Defense Minister Warns Reds Could Strike With Massive Force
Lord Alexander, Britain’s defense minister, says Communist forces in Korea have nearly doubled since last July’s cease fire talks, approaching one million men with large Chinese reinforcements. He notes rising armor, artillery, rockets, and air defense stocks, while no imminent attack is evident. a major offensive could be launched with little warning.
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London
Lord Alexander
Britain
North Korea
Mies
House of Lords
Alexander
United Nations
West Virginia Briefs Report On Local Shootings And Appointments
West Virginia brief items note Donald Eugene Thompson 22 killed from self inflicted gunshot near Montcalm amid domestic issues. George Hand former Fairmont State College president hired as assistant to the president and economics professor at Southern Illinois University. Cabell County Bridge Commission sets June 30 deadline to end tolls on Huntington Chesapeake Bridge. $47,000 needed to service bonds through 1958. Rabbi Samuel Cooper of Charleston named to State Advisory Board of Public Assistance for a six year term starting June 1.
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Carbondale
Ill
George H. Hand
Fairmont
W. Va
State College
West Virginia University
Southern Illinois University
Hand
West Virginia Board of Education
Cabell County Bridge Commission
Huntington-Chesapeake, C
Homer Gebhardt
First Huntington National Bank
Charleston
Samuel Cooper
Department of Public Assistance
Gay. Patteson
Cooper
Louis J. Cashdan
Higher Food Ceilings May Be Listed Tonight
The government plans to announce ceiling price boosts of about a penny for a wide range of foods, raising the overall food bill by about 100 million dollars annually. OPS says margins for retailers will rise and that increases vary by store and product, with some items rising more than others.
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William
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Lund
OPS
National Association of Retail Growers
Co-operative Food Distributors of America
National Association of Food Chains
Super Market Institute
Neely Attacks Holt in Senate Blast Over West Virginia
In a rare Senate floor clash, Sen Matthew Neely denounced ex Democrat and Republican governor candidate Holt as a notorious political chameleon and renegade. He predicted Holt and other Republicans would lose in November as Appalachian Electric Power seeks a rate increase and Public Service Commission proceedings move toward resumed hearings.
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Neely
Senate
Holt
West Virginia
U. S
Charleston
Onj
Appalachian Electric Power Ca
Bel Neely
William C. Marland
Public Service
Commission Democratic
Marland
Boalee
Keel Bi
Appalachian
Enue
Fox
South
Enly
PSC
Nethkenhurst
Beckleyan Elected By Credit Bureaus
William B. Hall of Beckley was elected president pro tem of the Associate Credit Bureaus of West Virginia. He succeeds J. L. Patterson of Huntington who died last winter. Mildred N. White of Huntington fills Patterson’s unexpired term on the board. Clarksburg chosen for the next meeting, October 5-7.
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Huntington
William B. Hall
Beckley
Associate Credit Bureaus of
West Virginia
Fie
J. L. Patterson
Mildred N. White
Weather Outlook For Regions With Clouds And Cool Down
The bulletin notes cloudy conditions and showers in the western areas this afternoon and in the eastern areas tonight. Cooler temperatures are expected Thursday with lows around 31 to 36. Past readings show high yesterday and low last night, with river stages near normal to slightly above, muddy in places such as Greenbrier and Bluestone Reservoir areas, and new readings at Bellepoint and below junctions.
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Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepaint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Bellepoint Bridge Bid Awaits U. S. Approval
The Road Commission awarded contracts for state road and bridge projects and sent federal aid project bids to the Federal Bureau of Public Roads for approval. Notable bids include Agnew Construction for a 989 foot Bellepoint New River bridge at Summers County and Keeley Construction for six miles of U S Route 0 in Grant County.
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Charleston
Road Commission
Federal Bureau+ of
Sbo
Agnew Construction Co
New River
Bellepoint
Summers County
Keeley Construction Co
Clarksburg
Grant County
Fayette County
A. A
D. M. Bostic
Rupert
Memorial Weekend Highway Caution Urged by WV Police
West Virginia State Police Superintendent Burchett urged motorists to exercise unusual caution on highways for Memorial Day weekend starting Friday. He said officers will be on road patrols and stressed the aim is safety, not frightening travelers, as the traffic death rate is already up.
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Charleston
W. E. Burchett
Burchett
West
Property Assessment Hearings Under Way in Charleston
West Virginia officials resumed Board of Public Works hearings on tentative 1952 property assessments for utilities and railroads. Total tentative assessments drop 35.7 million from last year, with railroads at 310.54 million and electric, gas, and pipeline firms totaling 166.64 million. Hearings continue through tomorrow at the Capitol.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
State Tax Commission
Equitable Gas Co
West Virginia Transportation Co
Pocahontas Light and Water Co
Carnegie Na Qral Gas
Potomar Light and Power Co
Northern Virginia Power Co
Blue Ridge Transportation Co
Penn Bus Co
White Star Lines Inc
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake
Pennsylvania
Norfolk and Western
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Capitol
Morrow
Mines Bureau Building To Cost 212 Millions
Morgantown hoped project costs near 218 million dollars with a low bid from Southeastern Construction for 2 494 869 dollars. Review by the regional office and Washington will decide contract award. The plan may cut features to fit the 2.3 million target. The Bureau will partner with West Virginia University for station operations and a coal gasification pilot plant.
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Morgantown
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Southeastern Construction Co
Charleston
Bureau
Pittsburgh
Washington
L. D. Schmidt
Schmidt
Bureau of Mines
West Virginia University
Annulment and Four Divorces Granted in Raleigh Court
Judge Ben H. Ashworth signed final orders in Raleigh County Circuit Court annulling one marriage and granting four divorces. The annulled union was Ed Trent and Edith Green Trent. Divorces granted for Vivian Wehausen v Ernest Wehausen with custody to plaintiff, Jewel Gregory Hatcher v Theo Hatcher Jr restoring Jewel Gregory to her maiden name, Lucille Cole v Paige Cole restoring Lucille Williams, Shirlie Tucker v Marjorie Tucker restoring Marjorie Thompson.
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Ben H. Ashworth
Raleigh County
Ed Trent
Edith Green
Trent
Vivian Wehausen
Ernest Wehausen
Jewel Gregory Hatcher
Theo Hatcher Jr
Jewel Gregory
Mabscott Boys Sentenced to Industrial School
Judge Harry L. McCreery commits two Mabscott youths to the Pruntytown Boys Industrial School until age 21 after they and two others admitted involvement in about 30 burglaries around Beckley. The 15 and 16 year olds receive three years probation. The group was rounded up by city police earlier this week.
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Mabscott
Beckley
Pruntytown
Harry
L. McCreery
Reformatory
McCreery
Berlin Tightens Pass Rules as Patrols Are Banned
Communist East Germany tightens control around Berlin by ordering shoot to kill for entering the no man’s land along the West German border. The move cuts the only Autobahn link to the Bonn government and introduces a new transit visa formula affecting 2.2 million West Berliners and all transit workers. Western leaders condemn the escalation as a threat to security and weigh renewed airlift options.
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Richard
K. O'Malley
Berlin
East Germany
No Man's Land
West Germany
Bonn
Berlin-Helmstedt
Paris
Russia
West Berlin
West Geerman
Helmstedt
European Defense Army
Eisenhower to receive full military welcome on return
Recount of primary votes across seven precincts shows small changes as Slab Fokk District tally continues with two precincts left. Eisenhower arrives from Paris to a ceremonial welcome planned by the Defense Department with a nine man official party and troops to manage crowds at the Military Air Transport terminal. He will meet President Truman at the White House either Sunday or Monday.
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Killarney
Resoco
Lilly- Brook
Coal City
Odd
Walker
Midway
E. van Dorsey
Jack
A. Nuckols
A. d. Lilly
Dr.tg. McConnell
John Ward
Emery Smith
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Defense Department
Eisenhower
White House
Truman
Third U S General Loses Command Over POW Incident
Brig. Gen. Pat F Yount, commander at Pusan Army base, was reprimanded in Washington after he over looked erroneous implications of promises to secure Brig. Gen. Francis T Dodd's release by Communist POWs on Koje Island. The action follows the alleged kidnapping of Dodd by prisoners of war.
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U.S
Koje Island
Korea
Francis T. Napi
Francis T. Dodd
Pat" F. Yount
Pusan
Washington
Department of the Army
Dodd
Alderson Man Takes Own Life at Home
A 70 year old retired railway employee Ellis Honaker fatally shot himself at his Alderson home at 8 40 a m. The bullet entered his heart and he died instantly. No motive was ascertained. Survivors include his wife two sons and a daughter.
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Alderson
Register
Ellis Honaker
Senate Tells of All Male Sex Parties in Capital
Senate investigators publicized a story of all male sex parties hosted by a Czech envoy in Washington to extract information from male guests. Witnesses Molnar Svoboda and Cvetic described gay encounters, frequent toying with politics, and reports delivered to the embassy.
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Senate
ED Creagh
Washington
United States
Teo BR. Florin
Internal Security
Joseph Molnar
FBI
Molnar
McCarran
D-New
State and Justice Departments
Paulina Svoboda
Miss Svoboda
Bos Ervin Mink
New York
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Three Murdered On Farm As Mental Patient Arrested
Leesburg Virginia officers report a woman and two men murdered in a rural farm area near Leesburg. An escaped mental patient Maurice Ray Fox 39 of Arcola Va was arrested and charged with murder after a posse tracked him to his brother Claude Fox home. Victims were Lillian L Hove 34 Alexandria, Robert O Connor 347 Falls Church a Capital Airlines pilot, and William Fitzhugh Fox 70 his father. O Connor owned a small plane and leased Fox property for gardening. A 100 man state trooper posse located Fox two hours later.
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Leesburg
UKA
Maurice Ray Fox
Arcola
Staunton
William Fitzhugh Fox
Robert O'Connor
Falls Church
Capital Airlines
Lillian L. Hove
S. Pitt St
Alexandria
Miss Hove
Washington
Roger F. Powell
Fox
Young Fox
Powell
Miss Howe
O'Connor
Claude
Methodists Open State Conference in Charleston West Virginia
The 14th annual Methodist State Conference opens in Charleston with 1000 delegates including 500 ministers and 500 laymen. Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of Pittsburgh presides with a cabinet of 11 district superintendents. Dr. Gaston Foote and other church leaders address sessions at Morris Harvey College. A memorial tribute and Pension Board reform proposals are on the agenda.
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Lloyd C. Wicke
Pittsburgh
Gaston Foote
First Methodist Church of
Fort Worth
Tex
A. J. Walon
Duke Uiversity Divinity School
Charleston
Pension Board
Foote
Morris Harvey College
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Red China
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WAC
Allen C. Thompson
Loren B. Thompson
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Bluefield
Donald Eugene Thompson
Montcalm
L. D. Mullins
Thorapson
Mullins
Matthew M. Neely
Jish’ D. Holt
Beckleyan
Credit
U. 5
Mines Bureau
Lucille Cole
Paige Cole
Lucille Williams
Shirlie Tucker
Marjorie Tucker
Marjorie Thompson
Mabscott Boys
IBEL
France
Republic OF
Switz
Germany
Chech
Italy
Subcommittee
Methodists
West Virginia Methodists
San Francisco
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