Iran Oil Nationalization Faces British Resistance
Prime Minister Mossadegh vowed Iran will fight to end to nationalize oil as Britain orders 4000 troops toward Cyprus. Soviet and East German officials discuss restraint while Iran warns the world of a potential disaster if Anglo-Iranian Oil remains under Western control. Iran sets May 30 deadline for talks, hints at seizing assets if ignored.
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Associated Press
Yenmran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ian
Coun
Sky
Lran
West
Middle East
Britain
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Berlin
Gregory Pushin
Russia
Mossadegh
Awd Remy Tte
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Free World
Mohammed Ali Varasteh
Hossein Makki
Oil Nationalization Board
May Collect Back Taxes from Insurance Firms
West Virginia moves to collect corporation tax from insurance companies for five years of operation in the state. An attorney general opinion says insurers must pay back tax and penalties. about 600 companies are affected, mostly out-of-state. Tax is 150 dollars plus 1 percent monthly penalty. amounts due range from 168 to 1029 dollars.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Attorney General
Bryan Spillers
Edgar B. Sims
Robert A. Crichton
Crichton
D. Pit O'Brien
Sims
Indiana plant dedication by American Gas and Electric
CAWRENCEBU Ind January saw the American Gas and Electric Company dedicate a new Steam electric generating plant at Tanners Creek. The JAN kilowatt unit will join the Indiana and Electric Company system as part of A G and E expansion efforts led by president Philip Sporn, with prior units at Graham Station,W Va.
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Associated Press
Cawrencebu 3
Ind
American Gas and Electric Company
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Tanners Creek
Indiana and Electric Company
America
Philip Sporn
American and Appalachian
Sporn
Graham Station
W. Va
Weather Outlook for West Virginia May 2030
Fair tonight with lows 4 to 33. Saturday partial clouds and warm with possible afternoon shower. Showers Saturday night and again Tuesday, totals 0.25 to 0.75 inch. Cooler Sunday then warmer by Tuesday. Temperatures near normal around 67 in the north and 68 in the south.
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West Virginia
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bhicstoné
Nortial
Divorces Finalized Across Eleven Cases in Raleigh Court
Divorce decrees were finalized today in eleven suits in Raleigh County Circuit Court signed by Judge Ben B. Asaworin. Names include Earl F. Woodard vs Elizabeth Woodard and Cara Lee Wicks vs James David Wicks among others. One case, Berman Jewelry Store Inc. v Roy Edward Prichard, was dismissed. in John W Sim v Berman vs Dennis Kincaid the defendant cited a prior judgment by Magistrate Loren G. Daniel January 23.
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Ben B. Asaworin
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Earl F. Woodard
Elizabeth Woodard
Mollie Ball
Paul P. Ball
Cara Lee Wicks
James David Wicks
Maria Craig Hairston
James Robert Hairston
Charlotte Maxine Herron
William T. Brennan
Myrtle Kirk Treadway
R Vera
Gail Holcomb
John
Non Dodd
Mary Maxine Adkins
Gilbert L. Adkins
Teeeeresees
Sesees
Berman Jewelry Store
Roy Edward Prichard
John W. Sim
Berman
Dennis Kincaid
Loren G. Daniel
Simmerman
First H Bomb Test Declared Success
The United States announced the successful completion of atomic tests at Eniwetok. The AEC said the tests included experiments contributing to thermonuclear weapons research following the President’s January 31 1950 announcement.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Eniwetok
AEC
Mrs Edmundson Succumbs Rites At Home Sunday
Mrs. Annie Kilgore Edmundson of 400 Croft Street died at 8 15 am in a local hospital after a short illness. She was born in Bravesbury Pennsylvania and lived in Beckley 32 years, member of Beckley Presbyterian Church. Funeral 2 am Sunday with Rev James W Witherspoon and Dr J J Line. Interment Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by husband J S Edmundson two children Lois and James K Edmundson one brother Joseph Kilzare and one sister Mrs George Walters. Two grandchildren Caroline and James K Edmundson Jr. all of Beckley.
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Annie Kilgore Edmundson
Croft Street
Bravesbury
John Kilgore
Annie Daugherty Kilgore
Beckley
Beckley Presbyterian Church
James W. Witherspoon
J. J. Line- Weargraine
Sunset Memorial Park
J. 5. Edmundson
Lois Edmundson
James K. Edmundson
Joseph D. Kilzare
Athens, O
George Walters
Pittsburgh
Caroline
Truscott Ordered Back to Active Duty in World War II Era
Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott Jr., once Military governor of Bavaria, was recalled to active duty after retiring in 194? following a heart attack during his Bavaria governorship. The Oklahoma City report notes his return to service.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Lucian K. Truscott, Jr
Bay
Truscott
Bavaria
Truman Seen as Front Runner as Democrats Mull 1952 Nomination
The Democratic National Committee gathered in Denver to choose a site for the 1952 convention with Truman the focal point of speculation. Philadelphia and Chicago vied with cash bids and party leaders signaled Truman’s path to renomination, while Brannan Harriman and others argued public support for a strong Korea policy and party unity. Meanwhile in Oklahoma City a mother, Mrs. L. E. Dorough, is set to receive her long-awaited high school diploma alongside her son Frank Dean Harp at tonight’s ceremony.
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Associated Press
Denver
Truman
Alyhougga
Philadelphia
Chicago
Iijami
National Committee
Washington
White House
Douglas MacArthur
Oklahoma City
L. E. Dorough
Mama
L. E. Deraith
Frank Dean Harp
Pioneering Glenville Volunteers Clean Little Kanawha Obstructions
Glenville volunteers led a flood control project along the Little Kanawha River clearing the riverbank, enlarging channels, and removing a sand bar. About 300 workers, many volunteers, used bulldozers and trucks to reopen the waterway while residents provided meals and support. If funds allow, plans include extending work downstream to clear a three mile channel.
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Associated Press
Glenville
Centrol
Little Kanawha
Aca
Glenville State College
W. H. Ansel, Jr
Ansel
Walter Gumbel
Monongahela
Red Men Council Opens 80th West Virginia Session in Beckley
More than 200 delegates from across the state attend the 80th annual Great Council of West Virginia, Improved Order of Red Men. James C. Arbogast presides as invocation is given by Rev. A H Wilson. Mayors and local leaders welcome the gathering and plans for future meetings are outlined. Final sessions set for tomorrow with a 7:30 p.m dinner and 10 p.m ball after a day of address and memorial observances. Delegates come from Parsersburg Morgantown Fair vile Charleston Bluefield Elkins Princeton Oak Hill Montgomery Logan Wheeling Martinsburg and other towns.
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Great Council of
West Virginia
Beckley
Leno
James C. Arbogast
A. H. Wilson
First Christian Church
W. A. Burke
Roy A. Gun
Great
Raleigh
G. A. Bentley
Edna Poling
Grafton
Pocahontas
Poocahontas
Huntington
William Carson
Councll
Edward C Harding
Indianapolis
Ind
Great Council of the
United States
Parsersburg
Morgantown
Fairvile
Convicted sex offender indicted in 1961 kidnap murder
A Santa Ana man convicted of sex crimes is indicted today in the kidnapping and murder of 16 year old Patricia Hull. The victim was a fourth grader with pigtailed hair. The case centers on the girl's disappearance in Santa Ana.
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Associated Press
Santa Ana
Calif
Patricia Jean Hull
Allied Forces Pierce North Korea In All-Out Drive
Allied troops pushed four miles into North Korea in an all-out offensive led by Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet. The 38th Parallel was ignored as Eighth Army advanced, with air strikes killing or wounding about 2,000 Reds on routes north of Uijongbu and Chunchon. Van Fleet pinned DSCS on Almond and Ruffner for smashing the Reds spring offensive as UN forces moved forward with major artillery and infantry actions.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
North Korea
United Nations
38Th Parallel
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
van Fleet
Eighth
8Th Paralles
Fifth Air Force
Kasiety
Uijongu
Chunchon-Hwachan
Inje
Korea
OX A Togr
Edward M. Almond
Clark L. Ruffner
Freer Rotnd
U. S
Collins Says Russians Aid Chinese in Korea
General Lawton Collins testified to a Senate inquiry that Russian pilots may be flying some Chinese aircraft and that captured equipment is largely Russian. He noted the Chinese air force is retreating and that casualties were heavy in the opening phase of their spring offensive.
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Associated Press
Washington
Korea
Collins
Army
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Yalu
Manchuria
General Clark Calls Reds Murderers and Liars
Gen Mark W Clark charged the Red army with murder, cheating and lying saying there is no decency or fair play in their ranks. He urged rebuilding a strong military team to deter world domination while speaking at the Federation of Railway Progress dinner in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Red Army
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Europe
Clark
Federation of Raiway Progress
Price for Gusii brides soars under inflation
London reports Western inflation has raised the price of a Gusii wife in Kenya. A standard bride cost six cows one bull and 10 goats before 1947. by year end that price rose, and in 1948 tribal councils pegged it again. Recent trends include under the counter payments, restarting the spiral.
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Associated Press
London
British Colonial Office
East Africa
Kenya
Barazas
Gusii
Price Central
Grand Tribal Council
Colonial Office
Area GIs Return From Korean War
Seven area veterans of the Korean War will be home with their families this weekend. Major R P Oberhausen said 46 West Virginians aboard the Gen William Mitchell would land in San Francisco Tuesday and be released within 24 to 48 hours. Area returnees include Cpl Ray D Walters Beckley Cpl Donald R Carr Rupert Cpl Clifford E Hawley SFC Jimmy Jones Nettie Cpl Arnold L Ware Richwood Sgt Donald G Nestor Fanrock and Sgt Fred J Thacker Otsego.
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Korea
R. P. Oberhausen
State Military District
West
Ray D. Walters
Beckley
Donald R. Carr
Rupert
Clifford E. Hawley
Cer
Jimmy Jones
Nettie
Arnold L. Ware
Richwood
Donald G. Nestor
Fanrock
Fred J. Thacker
Otsego
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Margaret James
Pouglas Gilmer
Mrs. Edmundson
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Taft
Martin
MacCarthy
Cain
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Fover
Huwitner
Gumbel
Red Men Council
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