Plane crash near Richmond kills 25 passengers and crew
A Viking Airlines private airliner crashed in dense woods five miles from Richmond Virginia killing all 25 passengers and two crew members. The jet, en route from Newark to Miami on charter, left wreckage scattered with several bodies thrown clear and others entangled in the fuselage as crews access the site through soggy fields.
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Richmond
U.P
Viking Airlines
Glendale
Calif
Newark
N. J
Miami
Fla
Civil Aeronautics Board
Anderson
CAA
William Walton
WRVA
Walton
New York
Chamber Backs Parking Meters After Survey
The Kenosha Chamber of Commerce will urge the City Council to install parking meters after a survey of downtown sections and mail inquiries to other cities. Results from Madison Covington New Haven Mansfield Muskegon Evansville show varied but growing support and clear traffic relief in several communities.
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Kenosha
Madison
J. W. Jackson
Madison and Wisconsin Foundation
Jackson
Covington
New Haven
Conn
Mansfield
Ohio
Muskegon
Mich
Evansville
Ind
Fate of Eight in B-17 Unknown
An army four engine B 17 crashed into a hillside three miles west of Fairfax California. Eight aboard were reported aboard with six trapped and two pilots critically injured. Pilot and co pilot crawled from the cabin and telephoned Hamilton Field.
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Fairfax
Calif
Here
Hamilton Field
Fourth Air Force
Los Angeles
Hamilton Field Hospital
Pauley May Visits Russian Quarters in Heijo Korea
Edwin W. Pauley of the U S reparations commission arrived from Tokyo as American headquarters learned he would be allowed to visit Russian quarters at Heijo, the capital of the Russian-occupied northern Korea.
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Pauley
Heijo
Korea
Seoul
Edwin W. Pauley
U. S
Tokyo
Truck Driver Dies in Blaze After Truck Crash
Stanley Ethell about 30 of Middletown Ohio was trapped and burned to death when his truck crashed and fire engulfed the cab near Honey Creek Iowa eleven miles north of Council Bluffs on Highway 30. Mrs Ethell 24 crawled free and is reported in not good condition with third degree burns.
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Council Bluffs
U.P
Stanley Ethell
Middletown
Honey Creek
Ethell
Yoshida Becomes Japan Premier After War Energy
Shigeru Yoshida, 68, a former wartime diplomat, won the premiership with conservative support and quickly led an organizational session of Japan's House of Representatives. MacArthur proposed a purges wave as Yoshida formed a government and faced food, housing, reconstruction, a new budget, and a war-outlawing constitution.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
House of Representative
Yoshida
MacArthur
Miki
Shidehara
Liberal Party
Hirohito
Ichiro Hatoyama
Progressive Party
Sani Nozaka
Chiet
Nozaka
Tanaka
Diet
House of Peers
Kenosha Plans Welcome Home Fourth Parade
Kenosha plans a mammoth Fourth of July Welcome Home parade honoring local World War II veterans. Ross Phelps, parade committee chair, invites city organizations to enter marching units. The event starts at 11 00 a m with a short route to ensure all can enjoy the afternoon and evening festivities.
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Kenosha
Kenosha County
Ross Phelps
Celebration Association
Beer to Japan Shipped for Occupation Troops
Army headquarters at Fort Shafter announces ten million bottles of beer will be shipped to Japan for American occupation troops, marking a large aid and morale gesture.
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Honolulu
Japan
Fort Shafter
Manchurian Puppet Pu Yi Taken to Vladivostok
Ta Kang Pao reports former Manchurian puppet Emperor Pu Yi moved to Vladivostok and to be handed to Chinese authorities soon.
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Vladivostok
Nanking
Ta Kang Pao
Pu Yi
Army major seeks to join wife in Carville leprosy colony
Maj Hans George Hornbostel 65 and his wife 52, both with leprosy, ask to live together at Carville Louisiana. Doctors say her illness likely started before her Santo Tomas confinement. He vows to join her for life despite possible denial.
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San Francisco
Carville
Hans George Hornbostel
Owen OY
Wasnninkblon
Ourreom
Thomas Parran
Hornbostel
Santo Tomas
Manila
San Francisco Hospital
Major Hornbostel
Army
Marine Corps
Rail Operators Rebuff Union Wage Plan Amid Strike Looms
Union leaders report operators rejected a modified wage raise proposal, backing only the $1.28 a day figure from a presidential board. A nationwide strike by 250000 rail workers remains set for Saturday at 4:00 p m CDT, with talks resuming at 10 a m CDT.
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Washington
Truman
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Engineers Brotherhood
Death Probe Reopened In Polick Case At County DA Office
Investigation into 54 year old John Polick deaths remains active after a late Saturday fall at a boarding house on Sixtieth street. A Friday hearing is set with District Attorney K T Savage as detectives question lodgers and arrest Bruno Parninsky for investigation.
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John Polick
Sixtieth Street
K. T. Savage
Polick
Kenosha Hospital
Bruno Parninsky
Arthur J Riley
Peter Podlieszuk
Adolph Tuchel
Podlieszuk
Jay B. Glerum
Urban J. Zievers
Elizabeth Bieber
Glerum
Boswell
Strubel
Parninsky
Savage
Teen-Age Draft Notices Voided in Kenosha County
Kenosha County boards 1 2 and 3 cancel induction and preinduction notices for 18 and 19 year olds after a Congressional amendment to the Selective Service act. 20 through 25 year olds must still report at 7 am May 22 at North Shore railroad station for transport to the regional induction center in Chicago Loop.
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Kenosha County
Congress
Selective Service
North Shore
Chicago Loop
Kenosha
Sclons
Probe Woman's Death In Fall From Truck
Dane county authorities investigate the death of Barbara Mautz 55 after a fall from a moving truck driven by her husband Joseph 56 near Sun Prairie Wisconsin. Coroner E A Fischer scheduled an inquest and said Mantz reported his wife either fell or jumped from the cab.
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Sun Prairie
Wis
Dane County
Barbara Mautz
Joseph
Here
E. A. Fischer
Mantz
Four-Power Foreign Ministers Conference Adjourned
Paris reports the four power foreign ministers conference ending tonight after approving plans to reconvene on June 19. Delegates plan further talks and examination of unresolved issues in the interim.
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Paris
Lone Inductee Steals Spotlight In Philadelphia Draft
Edward Francis Mooney 21 of Philadelphia was the sole draftee yesterday from 16 eastern counties, a rare single inductee day at the army induction center opened in 1940. The center handled Mooney with 10 physicians, a psychiatrist, and 70 staff, contrasting past peaks of 350 daily inductees.
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Philadelphia
Edward Francis Mooney
Army
Pennsylvania
Mooney
Advance Plans For Legion Air Show At Kenosha Airport
The American Legion Post No 21 announces a June 30 air show at Kenosha airport with Wisconsin pilots only. Prize money of at least 1500 dollars funds a World War II missing in action memorial. Applications are due by June 20 with a 25 dollar entry fee refundable at registration. The event features racing aerial acrobatics and parachute jumps, aiming to draw 7000 spectators.
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American Legion Post No 21
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Frank C. Rowan
Aviation Committee
Rowan
Rough Fish Haul From Lake Elizabeth Lower Twin
Under supervision of Fred Warner a five man crew from Dela van state fish camp used a 4000 foot seine to net 15000 pounds of prime carp at Lake Elizabeth Lower Twin. The operation, led by Conservation Warden Allan Galston, will continue for another week to 14 days weather permitting with another pull planned Monday if conditions allow.
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Fred Warner
Delavan
Lake Elizabeth
Twin Lake
Allan Galston
Galston
Warner
Truman proposes arbitration in coal strike deadlock
President Truman asks miners led by John L. Lewis and operators led by Charles O Neill to submit differences to arbitration with miners at work during proceedings. He set 5:30 p m EST return and noted national danger from the stoppage and a $70 million welfare fund dispute.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Mine Union
Charles O'Neill
Woether
Lewis
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
John W. Snyder
John R. Steelman
Edward F. McGrady
Mr. Truman
O'Neill
White House
Crash Kills Two Fleeing Officer in Cedarburg Chase
William Francis Simmons and George William Rumsey, both 21 and from Milwaukee, died as their car crashed near Cedarburg while fleeing a traffic officer. Two companions, Milo Gudman Flaten and Lennox Birckhead, were seriously injured and taken to St. Alphonsus hospital. Officer Wallace Hoffman clocked the fleeing youths at 80 mph before a sharp Hamilton road turn led to a pole crash. Birckhead gave limited information, naming Simmons as the driver.
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Port Washington
U.P
William Francis Simmons
George William Rumsey
Milwaukee
Cedarburg
Milo Gudman Flaten
Lennox Birckhead
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Wilbert J. Brady
Ozaukee County
Wallace Hoffman
Hamilton Road
Green Bay Road
Brady
Birckhead
Simmons
Flaten
Six Month Strikes Proposed by Civilian Production Chief
Washington Civilian Production Administrator John D. Small called for a six month ban on strikes accusing United Mine Workers head John L. Lewis of throwing industry into chaos. He urged legislation to outlaw strikes for at least half a year.
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Washington
John D. Small
John L. Lewis
Small
Lewis
United Mine Workers
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William Langer
Washington, D. C
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Illinois Central Railroad
Johnston
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Illinois Central
Office of Defense Transportation
Smith-Connally
Joseph Strubel
John Boswell
Probe
Legion Air Show
Legion
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