Plane Crash Kills Twelve Passengers and Crew
Delta DC 4 plummeted after takeoff from Chicago Municipal Airport, killing 12 of 13 aboard including four crew members. Only a 3-year-old survivor and her mother were rescued while the fire burned for over an hour near 55th Street and Cicero Avenue. An inquest was planned as investigators identified victims including Dr. G. E. Garvin and two Levy brothers.
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Chicago
Delta Airlines
Mia
Tripolino Meo
Oak Lawn
Miami
Fla
C.S.T
Deltee
National Safety Council
Delta
Scar Death
Miami Beach
Harold Levy
Ralph Raymond Levy
Parsons
Stowe
Clincinnati
Ohio
Jacksonville
Fis
C. K. Firth
Meo
A. L. Brodie
Grover Lee Holloway
College Park
John &S Disoway
Atlanta
Hollywood
Miss Sue Young
Fayetteville
N.C
Marvin
G. Hairston
Avondale Estates
G. E. Garvin
Blanchester
Cincinnati
San Francisco
One Act Play Tournament Set for Scott County Schools
In Clinchpart Virginia area Virginia Literary and Athletic Activities chair L C Newley announces first Scott County one act play contest. Manville Midway Rye Cove Dungannon perform Friday 7 p.m. Pattview Hilton Cleveland on Saturday 1 30 p.m. Awards to top girl and boy in first and second places. Forensic meet at Rye Cove March 26. Also note: unrelated car and injury incident reported in Kingsport.
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Clinchpart
Filltona
Neeley
Scott County
Rye Cove
Worrell Warns Of Communism In U S Labor Links
Bristol Chamber official warns of Russian influence and Communist control in unions citing wartime FBI work. He claims thousands of agents are active, urging public awareness and action amid alleged subversion narratives. A West Memphis report notes a Knoxville boy custody dispute connected to the case.
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Wie Unibond
Wugeng Worrell
Bristol Chamber of
United States
Russia
Agufth
Worrell
Masaryk Funeral Echoes in Communist State Death
Czechoslovakia's government will bury Masaryk beside his father in Prague after the 61 year old foreign minister was found dead in his office. Communist Premier Gottwald will deliver the eulogy and burial will occur at Lung. Radio and public mourning mark the nation’s grief for the storied statesman who helped build the republic.
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Pyague
Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Office
Pantheos of
Ihr Prague
Klement Gottwald
Lung
Thomas G. Besayk
Clemently
Lit Dua
Uhusysianety
Iday
Jon
Masiryk
Republic
Vitaya
Willy Shookeepers
Wertanen
Registration Information for Democratic Primary Voting
Registration information states that any person who has never registered or changed address since last supplemental registration in May must register at their polling place in every district to be qualified for the Democratic Primary on April 3. No poll tax is required to vote in the Democratic Primary.
Slow supplementary registration for Sullivan County primaries
Registration for the April 3 Sullivan County Democratic primaries proceeds slowly with 60 names in six Singletown precincts. Cedar Grove in the 11th District shows 32 registrants, West Ward City Hall 10, Lincoln School 5, Washington School 3. West View School 7, Old Kingsport School 3. Prospective voters must register if first time or address changed since last county supplementary registration in May. County registration slips are needed for voting in Democratic and Republican primaries and county elections.
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Sullivan County
Singyport
Cedar Grove
West Ward
City Hall
Lincoln School
Washington School
Dickson School
West View School
Old Kingsport School
Lynn Garden-Bebooneuld
Mihai Says Only War Will Free Nation From Reds
Former King Mihai of Romania says only war can free Romania from communists. He arrived in the United States with Queen Helen aboard the Queen Elizabeth for a two to three week visit, stating his abdication was forced and he remains Romania's rightful ruler. He declined details on plans for any exile government and gave a guarded, soft spoken interview to reporters.
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York
Mihai
Romania
Exmonarch
Helen
United States
Hia
Mihi
Southern Democrat Leader Condemns Truman Civil Rights Plan
Nashville editor notes Andrew T. Taylor chair of the State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission criticizes President Truman. He opposes civil rights proposals and says Truman should not secure southern Democratic nominating support. In Moscow Russia three bootleggers are jailed for producing moonshine from state stores and bread.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Truman Yeaturday
Andrew T.taylor
State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Era
Truman
Lin
Diys IH
Borace
M. Miller
Broglie Army Air Forces Base
Sity Fi
Mobile
Ala
Miller
Rayfield Davis
War Rumors and Defense Buildup Across U S
War rumors accelerate public concern as Secretary Marshall and Secretary Forrestal announce plans to guard against aggression. Joint Chiefs to resolve service roles while tests with atomic weapons and the 21 ton explosive bomb proceed in California.
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Marshall
United States
Defense
Forrestal
High Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Abe Maron
Saa Te Chatraaldent
Orrostal
Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Pacific
Millbriy
California
Nations Near Alliance Treaty Nearing Agreement
Delegates from Britain France and the Benelux nations Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg meet at the Belgian foreign ministry to finalize a proposed political economic and military union aimed at stemming communism. Officials say only two or three points remain to be settled and expect agreement before today's session ends.
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Brussels
Heyoum
Britain
France
Benelux
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Belgian Foreign Ministry
Southwest Virginia GOP rails at absentee voting bill passage
In Richmond the House passed Senator M. M. Longs bill by 64 to 26 to ease absentee voter restrictions. Delegates Ralph M. Lincoln and J. R. Cambles clashed over fraud risks and old voting methods, arguing about ballots and potential misuse in Wise and surrounding counties. The debate signals party fault lines ahead of further discussion on the measure.
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Richmond
M. M. Long
Virginia
House-of-Delegates
Long
D-Wise
Dickenson
General Assembly
Alga
Basilar
Ralph M. Lincoln
Smythe County
Lincoln
7. R. Cambles
Wise
House
Cambles
ABC
Earl Luts
Cambley
Garsson Indicted in War Contracts Fraud Scheme
A Federal grand jury indicted Henry N. and Murray W. Garsson and associates on three counts including conspiracy and false financial statements tied to war contracts. The case involves Eric Basin Metal Products and others, with alleged fraud of over a million dollars and about 78 million in contracts. New York newspaper workers face possible AFL strike over union actions, as publishers accuse ITU of refusing to negotiate under Taft Hartley.
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Baltimore
Henry N
Murray W. Carason
Sinagls
Eric Basin Metal Products Company
Allen B. Gottman
Joseph J. Weiss
Harry S. Glick
Garsson Brothers
Justice Department
Chicago
United States
Frank H. Patton
Patton
Garssons
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Washington
New York
New York City
Ifs
AFL
Publishers Association of
AFL International Typographical Union
National Labor Relations Board
ITU
George predicts tax cut vote in Senate Finance Committee
Georgia lawmaker predicts the Senate Finance Committee will back an income tax cut of about 4.75 billion dollars with some Democrats joining. He spoke as the Republican controlled group planned a closed meeting to begin drafting a bill under Chairman Millikin.
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Washington
George D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Georgia Lawmaaker
Conlecing
Ananeca
Millikin
R-Corp
Tragic Highland Hospital Fire Claims Seven OnUpper Floor
Nine women died as a blaze swept Highland Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Asheville North Carolina. Seven victims were trapped on the four story central building’s upper floors while two others died after evacuation. Names include Mrs A T Hipps Mrs W B Kennedy Ida Engel Julian Doering and others. Firemen battled flames from mid night as screams echoed through the structure trapping twenty patients. Police and medical staff searched grounds for more victims and identified at least two victims early.
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Asheville
N.C
Highland Hospital
BT. Bennett
A. T. Hipps
W. B. Kennedy
Kinston
Ida Engel
Clayton
Julian Doering
Johnson City
Tenn
J. R. Borechol
Rome
My. Del'riese
Bristol
F. Scout
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Montgomery
Ala
B. W. James
Atlanta
G. C. Womack
Friendaville
Mery
Bennett
Harold Enloe
Mrace Hipps
Bruce Kennedy
Bennatt
Transport Crashes But None Injured Near Donaldsonville
A Navy R-5-D transport carrying 19 people crashed near Donaldsonville Louisiana between 3:00 and 3:40 a.m. local time after reporting one engine failure en route from Pensacola to Corpus Christi. No injuries were reported and the craft burned following the crash.
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N—Ar
Donaldsonville
Pensacola
Wia
Corpus Christi
Texas
Cold Weather Grips Midwest as Snow Ends
A severe snowstorm scourge hit Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri with blocked highways closed schools and gas shortages. Snow subsided in Kansas Oklahoma and western Missouri but bitter cold lingered with subzero lows forecast including Goodland Kansas at 19 degrees below zero.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Goodland
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