Nine Die in Delta and Civilian Plane Crash at Columbus Airport
A Delta special plane carrying eight employees and a top official collided with a civilian aircraft at Columbus Georgia airport. Both planes crashed and burned, killing nine people. Delta listed eight executives among the dead and said no one aboard the civilian plane survived.
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Columbus
Delta
George R. Cushing
Philadelphia
Lindley W. Camp
Atlanta
Fulton Municipal Court
H. R. Bolander
San Francisco
Memphis
J. V. Little
Cartersville
L. T. Campbell
Hapeville
E. A. Rainouard
New York
John L. Schneider
Natchez
Miss
Clayton Berry
Army
Stricken City Braces for New Blast After Sugar Plant Fire
TEXAS CITY Texas April 22 A warehouse of the Southwest Sugar and Molasses Co stored with ammonium nitrate burst into flames seven days after deadly explosions killed an estimated 575. Deputy Mayor John Hill warned an explosion could occur at any time as investigators worked past 9 10 a m local time. The fire followed a similar incident that struck the Grandcamp on Wednesday causing the first blast.
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Texas City
Tex
Southwest Sugar and Molasses Company
John Hill
Houston Chronicle
Ministers In Two Secret Sessions On Austrian Peace Talks
The council of foreign ministers met for a second secret session in Moscow amid stalled talks on the Austrian peace treaty. Marshall's aides including Gen. Clark and Ambassador Smith remained, with Molotov under pressure as Yugoslavia presses claims. Attention shifted to Trieste's port status and its finances as negotiations slowed.
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Moscow
Council of Foreign Ministers
George C. Marshall
Mark W. Clark
U. S
W. B. Smith
Charles Rohlen
V. M. Molotov
Kremn
Council of Foreign Minister
Yugoslavia
Austria
Molotov
United States
Stalin
Trieste
Weather forecast for Carolinas with showers and warm spell
Mostly cloudy with light drizzle in northeast North Carolina today. Tonight becomes partly cloudy with milder temperatures, Wednesday looks warmer to near normal. Rainfall light to moderate, showers and scattered thunderstorms Thursday and Friday, cooler Saturday in western Carolina areas.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
South Carolina
Wallace Arrives in Paris on European Tour
Vice President Henry Wallace lands in Paris from Copenhagen and is greeted by a welcoming committee that includes several Communist leaders. He says he hopes to be received well by the French people as he has been by the press.
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Paris
Prormer
Henry A. Wallace
Copenhagen
Wallace
Truman Plan To Be Voted Upon Today
Washington April 22 The senate votes at 4 p m today on President Truman's plan to give Greece and Turkey 400000000 in aid to deter Communist takeover The measure faces opposition but is expected to pass and move to the house with an RFC advance of 100000000 Secretary of State Marshall called it indispensable in a Moscow message lingering on page two
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Russia
United Nations
House
Marshall
Moscow
Vanden
B 29 Explodes After Takeoff From Kwajalein Island
A B 29 bomber carrying 16 American airmen failed to gain altitude on takeoff from Kwajalein Island and exploded in a fireball, crashing into the sea. The U S seventh air force headquarters reported all aboard were killed as spectators watched from Kwajalein.
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Honolulu
Guam
Kwajalein Island
U. S. Seventh Air Force
Kwajalein
Chinese Reds Step Up Drive in Shan Si Front
Chinese dispatches from Nanking report the Shan si front growing direr for government forces as communists intensify operations along the north south rail. Red troops captured fencing in southwestern Shansi, while 40 000 communists moved toward Siangling, 16 miles north, preparing to strike eight miles east of Siangling.
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Nanking
Shansi
Siangling
Labor Leaders Hopeful Of Beating Curb Plan
AFL executive council opens detailed search to counter curb legislation as Senate debates it tomorrow. AFL invites CIO to discuss merger in Philadelphia area with Philip Murray's response awaited. Green signals peace talks without fixed merger plan while CIO favors working together before consolidation.
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Washington
AFL Executive Council
Senate
AFL
CIO
Philip Murray
Congress
Murray
Pittsburgh
Invitaton
William Green
CLO
APL
Green
Combined Labor Organization
American Federation of Labor
Hungary Returns Nazi Hoarded Silver and Art to Hungary
The United States shipped 25 million dollars worth of Nazi hoarded Hungarian silver and art to Budapest in a gesture of friendship. One hundred twenty tons of silver and 370 cultural pieces were sent under a State Department Hungarian economic mission, aboard an armed U S army train traveling through Germany and Austria and due in Budapest tonight or tomorrow.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Budapest
Hungary
U. S. State Department
Vienna
Austria
Taft Sees High Prices Persist After Wage Boost
Senator Taft warned the big steels CIO deal for a $1 day wage hike likely blocks price relief. He said the wage increase will raise costs and prevent substantial price cuts, urging continued tax cuts and expansion of controls to curb inflation.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
CIO
Senate Shouse Committee
Segerter
Postog
US. S
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Truman
Associated Press
New York
Trustees In Closed Meet In Raleigh
Raleigh April 22 The executive committee of the Greater University of North Carolina board met behind closed doors in the governor's office. They resisted newsmen pleas for admission though some members indicated the meeting might discuss the Chapel Hill bus segregation arrest test case. Board members Umstead and Daniels favored press access but the door closed shortly after the session began.
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Raleigh
Board of Trustees
Greater University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
John W. Umstead
Josephus Daniels
Seven Killed as British Troop Train Is Blown Up
In Palestine near Rehovot southeast of Tel Aviv a British troop train from Egypt to Palestine was exploded. Seven dead and three wounded were confirmed with possible higher casualties as four heavily loaded coaches were wrecked by mines in a wooded area. The Irgun Zvai Leumi underground was blamed and banned by a British spokesman. Ambulances were rushed from Tel Aviv to the scene amid reports of many dead and wounded.
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Jerusalem
Egypt
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Acre
Rehovot
Capital Airlines to launch faster west east air service
Capital Airlines will start faster airmail service between High Point and the Pacific coast this summer. The new east west line will include Winston Salem and Hickory, connecting with American for Dallas Tucson and Los Angeles. The Civil Aeronautics Act granted the expanded route via Knoxville Chattanooga and Norfolk to Knox ville.
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High Point
Pacific Coast
Capital Airlines
Here
Memphis
Tenn
American
Dallas
Tucson
Los Angeles
George Krausse
Traffic Representatie
Capital
Civil Aeronautics Act
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Norfolk
Asheville
Winston-Salem
Hickory
CAA
Richmond
Washington, D. C
Washington
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Aberdeen Man Dies In Wreck
A North Carolina man from Aberdeen, W. L. Tugwell, died when his car collided with a truck on U S Route 1 north of Boswell's Corner. Both vehicles caught fire after the crash and Tugwell burned to death. The victim was identified by a son in law.
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Richmond
Boswell’s Corner
W. L. Tugwell
Aberdeen
N. C
Tugwell
Princess Elizabeth Birthday Tour Draws Polarized Editorial
The piece notes Princess Elizabeth’s South Africa tour and 1st birthday amid praise from Socialist Prime Minister Attlee. The Communist Daily Worker condemns hereditary monarchy, calling it an anachronism while acknowledging constitutional Britain and its democratic system with a PM answerable to Parliament.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Elizabeth
South Africa
Attlee
London
Daily Worker
Europe
Snyder Urges Senate to Kill Tax Cut Bill
Secretary of the Treasury urged the senate to defeat a tax cut bill overwhelmingly passed by the house. He opposed any tax cut for at least 14 months and called for a review of the whole tax system with treasury help.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Senate
House
Truman
Congress
Treasry
Negotiations Between UAW and GM Delayed
A negotiating session between the CIO United Auto Workers and General Motors was postponed without explanation. Reports say talks near agreement on wage issues with the union reportedly dropping its 23 percent hourly demand to about 17 percent.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Uawcio
Three Men Threaten Priest in New Orleans stabbing case
Police hunt three men alleged to threaten the life of Rev. James W. Courtney after he was stabbed multiple times while administering communion at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Courtneys stabbing prompted guard patrols as Don Louis Laurentz faces trial for aggravated battery in the same attack.
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New Orleans
James W. Courtney
Mercy Hospital
Church of the Immaculate Conception
A. A. Watters
Law
Rence O'Neill
Jesuit High School
Father Courtney
Father O'Neill
Don Louis Laurentz
Parish
Laurentz
Criminal District Court
Fire Engulfs Texas City Warehouse Containing 1000 Tons Ammonium Nitrate
A warehouse in Texas City containing 1000 tons of ammonium nitrate caught fire and burned for two hours before being extinguished at 11:26 a.m. CST. The incident prompted tense scenes as emergency crews responded amid loud alarms.
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Texas City
Tex
Tragic Grandcamp Blast Shocks Texas City Volunteers Hear Survivors
Survivors of the Grandcamp disaster were asked to testify before a coast guard board as the city mourned hundreds killed. Five more bodies were recovered, lifting the known dead to 426, with a chain of explosions destroying the Monsanto plant and wrecking the gulf port.
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Texas City
Galveston Tribune
Coast Guard
Gulf Port
Roy Wade
Department of Public Safety
Grandcamp
Monsanto Chemical Corp
Galveston Hospian
Ben Lapham, Jr
Mission, Texas
Quizzer Of Quiz Kids Kills Prowler
Joe Kelly of the Quiz Kids radio team shot at two prowlers in his apartment kitchen killing one. The dead man, Harold C. Fransen, 25, an ex convict paroled to the army, died in a backyard after leaping a fence with .38 caliber wounds. The other burglar was wounded. a bullet lodged in the kitchen wall.
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Chicago
Joe Kelly
Radio Quiz
Andrew Aitken
Harold C. Fransen
Kelly
Guerillas of Greece Suffer Heavy Losses Under Army Pressure
In Lamia the commander of the first army corps says the army's first phase of operations against rebel bands exceeded staff expectations. Officials and unofficials report heavy losses as army gendarmerie press the guerrillas across Greece amid cold and pressure.
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Athens
Greece
Lamia
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