Marland Pushes Coal Use Amid Marshall Hall Bill
Charleston governor Marland demands coal burning in a $555,000 Marshall College residence hall, threatening to withhold state funds if gas heat is used. The Board of Education may rework plans, with costs estimated at 5000 to 10000 dollars, while officials defer blame for past gas specifications.
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State Board of Education
Marshall College
Huntington
Marland
Marshall
Charleston Daily Mail
Southeastern Construction Co
Board of Public Works
Board of Education
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Charles‘ton
Williamson
H. K. Baer
Striking dockers threaten England food supply
London reports strike action by about 39,000 dock workers across London Liverpool Birkenhead Hull and Southampton. Churchill may deploy troops to unload cargoes of meat butter and eggs if the walkout lasts beyond Saturday as shopkeepers warn of severe shortages.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
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Southampton
Britain
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Hull
Churchill
Dock Labor Board
Court Clears Docket And Adjourns Early
Raleigh County Criminal Court cleared its docket for today and adjourned at 10 30 a m. A jury was sworn and the trial of Hattie Logan was ready when the State moved to dismiss. Clayton Webb’s trial was rescheduled for Nov 4. Pierson’s case continued awaiting apprehension. Price’s case was not tried. James Anderson and James E Bandy faced ongoing driving charges. Jess Pride’s trial was deferred. William J Osborne was remanded for fine payment. Dewey Bowman’s bad check case sent for settlement. Frank Durham’s breaking and entering hearing set for Friday. Ronald Hughes Vass embezzlement case to settlement. Quinton Cook and Billy Lemon to be sentenced Nov 1. Charles Lucas to enter plea on second charge.
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Tion
Clayton Webb
Frank A. Pierson
Pierson
Jack Price
Price
Justice of the Peace
James Anderson
James E. Bandy
A. J. Sparacino
Jess Pride
William J. Osborne
Justice of the Peace Court
Osborne
Dewey Bowman
Frank Durham
Criminal Court
Ronald Hughes Vass
Quinton Cook
Billy Lemon
Frank Meadows Dies in Hinton
Frank Meadows a Beckley native who lived in Raleigh and Summers counties died at 8 30 am in Hinton after a heart attack. He had worked for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway since 1917 rising from fireman to engineer in 1925. Survived by wife Lottie Meadows three brothers and three sisters and a life of rail work in the region. Funeral arrangements are with Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton.
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Hinton
Summers County
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Meadows
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Lara Jane Maddy Meadows
Raleigh
Summers Counties
First Christian Church
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Greenbrier Reservoir Stage Details and Muddy Conditions
The report notes a foot and a half above normal stage at Greenbrier with muddy conditions, similar notes for New and Bluestone Reservoirs showing normal stage and muddy terrain. Details reference water levels and resulting ground conditions affecting access and operations.
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Greenbrier
Bluestone
Peterson Indicted Over Handling of Defense Secrets
Joseph S. Peterson, 40, once a trusted National Security Agency employee, was indicted today on three charges of unlawfully handling government defense secrets. He pleaded not guilty. One count alleges use of classified information prejudicial to the United States and beneficial to another nation. The Netherlands is not named in the indictment, though it has acknowledged exchanging information with Petersen.
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Alexandria
Joseph S. Peterson
Peterson
National Security Agency
Netherlands
Petersen
Ex Red Exposes U S Communists High Court Appeals Fail to Materialize
Former Communist Gerhart Eisler testified in 1947 after Fordham University professor Louis Budenz sought to avoid testify duties. Budenz recounts efforts to shield his teaching work, the Easter week stand, and the disruption of his family life amid press and official inquiries. He notes his family’s shift to Catholicism and continued daily routines with the children.
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Eislers
Abraham Isserman
Carol King
Eisler
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Margaret
Witness Wallace Taylor Picked by Reds
Former FBI undercover agent Matthew Cvetic testified at a closed Senate hearing that Henry A. Wallace and Glen H. Taylor were chosen to head the Progressive party ticket in 1948 because they would work with the Communist party. Taylor denied any Communists in the party and challenged a subpoena.
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FBI
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Glen H. Taylor
Progressive Party
Communist Party
Matthew Cvetic
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Internal Security Subcommittee
John Lautner
Justice Department
Wallace
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Taylor
Sen. Welker
Cvetic
Lautner
Welker
Joe McCarthy
Tial
Trieste Dispute Spurs Brawl as Italy Holds Confidence Vote
In Rome a chaotic chamber battle erupted over Premier Mario Scelba's government and the Yugoslavia Trieste accord. Communists and coalition rivals fought, several deputies and ushers were injured, and the session stretched past dawn before a 295 to 265 confidence vote was finally recorded.
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Chamber of Deputies
Mario Scelba
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Scelba
Christian Democrat
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Togni
Chamber
Giovanni Gronchi
Christian Democrats
Gronchi
Senator Smith Embarks for Moscow Tour in Europe
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine travels through Paris en route to Moscow Germany and Spain seeking meetings with Malenkov Adenauer and French leadership. The trip aims to discuss international issues and strengthen U S alliances amid postwar tensions.
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Paris
Moscow
Germany
Spain
Malenkov
Adenauer
France
Juror Seated in Dr Sheppard Murder Trial
Cleveland prosepects juror Thomas Solli a railroad foreman and father of three joined a panel for the first degree murder case of Dr Samuel H Sheppard amid questions about extramarital relations Judge Blythin again limited juror mind searching Sources note Susan Hayes a former Bay View Hospital associate testified she had an intimate relationship with Sheppard more than once last spring in California
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Thomas J. Solli
Marilyn
Solli
Blythin
Susan Hayes
Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Bay Village
Miss Hayes
California
Charleston Charter Granted for The Trulitt Corp
The state granted a charter to The Trulitt Corp a $150000 mining firm at Ceredo in Wayne County Incorporators were Charles N Howard W E Parsons and M P Wiswell all of Huntington Selected as founders and officers for the new firm will be announced later in Charleston officials report
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Charleston
Trulitt Corp
Ceredo
Wayne County
Charles N. Howard
W. E. Parsons
M. P.wiswell
Huntington
Four Arrested Freed by Reds on Smith tour
In East Berlin four members of Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s party were detained by Communist police during a tour of a state owned department store. After about an hour they were released. Smith, accompanied by CBS camera crews, was pulled away as an East German plainclothes officer approached the group. She learned of the incident after returning to Allied West Berlin as her European tour continued toward the Soviet Union.
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Margaret Chase Smith
East Berlin
Columbia Broadcasting System
Maine
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Soviet Union
10 Puerto Rican Reds Held as Conspirators
Washington officials announced FBI agents seized 10 leaders of the Puerto Rican Communist party in New York City and Puerto Rico for conspiring to violently overthrow the government. Hoover said the arrests cripple the Puerto Rican Communist apparatus and noted the group advocates independence alongside the Puerto Rican Nationalist movement. The tally reaches 128 Communist leaders arrested since July 1948 under the Internal Security Act.
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Puerto Rico
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American Communist Party
Commonwealth
Tobacco Research Campaign Launched
New York reports a tobacco industry science board launched a $500000 program to study tobacco's health effects. It includes lung cancer studies at 10 medical centers, surveys of smoking and emotional patterns, and animal experiments. Grants will be announced later. Dr E Cuyler Hammond says proving cancer or heart disease links is nearly impossible, but a safe cigarette may be developed sooner.
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American Cancer Society
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Coal Mines Move to Five Day Week in Greens and Fayette
Uniontown report says U S Steel nine mines in Greene and Fayette counties shift to a five day week this year. Mines produce about 48,000 tons daily and employ around 6,800. Republic Steel reopens Clyde No 1 and No 2 mines closed since last April 1. About 700 workers return as market improves per J H Reitz.
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Uniontown
U. S. Steel Corp
Greene
Fayette Counties
Republic Steel Corp
J. H. Reitz
Republic
Jet Plane Reported Down Near Amigo
Raleigh County searches for evidence of a jet crash near Amigo after reports of a downed aircraft. Airport manager Harold Hanks, State Police, and a National Guard plane aided the inquiry. authorities found no conclusive information and noted possible sightings of a low flying jet with black smoke.
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Raleigh
Wyoming County
Amigo
Harold Hanks
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
W. F. Wiant
Beckley
Wiant
Madeline Hollow
Hanks
Charleston
National Guard
Stock market opens higher with scattered gains
NEW YORK shares headed up in early dealings as gains of a point or more appeared across listings. Douglas Aircraft rose 1 42 to 94 42 on 2,000 shares amid expectations of a dividend declaration, following a 3 point advance yesterday. Inland Steel led steel issues with a two point gain.
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New York
Douglas Aircraft
Inland Steel
Langer predicts Dixon-Yates issue may eclipse McCarthy censure
Sen. Langer a fierce opponent of the Dixon Yates power contract says Senate debate on the private power plan could overshadow the McCarthy censure vote. He warns that if carried out the plan would threaten TVA and REA by allowing private utilities to monopolize southern electric rates, and that testimony shows the project could wipe out TVA power to atomic installations.
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Atomic Energy Committee
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Man Killed by Fall Near Home in Wetzel County
Joe Bronson Smith age about 45 of Smith Field Wetzel County W V was killed near midnight when he fell over an embankment on West Virginia Route 2 about 530 yards from his home authorities said no other persons were involved and the cause was under investigation by local police and coroner officials
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Pine Grove
W.va
Joe Bronson Smith
Smithfield
Wetzel County
Air Guard Assigns Two Planes to Beckley Station
Two North American T-6 training aircraft will be permanently assigned to the Beckley unit of the 8167th Replacement Training Squadron, Air National Guard, after officer training in Charleston. Howard Hamilton, Beckley native and World War I P-51 veteran, is training with the 167th Fighter Bomber Squadron in Charleston and will join Beckley once qualified. A preflight inspection was given to seven pilots and 28 airmen at Raleigh County Memorial Airport during Tuesday night’s drill led by Capt. W. P. Hall. A hangar purchase for the Raleigh County facility is to be discussed at a special Raleigh County Court meeting at 2:30 p.m., with attorney J. Anthony Moran presenting a plan from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.
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Air National Guard
Charleston
Howard Hamilton
167Th
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Raleigh County Memorial Airport
W. P. Hall
H. G. Farmer
J. Anthony Moran
Washington
Western diplomats walk out on Reds
A Moscow dinner party hosted by the Burmese ambassador ended with seven Western diplomats abruptly leaving upon discovering guests included representatives from European Soviet satellites and Chinese Communists. The departing ambassadors were from the United States Britain France the Netherlands Norway Canada and Greece.
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Sovietskyaya Hotel
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France
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Greece
Alienation Suit Filed Over Marital Strain
William T. Gales of Alexandria filed a $50,000 alienation of affections suit in Federal District Court against Douglas Henry Harnish of Clarksburg West Virginia. Gales alleges Harnish, father of his wife Susan Harnish Gales, alienated her affections after the couple wed November 27 1948, leading to the couple having two children and the wife leaving him.
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Alexandria
Clarksburg
W. Va
William T. Gales
Douglas Henry Harnish
Gales
Susan Harnish Gales
Harnish
Republicans Link Harriman and Taylor to Communism Scandal
The Associated Press reports Republicans targeted Averell Harriman over a 1920s pier lease payoff and tied Glen H. Taylor to alleged Communist influence in the Progressive ticket. Harriman denied the charge under oath. Taylor and Wallace denied Communist ties. Democratic leaders defend Douglas and Douglas backs Stevenson. Rayburn predicts a Democratic Congress in November.
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Eisenhower
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America
Irving M. Ives
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Glen H. Taylor
Senate
Idaho
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Taylor
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Adlai Stevenson
Rock Island
Paul Douglas
Douglas
House
Rayburn
Texas
G Party
John C Fisher Seriously Injured in Huntington Auto Crash
John C Fisher manager of The Club at 123 Main St is in serious condition in St Marys Hospital Huntington after a Monday mishap on the Huntington Charleston highway. A tie rod failed causing the car to smash into an embankment injuring Fisher with a broken leg three fractured ribs a broken hip a broken nose and internal injuries. His brother George Fisher said he had been informed. Family members are in Huntington for his condition.
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Main St
Huntington
Fisher
George Fisher
Huntington-Charleston
St. Mary’s Hospital
Egyptians Cheer Suez Canal Pact
Crowds gathered at the Parliament Building in Cairo to celebrate Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser after signing a treaty ending British occupation of the Suez Canal zone. British minister Anthony Nutting led the delegation. The pact requires evacuation of 83,000 British troops within 20 months with British civilian technicians maintaining select installations for seven years.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal Zone
Nasser
Farouk
Anthony Nutting
Canal Zone
Eight Die From Gas Fumes At Detroit Rooming House
Eight occupants of a rooming house on the edge of Detroit downtown district were killed by deadly carbon monoxide fumes from a faulty chimney. Nine other roomers were rushed to Receiving Hospital in temporary serious condition.
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