Paratroopers Sing Amid Rescue After Atlantic Crash
Survivors from the Swiss freighter Colerina recount the disaster as paratroopers sang prayers while awaiting rescue. Injured aboard the Colerina were flown to Cork and hospitals nearby, with 44 survivors picked up from one wreck. A Royal Air Force carrier and Canadian aircraft aided relief efforts as investigators prepare inquiries into the crash’s cause.
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Cork
Trelind
APD
Tikea
Atlantic
Colerina
Key
Hanking God
Weir
Reseue
Robert Eldred
Fast Dennis
Mass
Phine
John D. Murray
Oyster Bay
God
Eldred
Sisters of Morey Trospita
Antvers
Bellum
Royal Air Forge
Jonaventure
Fred
River Shannon
Air Force
Flight to Paris To Rescue Enmesed Communist Girl
In Detroit, a Budapest dancer Friese Suklenkay 20, arrives in Ann Arbor with a postmarked letter from Emese in Paris. Marguerite Dinka and her husband seek to help Emese escape to Paris with a plan to abduct her from Communist Hungary. Dinka obtains citizenship and a passport while distant officials weigh the risky mission amid wartime dangers. The saga follows letters, travel hurdles, and a dramatic airplane ditching near Antwerp with survivors praising crew discipline.
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Detroit
Emesa
Nider
Tron
Emese
Emma-sha
Paris
France
Mese
Dinka
Stephen
Budapest
Kutehor
Hungary
Rus
Sian
Marguerite
Bulapest
Austria
Federal
United States
Ashdown Bond Issue Debate Affects River County Vote
Ashdown Arkansas AP reports River County voters will decide on a proposed 170000 bond issue to finance a new plant for a garment industry. The plan, not yet disclosed in full, would create about 150 jobs for mainly women and be retired by a 134 mill tax. Local editor Derick Daniels and assistant editor Al Neu note the Free Press supports the project and will help solicit assistance. The exact company name and investor details remain unspecified.
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Washington
James Haswell
The
Free Press
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Frosty Acres Chicken
Jonathan Apples
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Detroit Free Press
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Joe Smith
Pan American
Eyash. Nicholson
U.S. Army
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Tyee Press
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Angelo
Soma
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Charles Saykaly
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T-Bones
Maxwell House Coffee
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