Convicts Battle for Hostage Ends in Rioting and Bloodshed
Prison riot at Southern Michigan Prison escalates as 179 mutineers clash over 11 guards. One convict dead and $2,000,000 in damage reported while state police guard the fire‑scarred facility amid tense negotiations for a truce. A separate disturbance at Ionia Reformatory prompts precautionary police deployment.
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Southern Michigan
Jackson
Mich
Michigan National Guard
Michigan
Ionia Reformatory
Ionia
Officials Talk To Grand Jury In Wisconsin
Wisconsin officials from Madison Wisconsin cities and counties testified before a federal grand jury probing law enforcement effectiveness. U S Attorney Thomas E Fairchild said representatives were drawn from larger populations and sessions may continue into next week with broad civil service inquiries.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Fairchild
U. S
Douglas County
Superior
Fairchild
Justice Department
Roosevelt Heads Harriman Campaign in New York
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr will lead a national campaign committee to boost W Averell Harriman for the Democratic presidential nomination. Harriman is New York state's favorite son choice for the nomination.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
N. Y
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
New York State
White Cavalry Reports Spark Korean Front Confusion
U S Eighth Army officers studied reports of 200 white clad Chinese cavalrymen moving toward Kumsong with two flank groups. They suggested snow may explain uniforms. no clear significance given as intelligence reviews details. Nearby, Red probing actions and East mountain patrols continued amid quiet western fronts. Navy and air force updates noted mines, shelling, radar directed guns, and four MiG-15s shot at dawn.
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Seoul
Keora
Eighth Army
Kumsong
U. S
Navy
Manchuria
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Jere J. Lewis
Novato
Calif
Air Force C-47 Crashes In Alaska
An Air Force C-47 crashed in Alaska 100 miles west of Anchorage on Merrill Pass. Five aboard, including four officers and one enlisted man, were reportedly unlikely to survive. wreckage found at 5,000 feet with another wing at 2,000 feet below in rugged terrain.
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Anchorage
Alaska
A.P
Alaska Mountain Range
Here
Merrill Pass
10Th Air Rescue Squadron
W. N. Wilson
57Th Fighter Wing
Wilson
10Th
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Sparrevohn Air Strip
Elmendorf
Weather Bureau
First Nevada A Bomb Test Shocks Valley and City Manager Change
The first public A bomb test rocks the Nevada valley while local government moves to appoint an acting city manager. Herrmann named acting city manager effective May 1, succeeding Axtell, with salary intact, and he will appoint an acting director of finance. The council plans a nationwide and local search for a permanent manager, with salary ranges debated to attract top candidates.
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Rocks Valley
Nevada
B. A. Herrmann
A. E. Axtell
Herrmann
Nicholas Wade
Edward Fechner
Council
Wade
Robert W. Baker
Axtell
City Managers
Edward Wavro
Robert Gerling
Gilbert Petzke
Hale Seeks Impeachment of President Over Steel Seizure
Rep. Hale introduces impeachment resolution against President Truman for seizing steel mills. The measure, asking the judiciary committee to investigate and report, calls the action an assault on the Constitution and urges return of plants to private operation. Senate debates curb on seizure funding and hearings are scheduled.
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Washington
Truman
House
Rep
Hale
Judiciary Committee
Bing
United States
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Rep. Crawford
R-Mich
Capitol
Senate
Government and
Michigan Prison Mutiny Discussed in Waupun
Warden John F. Burke said news of the Jackson prison mutiny is being discussed in the Wisconsin State Prison and within the prison community. Members have access to full reports via newspapers and radio.
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Waupun
Jackson
Wisconsin State
John F. Burke
Kenosha Packing Charged With OPS Violations
The Kenosha Packing company is accused of selling beef above OPS ceiling prices and overcharging for wrapping. U S attorney’s office seeks injunction against Frank Vignieri, with a hearing set for April 28 before Judge Robert E Tehan. An air force sergeant is alleged to have solicited bribes to alter pilots medical records.
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Milwaukee
Office of Price Stabilization
Kenosha Packing Company
OPS
Joseph B. Molinaro
Kenosha
U. S
Frank Vignieri
Robert E. Tehan
AIR Force
St. Louis
Reserve Air Force
William Hart
Scott Air Base
Here
Pope Pius XII Expresses Sympathy for Midwest Flood Victims
In a Vatican message to Archbishop John Murray of St Paul the Pope offers heartfelt sympathy for flood victims in the middle west. He prays the calamity ends soon and the well being of the people is restored.
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St. Paul
Minn
Pope Pius
Midwest
Vatican Secretariat of State
John Murray
Middle West
Pope Pius XII
Holy Father
Keyserling Denies McCarthy Charge
Washington government economist Leon H. Keyserling called McCarthy’s accusation that he and his wife were or once were Communists utter nonsense. He said there is no truth to claims made by witnesses before government panels alleging pro-Red sympathies.
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Washington
U.P
Leon H. Keyserling
Keyserling
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin Weather Dips As Showers Cover State
Temperatures fell across Wisconsin with widespread showers for a second day. Superior reported 36 degrees while Milwaukee and Kenosha saw 61. Park Falls measured 1.06 inches, the first rain in a week. Highs reached 78 in Milwaukee Union Grove and Water town.
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Wisconsin
Superior
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Park Falls
Union Grove
Watertown
A Bomb Demonstration Hopes to Spark Humanity in War
United Press reports a Yucca Flat Nevada test presenting the atom bomb as a humane weapon to shorten wars by quick, decisive strikes. Observers include journalists, military brass, and officials. warnings stress eye protection within 30 miles as a brilliant detonation lights the desert morning.
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Yucca Flat
Nev
U.P
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
La Crosse Dikes Hold Back Flood
La Crosse Wisconsin reports dikes held firm as Mississippi floodwaters rose under a northwest wind. Sand bags added a foot to the wall along two miles of riverfront while 190 patrols kept watch. Prairie du Chien faced rising levels upstream with a water-logged bridge approach closed.
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la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi
Painis
Prairie du Chien
Marquette
Iowa
Government suspends controls on 16 items
Washington reports the government halts price controls on 16 commodities selling below ceilings. Wool lard and several oils including crude cottonseed soybean and corn oil are now decontrolled. The order takes effect April 28 marking the first major decontrol since a general price freeze 15 months ago.
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Washington
U.P
Women Fined At Sheboygan Disorderly Houses
Four women were fined 3500 and taverns padlocked for one year after guilty pleas to keeping disorderly houses. Names include Ann Joiner of Club Royal Plymouth Vera Bertran Casino Myrtle Bodenstab Farm, all $1000 fines. Doris Adams Tinroof Plymouth paid 500 on keeper charge. Seventeen inmates had been fined earlier.
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Sheboygan
Wis
U.P
Henry A. Detling
Detling
Dist. Atty
John Buchen
Harold Kroll
Ann Joiner
Club Royal
Plymouth
Vera Bertran
Here
Myrtle Bodenstab
Doris Adams
Tinroof
Allied negotiator lashes out at Red attitude in Korea talks
In Munsan Korea an Allied spokesman condemned Communist stance during a 16 minute truce session. Col Don O Darrow said the Communists show no intent to negotiate an armistice. Talks paused as staff officers debated POW exchange methods.
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Munsan
Korea
Don O. Darrow
Chang Shun
Darrow
Unseen Plane Drops Atom Bomb Over Yucca Flat Nevada
Reporters describe an unseen bomber that dropped an atom bomb at 9 30 a m over Yucca Flat Nevada. The 500 foot detonation height produced a pink orchid cloud and a rising dust curtain as troops moved to safety and paratroop jumps were organized.
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Bikini
New Jersey convicts still hold dormitory in prison riot
A rebel prison mutiny at New Jersey's prison farm left 231 convicts barricaded in a two story dormitory holding eight guards as hostages. Commissioner Sanford Bates promised an inquiry into parole board operations and demanded negotiations resume to end the standoff.
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New Jersey
Raiway
N. J
U.P
Sanford Bates
State Institutions
Parole Board
Bates
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