Lewis Sets Sept. 1 as Deadline for Acceptance
Washington coal mine owners weigh new $2 a day wage boost for northern mines. John L. Lewis signs a one year contract with Harry M. Moses, aiming for southern agreement by Sept. 1. The deal raises basic pay to $20.25 daily with staged increases, extra for weekend labor, longer vacation, and eight days off.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Harry M. Moses
Bituminous
Assn
Moses Group
Steel Industry
Lewis
Moses
Southern
Lewis-Moses
UMW
Death Toll Rises in North Africa Unrest
French troops and Foreign Legion fought rebels across Morocco and Algeria after a violent weekend that left about 1,000 people dead. Battles centered near Oued Zem as Faure and Pinay met Moroccan leaders in Aix les Bains to discuss greater self rule.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Foreign
North Africa
Paris
North
Africa
Algeria
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Committee of Five
Aix Les Bains
Oued Zem
Tadla
Legion
Marrakesh
Mediterranean Coast
Moroco
Constantine
Wedding Up Seneca Rocks For Mountain Ceremony
Bay Village couple plan to wed Sunday atop Seneca Rocks near Franklin West Virginia to be close to God The groom Roland Leavens 24 and bride Doris McCartney 23 met during a lecture on mountain climbing and will also hold a full dress church wedding Saturday at Bay Methodist Church Officials include Rev R C Bunning and Rev Alfred C Kreke The ceremony emphasizes the mountaintop setting and religious significance with a backup indoor service.
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Cleveland
Bay Village
West Virginia
Roland Leavens
Doris McCartney
Seneca Rocks
Franklin
W. Va
R. C. Bunning
Circleville
Leavens
Bay Village High
McCartney
Miss McCartney
Bay Methodist Church
Alfred C. Kreke
Flood Toll Near 200 as Northeast Recovers
The Associated Press reports flood wreckage across the Northeast with 188 known dead and count rising toward 200. Pennsylvania and Connecticut lead in missing, while millions face ruined homes, damaged factories, and waterborne health hazards. Emergency aid and early repairs begin as camps and towns like Stroudsburg and Torrington confront devastation.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
Yanks Head Home Reds in Washington
A U S farm delegation to the Soviet Union returns home after a month touring Russia Ukraine and Siberia advocating more such exchanges. Dean W Lambert of the University of Nebraska praises gains from visits and notes improved relations. In Washington 12 Soviet farm chiefs begin a six week U S farm tour with Secretary Benson meeting Vladimir Matskevich and planned officials briefings.
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Berlin
U.S
Soviet Union
Dean W. V. Lambert
University of Nebraska Agricultural School
Russia
Ukraine
Siberia
Dean Lambert
Washington
Agriculture Department
Benson
Vladimir Matskevich
West Virginia State Fair Opens With Marine Flag Raising
The 81st West Virginia State Fair opened at Lewisburg with a Marine detail raising the flag. The exposition runs through Saturday featuring livestock exhibits with 29 Shorthorn and Angus beef cattle from six states, 23 Holstein Jersey Guernsey Ayrshire dairy herds from four states, 18 pure bred swine exhibitors, 22 sheep breeding establishments, and 110 horses for races. The schedule includes two auto thrill shows, a fireworks display, and a state flower show beginning at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
West Virginia
U. S. Marine Corps
Funds for Flood Victims Sought
Mrs. T C Moorefield executive director of the Raleigh County Chapter American Red Cross appealed for funds to aid flood victims on the eastern coast. A telegram from Thad Baxter eastern area representative and a mailgram from E Roland Harriman chairman noted an initial 2 million dollars was allocated for preliminary relief, with many more millions needed to fully assist the needy.
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T. C. Moorefield
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Thad Baxter
Eastern Area
E. Roland Harriman
Harriman
Beckleyans Receive Auto Firm Charter
Beckley firm status chartered in West Virginia with capital of 50000 dollars. Incorporators include W A Dempsey and Neva M Dempsey of Beckley and W A Dempsey Jr of Princeton. Other charters listed: Madison Ready Mixed Concrete Co Inc Madison Boone County 50000 dollars Glen L Hyer Arthur E Glover Leslie Baldwin Sophia Hardware Supply Co Sophia Raleigh County 50000 dollars Anna K McElrath Sophia and Thora McElrath Sutherland and W H Sutherland Chattanooga Tenn.
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Charleston
Dempsey Chevrolet, Inc
Matoaka
Mercer County
W. A. Dempsey
Neva M. Dempsey
Beckley
W. A. Dempsey Jr
Princeton
Madison Ready Mixed Concrete Co., Inc
Madison
Boone County
Glen L. Hyer
Arthur E. Glover
Leslie Baldwin
Danville
Wounded Man Drags to Beckley Hospital After Shooting
Vincent Sweeney a 40 year old Cleveland Ohio man reportedly shot himself in the stomach Sunday night while placing a fishing rod in his car. He drove from Prince to Raleigh General Hospital where doctors performed an operation at midnight. His condition was described as satisfactory. Police say the gun discharged accidentally while he handled the rod after fishing on New River at Prince. Sweeney is listed as an employee of Chase Brass and Copper Co Cleveland.
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Vincent Sweeney
Cleveland
Prince
Raleigh General Hospital
Sweeney
New River
Chase Brass and Copper Co
Three Egyptian Soldiers Die in New Uprising Near Gaza
Egyptian military spokesman Col. Salah Gohar said three Egyptian soldiers were killed and five wounded in a two hour exchange of fire with Israelis near Gaza. He alleged the Israeli attack aimed to upstage Maj. Gen. Edson Burns’s Cairo talks on frontier tensions. An earlier report counted one officer killed and four wounded.
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Gaza
Palestine
Salah Gohar
Egyptian War Ministry
Palestine Department
Cairo
Edson L. M. Burns
Canada
U. N. Truce Supervision
Salah
Cosmic Ray Threat Overestimated by Space Doctors
Hollo-man Air Development Center officials report cosmic rays may not be the outer space danger once feared. Tests with monkeys and rats in high altitude balloons showed animals behaved normally after exposure, suggesting travelers could work in the stratosphere without serious after effects. Some rats developed white hair due to pigment cell damage from radiation.
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Holloman Air Development Center
N.M
Michigan
Davis G. Simons
Aero Medical Field Laboratory
Sault Sainte Marie
Mich
Willing Chemist Restores Lawn Color in Trial
Evanston item notes amateur chemist Mark Maxwell faced crab grass trouble last month. He brewed a potion that killed the grass but stained the lawn yellow and green. Undaunted, he tested another brew and returned the lawn to its original green.
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Evanston, II
Mark Maxwell
Car stop in Columbia ends with 19 aboard sedan
The sheriff's office reported a sedan stopped for speeding carried the driver and 18 passengers in Columbia Washington area, including 16 children and two adults. The incident involved a deputy stopping the vehicle yesterday.
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Columbia
D.C
Sheriff's Office
Reds to Release Pilot and Crash Victim Body
SEOUL Air Force Lt Guy H Bumpas of Jackson Mississippi is due to be released tomorrow after six days as a prisoner of the Communists He will accompany the body of Army Capt Charles W Brown of West Louisville Kentucky who was killed in the crash The Army will have a helicopter and a doctor to meet him in the demilitarized zone The Communists claimed the plane was spying and Maj Gen Harlan C Parks criticized their assertion noting evidence suggested Bumpas was hopelessly lost
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Seoul
Air Force
Guy H. Bumpas
Jackson
Miss
Freedom
United Nations Command
Kumwha
Army
Charles W. Brown
Brown
Bumpas
Harlan C. Parks
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Parks
Demilitarized Zone
Four Circuit Court Dismissals and Contiuations in Raleigh
In Raleigh County Circuit Court four cases were dismissed and five continued to the August term. Dismissed include S. A. Farrow v Raleigh Motor Sales Co Virginian Brick and Tile Co. v Condon Cunningham Kenit Co Maggie Akers v Eddie Blevins Mary E Goens v Jacke B Ewing and R H Fuller v O Dell Jessup on appeal. Other actions settled, and upcoming November terms include Acme Loan Co v Ruth Smith Beckley Motor Co v B E Harvey The Pure Oil Co v L A Goins Clyde Murdock v Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. City of Beckley v E H Crouch settled for 936 dollars plus interest. Skaggs Grocery v Cheek defendants ordered to pay 647 dollars with interest. A demurrer in Garland Wayne Grubb v Amere Gas Utilities was sustained and Brown Hugo Payne v Calvert Fire Insurance Co. entry quashed.
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Raleigh County
S. A. Farrow
Raleigh Motor Sales Co
Virginian Brick and Tile Co
Condon, Cunningham, Kenit Co
Maggie Akers
Eddie Blevins
Mary E. Goens
Jacke B. Ewing
R. H. Fuller
O'Dell Jessup
Acme Loan Co
Ruth Smith
Beckley Motor Co
Crouch
Third Ave
Neville St
James I
America Lockhart
Skaggs Grocery
James Cheek
Garland Wayne Grubb
Garland Grubb
Nie
Amere Gas Utilities
Squally Weather Ahead Over Caribbean and Atlantic
Weathermen tracked a long line of squally weather moving westward from the southern Bahamas to Jamaica. The disturbance, termed an easterly wave, shows no signs of becoming a tropical storm and is advancing at roughly 400 miles per day.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Atlantic
Bahamas Islands
Jamaica
Beckley and Oak Hill Weather and River Status
Weather notes from Beckley and Oak Hill show high temperatures around 88 and 78 respectively with low readings near 64 and 70. Rivers at Hinton remain affected by mud, Greenbrier-Normal and New reservoirs report normal conditions with some ice and uncertainty.
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Beckley
Iecseseass
TOGES
Wavdetats Veoe
Tommy
Tnesckaen
Oak Hill
Wight
Hinton
Greenbrier
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District of Columbia
Middletown
N. Y
Monhagon Brook
Wurtsboro
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Operators Assn
Ilinois
Moody
Southern Association
Torrington
Conn
Putnam
Stroudsburg
Brodhead Creek
Pocono Mountain
Bantam Lake
East Stroudsburg
Lackawanna Railroad
New
Jersey
Scranton
Charlton
Southbridge
New York State
Port Jervis
Ellenville
Eisenhower
Colorado
Federal Small Business Administration
Yanks
Reds
Beckleyans
Khartoum
Sudan
South Sudan
Yei
Torit
Oraba
Uganda
Juba
Equatorial
St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad
Marked Tree
Ark
Streamliner
Brown Hugo Payne
Calvert Fire Insurance Co
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