Mountain Murder Suspects Attempt To Escape Jail
Three mountain youths in Wayne are jailed facing murder and robbery charges after beating a 69 year old man, John Caldwell, to death and later burning his body. The victims grandson Ervin Caldwell and 20 year old Walter Copley were charged with plotting, while 16 year old Bernie Martin wielded the weapon. Officials said a sawed window bar outside the jail sparked the escape plot discovery as three hacksaw blades were found.
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Wayne
Ervin Caldwell
Walter Copley
Bernie Martin
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John Caldwell
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Pelfrey
Copley
Suspects Held In Armed Holdup In Clarksburg
Four customers robbed of 675 dollars at a Clarksburg restaurant on May 3. Police arrest two Canton men 24 year old Van Bibber and 19 year old Leo Evans in Canton. An 18 year old Elma Eakle of Lost Creek detained for questioning. Detective Barnett says Bibber and Evans held on auto theft charges.
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Clarksburg
Canton
S. E. Barnett
van Bibber
Toledo
Leo Francis Evans
Bibber
Evans
F. Murphy
Beckleyan
Barnett
Lost Creek
Elma Eakle
Harrison County
Loop
France Dimanche seised over pictures of Princess Margaret party
Paris police seize weekly France Dimanche over alleged insults to a foreign head of state. Pictures show a nude figure near a seaside rack and the princess entering a boat amid claims the images were republished from Italian press. Max Corre calls seizure illegal and plans legal action as a revised edition is prepared. A British embassy spokesman denies personal complaint triggered the action.
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Associated Press
Paris
France-Dimanche
Margaret
Haly
Max Corre
France Dimanche
Oliver Harvey
Four Die in Wreck Near Charleston at Witchee Creek
Four Negro men and a woman died when their automobile struck an abutment and plunged into about 15 feet of water at Witchee's Creek on U S Route 60 near Charleston. Rescue workers recovered bodies through the night. cause of death not immediately clear.
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Charleston
Here
Fitch Patrick MccMiNan
J. A. Murphy
Rocky Fork Road
W. E. Webb
Witcher's Creek
Mabel Wilson
Rand
Steven Crosby
Arville Tyson Robinson
Webb
Wilson
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Amid Scattered Showers
Cloudy and warm conditions give way to showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Showers end Tuesday with partial clearing and cooler temperatures. Beckley and Oak Hill report yesterday’s highs and last night’s lows with today’s readings. Glade Creek notes high yesterday and low last night.
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Greenbrier
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Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Driver's permit revoked for Hubbell in drunken driving
R M Hubbell aged 42 of 608 Ris street had his driving permit revoked for six months and fined 50 dollars by Magistrate T N Thurman for driving while drunk. He was arrested Saturday on the 19 21 By Pass after reports of a hit and run involving Wayne Taylor of East Beckley. Damages to the vehicles were not disclosed.
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Ris‘se
T. N.thurman
Hubbell
Wayne Taylor
East Beckley
Hague Faces Tough Jersey City Commission Vote
Longtime Democratic strongman Frank Hague, age 73, confronts a pivotal New Jersey election as his leadership is challenged. His nephew and successor, Hague ally Eggers, runs against John Kenny leading a fusion "Freedom Ticket" with four Democrats and one Republican in a major test of Hague era influence.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
Democratic Party
New Jersey
Balliance
Hauge
City Commission
Ay Vague Eggers
State
Hague
John V. Kenn Ing
Kenny
Freedom iTicket
Eggers
Missing gems valued at 30000 after Greenbrier theft
Insurance investigators began probe after Mr and Mrs Ronald Balcom reported jewelry valued at about 30000 missing from their room at the Greenbrier resort. The socially prominent New York and Palm Beach couple married last week in Palm Beach said the sapphires and diamonds were taken Saturday night.
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Ronald Balcom
New York
Paha Beach
Palm Beach
Greenbrier
Shanghai Confiscates 950 Trucks and 300 Jeeps
In Shanghai the Nationalist garrison ordered 950 trucks and 300 jeeps seized for military use amid rising Civil War fighting near Kaiting and along a 230 mile front from Hangchow to Lake Poyang. Foreign consulates intervened as firms struggle to spare essential operations. penalties may include execution under martial law.
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Roosevelt Jr Faces Fight for 20th District Seat
In Manhattan's West Side a fierce campaign surrounds Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr seeking the 20th District’s congressional seat. With petitions signed and strong rival bids, observers estimate 60,000 ballots could decide the May 17 special election amid a crowded field including Dr Annette Rubinstein and William H. McIntyre.
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Market Trading Loses Ground in Mixed Session
New York stocks moved slowly with mixed signs and a slight tilt to losses. Leaders showing gains included Studebaker Woolworth Boeing International Telephone Dow Chemical and Radio Corp while Packard Montgomery Ward Bethlehem Steel American Telephone Anaconda Copper Allied Chemical United Air Lines and Southern Pacific drifted lower. Armour & Co. preferred fell over a point to a 1949 low at one time.
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Aimes
Studebaker
Woolworth
Boeing Aircraft
International Telephone
Dow Chemical
Radio Corporation
New York Central
Standard Oi SN. J.j
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Montgomery Ward
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American Telephone
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Wind and hail lash two states causing wide damage
A weekend storm system brought a tornado wind and heavy hail across yvexa and Oklahoma with uncertain damage in Schuster joxla a town of 500 people. No casualties were reported. In Texas winds damaged wheat crops leveled farm buildings and damaged lines near Winters Pumphre and Wingate. An 18 year old boy drowned fording Moniteau Creek near Chaksburg Missouri as floodwaters rose and trees were felled.
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Yvexa
Oklahoma
Schuster
Joxla
Pumphre
Wingate
Tex
Moniteau Creek
Chaksburg
Beckley Finance Firm Receives State Charter
Lincoln Loans Inc of Beckley received a state charter today. The loan company is capitalized at $40,000 by Herbert E. Cohen Mary Frances Cohen and Max H. Wender all of Beckley.
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Charleston
Lincoln Loans Inc
Beckley
Herbert E. Cohen
Mary Frances Cohen
Max H. Wender
West German constitution approved amid fast track to peace
Bonn reports the West German constitutional convention approved a democratic, unarmed framework for a Western republic. American Gen Lucius D. Clay aims for quick military governor approval, with ratification by 14 states and possible East German participation if free elections occur.
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Bonn
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
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East Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Sokolovsky Blames West for Artificial Tensions on Victory Day
Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky in Pravda accuses the United States and Britain of artificial tensions and says only a new Soviet army can win a modern war. He repeats claims Western powers conducted limited wartime operations against Germany and sabotaged Yalta and Potsdam, arguing the anti democratic camp prepares a new war.
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Vassily Sokolovsky
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Britain
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Yalta
Potsdam
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West Virginia police cite Boone County murder arraignment
Logan State police said Bill Bias 21 of Boone County would be arraigned before a magistrate here a day on a murder charge in the shotgun slaying of Elmer Lee Johnson 21 of Route 3 near Danville Johnson was killed at the Spring Mountain fire tower near here Saturday Harold F Machir 29 of Point Pleasant body recovered from the Ohio River by coast guardsmen yesterday Machir fell from a boat Saturday while with two companions near the Point Pleasant shore Charleston State Trooper Pence said a 34 year old Coal Branch Heights woman is being held in an investigation of the burning to death of Frank Smith 40 of Coal Branch Heights Smith burned to death in his one room cabin Saturday
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Bill Bias
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Loveland to Address Agriculture Workers Conference
Morgantown announces U S Agriculture Secretary A J Loveland will speak at the statewide conference of the production and marketing administration in Jacksons Mill May 18 19. About 275 committee men principal clerks and county agricultural agents are expected to attend the two day meeting officials said Farmer reaction to the program will be discussed per state chairman J Ward Wood.
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J. Ward Wood
Ford Strike Expands Amid Mediation Rejection
The Ford Motor Co refused mediation offers as a five day strike widens across the nation. UAW leaders reject outside arbitration while mass demonstrations rally 65,000 walkouts with Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan, at the Rouge plant. Mayor Hubbard and acting Mayor Edwards offer mediation efforts, later dismissed by Ford as a company union dispute. Unionists warn of broadened layoffs at Ford facilities nationwide and a severe impact on Dearborn’s economy.
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Tora Motor Co
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Orville Hubbard
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Spinster Shoots Youth Threatens Cop in Detroit Yard
An 88-year-old Miss Emma Arnold fired at a group of eight youths including 15 year old Donald Walsh in a weed filled Detroit yard on Mother's Day eve. Walsh was wounded near the heart and in critical condition. Police arrested Arnold after Lt. Ronald LaRue disarmed a .38 revolver she held as he approached. A second item notes William Kingrey of Beckley was jailed on improper license plates charges with a hearing set before Magistrate T. No Tharman.
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Emma Arheld
Donald Walsh
Miss Arnold
Walsh
Ronald LaRue
William Kingrey
Beckley
T. No Tharman
Two Sisters Die As Car Overturns
By The Associated Press CLARKSBURG Two sisters die when their car leaves the Clarksburg Bridgeport Highway and overturns. Mrs Lottie Murphy Gaines 56 and Mrs Daisy Morrison Nixon 53 of Bridgeport are dead. Earl Nixon 42 husband of one victim is in critical condition with a broken neck. Mrs Mazie Heater 29 of Salem and Lloyd Morrison 26 are hospitalized or treated for minor injuries. Morrison the driver said he thought the steering wheel locked.
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Clarksburg
Antonopbie
Clarksburg Bridgeport
Lottie Murphy Gaines
Daisy Morrison Nixon
Bridgeport
Gaines
Earl Nixon
Mazie Heater
Salem
Lloyd Morrison
Nixon
Morrison
Reserve-Marine Sham Fight First Staged in U S
Norfolk Va simulated attack by 200 Marine reservists on Parkersburg Stewart airport marks the first all reserve national defense training in the United States. A 500 strong Navy and Marine reserve task force will attempt to seize Stewart from West Virginia National Guard units. The operation named Mountaineer is led by Rear Admiral Davis with Cmdr Ribakoff commanding the invasion force from Charleston Huntington and Wheeling.
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Parkersburg
Stewart Airport
United States
Naval
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T ‘Stewart Airport
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167Th
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R. O. Davis
Fifth’ Naval District
Davis
LSIL
Cmdr
Solomon Ribakoff
USNR
Huntington
Charleston
Wheeling
Rape-Death Trial Under Way in Guam Airmen Case
The prosecution in Guam opens a court martial for Pvt. Herman Dennis Jr. and two other Negro airmen over the December attack on a San Francisco woman. Hair and body fiber evidence is urged to prove guilt as the victim was beaten, ravished, and left unconscious in a jade shop jungle scene.
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Guam
Pvt
Herman Dennis, Jr
Ruth Farnsworth
Dennis
Calvert, Tex
20Th Air Force
Calvin Dennis
Frederick
Robert M. Burns
Spokane
Wash
Kenneth B. Chase
Chase
Harold Anderson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Civil Service
San Francisco
Louisiana Dedicates 15 Million Coal to Oil and Gas Plants
In Louisiana Missouri, two large demonstration plants confirm a U S Bureau of Mines plan to convert coal into oil and gas. About 500 officials and industrialists attend. The facilities will test coal hydrogenation and gas synthesis to bolster fuel supplies and by products like alcohols and plastics.
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Julius A. Krug
Cial
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