Early Pact Predicted in Steel Strike Talks
Washington officials reported talks on the steel strike recessed to 1 p.m. EST to study bargaining proposals. Presidential Assistant Steelman and Jones and Laughlin chair Ben Moree led management. Philip Murray of the United Steelworkers was in agreement. There was cautious optimism for a settlement as Senate leaders considered related legislation. The nationwide walkout has idled over 100000 workers, while Detroit Steel Corp. reached a separate contract with 4500 workers in Pittsburgh.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Ben Moree
Jones and Laughlin Steel Co
Steelman
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
McFarland
Arizona
Senate
Supreme Court
Truman
Detroit Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
CIO
Ridgway warns Lords of Communism on D-Day anniversary
Gen. Matthew Ridgway commemorates the eighth anniversary of the Normandy invasion at Utah Beach. He warns the Lords of Communism that error would bring suffering to the free world and destruction to their power, while praising NATO unity and the Western alliance. Ridgway is honored as an honorary citizen of Sainte Mere Eglise and visits Arromanches and Bayeux cemeteries with remarks on strength and peace.
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Normandy
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Ridgway
J West
North Atlantic
Laliance
Sainte Mere Eglise
Old City Hall
Sainte Mere Egisse
Port Winston
Arromanches
Admiralty
James Thomas
Thomas
Arcromanches
Bayeux
St ‘Laurent Sur Mere
Omaha
Postal Workers Pay Bill Signed by President Truman
Congress passed an appropriation to restore postal payroll funds after a general pay raise emptied the May and June salaries. The $971,342,641 bill funds the postal payroll and adds money to curb illegal immigration from Mexico. Postmaster General Donaldson ordered resumption of salary payments.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Mexico
Donaldson
Beckley Man Burned In Warehouse Flames
One man suffered severe burns to his right hand and minor burns on his face in a warehouse fire at the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. in Beckley. H. D. Lazenby, of Onnstown Road, rolled in grass to extinguish flames after a torch caused gasoline to ignite. Damages were limited to three cartons of paper drinking cups.
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Beckley
H. D. Lazenby
Onnstown
Pepsi-Cola Bottling, Co
Raleigh General Hospital
Bernard Martin
Lazenby
Martin
Raleigh
M. C. Fitzpatrick
Snuffer
Collision Cross Suits Heard in Circuit Court
In Raleigh County Circuit Court a cross suit from W B Keaton of Danville Kentucky seeks over 400 dollars for damages to his car from O H Meadows of Rt 1 Mt Hope Meadows counters with a claim for 549 84 claiming damages to his vehicle The accident occurred on Route 19 21 near the Cranberry intersection during a trip from Beckley to Folie 0 The extended West Virginia forecast follows with temperatures and rainfall outlooks for Beckley Oak Hill Glade Creek and nearby areas
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Cranberry
Raleigh County
W. B. Keaton
Danville
O. H. Meadows
Rt. 1
Mt. Hope
Meadows
Keaton
W. VA
Beckley
Cranberry Road
Beckley High
Oak Hill High
Glade Creek
Bellepoint Greenbrier
New
Bluestone Reservoir
Seven MiGs Shot Down in Red Line Skirmish Over Manchuria
U S Sabre pilots claimed seven MiG-15s shot down and two damaged as Red jets attacked Allied fighter-bombers near Manchuria. Fifth Air Force said total MIGs destroyed reached 315 with 58 probably destroyed and 507 damaged in the Korean War. ground action was light.
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Seoul
U. S
North Kopg Team
Manchuria
39 Air Force
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Potato price controls lifted prompt market swings
Washington reports white potato wholesale prices jumped up to four dollars per hundred pounds after price ceilings ended. Officials warn prices may rise before dropping later this month and in July as the 1952 crop hits stores.
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Washington
Arnail
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Senate
House
Arnall
Congress
State collects record cigarette taxes in WV year
West Virginia reports 11 months ending May 31 cigarette taxes total 6,998,129 up nearly five million from 1950 51 as April May receipts rise to 1,243,485 from 354,919. Tax commission cites 1951 four cent increase to fund veterans bonus and teachers pay raise.
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Charleston
State Tax Commission
C. H. Spontz
Alfred Beckley Maxwell 97 Civil War era Raleigh native dies
Alfred Beckley Maxwell 97 a Raleigh County native and Civil War era settler dies at a local hospital after a two week illness. He was born January 27 1835 at Hot Coal and helped found the First Methodist Church around 1885. He served on the Raleigh County Court from 191? to 1919 and is survived by several sons including J W Maxwell and Edward Maxwell. Funeral at First Methodist Church 4 p m Sunday with burial in Wildwood Cemetery.
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Alfred Beckley Maxwell
Raleigh County
Matthew and
Juliette Brown Maxwell
Hat Coal
Maxwell
Cottageville
Jackson County
William McKinley
Rutherford Hayes
First Methodist
Mary Marie Ray
Hoald Maxwell
R. &. Maxwell
Stanford Rd
J. W. Maxwell
Beckley Ave
Edward Maxwell
Maxwelltan
First Methodist Church
C A. Hillman
Wildwood Cemetery
Keyser Funeral Home
War Talk Triggers Stampede to West Berlin Refugee Stations
East German authorities panic the population with scare talk about West Berlin. Refugees flee to the West as 1,310+ East Germans enter West Berlin stations in three days. Frontiers report 300 to 400 more arrive at Coburg as border belts rise. Refugees fear conscription into a new East German army. Russians tighten barriers and press seeks to quiet the story.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Coburg
Reds
Munsan
Korea
U.N
Gersill
Hadia
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
Nam I
Prisoe
Nam
Red China
North Korea
Panmun-' Inm
Fayette Miners Injured at Work
Four Fayette County miners were hospitalized after work-time accidents in area mines. Herbert Gill of Summerlee is in serious condition with extensive injuries. Others in good condition include Clarence Hearn of Rainelle from Meadow Brush Coal Co, Nick Branovich of Page for Eastern Gas and Fuels Co, and Nick Larocao of Lochigelly for New River Co. All were admitted around 2 p.m. Thursday.
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Oy Register
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Herbert George Gill
Summerlee
Clarence Hearn
Rainelle
Meadow Brush Coal ‘Co
Nick Branovich
Page
Eastern Gas and Fuels Co
Nick Larocao
Lochigelly
New River Co
Rate Hike Sought By Western Union
Western Union petitioned the government for a 9.3 percent rate increase on domestic messages and money orders to pay higher wages. The proposal, filed with the FCC, sets July 6 as the effective date and could be protested within 30 days. The company expects about 13.2 million dollars in annual added revenue from this and later service hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
FCC
W. U
Presbyterians Elect Shreveport Minister as Moderator
Charleston reports the 92nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church US began discussions on over 40 proposed changes in church order. Dr W A Alexander of Shreveport La was elected moderator on the second ballot, amid debates on religious instruction and public schools.
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Charleston
92Nd
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Southern
District of Columbia
W. A. Alexander
First Presbyterian Church
Shreveport
J. Jd. Murray
Lexington
Alexander
Alabama
Louisiana
James I. McCord
Austin, Tex. Theological Seminary
Tax Overcharges A Frightful Toll In War Contracts
Washington UPA reports top government accountant testified taxpayers were overcharged by at least a half billion dollars on World War II contracts. Frank H. Weitzel of the Justice Department said GAO has excorted 21 million in overpayments. only about 300 thousand recovered by Justice. The House Judiciary Subcommittee led by Rep. Chelf questions wartime contract prosecutions. He described the cost as a frightful toll.
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Washington
UPA
Frank H. Weitzel
Camptnller
Duistice Department
General Accounting Office
Justice Department
Weitzel
House
iRep
Chelf
D-Ky
Department
Wertzel
Ring Leaders Seized In Prison Sit-Down
Baton Rouge law troopers broke up a sit-down strike of 200 Negro convicts at Louisiana's Angola state penitentiary firing three gas shells into their camp barracks and seizing 32 ring leaders. Troopers reported other convicts surrendered and returned to farm work. The incident followed demands for better living facilities including food bathing and garments. The Legislature is considering over $2 million in Angola improvements.
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Baton Rouge
Law
Louisiana
State Penitentiary
Francis Grevemberg
Angola
Mamimal
Grevemberg
D. D Brazer
Bazer
Negro Group Protests Ike on FEPC Stand
President Eisenhower's remarks on fair employment practices drew praise from some Southern Democrats but anger from the NAACP led by Walter White who urged reconsideration. Mississippi Democrats Colmer and Smith praised the stance as Americanism and basic Jeffersonian democracy.
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Negro Group
Ike
FEPC
Warnungton
Dwight
O. Eisenhower
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Eisenhower
White
Colmer
Mississippi
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Frank E. Smith
Coal Tonnage Washington Up
Bituminous coal production last week reached about 8.385 million tons per the National Coal Association. The prior year week produced 8.686 million tons. Through May 31 about 210.687 million tons were mined, down from 224.127 million tons for the same period in 1949.
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Washington
National Coal Association
West Virginia Disabled American Veterans convenes in Huntington
Huntington hosts a DAY convention launch at the Veterans Administration Hospital with the West Virginia Disabled American Veterans auxiliary and a Kip to Mar function. Kathleen Sudderth to take lead as local organizers advance the event amid social activities and a reception.
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Huntington
Huntington Veterans Administration Hospital
West Virginia
Commander Bleek
Us.steel
Nothern Pacific
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Kennecott Copper
du Pont
Douglas ‘Aircraft
Zenith
Layland Infant Dies In Local Hospital
Layland infant Andrew Lewis Smith son of Alfie and Mrs Smith died at 5 am in a local hospital. Funeral services set for 2 pm June 7 at Harrah Cemetery Backus Mountain with Rev H W Nutter officiating. Body to lie in state at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home until service time. Survived by mother and father and maternal grandmother Roxie Redden of Kathryn.
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Layland
Andrew Lewis Smith
Alfie Smith
Harrah Cemetery
Backus Mountain
T Rev
Russian Ambassador Panyuskin Recalled to Soviet Union
Russian ambassador to the United States Alexander Panyuskin said he has been recalled to the Soviet Union for a new appointment and will depart Sunday for New York en route to Moscow via Sweden. He contradicts earlier statements that his trip was a vacation and that he would return to Washington.
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Washington
Alexander S. Panyuskin
Soviet Union
Panyuskin
New York
Moscow
Sweden
Acheson
Panyushkin
United States
Dr. C. F. McClintic Dies in Williamsburg
Dr. C. F. McClintic aged 67 former West Virginia conservation director health commissioner and penitentiary warden died at his home near Williamsburg He resigned as conservation head in 1948 due to ill health He served in the House of Delegates and the Army Medical Corps and helped organize West Virginia sportsmen groups He had been ill recently and was treated at George Washington University Hospital and Montgomery Hospital in recent months
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Williamsburg
W. Va
C. F. MecClintic
Here
MecClintic
Meadows
McClintic
Randolph-Macon College
U. S. Army Medical Corps
West Virginia
Sportsmen's Association of
Snbtead
Wildlife League of
George Washingston University Hospital
Washingston
Montgomery Hospital
Gov
Patteson
Lias Faces Court Fight After Tax Plea Rejected
Wheeling race-track owner William Lias prepares for a Tax Court showdown after the government rejects his 1.6 million settlement offer. The IRS claims Lias and family owe 2.85 million in taxes penalties and interest on 1942 44 income. Receivers have placed Wheeling Downs and other Lias properties in charge pending outcome.
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Lias
Washington U—w
Wiliam
Wheeling
W. Va
U. N
Justice Department
Wheeling Downs
West Virginia
Raleigh County Court to Certify May Primary Winners
The Raleigh County Court will continue its adjourned meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday to certify winning candidates from the May 13 primary election.
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Raleigh County Court
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Gen. Ridgway
Vice Weather
Clendenin
Donald L. Bird
State Rt. 1
Kilgore
Alfred
Fayette
Presbyterians
Wallace M. Alston
Agnes Scott College
Decatur
Alston
Ievel
Beckley Corporation
Charles M. Ward
Joe L. Smith
Wards
Charles House
S. Heber Street
Juan Morales
Bronx
Pice
C. F. McClintic
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