Salvage bid for Luckenbach cargo and mail in Korea run
Crew of the freighter Andrea F. Luckenbach fought to pump flooded holds to salvage 15 million dollars in war materiel and 5 000 bags of mail for Korea. All passengers and most crew were saved after the ship tore its bottom on a Kauai reef. 13 remained aboard with cargo as Coast Guard stood by and deck cargo was jettisoned to refloat. Passengers included missionaries Philip Armstrong and Mrs Zimm erman and son Carl Jr. from St Paul and Baileyville, and John Owens of San Jose, while First Mate Dietrich led efforts after Capt Holtman fell ill.
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Honolulu
Andrea F. Luckenbach
Korea
Kauai
Hawaiian Islands
Hanamalu Bay
Coast Guard
Lihue
Mitchell Hensen
Oakland
Cal
Yokohama
Hensen
Savannah
Frederick P. Dietrich
Seattle
Dietrich
Cornelius Holtman
Philip Armstrong
St. Paul
Joseph C Smith Services Tomorrow
Funeral services for Joseph Calimens Smith age 69 retired steam-fitter will be held at 4 o clock tomorrow in the Ivy Chapel of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. Officiating will be Dr Newton J Robison pastor of the First Christian Church. Mr Smith died yesterday morning at Park Lane Courts 613 North Park. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Margaret Eckert Twin Falls Idaho and Mrs Addie Lee Whisnent Enid Oklo. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Joseph Calimens Smith
Ivy
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Newton J. Robison
First Christian Church
Smith
Park Lane Courts
North Park
Margaret Eckert
Twin Falls
Idaho
Addie Lee Whisnent
Enid
Oklo
Memorial Park Cemetery
Acheson Returns From Vacation
Secretary of State Acheson comes back to work after a Bermuda two week vacation. He arrived yesterday via New York from his first protracted leave in two years. His first scheduled appointment is with Sean MacBride the Irish external affairs minister. MacBride arrived from Boston on an unofficial visit. After catching up on work Acheson may visit Key West Florida for a meeting with President Truman though no plans are definite.
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Washington
Acheson
Bermuda
New York
Sean MacBride
MacBride
Boston
Key West
Fla
Truman
Fire Chief Douses Car Fire Before Crew Arrives
In Hill, Rhode Island, Fire Chief Edwin Barber rung a fire alarm box to tackle a car hood blaze. He extinguished the fire before his firefighters could reach the scene.
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Hill
Edwin Barber
AEC worker fired over tip to land speculator
AEC official dismissed after admitting he tipped an outsider who could profit from land near the Savannah River site. Walter Pace, a Utah grocer, bought options totaling about 44,000 dollars and profited. McKelvey’s residence and status clarified as voluntary resignation. FBI and Congress to probe land speculation surrounding the 600 million dollar project in South Carolina.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
South Carolina
Gordon Dean
Commission
James F. Byrnes
Savannah River
Georgia
FBI
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Dean
W. Conrad McKelvey
Walter V. Pace
Utah
McKelvey
Pace
Salt Lake City
ABC
Soviet purge rumor doubtful says Allied sources
Berlin dispatch notes Allied and East German officials deem a published claim that 14 Soviet officers were executed in the Russian zone for plotting against Stalin as highly doubtful. Intelligence officers call the report extremely unlikely and say such incidents would have reached informants by now.
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Berlin
Germany
Stalin
Red Army
Associated Press
County to Sell Mule and Buy Gasoline Plow
Orange County officials voted to sell the county mule and buy a gasoline plow after the draft animal cost more than 500 dollars last year. The officials quipped that the mule was not cost effective.
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Orlando
Fila
U.P
Orange County Commission
Gulls and Eagles Plague Anglers
Gulls and bald eagles, new to the Iowa Wisconsin banks along the upper Mississippi, circle and pluck fish from open water and ponds. Eldon Sneagling with the Upper Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Station praises the birds for saving labor and government money.
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Guttenberg
Mississippi River
Iowa
Wisconsin
Eldon Sneagling
Upper Mississippi
Too Much Talent Not Enough Beauty In Miss America
Hollywood reports a Catalina swimwear sponsor withdraws from Miss America amid concerns of excess talent. President E W Stewart says the contest should focus on beauty and will back a search for a Miss Universe not burdened by demanding performances.
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Hollywood
Atlantic City
E. W. Stewart
Catalina Swim Suits
Stewart
Judge Bars Fired Prof From Campus
Salina Kansas March 13 0 Jose G Baldivieso the Spanish professor at Kansas Wesleyan University was under a temporary injunction to stay away from the campus. District Judge A R Buzick granted the order after he was fired for unprofessional conduct and kept teaching in a corridor outside his former classroom. The injunction bars him from entering the campus or interfering in the college academic program.
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Salina
Kan
Jose G. Baldivieso
Kansas Wesleyan University
A. R. Buzick
Baldivieso
Railway Workers To Meet Tonight In Court Room
A meeting of union and non union railway workers will be held at 7:30 PM in the 47th District Court room at the courthouse to protest the union shop law. The session is open to all railway workers, regardless of union membership.
Stolen Car Recovered From Harri son Street
A 1950 Chevrolet owned by Bill Strickland of 09 Osage was stolen around 9:20 p.m. and recovered by city police at 3:12 a.m. in the 300 block on Harrison Street.
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Bill Strickland
Osage
Harrison Street
Legion Chief in Formosa visits island stronghold
American Legion Commander J. Erle Cocke Jr arrived in Formosa on a world tour to tour Nationalist China's island fortress Taiwan.
Turtle bites toe in odd incident on shore leave
A servicemember recounts a peculiar incident where a turtle nipped her big toe, a moment that became a memorable, if unusual, tale shared among air force survivors.
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Air Force
Hiss Case Closed Declared By Acheson In New York
Secretary of State Dean Acheson, returning from Bermuda, said he would answer only one question about the Supreme Court refusing to review Alger Hiss appeal. He called the Supreme Court the highest court and stated it acts to dispose of the matter.
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New York
Secretary of
Dean Acheson
Alger Hiss
Bermuda
Supreme Court
Hiss
Acheson
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