Florida Farmer Vote Gives Russell Edge
Florida farmers backed Georgia Senator Russell in a tight Democratic primary, defeating Estes Kefauver in a brisk Florida vote. The Republican race in Ohio showed Taft widening his delegate lead, signaling a potential advantage in the July convention. Ohio results put Taft at about a two vote lead over Eisenhower in the AP tally with 604 needed for nomination.
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Associated Press
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Richard Russell
Florida
Taft
Dwight D Eisenhower
Harold BE. Stassen
GOP
Eisenhower
Georgia
Russell
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Gelosmer
Mutual Set
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Kefanger
Alabama
New Mexico
Indiana
Patrick J. Hurley
Senate
Dennis Chavez
Atomic Attack Threat Said Possible in Two Years
Air Force Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg told senators that within two years the Soviet Union will possess the means for a long range atomics attack on the United States. He warned a counterattack could be negated and key industrial centers crippled, while voicing opposition to House defense cuts. Vandenberg read his prepared remarks to the Senate subcommittee as he underwent a hospital procedure for abdominal pain, with details of his illness not disclosed.
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Washington
F — Air Force
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Russia
Air Force
Pentagon
House
Congress
Vandenberg
Senate Appropriations
Defense Department
Doctors Hospital
Rery
Nathan F. Twining
Oak Hill Fires Boundary for Calls to Fires
Oak Hill imposes a mile-wide boundary forbidding fire department calls outside the circle. Fire Chief Arthur Akers urged the council to limit calls to within the radius or those covered by contracts with neighboring coal firms due to unpaid out-of-town calls and current equipment. The Sports Improvement Association returned the ball park to the city after a three year lease, with about 1200 spent on improvements. The park now falls under the Recreation Commission. Parking for doctors on Main Street and a new city truck are planned. Petitions for paving Miller Taylor and Trump Highland Streets were presented for consideration at the next meeting.
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Register
Oak Hill
Arthur Akers
Sport Improvement Association
Ball Park
Recreation Commission
Main St
Miller and Taylor Avenues
Trump and Highland Streets
End of Panamnjon Talks Clouds Korea Truce Image
End of secret Panamnjon talks casts doubt on a Korea truce. A collapse seems possible, with fighting possibly continuing or a stalemate persisting. Communists demand open, full-dress talks while Allies reportedly remain ready for limited front discussions and insist on voluntary repatriation for POWs.
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Panamnjon
Korea
John M. Hightower
Washington
Panamnjom
Planes Rip Red Lines 340 Times
Allied war planes ripped up rail lines in 340 places and opened 104 more gaps north of Pyongyang. Pilots reported 170 additional breaks on the East Coast railway near Hamhung and 170 more culverts. An Allied patrol clashed two hours east of Chorwon while tank-supported raiders destroyed four Red bunkers near Kumawa.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Red Korea
Pyongyang
Valley Forge
Princvton
Hamhung
Chorwon
Kumawa
President Plans Tour To Lambast Economy
President Truman, nearing his 68th birthday, outlined a planned whistle stop tour to attack budget cutters and lobbyists he accuses of hobbling defense and national welfare. He singled out the real estate lobby and reiterated a 1948 campaign claim that Sen. Taft opposed a long-range housing bill in the extra session. He urged a return to fiscal vigilance to curb what he called attacks on world peace and defense.
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Washington
Truman
Stalin
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
National Housing Conference
Beckley Forest Fire Destroys Pine Trees Near Bishop Street
A blaze deep in Beckley at about 10:30 a.m. destroyed six pine shrubs on Eugene Harvey’s property at 105 Bishop Street. Firemen said nearby trash burning sparked the fire in the forest preserve area.
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Beckley
Eugene Harvey
Bishop St
School Construction Plans Presented for Raleigh County Additions
Preliminary drawings for additions to four Raleigh County high and elementary schools were presented for state approval today by C. D. Munson and architect Alec Mahood. The plan covers Woodrow Wilson at Beckley Steen at Coal City Mt View and Sophia elementary schools as part of the state education review in Charleston.
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Raleigh County
C.D. Munson
Bluefield
Alec Mahood
Woodrow Wilson
Beckley
Steen
Coal City
iMt
View
Sophia
Murson
Mahood
Charleston
State Board of ‘Education
Payne Condition Reported Fair After Car Train Crash
Paul P L Payne Purity Baking Company executive and former Tid e Woodin Ave resident was listed in fair condition at Beckley Hospital after a train automobile collision at Skelton crossing Saturday at 9 50 p m His 1951 Buick suffered near total loss with leg and nose injuries including a crushed font and a fractured nose hospital attaches said
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Paul PL Payne
Purity Baking Company
Beckley Hospital
Payne
Tide Woodin Ave
Skelton Crossing
Blood Drive for Red Cross at Crab Orchard
A War time recruiting drive in Crab Orchard aims to collect 1125 pints at the Red Cross Bloodmobile on Wednesday May 14. Spearheaded by Mrs Howard Blevins and Mrs Liam Grogen, the visit runs from May Read as 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Crab Orchard Baptist Church. The first visit brought in 96 pints. callers may book appointments by dialing 7809 or 21832.
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Crab Orchard
Red Cross
Howard Blevins
Liam Grogen
Ma.y
Meadow Bridge seniors tour Beckley visiting college firms
Ten Meadow Bridge High School seniors active in Future Business Leaders of America toured Beckley today. They visited Beckley College on South Kanawha Street, planned a Beckley Newspapers Corp plant visit, a local radio station, and dined at the Beckley Hotel. The group included Mary Barnett Janice Day LaGuita Hylton Irene Billena Cox Loretta Spade Ida Farley Shanda Woolwine Bellwood Catherine Knapp and others from Meadow.
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Meadow Bridge High School
Business Leaders of
Lare
Mary Barnett
Danese
Janice Day
LaGuita Hylton
Irene Bil Lena Cox
Loretta Spade
Ren
Meadow Ida Farley
Kathryn
Shanda Woolwine
Bellwood
Catherine Knapp
Oil Union Men To Confer With WSB Officers
Denver dispatch reports 22 oil workers unions on strike plan a meeting with the Wage Stabilization Board on May 13 to present the background of the dispute. The strike, in its eighth day, has squeezed oil refining capacity and cut aviation fuel supplies, while officials discuss potential federal actions and avoiding gasoline rationing.
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Denver
Wage Stabilization Board
Nathan P. Feiger
Washington
WSB
Truman
QO. A. Knight
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
APL
Arth Cio
Wired Feinsinger
Chapman
Four Way Crash on South Fayette injures one
A four way collision at South Fayette Street and Maplewood Lane damaged three vehicles and one power tool. Beckley police reported no serious injuries. Vehicles belonged to David E. Smith, Jerry G. Byrd, and Ezra J. Baldwin Jr. Damage totaled about 300, 600, and 1000 dollars respectively. Baldwin was charged with reckless driving and bonded for a Police Court appearance. Pole damage reached 150 dollars.
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South Fayette St
Maplewood Lane
Beckley
David E. Smith
Preacher
Meadows St. Beckley
Jerry G. Byrd
Miner
jGhent
Ezra J. Baldwin, Jr
Glen Morgan
Baldwin
Adn
Forest Fires Break Out in Three Counties
District Six officials report three separate wildfires this morning in Ba One Wes Wenning C oat Big Branch near Devils For Summers County near Mt View and Mercer County at Arista. Extent of the fires remained undetermined at noon.
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District Six
State Conservation
Commission
Wes
Wenning Coat Big Branch
Devils
Summers County
Mt. View
Mercer County
Arista
Oak Hill Manager Resigns from Sanitary Board
Oak Hill city manager C. Waugh has resigned from the Oak Hill Sanitary Board after citizen protests over a city paid employee serving on the board. Waugh received no extra pay. successor to be named July 1 when all city employees are appointed.
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Register
Oak Hill — Ciy
Waugh
Oak Hill
Sanitary Board
WSB Compared To A Boy In Jam In Washington
James Marlow discusses the Wage Stabilization Board with sharp satire, tracing its expansion from nine to 18 members and its intervening powers in labor disputes, while noting congressional pressure to curb its authority. The report also covers Charleston state funds and Spencer Monongahela Power’s voltage upgrade project and road realignment.
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James Marlow Washington
Imall
WSB
Congress
Truman
WSA
Fom
WSE
Cable Sabotage Disrupts Service Hits Three in Jail
A cable line cut near Mt Hope disrupted telephone service to 900000 people. Three men jailed one for violating the Red Man act. damages estimated at $3000 to the C and P Telephone Co. Many circuits affected between Beckley Charleston Hinton Lewisburg Oak Hill and Bluefield Cincinnati Roanoke. repairs underway with delays expected.
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Mt. Hope
Charleston
Beckley
Bluefield
Roane Va
Telephone Company
C. and P. Telephone Company
Theodore Robinson
Hinton
Lewisburg
Mr. Hope
Oak Hill
Logan
Bya
Huntington
Montgomery
Cincinnati
Roanoke
National Broadcasting Company
Associated Press
United Press
Fineville
Power Company
Robinson
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
C. L. Walker
James Vines
Valley Drive
C. and P
Beckley-Mt. Hope Road
Slab Fork
McKendree
Vines
Raleigh County
T. N. Thurman
Walker
Fayetteville
Billy Winston Mowell
Eccles
Steve Underwood
Virgil Lyons
Fayette County
Mowell
Lester
Trap Hill
Cio-Cwa
Wo EL Webb
Mill Creek
Mt Hope
Raleigh County Shelter records 29 animals found homes in April
A monthly report from the Raleigh County Animal Shelter shows 29 animals found homes in April, including 12 dogs and 17 cats. Five dogs were returned to owners after paid board and licenses, with total shelter intake noted at 335 animals cared for that month.
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Raleigh County Animal Shelter
Raleigh County Court
A. G. Hatcher
Hatcher
iWo
Miners Union Leader Warns Against Political Entry
UMWA District 29 President George J. Titler urges members to shut out outsiders seeking entry for political gain. He defends his own continuous membership amid controversy over William C. Marland’s reinstatement to Glen Rogers Local 6004 and the union’s backing of Hedrick for governor. Titler warns against using membership as a tool for votes and recalls the hard won era of the union’s struggle.
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UMW
George J. Titler
Min
William C. Marland
Glen Rogers
United Mine Workers
Matland
Statehouse
E. H. Hedrick
Beckley
Marland
District 29
Tiler
Titler
UMWA
ISU
Trict 50
EMWA
Xonomen
Weather forecast note for the region
Cloudy and cool tonight with frost possible in the northeast and lows around 32 to 45 in the west and south. Thursday remains cloudy with scattered thundershowers likely across the area.
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S. Fayette
Estes
Soret
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IWSB
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W. H. Ansel, Jr
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