College Workshop Heads to Monongahela Valley
A group of 30 teachers from Teachers College of Columbia University arrives Friday in Grattan for a two day field program on electric power. They will visit Tygart Dam Lake Ridle Law farm and Owings Mine 32 then tour Rivesville Lake Lynn Dam and Cooper’s Rock before returning to Morgantown for lunch and to New York. The study is led by Dr Hubert M Evans and includes participants from 19 states.
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Coombia University
Monongahela Valley
Teachers College of Columbia
Gratton
Monongahele Power Company
Tygart Dam
Ridle- Law
U.S. 250
Jackson's Mill
Owings Mine No. 32
Hd Consolidation Coal Company
W. L. Doolittle
Owings
Rivesville
Little Indian Creek
Arkwright
Morgantown
University
Lake Lynn
Cooper's Rock
New York
Terra Alta
Hubert M. Evans
Teachers College
Reds Press Near Front in Korea As Prisoner Murders Reported
Front dispatches describe Chinchon burning after air raids 20 miles north of the battlefield as Yak fighters engage Allied planes. In Tokyo, General MacArthur reports four American POWs murdered by North Korean captors and 18 more killed or shot. Senate reaction grows as calls for larger ground forces come from abroad.
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Chinchon
Battefield
Tokyo
MacArthur
Heath
Fighion
United Nations
Korea
Millard Tydings
Senate Armed Servce Committee
Saic Nly Amall
Protests Grow Over Reports of Prisoner Atrocities
Republican Senator Styles Bridges condemns reports of barbaric shootings of American prisoners in Korea. He argues such acts undermine claims that Korean and Chinese communists are mere reformers and urges a strong protest against Red atrocities.
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Korea
Styles ‘Bridges
Pentagon predicts extended Korea war with Chinese involvement
Pentagon sources say the Korea conflict may drag into weeks and potentially widen if Chinese and Chinese allied forces enter. Officials describe deliberate air and artillery offensives, tougher Korean defenders, and longer supply lines from Japan and the Pacific. Reinforcements surge as 300 Marines reassigned near San Francisco, the first Marine air wing sails to Korea, and B-29s return from mothballs. Navy moves tighten censorship as two escort carriers depart for the Far East.
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Pentagon
Korea
Stalingrad
Japan
Pacific
Defense Department
National Guard
Navy
San Francisco Bay Area
Marine
Marine Exchange
52Nd
Air Force Base
Spokane
Washington
Hawaii
Far East
Marine Air Wing
W. H. Gordon
Douglas Aircraft, Company
Long Beach
California
West Coast Mothball Ships Face Korea War Move
Rumors grow in San Francisco that about 15 freighters will be pulled from mothball fleets to move a division to Korea. The Military Sealift and Air Force plan to deploy cargo ships and spare civilian airliners. Post Office suspends civilian mail to Korea, military posts handle combat letters. Congress passes bill to extend tree mailing privileges to military personnel in the Korea theater.
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San Francisco
Trimsport
Vice
Korea
Air Force
Post Office Department
Congress
White House
Korea Theater
New Weapon Tests From White Sands Mark Supersonic Ground Guided Missile
A slim 45 foot long cylindrical missile was launched from White Sands New Mexico and flew 50 miles high. It is described as an American designed and built guided ground launched test vehicle, not a weapon, intended as a high speed laboratory for testing new supersonic theories. The test hints at future weapon potential in defense research.
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New Mexico
Oldsmobile
Pan-American
Monsignor Byrne Missing Amid Korean Front Crisis
Vatican reports no word from Monsignor Patrick James Byrne of Washington, DC, apostolic delegate in Korea, since North Korean forces invaded South Korea. The 72 year old cleric was last heard from in a region then overrun by Communist troops.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Patrick James Byrne
Washington, D. C
South Korea
Monsignor
Byrne
Korea
Vatican Seurces
Navajoes Seek Justice Over Southwest Homeland Loss
The Navajo Nation filed a petition with the Indian Claims Commission in Washington alleging the loss of about half of their ancient homeland in the southwest and accusing the U S government of treaty breaches. The action, aimed at securing redress, centers on historic displacement and broken commitments.
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Washington
The
Indian Claims Commission
Southwest
Fragmented Note on Hunting Glare and Imagery
A rough, fragmented line ponders hunting gear and moments of triumph. It mentions a hunter, a glow or exaltation, leaping steps, bullets, and photographing a baby deer, all in a single cryptic stream.
Government talks with Russia on Korean fighting endgame
The American government closely follows British discussions with Russia on ending the Korean conflict. Little information has emerged from the State Department. Secretary of State Dean Acheson is holding a news conference this morning that may yield details.
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Russia
Dave
Tvs
Kremlin
Miner Charged In With Slaying
BECKLEY A trial in a high profile Beckley case features Estil Hall a 35 year old Eccles miner charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his wife Hilda on March 18 Hall admits the killing saying he found her with another man He claims he drank and lost his mind The state seeks a first degree murder verdict asserting intent to marry a 19 year old girl The jury is expected to hear today
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Beckley
Estil Hall
Eccles
Hilda
Hall
Hunters and deer turning on the farm yields and a war scene
The fragment recalls hunting lore about deer and fawns and a farm setting, then shifts to a wartime account with Private Freddy Pickens of Columbus and Private Robert Reen of Michigan City describing a fierce assault by Nordes of Cabinet soldiers as Americans retreat under heavy fire and losses.
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Freddy Pickens
Columbus
Knecke
Robert Reen
Michigan City
Indiana
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Indo-China
International Soundphoto
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Annie Get Your Gun
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