Allies Capture Chinese Held Hills On Central Korea Front
Allied infantry, supported by tanks and artillery, stormed two Chinese held ridges on Triangle Hill and swept part of Sniper Ridge, despite Chinese regrouping on the crest. South of White Horse Mountain, Korean troops pressed a stubborn push to seize footholds on two knobs, with eight days of fighting and heavy casualties. Allied air power strafed and bombed the battle line as patrols and raids continued across nearby ridges and hills.
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George A! McArthur
Seoul
Korrean Front
Triangle Hill
Xumhwa
Triangle
U.N
Feddie
Tron Triangle
U.S
Eighth Army
White Horse Mountain
Thei Reds
White Horse
Reen U.N
Finger Ridge
Christmas Hill
Putnam River
Libel Suit Back In Raleigh Court
A $300000 libel suit against Beckley Newspapers Corp. is referred back to Raleigh County Circuit Court after the West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a special judge’s ruling on fair comment. Plaintiff Okey A. Mills claims The Raleigh Register editorials maligned him, while the firm argues the editorials were fair comment without malice and cites alleged special jail treatment of E. C. Brice and former Constable Buck Gilkerson.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Raleigh County
West Virginia Supreme Court
Okey A. Mills
Raleigh, Register
Raleigh
Circuit Court
Mills
Supreme Court
E. C. Brice
W. B. “Buck” Gilkerson
Man and Juvenile Nab Moonshine Still Team
Federal authorities to take over in the case of Stover man Benton Sarrett and a local teenager arrested Monday night at 11 30 p m by Raleigh detachment officers for operating a moonshine still. They were lodged in Raleigh County Jail as Alcohol Tax Unit officials planned to assume jurisdiction.
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Stover
Benton Sarrett
Raleigh
L. L. Walker
State Police Co. D
Beckley
Polio Suspect Count Reaches 131 in Raleigh County
Raleigh County tally rises to 131 suspects as Edith Stewart five month old daughter of Cecil and Mrs Stewart of Glen Daniel is admitted to Morris Memorial Hospital. Campaign chair W A Burke reports donations total 13818 with 835 50 from Raleigh County all star game at which Harry Perkowski pitched.
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Raleigh County
Edith Stewart
Cecil Stewart
Glen Daniel
Morris Memorial Hospital
W. A. Burke
Harry Perkowski
Weather Summary for Beckley Area Conditions and Notes
Weather outlook shows cloudy skies with cool temperatures and light rain chances midweek. Temperatures average several degrees below normal. warming trend expected by week end. Rain likely Wednesday with possible Saturday showers totaling under a quarter inch. Local belated notes include yesterday highs, lows and partial station readings, plus a police bond and warrants update for two felonious assault and pistol warrant cases involving Rivers at Bellepo. Scott remains in hospital with improved condition.
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West Virginia
Goth
Wean Beckley
Glade Creek
West Virginia Briefs Fire damages Kanawha plant and grand jury probes
CHARLESTON officials seek cause of a fire that wrecked Kanawha Manufacturing Co main warehouse causing 50000 dollars in damage. The blaze started about 8 pm and was slowed by exploding power lines and intense heat. In Pleasants special Mason County grand jury convenes to probe vote frauds and State Road Commission irregularities. Prosecuting Attorney JG Johnson says about 250 witnesses expected over five days. The panel was ordered by Circuit Judge LH Miller after a report by Johnson and Cabell prosecutor E H Greene.
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Charleston - Im
Kanawha Manufacturing ‘Co
Davis
PT. Pleasant
State Road Commission
L. H. Miller
Ripley
Johnson
E. H. Greene
Cabell
Protest Rejected by Reds in Kennan Dispute
Moscow brushed aside the U S protest over Soviet treatment of Ambassador George Kennan calling the note a false hostile statement. Tass said the note was delivered and the Kennan matter is closed branding Kennan as guilty of hostile conduct. Kennan, reported by Berlin reporters, called life in Moscow akin to internment. Pravda demanded his recall. He remains in Germany with his wife and two children joining him.
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Moscow
Russia
America
U. S
George Kennan
Tass
Kennan
U.S
Berlin
Amer Lican
Germany
Pravda
Communist Party
Sullivan Man Waives On Shooting Charge
Edward Scott of Sullivan waives to the grand jury on arraignment for two shooting related charges stemming from an alleged 43 shooting of Norval Clark, also of Sullivan, with Monday proceedings noted.
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Sullivan
Edward Scott
Sulivan
Norval Clark
Wage Board Deliberates Coat Pact Amid Idle Illinois Mines
The Wake Stabilization Board begins formal talks on the John J. Lewis soft coal contract amid at least 100 Illinois mines idling about 5,000 United Mine Workers. Archibald Cox says decisions will be careful, not rushed, with retroactive wage gains and welfare fund increases. The strike wave may spread as workers protest government approval delays.
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Washington
Wake ‘Stabilization Board
John J. Lewis
Ilinois
United Mine
WSB
Archibald Cox
Cox
Lewis
UMW Welfare Fund
Sale Denied Plea In Supreme Court
Farley, a 40 year old Island Creek Coal Co. employee, had been acquitted of killing Charles Wells president of the United Mine Workers local at Holden. The state appealed a circuit ruling that the Thompson maiming charge was the same offense as the Wells killing. The Supreme Court denied the appeal. a second murder charge involving Robert Whorley remains untried. Farley testified self defense after three men sought him to quit his coal hauling sideline on his days off. The shooting occurred June 2, 1951, at Monaville near Holden.
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Charleston
Farley
United:Mine Workers Local
Holden
Slot Farley
Charles Wells
Major Thompson
C- C. Chambers
Logan County
Seffense
Thompson
Wells
Robert Whorley
Island Creek Coal Co
Monaville
Negro newspapers split over 1948 candidate choice
In Washington two major Negro press syndicates split on the 1948 race. The Atlanta Daily World backs Eisenhower with its Birmingham and Memphis World affiliates also endorsing him, the first time the trio has supported a Republican. John Sengstacker’s Chicago firm papers back Stevenson, including the Defender and New York Age among others with about 300,000 circulation.
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Washington Wh
Atlanta Daily World
Republican National Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Birmingham World
Memphis World
Atlanta
Eisenhower
John H. Sengstacker
Chicago
Adlai .E. Stevenson
Chicago Defender
New York Age
Memphis Tri-State Defender
Detroit Chronicle
Stevenson accuses GOP of dodging issues in bid for oil lands control
Adlai Stevenson denounces Republicans as dodging major topics and promoting slogans as Eisenhower campaigns for state ownership of submerged coastal oil lands. The trip, from New Orleans to Texas, frames the race around state rights and civil rights, with Nixon and Sparkman delivering sharp attacks.
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Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Stevenson
Casper
Wyo
Hisenhower
Texas
New Orleans
Richard Nixon
GOP +ice
New York
Nixon
John J.sparkmen
Eisenhower
Peoria
Printers Closed Shop Ruling Upheld by Supreme Court
Washington reports the Supreme Court sustained a lower court ruling finding the I.T.U. violated labor law in a case about a "closed" shop and bogus typesetting practices. The decision underscores government stance against featherbedding and leafing publishers toward discrimination based on union membership amid cross‑case tensions with NLRB.
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Washington
ITU
I Union
Tft-Hartley
Newsnaber
Aioe
NLRB
Ard
Chicago
Unnion
Federation of Musicians
Gam
Title Enterprises
Polling Places Changed by Court in Raleigh County Precincts
The Raleigh County Court approved polling place relocations in six precincts. Changes include Precinct 49 Pinecrest to Lilly's Motor Court, Precinct 14 Byus Mankin back to Beckley Floral Co., Precinct 132 Workman's Creek School to Clear Creek School, Precinct 12 Harper Road station to H P Wheeler Plumbing and Heating, and Precinct 16 Warner's Paint Shop to Boss Service Station on the 1921 By-Pass, with Kanawha St Barbet Shop to Pat Wheeler's building at corner of Johnstown Road and Jefferson St.
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Raleigh County Court
Raleigh County
Pinecrest
H. Pat Wheeler
Warner
Boss
Three Mabscott youths plead guilty in Raleigh County court
In Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery heard guilty pleas from three Mabscott youths Leroy Gregory Ed Jones and Bobby Rogers all under 18 for break ing and entering. Jones will remain on bond until sentencing set for November 6 or 7 while Gregory and Rogers are returned to jail. Rogers admitted taking scales from Beckley Kiwanis Club and breaking into Al’s Linoleum Shop and another charge. Jones admitted breaking into Quality Lumber and Supply Co. and Southern States Cooperative. Gregory pleaded to breaking into Swim Inc and American Glass and Mirror Co. Two men indicted for breaking into New River Company Store at Skelton also pleaded today. William Frank McDaniel of Sullivan pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one to 10 years in state penitentiary at Moundsville. Robert F. Brizendine of Piney View pleaded guilty to reduced charge of larceny and will be sentenced November 7. The jury was excused.
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Mabscott
Nile Court
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Will
Leroy Gregory
Ed Jones
Bobby Rogers
Jones
Rogers
Beckley’ Kiwanis Club
Quality Lumber and Supply( Co
Southern States Cooperative
Gregory
Swim, Inc
American, Glass and Mirror Company
New River Company
Skelton
William “Frank Mc
Husband Charged In Wife's Death
George Edward Grammer, 33, formerly of Baltimore, faces murder charges in the death of his wife Dorothy May Grammer, 33. Prosecutors say he killed her early Aug 6 in Baltimore, driven by love for a 22-year-old Canadian secretary identified as Mathilda Mizibrocky at UN headquarters in New York. The victim was found in her car near a hillside outside Baltimore and died en route to a hospital.
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Jack Davis
Baltimore
Toiday
George Edward Grammer
United Nations
New York
Anselm Sodaro
Mathilda Mizibrocky
Hamilton
Ontario
Grammer
Balti
More
Dorothy May Crammer
Production of New Aircraft Ordered
The Air Force ordered initial production of the F102, America's first supersonic delta wing fighter, to be built by Convair in San Diego. The aircraft, resembling the XF92 delta design, targets very high speeds in the stratosphere with improved armament and electronics, though some details remain secret. The XF92, flown since 1948 at Edwards AFB, has remained in the high subsonic range and reportedly never surpassed Mach 1.
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Washington
Air Force
America
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Convair
San Diego
Calif
Edwards Air Force Base
Stock Market Mixed as Alaska Juneau and Natomas Move
In New York trading the market showed a narrow mix with a slight upward tendency. Alaska Juneau reported blocks totaling 7,000 and 1,300 shares while Natomas held 3,000 shares at 34. Western Pacific rose modestly from an opening 4 point gain to 37. Derby Oil advanced on merger rumors, with other notable gains in Northern Pacific, Johns-Manville, Consolidated Natural Gas, Dome Mines, Du Pont, Chrysler, Boeing and Philco.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
Natomas
Western Pacific
Derby Oil
Northern
Pacific
Johns-Manville
Consolidated Natural Gas
Dome Mines
DuPont, Chrsyler, Boeing and
Philco
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Lewis to Campaign for Adlai Amid Party Shifts
Miners leader Lewis plans radio and television appearances to stump for Adlai Stevenson. He frames Eisenhower as a professional soldier and stresses unity across industries while portraying Stevenson as preferable to all voters. The union chief has historically backed Roosevelt and Stevenson, signaling broad labor support.
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Norman Walker
Cincinnati
L. Lewis
Lewis
Adlai Stevenson
Ang
IMG
Wendell Willkie
United Mine Workers
Stevenson
The
AFL
Cloprey
Council Meets Tonight in City Hall Amid Campaign Scramble
The Beckley City Council sets a 7 30 p m session at City Hall amid heated campaign talk. Citizens debate support for Eisenhower or Stevenson as they consider the 5375 population line and the city’s future path. Recorder Thomas E Baz Describing Eisenhower as the candidate of the country clubs Stevenson said no specials business is scheduled.
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Sarmpaign
Beckley
Eisenhower
Orj
City Hall
Lewis
Ionether
Thomas E. Baz
Stevenson
West Powers Divided Over African Colonies
The United Nations General Assembly opens its seventh session as major Western powers show division over France’s North African colonies. The United States led by Dean Acheson plans quick action on Tunisian and Moroccan complaints, while Britain and France push for direct negotiations. Soviet leaders including Vyshinsky and Gromyko loom large, signaling heightened Cold War tensions and possible new attempts to split non Communist states.
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Max. Harrelson
United “Nations
France
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
Dean Acheson
Britain
Trygge* Lie
Andrei Y
Gromykov
Valerian Zorin
Tass
Stalin
Epperly Man Fined and Jailed on Road Charge
Two men arrested on traffic violations by state police Monday. Emory Rickman of Cleveland is at liberty on a personal appearance bond after leaving the scene of an accident. R. D. Lawson of Epperly was fined $25 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail for drunk and reckless driving.
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Monay
Emory Rickman
Cleveland
J. P. Meadows
R. D. Lawson
Epperly
Meadows
Marshall to Pass Up Ballot Box
New York reports General George C. Marshall will not vote in the upcoming presidential elections after returning from Europe. He had obtained an absentee ballot from Leesburg Virginia and joked about his political lineage while noting his wartime role and comments on Soviet tensions.
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New York
George C. Marshell
Europe
Marshall
Leesburg
American Battle Monuments Commission
Russia
Lias Gels Hurry to testify in tax case hearing
In a federal tax case in Washington, Lias Gels hurried to appear after an Internal Revenue Service dispute over testimony. James Maddox objected to secondhand testimony and argued Lias must testify in person, noting liens and receiverships on his income. Margiotti indicated Lias would testify that his 1942-1948 income was fully reported and no other income, if funds permitted travel.
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Charles J. Maryer
Lins
James C. Maddox
Revenue Bureau
Maddox
Lias
Wheeling
W. Va
Washington
Margiotti
Turnpike Safety Laws Demanded
Pittsburgh report cites Western Pennsylvania Safety Council head T Armstrong. He says most accidents on the Pennsylvania Turnpike occur at night in rain or fog and trucks lack proper rear lighting. He calls for tougher rear lighting rules and stricter speed limits after surveying Turnpike conditions.
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Pittsburgh
T. Armstrong
Western Pennsylvania Safety Council
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pittsburgh Sun- Telegraph
Armstrong
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