Southwest Times (Newspaper) - December 12, 1955, Pulaski, Virginia Help Fight TB 1 I Buy Christmas Seals X VOLUME 247 lour Newspaper Considered A Member of 98 Per Cent NBA Service B Carrier Boy Within City SOc Per Weak President Spends Day Working At White House 1956 Decision Clouded By Physicians Report easler new Questions about his future DO Demos At Work In West GOP Eyes President By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS maneuvered on the West Coast while Republican eyes focused on the White House Interest in White House doings centered on President ers preview for congressional GOP chiefs on his forthcoming State of the and on the Presidents newly exam inert oyer the On the West Coast ver in Los ac California Democratic par ty leaders yesterday of trying to mary election next Kefauver About Ready who says hell an soon whether hell seek the Democratic presidential nomina tion next evidently referred to endorsements by top California Democrats of Adlai Stevenson for the 56 In Oregon some Stevenson back ers were reported getting no en from the Stevenson camp in efforts to place his name on the state primary A candidates name can go on the ballot without his con if a petition carries the sig of One early signer of petitions started by two Collage gon Ma urine Neuber wife of Richard She says she will sup port Stevenson for the top nomi and hopes Kefauver will be nominated for vice Stevenson Gets Pledge received a pledge of support from Mur ray DMont and Murrays assur ance that 16 convention would go to him next there were indications that Stevenson making as much progress in Southern states as some of his Dix ie hostility cost Stevenson four states in that area in 1952 Sen Russell who as a presidential candidate three years ago got many convention votes from the said he believes it is still too early to tell how that area will go next Stolen Christmas Tree Lights Left In Booth At Cafe Town police were confronted with a series of puzzling occurrences Sunday evening when they receiv ed V of 25 missing Christ mas lights from the tree on the corner of Floyd and Washing ton Someone noticed that the lights were missing and called the police who went to the scene and ed several of Later a call came in from the owner of the Pulaski Cafe saying that he had found a bag containing 25 Christ mas lights in an empty booth in his Policemen again replaced the lights and puzzled over the strange occurrence which seemed to have no Pulaski Students Selected To Join AllState Chorus All State will be held in Radford February 1719 The chorus will be under the dir of Robert Fountain of the Oberlin Conservatory of Members of Pulaski High School chorus selected by the All Stale West committee are Janie Pat Dorothy Don Frank Shinault and Scotty Thirtyseven schools from west ern Virginia will participate in the I annual STOCKS DECLINE NEW YORK stock mar ket declined today in early dealings with some losses running to around 3 points at the Sources in Wall Street said some uncertainty was created by the new turn in the state of the Presidents His L doctors ordered a slowdown on his 111 the visiting President of Uru Luis Battle and his wife to a White House tea in the His legislative proposals may set the basis for the partys 1956 pres All the signs indicate the Presi dent will offer a program geared primarily to the peace and pros theme which Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall has been sounding for months Farms High On List High on the Eisenhower list may be a broadened farm program aimed at agricultur al Martin of Massachusetts the House minority already has forecast proposals offering compromises with the Democrats on highway and school controversial issues left over from the last session of Con Martin also has forecast tax re duction if the But of Cali fornia has come out for debt reduc tion instead of tax and has indicated his own farm views may not parallel those of Makes Recovery A weekend medical report said the President still is recovering normally from his 24 heart But his personal physi Howard Sny said Eisenhower has shown signs of fatigue after some of his busier periods at Arrangements now call for a com plete rest period from noon until each with no inter Otherwise will be no changes in his suggested the President wait at least until before deciding whether he feels physically able to seek a second v Eisenhower went ahead with his announced sched he will meet both Re publican and Democratic congres leaders for a review of de fense and foreign policies before returning to Gettysburg farm and office to continue his Moore To Speak On School Plan Here this Week Delegate Garnett Moore will express his views on the Gray Commission education plan at to morrow evenings meeting of the Lions Club at at Maple Shade Moore will hold a question and answer period following his talk so that the members may fully understand the plan before the January 9 Moore will inform members of the Kiwanis Club Thursday even ing at on the school At 8 Thursday evening Moore win speak at the Womans Club at a public meeting on legis lation to be taken up by the Gen eral Assembly jn Woodrow the 19th Districts state has also been invited to speak at this meeting and has indicated that he hopes to accept the CONSERVATION MEETING Supervisors of the Skyline Soil Conservation District will meet tomorrow at at the office of E Grigsby in the Woolling Building on Third DECEMBER 12 VIRGINIA low 1020 west and 1826 east portion Tuesday rather Daily 5 Sunday 10 Cents Threi Injured In Blast OfN W Engine TWISTED The photo shows how the ex plosion of a train engine demolished the cab por tion this morning around The locomotive cao was a twisted mass of WorKman can be seen as they went about the task of cutting the engine loose with a Flint By FLINT Times Staff Writer One man was killed and three injured seriously early this morning when a Norfolk and Western freight train engine exploded west of Harry Route was killed The injured were reported as Frederick moderately severe burns about the back and face William laceration on skull and neck and extensive burns and skull lacera and extensive burns over twothirds of Shumate and Shorter were re ported in a critical while Sledd was serious but not Cause Not Known The cause of the explosion could not be learned this The blast ripped the front off the engine and twisted the cab like a Although no official estimate could be obtained a workman said it would require approximately 16 hours to clear the wreckage from the single line The explosion rocked houses as far away as a mie and a Robert Cassell and Miss Minnie Groseclose were in a house only 75 yards from the wreck and and Paul Walters reside about 50 yards from the According to the train had stopped shortly before 5 in a narrow pass where there is a 40foot embankment on the north side and a 10foot em on the south Turned On Light Cassell said she stepped out on the porch and turned a light qn so the crewmen would know she was awake in case they need ed to call for She something told me to get back in the house ex I just closed the door behind me when the terrible ex plosion Flight Leaves Kails At Cambria Four cars of a Norfolk and Western freight train derailed at today at Cam No one was injured when the units of train eastbound from Bluefield to jumped the The tracks were blocked for four Only two er trains were 15 and before the line was cleared at Damage in the derailment was not Railroad of had no explanation for the Motorist Goes For Bumpy Ride On Tracks Several wee amazed and taken aback Saturday The blast sprayed her house with ing to see a car bumping along the coal and steam but most of the railway tracks behind the Gem flying steel missed the City Junk EXPLOSION AFTERMATH The front of the en gine freight 52 was blown off an explosion west of Wytheville early The explosion scattered pieces of steel over a wide atea and peppered nearby houses with coal and Times by INTERIOR OF CAB This is what is left of the interior of the locomotive cab on Norfolk and Western train 52 after the engine exploded at about 5 today one mile west of Route apprentice was killed instantly and three other men seriously Times photo by Investments In Future Of Pulaski Increased Random statements from members of the Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce who have doubled or substantially increas ed their investments in the Chamber We feel the Chamber of Commerce is one of our most important corporations and we know any corporation must have working capital if it is to We are doubling our investment in the Chamber of Commerce to help supply these funds and feel that it is a sound business Mills McCrory Stores and her friend Miss whp was staying with rushed to the scene and found one of the men about 20 yards from the engine with a wound in his neck arid He was badly Explosion Rocks House Walters she had got ten up at 4 to feed the baby and had returned to bed about when the house was rocked by the She phoned the Wythe County Life saving while her hus band hurriedly dressed and rushed to the He said he discovered Hawthornes body on top of the embankment some 30 to 40 feet from the Another crew member was found in a pool of and boiling wat er beside the engine and still ano ther was found several cars back from the Miss who served as a army technician with the WACS in Japan during aided in quieting one of the vic tims until the life saving crew ar Cassell described the pre dawn accident as She said the badly injured men were to be allowed to Steel Buried In Ground The force of the explosion was evidenced by the fact that the front of the engine was buried deeply into the Pieces of twisted steel were thrown a wide radius like Herbert Hoover Suggests Plan To Ease Burden On President ment He how that the president will al Merchants Warned To Keep On Guard For Crooks Congress ease the burden on the President of the United States by authorizing him to appoint an ad ministrative vice This Hoover could relieve the president of a monu mental amount of secondary du Hoover said he did not believe the presidents job was too much for the physical capabilities of one man but it should be possible to many detailed duties which cannot by be turned over to Hoover discussed the problem on a the focused on the burdens of the presidency in view of Presi dent heart The present elected vice presi Hoover is not in a posi to the duties which he proposed be protecting Over the years presidents munity against holiday thievery have been brought more and more I and in making Pulaski a safe place into the administration tby Christmas shopping Chief nc and the fol and he lowing hints to shoppers and store keepers That I think is probably the For Shoppers only field that could be occupied Do not carry large sums of by the vice president ores money and do not display your ently is set un Hoover If money unnecessarily tilt wert placed be Do not lay your handbag on i a counter while examining or try officers and the heads of ling on Thieves seek important agencies I we just such opportunities would have utter Do not carry in Hoover proposed that the a crowd from y o u r ter was a student Members of the wrecking crews ways have the responsibility of the were working feverishly to clear On Page I 3 Police Chief Lee Boothe and George executive mana ber of the Chamber of today warned shoppers and store keepers to be on guard during Christmas shopping season against pickpockets and check In furtherance their mutual shoulder or Hold it tightly by the Be suspicious of Those who push In crowded stores o r buses may attempt to pick your pocket or Deal with firms of known re or with firms whose re liability can readily established Do not buy merchandise from strangers at your door who give unusual reasons for wanting to sell you something at a fraction nf its Such merchandise may be either misrepresented or stolen Do not leave packages in your car whiU parking to Do not put notes on in letter boxes or in milk bottles announcing your absence from home and time of Do not leave your under door mat or Carry On Column in apparent ran along the tracks some feet hit ting a and piling over track and tie until the rails got too high and the end of the car end ed in Police were called to the scene and found the Carnie Arnold oblivious to his and busily his who lives on Maple was given a sobriety test and then arrested on charges of being drunk in public ard charged with driving drunk pending the testimony of The received no damage but the side of Wilsons vehicle was somewhat the worse for the Officers said that Wilson seemed unshaken by the County Market Directors Meet Wednesday Night Stockholders of the Pulaski County Livestock Market will hold their annual meeting Wednesday at jn the office of the cor in has asked that all stockholders attend or return their proxy Dobyns said that a full report on the activities of the market during the year will be new tors elected and other business Christmas Seal Sale At The annual sale of Christm a s seals has brought in more than to EfC Bruce president of the Pulaski County Tuberculosis said More than envelopes with the seals were mailed out last month to Pulaski County and if anyone was missed in the mailout they may obtain the seals by calling her at The sale will continue until Christ Water On Heavy Plane WASHINGTON An experi ment in which water skis are be ing used on a pound sea plane to improve its takeoff and landing characteristics is being at the The Navy announced today the teit center and the Glenn L Martin of Baltimore for the lint testing the hydro ski device on a e in the bomber Smaller eluding jet aircraft have
