West Virginia News Highlights and Memorial Day Observances
Gov. Marland will deliver programs at Scott High Madison Gratton May School Hamlin 32 and the 87th Memorial Day observance at West Virginia's national cemetery. Dr. Samuel B. Copeland will retire March 31 after serving in Woodville Pa. United Presbyterian Church. Tests of floodwall equipment in Parkersburg Huntington and Point Pleasant planned this week with results to the U S Corps of Engineers in Huntington. Roanoke in Lewis County marks its 125th anniversary with Dr Roy Bird Cook addressing a banquet by the PTA. West Virginia Tech band on its first tour, Virgil Love of Point Pleasant awarded 111639 for gymnasium and storage at Point Pleasant High. Dr A G Susie of Armour Research joins United Carbon staff in Charleston for carbon black R and D. George W King named Charleston Housing Authority chairman. WV total club memberships reach 20008 in 1953 with 1474 4 H clubs listed. West Virginia University invites schools to join Flower Day planned for May.
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Gov. Marland
Scott High
Gratton May School
Madison
Hamlin
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Huntington
Point Pleasant
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Roanoke
Lewis County
Roy Bird Cook
Charleston
West Virginia Tech
A. G. Susie
Armour Research Foundation
Chicago
Echnical
United Carbon Co
George W. King
Bapital
West Virginia University
Sheep Counting Lawsuit Highlights Dime Payment Dispute
In Huntington a Common Pleas Court jury ruled Fred Ferguson need not pay Welfare Finance Co. the $253 plus interest after he refused to count 2 530 Roosevelt dimes offered as payment. Ferguson testified he offered full amount in 1952 using the dimes borrowed from his grocer brother Adrian Ferguson. He said he was told to have them counted at a bank, declined, and left. The case hinged on the West Virginia Sami Loans Act requiring acceptance of legal tender portions.
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Ferguson
Ito
Adrian Ferguson
Roosevelt
Welfare Finance
Ood County
Retrus M. Abdella
Supreme Court
Abdella
Frank C. Hay
Teond
Cision
James Bo Riley
Stpreme Court
Riley
Wanted, One Foot Shoe Held By Salem Police
Authorities in Salem Massachusetts hold a right foot loafer size BY as a cheeky pursuit for its owner to claim it. A lighthearted notice notes the shoe is not a glass slipper but a sporty loafer awaiting lawful possession.
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Salem
Mass
Psychology drives San Francisco cable car hiring shift
The city seeks recruits with psychological insight to staff cable car operations as ridership grows and entertainment value becomes essential. Instructors note the job combines skill and showmanship, with tenures testing gripmen on steering and timing amid crowded hills and noisy crowds.
Japs May Seek Compensation for Atomic Blisters
Japan hints the United States may pay compensation to 24 Japanese fishermen burned by radioactive ash from a secret American atomic test blast in the Bikini Eniwetok area. One crewman is in serious condition with burns and potential bone marrow effects. the boat returned to port after witnessing the blast and explosion.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Central Pacific
Masao Tsuzuki
Katsuo Okazaki
Bikini-Eniwetok
Maritime Safety Board
Tenast Guard
Rgent
Two Railroads to Cut Coach Fares One Third
The Pennsylvania and Baltimore Ohio railroads will cut roundtrip coach fares about one third. The reductions apply to Pittsburgh Philadelphia service starting April 15 to stimulate passenger business.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Baltimore Ohio
Philadelphia
United States India clash rises in UN calendar reform fight
A UN debate pits the United States against India over a proposed World Calendar reform. India seeks a 64 day year with Worldsday and a leap Worldsday every four years, aiming for adoption by 1956. the U.S. argues the council should tackle more pressing issues. The World Calendar Association backs the plan, tracing a long history of reform efforts.
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Unted Nations
N.Y. Wa
United States
India
United Nations
U.N. Economic and Social Council
Geneva
U. S
Cial Council
General Assembly
World Calendar Assn, Inc
New York
League of Nations
U.N
U.S
Marco Mastrofini
Rome
Ice and frost threaten Yugoslavia's spring hopes
Yugoslavia faces its harshest winter in 25 years. Ice-choked Danube and Sava threaten floods and delayed planting. Temporary bridges at the Iron Gates are blasted free of ice by engineers with dynamite while helicopters and horse drawn sleighs haul supplies. The moisture may aid upcoming crops after drought.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Danube
Sava
New York
Minnesota
Romania
Senate probes in closed session over McCarthy led inquiry
A divided Senate investigations subcommittee goes into closed session to set ground rules for a showdown with Army officials. Senator Mundt urges a neutral panel, but McCarthy resists, stepping aside temporarily while his committee handles the probe. Congress also clashes over tax exemptions and Eisenhower’s farm program as votes loom. Chavez vacancy report advances amid a New Mexico irregularities inquiry.
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Washington i
Senate Investigations
McCarthy
R- Wis
Army
Sen. Mundt
Tanes
House of Representatives
Eisenhower
House
Rayburn
Tex
Panhm
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Chavez
Senate Rules Committee
Sen
New Mexico
Poultry Market Reports Across Shenandoah Valley Area
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market quiet at Friday levels with heavy offerings and receipts. Farm prices since Friday noon show broilers and fryers at 22-23 cents, heavy hens 24-25. South Branch Valley reports ample supplies and fair demand with broilers 22-25 mostly 23-24. total 75 400 head at 3-4 pounds. Pittsburgh Washington Baltimore rail fare changes travel experimental until Sept 30 to boost passenger numbers.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Charleston
South Branch Valley
South Branch
Reward Offered for Bryant Service Station Records
A missing records notice seeks the return of Bryant's Service Station materials taken from John T. Raines of Raleigh on March 1. It lists contact numbers and advertises interior painting, wallpapering, floor finishing, and hardware services from multiple companies and workers including Harold Williams and Montgomery Ward Paint Man.
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Bryant
John T. Raines
Raleigh
Harold Willams
Harvey
Sanders and Edgers
Fabulon
Foster Hardware Co
Main S
Wood Hatfield
Soma
V. Ford
Beckley CE & Feed Co
Prince St
Wards
Montgomery Ward
W. M. Beaver
Dial
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Soviet Union
Waller Bedell Smith
Rourke Hickenlooper
Mountain State
Samuel B. Copeland
Wheeling
Woodville, Pa
United Presbyterian Church
Venue
Virgil Love
Point Pleasant High School
Associated Press
San Francisco
Telly
Department of America
James
Gubbins
San Fran
Cisco
Gripman
Hanhouse
Charleston U
Tano
State Supreme Court
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Alexander Nielsen
Nielsen
Gune
Drum Corps
Peter Pfeifer
Pfeiffer
Ritter
Dag Hammarskjold
Jewish Labor Committee
International League For the Rights of Man
Georgia
Clarence Hill Pointa
Macon
Life Abroad
Congress
Pittsburgh-Washington
Baltimore
Maytag
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
Amos EF Quesenberry
Vance Drive
Mer
Robert C. Egnor Monument CO
Crab Orchard
Oak HN Logan
Madison Fine Monuments & Family Memories
Snow Thornton Florists
Quality Lumber & Suppis Lo
City Ave
Orel
Coom’s
Woodlawn Ayve
Beckley
W. Va
Kut & Karl Beauly Shop
Mabel West
Carlons Maddox
Murphy's
Del-Mar
Neville St
Marguerite’s
Main Street
Edward Parrish Weacher
Plano - Dial
Professional Directory
G. H. Church
South
Oakwood Ave
IGIG
Maxwell & Keyser
Prince Street
George Sparks
Ashworth Home & Auto Bendix
Intel
RCA Victor
Zenith TV
John W. Eye
Morgan
Wright
Eeah Eeu
Lovitz
South Oakwood
Dia
Roy Mager
Vine
Iai
Frank
Ford Tractor
George Sweeney
C. C. Drumheller
Coal City
FUR Coals
Chemical Service
R. E. Adkins
Capes
Dames
Sand Branch
Clarence Plurney
Hope
Taylor's
Beaver
Lily Cay
Iouin Taylor
Lewis
Cooper
Beckley Newspapers
Cote Headley Newspapers
Amaildren
Chiricosta
Cntre
Glover
President Hotel
States
Canada
Mexico
Arlington Hotel
Seckly
Uller Brush Company
Mr. Brown
Pioneer
McCreery
Watkins
Beckles
Mt. Hope
Sprague
C. C. Hunter
East
Robinson Avenue
Barberton
Ohio
Stanley Home Products
Hox
Beckley Newwspapers
Old Line Life Insurance Company
Wyoming
Boone
Fayette
Summers
Greenbrier
Mercer
Care Beckley
Toad
Ledman‘s Style Shop
Prince St.ee
Armature
Edwight
WL Va
R. la
J H. Stinson
East Beckley
Roy A. Jones
First Ave
New
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