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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1950
Page
12
Washington reports casualties from Korea total 28325 through December 22, up 1904 from a week earlier. Dead total 6152 with 5742 killed in action 684 died of wounds and six dead among those listed missing. Wounded 27012 including 684 later died. Missing stand 4753, with 197 prisoners of war and 70 percent returned to date.
Cattler notes 250000 tons expected in early 1950 as West Germany’s capacity to use industrial equipment rivals Britain. Allied limits on military items should not greatly hinder a major contribution in equipment. He cites steel chemicals machine tools electrical gear and precision instruments and stresses Germany’s underutilized industrial capacity and available labor for defense output.
Roane County residents see unusually quiet December for Roane County State Police with no arrests by Christmas Day. Officer H R Shields notes only warnings for minor violations and few traffic mishaps over the holiday weekend. He hopes New Year’s weekend brings the same cautious behavior.
The article notes an impending milk price rise after two months of talks with distributors. In Huntington a quart rose to 21 cents on Wednesday, prompted by higher dairy-farmer costs. A July boost from 19 to 20 cents is recalled, while authorities cite an eight percent rise in farm costs versus 1949 and only an eight percent overall price increase for farm products.
Jakarta police reinforcements deployed after failed talks in The Hague over Western New Guinea. Armed police guard Dutch firms and households report anonymous threats while troops patrol the capital with jeeps and motorcycles to keep order amid tensions between Indonesia and the Netherlands.
President Truman will present the State of the Union before the new Congress on January 8 if ready. He will work aboard the yacht Williamsburg and embark on a secrecy shrouded Chesapeake Bay cruise. Budget and tax preview from the Council of Economic Advisers is due Saturday night with advisers aboard.
The Army, now 11 regular divisions plus four National Guard divisions and two guard regimental combat teams in federal service, plans another regular division this spring or summer as wartime needs grow. Draft quotas for March are due to be notified, while total 1-A men remain undisclosed for security. Through December the draft had called 216000 men and projected about 917000 delivered by May 1.
Indo Chi Beat reports ongoing attacks along a 350 mile frontier line as French forces were ousted last October. No concrete sign of a fresh major offensive, despite expectations for mid December activity.
In Prague, a woman Mrs Martha Littmann and three others were jailed after trials at the District Criminal Court. Zdenek Weber the judge received four years for involvement with a bribery scheme to influence a husband’s prison outcome.
Officials say excluding private buyers from rubber imports may lower prices and aid defense stockpile costs. one cent price drop could save about $13 million yearly. Some contracts registered before Jan 4 may be exempt. impact on tires minimal, while international supply division and coordination with Britain are considered.
Sally, fourteen, told juvenile probation officer she tried robbery due to parental neglect and insufficient allowance. She cited favoritism toward her eight year old sister and conflict with her father. Authorities planned examination at the Bureau of Juvenile Research.
Pennsylvania cut fuel gas supplies to some industrial clients amid fires across the state. Nine blazes caused nearly 2 million dollars in damage, 76 homes evacuated affected, and a four year old boy died. The Midwest thawed after sub zero temperatures with a warmup expected by Friday. Dixie faced sleet and freezing rain that glazed roads and hampered travel across Northern Alabama Georgia the Carolinas and Southern Arkansas.
Yugoslav leader Tito warns in a major speech that defense spending is essential due to warlike moves by Cominform states. He claims Romania Hungary and Bulgaria have armies far exceeding treaty limits and accuses Moscow of deceptive peace propaganda while building up East European forces.
Alger Hiss remains free on a $10,000 bond as the U S Court of Appeals allows continued liberty while awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on his perjury conviction. The decision delays imprisonment until Jan 6 and upholds the prior conviction.
Mrs. Remington counters that Remington viewed the fare mula as top secret, while the Production Board had investigated many crack pat formulas alone.
Mrs. Remington testified about objections to paying dues and described her exhusband as excited in 1942 about creating explosives. She said she saw a paper with a top secret formula given to a person named Miss Beniley, while the defense questioned the secrecy of the formula involving boiling rubber in garbage.
Second Army headquarters announced the call of 24 reserve officers from West Virginia to active duty by March. The plan includes 24 reserve lieutenants and 3 reserve captains from the state as part of a larger mobilization of about 7,454 officers.
Mrs. Alice Cole aged 70 died yesterday at her daughter’s home in Chesapeake after a long illness. Surviving are another daughter Mrs Minnie Jimison of Milton nine sons and many grandchildren. The body is at Fidler and Frame Mortuary in Belle.
State Road Commission awarded two road projects after low bids from Federal Bureau of Public Roads approval. Federal funds will cover most costs. One project for 7.237 miles of U S Rt 110 and State Rt 10 in Lain. Oscar Veevilie of Beckley bid 493,871.00. The second project funds an overhead bridge on State Rt 10 at Hiawatha, Roane County. Menty Brothers of St Albans bid 239.47.
The entry catalogs broad product categories including paper products such as board materials, iron and steel products like ingots and forgings, aluminum and non-ferrous metals, and a chemical lineup with benzine methanol chlorine and polyethylene. A miscellaneous note mentions hog bristles.
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