Early Action on New China Policy Acheson Jessup Lead Talks
Secretary of State Acheson aims to start congressional consultations on a fresh China and Far East policy. Ambassador Jessup and Colgate's Everett Case join as planning expands. State Dept expects Shanghai reports on Americans wanting to leave and may ship relief to the coast.
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Associated Press
Washington
Acheson
Congressional
China
Far East
State Department
Congress
Rep
Martin
Massachusettes
House
Philip Jessup
Everett Case
Colgate University
Shanghai
European Group Opens Strasbourg Meet Today
The Strasbourg session begins as ten nations meet to launch the Council of Europe. Britain France Italy Belgium Holland Luxembourg Sweden Norway Denmark and Ireland gather for the first ministers committee as Greece and Turkey are eyed for later entry. Churchill and Bevin attend as Europe moves toward unity while officials set an agenda for the assembly.
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Rhine
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Norway
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European Union
Paris
Plea for Pacific Pact by Chiang and Rhee
Chiang Kai-shek and President Syngman Rhee called for a Pacific alliance to counter communism. They asked Philippine President Quirino to convene a conference of Asian powers, noting prior talks in Baguio and San Francisco.
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China
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Escaped West Virginia convict captured in Connecticut
A fugitive from justice, Winston Scenhower, was seized at gunpoint on a New Haven dock while caulking the hull of an oyster boat by detectives George Hines and Harold Graves acting on a tip from Madison police Chief Jacob Rickert. Scenhower, linked to a West Virginia murder, had escaped from Maundsville State Penitentiary last November 28 with fellow convict Tilton Hall. He waived extradition after booking on the fugitive charge.
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Scenhower
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Graves
West Virginia
J. Wesley Moore
Clendenin
Tilton Hall
Hall
Cenhower
Orel J. Skeen
Rickert
Skeen
Icenhower
East River
Ricket
Cotton Crop Forecast Signals Return to Controls
Washington expects 1950 cotton crop at 14.805 million bales as of Aug 1, higher than last year and above the ten year average, indicating possible reimposition of wartime production controls. A carryover surplus of about 79 million bales remains from the previous year's crop under price support programs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department Today
Foo
Acheson Rejects Stop Gap Arms Aid Plan
Secretary of State Acheson rejected Senator Vandenberg's call for a stop gap arms aid program for Western Europe until next year. He said such a plan would be a gesture and urged moving forward on both rapid aid and strategic planning under the North Atlantic treaty. He argued the United States faces greater danger and must act now.
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Washington
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U S Planes Join Mercy Mission in Ecuador Quake Relief
U S Air Force and Navy freighters in Panama area join as mercy airlifted doctors nurses and medical supplies into earth quake ravaged Central Ecuador. Death toll tops 4600 and damage from 29 towns reaches 20 million dollars with thousands injured. Caribbean Command mobilizes planes and may draw from Antigua bases if needed.
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Associated Press
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Ecuador
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U. S. Caribbean Command
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Antilles
Fatal Mine Accidents Decline 32 Percent in 1949 First Half
The Bureau of Mines reports coal mine fatalities fell 32 percent in the first six months of 1949 compared with the same period in 1948, with no major disasters. Total coal output for 1949 through June reached about 275 million tons, while the fatal injury count showed a marked decrease from prior years.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Acci
Dents
Bureau
Draft Board to Name County Delinquents for Prosecution
The Raleigh County draft board plans to report delinquent questionnaire returners to the prosecuting attorney this week. Aubrey Q. Smith chairs the board and will forward the list to the FBI for action. The record names 40 plus residents across Beckley, Sprague, Lyburn, and surrounding areas as those who have not submitted their forms.
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Raleigh
Klan Chief Bans Wearing of Masks
Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard Dr Samuel Green bans mask wearing after clashes in Treut City Georgia where a mayor pursued a Klan official at high speed and the man was jailed. The edict threatens banishment for anyone seen in mask on streets or highways.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
South Georgia
Samuel Green
Trea City
Finto
Dr. Green
Sheered Order
Cycle Auto Collision Claims Charleston Youth
Burdette Lee Burdette, 18, died in a hospital after a head on crash between his motorcycle and a car. State Troopers C. R. Smithers and J. A. Murphy said the collision happened on a secondary road at Tupper's Creek, about seven miles north of Charleston. The car driver was uninjured. Burdette lived along a Charleston rural Route.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Rundle Lee
Burdette
C. R. Smithers
Sai J. A. Murphy
Tupper's Creek
New York Fashion Week Sees High Hemlines and Plunging Necks
A City window tour lams the season as the new and old looks clash in the big stores. The so called new new look features higher hems about thirteen and a half inches off the floor and a floating panel. The leeward look brings back light hobble skirts and a waistline midway down the hip with baggy coats. Plunging necklines remain dominant for both sexes as fashion advances cost everyone.
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Cal Coolidge
Charleston
Clara Bow
Prohibition
John Herd, Jr
Johnson Targets Influence Peddlers in Federal Contracts
Secretary of Defense Johnson pledges to fight unscrupulous contract agents who peddle influence in government procurement. He testifies as the Senate investigations subcommittee opens hearings into the so called five percenters. Johnson vows cooperation and says he will dismantle their power as federal procurement volumes rise.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Defense
Senate
Two New Polio Cases Reported Four in Beckley
Raleigh County health records show infantile paralysis cases rising to 10 after the weekend, with Beckley accounting for four cases. Ray Dowdy, 25, of Heber Street, and Adair R. McConnell, 113, of Bridgewater Virginia, were identified as new victims. A three month old case, James Lancaster, son of Elbert and unknown Noonkester, was previously reported. Dowdy and McConnell were admitted to Milton Memorial and Marmet Hospitals respectively, while the mistaken identity case of Linda Lou Berdula, three, was clarified as a duplication.
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County Health Department
Beckley
Health Department
Ray Dowdy
Heber Street
Adair R. McConnell
Bridgewater
James Lancaster
Noonkester
Elbert Noonkester
Midway
Milton Memorial Hospital
Dowdy
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Dorothy
Peter Davaila
Liquor systems net big profits across 16 states
The Census Bureau reports 16 state liquor monopoly systems earned 167.333 million dollars net on 852.561 million in sales for the 11 months ending June 90 1948. Pennsylvania led profits with 28.205 million on 189.368 million in sales. Michigan and Virginia followed, with 29.153 million and 17.508 million respectively. Separately in Raleigh County Jail, four women and a man await a hearing on petit larceny charges as deputies arrest them on warrants issued by Beckley Newspapers Corp.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Virginia
West Virginia
Raleigh
Marie Goins
Edith Adkins
Deloris Wiseman
L. F Keener
Terry
Three Charged in Auto Theft Case Hearings Set
A Raleigh Countian and two Fayette County residents were to appear today before Magistrate Charles T. Burdiss in Sophia on auto theft charges. Named defendants are Charles Rogers, 30, of Coal City. Arthur H. Altice, 26. and Buelah Mae Altice, 27.
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Raleigh
Fayette County
Charles T. Burdiss
Sophia
Charles Rogers
Coal City
Arthur H. Altice
Buelah Mae Altice
Collision Leads To Two Arrests
Two men were jailed in Raleigh County after a head on collision on Route 19 21 near Beaver. Bernice Neely of Chicago and Frank Neely of Charleston were charged with drunkenness and driving while drunk, the Illinois license driven car involved was totaled while the Beaver Block Company truck suffered heavy damage. Virgil Worley, driver of the truck, was uninjured. Dr Eva Teter treated injuries.
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Raleigh County
Oroun
Triol
Pemberton Hill
Beaver
Edward Bolen
Coal City
Duss Lopuriou
Bernice Neely
Chicago
Frank Neely
Charleston
Illinois
Beaver Block Company
Virgil Wor Jay
Neelys
Worley
Eva Teter
Wife of Sumner Welles Dies in Switzerland
Mrs Sumner Welles, wife of former U S undersecretary of state, died in Lausanne Switzerland after a brief illness. She had joined her husband there to help his recovery from a collapse and peritonitis was listed as the cause. The couple arrived July 19 and he planned to return to the United States at once.
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Switzerland
Sumner Welles
U. S
Batth
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Welles
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Welleses
New York
Whitby Man Fined $50 For Reckless Driving
Jessie G. Willis of Whitby was fined 50 dollars and costs before Magistrate J. P. Meadows for reckless driving this morning. He was arrested Saturday night on Crab Orchard Road by State Police and jailed in Raleigh County Jail.
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Jessie G. Willis
Whitby
J. P. Meadows
Crab Orchard Road
Raleigh County
State's Jobless Payments Down
CHARLESTON Unemployment benefits paid to West Virginians during July were 24,263 less than June. July payments totaled 1,958,580, vs 1,362, li in June, while readjustment allowances for former service men rose to 838,560 from 760,780. The July total neared twice the 469,926 paid in July 1948.
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Charleston
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