Texas Tornado Toll Rising With Dozens Dead
Weather Bureau warned of more Texas twisters after two killing storms. Waco suffered the heaviest blow with at least 46 dead and many missing. San Angelo recorded eight dead and 100 injured as rescue crews searched rubble. Red Cross pledged funds to aid victims as recovery efforts continued.
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Waco
Tex.s
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
San Angelo
Tex
Standard - Times
West Texas
Standard-Times
John Wohlwend
R. T. Dennis
Lillie Matkin
Forrest Moore
Baylor University
Moore
Suttor County
Sonora
Washington
Red Cross
San Angela's
Attlee Attacks U.S. War Elements in Debate
Attlee blasted U S war elements and urged Communist China sit on the U N Security Council after Korea to curb hostilities. Churchill pressed world leaders for talks, with Pope Pius XII backing the effort, as Britain leans toward Maoist China post Korea. Eisenhower, McCarthy questioned in exchange over who holds power.
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Attlee
China
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
Labor Party
Churchill
Pius XII
United Nations Security Council
United States
Korea
Malenkov
Britain
Mao Tze-Tung
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
Security Council
Atlantic
Washington
Senate
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fish Story and Political Shuffle Highlight WV News
A Mt Hope fisherman pulls in two 10 inch trout, one snagged on line, near Hockory Lodge. In broader news, West Virginia figures Hoyt Vandenberg Dana Carney and Fechteler face term changes while Radford Ridgway and other leaders shift roles in the Pacific and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Hope
W. Va
Hockory Lodge
Okey L. Patteson
West Virginia
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Bradley
Collins
Fechteler
Carney
Radford
Pacific
Ridgway
Europe
Widen Hearing Wednesday Jailed Men Complain Of Shoddy Treatment
In Clay County West Virginia 48 men charged in the slaying of miner Charles Frame 29 will have hearings on Wednesday at 10 am. The group, accused in the death of Frame during patrols near the strike area, faced gunfire that wounded two juveniles in the same car. Prosecutor James Reed noted no one admitted firing the fatal shots as detainees complained of treatment at the Clay County jail.
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Clay
W. Va
Widen
Charles Frame
Frame
James Reed
Clay County
Homer Neff
Cook Shack
Neff
Dale Boggs
Boggs
Don Zickafoose
Kanawha County
Charleston
Elk River
Stock Markets Mixed Amid Small Shifts and Rail Gains
Developments in New York show a blend of minor gains and losses with most moves confined to a few cents. Rail stocks including Southern Railway Union Pacific and Southern Pacific drifted up at times while engines like American Cyanamid Standard Oil NJ and others fell back. A separate report recounts violence near Elk River with shootings at a picket shack and inmate transfers amid a police patrol and roadblocks near Widen.
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New York
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Chrysler
Republic Steel
Air Reduction
Pacific Western Oil
du Pont
Kennecott
International Harvester
American Cyanamid
Standard Oil (Nj
Douglas Aircraft
Westinghouse Electric
Anaconda Copper
International Paper, Chesapeake & Ohio
Consolidated Natural Gas
American Smelting
Reds Overrun Outpost as South Koreans Counterattack
In Korea a Chinese Communist force seized an Allied outpost in Texas and two other positions early today. Counterattacks by South Koreans pushed the Reds back to their lines, preserving Allied positions.
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Seoul
Texas
Korea
Becl ey Polio Poster Girl Candidate Is 19 Months Old
Mary George a 19 month old Beckley girl among contenders for the national Polio Poster Girl of 1954. The infantile paralysis victim, photographed by The Raleigh Register and sent to the NFIP, may appear on posters and leaflets for the next March of Dimes drive. Mary uses crutches at home after contracting polio in 1952 and为 Marmet Hospital patient until March of this year.
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Beckley
Mary George
William George
Whitestick St
Raleigh Register
National Foundation For
Mary
Marmet Hospital
Children's Hospital
Marmet
Kilgore Libel Suit Denied by Charleston Daily Mail
The Charleston Daily Mail denies Kilgore two million dollar libel claims in a Kanawha County Circuit Court answer. The suit cites a newspaper reprint of a American Mercury article related to Sen. Harley M. Kilgore and his campaign for the U. S. Senate.
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Charleston
The
Charleston Daily Mail
Harley M. Kilgore
the Mail
Kanawha County
Beckley Democrat
American Mercury
Kilgore
U. S. Senate
Statehood Bills Linked In Senate Interior Panel
Washington Senate Interior Committee voted to consolidate Alaskan and Hawaiian statehood bills and to hold hearings on the combined measure. The move aims to streamline statehood consideration for two territories with separate journeys to statehood.
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Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Forest Fire Burns Three Acres Near Bolt
State Conservation Commission reports a forest fire burned three acres of woodland near Bolt on Monday night. A separate unconfirmed blaze was reported from Beckwith at noon today.
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Bolt
State Conservation Commission
Beckwith
Early Vote Light On School Levy In Raleigh County
A light noon vote marked the special school levy election in Raleigh County. Precinct 2 North Kanawha had 56 of 651 voters casting ballots, Precinct 9 Institute 52 of 690, and Precinct 12 Harper Road 64 of 686. Polls opened 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. The levy seeks to continue funding for teacher salaries and personnel with 297 345 dollars yearly, not raising taxes, and requires 60 percent approval for a three year term.
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Ken Shroyer
Beckley College
Precinct 11
City Hall
William T. Boone
Bernard Thompson
Edith Brammer
Raleigh
North Kanawha
Institute
Harper Road
D. W. Bryson
Depositions in Court-Sheriff Mileage Dispute Heard
Former and present county and state officials testified in a courthouse session over the County Court-Sheriff John Ward mileage suit. Key figures included former Court President and State Senator Jack A. Nuckols and former Sheriff Okey A. Mills, with Ward’s deputies described as constrained by the $125 monthly mileage cap after December 1950. Deputy Mason Farley noted. Testimony indicated deputies exceeded the limit in some cases and raised questions about feasibility of courthouse operations under the cap. Depositions expected to continue in the afternoon.
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John Ward
Jack A. Nuckols
Okey A. Mills
Paul J. Fourney
Ward
Harry E. Anderson
H. G. Farmer
A. J. Lilly
E. van Dorsey
Mason Farley
Mills
Nuckols
Sheriff's Office
W. A. Thornhill
Anthony J. Sparacino
West Virginia Briefs Include Board of Education Pleadings
Huntington editor Raymond Brewster must file pleadings by June 8 in a dispute over his reappointment to the State Board of Education. Judge Frank L. Taylor admitted Charleston attorney Vincent V. Chane as a friend of the court. Elk Refining Co. buys seven and a half acres for river dock and two 250000 gallon gas tanks on the Ohio River, costing about 140000 dollars and slated for next winter. Milton Republicans nominate Hubert L. Harshbarger for mayor and John B. Kline for recorder in town election June 2. Diana Rae Mainsel, 17, of Clarksburg named queen of the Central West Virginia Strawberry Festival, June 4–5, at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon.
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Charleston
Amere Gas Utilities Co
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Amere
PSC
George R. Heath
Heath
Beckley
Mullens
Princeton
Sophia
Raleigh
Wyoming
Mercer
Summers
Greenbrier
Raymond Brewster
Huntington Hearth Dispatch
State Board of Education
Kanawha Circuit
Frank L. Taylor
Vincent V. Chane
Huntington
Elk Refining Co
Ohio River
Hanging Rock
Kanawha River
Milton
W. Va
Hubert L. M Harshbarger
John B. Kline
Harshbarger
Buckhannon
Diana Rae Mainsel
Clarksburg
Pineville Names Shannon as City Recorder and Treasurer
Pineville voters see Virgil Shannon named city recorder and treasurer to replace Fred Snyder who resigns. Shannon will also be Pineville city clerk and police judge beginning June 30, continuing roles with Ravencliff Development Co. and Ravencliff Fuel and Supply since 1941. Snyder and wife Kellan resign after 1946 service. Snyder to run a Marlinton Chevrolet dealership and relocate in July.
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Pineville
Virgil Shannon
Fred Snyder
Ravencliff Development Co
Ravencliff Fuel and Supply
Shannon
Wyoming County
Missionary Baptist Church
Soulsville
Snyder
Kellan
Marlinton
West Virginia Weather Forecast Update
Scattered showers or thunderstorms mainly in west and north West Virginia. Tonight lows 56 to 64. Wednesday turns warm and humid with thunderstorms. Through Sunday temperatures near normals 60 in the north and around 60 in the south. Cooler Thursday and Friday with weekend warming. Showers and storms Wednesday and rain Thursday total about one inch. Local city readings noted for Beckley Oak Hill Glade Creek.
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W. VA
West Virginia
Beckley
Cseseen
Oak Hill
Ae Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
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Pierce Fink
Owen Moore
Ernest Richards
Rosco Lilly
Sylvia Elementary School
Ann Ballengee
S. Kanawha St
Miss Ballengee
Lincoln Elementary School
America
Free World
Women mm
Advertising Council
U.S
Adm
Joint Chiefs
White House
Robert B. Carney
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
North Atlantic Council
Alfred M. Gruenther
Bulletin
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Matthew B. Ridgeway
NATO
North Atlantic
Council
Gruenther
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan Twining
Okey
Reks
Reds
Woody
Meep
Pineville Council
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