Baruch Urges U.N. Commission to Approve Atom Plan
Bernard M. Baruch urged the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission to approve the U.S. plan for harnessing the atom for peace. He told the full meeting that the question had been debated long enough and that action should come now.
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Associated Press
Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Great Britain
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Bernard M. Baruch
Commission
Baruch
The
Atomic Energy Commission
United Nations Security Council
United Nations General Assembly
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Britain
James F. Byrnes
Assembly
Byrnes
United Nations
Atomic Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Security Council
Bilbo Hearing Mississippi Law Spurs Slush Fund Claims
A Mississippi campaign finance discussion unfolds as Senator Bilbo’s attorney Forest Jackson asserts hundreds of thousands can be spent on campaigns under a state act. He says informal groups are exempt and only main committees must report expenses, prompting questions from Senator Ferguson about unreported sums.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
Mississippi
Forest Jackson
Ferguson
R-Mich
Ross Collins
Collins
Jackson
Verdict Set Aside In Brawley Assault Case
The Supreme Court set aside a 3001 verdict against Kanawha County Sheriff D Earl Brawley for an assault on Charleston Gazette reporter Baird Ennis at the courthouse on June 20 1945 The court held exemplary damages require more than nominal damages and that criminal law should punish only if injuries are shown The ruling notes the attack occurred in the presence of County Court President Mont Cavender and others.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Kanawha County
D. Earl Brawley
Baird F. Ennis
Charleston Gazette
Brawley
Ennis
Mont Cavender
J. N. Kenna
Raleigh Court Rulings Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirms Raleigh County court as a court of record and rules that judgments must reflect the record. It upholds a $300 final judgment in companion suits involving G. A. Watkins, M. W. Powers, C. D. Trent Undertaking, and Ash Mankin, administrator for Willie Lowe, with continuance issues noted as lacking explicit reasons.
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Supreme Court
Raleigh
Circuit Court
Frank C. Haymond
G. A. Watkins
M. W. Powers
C. D. Trent
C.D. Trent Undertaking Company
Ash Mankin
Willie Lowe
Powers and Watkins
Trent and
Mankin
William P. Burkes
Trent
Agriculture Men See Lower Prices For Food
The Agriculture Department expects food prices, now at record highs, to ease somewhat in three to six months. Meat prices may fall little through winter. in spring pork and lamb could rise while beef costs, especially better grades, may decline.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Unified Pacific Command After Navy Army Rift Ends
President Truman announced a revised unified command for all forces abroad in the Pacific. The arrangement places naval operational control in Hawaii and limits General MacArthur's army command in the Central Pacific, resolving long standing friction between services.
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Army
Navy
Associated Press
Honolulu
Truman
Pacific
Middle Pacific
Pacific Fleet
Hawaii
General MacArthur
Central Pacific
Hawai
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Nimitz Lap
Seventh Fleet
Nimitz
Cape
Japan
Beckley Tests Zoning Law in Supreme Court Appeal
J Leonard Baer Beckley attorney today appealed to the Supreme Court to test Beckley zoning ordinance legality. He owns a vacant lot at South Kanawha and Beaver Avenue denied a permit for a food market. City Attorney W H File says the ordinance is legal under city charter.
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J. Leonard Baer
Beckley
Supreme Court
Planning and Zoning Commission
Baer
W. H. File
Soldier Cpl James Lewis Died In Belgium Truck Crash
The body of 19 year old Cpl James M Lewis of Princewick arrived in Brooklyn and was taken to Coffey funeral home. He died November 9 from a skull fracture suffered in an accident in Belgium while serving in a tank division. Burial will be at Coal City cemetery. he had served 13 months. accompanying was T 5 Ivan Raybuck. His father Rev Alten Lewis said he was performing duties transporting released prisoners of war when the crash occurred. Funeral arrangements pending.
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James M .Lewis
Princewick
Belgium
Prince
Caffee
Brooklyn
Iwan Raybuck
Cpl. Lewis
Alten Lewis
War Department
Coal City
Cpl
Housing Control Shake Sparks Veteran Housing Debate
Washington officials brace for clash over Truman’s revamped home building program as critics claim incentives to spur rental housing are a fraud for political ends. Long, Watt and CIO officials challenge the plan while industry figures tout rapid construction as the path to ending the housing shortage.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Frank R. Creedon
National
Raymond M. Foley
National Housing Agency
CIO
Long
Watt
Housing Agency
Creedon
Foley
Court Ruling Opens Door to Challenging Divorces
West Virginians face possible voiding of many divorce decrees after Circuit Judge John W. Hereford ruled that divorces granted before the required one month wait after filing are invalid. Vivian L Holliday’s case sparked warnings that remarried parties may still be legally married and face legal uncertainty awaiting further action.
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Lhe
Associated Press
Huntington
West
Thomas West
Hereford
Men Quit Mining For Army Duty in Columbus
Twelve area men left mining to enlist for army service at Fort Hayes Columbus after joining at Beckley Army Recruiting Station. Names include Claude Maynor Jr of Alapoca Ansted miner Frank Mason Lilly Ray Skaggs Carl Lykens Jr Emmett Fastbridge Jr Joe Reid James Dinkler Robert Cree Mannie Griffith and others with assignments to 32nd airborne 82nd airborne engineers and navy service.
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Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Beckley Army
Claude Fred Maynor, Jr
Alapoca
Frank Mason Lilly
Ansted
82Nd Division
Bist Airborne
Ray Allen Skaggs
32Nd Field Artillery Brigade
32Nd Airborne Division
He Ives
Carl W. Lykens, Jr
East Beckley
Emmett Franklin Fastbridge, Jr
Bud
Navy
82Nd Airborne Group
Joe Bill Reid
Josie Reid
Affinity
Air Forces
James Cornwall Dinkler
Beckley
Robert Lee Cree
Engineers Corps
Mannie Randell Griffith
Shady Spring
Army Air Force
Mr Santa Claus Ready For Trip In Michigan
Albert Warnhoff, 37, known as Mr Santa Claus, will begin distributing 750 toys he crafted over the year. For 37 consecutive years he has given gifts to children in hospitals and institutions in the Ann Arbor area. Warnhoff, named Michigan's most prominent citizen by Gov. Harry F. Kelly last year, says making toys is his hobby and he will drive his four wheeled sleigh to deliver them.
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Associated Press
Ann Arbor
Mich
Santa Claus
Albert Warnhoff
Warnhoff
Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
Street Scene at Nimitz Parade Sparked by Shouts
A passerby shouts That’s my man during Admiral Nimitz’s procession in autos toward Nimitz West Virginia. A shopper remarks women are past horses any more as another shopper carries bundles along Main Street.
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Admiral Nimitz
Nimitz, W. Va
Kee Pushes New Flood Projects in Kanawha Valley
Rep Kee D Way announced plans to seek approval in the next Congress for three flood control dams on the Gauley River Greenbrier above Hinton and Elk River above Charleston, completing the valley's system with Bluestone nearly three quarters done. The Bluestone project cost about 14 million dollars, funded by a 5 million appropriation, and the three smaller dams will cost about the same total.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kee Dway
Congress
Kanawha Valley
Gauley River
Greenbrier
Hinton
Elk River
Charleston
Army Engineers
Kee
Bluestone
Greek Losses Reported as Border Battles Rage
The Bulgarian village of Ortakio across the Greek border was reported afire amid three battles near the Greek bulge with Turkey and Bulgaria. At least 33 guerrilla foes were killed, with reports of 20 killed near Trifyllion and clashes around Didimotikon and Soufor, while Greek army losses were not reported. Some insurgents were captured and said trained in a Yugoslav camp.
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Associated Press
Athens
Ortakio
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Trifyllion
Komolini
Didimotikon
Souphlr
Didimotikons
Orestias
Bulikes
Yugoslavia
Third Sentenced In Liquor Theft
Theodore Lillard 26 of Beckley received one to ten years in the state penitentiary at Moundsville after pleading guilty to breaking and entering the East Beckley liquor store robbery. He and two companions faced charges for stealing 37 cases of liquor valued at about 560 dollars on September 24 and were already under sentences of one to ten years. Judge W. A. L. Riffe delivered the punishments on December 5.
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Moundsville
Theodore Lillard
Ine
Murray St. Ane
Robert Milton Brown
Beckley
W. AL Riffe
Truman Okehs Plan and Home Merger Standstill
Washington reports the army and navy agree on a unified overseas command plan approved by President Truman while merger of home commands remains unsettled. House military committee urges permanent loyalty status for the national intelligence authority, proposing leadership by the three secretaries and a presidential appointee with congressional funding and full control.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
Priacy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pearl Harbor
Douglas MacAthur
Navy
Pacific
Northeast
House Military Committee
Truman
J Navy
Office of Naval Intelligence
State Department
Office of Strategic Services
Iommittee
State
War and Navy Departments
Commmittee
Congress
Weather Turns Cold as Snow Likely Across North
Overcast Beckley skies greeted a cold wave moving east with forecasters predicting colder weather tomorrow. Last night the Beckley low fell to 36 and rose only to 38 by morning amid a damp wind. 0.25 inches of rain fell in the past 24 hours.
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Beckley
Plains
Great Lake
Ohio
Mississippi
New England
Reold Belt
Teachers To Discuss Legislative Measures
A regional conference of county educational leaders will be held at Beckley Junior High School Thursday from 10 a m to 3 30 p m for a discussion of plans for the State Education Association's legislative action and other matters. The event is one of six conferences statewide this week with meetings scheduled in Clarksburg Charleston Huntington Romney and Wheeling. The gathering will include press and other officers of the Toronto Education Association school superintendents county leaders and principals and teachers. Chairmen of principal committees may join the delegation.
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Beckley
State Education Association
Clarksburg
Charleston
Huntington
Romney
Wheeling
FACIE
Region i
Toronty Education Association
Princels
Woman Appeals Raleigh County Court Verdict in Explosion Case
Mrs. Marie Stout of Arnett petitions the West Virginia Supreme Court to review a Raleigh County Circuit Court ruling that set aside a verdict against Fik Refining Company. She alleges severe burns from a vapor explosion at Lewis Term service station on October 7, year not specified, involving T. Carney.
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Marie Stout
Arnett
State Supreme Court
Raleigh
T Ne Fik Refining Company
Vandenberg Faces Showdown Over Two Senate Public Roles
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan signals a fight to hold two public posts in the incoming Republican Senate leadership while Senator Robertson opposes any senator with dual public offices. White and others may back Vandenberg, with a possible 30 million budget item for UN refugees looming as a priority. The charter requires 15 member nations to trigger operations.
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Washington
Vanvenberg
Senate
Robertson
R-Wye
Congress
Friends
Vandenberg
Michigan
White
Connally
Byrnes
Wilson
Langer
Van
Denberg
Senator White
Cheef
United States
International Refugees Organization
Teingee Organization
Weather outlook cooler with showers possible
Clearing and colder tonight with temperatures 15 to 20 degrees. Wednesday stays fair and cold. Extended outlook Dec 13 to 22 across Atlantic States with varied precipitation, likely light, mainly south portions. Beckley highs near 56, lows around 40s, little rain in 4 hours ending noon. Rivers Greenbrier and New River areas report low clear conditions.
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Fay
Atlantic States
Oecamore
Beckley
Toinch
Wes
Greenbrier
New
Belles ‘Point
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Mr. Santa Claus
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