Sims Takes Axe to DPA Training Program
Charleston report on Auditor Edgar B. Sims blocking a $97.50 requisition for Elizabeth Mitchell a DPA employee in Welch amid proposed legal action against the training program. Officials defend federal funded scholarships and argue the move undermines ongoing training plans for welfare workers.
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Axe
DPA
Charleston
Department of Public Assistance
Edgar B. Sims
Elizabeth Mitchell
Welch
Robert F. Roth
Roth
American Public Welfare Assn
Elgin Hall Reinstated As County Sanitarian
Raleigh County reinstates Elgin M. Hall as county sanitarian after state health department resignations free funds the city will pay 1800 annually while other agencies cover the rest. Hall’s reinstatement follows prior cut July 1 under the state economy.
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Elgin Hall
Raleigh County
Elgin M. Hall
City of
Hall
Joseph E. Williams
Raleigh County Health Department
T EE. Bazzarre Jr
Mercer Couple Killed In Truck Crash At Bramwell
BRAMWELL Robert Sprinkle Williams 32 and wife Helen 22 of Bluefield died at 12:20 AM when their rock dust truck failed to stop on Rt 52 slamming into a concrete wall. Police say brakes appeared to fail as driver tried to turn into Spruce Street. cab engine and axle were torn from the frame. The couple’s child was elsewhere. This marked Mercer County’s 27th and 28th highway deaths this year.
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Robert Sprinkle Williams
Helen
Bluefield
Rt. 52
E. D. Bazzie
Pinnacle Mountain
Spruce St
Bazzie
Mercer
Former film star June Hlaver leaves convent life
Santa Monica mother says Junie Hlaver realized long ago she had made a mistake becoming a nun. Mrs. Andrew Ottestad says Hlaver’s return home from Xavier Kansas is permanent, that she is a home girl torn by the move and readingjusting to life outside the convent after 7 months away.
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June Haver
Andrew and
Marie Ottestad
Los Angeles
Sisters of Charity
Xavier
Kan
Ottestad
June
Santa Monica
Calif
June Hlaver
Junie
Andrew Ottestad
Star
Kansas
Miss Haver
Beckley to Host Concord Tech Football Night with Parade
Concord College and West Virginia Tech meet in Beckley under Beckley Civitan Club sponsorship. A 6:30 parade precedes the 8 p.m. kickoff at Woodrow Wilson High School stadium, with color guards, high school bands, local queens, and Miss West Virginia Tech, plus half time ceremonies and a postgame dance. Public support funds scholarships. Civitan Day proclaimed by Mayor George B. Chambers.
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Concord College
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Beckley Civitan Club
Woodrow Wilson High School
Mullens
Mt. Hope
Woodrow Wilson High Schools
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Beckley College
Queens
Pat Stewart
West Virginia
West Virginia Tech
Phyllis
N. R. Coleman
Civitans
Keatley Brothers Inc
S. Roger Brown
Athens
Concord Musicians
George B. Chambers
Civitan
Coleman
Miss West Virgina Co
Civitan Club
Chambers
Beckley Area
Valley Drive
Prince St
Kanawha St
Main
Neville Streets
First Ave
Stadium
Stuart Goss
Queen Committee
Dave Abrams
Wayne Kessel
Mor Wein
Kidnappers Quiet On Child's Fate in Bobby Green Case
Kansas City reports indicate the Bobby Green kidnapping entered its fifth day as his wealthy parents press for a breakthrough. A spokesman said no word from the kidnapers since Monday when the six year old was abducted from a private Catholic school by a red haired woman posing as his aunt. Robert Letterman, tied to the father’s Tulsa business, said the family may take a new approach if no contact is received soon. Police would stay hands off unless the family calls in, while Brannon places safety of the child first.
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Robert Letterman
Tulsa
Letterman
Bernard Brannon
Brannon
Frank Munn Dies. Golden Voice of Radio
Frank Munn, 57, died yesterday in New York. The Irish tenor rose from factory work to 23 years as a radio and recording artist, retiring seven years ago but remembered for a long career with a commercial sponsor.
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New. Yorka
Frank Munn
Factory Boy
Red Doctors Graduate After Eight Months of Training
Ta Kung Pao reports Kwangtung Medical School in Hong Kong graduated its first class of 59 fully trained physicians. The new doctors began eight months ago and completed an accelerated eight month program under Communist auspices.
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Hong Kong
Kwangtung Medical School
Ta Kung Pao
Indian Guards Kill 2 POWs Near Panmunjom Riot
Indian guards opened fire in Panmunjom demilitarized zone killing two Chinese prisoners and wounding five others during a mass breakout by anti Communist POWs. A separate North Korean riot earlier killed one and wounded five, bringing two days of violence to three dead and ten wounded as order was restored five miles southwest of Panmunjom. The U N Command protested Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission rules aiding the Communists as repatriation interviews were set to resume possibly by Monday.
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Panmunjom
U. N. Command
Repatriation Commission
Commission
Reds
Hull Celebrates 82nd Birthday As Secretary of State
Washington reports former secretary of state Cordell Hull, the longest serving in that role, marking his 82nd birthday. He led the State Department from 1933 to 1944, now lives in an apartment hotel and follows world affairs via newspapers, radio, and television. In other dispatches, POW repatriation figures rise and a riot at a Korean POW compound leads to confrontations involving Indian troops and Chinese detainees.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
State Department
Road Law Violations Arrests in County Jail
Virginia resident Larry Bowman and Sprague native Arlen S Cox are jailed on road law violations. Bowman faces drunkenness and improper license charges, Cox charged with driving while drunk. City Police arrested both.
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Larry Bowman
Virginia
Arlen S. Cox
Sprague
Bowman
Cox
Mangrum and Snead Win Ryder Cup Match at Wentworth
Captain Lloyd Mangrum and Sam Snead led the United States to a strong start against Britain on opening day. They crushed Scotland’s Eric Brown and John Panton 6 and 7 in a 36-hole Ryder Cup match, outdriving rivals by about 50 yards per hole. Daly and Bradshaw defeated Middlecoff and Burkemo one up in 36 holes, keeping Britain hopeful in the early proceedings at Wentworth.
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Virginia Water
England
Fred Daly
Harry Bradshaw
Cary Middlecoff
Memphis
Walter Burkemo
Detroit
Lloyd Mangrum
Sammy Snead
U. S
Eric Brown
John Panton
Mangrum
Snead
Brown
Conservation Department Alerted For Battle in Forest Fire Fight
Charleston reports the Conservation Department plans a full mobilization to fight West Virginia forest fires as 36 fires burn statewide with five in Nicholas County alone. A hunting ban by Director Carl J. Johnson takes effect, closing forests except for occupation needs, after hunter injuries and a fatal shooting. Rain prospects dim with warm sunny weather and dangerous winds.
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Conservation Department
Charleston
West Virginia
Woodlands
Lester McClung
Nicholas County
Carl J. Johnson
Herschetl Wendell
London
Kanawha
Montgomery
Sophia
Raleigh
Don Gray
Gray
Johnson
Forest fire season shows cautious progress
The district reports three new fires by noon with two additional reports under review. Since Oct 1 six fires have been recorded, with crews battling a small Monroe County blaze and several undetermined spots near Ephraim's Creek, Layland, and New Hope.
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District 4
State Conservation Commission
Carl Lucas
Monroe County
Ephraim's Creek
New River
Layland
Sand Lick Road
New Hope
Mercer County
Lillybrook
Raleigh County
Carnifax School
Gauley and
Meadow Rivers
Greenbrier
Smoot
Godfrey Branch
Hico
Fayette County
Mercer
Lucas
Mingo Sheriff Bankrupt Following Fayette Suit
Huntington report states Mingo County Sheriff Elmer Ferrell filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court listing liabilities of 97,290.44 and assets of 3,593. The debt includes 56,000 from a default judgment against Hood Coal Co of Fayette County in which Ferrell was a principal stockholder.
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Mingo County
Elmer Ferrell
U. S&s. District Court
Ferrell
West Virginia Coal Co, Inc
Hood Coal Co
Fayette County
Hood
Jaycees Mark National Newspaper Week in Beckley
The Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce announces National Newspaper Week with Dick Allen of the Raleigh Register as speaker at Monday’s meeting. The week runs Thursday to next Thursday with the Beckley Kiwanis Club already signaling its observance. The slogan is An Informed Press for an Informed People and the theme Freedom of Information.
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Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ted Kessinger
Jaycee
Dick Allen
Raleigh Register News
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Kiwanians
Charles L. Hurst
Raleigh Register
Newspaper Association Managers Inc
Unlicensed Practice Scored by Bar Officer
West Virginia State Bar leaders urged lawyers to end unlicensed practice that drains public funds. Secretary Osher C. Parsons warned inaction by lawyers harms revenue and stressed cooperation. A radio will ad, later found in Charleston and other cities, prompted Bar actions. Samuel D. Littlepage noted cross-state cooperation to curb unlawful practices and trial tactics were discussed in a morning panel.
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West Virginia State Bar
Osher C. Parsons
State Bar
Parsons
William J. Jameson
Billings
Mont
The
American Bar Assa
Organized Bar
West Virginia
Clarks
Burg
Charleston
Huntington
Loyvan
Beckley
Samuel D. Littlepage
Pt. Pleasant
Elks Ballroom
Longshoremen Walkout Seen Ending Tuesday
In New York observers expect an early end to the longshoremen strike as Taft Hartley action prompts a three man inquiry board to report by Monday midnight. The ILA says it will honor any federal injunction and workers await directions on resuming idle shipping across ports from Maine to Virginia.
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New York
Eisenhower
Portland
Maine
Hampton Roads
International Longshoremen’s Assn
AFL
Paul Hall
AFL Seafarers International Union
Ryan
Joseph P. Ryan
ILA
Anthony Tough
Tony Anastasia
Brooklyn
South Korea and United States Sign Mutual Security Treaty
Washington reports the United States and South Korea signed a mutual security treaty yesterday. Secretary of State Dulles expressed hope that the Senate would ratify it early next year.
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Washington
United States
South Korea
Dulles
Senate
Comptroller calls bank condition statements due September 30
Washington eyes a nationwide deadline as the Comptroller of the Currency orders a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business Wednesday September 30.
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Washington
Stocks Mixed as Market Rises in Busy Session
New York stocks closed higher overall with notable gains for U S Steel Chrysler Goodyear Boeing Philco Du Pont General Electric Southern Pacific and Texas Co while Caterpillar Tractor Ford Fhelps Dodge American Tobacco and New York Central eased. A block of 5 000 shares of Willys Overland changed hands at 153 8.
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U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Goodyear
Boeing
Philco
du Pont
General Electric
Southern Pacific
Texas Co
Casterpillar Tractor
Fhelps Dodge
American Tobacco
New York Central
Willys
Overland
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