Accident by U N guard kills Red prisoner at AUJE Island
At AUJE Island Korea a North Korean Red prisoner was killed and another wounded when an American guard accidentally fired an automatic rifle into Compound 66 at the United Nations Prisoner of War Camp No 1. The incident followed a UN raid with tear gas and bayonets to quell a disturbance in which the command post and dispensary were torn down. Camp officials say no U N or British troops fired in the assault. Brig Gen Boatner refused to visit the compound during the disturbance but later prepared a statement after reviewing the events.
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Auje Island
Korea
United Nations
U. S
U.S
Col. Taylor
Rose Island
Haydon L. Boaner
Bus Air Lines Listed In Tax Hearing Today
West Virginia Board of Public Works held three days of hearings on tentative property assessments for utility and transport firms. Air lines, telephone firms, and rail and bus operators presented figures, with final 1952 assessments to be determined later.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Tax Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Bluefield
Slant American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Tthe
Consolidated Bus Line Inc
Atlantic Greyhound Corp
City Lines of West Virginia Inc
Toney Bus Line
American Airlines Inc
Eastern Air Lines
Capilla Airlines Inc
Trans World Airline Inc
Piedmont Aviation Inc
Air~American Airways Inc
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Texas Eastern Transmission Co
Eureka Pipe Line Co
Lavalette Gas Co
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Appalachianly
West Virginia Transportation Co
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Quintuplets Predicted For Mother Of Three
The Boston Post reports Mrs. Marion L. Manning of Southmouth, mother of three, is expected to birth quintuplets at Weymouth's South Shore Hospital. Hospital officials say she is not currently a patient for pregnancy and expect a multiple birth but not quintuplets. Dr. Robert R. Ryan reportedly advised Manning five weeks ago she would have at least four children and possibly five after X rays and consultation. Birth is expected mid August but could occur sooner.
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Boston
Boston Post
Marion L. Manning
Southmouth
Weymouth
South Shore Hospital
Robert R. Ryan
South Weymouth
Manning
Memorial Day Observance and Holiday Closures Noted
Beckley stores will close Friday for Memorial Day with government offices and banks in the area following suit. Raleigh County Circuit Court adjourned until 10 am Saturday. State Senator Robert C. Bird to speak at 9 30 Memorial Services at the Veterans Administration Hospital with American Legion Posts 32 and TO providing color guard and wheelchair escorts for patients.
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Beckley
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Robert C. Bird
Veterans Administration Hospital
American Legion
Weather Update: Showers East. cooler tonight
Showers this afternoon and in the East tonight, followed by cloudy Friday. It will be cooler tonight with lows near 35 to 50. Beckley records indicate yesterday’s cooler conditions, with Oak Hill also noted.
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Beckley High Yester Cdowesness
Oak Hill
Higher Grocery Prices Begin Monday Start
Washington reports retail grocers began applying new price ceilings on hundreds of food items based on government guidelines. The move signals widespread changes in everyday groceries as stores adjust to revised pricing rules.
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Washington
Coal Tonnage Provals Higher Profit Margins Ordered
Officials report a new ceiling authorizing price increases for coal and other items. The Office of Price Stabilization issued the order last week, with about 1,930 tons of coal mined and production figures showing year over year changes. The move targets consumer costs amid fluctuating market margins and rail freight impacts in several regions.
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Office of
Price Washington IP
National Coal
OPS
Glade Creek
Belleprint
Greenbrier
Fist of Fonds
Muddy Ops
General Killed In Crash On Takeoff In Tokyo
Brig. Gen. Aaron W. Tyer vice commander of the Japan Air Defense Force and a twice wounded WWII veteran died when his F-9 Starfire crashed shortly after takeoff near Komaki Air Base in Central Honshu. Capt. E. R. Tane of Wichita Kansas also died. The exact pilot remains unclear.
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Tokyo
Aaron W. Tyer
Japan Air Defense Force
Air Force
Tyer
E.R. Tane
Wichita
Korea
Komaki Air Base
Honshu
Senate Approves Foreign Aid Measure Amid Expected Cuts
The Senate passed a 6.7 billion dollar foreign aid bill by a 64 to 10 vote, with 39 Democrats and 25 Republicans supporting. House action earlier set 6.163 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year, leaving a 337 million gap likely to trigger further cuts in conference. President Truman had urged 7.9 billion, labeling it essential to national security.
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Washington
Senate
America
Olin Johnston SC
House
Truman
Europe
Sen
Long
D-La
Sen. Welker
Idaho
Second Child Dies Of Wreck Injuries
A Parkersburg widow loses a second child to burns from a highway crash on U S Route 50 two miles east. Donna Sue Peck age 5 and Belva Peck age 7 died. The mother Mildred Peck and two other children remain critically burned along with driver Charles Peck 22 and nephew Robert Hendricks. Another son Howard Peck 24 had minor burns. Fred McClaskey 45 of Harrisville faces court after the crash that destroyed both cars. No charges filed yet.
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Parkersburg
Donna Sue Peck
Sod Belva Peck
Mildred Peck
Charles Peck
Robert Hendricks
Howard Peck
F. J. Patton
Peck
Here
Fred McClaskey
Harrisville
McClaskey
Patton
F. H. Dugan
Holiday Fishing Outlook Marred Statewide West Virginia
Weather and water conditions marred the weekend fishing outlook across West Virginia. Only the Eastern Panhandle showed generally favorable prospects for anglers. Some Berkeley Grant Hampshire and Hardy County streams were clear and normal with large streams in Jefferson Mineral Morgan and Pendleton running clear and normal to high. Other scattered streams across the state also reported good prospects including Tigart Lake Taxiter County Bluestone Reservoir Summers Hull Spruce Creeks Logan East River Mercer and Middlereek Summers
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Charleston
West Virginia
Panhandle
The
Conservation Commission
Berkeley
Grant
Hampshire
Hardy Counties
Jefferson
Mineral
Morgan
Pendleton
Tigart Lake
Taxiter County
Bluestone Reservoir
Summers County
Hull
Spruce Creeks
Logan County
East River
Mercer County
Middlereek
Summers
Young Reds Slip Into Berlin Rally Sparks West Berlin Tensions
West Berlin reports influx of young Communists from the East staging an anti west rally. British Prime Minister Anthony Eden arrives to reinforce Western resolve to defend residents amid ongoing Cold War pressure. East zone reroutes calls and taps lines, with Leipzig routing long distance traffic. Allied radio lines remain secure.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Ecity
Germany
Anthony Eden
West Germany
Bonn’ S
Paris
East Zone
Lovell Zone
West Zones
Leipzig
French police seize top Red and 900 followers
French police broaden a crackdown after the arrest of France's top Red and about 900 associates following rioting against NATO commander Gen Ridgway. Police seized Communist newspapers and detained Jacques Duclos and 700 others in Paris. Demonstrations spread to Marseille Bordeaux and Nice with injuries and property damage.
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Preston Grover
Paris P
France
Matthew B. Ridgwn
NATO
Paris
Jacques Duclos
Marseille
Bordeaux
Mediterranean
Nice
Minis
Duclos
Charles Brune
Hhe
Gas Well Prospects Rise on Chambers Farm Drilling
Prospects of a good-sized gas well rise as drilling on the Jsmex Chambers farm between Glen Daniel and Cameron on Sand Lick Creek hits pay sand during night work with a Bag also struck around 9 am. Grover A. Chambers, night clerk at the Wyoming Hotel Mullens, and Robert L. Chambers, Amere Gas Co. Cameron station manager, both hold interest in the project.
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Jsmex Chambers
Glen Daniel
Cameron
Sand Lick Creek
Charleston Drill-+ inc Co
Grover A. Chambers
Wyoming
Mullens
Robert L. Chambers
Amere Gas Co
Leader Held On Sex Charge
John B. Easton, 71, president of the State CIO Council, was arrested on a sex charge after a state trooper found him with Fiord Payne, a Negro hospital orderly, in a parked car in Charles ton. Easton denied the charges. warrants charging acts of sext perversion were issued. Easton posted $2,000 bond.
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Charleton
John B. Easton
State Cio Council
C. S. Neely
J. A. Woodsey
Upper Elk
Easton
Neely
Fiord Payne
Charleston
Ira E. Baxter
Kanawha
Payne
Exter
Eston
Methodist Expansion Program Announced
CHARLESTON West Virginia Methodists unveil a plan exceeding one million dollars for new church construction and extensions as 1 000 delegates conclude reports at the 14th annual West Virginia Conference. More than 50 projects are under way including a Mink Shoals church and a restored First Church at Clarksburg following last year’s fire. Skepticism remains about unchurch ed areas while a program for missionary education proceeds.
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Charleston
West Virginia
R. Moorman
Parker
Board of Missions
Mink Shoals
Mullens
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckthannen
Bluefield
Buckhannon
Parkersburg
Pairmont
Moorefield
Wheeling
Winton R. Houck
Conference Pension Board
Pension Reserve
W. J. Scarborough
Lloyd C. Wicke
Pittsburgh
Gaston Foote
First Methodist Church of
Fort Worth
Tex
Foole
E. A. Wills
Weston
Liova
Wicke
Harry F. King
Koliswood
Cranberry
Skelton
Calloway
Lanark
Stover's Fork
Emory Smith
John Ward
Jack A. Nuckols
E. van Dorsex
Rafeid
A. Z. Lilly
Dr .Z. G. McConnell
Cimiiy
Pam
Cornell Radio Station Prank Broadcasts Fake War Bulletin
Ithaca police and Cornell University officials described a Halloween night incident at WVBR where eight youths overpowered three students and interrupted a music program. They masked as students, tied two announcers, and aired a phony bulletin claiming European cities were bombed and a North American air armada approached. The prank caused many phone calls but no widespread alarm, and officials said the raiders were not identified. The incident occurred around 10 07 p m and was considered a prank by campus safety officials.
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Ithaca. N
Wics
McCarthy
Cornell University Radio
North America
WVBR
R. J. McCarthy
Cornell
Raiders
Taft Ike Primary Fights May Hurt GOP Chances in General Election
Pre convention delegate counts show Taft leading Eisenhower in several states but falling short of the 604 votes needed for the nomination. Alabama may pledge a Taft majority, while South Dakota and Washington face close contests. Democratic Kefauver leads in Tennessee with 122 delegates, as Harriman gains in Georgia. Party unity fears voiced by Senators Mundt and Young warn of hurt in November if intra party rifts persist.
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Alabama
South Dakota
B.C
Robert Taft
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
Chicago
Birmingham
Eisenhay
Kefauver
Tennes
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Washington
Twoepublican
Young
Karl Mundt
Bystead
Nashville
Tennessee
Democratic Executive Committee
Roland Harriman
F. Roland
Boise Judaho
Billions for Atom Expansion Sought
President Truman asked Congress for 3.341 billion dollars in a supplemental appropriation to expand atomic production facilities run by the Atomic Energy Commission and TVA. He cited lack of Soviet cooperation and urged increased U S leadership in atomic energy to deter arms, while backing UN or other effective plans for control.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Yburn
Soviet Union
Contel
Free World
United Sates
United Nations
Indianapolis 500 forecast for fair weather tomorrow
The weatherman predicted fair skies and mild temperatures for the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway tomorrow.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Shepherd College
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Marshall County
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Marvin McCombs
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