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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1947
Page
8
Local program committee reports on activities for the year including conventions, musicals, drama reviews, and a spring dinner. Members Guy Clark and Anne Withers head the group with other volunteers. Readers get updates on hospital stays, travel plans, and upcoming weddings and social visits.
Detroit Automobile Dealers Assoc proposes a six month dealer customer contract to curb bootlegging of new cars. Purchasers keep the car during the contract or return it with 10 percent loss. Attorney General to revoke used car licenses of 10 large Detroit dealers. Ben H. Cole cites leads of used lots offering factory new models. Harold C. Johns endorsed by DADA for adoption by members and directors. Secretary Fred M Alger Jr. addresses action. Formal notices to revocations to be served by Monday.
Philadelphia dispatch reports a Chicago to Washington DC flight crashed near Charles Town West Virginia. Ninety two people aboard perished with 15 bodies found near wreckage. Rescue crews faced mud and rain as they recovered remains and a wedding planned by Carmela and Antoinetta Pesce was postponed due to the disaster.
A Pittsburgh to Washington charter crash killed three parsons familiar to era aviation, including a newlywed Navy sailor and several Red Cross and government workers. Notable passengers included Miss Charlotte Cramer, Dr Courtney Smith, Miss Minnie Herman, and law partner Isadore E. Goldberg, with many others bound for a capital or Norfolk area assignments.
A partial list of aboarders from Capitol Airlines flight from Chicago to Washington was released for checks at boarding points. Names include Cecil L. Eaton 55 Pittsburgh chief engineer, J M Molitasa Jr 29 former Navy lieutenant, G H McAfferty Mt. Runner Md, Mary J Allman Union Iowa, William Watson 34 Wilkinsburg Pa manager, Albert J McCarthy 21 Pittsburgh student, Mrs Anne Marie McCarthy 21, Mr and Mrs John R Rewer Ambridge Pa, Miss Jape Goodwin Pittsburgh, Norris Cox Bethichan Steel Co, and others. Inquiries continue into the crash site near Leesburg Va.
A partial passenger list includes Cecil Peppigtt from Philadelphia eastern division sales manager for 20th Century Fox, Sam Gross a Fox area division manager, Mrs Martha Helen Bryan and daughter Judith Christine of Indianapolis and Norfolk, Mrs Katherine Webster linked to Pittsburgh, Dr Courtney Smith of Silver Spring as Red Cross medical director, and several others boarded in Cleveland or Chicago en route to Norfolk.
Obituaries list multiple local deaths with service details. Albert W. Duncar died at home after illness. services 2 pm at Nasarene church with Rev. Rochuck. Viola Galloway and Mary Ann Andee have memorials and burials planned. Additional notices include Clotilde Hinney and Lena Young with services and burial details. Funeral homes and cemeteries named. survivors listed for each.
A Cincinnati waiter sues for 25000 alleging Chesapeake and Ohio railroad used his photograph without consent to promote a no tipping service. The suit cites branding on timetables and cards and lists surviving family including his mother Mrs Pinkie Smith and aunt Hattie Abernathy. The petition, filed in Montgomery County court, seeks damages and an injunction to stop further use.
President Truman orders federal agencies to safeguard foreign patent rights on inventions from government funded or conducted research. The directive previews forthcoming legislation and contrasts with Attorney General Clark s report proposing a uniform patent procedure for government inventions.
The Navy tests wing and tail lights to prevent night flight collisions. Pilots in formation can confuse the single light ahead, leading to crashes when misidentifying lights. A Texas student reportedly joined with another plane’s red wing light only to realize it was the taillight of a truck.
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt was awarded the Legion of Honor in the rank of chevalier and the Croix de Guerre with palm by the French government for outstanding services in North Africa in 1943. He was among several officers honored at the French Embassy.
The crash occurred after Filkosky and Murray took off from Rainbow field on Coal river. The plane dived and wreckage was found by a Clackfield pilot who guided responders to the scene. Filkosky is survived by his mother and siblings. body at Bartlett morgue in St Albans.
Atlanta police questioned French artist Paul Refoule for a third time about the murder of his 21 year old wife Peggy Refoule. He failed a lie detector test except when admitting he did not love his wife. he remains jailed on a 10000 dollar bond on sodomy charges while investigations continue.
John W. Looney 83 a vice president of the First National Bank of Spencer and prominent Roane County farmer died Friday in Parkersburg hospital after a lengthy illness. He previously served as cashier and assistant cashier at the bank and was treasurer of St. John’s Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife Hat tie Osborne Looney two sons a daughter two daughters in law and four grandchildren. A service at St. John’s Methodist Church was planned with burial in Spencer.
Lewis Ralph Hudnall 60 a Marmet garage operator died of a heart ailment while fishing in Clearwater Florida His death follows years in Florida where he had moved amid political turmoil surrounding the 1946 fifth district primary investigation The FBI expansion of the probe into Jackson County voting patterns was ordered by Attorney General Tom Clark and tied to hearings before a Senate subcommittee Survivors include his wife five sons and two daughters and funeral services are planned in Marmet and Charleston West Virginia
Hollywood starlet Gloria Jean, 19, fainted during a London Casino performance and cancelled her British tour. Critics had booed her after singing the Lord's Prayer, and she blamed travel stress, rehearsal strain, and harsh reviews for the collapse prompting return home.
Orvie Lewis Walker 42, a Pittsburgh Steam ship Co. employee at Gary Indiana, died Thursday in an accident. He was a former Roane County resident survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Isaac F Walker of Walton four sisters and three brothers with funeral at the father’s home conducted by Rev S Gay Blosser. Burial in the Walker cemetery with mortuary aid by Hardman and Conrad of Spencer.
A. F. Patrick of Charleston was precinct president of the West Virginia branch at the ninth annual convention in Parkersburg. Patrick was named as the 1948 meeting host, with Roy D. Wigal Parkersburg as vice president and George W. Anderson Fairmont secretary. Evan W. Lee Parkersburg treasurer. Auxiliary: Mrs. Charles L. Gault Parkersburg president. Mrs. N. B. Null Fairmont first vice president. Mrs. E. A. Wyers Fairmont second vice president. Mrs. L. J. Piersol Parkersburg treasurer. Delegates discussed pending legislation and postal work conditions.
Dr. Will B. Houghton, veteran Baptist clergyman and Moody Bible Institute president, died in Hollywood hospital. He was 60 and had been ill for about two years, stricken at his apartment in the Ambassador Hotel. His wife Elizabeth accompanied him for treatment.
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