Battle over new road to Taegu rages in Korean hills
In the central Korean mountains near Taegu Allied South Koreans battled Reds for a key road 12 to 25 miles north and east of Taegu. The fight spread from Kumwha to Chongno with heavy artillery and air support. US and British ships attacked harbor targets while Inchon commandos hit supply dumps.
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Tokyo
Taegu
Yongchon
Kumwha
Kumsuha
Chinju
Chongno
Taegu Suse PA
Yong-drive
Surdok
Kigye
Pohang Port
Hunghae
Paehang
Stan Swinton
U. S
Tundok
Tom Lambert
Songjin
Pohang
Inchon
Centennial Visiting Bands On Weeklong Schedule
Centennial lists visiting bands for a weeklong program from Aug 27 to Sept 2 with Woodrow Wilson High School as host each day. C D Munson chairs band recruitment. G C Hedrick heads hospitality asking restaurants to provide space. Day by day lineups include WWHS, Princeton, Mark Twain, Stratton, Byrd Prillferman, Stace, Trap Hill, Pineville, Mt. Hope, Shads Spring, Mullens, Sophia, Hinton and others.
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Raleigh County Centennial
Harold Lambert
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. D. Munson
G. C. Hedrick
Centennial Hospitality Committee
Princeton High School
First Baptist Church
Queen's Escort
WWHS
Park Avenue
Stratton High Seka
Mark Twain
Marsh Fork
Heber Street
Byrd Prilferman
Stace
Brothers of the Brush
Trap Hill
Pineville
Admiral Nimitz
Stratton High School
West Virginia Weather Forecast August 26–30
Extended forecast shows scattered showers on Saturday and Sunday and possibly Wednesday with totals of half to one inch. Warm days through Sunday, cooler Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures near normal to three degrees above, with normals 70 in the north and 71 in the south for the period. Rivers at Bellepoint and Greenbrier report normal stages and clear conditions.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Explosion and Fire Destroy Limestone Presbyterian Church
A muffled explosion destroyed the Limestone Presbyterian Church near Moundsville. Fire Chief Bose said only the front and rear walls remained of the 80 year old brick building after flames ran out of control. A nearby resident reported an unlit car entered the church yard about 15 minutes before the blast.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
Limestone Presbyterian
EF. C. Bose
Ss. M. Koontz
Rose
Bose
C. 4. Raper
Charleston
Sattler Favors Wage Hour Law for Women
West Virginia labor officials backed a wage and hour bill for women at the AFL convention in Clarksburg. State Labor Commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler urged revision and strengthening of labor laws, including child labor and weights and measures, as the three day meeting continued.
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Asoc En Bress
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Charles J. F. Sattler
West Virginia State Federation of Labor
AFL
Sattler
Labor Department
Battle fears over Formosa invasion and UN debate
Weather and strategic analyses weigh against a Chinese invasion of Formosa while U N security council discussions loom. U S naval strength in the Far East grows as Typhoon season nears and diplomacy pivots on Chou En lai and Malik amid Korea tensions.
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Elton C. Fayp
Washington
Formosa
Radio Peiping
Chou En-lai
Korea
State Department
U.N
South Korea
China
Okinawa
United States
Fan P
RED Cmia
Malik
Genera Trygve Lie
Seventh Fleet
Truman
Chiang Kai-shek
Chau
Lake Success
Canton
Britain
Hong Kong
Peiping
Arms chiefs say morale is high in Korean War
Army chief of staff General J Lawton Collins and Navy chief Admiral Forrest Sherman returned from a visit to the Korean front reporting an offensive spirit and optimism among American forces. They met with General MacArthur in the Far East and toured the war front and naval ships.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
Navy
J. Lawton Collins
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Far East
Gen. MacArthur
Sherman
Air Force
Collins
MacArthur
Soviets Seize 30 Tons of U.S. Molybdenum Via Britain
The Commerce Department says Russia now holds 30 tons of U.S. produced molybdenum after a shipment to Britain. The metal was transferred in a British port to the Russian ship Belostrrov on July 1 before customs clearance, halting further shipments. The British firm involved was not named.
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Associated Press
Washington
Russia
Commerce Department
Britain
U.S
London
Belonstrov
Glass Workers Plan Labor Day Strike Across States
A union spokesman said nine thousand glass workers in West Virginia Pennsylvania New Jersey Indiana Ohio and scattered points may walk out on Labor Day after wage negotiations collapsed. The strike would be the first major action in the glass industry in over 50 years.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jerersey
Indiana
Ohio
Greetings for 50,000 Planned in November
Washington reports a planned November call for more than 90,000 draftees as part of the Army manpower buildup. With Korea unresolved and a larger U S force in Germany under review, the action is expected to be a major step in expansion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
West Virginia Briefs Cover Coffee Bill and Army Callups
Federal legislation proposes expanding coffee research stations to improve disease resistance yields and local adaptation. A U S coal mine in Gary evacuated 700 workers after an underground fire. The Army announces a new large call for enlisted reservists, totaling 109 000, with age limits 19 to 35 and priority based on dependents and skills. Marshall College and Fisk University linked summer graduations and West Union High School saw a new principal appointed. The final reservist group will include those with less than one year active duty drawn nationwide.
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Gary
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Army
National Guard
Peine
Safety Master Plan Aims to Cut Holiday Traffic Deaths
The National Safety Council notes Massachusetts and Connecticut reduced holiday traffic deaths during a July 4 weekend and plans to repeat the effort for Labor Day. The plan hinges on education, engineering, and enforcement with preholiday warnings, vehicle checks, and heightened police scrutiny.
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Associated Press
Boston
Massachusetts
Connecticut
National Safety Councill
Michigan
Texas
New York
South Carolina
Arizona
Colorado
Delaware
Maine
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Wyoming
Wilbur L. Cross
William M. Greene
Myer
State Registry of Motor Vehicles
Poliomyelitis Cases Slow as Peak Near, PHS Reports
The Public Health Service says poliomyelitis spread is slowing and may be near this year's peak. In the past week 1,489 new cases were listed, up 3 percent from the prior week, the smallest weekly increase since the May 27 uptick began.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Public Health Service
Pennsylvania Mines Safest in Nation Honored at Somerset
Richard Maize state secretary of mines accepted the Joseph A Holmes Safety Association award at a Somerset County Courthouse ceremony. Mine company heads state and federal officials and United Mine Workers leaders attended the event recognizing Pennsylvania for coal mine safety last year.
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Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Somerset
State of
Richard Maize
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Somerset County
United Mine Work ‘Ers
Union Leaders Deny Official Double Cross
The White House planned a 3 p.m. statement on the threatened nationwide railroad strike as President Truman weighs seizure of railroads. Union leaders deny pledges were broken despite a last minute walkout call by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors. The telegram from W P Kennedy and R O Hughes defends their position after Steelman led talks.
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Associated Press
Wallington
Truman
Wight
Washington
White House
Doctor Steelman
W. P. Kennedy
R. O. Hughes
John R. Steelman
Area Rails Make No Strike Plans
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Railways did not prepare for a nationwide strike of trainmen and conductors. A Virginian official said the road did not expect the strike to materialize and that something may cause it to be called off. If it did occur, no trains would run and the number of affected workers could not be estimated due to required notices.
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Chesapeake and Ohio and
Virginian Railways
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Olive Branch Won't Silence GOP Critics of UN Policy
Senate Republicans, led by Knowland and Wherry, say Lodge's U N appointment won't mute their critique of administration Far Eastern policy. They argue Republicans were not consulted on key decisions and demand accountability from Secretary Acheson.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
GOP
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
U.S
United Nations
Knowland
California
Lodge
Far East
Wherry
Nebraska
State Acheson
White House
British Infantry Group Sets Sail for Korea Action
Fifteen hundred British infantrymen from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Middlesex Regiments boarded the aircraft carrier Uniform and cruiser Ceylon in Hong Kong for a U N forces deployment to Korea. Malcolm MacDonald warned they would face North Korean foes aided by Russian weapons and tactics. The mission, kept secret, is a three day, 1500 mile voyage under normal conditions.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
United Nations
Korea
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Middlesex
Ceylon
Malcolm MacDonald
Southeast Asia
Asia
Europe
Great Britain
Gong
Reds Hero Cheetham Fights Koreans Amid Recount
U S Army private John B Cheetham of the 25th Division said he learned to shoot while hunting squirrels near Doerun Georgia. After a recent battle 55 North Koreans lay dead or wounded around his position as he fired his automatic weapon. He commented that enemies kept coming and he kept shooting.
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U.S
Korea
John B. Cheetham
Woodlands
Doerun
Cheetham
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