02 Dec 1950
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1950
Page
1
The milder weather and probable rains will melt snow, reducing total by twenty percent but leaving dangerous snow depth on 1.2 hills where most Grafton's homes sit. Rain can raise snow weight to forty to sixty pounds per cubic foot, threatening roofs that must be cleared and raising basement flood risk. Driving could become hazardous if sleet forms.
The forthcoming national magazine estimates America’s atom bomb stockpile at 700 bombs, higher than prior figures. Stephen White, former New York Herald-Tribune science writer, authored the piece. AP science editor Howard Blakeslee notes the figure fits known aspects of the A-Bomb picture.
Charleston reports milder weather and light rain may speed West Virginia snow removal. Temperatures expected to reach the 50s across the state today, aiding the melt. Most highways are clear, with one remaining bidirectional stretch on US Route 250 between Cameron and Hundred in Marshall County.
Washington reports three senators say General MacArthur will receive no more U S reinforcements, while favoring an UN defense line. Lawmakers disagree on steps but agree on preparing for worst. President Truman seeks 18.6 billion dollars for defense as factory employment dips and Kaiser-Fraufer scales back production and payroll.
Taylor county students return to classes Monday after an extra Thanksgiving break due to severe weather. Superintendent R Virgil Rohrbough says buses will run if drivers deem roads safe. Yuletide holidays begin in 17 days with Christmas vacation set to start December 20.
The Board of Control awarded a Morgantown firm a contract for Hopemont Hospital construction at 1.239 million dollars, lowest bid after three submissions from Baker and Coombs of Morgantown and B. F. Parrott of Roanoke. Award subject to federal delays, fund release, and state Board of Public Works approval.
Clarksburg officials announce that only motorists with chains on tires may operate on city streets today. Police will monitor all day, with special officers enforcing the restriction. Residents refer to the enforcers as chain seers or C Men, amid unclear official terminology.
West Virginia highway fatalities reach 333 for the year with December expected to surpass 1949 totals. The all time state record is 609 deaths in 1935. As of yesterday 85 fatalities were recorded this year, yielding a monthly average of 303 for 1950.
Joe W. Savage executive director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will keynote the Northern West Virginia Regional Conference on infantile paralysis at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel in Clarksburg on Tuesday December 5. Savage, a West Virginian, served as WWII Air Corps major and former executive secretary of the West Virginia State Society. A reception in the Dixie Room precedes the dinner in the hotel ballroom with Raymond Brewster in charge of the first session at 3 p.m. Also on the program are Starling Evans state representative of the Foundation and county infantile paralysis chapter workers.
President Truman created the Federal Civilian Defense Administration and appointed former Florida governor Millard F. Caldwell Jr. to lead it at a salary of 17,500 a year. The post, paid from the emergency fund, shifts planning staff under the National Security Resources Board to Caldwell’s command until Congress acts on the new agency and authorization. Caldwell, 53, served as governor 1945 to 1949 and now practices law in Tallahassee.
In Wheeling Fire Chief William S McFadden declared a perilous period and state of emergency was over. Fire crews return to regular duty after a week around the clock. Snow clearing returns to shovels and plows as the improvised flame thrower experiment failed.
Washington reports extraordinary security at the Army Navy game due to the new crisis and prior assassination attempt. An Ohio representative relays Burke from Puerto Rico saying nationalist and Communist factions are tiny minorities, with about eight hundred Nationalists and two hundred Communists among two and a half million islanders.
Huston Dalton of Grafton was arrested yesterday on Latrie street for intoxication and committed to gaol. Harley Jeffries was ordered to shovel snow after intoxication charges. James Woakaotis forfeited a $5 bond after being arrested on December 1 for blocking traffic on St Marys street bridge.
French Premier Rene Pleven flew to London with Foreign Minister Robert Schuman after a confidence vote, to confer with Prime Minister Clement Attlee on the Korean War and global issues to be raised with President Truman.
Dispatches depict American field leaders urging a general retreat with a scorched earth stance toward Chinese Red Invaders. Withdrawal from Pyongyang is reported as imminent, with front commanders warning nothing will be left behind if the capital must be abandoned.
Washington observers predict General MacArthur will not be reinforced and must fight with his current troops. The likely strategy is to dig in and hold a defensive line against Chinese forces.
U S Eighth Army vows to hold ground unless necessary against superior forces. Pyongyang may be abandoned only to deny Reds bridges roads and waterworks. Chinese forces estimated at 500 000 are moving south with 250 000 smashing fronts and 250 000 from Yalu bases. MacArthur says undeclared war exists between UN and Chinese Reds with key towns like Songhon and Hayoru contested amid heavy losses.
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