Plane crash in Torrance backyard injures woman bystander
Hawthorne pilot Aubrey Devenish, 41, of Hawthorne, reportedly accelerated during a descent, struck the roof and fence of a home on Kathy Way, felled a 12 foot tree, damaged a greenhouse, and crashed in the backyard of Timothy Williamson on Middlebrook. Pearl Riggles, 53, at 2042 Kathy Way, was wounded by splinters and required 53 stitches before being treated at Torrance Memorial Hospital. Devenish, estranged from Josephine Williamson, said he did not intend to hit his wife’s home but had left their dispute two hours earlier.
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Hawthorne
Torrance
Aubrey L. Devernish
J. W. Crew
Kathy Way
Victtm
Timothy W. Williamson
Middlebrook Rd
Devenish
Josephine
Middlebrook
Pearl Riggles
Torrance Memorial Hospital
Torrance Municipal Air
Baxter Omohundro
Boy Loses Hand in Homemade Bomb Blast
A 14 year old Long Beach boy lost his left hand Friday when a home made bomb he played with exploded in a friend's garage. Victor Dalot and others witnessed the blast as Fred Bishop, of 1929 Anington Street, used a 12 inch metal tube with match heads. Dalot aided by applying a tourniquet until police and doctors arrived for surgery at Seaside Hospital.
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Long Beach
Fred Bishop
Anington St
Victor Dalot
Lincoln St
Bishop
Dalot
Chuck Wheeler
John Rawlings
Roger Dalot
Ray C. Bishop
Frances M. Dalot
F. W. Ellsworth
J. E. Rodda
Seaside Hospital
Probe Set on Port Pilfering in Long Beach and LA
Long Beach Harbor Board vice president BR. E. Ridings said dock workers may be involved in pilfering and laziness, with officials promising full cooperation on the mayor Norris Poulson's order for an investigation. Elton C Spires of the Los Angeles Harbor Commission pledged to implement the request and help uncover reports of Japanese shipping bypassing local ports.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Norris Poulson
BR. E
Bud) Ridings
Long Beach Harbor Board
Elton C Spires
Los Angeles Harbor Commission
Poulson
Bombs Found Buried Across Britain
London reports Home Secretary R A Butler told Parliament about roughly 300 unexploded Nazi bombs still buried in Britain. The disclosure came Friday as authorities assess risk and clearance needs across multiple sites.
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London
UPD
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Britain
Pirates and Politics Rise in Avid Carnival Coverage
Independent reports highlight crossbones and three cornered hats tied to a Pirate Carnival kickoff led by Ava as Jon begins his season. Drew Pearson names executives and lobbyists amid liquor industry efforts to sway Washington policy on Page A-2.
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Ava
Jon
Drew Pearson
Washington
Across the Nation Strauss Fires Back at Critics
Washington AP Lewis L Strauss faced a scientific critic at a Commerce Committee hearing on his nomination to be secretary of commerce. He and several senators defended him against charges from David R Inglis, an atomic scientist, while Sen John O Pastore presided and others pressed for clarifications. Venus Shot Canceled Washington NASA canceled a planned Venus rocket for June due to technical problems, aiming for a possible January 13 1941 launch. Cuban leader advocates for Castro regime Los Angeles Cuba’s No 2 leader pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to arms shipping to Castro’s forces, paid 1500 dollar fine, defended mass executions as fair trials for murder or torture.
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Oenare Lommerce
David R. Inglis
Inglis
Strauss
Eisenhower
John O. Pastore
Washington
UPS
United States
Venus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Los Angeles
Cuba
No 2
Fidel Castro
Armando Lora
Lora
Capehart weighs Senate censure of Morse over Luce remarks
Washington reports Capehart may introduce a censure motion against Senator Morse after Morse accused Clare Boothe Luce of making extraordinary charges about him and questioned Luce's suitability for the Brazil ambassadorship. Senate dynamics and reactions from Church and Morse are noted.
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Washington
Clare Boothe Luce
Brazil
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Homer Capehart
Fso
Senate
Morse
Herter Calls Western Front Unified on Berlin Plan
Paris dispatch notes Christian A Herter fresh from assuming office as Secretary of State says he is highly pleased after a two day meeting that forged a Western front on Berlin and Germany. He describes a package plan for Berlin, Germany and European security and sees hopeful signs for presenting a united stand at the Geneva foreign ministers conference with Russia on May 11.
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Paris
UPI
Christian A Herter
Berlin
Germany
Herter
Russia
Geneva
Boy Wounded While Attempting to Open Cartridge with Ax
A 10-year-old boy was wounded in the stomach Friday when he tried to cut open a live cartridge with an ax near his Santa Fe Springs home. Deputies said the incident happened as a dairy worker, Mike Esparaza, aged 9203 Mor ris St, Santa Fe Springs, sent out the live round in a garbled survey.
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Mike Esparaza
Morris St
Santa Fe Springs
Garden Grove Astronaut Begins Space Training at Langley
Garden Grove's Lt. Malcolm S. Carpenter and six other servicemen start space familiarization at Langley Air Force Base Virginia. One of them will be selected for America's first manned orbital flight. Carpenter relocated his wife and children to Virginia last month.
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Malcolm S. Carpenter
Garden Grove
Langley Air Force Base
America
Earth
Lt. Carpenter
Virginia
Family of 7 Injured in 3 Car Collision
A Norwalk family of seven was injured in a Friday evening three car crash in front of the Los Altos Drive-In at 28th Street and Bellflower Boulevard. Leonard Gilbeay 32 and his wife Patricia 40 along with her brother Ronald Spicer 16 were hospitalized with possible brain concussion. Three Gilbeay children Wayne 11 Linda 10 and Daniel 4 were treated and released. A passenger in another car, Martyn Finneran 23, was treated for a possible neck injury. Felice, not involved, made a left turn into the theater prompting the crash.
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Los Altos
Gilbeay
Wayne
Linda
Daniel
Martyn Finneran
Ibbetson St
Felice
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