The Raleigh Register from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 1

Marine Corps General To Address Armed Forces Day Dinner Brigadier General Paul Tyler, Assistant Quartermaster General, United States Marine Corps, will be the principal speaker at Forces Day dinner to. be held at 6:30 p. Thursday at El Chico. THE DINNER is open to the public, and tickets may be obtained from Thomas R. Wilson 'chairman of the dinner sponsored by Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce, or from Capt.

E. V. Berry at the Army Reserve Center on the 19-21 By- Pass, the '''Chamber of Commerce Office, or at El Chico. Gen. Tyler will appear in the Armed Forces Day parade at 2:30 p.

m. Saturday and will speak again on Physical fitness in the Marine Corps "at the Chow- down at 6:30 in the Elks Club. Tickets for this event may be obtained at Keatley's or from George Springer and Gary Dent in Beckley, and will be available in Mullens and Pineville. During his visit in Beckley, the general will be escorted by Capt. Joseph Barkley, U.

S. Army Keserve Advisor for this area, -T-Sgt. Edward Marine Corps recruiter i Beektey, PtANS INCLUDE a reception Raleigh County 'fAirport at 12:30 p.m. followed by sightseeing in-the Flat Top area. Friday will be devoted to fishing, golf- BRIG.

GEN. TYLER near Bluefield by way of the Turnpike, to Grandview State park, and possibly the Boy Scout Camporee.at Camp Wilderness. "General Tyler's visit is one of the highlights of the weekend tributes to the Armed Forces," declared William T. Blakely, general chairman of the 'program. "We do not realize the amount the armed forces contribute to the economy of our area, both directly and iMirectly," said, "Many of the young men 33 Killed In Maryland, Charleston Accidents Authorities Probe Ai BALTIMORE (AP) mem investigators probed wreckage of a Capital count turboprop airliner today to There were 44 persons during a local thunder- try to find out why it blew Constellation.

squall. with 31 persons aboard late Tues- An official at the Civil Aeronau- Fiight engineers in one day. of a wing. The fuel lines in day en route from New York to ti cs Board said it was the first said they thought the plane was Atlanta. time in his memory that a single caught in a severe updraft or 48 minutes earlier, airline had had two fatal crash-j downdraft which pulled off part another Capita! airliner, a four- engine Constellation, plunged over a 200-foot embankment at the Charleston, W.

airport, 300 miles to the west, as it came in for a landing. It immediately burst into flames. -Two bodies daughter-in-law to call for ambulances. swings "i sa one big piece of the plane burning in the air. and stellation came in for door.

All I did was was smoke coming from ing at the built bv slic-iit back." jt.v.'o other parts which sort of and others ng oK ie top a hjij. The air tragedy near Baltimore; drifted off and away. plane seemed to turn before it slowed down, witnesses said, and it tumbled off the brink of the it immediately burst into The CAB had a large crew win snapped spraying fuel intoj i a investigators at the scene of burning engine. The quick( A 20-year-old stewardess. crash probing the combustion was a low order ex- jjancy Mars ains of the Viscount 1 plosion which tore the plane to xv th getting Baltimore bwisted remains to try to determine the cause the tragedy.

Shall, was credited came without warning. Walter Bevans, 70. had been driven from the yard to thej oorch bv the late afternoon j- thunder-shower. Suddenly and -i inside the house." an a11 oun thcm ran for home and cover. "It was a thing." Not far away, a group of baU he said, "and then I saw this many passengers terrible light and smoke.

1 'out of the flaming wreckage. However, that simply was forced open a door after this man lying in the field. I ran back into the house and told ing, sightseeing, or "any other! and women of our area enlist form of relaxation that'suits the Jin the armed forces and receive general's fancy," Wilson said, training they could not city is within eight or 10 wise afford. In addition hours' drive of Washington, D. regular services the reserve and we want him to be able to tell his comrades-in-arme about our area and our delightful It be of benefit 1 Section SINCE 1880--BECKLEY'S OLDEST INSTITUTION 12 Pages VOL.

79--NO. 277 BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 13,1059 AT STANDS--5 CENTS Pieces of the. Viscount were scattered for more than a mile. It took more than three hours for droves of police and volunteers to collect the bodies. The last found was a stewardess under one of the sections.

A Catholic priest gave last i rites toward a section of fuselage, figuring there were bodies under it. There were. The four engines were found within a few hundred yards. The propeller of one was missing. A turboprop is powered by a turbojet engine which turns the propeller.

A Constellation is propelled by conventional piston engines. components contribute to our area. The National Guard, the Army Reserves, the Air Nation- al Guard, all have large organi- to us in building up a vacation jzations here or. near here." and tourist trade," Wilson con- BLAKELY said the armed tinued. and voll help in secur- forces day is planned as a tri- ing speakers from the seat ofjbute Jrom the civilian popula- the federal- government for fu- tion to the arcned forces ture engagements." TENTATIVELY planned who serve their country' that we might sleeo secure in the sightseeing events are visits to; ledge that their vigilance pro- the Pocahontas exhibition mineitects us." Parade Route Guv Dooley who is lining up Third St.

right on parade "for Armed Forces 'Neville and Main North Dav Saturday announced final -down. North Kanawha i 01. J-IHT-. TW a routes event today. parade wilil form at Woodrow Wilson High School Park Avenue at 1 p.m..

dQiWn Third 1 to Park.Ave., Route of march will be west land to the -high school where it on Park.Ave. to Third disband. to Prince and down Prince St. 'Valley Drive. The parade will return by way to Third Aeronautics Board Hunts New Director The State Aeronautics Coin-mis-1 resigned April 15.

Chairman Hu- sion is shopping for a new direc-ilett C. Smith said today. tor to replace George Hart who! smith said Hart resigned the of ill Raleigh County Gets $252,034 As State Allots Utility Taxes Raleigh county received $252 $395.80, and to municipalities, 034 and the City Beckley $14,226 as the State Auditors office completed today the distribution of $9,504,684.35 in second half utility taxes for 1858 among counties, municipalities and the state sinking fund. Utility taxes stemming from a total assessed valuation; of $858,735,800 totaled $17,276,768.59. All but $3,601.26 of the taxes due was collected.

i Supervisor Harry C. Deisher-of school purposes, with some hke- the Utility Tax Division in' the Auditor's Office said the second- half distribution was broken down this wav; To sheriffs of the various counties, to the Auditor's Office for amounts owed the state by counties for hospitalixa- jtion of mental patients, $623,830.72. An earlier distribution after collection of first-half 1958 taxes due last Nov. 1 totaled $7.723,875, Deisher said. Also 'deposited in the state's general fund from second-half collections was $44.607.98.

Th A these, rounded out to the nearest dollar: Cabell, Fayette, $362,679: Harrison. Kanawha. $1,019.872: Logan. $205.779: Marion, Marshal. $126,656: Mercer, Mingo, $255,667.

Monongalia, McDowell. Ohio, Sum- money distributed among -counties on a basis proportionate to utiliiv holdings goes for current wise going into the county general funds. 4 The distribution to the sinking' fund is for retirement of county and municipal bonds, and for interest payments. Municipalities use their aBocations for current expenses. Some of the other second-half 07: to the sinking fund, county allocations included liners, Wayne.

5353.134; Wood, Wyoming, $121,845. Amounts going to municipalities included these: Huntington. Clarksburg, Charleston, Glasgow in Kanawha South Charleston, $14,687. Logan. $1 Fairmont, Rivesville in Marion County.

$23,936: Bluefield, Wheeling, Hinton, $11,740, and Parkersiburg. Area Men Injured Area Man Dies Albert Sidney King, 56, Piney View, died in Week's Piney View, at 8:30 a.m. today, after suffering a heart attack. He was a retired groceryman and a member of the Baptist Church. post becaus health.

He became director last October, succeeding the veteran Hubert Stark, who was missed after 22" because he had over-spent the agency's legislative appropriation. Smith said today the ment of Hart's resignation was withheld because the commission, had hoped to find his successor before releasing it. the- vacancy carne to light when attention was fo- Born in Jas-per, Aug. 12, CUS ed on the post of director in 1902, he a a son of the with investigation of John and Mary Boshell King. an air-liner accident which killed King '-is survived only bv his two persons at Kanawha Airport -vdfe, Lois Pate King, Piney in.

Charleston yesterday. View. We are running into difficulty The funeral-will be someone." Smith said. by the Rev. Carl Johnson in the "We can't even name an acting Rose and Quesenbenry Funeral director because we been Home-Peace Chapel at 2 p.m.

Thursday. Following local services, the will be returned to Jas- Dr. Ross May Return To At Reckley Memorial Hospital Dr. Margaret 7Ross, staff of the Beckley Memo- psychiatrist her as her successor in the state Mental Health. troversy over her who' yesterday 1 rial hospital but has hot made post.

Dr. Ross said she bore him ifcs as director application for her old' jo'bjno thislEave a feeling he is being used -'and I don't think he minds, successor i Dr. T. S. Wilder, chief of clin- That's really what I which involved Gov.

Cecil jical services at the local hos- about." H. Underwood, may return to pital operated' by the United TM- Speaker Named William R. Davlin, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce, be one of the principal speakers at the Sixth Annual West Virginia Industrial Development Conference in Beckley, May 21. Davlin has been associated with state government development agencies in Pennsylvania since 1955. Prior to that he served for some 17 years with the U.

of Commerce and the National Resources Planning Board. The Beckley conference, sponsored by the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity will sions of various phases of industrial and economic development. (See program Page 3.) Charleston Crash Claims Two Lives CHARLESTON (AP)--A four-) ered from the smoldering hulk engine airliner touching down for a landing daring a light rain skidded over a 200-foot embankment and burned Tuesday, kill- ine-two of the 44 persons aboard. The Capital Airlines Constellation plunged tail-first to the bottom of the embankment. The crash occurred at 3:25 p.m.

as the plane landed at mountain-top Kanawha Airport on Flight 983 bound from Rochester, Buffalo and Pittsburgh for Atlanta. Twenty-eight other passengers and crew members were taken to hospitals. All but six were released after treatment of examination. Killed in the crash were William M. Riley of Rochester, N.

a passenger, and B. J. Morrison. 26. of Glasgow, a Capital trainee who was riding with ed the pilot and co-pilot.

The two flr end the 1 two hours after the crash. Of the survivors. the most seriously hurt appeared to be the flight engineer. John Howanski, 39, of Fairfax, Va. He had severe burns on the arms and face.

Survivors praised the coolheaded work of two stewardesses in preventing panic and helping passengers get out of the The stewardesses, Nancy S. Marshall, 20. and Evelyn Marie Viera, 19. both- of Alexandria, were treated at the hospital cuts and released. The pilot, Richard W.

"Ohm. 32, of Falls Church, and co-pilot, Charles Spoth. of Springfield, both were hosoitalized. Newsmen were not permitted to question them. witnesses said it appear- feared the plane was Eccles Resident Freed On Bond Mine Workers of America, said: "Dr.

Ross has not, made application to return. We would be glad to consider it, however. We were sorry to lose her but she hasn't formally asked to come back." Dr. Ross had said when the dispute over the new director began that she thought Dr. Lilly was too ready to let himself be made use of politically.

Nonetheless, she wished him well last night in the moment of his triumph and her "I Daniels Woman Succumbs At 26 Mrs. Billie Mae Callaway. 26, I certainly Daniels, died at 8:30 p.m. Tues- Dr. Wilder explained that it is think Dr.

Lilly will get a fair to be chance," she said. "I certainly Com- hope so." a a local hospital after an mitiees consider them and Regarding her plans for thej extended illness. badly burned bodies were recov- where there is a steep and tried to turn. The three passengers admitted to hospitals were Floyd.Varney, 44. of Omar, W.

John W. Hannon, 39. of Pittsburgh, and Riuby, of Lewisburg, W. Va. Varney was awaiting outcome of skull and spinal x-rays.

Hannon suffered a shoulder injury, and nuby had extensive superficial burns on the legs, feet, right hand and face. Varney was one of four Logan County residents, all officials of the Omar Mining aboard the plane. They were returning from Delia Thomas Taken By Death Mrs. Delia Thomas, 66, Mount Tabor Heights, died at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday in a local hospital after an extended illness.

Born at Oak Hill, Dec. 9, 1892. she was a daughter of Mrs. Elva Watkins Oak Hill and the late Nealey Mills. She had been a resident of Raleigh County for the past 50 years.

a meeting "of American Min- SURVIVORS in addition to ing Congress in Cleveland. The her mother are her were Clinton Parsley, 42, possession shine whisky. Sutton was arrested on the Ill t-Ull H.L\_J.I VAVWJ itjiv, i IN 'VxTD i actual visiting her grandchildren re nce Roark, and Hazel Ethel dam -Mount Tabor Commenting last night on the, tered from'Virginia to Massa-j Kale Roark, Shady Spring, rs judy Pi-ckens, Ele appointment of Dr. Richard Lilly I chusetts:" vas a lifetime resident of u( McGraw. I per.

where burial will be mad- in the family cemetery. Physically Handicapped Committee To Meet Smith said the statute Luther Marshal and Robert and cannot take active part in any other business. "In other words." Smith said, must be a full-time Hart. 13, is from Hunting- A of the He an accountant and Summers-Wyoming County Com- operated a charter pilot serv- munity Committee for the ice prior to his appointment. Physically Handicapped will conducted at 7:30 p.

m. Friday in the library, of the Raleigh County Vocational School. The guest speaker will be H. Edward Sharp, who recently returned from Washington where he attended the meeting of the President's Committee. Promo- Howmaii awaiting arraignment on charges of auto theft.

The trio was jailed uty sheriff. Marshal -also charged with being drunk. Also bein-g held in the charge of operations, awaiting a hearing is Harry AX -vas Cook, Glen Daniel, who was jail- ltir A ed at 8-25 Tuesday today by W. H. Haslam, Bowman has been pro- from general superinten-jf in charge of Winding i Coals to vice president in! Get New Posts Emmett E.

Thomas, Mount'of Henlawson; Gene Jordan, 39, Tabor Heights: four daughters, 0 Switzer. and Louis DePetro, of Holden. It was the first fatal accident a commerical airliner at Ka- Eleanor, andjnawha Airpirt since the field was Bolt; in 1946. 21 lleigh She was a mem- Thomas Bolt persons were killed in a mili- ber of the Church oi the -JMaza- ran dchildren and three tary plane which crashed com- rene in Beckley. great-grandchildren: ing for a landing' in 1951.

Surviving in addition to her! Lm mother are her husband, Robert B. Callaway, Daniels: one Mabel ter, -Sheila Ann at home, a Hb'pe-" Mrs Opal one brother. Rush D. Roark 'iL 0chgellv Mrs. Beatrice Wedd- remain at Calfee Funeral Home until 1 p.i Thursdav when it will be re-j -i CecU tional activities ateo discussed.

will be llAflnC charges of reckless driving and i president" of the company, statg Po jj ce transfers; Robert E. I operating a vehicle with defec 'i behalf of the board of directors. within Company an-jial will I tive equipment. Optimist Club Two Virginians Hurt In Turnpike Accident W. Va.

Weather showers and Nelson Christian is the newj president of the Beckley Optimist Club for the coming year. Christian succeeds John Jack-j who served as the first president of the Beckley Opti-jkni in Beckley. A' native of Virginia he- graduated with a bachelor of science in mechanical engi-i neering. 1st Sgt. W.

F. Bowley from to the Charch of the fto kins. Oak Hill, and Charlie Watkins. Cleveland. Ohio.

The body will remain at the Calfee Funeral Home until 4 p.m. Thursday when it will be removed to the residence at Mount Tabor Heights. Last rites will be performed at 2 p.m. Friday in the Mount arene on Johnstown Rd. Funeral services will be held --The fol-l at 2 Thursday with the Rev.

Long officiating. Burbe in Blue Ridge Me- today by Capt. C. morial Gardens. Coal Loadings Climb CLEVELAND (AP) Chesa- 3 Pilots Thought Killed As Jets Crash In Ocean MYRTLE BEADS, S.

C. (AP) Three F100 Super Sabre jet planes hurtled into the Atlantic Ocean off the South Carolina coast before daylight today, apparently killing all three pilots. Searchers spotted wreckage and Oil slicks, but officers at were hurt, neither on the Shinnston: from to Fairmont, oeake Ohio Rwy. coal and coke Tabor Baptist Church with Beach Air Force Base last week totaled 16,924 Rev. Shirley Donnelly, the Rev.

had no ready eKp i ana tion for the cause of the crash. Observers said they saw no collision. ierel Low thundershowers 55-62 and cool-er BECKLEY i Club after its organization! Turnpike abowt 7 a. m. 'today.

1S58. Other officers Delected George Sparks. president Rimme r. second vice president. Ezra Ash- 73'worth, S.

S. Ramey and Claude 62 England were elected to two go years terms on the board of di- 6 (J rectors. Noon" tod 61 Christian's first duty as presi- IAK HILL dent was to appoint Andy Ad- High yesterday 80 ams as sergeant-at-arms and Low 7 a 10 a.m. in- service, he reti to VPI where he taught from. 1946 until 1948.

Rm- jcars, a 1.4 per cent increase over John Richardson, and the 16.693 cars reported the pre-jB. C. Jennings officiating. Burial Swill be in Suoset Memorial Park. He received his master of: Jj OU nce( Memorial Tunnel" science de ree in 1948 and from Aiemona.

10 fl ac -o neer for Winding Gulf Collieries, Low 45; Bill secretary-treas-j Richards suffered scalp in- 7a.m.'today 59-urer. The election was Prevett injured his right The truck was traveling without cargo from Beckley toward Charleston. The wreck red near about 16 miles from here. Admitted to- a Charleston hos- from Iffi2 untfl 193 pital were Oscar S. Richards, suprin tend ent for the com- 46, of Danville, driver of the truck, and Samuel Prevett, 31, of Ringgold, who was riding in the cab with Richards.

The transfers will be effective May 16. as will the foEowing an' by then until. 1952 served A. R. Bruce, South Rainfall .90 last Thursday.

jfoot. pany. From 1955 until now, Bowman served as general superintendent of Winding Gulf Coals. Charleston to Hamlin; Cpl. Barboursville Wayne: Cpl.

W. F. Donhoe. South; Charleston to Madison; Cpl. J.

W. Flowers. Hamlin to Chelyan. Trooper W. H.

Bishop, Madison to South Charleston; Troop- The three planes, part, of a night navigational and refueling training flight, had a rendezvous over the ocean with a fuel tanker plane. Another pilot in the mission reported seeing the three jets "descending rapidly in a turn immediately prior to hitting the surface of the ocean." Mrs. Earl (Thelma) Hall of i subscribers with factual reports The ceiling at the time of the Boone County Woman Selected To Head Democratic Digest Sale reside at 421 Hull St. Fails To Appeal Murder Conviction Move Must Turn Self In By Midnight He his wife, and two children er C. R.

Burner, Cheylan to Madison; Trooper F. J. Patton, Parkersburg to Barboursville; Trooper R. J. Trumbo, Wayne to Elizabeth; Trooper R.

E. Jones, stationed at South Charleston, assigned to motor vehicle inspection in Kanawha County to replace Donchue. Madison, a former chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, has been named as general chairman for the sale of the associate! of the work of the Congress, crash, about 3:08 a.m. was re- county I while keeping close check on the by the air base weather Eisenhower administration. The Democratic National Committee has set up a subscription Forrest Dallas 'Moye, 22, Ghent, has until midnight to turn himself in to local authorities -later to-be taken to Moundsville and begin serving a 5-to-l8 years term in the state penitentiary.

The convicted aider and abettor in the April 8, of Thomas Jefferson Pace a 63- year-old Fireco miner, apparently had decided not to appeal his case to Circuit Court. Upon a motion by his attorney at the time 'he was sentenced to prison, the young sailor was granted a 60-day stay in order to prepare an appeal of his The BO days began the day the February term of Criminal Court was adjourned. Today marks the end of his stay--j the commanding officer of the: ties and released on bail or on Court was adjourned on March S. Navy Receiving Station i own recognizance, return to his parent organization. The same regulations.

Caot. Pug 13. Judge Harry L. McCreery was uncertain as to whether Moye should turn himself in 'to the Court or at the County Jail. He referred The Register to cuting Attorney Anthony J.

Sparacino. Sparacino said the proper procedure is for Moye to turn himself in to the court. They will, in turn, take him to jail. Moye is on $5,000 bond, with his mother, as surety. He still may face action by the S.

Navy. With Moye's apparent decision to serve hie will gather official copies of the results of the trial and make his recommendation to the Chief of Naval Personnel in Washington, D. on the action the Navy should take in regard to future. The commanding officer, Capt. E.

B. Pugsley, in to a query by a newspaper reporter, explained that while awaiting trial in the state civil court and pending his stay of execution Moye was allowed to return to his normal duties with the Navy. Ho said Navy regulations require that a man who has been time without making an appeal, arrested by slate civil authori- naiTiIIran Lor Wie lcue w. LUC IIIJ.LLCC 1100 ix-i- Democratic "Digest" in West! quota for each state and Mrs. Virginia.

I Hall will lead the campaign to Chairman Hulett West Virginia in the 100 per Smith, in making the appoint- cent of the quota club. Persons attending the Governor's Industrial Development ment said, "Mrs. Hall will lead a drive to have all loyal West Virginia Democrats subscribe to the Party The "Democratic Digest" is published monthly in Washington, and contains information regard- ling party activities and provides sley stated, say that the man's Conference in Beckley May 20- commanding officer shall normally grant him leave of absence to appear for trial on the date set. He, added it was true that should the conviction be finally upheld, the man is technically guilty of unauthorized absence from the Navy, 21 will be given a complete tour of Beckley and surrounding Mrs. Hall is the wife of the Boone County prosecuting attorney and has been active in party afifairs since 193-2.

She was instrumental in organizing the Boone County Democratic Women's Club and is a past- president of that organization. areas. Harry Anderson, managing i rector of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce, host for the, conference, said the tour will include local hospitals, the Raleigh County Vocational School, Black However, he said that Moye's i Knight. Club, Medical original date of expiration of enlistment, April 7, '19o9, would extended to cover the time Arts Building, and the Raleigh County Airport. The two-day meet is expect- that he was in jail awaiting Jed to attract persons (from trial.

1 throughout the state Sherwood Glutz: Says: A local raddio station seems hell bent on dealin in disturbance. Klnda bcin kicked arYuind, So it kicks back. Hank Williams an haired ain no combination to start my day off or make my breakfast taste better. station as 3,900 feet broken. This is a little better flying conditions than overcast.

Visibility was 5 miles, winds moderate and no rain or fog. Ike Seeks Hike In Gasoline Tax WASHINGTON (AP) President Eisenhower called today for quick congressional action boosting the gasoline tax, revising the costly wheat support and control program, and providing additional home loan insurance authority. The President hie, news conference a special message urging the three-way speedup would go to the capitol The country's rising prosperity will be damaged, Eisenhow-. er said, if the Federal Housing Administration's program is al" lowed lo lapse for lack of the six billion dollar additional insuring authority he asked in January. i.