Lawmakers See Fight For House Chair In Charleston
Pre caucus maneuvering for House speaker and Senate president heated as 1919 legislature gathers. File and Flannery lead the House race with Woodyard in play. Johnston Hardesty and McKown vie for Senate presidency. Governor elect Meadors remains hands off while salary talks spark opposition.
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Flannery
House
Associated Press
Charleston
House of Delegates
Senate
William Fil File
Raleigh
E. Flannery
Patteson
Urge Reorganization of State Health Dept Acsociated Mrace
A call for reorganizing the state health department surfaces in a public appeal. The message emphasizes structural overhaul and leadership changes to improve public health administration.
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State Health Dept
West Virginia News Briefs Pack Dense Local Items
Morgantown to kick off first semester exams January 15 and second term starts January 7. WVU extension dairy schools set February 7 in Wheeling, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Charleston, and Hinton. Charleston police nab 93 for contraband in raids. Wheeling reports 1948 building permits total $3.6 million, up over 1947. State Medical Association proposes a nine member health board and a 200 bed hospital. licensing would shift to a separate board. Wheeling Minor Judiciary Association meets January 22–23 in Charleston. Huntington funeral set for Claude M. Morrison, 76, O J Morrison chain owner. Wheeling’s John Zimmerman, 15, electrocuted near town after climbing a high tension line.
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West Virginia University Extension Service
G. Heebink
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Charleston
Hinton
West Virginia State Medical Association
State Health Department
Sheath
Ogue Denlisk
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Board
West Virginia Minor Judiciary Association
John V. Moran
Mrs Rose Warren Condition Unchanged at Raleigh General
Mrs Rose Harlow Warren of 320 North Kanawha Street remains in unchanged condition at Raleigh General Hospital after suffering a stroke Saturday morning. She is mother to Mrs Charles Flodel and Harlow Warren, with whom she resides.
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Rose Warren
Raleigh General’ Hospital
Rose Harlow Warren
North
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Warren
Charles Flodel
Harlow Warren
Five Die as B 26 Crashes Near Osaka Factory
Two American airmen and three Japanese were killed when a B 26 collided with a factory near Osaka during a training mission from Atami base. One plane returned safely to base while the other crashed into the factory, injuring 23 Japanese workers.
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Osaka
Air Force
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Gun battle leaves constable and farmer dead after quarrel
In Pleasant Grove township near Lerna, Constable Arthur Bloomstrom age 60 was fatally shot by farmer Lawrence Niendick who then killed himself. Niendick’s wife Emma and daughter Margaret were treated for head injuries. Niendick’s son Richard aided and led officers to the scene. Police fired into the Niendick home and used tear gas and grenades before Niendick was found dead from a chest wound.
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Charleston
Coles County
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Lawrence Niendick
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Lerna
Pleasant Grove Township
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Charleston Hospital
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Richard
al Barga
Britain moves more troops into the Mediterranean
Britain concentrates warships and troops in the tense Mediterranean after protest over a shooting incident involving Israeli forces. British deployments include an air craft carrier and a cruiser recalled from patrols, with forces moved to Cyprus Aqaba and Trans Jordan. Israel protests the landing and a UN liaison discusses the response.
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Communist Failure In Berlin Appears Even To Reds
Gen. Lucius D. Clay reported the Berlin elections show Soviet tactics failing to win public support. He noted the communist party in western Berlin is nearly disintegrated and that the Soviet occupation power faces political setback amid rising German nationalism and cautions about occupation costs.
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Associated Press
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U. S
Germany
Western
Clay
Socialist Units
Socialist Unity Party
Bertin
Mauna Loa Quiet After Weekend Eruption
Mauna Loa in Hawaii National Park rests again after a weekend eruption. Snow blanketed the upper slopes while the lava flow cooled from bright red to gray and smoke diminished, signaling a return to dormancy.
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Associated Press
Hawaii National Park
Mauna Loa
Mills Attends Sheriff Meeting In Charleston
Raleigh County's new sheriff Okey Mills attends a State Sheriffs' Association meeting at the courthouse in Charleston. Grover Combs of Logan County serves as president. The group plans potlines to implement in counties.
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Okey Mills
Sheriffs’ Association
Court House
Charleston
Grover Combs
Logan ‘County
Acheson Nominated for Secretary of State Faces Senate Scrutiny
Secretary of State nominee Dean Acheson faces expected Senate questions over his foreign policy views and ties to former officials. GOP critics may press on his leftist labels and Hiss connections while Democrats weigh his potential to shape the 1952 presidential race.
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Associated Press
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Truman
Bean Acheson
Acheson
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
Wherry
Nebraska
Russia
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Aljeer Hiss
State Department
the Treasury
Congress
Doctor Clyde A. Smith to address Raleigh nurses group
Dr Clyde A Smith of Beckley will discuss care of the premature infant at a Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Society meeting held in the nurses home on Woodlawn Avenue Tuesday at 7 30 p m Mrs Belva Jones will lead devotionals and hostesses include Mrs Ivanita Buckland Mrs Madlin Vaughn Mrs Roxanna Wood and Miss Alice White
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Clyde A. Smith
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Society
Woodlawn Avenue
Belva Jones
Ivanita Buckland
Madlin Vaughn
Roxanna Wood
Alice White
Dr A D Belton to Conduct Prenatal Clinic
Dr A D Belton will operate the prenatal clinic at the Raleigh County Health Department on Wednesday afternoon from 1 30 to 3 30. The event targets the local Negro community and aims to provide prenatal care and guidance.
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A.D. Belton
A. D. Belton
Raleigh County
Magnuson Denies Rumor Of Marriage To Actress Heiress
Senator Warren G Magnuson of Washington dismisses reports he wed a 25 year old actress heiress as completely absurd He says he learned of the gossip while delayed by a winter storm on his return to Washington after a trip from Seattle to the capital.
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West Coast
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Toni Seven
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San Francisco
Attempted Rape Charge Preferred in Raleigh County
John Lilly, 62, of Piney View, held in Raleigh County Jail on attempted rape of a 12 year old girl. attack alleged Saturday night. case to Grand Jury. Chester K. Hughes paid $25 fine and costs for reckless driving on State Route 41. Jessie Gillenwater held in Raleigh County jail on a feronians assault charge. Carl Thornton paid fine for drunkenness after settling old check warrant.
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Piney View
Raleigh
Lilly
Raleigh County Court
Chester K. Hughes
Tanark
T. N. Therman
Jessie Gillenwater
Beaver
Carl Thornton
Wildwood Avenue
Beckley
J. P. Meadows
Wright Brothers Not First What Next
A Soviet youth paper claims Russia, not the Wright brothers, flew the first power driven heavier than air machine. It cites a July 1882 monoplane designed by A F Mozhalszky and piloted by Golubev, with Russian war ministry witnesses, an amphibian craft, and asserts a 21 year lead over Orville and Wilbur Wright.
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Moscow
Comitunist
Wright Brothers
Kowsomo Pravda
A. F. Mozhalszky
Golubev
Orville
Wiltbur Wright
Raleigh County Grand Jury picks foreman and fills vacancies
C. A. Phillips of Sophia was named foreman by Judge W. A. Riffe. W. L. Humphrey and W. F. Wats named jury commissioners to select six replacement jurors for absent members. New jurors include Fred Mersham, Frank Vaughn, C. C. Watson, Ivan Bowling, Harr y U L Crawford Jr and Eugene Larrick Jr. The jury will consider indictments in over 40 cases and add the Billy Sallie theft case from Eccles involving a Radin Cab found on Harper Road.
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Sophia
Raleigh County
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W. A. Riffe
W. L. Humphrey
W. F. Wats
Fred Meresham
Frank Vaughn
C. C. Watson
Ivan Bowling
Harry UL. Crawford, Jr
Eugene Larrick
Charlie Adams
Edwight
Chris Burgess
Clear Creek
R. C. Bryant
Shady Spring
J. W. Blair
R. A. Washington
East Gaull
Billy Sallie
Eccles
Harper Road
Nationalists Deny Truce Mediation Report
Chiang Kai-shek’s government denied reports that the United States Britain France and Russia had been asked to mediate the Chinese civil war stoic government. Unofficial sources say the four powers were asked to seek a settlement as Nationalists fall behind the Reds in three year conflict.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China
United States
Britain
France
Russia
16-Year-Old Crime Comics Addict Held in Slaying
A 16-year-old boy from Wynnefield near Philadelphia is held on a homicide charge for the stabbing and beating death of 12-year-old Ellis Simons. Police say the youth admitted the killing in a court statement and described a struggle after inviting the boy to his home. Investigators found blood and a blood-stained pair of scissors, plus shelves of crime comics in the suspect’s room. Simons remains were found behind a garage after being reported missing by his father. The suspect, son of Morris Lavin of Toms River, said he feared an electric chair as the case proceeds.
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Philadelpiha
Ellis Simons
Wynnefield
Palice
Levin
Vbungeods
Richardson
Simons
Stanley Simons
Satuday
Radio Patroman
Carmen Santaniella
Erwin, iMock
Homicide
Mack
Morris Lavin
Toms River, N. J
Sheriff C C Lewis Improves at Home in St Daniels
Former Raleigh County sheriff C C Lewis who has had a kidney infection for two weeks is reported by his wife to be in improved condition at his home in St Daniels.
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C.C. Lewis
C. C. Lewis
Raleigh County
St Daniels
Weather Outlook For Beckley Area
Cloudy and cooler with rain in the north and mixed precipitation in the south. Expect a drop in temperatures tonight into Tuesday with wind and possible sleet or snow. precipitation this 24 hour period ends around 1 a.m. Rivers Greenbrier and New River close to normal and slightly muddy.
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Greenbrier
Newal
Bellei Point
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