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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1950
Page
6
In Washington at Walter Reed hospital, Mrs. Clara Smith connected with her son, the first Korean War quadruple amputee, during a wartime reunion described as emotional and historic.
Pfc. Robert L. Smith, 20, the first quadruple amputee from frostbite in the Korean War, arrived in Washington from Japan with both hands and both feet amputated below the knees. He spoke by phone to his widowed mother in Pennsylvania on Christmas Eve, and plans include artificial limbs with the American Legion funding his care.
Graf ton Sentinel will publish tomorrow the annual First Baby Contest sponsored by Barton's store. J R Barton states twins receive two layettes and mid night Sunday start. The first baby born in Taylor county in 1951 will receive gifts from Barton's.
The army grows from 10 to 11 regular divisions plus four National Guard divisions and two guard regimental combat teams called into federal service. Two more guard divisions go active next month, with another regular armored division planned in spring. Draft quotas for March likely to be notified, and January 15 set for registration of 210,000 doctors, dentists and veterinarians under 50.
The first priority group likely to be called up within six months includes PUS Cass Pins injured Boiver among the ranked personnel. Those in Class Two are expected to be needed soon, reflecting rising mobilization needs and administrative urgency.
At Barboursville State Hospital the superintendent faces a report while Young Hewlett, convicted of first degree murder in Huntington, could face execution if the conviction remains. The case unfolds as a Logan holdup involving youths is probed and a new civil defense oversight idea is floated in Congress.
Captain Walker, a 24th Division company commander, faced news of his father’s death in a jeep accident on the way to the Korean front. General Walker’s body will be flown from Japan to the United States tomorrow for burial at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington.
A fragment notes discussion of the nation s radar warning system and a 24 hour standby alert of jet fighter planes on the West Coast. It cites Caldwell acknowledging some enemy planes might slip through and mentions Democratic Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota.
In a retrospective, the article praises General George C. Marshall for his WWII leadership and postwar roles. It notes his five star career, the Marshall Plan, and his later positions as secretary of state and defense. It questions whether the war's victory fully settled challenges, while highlighting his continued sense of duty at seventy.
Crop totals for corn wheat oats and buckwheat declined by 618. Rye sorghum soybeans and tokyea acreage in West Virginia stayed largely the same as 1949. In Huntington Judge H Clay Ward will hear a case involving Mrs. Stock and James W from Mount Hope over trust and grants. Comstock was convicted on November 7 of involuntary manslaughter in a patient death.
The commission notes that five feet is too narrow to safely carry modern traffic and cites bumper to bumper jams on mountain grades when a heavy vehicle leads uphill, calling for a wider roadway to prevent bottlenecks and improve safety.
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