Hulett Smith To Speak At UMW Rally
Hulett C. Smith will speak at John L. Lewis Day celebrations in Montgomery on April 1 with UMWA support rising. He has been invited by Roy M. Creasy and will be introduced by Sen. Ward Wylie. The event at the West Virginia Technology building schedules 1:30 p.m. Smith also headlines a Whitesville rally at 7:30 p.m. with delegates from Boone Raleigh Wyoming and Logan counties expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulett Smith
UMW
United Mine Workers of America
Hulett C. Smith
John L. Lewis
Insion Aut
West Virginia School of Technology
Smith
Citizens For
District 29 Declines Mass Meeting to Pick Candidates
District 29 of the United Mine Workers says no mass meeting will be held to endorse candidates before the Primary. President George J. Titler states officers will not issue a suggested slate and that local unions decide by voting records. A Madison meeting of District 17 members showed harmony aside from a governor candidate split between Barron and Smith. Danny Cahill was endorsed for State Senate over Glen Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District 29
United Mine Workers of America
George J. Titler
Titler
District 17
Madison
W. W. Barron
Hulett C. Smith
Boone County
R. R. Humphreys
District 1T
Charleston
Barron
United Mine Workers
Humphreys
Smith
Beckley
Congress
Danny Cahill
State Senate
Glen Jackson
Lincoln County
Particu
West Virginia Weather Forecast and River Conditions
Variable cloudiness and warm temperatures expected across the state with highs in the 60s east and 70s to 80s in the west. Scattered showers and thunderstorms likely Wednesday, mainly west and central, with cooler lows tonight from the upper 40s to lower 60s. River conditions show Greenbrier above normal and muddy. Lake Greenbrier rising with 16 gates open and a 7.1 ft gauge reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley High
JO Ain. Oort
Oak Hill
FTOO
Boon
Greenbrier
Mental Health Gets Legislative Committee Eye
Charleston AP report on a special legislative committee examining care for the mentally ill. Bonn Brown of Elkins and other stakeholders planned to appear as the American Legion pushes mental health as a major project. The panel set up subcommittees to study adoption laws and accounting, with $10,000 budget for the State Crime Commission and reappoints Dr. Carl Frasure as a consultant at $900 monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
American Legion
Bonn Brown
Elkins
the Legion
American Psychiatric Assn
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Carl Frasure
West Virginia University
Midwest Flood Threat Grows Amid Snowmelt and Storms
Thunderstorms and rain spread across the Midwest as melting snow raised river levels. Gusty winds reached Hutchinson Kansas with 63 mph gusts, a tornado brushed Shattuck Oklahoma causing minor damage, and heavy flooding affected Kansas Nebraska Missouri Iowa along the Missouri River tributaries. Light drizzle and dense fog covered the upper Midwest. Farther west Pacific Coast showers and dust storms flared in New Mexico Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midwest
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Hutchinson
Kan
Shattuck
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Missouri River
Michigan
Pacific Coast
California
Montana
New Mexico
Texas
Stingy old miser warned by Sherwood Glutz
Sherwood Glutz criticizes a stingy man who hoards wealth and never uses it fully. He suggests buyers should inspect a seller’s honesty and verify what money can or cannot purchase.
Ohio Man Hurt in One Car Wreck on Turnpike
Charles Dickerson a 42 year old Cleveland resident was hospitalized after a southbound 1956 model car left West Virginia Turnpike Milepost 37 skidding down a 53 foot embankment. He suffered head face arm and leg injuries listed as fair. His wife Pamela Anne 3 Shirley Elizabeth 19 months and Carolyn Yvonne 5 were treated and released for cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Dickerson
E. 123Rd St
Fair
Beckley Hospital
Pamela Anne
Shirley Elizabeth
Carolyn Yvonne
Raleigh General Hospital
Dickerson
Beckley
Beckley Wrecking Co. Employes
Riots Subside as Negro Workers Return to Jobs
Johannesburg and Cape Town report a one day work boycott ending with many Negroes back at work. Police redouble manhunts for rioting ringleaders after 72 deaths in protests over passbooks. Police and military units were mobilized. rail service slowly resumes as violence wanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
J. C. Lammmer
African National Congress
Jacobus Fouche
Senate
West Virginia Humphrey Campaign Team Named
Rein Vander Zee announced the Humphrey for President organization in Charleston with co chairs Marshall G. West and William L. Jacobs directing the southern and northern state campaigns. Jacobs and West are full time. Harmon serves as public relations director. Meyer is campaign treasurer. Drenner listed as a local associate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Hubert H. Humphrey
West Virginia
Charleston
Rein Vander Zee
Marshall G. West
Oceana
William L. Jacobs
Parkersburg
Jacobs
West
Wood County
House of Delegates
Congress
Wyoming
Roy Lee Harmon
Beckley
House
Humphrey
Raleigh Register
Harmon
Charles A. Meyer
Harry Drenner
Salem boy stricken by measles chicken pox and mumps
Delmar Alvie Gibbons, 9, of Salem is reported by his doctor as seriously ill with three contagious diseases at once. The child remains in bed under care as doctors monitor his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem, Ore
Delmar Alvie Gibbons
Salem
Lillybrook Coal No. 3 Reopens with 90 Workers
Lillybrook No. 3 mine resumes production on Monday with about 90 men employed. I. J. Richardson of Raleigh Pocahontas Coal Co says output could reach seven to eight thousand tons weekly. The firm plans further reopenings at Affinity and Killarney with a new tipple to handle all three mines. Construction may start May 1, and combined output from the three mines is projected at 80,000 to 90,000 tons monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillybrook
I. J. Richardson
Lillybrook No. 3
Richardson
Raleigh - Pocahontas Coal Co
Lillybrook Coal Co
Affinity
Killarney
Mamie Eisenhower Shows Off Hair Do And Figure
Washington AP Mamie Eisenhower keeps her bangs and reveals a new light brown pageboy style after a two week stay at Maine Chance resort. She appeared on the White House lawn for an American Cancer Society event, posing for photographers and playfully noting her new figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
White House
American Cancer Society
Maine Chance
Arizona
Congressman Mack Dies on House Floor in Washington
Congressman Russell V. Mack of Washington, age 68, collapsed and died on the House floor after a brief exchange with colleagues. Medical doctors among lawmakers aided him before Dr. George W. Calver pronounced death by coronary occlusion. Mack, a longtime lawmaker since 1947, had been born in Hillman Michigan and built a career in journalism before entering Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russell Vernon Mack
Wash
House of Representatives
Henry Aldous Dixon
Utah
Thomas M. Pelly
Rwash
Dixon
Mack
House
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
Dale Alford
Dark
Walter H. Judd
Rminn
George W. Calver
Congress
Hillman
Mich
Stanford University
University of Washington
Aberdeen
Daily World
Hoquiam
Daily Washingtonian
Castro Rejects Rio Pact and Herter Warning
Fidel Castro declared Cuba not bound by the Rio pact and rejected obligations under the treaty. He criticized Secretary of State Herter for labeling Cuban leaders as Communist and said his government did not sign the pact. Castro asserted no Communist influence admitted and defended agrarian reform and revolutionary laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Christian A. Herter
United States
Herter
Cuba
Corcoran Paid $305907 by Gas Firm Over Five Years
Lawyer Thomas G. Corcoran received 305907 dollars in five years for legal services and expenses from Tennessee Gas Transmission Corp. Records show the payments were disclosed by the Federal Power Commission. Corcoran, known as Tommy the Cork, discussed privately with three FPC members during talks on a Tennessee subsidiary’s pipeline plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Thomas G. Corcoran
Tennessee Gas Transmission Corp
Federal Power Commission
Corcoran
Tommy the
Cork
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FPC
Commission
Tennessee
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co
Upper Michigan
Jerome Kuykendall
Arthur S. Kline
William R. Connore
Frederick Stueck
John B. Jussey
Tennessee Gas
Finn
Midwestern
Base dedication marks Polaris missile program start
The first Polaris missile sub base dedication occurred in Charleston South Carolina with Rep Mendel Rivers noting the base must not serve its ultimate purpose. In Texas four people died in a head on crash on U S 80 near Clint after a negligent driving ticket issuance. At Vandenberg California a labor dispute halted missile base construction. Buckingham Palace elevator fuse failure delayed a royal film ceremony with Prince Philip and others stranded on the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Mendel Rivers
D-Sc
U. S. 80
Clint
Texas
Vandenburg Air Force Base
California
Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip
Duchess of Kent
Princess Alexandra
Royal Command
DeTour in Michigan Rebrands as DeTour Village
Residents in Michigan's Upper Peninsula voted to change the village name from DeTour to DeTour Village to avoid signs reading DeTour 11 miles. The State Highway Department will install new signs showing DeTour Village 414 miles to guide visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Nixon and Macmillan Join Ike for Nuclear Talks at Camp David
At Camp David, President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan convened top advisers to pursue a united U S British plan for a ban on major nuclear weapons tests and to shape new summit strategy with the Soviet Union. VP Nixon and Sec of State Herter joined the morning session with science and defense officials to advance negotiations ahead of talks with De Gaulle Khrushchev in Paris and Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Union
Camp David
Richard M. Nix
Christian A. Herter
Washington
George B. Kistiakowsky
John A. McCaone
Atomic Energy Commission
William Penney
Macmillan
James H. Douglas
Defense
Philip J. Farley
Herter
Geneva
Marcmillan
Catoctin
James Hagerty
Charles de Gaulle
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Hagerty
Leslie Glass
Glass
London
Florences Aad land-Beverly's mother forfeits bail
The mother of Florence Aad land-Beverly chose to forfeit a $20 bail instead of standing trial on a drunken charge after a noisy dispute with a young man she claimed harassed her daughter. The daughter was a protege of the late Errol Flynn. The Austrian government announced Khrushchev’s likely September visit to Vienna after soberly touring Verdun. The West demanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Aadland
Beverly
Errol Flynn
Nikita Khrushchev
Verdun
France
Vienna
Stevens Branch Lake Work Delayed by Snow Drifts
Work on Stevens Branch Lake resumes this week after a month long delay due to bad weather. Engineer Robert Davis said crews could not reach the area because of snow drifts and that triangulation work should start later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Branch Lake
Robert Davis
Randolph Introduces Vote Age Amendment
U S Sen Jennings Randolph introduces a constitutional amendment to grant the vote to citizens 18 and older. The proposal would be submitted to the states with two thirds concurrence from both Houses and ratified by three fourths of the states within seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Jennings Randolph
D-W
House
Congress
19 Firemen Die In Scotch Whisky Depot Explosion
Glasgow reports Britain's worst fire disaster as a whisky warehouse blast kills 19 firefighters and wounds at least 40. The six story depot held 55 000 gallons of whisky and tobacco worth around 1 million dollars, with losses possibly reaching 28 million. Two girls near homes were trapped but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scotland
Nightclub Owner Missing Since Jan Twenty Found In Sewer
The nude body of Arthur Adler, 43, former nightclub owner and a former federal grand jury witness, was found in a sewer at 1625 N Neva St west side Chicago. Coroner notes no clear signs of violence. Adler vanished January 20 amid rumors of gangland involvement. His wife Mary indicated he feared gang patronage and had sold the club last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arthur Adler
Alder
Mary
N. Neva St
Walter McCarron
Adler
North Side
Also Mentioned on This Page
Montgomery
Roy M. Creasy
Beards Fork
Floyd Booker
John Aquino
Dist
W. Va
Sherwood Glutz
Africa
U. S. Security Council
New York
U. N
Mamie
Congressman
Nixon
Ike
Mac
Cissor
United
Randolph
Hyman Fligelman
Edward Goggins
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!