Dynamite Truck Explodes Killing Two Near Nashville
A truck loaded with 10 tons of dynamite en route to Clarksville caught fire on US Highway 41 A west of Nashville and exploded, killing two men including a Nashville insurance man, injuring about 15, and plunging the region into darkness. The driver fled the scene as the blast cratered the pavement and shattered power lines.
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Nashville
Tenn
Here
mid-Tennessee
Hercules Powder Company Ofessemer
Ala
Clarksville
John L. O’guin
Lloyd L. Brantley
McCalla
E. E. Minis
Elephants Rampage Disrupt Circus Train Loadout
In Pomona California two elephants escaped during a Clyde Beatty show after a train whistle spooked them. They roamed for ninety minutes causing damage before officers and attendants recaptured them and returned them to the circus train. Attendant Leroy Spellman 29 sustained serious injuries from being trampled and lifted.
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Pomona
Calif
Leroy Spellman
Pomona Hospital
Ed Stevens
Clyde Beatty
Los Angeles
Stevens
San Fernando
Violent General Strike Rages in Belgium Over Leopold Return
A 24 hour general strike in Belgium protests King Leopold III's possible return. Riots injure 30 to 40 in Brussels as state police restore order. Regent Prince Charles may call elections within 40 days amid a fractured parliament and renewed plebiscite plans. About 400000 to 500000 workers participating across Brussels and Walloon regions.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold III
Charles
Leopold
Walloon
Federation
OEEC ministers meet to streamline postwar Marshall plan group
Paris reports say ministers from eleven Marshall Plan nations gather to streamline the Organization for European Economic Cooperation. The OEEC consultative group includes 18 areas receiving Marshall plan funds and aims to improve economic recovery efforts.
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Paris
Organization For Europen Economic Recovery
OEEC
Wisconsin Weather: Clear to Partly Cloudy With Warm Up
Wisconsin woke to clear to partly cloudy skies after recent drizzle and flurries. Highs Friday ranged from 35 to 43 degrees. the morning low was 11 at Land o Lakes. Kenosha hit 44 by 11 a.m. Tonight will warm with rain in the south and southwest, Sunday brings more clouds and rain or snow in the north.
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Wisconsin
Land o’Lakes
Green Bay
Mercury
Kenosha
Census Takers Face Mixed Welcomes in New York
Census crew chief Jack P. Seremeta predicts mixed receptions as April 1 house to house calls begin. A practice run yielded responses such as come back when husband is home and the baby is sleeping, with some residents declining to answer or inviting entry only if supervised.
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New York
Jack P. Seremeta
Virginia Sleuths Probe Slaying Of 20 Year Old Worker
Alice Marie Taylor a 20 year old VA Veterans Administration employee from Roanoke was found slain near a highway in Christiansburg. Footprints from the edge of the road were the only clue as investigators hunt for the killer. Medical tests were ordered to determine rape. Death ruled a brain hemorrhage from savage blows. Her purse two rings and a wristwatch were missing but robbery not ruled out.
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Christiansburg
V.P
Alice Marie Taylor
Veterans Administration
Roanoke
George Arington
Crime Laboratory
Arington
R. H. Grubbs
Lebanon shuts border to all trade with Syria
Lebanon closed its borders today to all Syrian trade in a full break of economic ties. Syria had already begun the dispute by renouncing a seven year customs union on March 13. The border closure took effect at midnight as retaliation.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Probers near showdown over McCarthy Russia case in FBI files
Senate investigators moved toward a clash with Senator McCarthy over his Russia espionage charges as the Justice Department disclosed confidential FBI data on a principal case given to the Foreign Relations subcommittee. Hoover and McGrath to testify. Truman will decide on broader access to files.
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Washington
Senate
McCarthy
Russia
State Department
Capitol
Justice Department
FBI
Senate Foreign Relations
Wisconsin
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
Tydings
D.-Md
Hoover
McGrath
Truman
Department
McMahon D.-Conn
Green
Lodge
R.-Mass
Anti-Communist Czech Planes Land in U.S. Zone
Seven anti communist Czech crewmen seized three planes during flight from Czechoslovakia and landed them in the U.S. zone of Germany. One pilot was threatened with guns at takeoff from Brno as others pulled pistols. the group included the airline president.
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Erding
Germany
Thoes
Josef Klesnil
Brno
Klesnil
U. S. Airforce
Bratislava
Ostrava
Czechoslovakia
Prague
USAFE
U. S. Air Fore
Europe
Airforce
Errol Flynn Settles Custody Dispute Through Settlement
Hollywood star Errol Flynn and ex wife Nora settled a custody dispute with a superior court stipulation. Nora, now married to singer Dick Haymes, will have physical custody of daughters Deidre 5 and Rory 3. Flynn gains every other weekend and holiday custody and pays 550 dollars monthly support plus 3500 dollars to cover back installments.
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Hollywood
WUP
Errol Flynn
Nora
Dick Haymes
Deidre
Rory
Flynn
Mrs. Haymes
FBI Top 10 Most Wanted List Sees Two Captures
The FBI’s Feb 6 top fugitives list yields two arrests, Nesbit and Jackson, after tips from newspaper readers. James Lewis and James Radeck aided Nesbit’s capture in St Paul, Hoover praised the youths. Jackson was traced to a farm near Ahola Oregon under an alias.
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Washington
FBI
William Raymond Nesbit
Orba Elmer Jackson
St. Paul, Minn
James Lewis
James Radeck
J. Edgar Hoover
Platte County
Stephen William Davenport
Jackson
Quincy, Il
Big Game Hunter Frank Buck Dies
Frank Buck famed wild animal hunter known for Bring Em Back Alive died at Hermann hospital Houston at 66 from a lung ailment. He had been ill since a taxicab wreck. native of Gainesville Texas, he left school after seventh grade to seek animals. Buck roamed the world from age 18 and planned Malaya expeditions. survived by widow and daughter Barbara in San Angelo Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Frank
Buck
Hermann Hospital
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital
South America
Gainesville
Texas
New York
Malaya
Chrysler Peace Near as Strike Talks Advance
Chrysler and the CIO United Auto Workers made concessions amid 60 days of strike. Chrysler offered a $30 million retirement fund with a $16.02 million top-up sought by the UAW, bringing talks closer to a settlement next week. Walter Reuther called the move a step in the right direction.
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Detroit
Mich
U.P
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Italian Red Mob Storms Hospital in San Severo Clash
A communist mob attacked San Severo hospital amid unrest that left four dead and 40 wounded. Police riot squads fought the crowd for 30 minutes before dispersal as armored forces faced massed communists in Puglia. In nearby Ascoli Satriano a jail assault by leftists ended with carabinieri intervention. The Italian cabinet met in emergency session led by Interior Minister Scelba to discuss security measures and suppress the Neo-Fascist MSI activity.
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Rome
U.P
San Severo
Ascoli Satriano
Italy
Michele di Nunzio
Puglia
Foggia
Mario Scelba
Alcide de Gasperi
Scelba
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Nationalists Hold Out After Sungmen Raid
The official Chinese Nationalist central news agency reports some Nationalist troops remain in Sungmen, a coastal town seized recently in a raid on the mainland.
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Hong Kong
Sungmen
Explosion Destroys Waukegan Fishing Boat Nautilus
In Waukegan Illinois an explosion destroyed the seven ton Nautilus fishing boat while fuel overflow and a stove ignited fumes. Skipper Hannes Thomson 35 was on the cabin top when the blast sent him to a dock unhurt. The vessel valued at $2000.
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Waukegan
Ill
U.P
Hannes Thomson
Thomson
Door County Sheriff Board End Feud in Jail Pact
Door County Sheriff John Pivonka and the county board resolved a long running dispute over jail staffing. The board will fund a full time deputy during the summer tourist peak while Pivonka will use city police and county patrols as part time guards for the rest of the year. Pivonka had closed the jail earlier after the board refused a full time deputy. Gov. Rennebohm refused to remove him.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
John Pivonka
Door County Board
Pivonka
Oscar Rennebohm
Czech Escape Plan Flight Surprises U S Embassy Worker
Miss Katherins Kosmak librarian at the USIS Prague library was aboard a Czech airliner that flew to Munich then circled to Prague as three planes escaped to Western Germany. She said she saw American personnel on the field and noted passengers on the other planes were roped into seats.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Germany
Katherins Kosmak
New York City
United States Information Service
Communist Party
Miss Kosmak
Kelement Gottwald
USIS
Munich
Bratislava
Slovakia
Kosmack
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