B 36 Crash Kills 15 on Spokane Flight
A B-36 intercontinental bomber crashed during takeoff from Fairchild air force base killing 15 of 17 crew aboard. Cedar Rapids native Capt. Arthur L. Hulshizer Jr. was reported killed. two crewmen survived with serious burns. The base and Convair planned a plaque for the record flight time, while a previous crash in January had seen the crew escape. Survivors include Hulshizer’s widow and three children.
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Spokane
Fairchild Air Force Base
Cedar Rapids
A. L. Hulshizer, Jr
A. L. Hulshizer
O Avenue
Here
Civil Aeronautics Administration
State Patrol
Harold Bolak
57Th Air Division
Fairchild
Convair Airplane Corporation
U. S
Arthur L. Hulshizer, Jr
Iowa City
Roosevelt High School
Air Force
Texas
New Mexico
Montgomery Ward
Hulshizer
Champaign
Ill
James
Diana
Larry
Max Sievers
Mt. Vernon
Gas price war roils Cedar Rapids Marion area
In Cedar Rapids and Marion a price cutting spree spreads across stations. An independent shop posted a Gas War sign and cut regular to 23.2 cents and ethyl to 24.2 cents while others quickly followed. Major chains lowered to 25.2 26.7 and 24.9 26.4 cents as stations matched each drop. One large operator briefly raised prices back to normal amid the rush.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids- Marion
Marion
Marion Area
Misbranded horsemeat seized in Muscatine Iowa
Iowa officials report 273 pounds of misbranded horsemeat seized from Romann and Liebbe locker plant in Muscatine following a joint state federal investigation. No evidence of sale for human consumption. Suit seeks condemnation of 113 cartons of meat.
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U. S
Cloid Level
L. B. Liddy
Department’s Dairy and Foods Division
Coal Valley Packing Company
Coal Valley
Muscatine
Tri-City Dog Foods Company
Son Sentenced in Involuntary Manslaughter Case
Charles Lovejoy, 22, received a year in jail after a October fistfight that led to involuntary manslaughter charges. His minister father Rev Ira Lovejoy pledged to fast until God is moved to help his son, vowing not to eat or drink.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles Lovejoy
Ira Lovejoy
United Gospel Mission
Bene
Tde Caldorp
Duel of Ike Taft Eyed in New Jersey Voting
In New Jersey voters choose 38 delegates to the presidential nominating convention with Eisenhower leading polls and Taft challenging for several district and at large posts. Taft’s backers fight for delegates as Kefauver remains unopposed for the Democratic side. Governor Driscoll shifts support to Eisenhower while Taft criticizes the move. In Conn, Taft remarks he “really got out” after leaving New Jersey.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
Gen
Eisenhower
Arthur Vandenberg, Jr
Taft
Sen
G.O.P
Harold Stassen
Chicago
New Hampshire
Kefauver
Stevenson
Driscoll
Willimantic
Steel Quota for Building Doubled
Washington AP says the Defense Production Administration doubled structural steel allotments for July through September to 40,000 tons from 16,285 tons. Increases were also set for schools hospitals road construction transportation and petroleum development as mobilization passed the peak of demand for defense expansion of plants.
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Washington
Defense Production Administration
DPA
Marooned on tower two workers escape flood toll
Two itinerant construction workers Bernard Strassbough and Glen Auger spent 72 hours atop a 119 foot Missouri River tower in St. Paul after their boat swept away. They slept tied to the tower, waved to passing boats, and were rescued Monday. They will be paid time and a half for the ordeal.
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the Gazette
St. Paul
Bernard Strassbough
Glen Auger
Donovan Construction Company
Strassbough
Auger
Mississippi Flood Deluge Hits St Paul Area Hard
The Mississippi river flood worsens in St Paul with thousands homeless and millions in damage as levels rise toward a crest of 22.5 feet. Officials warn the crest could occur within 48 hours, keeping downstream cities on alert.
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ST. Paul
Mississippi
Minnesota North Woods
Emergency meeting to plan flood duties in Iowa City
Brig. Gen. Fred C. Tandy Iowa adjutant general ordered all Eastern Iowa Iowa National Guard commanding officers to meet in Iowa City tonight to prepare flood emergency duties along the Mississippi River banks.
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Des Moines
Fred C. Tandy
Iowa
Iowa National Guard
Iowa City
Mississippi River
Record Flood Swells Through St Paul Area
Daylong crest two feet above 1881 high water. The Mississippi rose to flood levels that pushed 5,000 people from 1,500 dwellings across 14 blocks of St. Pauls west side. The river halted traffic on two bridges as cars stalled in water to running boards, delaying shipments to the South St. Paul stockyards. Continued on Page 2 Col. 7.
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Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Blair, Neb
Sioux City
Neb
St.Paul’s
Earl Miller
Civil Air Patrol
Mulqueen
Council Bluffs
President Signs Jop Peace Pact
Washington AP President Truman signed the U S ratification of the peace treaty with Japan and appended three Pacific security pacts. The agreements include a long term U S presence in Japan and mutual defense with the Philippines Australia and New Zealand. The final step is depositing ratification with the State Department on April 28.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Japan
Philippines
Australia
New Zeal
Senate
U.S
Two Thirds of Council Bluffs Is Evacuated
Missouri River flood drive completes evacuation of about 27 000 residents in the western two thirds of Council Bluffs. Officials say 3 168 workers built levees overnight. most evacuees have left, sanitation improving as pumps restart and typhoid inoculation begins.
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Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Neb
Missouri
James Mulqueen
W. E. Hicks
Truman invites seven governors for flood conference at Omaha
President Truman asks Governors Stevenson Beardsley Kohler Anderson North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska to meet in Omaha to discuss flood emergency measures. James E. Lawrence and Lt Gen. Lewis Pick will attend, with discussion of disaster relief funds and warning systems as floods impact the Midwest.
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Val Peterson
Nebraska
Washington
Truman
Omaha
White House
Offutt Air Force Base
Stevenson
Illinois
Anderson
South Dakota
Brunsdale
North Dakota
Beardsley
Iowa
Peterson
Kohler
Wisconsin
Minnesota
James E. Lawrence
The
Lincoln Star
Missouri Basin Survey Commission
Lewis Pick
Army Engineers
Raymond M. Foley
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Andresen
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Joseph Short
Chicago
Rock Island
la Crosse
Sioux City
Omaha Council Bluffs
Air Force Base
Federal judge issues injunction to halt rail unions strike
U S district judge Emrich B Freed issued a preliminary injunction blocking three railroad brotherhoods from striking over wages and rules. The order preserves a temporary restraining order from March 11 against the New York Central and lasts until a hearing for a permanent injunction. The unions plan an appeal to the U S circuit court in Cincinnati, with aims to reach the Supreme Court.
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Cleveland
Emrich B. Freed
New York Central
Brotherhood For
Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of
Order of
Freed
U. S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Divorce Awarded From Glenn Davis
LOS ANGELES AP Actress Terry Moore testified in a divorce suit alleging extreme cruelty by football star Glenn Davis during their three month marriage. She described him as abusive and insulting claiming he called her a liar five times. Davis did not contest the suit.
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LOS Angeles
Glenn Davis
Terry Moore
Glenn
Miss Moore
Davis
West Point
Los Angeles Rams
Censors Accused of Impeding Probe
Washington reports House investigators charge Pentagon censors are blocking an expose of waste in the armed services. Rep. Brownson says officials are blue-pencil ing large portions of testimony from a world trip. The subcommittee heard closed testimony and agreed to have censors review for security before public release.
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Washington
House
Pentagon
Rep
Brownson
R-Ind
Lambert OMalley Named Acting OPS Enforcement Director
Washington AP reports Lambert Ss OMalley of Kansas City was named acting enforcement director for the Office of Price Stabilization on Tuesday.
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Washington
Lambert
O’malley
Kansas City
Tuesday
Office of Price Stabilization
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