Students Select Slates for Youth Day Ballot
Woodrow Wilson High School held nominating conventions with 1100 student Democrats naming a slate led by Earl Whitener for mayor and Judy Graham for recorder while 200 Republicans nominated Robert O'Dell for mayor and Patsy Collison for recorder. Council tickets included Robert Mickis Cole man Ogg Chester Srant Julia Ann Dunn Bonnie Shalt for Democrats and Mary Frances Wood Patsy Mac Allister Carl De Robers Jennie Mae Brewer Jack Stoau for Republicans. City officials urged civic engagement as Youth Day nominations wrapped with plans to vote next week for April Youth Day.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Earl Whitener
Judy Graham
Recorder
Robert Mickis
Coleman Ogg
Chester Srant
Julia Ann Dunn
Bonnie Shalt
GOP
Robert O'Dell
Patsy Collison
Recorder’s Post
Mary Frances Wood
Patsy MacAllister
Carl de Robers
Jennie Mae Brewer
Jack Stoau
W. A. Burke
William P. Laren
Bernard Martin
Anthony Scalise
Crime surge hits 25 WV cities with 14.5 percent rise
FBI data show major crime jumped 14.5 per cent in 25 West Virginia cities last year, led by Charleston and Slantington while Clarksburg fell 32.3 per cent. The figures cover murders, rapes, robberies and thefts across Charleston Huntington Wheeling Parkersburg Clarksburg and others with 445 277 total population.
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Don Williams
Charleston
West Virginia
Slantington
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Parkers
FBI
Huntington
Parkersburg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eco- the FBI
Mine Officials Blamed For Accident Increase
Safety director C. B. Jones of District 29 United Mine Workers cites production focus over safety as the cause of a uptick in accidents since March 6. Five fatal incidents occurred in Eccles Kimphall East Gulf and two in Bossevain Virginia, all preventable with proper inspection.
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C. B. Jones
District 29
United Mine Workers
Todas
Eccles
Kimphall
East Gulf
Bossevain
Jones
Kimba
Virginia
Charleston
George H
Bluefield
Deficit Boosting Bill OK'd by Committee
The House Appropriations Committee approved a large deficit boosting spending bill totaling 29 045 030 164 dollars with 13 911 127 300 for the Defense Department and 5 801 782 79 for the Veterans Administration The panel considered trimming by about a billion dollars before sending it back for action In Washington Rep Ralph Edwin Church collapsed and died at a committee hearing on reorganizations at the National Labor Relations Board The chairman said Church suffered a heart attack while giving his views
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Associated Press
Washington
Justice Department
Congress
Peyton Ford
House Un-American Activities Committee
New York
Ford
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Wood
D-Ga
Communist Party
Emerson P. Schmidt
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Schmidt
Chamber
Fore
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Veterans’ Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
Ralph Edwin Church
R-I
Congressional Committee
Miller
Nebraska
House Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Dawson
D-Ill
Church
Beckley stores extend hours weekly through Easter
Beckley business leaders announce that Beckley stores will stay open all day tomorrow and each Wednesday afternoon until Easter. W M Kessel, president of the Beckley Business Bureau, stated the plan as a local commerce initiative.
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Beckley
W. M. Kessel
Beckley Business Bureau
Weather Forecast for West Virginia March 22 to 26
The extended forecast shows cloudy conditions with temperatures near normal and little variation until a colder spell around Saturday. Precipitation totals are expected at one third to one half inch. Regions like Beckley Oak Hill Glade Creek report highs in the mid forties and lows in the thirties with light precipitation and clear conditions at Greenbrier.
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W. Va
Beckley
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
P.s
Survived by Daughter, Spring Old Man Winter Died Last Night
Charleston obituary portrays Old Man Winter as a weather business figure who died at 11:36 PM in West Virginia. Born December 21, he is survived by his daughter Spring. The piece humorously notes his failed business season, stock declines, floods, and eventual death as vernal equinox arrived.
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Winter
John
Morris AP Stall Weiler
Charleston
West Virginia
Spring
Sil4jor Oi Cays
Winters
Weather, Inc
Ais
Charleslton
Mercury
Point Pleasant
Viand Street
Wheeling
Ohio
Negro Park on County Court Agenda Today
City engineer Dennis Leary was slated to report on water conditions at the new Negro park site at Fitzpatrick before the Negro Advisory Committee and Raleigh County Court this afternoon. Also on the docket were final plans for constructing two new buildings at Little Beaver Park.
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Dennis Leary
Negro Advisory’ Committee
Raleigh County
Negro Park
Fitzpatrick
Little Beaver Park
Boy Wins 23000 For Truck Crash Injury In West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia Robert Harley Walker ten of Lattes was awarded 23000 by circuit court approval of settlement of a 100000 damage suit. The boy was run over by a Bell Lines truck driven by Claude McDonald on February 2 1949 on the Nitro Charleston highway near Lees Ferry as he waited to board a school bus.
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Charleston
Robert Harley Walker
Winder iCircuit
Bell Lines
Claude McDonald
Lee’s Ferry
Ten Million War Veterans See NSLI Refunds Rise
The Associated Press reports Treasury officials say NSLI refund payments have reached 10 million disbursements to World War II veterans. Total payouts near $1.8 billion with about $1 billion more expected to reach about 6.6 million veterans, while 1.5 million veterans have yet to apply for their dividend. VA insurance officials expect the disbursement pace to ease by May 1, with most regular cases paid.
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Associated Press
Washington—Insurance
Treasury Department
Veterans, Administration
Breach of Lease Verdict Awarded to Phillipses
A Raleigh County Circuit Court jury found in favor of Claude and Leonard Phillips doing business as Bolt Coal Company, awarding $950 against Richard, Jack and Alfonso Thewes and Sons Coal Company for breach of a 1948 lease. The contract required moving equipment to a Bolt land tract for strip mining and imposed a $100 monthly penalty if location of machinery was delayed beyond September 1, 1948. The defense argued part of the equipment was located on the tract while rest was accessible on an adjoining plot.
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Raleigh County
Claude
Leonard Phillips
Richard
Jack
Alphonso Thewes
Phillipses
Bolt Coal Company
The
Thewes and Sons Coal Company
Bolt
Britain debates flogging revival amid kid gangs gun violence
London reports a surge in brutal postwar crime as Britons demand the return of flogging and the use of the cat o nine tails. Lords and Commons consider legal penalties while police blame the gun wielding youths and war shadow on crime’s new violent tone.
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Donald Schwind
London
Britain
House of Lords
House of Commons
Associated Press
Lord Jowitt
Acheson Becomes Focal Point in Republican Campaign
The Associated Press reports a Republican drive to attack Secretary of State Acheson over his policies. President Truman defends Acheson, despite critics in Congress citing his handling of Valentin Gabutchev’s case and alleged Communist harboring. Some GOP leaders say Acheson remains a potent issue for 1952.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wherry
Itseb
Acheson
Urat Acheson
Truman
Dean Acheson
Russia
Byrnes
Wisconsin
Werdell
California
Valentin Gubitchev
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Miss Dawson Awarded 156 937 For Bus Crash Injuries
Miss Clara Dawson a 69 year old schoolteacher won 156 937 55 in a Superior Court verdict for injuries from a May 11 1948 bus truck collision. She protected pupils and suffered a fractured skull and four months unconscious, with testimony she cannot work again.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Clara Dawson
Superior Court
Dawson
Daily Worker appeals for funds to cover deficit
New York The Daily Worker, a Communist newspaper, asks readers for contributions to guarantee continued publication. Editor John Gates cites an immediate 175000 dollar deficit despite a strong subscription drive and possible production savings. Gates warns there is no other source to raise the money. Gales is among leading American Communists appealing their conviction on conspiracy charges.
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Associated Press
New York
The
Daily Worker
John Gates
Gales
U.S
Marshall College Receives Cancer Research Fund Grant
Marshall College in Huntington has been awarded $7,300 by the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for the first year of a two-year plan to support the state's inaugural cancer research project.
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Associated Press Huntington
Marshall Col ‘Lege
Damon Runyon
Beckley Officials Spotlight Cancer Aid and Campus Project
Dr Chauncey B Wright Huntington surgeon and ACS board member announced a $200 grant for cancer work and the appointment of Dr Allen W Schott to head a chemistry project At the same time city police raided a Stag Poolroom arresting Michael and others for bookmaking and speeding fines were issued to Lloyd Boggess and Charles Walls The science hall project aims to begin in fall semester with a 2 000 000 budget and new department head John Riddle Jr faces assault charges
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Chauncey B. Wright
Huntington
American Cancer Society
Wright
Allen W. Schott
Arts and Sciences College
Ings
Alex Michael
Beckley
Chemistry
Scholl
Stag
Partment
John Riddle, Jr
Man and $314000 in Bonds Nabbed
Hollywood detectives arrested George B. Boden, 22, a recent Navy dischargee, after recovering 314000 in bonds stocks and jewelry stolen from philosopher Will Durant. Boden found in his room claimed he stumbled on the job by chance while the Durant mansion was unoccupied. Mrs Ariel Durant reported the wall safe opened during the Durants visit to Mrs Sturz's husband in hospital.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Boston
Will Durant
George B. Roden
T. ‘. Belcher
Raymond Keeley
Boden
Durant Mansion
Hattie Sturz
New York City
Durant
Ariel Durant
Wren
Durants
Sturz
Louis
Poisoned Alcohol Kills Your Men in Cleveland
Four men die in Cleveland over two days blamed on poisoned alcohol. Three deaths occurred last night while coroner Samuel R. Gerber links an earlier death to wood alcohol. A 50 year old vagrant, suspected of brewing the deadly mix, was arrested after two officers disguised as beggars bought two pints of the illicit brew for one cent.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Samuel R. Gerber
Lewis and UMW On Carpet Again In Federal Court
The government appeals Judge Keech's dismissal of contempt charges against John Lewis and the United Mine Workers over the recent coal strike. FBI probes a former local official's claim of a secret order to resume work and Sidener sues UMW for removal and fine. The appealArgues Lewis used a tongue in cheek effort to resume work. Court arguments set for April 26.
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Associated Press
Washington
John
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Justice Department
Richmond B. Keech
Keech
Circuit Court of Appeals
H. Graham Morison
Ins Relion
FBI
UMW
Lloyd H. Sidener
Canton
Sidener
Ito
Acquitted Doctor Faces Medical Society Hearing
Dr Hermann N Sander, acquitted of murder in the death of Abbie Borsolo, faces a Hillsboro County Medical Society charge and a State Board of Registration in Medicine hearing set for April 12. Catholic hospitals have banned him from practice pending proceedings.
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Ascochited
Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
New Hampshire
Lloyd L. Wells
Hillsboro County Medical Society
State Board of Registration In Medicine
Sander
County Society
Twe Catholic Hospitals
Dr. Sander
Five Raleigh County School Projects Enter Preliminary Stage
Walter F. Martens drafts preliminary plans for five Raleigh County Board of Education projects supervised by D. W. Bryson. Sites visited include Fairdale Midway Sophia Trap Hill Beckley Junior High and Shady Spring for initial drawings.
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Walter F. Martens
Charleston
Raleigh County
Lo Ag
Trap Nit High School
Backley Junior High School
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