Levee Holds as Missouri Flood Bursts Sewer Pipe in Omaha
The Missouri River overran docks in East Omaha blasting a 120 foot crater when a sewer outlet burst beneath the levee. Army engineers and hundreds of workers reinforced the dike to halt water inflow as residents were evacuated and rail yards flooded.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Lewis Pick
Army Engineers
Missouri Pacific
North Western
Union Pacific
East Omaha
Council Bluffs
Army
Probe Crash Kills 29 in California Hills
A North Continent Airlines C-46 transport crashed in fog near Pomona killing 29, with no survivors. The plane from New York via Chicago and other cities failed to clear a hill near Los Angeles International, while pilot Louis Powell reported static trouble with the automatic direction finder.
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Los Angeles
Calif
U.P
Here
North Continent Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Los Angeles International Airport
Puenete
Louis Powell
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Amarillo
Tex
Phoenix
Ariz
Powell
International Airport
la Habra
California
NEA Telephoto
Food Inspector Gets Probation In Horse Meat Scandal
Rock Island Illinois former state food inspector Edward F McCarthy aged 50 received a year of probation after pleading guilty to accepting a $200 bribe to overlook horse meat samples. Judge A J Scheinemann granted probation on the prosecutor’s recommendation and McCarthy was ousted after refusing a lie detector test. Three others tied to the horse meat probe were arraigned on conspiracy charges and released on $5 000 bonds.
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Rock Island, Ill
U.P
Edward F. McCarthy
Illinois
A. J. Scheineman
McCarthy
Bernard J. Moran
Rock Island
Ray I. Kliegbiel
Joseph Siciliano
Russell Minnea
Meyer Dutlove
Duluth Couple Stabbed to Death
A Duluth couple Willard Bennewise and Hazel both about 30 were found stabbed to death early today. The husband ran to a neighbor’s home and broke a window to summon aid before collapsing on the lawn. A butcher knife from their kitchen was believed to have caused the deaths. no immediate reason for the Stabbings was found.
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Duluth, Minn
U.P
Duluth
Willard Bennewise
Hazel
Telegraph Peace Hopes Dwindle
Washington U P reports hopes for a quick settlement of the 17 day tele graph strike faded as negotiations between Western Union and the AFL Commercial Telegraphers union were broken off. The union rejected a proposal that 30 000 workers return to jobs for 60 days at old pay rates to permit bargaining by calm judgment. The union declined after Western Union vice president J L Wilcox said no wage increase could be offered without knowing where the money is coming from.
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Washington
U.P
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
J. L. Wilcox
Milwaukee Man Killed In Crash At Hy 41 And 43
A Milwaukee man was killed and two others severely injured when their car crashed into the Mars Cheese Castle at the Hy 41 43 intersection just before 8 AM. Booker T. Harris 24 of Milwaukee died at Kenosha hospital. Raymond Byrd and Donald Floyd both injured were treated at local hospitals. Police estimated speeds above 90 mph, with 400 feet of skid marks observed. The Mars Cheese Castle suffered structural damage and a dog in the car was injured.
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Milwaukee
Hys
Booker T. Harris
W. Vliet St
Kenosha Hospital
Raymond Byrd
Donald Floyd
Byrd
Floyd
St. Catherine’s
Car Hits Boxcar Kills Porterfield in Menominee
John Porterfield of Oak Park Illinois is dead and two companions injured when their car struck a boxcar on the North Western railroad tracks in Menominee Michigan.
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Menominee, Mich
U.P
John Porterfield
Oak Park
Ill
North Western Railroad
Washington extends enlistment terms for nine months
The defense department announced a nine month extension of enlistments for all service members whose terms would expire between July 1 1952 and June 30 1953. About 125000 personnel are affected including 60000 army 23000 air force 3000 marine corps and 35000 navy members.
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Washington
U.P
Defense Department
The
Department
Air Force
Marine Corps
Navy
Truman
Kenosha City Manager Axtell resigns effective May first
A. E. Axtell tendered his resignation as Kenosha city manager at 5 p.m. yesterday effective May 1. The action came at a secret 5 p.m. council meeting. the council unanimously accepted the resignation and granted three months extra pay for 24 years of service. Members met with Axtell prior to the decision, with details of the premeeting session not disclosed.
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A. E. Axtell
Axtell
City Council
Sesson
Nicholas Wade
Robert Gerling
Vernon Christensen
City of
Kenosha
Edward Fechner
Edward Wavre
Jersey City Mayor's alleged peace talk with gangster disclosed
District Attorney Hogan said a March 14 meeting between Jersey City Mayor John V. Kenny and gangster Tony Bender was arranged by Phil Regan. The affidavit ties the meeting to waterfront labor troubles and names criminal figures linked to the underworld. A longshoreman was shot in Greenwich Village amid gang warfare rumors.
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New York
U.P
John V. Kenny
Jersey City
Frank S. Hogan
Hogan
Anthony Strollo
Tony Bender
Phil Regan
New York State Crime Commission
Kenny
New York County
Thomas Plunkett
Greenwich Village
Regan
Kenny Bender
Manhattan
Bender
Cincinnati
Ohio
Frank Costello
Joe Adonis
Albert Anastasia
Abner
Longie) Zwillman
Willie Moretti
Linden Ave. Army Pier
Dominic Strollo
Strollo
Talks Resume on Prisoner Exchange at Panmunjom
Allied and Communist officers resumed executive session on prisoner of war exchanges in Panmunjom Korea. observers noted possible new UN and Communist lists aiming to break the deadlock over repatriation and speed a Korean armistice. The first session in two weeks ended after 31 minutes with plans to reconvene Sunday.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.P
United Nations
Reds
Eagle River Residents Invite Ike to Try Luck
Eagle River chamber of commerce asks General Eisenhower to fish Vilas County waters and improve his musky catching score. Eisenhower fished nearby lakes twice before while president of Columbia University and landed three big ones.
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Eagle River
Wis
U.P
Dwight Eisenhower
Vilas County
Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Study Plan to Keep Bookmakers Off Wires
The FCC will hold a May 1 hearing focused on Western Union's plan to keep leased wires out of bookmakers' hands. The commission refused a broader inquiry into interstate communications that might assist illegal gambling as sought by California.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
FCC
Califoria
Rahway Convicts Refuse Surrender After Riot
About 232 rioting inmates barricaded in a Rahway New Jersey prison dormitory and refused to surrender after a bloodless riot settlement at Trenton. Nine guards remained hostage as officials waited them out while planning an impartial inquiry into grievances.
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Rahway
N. J
State Prison Farm
New Jersey
Trenton State Prison
Osborne
Raiway
U.P
New Jersey State Prison
Trenton
R. William Lagay
William H. Carty
Carty
House Fire Kills Father and Young Son in Milwaukee
A man Dominick Blazek aged 42 and his three year old son William died in a Milwaukee apartment fire last night. Firefighters pulled them from the smoke filled unit but both died of suffocation. Two firefighters were overcome by smoke during the blaze.
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Milwaukee
WU P
Dominick Blazek
William
Wisconsin Weekend Forecast Brings Warm Sunny Skies
Forecast calls for nearly perfect weather in Wisconsin with high temperatures in the 70s. By 11 a.m. today the downtown Kenosha reading reached 73 as ground fog dissipated after 8:30 a.m., with fair conditions statewide except for early fog in the west.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Bribe Counts Go to Jury in Milwaukee Trial
Defense and prosecution rest after final arguments in the Walter Sawyer bribery case. Witnesses testified Sawyer gave ex Alderman Albert Krause 3000 in two 1500 checks for influence over a street widening project. Krause, in Milwaukee from Waupun prison, testified before the seven by five jurors.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Walter Sawyer
Sawyer
Albert Krause
Krause
Charles Geisenfeld
Geisenfeld
Louis Gallas
Waupun State Prison
State
Fire Kills Airman at Brunswick Naval Barracks
A two story officers' barracks at the Brunswick naval air station was gutted by fire. One airman was killed and a heroic Negro steward's mate who raised the alarm was injured.
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Brunswick
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Mystery vapor trails trigger brief North American air alert
Vapor trails sighted from the ground in Alaska prompted a short air alert across North America. The United States Defense Command said it could not confirm whether planes were actually over Alaska and radar did not detect any aircraft. High altitude aircraft typically leave such trails as they pass overhead.
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Russia
Europe
English Channel
America
Free World
United States
U.S. Navy
Washington
Alaska
North America
U. S. Air Defense Command
Winona Flood Crest Nears Amid Dike Reinforcements
In Winona Minnesota plastic sheeting and snow fences shield dikes as the Mississippi flood crest approaches. Levee crews pump leakage back, while other towns like Muscatine Clinton La Crosse and Prairie du Chien brace for rising waters. Estimates for the crest drop toward 18 feet with emergency measures and widespread concern across the region.
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Winona
Minn
U.P
Mississippi
Dubuque
la Crosse
Wis
Prairie du Chien
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B. A. Herrmann
Baker
Herrmann
Howard Coates
Grand
Coates
James Wallace
Wallace
Ike
Iowa
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Clinton
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