Truman personally intervenes in Iran oil crisis
President Truman sent a letter to Premier Mossadegh urging negotiations with Britain to settle the explosive oil dispute centered on Iran's nationalization drive and the Anglo Iranian Oil Company. Mossadegh is reportedly ill. Grady delivered the note amid U.S. State Department involvement. The crisis is framed as a threat to free world unity.
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Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Truman
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Herbert Morrison
U. S
Henry E. Grady
Mossadegh
Washington
State Department
Free World
Marshall Urges Universal Military Training at Naval Academy
Secretary of Defense Marshall told the Naval Academy class that universal military training is needed to present a strong world posture. He cited service bickering as hindering manpower plans and praised unity in Korea while warning money debates slowed national readiness and coordination.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Marshall
United States
Naval Academy
Congress
Dahlgren Hall
Academy
Korea
Ren
Yen
Korean Peninsula
Kilgore Will Address Electrical Workers
Fourth District members of the AFL IBEW opened a three day meeting in Charleston with about 250 delegates expected from West Virginia Virginia Ohio Kentucky Maryland and the District of Columbia Speakers include international president Dan W Tracy international secretary J Scott Milne Senator Kilgore State Labor Commissioner Charles J F Sattler State AFL President Eugene A Carter and Gordon W Freeman Cincinnati Fourth District VP of the IBEW.
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Associated Press
Charleston
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
West Virginia
Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Maryland
District of Columbia
Union
Dan W. Tracy
J. Scott Milne
Washington
Kilgore
D-Wva
Charles J. F. Sattler
AFL
Eugene A. Carter
Gordon W.' Freeman
Cincinnati
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West Virginia Weather and Court Notices
The forecast calls for fair to high temperatures with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s and a warm Saturday followed by cooler days. Extended outlook shows temperatures 4 to 6 degrees above normal, with showers Saturday through Tuesday and totals of half to two thirds of an inch. In local court news, three drivers face City Police Court at 7 p.m. Donald Waddell of Mabscott faces red light and license charges, Eugene Bailey of Huntington and G W Dick of Winding Gulf face speeding counts. Bailey posted 13.48 bond.
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West Virginia Briefs Highlight Key Speakers And Cases
West Virginia Wesleyan College president W J Scarborough will speak at the West Virginia Council of Church Women annual meeting in Salem June 11 12. Richard H Price 20 dies after Memorial Day auto wreck in Charles Town. Assistant Attorney General Estor B Stephenson says candidates for Kee’s Fifth District term should pay no filing fee. A Charleston officer cites warrants charging a rooming-house worker with rape felonious assault and unarmed robbery of a waitress named Jimmy Anderson 32. Josephine Cocharan Fisher 22 is acquitted of murder in Belair murder case on Feb 9.
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James M. Dolbey
Cincinnati
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Charleston
Estor B. Stephenson
John Kee
Bluefield
Induction Orders Sent 27 Raleigh County Draftees
The Raleigh County draft board released the names of 27 men ordered to report June 13 for Army induction. Notices were mailed for 8:30 am reporting at the Prince Street draft board office, with a required physical reexamination but no delay for those accepted. Names include Lewis Gene Williams Beckley and Jack Edward Mitchell Beckley among the inductees, plus numerous other Raleigh and nearby town residents with addresses across Beckley Slab Fork Huntington and Raleigh communities.
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Raleigh County
Army of the United States
Aubrey C. Smith
Draft Board No
Smith
Prince Street
Lewis Gene Williams
N. ‘Heber Street
Jack Edward Mitchell
E Street
Beckley
Osbra Lee Eye
Abraham
Benjamin Debree Richards
Leevale
Clyde Walters, Jr
Oswald
William Azel Stover, Jr
Harper
Alexander Bruce Cormack
Eccles
Paul Lawrence Clemons
Glen White
William Elden Rose
Tams
Isaac Dempsey Lyons
Cranverry
Francis Cadle
Robert Carter
Woodson
Detroit
Mich
John Darrell Keaton
Rhodell
Robert Hancock
Skelton
Thomas Haysten Moore
Raleigh
Morgan School Bond Levy Fails by 21 Votes
The Associated Press reports Morgan County Berkeley Springs failed by 21 votes to approve a $615,000 school construction program at a special election this week.
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Associated Press
Berkeley Springs
Morgan County
Beckley Gas Hearing Opened At Charleston PSC
Nine Beckley men joined city and business firm representatives as Amere Gas petition for restricted use of natural gas faced the Public Service Commission. Testimony detailed supply shortages across the Columbia system and rising demand from Maryland to Kentucky with West Virginia among the largest producers.
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Fred Tinder
George Moss
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Newsprint prices rise ten dollars a ton
Abitibi Power and Paper Company announces a ten dollar per ton price increase on newsprint, effective July 1, raising Beckley News-Papers contracts to twenty one dollars per ton. Abitibi, producing about 700000 tons yearly, is Canada's third largest newsprint maker, with 4400000 tons total output.
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Enemy casualties in Korea total up to May 30
The Defense Department estimated total enemy casualties in Korea through May 30 at 1,153,410, up 108,006 from May 23. The breakdown includes 689,238 battle deaths, 138,880 non battle losses, and 149,417 prisoners of war, with added combat losses for the May 17-30 period and no clear split between Chinese and North Korean forces. US and UN totals through May 25 show 1,427 casualties and 141,955 total US casualties with 72,679 non battle losses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Korea
Defene Department
8Th
United Nations
Defense Department
Omar Bradley
U. S
Poling Approved As OPS Deputy Poling Approved As OPS Deputy
Huntington West Virginia Luther Poling athletic director at Marshall College was approved in Washington as deputy director of the Office of Price Stabilization He said he would resign his Marshall post as soon as possible Pending final approval and stated Russell Nichols OPS director was notified of the action The news reached Nichols from the OPS regional office in Richmond Virginia
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Associated Press
Huntington
Luther Poling
West Virginia
Washington
Poling
Marshall College
OPS
Russell Nichols
Statesops
Nicholstromshington
Richmond
Acheson Testimony Delayed by Argument
Washington sources report the MacArthur inquiry recessed at 1 14 am to 1 30 pm without a decision on releasing a 1949 State Department memo on Formosa. Senator McCarthy questioned the security impact while Acheson defended keeping the document secret amid ongoing debate among committee members.
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Washington
MacArthur Inquiry Committee
State Department
Formosa
Sen
McCarthy
R.wis
Acheson
West Virginia Economy Holds Despite Miner Job Drop in April
The State Chamber of Commerce reports April industrial employment at 527,100, up 1,700 from 1950, while coal mining fell to 7,400 workers from 123,730 a year earlier. Manufacturing and other sectors rise, wages reach 127.6 million, and total state product value climbs despite fewer miners.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Creas
West
Virginia
Solons May Hear Fired Navy Man
Washington Former Navy Lt jg William H Evans, stripped of his commission last Tuesday, may tell congressional investigators why he called the administration pro Soviet and spoke ill of Congress. Evans lost his job for authorizing a New York importer to publish a letter attacking the administration and Congress, saying pro Soviet interests blocked U.S. Far East policy. He said his commission was revoked under honorable conditions for violating a Navy rule requiring clearance for matters published under an officer signature.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
William H. Evans
Congress
Servic
Evans
Congressional
New York
United States
Far East
Virginia Pickets Draw Fire Strife at Southwest Virginia Mine
Virginia miners clash as Mrs. Frampton Jessee, wife of a non union mine operator, is charged with firing on pickets whose car blocked her driveway. A Glamorgan feeder substation was dynamited with estimated losses of 5000 to 10000 dollars. Deputy Tieche notes tensions rise as roving pickets target unstruck mines while 1800 Clinchfield miners stay on strike in Dickenson County in support of clerks seeking union recognition.
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Associated Press
Wise
Virginia
Frampton Jessee
Glamorgan Tame
H.R. Tieche
Glamorgan
Tieche
Dickenson County
Clinchfield Coal Company
United Construction Workers
GMW
Senate passes draft extension bill narrowing universal training
Washington lawmakers approve a compromise measure extending the draft while eliminating groundwork for a universal military training program in the future. The action shifts policy toward a narrower conscription framework and preserves ongoing defense planning.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Arms Bill Signed by President Truman
The president signed a supplementary appropriation bill totaling 6.442668006 billion dollars. Most funds are earmarked for national defense, coming in 46.9 million dollars under Truman's requested total.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
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