B 36 Bomber Crashes Near Fairchild Air Base
A B 36 intercontinental bomber crashed on takeoff from Fairchild AFB near Spokane. 15 of 17 crewmen were killed. Two crewmen escaped via the nose as flames consumed the wreckage on a deserted farmland stretch eight miles west. The plane, linked to the 57th air division, had set a nine month 1100 hour flight record.
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U.P
Fairchild Air Force Base
Here
CAA
Geiger Field
Fairchild
57Th Air Division
Convair Airplane Corp
Army sends 2800 engineers to bolster flood relief in Missouri river area
Chicago dispatch reports 2,800 engineer troops join 4,000 soldiers already battling Missouri river floods in the Omaha Council Bluffs region as Illinois alerts state agencies for possible northwestern flood emergency. Tokyo says Japan lifts weapon restrictions and assumes control of arms and aircraft production.
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U.P
Omaha Council Bluffs
Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Tokyo
General Headquarters
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Red Cross
Fifth Army
National
Former Milwaukee Official Turns State's Evidence
Former Milwaukee Alderman Albert Krause turned state's evidence as his bribery trial began in municipal court. Walter Sawyer, an automobile dealer, was charged with giving Krause 3000 dollars in cash and a 600 dollar car discount in exchange for favors. Krause, returned from Waupun prison, faces a prior bribery term. Sawyer Downtown Motors was named in the 1950 Milwaukee county corruption indictments. Prosecutors subpoenaed 18 witnesses. defense has not issued any subpoenas.
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U.P
Albert Krause
Krause
Walter Sawyer
Herbert L. Mount
Grand Jury
Sawyer
Waupun State
Milwaukee County
Sawyer Downtown Motors
Navy Bombards Port of Wonsan With Iowa and Mackenzie
U S Navy ships Iowa and Mackenzie entered Wonsan harbor at dawn to destroy shore batteries firing on minesweepers. Iowa fired 150 rounds of 16 inch and 264 rounds of 5 inch in total. Ground actions were light with UN forces recapturing an advance position east of the Pik Han river on the east central front.
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Korea
U.S
U. S
Iowa
Wonsan
MacKenzie
Navy
8Th Army
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Pikhan River
Polish minister to Cairo departs for Warsaw denying asylum claim
Paris reported Poland's minister to Cairo, Drohojowski, left by plane for Warsaw today. A Cairo newspaper contradicted a Mexico asylum report, saying he refused orders to return to Warsaw.
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Paris
Jan Drohojowski
Poland
Cairo
Warsaw
Mexico
Journal d’Egypte
Drohojowski
Truce Talks Go Nowhere In Brief Session
In Panmunjon Korea UN and Communist negotiators met for 25 seconds with no new proposals. Key deadlocks linger over supervising an armistice and a ban on airfield construction after a cease fire. Prisoner exchanges were not addressed, with a UN reply anticipated soon as leaders return from Tokyo.
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Korea
U.P
United Nations
Russia
C. Turner Joy
R. E. Libby
Tokyo
Biggest A Flash Lights Horizon Over Yucca Flats Blast
A massive daylight flash appeared from an atomic explosion test near Yucca Flats, 70 miles north of Las Vegas, at 11 30 am CST. The device, likely dropped from a high altitude bomber, flared like a photo bulb. technicians reported no concussion felt in the Las Vegas area five minutes after the flash.
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Nev
U.P
Here
Yucca Flats
Spain and Salazar Meet Near Frontier in Ciudad Rodrigo
Spain's Generalissimo Franco and Portuguese Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar held talks near the frontier at Ciudad Rodrigo, their first meeting since September 1950. The exact topics were not disclosed.
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Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
Spain
Franco
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Ciudad Rodrigo
Judge Grants No Strike Injunction Against Three Rail Unions
Federal Judge Emerich B Freed issued a no strike injunction at Cleveland allowing the government to prevent rail labor action. The order affects three rail unions amid an ongoing dispute over work actions and labor policy.
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Cleveland
Emerich B. Freed
Picket Lines Stretch Across Wisconsin Phone Service
Western Electric installers picketed the Kenosha exchange and garage while 70 operators refused to cross at 6 a.m. Long distance traffic slowed as Racine and Oshkosh faced similar action. By noon, switchboards were manned and service back to near normal. In Milwaukee, 30 locals agreed to respect picket lines as nationwide negotiations continue.
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Kenosha
Western Electric Co
Racine
Oshkosh
L. F. Fox
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Western Electric Force
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Milwaukee
Fox
Western Electric
Arthur le Fevre
Communications Workers of America
New York
Cio-Cwa
Bell System
Ohio
New Jersey
Mcrhigan
Truman Signs Japanese Peace Treaty and Pacific Security Pacts
President Truman signed the Japanese peace treaty in a White House ceremony and announced an April 28 effective date to end World War II in the Pacific. He also ratified three related security accords with Japan, the Philippines, and Australia and New Zealand, marking steps toward lasting peace and independence for Japan.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
Japan
Department
Pacific
White House
U. S
Truman invites seven governors to flood conference near Omaha
President Truman plans an air tour to assess Missouri river flood damage. He will fly Independence from Washington at 6 a.m. CST and land at Offutt Air Base to meet governors Adlai Stevenson, Sigurd Anderson, Norman Brunsdale, William Beardsley, Val Peterson, Walter Kohler, and C Elmer Anderson.
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U.P
Truman
Omaha
Independence
Offutt Air Base
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Sigurd Anderson
South Dakota
Norman Brunsdale
North Dakota
William S. Beardsley
Iowa
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
C. Elmer Anderson
Minnesota
Senate probes McCarthy tax records noted by Providence Journal-Bulletin
The Providence Journal Bulletin reports staff investigators from the Senate subcommittee on privileges and elections have sought authority to inspect Joseph R. McCarthy’s personal financial and tax records including his federal income tax returns.
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Providence, R. I
Providence Journal-Bulletin
Senate Subcommittee On Privileges and Elections
Joseph R. McCarthy
Floods Sweep Over Midwest With Record Missouri River Crest
Floodwaters inundate towns across Iowa Nebraska and beyond as the Missouri and its tributaries surge. Lt Gen Lewis Pick leads the response from Omaha while Red Cross and National Guard aid evacuations affecting tens of thousands. Sioux City reports partial recovery as other towns face rising dikes and widespread displacement.
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Iowa
Missouri River
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
St. Paul
Minn
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Fargo
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Veterans Hospital
South Dakota
New Jersey Voters Cast Ballots in Presidential Primary
Voters faced rain as they lined up to choose among Taft Eisenhower and Kefauver in New Jersey's presidential primary. Officials expected up to 1,000,000 of 2,490,000 eligible to vote with turnout varying by county and ongoing counting across 21 counties.
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N. J
U.P
New Jersey
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Morris County
E. B. Mott
U. S
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Taft
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Fire Sweeps Little Sisters Home in San Francisco
A four alarm blaze struck a wing of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged in San Francisco early today. All 120 elderly residents were evacuated safely and no serious injuries reported.
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San Francisco
Little Sisters of the Poor Home For the
Wisconsin Awaits Spring Warmth Across State
The 46 noon reading in downtown Kenosha marked a thawing pattern as spring nudges out winter. Light rain and snow touched extreme southeast Wisconsin Monday, while other areas saw fair but chilly conditions and a broad range of highs from 66 in Grantsburg to 42 in Lake Geneva yesterday.
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Kenosha
Grantsburg
Lake Geneva
Milwaukee
Feinsinger Defends Wage Board Authority in Steel Case
Nathan P. Feinsinger, chair with the wage stabilization board, testified before the Senate Labor Committee denying claims the board exceeded its authority. He argued the steel dispute recommendations stay within jurisdiction as he faced questions over a Morse amendment to Taft Hartley law granting presidential seizure of plants in specific cases.
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Washington
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
Feinsinger
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Sen. Morse
Three Die in Suburban Dixmoor House Fire
Chicago U.P. reports three people died in a suburban Dixmoor house fire. A man Michael Gawrysiak aged 52 his wife Bernice 50 and daughter Theresa 24 suffocated in their newly completed home.
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Chicago
U.P
Dixmoor
Michael Gawrysiak
Bernice
Theresa
U S and Canada Launch $500 Million Power Project
The united states and Canada move ahead with a $500 million power development plan as the first step in the stalled St. Lawrence seaway. President Truman pledged U S backing but Canada would proceed alone for now. Congress may still vote U S participation with a Senate committee hearing set next week, though final passage odds remain slim.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Truman
U. S
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rob Paris Armored Car Heist Stuns Paris Streets
Three armed bandits halted an armored truck on Rue Notre Dame De Nazareth near Place De La Republique and seized five sacks of gold weighing 106 pounds. They escaped in a nearby Peugeot after a brief exchange of gunfire with police, abandoning $40,000 in ingots and leaving the scene to investigators. The loot’s market value exceeds $100,000. the shipment was insured.
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U.P
Boulevard St. Martin
Manem and Gillieron
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