Faubus calls emergency session over school integration
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus asks lawmakers to grant power to close public schools facing federal or court-ordered integration at Central High. He frames action as defense of states rights amid looming U.S. Supreme Court review and rioting last year. The measure would let him shut a school, hold a district vote in 30 days on integration, and let a student transfer state aid if needed.
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Faubus
Little Rock, Ark
Jnot
Orval
Arkansas Legislatus
Ture
Central High
U.S. Supreme Court
Heigh Cours
Tie School
Virgil Blossoman
Itre
Enjed Central High School
Sulander
Mamageset
Hall High School
Orval Faubus
U. S. Supreme Court
Lite Rock
Central High School
Democratic Party
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
High Court
Supreme Court
Masked Bandits Rob $1009 From Montgomery Couple
Mr and Mrs Leo Fuentes reported three masked white men forced entry to their Union West Virginia home last night around 9 pm They bound searched and ransacked the house taking 98 from a pocket 10 from a purse and 30 from a nearby filling station The attackers demanded more money threatened to burn the house and kill the couple s son but fled as neighbors were alerted Three suspects in State Police custody were described as white aged 30 to 60 The Fuentes said the arrestees were not the robbers and the third man kept his mask on
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Montgomery
Leo Fuentes
Fuentes
Union
W. Va.sil
Jack
Turnpike Police Boss To Seek Retirement
Lieut. M. C. Yoak, head of the Turnpike Division since its formation, plans to apply for retirement. Col. Hazen Fair said Yoak will appear before the retirement board Thursday to assess disability and pension eligibility based on medical reports. A successor will not be named until Yoak’s sickness and vacation time are exhausted.
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Turnpike
M. C. Yoak
State Police
Turnpike Division
Col. Hazen Fair
Yoak
Retirement Board
Int Il
Fair
Wold
Changes Commands Col St Clair Gets Paris Assignment
Col. Howard B. St. Clair former commander of the 28th Infantry at Fort Riley moves to Paris France. He receives the Army Commendation Ribbon with pendant at a farewell review. Col Willard W. Morris succeeds him as commander of the 28th Infantry.
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Howard B. St. Clair
W. P. St. Clair
Beaver Ave
1St ‘Infantry Division
28Th Infantry
Fort Riley
Kansas
Paris
France
Col. St. Clair
1St Infantry Division
David H. Buchanan
St. Clair
Germany
Munich
Beckley
Marshall College
United States Military Academy
National Security Agency
Arlington
Willard W. Morris
Brawley Named President of West Virginia Education Council
Harry M. Brawley of Charleston has been chosen president of the West Virginia Council on Education. Miles Stanley, AFL-CIO leader, is vice president and Phares Reeder of Charleston becomes secretary. The council, formed four years ago, seeks public agreement on school needs and an improved program. The body includes business, labor, civic, professional, and farm representatives and will hold its annual meeting Sept. 29.
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Charleston
Harry M. Brawley
West Virginia Council On Education
Brawley
WCHS
Miles Stanley
Afl-Cio
Phares Reeder
West Virginia Bankers Assn
West Virginia
Nautilus Crew White House Navy Yard Holiday Visit
The Nautilus crew and families enjoy a New York holiday with a public dockside view at Brooklyn Navy Yard. The submarine crosses under the North Pole ice cap and will parade through Lower Broadway led by skipper Cmith William R. Anderson and Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover. The ship sails Thursday for New London, Connecticut.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
North Pole
Hyman G. Rickover
Broadway
Cmith
William R. Anderson
New London
Conn
Acting WVU Head Vows Policy Continuity During Transition
Dean Clyde Colson of the College of Law pledged to maintain present WVU policies as he begins a five month term as acting president following the resignation of Irvin Stewart. Elvis J. Stahr Jr. of Pittsburgh was named to succeed Stewart and will assume office next February.
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Morgantown
Clyde Colson
College of Law
West Virginia University
Irvin Stewart
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Pittsburgh
Stewart
Colson
University Board of Governors
Stahr
University of Pittsburgh
Board of Governors
WVU
Alaskans vote on statehood in national referendum
Alaskans cast ballots across the 385,400 square mile territory to decide statehood. Officials expect a clear 2 to 1 approval, enabling a 49th star on the flag next year and a presidential proclamation by late December or January.
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Juneau
Alaska
ATF Promotes Ex Beckleyan Dorsey E Biggs To Manager
American Type Founders promotes ex Beckley advertising man Dorsey E Biggs to product manager for typesetter devices. He is based in Atlanta and will oversee ATF operations across southern states from Virginia to Texas and parts of Indiana and Ohio. In Beckley he previously led advertising for Beckley Newspapers and later co owned the Biggs Johnson Withrow printing firm.
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Dorsey E. Biggs
Beckleyan
Elizabeth
N. J
Biggs
ATF
Spring St. N. W
Atlanta
Virginia
Florida
Texas
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Beckley
Beckley Newspapers
Johnson-Withrow Job Printing Company
Beckley Woman Maggie Bush Dies at Local Hospital
Mrs. Maggie Bush of 18 South Fayette Street Beckley died early today in a local hospital. The body is at the C D Trent Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Maggie Bush
S. Fayette St
C.D. Trent Funeral Home
Wyoming County Records First Polio Death
In Marmet Hospital Marmet West Virginia 13 year old William Arvid Roberts of Marianna died from polio after years of illness He had partial paralysis and spent time in an iron lung He had received two polio shots and was due for a third before school began Survivors include Huey and Lucille Roberts three sisters Marie Brewster Avanelle and Dorcas and three brothers Raymond Darrell and Marvin Funeral services were set for 1 pm Wednesday at Brenton Church of God with Rev Hanford Roberts officiating Burial followed at Stewart Cemetery on Skin Fork</s>
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Stevens Clinic
Welch
Marmet Hospital
Huey
Lucille Roberts
Marie Brewster
Avanelle
Dorcas
Raymond
Darrell
Marvin
Marianna
Elsie Roberts
Panther
Betsy England
Hensley
Hanford Roberts
Brenton Church of God
Stewart Cemetery
Skin Fork
Robertson and Foglesonz
Mullens
Disappearance Of Explorer V Still A Mystery
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A P reports Explorer V disappearance remains unsolved as Army plans two more satellite launches and awaits telemetry analysis. A Jupiter C rocket failure prompts no official cause yet while a Snark test flies 6000 miles toward the Atlantic with results not released. The mission aims to study a radiation belt affecting space travelers.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
336Th
Strategic Air Command
556Th
Presque Isle
Maine
Temperature Dips to 45 in Flat Top Area
The U S Weather Bureau reports a low of 45 last night at Flat Top and 47 at Wheeling with mid and low 50s elsewhere in the state. Cool, clear weather continues today then warms tomorrow across the Mountain State per the bureau.
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Huntington
U. S Weather Bureau
Flat Top
Wheeling
Morrow
Weather Bureau
County 4-H Exhibits Win Blue Ribbons at State Fair
At the West Virginia State Fair 49 Raleigh County 4-H projects were shown with 30 earning blue ribbons and 18 red ribbons while one received a yellow. County 4-H agent Clarence Wooten noted five clubs sent displays and Eloise Jarrell of White Oak Winners scored 100 on a wildflower display.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
Clarence Wooten
Wooten
Eloise Jarrell
White Oak
Fifth Air Force Placed On Alert in tense region
TOKYO AP report says Fifth Air Force units guarding Japan Korea and Okinawa are in an increased alert though labeled routine amid the Formosa crisis. Rear Admiral Frederic F. Withington said U S Navy forces in Japan similarly boosted readiness, also as a routine measure.
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Tokyo
U.S. Sth
Japan
Korea
Okinawa
Formosa
Air Force Crobebga
Middle East
Night sky events and full moon noted
Beckley skies predict sun sets 7 4 p.m. rises at 5 49 a.m. The moon sets 4 16 a.m. A full moon arrives Thursday night. The summer triangle formed by Vega Deneb and Altair sits high in the south at 9 45 p.m. and moves to the western sky at midnight.
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Tre
Vega
Deneb
Altair
Three Indiana Men Face Robbery Charge in Raleigh County
Three Marion Indiana men George Lee Roberts James Clifford Norman and Robert Eugene Erwin waived to Raleigh County Grand Jury and remanded to jail on 2000 bond for armed robbery of Surveyor Service Station in Beckley West Virginia. They used a sawed off shotgun to steal 12 dollars and a tank of gas. The car was reported stolen Sunday in Marion and recovered near Harper Road outside Beckley. Police apprehended them about 20 minutes after the robbery. A Beckley man and another local were also jailed on separate license and drunkenness charges.
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Indiana
Raleigh County
W. A. Burke
George Lee Roberts
James Clifford Norman
Robert Eugene Erwin
Marion
Ind
Surveyor
Jack Basham
Basham
Beckley
Harper Road
Suniday
Reds Press Quemoy Bombardment in Fourth Straight Day
In Formosa, Chinese Communist shells again pounded Quemoy for a fourth day, totaling thousands in rapid strikes. The intensified assault followed warnings of possible invasion as the United States 7th Fleet monitors the area and a 1600-strong Marine landing force sails from Singapore. Major Gen. Moor man visited Formosa for talks with Nationalist and U.S. officers. Nationalists fear further Red attempts to seize Tungting Island south of Quemoy to bypass blockades.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
PVW
Tan Islets
Defense Ministry
U. S
3Rd Marine Division
Singapore
7Th Fleet
Washington
Thomas F. Moorman
U.S. 13Th Air Force
Philippines
Tungting Island
Rocky
Amoy
Jail prisoner’s fifth suicide attempt ends in death
Logan Boyd Estep a 30 year old from Hutchinson Logan County was found dead early today hanging by a flour sack from a bar in the bull pen after four prior hanging attempts inside the jail. Jailer Ed Baldwin said fellow prisoners cut him down in each prior attempt. Estep was jailed on a drunk charge last Friday and sentenced to 1 day.
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Logan
Boyd Estep
Ed Baldwin
Hutchinson
Logan County
Estep
Prank Rocket From Space Shocks Idaho Town
In Pocatello Idaho an apparent space rocket found on a lawn sparked alarm before two teens admitted it was a psychological experiment. Roy Bennell and Paul Napper, both 14 and 15, explained they used amateur rocketry and chemistry to simulate a launched device and sought police after self-reporting.
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Pocatello
Idatio
Ruel H. Bartus
Idaho
Roy Bennell
Paul Napper
Paul
Roy
Earth
Guyandotte River Survey Delayed by Weather and Costs
A Guyandotte River Basin study runs behind schedule due to bad weather and other difficulties delaying aerial surveys. Congressman Byrd says the Army Corps of Engineers plans remain, with Kanawha River Bank erosion and Coal River Food Control Project funding. Estimated timelines range from one and a half to three years, with potential token study by year end 1938. Military construction funds for new Armories in Beckley Dunbar Logan are allocated.
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Guyandotte River
Robert C. Bryd
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Byrd
Congress
Corps of Engineers
South Charleston
Vicinity
E. ¢. Itschner
H. J. Skidmore
Huntington
Skidmore
General Itschner
Army National Guard Amories
Beck- Tey
Dunbar
Logan
National Guard Bureau
Weather digest with scattered data and notes
Generally fair and cool tonight with lows 43 to 36. Wednesday shows partly cloudy skies and a bit warmer. Data fragments mention Beckley Higa yesterday and several unreadable timestamps, with Rivers Cat Bellepoint Greenbrier and Bluestone area notes indicating normal seas and open gates.
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Beckley Higa
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QUFMO
Quemoy Island
Place
Nadler
Teddy Nadler
Ralph Storey
Col. H. B. ST. Clair
Nautilus Crew
Wyoming County
Pineville
Rns
Wyoming
Tonday
William Arvid Roberts
Marmet Crippled Children's Hospital
Marmet
Roberts
Fifth Air Force
Alfred Rosenbaun
Turnpike Division of
Giennis Grey Jeffries
Temple Street
Reds
Guyandotte River Survey
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