Services Held For Victims of C-124 Crash
MOSES LAKE WASH Ins fellow airmen observed two brief services for the 87 airmen killed when a C 124 Globemaster crashed on takeoff near Larson air force base. Catholic and Protestant services in uniformed and civilian dress honored the dead as investigators examined the wreckage nearby.
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Moses Lake
Wash
INS
Larson Air Force Base
62Nd Troop Carrier Wing
Thomas G. O’brien
George R. Rumney
Rumney
Newsman's Investigative Work Frees Condemned Man
In Richmond, Virginia, editor Jack Kilpatrick of the News Leader earned a pardon for Silas Rogers, a 30 year old ex-hobo condemned to death for the 1943 killing of Policeman R. B. Hatchell. Kilpatrick uncovered new evidence prompting Gov. Battle to issue a full pardon and offer Rogers a new life in New York.
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Richmond
Silas Rogers
New York
Jack Kilpatrick
Richmond News-Leader
State Court of Appeals
Rogers
R. B. Hatchell
Petersburg
Kilpatrick
Douglas Southall Freeman
John S. Battle
Hatchell
Christmas Candy Drops From Kyushu Plane To Kids On Island
A transport plane on a supply run between Kyushu Japan and Korea drops candy to children on a tiny Korean island. Lt Don Davis says the crew rocks their wings as kids wave, and volunteers collect candy bars to send home.
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Kyushu
Jone
Tiny Island
Don Davis
Surgeons Donate Eye Surgery to Blind Mexican Siblings
In San Diego two surgeons gifted operations to Ignacio Rodelo aged 13 and Emma Rodelo aged 12 from Tecate Mexico. The procedures aim to restore about 80 percent of normal vision after six months to assess outcomes for the siblings born with bilateral congenital cataracts.
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San Diego
Ignacio Rodelo
Emma Rodelo
Tecate
Mexico
Flyers Parachute Candy to Children
A U S air force C 47 dropped 100 pounds of candy bars by parachute to children in Tokyo on an improvised goodwill mission. The action aimed to boost morale during post war relief efforts and involved local volunteers assisting with distribution.
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Tokyo
Notice of will probate for Augustine in Cedar Rapids
A notice in Cedar Rapids Iowa states that on December 1 1952 an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Augustine late of the county deceased has been presented for probate. The Cedar Rapids district court orders admission to probate and commencement of the proceeding with further action in Coast East Iowa.
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Augustine
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
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