Distress Signals Possible From Lost Korean Airlift DC 4
Flying four engine DC 4 vanished off Alaska coast with 38 aboard on a Seattle to Vancouver to Anchorage route. Canadian Pacific Airlines reported periodic distress signals heard near Anchorage and Cranbrook. Weather foul and fog hinder rescue as ground crews search the Gulf of Alaska mouth from Cape Spencer northward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Alaska Panhandle
Canadian Pacific Airlines
CPA
Anchorage
Alaska
Cranbrook
Cape Spencer
Junaey
Tokyo
Juneau
17Th
U. S. Coast Guard District
Cutters Citrus and Cahoone
Gulf of Alaska
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Reds May Back Up On Demand
In Korea soldiers chant a par ody as talks stall over a cease fire. The Reds seek an immediate halt while UN negotiator Joy hints withdrawal could come later. Ridgway pushes for inspection teams and longer talks before any cease-fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adm. C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Korea
U. S
Sate Acheson
Johnny
8Th Army
Eighth Army
Japan
Okinawa
Reds
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Battle Looms On Controls
Washington station report notes a Senate House conference committee named to draft controls legislation for Truman. Five senators and seven representatives named to finalize wage price and rent controls with a goal to conclude by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate-House
House
Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Fulbright
D-Ark
Robertson
D-Va
Capehart
Rind
Bricker
R-Ohio
Spence
D-Kv
Brown
Dga
Patman
Texas
Rains
D-Ala
Wolcott
R-Mich
Gamble
Talle
Browa
Maybank and
Spencer
Senate
Traffic Commission Proposes Causeway Widening and New Lot
The traffic commission offers three ideas to speed movement on the Causeway and add a city parking lot. If approved two lanes would be added to each side by widening the Causeway as parking is banned. A new northeast parking lot at Cameron avenue and Second street would rent monthly to area employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Traffic Commission
Common Council
J. N. Dribben
Commission
Cribben
Cameron Avenue
Second Street
Pearl Street
Brannan Arrives in Bonn for West German Agriculture Study
United States Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan landed in Bonn on a Saturday start to a five day tour studying German agricultural problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
United States
Charles F. Brannan
West Germany
Lightning Kills Wisconsin Farmer and Dog in Pasture
Darlington Wisconsin reports a lightning strike killed farmer Robert Frau-chiger age 41 and his dog on a farm nine miles east. His eight year old son Robert survived after regaining consciousness thirty minutes later. A trench roughly six inches deep and fifty feet long was torn in the pasture by the bolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington
Wis
Here
Robert Frauchiger
Robert
Uprising fears mount as Abdullah heir struggle
In Cairo Jordans Arab Legion aided police in detaining over 100 suspects in Old Jerusalem for questioning in King Abdullahs assassination. Tension grows between Crown Prince Tallal and Emir Naif over succession while authorities clamp measures across Jordan and Arab Palestine amid regional power concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Jordan
Arab Legion
Old Jerusalem
Abdullah
Arab Palestine
Switzerland
Tallal
Emir
Prince
Naif
Akbar el Yom
Amman
Britain
United States
Middle East
Jerusalem
Mosque
Omar
Iranian British Talks Renewal Nearing With Oil Crisis
Averell Harriman, Truman's envoy, moved closer to renewing talks between Iran and Britain on the oil crisis. Allahayah Saleh, head of Iran's oil board, said progress was made after a meeting with Harriman. A joint Iranian British American company to market Iranian oil was among the projects discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Averell Harriman
Truman
Allahayah Saleh
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy conditions will persist in La Crosse and surrounding area. Cooler air moves in with a high near 80 and a low around 60 as humidity eases through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
U S Seeks Spanish Bases Amid Franco Talks
The United States signals willingness to pay a substantial price in aid for access to Spanish sea and air bases. Talks with Generalissimo Franco focus on military arrangements and possible U S use of Cadiz Cartagena Ferrol Santa Cruz Seville Madrid Valencia Lugo and Barcelona airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Generalissimo Franco
United States
Franco
Forrest P. Sherman
American Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
U. S
Sherman
Spain
Madrid
Stanton Griffis
Cadiz
Cartagena
Ferrol
Santa Cruz
Canary Islands
Barcelona
Seville
Valencia
Lugo
Mississippi River Crest Near All Time High At St Louis
The Mississippi reached about 40.3 feet at 5:30 p m in St Louis Saturday, nearly tying the 1844 all time peak. Missouri floodwaters from Kansas City swollen the river, while repairs and warnings kept residents vigilant and waterfront industry at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Boy Tells Joe He's Just A Big Showoff
In Kennewick Washington a postal worker sparked excitement when a 14 year old Reed Kopstead received a letter addressed to Joseph Stalin from Moscow with the largest Russian stamp in his collection attached The boy wrote a message criticizing Stalin and urging him to eschew wars and consider his country instead The letter required a United States stamp for mailing and drew attention from local postal staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
Wash
Walt Woehle
Reed Kopstead
United States
Kopstead
Joe Stalin
Moscow
Russia
Truman Heads Weekend Potomac Cruise Aboard Williamsburg
President Truman boarded the yacht Williamsburg with executive staff for a weekend cruise on the Potomac River and is due back in Washington Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
Potomac
Gas Blast Rocks Mader's Restaurant
Milwaukees Mader's Restaurant experienced a gas explosion that injured two busboys and prompted staff to calm patrons. Sparks from a light switch near a defective street line ignited leaking gas as about 150 people were in the crowded dining room. Damage was described as negligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Mader
County Emergency Hospital
George Mader
Petain Remains By Dying Husband At Hospital
Mme Annie Petain stayed by the bedside of 95 year old Marshal Henri Philippe Petain in Iles d Yeu France as doctors fear he may not survive until family and lawyers reach him. Petain has battled pneumonia with relapses since April and his condition remains critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile D’yeu
France
Mme
Annie Petain
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Petain
Denies Making Plant Remark On Northern Engraving Standoff
A spokesman for outside corporations denied remarks attributed to him in The La Crosse Tribune about removing dies from the strikebound Northern Engraving and Manufacturing Co plant. He noted meetings with Gelatt planned for Monday to clarify union-related actions and insisted any settlement is primarily between Northern Engraving and the union, with outside firms only indirectly involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Engraving and Manufacturing Co
la Crosse Tribune
Gelatt
Northern Engraving
Northern Engraving Co
Congressmen Question Rising Top Brass in Military Ranks
Senators led by Senator Stennis review the surge of generals and admirals amid promotions. The survey finds 266 navy admirals 432 army generals 307 air force generals with marine generals counted in the navy total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Navy
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
D-Miss
Air Force
Two McCoy Soldiers Killed Near Red Wing
Four Camp McCoy servicemen riding to Minneapolis in a car on highway 61 seven miles east of Red Wing Minn collided with a bridge after windshield water obscured vision. Ernest Jennis 24 St. Cloud and Roy R. Hendrickson 23 Embarrass Minn were killed. Ambrose Kipka 23 St. Cloud and Joseph W. Conroy 22 Prior Lake Minn were seriously injured. All served with the 199th engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp McCoy
Minneapolis
Red Wing
Minn
Ernest Jennis
St. Cloud
Roy R. Hendrickson
W. Conroy
Prior Lake
199Th Engineers
Lenis Olson
Highway 61
Flood Waters Moving Toward Wauzeka Area
Turbulent Kickapoo river crest moved toward the Wisconsin river at Wauzeka through Saturday night leaving mud debris and estimated damage. Six people drowned in the Springville area near Viroqua after Friday storm. The flood swirled through Vernon county with 8.3 inches of rain and forced evacuations in Gays Mills Wauzeka and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickapoo
Wisconsin
Wisconsin River
Wauzeka
Coulee
Springville
Viroqua
Ernest Suitor
Dry Run Creek
Suitor
Judy
Eldon
Donald
David
Vernon County
la Crosse
Root River
Soldiers Grove
Gays Mills
Petersburg
Bell Center
Barnum
Red Cross Crawford County Seeks National Aid
Disaster Chairman J. Alvin Druyor announced the Crawford county Red Cross chapter requested a disaster worker and other aids from the national office in St. Louis. Druyor had been on the scene along the Kickapoo during the afternoon and made the request. national office decision had not been reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Alvin Druyor
Crawford County
Floods swell in Vernon county as army aids Gays Mills
An army recon team from Camp McCoy aided flood victims in Soldiers Grove and Vernon county while bridges failed and power lines went out. In Gays Mills, eight feet of water covered most of the village as the crest neared Steuben by 8:30 p m. Rescue crews sought boats and water purification units as homes were evacuated and residents moved to higher rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers Grove
Camp McCoy
Vernon County
Viroqua
Kickapoo Valley
Gays Mills
Ken Smith
Prairie du Chien
Smith
Main Street
Steuben
Also Mentioned on This Page
Okee
Ees
New York
Fort Lawton
Seattle
U. S. Army
McChord
U. S. Highway 14
Readstown
Tribune
Boaz
Richland Center
Robert Eunson
Kaesong
Tomor
Joint Congress Committee
Suttor
Dry Run
Brannan
Hunt
By John M. Hightower
Morton Meyer
St. Louis Flood Control Association
Lewis A. Pick
Army Egineers
Kansas
Coast Guard
Harry Katz
Chester
Ill
Boy
Joe
Mme. Petain
McCoy
Viola
Red Cross Aid
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!