Lie to Fly to Moscow for UN World Peace Meeting
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie announced plans to fly to Moscow on May 10 to urge a world leaders meeting with the Security Council to avert a Cold War catastrophe. He warned that dividing the world into two camps would deepen arms races and halt progress toward atomic control.
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Paris
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Moscow
Russia
Security Council
Herbert C. Hoover
U. N
Lie
San Francisco
Stalin
U. N. Security Council
United
Jury Probing Mine Disorders at Island Creek Mines
The Mingo County grand jury began an inquiry into violence at Island Creek Coal Company mines 24 25 and 26 near Delbarton. Testimony from five supervisors cited assaults by a large group during disturbances, and 3000 workers were idle after 200 were furloughed as an efficiency move.
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Mingo County
William B. Mogg
Charles W. Ferguson
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Ferguson
Grand Jury
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Mack Shumate
E. W. Stepp
Bill York
Okey Curry
Con Curry
Rockhouse
Weather outlook and rainfall notes across Beckley and counties
Mild to night with partly cloudy skies and warm afternoon showers forecast Thursday. Beckley reported 69 high and 57 low yesterday with rainfall around 0.09 inch. Oak Hill highs near 66, lows around 57 with light rainfall. Glade Creek also saw 64 high and 59 low. Rivers near Bellepoint and Greenbrier about three feet above normal and muddy. normal stage and clear conditions expected.
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196 Americans Evacuated from Red China Reach Hong Kong
General Gordon arrives in Hong Kong with 735 evacuees from Shanghai including 196 Americans 79 British 21 French and 377 stateless persons The group led by Walter McConaughy leaves from Taku Bar after a failed State Department backed evacuation The article portrays Shanghai as increasingly controlled by Communists with foreign firms facing crushing taxes and exodus risks The Reds reportedly pressure firms to drain foreign currency remittances while workers remain in place to receive payrolls
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Hong Kong
W. H. Gordon
Red China
Taku Bar
Tientsin
U.S
Walter McConaughy
Shanghai
U. S. State Department
Medical curb of sex crimes slow costly
The first official answer whether doctors can curb sex crimes better than prisons was given to the American Psychiatric Association. Washington reports that confinement at St. Elizabeths Hospital shows some improvement but cures will be slow and expensive. Twenty-five percent of 24 men improved. five mental trouble types found, with no unique phobias. Treatments focus on full occupancy and varied activities. no definitive cure yet.
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Associated Press
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Truman Labelled Worst President by Stassen in Speech
Republican Harold Stassen argued that President Truman is the worst president and the cleverest politician in U S history. He said Truman's West tour is a bid to win a puppet Congress and condemned him as a product of Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine.
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New York
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Truman
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America
Pendergast School
Kansas City
Mine Pension Policy Reopens After Eight Month Freeze
Washington outlines a resumed Welfare and Retirement Fund for soft coal miners. Pensions of $100 monthly begin June for 60-year-olds with 20 years' service, death benefits of $1,000, and funeral limits of $350. New rules require prior-year work for eligibility. operators win by limiting benefits to active industry contributors.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Charles A. Owen
National Coal Association
Miss Roche
College Budgets and Building Bids for State Colleges
State college budgets for 1950-51 were reviewed by the Board of Education with allocations pending approval. Bids were opened for two new buildings and furnishings for a third. Morgantown firm Baker and Coombs submitted the lowest bids for science and health education buildings at West Virginia Tech and Glenville State College, but base bids exceeded available funds, while equipment and furnishings bids were within budget.
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Glenville
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Adrian
Mich
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Purge Rumors Hit Polish Forces Across Eastern Bloc
Washington officials report rumors of a purge within Poland's army and the Polish Communist Party as the Soviets tighten control over Iron Curtain states. State Department experts doubt an imminent collapse of Soviet power in Eastern Europe, while Hoffman's crackup forecast remains contested. Hoffman, 58, spoke to a U.S. Chamber event yesterday.
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West Virginia briefs from Charleston and beyond
A flying cable broke from a steam shovel striking Lovell Rock 46 of Cooper's Creek at a State Road Commission site on South Park. Rome Nelson Snyder 75 founder of Snyder Advertising died in Charleston hospital after a heart attack weeks earlier. Firemen searched the Guyan River for Paul Keffer, 25, missing since Saturday. At the state convention of the Disabled American Veterans in Logan June 24 speakers were announced Brig Gen Albert Pierson and John Leighner. West Virginia Adjutant Roy W. Gerlach made the announcement. influenza cases fell while whooping cough rose. In Clarksburg a station wagon driven by Mary Blake 32 plunged 200 feet over an embankment on U S Route 19. she died in hospital.
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Washington
John Leighner
West Virginia
Roy W. Gerlach
Clarksburg
Mary Blake
Flemington
Taylor County
W. M. Simon
Martinsburg Time War Ends With Daylight Saving Push
Martinsburg debates time to observe daylight saving or standard time as 90 percent of residents use daylight. City council swapped to fast time then urged all to adopt Eastern daylight saving time to reduce confusion. An ordinance for a referendum on June 13 is planned amid regional towns awaiting Martinsburg’s choice.
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Associated Press
Martinsburg
Grounding of Missouri officers leads to promotion setbacks
Three key officers on the battleship Missouri were punished by reduction in numbers on the Navy’s promotion list for the grounding in Chesapeake Bay January 17. Capt. William D. Brown, Cmdr. John R. Millett, and Lt.Cmdr. Frank G. Morris, Jr. were reduced 250, 100, and 350 numbers respectively, announced by Adm. William M. Fechteler. The officers were found guilty by general courts martial and have been released from arrest and restored to duty while awaiting reassignment. A second item notes a bluefield report on a coal burning locomotive using jet principles and a potential test in spring, with projections of cost savings and range.
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Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
William D. Brown
Frostproof
Fla
Mighty Mo
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John R. Millett
Waterloo
Iowa
Cmdr
Frank G. Morris, Jr
New York
Millett
Morris
United States Naval Academy
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Atlantic Fleet
Bureau of Personnel
Workers and Pickets Clash at Williamson Plant
A fist fight erupted early today at the Acme Machinery Company entrance in West Williamson between pickets and employees. Plant Manager Matison Evans and about six others received minor facial cuts. The plant, with ~15 assemblers, has been on strike since last Thursday as Clifton Brown of United Construction Workers reports most workers signed cards seeking union recognition that the company has refused. The clash began when two supervisors and two workers who continued to work crossed the line.
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Acme Machinery Company
West Williamson
Matison Evans
Clifton Brown
United Construction Workers
Mrs J C Maples Succumbs Today
Mrs J C Maples dies at 904 S Kanawha Beckley at 11 30 a m. Born Sept 29 1868 in Washington Court House Tenn she moved to Beckley in 1899 after marrying John Crampton Maples She was a Presbyterian Church member Survived by husband four sons Mack Cecil Crewe Robert five daughters two sisters 14 grandchildren five great grandchildren Body at Caffee Funeral Home pending arrangements
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George W. Bair
Washington Court House
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Beckley
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Faye Martin
Ed Roberts
Mount Hope
Norville Rose
Nitro
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Roswell
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Morrison, Tenn
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Caffee Funeral Home
Tax cut on economy cigarettes approved by committee
Washington The House Ways and Means Committee voted to reduce the tax on economy brand cigarettes from 7 cents to 4.9 cents per pack. The move pushes the total excise tax reductions beyond one billion dollars, marking a record cut.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pepper Defeated in Alabama and Key Senate Races
Sen Claude Pepper of Florida lost his bid for another term after 14 years, defeated by Rep George Smathers in a close Alabama primary. Smathers led 349,211 to 285,084 with 1412 of 1595 precincts reported. Pepper conceded at 12:15 a.m. Smathers never trailed. The Alabama results also showed internal party clashes over Democratic machinery and civil rights, while Ohio and Indiana races nominated or renominated key incumbents and figures in the Democratic Senate contests. Virginia yielded Edward J. Robeson Jr. a special election win to fill a late congressman’s term.
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Claude Pepper
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Pepper
Smathers
Truman
Dade
Miami
Alabama
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National Party
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Sparkman
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Birmingham
McNeil
Ohio
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Ferguson
Michael V. Disalle
Taft
Indiana
U. S. House
Cecil Harden
Charles Halleck
Virginia
Edward J. Robeson, Jr
Newport News
Rep. S. Otis Bland
Wayne Voters Approve School Levy in Wayne County
Wayne County voters approved a three year school levy by 4 111 to 1 503 about 73 percent. The levy raises 185 000 annually and qualifies the county for 177 000 in state aid.
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Wayne
Wayne County
Weather’s Lousy Yet Rainmaker Fights Public Backlash
New York readers urge Dr. Wallace Howell to ease up on artificial rain making after a spate of wet weather. City outlets note rainfall varied with natural patterns, while Palisades Amusement Park offers to raise Howell’s pay to stop cloud seeding. Weather Bureau cites nature as contributing factor. reservoirs reach 83 percent capacity.
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New York
Wallace E. Howell
New York City
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Howell
Sahara
Palisades Amusement Park
Hudson River
New Jersey
Nature
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ernest J. Christie
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