Truck Driver Burned Badly In Wisconsin Crash
James Sciborski, 19, of La Crosse, is in a Sparta hospital with 60 percent body burns after his truck overturned eleven miles north of Sparta near Cataract. He aided by motorist George Wilcox and farmer Francis Meinecke, who helped remove burning clothing and battled a grass fire. The crash, caused by a gasoline tank explosion, sent the truck down an embankment after leaving the highway top and striking a culvert. Police investigated the scene. accident cause remains undetermined.
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James Sciborski
Valentine Sciborski
South 16Th
Sparta
Catarect
Sciborski
Wis
South 16Th Street
la Crosse
Tarentine F. Sciborski
Francis Meinecke
George Wilcox
Wilcox
Meinecke
Elmer Bacon
Oscar Greene
Bacon
Caubunde Sane
Willis Young
H. R. Biegel
Rumor of Plot Against King Mihai of Romania
Washington reports rumors of a plot against King Mihai I of Romania. Officials state authorities are taking measures to counter any threat and ensure the monarch's safety.
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Mihai
Washington
Mors
Romania
Fact Finders Study Coal and Meat Walkouts
Presidential boards investigate the coal pension dispute led by John L. Lewis and the CIO United Packinghouse Workers strike in Chicago. A report is due to President Truman by April 1, with possible injunctions after submission.
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President Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Chicago
A. C. O'Meara
Swift and Company
Oklahoma Tornado Kills Thirteen Across Central Oklahoma
A tornado path across central and eastern Oklahoma killed at least thirteen people and damaged many communities. Fatalities include residents near Wetumka near Eufaula Lenna McClanahan mountain near Sallisaw and McClanahan. The storm began near Tinkerfield Oklahoma City and reached Sallisaw by late evening. Featured victims include Mrs Woodrow Stringfellow and her infant daughter and Donald Shire 17 of Eufaula.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Wetumka
Eufaula
Boynton
Muskogee
Checotah
Sallisaw
Fort Smith
Ark
State Highway Patrol
Lenna
McClanahan Mountain
Tinkerfield
Arkansas
Woodrow Stringfellow
Bill Harris
Donald Shire
Ola Rogers
Commodore Rogers
Cancel Saturday Play Program At Centers
Recreation Director E. P. Hart announced there will be no play day at city social centers this Saturday due to the Easter holiday. Staff have returned home for the holiday, and programs will resume next week at the centers.
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E. P. Hart
Halt Exports Of Airplanes To Russians
President Truman issued a proclamation tightening export controls effective April 15 classing airplanes and parts as munitions. The move requires government permission for any shipment and stems from concerns over war material reaching Russia via private buyers. The action uses a 1939 law and follows calls from Congress for stricter controls.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
Russia
National Munitions Control Board
Adopted son among Spring Valley home robbery suspects
Three of four men involved in the January 7 1948 break in at Miss Lucy Pike's Spring Valley home have been arrested. Arnold Reed the 30 year old adopted son identified by Pike, confessed and named accomplices Gordon Kempf and Roger Lutz. The fourth suspect enlisted in the navy and will face Fillmore county authorities after discharge.
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Miss Pike
Reed
Gordon Kempf
Red Granite
Wis
Roger D. Lutz
Preston
Oeheld
Fillmore County District Court
Little Rock
Ark
Kempf
Albert Lea
Minn
Emil Kruegel
Kruegels
Parks Plans Air Service Here Sept. 1
Parks Air Lines Illinois announces September 1 inauguration of feeder service on a Chicago to Twin Cities route with stops at Janesville Beloit Madison La Crosse Winona Rochester using 21 passenger DC-3s. The plan awaits CAB permit and includes rapid local service with minimal layover times. Rodgers tours 70 cities to promote the plan.
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Parks Air Lines, Inc
East St. Louis
Chicago
Twin Cities
Paul J. Rodgers
Parks
Chicago-Twin Cities
Janesville-Beloit
Madison
la Crosse
Winona
Rochester
Civil Aeronautics Board
Rodgers
United States
Parks Air Lines
Oliver L. Parks
Midwest
CAB
Parks Company
Sioux City
Alaska Guarded by 7000 U S troops in post war plan
Congress heard a military briefing detailing Alaska as a key defense post with about 7,000 soldiers and possibly under 100 fighter planes, with plans to add 8,000. Officials warned of Soviet expansion and noted sighted submarines near U.S. shores, while army chiefs urged larger mobile striking forces and base defense strategies.
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Washington
Alaska
Pole
Congress
Offense Forrestal
Forrestal
America
Sullivan
Iron Curtain
Key West
Royall
Bradley
United States
Army of the United States
National Guard
Stop Signs Installed at Cass Street Intersections
Traffic Sgt. Lyle Gilbert announced four stop signs have been placed at Fourth Fifth Sixth and Seventh streets intersecting Cass street to reduce right angle crashes. The Cass corridor from the Mississippi bridge to Seventh was designated an arterial and speeds must slow at these junctions. Visibility at Cass Fourth is noted as especially dangerous due to nearby Tribune building lodging filling station and garage.
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Cass Street
Lyle Gilbert
Common Council
Mississippi Bridge
Seventh Street
Gilbert
Cass
Fourth
Tribune
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Fourth and
L. J. Radtke
Frank Stach
Snowslide Maroons 100 Alpine Rose Workers at Brighton
More than 100 skiers and employees of Alpine Rose lodge were marooned in Brighton today after a snowslide roared down Little Cottonwood canyon. The slide hit Ar genta mountain eight miles west of Brighton and buried the highway under 30 feet of snow mud and trees. Brighton lies about 20 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Forest officials could not confirm injuries until a full check is made.
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Salt Lake City
Alpine Rose Lodge
Brighton
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Argenta Mountain
F. C. Koziol
Wasatch National Forest
Forest Service
Tragedy Strikes Manawa as Toddler Kettleson Dies
Barbara Kettleson two years old was killed in Manawa after wandering from playmates and being struck by a Green Bay and Western locomotive. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kettleson.
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Manawa
Wis
Barbara Kettleson
Green Bay and Western
Ted Kettleson
Ice Crushes Schooners Crewmen Reach Safety
Officials said 37 crewmen of two ice crushed sealing schooners reached safety on St. Pauls island at the entrance to the gulf of St. Lawrence. The Teazer with 21 men and the Monica Walters with 16 men crossed perilous floes to land. St. Pauls is in Cabot Strait about 20 miles north of Cape Breton.
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Halifax
N. S
St. Paul's Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Teazer
Monica Walters
St. Paul's
Cabot Strait
Cape Breton
Cuba City Man Gets Life Term for Murder
Ivan Obel, 25, pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the slaying of a sleeping companion. He received life imprisonment at Waupun after admitting he shot Jesse Eggers, placed the body on a straw stack near Kieler, Wisconsin, and set it ablaze. The confession described a hidout after an Illinois holdup and identifies Eggers as an escaped lifer from Missouri or Nebraska.
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Ivan Obel
Cuba City
Wis
Grant County
Lancaster
Jesse Eggers
Kieler
Eggers
Obel
Thomas Gibson
E. J. Morse, Jr
Waupun
Jess Eggers
Nebraska
Missouri
A. W. Kopp
Justice Court
E. J. Morse
Morse
Illinois
Nebraska Penitentiary
Eight Grass Fires Hit City on Warm Windy Day
Fire department battled eight grass fires on a windy Thursday as crews answered numerous calls. Firefighters worked to control blazes across the city, coordinating with equipment and personnel to prevent spread.
Insist Draft Seen Inadequate To Build Air Power Strength
Senate air power advocates led by Senator Lodge pressed for 70 combat air groups to back Truman's policy. They rejected the draft-only plan, arguing a universal training program is not enough without expanding air forces beyond the proposed 55 groups. Defense officials warned the cost would climb to about 18 billion for air power alone with Navy and ground forces needing increases, while foreign submarines were reportedly sighted near our shores.
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Washington
Senate Air Power
High Command
Truman
Senator Lodge
Rmass
Lodge
Senate Armed Services Committee
Air
Sullivan
Russia
Iron Curtain
Navy Department
California-Aleutian Islands- Hawaii
San Francisco
United States
Symington
America
Ska
Labrador
Philippines
Okinawa
Alaska
Senate Committee
Congress
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
Peoria
CIO
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Oklahomans
Spring Valley
Austin, Minn
Donald Cook
Fillmore County
Cook
A. Rhinehart
Mower County
Arnold Reed
East St. Louis Aviation Company
Russia’s
Navy
Pacific
Aleutians
Hawaii
Army
Janes Forrestal
Maroons
Cuba
Air Force
Sen. Lodge
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