Plane Crash Over New York City Leaves At Least Five Dead
An airplane struck New York near Ave Jamaica by a busy subway terminal. Smoke rose obscuring the area as parts of the plane lay on streets for blocks after the crash. An airport spokesman said the aircraft missed an instrument landing and was instructed to circle for further guidance. Witness Irving Rothbaum, 31, described a low flight before the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Rothbaum
John Hughes
Fred R. Woop
Port of New York Authority
International
Jack Harris
Associated Press
Obituaries and aftermath of Long Beach crash victims
Obituary notices list Patricia Ann Cobble and others with connections to Long Beach area. The report details survivors, service times at Mottell's Chapel and Holy Innocents Church, and interment at All Souls Cemetery. Additional obituaries note Rogers, Dempster, Jones, Keister, Al Brown, Davenport, and Dempsey with burial plans and family ties. A separate Long Beach crash story describes a Fort Lauderdale built plane explosion over Queens with casualties, cargo, tickets, and rescue operations.
Van Fleet's Son Missing in Korea
Four star General James Van Fleet confirms his son Jim Van Fleet is missing in Korea after a search mission. The letter from Van Fleet describes civilian aircrew aboard a night mission with hazardous devices and a determination to continue the hunt despite weather and danger. The general and officials discuss ongoing air searches involving hundreds of planes and the impact on the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameriet
United States
Demp
van Fleet
Jim
Africa
Yellow Sea
Tam
Ivows
Portland
Bardier
Ralph L. Phelps
Bemidji
Minn
Taxpeet Tn
Korea
McNamara
Tian
Involvng
Partici
Supply Firm Owner Dies
Ralph W. Wade, 50, owner of the Home Supply Co., died last night from a heart ailment in a Long Beach hospital after nine weeks as a patient. A Denver native, he lived in Hutchinson, Kansas before moving to Long Beach in 1924 and ran his business for years. He belonged to multiple Masonic orders and Kiwanis, and was active in Builders Exchange and other groups. Surviving are his widow Sally, daughter Betty Jeane Tunsland of Riverside, his mother Mrs. Susan Wade of Santa Monica, three brothers, one sister, and several relatives. Masonic rites will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Holton & Son Chapel, with interment at Sunnyside Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Yester Hospital
Green County
Tennessee
River 2
Long Beach
Anaheim
Long Beach Lodge
Winona G
James L. Rogers
Rene & Midateio
Mea
May Bnies
San Gabiel
Stella Barnes
Mottell's Chapel
Wesley M. Purkiss
Bethany Congregational Church
Norvalk
Sunnyside Mausoleum
Kegeters
Garden Grove
Keister
Stanford
Santa Ana
Nebraska
Loup City
Neb
Velma Annitia
Jackie Compton
Joyce Keister
Garden
Kenneth Keister
Dois V. Keister
Grange
Daniel W. Kiester
Waskan
Kan
Harry G. Keister
Quange
Lali Barton
Santa Ann
Amelia Fentz
San Leandro
Mildred Schmidt
Goodland
Howold Brothers
Earlrieter
Latter-day Saints Church
Fairhaven
Orange
Brown
Robert Brown
Elm Ave
Long Beard
Scotland
United States
Sioux Falls
S. D
Mary Brown
James Brown
Los Angeles
Alex Brown
Egan
Holton & Son
Walter R. Link
First Presbyterian Church
Inter
Westminster Memorial Park
Maude Perry
Wilmington
N. C
Sunnyside Memorial Fark
Odd Fellows
Ralph W. Wade
The
Home Supply Co
St. Ant Pine Ave
Denver
Colon
Hutchinson
All States Lodge 497
F&am
Scottish Rite Freemasons and Sciots
Kiwanis Club
Builders Exchange and Executives Association of
Resilient Floor Institute
Sally
Betty Jeane Tunisland
Riverside
Susan Wade
Santa Monica
Glenn Wade
Salem
Ore
Brown Wade
Burbank
Twsns
Twsns Wade of el Cen Ivo; and A Sister, Mrs. Hazel, Kupgicu
Pasadena
Sunnyside Memorial Park
Butler
Pas
Whittier
Bridgeport Lodge
AFAM
Bridgeport
Seminole Lodge
Fe&am
Seminole
Texas
Scottish Rite Freemasons
Capitola
Merle Dempsey Jr
George Dempsey
Ann Morgan
Fort Worth
Harry
Dempsey
Yale
Okla
Claire Dempsey
Coalinga
Tive
Ruth Cox
Pittsburgh
Senate Must OK Envoy to Vatican
The House voted 159 to 82 to block government funding for a Vatican diplomatic mission before Senate confirmation. President Truman could still renew relations through a personal representative, in the wake of the disputed Gen. Mark W. Clark ambassador appointment.
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Washington
House
Vatican
Senate
Truman
State Department
Preston
D-Ga
Mark W. Clark
Papal City
Ater
Clark
Michigan Delegates Split In Eisenhower Taft Fight
Michigan delegates held neutral to Eisenhower while four publicly backed Taft and 27 stayed neutral. Delegates-at-large included Arthur Summerfield Homer Ferguson and Ely Kelly. Illinois and California primary dynamics favored Taft Stassen and Kefauver with Eisenhower gains noted in Kansas Minnesota and Washington.
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Eisenhower
Taft
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
GOP
Homer Ferguson
Ely Kelly
Paris
Grn
Henry Cabot Loder
Dauce
United States
Illinois
Sen, Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
New York State
New York City
Kefauver
Paul £. Fitzpatrick
State Democratic Committee
New York
Fitzpatrick
Cleveland
California
Republica
Earl Warren
Stassen
Kansas
Ottawa
Kan
Kaus
Tafa
Washington
Carlson
South
Maybank
South Carolina
Taft Cod
Richard Russell
Georgia
Waits While Pal Commits Death by Own Action
The article recounts a young man Wege luring a friend, driving to Tempe, and killing himself using a garden hose in a rented car. Heffelfinger and Augspurger describe the events, note the note leaving possessions to a roommate and body to a professor at Arizona State College, with authorities contacting Wege’s mother. The father is believed to be an Army major in Korea.
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Arreck
Augspurge
Heffelfinger
Aggspurger
Wegr
Tempe
Brian Weatherhead
Augspurger
Edwards
Tn Phoenix
Weather Head
Wege
Herbert Stolinke
Ari- 20A State College
Edheards
Korea
Hope of averting strikes darkens in steel and telecom
The piece details a wave of labor action across steel plants in Gary and South Chicago with planned multi-day shutdowns and a government bid to restart negotiations led by Wage Stabilization Board chair Nathan Feinsinger. Western Union telegraphers threatening 31,000 departures, while Western Electric and Bell employes brace for nationwide strike action.
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Pittsburgh
Gary
Ind
Chicago
New York
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Nathan Feinsinger
Boars
Feinsinger
WSB
District of Columbia
Western Electric Company
Joseph Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of Amerinty
Detroit
Beirne
Washington
Western Electric
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Islind
Montana
Michigan Bell
CWA
Michigan
Ohio
Caliin
Bell Telephone
Stern Electric
Bell
New York Ciy
Buffalo
B. F. Goodrich Co
Akron
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Yankee successor to Eisenhower eyed by Europe leaders
Washington April 5 Europe’s leaders would approve if another American stepped into Gen 2 D Eisenhower’s post. He made the remark at a news conference answering questions about Eisenhower leaving his European post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Youth 16 Confesses to Killing Father and Burning Barn
A 16 year old boy confessed to shooting his father Earl Knutson, dragging the body to a barn, dynamiting it, and burning the barn. Beltrami County Attorney Herbert Olson said the youth faced juvenile delinquency charges and potential first degree murder indictment. The body was found at Blackduck, Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji, Mion
Lloyd Knutson
Earl Knutson
Blackduck
Minn
Beltrami County
Herbert Olson
Olson
Normh Woods
Young Knutson
Knutson
Agnes
Twitter
Acca
Gordon
Recluse Drowns in New Mexico Shack Fortune Found
Carlsbad New Mexico Norwegian born John H Otham 62 died in a collision leaving a fortune containing a 400 bank account a 21000 Amarillo broker deposit and 22000 in government bonds discovered in his littered shack authorities said the deceased was an electrician and lived as a recluse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
N. M
April & Pi
John H. Otham
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Cobble
Patricia Ann Cobble
Oregon Ave
Alvin B. Cobble
Holy Innocents
Parish
Meana
Tam Ats
Patricia Cabile
Donald A
Aml
George M. Cobble
Lynn M. Cobble
Holy Innocents Church
All Souls Cemetery
Merle Dempsey
Chestnut Ave
U. S
Fort Lauerdale
Charleston
Willam B. Crockett Jr
Fort Lauderdale
Jack L. Woederhoff
Peter Loftus
Elizabeth
Red Cross Blood Center
Queens General Hospital
L | Joseph
Fleet
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lass
Eee
East First ST
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long
Newport
Tahiti
Wusania Montes
Pro
Atlan
Abilene
Renrietory
Albuntuertie
Ameria
Atleert -Herrmy Bynton
WNT Bakersteit
Kansas City
Laie Bishu
Pal
Yankee
Ihe
Tony Bslik
Eaton
Ieee
Tea City
Bloomquist
Stanley Enberg
Shack
Pine
United Signal Hill
Lloyd J
Loring K. Jones and
James F. Walsh
Signal Hill
Tomlin Oil
James IF
Walsh
Lloyd J. Tomlin
Loring R. Jones
James F, Walsh
Eye Civic Games
Gaarg
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