Torpedo plan wins Navy invitation for youth
Ten year old Tom Pearce of Arlington Virginia drew a picture of an atomic torpedo as his contribution to the fight against Communism and earned an invitation from Rear Admiral A G Noble Chief of Naval Ordnance to visit Pentagon for an exchange of ideas and to inspect an early torpedo.
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Tommy Pearce
Arlington
A. G. Noble
Naval Ordnance
Pentagon
Navy
Matthews
Admiral Noble
Defense Dept
International
Taylor County Road Share Not Yet Announced
Taylor County's portion of a new five year state highway program is not yet learned by the local office. Route 250 from White Hall to the Taylor line will be widened and resurfaced at an estimated 66000 with 3500 for right of way. 73 from Five Mile House to the Taylor line to be widened and resurfaced 3.3 miles at 118000 with 13000 for right of way.
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Taylor County
State Road Commission
Roscoe Murphy
White Hall
Marion County
Five Mile House
Grafton Council Plans 50 Projects in Special Session
The Grafton City Council will hold a post holiday special session next week to map 50 plans. A. Page Lockard says a survey on parking facilities at St Johns and Main and the new lot on Latrobe will consider installing meters to reduce attendant costs and improve parking order.
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Grafton
City Hall
A. Page Lockard
W.a.beavers
St. J Ohn
Jared Bailey Dies After Auto Accident
Jared Bailey, 22, died after sustaining a skull fracture in a Christmas night traffic accident in Charleston. Son of Congressman Reveland Bailey, he worked as a road commission draftsman. Survived by wife Audrey Jean Bailey and young daughter.
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Charleston
Jared Bailey
Reveland Bailey
Road Commission
Bailey
Ean Thompson Bailey
Audrey Jean
Probe Murder near Greensburg Pa Baffles Police
Charleston Pennsyl vania and West Virginia investigators probe a double death near Greensburg involving Roy W. Huey 50 of Watson Marion County West Virginia and an unidentified woman about 50. Coroner Joseph Check calls it murder and death by own action Huey reportedly killed the woman then shot himself leaving two bodies.
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Charleston
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Greensburg
Roy W. Huey
Watson
Marion County
Joseph R. Check
Huey
Forfeits Bond After Parking in Restricted Zone
Paul Boyce of Route 5 Graf was arrested December 23 by Officer Woodford for parking in a restricted zone. He forfeited a $2 bond when he failed to appear before Police Court Judge J. Guy Allender.
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Paul Boyce
Route 5
Graf
Woodford
J. Guy Allender
Civil Defense Bill Sets 3 Billion for CD Work
Washington reports conferees agreed on Civil Defense funding of over three billion dollars over three years to shield the nation from a potential Communist air attack. Millard Caldwell, who will head the program, said about 140 cities are designated Critical Target Areas and stressed protecting industrial zones as essential to national survival.
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Washington
House
Senate
Millard Caldwell
Caldwell
America
Seventy Is Not the End for General Marshall
A Sunday elegy to George Catlett Marshall on turning seventy, highlighting a centuriesful career from chief of staff to secretary of defense. The piece notes his refusal to discuss politics, his unassailable political stance, and the duty of directing armed forces in a crisis. It marks his transition into authority at the Pentagon and his enduring influence on American leadership.
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Washington
G. C. Marshall
George Marshall
the Red Cross
Defense
Florida
George Catlett Marshall
Leesburg
Marshall
Pentagon
George
Katherine
America
Grant
Johnson
Con
Senate
West Virginia Roundup Reports War News and Power Plans
Statewide briefing notes report colder weather easing gas shortages in Wheeling with a 60 percent industrial cut lifted as temps rise. Charleston forecasts sleet then rain with highs near 36. Albright in Preston County will host a $12.75 million Potomac Edison plant by June 1952 to boost power. Logan mine fatality. Fayette County crash fatality. Korean War casualties list includes six wounded from West Virginia. WV farming shows a downward trend in harvested principal crops totaling 1,237,000 acres, with only hay and barley up.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Manufactures Light and Heat Company
Kingwood
Potomac Edison Company
Albright
Preston County
Truman
Charleston
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Zero Temps Lift But Ice Threat Persists In Taylor County
Temperatures rose from seven degrees above to 39 by afternoon as freezing rain warnings linger. Snow depths reach up to seven inches in Pocahontas and eastern panhandle counties. A trailer truck jackknifed on US Route 21 near Sandyville, blocking the road amid icy conditions. Forecasts anticipate more snow and continued cold, with readings two to four degrees below normal through Wednesday.
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Taylor County
Weather Bureau
Grafton
Road Commission
Doddridge
Harrison
Pocahontas County
Randolph
Tucker
Monroe
Summers
Greenbrier
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Raleigh
Sandyville
Jackson County
Petersburg
Charleston
Huntington
Flat Top
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Elkins
Wheeling
Army Calls 80 000 Draftees For March
Washington reports the Army will draft 80 000 men in March raising total draftees to 450 000 since Korea. Navy Air Force and Marines made no new draft calls. The armed forces aim for 8 500 000 manpower and about 24 divisions in combat strength by July 1 as regimental teams fill gaps in divisions.
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Washington (P
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Defense Department
Economic Reasons If D Make Japan Forceful Ally
Washington based Associated Press report by Relman Morin argues Japan could become a strong ally driven by shared interests rather than love for democratic ideas. Morin cites Japan's history with China and Russia, wartime prowess, and thousands of volunteers willing to aid Korea, though not accepted, as evidence of a national desire to avoid domination by China and Russia.
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Washington
Associated Press
Relman Morin
Japan
Morin
Korea
China
Russia
U Morin
Dulles To Speak On Defense Against Communism
Army page six reports John Foster Dulles will lay out his critique of U S strategy against Communism in New York following by Hoover's similar remarks. President Truman at a news conference called Hoover's view isolationist while Dulles plans a distinct take though aligned on core aims. Dulles serves as adviser to Secretary of State Acheson.
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Washington
John Foster Dules
Dulles
New York
Herbert _Hoover
Hoover
Europe
Truman
State Acheson
UN Forces Face Setbacks as Korean Front Shifts East
Dispatches report UN lines pushed back up to ten miles along the eastern front near the 38th parallel with two withdrawal points near Ron and Oron. General Ridgway returns confident of final Allied victory as air and naval strikes intensify from Manchuria to Hungnam, destroying enemy structures and supply routes.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Ron
Sea of Japan
Oron
Auiuen
Eighth Army
Matthew Ridgway
UN All
Manchuria
Manchurian
Task Force 77
Hungnam
Navy
38Th Parallel
Marine Corsair
Walton Walk‘e
Sam Sims ‘Walker
MacArthur
Five Year Plan Outlines WV Road Improvements
The West Virginia Road Commission unveiled a five year plan for upgrading the primary highway system from 1951 to 1955. The total cost is projected at 322.3 million dollars with about 159.22 million available from road funds, leaving roughly 163 million to be raised by bonding. The program responds to traffic growth now surpassing forecasts, noting 450 thousand vehicles registered and most primary roads built in the 1930s.
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Charleston
Road Commission
West Virginia
Com
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Commission
Doctors Hopeful Of Saving Hands Feet Of Soldier
Army doctors treat Private Hubert Reeves, 19, near-frozen in North Korea. Bare hands and feet blackened, he faced possible amputation as medics at Percy Jones hospital work to save his extremities after brutal exposure and battles around Inchon Changjin reservoir. The AP dispatch from Tokyo traces his harrowing ordeal and transport to U.S. care.
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Korea
Battle Creek
Mich
Hubert Reeves
North Korea
Percy Jones Hospital
Associated Press
Tokyo
Reeves
United States
Inchon
Penin‘uilo
Changjin Reservoir
Local offices close for New Year holiday period
The Selective Service office and West Virginia State Employment Office close this evening and reopen Tuesday morning for the New Year holiday. All other local government offices observe the same period. Mrs Harold Weekly, draft board clerk, expects another draft call over the weekend but has no details on how it will be announced.
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Selective Service
West Virinia
Harold Weekly
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