Dallas Crash Kills 28 on American DC-6 at Love Field
An American Airlines DC-6 crashed while approaching Love Field Dallas bursting into flames near a Magnaflux chemical plant. Of 45 aboard 28 were believed dead with 17 hospitalized survivors. Passengers included pilots and crew names later listed by the airline. Firefighters pulled bodies from wreckage as witnesses described the chaotic scene and the plane’s engines failing during landing.
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Associated Press
Dallas
American Airlines
Love Field
Mexico City
New York
Washington
Magnaflux
Frances Hudson
George
Laurent
Tom
J. M. Kiddy
K. C. Gullett
Eyewitness Account Of Flaming Plane Crash At Love Field
Nightwatchman L Boyd of the Dallas Aviation School describes a large American Airlines liner roaring in before dawn at Love Field. One engine fell off on impact, flames and explosion followed as the plane struck buildings, leaving several injured passengers scrambling free while responders arrived.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Love Field
L. Boyd
Dallas Aviation School
Fayette Pleas: Court Asked to Reverse Ansted Vacancies
Raleigh and Fayette pleas recorded as the Supreme Court was asked to reverse a Fayette County order declaring all elected offices in Ansted vacant. Melvin Fox and six others petitioned. Fox, former mayoral candidate, argued the election contest left Ansted with no government while Paul Craghead challenged a Raleigh County tax sale ruling.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Fayette County
Ansted
Melvin Fox
Fox
Progressive Citizens
Last
Pridemore
Paul Craghead
Raleigh
Craghead
New York Communist Ousted from Council
Benjamin J. Davis Jr a 46 year old Negro and one of eleven convicted Communist leaders was unseated yesterday from the New York City Council as unfit to hold office. He had served in his $5 000 a year post and called the ouster a police state procedure and legislative lynching.
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Associated Press
New York
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
New York City
Davis
Virginia Weather Outlook Mixed with Mild Conditions
Mostly cloudy and mild today with fair chances tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures near normal overall for the period with a slight cool-down Friday bringing scattered showers totaling about one-tenth of an inch. Rivers and creeks show normal levels with generally clear conditions in Bellepoint and surrounding areas.
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West Virginia
Dee.de
State Social Security Pay $750 000 Monthly in West Virginia
The Associated Press reports 750000 dollars monthly in social security payments are distributed in West Virginia to about 40000 people. Fred A. Work, Charleston field office manager, notes the total covers 14000 retired workers and wage earners, 4000 wives over 65, 2300 widows over 65, about 16060 children, and 3700 widows with young children.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Parade Decision Left To School Principals
School children may watch the Santa Claus parade if principals approve the plan. Bryson says the policy mirrors previous community projects with teachers and principals handling decisions and arrangements. The parade features 300 participants, 26 ponies, trained horses and mules, reindeer, and includes a reception at the Court House with a carol performance by the WVU Men’s Glee Club weather permitting.
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D. W. Bryson
Bryson
George Haldane
Kanawha Street
Maintana Tleder
Neville Street
Oakwood Avenue
Prince
Fayette Street
Dows Fayette
Leach Block
Prince Street
iCourt House
West Virginia University Men’s Glee Chuir
Main Street
Court House
Peggy Daniel Crowned Queen of Beckley Christmas Parade
Peggy Daniel was elected queen from a field of 20 candidates at Beckley College by popular vote today. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Daniel of 209 Russell Street, with attendants Boots Dilley of Glen Morgan, Elma Falvo of Kilsyth, and Jean Wilson of Beckley. An additional election at the college tomorrow will choose the fourth attendant among Theodosia Maynor of Mount Hope and Elsie Solonka of Cranberry.
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Peggy Daniel
Beckley
Beckley College
L. J. Daniel
Russell Street
Boots Dilley
D. B. Dilley
Glen Morgan
Elma Falvo
Pete Falvo
Kilsyth
Jean Wilson
Mildred Wilson
Theodosia Maynor
Mount Hope
Elsie Solonka
Cranberry
Deer Killed On Opening Day Sets West Virginia Record
Early reports showed at least 480 deer slain across six West Virginia counties on opening day with Tucker County leading at 274, an all-time county record. Other tallies included Doddridge 55 Harrizon 65 Monongalia 44 Preston 78 Upshur 44, plus some nonfatal injuries. One death was reported: John D Poland near Keyser who shot a deer and then died of a heart attack.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Stromn Twinters
West Virginia
Tucker County
Wye
Fay
Doddridge County
Harrizon
Monongalia
Preston
Upshur
John D. iPoland
Near
Keyser
Tatlack
Donald Flood Wins State Speech Test
Donald Flood, a junior at Woodrow Wilson High School, won first place in the state finals of the speech contest held in Clarksburg. His transcribed speech, "Voice Democracy," will represent West Virginia in the national contest as announced by Trave Abrams, president of the local Jaycees. Flood is the son of Mrs. Bertha M. Hartrick of Beckley.
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Donald Flood
Woodrow Wilson High School
Clarksburg
Americanism Committee
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Trave Abrams
Iocal Jayerees
Flood
Bertha M. Hartrick
Limit Street
Beckley
Fire at Beckley Maytag prompts state probe
State Fire Marshal C A Raper planned to arrive in Beckley to investigate a fire at the Beckley Maytag Company started by Lucien D. Rutledge a trusted inmate who admitted starting the blaze by breaking a window pouring gasoline and igniting it police said Rutledge was among jail inmates and a Blue Jay juvenile was sought in a separate car theft case nearby an Army veteran with wartime service noted Rutledge had been in two veterans hospitals since discharge for terminal disorder according to witnesses the blaze caused no major damage and a passerby alerted firefighters.
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C. A. Raper
Beckley
Beckley Maytag Company
Lucien D. Rutledge
Ul Rideigh County
Rutledge
Blue Jay
James Swandel
Otis Lyons
Elizabeth L. Willis
Edwight
Aleu
Tec Brown
Court House
Jal
Brown
Bowling
Howling
Berkley
Neville Street
Fire Department
Tie Rainbow Grill
Jailer Bowling
Coffee Price Probe Sought By Senators Over High Costs
Washington Senator Young requests a Senate investigation with Senator Gillette into coffee pricing amid protests from consumers. The Senate agriculture subcommittee questions bakery pricing while witness Ewan Clague of the Bureau of Labor Statistics testifies on bread costs. The pair argue speculation and hoarding may inflame prices and urge dealers to avoid exploiting stock on hand.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Young
R-Nd
Senate
Young
Gillette
Iowa
Frank H. Pioch dies at 53 in Martinsburg hospital
Frank H. Pioch, 53, of Beckley, died at 2 a.m. today at Martinsburg Veterans Hospital after a month as a patient. A retired interviewer for West Virginia Employment Service, he was a World War I Navy veteran born in Nanticoke Pennsylvania. Survived by wife Louise, two children Fred and Marion, and brother W. F. Pioch. Body to be returned to Beckley and taken to Rose Funeral Home.
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Frank H. Pioch
Church Street
Martinsburg Veterans Hospital
Pioch
West Virginia
Beckley
Nanticoke
Louise Pioch
Fred Pioch
Bucknell
Byrnes Seen as Souths Presidential Candidate
Gov Kerr Scott at the Biloxi southern governors conference said James F Byrnes could run for South Carolina governor next year and be a 1952 presidential candidate for the States Rights Democrats if the Democratic Party objected. He indicated States' Rights backers may use Biloxi as a rallying point.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
James F. Byrnes
North Carolina
Kerr Scott
Biloxi
Miss
Byrnes
Supreme Court
War Mobilizer
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Bilox
Scott
Car Commission Trial In Session In Raleigh Court
Testimony heard in Raleigh County Circuit Court in a suit by Claude Sauls against his cousin W. Whe Canterbury over a verbal automobile commission agreement. Sauls seeks 752 dollars for cars sold from Canterbury's Shady Spring used car lot, with disputed amount tied to cars at the Sauls brothers Cameron residence. Dismissals entered for Mary Gwinn vs Ve cellig and Grogan and D B Walls vs The Lumberman Mutual Insurance Company following proceedings.
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Raleigh County
Claude Sauls
Cousi
Canterbury
Robert
Shady Spring
Sauls Brothers
Cameron
A. Jerome Wailey
Mary Gwinn
Vecellig
Grogan
D. B. Walls
Lumberman’s Mutual Insurance Companys
Coal and Printing Firms Get Charters in Beckley
The Cave Creek Coal Company of Peckley received a state charter today with $50,000 capital led by A A Chewes Helene Thewes and Thomas Wilson Jr all of Beckley. Raleigh Printing Company of Beckley with $25,000 capital was incorporated by W Starks Marjory A L Starks and James Price, Beckley. State Mines Inspector Dies in Morgantown reports Alex Bryce, longtime Mines Inspector and former mine supervisor, died at home after a lengthy illness.
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Cave Creek Coal Company
Peckley
A A. Chewes
Helene Thewes
R and
Fhomay
Wilson, Jr
Beckley
Raleigh Printing Company
We Starks
Marjory al, Starks
James Price
Morgantown
Alex Bryce
Vround
E Lust
Sears
Wretaver
Kelley Creek
Paris Airliner Crash Kills No Immediate Casualties
Presstime Bulletin reports a Paris area airliner crash near Saint Just Chateyssin with 46 aboard. No immediate casualty figures released. Authorities and airline officials assess damage and locate missing passengers. Incident details and casualties remain unconfirmed as investigation begins.
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Ter Associated
Ress
Lyon
France
Tuois- Paris Airlines
Saint- Just
Chateyssin
Lewis to Attend, Operators Claim Ranks Stronger
NEW YORK John L Lewis baffled his policy committee by delaying a decision on whether a new coal strike would resume, with the 380,000 soft coal miners east of the Mississippi threatening to strike again. Operators say Lewis faces a firm front, while Truman warns use of the Taft Hartley Act if needed.
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Associated Press
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Group
Lewis
Union
Washington
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
Joseph B. Mood
Southern Coal Producers Association
Alybreak
Mississippi River
Whinsday
Rees & Lewis
Truman
Alcometer a New Device Measures Drunkenness
At the Chemical Industries Exposition a new breathalyzer style device called the aleameter, developed by Yale researchers and Alfred Bicknell Associates, claims to quantify blood alcohol by breath. It shows categories from sober to severely intoxicated and aims to be admissible as legal evidence of intoxication.
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Associated Press
New York
Science
Slinko
Alfred Bicknell Associates
Cambridge, Mass
Leon A. Greenberg
Department of Applied Physislexy
Yale University
Greenberg
Aupeiion
New Wonder Drug Neomycin Aims At Infections
Doctors at Pennsylvania Hospital report first human use of the new drug neomycin on two male patients with urinary tract infections. Both were near death and fully recovered after six days. Dr. Garfield Duncan supervised, noting neomycin acted like streptomycin and may prove useful when other antibiotics fail.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Hospital
Science
Garfield 3. Duncan
Division of Medicine
Pennsylvania
Duncan
West Virginia Girls Win National 4-H Honors
Two West Virginia girls, Mildred Reeder of Alexander Upshur County and Yelva Lee Wayne of Marcus Webster County, won national 4-H awards at the Club Congress. Reeder received a $360 national couping winner scholarship, while Wayne earned a National record awards program honor. Hollis Ray Hall of Guardian Webster County was named blue award state health winner, and Jo Ann Stobart of Elm Grove was a national dairy foods demonstration winner. Reeder has canned nearly 5,000 quarts over eight years. Wayne is recognized for varied home making projects.
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Associated Press
Chicago
West Virginia
Mildred Reeder
Alexander
Upshur County
Yelva Lee Wayne
Marcus
Webster County
G. L. Nobte
National Committee On
Hollis Ray Hall
Guardian
Jo Ann Stobart
Elm Grove
Mias Reeder
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Misa Wayne
Kanawha Near Flood Stage Warns West Virginia Regions
The Weather Bureau in Huntington says the Little Kanawha River will reach flood stage tonight in Wirt and Gilmer counties as rain statewide raises river levels. Gilmer counties expect water beyond flood height and Creston in Wirt County faces a 14 foot stage tonight. Temperatures across the state rise into the 40s and forecasts call for generally fair conditions and lows around 40.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Huntington
Kanawha
Wirt
Gilmer
West Vir!peinia
Gilner County
Glenville
Creston
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Charleston
Wheeling
Flat Top
Elkins
Petersburg
Marlinsburg
Communists Urge Unite Against Tito Regime
In a Cominform resolution issued in Moscow, the Communist International Information Bureau urged all Communist and working class parties to aid Yugoslav peasants and workers in overthrowing Premier Marshal Tito. The statement, released on the Tito government’s founding anniversary, denounced Tito’s “spy clique” and claimed Yugoslavia has strayed from communist principles.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Cominform
Marshal Tito
International
Burgan
Bas Palite
Prese Sad
Tito
Hungary
iTito
New York
Belgrade
Romania
Yugoslavia
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