B&O to Lay Off 13,000 Employes
Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads announce combined layoff of over 13,000 workers due to steel strike. Pennsylvania furloughs total across system, including about 1,200 in Baltimore area, with B&O laying off 4,178 across 13 states plus DC starting Friday. Traffic declines prompt remaining cuts. total numbers spread across regions and divisions.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio and
Pennsylvania
Washington
Philadelphia
States
District of Columbia
Steel industry idle workers report across Baltimore area
The Charleston Gazette reports on June 5 1952 about about 27 000 idle steel workers in the Baltimore area. Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point employs 25 000 with the rest at five smaller plants. Also listed are hundreds of workers in Cumberland Keyser Du Bois Glenwood Washington and Ind in various plants.
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Charleston Gazette
Baltimore
Cumberland
Keysar, W
Glenwood
Paane du Bois
Washington, Ind
Bethlehem Steel Co
Sparrows Point
Chesapeake Miner Fractures Leg at Winifred Collieries
A 22 year old Chesapeake man, Emory Evans, fractured his right leg in a slate fall at a Winifred Collieries Coal Co. mine near noon yesterday. Charleston General Hospital attendants reported the injury. Also treated and released was Chalmer Cantley, 31, of Seth, for a compound fracture to his left ring finger from an accident at Red Parrot Coal Co.
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Chesapeake
Winifred Collieries Coal Co
Charleston General Hospital
Las Emory Evans
Chalmer Cantley
Seth
Red Parrot Coal Co
West Virginia Students to Receive Yale Degrees
Twelve students from West Virginia are among more than 2,000 candidates for degrees to be awarded at Yale University on Monday June 9. Names and home towns include Charles B. Payne Jr Charleston Cabell A Pearse Bluefield Raymond F Oliver Bluefield George T Sinclair Whitehorn Annelise Sykes College Avenue John F Dodds Clarksburg Jane Wooddell Shannon Green Bank George E Beltz McMechen James F Miller Huntington Frank A Carone Morgantown Henry H Hersch Jr Parkersburg and others.
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New Haven
Conn
West Virginia
Yale University
Charleston
Charles B. Payne, Jr
Washington, St
Cabell A. Pearse
Long Ridge Rd
Raymond J. Reynolds
Bluefield
Raymond FE
Oliver
Princeton Av
George ‘Ft. Sinclair
Whitehorn
Annelise Sykes
College Av
John FP
Dodds
Williams
Clarksburg
Jane Wooddell Shannon
Green Bank
George E. Beltz
McMechen
James F
Miller
Huntington
Frank A. Carone
Kingwood St
Morgantown
Henry H. Hersch, Jr
Market St
Parkersburg
Betrothed couples announced in Virginia and West Virginia
Mrs. Gertrude Pederson of MacCorkley announces the engagement of her daughter Betty Jean to Campbell Carrington Sellers of Fairfax Virginia with a 7:30 p m ceremony at the Village Chapel Rev J M McNair to officiate Mies Pedersen a Stonewall Jackson High School graduate and service rep with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co while her fiancé is in the Disbursement Accounting Dept He is a Hargrave Military Academy and University of Virginia alumnus and Theta Chi member Betrothed Mr and Mrs LB Riley of Seventh Ave announce the betrothal of Eloise to Sgt James F Jarvis son of Mr and Mrs Frank Jarvis of South Charleston no wedding date set Miss Riley a Stonewall Jackson High School and Morris Harvey College graduate belongs to Phi Lambda Tau and has taught at Ft Hill School Her fiancé recently returned from Korea is an alumnus of South Charleston High School and studied at Morris Harvey Elllis William Clarence son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Ellis of C Ellis RFD 1 Scott Depot West Virginia will join almost 100 Anderson College graduates in Anderson Indiana June 4 Spe College here Wednesday June 11.
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Gertrude Florence Pederson
MacCorkley
Betty Jean
Campbell Carrington Sellers
Abbott M. Sellers
Fairfax
J. M. McNair
Mies Pedersen
Stonewall Jackson High School
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Hargrave Military Academy
Chatham
University of Virginia
Theta Chi Fraternity
Mra
LB. Riley
Seventh Av
Eloise
James F. Jarvis
Frank’ Jarvis
South Charleston
Miss Riley
Stone~ Wail Jackson High School
Morris Harvey College
Phi Lamuda Tau Sorority
Ft. Hill School
Kores
South Charleston High School
Morris, Harvey
William Clarence Ellis
Clarence Ellis
Driver, Child Hurt After Urban Collision
A collision injured a woman named Nancy and her daughter at 210 North Dr and 295 Hardin. They were taken to Francis Hospital in Bartlett. the mother suffered a shoulder and neck contusion with temporary memory loss while the child is under observation with a head injury. The cab driver was also injured, and Calvin Rogers the cab driver was identified among the injured.
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North Dr
Nancy
Francis Hospital
Bartlett Am Charleston General Hospital
Greenland
Calvin Rogers
Arctic Circle
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B&o
California
Cam Peete
Eh A
Ors
Mulman & Company
AN & Company
Terre Haute, Indiang
P Iced Sea
R N
Moceasing
Sanbler OF
Boston
Trea
Tot
Armour Meat Co
Lewis and
Ruffner Sts
Mary Jane Cox
Morgan Hotel
Wydg
U. S. Sen
M. M. Neely
United Mine Workers
John &. Lewis
William C. Marland
Gov
Patteson
Lewis
Marland
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Rush D. Holt
Chapman
Holt
West
Tiunes
Troth
Betty Jean Pedersen
Thenix
Rexair
Martin-Parry Corporation
McCorkle Ave
W.S. Charleston
W.va
Annette
Prine
David Crystal
Mallison
Dickinson ST
Rorenberger's
Ethan
Rosenberger
Rosenberger's
I Rosenberger
Virginia Street
Capito Street
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