Firefighters Rally As Timber Blaze Kills 13 Ferrymen
Helena Montana dispatch reports 500 firefighters battled a three mile Willow Mountain fire now burning near 25 miles northeast of azerena. The blaze has killed 13 forest service men and burned up to 6 000 acres since Friday amid shifting winds and showers.
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Sentinel roundup outlines Atlantic pact unity tour
London reports that America's top military planners Admiral Louis Denfeld General Omar Bradley and General Hoyt Vandenberg led a ten day air tour of Western Europe to study forging air tight unity among the 10 Atlantic pact members. They aimed to unify strategic planning and command of pooled armed forces.
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Armed Sands Vigilantes In Florida Seek Killer In Stabbing Spree
Searchers mobilize in Crystal Beach Florida as police hunt a crazed assailant after a 70 year old man Norman Browne was stabbed to death in his secluded home. His wife Annie Browne was critically injured as the killer slashed and battered four other victims with a shotgun butt and other wounds. The attacker remains at large as authorities describe the suspect as intoxicated or deranged.
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Woman killed in head on crash near Hernshaw
A head on collision on U S Route 119 near Hernshaw killed 33 year old Miss Sybil Lucille Ferrell of Chesapeake. Driver Keith Shelton 33 of East Bank and Jacob Paul Dotson 40 of Charleston were hospitalized.
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Georgia Mayor and Friends Battle Robed Klansmen
Iron City Georgia mayor C L Drake and allies clashed with robed Ku Klux Klan members in a dawn shooting incident. Drake chased a Klan official into Alabama at high speed and helped have him jailed. An unidentified Klansman was wounded. Drake's group reported no injuries.
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Bureau of Mines Reports Fewer Coal Mine Fatalities in First Half 1949
The Bureau of Mines said the nation’s coal mines saw a sharp drop in fatal accidents in the first six months of 1949. 333 miners were killed in incidents averaging one to four men per event, with no major disaster (five or more deaths) reported in that period. The bureau noted this marked the second longest major-disaster-free span since 1839, following a 12 to 12 month stretch in 1938-1939 and roughly nine months in 1946-1947. Fatal accidents fell 32 percent versus the first half of 1948 and were 48 percent below 1947’s pace.
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Airliner Lands Safely After Wingtip Loss in Collision
A Capital Airlines DC-3 with 23 aboard landed safely at Billy Mitchell Field Milwaukee after losing six feet of its right wingtip in a collision with a light plane. Pilot Arthur Rapps, 33, of Milwaukee, was killed in the other craft. The airliner’s crew and passengers were unhurt. The crash occurred about 1,000 feet over Maitland Field. The crippled DC-3 diverted to a safe touchdown six miles south of the collision site.
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Moser Reports Taylor County Health Unit In Operation
Dr C Y Moser reports the new Taylor County Health Unit is now operating at West Grafton school following meetings among county and city officials the state health department and the Preston County Health department. A sanitarian has been installed and a nurse is expected soon. Temporary quarters are in the school building and remodeling of the new offices is to be completed in weeks. The effort aims to prevent disease and prolong life with public cooperation.
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Legion Opens New Home With Fashion Show
A large turnout attended the opening of the American Legion post home on McGraw Avenue. Friday and Saturday featured a fashion show with commentator Mrs. C Burl Mason and displays from Penney's Barton’s Style Shop Barton's and Mc Crory's. The tour highlighted the former residence of the late W A Beavers. The post has used the building since last spring but held its official opening last Friday. It is touted as the finest Legion post home in the state.
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Man Dies of Sedative Overdose in Fayetteville Apartment
Edward Harty, about 57, was found dead in his bed in Fayetteville. A coroner’s jury, acting through Coroner Virgil Lyons and Dr. J. N. Harrett, ruled death by suffocation from an overdose of a sedative. Hart owned Greenbrier Fuel Co at Quinwood and formerly worked for the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Officials seek his relatives.
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38 Displaced Persons To Locate In W. Va
Eight of 1356 displaced persons arriving in New York aboard the General Howze will be sent to West Virginia as announced by the International Refugee Organization.
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Two New Polio Cases Reported In Beckley
Two new cases of infantile paralysis were confirmed in Beckley raising the county total to ten for the year. The patients include 25 year old Ray Bowdy of Beckley and 13 year old Adair McConnell of Bridgewater Virginia who was visiting an uncle Vern Tucker in Beckley when he was struck by illness.
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Woman collapses and dies at funeral in Linden church
Mrs. Alice B. Taylor, 66, of Linden collapsed and died during the funeral service for her mother Mrs. Isabell A. Bailey at the Duck Run church yesterday in Spencer. Authorities reported no foul play and the tragedy occurred amid services attended by family and friends.
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Johnson vows aid to curb unscrupulous contract influence
Secretary of Defense Johnson pledged to help eliminate six five percenters who profit from federal contracts. He testified as Senate investigations subcommittee opened public hearings into contract fees. Johnson expressed full cooperation and sympathy with efforts to root out influence peddling harming business and government.
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Conference Called To Draft Asian Pacific Alliance
CHINHAE Korea The Jeaters of Nationalist China and the Korean Republic urged a conference of Asian powers to draft a Pacific alliance against Communism. Chiang Kai Shek and South Korea President Syngman Rhee asked Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines to summon the nations after a two day meeting. Quirino, en route to meet Truman, gave no comment.
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Insurance Agents Meet at Greenbrier Hotel WV Convention
Casualty and fire problems were on the agenda of the West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents convention opening at the Greenbrier hotel. The gathering will run through Wednesday and feature discussions among agents from across the state.
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Ecuador Earthquake Toll Surges Past Four Thousand Six Hundred
News from Ecuador places the unofficial death toll above 4,600 with thousands injured after a major earthquake. Damage estimates reach about 20.8 million dollars across some 29 towns as military and air relief efforts ramp up.
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Six Reinterments In Local Cemetery
World War II casualties will be laid to rest in the state's only National Cemetery this week with six reburials scheduled. Three services are slated for Thursday and three for Friday, led by local American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and the Charleston National Honor Guard. The interments include Pfe. Russell Helmick of Belington, Pfe. Wannis Lusk of Clear Fork, Pfc. Dale G. Westfall of Clendenin, Pfc. William E. Bishoff of Newark, Ohio, Pfc. Herbert H. Hiser of Page, and Pfe. Stanton T. Lemon of Wharton, Ohio.
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New Look Fashion Duel Hypes 1920s Backlash on Fifth Avenue
A lively critique contrasts the new New Look with a back-to-1920s style as New York stores showcase high hem lengths and floating panels amid a weekend surge in women’s fall fashion. The piece notes the rising costs and playful nostalgia, with fashion history references and wary humor about trends for gents and shoppers.
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Acheson Plans New Policy Toward East Asia
Secretary of State Acheson will begin consultations with congressional foreign policy committees this session to shape a new U S policy toward China and the Far East. Officials expect China studies to be well advanced by summer, with no legislative requests anticipated before adjournment. Rep Martin of Massachusetts said Republicans will join in formulating a stronger China policy for peace. Also, Philippines President Quirino’s visit may boost efforts for a non military regional group in Southeast Asia. See ACHESON page 6.
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Murder Charge Against Minor Slain Relative Case
PRINCETON West Virginia a murder charge was to be placed today against Rathfield Carver in connection with the shotgun slaying of his wife's brother Mercer county sheriff Clarence C Elmore said Wilson Nicewander 27 a Bland County Va farmer was shot Saturday night through the chest on the back porch of the Carver home near Bramwell Mercer county Carver a coal miner and his wife were quoted by Police Chief McKinley Stacey that the shooting grew from an argument over Nicewanders visit to the home in a drunken condition.
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Sumner Welles Wife Dies In Switzerland Hotel
Mrs. Sumner Welles former Mathilde Townsend died in her hotel in SUSANE Switzerland while accompanying her husband, ex undersecretary of State, on a health restoring European trip. The couple sailed for Europe a month ago as Welles, weakened by a near fatal incident last Christmas, sought renewed strength.
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Curry Motor Company Receives Charter in Grafton
Curry Motor Company, Inc., of Grafton, is capitalized at 50000 dollars with CB Curry, A Cuny, and Garty Curry, all of Buckhannon, listed as founders in the state filing noted today.
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