Surviving DC-3 crash hung 18 hours by belt
Pierre Poumirau and pilot Rector Land survived a wreck on a Homer area hill after the Alaska Airlines DC-3 crashed. Poumirau, 35, San Francisco, hung upside down by his safety belt for 18 hours, both men critical with exposure and injuries. Rescuers battled zero visibility, deep snow, and fuel hazards before reaching them.
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Anchorage
Alaska
A.P
Pierre Poumirau
Poumirau
San Francisco
Rector D. Land
Providence Hospital
Russell Jackson
Civil Aeronautics Board
Roscoe Spears
Dillingham
Stanley Hillman
Anchorage Weather Bureau
Homer
Jackson
Fred Powell
Cab
U S Fleet Arrives at Sicilian Port With Carriers
Two aircraft carriers and 26 other units of the U S Mediterranean fleet arrived at Augusta Sicily. Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman was aboard his flagship the cruiser Albany. The fleet included the carriers Philippine Sea and Midway, 16 destroyers, one submarine and smaller warships.
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Rome
U. S
Augusta
Sicilian
Forrest Sherman
Albany
Philippine Sea
Midway
MacArthur approves longer tourist stay in Japan
General Douglas MacArthur today approves a regulatory change allowing tourists to stay in Japan for 25 days, up from the previous seven day limit. The decision expands travel permissions for visitors and signals a shift in postwar policy.
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Tokyo
UTP
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Cranberries Plant Fire Causes Half Million in Damage
A North Chicago National Cranberry Association plant suffered about 500000 in damages in a fire of unknown origin. Fire crews from North Chicago Waukegan and the Great Lakes naval base fought the blaze for two hours as trains along the North Shore line were halted for roughly an hour. The plant, a major processor of Wisconsin cranberries, reported extensive destruction with 1450000 barrels of fruit and 14 tons of sugar salvaged. watchman Stanley Gustas discovered the blaze at 9 10 p m and notified authorities. Fire officials planned an investigation with plant manager M M Havey and association president M L Uhan, who were in Wisconsin Rapids for a cranberry growers meeting.
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North Chicago
National Cranberry Association
North Shore Line
Waukegan
Great Lakes Naval Base
Cacac Af
Wisconsin
Stanley Gustas
North Chicago Fire Department
Great Lakes
Chicago
Howard Redding
M. M. Havey
M. L. Uhan
Hanson, Mass
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association
Strike Vote Sunday At Studebaker South Bend
In South Bend Indiana both Studebaker plants idled by a seat department time study dispute. Local CIO UAW Chapter No. 5 calls a 2 p m Sunday meeting to vote on strike action, with leaders saying no settlement steps will be taken before the vote.
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Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
Cio-United Auto Workers
Helicopter Crash Claims Mail Pilot in Downtown LA
A helicopter used for mail service crashes in a busy downtown street killing Harry A. Slemmons, 27, of Inglewood. The rotor plane rose from the roof of the terminal annex post office, struck a parapet, and plunged onto Macy Street as traffic swerved to avoid debris.
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Los Angeles
Harry A. Slemmons
Inglewood
Terminal Annex
Macy St
Challenging Gunslinger Duel Delayed by Jail
Gaffney South Carolina police said a pistol duel between William Alexander and Raymond Parker is postponed indefinitely after Alexander was jailed for bypassing postal rules to deliver a duel challenge. The note promised a mountain top showdown, with both men armed and intent on fairness. Parker alerted the sheriff after receiving the message.
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Gaffney
S. C
Roland T. Clary
Alexander
Parker
Two Separate Chicago Fires Kill 3 and Injure 10
In Chicago two fires caused three deaths and at least ten injuries. A dawn apartment-house blaze forced several occupants to jump from windows as crews fought a three alarm blaze. Earlier, a two story back of the yards home fire killed Anthony Mica and the Lekoster couple.
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Chicago
U.P
John Walsh
Providence Hospital
Anthony Mica
Michael Lekoster
Rose
Mica
Peiping Surrenders to Reds As Chinese Bid for Peace
Federal weather reports describe a cold snap across Wisconsin with subzero lows in many cities and mid twenties highs. Western states face heavy snow complicating livestock relief efforts as stockmen push plans to airlift feed. Ice jams on the Missouri River trigger Army explosive efforts to prevent floods while Maine sees its first big snowstorm of the year.
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Wisconsin
Lone Rock
Stevens Point
LaCrosse
Madison
Superior
Wausau
Beloit
Clintonville
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Green Bay
Federal
H. J. Thompson
Nevada
Fourth Air Force
Hamilton Field
Cal
Washington
Ely
Nev
George N. Swallow
United Stockmen’s Association
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Lowry Field
Denver
Colo
Maine
Hays Center
Nebr
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Missouri River
Leavenworth
Kas
Mercy Plane Heads to Eskimo Village for Epidemic Aid
A mercy plane left Trenton Ontario for Winnipeg en route to Cresswell Bay in Fort Ross area to combat a mysterious Arctic epidemic. The hamlet, 1,000 miles northwest of Churchill, Man, has seen nine of its 17 residents die since news reached authorities three months ago.
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Trenton
Ont
Winnipeg
Arctic
Royal Canadian Air Force
Cresswell Bay
Fort Ross
Churchill
Man
Oshkosh Man Killed When Struck by Car
Charles Girard a 69 year old Oshkosh resident was killed instantly when struck by a car on a city street He stepped from between parked vehicles and apparently did not see or hear the oncoming car according to Police Chief William A Golz
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Oshkosh
Wis
Charles Girard
William A. Golz
Girard
Soviet Editors Rally Around Communism and Peace Policy
Pravda editor with Stalin present proclaims this century belongs to Communism not Wall Street. Pospelov cites Lenin era line on Russia seeking international cooperation and condemns Anglo American warmongers. He argues peace depends on Soviet led liberation of nations and notes China’s communist victories.
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Moscow
Pravda
Stalin
Wall Street
P. N. Pospelov
Lenin
Russia
Pospelov
Truman
China
India
Veteran Airman Believed Killed Near Athens
Lt Col Selden R Edner 30 of San Jose California veteran of 150 combat missions over Europe was missing and probably killed in an air crash near Karpenison 125 miles northwest of Athens. Greek reports say the plane was shot down by guerrillas while U S officials cited unconfirmed reports of a crash during a Greek piloted observer mission.
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Athens
Selden R. Edner
San Jose
Cal
Europe
U. S
Edner
Karpenison
Cardinal Bus Lines Seeks High Court Route Approval
Madison Wis U P The Cardinal Bus Lines filed an appeal with the Wisconsin supreme court seeking permission to run Kenosha to Madison buses. A Dane county circuit court conviction upheld a public service commission denial and fined 25 dollars plus costs. The company contests PSC jurisdiction and timing rules while the state argues the 60 day period begins at final briefs.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Cardinal Bus Lines, Inc
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Kenosha
Dane County
Public Service Commission
PSC
Fire destroys James Banister farmhouse in Pleasant Prairie Township
A family of five evacuated to near zero weather as flames engulfed the Kilbourne Road home near the Illinois state line. Sheriff deputies report the blaze started from a defective chimney and note prior fires in the Bainister family.
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James Banister
Pleasant Prairie
Kilbourn Rd
Illinois State Line
Billups Browne
James Marshall
Diane
Devil’s Elbow
Bainster
Ancient Walled City Put Under Communist Rule
Peiping surrendered to Communist forces after Gen Fu Tso Yi, Nationalist commander, capitulated. Nationalists evacuated the city as Chiang Kai Shek’s government prepared peace talks led by Shao Li Tse. Nanking reports say Communists close to the Yangtze with military units advancing on key towns.
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Nanking
Peiping
China
Fu Tso-Yi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yangtze River
Great River
Tientsin-Pukow
Fahoci
Chuhsien
Yangtze
Chiang
Shao Li-Tze
Chikiang
Fenghua Prefecture
Formosa
Li Tsung-Jen
Shao
Russia
Chang Chi- Chung
Sun Fo
Huang Shao- Hsung
Peng Chao-Hsien
Ching Chien-Hsing
Mrs Patton arrives in Frankfurt with son awaiting assignment
Mrs George S Patton widow of the late general arrived at Rhine Main airport in Frankfurt today. She was met by her son 1st Lt George S Patton III who is stationed at Augsburg. She declined to discuss the visit.
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Frankfurt
George S. Patton, Jr
Third Army
Rhine-Main
George S. Patton III
Augsberg
Airmen in Europe to receive influenza preventive serum
U S air force personnel in Europe are being given preventive serum to fight a mild influenza epidemic. Officials said no outbreak exists among air force personnel, but shots are administered for crews on Operation Vittles to Berlin and other flights to prevent contracting or spreading the disease.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Air Force
Berlin
France
Skunks Win First Round in Eviction Battle
In Clive Iowa a family fights eviction from Mrs Scennia Swanson's basement while authorities including J B Steiner and P V Aiey attempt to drive the skunks away with tear gas and a pistol light. The odor battle ends inconclusively as night attacks are postponed.
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Clive
U.P
Scennia Swanson
Iowa Sheriff's Association
P. V. Aiey
Windsor Heights
Steiner
Aiey
Swanson
Akey
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Fenghua
Chekiang Province
Challenger
Associated Press
William Burt
Tulsa
Okla
Thelma Steed
John Harlin
Steed
Otis
Burt
Mercy
Eskimo Village
New Blast
Cardinal
High Court
Skunks
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