Appalachian to Build Glasgow Area Super Generator Plant
Appalachian Electric Power Co announces plans for a 350000 kilowatt initial phase at Glasgow on Kanawha River near Charleston with about 40 million dollars in cost. The project aims 1050000 kilowatts total, tied to a 251 million dollar American Gas and Electric System budget for 1951 53, and connects to Sporn Plant on the Ohio near Graham Station Mason County. The plan includes a 300000 315000 volt transmission line and rapid construction with 175000 kW by 1952 and the rest by 1953, though final ultimate capacity and total cost remain unspecified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Kanawha River
Glasgow
Charleston
Cabin Creek
Philip Sporn
American Gas and Electric Co
AEPCO
New York City
Board of Directors
American Gas and Electric System
Ohio River
Graham Station
Mason County
Sporn
American Gas and Electric] Co
State awards contract for new office building
A. G. Higginpotham Co. of Charleston lands the contract to erect the six story state office building at California Ave and Washington St. for 1 541 000 after delays tied to war needs and a city permit dispute. The project, designed by Tucker and Silling of Charleston, will house Employment Security and Work, with completion in 525 days.
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A. G. Higginpotham Co
Charleston
California Av
Washington St. E
William C. Marland
State Office Building Commission
Southwastern Construction Co
Charlotte
N. C
Marland
Higginbotham
Supreme Court
Tucker and Silling
Inside Today Ariusemerte and Editorials
A compact snapshot of today’s paper shows editorials and feature notes across sections. Obituaries, classifieds, and radio television listings fill pages as columns and sports briefs appear through the issue.
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Ariusemerte
Danaea J.ee
Radio
Bec Sports Dokiog Omic
CIO Expels Bridges and West Coast Unions in Drive
The CIO voted 41 to 2 to oust Harry Bridges longshoremen and two other West Coast maritime unions after a 10 month purge aimed at removing far Left elements. Bridges supporters called for stop work meetings while Bridges himself awaits appeal on perjury conviction.
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Washington
CIO
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Philip Murray
Fishermen and Allied
Yeo
Bridges Union
United Electrical Workers
Cleveland
Fur and Leather Workers
Ben Gold
Marmet Boy Dies In Bridge Tumble
Nine year old Richard John Canterbury of Marmet died after an eight foot fall from a bridge into Lens Creek while fishing with two companions. Marmet Fire Chief G A Small said firefighters, a Cunningham ambulance driver and Dr Nell Warden from Marmet Children's Hospital worked about ninety minutes to revive him.
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Lens Creek
Richard John Canterbury
Marmet
G. A. Small
Small
Cunningham
Nell Warden
Marmet Children's Hospital
Whistle Crazy NYC Engineers Taken to Task
Charleston citizen Joe E. Bedinger protests New York Central Railroad locomotives for excessive and continuous whistle blasts at crossings on Greenbrier Street. He cites flashing lights, bells, and engine whistles from Elizabeth Street to California Avenue as unsafe and disruptive.
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New York Central Railroad
Charleston
Fred I. Rippetoe
Joe E. Bedinger
Greenbrier St
Bedinger
R . Bedinger
Elizabeth St
California
Weaver Awarded Coonskin Road Contract in Charleston
Boyd Weaver of Charleston won a low bid of 25 923 dollars for improving Coonskin Hollow Road a six tenths mile project with trading draining and surfacing within 50 working days. Traffic will use creek gravel with calcium chloride as a dust settler and the road will support two way traffic from State Rt 14 to Coonskin Park near the new 300 000 Air National Guard highway. This is one of two road projects approved by the State Road Commission in bids yesterday.
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Boyd Weaver
Charleston
Coonskin Hollow
Weaver
Coonskin Park
Ales
Air National Guard
Kanawha
State Road Commission
President Urges Delay on Universal Military Training Plan
President Truman asked Congress to delay universal military training legislation until January while urging swift action once circumstances allow. He told Senator Tydings and Representative Vinson there is no immediate need for such law, though it should be enacted soon to be ready if required, and he urged continued committee consideration for final action in January.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Congress
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Jro "Eydings
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Reds Close Pincers on Pohang Kigye as Invaders Advance
About 6,000 Red troops recaptured Kigye eight miles northwest of Pohang and launched a dawn attack to encircle Pohang, the western anchor of UN defenses in Korea. South Koreans resecured Kigye only to be pushed back by a counterdrive. US Eighth Army and Fifth Air Force reported multiple enemy incursions and 13 enemy tanks destroyed, with 512 Allied sorties in the 24 hours ending midnight.
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Howard Handleman Tokyg
Kigye
Pohang
United Nations
Korea
U. 8
Eighth Army
Kisye
Sion
Taegu
Ines
Sixth Divt
Wihung
Eighth Division
U.S
Naktong River
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U N Dockets Formosa Study With 7 2 Vote
The United Nations Security Council moved to add the Formosan issue to its agenda but rejected a Soviet demand to invite a Chinese Communist representative. The United States and Russia supported tabling the matter under the Korean dispute, with a 7 to 2 vote as Egypt abstained and Yugoslavia did not participate. China, Cuba opposed.
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Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Red China
U. S
Russia
United States
Council
Rover
Chou En-Lai
Peiping
Formosa
U.N
Egypt
Yugoslavia
China
Cuba
Malik
Jakob A. Malik
Jon
Norway
India
Ecuador
Truman Praises MacArthur in Face Saving Message
President Truman commended General Douglas MacArthur for his Korean War conduct in a message described as face saving. The note, sent after ordering withdrawal of a Formosa statement, aims to clarify White House policy and soften the general’s stance while boosting his prestige in the Orient.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
White House
MacArthur
Formosa
Chiang Kaishek
Truman Granted Selective Wage and Price Controls
A Senate House conference committee ended a deadlock on anti inflation legislation by authorizing President Truman to apply wage and price controls selectively. The plan allows price ceilings on individual items with mandatory wage controls on the producing industry, while remaining details await final House and Senate approval before sending the bill to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House
Truman
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
House
Senate
White House
GOP
Ser
House Tightens Rein Upon Reds
The House passed a sweeping Communist control bill expanding on President Truman’s proposal. It requires registration of every Communist Party member and front groups and directs disclosure of leadership and finances. The measure moves to the Senate with a 354 to 20 roll call vote.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Hep. Celler
D-Ny
Celer
Committee On UN- American Activities
Reps
Celler
Marcantenia
Mutter
Javits
Burdick
R-Nd
Communist Party
Widespread Used Goods Ads Offer Quick Cash in Gazette
Cash buyers scan Gazette notices for used items including suite, drink cooler, scales, meat slicer, and miscellaneous merchandise. Advertisements seek a 1937 Ford Tudor with good tires and related auto parts, with several listings showing phone contact and price hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene
McCor
Gulf Bracing As Hurricane Heads Inland
New Orleans weather officials warn the hurricane centered in the Gulf of Mexico is strengthening with winds near 95 mph. Forecaster W B Stevens expects a likely strike in the middle Gulf area and will provide timing and inland movement details in later advisories.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
W. B. Stevens
Middle Gulf
Stevens
Mobile
Canadian Rail Bill Rushed Through Ottawa
The House of Commons swiftly moved to enact a government bill to resume Canadian railway operations after a nationwide strike. The measure requires railways and unions to resume service within 48 hours of passage, offers a provisional four cent hourly wage increase, and sets a 15 day window for arbitration if talks fail.
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Ottawa
Iwto
House of Commons
GI Family Pay Up to 165 Voted for Armed Services
Senate House conferees agreed to a compromise providing family allowances up to 165 a month for armed services members. The plan covers recruits to master sergeants with dependents, outlining monthly totals by rank and number of dependents, retroactive to Aug 1 1950 and lasting to Apr 30 1953, with government and enlistee contributions.
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Washington
INS
Senate House
Armed Services
House
Navy
Marine Corps
Fishhook Removed From Youngster Eye in Glasgow Boy
A six year old, Rodney Grosky of Glasgow, had a fishhook removed from the corner of his right eye in a delicate operation at Charleston General Hospital. An attendant quoted the boy saying he was fishing in the Kanawha River when the hook flew back and lodged in the eye, sight not impaired by the accident.
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Rodney Grosky
Glasgow
Charleston General Hospital
Kanawha River
Burl Ives to Appear at A&I Fair in West Virginia
Burl Ives, America's best known ballad singer, will appear at West Virginia's Agricultural and Industrial Fair next Wednesday afternoon and night. Fair President W. T. Brotherton announced plans to bring a nationally known entertainer for the nine day run at the 4-H grounds. Ives, born Burle Icle Ivanhoe Ives in 1909, rose to prominence in folk music and has expanded to movies, stage, and radio.
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Burl Ives
America
West Virginia
W. T
Lucy) Brotherton
Ives
Brotherton
Judy J Canova
I Ives
Canova
Burle Icle Ivanhoe Ives
Hlinvis
Frid Topping
Billy Holland
Indianapolis
Fairgrounds
Malik Receives GI Peace Plea From Korea War Cable
Lake Success August 29 Jakob A Malik distributed a cable allegedly signed by 39 American POWs in Korea calling for withdrawal of U N troops to end bloodshed. U N sources could not verify signatories or coercion. The plea urged U S withdrawal to avoid further loss of American lives. Malik said the appeal was addressed to him in his capacity as Pleas turn to page 4 column 3.
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Lake Success
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Korea
U. N
United States
America
Malik
Unionists Protest Taft Visit at Youngstown Plant
One hundred CIO United Steel workers walked off at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co to protest U S Senator Robert A Taft visiting the plant. They returned to work after about two hours. police kept order and most resumed the 2 pm shift. Taft reported workers smiled as he waved during a one hour tour.
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Youngstown
Cio-United
Lewis and Green Trade Barbs Over No-Strike Pact
Washington reports of a sharp exchange between John Lewis and AFL leader William Green over a potential no-strike pledge. Lewis declared workers would not be bound by outside pacts and hinted miners might resist being sold down the river. Green promptly replied with a volley of barbs challenging Lewis to refine his stance.
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AFL
Washington
Joh
Lewis
United Workers
William Green
Cosa
Green
Withholding Taxes: Senators seek dividend withholding
Three Democratic senators Leb men New York Douglas Illinois and Humphrey Minnesota urged cutting the 10 percent withholding tax on corporation dividends. Humphrey said the bill boosts taxes and invites evasion by coupon clippers. They proposed the dividend withholding as an amendment to the larger tax bill that would raise taxes mainly on individuals.
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Washington
Lebman
New York
Douglas
IL Nois
Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Vo Tsonis
British Soldiers Land in Korea
British ground forces arrived in Korea with Brigadier B A Cord of Wiltshire at the pier, welcomed by diplomats and townspeople. The spectacle included the carrier Unicorn, cruiser Ceylon, and destroyers Bataan and Warramunga as a Negro band played God Save the King.
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United Nations
Korea
Tall
B. A. Cord
Wiltsshire
England
Middlesex Regiment
Su Sempe Highlanders
Middlesex
Albhuera
Unicorn
Ceylon
Bataan
Sicily
Iitaly
Europe
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Mary
Marmet Boy
Nyc
Coonskin
Pohang — Kigye Falls
M’arthur
Mildwood
A&i Fair
Taft
Moyes
Pega
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