Plane with 50 Aboard Wrecked Near Leesburg in Rain
Rescue parties hunted through rugged Virginia West Virginia hill country in driving rain for a DC 4 airliner wrecked Friday night with 50 aboard. The plane flying Chicago to Washington went silent after a routine radio call. Captain Horace Stark, 46, led a crew of three and passengers including Dr. Courtney Smith and David P. Goodwin.
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Leesburg
Capital Airlines
James Franklin
Franklin
Chicago
Washington
Martinsburg
W. Va
Virgnia- West
Winchester
Courtney Smith
American Red Cross
Red Cross National Convention
Cleveland
David P. Goodwin
United States Forest Services
Dreary Iowa Waters Roar Over Fields and Towns
An aerial view over Eastern Iowa shows saturated lands as torrential rains flood rivers and creeks. Prairie streams overflow, Buffalo Creek covers city blocks near Coggon, Wapsipinicon bursts banks, and Camp-O-Delhi and Bailey’s Ford suffer severe inundation with dams and bridges overwhelmed.
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Iowa
Manchester
Coggon
Raging Rivers Swirl Through Manchester and Independence
Flood waters from heavy weekend rains swirled through Manchester and Independence causing road closures and power outages. Police controlled traffic at the Maquoketa bridge as water rose over barriers and several basements flooded stores near Highway 150. Emergency crews reported the flood more damaging than 1922 with some evacuations and widespread road hazards.
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del Blumenshine
Hunter
Maquoreta
Manchester
Maquoketa
Hanna
Manchester and
Independence
Iowa City Girds For More Water
Residents of Tama breathed relief as the Iowa river receded inches while Belle Plaine Marengo and Iowa City prepared for the crest. At Iowa City the gauge stood 11.1 as rainfall totaled 1.05 inches in three days. Red Cross alerted 32 families in Cherry Lane Riverside and Coralville areas.
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Mary Stevenson
Tama
Iowa
Belle Plaine
Marengo
Iowa City
L. ©. Crawford
Iowa Institute of Hydraulics Research
Cherry Lane
Riverside
Coralville
Red Cross
Ottumwa Braces for Des Moines River Flood Crest
Ottumwa residents rushed to high ground as the Des Moines River neared flood levels with a crest forecast around noon Sunday at 20 to 20.5 feet. The city has already seen a record 20.24 feet last week and prepared with sandbagging, sound warnings, and aid from the army navy and coast guard. Red Cross director Truman Solverud said 460 people sheltered at a naval air station and local schools, while volunteers and sailors assisted as authorities mobilized generators and relief supplies.
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Weather Bureau
Truman Solverud
Red Cross
Naval Air Station
Navy
John Morrell Meat Packing Plant
Church Street
Des Moines
Tracy
Ottumwa
Raccoon
18Th Street
Floods Drive 10,000 Iowans From Homes Across State
Des Moines reports floods from six rivers and smaller streams threaten 25 counties. About 10,000 residents evacuated with Ottumwa and Red Rock already emptied. Des Moines river crest nears Tracy. Ottumwa expected crest by Sunday. Waterloo shelters house 230 homeless families as power outages occur and transportation is disrupted.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Northwest
Des Moines River
Red Rock
Eddyville
Ottumwa
Amways
Raccoon
Waterloo
Come Hell or High Water Bride Walks Aisle
The church bells rang at 7 45 p m as the bride from Chelsea began the aisle procession. The groom hails from Belle Plaine in this family wedding tale.
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Hell
Uchtil
Chelsea
Belle Plaine
Husband of Slain Woman Arrested
Atlanta police chief G Neal Ellis said Saturday that he had arrested the husband of a woman found slain, providing a terse update amid unfolding homicide inquiries.
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Atlanta
INS
G. Neal Ellis
River Flood Rising Expected to Reach Cedar Rapids
Residents along the river between Second Street SE and Fourteenth Avenue were warned to evacuate by police after the east side dike failed. Wilson Packing Company grounds lie within the affected area protected by a permanent dike. Cedar Rapids prepared for a flood crest expected within three hours.
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Second Street SE
Fourteenth Avenue
Wilson Packing Company
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River flood crest forecast and rising alerts
Cedar Rapids flood watchers warned of possible crest higher than early estimates as river levels reached 16.2 feet by 2:30 p.m. Engineer Pat Phelan trimmed his peak forecast to about 18.5 feet while streets official David Williams urged continued preemptive sandbagging. About 300 residents were evacuated in Black Hawk County as flood potential persisted.
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David L. Williams
Pat Phelan
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Hoover Named Among Best Fathers of the Year
Washington report notes FBI director J Edgar Hoover appeared on a list of the country’s best fathers of the year published by the American Mothers Committee in New York. Mrs Katherine Newell heads the committee and arranged hopes that Hoover’s inclusion reflects well on his family life despite his bachelor status.
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Washington
J. Ede Ee Associates
FBI
Hoover
New York
American Mothers
Katherine Newell
Joe DiMagillo
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Joe Fernonds
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Manchester and Oneida
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Fred Haselman
Suibe Watch
Quaker Saul
4 Dam
Manchester Independence
Wapsie
Highway 150
Army
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Fort Sheridan
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