Bluefield Sees Christmas Gift as Move to Charlottesville
An editorial condemns the Bluefield Telephone move of main office functions to Charlottesville. It cites service declines since Nebraska ownership, loss of local authority, slow repairs, and looming rate hikes. Ten jobs could vanish as bookkeeping shifts away, prompting fear for area telecommunication future.
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Bluefield Telephone
Bluefield
Charlottesville
Nebraska
Princeton
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Farmer and Wife Dead in Bedford Murder-Suicide
Emerson Pete Hawkins, 43, shot his wife, 40, with a 12 gauge shotgun then killed himself at their Montvale home on Blue Ridge Route 1. Sheriff reports the couple’s five children, aged 3 to 13, were in the house. coroner terms it murder and death by own action.
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Bedford
Bedford County
Sherrif Rucker Mitchell
Emerson
Pete” E. Hawkins
Montvale
Blue Ridge
Route 1
Hawkins
Mitchell
E. L. Johnson
Truman Drafts State of the Union Aboard Williamsburg
President Truman on New Year’s Eve aboard the motorvessel Lexington Williamsburg drafted his state of the union message. He met with staff from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. to prepare remarks for delivery to the incoming Congress on January 8.
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HST
State of Union
Lexington
Truman
Williamsburg
Congress
Tragic Gary Fire Kills Mother and ThreeDaughters Grandmother
A mother Mildred Bratton and her three daughters Louise Juanita and Lilly aged 11 9 and 8 along with their grandmother Mattie Cox 87 died in a house fire in Gary McDowell County. Gasoline explosion spread flames to the second floor trapping five. Roy Bratton and two sons attempted rescue but were unable to save them.
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Gary
McDowell County
Wene
Mildred Bratton
Louise
Juanita
Lilly
Mattie Cox
Coalwood
Bratton
Roy Bratton
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Bluestone Reservoir
Hinton
W. Va
Roy
Clayton
Brattons
Andrew Sironko
US Should Aid Revolution In Red Underbelly Justice Says
Supreme Court Douglas argues in Look magazine that the United States must aid revolutions in Asia and the Middle East to counter Communist influence. He says reforms like land ownership, schools, healthcare, taxation, and government corruption drive unrest, noting Communists exploit a vacuum while offering reforms. He urges complete divorce from communism and leadership through Democratic forces, with clear U.S. positions on land reform and other critical issues.
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Justice
New York
Supreme Court
Douglas
United States
William Oo
Look Magazine
Justice Douglas
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Asia
Communist Party
America
U. S
Gate City Dry Vote Contest Started in Scott County
Nineteen qualified voters in Gate City filed in Scott County circuit court a petition of contest over the November 27 1950 election on alcohol sales. The town approved an ABC Store by 324 to 314 while votes for beer and wine other than 3.2 percent were defeated 359 to 271.
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Gate City
Scott County
ABC
Acheson Calls for Strong Push to Build U.S. Strength
Secretary Acheson urged rapid production to deter aggression and defend allies. He praised Churchill’s 1940 creed of blood and toil and urged faith, resilience, and unity, recalling Valley Forge and Pearl Harbor as moments Americans stood firm. He cited four sources of strength: right cause, shared values, vast industrial capacity, and a first class navy, strong air force, and growing army.
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Washington
Acheson
Churchill
England
America
Pearl Harbor
United States
War Docket Forces House Session on New Year's Day
A jammed war emergency agenda drives the House into an unprecedented New Year’s Day session as the 81st Congress nears its end. Major items include a 77 percent excess profits tax, a about 20.0 billion defense appropriation, a 3.1 billion three-year civil defense program, and expanded war powers for the President.
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Washington
House
Senate
Civil Defense Administration
Truman
Congress
Prominent Charleston Doctor Dies at 63
Dr. Ernest Fred Gott longtime Charleston surgeon and former chief surgeon of Kanawha valley hospital died at his St Albans summer residence. He practiced in Charleston since 1923 and served as an examining physician for the state workmen's compensation department. A native of Hinton he was an army surgeon in World War I. He moved from Princeton to St Albans in 1919 and to Charleston in 1923.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ernest Fred Gott
Kanawha Valley Hospital
St. Albans
State Workmen’s Compensation Department
Hinton
Gott
Princeton
U.N. Defense Line Reported Broken Near Western End
AP dispatch reports Chinese forces attacked near Seoul early New Year with two main thrusts north and northeast of the city. UN units yielded ground as artillery barrages and probing attacks continued, signaling a major offensive in the western sector near the Imjin river.
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Jack Macbeth
Seoul
Mijongbu
U. S
Eighth Army
Macbeth
Pyongyang
MacArthur
Imjin
U.N
Change Hinted For Military Buying Setup
Washington reports a shakeup in the military buying program under study to possibly place William H. Harrison in charge of defense buying and industrial production. ODM director Charles E. Wilson may merge Harrison’s NPA with other agencies as officials press for faster munitions procurement and accelerated production to meet defense needs.
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Washington
William H. Harrison
Charles E. Wilson
Office of Defense Mobilization
Wilson
Harrison
National Production Authority
Munitions Board
Army, Navy
Air Force
Truman
NPA
Commerce and Interior Departments
Interstate Commerce Commission
International Telephone & Telegraph Co
War Production Board
Signal Corps
Holiday Traffic Death Toll Misses Council Forecast
The Associated Press reports that by Sunday night holiday traffic fatalities reached 85, with 39 more deaths from other causes. Ned H. Dearborn of the Safety Council warned against alcohol and bad weather possibly raising the toll, predicting about 35,000 for 1950.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
Bowl Games Favored By Football Weather
New Year's Eve outlook favored good football weather for most bowl games with fair skies and near normal temperatures in the east southeast and far west. The midwest and plains faced a cold front and possible snow flurries on New Year's Day after a Sunday of rain and showers.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Plains States
Rockies
Mid-West
Far West
Atlantic Seaboard
Central
Plains
Malone
N. Y
Adirondack Mountains
Census Bureau Estimates U S Population At 152 Million
The Census Bureau reported a New Year estimate of 152 340 000 residents in the continental United States, up from 150 697 361 in the 1950 census. The year saw 3 704 000 births and 1 461 000 deaths with a net emigration of 10 000. The figure includes armed forces at home and abroad in the births and deaths counts.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Frank R. Wilson
Continental
Clash of Russian and Chinese aims in Asia in 1951
AP analyst James D. White argues an inevitable clash between Soviet imperialism and Chinese nationalism in Asia. He says the Russia China alliance is an opportunistic marriage serving mutual goals in Korea and beyond, with China leveraging arms and influence to shape Asia while Moscow seeks time and leverage. Public sentiment in Asia, wary of Western powers, could favor communism if the alliance endures.
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James D. White
Mao Tzeung
Moscow
Korea
Asia
Edvard Kardejl
Yugoslavia
China
Russia
United Nations
Rusia
Red China
Stalin
Uncle Joe
Peiping
Communist
Mao Tze
Tung
Lin Piao
Manchuria
Mao
America
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Albert
Charles Ross
Clarence Cox
Mrs. Cox
Roy, Jr
Clayton Bratton
Commies
Matthew B. Ridgeway
U. S. Army
8Th Army
Fiery Walton Walker
Ridgeway
Rok
Tokyo
Korean
Defense Department
ODM
John D. Small
Ben
Small
Army
Navy
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