Divided Command Blamed for Korean Setback
AP report criticizes the split command structure in Korea where General MacArthur’s forces run the U S Tenth Corps separately from the Eighth Army in the northwest. Colonels and generals privately question the lack of liaison and the decision to keep the two units autonomous, amid a mounting Chinese Red offensive and a fragile front.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
MacArthur
U. S. Tenth Corps
Eighth Army
Tenth Corps
Edward M. Almond
GHQ
Tokyo
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Almond
North Korea
Swinton
Walton H. Walker
Walker
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Inchon
Seoul
Pusan
Third Infantry
U. N
10Th Corps
Changjin Reservoir
Hal Boyle
Chongchon River
Kunu
Anju
Boyle
Acheson Warns of Global Crisis and Arms Push
Secretary of State Acheson warned that Communist China's Korea crisis endangers the world. He urged a greatly increased scale and tempo of defense efforts by the United States and allied nations to deter Soviet capabilities for conquest and destruction. He spoke from his office to the National Council of Churches meeting in Cleveland.
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Washington
Acheson
Free World
U. S
Europe
China
National Council of Churches of Christ In America
Cleveland
United States
Free Nations
Associated Press
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
United Nations
Weather and war updates from Beckley WV November 30 1950
Snowbound conditions ease slowly in Southern West Virginia as the Weather Bureau forecasts milder weather by Friday and Gong in the region reports dozens of inches of snow in surrounding towns. The six day blizzard death toll rises to 19 from monoxide poisonings and a snowplow accident, while President Truman signals possible use of atomic weapons if needed in China and supports MacArthur amid criticism.
Crisis drives proposed atomic funding to record levels
Washington reports a possible 1.5 billion dollar request for atomic facilities as World War II era style urgency grows. The Atomic Energy Commission meets with congressional panels while the Korean front intensifies with 80,000 Chinese troops and heavy fighting around Changjin Reservoir.
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Washington
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Truman
Church Leaders Approve Acheson Speech in Cleveland
In Cleveland the National Council of Churches approved Secretary of State Acheson's radio address on the world crisis and foreign policy. The address, broadcast from Washington due to the Korean situation, emphasized the United Nations. Church leaders, including Dr. Henry Knox Sherrill and Dr. Edward H. Pruden, praised it as realistic and clear.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
National Council of Churches
Acheson
General Assembly
National Council of Churches of Christ In America
Washington
Henry Knox Sherrill
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sherrill
United Nations
Edward H. Pruden
American Baptist Convention
Truman
Yule Parade Rescheduled For Dec 9 Beckley
Beckley will hold its Christmas parade on Saturday December 9 weather permitting Santa Claus will ride into town delaying from the original December 2 due to snow. Mrs Fred C Hurt president of the Beckley Woman's Club said entries are still accepted with 15 or 16 floats entered and no limit on bicycles in the children's section.
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Santa Claus
Fred C. Hurt
Beckley Woman's Club
Beckley
Steel Pay and Price Hike Expected in Steel Industry
Pittsburgh report indicates United States Steel may offer a 16 cent average hourly wage rise for 155,000 steel workers, with fringe benefits included. Steel prices are expected to rise by about six dollars per ton, distributed unevenly across products, as unions weigh the offer.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corporation
Big Steel
Iron Age
Murray
U. S. Steel
Weather Causes Two Entries in Hospitals
Adverse weather was linked to treatments at Raleigh General and Beckley Hospital. A. E. Harvey of Jumping Branch received care for frost bite of the left foot after saying his foot froze Saturday. Betty Farthing, 17, of Stotesbury was released after head injury from a coasting accident Monday.
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Raleigh General
A. E. Harvey
Jumping Branch
Beckley Hospital
Betty Farthing
Hubert Farthing
Stotesbury
Eire to Buy U S Coal From Britain Supply Gap
Dublin reports the Eire government will purchase 100000 to 150000 tons of coal from the United States to cover Britain’s winter deficit in shipments. The deal is estimated at about 1 million dollars as Britain, a top coal producer, faces fuel shortages this season.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eire
United States
Britain
New Stinker Turns Up Skunks Nose New Stinker Turns Up Skunks Noses
A government lab in Laramie Wyoming produced Tsopropylmercaptan a sulfur compound valued at 210 per ounce. It serves as a detector in petroleum testing and is sold in one sixth ounce vials for 35 dollars. Produced at the Petroleum and Oil Shale Experiment Station the colorless liquid has a strong odor described by the U S Bureau of Mines. The lab has yielded two quarts worth fourteen thousand dollars.
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Washington
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Petroleum and Oil Shale
Laramie
Wyo
Gas Fumes Put Three in Family at By-Pass Home
Three members of a 1921 By-Pass family were revived after gas fumes from a heater lacking outside venting caused them to collapse at Earlden Davis home near the By-Pass and Whorley Road. Firemen and Dr. Hedrick treated them with oxygen. Mrs. Davis and the ten month old were taken to Raleigh General Hospital.
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Earlden Davis
By-Pass
Whorley Road
Davis
G. C. Hedrick, Jr
Hedrick
Otis Lyons
Public Service Commission extends hearing on telephone rate case
Charleston PSC continues to January 23 to hear Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co over proposed higher rates. The case centers on rate changes sought by the company and affects customers in the region. Additional testimony and evidence will be heard at the postponed session.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Highway Wreck Hearing Opens in $500 Suit in Raleigh County
Jury impaneled at 1:30 pm for Jacob Rock versus Appalachian Electric Power Company over a May 9 truck auto crash on State Route 3 near Arnett. Rock alleges McGraw of AEP cut across to strike. defense says McGraw stopped and saw no vehicle. First witness French Brown rode with Rock. Also juries to be impaneled for Jerry Carl Spence versus A E Allen, with trial likely tomorrow. In Betty Jo Chambers versus Calvin Chambers divorce the defendant must pay $3850 court costs and $100 attorney fees. Lee R. Mayner ve, Sherman Workman and others case ordered plaintiff to recover $600.71 plus costs.
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Jacob Rock
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Raleigh
Arnett
Rock
R. L. McGraw
McGraw
French Brown
Jerry Carl Spence
A. E. Allen
Ben H. Ashworth
Betty Jo Chambers
Calvin Chambers
Lee R. Mayner Ve. Sherman Workman
Snowbound Highways Plague West Virginia Routes
Road data from a 10 a.m. advisory shows U.S. Route 250 blocked in Marshall County and four miles south of Philippi. U.S. 33 west of Cottageville and State 88 in Marshall County remain closed, with State 89 in Marshall and Wetzel counties also shut. One lane on most of State 16 in Pleasants and Calhoun counties. Drifts hinder State 7 and U.S. 50 in Preston County. New flurries add snow at Clarksburg and Elkins. Lewisburg and Princeton areas remain affected. Motorists urged to use chains.
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Road Commission
Marshall County
Philippi
Cottageville
Jackson County
State
Wheeling
Marshall
Wetzel
Pleasants
Calhoun
U. S. 50
Preston County
Clarksburg
Elkins
Lewisburg
Princeton
Five Found Dead In Fayetteville Gas Poison
In Fayetteville North Carolina three civilians and two soldiers were found dead in a garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. Victims include Pvt Harold R Knorr Fr Bragg Pvt William K Carnford Fr Bragg Sylvester Eagan of Lakedale and Samuel M Ridings of Goldsboro. J C Owens of the auto firm described nearly fainting as he opened the doors at about 7 30 a m finding one body amid dense fumes. Police said two recently used cars had on ignition switches and empty gas tanks. Weather was freezing.
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Associated Press
Fayetteville
N. C
Harold R. Knorr
Bragg
William K. Carnford
Sylvester Eagan
Lakedale
Frank R. Bailey Auto Company
Vantage
Samuel M. Ridings
Goldsboro
James Y. Cary
J. C. Owens
L. F. Worrell
Nurse on Trial Today In Manslaughter Case
Mrs. Virginia Comstock superintendent of Barboursville State Hospital goes on trial charged with manslaughter in the death of patient Pauline Cook 45. The prosecution and defense subpoenaed 67 witnesses including President Joe F. Burdett and two members of the State Board of Control. Comstock a registered nurse allegedly gave Cook a large dose of unadulterated narcotic drug before she died last June 25.
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Associated Press Huntington
Virginia Comstock
Barboursville State Hospital
Joe F. Burdett
State Board of Control
Department Store Sales Gain in October for West Virginia
Richmond based Federal Reserve Bank reports October sales in West Virginia department stores rose 11 percent from 1949, with January to October transactions 12 percent higher than the previous year. Gains surpassed five district states, including Maryland Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina. Charleston stores up nine percent in October and sixteen percent for ten months. Huntington up twenty six percent in October and ten percent overall.
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Richmond
West Virginia
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charleston
W. Va
Huntington
Raleigh Tuberculosis Health Assn Sees 1950 Seal Sales
Receipts totaling 1 812.85 were received by the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association in its 1950 Christmas Seal Sales of today.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
State Forest Closed for Deer Hunting in Mercer County
Camp Creek State Forest will be closed for deer hunting this year as officials of the State Conservation Commission announced. The park has been posted.
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Camp Creek State Forest
Mercer County
State Conservation Commission
Predict Wale Sales May Set New Record
Charleston Chamber of Commerce predicts Christmas sales will overcome last week's weather and perhaps set a new record in the 1948 season. Kanawha Commerce notes brisk mid November trade, snow interruptions after Thanksgiving, and reasons including higher prices, rising employment and production, and an ample holiday goods supply.
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Charleston
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Kanawha Commerce
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Kanawha County
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Price Snyder
Braxton County
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Wetzel County
Glenn Arnold Duncan
AEC
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