Believe Big Push By Chinese Reds Beginning GI's In Foxholes
The report notes a major redeployments in Korea as UN forces reunite after the Hum an beachhead evacuation. General MacArthur cites the move as a response to Chinese Communist Army actions and says the 10th Corps has joined the Eighth Army south of the parallel. The development signals a new war phase and widespread interest in the general's retreat explanation.
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Toyko
Korea
United Nations
U-N
MacArthur
Hungnan
Sath
Paralel
Christmas holiday traffic deaths may beat record
Washington reports Christmas week sees 515 traffic deaths and 149 other fatalities from fires and exposures, threatening the 1936 all-time accident rate of 565. California, Texas, Illinois and New York register the largest death totals, with Los Angeles logging over 1,000 traffic incidents.
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Washington (P
Wautomoblles
California
Texas
Llinois
New York
Los Angeles
Buffalo
Payis
Kentucky
Grafton Weekend Quiet Despite Few Incidents
Grafton police reported a quiet weekend with no city limit accidents and only three intoxication arrests. One small fire near Curve Bridge at 0:46 a.m. featured a barrel of oil igniting near a coal stove. railroad workers quickly contained the blaze with minimal damage.
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Grafton
N. Tower
Curve Bridge
Candidates Take Office Here Next Monday
Garcult Clerk W. Merle Bailey and County Clerk Ed St. Cla, reelected in the November 7 general election, start new six year terms January 1. Glenn Sapp, the sole Democrat elected in Taylor county, becomes Taylor county court member on January 1, succeeding Delbert Wolfe. The other two court members are Republicans H. L. Carder and J. Arthur Poe, president. Goff Ridenour, elected to the House of Delegates, succeeds Jack R. Nuzum, Democrat.
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H. L. Carder
J. Arthur Poe
Goff Ridenour
House of Delegates
Jack R. Nuzum
Adelphi Hotel Fire In Huntington Causes Big Loss
Eighty three occupants of the Adelphi Hotel in downtown Huntington were forced out into the cold on Christmas Day as a fire caused about 750000 in damage to the hotel and the nearby Carolina building. Fire Chief Floyd L. Crouse said fire and water damage were confined to the 75 room hotel and four story structure. 35 permanent guests and 47 transients evacuated. No injuries were reported. A motor elevator in a top superstructure sparked the blaze, which raged for about two hours.
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Huntington
Adelphia
Floyd L. Crouse
Carolina
City to Daily Test Water Supply and Elevate Plant Rating
Beginning next Monday the city will start daily water tests and aim to upgrade its filtration plant from third to second class, with 11 year old William A. Beavers assigned as tester and city engineer. State Health Department will rescore the plant on January 1, with goals to reach first class in six months if conditions meet required standards. H. K. Gidley of the state health division inspected the plant recently.
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Grafton
William A. Beavers
Beavers
State Health Department
H. K. Gidley
Division of Sanitary Engineering
State Department of Health
Explosions Destroy Two Nicholas County Schools
State police and Nicholas county officials investigated two Sunday blasts that damaged the Green Valley and White Buck Knob schools. Explosive cord used in strip mining and timbering appeared to be the method, with two or more people acquainted with explosives suspected. Green Valley suffered total loss about $7,000. Buck Knob about $500. Enrollment of the two schools is around 650. Authorities offered no motive for vandalism.
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G. C. McClain
Green Valley
White Buck Knob
Carl
McClain
Nicholas County
Harry Straley
Buck Knob
Straley
Green Valley School
Truman Cuts Vacation Short
President Truman returns to Washington from Independence Missouri 20 hours ahead of schedule to brief Blair House officials on world affairs. Top aides Dean Atchison General Marshall Omar Bradley and other officials will participate while plans are made for General Eisenhower to depart for Europe. White House says no new crisis prompted the early return.
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Truman
Independence
Missouri
Blair House
Dean Adectebary
Fe Marshall
Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
MacArthur
Tokyo
Korea
White House
Eisenhower
Europe
Easter lands new role with Harlem Globetrotters
Luke Easter, last season's 28 homer, 107 RBI first baseman for Cleveland, signs with promoter Abe Saperstein as traveling secretary and official greeter for the Harlem Globetrotters. Easter batted .280 for the Indians before moving to the touring basketball club.
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New York
Big Luke Easter
Cleveland
Luke
Indians
Abe Saperstein
Harlem Globetrotters
Saperstein
Easter
Notre Dame names 1951 captain Mutscheller top scorer
Jim Mutscheller of Beaver Falls PA was elected captain of the 1951 Notre Dame football team. He led the 1950 squad in scoring with seven touchdowns for 42 points and finished the season with 35 receptions for 426 yards, breaking Notre Dame passing records previously held by Leon Hart and Bill Wightkin.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Jim Mutscheller
Beaver Falls
Leon Hart
Bill Wightkin
West Virginia coed earns national club work scholarship
Morgantown reporting Louise Huffman, a junior at West Virginia University, won a $100 scholarship from the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work and was named first alternate national winner after taking a state award in 1946. She earned an all expenses trip to the national four club congress in Chicago and a four year scholarship prize that was not used.
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Morgantown
Upshur County
West Virginia University
National Committee On Boys and Girls Club
Louise Huffman
Nationa
Chicago
Miss Huffman
Denver Falcons Winger Sidelined by Broken Ankle
Bill Warwick, Denver Falcons winger in the U S hockey league, suffered a broken ankle against Tulsa ending a 200 game consecutive streak. The injury marks his first sidelining in eight years on the ice.
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Denver
Bill Warwick
Denver Falcons
Tulsa
Bill
Ridgway Takes Command Of UN Forces In Korea
Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway arrived at U S Eighth Army headquarters in Korea to assume command of UN forces. He will oversee the Eighth Army and the Tenth Corps, replacing the dual command structure previously led by Walton Walker who was killed last week. Ridgway announced a single top commander will be in place, ending the split of command.
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Korea
Tokyo
U. N
Matthew Ridgway
U.S. Eighth Army
Walton’ Walker
8Th Army Front
Walker
Fiiway Willlso
U.S. Tenth Corps
Arthur
Staf
Edward Almond
U.N
Nis
Good Start Made On Building Work
Charleston state notes a solid start in its major construction program after a year and a half. Board president Burdette cites growing bed needs and urges ongoing funding for several years. The 1949 legislature authorized over six and a half million dollars for facilities at 22 state institutions under the board.
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Charleston
State Board of Control
Joe F. Burdette
Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey
Britain's 336 pound Stone of Scone, symbol of Scottish identity, is missing after thieves Coasted away from Westminster Abbey. Road blocks sweep the England Scotland border as investigators hunt in northern counties for the historic coronation stone known as the stone of destiny.
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Britain
London
Scone
Westminster Abbey
Fierce Battle North Of Seoul Escalates In Korea
News from Seoul reports intensified enemy contact along the 38th parallel with a fierce battle about ten miles east of Kaesong. Chinese forces are concentrating near Yonchon, 40 miles north of Seoul, as Allied lines hold. Chu Teh warned UN forces to withdraw from Korea and US forces from Formosa, while Rhee signals partial government evacuations but not a full move.
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Korea
38Th Parallel
Seoul
Kaesong
Yonchon
Red China
Chu Teh
Peiping
United Nations
United States
Formosa
China
Kors
Rhee
National Assembly
One Accident Reported in Taylor County Over Holiday Weekend
One accident occurred at 12:20 p.m. Christmas morning on Parkview road in Taylor County. Banery Baukhi of Route 1 was in a 1930 sedan hit by Russell S. DeMoss, 19, of Grafton driving a different car. DeMoss skidded on ice and struck Baukhi’s vehicle head on. a passenger Lloyd Eckard, 63, sustained slight injuries.
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Taylor County
Parkview
Seman
Banery Baukhi
Ste Ot
Route 1
Russell S. De‘Moss
Grafton
De‘Moss
Walker Rites Today for U S Army General Walker
Private services were held today in Yokohama for Lieut General Walton Walker commander of the Eighth Army killed in a jeep crash in Korea Saturday. The body will be sent to the United States December 30 for burial at Arlington. Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako sent condolences to General MacArthur. An imperial envoy visited Walker's Yokohama home and left a wreath.
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Tokyo
Walton Walter
U.S Eighth Army
Korea
Chapel Center
Yokohama
Walker
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Emperor Hirohito
Nagako
General MacArthur
Eighth Army
Four West Virginians die in Christmas weekend mishaps
West Virginia reports four holiday fatalities with three traffic crashes and one jaunting accident. A Christmas Eve gun battle in Mingo County at a Delorme beer tavern killed a 53 year old merchant O. O. Howard and W. H. Dotash. Sheriff Thurman Chambers identified the victimist as 53 year old O. O. Howard of Delorme and W. H. Dotash. Police hold two men for questioning. J. R. Smith as McCoy for tees.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West
Delorme
W. H. Dotadh
Bull’ Hobih
Del
Williemeon
Eharistsey Chambers
Olié Nan
Atres
Pikeville
Kentucky
J. R. Smitch
McCoy
Tees
Grafton Sees First Snow On Christmas Day
Snow covered the ground in Grafton on Christmas Day after late arriving flakes. Temperatures fell to around 2 degrees at 6 p.m., with a low reading near 0 degrees overnight. By 6 p.m. Sunday the mercury was about 38, then dropped to 28 by 10 p.m. in a sharp winter swing.
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Grafton
Mercury
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