Mine Blast Fatal to 22 Probed at Pocahontas Coal
An investigative team descended 300 feet into a Pocahontas Fuel coal mine tunnel to probe a second blast within 21 months. Twenty-two miners were killed in the 8:28 am explosion as 188 miners remained underground. Lee Crawford Wilson leads the five member inquiry as officials say the victims were likely overcome during a run to safety.
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Bishop
Pocahontas Fuel] Co
Lee
Crawford Wilson
Chil
West Virginia
Wilson
Widow Knows Tragedy of Mines in Bishop Explosion
Ada Turner, 72, mourns loss of her third son in a Bishop explosion as two other sons died earlier from silicosis in coal fields. She recalls Thanksgiving Day 1926 and the family’s years spent near the mines, while her daughter-in-law and neighbors brace for the worst. Ethel Sutherland, 36, and Turner’s remaining son face the grim task of awaiting another recovery.
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Bishop
Jack White
Grarg
Ada Turner
Turner
Ethel
Mrs. Turner
Two Negro Ministers Sentenced in Birmingham Bus Case
In Birmingham two Negro ministers and twelve other Black residents were given suspended jail terms for violating a city bus seating ordinance. Rev F L Shuttlesworth drew 90 days and $100 fine, Rev J S Phifer 180 days? and fines, with others receiving lesser sentences or suspended terms. Judge Conway warned all to stay out of trouble as appeals were planned.
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Birmingham
Ala
Little Mock
Orvald
Faubus Hastences
Kansas
Covay
F. L. Shuttlesworth
J. S. Phifer
Conway
Atrney Arthur Shares
Shuttlesworth
Phifer
Polio toll climbs in Detroit area with new cases
DETROIT UPI reports eight new polio cases and one more death in the Detroit metro area this year. The rising toll brings the total to 22 deaths and increases concerns over the pare epidemic in Mfontay city limits.
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Detroit
UPI
Mfontay
Expectant Mother Sentenced for Forgery and Robbery
In Los Angeles UPI reports 12 year old mother Sandra Louise de Falco faced 20 years to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to four forgery counts for forging $14,000 in government bonds. Judge Ernest A. Tolin ordered the forgery and robbery sentences to run concurrently.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ernest A. Tolin
Sandra Louise de Falco
Grange
Fateo
Bronchial Preamenta Hits Sen Hennings
Senator Thomas C. Hennings Jr of Missouri faced possible indefinite hospitalization for bronchial pneumonia. He fell ill Friday in Kansas City prior to a Democratic candidates address and was admitted Monday with a temperature around 103 degrees.
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Kansas City
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
D-Mo
State car refuses theft, outpacing thieves near Capitol
In Indianapolis the state owned car of State Auditor Ray Combs stalled after a theft in the State House lot. The battery died about three miles from the Capitol and the thieves abandoned the vehicle.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Ray Combs
State House
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