Early Action on New China Policy Acheson Aids Exile Plans
The State Department plans a new China policy with Acheson, Jessup, and Colgate President Everett Case as key figures. Reports from Shanghai may show how many Americans wish to leave China, potentially triggering a relief ship and the last major exodus. Quirino’s regional plans, Stuart’s group, and Fosdick’s visit shape anti communist strategies, highlighting Western influence and trade as leverage.
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Acheson
Congressional
China
Far East
State Department
Congress
Rep
Martin
Massachusettes
House
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Tmber
Everett Case
Colgate University
Shanghai
China Coast
Asia
Philippines
Elpidio Quirino
Quirino
John Leighton Stuart
Raymond Fosdick
Rockefeller Foundation
European Group Opens Strasbourg Meet Today
The Council of Europe begins its first session in Strasbourg with foreign ministers from Britain France Italy Belgium Holland Luxembourg Sweden Norway Denmark and Ireland meeting at City Hall. Greece and Turkey seek membership with eight and six seats respectively in the consultative assembly, making 101 deputies. Churchill Bevin and other leaders arrive as the drive for European unity gains momentum.
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Associated Press
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Pacific pact urged by Chiang and Rhee in Asia
Chiang Kai-shek and Syngman Rhee called for a conference of Asian powers to draft a Pacific alliance against communism. They asked President Quirino of the Philippines to summon nations, citing greater danger from international communism and urging solidarity among Asia and Far Eastern states.
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Associated Press
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Korea
China
Chiang Kai-she Rhee
South Korea
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
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San Francisco
Truman
Chiang
Baguio
Quirino
Pacific Union
United States
Rhee
Pacific
Asia
Syngman
One-Armed Georgia Mayor Fights Klan Violence
City of Tron in southwest Georgia sees a shooting spree as Mayor C L Drake and allies clash with robed Klansmen who crossed into the area from Alabama. Drake reports shots fired near him, a Klan member wounded, and a high speed chase to Dothan, Alabama. Klan organizer Bill Hendrix later jailed on an assault with intent to murder charge after Drake’s pursuit.
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Associated Press
City
Georgia
Dothan
Ala
C. L. Chandler
Drake
Chandler
Fire Toll Hits 13 As Hills and Rain Aid Firefighters
Helena Montana five hundred firefighters battled a three mile front of a timber blaze that killed 13 forest service men and burned about 6000 acres since Friday Willow Mountain area northeast of Helena faced the advancing fire as rain and showers slowed the flames. Wind of up to 21 miles per hour fanned the blaze and crews rushed to seal the northeast path while volunteers were asked to help and fresh manpower was mobilized. The fire’s toll included twelve smokejumpers killed and a ranger guard fatally injured in the Mann Gulch area during the Friday flare up.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
Forest Service
Willow Mountain
Mann Gulch
Collision Leads to Two Arrests Near Beaver
Two men were jailed in Raleigh County on drunken driving charges after a head-on collision on Route 19 21 near Beaver. Bernice Neely of Chicago and Frank Neely of Charleston were arrested by State Police. Virgil Worley’s truck and the car suffered heavy damage. injuries were minor to the Neelys, with Worley uninjured. Dr Eva Teter treated them before arrest.
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Beaver
Bill Boles
Bernice Neely
Chicago
Frank Neely
Charleston
Wade Am
Beaver Block Company
Virgil Worley
Neelys
Worley
Eva Teter
New Look Dominates Fifth Avenue Fashion Debut
A wall of top stores showcased bold fall couture with a high hem rising thirteen and a half inches from the floor. The era's "new new look" features a floating panel and plunging necklines while hobble skirts return, drawing mixed reactions from shoppers and commentators.
Fatal at Mine Accidents Decline 32 Per Cent
At Raleigh County Memorial Airport peaceful picketing greeted authorities as state police monitored a limited strike. Atlas Powder Company workers and Union officials discussed access, while some equipment workers reported choosing not to work but not joining the picket line. The U.S. Bureau of Mines reported a 32 percent drop in coal mine fatalities in the first half of 1949 compared with 1948, noting 333 deaths from 1949 January-June and a plant tonnage baseline of roughly 276 million tons.
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Raleigh County Memorial
Raleigh County
Okey Mills
C. A. Thompson
Mills
Airver
Mr. Box
Robert Greer
Greer
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Draft Board to Name County Delinquents for Prosecution
Draft board chairman Aubrey O Smith said the county will report delinquents who failed to submit questionnaires to the prosecuting attorney this week. The FBI will be asked to apprehend those listed, including Claude Acord Lester Akers Franklin Anderson Pete Araujo Earl Ball James Branch George Brown Blight Buckianed Moses Claytor Rufus Covington Jimmie Cox Jimmie Day Dotinger Farrish Fuller Furrow Green Holcomb Keys Winston-Lykens Milam McDaniel Harol d Holcomb etc.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Claude Leonard Acord
Lester
James Abner Akers
Columbus
Franklin Dewitt Anderson
East Beckley
Pete Thomas Araujo
Cascade
Earl Ball
Sprague
James Arthur Branch
Slab Fork
George
Edwight
Harold E. Holcomb
RFD 1
Mount Hope
James M. Keys
Beckley
Donald Winstow
Lykens
Lewis Edgar Milam
Ury
Walter Lee McDaniel
Prosperity
Fred Clarman Reed
Billy Reeves
Piney View
Bernard Hershel Ruffin
Ross Paul Sherreil
Manuel Giles Snell
Layland
Two New Polio Cases Reported
Beckley’s infantile paralysis tally rose to nine in total with two new cases in the city. Ray Dowdy, 25, of Heber Street, and Adair R. McConnell, 13, visiting from Bridgewater, Va., were hospitalized at Morris Memorial in Milton and Marimet Hospital. A prior polio case was identified as a mistaken identity involving Linda Lou Bordula, three, of Dorothy, correcting an earlier report.
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Health Department
Ray Dowdy
Heber Street
Adair R. McConnell
Bridgewater
Downy
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
McConnell
Marimet Hospital
Rio McConnell
Vern J. Tucker
Harper Road
Linda Lou Bordula
Pete Herdula
Dorothy
Pete
Davaila
Johnson Pledges War on Influence Peddlers in Federal Contracts
Secretary of Defense Johnson testifies as Senate probe opens into five percenters who arrange federal contracts for a fee. He vows to break their power and says cooperation will be wholehearted. The hearings seek to reveal if contract agents have tried to influence federal officials.
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United States
Britain
Associated Press
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Wee Johnson
Senate
Special Investigations
West Virginia News Briefs and Local Notices
West Virginia brief items report displaced persons arriving in New York will be sent to West Virginia per IRO. Danville Boone County volunteer firemen elect Hoodert C. Smith president. Funeral set for Charles W. Hyer 66 of Charleston. Charleston reports unobligated year end balance of 181 925. Linden mother Alice B. Taylor dies at Duck Run Church service. Fatal head on collision on Route 113 near Hernshaw kills Sybil Ferrell 33. passengers Keith Shelton 33 and Jacob Dotsen 48 hospitalized. Parkersburg Lutheran pastor Arthur L. Malk to move to Grace Lutheran Church of Chicago.
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Spencer
Alice B. Taylor
Linden
Charleston
Hernshaw
Sybil Lucille Ferrell
Chesapeake
Keith 8
Shelton
East Bank
Misa Ferrell
Jacob Paul Dotsen
Head Sized Tumor Found in Child
Two year old Judy Roe Carpenter of Morrice Michigan faced a grave condition after doctors removed a tumor as large as a man's head from her chest. Surgeons at University Hospital report it was the largest of its kind they had seen. The tumor had collapsed her right lung but after a three hour operation the lung expanded and functions again. Her parents Ralph and Mrs Carpenter described months of stomach pains and shortness of breath.
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Associated Press
Ann Arrhor
Mich
Judy Roe Carpenter
University Hospital
Vernon L. Boersma
Morrice
Mick
Quake Toll Now Believed 4 600
Quito Ecuador reports official toll rising past 4600 as 29 mountain towns yield damage estimates near 20 million dollars. Thousands hurt and relief efforts expand as 12 000 troops mobilize in hardest hit zones. US Caribbean planes deliver six tons of medical supplies while Western Europe defense talks intensify.
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Associated Press
Quito
Ecuador
Unof
London
America
Atlantic
Presi
Galo Plaza Lasso
Defense Ministry
Anjulcus
U.S. Caribbean Air Command
Balboa
Four Women and One Man Jailed in Newspaper Theft
Four people including Marie Goins Edith Adkins Deloris Wiseman and L E Keener of Terry are in Raleigh County Jail awaiting a hearing on petit larceny for stealing newspapers. Deputy Sheriff William Bowles arrested them Sunday at Piney View on warrants from Donald C Wauhop l Beckley Newspapers Corp. The hearing before Magistrate J H McGhee of Beaver is set for 3 p m today.
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Marie Goins
Edith Adkins
Deloris Wiseman
L E Keener
Terry
Piney View
William Bowles
Donald C. Wauhop
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
J. H. McGhee
Beaver
McGhee
Insurance Convention In Session at Greenbrier
The West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents opened its convention at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs. Casualty and fire problems were on the agenda, with speakers including Francis W. Potter of Betna Casualty and Surety, E. H. Leycke of Fidelity and Casualty of New York, and James O Connor of F C and S Bulletin.
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West Virginia
Whitby Man Fined Fifty Dollars For Reckless Driving
Jessie G. Wills of Whitby was fined 50 dollars and costs before Magistrate J. P. Meadows this morning for reckless driving. He was arrested Saturday night on the Crab Orchard Road by State Police and lodged in Raleigh County Jail.
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Whitby
J. P. Meadows
Crab Orchard Road
Raleigh Counery
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