Stevenson Truman meet to map Democratic campaign
President Truman and Governor Adlai Stevenson conferred at the White House on campaign strategy shaping the party effort to elect Stevenson. The talks touched on Stevenson’s plan to lead while Truman may tone down a vocal role and support civil rights aims.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
White House
Stevenson
Stevenson Stevenson
Len John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Joseph Shat
Matthew J. Connelly
National Airport
Japs Claim Missing National Treasure Report
Tokyo reports a Japanese parliamentary committee confirms a large quantity of national treasure is missing with disputed receipts by occupation officials. The loss spans World War II, including Empress Nagako’s crown, with claims of lax supervision and possible misconduct to be investigated.
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Tokyo
Nagako
Moody to Head South in Coal Contract Talks
Joseph F E Moody and the Southern Coal Producers Association direct a move to handle contract talks with John L Lewis after Lewis notified the UMW of contract termination in 60 days. Directors weigh whether Moody should sit as lead negotiator or if a committee should advise both sides.
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Joseph FE. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Moody
UMW
Southern Producers
GOP Solons Left High and Dry by Ike Tax Stand
Boston—Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam told the Massachusetts Federation of Labor that General Eisenhower left most Republicans in Congress “high and dry” by backing lower prices and lower taxes. He cited a House vote favoring ending price controls and warned the party faces inflation and higher costs if current policies persist.
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Ike
Boston
Roger L. Putnam
Eisenhower
Putnam
Massachusetts Federation of Labor
House
Gen
Hhis
Chicago
Los Angeles
3 UN Ships Hit By Shore Guns
The Navy reported Communist shore batteries struck three ships in separate actions last week. An American and a British sailor were killed and several wounded. Only one area man, Edwin R. Lilly of Shady Spring, appears in the casualty list. Lilly’s wife Rosalie also resides there. None of the ships suffered serious damage.
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Tokyo
J. R. Pierce
Berton
Mounts Bay
Register
Edwin R. Lilly
Oscar O. Lilly
Shady Spring
Rosalie
Lilly
The
Clear Fork Coal Co
Wonsan
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Siberia
Seek Settlers Return To Bonin Islands
Japan seeks U.S. permission for 300 Japanese to return to the Bonin Islands under U.S. trusteeship. About 500 had been ordered to leave midwar. the islands lie between Japan and Guam and 27 Bonin settlers inhabit a 30 square mile area.
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Toryo
Japan
United States
Bonin Islands
Pacific
U.S
Guam
Weather Forecast West Virginia Through Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms tonight with a low 62 to 65. Wednesday will be cloudy with not quite as warm temperatures and a chance of showers. Temperatures through Sunday average slightly above normal with 72 in the north and 73 in the south. Showers likely in the south at the start and end of the period with about half an inch of rainfall overall.
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West Virginia
Rock Fall kills Glen Rogers man at Glen Rogers mine
Fred Douglas 33 an employee of Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co. dies when a rock fall at the Glen Rogers mine near Morgantown traps him shortly after midnight. He leaves a wife Opal, three daughters Mari, Shirley, Brenda, three brothers Adam Norton Harold, and three sisters. Funeral set at Pine Grove Church Ravencliff at 2 p.m. Thursday with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Beckles. Body to be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mallens to Douglas home Wednesday.
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Glen Rogers
Fred Douglas
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co
Opal
Mari Ke
Shirley
Brenda
Adam
Nortis
Harold
Mose
Dorothy
Ruth Douglas
Morgantown
Pine Grove
Ravencliff
Herbert Perry
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckles
Robertson and Foglesong Furneral
Mallens
Douglas
Traffic violator towed after locking car in police action
Titus Werner, 39, rolled up his windows and locked in his car to dodge officers who sought to question him about a traffic violation. He faced charges of resisting arrest, drunken driving, no license, and ignoring a stop light. His son Ronald, 17, was charged with disruptive conduct. Both posted bond and await September 10 court appearance.
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Chicacy Wether
Titus Werner
Werner
Ronald
Mystery Shots Hit Passenger Train Near Shenandoah Junction
A Norfolk and Western passenger train was fired upon near Shenandoah Junction West Virginia as rocks and a rifle-shot hit the coach leaving town. No passengers were injured though a window broke. officials suspect pranksters or a stray act amid box cars on a side track. The No. 14 train ran from Roanoke to Hagerstown, arriving at the junction around 8:10 p.m. est.
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Shenandoah Junction
W Va
Norfolk and Western
Charles Towns
Snellsadeah Junction
Hagerstown
Hazerstown
Stock Market Edges Down Amid Scattered Selling
In New York trading the market eased with motors retreating slightly after yesterday’s advance. Chrysler led losses while Southern Pacific Standard Oil Anaconda Copper Du Pont GM Philco fell. Gains occurred at Southern Railway Kennecott Copper American Cyanamid Bethlehem Steel and Schenley Industries.
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New York
Chrysler
Southern Pacific
Anaconda
du Pont
General Motors
Philco
Southern Railway
Kennecott Copper
American Cyanamid
Bethlehem Steel
iSchenley Industries
Ohio to host large AEC uranium plant in Pike County
The Atomic Energy Commission plans a new 1.2 billion plant in southern Ohio to produce Uranium-235. Located between Piketon and Wakefield on the Scioto River, the site will be surveyed before final boundaries set, with 50 families relocated. The facility could employ 4,000 to 5,000 workers during construction and 1,800,000 kilowatts of power.
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Washington
The
Atomic’ Energy Commission
Ohio
Elston
Pike County
Portsmouth
Piketon
Wakefield
Scioto River
Commission
AEC
Congress
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Illngis
West Virginia
WV call on Sept draft quota goes to Army
West Virginia adjutant general Charles Fox announced the September draft quota of 483 for the state would all be assigned to the army, an amount 98 below August and 133 under September 1951. Morgantown sees Dr Ray D Duncan become dean of WVU School of Physical Education and Athletics succeeding G Ott Romney. Gerry Wayne Bary, 13, dies after being struck by a rack during play at Cedar Grove. Charleston City Council votes to end rent controls by September 30 amid heated debate and possible federal extension.
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Charleston
Adj
Charles R. Fox
West Virginia
Army
Morgantown
Ray D.duncan
West Virginia University
Duncan
UpCity Council
John Copenhaver
Polio Suspect Taken to Hospital in Raleigh County
The 60th polio suspect in Raleigh County is Vicki Lynn Meadows three daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Meadows of Stanaford. She was transported to Morris Memorial Hospital Milton for evaluation.
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Raleigh County
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Vicki Lynn Meadows
Lewis Meadows
Stanaford
Egypt Plans Limited Land Ownership in Reform Push
A new land reform plan limits ownership to 1200 acres per person and expropriates holdings above that limit. Owners receive estate bonds maturing in 30 years at 2.25 percent interest, with price based on 1937 to 1959 land values. Violators face five years in prison. reforms aim to aid landless fellaheen amid post coup turmoil.
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Cairor
Egypt
Iman
Mohammed Na‘quih
al Misti
Naguiv
Farouk
T Trone
Aly Maher
Western powers invite Big Five parley on disarmament plan
The United States Britain and others proposed at the U.N. Disarmament Commission a Big Five meeting on disarmament and atomic control if Russia accepts troop ceilings. The plan would cover arms reductions and a broad discussion of eliminating mass destruction weapons and peaceful atomic energy control.
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N.Y
Russia
U.N. Disarmament Commission
United States
Britain
Raffce
China
France
Stevenson Will Win Belief From Kefauver on November
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee said the Democratic national convention alienated some voters. He nevertheless believed Adlai Stevenson would win in November.
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Annovemnuy
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Train Wreck Crew Gets Aid From Garage
Mullens crews used a mobile wrecker to clear a derailed freight train after an 8:20 p.m. incident. The device pulled the caboose and a box car free of the State Route 116 crossing, delaying traffic about 40 minutes in Mullens. Rail service west of town was briefly disrupted while the fifth car was retracked.
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Mullens
Mullens Motor Co
Fred Vines Named Lake Peace Officer
Fred Vines of Flat Top has been named conservator of the peace for the Flat Top Lake association property, subject to County and Circuit court approval. He was recommended to the County Court today by Sheriff Okey A. Mills.
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Xoeg Vines
Flat Top
Flat Top Lake
Bus Plows Into Flash Flood Near Cape Girardeau
A Dixie Greyhound bus carrying 18 passengers was swept into a flash flood eight miles south of Cape Girardeau Missouri. An elderly Black passenger is missing and presumed drowned. Bit Thompson of Eufaula Alabama rescued three others, including two Black children clinging to bushes. Water reached five feet over U S Highway 61 as passengers panicked and attempted to escape through windows.
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Dixie Greyhound
Here
Bit Thompson
Eufaula
Ala
Ancell
Ramsey Creek
U. S. Highway 61
5.R. Cook
Cottondale
Thompson
Acheson Attacks Czech Officials Over Hvasta Escape
Secretary of State Acheson condemned the Czechoslovak government for not permitting U S consuls to visit John Hvasta in prison after reports he escaped from a camp near Bratislava on January 2 He said the rights given by civilized nations would have let them know months earlier Hvasta formerly lived in Hillside New Jersey and two other former prisoners corroborated the escape Rep Reding urged steps to locate Hvasta who has not been heard from since the escape reports surfaced.
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Stevenson
Dwight D .Eisenhower
Truman
Wilson Wyatt
Tlinois
Milwaukee
Springfield
Washington
Acheson
Czechoslovakia
John Hvasta
Dfison
U. S
Hvasta
Hillside
N. J
Bratislava
Rep
Reding
P-Nj
State Department
Ice Pick Surgery Performed on 238 Mental Patients
West Virginia completes three week project performing trans orbital lobotomies on 238 patients. Dr Walter Freeman supervised at five state hospitals with four deaths. Burdett expects many patients to return home though final results will take months. Freeman reported 56 of 83 previously operated patients were living at home.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Joe Burdett
State Board of Control
Walter Freeman
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Huntington State Hospital
Barboursville State Hospital
Spencer State Hospital
Weston State
Lakin State + Hospital
Burdett
Freeman
Saff
Ex Rep David J Lewis Dies in Maryland at 83
former Representative David J Lewis father of the nations parcel post system died at Memorial Hospital in Cumberland Maryland after a serious illness of three to four months. He entered national prominence in 1938 challenging Senator Millard E Tydings in Roosevelt purge efforts and later served on the National Railroad Mediation Board until retirement near age 74.
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Cumberland
David J. Lewis
Memorial Hospital
Hadeen
Lewis
Millard E. Tydings
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maryland
Roosevelt
National Railroad Mediation Board
New Heroes on New Bunker Hill
In Korea Marines stealthily advance on Bunker Hill staking a tiny pocket of Chinese troops. Lt. William H Thousand directs artillery while Marines endure heat and dust as snipers and air strikes shape the fight.
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Sam Summers
Korea
Bunker Hill
William H_ Thousand
Mt.Hareb
Wis
Treisheli
Jim E .Howard
Burlington
Marines Capture Bunker Ridge Near Panmunjom Front
U S Marines swept to seize Bunker Ridge on the Korea Western Front near Panmunjom. Reported heavy Chinese casualties followed days of fighting as Marines used air strikes armor and flame throwers to drive back Reds and secure the position.
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Seoul
Korea
Bunker Ridge
U. S. Eighth Army
Panmunjom
Siberia Hill
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White Oak
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Ralph
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Wayne Steffen
Peter Kammarata
Gate Park
West Side
Griver
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Tassachatear General Contractors of America
Cedar Grove
W. Va. i
Gerry Wayne Bary
Goff P. Lilly
Mme
Doria Shafik
Mohammed Naguib
Cairo
International Soundphata
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Kefauver
Fred Vines
GOP
Gallup
N. M
Sam Akesh
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