Sighting Of Oil Slick Reported In Baltic Search
An American search plane reported an oil slick and a life raft in the Baltic near Bornholm as a four engine patrol plane from Wiesbaden is missing. Captain Fanta York led the mission from Copenhagen, with six planes continuing the search despite low fuel and poor weather.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Baltic Sea
Cant
Fanta M. York
Raleigh
N. C
Bornholm Island
Denmark
Copenhagen
Air Force
Sgt
Winthrow Maddox
Grif Ga
York
Wiesburgn
Covenhacen
Mlane
Keene
Associated Proas
Rvenne
Bornholm
Russia
Latvia
Baltic
Washington
U.S. Air Force
Binaggio Killing Linked to St Louis Gang Pact
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a meeting of St Louis and East Side gangsters ordered the killing of Charles Binaggio two weeks earlier. Rinaggio and a henchman were shot. A former city official was implicated as a leader who deemed Rinaggio must be eliminated for his gambling stance. Further plots discussed target figures in city politics and police appointments.
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St. Louis
Rinargio
St. Louis Board of Police
commi-Taners
Isnixaippi
Brewster cites Kansas City killings forcing crime inquiry move
Senator Brewster says violence in Kansas City forced action on crime probes and a Senate investigation. He notes delays by Democrats and links to crime syndicates in interstate commerce. Kefauver indicated a single inquiry with appointed investigators will proceed.
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Brewster
Kansas City
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Senses
Binet Breen
Barkley
Officials Doubt Wider War From Baltic Air Incident
Washington reports doubt a single shooting incident with the Soviet Union will spark a hot war. US officials deny any American bomber attacked Soviet fighters over Latvia and say the Navy patrol plane was unarmed and missing. The incident raises tensions but authorities seek restrained diplomatic responses and further consultations.
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Washington
Russia
Strapa
State Ytment
Pentagon
Moscow
Baltic
Cuntry
Memorial Service for Roosevelt Marked at Hyde Park
Hyde Park residents observe the fifth anniversary of Franklin D Roosevelt s death with a public memorial at his grave. Rev Gordon L Kidd of St James Episcopal Church will lead the service. The event highlights the Roosevelt burial site by the Hudson river which attracts about half a million visitors annually.
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Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gordon L. Kidd
St. James Episcopal Church
Roosevelt
Durline
Ithia
Hudaan
No Rescue by Sea in Shanghai Evacuation Plan
Secretary Acheson said plans to remove about 2000 Americans and foreigners from Shanghai by sea have been abandoned due to difficulties with Chinese communists. Efforts shift to gaining permission to move refugees to a north China port or Hong Kong. American staff from Peiping and Tientsin are to depart by other routes by week’s end.
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Washington
Acheson
Shanghai
North China
Hongkong
State Department
Hritih
United States
Peiping
Tientsin
China
O. Edmund Clubb
Tangku Bar
Alfred T. Wellborn
Tient Main
Tebows Share Travel Tales From Mexico to Europe
Lawrence education officials heard Mr. and Mrs. Eric Tebow of Kansas State College present a travelogue at the Eldridge Hotel. The program featured 200 color slides from their Mexico and Guatemala trip, native crafts, and festival masks. Local student performers provided entertainment as W C D Wolfe introduced the speakers.
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Lawrence Education Council
Eric T. Tebow
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Eldridge Hotel
Tebows
Mexico
Guatam
Donald Springer
Liberty Memorial High School
Velma Wiley
Orient
Europe
Tebow
Woman's Kansas Day Club
Work Stoppage Delays Kansas State Field House Project
A work stoppage by 70 general construction workers halted the Kansas State colleges field house project in Manhattan on April 12. The picket line protested non union labor claims while electricians and operating engineers returned to work after five idle days, with plumbers still idle.
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Kansas State
Manhattan
Kan
Kansan
Claude Currence
Nett Construction Company
Topeka
Topeka Building and Construction Trades Council
Ths
Kare Hed Jane Hosts District High School Tele Festival
Four fine art faculty members from Kare Hed Jane stage a district high school tele festival in Geneva Nebraska ending Friday. Misa Devona Doxie will judge vocal solos and small choral, Zepp woodwind entries, and L. Wiley brass and large instrumental groups. The group plans a return to Lawrence on Saturday. New Motorola 16 inch rectangular TV advertised at 200.06 dollars at B F Goodrich.
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Te Serre Us J
Kare Hed Jane
Geneva
Neb
Misa Devona Doxie
Zepp
Ressell L. Wiley
Lawrence
13 Airmen Die in Fiery B-29 Crash
A B 29 bomber crashed in a secret area killing 13 airmen aboard. Investigators probe the fiery crash scene and assess possible causes while authorities confirm the fatal incident.
Secret Sandia B-29 Crash Kills 13 Airmen Near Albuquerque
A B-29 from Walker base Roswell crashed atop Manzano mountains near Sandia base in New Mexico. Thirteen airmen died after takeoff from Kirtland in a training flight bound for Carswell. No explanation given for failure to gain altitude. secrecy shielded area and investigators recovered mangled bodies after hours.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Sandia Special Weapons Base
Walker
Roswell
N. J
Manzane Mountains
Kirtland
Sandia Base
Manzano Mountains
Sandia
Walkerse
Kirtland Base
Air Force
Albuqueraie
Carswell
For Worth
Roavel
Chilly Kansas Weather Persists With Light Showers Possible
Topeka reports continued chilly conditions as forecaster Richard Garrett warns of a delayed warm-up. A high north of Kansas strengthens, bringing a chance of light scattered showers in the southwest and western areas tonight and tomorrow with spotty amounts. Cloudiness increases tonight with general cloud cover Thursday and northeast lows near the upper 20s to 30s. East winds persist but not severe. Snow reported in extreme northeast, with the notable measurable snowfall at a few stations.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Kanaan
Garrett
Russian protest cites American Sup erfortress intercepting in Latvia
A Russian note to the United States alleged that an American Superfortress flew 13 miles into Soviet Latvia near Libava and opened fire after Soviet fighters demanded it land at a nearby airfield. The note also mentions a possible link to the Navy privateer missing since last Saturday over the Baltic.
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Russia
Berlin
U.S
Moscow
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Baltic
Adm
Forrest. P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Baltic Waters
Baltic Sea
Sherriman
Vandenberg
State Department
U. S. Am
Alen Kirk
Soviet
Latvia
Note
Libava
Kem urges action to break political crime ties in Kansas City
Senator Kem told President Truman to act before May 27 to indicts in the 1947 theft of ballot boxes, warning the statute of limitations would bar prosecutions. He linked the killings of Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta to a broader political crime alliance, not isolated incidents.
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Washington
Kem
Tru- Man
Missouri Republican
Kansas City
Senate
Kemn
United States
Charles Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Binaggio
Gargotti
Man R
Organists Gather for Kansas AGO Meeting at KU
The Kansas chapter of the American Guild of Organists will hold its annual meeting at the University of Kansas on May 4 with 60 to 70 organists expected. An organ recital opens in Hoch Auditorium. afternoon recitals occur at the Methodist and Congressional churches. D. M. Swarthout will speak at the Memorial Union banquet on Thirty Years in Church Music, followed by E. Powell Biggs recital. A business meeting with officer elections and a Reuter Organ factory visit conclude the program.
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Kansas
American Guild of Organists
University of Kansas
Laurel E. Anderson
Anderson
Hoche
Sornng
D. M. Swarthout
K. U. School of Fine Arts
Memorial Union
E. Powell Biggs
Reuter Organ Factory
Truman Welcomes Chilean President On 21 Day Visit
President Truman greeted Gabriel González Videla of Chile on arrival in Washington for a 21 day visit. He called the meeting a sign of warm friendship between nations motivated by shared concern for individual freedom and human welfare.
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Washington
Truman
Gabriel Conzales Videla
Chile
Gonsalez Videla
Citywide construction boom fuels 1950 improvement drive
City projects surge with over 400 000 dollars in public works and a new 300 000 fire and police station plus street resurfacing from Seventh to Fifteenth streets. Negotiations linger on Sixth Street property as bids await council action. 1950 work shifts after Kentucky street finish.
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Vermont
Kentucky
J. C. Harper
Connecticut Street
Seventh
Fifteenth
Kaw River
Massachusetta
Louirianna Atreeta
Harper
Louisiana
Missouri Street
Tenth Street
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Delawaretrees
Sixth and
New Hampshire Street
Sixth Street
Nineteenth Street
Bida
Kentucky Street
Constant Construction Company
Indiana Street
Pawnee
Tennessee
Maine
Eighth Street
Rhode Island
New York
Connecticut
Maby Kirmeyer Scalded In Kitchen Accident
Dana Kirmeyer, 15 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs D J Kirmeyer of 1228 Louisiana Street, is a patient at Lawrence Memorial hospital with second degree burns after tipping a pan of boiling water onto herself last evening. She was reported resting quietly this morning.
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Dana Kirmeyer
D. J. Kirmeyer
Louisiana Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eanter
Budenz Claims 400 Concealed Communists In U S
Midland author and ex Daily Worker editor Leuje Budenz says 400 concealed communists exist in the United States and cites their control of public opinion. He notes a subpoena to testify before a Senate committee and asserts Alger Hiss in the state department is worth many others. He adds he has never met McCarthy and expects his testimony to influence the Lattimore case.
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Midland
Mich
Leuie Budenz
McCarthy-Owen Lattimore
United States
Communist Daily Worker
Senate
McCarthy
Lattimore
Budenz
Invstigatin J
Hudenz
Fordham Universs New York
Communist Party
Alger Hiss
State Department
China
Kansas Legion Auxiliary Offers $300 Scholarship
The Kansas chapter of the American Legion Auxiliary will offer an $800 scholarship for a Kansas woman entering the University of Kansas. Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced the award emphasizing scholarship character personality and financial need. Five state geologists will attend the Kansas Academy of Science meeting in Wichita with listed participants.
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Legion Auxiliary
Kansas Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Kansas
University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
Kansas Academy of Science
Wichita
John C. Frye
Geological Sur
John T Andrews Elected President of Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
John T Andrews commercial manager for the Kansas Public Service company was elected president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at a noon board meeting. He succeeds Richard Barber and will take office at the annual meeting May 9.
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NEW C
C. Heat
Jobs T. Andrews
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Hoon
John T. Andrews
Kansas Public Service Company
Richard A. Barber
Andrews
C. Co
Young Won
Massachusetts Street
Morgan
L. E. Morgan
Ford Dealer
First Views
Woodrow Miller
Standard Life Association
Kelvin Hoover
First National Bank
Stecred W. G “Rusty” Springer
Arthur Heck
Wareren Decker
Barber
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Grade School Concert Friday Night at Liberty Memorial
About 250 children from the grade school will perform Friday evening in the Liberty Memorial high school auditorium. Directed by Charles Kessinger the program features a beginning band advanced band guitar ensemble and a 30 member chorus with solos by Jerry Ann Fichham Ronny Kunkle and Lloyd Frieds son. Assistants include Miss Maxine Alburty and Jack Stephenson.
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Yelock
Liberty Memorial High School
Charles Kessinger
Jerry Ann Fichham
Ronnie Kunkle
Lloyd Friedsson
Kassinger
Maxine Alburty
Jack Stephenson
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Louis Budenz
Dean Leonardi
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