Amvets Club Losses Estimated at $5,000 Damage fire shatters Neville Street buildings
Early morning blaze destroyed the George Building on Neville Street injuring none, but causing hundred thousand dollar losses across Amvets Club Bell Brothers Shoe Co and Commercial Hotel. Firemen battled flames from 5 40 am with Red Cross aid and two injured firemen.
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George Building
Neville St
Bell Brothers Shoe Co
Commercial Hotel
Amvets Club
Frank Ellison Named By Attorney General
Beckley attorney Frank Ellison is named assistant attorney general of West Virginia by Attorney General John Fox. Ellison will join the tax division after starting work yesterday. He formerly led the New River Coal Operators Association in labor law and labor relations and worked as a mortgage consultant for Equitable Life in Beckley from 1951. Ellison, a Madison native, graduated from Scott High School in 1940 and WVU with LLB and MBA degrees. He served in the Navy 1942–46, in the Pacific, and is married to Ruth E. Ball of Madison.
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Ellison
New River Coal Operators Association
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
Beckley
Madison
Scott High School
Duke University
Milligan College
Johnson City
Tenn
West Virginia University
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Alpha Kappa Phi Business Fraternity
Navy
Pacific
WVII
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Ruth E. Ball
Fiery Cross Burned Near Negro School
A cross was set afire in front of Morton-Reaves Elementary School about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. Coal oil and torn white cloth fueled the blaze which lasted minutes before adults in the building noticed. Police were alerted as school officials and nearby residents investigated, with 35 to 40 adults present and no threats reported.
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Morton-Reaves
C & G Grocery
Andrew Smith
M. E. English
J. B. Elliott
Weather notes and river readings for region
Cloudy with rain likely tonight and temperatures from the low 20s to mid 30s across counties. Beckley and Oak Hill report divided temperatures with highs around 60 and lows near 30s. Rivers including Bluestone Reservoir Greenbrier show above normal stages with muddy or clear conditions at Bellepoint and nearby streams.
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Beckley High
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Bluestone
Fayette Marine found guilty of guard duty failure
KEY WEST Florida A Marine sentry James R Fox 18 of Ingram Branch West Virginia was convicted by a Marine court martial for failing to follow guard orders by admitting a newsman and a photographer to the Navy annex to cover the helicopter crash. He received 20 days confinement a reduction to private and a $30 fine.
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Key West
Fla
Navy
James R. Fox
Ingram Branch
W. Va
Murrow Offers Air Time For McCarthy Answers
New York CBS commentator Edward R. Murrow says Senator Joseph R. McCarthy has been confusing the public mind about communism and overstepping the line between investigating and persecuting. Murrow offered him air time on his program to answer these comments as McCarthy battles for free time to respond to Adlai Stevenson’s speech.
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New York
CBS
Edward R. Murrow
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Murrow
McCarthy
CBS Board of Directors
NBC
Adlai E. Stevenson
Watts Says State Machine Cracking Whip Over Rebels
West Virginia sheriff Watts accuses Gov. Marland of pressuring him to quit the Logan County Democratic chairmanship. He claims statehouse operatives seek to subjugate all 55 county committees and purge legislators who oppose the governor. A removal petition remains pending with April 26 hearing set.
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Watts
Logan
Ray Watts
Marland Today
Logan County
Statehouse
C. C. Chambers
Oma Dingess
Marland
Charleston
Democratic Party
West Virginia
Dingess
W. D. Flannery
House of Delegates
Student Firemen Clean Equipment After Blaze
Youthful fire fighters from Beckley Fire Department rolled hoses and cleaned equipment as regular firemen returned them after fighting one of the city’s biggest fires. Victor Foli named fire chief by James O'Neal, 18, Glen White, heading the one day Woodrow Wilson High School administration as mayor.
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Beckley Fire Department
Victor Foli
James O'Neal
Glen White
Woodrow Wilson High School
Sheriff to Investigate Hazards In School Zones
Sheriff John C. Ward will visit Byrd Prilerman High School near Amigo with school and state road officials to inspect unloading areas and address a traffic hazard. Ward plans to seek solutions to eliminate the risk and improve safety for students.
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John C. Ward
Byrd-Prilerman High School
Amigo
Ward
State Road Commission
Fire destroys six duplexes in Boomer town
In Fayette County, six duplex dwellings housing 34 people were destroyed by an early morning fire along old U.S. 60. No injuries reported. losses pegged at about $50,000. Fire crews lacked water supply, using 3,000 feet of hose from a local plant. One unconfirmed report blamed a faulty television set.
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Boomer
W. Va
Fayette County
Montgomery
Smithers
Electro-Metallurgical Co
Alloy
Roger Nowinskie
U.S. 60
J. H. Buckholt
Plans TV Radio Discussion Next Week
President Eisenhower announced he will appear on television and radio next week to discuss in formal terms the administration’s tax bill philosophy. He did not address a pending House bill to cut excise taxes by about 912 million dollars annually. The remark comes as Democrats push to raise personal income tax exemptions by 100 dollars, lowering revenue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soft Drink Suit In Circuit Court Raleigh Coca-Cola suit
Ezra Cantley testified in Raleigh County Circuit Court that a centipede was found in a soft drink bottle at his home on May 13, causing a 12 day hospitalization for a stomach disorder. He seeks 7500 in damages from Raleigh Coca Cola Bottling Works. Judge Norman Knapp presided as Eldon King sues Robinson Boone for back wages from 1952 to 1953. Harold Smith served as special judge.
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Glen Daniel
Raleigh County
Ezra Cantley
Raleigh
Coca-Cola
Norman Knapp
Eldon King
Beckley
Robinson-Boone Incc
Harold Smith
King
Beautification Begins With Removal Of Diseased Tree
Work starts on the Raleigh County Courthouse grounds with the removal of an old diseased tree on the Prince Street side. The project aims to improve appearance and safety for visitors and nearby offices.
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Raleigh County
Prince St
Eisenhower Rejects Stevenson Charge On GOP Split
President Eisenhower called Adlai Stevenson's remark that the GOP is half McCarthy and half Eisenhower nonsense. He backed Senator Flanders' criticism of McCarthy diverting focus from external threats and warned that intraparty war could fracture the party and harm the country.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
McCarthy
Sen. Flanders
R-Wi
Senate
Stevenson
GOP
Flanders
Vermont
United States
MacCarthyism
Republican Party
Party
Michigan House passes beer and wine ad ban bill
Lansing lawmakers approve a 56 to 32 bill barring depicting people drinking beer or wine in television ads. The measure advances to the Senate for consideration.
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Lansing
Mich
House of Michigan
Senate
Thirty Soldiers From Prince Donate Blood
About one third of the Bloodmobile quota was met as thirty men from the 1428th Engineer Float Bridge Company Prince led by 1st Lt. Fred C. Klevesahl arrived at 9 a.m. to donate. Most non essential personnel at the Prince station supported the test bridge project by giving blood.
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1428Th Engineer Float Bridge Company
Prince
Fred C. Klevesahl
Prince Station
Pravda Attacks Senator McCarthy as Fascism Profit
Pravda called Sen. McCarthy the Troubadour of U S fascism in a Moscow radio broadcast, accusing him of leading Republican reaction and defending aggressive U S policy. The article said the top ranks of the Republican party back McCarthy to crush popular resistance.
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London
Pravda
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
U. S
Republican Party
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow Radio
U.S.A
McCarthy
Sen
Rhee Says South Korea Will Attend Parley in Geneva
President Syngman Rhee said South Korea would attend the Geneva conference on Far East problems but demanded ironclad assurances there would be no sellout of Korea. He warned the April meeting may achieve nothing and that Korea cannot wait for unification while idle talk drags on. He asked for more information from U.S. Secretary of State Dulles before deciding. All major countries except South Korea had agreed to go to Geneva on April 26.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Korea
U. S&s
State Dulles
Rhee
Geneva
Associated Press
Wereust
Wholesale Food Index Hits New 3 Year High
New York wholesale food prices per Dun and Bradstreet rose to a three year high this week reaching 7.25, highest since March 15 1951. The index, up 154 percent from a year ago, lists 31 common foods with gains in corn wheat barley lard sugar coffee cottonseed oil tea cocoa prunes steers and lambs. Flour rye eyes hams bellies rice raisins and hogs fell.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Stock market edges higher with mixed results in New York
In New York trading the market crept forward with a few declines. Gains occurred in American Telephone, American Smelting, Air Reduction, Chrysler, Philco, United Aircraft, and Republic Aviation, while Santa Fe, Allied Chemical, Packard, U S Rubber, and American Can fell.
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New York
American Telephone
American Smelting
Air Reduction
Chrysler
Philco
United Aircraft
Republic Aviation
Santa Fe
Allied Chemical Packard
U. S. Rubber
American Can
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Curtis Nelson
Ed Chernick
Bell Brothers Shoe Store
H&m
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Joe Salango
Frank Ellison
John Fox. Fox
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