Five Die As Eastern DC-3 Crashes Near Washington
An Eastern Airlines DC-3 crashed in wooded Treasure Cove near Fort Foot Maryland while en route from Winston-Salem to Washington. Five crew and passengers died and four others were injured in the pre dawn accident amid heavy rain with poor visibility. The craft struck trees and nosed into the ground, with survivors describing a sudden crash and authorities noting no fire.
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Washington
U.P
Here
Houston
Tex
Boston
Casualty Hospital
Lucian A. Moebus
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Morris Maple
Princeton
Eastern Airlines
SM. Warner
Clinton
S. C
L. Brandt
Atlanta
Newark
N. J
Paul Saltanis
Ralph B. Sanborn, Jr
Casualty
Winston-Salem
N. C
Prince Georges
Washington Airport
Potomac River
Fort Foot
Oxon Hill
Treasure Cove
Diluted Liquor Charges Aired Against Three Tavernkeepers
Preliminary hearing before County Judge W. W. Davis held Monday on charges of diluting liquor stocks in three taverns. Alfred DeCesaro of the Dog House, Anton Krakis of Robert's Lounge, and Joseph Zalubowski of Coppers were bound over to future terms with $500 bonds each. District Attorney Urban J. Zievers filed the case after state beverage tax agents tested stocks Dec. 17 and 18 and found them below standards.
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W. W. Davis
Davis
Alfred DeCesaro
Dog House
Ourth Avenue
Anton Krakis
Racine
Robert's
Sixth Avenue
Joseph Zalubowski
Coppers
Sixty-third Street
Urban J. Zievers
Milwaukee Gas Dealers Chief to Testify at Anti Trust Hearing
Louis M. Faber executive secretary of the Retail Gasoline Dealers Association of Milwaukee is to appear Friday at a state anti trust hearing before Court Commissioner George J. Graebner. He was the sole subpoenaed witness in the probe opened by the attorney general's anti trust division. Attorney General John Martin stressed that subpoenaed status does not imply alleged violation. Faber said he would bring association records and is ready to testify.
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Milwaukee
Louis M. Faber
Retail Gasoline Dealers Association of
Faber
George J. Graebner
John Martin
Army Barge Sends Distress Call Near Alaska Peninsula
A self propelled army barge with about nine crew members aboard sent a distress signal after striking a small island south of the Alaska Peninsula while en route to aid crewmen of a grounded vessel. The incident occurred as the barge was responding to a prior grounding in the area.
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Seattle
Alaska Peninsula
Kenosha to hold special meeting on police chief search
Kenosha will hold a 7 30 p m special meeting of the police and fire commission at the city hall fire chief office to consider appointment of a new police chief. Chairman Joseph Josephson said the panel and City Attorney Robert V Baker returned from Madison with information on remaining candidates and a decision to appoint without further inquiry.
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Kenosha
Police and Fire Commission
City Hall
Joseph Josephson
Seente Tered Josephson
Robert V. Baker
Madison
John T. Sullivan
Commission
Josephson
Stanley G. Haukedahl
Matthew J. Kirsch
William P. Schmitt
Experts Caught Unprepared by Truman Tax Plan
Washington UPI report says Treasury tax experts were surprised by President Truman's plan to grant a $40 individual tax credit and boost corporate taxes by 3.2 billion dollars to offset revenue losses. Snyder must defend the plan before the Ways and Means Committee as Knutson's GOP bill seeks to cut $5.6 billion in individual taxes.
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Washington
Treasury
Truman
John W. Snyder
House
Harold Knutson
Minn
Knutson
United Press
White House
Charles G. Ross
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Marriner C. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
James Fuller Shaw railroad builder dies at 74
James Fuller Shaw, 74, a prominent New York railroad builder and former president and general manager of 13 electric lines, died Monday.
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New York
James Fullerton Shaw
Greeks Launch New Offensive on Mt Par nassus
Greek forces attack 800 guerrillas on Mt Par nassus 75 miles NW of Athens with amphibious moves from the Gulf of Corinth. A military spokesman aims to annihilate the band as Dwight P. Griswold cites Greece measures to curb inflation and U S aid.
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Mt. Parnassus
Gulf of Corinth
Dwight P. Griswold
Greece
Wipe Out Chinese Pirate Band in 24 Hour Battle
Eyewitnesses report Singapore based forces and 1,000 police and civilians wiped out a Chinese pirate band led by a 24 year old known as The Leper after a 24 hour battle at Bagan Siapiapi Sumatra.
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Singapore
Southeast Asia
the Leper
Bagan Siapiapi
Sumatra
Break in City Water Main Shuts Off Morning Supply
A 24 inch water main broke at the west harbor crossing near Fiftieth street causing morning supply loss for about 30 minutes. The leak spilled an estimated 29 million gallons daily into the bay while repairs were made and pressure briefly returned by 8 10 am. City officials warn that failures in underwater mains could cut off water entirely and discuss a proposed 60 000 project to reroute a supply line over land to ensure continuous service.
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Fiftieth Street
Senate GOP bloc seeks cut in Marshall Plan aid
About 20 Republican senators met in secret to plan shaving down Truman's request for 6.8 billion dollars for the Marshall Plan. They eyed a reduction to four to five billion, aiming to avoid a full rejection while pressing economy-minded changes.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
Truman
GOP
Rev J H Graf 73 longtime Lutheran church leader dies
The Rev John Henry Graf 73 longtime secretary of the West Conference of the Pittsburgh Synod United Lutheran Church in America and father of Rev Paul Graf died at home 7031 Fortieth Avenue after a long illness. Born June 7 1874 in Speicher Appenzell Switzerland he came to the United States in 1894. He served in Leetonia Ohio Benwood West Virginia Mahoning County Ohio and Thiel College where he taught German and chaired the German department. He married Henrietta Tiemann in 1905 and retired in May 1944 receiving an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1942. Continued on Page Eleven.
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West Conference
Pittsburgh Synod
United Lutheran Church In America
Paul Graf
Trinity Lutheran Church of
United States
Johnstown
Thiel College
Greenville
Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary
Leetonia
Henrietta Tiemann
Graf
Benwood
West Virginia
Mahoning County
Ohio
New West Conference
Pittsburgh
General Graham admits profit from commodity trading
Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, the White House physician, acknowledged a profit of $6,165.25 from four months of commodity trading, saying he acted on his broker's advice to recoup an earlier loss. He denied using inside information and explained misidentifications of the term margin and commodities while blaming himself for the trades.
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U.P
Wallace H. Graham
White House
Senate
Graham
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Bache and Co
Harry Brisker
Bache
Truman
Iis
Brisker
Ferguson
Susquehanna Freshman Charged With Arson at Admin Building
A Susquehanna University freshman from Wildwood New Jersey identified as Joseph Sladek Jr. was held for Snyder County Court after pleading guilty to arson charges. He had been named most likely to succeed in high school and allegedly burned the college administration building twice to avoid classes.
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Selinsgrove
Susquehanna University
Joseph Sladek, Jr
Wildwood
N. J
Snyder County
Justice of the
Fred M. Machmer
Oswiecim Guard Sofia Nietzsche Sentenced to Death
Prague reports Sofie Nietzsche a Sudeten German former guard at Oswiecim Auschwitz received the death sentence from a Czechoslovak court for crimes against humanity. She was convicted of torturing women prisoners.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Sofie Nietzsche
Oswiecim
Auschwitz
County Advances City Drive for 500 Homes
The county board backed Kenosha Citys $3,000,000 housing push and moved to form a Kenosha County Housing Authority under the Wisconsin Veterans Housing Statute. It approved selling 345 lots to the city with 50 percent paid by year end and the remainder due over 10 years at 0.5 percent interest. The plan calls for 90 percent FHA financing and unit costs around 8,100, with potential reductions through mass construction.
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City of
Kenosha
Kenosha County
A. E. Axtell
Axtell
Felix Olkives
Howard Coates
Joseph Lourigan
Joseph Rhode
Rescue All 46 Survivors of Burning Ship
Aboard two vessels the Connolly crew of 45 and one passenger were saved after an 11 hour lifeboat ordeal in the North Atlantic. The Gen. R. E. Callan and Union Victory recovered all aboard as long range air force planes aided from Bermuda. The fire originated in the engine room and the cause was not yet known. Capt. Benjamin A. Bostelman led the vessel from New York, with Army Capt. Charles H. Collins among the survivors.
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New York
Joseph V. Connolly
Connolly
Army
R. E. Callan
Black Diamond Line
Union
Kindley Field
Bermuda
Callan
Europe
Benjamin A. Bostelman
New York City
Charles H. Collins
Camp Kilmer
N. J
American Missionary Killed in Chinese Province
American Mennonite missionary Mary Elizabeth DeGarmo of Waunita Nebraska was accidentally killed by a hand grenade during fighting between Communists and Nationalists at Liuho Henan province thirty miles east of Kaifeng U S embassy report states
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Nanking
U.P
Mary Elizabeth DeGarmo
Waunita
Neb
Liuho
Kaifeng
Henan
U. S
Slaughter of Farm Stock Revealed by Claims
Kenosha County supervisors approved claims totaling 1461.15 for dog and stray dog predations on 45 farms during 1947. Chickens formed the largest loss with pullets valued at 923.35 and a single claim of 417.50. other losses included ducks 191 Geese 50.80 turkeys 47 rabbits 18 pigs 120 sheep 51 and one heifer 60.
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Kenosha
Kenosha County
Taft Opposes Meat Rationing, Warns of Black Markets
Senator Taft of Ohio rejected meat rationing as a policy likely to fail and fuel black markets. He argued it would require a vast administration and could mirror wartime slaughtering disruptions. Secretary Anderson urged rationing and wholesale price ceilings, facing GOP doubts and warnings from industry groups.
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Sen
Taft
Washington
Ohio
Ohioan
Flanders
Truman
Anderson
Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
R.ind
Banking Committee
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Subzero Weather Grips Wisconsin with Deep Freeze
Cold snap blankets Wisconsin as temperatures plunge below zero across the state. Park Falls hits 12 below, Superior 11 below, while Milwaukee records 11 below in late readings. others vary from nine below to 11 above in different cities with a thaw not until Thursday morning.
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Wisconsin
Theu. S. Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
U. S
Howard J. Thompson
Krug Urges Reduction In Use Of Fuel Oil
Secretary of Interior J A Krug urges a 10 to 15 percent cut in fuel oil use to ease shortages amid reports of a new cold wave in the northeast. The interior department backs an industry campaign to promote consumer curtailment.
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Krug
Washington
U.P
J. A. Krug
Interior Department
United States
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Penn
Harry P. Barclay
Griswold
The
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George C. Marshall
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Clyde M. Reed
Kansan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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