Reunited singer and pilot in Caribbean crash tragedy
In San Juan a four hour wait ended with Jan Froman reuniting with her husband Captain John C. Burn, pilot of the Pan American DC-4 that crashed near Puerto Rico killing 39. Coast Guard recovered 13 bodies and rescued survivors as Burn faced inquiry and guards outside Presbyterian Hospital.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Jan Froman
John C. Burn
Caribbean
Cmdr
J. Natwing
New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Natwing
Burn
Presbyterian Hospital
Miss Froman
Colon
Luis Munoz Marin
C. T. John C. Burn
San Juan Harbor
Air Force
Jane Froman
Boys Planned io Dynamite Rival Gang
Nine teenagers aged 14 to 18 were held in MOBILE on April 12 after police described them as members of rival burglary gangs who planned to clash with pistols and dynamite over territorial rights. Officers recovered loot worth about $1000 from grocery stores, filling stations, and automobiles and said the gangs monitored each other’s activity to gauge theft value.
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Mobile
Ala
Walter Burch
Donald Riddle
Woman Pushed Out Third-Floor Window Suspect Arrested
In Los Angeles on April 12 a halfdressed woman named Alice Tavares 35 said a man shoved her from a third-floor window. She lay in a hotel doorway with possible fractures to her right ankle wrists pelvis and elbow. Charles L. O'Daniel 34 a machinist was arrested on assault suspicion after police found her purse in his room.
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Los Angeles
Alice Tavares
Charles L. O'Daniel
Coast Guard Rescue Plane Crew Lead to Romantic Angles
A Coast Guard rescue plane saved three aboard a Tagus crash, with Burn keeping Miss Froman afloat despite serious injuries. He expressed the depth of his lessons in her singing, a bond that blossomed into marriage four years later in AZO.
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Child
Coast Guard
Burn
Miss Froman
Tagus
Azo
General Gruenther to Visit U.S. for 12 Days
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, chief of staff for the Allied forces in Europe, plans a 12 day return visit to the United States departing by plane on Wednesday as part of staff duties with the Atlantic pact forces.
Centenarian Looks For Voting Hope In 1952 Election
HONESDALE Pa April 12 UP William F Pearce a 100 year old retired railroader says life remains worthwhile and he expects more years. He plans to cast his 20th presidential ballot voting Republican in 1952 for Eisenhower while admiring Theodore Roosevelt and hoping for strong leadership amid tough times. He believes the country can endure with the right leadership and emphasizes civic duty.
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Honesdale
William F Pearce
Pearce
Rutherford B. Hayes
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Warm Springs Folk Remember Roosevelt Portrait Unveiling
In Warm Springs Georgia a portrait of Franklin D Roosevelt was unveiled near the Little White House. Friends and neighbors recalled his humanity as they gathered at the scene where he died seven years earlier. Mme Elizabeth Shoumatoff painted the unfinished portrait and the work was placed on its easel in the living room.
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Warm Springs
Georgia
Pines
White House
Roosevelt
Frank
Jin Delano Roosevelt
Charles
Palmer
Tunisian cabinet named figurehead amid French tutelage
A new Tunisian cabinet was formed to replace ministers ousted by French authorities. The Bey of Tunis appeared unsteady as observers noted a powerless ceremony in Carthage. French resident general Hauterlocque assumed foreign affairs while Tunisia’s defense remained controlled by French forces, and martial law persisted after over a hundred deaths in early 1951. Mohamed Chenik and three ministers were arrested. Salah Eddine Baccouche named as his successor, seen as pro-French.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Carthage
Jean de Hauterlocque
Bloody Clash in Bolivia Ends with Rebel Victory
In La Paz on April 12, rebels claimed victory after a three day revolt in Bolivia. Government officers were captured and the toll from Oruro and La Paz battles ranged in the hundreds killed and thousands wounded. Herman Siles led the rebels and said power would pass to Paz Estenssoro when he returns from exile to form a cabinet.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Oruro
Herman Siles
Paz Estenssoro
National Revolutionary Party
Buenos Aires
New Zealand to Send Air Force Squadron Abroad
Prime Minister Sidney G. Holland announced that New Zealand will dispatch an Air Force fighter squadron to the Middle East for garrison duty, with Wellington confirming the overseas deployment.
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Wellington
N. Z
Sidney G. Holland
New Zealand
Middle East
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William Howard "Taft
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Robert A. Taft
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Eisenhower
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