Gas truck and mine coal train crash injures two at Crab Orchard crossing
A gasoline transport truck and a Gulf Mining Company motor coal carrier collided at Crab Orchard crossing about 8 26 am injuring Bernard Shields 35 of Crab Orchard and Hylton of Mabscott. Shields at Raleigh General Hospital with a possible broken leg and Hylton at Beckley Hospital with internal injuries.
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Crab Orchard
Bernard Shields
Ayna
Hylton
Mabscott
Texaco Refining Company
Shields
Raleigh General Hospital
Belived
Beckley Hospital
Wena
Toda
Gulf Mining Company
Bill Richmond
Richmond
Bill Meadows
Ernest Ballengee
Miner's Inn
Clayton Cooper
Register
J. D. Duvall
Berkley Fire Department
Jets Set New Record as Sabres Down Four Red Jets
U S Sabre jet pilots claimed four Red aircraft destroyed near Manchurian skies raising September’s total to 46, the highest month tally. Reports say two Red planes were damaged and 45 buildings were leveled, with night bombing and ground fighting continuing across the Korean peninsula.
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Seoul
Korea
Sabre
Sariwon
North Korea
Korean Peninsula
Gin Blés
Capitol
Hill
Finger Ridge
Health Dept Sets Date for Land Fill Demonstration
Raleigh County Health Department will demonstrate a land fill method of refuse disposal on an area near Green Trier Dairy Products Company Route 19. Tentative date is Oct 6 with Joseph E Williams Sanitarian in charge. Officials in Beckley Raleigh County and eight counties will be invited to view the trenching and compacting process using a tractor and equipment priced around 3000 to 4000 dollars.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Joseph E. Williams
Wiliams
Greentrier Dairy Products Company
Beckley
Raleigh County
Williams
Clear and cool tonight with a warming midweek forecast
The forecast calls for cooler tonight with lows around 30 to 45 and Wednesday mainly fair, then a warm afternoon. Temperatures are expected to rise slightly into Thursday with a chance of showers Thursday or Friday bringing about a half inch of rain, normal July-like readings noted for the region.
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Beckley High
Oak Bill
Glade Creek
Bettlepotnt
Greebtier
Bluestone
Route 3 Traffic Blocked After Vehicle Wreck
A truck crash on Route 3 halted traffic for two hours yesterday morning near an embankment. The car driven by James Hayes, now Beckley WV, collided with the truck driven by William Winters of Springfield TN, injuring Hayes and prompting a delayed cleanup that left about 365 vehicles stalled on both sides. Hayes was reported in satisfactory condition at the Veterans Administration hospital. Traffic resumed around noon.
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Arnett
Police Corp
H. D. Gibbs
James &. Hayes
Roanoke
Beckley
Veterans Administration Hospital
William Clifton Winters
Springfield
Schools Parks Closed in Warrensburg Area After Polio Outbreak
Officials ordered all schools and parks closed in Warrensburg Missouri and two nearby villages after polio cases surged. Two brothers whose 18 month old sister died two days earlier are among seven to fifteen residents stricken, signaling a growing outbreak.
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Warrensburg
Actor Glenn Fora Hurt After Western Horse Collision
Not In The Script reports Glenn Fora was thrown from his horse during a chase scene in a Western. He collided with a tree and was hospitalized with three broken ribs severe cuts and possible internal injuries.
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Holly Wuupth
Glenn Fora
Raleigh County Court Extends Rent Control to 1953
The Raleigh County Court voted to extend rent control in unincorporated Raleigh County to April 30 1953. Judge Jack A Nuckols announced the delay pending a decision after hearings with six petitioner groups protesting the end of rent control.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh
Jack A. Nuckols
Nuckels
Sep
West Virginia Truck Association holds 20th convention in Charleston
The West Virginia Motor Truck Association opened its 20th annual convention in Charleston with Managing Director John V. Bower of Lawrence warning about decentralizing federal control. Rent control issues dominated discussions as the group prepared for driving contests and roadeo finals later in the day while AFL representatives urged extensions to protect workers on fixed incomes.
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Charleston
West Virginia Motor Truck’ ‘Association
John V. Bower
Lawrence
American Truck-Nuckols
Ing
W.H. Hanks
Vide Odautes
Bates
Bruce’ Campbell
AFL
Noisy Prisoners in Isolation and Coal Strike Tensions
A report from Moundsville notes eight prisoners placed in isolation after loud disturbances. authorities moved them from a prison section and assigned new work. In Washington, John L. Lewis signals groundwork for a potential 300,000-strong Eastern soft coal miners strike, aiming to pressure producers as contracts near expiry. He cites impasses with Northern and Southern operators, while Western and Midwestern nonmembers may continue production. He sees possible agreement with Pennsylvania anthracite and contemplates avoiding a national emergency given coal stockpiles. A Sutton minister, Rev. Harry R. Wilson, died in a highway accident near Gassaway, drowned after his car plunged into 15 feet of water. Polio clinics release more children from hospital treatment as outreach continues.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Northern Saft
Sdfe
Northern
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Sutton
W. Va
Harry
R. Wilson
Taft
Gassaway
Wilson
Christ. Church Methodist
Sixth Street Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
State Department
UPA
Draft quotas set for October and November release
West Virginia Selective Service Director Brig. Gen. Charles R. Fox announced October quotas of 672 and November quotas of 598, up from September’s 483. In Williamson, Judge Charles W Ferguson granted an appeal to Pierce B. Maynard, defeated Democratic mayoral candidate, who alleged fraud in one precinct affecting the outcome for Republican Henry T. Hammond.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Charles R. Fox
Selective Service
Charles W Ferguson
Pierce B. Maynard
Henry T. Hammond
Huntington Girl Dies After 3 Car Collision
A three vehicle crash three miles west of Pennsboro, West Virginia, killed 11 year old Sally Childers of Huntington. The girl died in a Huntington hospital from abdominal injuries after being a passenger in a car driven by Mrs. Howard Summers. Summers, a 37 year old Huntington resident, was returning from Morgantown when she tried to pass another vehicle and collided with an oncoming truck driven by Roy Davis of Fairmont. Robert Teter of Clarksburg, age 43, was in the other car. he and three others escaped serious injury.
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Pennsboro
W. Va
Here
Huntington
Sally Childers
Judge Corrects Claim of Drunken Arrests to Ninety Days
A Detroit judge rebukes a defendant who claimed eighty five arrests for drunkenness. Judge Joseph A. Gillis fixes the count at 198 with a ninety day sentence. The exchange shows a terse courtroom moment as the judge delivers punishment.
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Detroit
Jean
William ‘Sweeney
Joseph A.’Gillis
Truman Attacks Opponents Of Compulsory Medical Insurance
President Truman denounces opponents including Gen. Eisenhower who oppose compulsory medical insurance. He argues for American enterprise to fund health services and criticizes those who favor local or limited care as pullbacks. The speech follows seven years of conflict with the AMA over national health plans.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Philadelphia
Truman
American Hospital Association
Convention Hall
Eisenhower
New York
American Medical Association
AMA
Three Motorists Charged With Speeding Report To Police Court
Three motorists were arrested on Valley Drive by City Police within a half hour Monday and ordered to report to Police Court Friday night to answer speeding charges. Named are Dennie C. Ryats 31 Mabscott Mary A. Goddard 29 Crab Orchard and Clovis Blatcher 30 Statesburg.
Two Miners Die After Slate Fall In Logan County
Two timbermen were killed in a slate fall at the Ethel chi Hon Mines in Ethel. Victims were Rev. William Halsie Howell 45 of Ottawa Boone County and Robert E. Penn 45 of Ethel. Howell was a Baptist minister and pastor of the Free Will Baptist Church at Bias Branch. Penn was survived by relatives in Beckley.
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Logan
Ethel
Logan County
William Halsie Howell
Ottawa
Boone County
Robert E. Penn
Howell
Penn
Free Will Baptist
Bias Branch
Ramage
Ier
Truman appeals for blood donations as reserves run low
President Truman urged a nationwide blood drive during a prepared speech to the American Hospital Association. He said blood supplies are dangerously low for soldiers in Korea, hospital patients at home, and civil defense reserves, calling on every American to donate.
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Philadelphia
Truman
American Hospital Association
Korea
Polio Group Receives Major National Aid
The Raleigh County Chapter received 7600 from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis as a second advance this year. This brings local contributions to about 22000 including 4800 from last year’s March of Dimes drive and prior national aid. The county reports 117 polio victims this year, increasing duties for the local chapter handling treatment costs and relief.
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Raleigh County
National Foundation
OS W. A Burke
Five Marine pilots die in Korean follow the leader crash
The Marine Corps reports six fighter pilots in Panther jets died last Thursday in Korea when approaching a strange landing field in bad weather. The pilots, members of the Able Eagles squadron, were returning from a combat mission and reportedly flew in follow-the-leader formation. No further details were released.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Korea
Able Eagles
Three Mines Idle as Wildcat Strikes Linger in Greene-Washington
About 1,000 miners remained idle today at Shannopin mine Jones and Laughlin Hillman Clyde No 2 Emerald Coal and Co as strikes subsided. More than 1,000 miners had resumed work yesterday at Nemacolin mine of Youngstown Sheet and Tube.
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Greene-Washington County
Shannopin
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Clyde No. 2
Hillman Coal and Coke
Emerald
Emerald Coal and Co
Youngstown
Soviet Return of Manchuria Rail Line Seen by 1959
Moscow announced it would relinquish control of Changchun Railway in Manchuria to China this year, with a separate communique stating full Chinese administration by year end and no Russian compensation. A joint commission will oversee handover details amid a 300 million dollar Soviet credit agreement for equipment.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Manchuria
Changchun
China
Tian “Naval
Japan
Arthur
Weresno
Russia
Zarubin Becomes Soviet Ambassador to United States
George H. Zarubin, a trusted Soviet diplomat, takes over as the Russian ambassador to the United States. He plans to meet Secretary of State Acheson and present credentials to President Truman, amid hopes for easing strained Soviet American relations after a sharp decline under his predecessor. Zarubin succeeded Panyushkin, reassigned to Red China, following a June diplomatic reshuffle.
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Washington
Alexander S. Pansuskin
Panyushkin
Red China
Zarubin
London
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Logan Mines
Lin Beckley
Polio
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U.S.A
Times Square
York
Cougca
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