Mixed group of 55 aboard Northwest DC-4 missing over Lake Michigan
A Northwest Airlines DC-4 with 55 passengers and 3 crew was missing and presumed crashed over Lake Michigan. The diverse group included professionals, families, and travelers from New Jersey to Minnesota en route for vacations and new assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota
Northwest Airlines
Lake Michigan
Ellen Ross
New Jersey
Passaic Hospital
Livingston
Mont
Richard W. Thomson
New York City
Budget Commission
Butte
Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Mary Keating
The
Ideal Publishing Co
Allan Baron
Pine City
Minn
Leo Wohbler
Wohler
Vaughn - Ragsdale
Montana
Wyoming
Billings
The Four Pillars of Income Buoy Clarksville Banks
In Clarksville Tennessee the First National Bank led by C W Bill Bailey used a seasonal farming plan to stabilize rural finances. By promoting year round crops and diversified agriculture the bank grew from 2.8 million to over 8.4 million in assets as farmers adopted Bailey’s Four Pillars concept. The program aimed to ease debt and reverse declines in tobacco dependent communities.
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Clarksville
Tenn
First National Bank
C. W. “Bill” Bailey
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Montgomery County
Cumberland
Bill Bailey
Bailey
French Cabinet Falls Amid Schuman Plan Talks
France faced a government collapse as Premier Georges Bidault and his cabinet resigned after a failed confidence vote. The 352 to 230 defeat came amid delicate Indochina and Schuman plan negotiations, with observers speculating on possible new leadership and a July reassembly of the six nation Schuman conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
National Assembly
Georges Bidault
France
Indochina
Schuman
Bidault
Vincent Auriol
Henri Queuille
Cost of living rises in mid spring under 1949 levels
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports April 15 to May 15 price gains with the consumer price index at 168.6, up 8.1 percent from March. Food costs climb 1.9 percent led by meats with prices seven percent higher. rents and other items show fractional increases while overall levels remain below a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
OPA
Europe
Rail strike shuts down six railroads as ward switchmen walkout
Four western railroads ordered wholesale freight and passenger cancellations ahead of a 6 a m Sunday strike by 4,000 switchmen on five lines. The Great Northern said it would try to run. Peace talks ended without a solution and mediation officials gave no sign of progress. The walkout threatens major disruption from Chicago to the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Great Northern
Arthur J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Francis A. O'Neill
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Glover
Pacific Ocean
Local Weather Forecast Noted For Sunday
Mostly cloudy Sunday with occasional local showers. A cooler trend follows Sunday night with a daytime high around 86 degrees.
Communists Launch Major Invasion of South Korea
North Korean troops invaded South Korea at dawn on a wide front. U S military advisers said the invasion was virtually stopped by Sunday afternoon though heavy artillery remained in action. The assault continued at multiple points with tanks and artillery, extending several miles into the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seouls
North Korea
South Korea
U. S
United States
Kaesong
Onjin
Seoul
Chunchon
Shunsen
Kangmung
Samchok
William L. Roberts
Japan
W. H. S. Wright
Three Persons Hurt In DeSoto Auto Accident
Three people were hospitalized in La Crosse after a high speed crash on highway 82 near De Soto Wisconsin. Carl Phillips serious, Mrs Phillips fractured hip and ribs, Ray DeLap scalp injuries. Wayne Davis uninjured. Local sheriff and police sent injured to hospital.
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DE Soto
Wis
la Crosse
Highway 82
Wayne Davis
la Crosse Hospital
Carl Phillips
Ray DeLap
Bank of America Defies Court Order on Transamerica Deal
In San Francisco the Bank of America defied a temporary restraining order after the Ninth Circuit blocked its $18 million plan to acquire 22 Transamerica California banks. The court kept the deal in limbo as a monopoly case proceeds, while Bank of America President L. M. Giannini claimed the order void and vowed to open new locations Monday.
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San Francisco
Ninth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bank of America
Transamerica
Federal Reserve System
Board of Governors
California
District Barber Shop Chorus Groups Sing At Fairgrounds
Local SPEBSQSA chapter hosts Sun day afternoon singing event at Memorial field with at least 13 choruses compete for district honors. More than 1,000 fans expected from across the Land O Lakes district. 40 traveling singers boosted publicity. If rain, program moves to Vocational school auditorium.
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Fairgrounds
Spebsqsa
Memorial Field
la Crosse
Land O'Lakes
Vocational School
School Fund Plea Omitted On Calendar
The La Crosse school system proposal for a $100,000 state emergency grant to fund a Campbell elementary school faced skepticism at the emergency board meeting. The agenda for the next meeting did not include the request, and officials indicated the board typically resists large building grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
la Crosse
State Emergency Board
Campbell
M. G. Batho
Logan
Smith wins Democratic Senate nomination in North Carolina runoff
Willis Smith defeats Sen Frank Graham in North Carolina Democratic primary runoff held Saturday as issues of Negroes communism and Truman shaped the race. Unofficial returns show Smith leading Graham by about 21,000 votes with most precincts counted. Graham conceded at 9:43 p.m. and Smith’s edge widened with late results.
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Pres. Truman
Sen
Frank Graham
North Carolina
Willis Smith
Raleigh
N. C
Truman
Graham
Smith
Sir Walter Hotel
Mr. Smith
American Bar Association
Robert R. Reynolds
Woodrow W. Jones
Jones
Charles E. Hamilton
Gastonia
Postmaster General Delegation Heads Wisconsin Convention
Assistant Postmaster General Osborne A Pearson will lead national officials at the Wisconsin chapter National Association of Postmasters convention in La Crosse June 25 to 27 with headquarters at the Stoddard hotel. Pearson will deliver the main address at a Tuesday banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne A. Pearson
Bureau of Finance
Wisconsin
National Association of Postmasters
la Crosse
Stoddard Hotel
Pearson
Stoddard
J. H. Marks
Chicago
School of Instruction
M. E. Eberlein
Madison
C. W. Christensen
Marks
Hopes fade for finding any survivors of Northwest DC-4
A Northwest Airlines DC-4 with 538 aboard vanished over Lake Michigan before dawn. An all-out search from dawn to dusk found no trace of wreckage or life as divers and coast guard vessels combed 87 miles of water.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lake Michigan
Northwest Airlines
New York
Seattle
Minneapolis
Coast Guard
Grand Rapids
Mich
Woodbine
Independence Day Pageant to Open at Memorial Field
The La Crosse Zoo Development association will present a five part pageant of America's heritage of freedom at Memorial Field for the Fourth of July with a fireworks display. Reserved seats priced $1 go on sale at Hebberd's drugstore Monday, with only 726 seats available. Howard Fredricks directs the pageant assisted by John Sullivan John Zimmerman and Ezra Hartl.
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la Crosse
Edward Keefe
Zoo Association
American Legion and Auxiliary
VFW and Auxiliary
The
Jaycees
la Crosse Bar Association
Toastmistress Club
Writers’ Group
American Association of University Women
Mauree Applegate
Irna Rideout
Holiday
Driver Loses Control Of Soap Box Car In Derby
Springfield tale reports three injured when a toy derby car rammed through a crowd during the annual soap box event. Driver Charles Gramlich, 11, earned the sportsmanship award after tending victims, while Mrs. Harold Carter, Janet Carter, and Larry Struthar received on scene care and hospital treatment for bruises.
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Springfield
Ill
Charles Gramlich
Harold Carter
Janet
Larry Struthar
Red Cross
Carter
St. John’s Hospital
Man wakes mayor in bedroom seeking talk at Gracie Mansion
An 18 year old, Michael McDermott, entered Mayor William O'Dwyer's bedroom at Gracie Mansion early Saturday to talk about juvenile delinquency. O'Dwyer alertly directed him downstairs. police took the unarmed youth into custody and he was admitted to Bellevue psychiatric ward. The mayor said he did not wish to press charges.
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William Gorskis
Augustine Walsh
Mission Band of Friars of the Atonement
Graymoor
N. Y
Deer River
Minn
Eva Woolley
Minneapolis
Marie V. Rorabaugh
Philadelphia
Rorabaugh
Richland
Wash
Woolley
Long Island
Kenneth Skoug
Remington Rand Co
Whitney H. Eastman
General Mills, Inc
Joseph Sirby
Los Angeles
William Freng
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Freng
Barbara
New York
William O’dwyer
O’dwyer
Michael McDermott
Gracie Mansion
McDermott
Bellevue Hospital
Elizabeth McDermott
DC-4 May Be First Airliner To Hit Lake
Milwaukee with notes that the missing Northwest Airlines DC-4 might be the first regularly scheduled airliner to crash into Lake Michigan. Civil Aeronautics official C R Cornwell said such a crash would set an unprecedented record for scheduled air transport. The lake’s size and recent accident history are cited as context.
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Lake
Milwaukee
Northwest Airlines
Lake Michigan
C. R. Cornwell
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Maryland
Massachusetts
Delaware
Air Force
Muskegon
Mich
Traverse City
Redhead Sleuth Ben Corbett Faces Graft Murder Plot
Veteran investigator Ben Corbett, famed for his sharp wit, is drawn into a Cleveland linked conspiracy involving political intrigue and alleged graft. A central redheaded figure emerges as a pivotal character in the hard boiled mystery, shaping the story’s suspense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Corbett
Cleveland
Murder Liquidated by Julius Long starts Monday
An item from the La Crosse Tribune notes the serial headline Murder Liquidated by Julius Long beginning Monday. The notice cites the case title and author, with no additional details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Long
LA Crosse Tribune
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Br RS
Banks
Dixie
Bem Price
By Carl Hartman
Drew Pearson
Women's Page
DeSoto
Myrick Park
Appleton
Ashland
Sparta
Eau Claire
Menomonie
Sheboygan
Sturgeon Bay
Wausau
West Bend
Wisconsin Rapids
E. H. Evenson
Alvin S. Mikelson
D. H. Affeldt
Tribune Madison
Ratho
Batho
N.C
A. B. Bonnzani
Air Mail
E. J. Bornhoeft
John W. Askew
Bureau of Accounts
Walter Myers
Bureau of Facilities
Frank R. Harwood
Santa Anna
Calif
Frank Horak
Oconto
Tillie E. Brennan
Valders
Earl Moldenhauer
Clintonville
Margaret F. McGonigle
Sun Prairie
Mark Finnegan
Beloit
Leora Ginsbach
Elmwood
Ruth Foley
Maiden Rock
O'Dwyer
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