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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1951
Page
2
A harsh look at Dixon who joined at 15 and served two decades in the First Marine Division. He entered active duty at the Huntington Reserve recruiting station and later saw combat in Korea before leaving the service at 35. The piece notes the enlistment age minimum and Dixon’s rapid rise through campaigns.
The account recalls Dixon joining the Marines and serving at Chosin where frostbite marked his retreat. He continued active duty for five months after withdrawal before hospital evacuation to Pusan. There officials learned he was only 17, meeting age rules but barred from combat. He then transferred to Guam for garrison duty.
In Philadelphia on June 30 at the Franklin Institute, 27 judges from the eastern regional eliminations will assess entries in Ford Motor Company's Industrial Arts Awards. West Virginia educator Andrew K. Ault will judge pattern making and molding, J R Mulholland will judge mechanical drawing. The program, in its second year, offers $35,000 in cash prizes and nine all expense paid trips to Detroit and Dearborn.
Thomas J. MacDermit of Beckley West Virginia filed a lawsuit in Cleveland today seeking 250000 from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. The action marks a civil case filed on June 14.
Thomas J. Altizer of Charleston West Virginia and Dorothy J. Jackson of South Charleston West Virginia will receive master's and bachelor’s degrees respectively at the University of Chicago commencement. Altizer and Jackson are among 649 graduates in the 59 year history of the school.
In Raleigh West Virginia on April 5 a plaintiff recalls slipping in a water puddle and a locomotive running over his foot. He alleges the road failed to operate a safe shop and that the injury led to an ankle amputation and loss of annual salary of 3750 dollars.
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