Louisiana Demonstration Plants for Coal to Oil and Gas
Two 15 million dollar demonstration plants near Louisiana Missouri dedicated to coal hydrogenation and gas synthesis to convert coal into diesel oil aviation gasoline and by products. Officials say private industry should back similar plants while critics doubt imminent petroleum shortages.
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Louisiana
St. Louis
Congress
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Julius A. Krug
Fey
Bas
Employment Prospects Rise for West Virginia Graduates
West Virginia college graduates face improved job prospects in state business and industry, aided by a cooperative placement effort among the State Employment Service veterans employment service and college officials. The program targets business administration chemistry engineering physics and sciences. President Truman is cited as remarking that there are too many Byrds in Congress, stirring political speculation about re election dynamics and opposition to his program.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
State Employment Service
Satuday
Patrick M. Connell
West Virginia Employment Service
Veterans Employment Service
Cornell
Washington
Truman
Congress
Gilbert A. Warrison
American Veterans Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mon C. Wallgren
Washington State
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
Mia
Roosevelt
Tyd Ings
Maryland
George
Georgia
Goose Hollow disturbance ends with axe attack and jail cells
Police called to Goose Hollow to quell an all night drinking party found Elmer Agee cut and bleeding from a pole axe blow. Ella Anderson admitted striking Agee. three others arrested for being drunk. Officers searched Nellie Ross home for illegal liquor, finding gin, wine, whiskey, and homebrew. Ross fined $30 plus costs. felonious wounding charge against Anderson to be pursued if Agee prosecutes. Other items note Eastern Star meeting, a Mount Hope birth, and Air Force training in Wyoming.
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Starr Weer Mullens
Goose Hollow
Ella Anderson
Wendell W. Cook
Elmer Agee
Anderson
Dale Sizemore
Micheluzzi
Ed Clay
Agee
Nellie Ross
Cook
Ross
Rel d on plate charge against Beckley man William Kingrey
William Kingrey of Beckley was arrested by state police on Saturday for driving with improper license plates. A hearing was scheduled today before Magistrate T. N. Thurman.
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Reld
William ,Kingrey
Beckley
T. N. Thurman
Princess May to See Pope Pius XII in Rome
Princess Margaret likely to be received by Pope Pius XII in Rome tomorrow. John Sebastian Somers Cocks, first secretary of the British legation, said details were not complete but the audience was expected. Buckingham Palace indicated King George may not object to the visit during her Italian holiday.
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Associated Press
Rome
Margaret
Pius XII
Holy See
John Sebastian Somers Cocks
Legation
Vic Pope
England
Buckingham Palace
George
Italy
English Girl to Visit West Virginia Farms
A 23 year old British farm girl Gladys Mary Howe from Essex England will arrive in Morgantown to work on farms under the International farm youth exchange program. She will attend 4 H meetings at Jackson's Mill May 30 to June 4 and the national 4 H camp in Washington DC late June, living in state farm homes and spending two months on Texas farms before returning to England.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia
Gladys Mary Howe
Essex
England
Nander Fie International Farm
United States
Jackson’s Mill
Washington, D. C
Texas
Medical Auxiliary Elects Officers
OAK HILL Mrs C B Hughes of Montgomery is the new president of the Fayette County Medical Auxiliary after a meeting at the home of Mrs Falls and Fats. Mrs Ralph Hogshead installed the officers including Mrs Hughes as president and Mrs J B Thompson of Oak Hill as vice president. Recording secretary Mrs AM OB L Woesan Garton. treasurer Mrs CE Watkins Oak Hill. corresponding secretary Mrs JoA Wiseman Montgomery.
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C. B. Hughes
Jdx
Montgomery
Fayette County
J. Oa. Wiseman
TH. Montgomery
All Foes of FDR Gang Up on Son Vote Set May 17
In Manhattan’s West Side a lively campaign for Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. unfolds with rallies and street activity for a May 17 special election in the 20th district. Roosevelt, son of the former president, faces three opponents including Dr. Annette Rubinstein and is contrasted with his famous lineage. Flanking remarks reference Al Smith and Teddy Roosevelt Jr. as campaign context while the race centers on Roosevelt’s qualifications vs. name recognition.
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Son
Associated Press
New York
Manhattan
West Side
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Congress
Roosevelt
Annette Rubinstein
American Labor Party
du Pont
of du Pont
Ethel du Pont
Reno
Municipal Court
Benjamin Shalleck
Tammany Hall
al Smith
Smith
Shallock
Sith
Teddy Roosevelt, Jr
William H McIntyre
Saulsville School Hosts Annual Picnic Meet
Saulsville residents gathered at the school for a traditional picnic lunch. The event drew over a hundred people, though officials counted this year as slightly smaller than in prior years.
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Ngg
Saulsville
Wind and hail storms lash Texas and Oklahoma weekend
A tornado and fierce winds struck Texas and Oklahoma causing property damage across towns including Schuster UDiew where no injuries were reported. Crops and fruit trees suffered as hail accompanied the storms. In Winters Pumphrey and Wingate winds toppled wheat, wrecked farm buildings, and damaged utilities. An 18 year old drowned fording Monte raix Creek near Chaksburg Missouri amid flash floods.
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Associated Press
Cilicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Schuster
Udiew
Pumphrey
Wingate
Tex
Montreaix Creek
Chaksburg
Reserve-Marine Sham Fight First Staged in U.S.
Norfolk Virginia AP reports a simulated assault by 200 Marine reservists on Stewart Airport in Parkersburg. Operation Mountaineer will join 300 Navy and Marine reserves aiming to “capture” the airport from West Virginia National Guard units as 24 fighter planes, howitzers, machine guns, flares and smoke bombs prepare. Cmdr Solomon Ribakoff leads invading forces drawn from Charleston Huntington and Wheeling with 600 officers and enlisted men total.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Parkersburg
Stewart Airport
United States
Naval
10921 Engineer Combat Battalion
167Th
West Virginia National Guard
Adm
R. O. Davis
Fifth Naval District
Davis
LSIL
Cmdr
Solomon Ribakoff
USNR
Huntington
Uits
Charleston
Wheeling
Badgon Funeral Rites Set Today
Funeral services for William Badgon 70 of Summerlee are set for 2 p.m. today at the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Rev Robert Ray officiating. Burial will follow in Bays Cemetery at Summerlee.
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Register
Oak Hill
William Badgon
Summerlee
Thomas
Robert Ray
Bays Cemetery
Pagan Nation label sparks talk at Mount Hope church
Mrs. C. S. Harrington of Houston lectured at Mount Hope Presbyterian on a United Nations listing of America as pagan. As a delegate to the Amsterdam Conference of the World Council of Churches, she discussed missions, the clash of Communism and faith, and the conference motto Man's Disorder God's Design.
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Wester Mount
Hope
United States
United Nations
C. S. Harringston
Houston
Texas
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterian Church
Amsterdam
World Council of Churches
Holland
Naztism
Mrs. Harrington
World Council
Hue
Japan
China
Harrington
Oak Hill
Lewisburg
Bheefield
Shanghai under martial law seizes 950 trucks and 300 jeeps
Chinese Nationalist forces in Shanghai order 950 trucks and 300 jeeps turned over for military use as foreign firms face disruption. Consulates including American and British intervene to spare essential operations while warnings of execution under martial law loom.
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Shanghai
Spinster, 83, Shoots Youth Threatens Cop
Emma Arnold, an 83 year old woman, fired at a youth in her weed overgrown yard while a group of teens picked Mother's Day bouquets. Donald Walsh, 15, was critically injured. police arrested Arnold after she allegedly threatened Lt. Ronald LaRue as officers retrieved a 3R caliber revolver.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Emma Arnold
Donald Walsh
Miss Arnold
Young Walsh
Ronald LaRue
Heat is on Hague In Jersey Voting Heat on Hague In Jersey Voting
Jersey City awaits the commission election as 74 year old Frank Hague faces a tough race in the Democratic led slate. His nephew Frank Hague Eggers campaigns to succeed him against a fusion ticket led by John Kenny, a former Hague ward leader, highlighting a pivotal test of Hague political longevity.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
Democratic Party
New Jersey
Palance Tomorrow
Hauge
City Commission
Tomorrow's Commission
Frank Hague Eggers
Hague
John Y
Kenny
Freedom
Eggers Talate
West Virginia Briefs Summary of State Police Arraignment and Local Fatalities
West Virginia briefs report Bill Bias of Boone County to be arraigned on a murder charge in the shotgun slaying of Leo Johnson near Danville. Harold Machir, 29, of Point Pleasant, was recovered by coast guardsmen after falling from a boat. A 34-year-old Coal Branch Heights woman is under investigation for the burning death of Frank Smith. St Albans was named site for 1950 Catholic War Veterans convention with Dominic Gatto elected commander. Patreck McMillan, 32, of Charleston, died in a car crash on Rocky Fork Road. his brother John McMillan is hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Bill Bias
Boone County
Filmer
Leo Johnson
Route 3
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Johnson
Spring Mountains
Point Pleasant
Harold F. Machir
Ohio River
Machir
Charleston
W.l. Pence
Coal Branch Heights
Frank Smith
Pence
Smith
St. Albans
Dominic Gatto
Thomas
Tucker County
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John B. McMillan
Loveland to Address Agriculture Workers at Jackson's Mill
Morgantown announces U S Agriculture Department Under Secretary A J Loveland will speak at a statewide conference of the production and marketing administration at Jackson's Mill May 18 19. About 275 committee men and principal clerks from county agricultural conservation offices and county agents are expected. State Chairman J Ward Wood says farmer reaction to the overall program will be discussed.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
A. J Loveland
U.S. Agriculture Department
Jackson's Mill
J. Ward Wood
Two Sisters Die In Weekend Car Crash On Bridgeport Road
On the Clarksburg Bridgeport Highway a car left the road and overturned killing two sisters from Bridgeport and injuring three other people. Latlie Murphy Gaines 56 and Daisy Morrison Nixon 53 died. Earl Nixon 42 husband of one victim was critically injured with a broken neck. Mazie Heater 29 of Salem and Lloyd Morrison 26 suffered minor injuries and were treated and released. Morrison the driver alleged steering wheel locks.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
Bridgeport
Latlie| Murphy Gaines
Daisy Morrison Nixon
Gaines
Earl Nixon
Mazie Heater
Salem
Lloyd Morrison
Nexon
Morrison
Beckley Finance Firm Granted State Charter
Lincoln Loans Inc of Beckley received a state charter today with capitalization of 50000 dollars by Herbert E Cohen Mary Frances Cohen and Max H Wender all of Beckley The charter marks formal entry of the Beckley finance firm into state finance operations.
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Beckley Finance Firm
Associated Press
Charleston
Lincoln Loans, Inc
Beckley
Herbert E. Cohen
Mary Frances Cohen
Max H. Wender
Auditor Refuses WVU Retired Staff Pension Benefits
Morgantown State Auditor Edgar Sims refused April supplemental pension benefits for 42 West Virginia University retirees. University officials said payments were funded from appropriations by the Legislature but blocked by the constitution ban on extra compensation for public officers after service ended. The action covers retired custodial staff and instructors but not teachers receiving county school board supplements.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Edgar Sims
West Virginia University
J. Sims
Sims
Market Trading Loans to Losses
New York the stock market settled into a slow, uneven day with prices barely moving. Gains showed in Studebaker, Woolworth, Boeing, AT&T, Dow Chemical, RCA, New York Central, Standard Oil, and American Airlines while Packard, Montgomery Ward, Bethlehem Steel, American Telephone, Anaconda Copper, Allied Chemical, United Air Lines, and Southern Pacific drifted lower. Armour & Co. fell more than a point from a 1949 low at one point.
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Associated Press
New York
Studebaker
Woolworth
Boeing Aircraft
International Telephone
Dow Chemical
Radio Corporation
New York Central
Standard Oil
N. J
American Airlines
Packard
Montgomery Ward
Bethlehem Steel
American Telephone
Anaconda Copper
Allied Chemical
United Air Lines
Southier Pacific
Armour & Co
Public City Council Session Invited Tuesday Evening
City Council will hold a regular business session at 7 30 p m Tuesday inviting the public to attend, per Mayor Grover C Hedrick.
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Grover C. Hedrick
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