Truman Calls Governors to Boost Grass Roots Foreign Policy
President Truman urged governors at the Grass Roots Governors Conference to mobilize public support for foreign policy. In a letter to Gov. Frank Carlson, he urged leaders to engage citizens in preserving world peace, with Acheson to discuss policy at a round table. The Council of State Governments urged higher motor freight cost shares to fund highway maintenance and noted truck weight violations harm roads and the 50 billion dollar highway investment. The conference also examined mental illness and the role of highways in US industry and commerce, noting about 25 percent of economic activity relates to highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Truman
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Washington
Acheson
Council of State
Winchell Induces Suspect to Surrender in Killing Case
New York columnist Walter Winchell guided cancer fund supporters to persuade cancer? macri to surrender for the May 9 1949 killing of union organizer William Lurge. Macri, 37, turned himself in at a Manhattan police station after a secret meeting arranged by a third party. Giusto remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Benedetto Macri
William Lurge
Walter Winchell
Winchell
Macri
Manhattan
John (Scarface) Giusto
German Commies Suffer Setback In Ruhr Election
In the Ruhr Valley voters rejected communism, yielding a 5.5 percent share for the Communist party and moving to fifth place in North Rhine Westphalia. The election also approved a state constitution endorsing socialization of basic industry with denominational schools, amid conservative support and Socialist opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Duesseldorf
Germany
Ruhr
Russia
North-Westphalia
West Germany
Max Reimann
Dortmund
Gideons Pick Huntington Parkersburg for 1951 Convention
The Gideons selected Huntington as the site for their 1951 annual convention, making the choice as this year’s Parkersburg meeting closed. The decision concludes the Parkersburg convention held yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideons
Huntington
Associated Press
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Gideon's
Weather notes from Virginia towns report highs and lows
Yesterday's high near 83 in Oak Hill with a 61 degree low. Glade Creek reached 80, with last night’s low around 20s. At 11 am, readings show light precipitation and river stages on Greenbrier and New.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Oak Hill High
Togby Saccrevcaris
Meintell Sete
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Allies Mine Roads and Bridges For Defense
Western Allies in West Germany and parts of Europe are said to mine key roads and bridges to stall any Soviet attack. A German magazine published photos of holes drilled in a Rhine route near Lorelei Mountain with concrete caps, explosive charges to drop the highway into the Rhine. A French source noted similar measures across occupied zones, while Allied high command reportedly ordered delaying actions and civilian evacuations. The East German press accused the effort as aggression, while a French spokesman dismissed the report as nonsense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Europe
Lorelei
Rhine
Koblenz
Allied High Command
U.S. Army
Air Force
Soviet Union
Hitler
Red Press
Cigarette Tax and Rent Control Agreements Reached in Congress
Congress negotiators reach a tax bill path with a proposed corporate tax increase and wartime excise cuts likely to follow. Rent controls are extended six months beyond June 30 with local options for counties to end controls before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
House
Reds Dynamite Spire In State Church Fight
BERLIN The 410 foot spire of Georgenkirche was wrecked yesterday by five dynamite charges set by Communist authorities who said it was unsafe. Bishop Otto Dibelius watched as workmen toiled for nearly three hours and preached at his church in the American sector. The church plans a chapel in the tower until funds allow full rebuilding. Anti Communist papers called the demolition another blow at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Georgenkirche
St. George’s Church
Otto Dibelius
Germany
Alexander Platz
Tall Tale of Plane Crash Linked to Reno Bar
Allan Lee Pearce 23 of Oklahoma City recounted a wild tale from a Fernley jail cell after five days wandering desert near Reno and a supposed plane crash. He claimed to be John F E Chenal 24 of Austin and faced an air plane theft investigation while admitting the story hid family shame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Associated Press
Nev
Nevada
Gosh
Allan Lee Pearce
Oklahoma City
Pearce
Stanley Power
Fernlee
Seattle
Albuquerque
N. M
John FE. Chenal
Austin
Texas
Canada
Wealthy Gambler Admits 2 Charges
Millionaire gambler Frank Erickson pleaded guilty in Special Sessions Court to conspiracy and bookmaking. He admitted operating a nationwide bookmaking business and faced up to 60 years in prison and $3,000 in fines. Sentencing is set for June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Frank Erickson
Erickson
Special Sessions Court
Sol Gelb
Nathan D. Perlman
Frank S. Hogan
Justice Perlman
Tragic Bus Plunge Kills Lonaconing Students in Maryland
A truck carrying Lonaconing High School students on a picnic plunged 35 feet down an embankment in Cumberland Maryland. One girl about 15 identified as Jean McFarland died. Two others were injured critically and at least 25 hospitalized. Police say brakes may have failed. Most students were 15 or 16. Owen Stanley of Keyser West Virginia and Raymond Meyers of Lonaconing were brought unconscious to a hospital. doctors fear for their survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cumberland
Lonaconing High School
Jean McFarland
Owen Stanley
Keyser
W. Va
Raymond Meyers
Lonaconing
Robbery Probed at Lillybrook Company Store Pemberton
State police probe a Lillybrook Company Store robbery in Pemberton with losses including a radio several pairs of overalls and other merchandise no cash was taken. The incident was reported this morning and occurred late Saturday night or Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillybrook Company
Pemberton
West Virginia News Briefs
Morgantown weekly The Athenaeum shifts to summer publication with Audry Davis as editor. Fairmont names George W. Anderson as new West Virginia branch president of the National Association of Postal Supervisors after the convention. Parkersburg to dedicate its $6,000,000 flood wall on June 29 with invitations extended to Governor Patteson and Senators Kilgomm and Neely. wall work began January 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Anthenaeum
West Virginia University
Audry Davis
Fairmont
West Virginia
National Association of Postal Supervisors
George W. Anderson
Parkersburg
George H. Clinton
Patteson
Harley M. Kilgom
M. M. Neely
Coroner links两 deaths to self inflicted acts in Huntington
Coroner F X Schuller ruled two deaths as self inflicted. A 70 year old Huntington woman Bessie Grant was found dead in her back yard after a pistol wound. Gordon Clay, 55, of Barboursville was found dead from a shotgun wound in a basement near his home. In Huntington, the Cabell County Industrial Union Council, representing 11 CIO locals, protested a fourth round rate increase for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company to the Public Service Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
F. X. Schuller
Bessie Grant
Gordon Clay
Route 1
Barboursville
Cabel County Industrial Union Council
CIO Legals
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Three Generations In Triple Wedding
The Associated Press reports a triple wedding in Los Angeles where a grandmother, mother, and daughter will wed in a single ceremony. May Forgy, 64, Jess Taylor, 70, Merle Kelly, 34, Spencer Ramsdale, 29, Darlene Kelly, 16, and Ralph Lester, 18, will participate under Rev. M. E. Fish officiating as the couples exchange vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
May Forgy
Jess Taylor
M. E. Fish
The
Christian Church
MacArthur Maps Formosa Defense Move In Asia
General MacArthur outlined U.S. defense aims in Asia after a three hour talk with Defense Secretary Johnson and General Bradley. He urged rapid American materiel aid to Formosa and discussed a Japanese peace treaty with focus on its impact on U S forces in the Far East. Secrecy surrounded Johnson Bradley and MacArthur sessions with Maj Gen Almond and no formal statement was issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
MacArthur
America
Asia
Johnson
Bradley
United States
Far East
Formosa
Southeast Asia
Washington
Shigeru Yoshida
Col
M. P. Echols
Orient
Echols
U. S
E. N. Almond
Washington Dairy Strike Ends with 5 Day Week Plan
The eight day Washington milk strike is settled and deliveries should return to normal by tomorrow or Wednesday. Nine major dairies that supply most of Washington milk were shut down since June 10 over a demand by the AFL Milk Drivers and Dairy Employer Union for a shorter work week without pay loss. The settlement provides an average 5 day week from September 1, replacing the prior six day week without pay reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
AFL
CIO to Map 1950 Election Strategy in Clarksburg
State CIO groups will plan election strategy at a two day meeting in Clarksburg. President John B. Easton says the program will include an all out effort to get out the vote. Easton returns from a national CIO conference in Washington with updates for all international reps and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
CIO
Clarksburg
John B. Easton
West Virginia Cio Council
Easton
Washington
Body of Parkersburg Bridge Jumper Sought
Dragging operations in the swollen Little Kanawha River continued today for the body of a man who witnesses say jumped from the Fifth Street Bridge in Parkersburg yesterday. Several onlookers recalled a man walking to the bridge center before vaulting over the side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yne Associated
Firi
Parkersburg
Kanawha
Fifth Street
Wood County
Simon A. Knotts
Girl Swallows Glass Dog In McKeesport Hospital
Five year old Carol Ann Moke is in McKeesport Hospital awaiting an operation to remove a small glass dog from her stomach. She was playing with the toy in her mouth when she swallowed it. Doctors say her condition is fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mckeesport
Carol Ann Moke
County Offices Closed for West Virginia Day Observance
Raleigh County officials announced all county offices including the Clerk Circuit Clerk Assessor and Sheriff will be closed tomorrow for West Virginia Day. County Clerk Harry Anderson said the regular County Court meeting is postponed until Wednesday and offices will reopen then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
West Virginia
Harry Anderson
Luxury Look Drives Postwar Furniture Market Boom
The 10 day summer furniture market in Chicago opened at the Merchandise Mart and related venues attracting an estimated 18 000 to 20 000 buyers. Dealers forecast 30 to 90 day deliveries and a record 10 billion annual retail turnover as modern styles and the luxury look dominate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
International Home Furnishings
Merchandise Mart
American Furniture Mart
Chicago Arena
Wallace A. Oliman
Lawrence H. Whiting
GOP Leaders Divided On McCarthy Charges
White Sulphur Springs governors diverged on McCarthyism's impact with Dewey mixed, Warren opposing blanket charges, and Duff voicing concern about subversives. Warren dismissed communism as campaign fodder while Duff warned of unproven data and Dewey noted McCarthy may influence November politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
McCarthy
Jack Bell
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
R-Wis
State Department
Earl Warren
California
Wisconsin
Warren
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Senate
Warren Pooh
James Roosevelt
Duff
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Oregon
Stassen
Court Recess Sets Schedule in Ennis Reed Case
In Raleigh County Circuit Court A N Ennis of Beckley vs W Frank Reed of Glen View continued this afternoon after a noon recess. Judge Ben H Ashworth ordered jurors dismissed until 9 am Wednesday for West Virginia Day. Reed contends he occupied the half acre and built a six room house after a land holding firm arranged a lease with Ennis. He testifies the lease was invalid as Ennis claimed the land holder gave up rights and misrepresented facts. An order in Dorothy Brunty vs Lee Brunty grants custody of two children and 100 dollars monthly support plus court costs and attorney fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Ennis
Beckley
W. Frank Reed
Glen View
Raleigh County
Ben H.ashworth
West Virginia
Ennis
Reed
Ashworth
Dorothy Brunty
Lee Brunty
Oceana Gas Rate Hike Approved
The Public Service Commission approved a rate increase for Oceana Gas Company effective July 1. About 270 customers in Oceana Kopperston and Jesse Wyoming County will pay 50 cents per 1000 cubic feet over 4000. Lower usage remains unchanged. The company expects about 1080 more yearly revenue to cover higher costs. The rise was filed last December 22 and delayed after three hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
Oceana Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Oceana
Kopperston
Jesse
Wyoming County
Kopperston Man Jailed On Two Driving Counts
Arthur E. Smith of Kopperston was jailed today on charges of driving while intoxicated and without an operator's card by the City Police. Also jailed were Preston Lester of Rhodell on an assault warrant, James R. Gravely of Sprague for disturbing the peace, Virgil Bowling of Odd for breaking and entering, and Robert W. Bennett of Abraham for driving without an operator's license and intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
Arthur E. Smith
Preston Lester
Rhodell
James R. Gravely
Sprague
Virgil Bowling
Odd
Robert W. Bennett
Abraham
Condemned Killer Granted Appeal
The West Virginia Supreme Court granted an appeal to Fred C. Painter of Charleston who faced execution for first degree murder in the slaying of Edward C. O'Brien a 31 year old soft drink salesman on a downtown Charleston street last July 31. The ruling delays the death sentence pending a hearing by the appellate judges and was unanimously decided by the three judges present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Fred C. Painter
Fred L. Fox
Frank C. Haymond
Painter
Edward C. O’brien
Beckley VFW Post Receives State Charter
The Arron Hill Post No. 9287 of Beckley received a state charter today. Incorporators include Sylvester Davis Jackson F. King and Warren W. Wright all of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arron Hill
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Beckley
Sylvester Davis
Jackson F. King
Warren W. Wright
Dewey's Job Sought By S-A War Vet 74
Albany Lt. Gov. Joe Hanley 74 year old Spanish American War veteran announced he would seek the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. GOP sources expect no opposition at the state convention September 5-6 in Saratoga Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Joe K. Hanley
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Hanley
Saratoga Springs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cancer Fund
Irginia
Ways and Means Committee
Reds
Mac
U. S. Defenses
Russell Brines
Whiting
Oliman
Nest
Rosso
George
San Francisco
Charley Chavez
W. L. Henderson
International
Beckley Vfw Post
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!