Army Chiefs Back U.S. Resolve in Korea Visit to Truman
Army Chief Collins and Air Force Chief Vandenberg praised American troops in Korea and predicted the situation could be stabilized soon with allied cooperation. They disputed reports of morale problems and described advances in anti tank weapons and new F 80 adjustments. They noted limited tank sizes and cast doubt on reports of very heavy North Korean tanks.
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Truman
Far Pacific
Collins
United States
U.S
Vandenberg
Air Force
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Mr. Truman
Army
Navy
Pentagon
North Korean push repulsed as Taejon bridgehead holds
U S infantry backed by continuous bombing checked North Korean advances across the Kum River near Taejon. Reports say the Communists built a bridgehead south of the Kum and attacked from multiple fronts while U S and Allied air power struck tar gets and destroyed several tanks and armored vehicles.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
U.S
Kum River
Taejon
Kum
U. S. Eighth Army
Loverrun
William R. Moore
Moore
U. S
Governor names health planning committee head
Governor Pat Teson selected W. J. Scarborough president of West Virginia Wesleyan College to lead a new West Virginia Citizens' Health Planning Committee. The panel emerged from a December 1949 meeting arranged by Dr. Scarborough and Dr. Richard Smith to improve health conditions with members including Dr. Deane F. Brooke C. R. Stash Essie Bailey George Bryson and about 20 other business and professional representatives.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Patteson
W. J. Scarpborough
West Virginia Wesleyan College
West Virginia
Citizens
Scarborough
Richard Smith
Morgantown
Deane F. Brooke
Beckley
United Mine Workers
C. R. Stash
Mount Hope
Essie F. Bailey
Princeton
George Bryson
Welch
Weather Update for Virginia and Beckley Area
Clouds and warm humid air bring showers and scattered thunderstorms Sunday with highs in the 80s. Beckley reports yesterday's low and rainfall near rivers. Bluestone Dam at normal stage with clear conditions locally.
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Beckley
Bellepolat
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Truman to Ask Funds And Additional Troops
President Truman plans to send a special message to Congress by midweek asking funds and authority for a partial mobilization to cover personnel and war material production. final decisions await by Tuesday and the aim is to address the Korean crisis and Western Russian emergency without a full war footing. Generals Collins and Vandenberg briefed Truman at Blair House with other leaders present but no announcement followed.
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Associated Press
Washington
High Administration
Truman
Congress
J. Lawton Collins
Hoyt
Vandenberg
Army
Air Force Chiefs of Staff
Douglas MacArthur
Blair House
Collins
Wahdenberg
Defense Johnson
Greek General Calls Balkan Moves a War of Nerves
Field Marshal Alexander Papagos told Embros that Communist military actions in the Balkans are a war of nerves and he doubts Russia will wage a world war. He cited 14 000 Greek Communist guerrillas in Albania Bulgaria and neighboring states and affirmed Greece's army can crush any new aggression.
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Associated Press
Athens
Greece
Alexander Papagos
Balkans
Russia
Embros
Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Osolo
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Czechoslovakia
Albania
Mars Wins Fight Against Disaster in Pacific Flight
The 621-2 ton Caroline Mars world’s largest operational flying boat completed a 480 mile Pacific crossing from Honolulu to Alameda Naval Air Station with two engines functioning after one failed. 15 crewmen and three Navy passengers were aboard as the left side engines faltered, creating a perilous ride over a five foot crest. The craft had previously set a 2,609 mile Honolulu to San Diego record.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific
Honolulu
Alameda Naval Air Station
Court President To Appeal After Ouster In Cabell County
Cabell County Court President Artie Holley was ousted after Circuit Judge John W. Hereford found official misconduct and malfeasance for accepting a $4,200 payment from the bridge commission. Holley, ex officio member, said he would appeal to the State Supreme Court as soon as possible.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Cabel County Court
Artie Holley
State Supreme Court
Holley
Circuit Court
John W. Hereford
Cabell County
Edward H. Greene
Bridge Commission
Greene
Flaming Oil Delays Train After Wreck Near Martinsburg
Flaming oil licked across the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in a freight train wreck near Martinsburg Saturday. No casualties reported. One through passenger train was delayed five hours. Six tank cars toppled, burst into flame, and spread across three tracks four miles east of Martinsburg.
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Associated Press
Martinsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Martinsboro
Publisher's pledge to serve Beckley area readers
The Beckley Newspapers Corporation defends its 20 year record and commitment to all local residents. It rejects special interests while promising continued efforts to advance education culture and economic well being. The editor notes opposition from those who resent independent papers and warns against financially desperate ventures.
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Beckley
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prices Jump as War Scarcity Hits American Stores
The Associated Press reports nationwide price hikes in food cloth and gasoline with sugar coffee nylons sheets soap shortages prompting a rush to stockpile. Officials call profiteering and overbuying a danger as buyers flock to tires cars and home freezers in several states.
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Associated Press
New York
Maine
California
United States
Louisiana
Mississippi
Memphis
Nashville
Tenn
Augusta
Georgia
Oil Barge Explosion Repairs at Esso Dock
An oil barge loading kerosene exploded Saturday night at the Esso Standard docks on the Madison River five miles south of Abaca. The blast ignited the dock but firefighters contained the blaze in about two hours. No injuries were reported.
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Albany
Esso Standard
Madsan River
Abaca
Two correspondents barred from Korea front by Army ban
The Army barred Associated Press reporter Tom Lambert and United Press writer Peter Kalischer from the South Korean front yesterday. General MacArthur lifted the ban today while authorities consider possible military censorship of war news.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
U.S
General MacArthur
U. S
Tom Lambert
Peter Kalischer
United Press
MacArthur
Walton H. Walker
Korea
Walker
Feild
Lamwert
Japan
Col
M. P. Fenels
Lambert
Echols
Wallace for U S and U N in Korea War
Wallace declares support for the United States and the United Nations in the Korean conflict. He rejects past actions by U S or Russia, pledging to side with his country and the U N when war is involved. He urges strong U N effort to resolve the crisis while protecting Korean people and U S and Russian interests.
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Associated Press
South Salem
Henry A. Wallace
United States
United Nations
U. S
Russia
Wallace
Progressive Army
U.N
Weirton Hires Oldest State Police Member
Weirton appoints Capt J F E Stout of Shinnston as police chief after 28 years in state force. Stout, retiring from the state police, takes over local duties July 1 from Meyers Millsop. Duckworth remains the department’s senior captain with 24 years service in Charleston.
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Associated Press
Weirton
West Virginia
J. FE. Stout
Shinnston
World
Mavermas E. Millsop
Stout
FS. Duckworth
Statehouse
Charleston
Department
Duckworth
Force
West Virginia Doctors Named to State Surgical Group
Dr A A Tieche of Beckley and Dr J A Bush of Philippi were named to the West Virginia executive committee as the South Eastern Surgical Congress ended its three day White Sulphur Springs meeting. Dr B B Richmond and Dr Walter Putschar were named alternates. Dr Everett L Gage remains chairman and Dr Francis J Coffey treasurer with R J Wilkinson Jr as secretary. Former U S Senator Rush D Holt urged doctors to defend free medicine and oppose socialized medicine saying government care would reduce quality.
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A. A. Tieche
Beckley
J. A. Bush
Philippi
West Virginia
South~ Eastern Surgical Congress
White Sulphur Springs
B. B. Richmond
Huntington
Walter Putschar
Charleston
Everett L. Gage
Blue
Ifield
Francis J. Coffey
R. J. Willkinson, Jr
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Holt
Trolley wreck injures seventeen in Pittsburgh
Seventeen persons were hurt Saturday when a trolley packed with merrymakers returning from Kennywood Park crashed into a parked car in Squirrel Hill. Officials say operator John Coll cited brake failure as the cause.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Kennywood Park
Squirrel Hill
Pittsburgh Railways Company
John Coll
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