May May Soon Take First Place in Coal Production
Russia's industry shows steady gain as the USSR and United States trade growth in major outputs. Output in 1954 boosted steel coal cement petroleum and electric power while U.S. steel and coal fell. Power gains favored the United States, underscoring divergent paths in the Cold War economy. Golden C. Chinn of Huntington faces Feb. 14 tax evasion trial in U.S. District Court.
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PB Register
Beckley
W. Va
Wheeling
Golden C. Chinn
Huntington
U. S
Chinn
China
Mittee
Soviet Communist Party
United States
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U.S
U.3 S.S.R
America
Kremlin
Kovacs Color TV Satire Ponders Network Breakthrough
New York viewers praise Ernie Kovacs as a top TV satirist famed for visual gags on the DuMont One Minute Please. His Ernie Kovacs Show airs locally on WABD two weekly slots, with a forthcoming NBC color advertisement tied to a major auto sponsor.
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New York
Ernie Kovacs
DuMont Network
Kovacs
WABD
Edith Adams
NBC
Motorama
Research aid proposed in three year program
Washington senator Hi says he and Senator Bridges will seek congressional approval for a new three year federal aid program funding research into the causes of fatal and crippling diseases including cancer heart disease and mental illnesses.
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Washington
Dala
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Movie industry eyes new screens and old story power
In 1954 the film business bets on large curved screens and directional sound paired with strong storytelling. Studios cut titles to fund bigger productions, while TV film shorts rise. Attendance recovers from 1946 lows, with box office hitting 1.317 billion dollars and foreign markets expanding. Paramount’s White Christmas leads with domestic rentals, followed by Caine Mutiny. Gone With the Wind remains a perennial earner.
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Hollywood
Paramount
U.S
Columbia
Canadian Radar Station in Pine Tree Chain
Reporters tour a Pine Tree chain radar station atop a cold Ontario hill staffed by 280 Canadian Air Force personnel. The line, partly US funded, coordinates interceptor jets CF100 while planning a 55th parallel line and a future Arctic chain to defend North America against northern air attacks.
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Ontario
North America
United States
Canada
55Th Parallel
Arctic
Convertiplane Flies from New Castle to Media Pa
A Transcendental Aircraft Corp convertiplane from New Castle Delaware completed a first flight to Media Pennsylvania. The L-6 lifted vertically on two 17 foot rotors then tilted forward for forward flight. Designed for 150 mph, the project drew Air Force funding in 1952 and 1953 led by E. Burke Wilford.
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New York
Transcendental Aircraft Corp
New Castle
Del
Media
E. Burke Wilford
Merion
Wilford
Air Force
Ed Wynn divorce filing prepared in California
Ed Wynn, 68, comedian, faces a divorce complaint from his third wife Dorothy Nesbitt, 44, of New York. She alleges extreme cruelty and says a property settlement is arranged. The couple wed in Las Vegas on July 31, 1946.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Ed Wynn
Dorothy Elizabeth Nesbitt
New York
Las Vegas
Nev
Gloria Swanson Plans Broadway Musical of Sunset Boulevard
Gloria Swanson, the 56 year old silent film star and Sunset Boulevard comeback star, plans a Broadway musical version of the movie. Richard Shapely and Richard Hughes are writing the score, a friend says.
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Hollywood
Gloria Swanson
Richard Shapely
Richard Hughes
New Lead in Rubinstein Murder Probe
New information surfaced in the Serge Rubinstein murder case as investigators conducted a four hour inspection of the slain playboy’s Fifth Avenue home. Assistant District Attorney Alexander Herman and Deputy Chief Inspector Edward T. Feeley questioned relatives and servants while sending detectives to search outside the city for new witnesses.
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New York
Serge Rubinstein
Asst. Dist
Alexander Herman
Dep
Edward T. Feeley
Sth Avenue
Herman
Feeley
Rubenstein
Rubinstein
Dewey Rules Out 1960 Bid Without Eisenhower
Former Gov Thomas E Dewey said there is not a chance in the world he will run for president if President Eisenhower does not seek reelection He told New York Daily News Inquiring Photographer he would rather enjoy his family theater trips and farm weekends and practice law without emergencies beyond his current life
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Thomas E. Dewey
Eisenhower
Dewey
New York Daily News
Tom Dewey
Student Gets the Apology From President Eisenhower
Elaine Solgat a Reese High School junior earned a personal apology from President Eisenhower after she copied his 7700 word State of the Union by hand as punishment for talking in class. She finished in a week on 33 pages and received the note: To Elaine Solgat With profound apologies for the length of this speech. Best wishes from Dwight D Eisenhower. She called him a nice president saying others wouldn’t bother.
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Reese, Mich
Elaine Solgat
Eisenhower
Elaine
Reese High School
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Demos Consider Convention Life
Democrats open talks with cities bidding to host the 1956 national convention. Chicago and Philadelphia lead bids while Atlantic City is ruled out due to vacation crowds. The GOP selects a date and city on February 17. Democratic tentative date is August 13.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Philadelphia
GOP National Committee
Atlantic City
European Commander Seeks More Armor for Mobility in Atomic Era
Lt. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, new commander of U S Army in Europe, requests additional armor to boost mobility for atomic warfare. He said the atomic era requires more armored units and carriers for infantry, potentially creating another complete armored division in Germany and reallocating existing forces.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Anthony C. McAuliffe
U. S. Army
Europe
McAuliffe
Washington
Postmaster Again in Charleston After 20 Years
Mack R. Mathews became temporary post master of Charleston on Monday, a role he held from 1928 to 1933. He will take a second oath of office early in the day as the post office expands from 130 to about 340 employees. Mathews, operator of Mathews Storage Co. and former Charleston city manager, will serve until a permanent appointment is made, replacing Julius W. Singleton who had succeeded him in 1933.
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Charleston
Mack R. Mathews
Mathews
Mathews Storage Co
Julius W. Singleton
Japs Begin Training for U S Submarine Program
Eighty four Japanese officers and enlisted men arrived in San Francisco and boarded a plane to New London Connecticut for six months training in American submarines. They belong to Japan s new maritime defense force and may return with an American submarine loaned under the mutual defense assistance program.
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San Francisco
New London
Neighbors Adopt Blind Veteran Who Won Medal of Honor
Jose Reyes, a World War II veteran blinded in 1944 and Medal of Honor recipient, was adopted at age 40 by Los Angeles area couple Leonard and Olive Greensfelder. The adoption was approved by Superior Judge Georgia Bullock in a tearful ceremony. Reyes, born in Guanajuato Mexico and raised in a San Antonio orphanage, served with the 2nd Armored Division under Gen. Patton, later earning multiple honors including the Presidential Unit Citation and Bronze Star. Reyes and his wife Angela live in Lynwood with their lead dog General Patton, a relationship that grew from friendship to family.
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Jose Reyes
Mamma
Daddy
Court of Superior
Georgia Bullock
Guanavato
Mexico
San Antonio
Combat Engineers
2Nd Armored Division
George S. Patton Jr
Africa
Italy
Reyes
Lynwood
Angela
Patton
Leonard W. Greensfelder
Los Angeles City
Olive Rose
124 Million Tax Hike Demanded by Harriman
Gov. Averell Harriman sent a record 1.345 billion budget to the Legislature and urged tax increases totaling 124 million dollars. He proposed 11 percent income tax rise, 2 cents more per gallon gasoline tax, 3 cents more diesel, 33 1-3 percent on unincorporated business earnings, and 9 percent on corporate profits. Automatic rises on 1954 earnings follow vetoes to hold taxes flat.
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Albany
N.Y
Averell Harriman
Coal Pipeline Slated For Construction Soon
Wheeling reports a new 115 mile coal pipeline planned between Cleveland and Georgetown Ohio. The line would crush coal to powder mix with water and pump under pressure then dry at the receiving point. Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co have led years of experiments and expect contracts to be signed soon.
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Wheeling
R. L. DeChant
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Cleveland
Georgetown
Ohio
Here
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Cleveland Electric Illuminating
DeChant
Court Orders Recount In Cabell County Judge Race
The Supreme Court ordered Cabell County to reconvene as canvassers to recount the November vote for the county domestic relations judge. Judge Frank Eaton, the incumbent Republican nominee, was declared the loser by 30 votes in a unanimous decision by Judge James B. Riley.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Cabell County
James B. Riley
Frank Eaton
Five Dunked Rescuing Pup
CHICAGO Everybody except Grandma got cold and wet trying to rescue 11 year old Meno Bush's puppy King from the Calumeni Sag Canal. The pup playing with his master rushed onto the ice and fell in. Meno and a couple of pals Warren Skoglund 10 and Jim Alfano 14 watched him scramble onto a floating piece of ice. Warren and Meno stepped out onto the ice to rescue King. The ice gave way and both boys went into water up to their knees. Jim took charge and ordered them home for dry clothes. He and a passer by started out on the ice for the rescue. Both fell in. Meno's mother Mrs Florence Bush 29 got there about that time and fell in too. But Meno's grandma Mrs Marie Young 49 who arrived on the scene with some blankets took one look and stayed on the shore. The boys finally got a long stick and pushed the floating piece of ice carrying King next to a larger piece. The thoroughly chilled pup hopped from one to the other and to safety.
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Chicago
Grandma
Meno Bush
King
Meno
Warren Skoglund
Jim Alfano
Warren
Jim
Florence Bush
Marie Young
Soviets Renew Offer For Unified Germany
Izvestia amplifies Russia claim for a unified Germany that would not join any military bloc. It aligns with Eden's Berlin plan but bars joining the North Atlantic Alliance, opposing postwar blocs while supporting internationally supervised elections in all Germany.
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Moscow
Izvestia Today
Russia
Germany
Anthony Eden
Berlin
Izvestia
Soviet Union
West Germany
France
United States
Breakfast Now Served To Chicago Students
Chicago high schools began a breakfast program in cafeterias with meals of bacon eggs milk and toast priced just over 30 cents. Cafeterias will open 45 minutes before classes, under the direction of Frank O Warsham, director of school lunchrooms. Chicago is among the early cities to offer school breakfasts.
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Chicago
Frank O. Warsham
Warsham
Gov Williams invited to inspect nudist camp near Battle Creek
Lansing Mich Pending state legislation to ban nudist camps, Governor G Mennen Williams was invited to inspect Sunshine Gardens a nudist camp near Battle Creek by owner Elmer J Adams who said we have nothing to hide Williams declined the invitation saying he would not accept.
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Lansing
Mich
G. Mennen Williams
Sunshine Gardens
Battle Creek
Elmer J. Adams
Alma Coal Co. Files Bankruptcy Petition in U S District Court
The Standard Alma Coal Co of Surosa Mingo County filed a bankruptcy petition in U S District Court listing debts around 78000 dollars and assets near 26000 dollars. Also filing a bankruptcy petition.
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Huntington
Standard Alma Coal Co
Surosa
Mingo County
U.S. District Court
Hedrick Proposes Bills on Fees Rights and Public Safety
Legislative hopper details bills from Hedrick and others. Proposals include compensation for Hartzel estate after a tar damage incident in Mannington on June 17, 1954, clerical salary raises, licensing of multi bed institutions, auto license plates for National Guard, juror reforms, court and police labor rules, and state advertising rate increases. Also Senate bill to void remainder interests during joint lives.
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Hedrick
Marion
Lonnie Hartzel
Mannington
State Road Commission
Marchand
Monongalia
Monongalia County
Nuckols
Raleigh
Ballard
Mercer
West Virginia
Keister
Harrison
Secretary of State
Maxwell
D-Harrison
Loop
D-Kanawha
Gilmore
D-Tucker
Wright
D-Berkeley
Francis
National Guard
Schupbach
D-Wetzel
Seibert
R-Ohio
Hutchinson Man Woodrow Browning Lists Liabilities
Monday was Woodrow Browning of Hutchinson in Logan County who listed liabilities of about $1,600 and assets of $118.
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Woodrow Browning
Hutchinson
Logan County
Ex Red Says Testimony Was Prompted by Cohen
Former Communist witness Harvey Matusow says he gave false testimony in the trial of 13 leaders and that Roy M Cohen, then an assistant U S attorney, helped prepare his evidence. Cohn, later Senate subcommittee chief counsel, told reporters he saw Matusow in a law office with FBI agents and declined comment.
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New York
Harvey Matusow
Roy M. Cohen
U.S
Cohn
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
FBI
Europe
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