Battle over Marine status at high level in Pentagon
Backstage clash over the future command of the Marine Corps heats up in Washington. Informants say the dispute centers on whether Marines report to the chief of naval operations or remain under the secretary of the Navy. The matter involves a possible order to place Marines under Adm. Robert B. Carney with broader control over funding.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Pentagon
Chief of Naval Operations
Secretary of the Navy
Charles Thomas
Naval Operations
Thomas
Europe
Navy
Organization of the Navy
Thomas S. Gates
Navy Chief of Operations
Adm
Robert B. Carney
Hero Superintendent Accepts Blame After Allen High Blast
Allen Oklahoma. J N McKeeI the superintendent who is hailed by students as a hero admits he set off the blast that touched off a gas explosion at Allen High School. He was injured as were Principal Freeman Pickle and 45 pupils with 20 still hospitalized. The one story brick building was demolished and damage estimated at 100000. McKeeI said he believed a gas leak was being sought and had no reason to suspect a general leak.
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Allen
Okla
Allen High School
Freeman Pickle
J.N. McKeel
Harvey Butler
McKeel
Simple V neck jumper with blouse pattern No 2703
Advertisement for a 1954 1955 fall winter Fashion World pattern book. Describes a V neck jumper and collared blouse in sizes 12 through 40, with yardage provided. Instructions to mail 35 cents for the pattern and extra 5 cents for first class delivery. Includes address in Beckley Raleigh Register and New York Station. Brand new edition sold for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Raleigh Register
Oldee Station
New York
Fashion World
Hidden Contraband Found in Outdoor Privy Cache
Morganton North Carolina officers report locating a whisky cache hidden in a compartment under the seat of an outdoor privy. An alcohol tax unit agent described finding the contraband in an unlikely spot stating it was in some of the darndest places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
N.C
Alcohol Tax Unit
Gobel Rising as TV's Newest Sensation
Hollywood profile of George Gobel, a 34 year old Chicagoan. His unsmiling, pause laden delivery and offbeat humor have sparked rapid TV fame after five weeks with his own show. Gobel credits wartime service and early radio work for shaping his distinct style and timing.
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Hollywood
George Gobel
Milton Berle
Gobel
John Scott Trotter
Hal Kanter
Showtime
Charlie Chaplin
Harry Langdon
Reds Claim U S Ships Off China
Tokyo reports that American warships recently patrolled near the Tachens in the Red China area per Peiping Radio. The Chinese Communist broadcast, heard in Tokyo, claimed U S ships challenged vessels including a British warship and a British merchantman. The U S has a policy to protect Formosa but has not stated it would extend that protection to the Tachens.
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Tokyo
Tachen Islands
Red China
Peiping
United States
Formosa
Tachens
Koontz Awarded Tax Refund in U.S. Court
Charleston West Virginia Democrat Arthur B Koontz and his wife were awarded a 32782 dollar income tax refund in federal court for 1950 claiming overpayment due to improper apportionment of 227034 dollars long term income from his law partnership. Judge Ben Moore added six percent interest from March 15 1951.
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Charleston
Arthur B. Koontz
West Virginia
Koontzes
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Ben Moore
Presidencies and nominations face Senate tests
President Eisenhower’s picks faced likely smooth Senate approval for John Marshall Harlan to the Supreme Court while Joseph Campbell’s bid to head the GAO as comptroller general stirred possible concerns. The White House said nominations would be formally submitted today as the Senate reconvened amid McCarthy censure proceedings.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Senate
Joseph Campbell
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
White House
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Home Built Rail Line Turns Farm Into Tiny Kelly Yard
Kalamazoo farmer and tool maker John Pugh longed to be a railroad engineer. He built a farm railroad modeled after the Pere Marquette, with a 600 foot mainline and yard tracks. His locomotive hauls a ton of children on a string of model flatcars.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
John Pugh
Pugh
Pere Marquette Railroad
Trusteessale Notice Sprague Subdivision Raleigh Co WV
Public auction 11:00 A M December 11 1954 Raleigh County Courthouse Beckley WV to highest bidder surface of Lot 92 Sprague Subdivision with rights of way and covenants cash on date of sale includes multiple trusts Lot 97 14 and others in Sprague Subdivision with various parcel descriptions and restrictions from several deeds of trust recorded in Raleigh County clerk office Conclusion of notices and trustee names: Chas E Mahan James C McCray and others with dates November 1954 and December 1954.
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John Early Scales, Jr
Cortez Juanita Scales
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Beckley
Sprague
Cha E. Mahan
R.R
Andrew Story
Mary M. Story
Chase, Mahan
School Principal Acquitted in Beating Case
FAIRMONT Principal Lloyd H. Seccuro of Annabelle Elementary School was acquitted in a justice of the peace court Monday night of beating three pupils. The verdict of not guilty followed a 2 1/2 hour hearing before Magistrate B L Tate at Worthington. About a dozen witnesses testified.
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Fairmont
Lloyd H. Seccuro
Annabelle Elementary School
Justice of the Peace
B. L. Tate
Worthington
Grave Warning: Tomb Stone Left on Porch in Indianapolis
Vivian Smith was unable to explain why a 70 pound tomb stone appeared on her front porch in Indianapolis. Police collected the stone and secured it in the property room.
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Indianapolis
Vivian Smith
Covingtons Convey Property In Skelton Subdivision
Chas E Mahan as trustee announces the sale of Lot Eighty Eight in Skelton Subdivision Raleigh County West Virginia. The property secured by a trust deed in Book 216 page 68 in the county records will be sold on Saturday December 11. The sale includes the lot and appurtenant easements with rights to share streets and alleys as shown on the subdivision map in Map Book 9% pages 102 and 103 with all reservations and exceptions noted in the deed.
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James C. McCray
Evelena McCray
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Beckley
West Virinia
Skelton
Raleigh Couny
Chas, E. Mahan
R.R
Johnson P. Covington
Ella Covington
Chas. E. Mahan
Funeral Deed Notice and Local Obituaries
The notice records a deed for William H Preston and Betty Preston with a 0.20 acre lot in Sprague West Virginia dated 1953 and a list of funeral announcements. Names include Isaac Dempsey Canaday age 58 Crab Orchard. Robert Lee Taylor age 64 Sprague. infant son Huggins Mount Hope. Dates November 8 7 10 1953. West Virginia locations referenced include Crab Orchard Sprague Sunset Memorial Park Garden Ground cemetery and New River Company.
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Canaday Canaday
Isaac Dempsey
Crab Orchard
Veteran’s Administration Hospital
Caffee
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Mark Wolfe
D. C. Stover
Sunset Memorial Park
Virgil Riffe
Harless W. Stover
Okey Mills
Sherman Deal
Oliver Snuffer
Caffee Funeral Home
Taylor Taylor
Robert Lee
Sprague
Quesenberry and Webb
Maxwell Hill Baptist Church
James Lilly
Ray Metrick
Carl Calloway
Emmit Metrick
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
Huggins Huggins
William Huggins
Mount Hope
Garden Ground Cemetery
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By Bob Thomas
George
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Reds
China
Joe D. Davis
Virgie M. Davis
West Virgin
Raleigh
Chas, Ke, Mahan
John J. Shutko
Catherine E. Shutko
Spague
S. E. Mahan
R. Sroeee
William H. Preston
Betty Preston
West First Street
Beech Avenue
Grantor
New River Company
OOD
Keyser
Douglas T. Bryant
Oakwood Ave
Vance Drive
Amos E. Quesenperry
Westport
Conn
Con
Manan
Arne Guild
R. C. Egnor
Oak Hill
Logan
OLE Florists
Webb's Florists
J. A. Hess
Mullens
H. D. McNeer
Marie
W. Va
W. R. Worley
Glen Rogers Ball Park Lnt
Beltsville
Furrow
Shady Springs
Alva Tench
W. E. Harvey
Harold Williams
Don W. Ford
Dial
Sanders and
Edgers
Fabulon Foster Hardware Co
Main St
Marguerite’s
Embees
Del-Mar
Edward Parrish
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
C Kinzer
Main Street
Neville
Landers Upholstery CO
South Oakwood Ave
Pelevision
Just Rite Furniture Co
Prince St
Halstead
Beckley Maytag
Neville St Dial Adit
Firestone TV Repair Dept
Dial Geo. Sparks
Lovitz Television
Wright
Time & Gift Shop
S. OaKwood Ave
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
West Neville ST
OAK Hill Electric CO
Central Ave
Herbert Warden & CO
Foster Hardware Co
Frank
GMC
Dove's
Lake Road
Katherine _Nugen
B& W
Wall Cleaning Service
Venetian Blind Cleaners
W Va
Mountain State
C. W. James
Lewis Transfer CO
Valley Drive
Peerless Packing Company
Carolina Super Market
Gray Lumber Company
Pointer
Julia Shalosky
Scarbro
Beckley Insulation Co
Diet
Care Beckley Newspapers
KAT & Karl Beauty Shop
Murphy's
Florida
Miami 12
Fla
Mr. Brown
Beckley Hotel
Standard Coffee Co
A. Cole
Brown Hotel
Rainelle
R. S. Day
East Rainelle
Friden
Johnny Biffle
Daniels
Call WB. Jones
Roy A. Jones
Cal
R. L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
al Tirds
Boston
N. B. Richmond
Mt. Hope
Fayetteville
Dry Hill Road
Dolph Williamson
Piney View
Fred Mann
Lildy
Furn
Midway
Mario
Remington
Savage
Ithaca
Westernfield
Montgomery Ward
Wilson
Kanawha
Beckley Glass
Oakwood Dial
Rma
Klaus & Page
McCreery St. Bryant
International Harvester
Lionel
Dreamboat
Henry Conway Hardware
Cook
Radio Cab Room
Beckley Maytag CO
Neville St
Virgil's
Chamberlin Co. of America
F.h.la
F. Duke Williams
Carl Houchins
Don Houchins
Houchins Block Co
Kentile
Nash Campbell
DOY TV & Appliance
Prince & N. Kanawha
KODAK
King Photo Supply
Neville St. Beckley
Juanita Goins Porter
Mabel
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