Legion Demands Halt to Hooded Mobs in Alabama
In Birmingham area the American Legion presses Jefferson County law enforcement to curb night riders. A Birmingham Post reporter Clarke Stallworth was knocked down during night ride investigations, with warrants issued for Roscoe Fowler and Glenn Godfrey. Sheriff Holt McDowell pledged action with state and FBI help.
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Associated Preas
Birmingham
Ala
Sefferson
Birmingham Post
Sumiton
Clarke Stallworth
Roscoe Fowler
Fowler
Stallworth
Glenn Godfrey
Federated Ku Klux Klan, Inc
American Legion
Gorgas Post No. 1
Jefferson
Holt McDowell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Powers to be honored by West Virginia loan group
Powers president of the West Virginia Association of Small Loan Companies for 17 years will be honored at a Black Knight Country Club meeting. The event runs Thursday and Friday with a 6 pm dinner, 8 pm business session, Friday 10 am session, and 12:30 pm luncheon. Col Jack Major of Paducah Ky will speak at 6:30 pm Friday banquet. Mayor Grover Hedrick will give the welcome. About 200 attend expected.
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BMW
Powers
West Virginia Association of
Black Knight Country Club
Jack Major
Paducah
Grover C. Hedrick
Subcommittee Endorses Raised Minimum Wages Plan
A seven member Senate Labor Committee subcommittee voted unanimously for a 73 cent hourly minimum wage and rejected extending wage hour coverage to 8 million more workers. Led by Senator Pepper the panel forms a majority. the full committee is expected to back wage-boosting legislation.
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ING
Ficas
Washington
A_ Senate
Jabor
Pepper
Dfila
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
State 4 H Club Youth to Study Farming in Sweden
Thirty one 4 H Club boys and girls left their annual national camp for New York to begin a summer in Europe under the International farm youth exchange program. Commissioned by Under Secretary of State George V. Allen as grassroots diplomats, Charles D. Sperow Jr of Martinsburg WV will spend the summer in Sweden.
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Cine Associaten
Washington
New York
Europe
International Farm
George V. Allen
Charles DB. Sperow, Jr
Martineburg
W. Va
Sweden
Democrats Plan Two-Thirds Push to Pass Housing Bill
The Associated Press reports House Democrats contemplate a two-thirds vote to bind members to support President Truman's housing bill. The plan faces Southern opposition and a costly program for slum clearance and public and farm housing, with estimates ranging up to 20 billion dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington—Administration
Truman
Senate Speeches Delay Ballot on Labor Emergency
Senate speeches delayed a vote on a national labor emergency as Senators Morse Taft Douglas Aiken and others spar over injunction and seizure proposals. Morse continued his lengthy address while Taft and Douglas criticized his plan to rely on Congress to act for each strike. Lucas, Democratic leader, said voting on emergencies was uncertain after hours of debate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Morse
R-Ore
Morse
Taft
Ohio
Douglas
D-Ii
Aiken
Congress
Senate
Lucas of
Holinois
July Deadline Set For Bicycle Licenses
Police Chief Anthony Scalise announced a July 1 deadline for Beckley bicycle licenses under a city ordinance requiring tags. About 250 licenses have been issued. Licenses are available at City Mall for 50 cents to aid theft prevention and rider regulation, with rules on signaling, traffic, lighting, and identification alignment.
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Anthony Scalise
Beckley
City Mall
Sealise
Church Versus State Tensions Rise in Czechoslovakia
Reports from Prague state the Communist regime seized Catholic clergy and lay leaders in Moravia near the Austrian and Hungarian borders. Archbishops Matocha and Beran were mentioned under police watch as letters and sermons provoked clashes with the state backed Catholic Action movement.
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Associated Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Moravia
Josef Matocha
Olomouc
Josef Beran
Arcesis
Berlin
Market Opens With Meager Gains Amid Slow Start
The New York market opened slowly with demand fading quickly. A broad range of issues advanced only fractions as overnight orders executed at the bell produced little sustained buying after a late surge yesterday.
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New York
Miles Tournament Slated Wednesday
The marble tournament for 89 Beckley youths steps off at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Sprague Institute Morton Reeves and Lincoln playgrounds with Ted Cook, playground director. Finals follow at 2 p.m. Thursday at Woodrow Wilson High School.
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Beckley Area
Sprague
Institute
Morton-Reeves
Lincoln
Ted Cook
Woodrow Wilson High School
James Gray
James Brown
Dennis Mitchel
William Fuller
Thomas Coletrine
Toney Jackson
Goldwin Hughes
Robert Allen
Donald Baxter
James Boston
James Pannell
Leonard Baker
Ralph Johnson
Sam Webb
Raymond Pannell
Sion Warren, Jr
Sam Brown
Emmett Foster
Franklin Plummer
Larry Mitchell
David Bonds
Iddle Crews
Robin Cornett
Phillip Leeber
James Hedrick
David Ritz
Fred Ramsey
Roger Richards
Bobby Ramsey
John Smith
Kenlev Smith
Paul Mason
John Huttaran
Louise Miller
Jimmy Booth
Johnnie Booth
Murder Charge in Capels Death of Caretta Miner
Thomas W. Benson, 51, a Capels coal mine operator, is charged with the shotgun slaying of James Kyle Hall, 24, of Caretta, at Benson home after Hall allegedly came to reclaim his wife. Hall died on the stairs. Benson claimed self defense as family fled upstairs.
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Associated Press
Welch
Capels
Mc Bowell
C. B. Dye
Thomas W. Benson
Benson
James Kyle Hall
Caretta
Dye
Ars
Hall
Flail
Hotse
Olga Coal Company
Carella
New River
Pocahontas
Kellogg's Ale-Bran Helps Joe Regain Regularity
A personal plea letter from Joe to Sue describes severe constipation due to a lack of bulk in the diet. He credits daily kellogg s ale bran and water for relief and urges Sue to return, expressing that life isn t right without her.
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Sue
Joe
Byrnes' Warning Spurs GOP Push Against Social Legislation
Former secretary Byrnes warned in Lexington Virginia that welfare state policies threaten individual freedom. Republicans hailed his call for spending cuts while Democrats offered cautious support and noted tougher resistance could slow Congress. Byrnes, a New Deal figure, spoke at the Washington and Lee bicentennial event last Saturday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Byrnes
Congress
GOP
South Carolina
Truman
Capitol Hill
Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Still Missing In Ebb of Flood
Rescue parties searched for at least four missing in a flood hitting the Potomac and Shenandoah valleys over the weekend. Residents surveyed damage cleared debris and worked to restore power as a late threat subsided, with Cumberland Maryland and Midland Virginia recording flood scares and nearby shafts flooded.
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Associated Press
Petersburg
Potomac
Shenandoah
Migi
Cumberland
Maryland
Midland
Shaft
Moorefield
Virginia
Pledge for East West Peace Ends Parley
Paris reports the Big Four foreign ministers closed four weeks of talks with a pledge for East West peace in Germany and broad agreement on an Austrian independence treaty. They promise not to reimpose a Berlin blockade in return for revived East West trade and directed deputies to finalize the Austrian accord by September 1.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Poingly
York
Berlin
Reich
Coal Conference In Session In Bluefield
Bluffield area talks resume as operators led by Joseph E. Moody and United Mine Workers official John Owens meet to negotiate a new coal contract before the current deal expires. John L. Lewis plans to lead talks starting tomorrow at White Sulphur Springs. If no agreement is reached, a strike would wait until July 5 after miners finish their paid vacation.
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Associated Press
Bluffield
Unsion
Bluefield
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
John Owens
John L. Lewis
Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
Mountaineer Librarian Takes Stanford Post
Morgantown West Virginia University Librarian Ener Grieder has been named assistant director of Stanford University libraries effective September 1. Previously he was general assistant at Harvard University library. He serves on the West Virginia Library Association executive board and on the editorial board of West Virginia Libraries. Howard H. Lapham of Cleveland will serve as head librarian starting July 15 until Grieder’s successor is named.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Ener “Grieder
Stanford University Libraries
Harvard University Library
West Virginia Library Association
Acheson Returns From Paris Big Four Conference
Secretary of State Acheson arrived home from the Paris Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference to a reception by President Truman and Vice President Barkley. The plane landed at 10 09 a m with notable figures greeting him at the airport.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Acheson
Paris
Truman
Barkley
Acheson
Four Powers Near Austrian Accord As UN Session Opens
An American deputy Samuel Reber said four powers likely to agree on an Austrian text for the fall session to adopt it and end Allied forces in Austria. The deal followed clearance after the $150,009,000 Soviet claim on Austrian German uses and Russia yielding on Yugoslav claims. They admitted failure to reunify Germany but promised improvement.
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United Nations General Assembly
Samuel Reber
Austria
West
Russia
Germany
West Virginia Briefs Report Fatal Shotgun Accident
West Virginia news briefs report a six year old accidentally discharged a shotgun killing his mother Flora Hosey 39 of Beverly Randolph County and mother of six. a loose cable killed Jesse Wigeln s 44 of Rayville La on a pipe job near Elkins. Roy Weese Jr drowned in the Ohio River near Wheeling Island. a 69710 bid for cleaning and painting Huntington Chesapeake Bridges awarded to Basil Wells Co Baltimore with work to start within ten days.
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Elkins
J. D. Higby
Flora Hosey
Beverly
Randolph County
Themother
Jesse T. Wigelns
Rayille
Wheeling
Roy Scott Weese, Jr
Mingo Junction
O. Weese
Ohio River
Wheeling Islands
Huntington
Iuntington
Chesapeake
Basil Wells Co
Baltimore
George H. Wright
Ane Cabell County Bridge Commission
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