West Virginia electors name Stevenson in 1948 vote
Eight WV electoral voters gathered in Gov Patteson’s office cast their ballots for Adlai E. Stevenson and John Sparkman, with Joe L. Smith of Beckley formally placing Stevenson in nomination. The meeting approved the ticket unanimously and sent sealed ballots to officials.
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Charleston
U —West Virginia
Fanny Field
Walter V. Ross
Bluefield
Stevenson-Sparkman
West Virginia
Fred C. McMullen
Moundsville
Don Marchand
Morgantown
Dr. G. Steel Callison
Oak Hill
John F. Throckmorton
Parkersburg
Mary Gee Carper
Mass breakout prevented by allied gunfire on Pongam Island
Allied guards killed 82 mutinous Communist prisoners and wounded 120 on Pongam Island as about 3,600 internees staged a mass breakout attempt. Col. Cadwell praised Lt. Col. Miller for restraint while U N troops fired warning shots and used force to halt the riot. Several prisoners were evacuated to Koje Island hospital.
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Sam Summerlin
Pusan
Korea
Pongam Island
Allied
Prisoner of War Command
Co. V. Cadwell
Pongam
Koje Island
George P. Miller
Miller
U. N
Cadwell
Koje
U. S
Mark Clark
Far East
State Court to Review Ruling on Diesel Motor
The West Virginia Supreme Court agreed to review a Kanawha County ruling banning Diesel mine locomotives in coal mines. Pond Creek Pocahontas Co. and National Mine Service Co. appealing, arguing the law conflicts with health and safety aims. The appellate court voted 4-0 to take up the case.
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West Virginia Supreme Court
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Pond Creek Pocahontas Co
National Mine Service Co
National Mine Service
Mabscott
Pond Creek Pocahontas
WL Ll
ACN
J. Amiexander
State Mines Department
Pond Creek
McDowell County
Kanawha Circuit Court
Alexander
Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning
Holiday Vacation Schedule Set for Schools and Offices
Beckley area schools and offices announce Christmas vacation starting December 19. About 24 000 county students will not return until January 5. Beckley College and city offices will also close around Christmas with varying early closures and a year end meeting. Collaborative schedules include courthouse boards and county offices closing December 24 at 3 p.m. and reopening December 29, while city offices close December 24 at noon and reopen December 6.
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Beckley College
Raleigh
D. W. Bryson
Board of Education
Municpal
Thomas‘’E. Bazzarre
City Recorder
Harry Anderson
Court House
Driving Perilous On Few Highways
West Virginia reports new snow ranging from flurries to heavy bands with ice and hazardous stretches. Chains recommended on U S 119 between Gratton and Morgantown and U S 60 across Gauley and Sewell Mountains. County roads in Preston opened while some secondary routes drifted impassable.
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Charleston
Lewisburg
West Virginia
Road Commission
Bureau of Highway Information
U. S. 119
Gratton
Morgantown
W. Va
Cooper’s Rock
Webster County
Gauley and
Sewell Mountains
Fayette County
Preston
Bureau
Webster
Pocahontas
Tucker
Randolph
Lewis
Upshur
Barbour
Bluefield
Princeton
Eisenhower Signals Positive Korea Peace Programs
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to New York outlining planned positive programs to speed a satisfactory Korean peace. He cautions no simple solution exists and urges patience foresight and common sense as he plans meetings with Gen. Douglas MacArthur to discuss a potential future approach.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
LaGuardia Field
Huntington Woman Killed In Weekend Auto Crash
Miss Eloise Thompson, 24, of South Point Ohio, died in a Huntington hospital yesterday from chest injuries after a car she rode in lost control on Route 52 in Wayne County Saturday night.
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Huntington
Miss Ruth
Eloise Thompson
South Point
Wayne County
Weather Summary: Snow Flurries and Variable Temps
Weather notes show snow flurries this afternoon and tonight with a low around 15 to 20 degrees. Tuesday looks partly cloudy and slightly warmer with a daytime high near 24. Prior highs reached 27 and lows around 15. total snowfall and ground snow depth are listed for Oak Hill and Glade Creek, while river and reservoir stages at Greenbrier and Bluestone show above normal or normal levels with mud.
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Oak Hill
Feee
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Pie Man Missing In Action From Sophia Delivery Route
Clovis Delp of Phillips, a delivery worker for Dallas Thomas’s Pastry Shop in Sophia, has vanished with the shop’s Willys Station Wagon full of pies pastries and bread. He disappeared Saturday along with twenty dollars in cash. police seek the missing truck bearing license B37160 and the route to Stotesbury.
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Sophia
Simon
Clovis Delp
Phillips
Dallas Thomas
Stotesbury
Thomas
Delp
Willys
UMW Chief Sends Cash To Support Jap Strike
John L Lewis sent a 10000 check to Japan's Federation of Coal Miners Unions as a 60 day nationwide strike continued. Akira Tanaka announced receipt as Japan faced a government call for a 50 day suspension. Dick Deverall of the AFL bureau in Japan reported urging Lewis to aid strikers after reviewing mining in Hokkaido. The Asahi hinted miners may ignore the suspension order.
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Tokyo
John L. Lewis
Japan
Federation of Coal Miners
Akira Tanaka
United Mine
Workers of America
Dick Deverall
American Federation of Labor Bureau
Associated Press
Lewis
Hokkaido
Recreation Board Meet on Ridge Playground Objections
Beckley Recreation Commission convenes at 6 30 p m in the Recreation Building to review the Ridge Playground proposal amid objections from neighboring property owners.
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Beckley’s Recreation Commission
Christmas postmark mix up in Clarksburg lore
West Virginia briefs report Joseph M. Low a Hope Natural Gas official sent Christmas cards to the postmaster for Jolo McDowell County to mail in time. He explained the sign off as to Lo personal notes. Also listed are a Kentuck Farm death and a Logan traffic fatality involving Ralph Flannery.
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Clarksburg
Los
Jolo
Joseph M. Low
Hope Natural Gas Co
McDowell County
Low
125 Jurors Listed for January Raleigh County Court
A panel of 125 grand and petit jurors was drawn for the January term by Jury Commissioners Lucian H. Davis and Aubrey O. Smith. Judge H. L. McCreery ordered the count to ensure enough jurors. Petit jurors report January 19, grand jury day January 12, with docket planning on January 14 by defense and prosecuting attorneys Anthony Sparacino and Roy Cunningham.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Lucian H. Davis
Aubrey O. Smith
H. L. McCreery
Anthony J. Sparacino
Roy Cunningham
Death Pond Erased by Angered Levittown Parents
Levittown residents armed with shovels and borrowed bulldozers cleared a 14 foot deep rain water pit near Hicksville after a deadly landslide and a drowning raised fears for children. Firefighters and onlookers aided as workers completed the removal just after midnight.
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Levittown
Long Island
Hicksville
N. Y
Man Fined For Drunk Driving In Harper
Ernest Elwood Foster appeared before Magistrate J P Meadows on a Dry Hill arrest for driving while intoxicated. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs and ordered to forfeit his operator's permit.
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Harper
J.P. Meadows
Ernest Elwood Foster
Dry Hill
Meadows
Truman warns liberty at risk from Reds and mind control
President Truman cautions that freedom faces danger not only from Communism but from efforts to regulate thoughts and beliefs. He spoke at a shrine dedication in the National Archives for the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, stressing vigilance without sacrificing civil liberties.
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D. Harold Oliver
Washington
Truman
National Archives
Library of Congress
Grommet Reefer Breaks in Half Off Leghorn Harbor
In Leghorn Italy the 3300 ton U S Navy refrigerator ship Grommet Reefer split on rocks with 40 crew aboard. The first engineer Carl F Trendler from Belleaire New York reached shore by breeches buoy and said all hands were uninjured. The stern section remained jammed on rocks while the bow drifted and struck nearby.
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Leghorn
Italy
Leghorn Harbor
Carl F. Treudler
Belleaire
XN. Y
Treudler
Carl F. Trendler
N. Y
Brave airman disarms bomb saving B 29 crew
Tokyo reports Airman First Class Ernest P. Goors crawled into a freezing bomb bay and defused a live 100-pound bomb fuse in eight seconds as the B 29 from North Korea mission neared Okinawa. His quick action prevented catastrophe for a 13 man crew.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Okinawa
North Korea
Ernest P. Goors
Glassport
Gooris
Pact Hopes Fade As Chinese Denounce UN Peace Plan
China rejected the U N peace appeal based on India's plan to exchange prisoners of war. Chou En Lai called the General Assembly resolution illegal and unfair, demanding resumption of truce talks at Panmunjom along lines urged by Vishinsky. Talks have been stalled since October.
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Tokyo
Red
China Today
Korea
United Nations
India
Peiping
Chou En-lai
U. N. General Assembly
U. S
Panmunjom
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Chou
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
U. N. Assembly
Pearson
U. N
Poland
Czecholvakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Christmas tree industry calls mistake glorious
The piece notes that the Christmas tree is considered a glorious mistake by children and industry alike, with about 32 million trees sold for around 50 million dollars this year. It traces origins to pagan practices and Boniface replacing Odin’s oak with evergreens, and explains year round production in Canada and northern U S states with winter storage of trees.
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Herb Altschull
Washington
National Geographic Society
Gregory I
Boniface
England
Teutons
New World
Canada
United States
Snow and Storm Toll Tops Twenty Two Deaths
Sub freezing weather gripped the South while the Northeast endured heavy snow and rain into Canada leaving 22 deaths and disrupted communications. Gordonsville Virginia reported 10 above zero as Pensacola Florida hit 27 with warmer readings elsewhere in the state. Snow flurries surprised three Florida towns Sunday. In the Northeast weekend storms affected New England and Buffalo area.
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Canada
Gordonsville
Pensacola
Fla
Florida
New England
Buffalo
N. Y
Hong Kong
Father Si
Daniel
Colombia
South Tion
Communications
America
Father Daniel
Reds
Peace Warrant Hearing for Lonzo Debaco Scheduled
A hearing on a peace warrant charge against Lonzo Debaco of Hot Coal set for 5 p.m. today in Magistrate J. E. Mays court. Debaco remains in jail under $500 bond after being jailed Saturday on a charge filed by Roscoe Bradley of Beckley.
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Lonzo Debaco
J. E. Mays
Debaco
Tibery
Roscoe Bradley
Lot Beckley
Chinese Reds Attack Triangle Hill Front Strongholds
Chinese forces struck in rain and snow at three heights along the Central Korean Front. They overran two SK outposts, but RO K counterattacks recaptured the larger one. The fiercest fighting occurred on Triangle Hill southeastern slopes with about 80 Reds in padded uniforms advancing at night.
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Seoul
Hil
Rocky Point
Triangle Hill
Republic of Korea
Roks
Pinpoint Hill
Sniper Ridge
Eighth ‘Army
Big
Little Nori
New County Officials Take Oaths Tomorrow
Raleigh County officials elected in November will be sworn in January. County Clerk Harry Anderson will administer the oath at 10 30 in the County Court room. The ceremonies are public and coincide with the regular County Court day.
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Raleigh
Harry Anderson
Anderson
Ninety Year Old Mrs Berrett Baptised at Ipswich
In Ipswich England ninety year old Mrs Kate Berrett bravely entered a pool and was baptised by Rev George Bird of Bethesda Baptist Church after expressing a lifelong wish to be baptised. The ceremony occurred last night followed by tea.
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Ipswich
Egland
Kate Berrett
George Bird
Bethesda Baptist Church
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E. A. Cook
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Basil Dodd
Coal City
Wirt Cook
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