Argentine Rebels Install Lonardi as Provisional President
Rebels from the army and navy forced a peace agreement and appointed Maj. Gen. Eduardo Lonardi as provisional president of Argentina. The junta, led by Gen. Jose Molina, announced Lonardi will take charge on Sept. 22 and vowed to suppress Peronist resistance in Buenos Aires and across loyalist pockets as Peron and allies sought asylum aboard a Paraguayan gunboat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Eduardo Lonardi
Lonardi
Peron
Cordoba
Eduardo A. Lonardi
Chile
Jose Domingo Molina
Keystone Fire Destroys Homes In West Virginia
Fire swept a Keystone block early today leaving about 50 people homeless. Eight frame apartment houses and a brick building housing eight families were destroyed. The blaze caused about $100,000 in losses with damage to local stores. Firefighters from Welch Northfork and Kimball battled the four hour blaze.
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Keystone
W.va
Herbert Calloway
Bridge Street
Joe Gillespie
Calloway
B. Lanzi
H. H. Food Market
Welch
Northfork
Kimball
North Carolina Mexico Count Sad Toll in Hurricanes Wake
Hurricanes Ione and Hilda left a grim wake with Tampico Mexico reporting at least 166 dead and 100 missing as floods surge and disease fear grows. In North Carolina five dead and millions in damage were logged as Ione veered northeast and weakened. Authorities warned shipping and residents to stay cautious while recovery efforts continue amid widespread ruin.
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North Carolina
Mexico
Ione
Atlantic
Hilda
Gulf
Tampico
Police Probe Alpoca Robbery Clues From Ohio Car Seen
State police search two tips tied to the Alpoca mine office theft of about 1000 dollars. A salesman, alerted by a Tuesday Register article, said a car with Ohio plates flagged him in McDowell County for directions to exit West Virginia on Route 52. Police also review reports of Alpaca mine records found on Spanishburg road in Mercer County.
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Mullens
Ohio
McDowell County
West Virginia
Cpl
Leslie P. Mullins
Spanishburg
Mercer County
Eight Die as Fire Rips Four Coney Island Rooming Houses
Wind driven blaze at Mermaid Avenue and 15th Street near the Coney Island boardwalk killed eight and wounded fifteen. Firefighters from across Brooklyn battled the flames as a bathhouse fire nearby earlier raised alarms and authorities eyed a possible link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney Island Amusement Park
Coney Island Boardwalk
Mermaid Avenue
15Th Street
Tone
Brooklyn
Charleston Firm Formed to Install Inter-Communication Systems
The state issued a charter to LECO, Inc., a Beckley company formed to install inter-communication systems in the state. Capitalized at 5000 dollars, it lists founders Matt R. Longtry, Locke E. Glenn, and William W. Blackwel of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Leco, Inc
Beckley
Matt R. Longtry
Locke E. Glenn
William W. Blackwel
Winston-Saem, N.C
Former Area Resident Killed in Baltimore
Raymond McClanahan aged 45 formerly of Glen Rogers was killed accidentally at 1 p m Sunday in Baltimore according to his brother Bernard McClanahan Glen Rogers Md The body lies at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements
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Raymond McClanahan
Baltimore
Glen Rogers
Bernard McClanahan
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Huntington publishing head Col Long slips into coma
Col J H Long 92 president of Huntington Publishing Co has been in Memorial Hospital since Thursday and entered a coma today a hospital spokesman said He became suddenly ill in his office and was hospitalized for evaluation and care
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Huntington
Col
J. H. Long
Huntington Publishing Co
Memorial Hospital
Col. Long
West Virginia Weather Update With Mild Tonight and Cloudy Thursday
Cloudy tonight with low temperatures around 50s in the west and 40s to 50s in the east. Thursday looks largely cloudy and warmer in the west with a chance of scattered showers. Beckley recorded a high yesterday and low early this morning while Oak Hill shows 82 and 53 with rain in the forecast. rainfall at various rivers remains below normal, Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage and clear.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Reciprocity Pact With Ohio Ends
Ohio asks Common Pleas Court to stop the Ohio Reciprocity Board from cancelling truck reciprocity pacts with 20 states. Michigan and Ohio truckers face Ohio axle mile tax changes as states seek amendments. Ohio Supreme Court ruling prompted the moves, with deadlines extending to Saturday for several states.
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Columbus
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
West Virginia
Ohio Supreme Court
Acquittal Motion to Be Heard Thursday
U S District Judge Ben Moore scheduled a hearing next Thursday on seven point defense motion for acquittal in the W D Lawton auto dealer mail fraud case. Jurors deadlocked in Fayette County trial. retrial likely in Beckley or Charleston as courtroom plan shifts. Lawton showed little emotion, spoke with two female acquaintances, and smoked heavily after the jurors were discharged.
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U. S. Southern District Court
Ben Moore
W. D. Lawton
T. L. Atkinson
Lewisburg
Moore
W. G Thompson
Montgomery
Lawton
Charleston
U. S
Dancan Daugherty
Beckley
Beckleyan Wrecks Car To Avoid Hitting Dog
An accident near Iroquois at about 1130 p.m. Wednesday caused $200 to $250 damage to Arnold Dempsey's car, Beckley. A local motor company spokesman said the driver swerved to dodge a dog, lost control on loose gravel, and the car climbed a guard rail.
Second Anti-Polio Shot Available for West Virginia Children
West Virginia health officials say about 36,000 schoolchildren remain eligible for a second polio shot. The Health Department is distributing vaccine to counties for make-up clinics to finish the free immunization program started last spring.
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Charleston
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Dyer
Fire damages building used by Dent Motor Co
Beckley firemen reported a blaze around 11 a.m. today on the 1921 By Pass caused by defective attic wiring. The building, used as a novelty shop, incurred about 50 dollars in damages.
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Dent Motor Co
Beckley
Benson Blames Democrats For Farm Price Trouble
Secretary Benson assails the Democratic administration for creating a farm price and income problem by continuing wartime price supports. He told Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers that Democrats now fault Republicans for the resulting explosions. He praised progress and promised the Eisenhower administration will pursue fair, sound measures to improve the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Benson
Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers and Shippers Assn
Eisenhower
Forest Fire At Sandstone Threatens Summers County
A crew of foresters fights a new blaze at Sandstone in Summers County as details remain unclear. Earlier a Pinoak fire in Mercer County was being mopped up, having consumed about 15 acres of forest land.
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Sandstone
Summers County
District 4
Beckley
Pinoak
Mercer County
Group to Inspect College Sites for ABIL Move
A Raleigh County group will tour current ABIL locations in Whitesville and Sylvester and inspect proposed sites between Bradley and Beckley. Congressman Robert C. Byrd joins the delegation with Beckley leaders endorsing the move to Beckley or Charleston as a new home for the Appalachian Bible Institute.
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Appalachian Bible Institute
Raleigh County
Whitesville
Beckley
Charleston
College
Byrd
J. FE. Blackburn
Bible College
Charles Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corp
C. R. Bowers
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
J. A. Blackburn
Bradley
A. H. Wilson
Bowers
ABIL
Institute
Sylvester
Clear Fork
Witness Identifies Abductors In Till Case Trial
Mose Wright testified in Sumner Mississippi identifying J W Milam and Roy Bryant as the men who abducted Emmett Till in the early hours of August 28. District Attorney Gerald Chatham introduced new witnesses to place the defendants near the river where Till's body was found. Mamie Bradley arrived with fear but stated she found no trouble in Mississippi and was sworn as a state witness under subpoena. The all white male jury was selected and the state said it would not seek the death penalty, with murder carrying a minimum life sentence.
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Blackpool
England
H. V. Burlingham Motor Bus Works
Firn
A. Embledon-Smith
Embledon-Smith
City Sanitation Department
Town Hall
Preston
Jack Wild
Sumner
Mose Wright
J. W. Milam
Roy Bryant
Milam
Wright
Emmett Louis Till
Bryant
Chicago
Gerald Chatham
Chatham
Mose
Till
Tallahatchie
Mamie Bradley
Mississippi
H. C. Strider
Raleigh County Medical Society to Host Tri County Meet
Fayette and Wyoming County Medical Societies will be invited to attend the Raleigh County group’s Oct 1 dinner meeting at 6 15 p.m. at the Beckley Hotel. The session will include the American Medical Association’s Committee on Health of Industrial Workers.
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Fayette
Wyoming
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Society
Beckley Hotel
American Medical Association
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Junta
la Nacion
Eden
Foreign Office
Donald Maclean
Guy Burgess
Communist East
THE
Associated Press
New England
Diane
Washington Weather Bureau
Halifax
N.S
Bureau
Tempico
Panuco
Portsmouth
Lone
Carolinas
Alpoca
Coma
West
Chance
Ers
Myrtle Power
Fayette County
Beckleyan
Robert C. Byrd
Ben Shelby
Tallahatchie County
Sumner, Miss
Curtiss Swango Jr
Bobo’ Till
Glendora
Miss
Money
Strider
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