Dual Crossing In Day Makes Flight History
A Royal Air Force Canberra jet completed a land to land Atlantic crossing and back in just over 10 hours setting a historic single day double crossing. The 4144 mile round trip included a two hour stop at Gander Newfoundland with Wing Commander Beamont piloting and a two person crew.
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Aldergrove
Northern Ireland
Atlantic Ocean
Gander
Newfoundland
Royal Air Force
Roland Beatmont
Here
Beamont
Scandal Probers Cite Tax Official OK'd Vindication of Finnegan
Washington House tax scandal probes heard Ellis Slack, acting assistant attorney general, approved a grand jury report vindicating the handling of St Louis IRS affairs by James P. Finnegan. Judge Moore called the report astonishing and urged a fresh inquiry as Finnegan seeks appeal on bribery and misuse charges.
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Washington
Ellis M. Slack
James P. Finnegan
St. Louis
Internal Revenue Office
George S H. Moore
Collector of Internal Revenue
Robert A. Collier
Finnegan
Chelf
Grand Jury
Slack
Moore
Collier
T. Lamar Caudle
Truman
One Killed 52 Injured In New Prisoner Riots
Rioting in Seoul Utah? reports claim one Communist prisoner killed and 40 wounded with 12 more injured across five UN POW camps since August 11. U S Eighth Army confirmed the incidents after Peiping Radio alleged Korean casualties last year.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Peiping
U.N
Eighth Army
Entelosure
Kose Island
U.S
Washington
Koje
Ex-Brinks Worker Admits $65,000 Theft
A Brink's armored car employee, Ray Farmer, confessed to stealing $65,000 and led police to the loot. He indicated he kept small bills and passed up about $200,000 in larger denominations. Authorities pursued few clues as the theft was reported late and multiple collection points were checked.
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Jeremiah Fla- Murray
Herty
Ray
Brink's
Eugene Farmer
St.n
Brink
Flaherty
Melvin A. Goodspeed
Beechwood Man Arrested On Delinquency Charge
Beechwood man J A Allen jailed in Raleigh County on a warrant for contributing to the delinquency of a white girl. Dewey Snyder of Lester acted on behalf of his minor daughter. Hearing scheduled for Thursday per Magistrate Mead ows.
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Raleigh
J. A. Allen
J. P. Meadows
Dewey Snyder
Lester
Snyder
Meadows
Judgment grants two divorces in Raleigh County Circuit Court
In Raleigh County Circuit Court today Judge J. W. Maxwell granted final divorces to Martha Mitchell from Charles Mitchell and Edna F. Boggess from James Boggess. A separate judgment of 1045 dollars awarded to H. C. Whitney and Z. E. Shumate against Bugima Pauline M. Meadows. Sixteen cases were dismissed, fourteen of which had been on the docket five years or more.
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Bugima
Pauline M. Meadows
H. C. Whitney
Z. E. Shumate
Raleigh County
J. W. Maxwell
Martha Mitchell
Charles Mitchell
Edna F. Boggess
James Boggess
83rd Polio Suspect From New York City
Miss Beverley Hickman 18 of New York City was admitted to Morris Memorial Hospital Milton this morning as the county reports two new polio cases. She is the daughter of Mrs. Eugenia Hickman visiting her aunt Mrs. Virginia Walker in Beckley at 502 Fayette St. The outbreak in Raleigh County continues with a record number of cases.
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Raleigh County
Beverley Hickman
New York City
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Hickman
Eugenia Hickman
Virginia Walker
Fayette St
Beckley
West Virginia Forecast Turns Sunny and Warmer
Extended WV forecast shows tonight clear with low 50s, Wednesday sunny and warmer. Temperatures through Sunday near normal in south and 6 to 8 degrees above normal in north, with scattered showers causing little rain. Oak Hill and Glade Creek report mild highs yesterday and near normal river stages at Greenbrier and Bluestone Reservoir nearby.
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W. VA
West Virginia
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Eisenhower Campaign Beefs Up Plan to Challenge Stevenson
Eisenhower aides say he will seek Taft support and issue sharp critiques of Stevenson and Truman era policies. The World Telegram criticized Ike as running like a dry creek and urged quicker start as Stevenson meets farm leaders and prepares an American Legion address. Mississippi and Delaware primaries shape Democratic momentum while party figures debate a new American political party.
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Ike
Aide
Stevenson
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Edlai Stevenson
Truman
New York World-Telegram
Sun
Scripps- Howard Organization
Eisenhower
American Legion
Springfield
Clyde H. Seybold
National Rural
Electric Cooperative Association
Herschel D. Newsom
National Grange
New York
East
Sen
Nixon
Walter Reuther
Ofl
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Eisenhower Reuther
John Sparkman
Alabama
Eisentower
Washington
Jon
Mississippi
John Rankin
Thomas Abernathy
Delaware
Texas
Price Daniel
U. S
Tom Connally
Iruman
Tidelands
William Loeb
Manchester
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
New American
Mrs. Minerva Shumate Dies in Welch Hospital at 43
Mrs. Minerva Bell Shumate widow of Bert Shumate died at 10 pm Monday in a Welch hospital after suffering three heart attacks since Sunday. She was 43. Survived by two sons Leland of Pineville Corbit of Maben four daughters Mrs Frank Bodosi Mrs Aubrey Browning Mrs William Poole and Mrs Estes Nichols. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Robertson and Fogleseng Funeral Home Mullens.
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Robertson and Fogleseng Funeral Home
Mullens
Mt Hope Legion Elects Officers for 1952 53 Term
Mt Hope Post 103 elected Rod ney Deal as commander at a special meeting in Legion Hall. Named to assist him were Lesland Ayres adjutant L G FitzGerald finance officer Joe Ferraro first vice Cecil Carter second vice and Xmagy Lafferty third vice. Robert Beasley Seventh District commander spoke on legion benefits and veterans programs. The district convention was announced for Mt Hope in May 1953 with Dr W J Gaal and Ben Gooch among visitors.
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MT. Hope
Rodney Deal
American Legion
Lesland Ayres
L. G. Fitzgeral
Joe Ferraro
Cecil Carter
Xmagy Lafferty
Legion
Robert Beasley
Hinton
Beasley
W. J. Gaal
Ladjutant
Ben Gooch
Reg Devil
Cruiser on order for Oak Hill with new police radio
Oak Hill plans a new cruiser for the police department. City Manager James Perry said the car from King Cole Chevrolet Co. will include a two way radio funded by the Civitan Club. No delivery date was provided and the radio is expected to arrive soon.
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Oak Hill
James Perry
King Cole Chevrolet Co
Civitan Club
Perry
United Nations Repels Chinese Attacks on Bunker Hill
On the Korean Western Front U N infantrymen in the 1st United Nations division repelled three fierce Chinese assaults on Bunker Hill after eight hours of rain soaked fighting. U N tanks and artillery pounded Red positions while U S bombers hit supply lines near Pyongyang. In Tokyo General Clark said Far East Command would give Navy and Air Force a near equal voice in planning and armistice talks.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Bunker Hill
Korrean
Eighth Army
U.N
U. S
Pyongyang
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea Island
South Korea
Tokyo
Mark W. Clark
Far East
Navy
Air Force
Army
Hard Coal Wage Session Resumed At Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes-Barre Pa crowds await resumed talks between the hard coal industry and John L Lewis's United Mine Workers as 75 000 miners observe a memorial holiday for mine disaster victims. Labor Day looms with contract expirations and a risk of strike action.
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Wilkes-Barre
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
America
Lewis
New York
Hazleton
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Andy Secasky
Tabor
Jittery Bandit Wounds Motel Owner in Botched Robbery
In South Charleston West Virginia a nervous young bandit shot and seriously wounded Hi Hat Motel co owner Fred Davidson 55 during a failed robbery on U S 60. Davidson was struck in the chest and abdomen but expected to survive. Troopers reported the bandit fled west on U S 60 in an old model car. He is described as about 19 with blond fuzzy hair.
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South Charleston
W. Va
Fred Davidson
Hi Hat
U. S. 60
Here
Davidson
William Lanham
B. E. Barker
W. S. Webb
Be Ag
Senators fault Army engineer chief over Abuja air base project
The Senate preparedness committee accuses Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick of misleading extravagance and waste in a multi million dollar African air base construction plan. It urges Army Secretary Pace to crack down on Pick and says he tried to downplay complaints.
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Senate
Ibcom
Mittee
Lewis A. Pick
U.S Army Engineers
Army
Frank Pace
Pick
Magnifi (International
President to stop on special train in Parkersburg
West Virginia news brief reports President will make a brief appearance during a 10 minute stop by his special train in Parkersburg next Tuesday. Democratic leader Arthur B. Koontz said further West Virginia stops along the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road are possible on the trip. The President will return to Washington after a Labor Day address in Milwaukee. The item notes a Labor Day stop and potential other appearances.
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Charleston
Sruman
Parkersburg
Democratic National
Arthur B. Koontz
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
Milwaukee
Truman names Woods to lead Office of Price Stabilization
President Truman appointed Tighe E. Woods, currently rent controller, as head of the Office of Price Stabilization. Woods will succeed Ellis G. Arnall on September 1, with Arnall's resignation taking effect that date.
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Washington
Truman
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Ellis G. Arnall
Price
Arnall
Woman Defies Court Efforts In Farmyard Escape
Miss Viola Miriam Goslee, a middle aged spinster from a Salisbury area farm, eluded summons servers for three years. Sheriff Pollitt arrested her after a field chase near her home as state trooper and deputy restrained her. The paper notes estate disputes involving her parents and administrator Earle S. Horsey with assets amounting to several thousand dollars.
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Salisbury
Viola Miriam Goslee
Wicomico County
Jesse M. Pollitt
Horsey
Miss Gaslee
Wrong Plane Shot Down Kills Eight Crewmen
An F86d rocket fired by mistake hit a B17 bomber over the Gulf of Mexico, sparking a crash 39 miles south of Panama City. Eight crewmen are missing or presumed dead. two survivors were later located in a rescue by a minesweeper near Pensacola, as weather hindered search efforts. Colonel Arthur R. Debolt, the pilot, faces a grief filled account and questions over how the error occurred.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Elgin’ Air Force
Base
Fila
Navy
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Seer
Panama City
Air Force
Air Proving Ground
Arthur R. Debolt
Columbus
Col. Debolt
Schutes
Debolt
Father Arrested In Mercy Killing In Miami
Retired grocer John Moskal stabbed his 18 year old invalid daughter Adela to death with a butcher knife in their Miami apartment. He told police he could not stand his daughter's suffering and called the act a mercy killing. Detective Charles Sapp said Moskal led officers to the body in the bathroom after relating that he stabbed her twice in the breast while his wife Mary was shopping.
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Miami
Fla
Jher
Flying Carpets of ’52 Help Moslem Pilgrims Reach Mecca
Thirteen U S Air Force transport planes shuttled 9000 stranded Moslem pilgrims from Beirut to Jidda with hourly flights to Mecca and Medina. The operation, at Lebanon’s request, aims to have pilgrims arrive by Wednesday for the Ta Alidhe festival marking Abraham’s tested faith and featuring large animal sacrifices near Mecca.
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Lebanon
Mecca
Medina
Scheherazade
Jidda
Saudi Arabian
Beirut
Abraham
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