Allied Counterattack Recaptures Wonju in Snow Battle
Allied forces led by American and French units drive into Wonju after two days of heavy fighting, pushing back Red Korean counterattacks. Second Division troops, with French support, cleared snowbound streets along the Chenchon highway and engaged near the road center. The push aims to disrupt the Communist drive and protect the Taejon Taegu corridor for UN withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Wonju
Chenchon
A. P
William Barnard
Chungju
South Korea
Naktong
Chongchon
United Nations
Barnard
Korea
Red
Taejon-Taegu
Eighth Army
Pusan
Beckley March of Dimes Drive Begins January 15
The 1951 Raleigh County March of Dimes kicks off Monday January 15 led by Mayor W A Burke as chair. No fixed goal is set though the drive aims to raise as much as possible to fund infantile paralysis care. Mrs John Ward chairs the women's division with local coordinators listed for each community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
W. A. Burke
Burke
Carl Price
John Ward
Killarney
Alex Oney
MacArthur
Leonard Arma Lanark
Harvey Bailey
Odd
Edward Wallace
Slab Fork
J. W. Foster
Sprague
Opal Brunk
Pemberton
H. R. Sawyers
Z. B. Zeigler
Ameagle
John Reulter
Blue Jay
E. J. Fourner
Colcord
Basha Hamilton
East
Faye Farler
Sopia
O. A. Phillins
Whitby
Paul Warden
Helen
L. B. McCormick
Beaver
Amos Beverly
Stanafords
W. B. Murray
Coal City
J. A. Houchins
Lillykrook
Roberta Keaton
Ghent
Joy Hale
Crab Orchard
A. J. Myers
Callaway Heights
Lawrence Hunt
Starr
Dre Creek
Joseph Bradford
Price Hill
N. E. Williams
Amnett
Tda M. Hari Daniel
Raleigh Wright
Daniels
Ethel Trail
Urv
Margaret Takach
Tams
Mary L. Williamson
R. J. Hoiware
Af Beckley
The
Beckley Womans Club
Virginia Weather Tonight Cold Thursday Rain Likely
Occasional rain expected in Virginia tonight with milder conditions and lows around 40. Temperatures fall Thursday afternoon into cooler, unsettled conditions as a cold front passes.
MacArthur Updates On Communist Forces In Korea
General MacArthur said a very large Communist force stretched 70 miles from Osan to Wonju capable of mounting a deep offensive. Eighth Army estimated 280000 troops along the line or in reserve. Reports said tanks moved into the Chechon area and prisoners claimed 1000 to 3000 Reds near Chechon as UN patrols heard tanks north of Chechon. Snow may have slowed the advance but buildup continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Osan
Wonju
Eighth Army
Osan-Wenju
A. P
John Randolph
Don Huth
Chechon
U.N
Red
Chungju
Yoju
U. N
Suwon
Taegu
Criminal Court Docket Set Trials Start January Term
Beckley attorneys met with Judge Harry L. McCreery to set the Raleigh County Criminal Court January term docket. Trials run from January 15 through December 23 with murder trial of Ira and Dorothy Edwards set for January 18 for the shotgun killing of Garfield Davis. Multiple defendants face charges including burglary, grand larceny, auto theft, breaking and entering, and drunken driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Harry L. McCreery
Raleigh County
Edwards
Elmer Potter
Franklin Bonds
Walter McCormick
Ber Jnard E. Kiblinger
J Stuart Cooper
Lewis Bell
James Anderson
Pauline Tanner Cline
Roscoe Waddell
Charles O. Griffith
Odell Blackstock
Charley Christian
Raymond Bolen
John Grubb
Virgil Grubb
Natale Gallo
Hoby Long
William F. Smith
Raymond Richardson
Denny Turner
Evelyn D. Washington
Solomon Tate
Gay Hendrick
Otis Harmon
Tom Brown
Charles Miller
Early Parker
Luther Pennington
Virgil Wown
Donald E. Swepston
Billy Anderson
William Cousins
Samuel P. Lilly
Percy L. Galloway, Jr
Ezra Hutchinson Lilly
Carson
C. A. Dri Meadows
Albert Tiano
John Scott
Ray McCray
Clarence E. Hill
Coleman Adkins
Robert Adkins
Kenneth Downey
Frankie Worix
Clay Pettry
Melvin Young
Kenneth Young
Gilbert Bell
Reeves Thompson
Alma Howard
Alma Foster
May Worley
Chester Perkins
Malon Welson
George W. Lambert
Hubert Sardenella
James Perdue
Mose Ramesh
Alex Michael
Leslie Anthony
Edgar
Chandler
James Earling
Amos
Ford
Lloyd Stone
Reuben Wakefield
Willie Sardenella
John Hill
Walter E. Stewart
Frank Brown
James J. Young
Robert E. Berger
L. E. Farley
F. R. Garrett
Clayton Mills
Connie Mack Miller
Leland Helmuth
Billy Sands
Wendletover
John Morton
Stover
McCreery
Ulysses Grant
Howard Siar
Albert Houseknecht
Bud T. Cochran
Charles Reedy
William Weeks
Virgil Walker
Edward Wall
Charles Tabor
Clarence Williams
D. H. Walton
Henry Spratley
James Cecil Young
George Hughes
John Layne
Clyde Davis
Robert Christopher Lilly
Harry James Fuller, Jr
Nick Bongalis
Wilbur Logan
A. E. Milsap
Ira Helm
Cecil Atkins
Norman Sloan
Proposed State Budget Ups Funds for Schools and Welfare
Raleigh County lawmakers back a separate judicial circuit and a four year medical school while debating funding for roads and veterans' bonuses. Key figures include Robert C. Byrd Roy Lee Harmon and Dean of the county lawmakers Everett Shafer plus H. P. Meadows. The plan raises state aid to schools and mental hospitals and outlines tax and surplus provisions for a two year period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stafford
Stuoni
Raleigh County
House of Delegates
Robert C. Byrd
Sophia
George J
U.M.W
Eugene Scott
Byrd
Morris Harvey College
Roy Lee Harmon
West Virginia
Everett Rav ‘Shafer
H. P. Meadows
Clarence Meadows
Raleigh County Bar Association
Meadows
Raleigh
Boone Counties
Meadows Yard
Fayette County
Harmon
Wyoming
Raleign Canty Squad
Shafer
Beckley
Associated Press
Charleston
Board of Public Works
Contest May enliven Legislature Opening
A contest of Rep. Raymond Humphries seat looms as West Virginia’s 50th Legislature convenes. Dorset Smith, former Democrat defeated by 32 votes, seeks to challenge. Supreme Court previously declined jurisdiction over the contest. Governor Patteson delays opening address. budget bill and organization of both houses on agenda. party caucuses finalize leadership and committee posts amid formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Garrett
Charleston
Del.Raymond V. Humphries
Putnam
Dorset F. Smith
Supreme Court
Smith
Patteson
Board of Public Works
Matewan
Underwood
J. C. ‘Powel
Pleasants
George Freneke
Ohio
E. Ray Reed
GOP
Stempie
Harry E. Moats
Ritchie
Theodore M. Bowers
Wetzel
State Farm Prices Up 12.2 Per Cent
A sharp advance in most farm prices from the November 15 level to December 15 was reported by the Federal State Crow Reporting Service. The mid-December index stood at 276 per cent of the 1910-14 base, with meat animals grains dairy fruits wool hay and eggs at higher levels than December 1949 while potatoes tobacco and chickens were lower. Meat animal prices were 395 per cent of the base, up from a month earlier and 19 per cent above the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sp Ont
Associated Press
Charleston
Crow Reporting Service
Hinton High Closed By Ten Thousand Flames
Fire at Hinton High School caused about 10000 dollars in damage, closing classes until Monday. About 1000 students were evacuated safely as the blaze spread through the basement to the athletic storage and typing room. an electrician reported prior troubles in the fan room where the fire likely started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wii
Hinton
Hinton High School
Honor
Sinclair Lewis Dies in Rome First American Nobel Laureate
Sinclair Lewis, renowned critic of American life and author of Main Street and Babbitt, died in Rome at the Villa Electra Clinic after bronchial pneumonia and heart inflammation. He was 65 or 66 and had recently returned to Italy, where he planned a novel project titled Courage. He won the Nobel Prize in 1930 for Babbitt and had refused the Pulitzer earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Sinclair Lewis
Villa Electra Clinic
George Babbitt
Lewis
Babbit
Dorothy Thompson
Italy
United States
Florence
Alexander Manson
Sauk Center
Minna
Studave
Main Street
Babbitt
Grace Livingstone Hegeer
Miss Thompson
Also Mentioned on This Page
UN Drive
March of Dimes Drive
North Korea
Mite
Elmer W. Potter
Frances Meadows
Stewart T. Cooper
Charles Spence
Lucian D. Rutledge
Harold Nichols
Elwood Sadler
Cecil Jarrell
William Ray Jennings
Lewis Fox
Calvin Logan
William E. Flannery
Logan
D. Earl Brawley
Flannery
House
Brawley
Conservation Commission
Atache Granville Bennett
Becking
Burian Brooks
Beck
James H. Rowland
Senate
West Virginia Education Association
West Virginia University
Hinton High
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!