Mountain Murder Suspects Attempt To Escape Jail
Three mountain youths jailed on murder charges for beating John Caldwell to death and dousing his corpse in kerosene. Bernie Martin 16 wielded the weapon. Ervin Caldwell 19 and Walter Copley 20 aided in the slaying. Sheriff reports a jail escape plot found after a hacksaw and bars were discovered outside the jail. Copley and another inmate connected to the saw.
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Homer A. Pelfrey
John Caldwell
Wayne
Ervin Caldwell
Walter Copley
Bernie Martin
Caldwell
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Martin
Ile
Pelfrey
Copley
Girl Murdered In Va Church
Roanoke authorities planned to question three Virginia Tech students who were with 17 year old Dana Marie Weaver yesterday before her murder at Christ Episcopal Church. The body of the Jefferson High School junior was found about 8 am in the church kitchen. Del Capt Frank H Webb and Commonwealth's Attorney C E Cuddy prepared to interview the three students, two Roanoke natives and one from West Virginia.
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Roanoke
van Roanoke
Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Dana Marie Weaver
Christ Episcopal Church
Jefferson High School
Frank H. Webb
Commonwealth
C. E
Cuddy
West Virginia
Fire at Old Style Distributing Co. destroys beer stock
Fire at the Old Style Distributing Co in Huntington damaged the plant and destroyed beer stock. Fire Chief Floyd L. Crouse estimated the loss at 5500 dollars. The blaze likely started among barrel covers in a one story concrete block and frame building and burned about an hour before discovery.
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Old Style Distributing Co
Floyd L. Crouse
Weather Outlook With Showers and Thunderstorms
Considerable cloudiness and warmth give way to showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Showers end Tuesday with partly cloudy and cooler conditions. Beckley yesterday reached 86, with last night mild. Rivers at Melparin show Greenbrier and New showing about normal and clear.
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Mellepaint
Greenbrier
Papers Showing Nude Person in Princess Party Seized
France Dimanche faced police seizure over the weekend for publishing alleged nude images of Princess Margaret at a party in Italy. The newspaper, claiming the photos had already appeared in Italy, says the action was illegal and vows legal challenge. A British embassy spokesman denied a personal complaint by the ambassador prompted the move.
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Paris
France-Dimanche
Margaret
Italy
Max Corre
France Dimanche
France
Dimanche
Oliver Harvey
Four Die In Wreck At Witcher's Creek Near Charleston
Four Negro victims died when their automobile struck an abutment and plunged into about 15 feet of water at Witcher's Creek on U S Route 60 near Charleston. Names include Carl Wilson and Mrs Mabel Wilson of Rand, Steven Crosby a Charleston nephew, and beautician Arville Tyson Robinson. Rescue teams recovered bodies from 11 p m to 3 am. It remained undetermined if deaths were due to drowning or crash injuries. A second fatal incident near Charleston claimed Fitch Patrick McMillan, 32, a downtown parking lot operator, when his car left Rocky Fork Road and hit a tree 11 miles from the city.
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Witcher’s Creek
U. 5
Route 60
Here
Fitch Patrick McMillan
J. A. Murphy
Rocky Fork Road
W. E. Webb
Witcher's Creek
Carl Wilson
Rand
Mabel Wilson
Steven Crosby
Arville Tyson Robinson
Webb
Wilson
Beckleyan Driving License Revoked for Six Months
R M Hubbell aged 42 of 608 Russell Street had his driving permit revoked for six months and was fined 50 dollars by Magistrate T N Thurman on a charge of driving while drunk. Hubbell was arrested Saturday on the 19 By-Pass after reports said he struck another car without stopping. The other driver was Wayne Taylor of East Beckley. Carriage details not released.
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Russel Street
T. N. Thurman
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Wayne Taylor
East Beckley
Daniels to Refuse Post With Navy
Friends of Jonathan Daniels say he has declined the post of secretary of the Navy after weekend talks with Secretary Johnson. Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, had been considered to replace John S. Sullivan who resigned after Johnson halted work on the projected supercarrier. President Truman had denied any dispute with Johnson over Daniels as successor.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jonathan Daniels
National President To Address Jaycees
Paul Bagwell of Lansing Michigan, national president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, arrives in Beckley Wednesday May 18 for a noon luncheon speech before the local Jaycees. A professor at Michigan State University he will visit Huntington May 17 and Clarksburg that evening, continuing state stops with several talks.
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Paul Bagwell
Lansing
Mich
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
Bagwell
Michigan State University
Huntington
Clarksburg
Accuser in purse snatch case held in court
Fred Boysen, a Brooklyn baseball fan, was in a Manhattan courtroom accused of snatching a purse from Mary Ryan and of withdrawing a summons against Leo Durocher. The case tied to an April 28 clash with Durocher and a March 27 purse theft, with witnesses scarce amid public opinion. Durocher, suspended then reinstated by Commissioner Chandler, faced the matter as it proceeded.
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New York
Ffred Boysen
Manhattan
Leo Durocher
New York Giants
Boysen
Brooklyn
Durocher
Dodger
Doris Byrne
Miss Ryan
Durochér
Edgar Feeley
Links Reds Nazis In Deal Leading To World War II
Former War Secretary Patterson testifies to Senate committee backing the Atlantic Pact as a peace measure by uniting Western strength against Moscow. He likens Soviet guilt for WWII to Hitler and warns Russia acts only when backed by force. He cites Western manpower steel petroleum and innovation as overwhelming Soviet power to deter aggression.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Russia
Patterson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
S Patterson
Hitler
Moscow
Poland
Kremlin
Navy to Pull Out As Reds Arrive
Vice Admiral Berkey said U S naval forces in the Far East would remain in Tsingtao harbor until the city is occupied. Most Americans desiring to leave have evacuated and shore stations are abandoned as Red troops advance to Tsingtao's outer defenses.
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Russell S. Berkey
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Far East
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China
Berkey
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Isingtao
Navy
Rape-Death Trial Opens for Airman Slaying Case
Guam court martial hears prosecution claim hair and body fibers tie Pvt Hermann Dennis Jr to the Ruth Farnsworth murder. Dennis, 20, of Calvert Texas, is first of three Negro airmen tried separately. his half brother Calvin Dennis, 27, of Frederick Maryland, and Stall Set Robert Burns of Spokane Washington are the others. Opened with testimony describing Farnsworth seized in a jewel shop and taken into the jungle where she was beaten, ravished, and left unconscious.
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Guam
Hermann Dennis, Jr
Ruth Farnsworth
Dennis
Calvert
Tex
Air Force
Calvin Dennis
Frederick
Stall Set
Robert M. Burns
Spokane
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Kenneth B. Chase
Chase
Harold Anderson
Brooklyn
N. Y
San Francisco
City Park Opening Delayed Indefinitely
The Beckley City Park will not open tomorrow due to slow work from recent bad weather. The Junior Chamber of Commerce, which has cleared park grounds along the 1921 By-Pass, must finish concrete floors for toilets, install equipment and water lines, and erect swings donated by the Elks and Moose lodges. The park will remain closed until the work is complete as volunteers plan a Wednesday afternoon work session and a future opening date.
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Junior Chamber of Commerces
Elks and Moose Lodges
Laren
West German constitution approved pledging peace and democracy
Bonn reports that the West German constitutional convention approved a 146 article fundamental law for a democratic, unarmed western republic. It pledges peace, bans aggressive war, guarantees civil rights and freedom of press and religion, and foresees potential all German elections if reunification occurs.
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Bonn
Germany
Western Zone
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Berlin
Nazi Germany
East Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
West Germany
Soviet General Claims U S Britain Urging War by Artifi cial Tensions
Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky in Pravda on Victory Day charged the United States and Britain with provoking artificial tensions and said only a new type Soviet army can win a modern war. He accused Western powers of limited operations against Germany and sabotaging Yalta and Potsdam agreements. He urged anti democratic camp led by the U S preparing a new war.
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Vassily Sonolovess
U. S
Britain
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Germany
Yalta
Potsdam
Russia
Pravda
Stalin
Europe
3 Suspects Held in Armed Holdup in Clarksburg
Police report two men, Ooul Van Bibber aged 24 of Toledo and Francis Evans aged 19 of Canton, were arrested in connection with an armed holdup of four restaurant patrons on May 3. An 18-year-old woman from Lost Creek, Elma Fakle, is detained for questioning. Victims were robbed of 675 dollars. Officers say Bibber and Evans are held on auto theft charges. State Police Sgt. Murphy travels to Canton to question prisoners.
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Clarksburg
Canon
S. E. Barnett
Oul van Bibber
Toledo
T. Francis| Evans
Canton
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W. E. Murphy
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Elma Fakle
Harrison County
Cary
Truman Health Formula Day and Birthday Remarks
President Truman, age 65, told Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden that he has worked hard all his life and never had time for mischief. The remarks came on a day that marked Mother's Day, Truman's birthday, and the fourth anniversary of his Europe war end announcement, with flowers honoring his late mother.
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Edward Hughes Pruden
T He First Baptist Church
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Europe
Berlin Transport Restored by Russian Zone Commander
The Associated Press reports Moscow radio tonight that the Russian zone commander has issued an order restoring transport trade and communications services in Berlin. The move signals easing restrictions and resumes normal connectivity across the sector.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Berlin
Ford Strike Widens as Mediation Is Rejected
Detroit area as Ford rejects outside mediation amid a five day walkout by 65,000 workers. UAW leaders push show of force with a Sunday parade led by Walter Reuther and Dearborn Mayor Hubbard. Ford cites contract arbitration while unions anticipate further layoffs across plants in Los Angeles to Iron Mountain. Union kitchens report daily food costs, pledging care for strikers.
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Spectators Frisked At Trial In Welch
Spectators at the Matt Justice murder trial in Welch were admitted only after searches for weapons. Deputies and state troopers staffed the courtroom as tensions rose between Justice and the victims' families. A juvenile gun incident occurred at the door when a boy brought a toy cap pistol.
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Welch
Associated Press
WELCN
Matt Justice
McDowell County
Justice
Curls
Thomas Whitt
Prince of Monaco Dies at Age 78
Prince Louis II of Monaco died today at 78 after years of ill health. He had turned over duties to his grandson Prince Ranier last Thursday and ruled Monaco from 1922 following his succession to Prince Albert I. Monaco, a tiny six-tenths of a square mile principality on the Mediterranean coast, derives income mainly from Monte Carlo’s famed casino. Prince Ranier, 25, now inherits the throne. his mother Princess Charlotte renounced her succession rights in 1944.
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Monaco
Price Louis
Louis
Price Ranier
Principality
Prince Albert 1
Mediterranean
Monte Carlo
Prince Ranier
Charlotte
Value of Missing Gems Now Set at 30000
Insurance investigators arrived in White Sulphur Springs to probe a reported theft of about 30000 dollars in jewelry from Mr and Mrs Ronald Balcorma a prominent New York and Palm Beach couple The gems including sapphires and diamonds were taken from their room at the Greenbrier resort hotel Saturday night
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Associated Press
White Sulphur Springs
Ronald Balcorma
New York
Palm Beach
Greenbrier Resort
Deaths At Indiana Infirmary Spark Probe
Fort Wayne Indiana authorities planned a probe into a high death rate at Allen County Infirmary where 29 inmates died in 34 days. Dr Noah Zehr attributed deaths to poor funding and untrained supervision. Dietician Lelia Ogle noted deficient protective foods in inmates meals. Superintendent Onsle Dissler cited age as a factor. Zehr criticized political patronage in appointing staff.
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Associated Press
Fort Wayne
Ind
Allen County
State Health Board
Noah Zehr
Zehr
Lelia C. Ogle
State Health Board Dietician
Onsle Dissler
Dr. Jehr
Dr. Zehr
Central Virginia Quake Recorded
A light earthquake rattled Central Virginia with strongest effects in Powhatan and Buckingham counties and in Richmond West End. The 8:15 p.m. event was measured as a slight surface tremor about 3.12 miles from New York by Fordham University seismographs. No damage reported though Amelia County residents said pictures rattled. Dr James O Neale delivering a baby in Jetersville described the tremor as the infant of Mr and Mrs Foster arriving about three minutes earlier.
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Richmond
Virginia
Powhatan
Buckingham
West End
Fordham University
New York
Amelia County
James O'Neale
Jetersville
Henry Foster
Parts of seven Mingo County schools condemned
State Fire Marshal C A Raper ordered parts of seven Mingo County schools closed after an inspection. Superintendent W T Floyd Jr said second floors were shut as fire hazards and a formal closure notice was expected. Officials in Charleston declined comment. Buildings affected include Williamson Main Building and Weat Williamson Graded, Nolan, Delbarton, Gilbert and Dingess campuses.
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C. A. Raper
W. T. Floyd, Jr
Floyd
Raper
Charleston
Williamson
Weat Williamson
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