Trio Killed in Flaming Wreck Near Orange After Train Hits Car
A Sunset Limited train struck a car five miles west of Orange, killing Lee and Billie McElphan a recently married couple, Lois Harman, and injuring Johnny Harvey and others. Edgar Harvey tried to rescue family. the wreck delayed the train.
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Orange
Here
Arents
Lee McElphan
Billie Geraldine McElphan
Lois Harman
Victor
Johnny Harvey
Beaumont
Edgar J. Harvey
Percy Hatton
Southern Pacific
Hatton
Edgar Harvey
A. S. Harmon
Lois
Orange Hospital
Young Harvey
Miss Harmon
SMU Student Killed in Fraternity Gun Accident
Harold C. Henger a 20 year old Southern Methodist University business administration student died after an antique pistol discharged in his Dallas home. He was with three fraternity brothers when the gun fired as he reentered the room. Surviving are his parents two brothers and a sister.
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Dallas
Harold C. Henger
Henger
Southern Methodist University
Young Henger
W. C. Henger
William
Gordon
Fritz Stewart
Farm mother and six children killed in Geneseo house fire
A Geneseo Illinois farm family perished in an early Sunday blaze that razed their two story home. The father Glenn Ward 36 and one daughter Loretta 9 escaped. The seven person family lived on a Kavohn farm ten miles north of Geneseo. The fire started while they slept and firefighters found six children and the mother dead inside. Loretta escaped down a ladder and survived. The cause of the fire was undetermined.
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Geneso
Ill
Glenn Ward
Loretta
Geneseo Fire Department
Ward
Henry
Ralph N Cole
Mrs. Ward
David
Patsy Ann
Larry
Bonnie
Connie
Dennis
George Kavohn
Geneseo
Easter Bunny Brings New Easter on Easter Day
A son born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Easter in Dayton Ohio weighs seven pounds ten ounces. The baby will be named Richard Davis. The paper notes it is likely he will be nicknamed Happy or Bunny by friends in years to come.
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Dayton, O
M. E. Easter
Richard Davis
Bunny
Daring Amarillo boy touched a flying saucer claim
A 12-year-old Amarillo boy reports touching a flying saucer that left his arm and face red before it zoomed away. Other items note Berlin stockpile efforts and Hubert Humphrey housing bill tensions as well as oddities from circus mishap and a health claim about Aureomycin.
Prairie fires driven by winds sweep Texas Panhandle
Strong southwesterly winds fanned two prairie fires across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains. A fire near Borger threatened hundreds of homes, burning about 2,560 acres. Another fire between Channing and Naravisa covered roughly 12 miles by 5 miles. Dust and wind hindered firefighting across New Mexico and eastern Colorado.
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Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Borger
Channing
Texas
Naravisa
N. M
New Mexico
Colorado
Albuquerque
Cyril Luker
Fifth Victim Claimed In Glasgow Smallpox Outbreak
In Glasgow Scotland on Sunday night the fifth death from the smallpox outbreak was reported. The victim, 19 year old nurse Margaret Davidson, died at Robroyston Hospital.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Margaret Davidson
Robroyston Hospital
Pope Urges Gospel Spirit for World Peace at Easter
Pope Pius XII in Saint Peter’s Basilica calls for return to gospel and social justice to achieve world harmony. About 50000 Holy Year visitors hear the Easter sermon while 450000 in St. Peter’s Square listen by loudspeakers. Jerusalem also marks a quiet Easter with large crowds attending services at the Holy Sepulchre.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter’s Square
Jerusalem
Holy City
Palestine
Holy Sepulchre
Beirut
Damascus
Amman
Bethlehem
Jerusaem
Ice storm isolates Clinton Iowa in Easter blackout
An Easter ice storm crippled Clinton Iowa and surrounding areas with a half inch to an inch and a half of freezing coating. Power and phone lines failed citywide with more than 500 telephones out of service. Hospitals operated on auxiliary power as rural lines and utilities reported widespread damage across six states.
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Clintonin
Iowa
Clinton
WOJAD
Rock Island
Chicago and North Western
Milwaukee
Associated Press
Des Moines
Cc. L. Sampson
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Sampson
Interstate Power Company
North Central
McCarthy Attacks State Dept. GOP Backing Sparks Debate
A Democrat charges Republican leaders back McCarthy’s anti Communist claims against the State Department to undermine Truman. McCarthy targets Owen Lattimore and seeks witnesses as he travels to New York and other cities. Acheson, Peurifoy and other officials issue cautious replies amid renewed accusations and FBI file demands.
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Washington
McCarthy
State Department
Truman
Representative Dingell
D-Mich
Wisconsin
Department
Owen Lattimore
New York
Acheson
Lattimore
Green
D-Ri
Brewster
R-Me
Hickenlooper
R-Iown
FBI
H. Alexander Smith
Passaci
N. J
John E. Peurifoy
Senate
New Jersey
Philip C. Jessup
John
Service
Peurifoy
Jessup
Arthur Kohlberg
Philip Jessup
Joseph R. McCarthy
Sun Valley Nomad Stranded Amid Gates and Snow
A wandering correspondent in Sun Valley Idaho finds himself stranded with no bed for the night. He describes the resort as beautiful yet unwelcoming, noting locals with injuries, a snow scenery, and his lack of lodging options while hoping to be hosted or find shelter before night falls.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Iad
Florida
Los Angeles
the Bowery
New York
East Sixth Street
Austin
US Snorkel Sub Makes 21 Day Submerged Voyage
The Navy reports the submarine Pickerel completed a 21 day 5200 mile submerged transit from Hong Kong to Pearl Harbor with 505 hours underwater. Skipper Commander Paul R. Schratz led the voyage, the craft built in Portsmouth NH and commissioned in 1949. The Snorkel device allows diesel propulsion while submerged, boosting speed and eliminating frequent battery recharges. Pressure grows to extend underwater duration via atomic power.
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Washington
The
Navy
Hong Kong
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Naval Base
Paul R. Schratz
Pittsburgh
Portsmouth
N. H., Naval Shipyard
Radar and civilian spotters bolster defense against air attack
Washington reports radar outposts operate around the clock and 160,000 civilians will be recruited and trained by summer to maintain an air warning system. Warning centers in cities use color coded alerts to dispatch interceptors and civil defense volunteers amid ongoing preparedness efforts.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Defense Department
Soldier Escapes Bell County Jail Before Trial
An 18 year old Cam Hood soldier identified as Luis Borges escaped Bell County Jail in Belton Sunday night. Police backed by Texas Rangers closed in within a 100 mile radius as Borges faces charges of robbery with firearms and assault with intent to murder from the Eldredge Peters station raid in Temple last November. Jailer Dick Knowles said Borges slid food pans under bars and climbed a six by sixteen inch opening to the roof leaving no trace. Coryell County Sheriff Joe White joined the hunt with bloodhounds from Gatesville to aid in the pursuit.
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Cam Hood
Texas
Department of Public Safety
KTXA
Luis A. Borges
Eldredge-Peters
Temple
W. W
Bill) Eldredge
Bell County
E. T. Ray
Highway Patrol
Killeen
Belton
Waco
Texas Rangers
Borges
Dick Knowles
Knowles
Coryell County
Joe White
State Training School For Boys
Gatesville
Four Quadruplet Babies Born in Alabama Farm Family
Eva and Frances Singleton died one day after birth in Salter Hospital Eufaula Alabama. Anna and Pearl Singleton survived and showed good condition. Parents Mackie O Neal Singleton and Homer Singleton 33 dwelling on a Barbour County plantation near Clayton.
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Eufaula
Ala
Eva
Frances
Barbour County
Salter Hospital
Anna
Pearl
Barbour
R. O. Norton
Louisville
Eddis Green
Winds From North Signal Cooler Weather For Austin
The Austin Weather Bureau reports a low pressure area from the Panhandle moving southeast toward Central Texas. A trough ahead may trigger sea showers and a break in the warmth as northerly winds blow through Monday into Tuesday, bringing cooler conditions to the city.
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Austin
Panhandle
Texas
Austin Weather Bureau
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