The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 15, 1948, Image 8
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, Jonuory 15, .1948
'lion why'the airliner was flying so' First wore!'of the crash camc5 fi-orn ed ihe plant at about 6 a.tn., they
low. The bluff rises only about 100 Mrs. Jarre SchUman, 26, wife o{ a • found Philios standing un-deFThe tatT
.1 feet abo\ c the Potomac and visibil- Marine — corps musician! who live? r assembly trying to shelter himself
jity at that - low altitude was fairly alxrut 250 yards from the scene. from the rain. He was bleeding pro-
iclear, despite the rain. But the land- , 'She told reporters she was awak- 1 fusejy from a head wound)‘but re-
> :ng wheels were down, suggesting.! ened shortly after 4:30 a.m. by'the fused h^lp until the three other sur-
Increase Made In
County Taxes Collected
sonal property taxes to. January 1
1 the pilot believed he was nearing the, rending crash- She looked out her j.vivors had been removed from Uw>.j ^3]^ tota i QO nectionsl3d'last year,
airport.
Civil Aeronautics investigators sa-id
, one of the ship’s two barometric alti-
’ meters indicated a height of 1,200
| feet when it' was' photographed after
window' but saw nothing and was
about to go back to' sleep when she
heard faint voices, calling for help.
She decided to call the army air
station, at nearby Bolling field,' She
the disaster. The second, which had 1 was told there, she said, that she
j been torn from the damaged panel! “must have been dreaming,” because
registered 1 the field had no repoft of a missing
and obviously
8,600
wreckage. One, apparently Mafcfle.jnot including delinquent taxes, ac-
was pinned between a trunk and the | coding to figures released by County
body of a dead man. * 1 Treasurer Sam M. Leaman.
Another living man was extricated i _, . . . . , , . .
by firemen who used metal cutters ' The total amount collec,e<i t0 J ' ir "
ta free his right hand from a wedge
erf wreckage.
Stretcher bearers carried the three
j bonas and duplicates have been do
ducted from this sum, he said, very"
little w’ill remain to be collected th.?
—* ’ • ... year. f
Collection of real estate and per- Mr. Leamaiy ascribed the early
payment of taxes this year partly to
the fact that statements Were mailed
out this year for the first time. “Peo
ple knew exactly what they had to
pay,” he said, “and were able to
think of it when first they came to
town.”
uary 1, he said, was $284,340 as
against $272,758 collected to the end
of the tax period last year, he said.
) feet.- _
Thq pilot^was heading north along Mrs Shuman called the naval air swam, P- v terrain to the highway
1 the river, apparently on course but stat - 10n next and wag told again thail^ here t ambulances waited to take ^ $330 4!2, was larger than
•descending^ a slow glide when t.ie no one kn ^. 0 f an y plane being ^ t ^f iH ^ Spita ' RllhljS mjde ;last year,’ he said, but the total of
!r:gif. Wing smashed intp the pino overdue. But the naval station callcvi. ^ trtk unaided. ^ uncollected taxes at the first of the L - Lon S and Representatives Walter
‘tree. It sheared off the foot-thick Maryland police/* who dispatched a Four of the deaa were i-otlhd Inside; year w£s $5000 less than la*' 1 'Martin, Robert C. Wasson and
; trrfnk about 20 feet from the ground. patrol car t0 the ai;e£t the crushed plane, . The fi th, was, y6ar ’ ■. , Charles L. Milam, left Monday for
and the terrific impact snapped the ; j n ra i n and darkness,. the po- hurled out of the ship against the} The total remaining to be collected ‘■ iv& opening session of the general
, big plane over on its back. ^ 1 lice at first failed to Jocate the wreck-1 trunk of a. tree. All five were be-;^ er January 1, when the one per'j assefWbly on Tuesday. In point of
Gasoline sprayed over a wide area age. Finally, one of the policemen ' lieved to have been killed instantly. cent" penalty went on, he ‘ said.' ^ rvk ‘ e - Re P resentative ^-.the
Civil Aeronautics 'authority in- arnoun t s * to $46,102. -After the nulla oId - c9 ‘ meipber of the delegation and
j plane.
County Delegation
injured over a half-mile of rugged; to JanUd ^ y . 1 lds4 GoCS to Columbia
The amount assessed for taxation
The Laurens coUnty legislative
'last year, he said, but the "total of | delegation composed of Senator O.
TAYLOR
Taylor To Address
Presbyterian Men
surrounding the wreckage,* but the sounded his siren, and the injured
quick action of the dying ffiers pfe- survivors began shouting for help.
vented fire.
When rescue squads finally reach-
speetors and Eastern Air Lines of- 1 —*
fieials refusecT to comment on the 1 cause pending a CAA inquiry.
he
term.
serving his seventh two-year
The Men-of-the-Chureh of
P: csbyte: .:>n church will hold-..Uiejr |
dinnor-meeti'ng- this evening at >:30j
at ;hc' lu'rch. The Rev. 11 Kerr Tay-
Dl'). e-iu.':irional secretary of!
■ :b a. ;.>:;s in Me -Southernj
•Pres vteru n -hurch. with headquar-
\'a
’.0, Ten!i.. wal be
\\ !.
c ak
oyteriun
at 7 30.
an arch.
.n the :ty. Dr.’ Taylor will
the co’.H'gti, chapel service
1n:t. at Me Sunday, morn-
> v\ ■ i at the First Pres-
church. and Sunday evening
at the Tnornwell- Memorial
Moorhead Killed
In Airplane Crash
• (C ntinued fn'in page one)
daughters', Mrs. Julian Bolick (Mar
garet) of this city, and Mrs. Caldwell
Hcndcr. >n (Annet'e) .at Lireenwoud.
tiiree sisters, Mrs.' Belle Moorhead
Crawfoni ot Go!d\'ille: Mrs. Ella
Moorhead Howie, of Char. itte. N. .C.,
Mrs. R. W. Hughes of Beaufort, three
grand-daughters and one grandson.
r Account of Plane t rash
The following United Press account
was given of the accident which cost;
the lives of Mr. Moorhead and Mr..
Warner:
Washington, Jan. 13.—-A twin-en
gine Eastern Air Liner crashed on a
wooded bluff almost within sight of
Washington National airport before
dawn Tuesday killing five of the nine!
passengers and crewmen.
Flying through -a- heavy, - ra.ns.torra.1—
the liner cracked -into a towerV..’
pine tree on the north bank erf the I
Potomac ri-v?r and 1 lipped’ oier rm
its back in a mass of sodden un
dergrowth.
■ The pilot and co-pilot were crush
ed to-death in tneir compartment,
but not before-one qf them cut the,
engines and averted a fire that might!
have cost the lives of all aboard.
Stopped In Greenville
The .b-g silver ship' was en route'
from Houston, fex-ts, io B ^
had left Winston-Salem, N. C , at 3
a.m., EST. and was due at National'
airport at 4 a.m. It stopped in!
Greenville about 1 a.m. 1
The crash occurred 'shortly after,
4 30 fern about five miles south-!
east of Washington on a river bluff
known as "Treasure Cove."
*
The four survivors, one of whom
Was pinned beneath a body inside
the c umipled 'fuselage, were located
90 m.nukes Jater by rescue workers
and taken to Washington hospitals
Lade today their condition was de>
<y-rbed as ‘satisfactory.”
Eastern Airlines identified the
dead as:
W A. Moorhead, Goldville, S. C.,
v.ct- resident and general manager
of the Joanna Cotton mills at Goki-
ville, S. C.
S. M. Warner of Clinton, S. C., an
dngrv er of the J. O. Jones Construe-j
. tron Co. He was on his way to a |
construction job in the Pacific,
L Brandi >f the B’ltmore* hotel,!
Atlac.'.a, (. > i^so^.aied a, .h Lr 1 c
Cappell-Ma: Donald Co.. Dayton, O.
Co-P:lot -Ralph C. Sannborn, Jr., 1
Bayonne N. J.
P.Iot Captain Paul §altahis, Great!
Neck, L. I. ^
The survivors -were: ■
>*o^»caw
2—NO 2> 1 CANS
BEANS
SJOlCHTJIOMiy - -
POP PEAS 21c
Tomatoes 27c
ILUf RLATI SWIfT J_ N(
Potatoes
swrrr grapefruit
•t U I C E
CATSUP
•AMA FURE GRAFe\
JELLY
:: jim dandy
GRITS
savu cur
COF F E E
LIIBYS FRUIT
COCKTAIL
Ahtt mootki •» ea»eroM«t<*« Prole*** Q T." Los a dry (o««r-cae*J bocoo be k pr~4 to atfar hr tola.
Profat tor "Q. T. “ tort, "H lakat It Jayi »* dry tirfer-core tbia boeeo to Moot tbe atoaJorJa at bt« "Quality TroJer" omoH. Tr|r boaboao orfJoJ
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tbM bocoo foe m Hoooe CootroUoJ by rifitl torrooloa tot ay tp ioaoyy Ooifom.»lollty." „ -Z!
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f* LIIIYS FRUIT
44 OZ CAN
14 OZ. BOTTLE
POUND JAR
2 POUND BAG
2 ONE POUND PEGS.
NO. 1 CAN
SERVE .PINKY PIG BA€OH~WITM
ANY OF THESE.
OMELET, WHEAT CAKES, WAFFLES, FRIED EGGS HOT BIS
CUITS, LIVER, SWEET POTATOES, FRIED TOMATOES.
To. Broil: Ploce atrip* on rock of broiler or broiler pon set 3-3 VS
inches under moderate heot. Let broil only 2 to 2 Vi minutes to
a side, turning when the top appears l-ghtly crisped Watch the
bacon, os it cooks very quickly. Time 4 to 5 minutes.
Te Poo-Fry: Lay strips in cold frying pan ond cook over low fire,
turning bacon occasionally ond pouring off lot os it accumu
lates Time 6 to 8 minutes
Beke: Loy strips on rock in oxy shallow baking pon with fat
*8qes overlapping lean edge of next slice. Ploce pain on top
shelf of 400o F. oven, ond bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light-
V<nsped DO NOT TURN. ’
The Yet: Save ond use to fry eggs or potatoes, to season veget
ables ond soup; for shortening m corn bread ond muffins, m
sauces. v
SPAGHETTI
PINE FOR SUNDAY NIGHT SUPPER
Skinners
7 OUNCE PACKAGE
m UCVVCT 3 I IfM
2 ON* POUND BOXRS
YELLOW BAND SMOKED
PICNICS
. 4 TO 4 Li. SIZES. POUND
49c
♦j tnmuarsanaa
CAMPBELLS TOMATO 47 OZ. CAN
Lu. ill! (Ljcky i- MueoU-^ T —47,' a
S. Navy captain now attached
Maxwell field’ Montgomery,
LL
to |
Ala-, j
who commanded the aircraft tarrier j
Saratoga during the war.
Miartin Maple, III. 24, of Prince-'
ton N.* J.. an ex-Mprine * now 4 op-,
crating the Maple Motor Sales Co., {
at Princeton. He was returning from
a business tii-p to Atlanta.
Eugene C Stone, 40, of Pensacola,
Fla.
Peter Philips, -22. the steward, of
Astoria;'N Y.
Moebus, who was only slrghtly in
jured, said the plane appeared to
be settling rapidly, heading 'in foi
a landing after a rough flight from
Winston-Salem. „
“I adjusted my seat belt, and the
next thing I knew I was -upside
down on the deck with the seat on
top of me,” he said.
Delayed by the driving rain, which
later changed to snow,, the plane
twice reported to the Washington
conftrol tower, at 4:26 and 4:33 a.m.
Bach tijne, Sanniborn said he was
flying on instruments at 2,500 feet
and he gave no indication of trouble.
At 4:40 a m., the airport control
tower tried to contact the plane, and
SO’minutes later it flashed a,general
alarm.
There was no immediate explana-
SWIFTNING
3 POUNDS
1.24
2 CAKES
LAVA
Soap
PERSONAL
CAKE
IVORY 8c
MEDIUM
2 CAKES
IVORY 23c
SP1C SPAN
Cleaner 23e
Juice 29c
CtmpbtlW Potk a. No. 1 Co* 2 Pov
Beans 31c
C»iyb»Bi Tomato No. 2 Com 2 Pm
Juice 25c
CAMPBELLS % NO 1 CAN
Soup 16c
Cbtckaa VagMabl^tof Clam Cb«w4«(
CAMPBELLS ^ NO. 1 DAN
Soup 13c
Vaf. — Gmaa Paa — Baa* aa4 Bacaa
AUSTEX BEEP
S TE W
KINGANS K. P.^
MEET
BLUE LABEL PENNANT 24 OZ. CAN
SYRUP 19c
SWEET GRAPEFRUIT 44 OZ. CAN ^
JUICE 19c
v
SOSTON 1U1T FORK
ROAST
POUND
59e
LARGE GREEN
Shrimp
POUND DRESSED PAN
1 1 11 " ■
POUND
DON'T BE A BULB SNATCHER.
Buy 75 or 100 watt G E. Bulbs
MEDIUM
NO. MB CAN
79c Trout 29c
PINT FILLETS OP POUND
73c Haddock 39c
For Eortm)
2 Pa mi 4s
A P PLE S
FAMOUS TIXAS PINK MIAT
Grapefruit
PRESH CRISP GREEN
CABBAGE
DARDEN PRESH SNOWBALL -
Cauliflower
PULL-O-JUKE FLORIDA
RANGES
►EBOR
RAPES
MAIN* ID I
m W* 1 Super Spuds 69c
■ MW V CANADIANWAXED i 2 POUNDS
I x [Rutabagas 9c
25c
2 POD
25c
2 POUNDS
lie
2 POUNDS
25c
• POUND BAG
2 POUNDS
ID POUND MESH BAG
OXYBOLISc SMOW.38c SNOW
2 ROLLS POD
TOWELS 31c
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