MPs Active Again as Armed Forces Grow a Necessary Evil
Nation girds for Korea era threats as military police return to trains airports and stations. Ex paratroopers CPL James E Dodrill and Alonzo W Taylor both from Beckley and Summersville are shown in photos as MPs, recalled to duty after serving in Occupied Germany and the Pacific. William L Simons Spencer Chamber chief resigns to focus on private business.
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Korea
Taylor
Navy
Norfolk
Western
Wake Island
Cincinnati
82Nd Airborne
Germany
James E. Dodrill
West Virginia
Pie
Alonzo W. Taylor
East Beckley
Army
Summers Jrm
Pocahontas
Ville
32Nds
Pacific
U. S. Army
Nobel Winner Urges Self Interest Before Neighbor Love
A 79 year old Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell argues that inner peace comes from self love, not neighborly affection. He notes old ideas from the Old Testament and Middle Ages hinder progress, compares the atom bomb to the Black Death, and plans a forthcoming book on resolving internal conflict.
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Associated Press
London
Bertrand Russell
Russell
Richmond
River Thames
Times
Mankind
Earth
State economy outpaces last year in May report
West Virginia’s economy shows gains over the 1950 period for five months ending May across coal output, manufacturing, employment, wages, retail sales, power, lumber and construction. Coal production reached 87.946 million tons vs 52.935 million a year earlier. May output 14.15 million tons, up from 13.837 million. Labor force at 535,000 in May, up 17,000 from last year. manufactured products valued at 703.6 million dollars, up 12 percent.
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West Virginia
Federal jobs climb faster outside Washington area
The Civil Service Commission reported that Federal employment rose nine percent outside the Washington metropolitan area in the first quarter, surpassing the seven percent increase inside the capital region. California leads with about 236,000 federal workers, while numbers for New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Illinois follow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Civil Service Commission
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Texas
Taft urges green light for Nationalist troops in China
Senator Taft of Ohio called to unleash Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist forces against Communist China, urging Republican members of the Senate inquiry committees into MacArthur's ouster to endorse enforcing the general's proposal. He spoke amid ongoing ceasefire moves in Korea.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tatt
Ohio
United States
Formosa
Korea
China
Taft
Senate
Douglas “Mac.Arthur
Macthur
Chiang Kai-shek
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Bluefield
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Elier E. E. Bryant
Lurich
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Hermine Blvd
San Antonio
Tex
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Naval
San Diego
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Roanoke
NS A& W
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Wwac
Hallie Kilpatrick
High Point N. C
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Pre. Taylor
Alma H. Johnson
Navy Ymca
Charleston
State Chamber of Commerce
U. S
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