Platform Terms Toned Down To Prevent Walkout
Chicago dispatch notes Democrats seek unity at the convention as platform drafts on civil rights foreign policy and labor are refined. The civil rights plank reworks 1948 language to broaden voting and equal opportunity while avoiding hard proposals that upset Southern delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harkinson
Chicago
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Herbert Lehman
New York
Senate
Partial Platform OfDemocrats 1952 Foreign Policy Labor
Chicago dispatch outlines proposed 1952 Democratic platform planks on foreign policy national defense and labor. It advocates peace with honor through a strengthened United Nations and allied cooperation in Europe the Pacific and Near East South Asia along with a stronger Point Four program to aid development and world trade. It supports strong balanced defense forces and rejects defeatist views. It calls for repeal of Taft Hartley law and legislation enabling fair presidential handling of serious labor disputes affecting national safety and welfare.
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Chicago
United Nations
Europe
Pacific
Near
South Asia
Weather Update For Beckley And Surrounding Areas
Hot with scattered afternoon thunder showers and tonight’s scattered storms. Low temperatures expected between 66 and 74. Thursday to bring considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions. Temperatures, river stages, and reservoir readings noted for Beckley Oak Hill Glade Creek and Greenbrier area with generally below normal or normal stages and clear conditions.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill High
Beliepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Lunacy Hearing Sought For ousted Fairmont Doctor
Dr Luella Raab Mundel sits in Marion County jail amid reports of a lunacy hearing postponed to allow relatives’ consultation. Wounds from alleged assault precede a civil slander case and a related dispute linked to an art teacher’s firing. The case ties to Mrs Barnitz and court actions across Fairmont, with local police detailing a sealed apartment and a gas-like odor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Luella Raab Mundel
Marion County
County Mental Hygiene Commission
Marion County Mental Hygiene Commission
Mundel
Tusce Morris
Fairmont State College
Thelma B.’ Loydin
State Board of Education
Jeanne Barnitz
Eric Barnitz
John Austin
Dr. Munde
D. K. West
Polio cases rise to 28 in Raleigh County health alert
Dr J M Coram, Raleigh County health doctor, urged caution as polio cases reached 28, up two. He advised parents to keep children from crowds, watch sanitation, and limit trips, meals, and swimming while stressing rest. He recalled 1940 clinics and Morris Memorial Hospital capacity, noting most cases are infantile paralysis.
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Raleigh County
J. M. Coram
Coram
Kat
Raleigh
Morris Memorial Hospital
Ihen
Morris Memorial
Noth
Patricia Ann Williams
Charles Williams
Lillybrook
Randy Snuffer
W. D. Snuffer
Mabscott
Norman Larry Hylton
Bige Hylton
Stotesbury
N. H. Dyer
Charleston
West Virginia
McDowell County
Dyer
McDowell
Mercer County
Cabell
Urgent Need for Baby Cribs in Raleigh County
Milton in Morris Memorial Hospital seeks baby cribs for ill children and poliomyelitis suspects. Raleigh County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports only one crib available. A Marmet patient, the 26th polio victim, awaits admission. Call Rosemary Fleshman at 6312 by day or 2-1086 after 5 p.m., or Mrs. Carl Price at 4636 to donate.
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Milton
Morris Memorial Hospital
Raleigh County
National Foundation For
Rosemary Fleshman
Stotesbury
Marmet
Fleshman
Carl Price
Sophian On Trial In Federal Court
Franklin David Miller of Sophia faces a federal trial for transporting a stolen automobile from Baltimore to Sophia. FBI testimony links the car to Arkansas thief Herschel Doyle Scott, who fled a county farm during a local sentence. Meanwhile Loyal Z. Assad from Brenton was found guilty of breaking and entering the Corinne Post Office this year.
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Faanklin David Miller
Sophia
United States District Court
Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Arkansas
Herschel Doyle Scott
Loyal Z. Assad
Brenton
Assad
Duds Labeled Highly Explosive Found in Scrap Shipments
Five Navy rocket shells were found in a Huntington scrap shipment from West Virginia Steel and Manufacturing Co. They were deemed duds with wet sand inside. The firm will return the material to Newport News, Virginia, amid fears other shells may be present.
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Huntington
Navy
West Virginia Steel and Manufacturing Co
John R. Pierce
J. Hayes
Columbus
West Virginia Steel
West Cal‘Tender
Newport News
Labor in Row Over Veep at Democratic Convention
Union leaders clash over Vice President Barkley being dropped as a Democratic presidential candidate at the 31st convention. John L. Lewis denounces CIO AFL figures amid backstage maneuvering and factional splits. Barkley may address delegates despite calls to withdraw. leaders accuse age politics and intrigue.
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Chicago
Alben Barkley
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
AFL
Lewis
Barkley
Walter Reuther
George Barrison
Jack Kroll
Invoigue
Labor
Tims
Mass State Prison Riot Ends After 13 Hours Surrender
Forty three inmates led by two life term killers surrendered after a 13 hour rebellion at Massachusetts State Prison in Charlestown. Two prison employees held as hostages were freed unhurt. The Catholic chaplain was credited with helping end the riot. Prison officials said no promises were made and maximum penalties would apply.
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Soston
Massachusetts State
Charlestown
Correction
Maxwell B. Grossman
Fritz Swenson
Boston
Cornelius Horgan
John Kertivan
Democrats Seek Stevenson Ticket At Chicago Convention
Northern Democrats lost ground as the Credentials Committee seated Mississippi and Texas groups and a civil rights plank remained vague. The party turnover favored Adlai E. Stevenson with Illinois votes swelling his show, while Kefauver and Harriman pressed for a Stop Stevenson bid amid wavering Southern blocs and unity concerns.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Goy
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Richard B. Bussell
Georgia
Russell
Sparkman
Alabama
Sen
Wibe
Dixie
White House
Texas
Mississippi
Jacob M. ‘Arvey
Velinois
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hubert ‘Humphrey
Minnesota
Ayeerrell Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt’ Jr
New York
G. Mennen Williams
Set. Blair Moody
Michigan
West Virginia Delegation Faces Loyalty Rule Fallout
West Virginia’s 16 delegates remain split over Stevenson Russell and Barkley as the loyalty rule battle rages. Some may back Russell on the first ballot while others align with Kefauver Kerr or Harriman, with unit rules not binding their votes. The South’s stance complicates the convention, leaving the delegation middle-of-the-road yet divided on pivotal issues.
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Arveys
Lawrences
South
Trump
Georgia
Auona
South Carolina
Virginia
Hennings
Visson
Thad
Vivedent Barkley
Aft
Stevenson
Illinois
New ‘Jersey
Indiana
Prentiss
Randolph Norton
Register
Chicago—West
National Democraticonvention
West Virginia
Adlai
Okey Patteson
Clarence Meadows
Barkley
Richard B. Russell
M. M. Neely
Fulbright
Arkansas
John Sparkman
Alabama
Neely
Sen
Rusell
West
Jjust
Texas
Mississippi
Dixie
Lick Eisehower
Democratic Party
National Party
Russell
Reward Offered In Crouch Death
A $1,000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the murder of Ralph Crouch. Handbills were distributed by officers and delivered to him by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Robert Bailey. E. Hu. Crouch, father of the dead man, and Oma Hall St. Clair, 42, are named in the notice. The pair were found shot to death May 1 at the Oceana tavern, police suspecting a possible murder or double suicide.
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Pineville
Ralph Crouch
Robert Bailey
E. Hu. Crouch
Crouchlands
Wyoming County
Crouch
Oma Hall
St. Clair
Oceana
Truce talks stall as seven minute prisoner exchange debate
Deadlocked armistice negotiators faced a seven minute debate over prisoner exchanges. A Communist broadcast offered a bleak view of early settlement prospects. Another closed door session was set for Panmunjom tonight.
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Munsan
al Bloomy
Pan
Munjom
Naguib Seizes Control as Cairo Coup Dismisses Premier
General Mohammed Naguib takes command in Cairo after a military coup. Premier Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha resigns as troops seal key government and royal sites. Naguib vows to purge bribery and corruption and promises safety to foreigners.
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London
Farouk
Naguib
Cairo
Faroukoust
WAFD
Boys Nation participants depart for Washington trip
James St Clair of Harrison Joyce Jr of Huntington West Virginia, the state’s Boys Nation representatives, left for a week in Washington. They are joined by R A Thom, assistant adjutant and field secretary for the American Legion state department, a member of the Boys Nation administrative staff.
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Charleston
West Virginia
American Legion
Boys’ Nation
James St. Clair
Harrison Joyce Jr
Huntington
Washington
R. A. Thom
Legion
State Department
Thom
West Virginian Named Sergeant at Arms for Legion Meet
Sgt. Robert Lester of the West Virginia State Police Criminal Identification Bureau has been appointed sergeant at arms for the National American Legion Convention to be held August 24 through 28 in New York City. Lester received notification from National Legion Commander Donald R. Wilson, a Clarksburg attorney.
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Vegs
Mob
Tehran
Iran
Premmier Ahmed Qavam
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossasiegh
Qavam
Igyj
International Court of Justice
Britain
Jto
Mandel
World Court
Barn
Slitz
Attackj Aces Anti
Veep
Dent
Harrison
Executive Council
Kroll
Litical Action Committee
North
John Kam Fulbright
Stevenson, Russell
Dems
Ahmed Naguib Hijlaly Pasha
Egypt
Italy
Pasha
Fleishmans
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