Czech Airliners Land in Germany At Point of Gun
Czech airliners carrying 67 men 16 women a child and an infant were diverted to the American zone in Germany after seven Communist crewmen seized the controls and forced three C 47s to Prague like routes. Leopold Thurner Czech Airways president was aboard and among 58 passengers who wanted to return to Czechoslovakia. Twenty passengers and seven crewmen sought asylum while others were questioned.
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Teding
Geentany
Pridlay
Satuiay
Czech aire
Burtpoint
Leopold Thurner
Czech airways
Czechoslovakia
Thurner
U. S. Air Force
snd
Prague
Germany
Josef Klesnit
Brno
U. S
Murtich
Outrava
Bratislava
Klesnil
Red Mob Storms Italian Hospital
A Communist mob stormed San Severo hospital in Rome area targeting wounded comrades, clashes with police halted after 30 minutes, as violence spread in Italy. Four died in week of unrest, with Interior Minister Scelba reporting security measures and a ban on Foggia area cities for a month.
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Rome
San Servero
Ascoli Satrinne
Carabinieri
Italy
San Severo toting
Michele De Nundio
San Seveco
puglia
Foggia
Mario Scelba
Alcide De Gasp
Sunny
Cerignola
Student Pilot and Instructor Die in Missouri Crash
A student pilot Earl Hurlburd, 22, of St. Louis, and instructor Edgar C. Schmid, 38, of Overland, Mo., were killed when their training plane crashed in swampy Missouri river bottoms shortly after taking off from Lambert Field. The fatal flight was Hurlburd’s last before his private pilot license application.
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St. Loulis
Missouri
river bottoms
Earl 8
Hurlburd
St. Louis
Edgar C. Schmid
Overland
Lambert- St. Louis
po- Nee yard
Teece Protest Case Set for April 10 Ruling
Springfield court will decide April 10 whether Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Teece will be dismissed from suit challenging his compulsory retirement from the Illinois National Guard. Judge Dewitts Crow heard arguments on the state's motion to dismiss. Teece contends the 1947 tenure law does not apply to him, while the defense argues the governor has wide discretionary power and that the law can change tenure for offices created by the legislature.
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Springfield
Sangamon County
Dewitts
Crow
Joseph A. Teece
Minnots National Guard
Teece
Stevenson
Richard Snykal
Harry E. Bolen
Cairo
Baird Helfrich
Tllinois National Guard
Helfrich
Molfrich
Ralph Monroe
Belgium ends 24 hour strike amid Leopold III dispute
A 24 hour general strike in Brussels and Walloon regions to protest Leopold III’s possible return ended at midnight. About 400,000 to 500,000 workers joined, with Brussels seeing most violence as police and gendarmes restored order. No fatalities reported. 40 students arrested and later released with court summonses.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold III
pro-Leopold
aneti-Leopold
Charles
Leopold
Walloon
offbor
stock exchange
Frank Buck Dies In Texas Hospital
Frank Buck, the Texas native famed for being back alive on dangerous expeditions, died Saturday at Hermann Hospital in Houston at age 66 from cancer. His wife Muriel was with him as funeral services were planned, and his body was to be cremated. Buck rose from a Chicago reporter to lead expeditions in South America Africa and Asia, later sharing his jungles through lectures books and films. He had been seeking a film job during treatment.
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Houston
Tex
Frank Buck
Hermann hospital
Africa
Muriel
Buck
Chicago
South america
Asia
Senate Demos See No Proof Of Spy Charges
Senate Democrats said no evidence in secret FBI files supports McCarthy's charge that a named State Department contact is Russia's top espionage agent. Hoover provided a complete analysis to four members. reactions varied with some saying nothing substantiates the accusation. Gephart urged full loyalty-file access to avoid a white wash.
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Washington
Senate
FBI
Joseph R. McCarthy
State Department
Russia
J. Edgar Hoover
McCarthy
Justice Department
Hoover
qaid
McCartty
Walter £.Geovee
administration
J., Edgar Hoover
Wis
Washington Post
Edwardsville Tax Book Deliveries Announced
Delivery of tax books to four township collectors including George E Ostendorf of Edwardsville was announced at the county clerk office where current year extensions were made. Edwardsville rate is 17.24 per 100. splits show county .0980 town .0801 road and bridge .0435 Edwardsville corporation .2152 school district 17 .5632. Alhambra township and village figures given. Alhambra village rate 29.38 with county .169 town .115 road and bridge .251 Alhambra corporation .0.1690. school district 83 .4968. threshing district 1.710.
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fourge
George E. Ostendorf
Edwardsville
Eulalia Hotz
Alhambra
Lees
Marine townships
Miss Hotz
Edwardsville corporation
Glen Carbon
Glen Carbon corporation
thon-aigh
Alhambra township
Alhambra corporation
B-25 Crashes near Mesa Kill Six in Stormy Weather
A B-25 light bomber operating as a distress civilian craft crashed and burned on a highway six miles south of Mesa during a heavy wind and rain storm Saturday. Witnesses reported at least six persons killed.
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Mesa
Ariz
here
Style Show Here Attracts Approximately 1 000 Attendees
Approximately 1,000 people attended the fourth annual style show in the high school gymnasium staged Friday by the Junior Service sub. Entitled Around the Clock, the skit production directed by Mrs. W. K. Buckler raised funds for the school nurse project. Models displayed spring fashions from local merchants in scenes such as School Days Morning Mate Tea For Two and Here Comes the Bride with numerous students and community members participating in fashion modeling and dancing performances.
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Junior Service sub
W. KE. Buckler
Bride
Carol and
Judy Richardson
Kathy Blixen
Carolyn Fruit
Parker Powell III
Kathy Wells
Shirley Rothman
Jane Wilharm
Joann Musso
Terry Anderson
Cindy Jane Moore
Wayne Peck
Pat Stolze
Skipper Stubbs
Dorothy Ann Lexow
Raiford Powell
Jane Derickson
Judy Barnsback
LaRita Rosenthal
Ruth Frey
Betty Gardner
Mary Lou Frisby
Jeanette Schaefer
Ruth Bekemeyer
Edna Faust
Pat Barwell
Nancy Corrington
Betty Krupski
Marilyn Ballweg
Mary Margaret Young
Charles Schroeder
Jack Enroe
Jerry Legow
Don Gehrig
George Metcalfe
Hay Clawson
Vincent Beck
Joseph Foehrkalb
Everett Baird
Robert Moore
Stuart Johnson
Parker Powell II
Donna Fiegenbaum
Lucy Gilham
Virginia Wayne
Mrs. Buckler
Division Accepts Grant For Pasteurization Study
The Illinois College of Agriculture accepts an 8500 grant from the U S Public Health Service to study short time high temperature pasteurization of milk. The study starts May 2 to determine how hot and how long milk must be heated to destroy bacteria.
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Champaign
Illinois College of Agriculture
U. S. Public Health Service
Statute Revision Board Adds Three New Members
Governor Ste venson appointed Brunson MacChesney Chicago Horace B. Garman Decatur and John C. Fitzgerald Chicago to vacant posts on the Statute Revision Board and named William D. Knight Rockford to a new term. The panel, created in 1941, consolidates overlapping Illinois law and removes obsolete provisions to clarify the state's statutes.
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Springfield
Stevenson
Brunson MacChesney
Chicago
Horace B. Garman
Decatur
John C. Fitzgerald
William D. Knight
Rockford
Illinois
Chrysler Strike Nears Settlement
Detroit reports the Chrysler CIO UAW strike nearing agreement after Friday concessions. Chrysler offered a 30 million dollar retirement fund for five years, with the union demanding an additional 16.02 million, as 60 days of walkouts affected 300,000 vehicles and 89,000 workers nationwide. Walter Reuther called the move a step in the right direction.
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Detroit
Mich
Chrysler corporation
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Chamber Members Drive To Begin Wednesday
The Edwardsville Chamber of Commerce starts its third annual membership drive on Wednesday led by T. Z. Ted Gadd. A goal of 20 new members is set, bringing total to 268 after the three day push. Five captain teams led by Leo Dustman George Hawes Sol Mack William D. Pizzini and Joe Wetzel were appointed.
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Queen Mary
George VI
New York
Patricia Hardie
Brittan
U. S
Miss Hardie
Edwardsville Chamber of Commerce
T. Z
Ted" Gadd
Chamber
Leo Dustman
George Hawes
Sol Mack
William D. Pizzini
Joe Wetzel
Triday
Six Indictments Disclosed Here Amid Local Burglary Cases
Six of seventeen true bills from the March term circuit court grand jury were disclosed by the sheriff. Names include Robert Williams and Ethel Kuklinski tied to a Dec 27 jewelry store burglary valued at 1811 dollars, with bail set for a Lincoln, Illinois arrestee. Other indictments cover burglaries, larceny, armed robbery, forgery, and theft at Alton, Nameoki, Granite City, and surrounding areas, with arraignments scheduled for next Friday and April 17 two weeks allotted for the State's Attorney’s preparation.
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circuit court
Schulte
Robert Williams
Ethel Macie Kuklinski
Gerald Wayne Edwards
John Thomas Clayton
Edward Lee O'Brien
Sherman Wilson
Alton
Robert A. Herb
Daniel H. Armentrout
Harvey Dungey
Katherine Marie Dungey
Mary Frances Humphrey
Walter Petri
Nameoki
Joseph Martin
Merle S. Holmes
Lawrence Barr
Hugh Salnave
Army engineers
Granite City
Edward F. Bareis
Austin Lewis
State Turns Down Bids On Alton Airport Work
Illinois Department of Aeronautics announced a new bid call for second-stage construction at Alton Civic Memorial airport after bids on March 10 were deemed too high. Edwardsville Construction Co. led with 319 813 dollars. Madison Construction Co. Edwardsville was second at 329 000. First stage work began in 1947 and finished in December 1948.
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Ilinois Aeronautics Department
Springfield
Alton
Civic Memorial
Edwardsville Construction company
Madison Construcg Co
Edwardsville
Joseph K. McLaughlin
Madison Construction company
Divorce Granted in Columbus Over Neglect Custody Awarded
Mrs. Janis H. Pollock was granted a divorce from Mark Pollock on neglect grounds. She received custody of their five children. Pollock was arrested in New York two months earlier for cashing bad checks and faced similar charges upon return.
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Columbus, G
Janis H. Pollock
America
Mark
Pollock
New York
Truman Urges Omni Bus Foreign Aid to Avert Harm
President Truman urged Congress to pass the omnibus foreign aid bill totaling about 3.28 billion dollars, warning failure would do irreparable damage. In a letter to Congressman Kee he called the plan the minimum needed and essential to defend peace and curb aggression. The measure funds Europe and Korea aid, Arab refugee relief, and the point four program, with debate underway in the House.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Congress
John Kee
W. Va
House Foreign Affairs committee
House
Europe
Korea
Palestine
Kee
United States
ECA
Mr. Truman
White House
Washington
Truman Sends Farm Measure To Hold Back Potatoes
Congress approved a broad farm bill to curb potato price supports this year by requiring marketing agreements and later strict quotas. It also allows more cotton and peanut plantings, with acreage boosts for cotton and Texas Alabama peanut growers, and lets the Agriculture Department pay freight on donated potatoes to aid giveaways.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Texas
Alabama
Agriculture Department
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