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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1952
Page
8
A jumbled crossword list with scattered clues and partial words across multiple entries. The readable items hint at definitions like possessions, professions, colors, body parts, and actions, but many entries are garbled or incomplete.
A freak crash at MacCorkle Avenue and 38th Street in Kanawha City damaged four cars and sent driver James Raymond Walls 28 of Frame to Mountain State Hospital with a fractured arm. Walls lost control of a U Drive-It car, swerved across the center line, and struck three parked cars. His car rolled, pinning his left arm. two bones were shattered. Total damages estimated at 1350 dollars.
St Albans church will hold a kick-off breakfast after the 8 am Mass to recruit workers for a 150000 building fund drive. Frank J Butler heads the drive with James H Murray publicity and a team including W E Bess Joseph Gallagher and others as area and special solicitations chairs.
The stock market rose for the third straight time this year led by railroads with gains in steels oils rubbers and building materials. The Associated Press average climbed 40 cents to 106.88 a new 1952 high. Steel formed a key block move before finishing higher around 39½, with General Motors and Northern Electric among notable gainers.
Twenty Charleston area men join the Second Engineer Battalion of the Second Marine Division at Camp Lejeune North Carolina for a two week summer encampment Attached to the Fourth Engineer Company USMCR South Charleston W V the group includes Capt John Shoulders Sgt Vogel Bates and many other ranks with Inspector Instructor staff also attending from the Fourth Engineers Camp Lejeune June 27 Special report
A Peiping radio broadcast quoted by North Korean sources claimed Allied bombing of hydroelectric plants aims to prolong the conflict and heighten East tensions. It cited Alan Winnington of the Daily Worker saying US military pressure is not forcing peace and criticized action on the Yalu plants as not affecting Panmunjom talks.
A twelve year old Billy Bryant from Hat Tip, Miss., entered a New Orleans hospital to have tonsils removed but fled frightened of anesthesia. Nurses found him missing at bed check and police joined frantic parents and hospital staff in a full scale search.
The data lists various bond averages including 4) RR, 10 ind, and 1 Tit 10 Fen with mixed changes. Figures show daily, weekly, and monthly values such as 95, 83.0, 9B,B Prev. Day, and 284 Week Ano with references to dates and currencies.
The report notes mixed demand and steady to weak prices for butter eggs and produce in Pittsburgh and New York. It lists wholesale ranges for potatoes corn cobblers and sweet potatoes, with eggs and poultry prices showing slight firmness and some declines in specific categories.
Market reportage covers hogs cattle and sheep with price ranges across regions including Texas and Pittsburgh. It notes steady to rising bids, utility and commercial buyers, and references Dow Jones averages and grain transactions alongside U.S. Treasury budget figures and staple price trends.
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