Spaak resigns over timid policy in European Assembly
Belgian Paul-Henri Spaak quit today as president of the European Assembly in protest against its timid policy after the body proposed a limited international political authority to oversee a projected European army. He vows to devote himself to a united Europe. The assembly can only recommend, not enforce, decisions to member governments. Britain, France, and the United States had differing views during talks with the Soviet Union on disarmament and European unity.
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Associated Press
Strasbourg
France
Paul- Henri Spaak
Belgium
European Assembly
Spaak
Paris
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Europe
Council of Europe
Assembly
Washington
Ragland First to File for Congress in West Virginia
Prosecuting Attorney Ned H. Ragland filed for U S representative in the Sixth District, becoming the first candidate in Raleigh County for next year’s race. Norman Knapp also filed for prosecuting attorney, both men rooted in local law and service, with Ragland a long-time Beclky resident and church deacon and Knapp a WWII veteran and Raleigh County official.
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E. H. Hedrick
West Virginia
Congress
Ragland
Sixth
Raleigh
U. S
Charleston
Hedrick
Norman Knapp
Knapp
Morris Harvey College
West Virginia University College of Law
South Pacific
Methodist Temple
The
Elks Lodge
Raleigh County American Legion
Knapps
Fairview
Wickham Avenue
One of 10 Most Wanted Man Surrenders Quietly
New York FBI net closed as Gianchino Anthony Bacella, 34, described as ready to kill, walked into a Broadway office and surrendered. He had been sought since June for the Detroit witness slaying tied to a federal theft case and on the list since August 20. Bacalla, a former boxer previously jailed for armed robbery, had jumped bail in Corpus Christi in 1950.
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New York
Broadway
Gianchino Anthony Bacella
Weather outlook for West Virginia December 12 to 16
Cloudy with light snow and colder nights, lows 25 to 30. Wednesday turns cloudy and cooler. Extended forecast shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal, with coldest weather Saturday and frequent snow flurries Thursday and Sunday. One third to one half inch total precipitation. Local readings: Oak Hill high 32, low 26. Glade Creek high 29, low 24. Rivers near Bellepoint above normal, muddy. Bluestone Reservoir and New river at normal stages and clear.
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West Virginia
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Eight-Year-Old Helps Nab Robber in California
Eight-year-old Jimmy Jones alerted deputies after witnessing a masked robber force his parents to drive him to a supermarket. The suspect, James Monroe Rudolph, 34, was wounded during the chase and captured nearby. Authorities credit Jimmy with preventing a wider escape in a case tied to the so called green scarf bandit.
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Associated Press
LA Canada
Calif
Jimmy Jones
Jimmy
James Monroe
Rudolph
Placerville
Vic England
Montrose
England
Reno
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Sacramento
B. G. Jones
Jones
Cardinal Spellman to visit Korean troops at Christmas
New York Archbishop Francis Cardinal Spellman will spend Christmas with troops in Korea. He plans Mass in three front area locations, invited by General James A. Van Fleet, commander of the Eighth Army. Spellman said he will stay as long as needed to visit every combat unit.
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Associated Press
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
van Fleet
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Spellman
Supreme Court finds Lorain Journal violated antitrust law
Washington The Supreme Court ruled Lorain Journal violated the Sherman Anti Trust Act by refusing to accept advertising from merchants who patronized a competing radio station.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Lorain
Ohio
Journal
Youth Kills Mother Over Hockey Anger in Basment
In Oakland California a 16 year old boy confessed to killing his mother Evelyn S Hutchins 51 with a hatchet and setting her body on fire to hide the crime He said she scolded him for playing hockey Police said Samuel Hutchins was held without charge while authorities question him He reportedly used kerosene to burn the evidence and fled with 100 from her purse 80 from his savings and the family Cadillac to Grass Valley where he was found by Undersheriff Matt Solaro Neighbors described him as a model son Father Ralph Hutchins blamed television for influencing bad behavior.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Merle Longnecker
Samuel Hutchins
Sammie
Grass Valley
Evelyn S. Hutchins
Longnecker
Sam
Matt Solaro
Canadian Pacific Declares 75-Cent Dividend After Decline
New York stocks showed a narrow scramble with a downward tilt. Canadian Pacific opened at 36 after trading 8,000 shares, the most active issue, dropped 144 from yesterday. After hours CP directors announced a 75 cent dividend, bringing total payments this year to $1.50, same as last year.
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New York
Canadian Pacific
Miss Elkins Named Special Services Chief
Miss Mil dred Elkins was appointed chief of special services at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. She had served as acting chief after James E. Hatfield resigned to run the Altoona VA hospital. A World War II Women’s Army Corps veteran, she has worked at the hospital since its November 11, 1950 opening. Announcement by hospital manager Dr. G. F. Swanson.
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Mildred Elkins
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Miss Elkins
James E. Hatfield
Altoona
Woman's Army Corps
G. F. Swanson
Woman Shotgun Slaying Probed in Mozart
Marshall County Coroner Ernest D. Conners ordered an inquest into the death of 26 year old Mrs. Melvin Trussell of Mozart after her body was found in the living room of her home. The shotgun victim was discovered by her husband upon returning from work at the Sylvania Company. The weapon lay on a couch near the body and the sheriff noted the couple had appeared in good spirits when the husband left for work.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
Marshall County
Ernest D. Conners
Melvin Trussell
Mozart
Sylvania Company
Ohio
Marshall
Roy Jolliffe
Joliffe
City to decide on appeal after jury values parking lot tract
City Council faces a decision at its next meeting after a jury valued the land needed for a city parking lot at 7695.83, up from 3000 by a condemnation board. The Perkins property owned by Hattie Alice Perkins was praised for a recent one year lease with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company that boosted the value.
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Hattie Alice Perkins
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Nine Burn to Death In S Carolina Fire
SUMMERVILLE S C Two mothers and seven children perished in a dawn house fire that destroyed a one story frame home one mile south of Summerville. The dead include Mrs Lewis Cook 25 and her daughters Ruby Ann 10 Linda 3 Mary 1 and John 7 and Mrs Evelyn Still 34 and her daughters Susan 7 Ogretta 5 and Barbara Ann Still 6 a cousin who was visiting the home for the night.
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Associated Press
Summerville
S. C
Here
Lewis Cook
Ruby Ann
Linda
Mary
John
Evelyn Still
Susan
Ogretta
Barbara Ann Still
Touring Teacher Visits Pentagon
A West Virginia teacher Miss Martie Ramsay 27 of Logan WV Junior High School visited the Pentagon meeting Gen Omar Bradley chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She attended a private luncheon hosted by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury John S Graham after arriving from New York following a three week Europe tour to inspect defense spending.
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Washington
West Virginia
Pentagon
Martie Ramsay
Logan
W. Va
Omar N Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
the Treasury
John S. Graham
Ramsey
New York
Europe
Stassen Backed by Stennis for President Next Year
Senator Stennis of Mississippi endorsed Senator Russell of Georgia for president and suggested the election could go to the House as a Russell compromise if Truman runs again. Stassen, meanwhile, hailed Fred A. Seaton’s appointment as Senate successor to the late Wherry in Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stennis
D-Miss
Russell
D-Ga
Mississippi
Truman
South
Senator Russell
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Fred A. Seaton
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
West Virginia Fire Damages Deli and Dept Store
West Virginia briefs report heavy damage from a fire at Viector's Delicatessen next to Bradshaw Diehl Department Store in Huntington. Other notes include parks attendance records, a fatal house fire in Junior, a deadly accident at a Clarksburg National Carbon plant, and a Charleston ceremony for Fourth Engineer Company activation with Col Reeves attending.
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Huntington
Viector’s
Bradshaw-Diehl
Charleston
Patteson
U. S. Marine Corps
Jerk Relatives Lose To Gambling Tables in Las Vegas
Los Angeles Long Beach housewife Thelma Snyder, 40, admits gambling away about 15 000 of 16 500 estate funds from her aunt Mrs Mattie Hurley to settle disputes with kin. Administrator sues alleging forged aunt signatures on three stock certificates from a public utility and seeks recovery. Snyder says she gambled it all away except roughly 1 400 given to her aunt’s heir to cover funeral costs.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Las Vegas
Nev
Thelma Snyder
Mattie Hurley
Lock and Dam 1 operation urged to justify costs
The Huntington Corps of Engineers said lock and dam No 1 on the Big Sandy River will keep operating if shippers prove the cost is warranted. If not the operation will end June 30, 1952. A previous suspension was set for Sept 30. Senate committee considered requests to maintain service. In Barrackville two brothers Andrew and Robert Smith were killed when their car was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Ice's Run Marion County. Both worked at Bethlehem Collieries Mine.
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Huntington Corps of Engineers
Big Sandy River
West Virginia
Kentucky
Walter Kreuger
Senate Appropriations Committee
Barrackville
Baltimore and Ohio
James D. Cain
Andrew Smith
Robert Smith
Ice’s Run
Marion County
Bethlehem Collieries
Yule Mailing Starts at Fast Pace in Beckley Post Office
Acting Postmaster Iidon E. Rorrer says the Beckley office is gearing up for a busier Christmas season with twenty extra workers, five more than last year. Hours for Dec 17 to Dec 23 extend to 8 p.m. and a stamp vending machine offers 1 2 3 cent stamps. extra staff in lobby will weigh and sort parcels to speed delivery. Emphasis on early mailing, secure wrapping, and proper addressing to ensure timely delivery.
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Beckley
Iidon E. Rorrer
Post Ofice
Rorrer
Engineers Elect Officers Donate Books to Library
Engineers in the Appalachian Chapter West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers elected Cc Darrah as president and named John P Hindsley B B Corker and J C Morton to key posts. Waldo S Lafon to the state board. Install Jan 16 at Black Knight Country Club. The chapter donated two books to the Raleigh County Memorial Building library and plans a third book. A talk by librarian Mrs C H Graham followed the election.
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West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
John P. Hindsley
B. B. Corker
J. C. Morton
Cecil Graham
H. A. Walker
John S. Wood
Waldo S. Lafon
Black Knight Country Club
C. H. Graham
Raleigh
Beckley Merchant Fined 650 In Magistrate Court
Herman Samans of Beckley was fined 650 dollars and costs by Magistrate J. P. Meadows after a no contest plea to illegal sale and possession of obscene literature punchboards and fireworks. Police seized pornographic material punchboards sparklers caps and toy pistol items during a raid on 207 McCreery Street.
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Herman Samans
Beckley
J. P. Meadows
Beckley Wholesale Mart, Inc
McCreery Street
Meadows
Samans
Anthony J. Sparacino
C. C. McGraw
Sermons Planned In Service Camps
A preaching mission to 82 Army and Navy camps in the United States will run from January 6 to late February under the theme Christ is the Answer. Organized by the General Commission on Chaplains and the National Council of the Churches of Christ, 148 speakers will participate from Protestant and Eastern Orthodox bodies. The plan calls for missions to begin on Sundays and end the following Friday night with hymn singing urged. A luncheon featured Dr. Jesse M. Bader outlining details, and a message from President Truman stressed strengthening moral and spiritual life of the armed forces.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
General Commission On Chaplains
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S.A
Jesse M. Bader
Council
Joint
Department of Evangelism
Bader
Truman
Duke and Duchess of Windsor mock break up rumors
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived in New York from England and dismissed rumors about their marriage. The duchess called the gossip wishful thinking, while the duke noted that such reports had appeared before. They will spend the holiday season in New York and then travel to Florida.
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Associated Press
New York
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
England
Queen Elizabeth
Florida
Moundsville Women Threaten River Throw Chief Cop
A group of 15 bingo players protested a police edict by warning they would throw Police Chief Raymond C. Gillespie into the Ohio River. Mayor Wilbert Miner had issued a warning to gamblers as bingo faced a crackdown. The chief affirmed that bingo will not be allowed while he serves.
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Moundsville
Chief Cop
Raymond C. Gillespie
Wilbert Miner
Miner
Gillespie
Ohio River
Blood Drive Aids Wounded Men In Korea
Blood donated on December 18 will aid wounded and ill American soldiers in Korea. Women of the Methodist Church announce a goal of 125 pints for the Red Cross Bloodmobile arriving next Tuesday at the Methodist Temple from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Committees are led by Mrs. Ross Newman and others. Pledges may be made by contacting Mrs. Newman.
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Red Cross
Methodist Temple
Ross Newman
D. C. Lynn
T. A. Vermillion
M. M. Ralston
R. P. Whittaker
W. C. Mays
F. W. Roschi
Newman
McComas Man Reported Missing In Action
Pvt Billie J King listed as missing in action in Casualty Report 457 released by the Department of Defense He is son of Fred L King of McComas and associated with McComas service record
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McComas
Department of Defense
Pvt
Billie ‘J. King
Fred L King
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