Truman vows air address on White espionage claim
In Washington on November 14 1950 Republican leaders pressed to have FBI Director J Edgar Hoover testify about claims that former President Truman kept Harry Dexter White in government to spy on communists. Truman announced he would go on air Monday to present facts as Brownell and Knowlard doubted the White espionage tale and CBS NBC networks prepared to carry the speech.
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Jack Bell
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Truman
Harry Dexter White
Gen. Brownell
White
Brownell
Hat’ Hoover
New York
U. S
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International Fone Fund
Sen. Knowlard
California
Hoover
Walles
Hay ‘Truman
Fred Vinson
Thes
the Treasury
Supreme Court
Ton Clark
Jenner
AAC
CBS
Heavely
M Pan
Envoy Dean Seizes Momentum in Korean Peace Talks
Allied and Communist diplomats reported progress as they cleared initial test barriers ahead of a Monday session on a framework for the Panmunjom peace conference. Dean and U.S. officials praised the first agreement, noting it allows concurrent discussion of site, timing, and neutral inclusion amid disputes over composition and seating.
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Panmunjom
Wmenls
Lo. U.S
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IL Dean
Didi
Tor. Dean
Neds
Dean
Russia
Mars
Bette
Astalle
Nixons
Jover
Korea
Ces
Nixon
T Hems
Syngman. Rhee
Pyun Yung Tat
New Postal Equipment May Improve Service
Washington officials announce new postal equipment to ease mail handling and reduce worker strain. Plan includes unveil in Cincinnati on November 24 and a decentralization move to speed local mail processing while preserving jobs.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Flames Ravage Big Stick Homes In Suburban Fire
Five dwellings were damaged or destroyed early Saturday as flames swept through the Lillybrook Coal Co community of Big Stick. Two houses burned completely including the four room Martins home. Damages were estimated at 9400 with several residents away in Cleveland. The fire likely started in the Martins house from defective wiring and spread to six other dwellings, four vacant.
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Lillybrook Coal Co
Big Stick
Blain “Martin
Martins
Cleveland
Frank B
Ovale
Sophia
Martin
El-An
Pea Res Pnet
EL Ree Martin
Chester
Jackson
Lovell
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Deep South Doctor and Adventure Airlift Feature in Family Weekly
Family Weekly features a story of service and sacrifice about a doctor bringing better medical care to Ahomsands. The Sunday Register’s Family Weekly supplement highlights “Deep South Doctor” on pages 4 and 5 and the “adventure airlift” on page 7. The issue promises military, cartoons, recipes, and a Christmas gift Hess, plus other leading articles.
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Ahomsands
Resister's Family Weekly
Fee
Hess
Family
Study Of Jobless Benefits Planned By Sec of Labor
Secretary James P. Mitchell announced a pilot study to determine if unemployment benefits meet basic needs during jobless periods. The plan, in several labor markets, may expand to a national survey financed by a 2 percent employer tax.
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Washington
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James P. Mitchell
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Labor Department
Father of TV Dr Herbert Ives Dies at Home
Dr Herbert Eugene Ives national physicist credited as father of television died at his home in Upper Montclair. Born July 31 1882 he led the first 1927 Washington New York TV demonstration and later advanced color TV three dimensional cinema and other picture transmission tech. He received the Medal of Merit for night military operations devices.
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Upper Montclair
Nid
Herbert Eugene Ives
Ives
Bell Telephone. Laboratories
New ‘York
Philadelphia
Alert for cabbie killer spreads across states
Police identified Malcolm Bragg a 22 year old Charleston ex convict as the last known passenger in the murdered Logan taxi driver Robert William Gullett 23. Gullett body was found shot off a highway near Charleston and the victim’s bloodstained cab was later found abandoned in a Charleston parking lot as investigators pursued multiple leads with no new results.
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Nove
Malcolm Bragg
Logan
Bragg
Robert William
Gullett
Ggasi
Brage
Eisenhower Urges Defenses as North America Prepares
In Ottawa on Eisenhower’s birthday speech tailed by a rapt Parliament, the U.S. president warned Canada and the United States must devise defenses against any surprise attack. He urged rapid expansion of armament and North American security ties, referencing a potential atomic option and joint continental protection.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmithe
Ottawa
Eisenhower
Russia
Canada
North Fext
Hitler
Commons
Senate
North America
Europe
Pacific
Vincent
Massey
Pilendet
Manile
United States
Broiy
St. Lawrence Seaway
Forest fires threaten vast woodland losses in drought
State forester Hays E. Helmick warns a blow up could occur if drought persists and winds rise. Since Sept 30 the state has suffered 1,307 fires that burned 113,889 acres of wood land, a daily 6,600 acre loss described as a running disaster.
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Forester
Nerve gas warning from experts on disaster broadcast
Washington reports federal civil defense experts warned of the potential rise of nerve gas in a big war. They said a few enemy planes could create a dangerous concentration over any U S target. They praised the Army Chemical Corps and urged public vigilance while promoting low cost civilian gas masks. Also updates on district wildfires with crews fighting in Mercer, McDowell, and Monroe counties and visibility conditions.
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United States
ABC
Thomas H. Alphin
James IH. Delandort
Army
Chemical Corps
Helmick
Beckley
Mercer
McDowell
Monroe
McDowell County
Apple Branch
Naysal
Greenbrier Fork
Panth ‘Er Creek
Old Trap Hill
Mercer County
Simmons Creek
Bramwell
Cunningham School
Wikel
Monroe County
Stocks Close Higher After Week Of Decline
New York and national markets ended the week with a modest rally after a broader slide. The Associated Press average of 80 stocks finished at 107.80, down 0.06 for the week. Top active NYSE issues included RKO Theatres, 20th Century Fox, Radio Corp, and AT&T, while ASE movers featured Kaiser Motors and Devon Leduc Oils among others. Weather remained mostly cloudy with slightly warmer temperatures, highs near mid 60s.
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New York
Wall Street
Associated Press
New York’ Stock Exchange
RKO Theatres
Niled
Corp
Twentieth Century
Fox
Radio Corp
American Telephone & Telegraph
American Stock Exchange
Two Girls Win Healthiest 4-H Honors in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County 4-H Awards Banquet will honor two girls as the healthiest in the county amid a tie declared by Health Officer C A Smith. Club Agent Clarence Woolen said health records were identical and both winners will receive awards at the Nov 16 banquet sponsored by The Register with the 4-H club program.
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Raleigh County
The
Register
C. A. Smith
Clarence Woolen
Isseuss
the Sophia
First Methodist
S.s
Coun
Rivers
Bellepoint
Bluestone
Reservoir
New
Greenbrier
J. B. Boggs
George Warren
Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Wooten
Mason Lilly
Crah' Orchard
4-H Leaders Association
4-Il Pinner’s Council
Rhee Opposes Indian Inclusion in Korean Peace Talks
Washington sources say U S officials could compromise with Chinese on including India in the Korean peace conference while South Korean President Syngman Rhee remains bitterly opposed. A second hurdle is Russia's role as the United Nations weighs whether Moscow might attend on the belligerent side, with Reds demanding a neutral venue.
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Washington
United States
India
Syngman Rhee
Russia
United Nations
U.S
Canadian hoax tale prompts Reynolds Reader's Digest rebuttal
Reynolds and Reader's Digest rebut allegations that The Man Who Wouldn't Talk was a forged story. Calgary Herald quoted falsely claiming Canadian George Dupre as a captured spy. Dewitt Wallace said evidence exists to show Dupre fabricated the tale and that the publisher will disclose circumstances.
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Reynolds
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Calgary Herald
George Dupre
Random House
Reader
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Oray
France
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Dupre
Dewitt Wallace
Canada
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