22 Feb 1952
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1952
Page
1
Toledo baseball fans rallied to save the American Association franchise with a new $45,000 ticket sale drive led by the Chamber of Commerce. Owner Danny Menendez granted an extra seven days to raise the funds, reviving local hope for the club’s future.
The Toledo chamber of commerce reports more than 7500 in advance ticket sales on the first day of the save the Hens drive raising the total to about 12000 to date. A spokesman said sales have come from average taxpayers with big firms yet to contribute as Toledo fans gain seven extra days to raise 45000 for the American Association franchise in Toledo. The deadline was extended after a Charleston bid failed to materialize.
The article notes a franchise dispute in Toledo with an extending deadline after a potential bid from Charles ton. Menendez extended Wednesday midnight as the cutoff to allow more time for securing support.
In a communist led riot at Koje Island stockade near Pusan, 69 internees and one American soldier died. About 1,500 inmates attacked U S security police with improvised weapons. 22 wounded internees and 142 minor injuries reported. troops restored order after heavy fighting. no POWs involved.
A fragment hints at a college team’s rising status and a pivotal moment in a season. Details remain unclear but the snippet signals a significant contest or achievement involving the college squad, with local press noting anticipation.
A nine year old boy identified as Marc Parsons of St. Albans was seriously injured when his mother backed up at an East End business, apparently running him over twice. He was admitted to Thomas Memorial Hospital around 10 p.m. and underwent immediate surgery for serious internal injuries. Police described the accident as the mother accidentally backing into the boy after he moved toward the toy he left behind.
A compact listing shows sections including 30 Editorials and 10 additional items. The fragment indicates a daily page indexing content under names like Dorothy Dix and Ug Pugele.
Washington February 21 John L Lewis accused the coal industry of being a mortician's paradise after 119 miners died in the Orient Mine No 2 disaster at West Frankfort Illinois. He described carbon monoxide and blast injuries and the fate of families awaiting Christmas with rubber sacks for loved ones.
Management officials said talks with the CIO Oil Workers Union at Columbia Gas System continued after six months without notice of a planned strike. O A Jack Knight, president of the union, announced in Denver that a strike was planned for March 3, but details remained undisclosed.
President Truman told about 500 Masons at a breakfast in a hotel that the presidency is an all day and nearly all night job and that, between you and me and the gatepost, he likes it. He spoke of the abuse presidents must endure and noted his enjoyment of the role.
A Citizens Traffic Advisory member proposed reconditioning the Elk River bridge at Dryden Street as a westbound one way thoroughfare to ease traffic flow. He opposed scrapping the span in a government drive. The committee also rejected two way traffic on Broag Street.
A national survey by the Princeton Institute of Public Opinion finds Republican voters favor Taft for cleaning up government corruption while Democrats and independents back Eisenhower. The study covers responses from urban and rural areas as voters compare Taft and Ike for the GOP nomination and governance.
The Gallup Poll discussion suggests public opinions form part of a larger political struggle. Corruption is likely a major campaign issue this year, viewed by Republicans as the strongest argument against the Democrats according to a recent county poll.
Readers see eight distinct GOP stances in comparisons with Taft and Eisenhower. Taft leads 2 9% while Eisenhower leads 0 38% in different attitudes. unclear data labels possible polling or survey results.
Communist insistence on Russia as a neutral inspector stalled Korean truce talks. Allied broadcast blamed Moscow while U N staff urged resumption of negotiations at Pammunjom with warnings about Russia’s past arms support to North Korea.
Police identify two city detectives as solving the theft of an $6,000 ring from Morris Steiger of Kanawha Blvd. The ring at Steiger Fur Shop owner’s home was recovered after detectives used lie detector tests and staged a return visit to the house to trap an alleged handyman.
U S Sabre jets shot down two Communist MIGs over North Korea in a brief, furious air clash. The week’s tally reached ten Allied planes downed. American losses were not immediately reported.
A three wardens committee told Governor Patteson the state penitentiary with 1750 inmates has about 800 idle, cited danger from unassigned prisoners, and urged immediate vocational recreational and industrial programs to curb idleness and improve parole. The report, by L F Chapman W F Smyth Jr and Joseph E Regen, followed a mutiny last October and supports reform of parole and governance.
D. Franklin Hostetler, former Charleston banker, files a 200000 libel and slander suit in U S district court against Whitesville State Bank officials Theodore Mullins and Peter Hendricks. He claims false charges of fund misappropriation damaged his reputation and forced his resignation from the Bank of West Virginia.
Surgeon General Leonard Scheele disclosed in a House subcommittee hearing that the government runs 80 laboratories capable of detecting secret germ warfare attacks. The Public Health Service fields 21 physicians to aid epidemic intelligence nationwide, with an Atlanta headquarters and fast-response units. The program focuses on peacetime epidemic detection and study.
The surgeon general described a nationwide microbiological network of 80 public and private labs to rapidly identify rare diseases or unusual outbreaks. He cited Cincinnati Ohio as hosting an environmental health center with infrared equipment to detect disease carrying bacteria and chemical threats. The testimony noted a 1951 mortality estimate of nine per thousand.
Charles C. Morris of Charleston withdrew from the Democratic nomination race for State Senate in Kanawha County. The circuit clerk reported the letter to Hix gave no reasons, leaving John E. Amos the incumbent and Rhonel Proctor as remaining candidates.
Senate investigators found mechanics drawing 17000 annually on a secret North Pole Air Force project code named Blue Jay. Workers reportedly earned 13000 while aboard ships or aircraft en route, with over three million dollars paid before arriving. Lt. Gen. Fick described the project as a rush, hazardous, and requiring screened staff at a 70 hour week.
Sen. Williams accuses the government of mishandling back tax cases totaling two million dollars tied to beer makers once linked to former Internal Revenue Commissioner Nyhan. He cites conflicting Justice and Treasury records from 1944 and names firms such as Hulberg Brewing Co Denmark Brewing Co and Bardin claims in Indianapolis and Wisconsin. The Justice Department says no records exist for several cases and notes one is with U S District Attorney Matthew E Welsh.
NATO ministers in Lisbon weigh cutting 50 to 60 divisions by 1952 and nearly doubling by 1954 in response to reduced European pressure, while US reports hint at a Korea armistice. France seeks more aid to fight guerrillas in Indochina as talks on defense bases across Europe and North Africa proceed.
Dennis J. Layfield pleaded guilty to embezzling more than 364000 from a Parkersburg bank where he worked as a teller and was sentenced to nine years in federal prison. Judge Harry E. Watkins recommended Lewisburg peniteniary in Pennsylvania.
A 30 second prayer thanks God for blessings and providential care. It asks to recognize Jesus as Prince of Peace and to learn the way of peace, so love replaces hatred and bitterness with compassion. Signed F. H. Capehart D D minister First Evangelical.
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