Mine Death Toll Rises in Centralia Mine Disaster
In Centralia Illinois 18 more miners were recovered, raising the known dead to 35 and leaving 76 still trapped as rescue teams fight through a seven foot high passage amid snow and damage. Officials say the toll could reach 111, making it the worst U S coal field disaster since 1928. Rescue leaders vow to continue digging despite grim prospects.
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Centralia
Ill
Centralia Coal Company
William J. Rowekamp
AFL United Mine Workers
Mather
City Dads Split Over Municipal Wage Hike Decision
City council has not reached a conclusion on a general wage increase for municipal employees amid union demands for a 25 cent hourly raise. Waterworks staff received a $5 monthly bump, with disputes over pay equality across departments. The panel plans to review requests before April 15 payroll.
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Bayne Freeland
Frank Haham
CIO City Workers
Hahn
Phillips
F. P. Schultz
Burgus
Pilings Burn In Spectacular Fire
A large oil storage tank outside a Standard Oil fence near Sixth Street in Cedar Rapids burned Thursday morning. No explosion occurred and no property damage was reported as workers cutting the tank with acetylene torches ignited creosote-soaked ties. The tank had been unused for 18 months and sold to M. Feder and Sons.
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Cedar Rapids News
Avenue NW
Sixth Street
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
M. Feder and Sons
Stardard Oil
Warmer Friday Cooler Saturday in Cedar Rapids Weather
The weatherman hinted spring may win in eastern Iowa with warmer Friday and cooler Saturday. Cedar Rapids was 42 at 2:30 p.m. and forecasted a brief warm spell, followed by cooler Sunday. Wednesday high hit 34 degrees, and temperatures fell to 29, 26, and 24 at specified times.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Missing N Y Hermit Langley Collyer Declared Dead
Police concluded Langley Collyer is dead after failing to find him in the cluttered Fifth Avenue mansion where his brother Homer was found dead earlier. The estate now goes to public administrator Mulligan for probate while relatives seek control of Homer’s papers.
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New York
Langley Collyer
Fifth Avenue
Mark Twain
Collyer
Homer
Langley
Admiralty
Francis J. Mulligan
Mulligan
John R. Mullen
Scarcity Control Extension Voted in Senate
The Senate approved by voice vote a 90 day renewal of wartime controls on scarce foods and other short supply commodities. The action extends government powers to regulate prices and distribution during shortages.
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Washington
Senate
YMB Plans Cedar Rapids Fly Control Campaign
A combined strategy board led by Mayor Frank Hahn maps a city wide anti fly drive under the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. The plan links with county and state efforts to spray DDT and involves households, restaurants, and schools in a May start to reduce germ carrying houseflies.
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Frank Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Traer
Iowa
YMB
Gale R. Miller
D. W. Day
Patterson Says No Red Officers In Army
Secretary of War Patterson testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that all officers with Communist tendencies have been ousted from the army. He said no commissions have been issued to Communists for more than a year and there is no one in key positions whose loyalty is in doubt.
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Washington
INS
Patterson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Add
R-Minn
Judd
Union Officials Confer With U S Labor Official Over Phone Strike
Washington AP report says a three member committee from the National Federation of Telephone Workers met Thursday with Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson after a Wednesday talk with officials of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company regarding a threatened nationwide telephone strike set for April 7.
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Washington
John W. Gibson
Gibson
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Fire reports reach Clara City mayor through prank call
Clara City Minn AP reports Mayor John Barney asked for news then shouted the fire department to rush to his home after a prank call. Firefighters arrived and extinguished the blaze scorching the residence.
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Clara City, Minn
Clara City
John Barney
Barney
Big Four Deadlocked Over Austria Treaty Issues
Moscow reports that the Big Four failed to resolve key Austrian treaty questions. A Yugoslav delegation will discuss Trieste finances in writing, while Molotov and Bidault spar over definitions of German assets and compensation. Officials note most Austrian property was inadequately compensated by the Nazis.
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Moscow
INS
Marshall
Trieste
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
Yugoslavia
Italy
Austria
Bidault
Molotov
Defense Claims Girl Was Wounded Defending Father
In juvenile court, defense contends Mary Catherine Reard was wounded while defending her father, alleging Michael D Arcy shot her after he had the pistol. The case centers on the death of J Vincent Reardon and a fatal crash involving the boy and two sisters.
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J. Vincent Reardon
Louis
Reardon
D’arcy
Wentzville
Morris
Mary
Bulgaria Denies Greek Territorial Charges and Hostage Claims
Sofia Bulgaria the Bulgarian government rejected Greek charges of territorial designs and holding Greek hostages stating such matters fall outside the United Nations Balkans commission in a letter from liaison officer George Koulishev replying to a request by American delegate Marke.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Greece
United Nations Balkans Commission
George Koulishev
Marke
Pilots' Skill Saves Lamed Flying Giant
The B-36, a 139 ton experimental bomber built by Consolidated-Vultee, was safely landed at Fort Worth after an emergency landing. Pilot A Sickeon and Co Pilot Gus Erickson guided the aircraft as six of fourteen aboard were injured during an earlier disposal of fuel and descent.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Army Air Forces
A. Sickeon
Gus Green
Fort Worth Army Air Field
Fort Worth
Roland G. Mayer
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Consolidated
Senate to Revise Tax Cut Bill After House Approval
The House passed a Republican backed plan to slash income taxes by about four billion dollars with rates up to 30 percent for the lowest income, 20 percent for mid ranges, and about 10 percent for high earners. The bill now goes to the Senate where it likely will be altered before a Truman veto threat.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Truman
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Engel
R-Mich
Patschke Objects To The School Not to Education
Donald Patschke, a farmer near Marion, is charged with keeping two daughters out of school since Sept 10. He argues their lives and health take precedence, while the state says they should attend Concord school near Marion. Trial spanned three hours with closing arguments set for Friday at 2 p.m.
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Loyal Meek
Donald Patschke
Marion
H. R. Churchill
Patschke
Walter A. Shupp
Churchill
Concord School
Emerson School
Patschkes
Marion Rural Independent School
Concord
Shupp
Mayer Divorce Ends With Two Million Dollar Settlement
Mrs Margaret Mayer filed suit for divorce in Los Angeles from Louis B Mayer head of Metro Goldwyn Mayer. After three years apart a settlement reportedly exceeds $2 000 000 was arranged out of court. Ray Sand represents Mrs Mayer. Mayer previously topped national salary lists and sold his horse stables for 1 600 000 to focus on films.
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Baltimore
Margaret Mayer
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Los Angeles
Mayers
United States
Lucky Chunk of Coal Reveals Hidden Dynamite in Logansport
In Logansport Indiana two chunks of coal drawn from display at the Logansport National Bank intrigue Paul Sperry an employee who split a lump too large to pass the door and uncovered an unexpected stick of dynamite embedded in the coal Sperry fears what might have happened if the fuse had lit.
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Logansport
Ind
Ins
Logansport National Bank
Paul Sperry
Sperry
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