Kids Day Parade and Festivities Planned in Beckley
Beckley Kiwanis sponsor Kids Day with eight high school bands leading a costume parade. Families urged to attend as merchants donate funds and free donuts drinks and candy are provided. Judges including local officials will select top costumes and city leaders will participate in ceremonies before a 1:30 parade route through downtown.
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Beckley
Beckley Kiwanians
Roy JE Smith
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Woodrow Wilson
Stratton
Trap Hill
Stoco
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Shady Spring
Mark Twain
Marsh
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Park
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Neville
Main
S. Kanawha
Field House
Harry L.meccreery
Clarence Bibb
Herbert Sloan
Elmer Davis
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Miner Hart Clinton Oakes Injured In Slate Fall At Lillybrook
Hart Clinton Oakes a Lillybrook Coal Company employee from Cherry Creek is in Raleigh General Hospital with a fractured pelvis and a forehead cut after a slate fell on him yesterday while he and a track man were repairing a header that had been knocked out by a mine car. Hospital spokesman says Oakes is in fair condition.
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Lillybrook Coal Company
Raleign General Hospital
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Bradley Youth Arrested on Drunk Driving and License Charges
Bradley youth Howard Ellison, 19, of Bradley, will face trial in Police Court at 7 p.m. to answer charges of driving while drunk and no operator's license. He was arrested by Beckley city police on Valley Drive Thursday.
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Howard Ellison
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Valley Drive
Weather Forecast For West Virginia Regions
Clear and colder tonight with frost and a low around 26 to 34. Saturday brings some cloudiness and warmer temperatures. Extended forecast shows temperatures dipping below normal by four to eight degrees with warmer Saturday and cooler Sunday and Monday. turning warmer again Tuesday then cooler Wednesday. Rain chances Saturday night or Sunday and again late Tuesday or Wednesday, with total precipitation about a quarter to three quarters of an inch. Normal highs vary by region, with northern areas around 39 and southern around 60. Local observations from Beckley Oak Hill Glade Creek and nearby rivers note yesterday’s highs and lows, with rainfall totals and reservoir levels showing generally clear conditions against normal stages.
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Beckley
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Bluestone Reservoir
Hard Coal Price Hiked in Trade Talks Recess
The government granted a 20 cent per ton rise in hard coal retail prices to compensate the miners welfare fund boost. Negotiations between mine owners and John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers Union recessed after a two hour session with progress reported by Thomas Kennedy and Edward G. Fox.
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Pennsylvania
Miners’ Welfare Fund
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Office of Price Stabilization
OFS
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
Edward G. Fox
Bluefield Man Apprehended on Theft Forgery Charges
A Bluefield man was arrested and jailed in Raleigh County on Thursday. A deputy U.S. Marshal said federal charges of theft and forgery would be filed against Cruchfield.
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Grea Wlitchfield
Bluefield
Raleigh
U.S. Marshall
Cruchfield
Police Seek Pinecrest Escapees. No Trace Yet
Two female convicts escaped Thursday from Pinecrest Sanitarium where they were trusted inmates. Betty Conley, serving life for murder in Kanawha County, and Ruth Wolfe, sentenced for forgery in McDowell County, remained at large with no trace found by noon.
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
Betty Conley
Kanawha County
Ruth Wolfe
McDowell County
Bonner Pushes Major Shakeup of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rep. Bonner urges revamping the Joint Chiefs to eliminate planning bottlenecks. He says top officers are partisan and hindered by inter service rivalries, proposing a chairman with decisive authority and other members as military advisers. The hearing comes as Lovett testified on service unification and potential changes before year end.
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Navy
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Defense Lovett
Armed Services
Truman Taft to speak at Pancake Day festival
In Shenandoah Iowa a rare political doubleheader brings President Truman and Senator Taft to the same platform next Wednesday with sponsors hoping for a turnout up to 73000. Their talks will be about three hours apart and a face to face meeting is unlikely, depending on Taft’s travel schedule. The event marks the area harvest festival known as Pancake Day where free pancakes are served.
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Truman
Robert A. Taft
Iowa City
Robert E. Tyler
Sponsoring
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Labor meeting highlights Marland Holt governor race
West Virginia State Federation of Labor in Clarksburg heard Democrat William C. Marland and Republican Rush D. Holt outline gubernatorial plans during morning and afternoon sessions. Officers scheduled for nomination with election to follow Saturday as about 200 delegates attended. State Labor Commissioner Charles Sattler urged workers to limit overtime, arguing 40 hours weekly is beneficial for efficiency and leisure, and warned against exploiting overtime pay to justify excess hours.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
Sattler
Stevenson Attacks Ike in Taft Territory Rhetoric
In Cincinnati Stevenson accused Eisenhower and the GOP Old Guard of fostering a new isolationism that could bring national tragedy. He warned the 1920 League of Nations parallels and cited Harding’s 1920 victory as a warning against isolationism. The President traveled Oregon praising Morse and Langer for resisting Eisenhower, calling the party captive to old guard isolationists while touring California and inspecting Shasta Dam.
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Robert 4. Taft
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Eisenhower and McCarthy Ride Train Through Wisconsin
Aboard the Eisenhower special General Eisenhower and Senator McCarthy traveled together through Wisconsin for campaign visibility. The day's plan listed no endorsement details, leaving whether Eisenhower would back McCarthy to future stops in Green Bay or Appleton, McCarthy’s home town, as the campaign spotlight shifted along the whistle stop route.
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Eisenhower
Nixon Used Frank Privilege In Test of Voters
Senator Nixon ran a poll using the franking privilege to reach California voters before the July nominating convention, with about 2000 letters mailed. Murray Chotiner denies knowledge of the poll and calls speculation ridiculous amid scrutiny over an $18,000 expense fund for political use.
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U S Air Power Expanded in Korea War Push
Tokyo reports the U S Far East Air Forces are being beefed up by about 50 percent for the Korea war. Air Secretary Thomas K Finletter announced reinforcements already on hand and said air attacks could be increased on short notice. He declined to specify the number of additional planes and noted U S jet production has caught up with Russian output. He voiced confidence the Air Force can handle any threat from the Communist air force deployed in Manchuria.
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Broiler Pick Up Station Planned Here on Nov 1
Beckley will host a broiler pick-up and distribution station opening November 1 by Mountain State Poultry Co Inc of Ronceverte. The firm will buy live birds and distribute finished products from Virginia and Ronceverte plants, basing initial live-bird prices on Shenandoah Valley prices.
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Mountain State Poultry Co., Inc
Ronceverte
Beckley
O. C. Hutchison
Hutchison
Rural Development Council
Spencer
Harry Custer
Virginia
Blossom Dairy Co
City Ave
Shenandoah Valley
Rev. John Wilson Dies at Oak Hill
Oak Hill reports the death of Rev. John A. Wilson Jr., rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, who died at Oak Hill Hospital at 8 a.m. after a heart attack following about 10 days in hospital. A former missionary in China for 20 years, he is survived by his wife Mrs. Bess Gillespie Wilson.
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Oak Hill
John A. ,Wilson Jr
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Hospital
China
Haan Torna
Teacher takes pupils to court to show how justice works
Redwood City Cant Walan Baldiin, a McKinley School teacher, loaded his 39 fifth and sixth grade pupils into a bus and took them to Municipal Court in San Carlos to illustrate justice in action. Baldiin pleaded innocent as the judge requested proof of his driver’s license.
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Redwood City
Alan
Baldiin
McKinley School
San Carlos
Bald- Win
Shivers Says Stevensonism Aims Trumanism With Harvard Accent
Texas Governor Allan Shivers warns that Stevensonism could become Trumanism with a Harvard accent and states he will vote for Dwight Eisenhower in November, signaling a GOP tilt amid the 1952 campaign.
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Allan Shivers
Texas
Italian government lifts ban on Church of Christ in Italy
The Italian government today lifted its ban on operations of the American sponsored Church of Christ in Italy. The U S Embassy announced the decision after discussions between the embassy and Italian authorities.
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Church of Christ
Italy
U S
Potential Voters Line Up to Register in Raleigh County
Raleigh Countians must register by noon Saturday to vote in the November 4 General Election. More than 1,000 voters have registered since the May primary, with 162 registering at the County Clerk's office on Thursday, the largest turnout yet. Officials estimate voter totals exceed 50,000, with roughly 33,000 Democrats, 16,500 Republicans, and 138 independents.
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