Explosion at Charleston Plastics Plant Injures Seven
At least seven people were admitted to hospitals after a blast and fire at the Ohio Apex plastics plant in Charleston. The roof was blown off, and fire crews from across the Kanawha Valley fought the blaze. Authorities reported initial casualty uncertainty, with several injured and others missing as ambulances converged on the scene near 10:30 EST.
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Ohio Apex Company
South Charleston
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Dunn Hospital
Kanawha Valley
State Labor Department
Ohio Apex
Cecil Walker
Kanawha’ Valley
Walker
Hos
Charleston
Kearns to Fill Physical Education Post in Taylor County
Carroll Kearns, former West Fairmont fullback and Fairmont Teachers College center, will fill the Taylor County physical education instructor post left by W. T. Bolyard Jr. He will also serve as assistant football and basketball coach to head coach Randall McKinney. The board approved the contract at Tuesday’s meeting. Next board session set for Tuesday night to discuss remaining vacancies including Park View principal opening.
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Carroll Kearns
West Fairmont High
Fairmont Teachers College
Army
W. T. (Smokey) Bolyard, Jr
Tinois
Kearns
Randall McKinney
Taylor County
R. Virgil Rohrbaugh
Tuffy" Baker
Bolyard
Board
Truman to Spend Time in Bermuda During Vacation
President Truman arrived in Bermuda aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg and planned several days of walking swimming and sunbathing. He docked at Little Sound near Admiral Henderson's quarters and later met Governor Leatham.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Truman
Charles G. Ross
U. S. Naval Operating Base
Williamsburg
Little Sound
Adm
G. R. Henderson
Mr. Truman
Ralph Leatham
Government House
Naval Base
Great Britain
U.S
Potsdam
Germany
Grafton Sentinel Hosts Three Film Night At Strand and Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Thelma Lake to tonight's double bill at Strand Theatre featuring Ding Dong Williams with Glenn Vernon and Marcy McGuire and The Walls Came Tumbling Down with Lee Bowman and Marguerite Chapman, plus Ambush Trail starring Bob Steele at the Dixie Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grafton Sentinel
Thelma Lake
Barrett Street
Glenn Vernon
Marcy McGuire
Strand Theatre
Lee ‘Bowman
Marguerite Chapman
Bob Steele
Sabotage Damages British Ship in Palestine Harbor
In Haifa bay, saboteurs using limpet mines opened an eight by three foot hole below Empire Rival’s waterline just before midnight. The government said the damage did not sink the troopship as British forces moved into Tel Aviv and four other towns following Jewish underground threats.
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Jerusalem
Hafia Bay
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Thousands Attend Revival Mining Equipment Exhibit
Thousands of visitors thronged the Norfolk and Western railway freight terminal in Bluefield to view mining and industrial equipment at the revived Southern Appalachian industrial exhibit. Director B. B. Houseman predicted attendance over 50,000 for the three day show, the first since 1941 and the only one of its kind this year.
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Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway
B. B. Houseman
Meat Price Cut To Come Sept 9
Higher coal prices go into effect today and oranges rise, but meat price cuts resume September 9 under OPA. Paul Porter announced retail meat ceilings will apply again and pledged a drive against black markets as price controls shift.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
C?4
Rohrbough Certified As Third District Republican Candidate
Charleston August 22 The Secretary of State certified E G Rohrbough of Glenville as the Republican candidate for Congress in West Virginia third district after returns show Rohrbough defeating Rufus Court by 280 votes 5141 to 4861 Oak Hill bus line operator and three others trailed. Incumbent Cleveland M Bailey 12541 votes Louis Craig 5475 in the Democratic race.
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Charleston
Secretary of State
E. G. Rohrbough
Glenville
Congress
West Virginia
Rohrbough
Rufus Court
Oak Hill
Cleveland M. Bailey
Clarksburg
Louis Craig
Weston
Bailey
Johns Hopkins Doctors Eye Polio Vaccine From Chimps
Johns Hopkins researchers report a year long polio study using six chimpanzees as initial test subjects. They see potential resistance to reinfection after exposure but warn no definite results for 12 to 14 months. Six chimps are now immune and awaiting new subjects, with one being prepared for sale to an animal dealer.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Howard A. Howe
Howe
Fire and blast kill eight at Aero-Jet plant in Azusa
In Azusa California eight people died and about 20 were injured when a fire and explosion at the Aero-Jet Engineering Corp plant damaged nearby buildings and sent debris across the area. Navy investigators took charge as authorities sought the cause of the volatile fluids mixing plant blast. Local volunteers fought the inferno and witnessed the terrifying collapse of tanks and heavy machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azusa
Calif
Aero-Jet. Engineering Corp
Navy
Wrigley Field
Los Angeles
Donald Anderson
Man Dragged Two Miles by Train Fights for Life
Pittsburgh August 22 A 60 year old Pennsylvania railroad baggage man John Fiore of McKees Rocks clung to life after being dragged two miles by a train from the downtown station across the Allegheny river bridge to the north side. Railroad police could not determine how he was caught beneath the locomotive as it left his station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Fiore
McKees Bocks
Balkans Red Hot War Talk Hits Peace Conference
Ukraine warned the peace conference that the Balkans could again become Europe’s powder keg as Greece and Albania clashed over Epirus. Greek premier Tsaldaris attacked Albania accusing it of long-standing claims while proposing a counterclaim to northern Epirus. Albania’s Enver Hoxha denied accusations, as Brazil urged a just peace with Italy to spare posterity harsh judgment.
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Paris
Ukraine
Balkans
Europe
Albania
Agit Greece
Dimitri Mapuilsky
Ukraiian
Greece
Constantine Tsaldaris
Epirus
Enver Hoxha
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tsaldaris
Brazil
Italy
Hope rises for like strike end at Standard Oil ship strike
Detroit August 22 Hope rose for an imminent settlement of the eight day old Great Lakes shipping strike after negotiators for the National Maritime Union and Standard Oil Co of Indiana announced a tentative understanding Government Conciliator Noel P Fox said union members would vote on the agreement today in Chicago Terms would not be public until the union ratifies The agreement covers Standard Oil five tankers and may set the basis for settlements with 16 other affected workers
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Detroit
Great Lakes
National Maritime Union
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Noel P. Fox
Chicago
Fox
Standard Oil
NMU
Hope Rises
Ultimatum for Yugoslavia Takes Most Attention
U S Ambassador Patterson flies to Tito near the Austrian border to deliver a 48 hour ultimatum demanding the release of American fliers. Yugoslav attacks on two unarmed American transports prompted the strong State Department demand. Tito calls in top foreign affairs adviser Vladimir Velebit, with Mirko Bruner, as Patterson and two Graves registration men search near Bled for three missing airmen.
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Belgade
Yugoslavia
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Marshal Tito
United States
State Department
Tito
Vladimir Velebit
Bled
Velebit
Mirko Bruner
Foreign Office
San Francisco
Charles ©. Provow
George Demasi
Patterson
Provow
Demasi
Campaign to insure Grafton swimming pool gains city support
Taylor County Board of Trade and a three man committee with Mayor C O King and Street Commissioner John Knotts secured city backing for a pool project at the Park. Board President Paul E Malone and member James F Holt thanked Mayor King and Commissioner Knotts for their cooperation in advancing the plan as Dr. Gerkin and others pursued legal steps. See BOARD page 3.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Grafton
C. O. King
John Knotts
Robert F. Gerkin
Paul E. Malone
James
Unemployment Benefits For Inmates In the Jug
Huntington officials say jail inmates are not entitled to unemployment benefits. David Frampton confirms a probe into Cabell County Jail inmates drawing checks and states details will be released after investigation and potential legal action.
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Huntington
West Virginia
David Frampton
Cabell County
Frampton
U S Considers Fighter Plane Protection for Air Routes
Top authorities in Washington reported the United States may shield American transport planes near the Yugoslav border while flying the Austrian Italian route. The plan preserves the current ban on flights over Yugoslav soil and aims to protect planes from Yugoslav fighters, amid questions about whether the attacked planes were ever over Yugoslavia. Undersecretary Acheson summoned Ambassador Herschel Johnson for a conference to discuss the possible move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex H. Singleton
Washington
United States
Austria
Yugoslavia
Acheson
Herschel Johnson
Countywide Rabies Quarantine Updates and Remains
The lifting of the rabies guarantee in Doddridge county yesterday left restrictions in effect in six counties, state Veterinarian T. C. Green said. Still under quarantine are Berkeley county, the Courthouse and Grafton Independent districts of Taylor, Lewis, Union district of Tyler, Marion, Adkin and Brown's creek districts of McDowell.
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Charleston
Doddridge
T. C. Green
Berkeley County
Courthouse
Grafton
Taylor
Lewis
Union
Tyler
Marion
Adkin
Brown's Creek
McDowell
West Virginia state fair judges rate fine draft horse classes
Lewisburg Aug. 12 Judges at the West Virginia state fair compared draft horse points as thousands flocked to the grounds to see exhibits enjoy the carnival and watch harness races. Winners announced in multiple classes include junior cattle show grand champion Robert Harris Jr and reserve champions tied to Lewisburg entrants with Don R. Kayes of Ohio State University judging.
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Lewisburg
West Virginia
Robert Harris, Jr
R. M. Harris
May
R. M. Herris
John Tuckwiller
Tuckwiller
Don R. Kayes
Department of Animal Husbandry
Ohio State University
Four Held As Witnesses In Mrs Ingram Death Auto Jump
In Fairmont four men were held as material witnesses after a coroner's jury found them responsible for Mrs Bess Ingram's fatal fall from an automobile two weeks earlier. Carroll Markley Harold Markley Walter Preston and another were said to have driven with her to Mannington before she leaped or fell from the car. She was taken to Fairmont hospital and later disappeared from custody before arrest. The four await September grand jury action under $1,000 bond.
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Morgantown
Charles Whistor
Burdette Crowe
Whiston
Bess Ingram
Fairmont
Jack Manley
Carroll Markely
Harold Markely
Walter EB. Preston
D. E. Kidd
Ingram
Hilmeth
Mannington
Pairmont Hospital
H. Pete Hamilton
Jesla
Security Council faces supreme test over Yugoslav airmen
The United States warns Yugoslavia to release U S airmen held by Tito. If Belgrade refuses or delays beyond 48 hours, Washington may urge a special Security Council session led by Dr Oscar Lange to resolve the crisis using vetoed Big Five power. Russia backing looms large as the issue tests pacific dispute settlement.
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Charles A. Grumich
New York
United States
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
Council
Tito
U. S
Security Council
U. N
Ris
Russia
Belgrade
Amerer
Oscar Lange
Poland
See Security Pace
Huntington recount prompts probe of election irregularities
In Huntington on August 22 Mayor Paul Pledler conceded seconding his opponent’s Republican renomination after a recount raised questions. County officials requested a probe into alleged voting irregularities while Democrat vote totals in the state senate race narrowed the lead of incumbent A. R. Winters to 90 over Fred Rotroft.
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Huntington
Paul
Pledler
Robert H. Weber
Fiedler
Fimmiong
State Senate
A. R. (Snooks
Winters
Fred. P. Rotroft
Huhtington
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Charleston Plastics
Kearins
McKinney
Iva Mae Fitawater
St. Francis Hospital
Associated Press
Claim Bandits
Johns Hopkins
C. F
Morgan
Didates Wito
A. Michaels
N. G
Byrnes
America
Lawrence Hupp
Walnut Street
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