Reds Conquer Yikiangshan Island Invasion
Red Chinese forces with about 70 ships including 20 warships seized Yikiangshan, a Nationalist outpost near the Tachens, after landing at 2:30 p.m. and completing capture two hours later. Beijing hailed the victory while Chiang Kai-shek convened top generals in Taipei as U.S. fleets monitored.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Yikiangshan
Peiping
Tokyo
Red Radio
Radio Press Agency
Yiklangshan
Toumen Island
Toumen
Guer
Rillas
Tachens
Chiang Kai-shek
Beckley faces loss from move of Induction Station to Charleston
Beckley may lose at least 250000 yearly to business life if the Beckley Main Examining and Induction Station is moved to Charleston on July 1. Consolidation would affect 8 officers 25 enlisted and 3 civilians with $155200 in salaries and about 75000 in related losses. The Beckley center on Prince Street would relocate with meals and rents in Charleston reducing local economic activity and requiring reassignment of personnel.
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Beckley
Charleston
Beckley Main
Armed Forces Center
Fairmont
Ashland
Beckley Center
Prince St
Beckley Newspaper Corp
A. A. Farmer
C. J. Ford
Army
Navy
Air Force
WAC
Court House
Lewisburg
Bluefield
Welch
Logan
Alexandria
Baltimore
Beckley Station
School Bus Routes Threatened By Old Eccles Road
Old Eccles Road threatens school bus runs as impassable conditions force cancellations. Jeff Spangler, transportation supervisor, notes two four mile routes serving Beckley Junior High, Woodrow Wilson High, and Mabscott Elementary. extra effort made to bring high school pupils for semester tests. Road needs drainage and an all weather surface. adding a bus costs about 6400 dollars. State crews scraped road, but ice and red dog slate worsened travel. Beckley mail route also affected per Postmaster Fray Lilly.
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Eccles
Jeff Spangler
Four Mile
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Mabscott
Spangler
State Road Commission
Fray Lilly
SRC
Sentencing Set for Sisters in Petit Larceny Pleas
Two sisters, Virginia Garner of Carlisle and Gloria Jones of Charleston, pleaded guilty or no contest to petit larceny in Criminal Court. Sentencing is deferred to 10 a.m. February 15. both remain on bond. Other docket items include a breach of peace dismissal for Mary White and moonshine possession and knife murder cases slated for Wednesday.
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Carlisle
Virginia Garner
Gloria Jones
Charleston
Mary White
Roy A. Cunningham
George Breckenridge
Mariscott
Eugene Venable
East Beckley
Bowles
Underwood
R Tyler
Boards of Education
Justice of the Peace
Beckley Planning Commission Holds Special Session on Hash Furniture Remodel
The Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission will meet in special session at 4 p.m. today to review remodeling plans for the former Hash Furniture Co. at 112 Main. A Quality Lumber and Supply Co. representative, the remodeling contractor, will present the proposals to the City Hall members.
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Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission
Hash Furniture Co
Main
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
Judge McCreery to end courthouse “short cut” traffic
Judge Harry L. McCreery halted a proceeding in Criminal Court when a young woman walked through the courtroom en route to the Prosecuting Attorney’s office. He ordered her to sit and said he would stop the disruptive practice of people passing through during court, vowing to put an end to it.
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Harry L. McCreery
Europe hit by blizzards floods death toll 17
Western Europe and the British Isles faced blizzards hurricane winds and floods with at least 17 dead. Germany saw 11 lives lost as Rhine and Mosel floods threatened Bonn and Cologne cathedrals. Thousands evacuated, ships warned, and 70,000 Highlanders cut off by snow in Caithness and Sutherland.
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London
Europe
British Isles
Germany
Rhine
Mosel
Ing
Bonn
Cologne
Bavaria
North Sea
Scotland
Royal Navy
Caithness and
Sutherland
J. W. Georgeson
Caithness
Glens
England
Denmark
Ligurian Sea
Gulf of Genoa
Italian Alps
France
Seine
Rhone
West Virginia Weather Forecast With Snow Across Counties
Cloudy cold conditions spread through West Virginia with snow in the south and central areas tonight and again Friday. Temperatures run three to five degrees below normal for the next five days, with total precipitation from a half inch in the south to under a quarter inch in the north. Normal temperatures are 33 in the north and 36 in the south, with varying river and reservoir conditions noted in Beckley Oak Hill and nearby locations.
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W. VA
West Virginia
Beckleyan's Sister Dies in Morgantown
Mrs. John O. Knapp 60 wife of West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Division director died last night at her home in Morgantown. She was born Mary Gertrude Meadows of Princeton, W Va. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs John Bolling Summersville N J Peggy Knapp at home a son Dr J O Knapp Jr Morgantown dentist one sister Mrs William Gadd Beckley and a brother Lt Col Anderson Meadows US Army in Germany. Funeral services and burial will be held here Thursday.
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Morgantown
John O. Knapp
West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Division
Knapp
Mary Gertrude Meadows
Princeton
W. Va
John Bolling
Summersville
N.J
Peggy Knapp
J. O. Knapp Jr
William Gadd
Beckley
Col
Anderson Meadows
U. S. Army
Germany
Lanark Man Sentenced for Burglary at New River Co Powder House
Carl Lester Cousins of Lanark was sentenced to one to ten years in the State Penitentiary by Judge Harry L. McCreery after being found guilty of breaking and entering the New River Co powder house at Stanaford during the October term of Criminal Court. He was represented by James H. Rowland, appointed in place of ill attorney W. A. Thornhill.
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Carl Lester Cousins
Lanark
Harry L. McCreery
Cousins
New River Co
Stanaford
James H. Rowland
W. A. Thornhill
Indictment Against Owen Lattimore Dismissed
U S District Judge Luther Youngdahl dismissed a new indictment accusing Owen Lattimore of perjury for denying he followed the Communist line. The ruling argued the charges were too vague to permit a defense and noted the matter may be appealed by the government.
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Washington
U.S
Luther Youngdahl
Owen Lattimore
Youngdahl
Clattimore
Lattimore
Welfare Ministry to limit movie theater hours in Tokyo
The Welfare Ministry considers a 24 hour cap on cinema showings to address long hours for Japanese audiences, potentially ending the popular triple feature.
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Tokyo
New Bills Submitted to Legislature Increase in Boards of Review
Charleston bill aims to expand the county board of review to seven members including a county education representative and municipal delegates. It establishes an advisory panel, annual reviews, and periodic reassessment of real estate beginning 1956.
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Charleston
Board of Renew
Hea Ee
Wesod
House
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
del. Bowles
Dhanawha
Board of Review
County Board of Education
Bowles
Underwood
Legislative
Board of Control
State Board of Education
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Legislative Service Bureau
Committee On Government and Finance
Scanes
D-Harrison
Smith
D-Putnam
Daw
Costa Rican Battlefront Quiet With Fighter Planes Arrival
SAN JOSE Costa Rica The war front quieted after four U S fighter planes arrived to bolster President Jose Figueres forces Two rebel planes reportedly used by the insurgents flew to Nicaragua and were seized by the Nicaraguan government The government says calm prevails and a major push may be planned in the Santa Rosa area near the frontier The OAS probes Nicaragua involvement and Somoza denies any part in the fighting
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San Jose
Costa Rica
U.S
Jose Figueres
Nicaragua
Santa Rosa
OAS
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
ATG
Rivas
United States
San Antonio
Tex
Antonio Facio
Washington
International Soundphoto
Texan Pleads Guilty To Sweetheart Murder
Keith Petersen 26 son of a Dallas utility executive pleaded guilty in the 1949 murder of Carolyn Schofield. Judge Henry King sentenced him to life imprisonment after defense and state agreement to drop the death penalty and count five years in a state mental hospital toward the term.
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Dallas
Keith Petersen
Petersen
Carolyn Schofield
Henry King
Legislature Clears Path for State Park Development Plan
The 52nd West Virginia Legislature quickly passes a measure enabling revenue bond financing for state park facilities. Gov. Marland urged prompt action, and both houses approve without dissent, pairing the project with a broader multi park program. The plan expands a 690000 lodge and cabin project at Cacapon into a 2.0 million development across four parks. The act waives three reading requirements and skips committee ref. Other agenda includes centennial commission plans and highway study reports.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Marland
Conservation Department
Cacapon State Park
West Virginia Centennial Commission
del. Chilton
D-Kanawha
Road Commission
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Chiang Kaiehek
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
Pescadores
John H. Noble
New York
Russia
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Nobel
John
Harrisburg
Wilkes - Barre
Ashworth-Farmer
Marine Corps
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Second Army Recruiting District
Second Army
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Ohio
Ruth Satterfield
Jack Burge
Kyle Anderson
Burge
Anderson
Satterfield
Beckley High
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Beckleyan
Japan
Boards of Review
Son
R-Morgan
Drewry
D-Mcdowell
State Labor Department
Commission On Fair Employment
Walker
Loop
Holderby
R-Cabell
Schupbach
D-Wetzel
Seibert
Watson
Marion
Janice Heston
Hammond
Marion County
Costa Rican
Figueres
el Coco
Organization of American States
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Sweetheart
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Moats
R-Ritchie
del. Beneke
Senate
Bean
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Judice
Jackson
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