Breeding of Atomic Materials Goal of AEC
The Atomic Energy Commission announced immediate construction of an experimental breeder reactor to grow more atomic fuel from abundant uranium-238 and thorium. The plan includes three additional reactor projects with a total expected cost of at least 78 million dollars and aims to test materials for industrial power propulsion and future reactor designs.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
ASG
ANC Gove
Reeter
U S Vessel Sir John Franklin Hit by Chinese Warship
The U S merchant ship Sir John Franklin was fired on twelve times by a Chinese Nationalist warship off Shanghai as it headed to Woosung. All crew escaped unharmed. the incident echoes a prior attack on the Isbrandtsen line ship Flying Cloud and prompts a U S protest.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Franklin
Shanghai
State Department
Sir John Franklin
Woosung
United States
Isbrandisen Co
New York
Isbrandtsen
Flying Cloud
Sir Joh Franklin
Hong Kong
Isbrandtsen Line
Barkley Headlines Democratic Fund Dinner in New York
Vice President Barkley stars at a Democratic fundraiser in New York City Friday night with his new wife attending as the principal speaker. The event comes amid GOP attacks on the Truman Fair Deal and warnings of a "poorhouse state" as Gabrielson cites unemployment and waste to argue against current policy.
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Jack Bell Wasthington
Barkley
Sruman
New York Ciy
Guy G. Gabrielson
Truman
Uruman
Gabrielson
Libor Department
Capitol
Truman Administration
Enowed
Bureau of Employment Security
Washington
GOP
Two Thousand Dead in Uranium Mine Fire
The Telegraf reports a massive uranium mine blaze near Johannesgeorgenstadt on the Saxony Czechoslovak border killing about 2000 miners, many political prisoners, with 968 bodies recovered as rescue teams from Saxony towns worked the scene.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Telegraf
Er2
Saxony-Czechoslovak
Johannesgeorgenstadt
Saxony
Weather roundup for Beckley and nearby towns
Cloudy to partly cloudy conditions with highs near 54 to 55 today. Tonight and Tuesday trend milder with mostly cloudy skies. Reports from Beckley Oak Hill Glade Creek and nearby stations show yesterday's high around the low 40s and lows near 20s to 30s with variable cloud cover and scattered clear intervals.
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Beckley
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New Abontnorma
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Automobile Collision Insurance Rate Cut in Charleston
Insurance Commissioner Rabec Crichton announced a 15 percent cut in auto collision insurance rates effective today in Charleston. The relief offsets a 10 percent liability rate increase that statewide took effect last June.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Rabec Crichton
Building Refund Sought in Circuit Court Litigation
In Raleigh County Circuit Court this morning Bertie L. Bish sues John Tanner for 73986 dollars claiming overpayment on a 4000 note and final cost overrun. Other actions include dismissals and confessed judgments in several civil cases and a counterclaim for set-off in the motor sales suit.
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Raleigh County
Bertie L. Bish
John Taner
Bish
Tanner Wy
LD. G. Bailey
Paul Yennart
Plainiff
Gladys C. H. Kemp
Cephas
Kemp
Union Store
John R. Kiblinger
Clay Molten
Jack Sones
Haleigh Motor Gales, Inc
Ampollini and Son, Inc
Lefendant
Jeep
Runaway Plane Flies 100 Miles Then Crashes
A plane unnamed pilotless yesterday at Mt. Olive took off, flowed about 100 miles, then crashed in a field on a farm. No injuries reported. After the incident Arthur Mayer, in charge of flights, described Jack Hallas of Galesburg as the man who landed the craft at Mt. Olive Airport and inspected the propeller. The aircraft then surged forward, banked left, and disappeared from view before the crash.
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Associated Press
MT. Olive
Arthur Mayer
Jack Hallas
Galesburg
Mt. Olive Airport
Hmal- Jax
Annual Masonic Inspection Set at Mount Hope
Mount Hope will host the annual inspection of Mount Hope Commandry Knights Templar on Thursday night after a 6:15 pm dinner in the Masonic Temple. Sir Knight Charles H. Kessor of Wheeling will inspect the knights while ladies enjoy entertainment at the Mount Hope Lions Club house. grand officers including R. I. Gorman Charleston Paul C. Thomas Bluefield FW. Billings Hinton Earlo Townshend Huntington and Clarence A. Ogle Charleston are expected. About 30 knights and their ladies from Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties are anticipated.
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Weller
Mount Hope
Mount Hope i
Commandry
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Mount Hope Lions Clubhouse
Charles ’ H. Kessor
Wheeling
R. 1 Gorman
Charleston
Paul C.thomas
Bluefield
Conservatives Win Colombia Election
Colombia's Conservative Party secured the presidency for a new four-year term in a tense quiet vote boycotted by the Liberal opposition. Laurenco Gomez led a near-complete Conservative slate after Liberal nominee Dario Echandia withdrew amid a state of siege declared by President Mariano Ospina Perez to quell clashes. No violence occurred on election day though political clashes have caused hundreds of deaths in recent months.
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Associated Press
Bogota
Colombia
Laureano Gomez
Dario Echandia
Mariano Ospina Perez
Greeks Drive Out Rebels With U S Aid In Greece
President Truman reported Congress that the Greek government with American military help has substantially eliminated the Communist guerrilla threat. He warned that persistent vigilance is needed as rebels fled to Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. The United States supplied 472 million dollars in military and economic aid, 345 million of it for military supplies. The Greek government will continue mop up operations and seal the border against incursions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Greece
Congress
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
United States
Mediterranean
Ite
Ieal
Yale Will Get Body Of Famous Gorilla
In Sarasota Florida Gargantua the 550 pound circus gorilla will be sent to Yale University for mounting and display. Johns Hopkins and Florida authorities sought the body but Yale was promised the gorilla since purchase. The body is currently at Johns Hopkins for autopsy with Yale expected to receive Gargantua per Ringling Brothers executive Henry North.
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Sarasota
Fla
Gargantua
Yale University
Johns Hopkins University
State of Florida
Yale
Fale
Henry North
Johns Hopkins
Adolph Hans Schultz
Fuller Warren
John Kinzling North
Florida
Mipegma
Nienry North
Garguantua
North Brothers
Sterilization and Birth Control Urged to Solve British Woes
Birmingham bishop Dr. E W Barnes urged a national policy of sterilization and birth control to curb Britain's overpopulation. He claimed six to ten percent of Britons are mentally below par and urged immigration limits and medical sterilization of the unfit to maintain welfare state stability.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
England
Church of England
Britain
W. Barnes
British Isles
Indian Islands
Beckley College Selects 20 Queen Candidates
Beckley College announced a mass meeting selected twenty nominees for the college queen title. Students will vote tomorrow at 1:30 a.m to elect five finalists with the top vote-getter crowned queen during the Christmas Parade.
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Beckley College
Martial Law Plans if Capital Falls to Atomic Attack
Washington The Times Herald reports the National Defense Department has plans for a military dictatorship if the capital is knocked out by an atomic strike. A top military leader says the takeover would last only until civilian government is re established.
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Associated Press
Washington
Times Herald
National Defense Department
Hy Nation
Dr. Gwinn To Rejoin Pinecrest Staff As Medical Director
Dr. Gwinn, former superintendent of Pinecrest Sanitarium, will return December 1 as medical director. He left in 1947 citing health reasons and rest needs, later serving in Virginia with current duties and residence in Beckley.
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Gwinn
Pinecrest Sinitarium
Edwards
Lin
Cawinn
Virginia
Beckley
Calle Dlate
K. al Tarrés
Shah Sees Air Base During U S Tour Stop
The Shah of Iran visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton inspecting the base and its fighter fleet. He met Capt. Charles Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, amid a monthlong U.S. tour by Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Shah of Tran
America
Wright- Patterson
Iran
ISEP
iDayton
New Pact Signed By Steel Union
Weirton Weirton Steal Canning and Weirton independent union announced a new joint contributory Insurance program. It covers 19 000 employees with greatly increased benefits and lower unit costs. Employer pays 60 percent while workers pay 40 percent. Monthly cost estimated at 5.40 compared with 6.15 under the old plan.
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Associated Press
Weirton
Weirton Steal
Canning
Unnion Today
Two Colonels Die in Be 52 Bomber Crash Near Birmingham
A Be 52 bomber crashed about 20 miles northeast of Birmingham killing two Air Force colonels. Col Orville Mohler, a former USC quarterback from Glendale, California, and Col Robert Richards of Visalia, California, died after the aircraft's engines failed. Maxwell AFB officials identified the dead.
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LBD
Abstasthit Pasar
Birmingham
Ala
Air Force
University of Southern California
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Orville &. Mohler
Glendate
Calif
Robert Bo Rrchards
Visaliit
Bartender Wounded After Rejected Patron Incident
Huntington police prepared to charge Anthony Hatton with shooting with intent to kill after he attempted to buy a beer and the bartender refused. Foster Hay White, 26, was wounded and listed in serious condition at Memorial Hospital.
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Huntington
Howard Newman
Anthony Hatton
Stuntington
Foster Hay White
Memorial Hospital
Pacific Northwest Storm Kills 15 as Floods Roar Across Lands
A sweeping winter storm across Montana to Oregon leaves at least 15 dead and millions in damage. Washington towns of Skagit Valley evacuate as five inches of rain swell rivers and isolate communities. Sailors die in Oregon and Washington as winds topple towers and cars, while power outages affect hundreds of towns.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Idaho
Wyoming
Weather Bureau
Central Plain
Great Lakes
Cut Bank
Mont
Sheridan
Wyu
H. Halrsts
Upper
Wareal
Passat
Ely
Mount Vernon
Lyman
Concrete
Rockport
Marblemount
Conway
Burlington
Avon
Sedro Woolley
Skagit Valley
Nooksack
Marietta
Cagat Guard
Fort Casey
Cascade Mountains
Spokane
Colville
Geiger Airfield
Washington Water Power Company
Washington
Sumilay
Pinecrest Fund Drive Postponed to February
The Beckley Woman's Club civic department postpones the annual Pinecrest Fund Drive from December to February. Drive chairwoman Mrs. Kermit Locke cited the coal strike making December unsuitable. Last year about 1700 dollars was raised for medical and stockroom supplies for needy patients through Pinecrest officials.
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Pinecrest
Civic Department
The
Beckley Woman's Club
Kermit Locke
Drive
Woman's Club
Sas
Lovke
County Officials To Attend Meet In Charleston
Three Raleigh County officials—Judge Jack Nuckols County Clerk Harry Anderson and Assessor Ira Whitlock—will attend the annual meeting of assessors and county commissioners in Charleston today and tomorrow. Dayton, Ohio business figure John 2 Cole will speak on Analysis of Common Tax Equalities with Governor Okey Patterson State Tax Commissioner C H Koontz and former Governor Clarence W Meadows among others.
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Raleigh
Charleston
Jack Nuckols
Nuckols
Harry Anderson
Ira Whitlock
John 2. Cole
Dayton
Ohio
Cole-Layer- Trumble Company
Okey
Patteson
C. H. Koontz
Clarence W. Meadows
County Schools Close for Holidays in Raleigh County and Beckley College
Raleigh County schools close the afternoon of December 21 for the holidays and resume January 2. Beckley College sets an earlier break from December 16 through January 3, as announced by officials.
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Raleigh County
Beckley College
W. Beyson
Reds Close In On Chungking As War News Surges
Communist troops smashed Nationalist defenses and pushed within 20 miles of Chungking, causing chaos as residents fled and shops closed. Reports placed Ju shih 25 miles away and a rapid advance left the city with authorities scrambling to evacuate Chiang Kai-shek and others.
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Chungking
Rede
Chichlang
Hupeh
Seeet
Here
Jushib
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Sone
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