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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
8
Chicago report on the National Safety Council forecast for New Year weekend traffic deaths. It cites Ned Dearborn noting the only way to avoid fatalities is prudent action, not weather. The estimate covers 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday with dangers from alcohol, weather, and driver behavior.
A heavyset man rode a cab to Norfolk with a lacy companion and a police escort. The cabbie learned the passenger was Vice President Alben Barkley, prompting the driver to wonder who the famous man was as they headed to the Norfolk dock.
The case centers on Lews policy actions and an NLRB dispute. Officials in Washington and Baltimore weigh whether to seek a court injunction while Moody claims six months of effort failed to end efforts to reinstate workers. He cites industry vetting and worker hardship as ongoing issues.
Seismic tremor rattles Manila with two and a half minutes of sharp northeast south west movement. Official reports of casualties were not immediately available though fear spread among workers and officials as instruments reportedly went out of operation. Cries and crowd reactions noted, but exact impact remained uncertain.
Sawyer urged that excise taxes be shaped to allow a fair return while government policy guides industry to regulated, productive growth. He touted overall benefits to business and society, noting some confusion about anti trust rules and concerns over public works spending and Marshallian trade links.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a revived claim or salute with scattered names and a possible reference to a person named Nagel and a place or group in Florida. The readable parts are garbled and provide no clear event, date, or outcome to summarize.
Florida state employment service notes a unique position labeled strip tease artist. The listing describes a performer who dances or sings with accompaniment while gradually disrobing on stage. It highlights that no intelligence test is required for this job category.
Special to The Gazette Spencer Dec 28 construction on the Spencer Graded School is nearly finished. Roane County Board of Education has certified 38940 to contractor url Roberts to be paid from the original contract sum of 43940.00. A balance of 500 remains until final finish work is done. Students moved in two months ago from the old building. the new structure lacks central heating and gas stoves are used to heat classrooms.
Washington December 20 The Veterans Administration said it does not yet know where the first of 16 million World War II veterans insurance dividend checks will be mailed with a target date near mid January. Officials noted it could take over three years for all veterans to receive shares of the 2.8 billion dollar fund given current application rates and at least five thousand eligible veterans have not yet applied.
Indiana paper reports Barney the hog, famed for evading the butcher, gaining fame as a riding pig. Palmer Moni's son Jackie rode Barney, prompting farmer Hough to vow never sell the animal.
A Point Pleasant woman who works on a car company tugboat fell from the gangplank to the moving vessel last night. Reed McMillan Hospital attendants identified her, admitted for possible ankle fracture after slipping on the gang plank while boarding the vessel.
The Philippine War Crimes Court completed its proceedings with 186 repatriations due to lack of evidence and multiple sentences. Maj. Gen Masaoka received one year hard labor for complicity in civilian executions. 12 prisoners were executed and awaiting presidential review.
A Christmas Day blaze left a local family homeless in Terra Alta. Mrs Ruth Wolfe, an elderly widow, donated a fully furnished farm house for the family with the first month rent free. No injuries were reported as the fire was contained without casualties.
Sam McEwen of Advertising The was elected president of the Charleston Press Club last night. He succeeds Robert L. Jamison as president. Vincent Jensen reelected treasurer. Board members named include Edward A Brannon John Hanlan Joan Hunt Harry Hoffmann Henry Rosenberger Harry Ball Dick Hudson Phares McGhee. The North Atlantic Council will meet January in Washington to approve a defense strategy for Western Europe and the Atlantic area with Acheson representing the United States. The plan must be approved before the $1 billion arms aid program moves forward.
In Hamlet North Carolina observers reported a bizarre object described as a large metal ball or balloon flying erratically above the town. Pilots and a news correspondent chased the object but it disappeared toward the sun, with weather staff suggesting a possible high altitude balloon though noting the craft did not resemble a standard weather balloon.
In Chicago a remarkable orange and white cat named Rusty traveled about 1000 miles from Belmont Massachusetts to Forest Park after moving with the Toste family last September. Joseph J Veste and family reported the animal’s journey, saying Rusty left Belmont and reappeared at their home, prompting a call to his father John Toste.
A 16 year old American girl in Paris pressed five prominent figures to unite for world peace so she can start a family. She, Patricia Reynolds Capella, married to Jacques Capella, a French dancer, met in Saratoga five years ago and has toured U.S. theaters. She handed out press copies outlining her causes to President Truman, Pope Pius XII, Premier Stalin, and King George.
Christian churches schools and hospitals in Foochow China report little interference since August conquest. Congregationalist Christian Board of Foreign Missions says 25 missionaries remain active with churches schools and hospitals operating much as before. Communists posted assurances of freedom of worship and protection of foreigners after occupation, though taxation and lower earnings burden Chinese people.
New York police report a father Andrew Gazak 43 mother Veronica Gazak 32 and children Veronica 5 and Andrew Jr 3 found dead in their holiday decorated East Side apartment likely from carbon dioxide poisoning. An unanswered knock prompted a sister of Mrs Gazak to call authorities.
DANVILLE Dec 26 a family in Uneeda Buang County four miles from here lost their home by fire for the second time in two years Chief R C Smith of the Danville Volunteer Fire Department said a blaze started in the attic of the home of Artur Green destroying the two story six room residence in a short time Green's wife and two small children escaped Smith said Green was at work at the time The fire had burned out the attic and it was flaming from the upstairs windows before it was discovered by the family The volunteer fire fighters were summoned the walls of the structure were collapsing by the time they arrived and the firemen were unable to save it Smith quoted Green that the house was covered by 2900 There is confusion in the record about damages and ownership and a portion of the text appears to be garbled or unrelated to the fire report
The Recorder reports that King George V threatened to abdicate in 1922 amid a personality clash with Lloyd George. It says the coalition government formed after World War I avoided a crisis, with the king and prime minister clashing over power and policy, and a potential succession change discussed but never realized.
In Abilene Texas a three month old girl named Carmen Martinez reportedly had her fingers and thumbs bitten off by the family dog while her mother was briefly away. The pet dog lingered at the wounds as the parent returned to find the infant badly injured and the creature licking the damage.
ST PAUL Minn Dec 28 Mr and Mrs Fred Fastner principals in a divorce suit begun after seven years during which they exchanged no direct words were reconciled in a Christmas meeting District Judge Robert W Rensch dismissed the divorce action The suit was filed by Fastner Mrs Fastner filed a cross complaint seeking separate maintenance It was disclosed they lived in the same house yet spoke to each other through their grown children The silence began after an anonymous note claimed the husband was running around with another woman A witness admitted sending the note which proved false Judge Rensch urged reconciliation and the trial was halted for settlement efforts.
Morris Harvey College in West Virginia, the state’s third largest institution, seeks a new riverside building to accommodate rapid growth across full and part-time students. The plan includes classrooms, laboratories, three lecture halls, an oval library, chapel, auditorium for 1000, and riverfront terrace.
In a brief exchange the governor denied plans to retire from public life next year. He refused to answer whether he would run for governor again, saying he would speak on political subjects only when he has something to say and that further questions are unnecessary.
Rep. Clarence J. Brown who led Taft’s 1948 bid praised Governor Dewey’s Albany statement that he will not seek the GOP presidential nomination in 1962 or ever. Brown said the remark is both wise and well timed and that Dewey deserves congratulations for clarifying his position.
Fragmentary text mentions a girl with an amputated hand and unnamed benefactor. References examinations by specialists and a mysterious cause for a linfer on Bahly's finger. Several treatments and months are implied but details are unclear and hazardous to interpret.
Miami. Author of Anthony Adverse, Hervey Allen, 60, died today at his winter home The Glades in South Miami. Born December 8, 1889 in Pittsburgh, he was wounded in World War I after attending Annapolis cramming school and later served on the Mexican border. His literary career began in 1921 with Wampum and Old Gala, followed by Israfel, Action at Aquila, The Forest and Fort, and City of... died earlier this year.
New York stock market news shows railroad shares pushing to a 17 month high as reports from November rally demand. Rail stocks gained with modest advances across the board while volume neared 1.6 million shares as prices rose to the day’s best levels.
Betty Jane Cumminghan and Jimmie Wondroe of South Charleston donate a rag doll and a track and color book for a Tide of Toys drive. Richard Smith, seven, sends express trains with a wish for European children to be happy. Von Woglom and others send tinkertoys and the goal deadline is April 4. Toys must avoid warlike or powered weapons. donated items will be distributed by the agency.
Relief official warned Jacobson that he had seen evidence of indiscretion but claimed not to be an agent. Jacobson described questions about the AJDC's alleged activities aiding Hungarian Jews to leave the country illegally and about ties with Robert A. Vogeler of ITT and Edgar Sanders of a British ITT subsidiary. Vogeler and Sanders have been held by Hungarian police for nearly six weeks, accused of turning the Hungarian subsidiary into a spy and age organization.
President Truman will deliver an in person message to the Senate and House after Congress reconvenes next Wednesday. He is charged by critics with confusing federal treasury duties with those of the Democratic party while outlining his legislative aims.
A long obituary page records numerous local deaths. Entries name the deceased, their residence, surviving relatives, and planned funeral details including times and funeral homes in towns such as Hurricane, Charleston, Gassaway, MontgomERRY, and Winona. Interments are noted at various cemeteries with services conducted by local pastors.
Funeral service was held for John Caldahaugh 71 a retired president of Wie Caldangiel Broth ers Hardwaye and former Gionehale snaver. He died Christmas night at a hospital after six weeks illness. The piece also includes an unrelated Q&A about pigeon milk and incubation in eggs.
Ellen Marie Clinton, a 19 year old student nurse from Swoope Virginia, died from injuries suffered in a car crash on Kanawha Blvd. Five others remained in critical condition. Names and injuries include Naomi Black 19 pelvic and head injuries, Der Hartman 20 broken leg and bruises, Willam Kenneth Devis 24 skull fractures and leg injuries, Robert E. Hinzman 24 compressed skull fracture, William B Spence 23 skull fracture. Clinton's parents and siblings were present at her death. Body taken to Willie Beardin Churchville Virginia. Funeral arrangements not complete.
Beckley services for Ted McDowell editor of the Post Herald were led by Rev J W Witherspoon at Beckley Presbyterian Church. Burial followed at Memorial Park. McDowell, 47, died Monday night in Charleston of a heart attack. he had edited the Pol lisrald since 1930.
Ex publisher William Jaffray, 80, former head of the Toronto Globe, died of a heart attack last night at his winter home in the Oxford Apartments near Winter residence in Ox ford. He and his wife were spending the season with two guests, Mrs Gordon Crawford and a Torena Be URNE in New Jersey.
The advertising director of Hvarat Publications, MENIDIAN Mrs. Neo Edward McHugh, died in Meridian today after a stroke. He was a proponent of AV from New York. Funeral services were held in Conseencnt with strong memorials from colleagues in New Orleans and New York.
E A Brennan dies in New York City after battle with cancer. Survived by Ethel Brennan and Harold Brennan of New Jersey, his death leaves family and friends in mourning. The International A... stage career noted.
A resident from Oak Hill was treated for a medical condition and remained under care at the hospital tonight. Hospital staff reported the patient’s status as stable and expected to recover with continued observation.
Oliver F. Shane, father of Rev. Lee Shane, pastor of Calgary Baptist Church, died Monday in Tunisnapalis. He had been about ten weeks ill, according to reports in this city.
A fragmentary Warsaw report notes France demanding action declined by authorities, with unclear details about the parties, date, and exact terms. The garbled text suggests a diplomatic protest over a plane or work issue, but specifics are not recoverable from the readable lines.
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