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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
1
A B 29 clipped a windmill two miles west of Walker Air Force Base and crashed. Five crewmen were killed and four injured among fourteen aboard. Injuries ranged from critical to serious. names not released. Crash occurred during landing on a training flight. wreckage scattered over the countryside.
United States Steel Corporation announced a price increase averaging about four percent for most steel products. President Benjamin F. Fairless cited higher production costs and new insurance and pension programs as factors, with effective prices from the next day and a special reduction for tin mill products starting January 1, 1950. Congressional investigators opened a probe to deter further steel price hikes.
Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad directors approve purchase of 15 diesel-electric locomotives including two passenger engines. The new fleet will start service in early 1950, bringing total locomotives to 59 to replace 122 steam engines.
Heads of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors authorized a strike vote for about 250000 members after what leaders called fruitless negotiations over wages hours and rules. The vote was approved by W. P. Kennedy and Harry Fraser.
Ruth Aberle, a sixteen year old girl scout from Kelso Washington, was found safe and unhurt after four days lost in freezing forest conditions while gathering Christmas trees. She stayed in a makeshift shelter near Globe Creek until found by a rancher and aided by 600 rescuers. She is in good condition at Cowlitz General Hospital.
TWO PRISONERS Fred J. King 20 Fort Cobb Okla and Roy C. Harrison 19 Dumas Tex overpowered an armed guard at Fort Sill and fled in a stolen car. Guard Pvt. James Soltis 19 Cleveland Ohio reported being tackled as King or Harrison wrested his carbine rifle during a ditch digging detail near officers quarters.
Ruth Aberle a 16 year old Kelso High School student was found three miles above Goble creek after an extended Christmas tree hunting trip. She survived by staying in a cabin and using a door as shelter until rescue, with a large search ending when she was confirmed safe.
A large 22 inch natural gas pipeline linked to Oak Ridge atomic plants exploded during a pressure test near Carthage Tennessee. Flames reached 1000 feet, a farm house burned, two women injured but not seriously, several schoolchildren knocked down, rocks scattered across the countryside, smoke visible twenty miles away. Cause under investigation.
The American Farm Bureau Federation debated the Brannan farm plan in Chicago with critics calling it a government subsidy of groceries and a path to agricultural poverty. President Allan B. Kline labeled it a political scheme while Sen. Clinton P. Anderson urged farmers to engage in public affairs and organize. More than half of state bureaus reportedly opposed the plan as the three day convention closed with officer elections ahead.
Manila reports a fresh Moro uprising in the southern Philippines with 14 members of a constabulary patrol killed and eight wounded in another ambush near Luuk on Jolo island. Reinforcements were sent as bodies lay in the Palm forest. 62 missing were later accounted for.
In Rotan Texas eleven transient farm workers from one family were killed in a house fire on the C A Douthit farm northeast of town. The four room dwelling burned to ashes and eleven skeletons were found, including seven children and a pregnant 14 year old. Officers cited a two burner kerosene cookstove as a possible cause and noted the victims died in their sleep. The family had just arrived from Brownfield to pick cotton.
Infantile paralysis cases dropped for the 16th consecutive week. For the week ending December 10, 322 cases were reported, down from 434 the prior week and above the 1944–48 five year average of 168. Eight states showed national gains with Mississippi up by one and California up by 19 cases.
Police received a call about a prowler at 315 East Second Street on a Thursday evening. Officers found a large rabbit bouncing around the basement and took the bunny to the station.
Joy Guinn aged 18, crippled but cheerful, received ten dollars from Sedalia police on her May 22, 1949 birthday. She bought a Guernsey bull calf, raised it to profit and plans another purchase. She previously lived near the police station at 11812 South Osage Avenue and attended Sacred Heart high school, playing piano in her spare time. Her Christmas card to officers explained her calf venture and future plans.
Gov. Forrest Smith signed a 7.56 million dollar catch-all appropriation bill to sustain relief and ADC payments through 1950. The package includes 1.1 million for general relief, 250 thousand for dependent children aid, and 100 thousand for crippled children's service at Missouri University, plus funds for veterinary clinic, hospital programs, and a bi state development agency. Additional transfers moved 10 million to a postwar reserve fund and 15 thousand to cover remaining World War II bonus claims.
The Second annual Christmas Carol Festival sponsored by the Queen City Chorale was held at First Christian church Sedalia on Thursday night. The program featured Dorothy Ann Reed and Louis A. Kromminga with a diverse lineup including multiple church choirs, the Sedalia Men's Chorale, and Youth Chorale under Dr. D. E. Johnson. It included organ preludes, group carols, solos, and an offertory by Captain A. Rush, with remarks from Mrs. E. F. Yancey and a Benediction by Rev. David Bryan.
The London Daily Mirror hinted Britain may possess the atom bomb, though confirmation is withheld. It notes Britain is producing plutonium and uranium 235, with Harwell and other plants employing thousands, while U.S. and Canadian talks reportedly advised against testing in American tests.
Gen Dwight Eisenhower told reporters at a Fort Worth press conference that as Columbia University president he will spread American freedom and opportunity. He denied any political candidacy angle and said he will focus on ideas, not individuals, during a Chamber of Commerce address tonight.
Don A. Carver and Becky Arnold, both of Sedalia, are mentioned in relation to the public notice or item within the local report.
Fire destroyed the historic New York Central suspension bridge passenger station in Niagara Falls causing an estimated 50 000 in damage. One woman was overcome by smoke and a fireman was injured. The station near the Whirlpool bridge served as a customs port of entry for cross border rail passengers.
A feed room in a cattle barn at the California Missouri fair grounds burned Wednesday night, causing about $1000 in damage. The 20 by 18 foot structure caught fire from a cigarette and was in the west end of the fair grounds. Two nearby buildings, the Art Hall and Amphitheatre, had burned in 1946.
The forecast calls for a warm and windy Friday with highs near 45 to 55 degrees. Saturday brings partial cloudiness and milder conditions before a sharp drop in temperature, especially in the west and north, with a strong wind potential overnight.
The Atomic Energy Commission reduces its student training program by about half citing opposition to FBI loyalty checks for all fellowship recipients. 421 students this year cost about 1.5 million dollars with next year projected to 250 students and 600 to 900 thousand dollars. The National Research Council administers the fellowships and opposes the loyalty test requirement. Congress and scientists clash over loyalty checks amid concerns about nonsecret work and overall impact on science advancement.
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