Japan Warns Russia Overflights Given U S Backing
Tokyo reports Japan with U S support issues ultimatum to Soviet aircraft. Foreign Office cites border violations over Hokkaido and Kurile Strait. Gen Clark orders measures to prevent further intrusions. planes may be shot down if ignored.
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Robert B. Tuckman
TOKYO
Japan
Rusae
Foreign Office
U. S
Russia
Mark
Clark
Far East
Mitsuo Tanaka
Tanaka
Hokkaido
Europe
U.S
Robert Murphy
Gen. Clark
Beckley faces higher insurance rates after fire department shortfall
City officials admit Beckley loses seventh class rating for fire protection, with the state report urging a larger, better located Central Station and a full overhaul. It warns that out of town calls will be canceled until manpower and equipment are added, and details proposed actions including a west side substation, more officers and firefighters, fighting unit readiness, and a formal training program.
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Harriet Allen Beckley
West Virginia Inspection Bureau
Pete Schmeichel
Bureau
Beckley
Con- A
Raper
Hall
West Company
Bernard Marmentin
Martin
Toom
Cencalls
Summers County
Memorial Airport
George Chambers
Raleigh County Court
Chambers
Schmeichel
Tire Marshal
la France
Beckeley Weather Outlook and Fire Safety Report Sparks Debate
Cloudy mild Weather with temps near normal through Wednesday. Rain or snow projected Thursday and Saturday across northern areas, with total precipitation about one third to two thirds inch. Beckley fire dept scrutiny prompts call for automatic alarm system as Bureau faulted city equipment and warning policies.
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West Virginia
Safe Robbers Loot Ferguson Motors for Five to Six Thousand
Robbers escaped with an estimated five to six thousand dollars from Ferguson Motors on State Route 10 outside Logan City. The theft, the fourth safe looting in Logan within a month, involved a cash haul likely equal to several days receipts. State Police could not confirm if the safe was blown or jimmied and a gas booby trap inside had not exploded.
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Logan
Ferguson Motors, Inc
Jay Ferguson
Civil Rights Bills Offered Congress
Washington senators unveiled eight civil rights bills based on Justice Department and 1947 commission recommendations. The package covers poll taxes lynching as a federal crime and tighter segregation in transport, but excludes equal employment opportunity. Humphrey and Ives plan to introduce that provision soon.
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Washington
Justice Department
Presidential Commission
Humphrey D. Minn
Humphrey
Sen
Ives
R-Ny
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Neely Says Ike May Not Keep Campaign Promises
Senator Neely accuses President-elect Eisenhower of signaling a retreat from pledges to liberalize social security for the aged. Ferguson and Rep Brown push Hoover commission plan to study social security, aiming to resume Hoover’s work. Senator Martin defends Ike, saying no effort has been made to back away from campaign commitments.
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Washington
Neely
Wva
Eisenhower
Hoover Study Commission
Sen
Ferguson
Mich
Rep
Brown
Ohio
New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover Commission
Senate
House
Edward Martin
Senate Finance Committee
Nine Soviet Doctors Arrested for Plot Against Leaders
Soviet Tass reports nine doctors, most Jewish, were arrested on charges of harming or killing top leaders on orders from British and American intelligence and Jewish groups. They allegedly caused the deaths of Andrei Zhdanov and Alexander Scherbakov, with others aiming at War Minister Shtemenko and Navy deputy Levchenko. The doctors, all therapeutic specialists except Drinshtein, allegedly undermined patients' health and used faulty diagnoses. Several were named as longtime agents of English intelligence and linked to the Joint distribution organization.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Alexander §. Scherbakov
Tass
jSoviet
Alexander
M_ Shtemenko
Leonid A. Gavorov
Finland
Adm
G. I. Levchenko
Navy
M. S. Vovsi
V. N. Vinogradov
M. B. Kogan
B. B. Kogan
P. I. Yegorov
A . Feldman
A. Etinger
A. M. Drinshtein
G. I. Mayorov
Drinshtein
Vinogradov
Kogan
Yegorov
Vovsi
Feldman
Etinger
Joint
Jewish Joint Distribution Agency
Flu Outbreak Disrupts Schools Across Western States
Flu sweeping Kansas City to New Mexico prompts school closings and high absenteeism. Texas reports no state epidemic yet but isolated areas hit hard. Depauw University in Indiana closes for a week with over 10 percent enrollment ill. Denver area reports twenty percent pupil absence and severe cases needing hospitalization.
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Kansas City
Midwest
Southwest
Texas
George Cox
Missouri
Depauw University
Greencastle
Ind
University Infirmary
New Mexico
Colorado
Denver
West Virginia legislature age study shows average 50 in Senate
Osher C. Parsons of the State Bar Association reports Senate members average 50 and House members 46. Among 32 senators 22 are Democrats and 10 Republicans. House 67 33. Oldest senator, 66, is O. H. Ballard. youngest, 34, Lloyd G. Jackson. House lead with 76 year Charles H. Ambler. 24 year Judson D. McCormick is the youngest in the House. Many lawmakers are Methodists, with varied other occupations and years of service. 493 House members born in West Virginia. The 1953 Legislature convenes for a 60-day session.
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Charleston
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Osher C. Parsons
State Bar Association
Iwho
House
Senate
O. H. Ballard
Mercer
Lloyd G. Jackson
Lincoln
Charles H. Ambler
D-Monongalia
Judson D. McCormick
D-Putnam
Thejbers
Mountain State
William P. C. Perry
D-Telfer
The
Methodist Church
State Senate
Tutheran
Athas Rakelane Bade
Yanks Hammer Rail Lines as China Deploys New Armies
U S. strike force unleashed a 440 plane assault on Communist rail facilities in Northwest Korea. It marked the seventh heavy blow on the Red lifeline in five days as Sabre jets provided cover. Air Force reports indicate two MIG-15s shot down and another probable destroyed, with damage to additional enemy aircraft.
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U. S
Showdown in Oil Cartel Fails to Halt U S Offer
A chaotic U S bid to broker a compromise with Standard Oil of New Jersey and allied oil giants collapsed amid wartime tensions. US, FTC officials pressed for a congressional inquiry as antitrust actions loom. President Truman urged civil remedies, while raids continued across the Korean front with aerial bombardment and ground offensives reported near Sinanju and the Chongchon River.
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Washington
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Sinanju
Chongchon River
Manchuria
China
Stephen J. Spingarn
Federal Trade Commission
Spingarn
U. S
Justice Department
Standard of
New ‘Jersey
Atty
Oil Con Gen. McGraw
Weste
Panies
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Truman
McGranery
Petroleum Giants
Rand
Liquor Store Robbery Reported in Pocahontas County
The State Liquor Control Commission reported that the Cass store in Pocahontas County was robbed last night of 477 dollars. Acting Manager R. W. Taylor was struck in the head by two or three unidentified men who entered about ten minutes before closing at eight o'clock. State police from Marlinton were handling the investigation.
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Charleston A
State Liquor Control’ Commission
Cass
Pocahontas County
Commission
R. W. Taylor
Marlinton
Thrift and Communism May Get the Priority
Eisenhower and top aides open two day session to plan the new administration. Key topics include federal spending cuts, internal security against communism, foreign aid, and reorganization. Nixon calls the meeting helpful as they discuss the budget and Korea stalemate among must address issues.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
New York
Eisenhower High Command
Eisenhower
Pan
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Nixon
Truman
Congress
Americans Adopt German War Orphans Amid Search for Homes
In Frankfurt and West Union reports detail two dark skinned children hitchhiking to new homes in America as responders, including Mrs. Oscar G. Grammer and her husband, seek to adopt Annelise and Eduard and other so called half Negro waifs. The effort aims to place homeless children of American soldiers and German women with willing American families.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Union
O.M
America
Adams County
Ben Happiness
K. Perry
Annelise
Eduard
Oscar G. Grammer
Washington, D. C
Mannheim
Baltimore
Mason County Democrat Ohlinger Cleared of One Charge
Mason County Democratic Chairman Les ter Ohlinger was found not guilty of stealing a 16 foot section of corrugated steel culvert from the State Road Commission. He still faces three other charges in the same case, with Circuit Judge Lewis H. Miller directing the jury yesterday to return a verdict of innocence on the one charge.
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Charleston
Erncr
William C. Marland
Patteson
Joe F. Burdett
State Board of Control
RB. D. Bailey
Esther Heil
A. S. Barksdale, Jr
Walter L
Bil) Hart
C. F
Ned) Smith
Col. W. E. Burchett
Emmett J. Bush
Rosalind C. Fink
Rosemary Hotopp
Burl Sawyers
DB. L. Gainer
William
Eugene Carter
John L. Lewis
George Titler
William Blizzard
J. M. Houchins
Cecil Urbaniak
Herman Stevens
Albert D. Willer
J. Howard Myers
Spencer K. Creal
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Irvin Stewart
Col
J. H Long
Mrs. Bird Formey
J. A. Blackburn
P. M. Snyder
Mason Crickard
William R. Baird
A. W. Paull Sr
M. ©. Angel
Pleasanly
Masons County
Democratic
Lester Ohlinger
Lewis H. Miller
Ohlinger
State Road Commission
City Council Meets Tonight at City Hall in 1953
The city council is scheduled to meet at 7 30 tonight at City Hall in the first meeting of 1953. City recorder Thomas E Bazzarre said only routine business is planned.
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Thomas E. Bazzarre
City Recorder
iLoitering Charge Leads to Arrest in Gauley Bridge
Liae Green, a 66 year old Gauley Bridge resident, was arrested by city police at 3 a m after officers charged her with loitering. She was detained following an approach at the bus terminal.
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Liaiie Green
Gauley Bridge
Sheriff Perry Slain in Kentucky. Rigdon Arrested
State patrol hands cuff on Charles T. Rigdon in Maysville Kentucky as clues race to solve a sheriff slaying. Hunted suspect William White and a station attendant failed to identify Rigdon. Bloodhounds from Huntington, West Virginia used in hunt. Perry was a 20 year veteran of Gary police before moving home to Adams County.
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Rigdon
Adams County
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio
Perry
Gary
Ind
Bentonville
Man Detonates Hazardous Device, Two Injured
Weston residents reported a fatal outcome and two serious injuries after Denzel Raymond McCray allegedly created a human hazardous device and detonated it. Witnesses recall him displaying strapped materials moments before the blast.
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Weston
Denzel Raymond McCray
McCray
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