Desperate rescue near Watts Powell Park shaft in San Marino
Desperate rescuers pushed a shaft down over 100 feet and prepared to dig through the wall of an abandoned well where three year old Kathy Fiscus lies trapped. A rotary drill reached about 164 feet as workers relayed lowering Miner Whitey Blickensderfer into a narrow pit. A tunnel would connect to the 14 inch pipe where the child lay rumored at least 94 feet down. No signs of life were seen after 27 hours.
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San Marino
Cal
Kathy Fiscus
Raymond A. Hill
Whitey Blickensderfer
Blickensderfer
Little Pathy
Hill
O. A. Kelly
Kelly
Collins Case Echoes 1924 Kentucky Cave Tragedy
National interest surged as rescue workers in San Marino search for Kathy Fiscus parallels Floyd Collins entombed in a Cave City fissure. Collins died after 17 days trapped by a 100-pound boulder pinioning his leg while miners tunneled to reach him. Hope fluctuated as the nation followed the dramatic rescue effort.
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San Marino
Cal
INS
America
Kathy Fiscus
Floyd Collins
Kentucky
Fiscus
Cave City
Collins
Mammoth Cave
Hope fIor Callins
Four Killed In Accidents In Kanawha Valley
Four killed in separate accidents in Kanawha Valley yesterday. Three died when a car left State Rt. 14 and hit a Coal river bridge pillar. identification given for Robert Shilling 25, David Adkins 20, and Cecil Hensley, all of St Albans. An elderly Putnam county man died when his truck struck a train. Ten others injured, five in serious condition in Charleston hospitals.
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Kanawha Valley
Charleston
Coal River
Alum Creek
Sanawha County
Robert Shilling
David Adkins
Cecil Hensley
St. Albans
Armed Forces Budget Hiked Half Billion
The House appropriations committee boosted the peacetime armed forces budget to 15,909,116,800 dollars, over Truman's request. The Air Force led, with most of the increase funding its growth to 58 full groups, while the Army and Navy received substantial cash and contract authority. The total cash and new authority rise signals strong defense spending with project allocations to liquidate prior contracts.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Navy
Army
Air Force
Ai Force
Repeal Action Urged by Murray CIO Chief Calls for Immediate Action
CIO President Philip Murray urged union members to push for Taft Hartley repeal and broad Fair Deal support. In a letter to unions, states, and city councils, he advised pressuring Congress during the April 15 25 Foster recess to show dissatisfaction with the first three months of Congress.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Congress
Foster
Tabor
Jesus Proclaimed Messiah in Court Drama
In a dramatic scene Nicodemus urges acquittal as judges debate Jesus’s claim to be the Messiah. Caiphas prepares to demand the supreme Mosaic oath, while the crowd notes the case has collapsed and seeks rest, with the prisoner still unconvicted as midnight nears.
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Fulton Oursler
Nicodemus
Jesus
Caiphas
Annas
Unions End Picket at Watt Powell Park in Charleston
The Charleston Building Trades Council strike committees announce an end to picketing Watt Powell baseball park. They urge non-striking unions to report for duty to open the park April 27 while maintaining wage demands of 12 1/2 cents an hour and continuing the general work stoppage. The contractors are blamed for delays.
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Charleston Building Trades Council
Charleston
Kanawha Valley
Watt Powell
Charles R. Armentrout
S. H. Welch
Charleston Building Contractors Association
Baseball Park
Baseball
Ball
Contractors’ Association
Watt Powell Park
House approves ERP aid bill in first test vote
The House backed the European Recovery Program 226 to 1 in its first test, moving to take up the five billion 380 million dollar foreign aid bill. Speaker Rayburn predicted defeat for broader authorization cuts as the chamber scheduled a final vote for Monday night.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
Beth Chambers
Rayburn
D~tex
Senate Appropriations Committee
Western
Europe
Lawrence Smith
R.-Wis
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Reward Offered Over Tapped Phone Lines In St Louis
The St Louis Star Times announced a $5 000 reward for information leading to conviction of anyone tapping its telephone lines. The paper cited persistent reports that race betting bookie interests may have listened in to its leads on gambling to tip off to get ahead of police. The reward stands for three years.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Star-Times
GOP lukewarm on southern bid in Congress
Washington Apell reports Republicans showed cautious interest in a southern effort to form a states rights coalition with Democrats amid Truman era civil rights debates. Sen Brewster Maine leader urged cooperation with southern Democrats who back constitutional government while warning Dixie Democrats must seek civil rights support outside the GOP. He defended anti-poll tax and anti-lynching bills and said the party welcomes supporters of those measures.
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Washingson
Apell
Truman
Sen
Brewster
Maine
GOP
Congress
Republican Party
Porterfield to Bring Hamlet to Charleston Stage
Mr. Robert Porterfield of New York City and Abingdon Va arrives in Charleston on Tuesday with the advance story on the Hamlet presentation. He will be available for civic and school group appearances before the troupe’s national tour arrives. Tickets for Thursday matinee and evening performances at Charleston high school auditorium are selling briskly with student matinees at 60 cents and reserved seats ranging from 75 cents to $1.75.
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Robert Porterfield
New York City
Abingdon
Charleston
Porterfield
Charleston High Auditorium
Reds Submit Clemency Plan for Quick Surrender
The Communists urged the freeling government to accept mercy, as Red forces pressed 650 miles of Yangtze bridgeheads. Nationalist leaders faced surrender or a new defense to block a major Communist drive into South China, with a deadline set for April 12. Mao Zedong sent the clemency proposal to Li Tsungjen, broadcast by Peiping Radio.
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China
Nanking
Yangtze River
Reds
Jin
Mao Tze-Tung
Li Tsung Jen
Peiping Radio
Plea Se Turn to Page Ten Col Four
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Locals Withdraw Pickets to Permit Wa Watt Powell Ball Park Work
AFL unions pull back pickets to allow non striking crafts like carpenters and bricklayers to resume work on Watt Powell baseball park for April 27 opening. They blame contractors for rejecting three wage proposals and renew calls for a 12 1 2 cent per hour increase.
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AFL
Easter Sunrise Service to Be Held on Capitol Steps
Charleston churches launch Holy Week with Palm Sunday. Easter Sunrise service will be on the Capitol north steps at 6:30 with Rev. Moses Newsome of First Baptist as speaker. Music by Morris Harvey College brass, Salvation Army, and East Side churches. Broadcast on WGKV. Dr. L. B. Moseley to speak at St. Mark's noon service.
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State ‘Capitol
Moses Newsome
First Baptist Church
Morris Harvey College
John Kline
Salvation Army Brass Choir
Robert Avis
East Side
Alton Hampton
The
Baptist Temple
Charles Greybill
Christ Church Methodist
WGKV
L. H. Burns
Humphreys Memorial Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Dickinson
Washington St. E
Capitol
Hev
Oral Lowe
George W. Schillinger
J. Hy
Woods
E. Ray “Cole
C. Oral Lowe
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