Sixth Body Recovered After Centralia Fire Explosion
A sixth victim was found in the rubble of a two story downtown brick building in Centralia Illinois after an explosion and fire last night. Twenty five people were injured seven seriously with two bodies found earlier and two more near midnight. Firemen from several communities worked through the rubble as investigators pursued a cause for the blast which leveled a tavern and pool hall on the first floor.
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Centralia
Ill
St. Mary's Hospital
O. T. Bounds
Pool-Hall
Southern Illinois
Frank Nichols
James Rolla Telford
Percy Arcouet
Orval Leeds, Jr
Champaign
Illinois Central Railroad
Wayne Scott
Illinois Central
Victor Allen Smith
Bounds
Kenneth Owensby
Bill Watson
Owensby Tavern
Watson
Two Seriously Hurt In Crash At Busy Intersection
Three people were injured in an automobile collision at the intersection of Highways 41 and 50 last night. Matt Burghardt and Mrs. Catherine Naprienok suffered serious injuries while Andrew Schitkovitz sustained cuts and lacerations. Burghardt, Naprienok, and Schitkovitz were treated at Kenosha hospital where their conditions were listed as fair for Burghardt and Naprienok.
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Sheriff's Department
Matt Burghardt
Route 2
Kenosha
Catherine Naprienok
Genoa City
Walworth County
Burghardt
Andrew Schitkovitz
Marinette
Wis
Schitkovitz
Billups Browne
Leo Sikora
Schukovitz
Kenosha Hospital
Brewster to Tell Plan Of Industrial Mobilization
Sen. Owen Brewster of Maine, chairman of the War Investigation committee, said the panel will release a report within 10 days urging industrial mobilization for war to be activated at any time Congress may direct. The statement came from Ithaca, New York.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Owen Brewster
R. Me
War Investigation Committee
Congress
Coal Operators Charge Lewis Broke Contract
Coal operators accuse John L Lewis of violating the 1947 wage contract and demand miners return to work. In a public letter signed by 82 percent of U S coal producers they warn of possible damages suits and urge wage talks if disputes exist. White House intervention could follow with a board of inquiry and possible federal injunction.
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Washington
John L Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
O'Neill
Harry M. Moses
U. S. Steel Corp
Joseph E. Moody
Southern
Union Welfare and Retirement Fund
Ezra VanHorn
Retirement Fund
VanHorn
Moses
U. S. District Court
Union Welfare Fund
Wales
Collapse of School Reported in Indiana Near Fort Wayne
State police headquarters reported after noon that a consolidated school at Lee northeast of Fort Wayne collapsed. The Fort Wayne News Sentinel said it received a report the school was severely damaged by high winds sweeping Indiana, but offered no details.
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Indianapolis
Lee
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Indiana
Senators Study Plan to Register and Delay Induction
Senate Republicans near agreement on a plan to revive selective service while delaying inductions. The proposal would register and put selectees on notice but delay actual drafting unless enlistment lags or world conditions require mobilization. It aims to boost enlistments and support Truman's plea for stronger forces. House members show some support for a full draft revival, with hearings planned.
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Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
Mich
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Congress
Truman
House Armed Services Committee
Navigation Bill Aims to Improve Great Lakes Warning System
President Truman signed a bill authorizing improvements to the present navigation warning network on the Great Lakes. The House Merchant Marine Committee, which drafted the measure, said it modernizes bell and light warning systems for lake vessels.
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Washington
Truman
Great Lakes
House Merchant Marine Committee
Norway Extends Army Training for Recruits
Oslo reports Norway will keep army recruits in training for up to three additional months, extending the regular nine month peace time course to as much as a year. The order also reserves the right to call up officers and men, notably technical personnel, who have completed peace time service.
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Oslo
Norway
Greece Turkey Aid Approved By Senate Committee
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved 275 million dollars in aid for Greece and Turkey. Senator George said 13 senators were united for the full amount. The panel then began closed hearings on proposed 570 million for China as part of a larger foreign aid package.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Greece
Turkey
George
D-Ga
Truman
China
Two Men Crushed Under 200-Ton Press at Milwaukee Plant
A 200 ton punch press at the National Enameling and Stamping Works crushed two Milwaukee workers. Ernst A. Fenske, 53, was killed instantly. Peter Lameka, 50, suffered a skull fracture and was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Milwaukee
National Enameling and Stamping Works
Ernst A. Fenske
Peter Lameka
Burglars Break In As Bullamore Mantrap Fails After 16 Years
In Somers village burglars entered the Lytle Hardware store and stole 15 jackknives and $3.75 after a rear window break in. The Bullamore brothers once guarded the shop with a noted mantrap that deterred thieves for 15 years. Assistant deputies investigated and suspect youths behind the incident.
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Bullamore
Bullamore Brothers
Somers Village
Ad Lytle
Lytle Hardware Store
James
Albert
Somers
Milton LaViolette
James Marshall
Frank Odar
Senate Trims Tax Cut Amount for Personal Income
Washington reports the Senate trimmed a House backed 6.5 billion tax cut to 4.8 billion by adopting a finance committee amendment. The move aimed to gain Democratic support to override President Truman's veto. Key figures include Eugene D. Millikin and Alben W. Barkley as the vote closed by voice.
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Senate
Finance Committee
House
Truman
Eugene D. Millikin
Cole
Senate Finance Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Seek to Avert Oak Ridge Tieup
The White House said a midnight walkout by 900 Oak Ridge atomic laboratory workers may be averted as a tentative agreement could be reached today. If not, Taft Hartley provisions could lead to a court injunction to bar a strike for 80 days. The AFL unit cites a wage-cut threat by Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. The current wage hold expires at midnight.
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White House
Washington
Atomic Laboratory
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Charles G. Ross
Ross
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
The
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Trade With Czechs Called Blunder by Harness
Rep. Harness asserts the State Department will sign a reciprocal trade pact with Czechoslovakia tomorrow. He calls the plan a stupid blunder arguing the treaty will admit glassware rubber footwear and shoes while obliging the United States to ship heavy equipment automobiles trucks and other critical materials to Russia via Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
Harness
Ind
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Department
Indiana Republican
House
Little Balkan
Russia
Severe Downpour Floods City and County Roads
A heavy rainstorm and electrical fury flooded city streets and rural highways, with 1.5 inches of rain and frozen ground hampering absorption. City crews cleared inlets from 5 a.m. to late afternoon as high water overwhelmed sewers. Roads such as Wood, Highway 43, and Highway 50 faced significant inundation and washouts, while basements flooded across scattered county locations. Damages and flood reports totaled several thousand dollars, with residents reporting flooded warehouses and a damaged diesel engine. Police logged 14 water complaints between 4 and 8 a.m. as officials assessed intersections like Sixty-ninth Street and Twenty-sixth Avenue near Uhlich Market.
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Harold H. Herzog
Wood Road
Highway 43
Herzog
West Sixtieth Street
Benedict Road
Bristol
Wilmot Road
Camp Lake
North Twenty-second Avenue
Sam Smith
Harry Hanson
Ray Nelson
Thirtyfourth Avenue
Emil Clausen
Sixty-ninth Street
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Uhlich Market
Twentysixth Avenue
Clausen
Seventy-fifth Street
Thirtieth Avenue
Czechs appoint Clementis as foreign minister succeding Masaryk
Vladimir Clementis 45 a Slovak Communist and secretary of state for foreign affairs was named Czechoslovak foreign minister after the death of Jan Masaryk. Clementis had been acting minister since Masaryk fell from the foreign office window on March 10 and will keep his deputy role.
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Prague
U.P
Vladimir Clementis
Jan Masaryk
Clementis
Slovak Communist Party
Masaryk
Chamber backs city transport plan in Kenosha vote
The Kenosha Chamber of Commerce endorsed the City Council’s actions to improve local transportation, aligning with a long range plan from the Chamber transportation committee. The council will meet with Kenosha Motor Coach Lines on bus service as consultant W. J. Fillmore works toward a five year plan due in May.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Transportation Committee
Kenosha
Kenosha Motor Coach Lines
Transportation Committee
W. J. Fillmore
Racine
Fillmore
Chamber
Norman Greening
Greening
Wallace Beach
Elmer Swartz
George Nelson
E. H. Kendall
R. B. Whyte
Ben Cohn
Nicholas Wade
H. O. Brothen
Walter Berquist
Charles Estes
Roger Starnes
W. C. Jordan
Edward C. Nelson
Five State Winds Kill And Wrecks
High winds and tornadoes swept five states causing multiple deaths, injuries, and major property damage. Illinois bore the heaviest toll with several towns struck including Bunker Hill and Gillespie. Missouri and other states reported extensive damage and rail disruptions. Red Cross mobilized aid as floods and rising rivers threatened communities in Wisconsin and Illinois.
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Chicago
Illnois
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Bunker Hill
St. Louis
Red Cross
The
St Louis
Marshall Attacks Russia in Caltech Speech
Secretary of State George Marshall told a University of California audience that the Soviet threat endangers Western ideals and that any nation placing the Communist party in power loses American aid. He warned Italy and other free nations that Communist victories would sever recovery program support.
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Berkeley
Calif
George Marshall
Russia
University of California
Marshall
America
Truman
Congress
Italy
Communist Party
U S Presses Britain on Palestine Troop Presence
The United States told the United Nations Security Council that large scale fighting could erupt in Palestine if Britain withdraws troops prior to a UN peace plan. The warning underscores Washington's push for maintaining forces to stabilize the region.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
United States
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Great Britain
Holy Land
Spring Arrives Tomorrow Warm Reception Promised
The article notes spring begins tomorrow at 10 57 am in Wisconsin with a warm reception forecast by federal forecaster Howard Thompson. Temperatures will dip from a 60 degree high in the south, 45 in the north, with rain from yesterday and today in Milwaukee and other southern communities.
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Wisconsin
Howard Thompson
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Thompson
Land O'Lakes
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