Red Security Tightened Across Germany Border
Across the Iron Curtain border, East German police tightened controls from the Baltic to Bavaria with patrols and checkpoints. Refugee flows slowed to a trickle while West German authorities reported border area desolation except for the Volksnpolizei. A West German farmer was killed and another arrested after cross-border incidents as East German authorities pushed militaristic rhetoric and school sport firearm drills were reported in Neues Deutschland. In Berlin, a Russian led patrol abducted three West Berliners and the Allied protest over patrol bans was rejected by Gen Vasily Chuikov.
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Frankfurt
Vapos
Iron Curtain
Germany
Baltic
Bavaria
Volksnolizei
Wolien
Aerae
Vopes
East Germany
West Germany
Europe
Neues Deutschland
FDJ
Free German
Fuerstenberg-On Oder
West Berlin
West
Bertin
Taft Tightens Grip as MacArthur Pick Keynoter at GOP Meet
Taft supporters seize control of convention machinery with Gen. Douglas MacArthur named keynoter and Taft backers placed in major posts. Eisenhower aides accuse Taft of steamrolling toward seating pro‑Taft delegates, citing Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida contests. The clash centers on southern votes that could decide the nomination.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Ohioan
Guy G. Gabrielson
Walter Hallanan
New York 1
Gen
GOP
Paul W. Hoffman
Advisory Committee of
Citizens For
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Beckley Council Plans Budget Tour of Projects
Beckley city officials will tour budget proposals this week ahead of the new fiscal year. Several requests were added to the inspection list. one item approved is a carload of corrugated pipe at about 3200 dollars to be ordered now and delivered after July 1. Mayor Chambers indicated a special budget session may be called.
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Beckley
Thomas E. Bazzarre, Jr
George B. Chambers
Mine Meets Set Friday, Saturday
A meeting of the Committee of Underground Power of the American Mining Congress will be held in Beckley at 10 a.m. Friday at Beckley Junior High School. Chair C. C. Ballard invites members to stay through Saturday for a joint meeting with the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute plus WV Section of the A I E E. E Greim of the U S Bureau of Mines will attend with power and coal company reps.
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Committee of Underground Power
The
American Mining Congress
Beckley
C. C. Ballard
Mt. Hope
Beckley Junior High School
New River and
Winding Gulf
Body Armor Aids Fighting Forces
Army doctor says chest and belly vest tested by Marines and Army shows encouraging results. Body armor may add a preventive medicine role and help conserve fighting strength in Korea. Official data kept secret, but tests indicate armor protects against small arms and shell fragments.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Science Reporter
Chicago
Korea
American Medical Association
Robert Holmes
Army
Col. Holmes
Army Medical Corps
AMA
Beckley
Holmes
School project bids to be opened July 11
Bids for several Raleigh County school projects will be opened July 11 at 1 PM. The $2.4 million bond issue covers four new or expanded facilities including a four room elementary at Rivers Bellepoint and a 10 room elementary at Bluestone reservoir area.
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Glade Creek
Raleigh County
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Normal
Shady Spring
Clear
Bluestone
Normaltral
Beckley
Stoco High School
Coal City
Walkout of Allied Delegation OK’d By General Clark
General Clark, U N Far East commander, endorsed a three day walkout by the United Nations delegation from armistice talks at Panmunjom after North Korean and Chinese complaints. Maj. Gen. Harrison reported no progress on prisoner exchange issues.
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Clark
George A. McArthur
Munsa Korea
Korea Island
United Nations
Mark Clark
U.N
Peng Teh-huai
United Nations iCommand
Panmunjom
Red Generals
William K. Harrison
Councilman Fights Beckley Water Firm Over Fire Hydrants
Beckley officials clash with the Beckley Water Company as Councilman C L Bibb accuses the firm of endangering the city by failing to install fire hydrants. Company official C Farmer defends cooperation but cites cost and franchise issues. Mayor Chambers sets up a committee to seek a solution amid ongoing hydrant disputes.
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Beckley Water Company
C. L. Bibb
C. €. Farmer
Farmer
Palmer
Bibb
Thhe
George B. Chambers
Beckley
Chambers
Benjamin Tissue
Bernard Martin
Tissue
Two Youths Charged in Raleigh County Crimes
In Raleigh County Court two youths, aged 18 and 14, face charges after wounding a railroad brakeman and breaking into the Amiga Smokeless Coal Co store. Police say the pair possessed stolen items and fired at a Chesapeake and Ohio engine, wounding John Ames. Ames receives treatment at Beckley Hospital with condition listed as good.
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Raleigh County
Amiga Smokeless Coal Co
J Ury
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
John Ames
Green Sulphur Springs
C. H. Maynor
Ames
Beckley Hospital
Republicans Win Mayor Posts in Three West Virginia Cities
West Virginia municipal races produced GOP mayors in Williamson Henry Ham Mond, Martinsburg elected Carlton B Stuckey, and Wellsburg officials all Republicans. In Williamson eight vote margin triggered recount. Martinsburg winners include Decatur H Young and J Wesley Rice. Wellsburg clerk Martha Crabtree and council seats filled by five Republicans. Mullens results noted on page.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Williamson
Henry T. Hammond
Pierce B. Maynard
John Layne
Walter Jude
Leonard Esteppe
Wallace Farley
Martinsburg
Carleton B. Stuckey
George D. Engle
Decatur H
Young
J. Wesley Rice
Haymond Mentzer
Ernest H.mckee
Michael Minor
William H. Peery
George Englebright
Wellsburg
Martha Crabtree
William R. Miller
W. K. Sander
Edwin Hamilton
Danjiel
D. Fulton
Hamilton
Fulton
Mullens
Defense orders awarded to West Virginia firms
U S Labor regional office Nashville announced 15 West Virginia companies received federal contracts mainly for defense supplies and equipment. Awards include Huntington Polan Industries 215000 for generator parts. Ackermann Manufacturing 1988000 for cartridge cases. Wheeling Steel 12000 for steel plates. more contracts listed for lumber poles hardware and sheet steel with Army Navy and Interior agencies.
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Nashville. Tenn
West Virginia
U. S. Department of Labor
William M.eaves
Huntington
Polan Industries
Air Force
Pola Industries
le- John Manufacturing Co
Navy
Bluefield
J. B. Betcher and Son
Army
Parkersburg — Schilling Lumber,Co
Department of Interior
Wellsburg — Eagle Manufacturing Co
Wheeling — Ackermann
Wheeling Steel
Wheeling
O Metal Navy
Weirton
Weirton Steel
Tornado Ripples Through Virginia Town Causing Lightless Nights
A Virginia County twister emerged from the Blue Ridge and caused more than 190000 dollars in damage in a Middletown area town. Trees toppled, many oaks, windows shattered, power lines down, and a large drive in theater screen hurled across Route 221. No injuries reported. The storm also hit Middletown and Mathews County with similar tree damage and phone outages.
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Gunuunsville
Blue Ridge Mountains
Orange County
Middletown
Frederick County
Farm Land Prices Slow as Costs Rise Across Farms
The Agriculture Department reports a slowdown in the farm land boom as higher costs deter buyers. Average U S farm value sits around 17 000 to 18 000, not counting machinery or livestock, with prices up 9 percent from a year ago and 23 percent since July 1950.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Korea
Department
Petroleum Association session set for Beckley June 12
The executive committee of the West Virginia Petroleum Association will meet in Beckley on June 12 at the Black Knight Country Club. Roy E. McDaniel of Charleston, former Beckley resident and association president, will lead the event. Beckley Mayor George B. Chambers, also an association member, will welcome attendees.
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West ‘Virginia Petroleum Association
Beckley
Black Knight Country Club
Roy E. McDaniel
Charleston
Associattion
George B. Chambers
British deny reports on Klaus Fuchs jail cell items
The Home Office rejected Daily Express claims that Klaus Fuchs, jailed for passing atom secrets, was moved from Stafford to Pentonville and that diaries writings and letters were smuggled from his cell. Officials said no transfer occurred and no diaries or letters were found.
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London
Ator
Klaus Fuchs
Fuchs
Russia
The
Daily Express
Stafford
Birmingham
Pentonville
the Express
Emil Fuchs
Leipzig University
Soviet Zone
Germany
Home Office
Gov Patteson Named By Fayette Democrats
Fayetteville report: Okey L. Patteson of Mt. Hope chosen by the Fayette County Democratic Executive Committee to succeed Sheriff Clyde Reinhart as leader. The 14-member panel elected Patteson in the Fayette County Courthouse. Re-elected secretary Thomas F. E. Myles and treasurer Fay etteville attorney, with Reinhart presiding. Patteson was not present.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Democratic Executive Committee
Okey L. Patteson
Mt. Hope
Patteson
Clyde Reinhart
Jack Roberson
Sheriffs
Thomas FE. Myles
Reinhart
West Virginia veterans install new Spanish American War commander
Huntington reports C. E. Davidson of Clarksburg installed as commander at the 29th annual state convention. He succeeds Rolla G. Conley of Fairmont as officers Guy Foyne and W. A. Peet are senior and junior vice commanders with Louis Black as state chaplain. In Charleston residents approve a renewal of a 50 percent excess municipal tax levy by about 83 percent of voters, funding current expenses and a 50 thousand dollar annual reserve. Labor inspectors confiscate 16 weights and lane measures as beyond repair. 86 condemned pending repairs, among 5 294 weights and 754 790 packages checked.
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Huntington
West Virginia
C. E. Davidson
Clarksburg
Davidson
Rolla G. Conley
Fairmont
Guy Foyne
Glenville
W. A. Peet
Buckhannon
Louis Black
Parkersburg
Charleston i
Charleston
State Labor Department
Charles J. F. Sattler
Presbyterians Oppose Vatican Envoy And Unity Plan Advances
The 438 commissioners of the Presbyterian Church in the United States closed a five day general assembly in Charleston with several actions. They recommended using laymen for pastoral services when needed, agreed to cooperate with Northern and United Presbyterians on stewardship and evangelism, approved pulpit exchange plans, protested a U S ambassador to the Vatican, and rejected funding an interdenominational university in Tokyo while allowing individual church gifts. A minority urged withdrawal from the National Council of Churches and criticized union tactics.
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Charleston
District of Columbia
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Norther
United Presbyterian
Vatican
East Hanover
Tokyo
Japan
Church of God Assembly Hears Capital Minister
The West Virginia state convention of the Churches of God met in Beckley with about 1200 attendees listening to Rev. Zeno Thorpe of Washington DC on "That Which His Blood Has Purchased." Leonard Carroll of Lee College Cleveland Tenn will speak at 7 p.m. program. Church work in India was also discussed.
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the Churches of God
Beckley
Zeno Thorpe
Washington, D. C
India
Leonard Carroll
Lee College
Cleveland
Edward W. Gregory Reported In Good Condition After Heart Attack
Edward W. Gregory a Kanawha Drug Company salesman of Charleston was stricken early Tuesday and treated at Beckley Hospital where his condition improved from critical to good later today The account lists Greenbrier Court address and notes surgery or treatment followed by stabilization by medical staff
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Edward W. Gregory
Greenbrier Court
Beckley Hospital
Gregory
Kanawha Drug Company
Charleston
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U. N
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Lillybrook
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Harry
Il. L. McCreery
Torney
Lawrence Bridges
Hunt Farley
Chris Gare
Robert Hughes
Luther Lambert Jr
Glen Eldridge Harrington
R. J. Nunn
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Kenneth Downey
Frankie Worix
William Winston
Ray Harvey
Kermit Honaker
William Frank
Wilbur Baker
Colen Childress
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Charlie Robbertson
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Warrren Foley
Lena
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Clyde Charles Smith
James Vannie Williams
Lonza Williams
Herbert Williams
Charles W. Gunther
Sime Thomas
Robert Vines
Ernest Martin
Floyd
Richards
Ernesta Molino
Robert Richards
van Jarrell
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Jam 'Roles
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Virginia City
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Church of God Assembly
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