Reds Fail in Absence of Soviet Tanks and Planes
Allied troops push north on the Korean front for a second day as patrols hunt Red troops in no man’s land between sectors. Reports say new Communist build-ups in Red Korea and China North Korean forces withdrawing to regroup angry for more military aid. Fifth Air Force flew 500 sorties as Lt. Gen. Van Fleet visited the Western front to award a U S presidential unit citation to the Gloucestershire Regiment.
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Tokyo
Red Korea
U. N
John Randolph
No Man's Land
United Nations
Chunchon
Seoul
Inje
Fifth Air Force
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Western Front
Gloucestershire Regiment
U S Rejects Soviet Peace Plan and Korea Strategy
Secretary Marshall defended UN aims in Korea promising to inflict heavy Chinese casualties to break morale and defeat trained forces. He warned against MacArthur's rhetoric undermining morale and urged careful action to reach a negotiation basis without escalating to broader war. Washington also rejected Russia’s Japanese peace plan, saying it seeks a double veto via Communist China and would stall treaty work. The U S will proceed with its own draft with or without Russian participation and consult14 other nations as needed.
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Washington
Marshall
United Nations
Wee Motets
Douglas MacArthur
Marsh
Korea
Secretary of Defense
Jot Chiefs of Staff
Russia
State Department
United States
Blain
Japan
U. S
Alan Ca Kirk
Moscow
Britain
China
Soviet Union
Wretee
Michael J. McDermott
McDermott
Weather outlook for West Virginia includes mild midweek showers
The bulletin notes fair to tonight with a low around 45 to 50 F, increasing cloudiness Wednesday. May 9 to 13 expects temperatures near normal about 60 F in the north and 61 F in the south, with milder midweek and cooler Friday, showers on Thursday and later in the week, and total rainfall near half an inch.
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West Virginia
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bam
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New Norr
Bluestone
Rep John Kee Dies Of Attack In Capital
Rep. John Kee, 77, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, died today from a heart attack during a committee session. He had just returned from Bethesda Naval Hospital and had served in Congress since 1933. Kee was born August 22, 1874 in Glenville West Virginia, practiced law in Bluefield, served in the State Senate in 1922, and was active in several civic groups. President Truman marks his 67th birthday as White House says he will work a normal day.
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John Kee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
George W. Calver
Capital
Kee
Bethesda Naval Hospital
House
West Virginia
Congress
Glenville
W. Va
J. N
Lewisa Campbell Kee
Glenville State Normal School
West Virginia University
Bluefield
Mexico
Standard of Companys
State
Senate
Maude Elizabeth Frazier
Roanoke
Frances
James
Christ Episcopal Church
St. James Episcopal Church
Elks and Moose Organization
West Virginiz
Actress Mary Astor Seeks Death by Own Action
Actress Mary Astor attempted death by own action early today at her suburban Encino home. Police reported she was unconscious on a bedroom floor with sleeping pills strewn nearby. She was pumped of her stomach at Valley Hospital and then moved to Culver City Hospital for further treatment. Father William J. Smith was called to the residence.
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Associated Press
Hollywoolg
Mary Astor
R. O. Ernest
D. R. Gardner
Acie
Valley Hospital
Culver City Hospital
William J. Smith
St. Cyril's Catholic Church
Encino
Astor
Electric Chair Ends Legal Fight
Willie McGee died in the electric chair in Laurel Mississippi after a long futile battle to avoid execution for raping a white woman. Despite worldwide attention and multiple denied appeals governors clemency declined. As his head was shaved he wrote his will leaving possessions to his mother and a local Baptist preacher prayed with him.
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Associated Press
Laurel
Miss
Willie McGee
State Supreme Court of
Mississippi
U.S. Supreme Court
Wright
Laurel House
McGee
T. W. Patterson
Minister Resigns From Charleston Church
Dr. Harry Longley rector of St. John's Episcopall Church announced his resignation to the vestry last night. He accepted a call to become rector of Holy Trinity Church on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Harry Longley
St. John’s Episcopall
Holy Trinity Church
Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia
Mullens Chamber Plans Thursday Ad Over Rails Protest
Mullens Chamber of Commerce directors meet at 2 p.m. Thursday in a special session to decide whether to recall their protest to the Public Service Commission against the Virginian Railway plan to abandon passenger mail and express service between Deep Water and Charleston. The railway seeks to discontinue trains Nos. 102 and 104, while the chamber contends the services are essential to Mullens area. Virginian officials argue the line loses money and that the railroad benefits from other revenues. The chamber president notes a possible revised schedule linking Norfolk and Page with Mullens five hours apart to improve local passenger service.
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Mullens
Mullens Chamber of Commerce
Publi Service Commission
THF Chamber
Virginian Railway
Deep Water
Charleston
Virginian
Public Service Commission
Berkley Mills
Virginia
Chamber
Mills
Lthener
Gordon D. Sididmore
The
PSC
Norfolk
Page
Judge Quotes Scripture In Draft Evasion Case
Raymond Junior Weekly of Flemington, 22, faces sentencing in Federal Court on draft evasion after a guilty verdict in 12 minutes. He arrived with a Bible and cited scripture as Judge W. E. Baker countered with Job and Matthew passages.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Raymond
Flemington
W. E. Baker
Baker
Matthew
U S and Russia Break Off Lend Lease Talks
The United States and Russia ended lengthy negotiations over compensation for World War II lend-lease goods. Russia sought about 10.8 billion dollars in restitution while offering 240 million. The United States demanded at least 800 million.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Russia
U. S
UN moves toward arms embargo on China gains support
The United States pressured the United Nations for a global arms embargo on China as Britain and France shifted to a more favorable stance. A vote was anticipated late this week or Monday, with the plan advancing from the 12 nation Sanctions Committee to the General Assembly and then to the plenary session amid Soviet bloc opposition. The proposal would ban shipments of arms, weapons, and key materials to areas under Chinese Communist control.
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Associated Press
N. Y
United Nations
Redina
World Organization
Britain
France
United States
U. N
U. S
Gas Demands Press Amere to Seek Gas Sale Restrictions
Amere Gas Utilities seeks PSC authority to restrict heating gas sales due to rising demand and scarce supplies from the Southwest. A Charleston spokesman cites unprecedented space heating demand, new construction, and fuel conversions as drivers. A June 10 hearing will consider objections and the company’s plan to supply prioritized cases and newly designed facilities.
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Amere Gas Utilities Company
Charleston
Southwest
Public Service Commission
Amere
Maudi
Cient
Dina
Amere Sas
Appalachian
Amieré
Beckley
Beckley-Princeton-Lewisburg
Eastern Seaboard Corporation
Alow Amere
West Virginia school bond passes in Mingo County
Mingo County became the first in West Virginia to approve a school bond issue under the amended constitution. The $2,961,000 measure drew 5,544 favorable votes, 4.2 percent of shares cast, with 60 percent required for passage. In Catlettsburg Kenova resident Kenneth Hitchcock died after a 6 foot fall from a railway bridge. Employment Department reported April jobless benefits at $640,714, down from $1,291,659 a year earlier, and state sales tax receipts for April at $3,553,750, boosting year to date to $31,910,337.69.
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Mingo County
West Virginia
Catlettsburg
J. Fred Miller
Kenneth G. Hitchcock
Kenova
W. Va
Charleston
C. H. Koontz
Warner Baxter Dies at 62 After Long Illness
Warner Baxter, 62, famed as the Cisco Kid, died in Beverly Hills due to bronchial pneumonia following years of arthritis and pain. His decline included a vitamin deficiency and a brain operation performed three weeks earlier to ease suffering.
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Warner Baxter
Associated Press
Beverly Hills
Calif
Cisco Kid
Divided Germany Marks V E Day Attention
In Berlin both halves of Germany react differently to V E Day May 8. West Germans largely ignore the sixth anniversary of surrender while East Germany celebrates as liberation from Nazis. Allied powers pause to mark the occasion.
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Germany
Tne
Associated Press
Berlin-V-E
East Germany
iSoviet Union
West Virginia to sell 90 million in veterans bonds mandate
Charleston West Virginia plans to issue 90 million in revenue bonds to fund the veterans bonus program after Governor Patteson says it is a citizen mandated sale. Mobilization Director Charles E Wilson advised seeking National Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee clearance for any borrowing over 1 million.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Patteson
West Virginia
National Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee
Funeral Services Set Wednesday for M L Richards
Funeral services for M L Richards are planned for Wednesday. He was born 1891 in Pulaski and worked as superintendent and mine foreman for Pocahontas Fuel Co and Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. He lived in Beckley since 1947 and was a member of several fraternal and church groups. Surviving are wife Hattie Marie, daughter Mrs James Mahoney, son James A Richards, three sisters, and three grandsons. The body will move from Melton Mortuary to 340 Mankin Avenue today at 7 PM with pallbearers named.
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Beckley
Pul
Elizabeth Pauft-Riards
Coal Omdustry
Pocahontas
Taylor
Johnson City
Tenn
Grace Richards
Sophia
Melton Mortuary
P. P.m
E. B. Hutchinson
O. M. Wicker
R. J. Lucas
Isadore Wein
Samuel Thomson
WW. K. Farrar
Alex Igeorge
Bernard Crawford
W. C. Money
Sand Branch Man Dies of Hemorrhage at Local Hospital
Charley Alonzo Stevens aged 48 of Sand Branch died near midnight Monday in a local hospital from a brain hemorrhage per county coroner Dr. B B Richmond. Body at Rose Funeral Home awaiting funeral plans. Retired miner, Stevens last worked for New River Company at Stanaford. Survivors: wife Ruby. five daughters Hettie Dillon Norfolk Loretta Plumiey Stanaford Mattie Corena Wanda all at home. five sisters Edna Wright Cabin Creek Jessie Dean Whitesville Well Johnson Gassaway Earline Garten Cabin Creek Beatrice McMahon Dorothy. four grandchildren.
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Sand Branch
B.B. Richmond
Rose Funeral Home
Joe
Stevens
New River Company
Stanaford
Ruby Stevens
Hettie Dillon
Norfolk
Loretta Plumiey
Mattie
Corena
Wanda
Edna Wright
Cabin Creek
Jessie Dean
Whitesville
Well Johnson
Gassaway
Earline Garten
Beatrice McMaijon
Dorothy
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