Healthier Coal Towns Find New Start After Strike
Force Burndale and Hollywood in Pennsylvania emerge healthier after a five month 1945 miners strike over sewage and contaminated water. Miners back at work with New Shawmut Mining Co. funding home purchases, water treatment, and new wells. Dr Elizabeth Hayes aids the communities as physician and town committee member guiding rehabilitation.
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Force
Pennsylvania
Burndale
Hollywood
Bennett's Valley
New Shawmut Mining Co
Charles Denby
W. J. Stiteler
Pittsburgh
John A. Robertshaw
Greensburg
Force and
Elizabeth Hayes
Betty
Backache and leg pains signal possible kidney trouble
Warning that backache and leg pains may indicate kidney problems. The text stresses kidneys remove acids and wastes, lists related symptoms, and promotes Doan's Pills as a stimulant diuretic with long-standing use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Dean
Doan
Man Collapses from Heart Attack on DeSiard Street
Roy W. Lasyone, an automobile mechanic and used car dealer of 319 Egan street, collapsed from a heart attack while walking in the 200 block of DeSiard street about 9 am Thursday. He was treated at St. Francis Sanitarium after being transported by Mulhearn ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W. Lasyone
Egan Street
DeSiard Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mulhearn
Frozen Oysters Live Ten Months Under Freezing
At a postwar midwinter meeting of the AAAS Dr Victor L Loosanoff reported frozen oysters can survive ten months in a suspended state. Shaking or rough handling typically kills them as internal ice shatters the organism. Experiments with Long Island Sound oysters showed 100 percent death from basket shaking, while unshaken specimens thawed and appeared healthy.
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Boston
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Victor L. Loosanoff
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Two Car Crash Injures Three in Monroe
Evelyn McAdams 18 and Ruby 13, both of Route 3 Monroe, and 55 year old Robert Simmons of Vance Mississippi were injured when a 1937 Buick driven by Simmons westbound on Louisville Avenue turned into Sixth Street and collided with a Packard driven by J A Yosser of 4002 Lee Avenue. All three were hospitalized. Ruby discharged later the same day. Evelyn remained with a fractured nose and Simmons awaited X rays for possible rib fractures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn McAdams
Ruby
Monroe
Robert Simmons
Vance
Louisville Avenue
Sixth Street
Simmons
Louisville Ave
Packard
J. A. Yosser
Lee Ave
McAdams
Monroe Charity Hospital
Hall and Mulhearn
Yossett
McElwee
Ruby McAdams
22 000 Mile Holiday Flight Ends With Family Visit
Captain P J Newman Jr of Waterman Air Lines, stationed in Mobile, Alabama, piloted a DC 4 charter trip from New York to Johannesburg and back to Hartford, returning to Mobile after a 22 000 mile journey. The crew carried 44 passengers on the outbound leg and 40 on the return, with stops in Port of Spain Trinidad Natal Assencion Island Leapolville and Johannesburg before landing in Hartford. The voyage followed two prior round trips to the Hawaiian Islands and signals ongoing Oceanic plans.
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P. J. Newman
Waterman Air Lines
Newman
Mobile
Ala
New York
Johannesburg
South Africa
Hartford
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Natal
Brazil
Assencion Island
Leapolville
Conn
Monroe
Hawaiian Islands
Selman Field
CAA
Northeast Center
College
Navy
American
Ft. Worth
Tex
Naval Air Transport Service
Oakland
Calif
Waterman
Waterman Airlines
New Orleans
San Juan
Porto Rico
Alabama
Scout Board to Meet at Frances Hotel
Ooachita Valley Boy Scout executive board will convene Monday at 7 30 p m at the Frances Hotel council president A B Clarkson announced Thursday. All scouters are invited to attend the board meeting regardless of board membership.
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Ooachita Valley
Frances Hotel
A. B. Clarkson
Milhaven man charged with assault on wife
Kirby Youngblood of Milhaven road was arrested Wednesday and charged with assault and battery on his wife. Deputy Sheriff Frank X. Cline said Thursday. He was placed in parish prison with bond set at $50.
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Kirby Youngblood
Milhaven Road
Frank X. Cline
Parish
Fire Remains Entombed Miners One Year After Kentucky Disaster
In Pineville Kentucky one year after the Straight Creek mine explosion 20 of 25 miners remain entombed as fires foul the shaft and hinder rescue. Sam Caddy of United Mine Workers says crews are ready to retrieve remains for burial while state officials note a new bypass operation may take months. Widows receive $60 monthly from donated funds plus gifts for Christmas.
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Pineville
Straight Creek
Sam Caddy
United Mine Workers District 30
Lexington
Caddy
Harry Thomas
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Christmas Morning Grenade Attack in Reading
A 29 year old resident, Harry Huffman, was struck by a grenade that failed to explode as he and Bessie Morris left a friend's house in Reading. The assailants fled in a lights out car. detectives say the detonator was found in the street and the bomb was loaded. Wind Cave note follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Grover Bucher
Harry Huffman
Community General Hospital
Huffman
Bessie L. Morris
Bucher
Shippers Board Plans Annual Meeting in Fort Worth
The Southwest Shippers Advisory Board with over 1300 industry reps from Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma New Mexico and Texas will hold its 73rd regular meeting at the Hotel Texas Fort Worth January 8 9. Committees meet January 8 with reports to the January 9 general session and a luncheon address by Dr Robert W French UT Austin. A record crowd is expected.
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H. F. Easterling
Southwest Shippers Advisory Board
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Wallace Green
T. M
Huey & Philip Hardware Co
Dallas
C. D. Peckenpaugh
V. P
G. M
F. W
D. C
Ft. Worth
Vernon W. Appleby
Southern Alkali Corporation
Corpus Christi
Paul G. Stallings
Traffic Club of
Robert W. French
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Walter M. Black Funeral Held in Monroe
The funeral for Walter M. Black 50 prominent Monroe merchant owner and manager of W M Black and Company died suddenly of a heart attack Christmas morning was held at his residence 201 Stubbs avenue Thursday at 3 pm. Rev Ernest Dun Can Holloway officiated. Interment followed at Riverview Burial Park with Mulhearn Funeral Home directing. Active pallbearers listed and honorary pallbearers were all friends of the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubbs Avenue
Ernest Duncan Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
Riverview Burial Park
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Raymond Heard
Milton Barnes
Harold Monk
C. E. McKenzie
E. T. Lamkin
Clyde Brown
W. Z. Bigner
A. T. Shotwell
Electronics Warfare Unit Planned in Twin Cities
Authorities report U S Navy plans formation of an electronics warfare company in the Twin Cities. The unit will have about forty enlisted men and five officers with space for $50,000 to $100,000 of radar radio and related gear. A navy short wave transmission station will also be included. Community credit and full public cooperation are expected.
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United States Navy
Twin Cities
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