First UN Police Action in Korea Faces Doomed Outcome
Hal Boyle reports from Seoul that UN forces appear militarily decided against a Chinese Red army estimated at over one million. He notes the UN lacked a decisive force, the terrain favors massed infantry, and strategic goals may be beyond reach with diplomatic options uncertain.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
South
U.N
Ot J. Lawton Collins
United States Army
Retreat From Sariwan Shape of Korea War Strategy
A wartime analysis argues that Allied forces in Korea must retreat toward Pusan to save personnel and matériel. It flags the risk of a broader UN withdrawal, questions Korea’s army fate, and foresees possible end of the UN police action by year’s start amid heavy losses and contested outcomes.
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Korea
Pe Eple
Collins
Pusan
Republic of South Korea
KidneyGerms May Keep You On The Run
An up and coming medical note claims kidney organisms affect urination and bladder comfort. It promotes a product named CYSTEX with a satisfaction guarantee and money back offer aimed at calming irritation and reducing frequent passages.
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Nature
Aid Sought For Afflicted Man Ezra Bailey
Ezra Bailey is blind and deaf mute and needs seventy dollars to return home from New York City. John Tyson, Bluefield WV Vocational Rehabilitation councillor, presented the case to UMW Local 8132 and Welch Lions Club. The Bailey family, three siblings all deaf and mute, faces destitution as father Leander Bailey cannot work.
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Ezra Bailey
New York City
John Tyson
West Virginia Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Bluefield
Bailey
Tyson
UMW
Roderfield
Welch Lions Club
Elsie
Ora
Romney High School
Ezra
Leander Bailey
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Local Woman Learns Son Wounded In Korea
Mrs. Hugh F. Stanley of 509 Hoge Street was notified by the defense department that her son Pfc. Eugene F. Breen was wounded in action in Korea on November 28. The telegram says he was wounded in the performance of his duty and service of his country. further information will follow. Breen has served three years in the Marine Corps First Division.
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Eugene F. Breen
Hugh F. Stanley
Hoge Street
Korea
Defense Department
Breen
Marine Corps
Virginia Peanut Growers To Vote On Quotas
Virginia peanut growers will vote on Thursday whether to continue marketing quotas for the next three years. The Virginia type peanut, grown mainly in the Old Dominion and North Carolina, is in short supply despite a surplus of the other type peanuts further south.
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Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
North Carolina
Savings Bonds Sales Up in West Virginia
Charleston reports saving bond activity in 1950 totals. Last month sales reached 3,538,745 dollars, lifting year to date sales to 48,887,161 dollars. State Director Bernard S. Payne notes 73 percent of purchases are series E bonds to individuals. He expects December to boost totals beyond 1949’s 51,621,528 dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
United States
West Virginia
Bernard S. Payne
Payne
Bluefield Soldier Receives Silver Star for Korea Action
Sergeant First Class Dwight M. James of Bluefield earns the Silver Star for gallantry near Naktong ni Korea on September 22 1950. He exposed himself to heavy fire to direct tank fire saving a lead tank as about 500 enemy troops were killed and 53 vehicles and 10 field guns were destroyed or captured without friendly losses.
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Dwight M. James
Marsie I. James
Rollins Street
Bluefield
Korea
Sgt
James
Dwight 'M. James
Armor
United States Army
70Th Tank Battalion
Naktong-ni
Lynch
Naktong River
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Associated Press
Boyle
Sariwan
Japan
United Nati
North Korea
Tokyo
Santa
Bluefield Hardware Company
Bluefielder
Set. James
Goldcraft Studios
Coal and Coke Building
Bluefield, W. Va
Little French Beauty Academy
Coal & Coke Bidg
Plymouth
Plymouth Division
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Michigan
Lowman Music, Inc
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