Airliner Crash Blamed on Fumes Used to Fight Fire
The United Air Lines DC-6 crashed near Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania killing all 63 aboard after crew were overwhelmed by carbon dioxide released to fight a fire under the cockpit area. Passengers included Beryl Wallace and Mrs Jack Oakie amid others. The craft diverted to a hillside after reporting suspected cabin fire. The investigation tied the tragedy to fumes causing incapacitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rner Il Carroll
Mt. Carmel
United Air Lines
Los Angeles- N York
Carroll
New York
Hollywood
Beryl Wallace
Jack Oakie
LaGuardia Field
Black Ku Klux Klan members fined under Alabama anti-masking law
In Ozark Alabama three self styled Ku Klux Klan members were fined up to 500 dollars each after wearing sheets and chasing two Black girls on July 14. State Investigator C H Prier said they accused the girls of misconduct and planned to organize to stop them. The trio wrote threatening notes to themselves to scare relatives into paying for travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark
Ala
Alabama
C. 8. Prier
Prier
Tommie Johnson
Ozark Street
Prior
Rainfall Totals and Averages Referenced for 1949
The report shows 24 hour rainfall up to 2.15 a.m. and August rainfall to date through 2.15.1949. It notes cumulative rainfall to date at 26.45 inches and cites a 36 year average annual rainfall.
Average monthly precipitation 1913 1948 Winchester data
Average inches of precipitation by month from 1913 through 1948. January 2.47, February 1.92, March 2.91, April 3.07, May 3.68, June 3.88, July 3.81, August 3.82, September 2.58, October 3.34, November 2.60, December 2.43. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Farmer co ops seen as balance wheel in free enterprise
Dr J K Stern of the American Institute of Cooperation described farmer cooperatives as necessary to keep a free enterprise system in check. He told the Agricultural Conference Board co-ops act as a balance wheel to prevent capitalism from running wild. An off the record talk by Dr Walter Newman, president of VPI, covered the college budget needs. Concurrent sessions featured the Virginia Federation of Home Demonstration clubs. Shop in Winchester the Whole Year Round. For this is the city Where Bargains Abound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
J. K. Stern
American Institute of Cooperation
Pennsylvania State College
Stern
Agricultural Conference Board
Walter Newman
VPI
Virginia Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Also Mentioned on This Page
White House
L. G
Columbia Historical Society
Taft
Bama
Weenee-Po
Glamor Girls & Flowers
Ring Features Syndicate, Inc
Blondie Registeres
Chic Young
Hayfield
Middletown
Oneita Shipe
Flaving Good and Son
Walter Dunlap
Winchester
William H. Clowser
Mt. Olive Church
Bryan Home
Douglas Cooper
Luther Larrick
M. A. Wiley
William Cochran
Nelson Baker
Nelson Baker and
Washington
Ronnie Brown
Bartonsville
Ollie Clowser
Farmer
Fresnie
Liu
Ahen
Freshie
Station C
Atlante
Lucky Strike
C. B. Smith
Danville, Va
Henry Resisteres
By Carl Anderson
Henry
Secret Agent X-9
You're
Jayne
Music
Jayne Gayle
Big Sister
U. S. Patent Office
Etta Kett
By Mel Graff
BY Les Forgrave
BY Paul Robinson
Muggs and
Skeeter
Patent Office
Coaster
By Wally Bishop
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!