Allied Surprise Attack Halted on West Front
Allied armored force and infantry attacked the Western front at dawn near Chorwon but Reds held firm in bunkers and trenches. American and South African pilots bombed the hill, while heavy artillery and mortar fire aimed to dislodge the defenders. Along Eastern Korea sharp clashes and hill battles continued with UN advances near the Soyang River and across the front.
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West Front
Associated Press
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Western Front
Chorwon
Iron Triangle
Parallel 39
United Nations
Soyang
Eighth Army
Taft Doubts Realignment Plan Affects GOP and Dems
Washington analysts debate a bipartisan realignment proposal led by Mundt and Brewster as Taft questions its practicality. The plan drew mixed signals from southern Democrats and speculation on Truman’s position ahead of the Republican convention. In Ottawa, NATO moves on Greece and Turkey prompt cautious steps from Norway and Denmark, with Acheson’s proposal backed by Britain and France as the NATO council weighs admission.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mundt
R-Sd
Brewster
R-Me
Taft
Rohio
Truman
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Benton
D-Conn
Ottawa
Greece
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic Council
Norway
Denmark
Halvard Lange
Ole Bjorn Kraft
Oslo
Copenhagen
Mediterranean
U.S
Dean Acheson
Herbert Morrison
Robert Schuman
France
Netherlands
Dirk A. Stikker
Lange
Kraft
Jacheson
ITS
United States
Zeeland
Belgium
Atlantic
Severa
Defense
Brooke Claxton
Canada
Britain
Lncrease
NATO
Explosion at Shell refinery kills 12 workers
A massive blast at Shell Oil Company refinery in Wood River Illinois killed 12 and injured around 20. Fire swept a home for the aged in Colesville Maryland with undetermined fatalities. residents and responders describe panic and multiple corpses in wreckage.
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Associated Press
Wood River
Shell Oil Company
Hames
Wille Burchell
East Alton
Weather Summary for Fair Tonight Through Weekend
A fair night and Wednesday with slightly warmer Wednesday. Low temperatures from 35 to 50. Rivers and Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage and clear. Extended Sept 19 23 forecast calls for 3 to 4 degrees below normal, with showers Thursday and Friday mainly in the East and Southeast. Rain totals about one third East and one half West portions, weekend remains cool.
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Oak Hill High
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Bluestone Reservoir
Coal Company Fined For Stream Pollution
Fayetteville magistrate Virgil Lyons fined the Mary Frances Coal Company of Ingram Branch 106 dollars plus costs after conservation officers charged pollution of a stream harmful to fish propagation. They said mine water was released into the stream on August 18, causing several fish to die.
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Service Stat
Fayetteville
Mary Frances Coal Company
Ingram Branch
Virgil Lyons
Associated Press
Charleston
Fayette County
State Mines
A. J. Alexander
Laurel Creek Coal Company
U.S. Bureau of Mines
United Mine Workers District 29
UMW
25 Dead in Brazil Theater Collapse
CAMPINAS Brazil death toll from a cinema collapse rose to 25 with many children among the dead. More than 65 were gravely injured and blood donors queued at hospitals as estimates of total injuries ranged from 300 to 800.
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Associated Press
Campinas
Brazil
Aircraft Crash Kills 2 on Essex Carrier Off Korea
A twin jet Banshee crash landed on the USS Essex in Korean waters killing two crewmen and injuring at least ten with five unaccounted for. Fire followed as Essex personnel sought to transfer casualties while Task Force 77 considered schedules. The ship’s damage was not expected to hinder its ability to launch aircraft.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
U.S
Essex
Korea
Harold M. Martin
Task Force 77
Senate OKs 10 percent pay hike for federal workers
The Senate approved by voice vote a bill to raise pay for about 1 million federal workers by 10 percent up to a minimum of 800 dollars a year, retroactive to July, costing roughly 340 million dollars for one year. The measure targets 500,000 essential workers and includes a 400 to 800 dollar annual increase for many federal employees.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington
House
Maiming Charge Looms In Edwight Homicide Case
Edwight resident Ray Pettry, 47, was bound over to a grand jury on a maiming charge after allegedly wounding Nathan Stephens, 34, in a drunken Edwight brawl. Stephens, with head injuries, was taken to Beckley Hospital. Pettry was jailed with Stephens around 2 a.m. for investigation and later moved. The report notes conflicting statements on Stephens' condition as hospital staff could not provide details.
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Ray Pettry
Beckley Hospital
Stephens
Jarrell
Permissive City Manager Plan Advanced by Charter Committee
The City Charter Study Committee recommends a permissive city manager system with nominations by primary and a five to nine ward structure. A seven to four vote favors discretionary manager hiring after budget planning. four members seek a mandatory hire after next year’s budget. The panel will reconvene Oct 3 for a compiled report and further charter study.
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Coover Nations
Beckley
Hey
E. S. Pugh
C. D. Crawford
W. H
Larew
City Hall
Store Bill Suit Heads To Jury In Eastern Gas Case
The Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates pursue a jury verdict to recover 800 dollars from H. B Boose for a store bill. Earlier, the court ordered recovery from William Cameron after the defendant did not appear. Judge Ben H Ashworth signed orders dismissing Henry D Hill’s suit against Aetna Life Insurance and related actions, with remaining cases postponed to the next term.
Bottle of Soda Pop Key to Farm Title
ANDERSON Mo George Willis will receive a $14,000 Kansas farm in Montgomery County on his 65th birthday if he produces a bottle of a now rare strawberry soda pop. The grandfather’s will specifies the condition, with Willis having saved one of 24 bottles for years and honoring it on special occasions.
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Associated Press
Anderson
George Willis
Kansas
Willis
James Connor
Montgomery County
Riots At Maxhuette Works Over Production Quotas
In Saalfeld a Communist run plant faced worker resistance to stricter quotas and penalties. Police guarded the factory after two leaders were jailed and clashes injured two workers and a policeman. East German authorities report broader strikes over state production orders.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Nacht Depesche
East Germany
Mecklenburg
Maxhuette
Saalfelé
Deported Woman Sent Back to Czechoslovakia
A woman named Zdena Hernandez was ordered deported today by Communist authorities to her native Czechoslovakia. The ruling labeled her an admitted Communist and tied her to political threats, moving her from the state of Mecklenburg to her homeland.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Zdena
Hernandez
Czechoslovakia
Mecklenburg
Post Office Rates Debate Threatens Penny Post Card
The House moves toward approving a three cent first class letter rate while likely doom looms for the penny post card. A $138.4 million postal rate bill sits in committee as Senate measures seek increases to first second and third class rates. President Truman argues to hold first class at three cents. The House faces a separate pay raise proposal for postal workers adding about $206 million yearly. President Truman and postal leaders urge restraint on first class hikes while backing some second class increases.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Truman
House Postoffice Committee
Senate
Postoffice Department
Postal Department
Congress
National Association of Postmasters
Trueman
Two Jailed and Five Fined for Game Violations
Five area men were fined and two jailed for state game law violations. Joe Ash ley Jr and Russell Clay of Soulsville were fined $25 each for carrying an un eased gun on the Sabbath in Wyoming County. In Summers County, George Crow of Oakton, Virginia, was fined $100 and jailed 60 days on two charges, while C E Hamilton of Clintonville faced $50 and $20 fines plus 20 days jail if unable to pay. Marvin Ef Bryant of Clintonville also paid $26 fine for carrying an uneased gun. Conservation officers and magistrates handled the cases.
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Wyoming County
Joe Ashley, Jr
Russell Clay
Soulsville
W.,r. Haga
Elmore
William Rutherford
Progresso Tocado
Summers County
Garland J. Shaver
George E. Wise
Atoanoke
A. G. Brais
George Crow
C. P. Neal
East Rainelle
C. E. Hamilton
Clintonville
Marvin EF. Bryant
Neal
Hamilton
Bryant
Wess Bryant
Ridgway and Wife Meet Emperor Hirohito at Palace
Gen. Matthew Ridgway and his wife visited Emperor Hirohito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. It marked the first call by a supreme allied commander on the emperor during six years of Allied occupation. The luncheon was strictly social and followed the San Francisco peace treaty signals.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Hirohito
Matthew B. Ridgway
Imperial Palace
Douglas MacArthur
Imperial Palate
San Francisco
Japan
Deputy Dog Warden Appointed by Court
Barnes Osborne of Ameagat was named deputy dog warden by the Raleigh County Court on Dog Warden A. G. Hatcher's recommendation. The deputy will serve Cleark Fork District handling dog taxes and tags. Hatcher expects further deputies in coming weeks. Court President Jack A. Nuckols announced the dog pound site behind the Negro Cemetery off the 1921 By Pass has been graded and dock building will begin soon.
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Barnes Osborne
Ameagat
Raleigh
A. G. Hatcher
Cleark Fork
Hatcher
Jack A. Nuckols
Isoon
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Soyang River
Marshall
Gen
George C. Marshall
Leesburg, Va
Mrs. Marshall
Gen. Marshall
Secretary of Defense
Robert A. Lovett
International
Gop
Colesville
Washington, D. C
Washington Sanitarium
Coal Company
Korean
Tony S. Putinsky
Ora Silva
Marfork
Jack D. Stevenson
Author P. Stevenson
East Beckley
Griffin L. Lynch
Blue Jay
Kilgore
Sena
D-W.va
Secretary of Défense
Navy
Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
John T. Koehler
Koehler
Laurel Creek
Reds
Rafe
Ridgway
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