Mercer Countians Enter Army Under Selective Service Act
Four Mercer county men and 28 others from surrounding counties were inducted into the army under the Selective Service act at the local recruiting station. First Lt. Jess V. Portman announced that twelve men were enlisted Tuesday and yesterday and sent to assigned stations after examinations. Inductions were previously set for December 15 but canceled until after Christmas.
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Mercer
Army
Army and
Air Force
Jess V. Portman
Lt. Portman
War Department
Mercer County
Roy Wall
Newton Roberts
James Richard Cole
Bill Junior Akers
3Rd Armored
Ft. Knox
Vernon E. Bateman
Claude E. Christian
Elkton
Bur
W. Steele Panther
John F. Blevins
Filbert
Frank Sheets
Mohegan
Tom Garland, Jr
Joseph
Five of six family members overcome by stove fumes
In Huntington West Virginia on December 29 a stove in a garage beneath a four room apartment leaked fumes that sickened five of six people. Mrs Jewell Bass 37 was hospitalized for observation while her two children mother in law and a relative were treated by firemen. The father Theodore Bass was apparently unaffected.
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Huntington
W. Va
Jewell Bass
Theodore Bass
Chiang Kai-Shek summons top Chinese generals in Nanking
China's strongest commanders gathered in Nanking at Chiang Kai-Shek's order to decide whether to fight on or seek peace with the Communists. Indications point to a continued resistance, with Formosa set as a fortress and several senior generals bringing plans and recruits to the capital.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Chen Cheng
Wei Taoming
Formosa
Li Tsune-Jen
Chiang Chih-Chung
Fu Tso-Yi
Peiping
Tientsin
Pai Chung-Hsi
Hankow
Hu Tsung-Nan
Sian
Yen M Hsi-Shan
Taiyuan
Ma Hung-Kwei
Ningsia
Outer Mongolia
Lu Han
Yunnan Province
Kwangtune
Two Virginia youths charged in jail escape of girl
In Lexington on December 29 two 17 year olds Charles Bingler and Gerald MacFadden Fix were charged with feloniously presenting a revolver and aiding juvenile Patricia Walker in escaping from Senacens county jail. Trial hearings set for January 7 before Trial Justice D Allen Penick while they remain in county jail. Walker, 15, had been remanded by welfare authorities four days earlier.
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Lexington
W. B. Chittum
Senacens County
D. Allen Penick
Chittum
Charles Bingler
Robert Crissman
Patricia Walker
Crissmans
Gerald MacFadden Fix
Crissman
Bingler
Fix
Walker
Welfare Department
Seaman Missing From Atlantic Steamer Joseph L. Meeks
Mrs Edward L McHugh says her husband chief engineer on the Joseph L Meeks is missing at sea after the ship left Norfolk Nov 23 for Cherbourg and Rouen It was reported about 250 miles off the French coast when he disappeared He was a former lieutenant commander in the maritime service and leaves five children.
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Baltimore
Edward L. McHugh
France
Norfolk
Dichmann, Wright and Pugh, Inc
Joseph L. Meeks
McHugh
Maritime Service
Cherbourg
Rouen
WVU official undergoes stomach ulcer operation
Morgantown reports that C T Ted Neff vice president and comptroller of West Virginia University underwent a stomach ulcer operation at General hospital. The hospital notes his condition as satisfactory. A second item in the text describes a cheese sauce recipe using grated yellow cheese with white sauce.
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Morgantown
W. Va
General Hospital
C. T
Ted) Neff
West Virginia University
Riot Indictment Nolled In Court
Clifton Forge Va December 29 an indictment charging Lonnie Breckenridge with helping to incite a riot resulting in the beating of Police Officer E P Layman Jr was nol pressed in circuit court Breckenridge was one of four youths indicted after a seven day grand jury probe into the Sept 17 beating of the officer while arresting Antonia Drumheller Floyd Ward one of those indicted will go on trial tomorrow followed by William Drumheller and Dan Landis.
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Clifton Forge
Lonnie Breckenridge
Nolle
Breckenridge
E. P. Layman, Jr
Antonia Drumheller
Floyd Ward
Tanker El Capitan Reaches Port for Repairs After Split
Half of the tanker El Capitan arrived in Baltimore for repairs while the other half remained in Norfolk after breaking in half off the North Carolina coast during towing from Savannah. Sixteen crew rescued from the stern by the coast guard. two bow crew also evacuated to Norfolk. Bow portion drew 17 feet of water at Bethlehem shipyard.
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Baltimore
Norfolk
Navy
North Carolina
Savannah
Bethlehem Key Highway
Coast Guard
Wotoco
Truman orders unified package for foreign aid to Congress
President Truman directs the state department to assemble all plans for military and economic aid to foreign nations into a single package for presentation to Congress. Officials say the aim is to harmonize economic programs like ECA with foreign military assistance including aid to Greece and Turkey and possibly China.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
Congress
Greece
Turkey
China
Fire devastates two houses in suburban Charleston blaze
Charleston West Virginia December 29 fire destroyed two houses and left eight people homeless in a $10 000 blaze in suburban andasia. One more home and a garage were damaged and frozen water lines hindered efforts as fire chief C J Schmidt said defective wiring caused the fire and trucks were delayed by weather and access.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. J. Schmidt
South Charleston
Schmidt
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Orient Hill
Emanuel J. Rodoussakis
9Th Infantry Division
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Maybeury
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Gary
Mose McElroy
Thorpe
Albert Parnell, Jr
Caples
3Rd Armored Division
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Peterstown
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Princeton
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Bland St. Corner
Scobeyville, N. J
Rgnee
Virginia
State Department of Public Welfare
Richmond
B. M. Harris
Fathom
Dikey
Jim Twohig
A. Scott Wickham
P. C. Twohig, Jr
Law and Commerce
the Franklin Life Insurance CO
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