The Raleigh Register from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 1

lay County Prosecutor Prepares Warrants for Croup Now in Jail 50 Widen Men Will Be Charged With Murder freed GI Lists Mates Five Area Men Seen As POW's Names of 56 Americans still in three North Korean prisoner of war camps have been added to those already known to be held by the Communists. Five of the names are of service men in this area. They were contained in a notebook produced by a recent repatriated McDowell County soldier, Cpl. Fon Mitchell, of Roderfield. Mitchell said all 56 were in good health when he saw them last and "all jvant to come back Mitchell's notebook contained the following area names: Leonard P.

Hartwell, Matoaka. Shay McClain, "Wharton. Eugene L. Pitsenburger, White Sulphur Springs. Biliy R.

Miller, Twilight (Boone County). Gene Campbell, Landisburg (Fayette: MORGANTOWN, May 9 (fl A SINCE tSSO-BECKLErS OLDEST INSTITUTION BECKLEY. W. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 10. li)53 POW's tattered notebook brought Mrs.

John B. Hughes the first word of her husband since he became a "missing-in-action" casualty of the Korean War on New Year's Day, 1951. The notebook was brought home to McDowell County by Cpl. Fon Mitchell of RoderficM, one of the lirst prisoners released by the Communists in the exchange at Panmunjom. On the scrawled list of 56 Americans Mitchell said were men still being held in Korean camps was this entry: John B.

Hughes, 537 Union Morgan, W. Va. Al Vol, Mofgantown ted On the supposition that Mitchell must have meant Morgantown. Hughes home just a Mrs. arriyet.

from Charleston Mother's Day. She is. regularly employed at Charleston, although the family home is still maintained in Morgantown. Mrs. Hughes was overcome by emotion at the news.

Only last April 30 she went to Washington to receive from the Defense Department, on behalf nf her hero husband, the Silver Star, the nation's second highest military decoration. It was one of several trips Mrs. Hughes had made to the Pentagon seeking some word of her vanished husband. Hughes" name was 01- a POW list the Communists put out in 1951, but Mrs. Hughes was warned by the Defense Department of trickery.

The military citation for gallantry in action said tnat when Hughes was last seen by his comrades he Hallanan Still the Boss? was "still in exposed positbn directing a devastating mortar barrage on the enemjr, inflicting numerous casualties 'and slowing up the Hughes is 39. He is a veteran ol the Second World-War who reenlisted for the Korean fighting. He is a former Morgantown coal fjiiner. Mrs. is the mother of a married daughter by 4 former marriage.

Mitchell was welcomed home at county sett, at public ceremonies yesterday arranged by the American Legion post. The soldier was among the. first of'prisontrs to -be Mitchell put at. rest'rumors died about 'at'the his.re- lease that be might have been an orderly of Brit. Gen.

WiMiam F. Dean. The lledj themselves circulated a story that Gen. Dean and Mitchell were the only -Americans quartered at a certain North Korean prisoner-of-war camp. Mitchell, who wits a POW for almost 29 months, said he had never seen nor heard of Gen.

Dean, still a prisoner of the Communists, Mitchell said he was "not supposed to talk about" alleged atrocities and mis-treatment of United Nations captives by the Communists. The young soldier conceded he had heard such reports, but he actually saw no instances ot it, and was not himself mistreated. Priseners were subject to continual propaganda and "indoctrination" treatment, he said, but he thought it was largely ineffectual. The prisoners "all want to come back home," he added. 's Patronage Committee Selected CHARLESTON, May 9 W) A step toward removing the uncertainty about Republican patronage in the stite was taken today with appointment of a committee "for the clearance sf all federal appointments in West Virginia." Republican National Committeeman Walter S.

Hallanan of Charleston released copies ot a letter in which he advised National Chairman Leonard W. Hail that he had appointed the seven-member patronage committee. "I have attempted to give representation to all important, groups within the Republican Party so that the recommendations of this Committee will carry the stamp of party unity," Hallanan wrote. Named in addition to Hallanan himself were: Mrs. Frances Stubblefield of Charleston, national committeewoman; Robert H.

C. Kay of Charleston, general counsel for the state GOP committee; Rep. Will E. Neal of Huntington. the state's only GOP Congressman; Arthur M.

Hill of Charleston, chairman of the Republican state finance committee; Mrs. Elsie S. Rardin of Ft. Pleasant, secretary of the state GOP executive committee, and President Thomas E. Millsop of the Steel Co.

Prior to the national GS? con. vention which nominated President Eisenhower last year, Hallanan was a supporfei of Sen. Robert A. Taft for the nomin-'ron. Millsop and Hill were leaders of the pre convention Eisenhower campaign in the state.

The significance of the Hallanan announcement to many Beckley and Raleigh County Republicans that post office and other patronage jobs may not be decided entirely levels." The continued difficulty yar- loui factions within the party throughout the statt to resolve their patronage problem: has been a matter of general knowledge. The "allanan-dominated committee appears to be recognition of that. To some Republicans in the city and county it indicated also that the Beckley postmastership issue is far from being settled despite (he recommendations of the 'county executive committee in favor ot George Edward Foster. the controversy over his getting the committee "nod" will cause it to be upset seems now to depend on what the Hallanan committee will do about it. Of greater over-all significance, seems to be the fact that Hallanan, financial backer of the party for 20 years and its national committeeman, is still his pro-Taft efforts before the convention.

The new committee will have a lot of work to do, because of general belief that many post office posts in southern area of West Virginia will be put on the political patronage block under one guise or another to find places for Republicans. The list of West Virginia post offices with postmaster vacancies ras of March furnished to Th, Register by 5 u. S. Civil berace Commission--includes the following: First class offices: Beckley, Dunbar and St. Albans.

Second class: Cowcn, Fayetteville, Gassaway, er, Kingwood Mannmgton, Pineville and Whitesville. Third class: Ashland, Berwind Cannelton, Carolina, Chattaroy, Coal Mountain, Coal wood, Dawes, English, Ethel, Ev- erettsville, Fort Fort Spring, French Creek. Griffithsviile, Harpers Ferry, Joio, Kingston, Lesage, Ixmgacre. Maiden, Minden, Moats- Neiiis, Pur.glove, Red Jacket Sissor.ville, Thorpe, Walker Wil- --TEN CENTS Slock Mart Idles Along Following Surge On Monday NEW YORK, May 9 Ht-AH of the Stock Market's strength this week ivas mustered in one vigor, ously advancing day. That was Monday.

Thereafter the market Idled along with cau- "ous advances and retreats. The net result was a second straight weekly advance from the low of the year. That was reached in a four-week plunge after the Communists proposed prisoners of war be exchanged. Many persons in Wall Street contend that the market makes up its own reasons for advancing or declining--that the market seizes on some news development as an excuse to do something. Monday certainly appeared to be one of those days when an excuse to advance was sought The bulls had the the previous week, and the market opened with high expectations of an advance.

The advance materialized with a and extended itself until it became the best of the year as measured, by the Associated Press average of 60 stocks. The mid-November of last year. There, was solid leadership for the rise In key sections like the se steels, motors and railroads. The entries most frequently heard reason for. tions the advance was good earnings reports.

Individual corporate reports certainly made good reading. Volume for tfie week came to 8,254,000. a daily average of 1.251,000 shares. That daily average is 'he lowest -fa more than lonths. The.

five most active issues this week on the New'York Stock Exchange were: RKO-Theiters up i-t 'shares traded, Motor Car oft Mi at MOTHER itf Raleigh County toftbe honored today on Moby her family and friends is Mrs. 99-plufcm Phip- who likes to be called 'Aunt Liza' by her many fiSs, will be honored An" 11 house afternoon in the home other daughter, Mrs. Robert Allen, 120 Reservoir Rd. Her nine children are expected to spend the day with her. (Register layout by Harriet Allen.) (i or other'Mother's Day features and pictures, see Pages 2 and 3.) 'Some Wait too Long to Love Her, and Are Sorry 1 were: Caribbean Oils up at 5 shares traded, Faro up 7-15 at 3 3-1B, Wilrich On This Day Mother is Treated Like a Person.

Not an Institution 0 laler YORK Mother'sLn life, from falling hair to mental Day rest of the family treat acidosis. If she picks her lad up mstUution Pf 5 by the wr baby, that that is one day out of And mom goes along gamely for he ride, knowing that tomorrow Under this theory no mother can possibly win. Nobody ever raised a omorrow i laiseu he will. back i the same child, end yet mom gets 31 ranted like and the- First weather SITM 8 TM and Bank. nuuvjujf tan leu Some Mother Day a mom is mom when she is helping Junior going to revolt.

Her little batch of Mid a sturdy character, and when monsters and their daddy will be she is bruising his fine sensitive V.A.. 1 laving her out for dinner. One of he little monsters is going to gaze -s aiie worries and worries iihAnt across the table at her. as if see- this, wondering if she is dole wel ng her for the first time in his by her brood or is really an un ife, and say sur caught crimina un ife, and say in surprise: "Why, mom, do you know a way pretty." But, instead of dimpling her thanks, mom is going to reach over and bite her baby scoundrel fair and hard on the nose. And if enough mothers follow her example maybe more families will start thinking of the lady of the house as a real human being the other 364 days of the year.

Most women gallantly submerge much of their own personality and ndividuality in the duties ot motherhood. With so many squalling small egos in the land clamor- ng for expression, they silently squelch their own unsatisfied ambitions, and don't make much fuss about it. If they do any crying, hey do it in the dark, when the kids can't hear. Motherhood, like virtue, is often ts own--and only--reward. Mom has more voluntary critics than a portrait painter in a public psrk Whatever she does to raise her kids, someone is sure to jay, "I'd do it different." Right now one school of psychiatrists blames mom for everything WITHER Fair and somewhat warmer Sunday, highest 78-34.

Monday sartly cloudy, warm and more lumid with scattered thundershowers likely In afternoon or night iTen (at BelfeptiBt) Greenbrier: slightly normal, ciear.iig. at Reservoir and New. Normal, criminal- an anger asks if she is a mother, she does 4J a uimuci, sne noes you're even kinda not know whether she ought to Printers'Union Loses Decision WASHINGTON May 9 WI-The National Labor Relation, Board sajd today the AFL's International Typographical Union still seems to be trymg to obtain illegal closed --op conditions "by one device or nature. She worries and worries about another. The LRB's accusation came in a decision holding the ITU guilty 01 refus.ng to bargain In good faith because it insisted, during months ending in March, rS 5 ne otiale contracts which could be canceled on 60 day, no The NLRB ruling, which was unanimous, just about rang down the curtain on the nearly TM mr the ITU the American Newj ub Association in a in September, 1M7, shortly after th.

i lne CIOSea which had been a traditional "union security condition in the printing industry for ysars. Under the closed shop a company ploy only workers who are member. 1 In its ruling todc- the noted it had pointed out i jnion was to the bargaining pro- with commercial and newspaper printing "as means of obtaining -closed shop' condi- Ucms by device or another," deny all or guiltily admit, "I confess." A mother has to live many terrible years of qualm and doubt before she really knows whether she did her job well or not. Only the century plant has to wait longer for results. Meanwhile the hours, working conditions and keep-at-home pay for motherhood can be defpnded only by those who would give three ringing cheers for the return of slavery.

Even the thanks are small. A mother li.es a true buried life, rooted deep the flesh and hopes of her family. The odd thing about her career is that all the yeafo she is trying to fashion her odd-shaped blobs of protoplosm into respectable human beings they rarely think of her as a human being. They take her for granted as a green leaf blindly accepts strength from 1hc sun. Usually it is not until a man is grown and has troubles of his own that he has the common sense to look back and realize how wist his mother was, how kind, how selfless and often fir-seeing.

She is no longer an institution to him, or a tired voice telling him to wipe his nose and pick up his clothes, but a warm and wonderful person he has at last begun to understand. And a man ij lucky indeed if his mother is still there to be told she is no longer taken for granted, but loved, honored and appreciated for her very Some sons wait too 'g, and never get to say this, and are sorry. Fire Damage $20,000 On Beaver Park Road Fire destroyed Dove's store on the Little Beaver Park Road about 2 a.m. Saturday, causing estimated damage of 420.000. Milton Dove, owner, estimated the loss.

His home is located about MO feet from the store but was not damaged. Cause of the blaze has not been determined, Beckley Fire Chief Bernard Martin said. The tire caused damage to telephone lines and put them out ot service in the vicinity, delaying the call 1o the fire department, Chief Martin said. The two-story structure ha'd partial insurance coverage. Dove re- pcrtedL Charges Filed In Miner Death CLAY, W.

May 9 (AP)-CIay County Prosecutor James Reed said tonight 50 men would be charged with murder in the slaying of a non-striking miner near Widen early last Thursday. Ueed said he was preparing warrants for the 50 men, now being held in the small Clay County jail, Two of the suspects were juveniles, he said. Charles Frame, 30, was shot through the back of the head, and three companions were wounded, as they patrolled the strike torn Widen area in a motorcade. Widen has been the scene of a sometimes violence strike for the past seven months. Last September, some of the 500 employes of the Etk River Coal and Lumber Co.

walked out, instigating the lenglhy dispute. Beckley JC's 'Hit the Jackpot' The Beckley Junior Chamber ot Commerce "hit the jackpot" on the state and national level in the closing sessions Saturd.y ot the sfate convention in Wheeling. Honors won by the Beckley Jaycees included: 1-- Eight first place awards; 2-Election of retiring president to post ot state president; 3-- Winning of national award, and of the Giessenbier Memorial Trophy In Division Z. among cities of population from 10.001 to 25.000! given for outstanding ccomplishments. Airman of the Beck I -4 and American Telephone up 14 The ffvr-mait active "Issues on the American Petroleum off 1-18 at North Canadian Oils up 3-16 Pancoastal Petroleum 2(4.

at 3, up and at Five Hurl as Car Leaves Highway Three of the six occupants-- four men and two women-- were hospitalized early Saturday morning when their car went off the road near Mill Creek. Most of the passengers were i i i from Fayelte County. One, Yvonne Wilson, of Sprague, was uninjured. Driver o( the car was Charles Mays, of Price Hill, according his brother William Mays who said the vehicle "went off a shoulder' on the road, Route 61. All the injured were taken to Beckley Hospital where they were treated for varying degrees of injuries.

Most seriously hurt was Rodney Lee, of Mt. Hope. Hospital records showed he suffered chest and abdominal injuries and a ruptured liver. His condition was listed as "poor." Two Price Hill men were less seriously injured. They were William Mays, scalp injury, and oack, with possible fractures.

Condition of both was listed as "fair." Pfc. Mary Wilson, of Sprague stationed at Fort Monmouth, received an ankle injury, James McCnnamon, of Price Hill suffered injuries to his right hand and forearm. They were and discharged. Ted Kessinger, president-elect group, attended the 21- hour committee sessions which selected the state winners from 113 in the various classifica- Rondey Webb, of Beckley, was elected one of seven vice presidents. Webb was unable to attend the convention.

His campaign was conducted by Hulett C. Smith, William R. Barrett, John Ashworth, and Kessinger. First place awards won by Beckley were in sports activities, public relations, public affairs, membership and personnel, fire prevention, civic improvement, Christmas activities; and fcy outstand ing project ol merited a troptiy. 'Beckley won in each division entered.

A surprise a'v a rd was the lifetime membership in the state organization to Hulett C. Smith, vice president of. the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, who also has served as president of the Beckley Jayceej and the IV.

Va. Jaycees. New officers elected Saturday were: Presid George Grodhaus, Wheeling; unopposed; vice presidents, Webb: Clyde E. Smith Martinsburg; Goodman Jones, Bluefield; Harry G. Sanders, Terra Alta; Charles Harrison, Charleston; Bob Hoss, Logan, and Carl Miller, Fairmont; national directors.

Ken Jatko, St. Albans, and Walt Satterthwaite, Clarksburg; secretary, Morris Ratcliffe, Wheeling, named by the president; treasurer, Earl Wittpen, Wheeling, and inter-, national director, Charlie Hulchinson, Huntington. The "Mr. Jaycee" award was made to Dick Phelps, Bluefield, retiring state secretary. An award for outstanding accomplishments in the nation-wide membership program was received by Beckley.

Wheeling members also received one. A trophy for traveling the most 'man miles" the convention went to the 14 members from Logan's club. Boom Level Business Predicied by leaders HOT SPRNGS, May. 9 LTI-- -ndustry leaders assured Secretary of Commerce Weeks today that business activity in 1953 promises to top last year's boom level. But profits may lag because of 1 and harder competition in prices and State Nay Lose By Ike's Policy CHARLESTON, May 9 W-State Treasurer W.

H. Ansel, said he thinks West Virginia will lose more than it gain under the Eisenhower administration policy of shoving interest rates up- ward. Higher interest rates 'will road bond issues' more expensive to the state. The cost of floating county and municipal issues likewise will go itp. On the other hand, Ansel noted, income earned by Invested state trust funds cuch as the 74 million dollar Workmen's" Comiiensaiion Fund will increase, But Ansel said he believed the higher cost of money borrowed by the state and political subdivisions would outweigh income of invested funds.

Higher Interest rates are of a "tight money" policy which She administration of President Ei- S3nhower sees is a of curbing inflation. The federal Treasury has Issued billion dollars worth of 30-year bonds paying an interest rate of 3 1-4 per cent, the government'i- highest long-term borrowing cost since 1933. The jffect of such steps to give an upward push to interest rates in general. Ansel said the state sold Its last ssue of road bonds at 1.73 per cent. He added that he expected interest cost to be about 01 per cent higher on a million dollar secondary road bond issue to be advertised soon.

Trie Stale Sinking Fund Commission administers the funds for pay. ment of principal and interest oo bond issues of the state and political subdivisions. It makes' short- term Investments of such funds when they are not required immediately. Ansel noted that the commission now earns 2.34 per cent oa 90-du U. S.

Treasury bills, representjni an interest increase of approsri. mately 0.15 since about six weeks ago. The State Treasury also JO- vests in Treasury bills wnen then is a surplus in the general enue fund which not Deeded immediately. Trust services, members of the'Depart- ment of Commerce Business Ad- treated I visory Council predicted in their closed meeting here. funds besides Worbnaa'i Compensation that win from higher-interest i elude the Fund, which now amouBts to approximately 37W mffllon doOsm.

Altogether, nearly H7 maUoo la invested in trust funds. Clarksburg Story Grows Threats, Harassments Reported 4RKSBUHG, May 9 W-A fulllpaper editor reported receivine Wiseman of strife ended tonight with telephoned threats at their homes and in i 4 i I HUU rtV I MWj CLARKSBURG, May 9 W-A fulllpaper editor reported receiving week of stnfe ended tonight with telephoned threats at their homes no settlement in sight for the weird The situation arose after a stor- fignt at city hall for control of I my session of city council Monday night with Republicans, seeking to exercise their ncwlj- won 5-4 majority, tried to reorganize the government and give Wiseman the boot. Clarksburg-s Issues were left municipal govern- hanging when Circuit Judge Karl B. Kyle disqualified himself from presiding in a pending case because his nephewj The four Democrats stood loyal is involve TM. th.

iseman and his regime. There's a stipulation in city law that it takes sue votes of council to oust an official and five to name his successor. Alter the Democrats and Wiseman marched out of the council chamber Mondaj night, taking the minuter and records and announcing the meeting had officially adjourned, the five Republicans met and named A. Page Locktrd as city manager. Luckard is the past city manager of Grafton, president of the Wert Virginia League of Municipality and chairman of the is involved with one of the factions.

Judge Kyle said he would endeavor to obtain the services of a substitute Judge from another circuit as quickly as possible. The immediate case at hand Is a request by the Republican faction for court order to restrain the Democrats from interfering with city affairs. This Is not as simple as it sounds, because actually the' Democrats are still in charge at city hall and the Republicans are operating from headquarters set up in the Waldo Hotel. Meanwhile, there were reports c.f telephoned threats to principals in the bitter dispute, and storks of annoyances and on every hand. City Manager J.

Frank Wneman, two city cnuncilmen a news- i the case. The procetdiof volved an tajaicttai Lockard Sorco to man tad hit Harrison llul W1 vuc narr County Republican committee. Lockard promptly named a' van of city officials amj the new city manager forcibtr moved into bis office whiit mail was away. Wiseman and at men wlTstffl appotetcnvM judge. Became --o QsW the discharg, Otlt, Wiseman, sixth ward cpo.