Eisenhower Named Supreme Commander for Western Europe
President Truman chose Dwight D. Eisenhower to lead the Western European armies, following North Atlantic Council discussions in Brussels. The six star general, then president of Columbia University, had long been widely expected to take the role, with Acheson and Dean advising the move. Eisenhower’s wartime leadership in Europe is cited as the model for the new integrated force.
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Dwight Feisenhower
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Bel
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Déani Acheson
Parley Acheson
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Columbia University
New ‘York
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Isenhower
Rosevelt
Britain
Mysterious hooting s Probed
A Wayne County man, William Blaine Hodge, 43, shot in the back near Kermit, crawled to brush, walked miles, and was transported to Huntington Veterans Hospital. He awaits surgery to remove a .22 caliber slug as investigators pursue the shooter.
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Wayne Countian
Veterans Hospital
Ington
William Blaine Hodge
Kermit
Hodge
Huntington Hospital
Phantom Killer Is Sought In Philadelphia
Police pursue a potential lead in the phantom killer case after a housewife was shot dead and six others injured. Two boys on their porch described a man in a long black overcoat and derby, arriving in a dark coupe and crouching near the residence with an object resembling a rifle. The description guides the ongoing manhunt.
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Philadelphia
Jimmy
Jack McCann
Two Persons Forfeit Bond In Police Court
Arthur E. Davis of Flemington forfeited a $2 bond after being arrested December 16 for parking a vehicle on the West Main street sidewalk. Dale Foley of Grafton forfeited a $7 bond after his December 17 intoxication arrest by Officers Woodford and Funkhouser.
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Arthur E. Davis
Flemington
West Main Street
Dale Foley
Grafton
Woodford and Funkhouser
West Virginian May Get Big Post
Charleston reports President Truman may appoint Russell B. Adams of Sistersville West Virginia to be assistant secretary of state for air. Senator Kilgore and the West Virginia delegation said Adams, a Civil Aeronautics Board member, could be reconsidered after urging his reappointment to the CAB.
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Truman
Kilgore
Russell B. Adams
Sistersville
Civil Aeronautics Board
Air
West Virginia
Adams
Missing Navy Bomber With Seven Men Still Sought
Navy Coast Guard and Air Force aircraft scoured the Pacific for a missing Whidbey Island launched patrol bomber with seven crew. Despite hours of searching and a survival raft in icy seas off Cape Mattered, no sign of the men or wreckage was found as daylight faded.
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Cape Mattery
United States
Whidbey Island
Seattle
Eary
Huge Christmas Tree Graces City Hospital Top
A 40 foot tall Christmas tree sits atop City hospital as lights totaling about two hundred illuminate the display. Henry Grinan and Monongahela Power crew installed the lights during a snow storm, part of Operation Christmas Tree funded by doctors and hospital staff.
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Henry Grinnan
Monongahela
Grafton
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Christ
Hold Man For Death Of His Wife In West Virginia
Thirty nine year old Winifred Hilbert of War faces action by the January McDowell County Grand Jury on murder charges in the death of his 23 year old wife Margie. Hilbert allegedly shot her during a drinking party at their home Sunday night after pulling a pistol saying he would have some fun. Witnesses say Mrs. Hilbert was shot while reaching for the gun. He waived preliminary hearing yesterday and was released on a five thousand dollar bond.
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Winifred Hilbert
McDowell Couty Grand
Margie
Hilbert
Jack Marincii
Marinari
Still Seek Identity Of Teen-Age Girl Found Dead In Cabin
Charleston authorities seek the identity of the second teenage girl found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in a South Charleston area cabin near the 48 States Motel. Four others were affected with one hospitalized. no details released on the male victim. Lenora Rose Cillisple of Charleston has been identified among the deceased.
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Charleston
South Charleston
Irls
Spencer Pridemore
48 States
Paul Milton Cook
Dunbar
Lenora Rose Cillisple
Three Men Questioned in Morgantown Beating
Morgantown police questioned three men after an attack on Frank Corbin, 7th president of Osgood Bus Lines, in a downtown building. Corbin, beaten by two masked assailants described as negro, crawled to an elevator for help as 850 dollars were taken. Corbin also presides over Morgantown Golf and Country Club.
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Morgantown
Frank Corbin
Osgood Bus Lines
Corbin
Toe Victin
Morgantown Golf and Country Club
Grafton City Council Tonight Meeting Routine Agenda
The regular Grafton City Council meeting convenes tonight at 8 pm in City Hall council chambers. City Manager A Page Lockard says no items of unusual importance are anticipated and the session will follow the normal agenda. The second reading and passage target the ordinance refunding nurses who have paid the $15 professional tax.
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City Hall
A. Page Lockard
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Truman Won't Let Acheson Go Refuses to Dismiss Secretary of State
President Truman declined to fire Secretary of State Acheson amid Republican calls. He recalled Lincoln’s refusal to dismiss Seward and urged unity during a time of peril. He said additional American forces would join European allied units under Eisenhower and prices on GM cars would be fixed per the Economic Stabilization Administrator.
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Acheson
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Seward
Europe
Dwight Hisen
Hower
General Motors
Government orders 20 percent cut in civilian tin use
The National Production Authority issued a regulation demanding a 20 percent reduction in civilian tin consumption effective February 1. The bulletin signals a government move to conserve strategic metal amid material shortages and economic pressure.
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Washington
National Production Authority
A Students May Get Deferments
An advisory group set up by draft director Hershey recommends deferments for students based on intelligence and abilities. Six committees studied keeping draftees while preserving college trained talent for science and other vital fields. Congress should consider changes. proposals include intelligence tests for freshmen and certification by college officials for continued deferment beyond the first year.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey Today
Hersey
Congress
Minva
Sandar
Yumpo Airfield Abandoned as UN Leaves Korean Installations
U S forces decide to abandon Yumpo airfield near the Dongnam beachhead in northeast Korea. Army engineers destroy supplies and disabled aircraft left behind as the airstrip is evacuated amid advancing North Korean forces. Beachhead area shows smoke, wreckage, and limited traffic with a few jeeps and engineers remaining.
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Tokyo
Korea
U.S. Iir
Yunpo
Dungnam
Air’ Force
Heachhead
Bethlehem Struggles Amid Refugee Crisis in 1950
Bethlehem Palestine survives Christmas under wartorn conditions as 40000 Arab refugees crowd barren hills near the town. Most residents have lost income sources due to the border division with Israeli territory and relief aid funds only cover bare subsistence.
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Bethlehem
Palestine
United Nations
J O Hendershot Sentenced For Bus Intoxication In Bridgeport
James Otis Hendershott of Route 3 Bridgeport was arrested December 16 on a charge of intoxication aboard a West Virginia Transportation Company bus. He appeared before Magistrate Ona C. Jeffreys and received a ten day jail sentence.
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James Otis Hendershott
Abridgeport
T. Leech
Pat Tolan
West Virginia Transportation Company
High Court To Rule On a Bus Passenger Subject
Fairmont case asks whether a man off a City Lines bus crossing the street remains a passenger for negligence purposes after being struck by a car. Bert Pritchard seeks $8,500. city lines argues lower court erred in defining passenger status.
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Fairmont
State Supreme Court
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Pairmont
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Virgin Bus Company
Marlon
To. Pritchard
Fairmont Street
Pritchard
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Fowe
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Mysterious Capitan Mountains Orb Draws Scientists Attention
Washington reports a silvery 18 inch aluminum ball found by turkey hunters in New Mexico near Capitan range. Researchers at University of New Mexico Institute of Meteortics study the object along with plastic pot like device and film packs marked November 1949 Londons fish firm. Two theories suggest possible origin of the orb either a guided missile or a large balloon.
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New Mexico
Capitan Mountains
Albuqueraie
Londons
Institute of Meteoretics
University of New Mexico
Lincoln la ‘Paz
Vents Paz
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