Miners Honor Helpers In Montreal Ceremony
In Montcoal a public ceremony honored August Loftis and Willie Neighbors for sacrificing skin to save a child named Carlos. Armco Steel’s W W Sebald fulfilled a promise with monetary aid and leaders praised the miners’ selfless act amid community relief efforts.
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Sebaid
Armco Steel Company
Montcoal
Loltisland
Leo F. Reinhartz
Armco
Marvin Lane
Tittle Carlos
Critics Welcome Chance to Widen Mac-HST Fuss
President Truman said he considered dismissing Gen. Douglas MacArthur for a year, shocking the general and drawing critics. Senator Hickenlooper accused Truman of deceiving the people over Far East policy, while MacArthur questioned the inconsistency with his UN command appointment. Truman said he sought a new Far East general after MacArthur urged China to negotiate a cease fire, a move MacArthur later defended as supportive of peace efforts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Far East
MacArthur
United Nations Command
Korea
Brewster
R-Me
Foreign Relations Committee
Red
City of Beckley Sleep Car Open to 10 Tonight
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company announces the sleeping car City of Beckley will be open to the public until 10 pm at C. and O. tracks in Skelton. Christening ceremonies are set for 2 30 am today as the streamlined car arrived about 6 30 this morning. London ends free spectacles and false teeth program new government policy.
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City of Beckley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Weather forecast for Vista and surrounding areas
South portion of Vista to see showers tonight with low temperatures around the upper 60s. Saturday remains cloudy and cooler, with a west forecast extending May 19 to 23 showing three to six degrees above normal temperatures and chances of showers Monday and Wednesday totaling about half to one inch.
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Ivery South
Sos Towut
Ginia
Oak Hill High
Tote Glade Creek
Bluestone
Six Die as Two Trains Collide Near Bryn Mawr
A collision between the Pittsburgh Philadelphia Night Express and the Red Arrow near Bryn Mawr PA killed six people and injured at least 51. The Night Express was halted by a signal when the Red Arrow rear ended a sleeping car, telescoping and splitting it. Two cars derailed and an engine was thrown on its side. Railway officials say automatic signals were in use and the Red Arrow may have been traveling below normal speed. Several cars were derailed and bodies recovered from the wreckage. Authorities continue the investigation but have not yet released all passenger counts.
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Detroit
New York
PRR
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Poplarvale
Thhis
Planes Parades and Mock War Slated for Armed Forces Day
West Virginia observances mark Armed Forces Day with a full scale infantry demonstration and bomber flights. In Beckley a parade and bomber flyover highlight events while South Charleston hosts land warfare displays by the 130th Infantry and 468th Field Artillery with wounded veteran Luther Crump as chief speaker.
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Associated Press
West [Virginia
National Guard
Beckley
West Virginia National Guard
South Charleston
130Th Infantry
Robert E. Epperly
S Mack
Buntington
468Th Field Artillery
Ernest L. Batley
150Th Medical Company
Charleston
iCapt
John B. Martin
1150Th Infantry
St. Albans
Luther Crump
Pier and cargo ship ablaze at Philadelphia riverfront
A large waterfront fire engulfed a pier and the cargo ship Pineland Leith on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. About 40 crewmen jumped into the water as the ship broke from moorings and drifted toward another pier. some were hospitalized as crews battled the blaze and the missing status of others remained unclear. Separate reports note three men jailed in Beckley for drunkenness and trespassing, and the discovery of Russell Williamson's body in the Guyan River four months after his drowning en route to work.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Delaware
Beckley
Wilber Rider
Warren Rider
Stonecliff
Leona Henry
Beckley Negro
Logan
Russell ‘Williamson
Guyan River
County Jail Census Hits Two-Year Low at 68
Deputy Sheriff W. F. Bowles announced the Raleigh County Jail census fell this week to 68, the lowest in over two years and down from a prior low of 60 earlier in the week. The average population stands at about 100.
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Raleigh
W. F. Bowles
Bowles
Trucker Pays $50 Fine For Reckless Driving
Gardner C. Lykins, driver for Case Drive-Away Company of Huntington, was fined $50 and costs after a reckless driving arraignment before Magistrate T N Thurman. State Police arrested him Tuesday after his truck collided with a car driven by 51 year old M Sally Pippins of Harper Heights on Harper Road.
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Gardner C. Lykins
T. N. Thurman Lykins
Case Drive-Away Company
Huntington
M Sally Pippins
Harper Heights
Harper Road
Marriage to Sandy Endures After Loss at Sea
The narrative recalls Stephanie TM's long mourning after the death of her husband Sandy in the Pacific. For three years she endured sorrow before continuing with life, reflecting on their marriage and the impact of his death.
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Sandy
Pacific
Stephanie TM
Weds Again This Time to Rich Gracious Grant Hale
A brief wedding notice celebrates the marriage of Grant Hale to his partner renewing domestic happiness. A telegraphic update from the War Department arrives, signaling a related official communication to readers.
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Grant Hale
War Department
Double Wedding Double Wedding The new serial starting on Page 4 today
The newspaper announces a new serial titled Double Wedding beginning on Page 4, inviting readers to follow the unfolding story in this ongoing feature.
Noose Trap Death In Apparent Teenaged Accidental Death
Neighbors found 14 year old George Sherman hanged by a noose sprung from a candle in his Shark River cellar. He built a pulley driven death trap using a box dolly roller skates and a beer box weighed with tool chests. The candle burned through the anchor rope triggering the drop.
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Associated Press
Neptune
N. J
George Sherman
Shark River
Felice
George
West Va Lions Open State Convention in Charleston
Delegates from three West Virginia Lions districts opened the 29th annual state convention in Charleston. Mayor John T. Copenhayer welcomed the Lions at the opening session. Governor Patteson was to address the conven tion tonight with Harley Staggers and Herbert C. Perry Jr. scheduled for morning and evening talks tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Lions International
John T. Copenhayer
Patteson
Harley ©. Staggers
D-wayn
Kove
Herbert C. Perry, Jr
Carizzo Springs Tex
Forty-one Raleigh County men ordered for pre induction examination
The Local Draft Board No 18 issued pre induction orders for 41 men to report May 23 at 8 30 am to the Prince Street draft board. The call came from Selective Service Headquarters Charleston. Names had not been drawn yet when the notice was released. An induction call yesterday added 27 men who will report June 13.
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Raleigh ‘County
Selective Service Headquatters
Charleston
Prince ‘Street
Divorce Order Signed By Judge Ashworth In Raleigh County
An order in the divorce case of Pauline Wace against Harry C Wade Jr was signed by Judge Ben H Ashworth in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Custody awarded to the mother and Wade ordered to pay 340 monthly for the child support while the suit is pending. Defendant also ordered to pay 100 attorney fee and 36 50 court costs.
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Pauline Wace
Harry C. Wade, Jr
Ben H. Ashworth
Raleigh County
Wade
the Wild
Desfendant
Budget Slashes Hit One Billion With Goal Out of Reach
Washington House budget cutters slash toward tenfold reductions from Truman's 1952 fiscal plan. They aim at about 25.5 billion total, with military and foreign aid sizes in flux. Agriculture cut 12.5 percent to 717 million. cancellation of 32.7 million in commodity credit corporation obligations noted.
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Associated Press
Washington—House
Uch
Truman
House
Agriculture Department
Senate
Communist Reds Push South in Korea Assault
AP reports a major Red offensive across most of the Korean front. The Chinese forces push toward Seoul and threaten a June 25 goal to drive UN troops from Korea, with heavy fighting, massed artillery, and significant Allied withdrawals from multiple fronts.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Reds
United Nations
North Korea
Seoul
U.S
Korea
Manchuria
U.N
James A. van Fleet
A. S
Uijongbu
Lfront
Gully Register
Oak Hill
South Korea
Nate Polowetzky
George Mc
Oak Hill Convention Elects Seven Candidates
Eight day conventions by Citizens Peoples and Youthful Voters select seven candidates for mayor recorder and council. Last night the council certified the three parties with Acting Mayor R C Wood and Treasurer H R Cole voting. Election officials appointed Fred Jasper John Estes Glen Kincaid serving as receiving commissioners Gonde and C C Neal roving clerks D H Highlander J Hurt and F W Dickinson fit commissioners R P Hanna and T G Moses counting clerks. Two paginates Keatley and H C Brown nominated by Peoples and Citizens.
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Oak Hill
R. C. Wood
H. R. Cole
Fred Jasper
John Estes
Glen Kincaid
Gonde
C. C. Neal
D. H. Highlander
J. Hurt
F. W. Dickinson
R. P. Hanna
T. G. Moses
Collegeo
Keatley
H. C. Brown
Peoples and Citizens Parties
Electric Power Shut Off Sunday in Area Towns
Residents of Mabscott Wick ham Crab Orchard MacArthur and Fitzpatrick will be without power from 420 to 7 am Sunday May 20. Waldo S LaFon district manager of Appalachian Electric Power Company said Mabscott circuit will be shut off to relocate a section of 12600 volt distribution line near the Mabscott underpass. The shut off is necessary and the morning hour chosen to minimize inconvenience. NITRO DROWNS Harold Kenneth Allison 12 drowned yesterday trying to rescue a fishing companion who fell into backwater of Kanawha River.
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Mabscott
Wickham
Crab Orchard
MacArthur
Fitzpatrick
Waldo S. LaFon
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Mabscott, Circuit
AEP
Laban
Nitro South
Harold Kenneth Allison
Kanawha River
Explosion on French LST Adour kills fifty in Indochina
In Nhatrang off Saigon a blast aboard the French navy LST Adour during loading killed 50 troops and wounded 130, 30 seriously. Initial reports attribute the fire to an accidental ignition in the hold with ammunition. French army sources say sabotage is unlikely.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Indochina
LST
Adour
Nhatrang
Mother jailed for contempt over jury duty refusal
Mrs. Jeanette Watson, 37, was sentenced to six months in Black Hawk County Jail for contempt after she refused to be sworn as a juror in the Beckwith retrial due to lack of child care. Judge Shannon B Charlton said she could appeal to the state Supreme Court but must stay jailed until an appeal bond is set.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
Jeanette Watson
Edward Jr
Buddy) Beckwith
Shannon B. ‘Charlton
State Supreme Court
Black Hawk County
Supreme Court
Lutheran Synod Elects Huntington Pastor President
The West Virginia synod of the Lutheran Church elected the Rev. Kenneth W. Munster of Huntington as president to succeed Dr. George W. Schillinger of Charleston.
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Jackson's Mill
West Virginia Synod of the Lutheran,Church
Kenneth W. Munster
Huntington
George W. Schillinger
Charleston
Army lists Korea war casualties reach nine hundred thousand
Washington reports the U S Army estimates Communist losses in Korea at 904,788 through May 7, an increase of 11,126 since April 30. Chinese and North Korean state casualties are 631,607 with non combat losses 125,886 and 147,301 Red prisoners of war.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Today
Korea
United Nations votes arms embargo on China
The United Nations assembly approved an arms embargo against Communist China by a 47 to 0 vote. Afghanistan Burma Egypt India Indonesia Pakistan Sweden Syria abstained or did not participate as the vote proceeded. In Washington the U S Court of Appeals warned Secretary Sawyer and nine others they face jail for contempt if they do not obey court orders in the American President Lines case.
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Associated Press
New York
United Nations Assembly Today
China
Free World
Afghanistan
Burma
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Pakistan
Sweden
Syria
Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Premature Hurricane Dims Off Florida Coast
A baby hurricane born weeks early died in the open Atlantic ten miles off the Florida coast. It was the earliest hurricane to form in this region in weather bureau history and sent shivers along the Gold Coast from Stuart to Miami before veering east and weakening. A separate early morning fire in Charleston damaged the Freeland Furniture Company, with estimates around $20,000.
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Florida
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Gold Coast
Stuart
Charleston
Freeland Furniture Company
Yes
Medals of Honor Slated for Three Korea Vets
Washington announces three Army officers to receive the Medal of Honor for Korea actions. 1st Lt. Carl H. Dodd of Kentucky led Company E, 1th Infantry, earning the award after heroism under fire. Sgt John A. Pittman of Mississippi and M-Sgt Ernest R. Kouma of Nebraska also cited for extraordinary bravery in Korea battles.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carl H. Dodd
Korea
Dodd
1Th Infantry Regiment
Kenvir
Truman
John A.pittman
Tallata
Miss
Ernest R. Kouma
Dwight
Neb
Pittman
Kujang-Dong
Kouma
Red Overton
Four Officers, Farmer Die in Night Boaz Shootout
In Boaz Alabama three officers Sheriff E M Boyles Chief Leonard Floyd and Deputy W M Bennett and farmer Aubrey Kilpatrick were killed when a midnight gun battle erupted as authorities tried to arrest Kilpatrick and another man. A fourth officer was seriously wounded and hospitalized in Gadsden. Five people are jailed in Gadsden pending investigation. Russell Miller of Harper was jailed in Raleigh County for moonshine possession by U S Deputy Marshall Tra Hilton.
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Associated Press
Boaz
Ala
Here
Gadsden
EM. Boyles
Marshall County
Leonard J. Floyd
Aubrey Kilpatrick
W. M
Harper
Russell Miller
Raleigh
U.S
Marshall Tra Hilton
Princeton
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Bill Loftis
Willie Neighbors
Montcoul
Atoo
W. W. Sebald
Lane
Lowell Chambers
Lowell
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Britain
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USN
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Sea of Japan
McArthur
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