Smog Toll Rises In Donora Peru?
Donora Pennsylvania endures a heavy fog and smog spell that doctors attribute to a mystery illness. Nineteen elderly residents died in 36 hours with 400 to 500 treated. the death toll was later revised. Authorities test air for toxic components as emergency care remains stretched.
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Associated Press
Donora
Monongahela River
Department of Health
Gustine Polchak
Polchak
William Rongann
Board of Wealth
Steel and Wire Company
Charleroi-Monessen
Monongahela Memorial
Shilen
Reds Bar Probe of Death Becomes Election Issue
In Beckley and across West Virginia voters face a $50 million farm to market road bond issue to reduce mud and boost rural commerce. The plan funds new roads via a gasoline tax without tax hikes and targets eight hundred miles of improved routes under guidance of the State Road Commission and 1949 legislature.
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George Armstrong Register
Beckley
West
Chambber
State Road Commission
State Chamber
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Farm Bureau
West Virginia Bankers Association
Road Commission
Student Killed In Ohio Crash Near Marietta College
A Marietta College student was killed and nine others injured when their car rolled over an embankment in heavy fog three miles east of Marietta Ohio. Ralph W Locke 18 of St Marys West Virginia died in the crash. Charles Ballard 21 of Belmont West Virginia was in serious condition. Mary Lou Kennedy 20 Ed Locke 26 Joseph Safely 25 all of St Marys and John Hammett 22 of Belmont escaped with minor injuries. Hammett said he swerved to avoid an oncoming truck before the vehicle left the road.
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Associated Press
Marietta
Mariettan College
Here
Ralph W. Locke
St. Macys
W. Va
Charles Ballard
Belmont
Mary Lou Kennedy
Ed J. Locke
Joseph Safely
St. Marys
John Hammett
Hammett
State Highway Patrol
Nate Aurt
Mukden Bombing Follows Communist Takeover
Chinese government planes bombed Mukden after Communist forces completed occupation. Explosions were reported near the United States consulate amid unclear casualties. Chiang Kai-shek urged perseverance and praised Gen. Pu Tso-yi as Nationalist forces retreat and North China faces renewed pressure.
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United States
China
Manchuria
Congress
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mukden
U. S
Nanking
Kuomintang
Chiang
North China
Chungking
Yingkin
Hulutao
Pu Tso- Yi
Peiping
Beckley Woman Killed in Cabell County Traffic Crash
Mrs. Mary Kiddy, 43, of Beckley, was killed in a Huntington traffic accident that injured four others, including the driver Harry Zihlman of Huntington and his wife. Survived by husband W. S. Kiddy and four daughters, two sons, mother, three brothers, and a sister.
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Mary Kiddy
Beckley
Huntington
Harry Lewis Zihlman
WW. H. Phelps
Kincaid
Anna Hamilcar
Mount Hope
J. S. Elder
Citizens’ Committee
Paint Creek
Robert Sweeney
John E. Mitchem
Otho V. Hager
Grady Sweeney
Samuel Harper
J. M. Baldwin
David E. Harvis
Ella Davis Laing Farmer
H. G. Farmer
Baldwin
Hugh Evans
John “S M. Baldwin
Smog Grounds Milwaukee Traffic In Morning Rush
Billowing peat bog fires in Waukesha County sent pungent smoke over Milwaukee while a dense fog shrouded the city. Thousands of autos crawled in the morning commute as highways into the city from the west were virtually blocked by the smog and fog conditions.
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Greater
Milwaukee
Associated
Saves
Waukesha County
Court Asked to Void Negro Park Purchase
An Army airplane crashed near Muldrow Oklahoma with 12 deaths reported. Military police from Camp Chaffee headed to the scene to investigate while the plane’s home base remained undetermined.
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Associated Press
Muldrow
Okla
Oklahoma
Fort Smith
York
Murder Charged In Logan Shooting Case
Logan Henry Jones, 37, of Stiasat, died from shotgun wounds after an incident involving Richard Johnson who faces murder charges. Deputy W. Carson Bowning cited statements that a man named James threatened Johnson’s sister and that Henry Jones and James came to Johnson’s home where Johnson fired. Jones died in hospital from shock and loss of blood.
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Associated Press
Logan
Henry Jones
Stiasat
Sherif W. Carson Bowning
Richard Johnson
Jones
Johnson
James
Johnson Home
Military group seizes Peru government in bloodless coup
Lima Peru a young military group took over Peru s government after a three day bloodless revolution General Manuel Odria assumed office as provisional president and immediately deposed President Jose Luis Bustamante who fled to Argentina as an exile.
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Associated Press
Lima
Peru
Manuel Odria
Jose Luis Bustamante
Argentina
Beckley Man Hurt in Harper Road Mishap
Beckley resident Frank James Hodge lies at Beckley Hospital with a slight concussion and body contusions after an accident on Harper Road near Bailey's Green Mouse. He was unconscious at 6:20 a.m. Troopers Evan Hall and CC McGraw investigated. Hodge drove a Leader Furniture Co. truck and is employed there.
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Frank James Hodge
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Harper Road
Bailey
Evan Hall
State Police
CC. McGraw
Hodge
Furnitare Companys
Rain Forecast on Election Day in West Virginia
The Weather Bureau predicts rain for election day threatening light turnout. Coal miners and unions rally get out the vote as Dewey and Truman face off with 4.1 million eligible voters in 2,785 precincts. The state votes on multiple offices plus a $50 million farm road bond and eight electoral votes.
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Beckley Jaycees
Forest Daniel
C. C. Farmer, Jr
Clarence Cook
Lee White
Ivan Rowling
George Haldane, Jr
Associated Press
Charleston
West Virgina
Weather Bureau
United Mine Workers
Dewey
Neely
Palleson
West
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
House of Delegates
Harry S.truman
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Heckton
White House
Occasional rain ends as day turns cooler and cloudy
Occasional rain eases this morning then clears to a cool, mostly cloudy day and overnight. The forecast notes continued cloudiness tonight with a slight chance of rain, and builds toward cooler temperatures and steady conditions.
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lOfficial
Beckley
Rivera Greenbrier
Newpoint
Weidensall Receives Life Sentence In Raleigh Penitentiary
William Weidensall 45 of Beckley is sentenced to life imprisonment for grand larceny with two prior convictions. Randolph Perdue 28 of Shady Spring receives one to 10 years plus five years mandatory. Other defendants face shorter terms or probation for related thefts and larcenies in Raleigh County.
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William Weidensall
Beckley
Raleigh
W. A. Riffe
Randolph Perdue
Shady Spring
Weidensall
Mabscott
New River
Lillybrook Coal Company
Perdue
Haleigh County
Kyle Adkins
Delmas Roy Worley
Kenneth AcDowell
McDowell
James Rodysot
Albert L. McGowan
Robert T. McDowell
Raleigh Junk Company
Eldridge Buddy Farley
Two Trainmen Killed in Georgia Train Collision
Edison Georgia report says two Seaboard Air Line trains collided head on last night, killing two trainmen and injuring 11 others. The accident occurred in the evening on a main line near Edison. Investigating officers worked to determine cause and extent of damages as rescuers tended to the injured and secured the scene.
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Georgia
Associated Press
Edison
Seaboard
Navy's Best Sub In Service Again
The submarine U S S Tigrone was commissioned at Portsmouth Navy Yard as a picket boat for Polar seas. Equipped with radar and a schnorkle, she can detect aircraft, relay data, breathe underwater, and operate submerged long-term. Built in wartime, she served well, was inactivated in 1948, and returns to active duty today.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
N. H
U.S.S
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Election Results To Be Broadcast Tomorrow Night
Beckley Newspapers staff will tabulate returns and broadcast results at regular intervals tomorrow night through WCFC radio station. The special coverage includes ongoing updates on the election totals as they are completed and confirmed.
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Beckley Newspapers
WCFC
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G. W. Brewer
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