Mysterious fog kills twenty in Donora Pennsylvania
In Donora Pennsylvania a deadly fog and smoke event sickened hundreds and killed 20 elderly residents in 36 hours. Doctors treated 400 to 500 cases as hospitals filled and an emergency station operated for oxygen. State chemists and steel company researchers began air tests to determine the cause, with officials calling the deaths a possible murder by airborne pollutants.
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Donora
Monongahela River
Asthwa
Charleroi-Monessen
Monongahela Memorial
State Department of Health
Joseph Shiley
Industrial Hygiene Bureau
American Steel and Wire Company
OS. Steel Corporation
Independent Hygiene Corporation of Pittsburgh
Danora
Shilen
Sve
M. M. Neale
William Rongann
Board of Health
Steel and Wire Company
I. Hope Alexander
Pittsburgh
Jews in Control of Northern Palestine and Quiet Fronts
Israeli troops reported full control of northern Palestine and said a two day Galilee offensive cleared Arab forces. UN observers crossed into Lebanon while Beirut denied Israeli entry. A cease fire was ordered by 3 am EST and a push toward Bennt Jbail was noted. The report includes Eleanor Roosevelt urging a Truman win.
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Americans to Leave N. China War Area
North China evacuations were ordered as Mukden faced heavy artillery fire and potential fall to Communist forces. U S authorities expect to evacuate about 90 Americans from Peiping and Tientsin. naval help to transport evacuees may be requested from Laku Bar. Several consulate staff remained in Mukden with the fighting ongoing.
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Beckley Woman Killed in Cabell County Traffic Crash
Mrs. Mary Kiddy, 43, of Beckley, died in a Huntington traffic accident that injured four others. The other driver was Harry Lewis Zihlman of Huntington. his wife and three others were among the injured. Kiddy survived by her husband W L Kiddy, four daughters, two sons, her mother, three brothers and a sister.
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Huntington
Harry Lewis Zihlman
W. H. Phelps
Kincaid
Aes
Anna Hamilton
Mount Hope
L. S. Elder
Beckley Man Injured in Harper Road Crash
Beckley resident Frank James Hodge was injured in an accident on Harper Road near Bailey's Green House. He sustained a slight concussion and body contusions and was taken to Beckley Hospital while unconscious at about 6:20 p.m. State Trooper Evan Hall and C. C. McGraw led the investigation. Hodge was driving a Leader Furniture Company truck of Beckley, where he works.
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Beckley Hospital
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Bailey's
Green House
Evan Hall
C. C. McGraw
Hodge
Leader Furniture Company
Court Questions Paint Creek Negro Park Purchase
Raleigh County residents petition the court to cancel the Paint Creek park site purchase claiming improper dealings and urging impeachment of involved parties. The petition lists land costs and transfers, including 46 acres for 8925 dollars and 96 acres for 6436 dollars, with allegations of related sales and disclosures.
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Harry Anderson
Citizens’ Committee
Robert Sweeney
John E. Mitchem
Otha V. Hager
Grady Sweeney
Samuel Harper
J. M. Baldwin
Beckley
David E. Harris
Ella Davis Laing Farmer
H. G. Farmer
Anderson
Davis
Farmer
Harris
Prosecuting Attorney
Paint Creek Committee
Baldwin
Hugh Evans
Joan M. Baldwin
Lewis F. Blankenbeck
WVU Takes Stand On Medical School Expansion
West Virginia University's board of governors supports creating a four year medical school only if capital and operating costs fit without harming existing programs. The resolution notes the budget request to the Board of Public Works and pledges cooperation to explore expanding the two year program into a full four year medical and dental college.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Board of Governors
Thhe State Medical Association
Board of Public Works
Irvin Stewart
Second Plea Made For State Felon Extradition
Columbus authorities pressed West Virginia Gov. Meadows to extradite Homer Jack Dean, a 37 year old former Columbus bartender charged with first degree murder in the Dec 10 1947 slaying of Elia C Rice. Dean, serving a life term as a habitual criminal in Moundsville state prison. Bartlett cited authority and prior cases supporting extradition.
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Ralph J. Bartlett
Clarence Ateadows
West Virginia
Homer Jack Dean
Dean
Elia C. Rice
Moundsville
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Bartlett
Georgia Tech student found dead after assault in Carroll County
In Carrollton Georgia a 22 year old Georgia Tech student Carl Stevens Jr and his companion were attacked by a Black assailant about 930 pm in a parked car near a residential area. The woman fled and later identified the scene leading to the discovery of Stevens body. Sheriff B B Kilgore said the assailant ordered the woman to remove her shoes and forced them to walk to a field near Lemind swamp. The woman, though shocked, guided officers to the area where Stevens was found.
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Carrollton
Georgia Tech
B. B. Kilgore
Carroll County
Carl Stevens, Jr
George Syme
Carroll Service Council
Syme
Kilgore
Stevens
Elks Minstrel to Run November Eighth and Ninth
The Elks Minstre l will be presented at Memorial Heckley on November 8 and 9 to raise money for the Elks Shoe and Stocking Fund which provides hundreds of shoes and stockings for Raleigh County children. The Beckley Male Chorus will perform, said A A Ross.
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Memorial Heckley
A. A. Ross
Beckley
Raleigh County
Candidates Rest Weather Man Takes Over Predicts Rain
West Virginia voters eye election eve appeals by Republicans Chapman Revercomb and Herbert S. Boreman and Democrats M. M. Neely and Okey L. Patteson. The Weather Bureau predicts rain possibly dampening turnout as mine workers stage turnout efforts and polls open 6 30 a m to 7 20 p m at 2785 precincts. The day shapes a national view with Truman and Dewey competing for the presidency amid a broad slate of state and local races.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virgina
Chapman Revercomb
Herbert S. Boreman
Democracy M
United Mine Workers
Dewey
Neely
Patteson
House of Delegates
Sloan Norris Duo Ink Incorporation Notice
Incorporators H A Sloan and E L Norris file articles of incorporation. Business address listed, contact number 3384. Paper records show legal filing and expected corporate name as Sloan Norris Incorporated with state registration pending.
Widow seeks new hearing on coal miner death claim
Mrs. Della J. McGraw of Beckley asks the Court of Claims to overturn its denial of a $5,200 award to her late husband George T. McGraw. She argues new evidence supports silicosis as the cause of death, noting prior TB diagnosis at Pinecrest Sanitarium delayed her workers compensation filing.
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Court of
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Two Trainmen Killed in Head-On Georgia Collision
In Edison Georgia a passenger train and a freight train collided head on killing two trainmen and injuring 11 people. Both locomotives were badly damaged but all passenger coaches stayed on the tracks. Election results will be broadcast by Beckley Newspapers staff with radio updates by WCFC.
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Associated Press Edison
Seaboard Aire
Beckley Newspapers
Dia
WCFC
Weather summary for Virginia shows showers ending then cool and cloudy
Occasional rain ends this morning in Virginia followed by mostly cloudy cool weather. Tonight remains mostly cloudy with possible rain late Tuesday and a fire weather shift in temperature. Official Beckley readings show yesterday highs around 67 and rainfall to 0.25 inches in the 24 hour period ending 11 am today. Greenbrier and New Rivers near Bellepoint are normal and clear. Highs and lows for Oak Hill and Glade Creek varied with cool lows around 52 and unsettled rainfall phases.
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