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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1952
Page
7
Americans honor fallen servicemen on Memorial Day while reports from Tokyo describe a Martyr's Day protest and arrests. Gen. Mark Clark condemns violence as U S troops fight in Korea. Homefront observances include parades, wreaths, and a nation united in remembrance.
Senate action on a bill extending wage price controls was delayed to Wednesday amid broad rejection of phasing out price controls. The measure would push expiration to March 1 1953 and House hearings on a companion bill have finished. The only vote was 52 to 18 against ending controls on June 30.
Funeral services for Carlos Meadows 35 of Camp Creek will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Camp Creek in his father's home. The Rev. Lemuel Martin and the Rev. Les Lilly will conduct the services. Burial will follow in Coal City Community Cemetery in Bluefield Sanitarian.
Extended forecast for West Virginia expects average temps near normal in the south and about three degrees below in the north. Rain showers are possible Saturday and Monday or Tuesday totaling around one inch. Cooler nights Sunday and Tuesday with a warming trend later in the period.
The Associated Press reports 24 deaths in highway crashes from 6 p.m. Thursday to 10 a.m. Friday, with 31 total accident fatalities including 6 drownings. Memorial Day projections forecast about 320 more highway deaths through Sunday. Through April 30, 1952, traffic deaths reached 10,650 for the year.
Fifth Federal Reserve District reports April sales in West Virginia up 26.2 percent from April 1951 with January to April 1952 volume 5 percent higher than the same period last year. Charleston stores gain 30.2 percent in April and 6.9 percent year to date. Huntington up 26.1 percent in April and 1 percent for January–April.
The 1000 delegates at the Morris Harvey College session adopted resolutions opposing universal military training and the use of atomic and hydrogen bombs. The conference also voted to raise minister salaries by 200 dollars, setting minimums at 1600 for ministers and 1300 for accepted supplies with training and experience shaping scales.
West Virginia officials say 26 000 veteran bonus checks delayed by funds will be paid by June 15 after a 30 million dollar bond sale proceeds became available on Wednesday. Veterans Affairs Director I H McGovran said applications in order will receive payment, easing a backlog from May 14. Two small fires caused slight damage in Beckley, including a child’s playhouse on Temple Street and a vehicle on Main Street.
Vice President Alben W. Barkley announced he would accept the Democratic presidential nomination if Chicago names him to lead the campaign. Supported by Sen. Guy Gillette and Kentucky colleagues Earle Clements and Thomas Underwood, Barkley framed himself as a unifying choice amid five active contenders including Estes Kefauver and Richard Russell.
TOKYO Two demonstrators were killed and another injured when police fired on a crowd of about 200 in a northwestern Tokyo suburb. Demonstrators hurled acid and stones, and 16 were arrested at Shinjuku as about 2,000 police kept order amid scattered protests nationwide.
Sen Robert Taft backs a bold assault on Dwight Eisenhowers record in South Dakota as delegates for the GOP primary on Tuesday tilt toward Eisenhower. Alabama added 14 votes to Taft with nine for him, four for Eisenhower and one uncommitted. Eisenhower says he will not campaign actively but will meet with delegates and leaders who visit him.
List of fallen soldiers from Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming Counties names William H. Adame Clarence Aut Daniel Bass Harvey Benger Ernest Boggess Kathryn Bowen Allen Junction Gilbert Brinson Robert Burnette Marvin Carr Dorothy Chambers Abney Coffey Lillybrook Charles Cole Hira Cook Corinne Cook Glen Cook Eugene Dower James Duckworth James Elliott Kopperston John Falin Arlis Fisher Carl Fitawater Jr. Charles Flint Murry Wler Mullens Othar French Thomas Gathercole Jr. Bernard Golding New Richmond Billy Graham John Greer Charles Grigelis Dorothy Grose William Hanshaw Robert Hatfield Arthur Henderson Frank Hill Lonnie Jarrell Roland Keesee Russell Kiblinger MacArthur Kennedy Crab Orchard Charles Kincaid Richard Kincaid Jr. Robert Kincaid Oak Hill Thomas Laxton Frank Legg William Lester Robert Lyall Elijah Manning Andrew Miller East Beckley James McClure Charles Payne Jack Peters Gerald Phillips Janes Redden Thomas Reid Joice Richards Clyde Richmond Earl Sanders Jr Rhodes Robert Sarver Piarpoint Robert Scott Jack Seelinger Kenneth Shadrick Andrew Shuck Floyd Smith Harold Smith David St Clair J W Trail Jr Thomas Tredway Jr Robert Vass Joseph Weld Samuel Ward Robert Wickline Edward Winston Rhodell.
West Virginia patrol commander Beryl Langford, based at Barboursville, will transfer to the state police headquarters to head the accident prevention bureau with plans to take charge after Lt. W B Tyree retires in September. Tyree has led the bureau since its creation.
Roy Best long time warden of the Canon City penitentiary was suspended by the Colorado Civil Service Commission after Governor Dan Thornton ordered ouster charges. He faces a June 16 federal trial with other prison officers on alleged civil liberties violations of six inmates after a July riot. Best is former Democratic candidate for governor and former president of the Prison Wardens Association of America.
Former Defense Secretary Louis Johnson is reported on the road to recovery after two operations to remove a blood clot from his brain. Surgeons operated at St Marys Hospital in Rochester Minnesota. International news service reported the update.
On Koje Island and the nearby mainland, eight prisoners were killed and others wounded during a guard change and unrest at UN camps. North Korean prisoners attacked guards. a guard fired in self defense. Casualty reports differ by source, with several died later at hospital.
Secretary of State Acheson told President Truman at National Airport that recent pacts binding West Germany to the Western bloc contribute to world peace. He urged Senate ratification and swift action on Bonn and Paris agreements, which broadened NATO security guarantees to include West Germany.
Vienna papers report Exerma Pauker longtime Romanian forest minister and deputy premier, a key Stalin ally, purged from government and Communist leadership. Rumors say Vasile Luca and Techari Georgescu also removed for opposing Moscow control of Romania’s politics and economy.
Segal Korea United Nations troops repelled two North Korean Red company assaults on a 3000 foot East Korean peak nicknamed Luke the Gooks Castle. Ground actions elsewhere were minor as B29 sorties and night raids targeted Red supply lines. U.S. Air Force leaders Partridge and Doolittle reviewed Korea combat operations and planned equipment improvements. Eighth Army reported weekly Red casualties at 2197 with 1,102 killed, 1,066 wounded, and 29 captured.
Twenty five Cornell University students were suspended for a year after seizing the WVBR radio station and broadcasting fake war bulletins. Ten masked students controlled the station for eight minutes, overpowering three staff members. fifteen others admitted participation.
The Board of Public Works will meet June 17 to set final 1952 property assessments for utilities operating in West Virginia. Hearings concluded on tentative figures from the State Tax Commission, with adjustments requested by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co and others.
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