Plane Crash Kills Fifteen in Minneapolis Blizzard
Northwest Airlines Flight 207 crashed during a fierce March blizzard near Minneapolis, killing 15 people including the pilot and co pilot. The craft struck a residential home on Minnehaha Parkway igniting fire that trapped two children watching television. Several occupants were hospitalized with burns and injuries. Authorities report the flight originated in Washington DC with stops in Pittsburgh Cleveland Detroit and Madison before diverting to Minneapolis due to instrument landing conditions.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
Washington, D. C
NWA
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Detroit
Madison
Wis
Rochester
Minn
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Fargo
Grant Forks
Marin
Mars
Mal Freeburg
Magpore
Fort Snelling Watonai
World Chamberlain Airport
Franklin Doughty
Minnehaha Parkway
Emerson Ave
J. C. Penney
H. Bott
Holmesville
Ohio
Joseph V. Breitmeier
University of North Dakota
Matilda de Beck
Ar. Jington
Federal_Indian Bureau
Raymond Nolder
Tarentum
W. Lampert
New York City
C. H. Pafford
Sigeme Chi Epsilun
C. Buchmann
Chicago
G. M. Lahn
Micneapolis
Neighbor Tells Of Plane Crash
Neighbor John Leighton recalls the Northwest Airlines crash that killed Mr and Mrs Doughty and their two children. He describes the blast chwil, the house collapsing, and Mrs Doughty calling for her babies as ambulances arrive and a fire engulfs the home.
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John Leighton
Northwest Airlines
Frank Doughty
Heavy Winds Smash Wiregrass Homes And Barns
An early morning electrical storm with strong winds swept the Wiregrass from Elba to Cottonwood, damaging roofs and porches, toppling trees, and disrupting power and telephone lines. Dothan saw minor damage. Newton suffered a damaged transmitting tower and a cooling tower at Ashford Fire Company. No injuries reported. hail accompanied the storm and winds reached up to 51 mph at Dothan Airport.
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South Alabama
Elba
Cottonwood
Hall
Dothan
CAA
Highway Patrol
Newton
Webb, Taylor
Gerrard
Faulkner Farm
Ashford Ire Company
J. W. Calhoun
W. T. Wea
Napier Field
Enterprise
Bloo
RED Cross
State Senator Quits Race For Re-Election
In Montgomery, State Senator T. B. Perry of Marengo County withdrew from the race for the 20th Senatorial District. He offered no reason in a letter to the Secretary of State.
Flag Raised Over Sunken Arizona Amid Pearl Harbor Remembrance
The American flag was raised over the sunken Battleship Arizona to honor 1092 crewmen who died in the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. Adm. Arthur W. Radford led the ceremony and stated the ship will forever fly the country’s flag as it did on December 7, 1941.
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Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Arthur W. Radford
GOP Seeks Plan To Handle Major Strikes
Washington reports Republicans push for a long range coal study and a potential permanent law to seize struck plants, with senators Butler and Watkins proposing hearings on Truman's plan. The push includes examining anti trust laws for unions and strengthening federal powers during national emergencies amid ongoing coal strike aftermath.
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Marvin L.arrowsmith
Washington
API
Trumen
Truman
GOP
Butler
Nebraska
Watkins
Utah
Senate Interior Committee
Humphrey
D- Minn
Morse
Douglas
Dell
Vier
Barkley
Houve
Rayburn
Congress
Coal Study Commission
Jer
Tobin
Auto Workers Reject Proposed UAW Loan Would Accept 'Gift'
Detroit AP report states the United Auto Workers refused a $1 million loan from John L. Lewis United Mine Workers to finance the Chrysler strike then 43 days old. The UAW signaled it would accept no outright contributions but praised member and outside group support. Reuther cited no need to borrow and warned daily strike costs if talks fail, with about 140,000 jobless and 20,000 strikers attending a briefing on stalled negotiations. Chrysler’s pension offer remains around 100 dollars monthly per worker, a figure tied to a broader pension plan dispute.
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Detroit
Tia Cio
Jonn L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Chrysler
UAW
Lewis
Auto Union
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Flirting With Chair Man Defends Sanity In Death Trial
New York based case features Lewis Wolfe a Montreal contractor seeking to prove sanity for murder by confronting a psychiatrist Dr Solon C Weiff with philosophy and metaphysical questions The judge considers whether sanity can be proven by cross examining experts in a novel legal question The defendant argues he is sane while facing the electric chair and a death sentence.
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New York
Furvng
Lewis Wolfe
Montreal
Howrn Wolfe
Wotte
Solon C. Weiff
Truman Declined German Surrender Offer Before War End
Admiral Leahy recounts that on April 25 1945 President Truman and top aides rejected a German surrender proposal routed through Heinrich Himmler. Himmler reportedly sought peace via Sweden promising full western front capitulation. Churchill relayed the offer to the allies and confirmed Himmler’s readiness to surrender Western Front troops.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
William D. Lenny
Heinrich Himmler
Nai
United States
Britain
Himmnler
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Leshy
Mr. Truman
Leahy
Saturday Evening ‘Post
Pentagon
President Truman
George C. Marshall
Ernest King
Churchill
No. 49
Downing Street
London
Stocksholm
H. ¥. Johnson
Himmler
Sweden
Great Britain
Croke
Spy Hearings Open In Capital
Washington AP Senate McCarthy charges State Department employee Dorothy Kenyon is linked to at least 28 Communist front organizations as a Senate foreign relations subcommittee begins inquiry into alleged State Department spy ring. McCarthy references Kenyon’s roles on women’s and economic commissions and as U.N. mission member.
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Washington
Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Dorothy Kenyon
Senate Foreign Relations
Tyings
D-Md
Mulcarthy
Darby Kenyon
U.S
Commission On the Status of Women
the Economic and Social Council
United — Nations
Three Way Program For Drivers Proposed By Alabama Dealers
The safety committee of the Alabama Automobile Dealers Association proposes a three way program for education of Alabama drivers and pedestrians. It calls for cooperation among schools, content agencies, and the automotive industry to create a continuing traffic safety education program. A meeting with educational and law enforcement representatives and the association directors is planned to discuss the plans, with Dr. Austin Meadows, State Superintendent of Education, Bankhead Bates, Director of Public Safety, and other departmental representatives invited to participate.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Alabama Automobile Dealers Association
Austin Meadows
Bankhead Bates
Brother Arrested By Brother For Slaying Brother
MAYNARDVILLE Tenn AP Sheriff Lestie Graves of Union County swore out a murder warrant charging his Deather Cart with the killing of his brother Earl BE Graves 4% shot Sunday in the home of DiMford Graves a fourth brother Cart released in 10 008 pall Graves declined to discuss the shooting noting a terse statement.
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Maynardville
Tenn
Lestie Graves
Union County
Cart
Earl BE
Graves
DiMford Graves
Tanly Attair
Jury bars Communist affiliated woman from duty in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh Judge Michael A. Musmanni removed 30 year old secretary Mrs Alice Roth from a grand jury panel. An FBI undercover agent identified her as a Communist and the judge said patriotism must be above reproach. Roth did not deny affiliations and was one of about 34 named by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
Michael A. Mustanna
Alice Roth
Musmanne
U.S
Communist Party
Mee. Roth
Roth
House Committee On
Army Chief States Defenses Inadequate
General Omar N. Bradley warned that present U.S. forces cannot guarantee against a disastrous blow. He said the nation must build necessary forces and mobilization to deter and win a war, while warning that peacetime drains and shifting winds could erode freedoms and economy.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Washington
Omar N. Bradley
America
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Women’s National Press Club
Bradley
Russia
Navy
Soviet Union
Truman
Government bill passes amid riotous assembly vote
In a volatile session the national assembly approved a controversial antitobacco bill by 880 to 168 after four days of clashes. The Communist bloc opposed the measure, while the government urged swift passage to secure arms shipments under the North Atlantic Defense Pact. Security was tightened as the session broke into chaos and was briefly suspended.
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Panis
Promer Googes
Hie
Coat von Rovernment
Council of Theepublic
Marseilles
Venom
Deaks
Edouard Herriot
Former Bulgarian translator gets 15 years in spying case
Michael Shipkov, a former Bulgarian translator for the United States, was sentenced to 15 years in a Bulgarian prison for spying for the U S The People's Court verdict reported by the Bulgarian Nova agency also condemned four co defendants with prison terms from 4 to 12 years and fines up to 3 000 leva The trial followed an affidavit claiming torture and concluded with civil rights revocation for Shipkov and others
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London
IAP
Siichael Bhip- Rov
U. S
Sofia
United States
People's Court
Bulgarian Nova Agency
Shipkov
U. S. State Department
Yivka Rindova
U. S. Lega-Ion
Stefan Krat Uloy
Tuesia Teeny
Vassil Aalshey
Bright
Shincey
Ture
Four Tons of Horsemeat Seized in Texas Health Sweep
Dallas Houston and Fort Worth health officials seized over four tons of horsemeat shipped as Canadian beef tenderloins. The meat, not federally inspected, was destined for upscale Dallas Fort Worth and Flavstan areas. Investigators linked the stock to a Kansas City packing house, with similar shipments reported to Dallas and Houston warehouses.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Kansas Ci Packing House
Houston
Fort Worth
Flavstan
J. W. Baas
Bossy
Bass
Kansas City
Cites
Railroads recall furloughed workers as curbs end
PITTSBURGH (RP) The major railroads recalled thousands of furloughed workers after government lifted most schedule curtailments from the soft cost strike. Steel and other industries moved toward normal production as United Mine Workers members resumed mining coal. Interstate Commerce Commission said freight restrictions would be lifted at 11:38 p.m. local time Friday, except for coal-burning railroads with fewer than 10 days supply.
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Pittsburgh
Steel
United Mine Worker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rubbing Cures Ills Osteopath Treats Sheep Herd
In Bloomington area osteopath Dr Furlee, trained in Chicago after World War I, recently treated a flock of ewes and rams with a cure used on humans. The doctor, Harman W Nichols notes, has a varied life from premedical studies to building a Bloomington private hospital, losses by fire, and later ranching and mountaineering before settling on a hilltop office in an old red schoolhouse near Bloomington.
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W. S Fuller
High Farm
Bloomington
Dec Fuller
Uni
Wilnois
Chicago
Mountlnena
Utah
Tura Te Ne
Physician Says Vein Was Collapsed Before Injections Of Air
Defense medical experts testified that Abbie Barrsie's left arm vein collapsed hours before Dr M. Sandor's air injections. Richard T. Ford of Harvard, cross-examined by Attorney General Phinney, stated air would not have caused death. Ford noted autopsy findings of clots suggesting circulation ceased, while discussing cases of pulse with no circulation. The trial for Dr. Barris is at issue, with arguments on whether air injections could end suffering.
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Manchester
RLA
Abbie Barrsie
Pee M. Sandor
Richard T. Ford
Department of Legal Medicine
Harvard
William L. Phinney
Ford
Pgpope
Baitael
Sanders
Harold EB. Westcott
Phinney
Fordane
Borrote
Weed
RED Cross
College Professors Stand Against Oath in California
About nine hundred University of California professors protested a proposed non Communist oath, vowing to resist signing it even at the risk of losing their jobs. The group declared they are against Communists on the faculty and refuse to vouch for the pledge.
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Berkeelly
Calif
University of California
Solidity
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Ralph Santoro
AP Wirer
Brother
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Harman W. Nichols
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