on traffic law violations. Hugo Payne of Fayette Street faces a charge of permitting an unlicensed person to operate his car, while James Jones, also of Fayette Street, is charged with driving without an operator's license.
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Nettie Hoge
Sparky
The
Advertising Council
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
N.Y
Beckley Ans
Solon
Jersey
Franklin Orchard
Simone and
Robert
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